Istanbul: Where Continents, Empires, and Souls Meet
The first thing I noticed in Istanbul was the sound. Not the noise of traffic or the chatter of tourists, but the haunting call to prayer drifting across the city from distant minarets.
The first thing I noticed in Istanbul was the sound. Not the noise of traffic or the chatter of tourists, but the haunting call to prayer drifting across the city from distant minarets.
Uttarakhand police removed the posters of 'I Love Muhammad’ from a mosque at Lalkuan in Nainital following complaints from right-wing organisations. According to the police, posters could have led to communal disharmony in the region.
This new design will be submitted to the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) for the NOC very soon.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a contempt petition arising from the demolition of a part of the Madni Mosque in the state’s Kushinagar district.
He stated, "The day we stop calling it a mosque, people will stop going there. Islam itself teaches against hurting anyone's faith or constructing a mosque-like structure at such places.”
ASI's lawyer Himanshu Joshi submitted the report, which is of about 2000 pages, in the registry of the High Court.
Elaborate police arrangements have been made to ensure peace on Eid-UlAzha in the city which falls on Monday.
A government employee was shot dead on Monday evening by terrorists outside a mosque in the Rajouri district of Jammu.
The mosque in question, known as the Mughal Mosque, is situated within the Qutub Complex but lies outside the Qutub enclosure.
Ritlal Yadav said, “Ramcharitmanas was written sitting in a mosque, but back then Hindutva was not in danger.”
