A number of people representing various organisations protested outside the Israeli Consulate in Mumbai on July 2 over the detention of Mohammed Saleem for standing outside the Israeli Consulate. Saleem, 42, a civil engineer, who was in the area for some official work, was checking his mobile phone when a staff of the Consulate approached and interrogated him. He was simultaneously taken to the police station where it was learnt that his bearded appearance had aroused the Consulate’s ...

Muslim leaders cutting across party lines strongly condemned July 4 violent attack and chopping off of the hand of Mr T. J. Joseph, a lecturer in Ernakulam District of Kerala by some miscreants on the pretext of taking revenge for Joseph’s act of blasphemy.

In a joint statement, the Muslim leaders said, “We feel that law was taking its due course against the said lecturer for his misdeed and he was already suspended from his college for a year due to his insult ...

All-India Milli Council general secretary M. Manzoor Alam wrote to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram protesting against harassment and religious profiling of Muslim youth. Mr. Alam drew his attention to the recent news reports of detention and acquittal of Muslim youth, and said that while these cases of harassment had come to light, there were many that had gone unreported. He demanded that a transparent procedure be adopted to explain such cases, and where no explanation was forthcoming,...

A local court in Lucknow, hearing the Babri Masjid demolition case, fixed July 13 as date for framing of charges on remaining 23 persons out of the 49 total accused in the offence. Among these, 15 were present before the court on June 29 and exemption applications were moved on behalf of six other accused as they could not present before the court. Two other accused were absent. CBI Counsel K.P. Singh told reporters that special ADJ (Ayodhya Prakran) Vireendra Kumar fixed July 13 as next da...

“Some people have been using and misusing Wakf properties. The current Wakf Act seems to fail in fulfilling the needs for which it was formed. Hence the government is planning to amend the Wakf Act to stop illegal occupation,” said Salman Khursheed, Minister of Minority Affairs, while addressing a conference held under the aegis of Tasweer-e-Hind Foundation in New Delhi on June 28. He hoped that if the amendment takes place, Wakf properties can neither be sold nor be gifted. He ...

“Doctors should treat the patients affectionately with a sense of service and behave with them politely,” said Prof. P.K. Abdul Azees, Vice Chancellor Aligarh Muslim University while addressing a squad of newly admitted medical students in the University. He said that the University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College enjoys a prominent position. A number of people visit the medical department of the college for treatment. He advised the students to balm the patients with t...

Muslim Reservation Front once again demanded reservation for Muslims referring to Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission report which recommended 10 per cent reservation for Muslims in education and government sectors. The report had recommended to the government to provide Dalit status for poor Muslims and Christians, which is currently enjoyed by Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists.

Delhi police have arrested a Banaras Hindu University student, named Vishal, for hoax call. Vishal rang up the police control number and claimed that he had placed a bomb in the Jama Masjid, New Delhi, which might burst at 11 p.m. The accused, 22, belongs to Muzaffar Nagar of Uttar Pradesh. Officials at the mosque informed that the boy was seen roaming in the Mosque premises during the day and even seen mauling women. The police have arrested the accused and interrogating him trying to know...