Hindu mischief-mongers attacked the Apnapally mosque situated 6 kms from Mahbubnagar District last week on a false pretext of avenge. They assaulted a group of Tableeghi workers present in the mosque, accusing them of being involved in causing damage to a temple located nearby. The Tableeghi members were locked inside the mosque while the trouble makers went on a rampage, destroying and vandalising the house of God.

The police, most disturbingly, chose to remain mute spectators even a...

All-India Urdu Education Committee founder president Md. Jaleel Pasha announced in a press statement that a 2-day World Urdu Conference is being organised on the 30th & 31st of July, 2007. Among the notables invited to the conference are S Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Urban Development, Md Ali Shabbir, Minister for Minority Welfare, AP, Dr Ehtesham Husain, VC, Hyderabad University, Prof Iqbal Ahmed, Pro-VC, MANUU, Gopichand Narang, Chairman, Sahitya Academy, Prof Ali Javed, Director, ...

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has demanded that Muslims be given exemption from mandatory registration of marriage. Reacting to the Supreme Court directive to get all marriages, irrespective of religion, compulsorily registered, Jamiat general secretary Maulana Syed Mahmood Madani said the apex court move is direct intervention in Muslim personal law.

"As per the Constitution of India Muslims are allowed to deal with the issues related to marriage, divorce and inheritance in accordance wit...

The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) plans to conduct a students’ conference in Mumbai on November 25, focussing on the present educational system and the ways to redefine it to mark the SIO’s completion of 25 years.

As a prelude to the conference, the organisation plans to organise a three-day national workshop on Education at the Aligarh Muslim University from August 6, the SIO’s national president Bishruddin Sharqi told media persons in Tiruchi on July...

The investigation of the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case came under sharp attack in the Supreme Court on July 30 with the court-appointed counsel and a relative of the victims accusing the Gujarat government of filing a chargesheet which would benefit the accused.
While Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae, questioned the "conduct" of the state and its investigating agency in handling the case, Sohrabuddin`s re...