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UP Sunni Central Waqf Board creates 'Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation' for
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board created an 'Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation', a 15-member trust for building a mosque and other facilities on the land allotted in Ayodhya by the Uttar Pradesh Government on the Supreme Court's instructions.
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Taliban dismisses UNSC report on group maintaining ties with terror groups
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): The Taliban on Sunday rejected a UN Security Council (UNSC) report which said that the group has been maintaining ties with al-Qaeda and that some of its fighters are joining the ranks of the Islamic State, Sputnik reported.
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Muslim cleric in Lahore threatens Sikh community, aims to occupy gurudwara
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): An activist of Dawat-e-Islami (Beraillwi), who is also a caretaker of Mazar of Muslim prophet Hazrat Shah Kaku Chesti in Lahore has threatened the minority Sikh community saying that Pakistan is an Islamic nation that belongs to Muslims.
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German state bans burqas, face veils in schools
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 23 (ANI): The western German state of Baden-Wurttemberg on Tuesday banned full-face coverings, often known as burqa or niqab, in schools, saying that the full-face Islamic covering does not belong in a free society.
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NIA takes custody of 2 accused in case related to ISIK
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 13 (ANI): A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the national capital on Monday took custody of Nabeel Siddiique Khatri and Sadia Anwar Sheikh, accused in a case related to activities of ISIK (Islamic State - Khorasan Province).
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NIA arrests 2 people from Pune in case related to Islamic State Khorasan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two persons from Pune in connection with a case related to activities of the Islamic State-Khoradan Province (ISKP), sources said on Sunday.
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Persecuted Pakistan Hindus demand justice, protest at UN council against f
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 10 (ANI): Highlighting the plight of Hindus in Pakistan, a group of protesters on Friday (local time) gathered at UN Headquarters in Geneva during the 44th session of UN Human Rights Council to protest against the persecution faced by them at the hands of the Islam
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Terror groups using digital platforms to promote `jihad', says EFSAS resea
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] June 22 (ANI): Terrorist groups like the Islamic State (ISIS), Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Taliban to name a few have been using social media and their digital publications to influence the youth and lure them towards so-called `jihad', says Yoana Barakova, a research an
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US-led coalition destroys three IS camps in Iraq - Military Task Force
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 21 (Sputnik/ANI): The US-led military coalition in Iraq has destroyed three camps belonging to Islamic State, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement.
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Pakistan's clergy enjoys hegemony over state, religion
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): While the clergy in Pakistan enjoy uninterrupted power and hegemony over the State and religion, a constitutionally sanctioned body of clerics, the council Islamic Ideology (CII), has a responsibility of ensuring that no legislation or policy contradicts
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In a new video, Taliban speak against West, Afghan governments
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 11 (ANI): As Afghanistan government and the West step up efforts to integrate Taliban into the government, the extremist group has released a video eulogising Jihad and the Islamic Emirate, which they had established in Afghanistan in 1996, few years before 9/11.
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AQIS ropes in B'desh-based scholars to create online content for 'lone wol
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has pumped massive online content through its websites in its attempts to reach and instigate the "like-minded" to launch "lone wolf" attacks on the government, security agencies, businesses, Hindutva leaders and
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