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Shiv Sena slams fatwa on Nahid Afrin, says India is not under Taliban rule
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 16 (ANI): Condemning the fatwa issued against a 16-year-old singer Nahid Afrin by Muslim clerics in Assam, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday told ANI that such people are misusing their power to sabotage young talent and added that India is a democratic nation
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No Muslim cleric can stop Nahid Afrin from singing: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 16 (ANI): Expressing displeasure over fatwa issued against singer Nahid Afrin by Muslim clerics in Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday stated that the Muslim clerics have no authority to issue such a diktat.
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Nahid Afrin fatwa: Any kind of entertainment for Muslims is a crime, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 16 (ANI): Muslim cleric Maulana Sazid Rashidi while commenting on the fatwa issued against a singer in Assam stated that any kind of entertainment for Muslims is crime and this act of Nahid Afrin can only promote misunderstandings in the country.
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Trump's new travel ban blocked by Hawaii judge
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
NewYork [U.S.], Mar. 16 (ANI): Hours before President Donald Trump's new travel ban was set to go into effect, a federal judge in Hawaii blocked the ruling which states that travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees will be able to travel to the US.
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Will fight against triple talaq: Muslim cleric
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), Mar 15 (ANI): Muslim Cleric Maulana Yasoob Abbas on Wednesday said that he will fight against the system of Triple Talaq.
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Issuing fatwa has become fashion: Women Commission
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Expressing displeasure over fatwa issued against singer Nahid Afrin by Muslim clerics in Assam, women activists on Wednesday said issuing fatwa has become a fashion, adding that it should be issued on something more meaningful.
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Fatwas promote misunderstanding, says Muslim cleric
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Muslim cleric Imam Umer Ilyasi while commenting on the fatwa issued against a singer in Assam said such steps only promote misunderstandings, adding if someone is doing something against the Shariat then the concerned person should be spoken to personally an
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EU court allows employers to ban Muslim headscarf at workplace
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Mar. 15 (ANI): The European Union's highest court has allowed companies to ban staff from wearing Islamic headscarves at work, but only as part of a general policy barring all religious and political symbols.
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BJP failed to field Muslim candidates: Chidambaram on UP polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): Delivering the first annual lecture of The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy here, former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday highlighted the lack of Muslim candidates to be the loophole in the Bharatiya Janata party's (
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Baloch is graver issue than Rohingya Muslims: Activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): As the Baloch political and human rights activists have demanded a special rapporteur in the United Nations to probe gross human rights violations in Pakistan's Balochistan province, Baloch activist Ahmar Mastikhan has stressed that Balochistan is a
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Telangana Assembly to pass two legislations to enhance reservation for STs
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], Mar 12 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the state assembly will pass two legislations during the ongoing Budget Session to enhance reservation for the Scheduled Tribes and Muslims.
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Florida: Man tries to burn store run by Indian-Americans, mistakes them fo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 12 (ANI): In yet another incident highlighting the dangerously growing trend of racist attacks in the United States, a man in Florida tried to burn down a convenience store owned by Indian-Americans, thinking they were 'Muslims'.
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