Expressing shock at the news reports that a number of Muslims have been picked up by the police after the August 25 twin blasts, Indian Muslim Council-USA demanded justification on the "abrupt arrests."

The blasts, coming just months after bomb blast in the historic Makkah Masjid of Hyderabad killed at least 43 people, many of them Muslims. IMC-USA, an advocacy group based in USA, called the arrests "a knee jerk reaction by the administration to cover up the failure in ...

Acting on a petition submitted by Shahi Imam of Ludhiana and Ameer Majlis Ahrar-i-Islam Maulana Habeebur Rahman Thani Ludhianavi, Minister for Jails, Punjab, Hira Singh Gabria has assured that special arrangements will be made for Muslim jail inmates all through the holy month of Ramadhan.

A delegation of Ahrar leaders led by the organisation’s general secretary Muhammad Usman Rahmani Ludhianavi called on the Minister for Jails on September 8 and submitted the petition of Ahrar ...

The Supreme Court of India has passed an order to provide maintenance allowance to Muslim women from their husbands under Section 125. The Apex Court in its June 5, 2007 judgement in Iqbal Bano Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and others has held as follows:

1. A Muslim husband is liable to make reasonable and fair provision for the future of the divorced wife which obviously includes her maintenance as well. Such a reasonable and fair provision extending beyond the iddat period must be mad...

Haj pilgrims from eastern Uttar Pradesh will now be able to fly to Saudi Arabia directly from Varanasi. A decision to this effect was taken by the Union Civil Aviation Ministry on a demand by the Uttar Pradesh government. Lucknow was the first city in the state to start direct Haj flights a few years ago.

"Varanasi would be the second embarking point in the state for 2007 Haj pilgrims," state Haj Committee chief Naseemuddin Siddiqui told presspersons on September 8.

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Former Ameer Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith and founder member and vice-president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Maulana Mukhtar Ahmad Nadwi breathed his last in Mumbai on September 9. He was 78.

Born in 1930 in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, Mukhtar Ahmad emerged as one of the prominent Salafi scholars in India. After completing his education from different educational institutions, he was appointed Imam and Khateeb at Jama Masjid Ahle Hadith Kolkata. Later he was associated wi...