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Indian college bars Muslim women from classes for wearing hijab
The authorities should allow the use of headscarves of the color similar to the student uniform.
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Hindu monk jailed after calling for 'genocide' of Muslims
Yati Narsinghanand Giri and other religious leaders called on Hindus to arm themselves for “a genocide” against Muslims, according to a police complaint.
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India's largest art museum to open Islamic gallery
The Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad contains around 2,500 objects related to Islamic faiths and traditions.
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A million set to throng India’s Ganges for holy dip despite COVID
Nearly one million Hindu worshippers are expected to gather on the banks of the river for yearly pilgrimage in the state reporting the second-highest number of cases.
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Online ‘Auction’ Is Latest Attack on Muslim Women in India
The fake site, the second in months, is a sign of the organized nature of virtual bullying, with threats of sexualized violence aimed at silencing the outspoken.
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Hyderabad mosque sets up 40-bed centre for the homeless
The facility will deal will with 70 per cent geriatric cases and 30 per cent other destitute and abandoned people.
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As Hindu Extremists Call for Killing of Muslims, India’s Leaders Keep Silent
Right-wing Hindu activists at a conference took an oath to harm Muslims if necessary to make “a Hindu-only nation,” the most blatant example of rising anti-Muslim sentiment across India.
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Closed Kashmir main mosque belies India’s religious freedom claim
The mosque’s chief priest has been detained inside his home almost non-stop throughout that time, and the mosque’s main gate is padlocked and blocked with corrugated tin sheets on Fridays.
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Russia, India abandon US dollar in mutual settlements
Russia and India have agreed to ditch the dollar as a means of mutual settlements, as Washington continues to impose sanctions on Moscow.
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India: Hindu groups continue to disrupt Muslim prayers in Gurgaon
For more than two months now, Hindu vigilantes have tried to stop the minority community from offering their prayers outside Indian capital.
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India mourns Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Eminent Islamic scholar and peace activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan died in India on Wednesday night, his family members said.
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‘Muslims in India need to empower themselves’
Muslims in India need to work towards empowering themselves as the government’s policies for the community have been “inadequate,” according to Indian journalist and prominent author Ghazala Wahab.
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Qutb Minar, a long-standing example of Indo-Islamic architecture
Qutb Minar stands at a height of 72.5 meters (238 feet) and was constructed as a minaret, a tower-like structure typically part of mosques and generally used for the Muslim call to prayer..
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IICF Trust unveils design of Ayodhya mosque in India
This structure will be built in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village on a five-acre land allocated to the trust in the dispute case by the Supreme Court
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Women's rights bodies seek justice for Muslim girl burned alive in India
A 20-year-old Muslim girl Gulnaz Khatoon was allegedly burned to death by a Hindu man and his friends after rejecting a marriage proposal in India's eastern province of Bihar.
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India: Muslim police officer dismissed for keeping a beard
Authorities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have suspended a Muslim police officer for keeping a beard without permission.
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Jammu & Kashmir: Blow to press freedom as India closes free media
The abrupt closure of a decades-old local English-language daily in Indian-administered Kashmir has dealt yet another blow to press freedom in the region, with journalists saying the move is meant to silence credible voices of dissent.
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The message of condolences on the death of Mohib Ali Roshanali Nasser
Hojjat al-Islam Mahdavipour, the representative of the Supreme Leader in India, sent a message of condolences on the death of Haji Mohib Ali Roshanali Nasser, the financial representative of Grand Ayatollah Sistani in Mumbai.
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Indian court set to deliver verdict in Babri mosque demolition case
A special court in India will deliver on Wednesday the verdict in the criminal case related to the Babri mosque demolition, almost 28 years after the structure in the Ayodhya town was pulled down.
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India: Charges over virus cause ordeal for Muslim mission group
Muslims stand accused of spreading virus in various parts of India in April following reports of local outbreak in New Delhi.
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India: Historians recall role of Muslims in freedom struggle
Celebrating country’s 74th Independence Day on Aug. 15, under the shadow of recent communal riots in capital Delhi and anti-citizenship law stir, many Indian scholars have called for recalling the role of Muslims during India’s freedom struggle.
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India: Violence over social media post on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) leaves 3 dead
Locals said a large number of people took to streets in parts of the city over the post by a man said to be a relative of a local politician. A crowd of people gathered outside the politician’s residence.
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Muslim rickshaw driver allegedly assaulted in India
According to the police, 52-year-old Gaffar Ahmed Kachawa had lodged a police complaint against two individuals at the Sadar Police Station in the Sikar city for beating and forcing him to chant a slogan on Friday.
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Muslim man in India attacked with hammer on suspicion of transporting beef: media
According to Times of India, police said that the incident took place on Friday morning in Haryana's Gurgaon district and one of the accused had been arrested.
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Somber Eid for Muslims in India during pandemic
With days before the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha, the biggest animal market in western Uttar Pradesh should be bustling with buyers and sellers.
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Resistance against injustice toward Muslims grows in India
Since India's Hindu nationalist-dominated Parliament passed a law that grants citizenship to refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan as long as they are not Muslim, there have been protests across the country demanding its repeal.
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India grants thousands citizenship rights in Kashmir to dilute Muslim population
The certificate, a sort of citizenship right, entitles a person to residency and government jobs in the region, which till last year was reserved only for the local population.
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India rejects Muslim bloc's stand on Jammu and Kashmir
“Our position is consistent on this matter and has no ambiguity. OIC has no locus standing in matters strictly internal to India, including that of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” said Anurag Srivastava, spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
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COVID ‘harassment’ against Muslims in India unfortunate
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, said this while briefing reporters during a conference call on the impact of COVID-19 on religious minorities throughout the world.
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Court in India overrules prohibits Islamic call to prayer
Ruling that the Adhan was an integral part of the Islamic religion, the Allahabad High Court urged authorities against hindering its practice under the pretext of COVID-19 guideline violations.