The month of Muharram set to begin on Tuesday and no guidelines issued on holding majlis and taking out tazia processions by the state government.
August 9, 2021The triple talaq was declared unconstitutional in August this year after a Bill was passed by both the houses and President gave his assent to declare it to be a law.
December 29, 2019The festivities of Mawlid are neither prohibited nor obligatory in the Muslim law.
July 31, 2019The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling forming a “UP Muslim Waqf board” by merging the separate Sunni and Shia Waqf boards to prevent “wastage of money”, Minister of State for Waqf Mohsin Raza said. He alleged that both Sunni and Shia Waqf boards are being charged with corruption, and the government will dissolve them soon. …
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October 22, 2017AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that no individual or organisation can “give” away mosques as Allah is their rightful owner, after the Shia Waqf Board told the apex court that the Babri Masjid can be built at a distance from the disputed site in Ayodhya. “Masjids can be managed by Shia, Sunni, Barelvi, …
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August 13, 2017At least five persons have been killed and dozens injured as police in Bahrain opened fire at supporters of the country's prominent Shia cleric, Ayatollah Isa Ahmed Qassim, officials said. Over 280 Isa Qassim supporters were also detained during the police action in Duraz, about 15 km from here, on Tuesday, as they protested against …
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May 24, 2017Iraqi Shia militias on Saturday recaptured four villages from the Islamic State (IS) terror group and killed 35 of its members in western Mosul. The Popular Mobilisation militias said in a statement that the liberated villages were Tel al-Zalat, Umm al-Masayid, al-Zaytoun and al-Aziziya, Efe news reported. IS casualties included three snipers and seven suicide …
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February 25, 2017Iraqi Shia militias on Saturday recaptured four villages from the Islamic State (IS) terror group and killed 35 of its members in western Mosul. The Popular Mobilisation militias said in a statement that the liberated villages were Tel al-Zalat, Umm al-Masayid, al-Zaytoun and al-Aziziya, Efe news reported. IS casualties included three snipers and seven suicide …
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February 25, 2017