London: Over two decades after 'Satanic Verses' sparked a never-ending controversy and provoked a 'fatwa' for his head, author Salman Rushdie has only one thing to say to his detractors: 'I did not write it for the mullahs'. The India-born controversial writer who has lived for years under the shadow of his 1988 book, now liberally jokes about the whole issue. Speaking at the Hay Festival of Literature and the...
09:20 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Cairo: The two apparent survivors in Egypt's presidential race tried to gather support on Sunday from voters dismayed at what many see as a painful second-round choice between an Islamist apparatchik and a throwback to Hosni Mubarak's era. Both men are seeking to soften those images, lay claim to the mantle of the "revolution" that toppled Mubarak 15 months ago, and appeal to the many Egyptians who picked more centrist...
03:23 AM, May 28, 2012
Cairo: Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had topped this week's polls and would compete in next month's second round with former air force chief Ahmed...
02:01 AM, May 26, 2012
Cairo: Millions of Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in their history, voted on Thursday with the Muslim Brotherhood saying their candidate had an early lead over fellow Islamists and rivals who served ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Counting started after polls closed at 9 pm (1900 GMT) with no reliable exit polls available. The Brotherhood said on its television channel that its candidate Mohamed Mursi was ahead...
01:43 AM, May 25, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka government has set up a high-level committee to look into encroachment of Wakf properties, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said on Tuesday. The committee would submit its report in four months time, Gowda said in a release. The government had constituted a panel in November last year following complaints and media reports on the role of politicians and Wakf Board officials in the illegal sale of...
12:47 PM, May 22, 2012
HYDERABAD: In view of the fifth anniversary of the Mecca Masjid bomb blast on Friday, police have beefed up security in various parts of the old city Police said they were stepping up the security at the mosque, Charminar, other monuments, places of worship and other public places.Vehicle-checking and patrolling will be intensified. Stern action will be taken against history-sheeters and extremists. Some Muslim organisations are planning to organise protest...
08:57 AM, May 18, 2012
Hyderabad: "Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?" This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad. In this booming metropolis, where thousands struggle for a place to live in, even death offers no solution. Rapid urbanisation, burgeoning population, escalating land prices and shrinking graveyards due to encroachments have...
12:58 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Ramdev will address a seminar organised by a Muslim organisation in the capital on Saturday, a move seen as an attempt by the yoga guru to change his pro-Hindutva image. The yoga guru will inaugurate the conference on 'Basic Issues' organised by All India United Muslim Morcha led by former Parliamentarian Ilyas Azmi at India Islamic Cultural Centre. Ramdev's spokesperson said the conference is focused on issues of...
02:58 AM, May 12, 2012
London: A 26-year-old Asian Muslim woman, who was pregnant with her second child, has been stabbed to death in Britain. Saiba Khatoon was stabbed at her family home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Her seven-year-old son was woken up by a smoke alarm late at night and ran out of the house to get help from neighbours who found Khatoon dead in a room, the Daily Mail reported. Police have questioned...
08:24 PM, May 09, 2012
Thanks to Aamir Khan's show 'Satyamev Jayate', the spirited discussions and even outrage have not stopped since Sunday morning when the inaugural episode on female infanticide was first telecast. While Khan himself met Rajastan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to petition his government to act against the social menace, the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday terminated the license of 65 Medical Termination of Pregnancy centres in order to check the Sex...
05:30 PM, May 09, 2012
HYDERABAD: Haj is the journey of a lifetime for all practising Muslims. As such, the Supreme Courts order that the government should phase out Haj subsidy over the next 10 years has some Muslims worried in the city. Though the ruling wont affect the Qurrah or draw of lots that will be held on May 10 to select the pilgrims, a few are concerned that if they miss it now,...
08:39 AM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Welcoming the Supreme Court order to strike down the Centre's policy of giving Haj subsidies, Muslim Members of Parliament on Tuesday sought an arrangement which will directly benefit the pilgrims and improve standards of the minority community. "The Haj subsidy of Rs 600 crore is given to Air India and not pilgrims... Under this garb of subsidy, it (money) is going to Air India which is a sick...
12:52 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has told the Supreme Court that the trial of BJP leader LK Advani in the Ayodhya demolition case has to be carried on without dropping the conspiracy charge against him as the razing down of the medieval monument was part of a "single larger conspiracy". The agency, in its recent affidavit, opposed the separation of trial of eight accused leaders - Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma...
11:14 PM, May 07, 2012
Hyderabad: Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC), a US-based organization, has built 60 schools in the remote villages of coastal Andhra Pradesh and plans to construct 40 more to provide education to Muslims. Under its platform, Rural Educational and Economic Development (REED), the organization has not only constructed the buildings of basic multipurpose one-teacher schools but also appointed trained Telugu-speaking teachers. "We will run these schools for two years and...
01:09 PM, May 07, 2012
Jaipur: The Centre's move to carve out 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities will double the job opportunities for Muslim community, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said. "The 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities would increase two fold the job opportunities for Muslims, who must get their rightful share in the fruits of development," Khurshid said. The demand for reservation in employment and education for Muslims was not...
02:29 AM, May 07, 2012
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