Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan on Friday opposed the 'Uniform Civil Code in India Bill, 2020', which was introduced in Rajya Sabha and said that the bill has been brought just to end Muslim Personal Law.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) to make the minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls the same as that of persons belonging to other religions.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday wrote to the Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories and directed them to conduct a detailed inquiry of all the recognized Madrasas admitting non-Muslim students.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the government wants students of the migrant muslims to become doctors, and engineers instead of becoming Junab, Imam "by studying in Madrasas".
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that there is a need to change the system of men marrying three-four women to give justice to Muslim women.
With mob attacks and killings becoming a regular affair against the Ahmadiyya community, Pakistan has become a country where the people of this community are subjected to extensive persecution including hate speech and violence with at least 13 killed and 40 wounded from the community since
Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday inaugurated a multi-faith crematorium built by the state government for the last rites of Hindus, Christians and Muslims at Fatullaguda.
The article quoted Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) President Ahmed Bilal Mehboob as stating that Gen Bajwa "is leaving behind a shattered public image of the army as a legacy because of the choices he made during his six years in command".
Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan are tightening the noose on blasphemers on social media and arresting people allegedly involved in this activity, The Nation, a daily newspaper based in Lahore, Pakistan, reported.
The US news broadcaster said the new code bans cohabitation before marriage, apostasy, and provides punishments for insulting the president or expressing views counter to the national ideology.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif criticised his predecessor and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan for his comments on the retired chief of army staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, The Dawn reported.