The Indian army patrolled riot-hit areas of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat on Thursday after the death toll rose to seven in two days of caste-related violence. Clashes spread after police arrested a young leader of the influential Patel clan who led a huge rally on Tuesday[…]
By Firas Al-Khateeb – Today, there are over 500 million Muslims throughout the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), making it one of the largest population centers of Muslims in the world. Since Islam first entered India, it has contributed greatly to the area and its people. Today, numerous theories[…]
Two passenger trains in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have derailed minutes apart on a flooded bridge, killing at least 24 people, officials say. The trains were passing each other near the town of Harda when a flash flood triggered by heavy rain struck the bridge, reports said. The[…]
An Indian official has revealed that the Asian peninsular country is home to more than 180 million Muslim population. The number was revealed by Indian Deputy National Security Advisor Dr Arvind Gupta in a meeting last Tuesday with Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb who holds the highest seat of religious learning in[…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the Indian state of Maharashtra has de-recognised madrasas which only educate students on Islam without offering other subjects such as maths and science, local media reported. Eknath Khadse, the state’s minorities affairs minister, said on Thursday that madrasas focusing only on studying Islam[…]
More than 500 people have lost their lives in the past week in a sustained and severe heat wave in India. The worst-off areas are the southeastern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in southern India, where state authorities say more than 400 people have died in the past few days.[…]
The first round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Palestine were held in Ramallah Monday in efforts to strengthen bilateral diplomatic relations. India’s support for the Palestinian cause was emphasized by Indian officials during the meeting, led by Ambassador Mazen Shamiya, representing Palestine and Ambassador Sandeep Kumar representing India,[…]
Three coaches of a passenger train derailed in northern India on Friday, killing 31 people, and rescuers were using gas cutters to rip apart the mangled wreckage to search for trapped people. At least 50 were injured. Rescue workers pulled 31 bodies from the wreckage, said Ashwini Srivastava, a spokesman[…]
A leading Indian television network that was to broadcast a documentary about the 2012 Delhi gang rape halted programming in protest at the banning of the film, officials and news reports said Monday. India’s Daughters, a documentary made by British film-maker Leslee Udwin, was to be broadcast on Indian channel[…]
Indian Premier Narendra Modi on Sunday deplored crimes against women in the country as he made assurances that his government was taking measures to protect them. Modi’s statement came on the International Women’s Day and during an ongoing controversy over a government ban on broadcast of a documentary about the[…]
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