Tag: Islam
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China bans use of anti-Islam words on social media
“Islamophobic” terms used by Chinese internet users to stigmatise Muslims have been blocked by authorities to prevent bias against Islam, official media reported today. China has over 21 million Muslims mostly the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Hui community in Ningxia province, according to unofficial accounts. “The Islamophobic terms invented by Chinese Internet users to stigmatise …
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September 21, 2017 -
Merkel defends refugee policy, says Islam belongs to Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said although “radical Islamists” are perpetrating acts of terror in Europe, she still believed that “Islam belongs to Germany”. Merkel made the remarks on Sunday at the TV duel with Martin Schulz, chancellor candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), her major rival in the upcoming federal elections, as refugee …
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September 4, 2017 -
Syrian forces fully besiege last IS stronghold in Homs
The Syrian government forces have fully besieged the city of Sukhneh, the last stronghold of the Islamic State in the central province of Homs, state news agency SANA reported on Saturday. The Syrian forces and allied fighters sieged Sukhneh from three directions, after capturing the strategic Tantur mountain and Duwi cave, said SANA. Despite the …
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August 6, 2017 -
Terrorists killing innocents are not Muslims: Iraqi minister
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Wednesday slammed terrorists killing innocent people in the name of Islam. "There is a group of terrorists and they raise slogans in the name of Islam. But they are not Muslims as they are killing (innocent people). They kill women and children. This is not …
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July 26, 2017 -
Religion in China
In parallel to the surfeit of religion and faith that now dominates discourse in India, neighbouring China has explicitly set its face against the twin concepts three months ahead of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China. President Xi Jinping, who is set to be re-elected for another five years, has reaffirmed the …
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July 22, 2017 -
Ferment in the Gulf
The predicament of Qatar, the world’s richest country in terms of per capita income, goes beyond its borders. In point of fact the Gulf contends with the biggest diplomatic crisis, of a kind that is rather unusual in the contemporary context of international cooperation. It is not often that a nation is reduced to a …
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June 9, 2017 -
The hardest word
After “Ma” and “Da” (and variants thereof), what is the first word uttered by very young children just learning to speak? I checked this with the writer, Paul Theroux, father to Louis and Marcel. He reckons it’s“Why”. But in my experience (I have two sons) the first serious word they utter is “No”. It is …
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May 27, 2017 -
Alleging police bias, Dalits in Aligarh village threaten to convert to Islam
Dalits in a village here have threatened to convert to Islam, alleging that the police were targeting them following a clash with upper caste Thakurs over the construction of a drain. Members of the community in Keshopur village had on 16 May clashed with Thakurs. Several persons, mostly Dalits, were injured in the violence, following …
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May 22, 2017 -
Triple talaq a tool to exploit women: Uttarakhand CM
Triple talaq is inhumane, unconstitutional and a tool to exploit women and hence must go, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said. "The arguments during the triple talaq issue hearing in the Supreme Court makes it clear that such a practice is not justified under Shariat law," Rawat said. Women constitute one half of …
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May 22, 2017 -
Triple talaq is inhumane, should be abolished: Shabana Azmi
Actor-activist Shabana Azmi on Sunday said that triple talaq is inhumane and violates the basic rights of every Muslim woman. She said it is the duty of the government to protect the rights of Muslim women and there should be no two opinions on the issue of abolishing triple talaq system. "Triple talaq is inhumane …
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May 21, 2017 -
Living in denial
Holocaust denier David Irving spoke alongside other antiSemitic conspiracy theorists at a secret meeting of the “neo-Nazi, white supremacist” London Forum, which was attended by an undercover reporter from The Independent. Irving, whose defeat in a libel trial is dramatised in 2017 blockbuster Denial, began by praising the organisers for ensuring there were “only white …
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May 13, 2017 -
Mamata greets people on Shab-e-Barat
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday conveyed her best wishes on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat, the Islamic festival of forgiveness. "May all your prayers be accepted tonight. Shab-e-Barat Mubarak," Banerjee tweeted. According to the Muslim calendar, the occasion this year started on the evening of May 11 and will end on the evening …
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May 11, 2017 -
Jamaat launches Muslim law awareness campaign
In the wake of recent media debates and political intervention on matters of Islamic Shariah, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has launched what it calls an awareness campaign for Muslim Personal Law. Through the 14-day campaign from 21 April, the organisation will reach out to Muslim masses and people from other communities to remove their "misconception" on Muslim …
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April 28, 2017 -
German MPs approve partial burqa ban, security measures
German lawmakers have approved a partial ban on the full-face burqa Islamic veil and a package of security measures aimed at preventing extremist attacks. The new laws follow several jihadist attacks, including a truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market that claimed 12 lives, and come ahead of September elections. The new law on facial …
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April 28, 2017 -
False blasphemy accusers need education: Grand Mosque Imam
Islam is a religion of peace and people who falsely accuse others of blasphemy have "a disease in their hearts" and should be educated, the Imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque has said. Imam-e-Kaaba Shaikh Saleh Bin Muhammad Ibrahim told Geo News that Islam is a religion of peace, forgiveness and tolerance and that people should …
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April 17, 2017 -
Asia needs both secular and sacred
Last month, Professor Michael Heng argued in Singapore that in order to achieve the Asian Century, there is a need for Asian cultural-intellectual rejuvenation. Heng’s lecture was in the tradition of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Dean Kishore Mahbubani’s 1998 challenge -‘Can Asians think?’ This search for intellectual rejuvenation is made more urgent …
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April 7, 2017 -
Taste of Islamic advance
Since time immemorial Assam has been known for its unique social harmony, religious tolerance and pluralism. The land of great Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardev,who spread the message of love, cohesion and brotherhood among all communities, castes and creeds centuries ago, is today witnessing an Islamic directive with regard to a public function where a teenaged …
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March 27, 2017