SC agrees to hear pleas against ‘Nikah-Halala’, polygamy
AMN / NEW DELHI Supreme Court today agreed to consider listing of a bunch of petitions challenging the practices of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among Muslims. A three-judge bench headed…
Flights for Haj from India to start from July 14
1,75,025 Muslims from India will go to Haj this year Our Special Correspondent / New Delhi A record 1,75,025 Muslims including 47 per cent women from India are going to…
Centre to oppose polygamy, Nikah Halala at SC
Our Correspondent /New Delhi The Centre is likely to support a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the polygamy, nikah halala (a requirement for a divorced couple to remarry), nikah…
DMC notice to producer of film ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’
AMN / New Delhi Delhi Minorities Commission, DMC has asked the producer the film “Nanak Shah Fakir” to desist from using insulting language and if same is repeated in the…
DMC notice to ASI regarding Khirki Mosque
Our Correspondent / New Delhi Taking cognisance of press reports, Delhi Minorities Commission has issued a sou motu notice to the Archeological Survey of India asking it what action it…
DMC takes action against Delhi Police officers
AMN / New Delhi Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) had issued a notice to Delhi Police Inspector Keshav Kumar at the complaint of a Muslim citizen of Welcome, Shahdra. According to…
UP Lynching: Brother blames ‘BJP goons’ for Qasim lynching in Hapur
By A Correspondent / New Delhi The brother of the cattle trader Qasim, who was lynched in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur earlier this week has blamed local BJP workers for the…
Kerala Muslim leader P C Hamza passes away
KOZIKODE One of the well known social worker, politician and community leader of Kerala P C Hamza passed away today after brief illness. He was associated with Tahreek e Islami…
Bombay HC refuses to grant relief to Zakir Naik
MUMBAI The Bombay High Court today refused to grant relief to controversial Islamic scholar Zakir Naik, who is facing charges of inciting communal disharmony and under the UAPA, observing that…
DMC asks JNU to study “religious terrorism” instead of “Islamic Terrorism”
Our Correspondent /New Delhi Delhi Minorities Commission, DMC has asked Jawahar Lal Nehru University, JNU to adopt “religious terrorism” instead of “Islamic Terrorism” as a subject of study and teaching…