More than 200 Christian leaders from across India have condemned the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, and “brutal repression” of protests by youth and civil society against the legislation. “We express our solidarity with the students and others who have been grievously injured and pray for their speedy recovery,” said the statement signed among others by…
Mumbai: There is no harm in backtracking if the government thinks it has erred in amending citizenship laws, says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India. “Religion should never be made a dividing factor,” asserted the cardinal when asked about the political turmoil in India over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019…
Fifty-one teachers at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have written an open letter to the Centre, condemning the new citizenship law and NRC. It also condemned police action against students of universities like BHU, Jamia. The letter states, “We, the teachers of BHU, IIT BHU and affiliated colleges are deeply pained and aghast with the recent…
The exact moment He alone knows, When we’ll depart from this Earthly realm. Life is short, so do please prepare For that meeting with Him from Whom you came. Like grains of sand, we slip through life’s watch glass, Silently, without realising it, our time ticks away, Moving rapidly towards the Hereafter. Each day opens…
Youngsters clad in Muslim attire, with girls wearing headscarves and boys in skull caps a video of around 14 youngsters singing Christmas carols in a Kerala church has taken social media by storm. At a time when protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are being held across the country, the youngsters wore the…
“It is not only important to break down barriers and misconceptions, but also for young Australian Muslims to gain a better understanding of the teachings of Islam from a scholarly source, rather than an unknown and unreliable internet source,” Hass Dellal, Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation (AMF), says. The 12-page manual is titled…
Leaders of different religious communities in Bangladesh called upon their fellow citizens to reject violence in the name of religion and work to establish peace by upholding harmony. No religion allows violence, they said at the inauguration of the Bangladesh Inter-Religious Forum for Peace and Harmony (BIRFPH) in Dhaka recently. The forum’s coordinator Syed Tayabul…
London: British Schools that are run in accordance with Islamic values top the charts in GCSE league table. The first three Muslim faith schools that have topped the British government’s ranking of secondary school performance are: Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School, Eden Boys’ School and Eden Girls’ school and securing a total of four in…
Based in New Delhi, Centre for Peace and Spirituality (CPS), founded by Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, has been involved in disseminating the message of the Quran to people around the world in their own language. So far, translations are available in about 30 national and international languages. CPS generally engages in free distribution of…
Akbar Khan left his studies after the 12th standard to enter the family business in Kolkata. After he took charge of the village, Akbar Khan has worked dedicatedly to improve the conditions of the village. By Sadathullah Khan Bara is a village in Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh, near the border with Bihar. A Discover…
