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California to pay $85,000 to Muslim woman over forcibly removing hijab
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
California [U.S.], AUgust 12 (ANI): A Muslim woman has been awarded $85,000 after an officer forcibly removed her hijab, or headscarf, when she was in police custody in Long Beach, California.
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BJP spreading Hindutva, destroying secularism by making Vande Mataram comp
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Terming the compulsion of singing Vande Mataram as 'unconstitutional', All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government in the Centre of spreading Hindutva and destro
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Manipur Governor condemns Hamid Ansari's 'derogatory' remar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 11 (ANI): Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla on Friday condemned outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari over his "derogatory" remarks about Muslims of the country.
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Ansari's remark creating row only because he is Muslim: NCP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 11 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday backed outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari's statement over the growing uneasiness among the country's minority community, stating that only because the latter is a Muslim so it's creating a row
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Paresh Rawal mocks Ansari over 'Muslim' remarks, says 'get
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Paresh Rawal on Thursday fired a sardonic salvo at outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari over his remarks about Muslims of the country.
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BJP, Congress stand divided over Hamid Ansari's statement on Indian M
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has outrightly denied outgoing vice-president Hamid Ansari's assertion on Indian Muslims, saying that there is no better country than India for Muslims, while the Congress has said that the statement is directed toward
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JuD's political reincarnation MML comes with questionable 'terro
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug.10 (ANI): Editorials appearing in two separate major dailies in Pakistan have said the Jamaat-ud-Dawa's (JuD's) plans to venture into mainstream politics through its recently formed Milli Muslim League (MML) needs to be viewed with skepticism, given its pa
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Muslim clerics condemn terrorist organisations active in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 10 (ANI): A resolution has been passed by Muslim clerics against the terrorist organisations active in Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) co-founder Hafiz Saeed, with the demand that Central and State governments should not interfere in Muslim religious a
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Feeling of unease among Indian Muslims, says outgoing vice-president Hamid
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Outgoing vice-president Hamid Ansari, in his last interview before demitting the office, has said that the Muslims in the country were experiencing a "feeling of unease."
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Shehbaz Sharif will be PML-N new President :Zafarul Haq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI):Raja Zafarul Haq, leader of the House in the Pakistan Senate, has said Shehbaz Sharif would be the new president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
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Hafiz Saeed's new political outfit MML to contest 2018 general electi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore[ Pakistan], August 8 (ANI):Milli Muslim League President Saifullah Khalid has announced that Hafiz Saeed Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) 's new political outfit MML will contest the 2018 general elections and vowed to implement the ideology of Pakistan in accordance with the 1973 Constituti
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Minority status to non-Muslims: SC gives last chance to J-K Govt. to file
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave final chance to the Jammu and Kashmir Government to file a reply within three months on the issue of the minority status to non-Muslims in the state.
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