New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board announced that it will launch a campaign to ensure that women get their due share of inheritance. It also expressed deep concern over the government’s crackdown on Wakf properties, the criminal negligence of Wakf boards, and cases filed against the Wakf Act in various high courts…
Guwahati: Taking a strong exception to the BJP-led Assam government’s consideration to outlaw polygamy in the state, Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, MP and president of the All-India United Democratic Front, said that Muslims generally believe in monogamy, and it is the Hindus who often marry multiple times. Speaking with reporters here, Ajaml came down heavily on…
Ahmadabad: According to reports, a girl who graduated as the top student from Kheda School in Gujarat was excluded from the list of victors honoured on August 15 during the Independence Day celebrations. Despite earning 87 percent on her tests, Arnaz Banu was not given the same recognition as the others. The second-place finisher and…
New Delhi: A gathering of intellectuals and social leaders from across the country discussed the challenge of communalism, social division, and strategies to counter it. They unanimously stressed the necessity for collaborative ground-level efforts to counteract this divisive trend. The meeting convened by Maulana Mahmood Asa’d Madani-led Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind at its headquarters on August 19.…
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, one of the top Muslim organizations in India, voiced extreme concern over the startling number of women and girls who have gone missing nationwide, which has surpassed 13.13 lakh. Speaking during a news conference on August 5, the secretary of the Jamaat’s women’s wing, Rahmathunnissan, cited data from the National Crime…
Bangalore: The Karnataka Muslim Political Forum (KMPF), a Muslim representative organisation of the state’s Muslim community, urged the ruling Congress party to nominate Muslim candidates for the parliamentary seats of Bidar, Haveli, Hubli Dharwad, Mangalore, and Bangalore Central in the 2024 parliamentary elections. The Forum hosted three sessions in Basavakalyan, the Aland taluka of the…
New Delhi: In the wake of a flurry of petitions filed in numerous courts against old mosques, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) urged the government to uphold the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, in letter and spirit. In a statement to the media, the JIH Vice-President, Malik Mohtasim Khan, said, “We are extremely concerned about…
New Delhi: A delegation of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board told the Law Commission of India that Muslims, like Sikhs, Christians, and tribal people, will not accept the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) under any circumstances. The Law Commission assured the delegation that they would not propose any significant changes that could change the…
New Delhi: Dr. N. Zaheer Ahmed took over as Director General, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. Previously working as the Deputy Director of CCRUM’s Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Chennai, he is a renowned researcher and brings with him more than three decades of research…
Jeddah: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomes the adoption of the resolution on “Countering religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence” by the UN Human Rights Council as a significant step in strengthening the international community’s efforts and resolve to reject the desecration of holy texts and religious intolerance. Following a request…
