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'BJP sympathises with Muslims when it needs their votes'

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said it is surprising that the BJP, which did not field a single Muslim candidate for Gujarat Assembly poll, finds that FDI is going to harm the interest of the community. ...  

Egypt:100,000 protest outside president's palace

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SP stalls Question Hour in Rajya Sabha

The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday stalled the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha demanding release of "innocent" Muslim youth arrested on false terror charges across the country. ...  

US judge refuses to order anti-Islam film off YouTube

An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world on Friday lost her second legal bid to force the video off of YouTube. ...  

Does the Muslim vote simply not matter in Gujarat?

Not a single Muslim candidate yet again in the BJP's final list for Gujarat assembly elections, Congress list too has only four Muslims so far. ...

Egypt assembly seeks to wrap up constitution

The assembly writing Egypt's constitution said it could wrap up a final draft later on Wednesday, a move the Muslim Brotherhood sees as a way out of a crisis over a decree by President Mohamed Mursi that protesters say gives him dictatorial powers. ...  

Nigeria: Wearing military uniforms, gunmen kill 10

Gunmen sprayed bullets from a moving van Monday night, killing 10 people in a predominantly Christian town in a region beset by religious tensions, Nigeria's military said on Tuesday. ...  

No parallel to Hyderabad's Muharram procession in India

It is that time of the year when an atmosphere of grief envelopes parts of the old city of Hyderabad, as loudspeakers from dozens of ashurkhanas blare 'marsiye' (elegies) and 'nohay' (poems expressing sorrow). Ashurkhanas are community spaces where Shia Muslims gather for mourning during Muharram. ...  

Paris Hilton's store in Mecca causes controversy

Los Angeles: Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has outraged Muslims by opening a new shop in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The 31-year-old hard-partying socialite introduced her newly opened store on Twitter along with a picture, reported CNN online. "Loving my beautiful new store that just opened at Mecca Mall in Saudi Arabia! This is the 5th store in Saudi Arabia, and store number 42 in total! So proud...  

Muslim convict observes Chhath in Bihar jail

Patna: A Muslim convict serving out a life term in Bihar's Bhagalpur Central Jail is observing a fast and performing other rituals of Chhath, the most popular Hindu festival of Bihar, jail officials said on Monday. Mohammad Ghuri, who was convicted for murder and has been lodged in the Bhagalpur Central Jail for over a year, has been religiously observing Chhath rituals, jail official Jitendra Kumar said. "It is difficult...  

Bihar: Muslims join hands with Hindus to construct temple

Sitamarhi (Bihar): While violence over the expansion of a Hindu temple near Charminar in Muslim-dominated Hyderabad's Old City is hogging media attention, in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, Muslims have been quietly helping Hindus construct a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, ahead of the Chhath festival. "Muslims are not only donating money for temple construction, they are also actively involved in ensuring that it should come up soon," Rajkishore Raut, president of...  

Hyderabad: Violence again breaks out in Old City

Hyderabad: Violence broke out once again near Charminar in the old city of Hyderabad on Friday over a temple row. At least seven people were injured in stone pelting by an unruly mob, and baton charge by police. Teargas shells were also fired by the police to disperse the mob, which set afire four vehicles and damaged several other vehicles, witnesses said. Trouble broke out soon after Friday prayers at...  

AP: Congress hits back at MIM over communal charge

Hyderabad: Two days after Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) withdrew support to the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh, the ruling party on Wednesday hit back by condemning the allegations that it has joined hands with communal forces. The Congress demanded the MIM to withdraw the "baseless" allegations and hoped it would reconsider its decision on support to the state government. The MIM, which has seven members in the 295-member assembly, on Monday...  

Tarun Gogoi reviews law and order in Assam's Bodoland

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday directed state authorities to deal with the latest spurt in violence in Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) region with tough action, where earlier in 2012 over 100 people were killed in Bodo-Muslim clashes. The Chief Minister asked the state Director General of Police (DGP) and top police officials to sternly deal with the situation during a law and order meeting at his...  

Hyderabad: Muslim groups seek end to 'economic blockade'

Hyderabad: The United Muslim Action Committee of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday sought the intervention of the state human rights commission (SHRC) to end what it called the "economic blockade" of the old city of Hyderabad. The action committee, comprising various Muslim groups including Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), alleged that the Congress government created a curfew-like situation around the historic Charminar to hurt the Muslim community economically. The committee said the police...  

MIM withdraws support to UPA over temple row

Hyderabad: The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on Monday withdrew support to the UPA government in the Centre accusing the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh of high handedness on temple renovation issue at Old City area in Hyderabad. MIM has one MP, Asaduddin Owaisi, from Hyderabad in the UPA. MIM also withdrew support to the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh, where it has seven MLAs. Speaking to CNN-IBN, MIM leader...  

Hyderabad: MIM legislators held, tension over temple

Hyderabad: Police arrested five legislators of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) near Charminar on Sunday as tension mounted in the old city of Hyderabad over a temple row. MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi and four others were taken into custody while they gathered to ask police to stop expansion of Bhagylaxmi Temple. The MIM leaders alleged that despite the Andhra Pradesh High Court ordering status quo, some groups were carrying out the...  

Rajasthan: Muslim cleric refuses to perform rituals

Jaipur: A wedding in Rajasthan's Barmer town, over 550 km from Jaipur, witnessed high drama Friday when the maulavi (priest) refused to perform the marriage rituals after he saw women from the groom's side dancing in public. The maulavi objected to the dancing as he claimed that women were not allowed to dance in marriage processions in the area. The maulavi left without performing the wedding rituals. Later in the...  

Azad Maidan violence: Police likely to file chargesheet

Mumbai: Charges are likely to be filed in the Azad Maidan violence case on Thursday and sources said that the Mumbai Crime Branch is ready to file a chargesheet but some confusion prevails regarding the custody of the two community leaders whose speeches had allegedly instigated the mob present at the venue on August 11. The Police is now awaiting a nod from the home department on the issue of...  

California man behind anti-Islam film to go back to jail

Los Angeles: A California man who served time for bank fraud was sent back to jail on Wednesday for probation violations stemming from his role in making a crude anti-Islam film that stoked protests across the Muslim world against the United States. The Egyptian-born Coptic Christian, who has been publicly identified as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, but whose legal name is Mark Basseley Youssef, admitted to several probation violations during a...