Washington: In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam, family members said. Under the tutelage of a friend known to the Tsarnaev family only as Misha, Tamerlan gave up boxing and stopped studying music, his family said. He began opposing the wars in Afghanistan...
06:59 AM, Apr 24, 2013
There have been growing questions over possible links between late suspect Tamerlan Tsarvaev and the Muslim extremist. The youTube page of late Tsarvaev suggets there might me. ...
01:51 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Bokakhat: The hijab debate is back in focus, after a 4-year-old Muslim girl in Assam was asked to stop wearing the headgear in her classroom or face expulsion. Fatima Bibi's school said they cannot relax the dress code for one child. Meanwhile, her parents citing tradition have moved court. "Hijab is a part of tradition. Not just for school students but also grownups. She wears the complete uniform and then...
07:57 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will approach the Supreme Court on Thursday to appeal an order issued by the Islamabad High Court for his immediate arrest, a leader of his party said. Musharraf had consulted his aides and legal experts and decided to approach the apex court for relief, All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) secretary general Muhammad Amjad told the media outside the former military ruler's farmhouse. Speaking hours...
02:50 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on Thursday fled away from Islamabad High Court with the help of his bodyguards after the court ordered his arrest. Musharraf was reportedly taken away from the Islamabad High Court complex before he could be arrested after his plea for extension of bail was rejected by the court. The arrest order was passed in a case related to the confinement of over 60 judges...
11:21 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Ayodhya: The 64-year-old practice of performing rituals at the disputed site in Ayodhya on Ram Navami may face a halt in 2013 as district administration has decided not to allow any religious activity in the area. Only court appointed priest, Acharya Satyender Das, has been allowed to perform religious activities on the 67 acre land, which had been taken over by the Centre. However, for the last 19 years, locals...
11:02 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Cairo: Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's retrial was indefinitely adjourned on Saturday after the presiding judge withdrew from the case and referred it to a lower court, triggering angry protests in the courtroom. Judge Mustafa Hassan Abdullah announced his decision to recuse himself minutes after the retrial opened at a Police Academy on the outskirts of Cairo, citing "embarrassment" over the proceedings, according to state-run news agency MENA. Abdullah said...
05:57 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Shimoga: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa is in trouble for his alleged "hate speech" in the assembly poll-bound state. A criminal case has been filed against him in his home town Shimoga, 280 km north of Bangalore, for a speech that allegedly provokes hatred between communities, a police spokesperson told reporters on Friday. Addressing a public function in Shimoga on Sunday, Eshwarappa had reportedly said that a number of...
05:30 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Raipur: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday branded Congress as "the biggest communal party" in the country and accused it of raking up issues of Hindus, Muslims and Christians for the sake of votes. "The biggest communal party in the country is Congress. The party has ruled for more than 50 years, it was its responsibility to enhance the mutual understanding and brotherhood among the people of different religions and...
12:26 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Cairo: One person was killed and more than 80 wounded in clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo on Sunday after a funeral service for four Egyptian Christians killed in sectarian violence with Muslims, state media said. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hard line Islamists repressed under his autocratic rule. The state news...
10:18 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Colombo: A red-robbed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, Muslim-owned clothing store. March's attack on the Fashion Bug chain near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, filmed by a local television station whose cameraman was attacked by the mob, was the most public outburst in a growing anti-Muslim campaign by Buddhist nationalist...
09:50 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Hyderabad: Pakistan is "a fake country", and one day will reunite with India along with Bangladesh, Press Council of India chairperson Justice (Retd) Markandey Katju said in Hyderabad on Sunday. He also said that whereas today an overwhelming majority of Hindus and Muslims were "communal", it was not so a century ago. "A fake country was created in the name of Pakistan. It is an artificially created entity by the...
12:51 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Hyderabad: "Discrimination" against Muslims is giving rise to a feeling of injustice among them, Press Council Chairman Markanedya Katju claimed on Sunday and rebuked the media for what he described as "demonising" Muslim community through "irresponsible" journalism. "Whenever a bomb blast occurs or such incident takes place, within an hour or so many TV channels start showing that an email or SMS has come from the Indian Mujahideen, JeM or...
04:45 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Cairo: Clashes between Egyptian Muslims and Christians erupted early Saturday in a town near Cairo, leaving at least five people dead, security officials said. Investigators said they were waiting for autopsy reports to confirm how the men - four Christians and a Muslim - were killed in the small town of Khosoos, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the capital. President Mohammed Morsi's office released a statement condemning the...
07:20 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan Election Commission on Friday rejected former president Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers, raising objection under article 62 and 63 of the constitution. Musharraf had recently returned to the country after a four-year self-imposed exile to take part in elections, despite death threats from Pakistani Taliban. Musharraf, who was banned by a court from leaving the country, wanted to contest in the May 11 polls from Karachi, Islamabad, Chitral and...
04:13 PM, Apr 05, 2013
President Hamid Karzai held talks with Qatari leaders on Sunday, official media reported, on a visit the Kabul government has said would seek to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban insurgents on ending Afghanistan's war. ...
06:30 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that his government will not allow racism or religious extremism in the country and advised the Buddhist majority community to protect the rights of others. "This is a democratic country, non-Buddhists have equal rights and freedoms. While we safeguard the rights of Buddhists, it is the responsibility of the Buddhists to be exemplary and protect the rights of others," he told a religious...
12:22 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Members of Pakistan's minority Hindu community staged a protest in southern Sindh province after a Hindu woman converted to Islam and married a Muslim man, according to a media report on Saturday. The protest and a "wave of anger" within the minority community led to the postponement of polls for the Hindu Panchayat in Jacobabad on Friday. ...
12:47 PM, Mar 30, 2013
The Muslims of Sit Kwin were always a small group who numbered no more than 100 of the village's 2,000 people. But as sectarian violence led by Buddhist mobs spreads across central Myanmar, they and many other Muslims are disappearing. ...
09:45 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to "so many Muslim brothers and sisters" during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of Christians from terrorism, war and religious fanaticism in the Middle East. The new pontiff, who has rankled traditionalists by rejecting many trappings of his office, mostly stuck to the traditional script during the nighttime Way of the Cross procession at Rome's Colosseum, one of the most dramatic...
08:16 AM, Mar 30, 2013
