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“The right to vote for Muslims should be ended if members of the community are not allowed to exercise this right,” veteran Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan said.  Commenting on the low voter turnout in the Rampur by-poll, Khan confirmed…

Muslim organisations have protested against the song ‘Haq Hussein’ in the movie ‘Khuda Haafiz’, II – calling it hurtful to the Shia Muslims.The filmmakers behind the upcoming Hindi-language film have issued an apology to the Shia Muslim community over objectionable…

A Hindu leader has insulted the Holy Quran during a protest in Karnataka in the wake of the controversial murder of a tailor in Udaipur. The offensive remarks were made by Keshav Murthi, leader of a Hindutva unit affiliated to…

Nupur Sharma, a former spokeswoman of India’s ruling party whose remarks on the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) sparked huge protests and triggered a diplomatic row, should apologise, the nation’s top court has said “She and her loose tongue have set the…

Whether it was the destruction of their Jahangirpuri encampment in Delhi or the moves to oust them from Srinagar in Kashmir, exiled Muslim Rohingya are feeling the heat in India as the pressure builds on what many claim is the…

Indian police on Monday arrested the co-founder of a top fact-checking website who has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, his colleague said. Mohammed Zubair was arrested in Delhi after being called in for questioning in…

A medical initiative in Hyderabad by the Shia Muslim community, conducted a free medical camp on the premises of a local high school on Sunday. A release said around 760 people took benefit of the camp, where a range of…

The hijab ban in India has ended the education of many Muslim girls in the country.18-year-old Afiya from Karnataka could not attend the exam to seek admission into a medical college, as the school did not allow her to enter…

A coalition of six organizations will hold a peaceful protest and rally in response to the ‘blasphemous attacks’ on Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, and the persecution of 200 million Muslims in India, illegal arrests, and…

The Indian newspaper, The Morung Express, reported that a documentary film on the Arbaeen Pilgrimage to Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, was shown at an international film festival held by the northern Indian state of Nagaland on June 20.…