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Seattle shooting: Sikh community offers to help spread awareness about Sik
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar. 5(ANI): Reacting on the fresh incident touted to be yet another hate crime in which a 39 year old Sikh man was shot by an unknown assailant, the American Gurdwara Parbhandhak committee (AGPC) has condemned the attack and offered to help the US administration to gen
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I was detained at airport because I'm a Muslim: Legendary boxer Muham
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
NewYork [U.S.], Feb. 28 (ANI): The son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali has revealed that said he was detained by immigration officials at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, solely due to his religion- Muslim.
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Should BJP win in UP, Muslim candidates will get tickets: Naqvi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 27 (ANI): Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that the BJP is a party that takes all communities and people of various religious persuasion along with it, adding that while it is not looking at religion-based distribution of tick
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Cong corners PM Modi, accuses BJP of disrupting communal harmony
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27(ANI): Launching a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mixing religion and politics during his election rallies in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress Party on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to disrupt communal harmony in the cou
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Election Commission reiterates warning to political parties to abstain fro
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 26 (ANI): The Election Commission of India has once again called on the political parties contesting elections, to refrain from using religion as election propaganda to garner support, stating that this will fuel communal disharmony.
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Muhammad Ali's son detained by immigration, asked "are you a Mus
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Feb. 25 (ANI): In a shocking development, it has been revealed that the son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained for hours by immigration officials earlier this month at a Florida airport, and was repeatedly asked about his religion.
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If a Kabristan can be constructed, so should a Shamshaan: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lambasted the Akhilesh Yadav-led government by drawing a parallel between Hindu and Muslim festivals, accusing the local administration of discrimination on the basis of religion.
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UP Elections: Key poll issues of political biggies
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): This year whether assembly elections in India's biggest state of Uttar Pradesh are being fought on the combination and permutations of cast, creed and religion or development is any issue in the state will be decided by the voters only, but the fact is
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Triple Talaq highlights 'unacceptable' inequality between men an
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): Branding triple talaq as immoral, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday stated that the controversial practice only proved inequality between men and women which was unacceptable in the Indian society, adding that freedom of religio
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Hindus should not be seen in context of religion but culture: Himanta
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Feb. 13 (ANI): Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Monday said Hindus should not be seen in a context of a religion but culture.
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We should alleviate problems of women of other religions too: Sharad Yadav
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): A day after Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's comments on triple talaq made headlines in the backdrop of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader Sharad Yadav slammed the concept of trying to improve the life of onl
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Pak Senator urges world leaders to not use term 'Islamic terrorism�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 3 (ANI): Pakistan's former interior minister & chairman, Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control, Senator A. Rehman Malik has appealed global leaders not to use the word 'Islamic terrorism' as Islam teaches peace like all other religio
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