By Masoom Moradabadi Lo! and behold! Yet another ‘Representative Delegation of Muslims’ has been honoured by being allowed in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Court. On the face of it, it was the biggest of all the Muslim delegations that have so far had an audience with the Prime Minister because …
By Mohammad Sajjad Indian elections are more about the equations of social engineering. Hence in this election for the Uttar Pradesh assembly, a question is: Which way will the Muslims vote? Muslims constitute around 20% of UP’s electorate. By and large, the bulk of the Muslim electorates remains divided between …
One of the tallest Muslim leaders in India in recent decades, E Ahamed’s death is shrouded in mystery. While the Muslim community is grieving the death of the leader who worked till the last day of his life, they are angry over the unnecessary confusion caused by Union Government in …
By Afrah Mansour The year 2016 was one which thrust Muslim women, particularly those in hijab, into the limelight. We went from debates surrounding the burkini ban, to the ban of the niqab, to women needing to defend themselves from hate crimes and Islamophobia. With this, it meant that we …
A series of Startup Festivals being launched to kickstart innovation and entrepreneurship • www.AIMBSN.com (All India Business Startup Network) IndiaStartupFest.com • GCCStartupFest.com • www.Schoolpreneur.Biz By Danish Ahmad Khan Indian-American Dr. Tausif Malik is in India now with a dream. Unlike other Indian Muslims who only believe in chest thumping and …
IMO News Service Patna: Bihar Anjuman, a leading voluntary organization of Bihar, welcomed Sikh devotees during 350 Prakashotsav of Guru Gobind Singh in Patna for three days from January 2 to 4, 2017. The Anjuman offered free coffee, water and biscuits at their stall at Gaighat near Gurudwara. The volunteers …
By Syed Ali Mujtaba Recently the postal department of India has commemorated great deeds and achievements of eight personalities of Bihar by releasing stamps on them, but the most surprising thing about this was the omission of Syed Mahmud, of the foremost freedom fighters from Bihar. The eight stamps released …
By Pervez Bari Bhopal: A two-day motivational workshop for creating awareness towards education amongst children and their parents who belong to the have-nots of the Indian society was held in Bhopal on January 7 & 8, 2017. The participants took part in the workshop most enthusiastically with a resolve to …
By Ali Ahmed The Army’s response to the query of the Sachar committee, investigating the socio-economic status of India’s largest minority, on the numbers of Muslims in its ranks, was intriguing. The army had responded that it does not maintain such statistics. General JJ Singh, its Chief at the time, …
We, ordinary citizens, artists, intellectuals, writers, poets from the Muslim community, want to emphasis that the Muslim community in India is diverse, plural and heterogeneous. No single organization or group of people/organisations can claim to speak on behalf of the whole community. Muslims and people of Muslim descent living in …
By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Governed entirely by colonialist sick mentality, the Hindutva outfits led by ruling BJP and Siva Sena have been targeting Muslims, Islam, Pakistan, Kashmir, etc in order to increase its Hindu vote bank capacity by getting coverts from Congress and other so-called centrist parties. This is …
IMO News Service Mumbai: The historic Nagpada Junction of Mumbai witnessed another historic moment on 15th October 2016 when Islamic scholars and clerics of all Muslim sects including Sunnis, Barelvis, Deobandis, Ahlehadis, Shias came together to show their unity under the banner of All India Muslim Majlise -e-Muushawarat (AIMIMM). The …
By Dr. M.I.H. Farooqi Raja Ram Mohan Roy, known as the “Maker of Modern India” and “Father of the Bengal Renaissance”, advocated the study of English, Science, Western Medicine and Technology. For this objective he established the Hindu College in Kolkata in 1817. His progressive views were bitterly opposed by …
By A. Haq In Uttar Pradesh (UP), Muslims have been huge force for secular parties which are ruling in the country’s most populous state for last two decades. But scenario seems to be different this time. Unlike Bihar where Nitish Kumar led coalition was an ultimate choice, Muslims in UP …
By Abdul Hafiz Lakhani Ahmedabad: Close on the heels of brutal lynching of Mohammed Ayub by alleged Gau Rakshaks (Cow Vigilantes) last week, there will be no let up in Gujarat—laboratory of Hindutva, as saffron outfits have threatened not to allow Muslims in upcoming Navratri festival next month. Navratri, meaning …
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