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Showing posts with label Muslims. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muslims. Show all posts
Saturday, July 06, 2024

Imam Husain's martyrdom: Lessons from the Tragedy of Karbala and the significance of Muharram observances

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[By Shams Ur Rehman Alavi] 1. Imam Husain was one of the most powerful men in his era on the earth. Entire Islamic world was aware of Husain...
Monday, February 15, 2021

Muslims may not vote for Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi in future: Is Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) aiming to be become BJP's 'B team'

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had won Delhi elections in February 2020. Polls revealed that nearly 70% Muslims had voted for it.  The year witnessed...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Scared of Minorities: Rise of majoritarianism and Hindutva in India, need for introspection among Muslims as well

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Shams Ur Rehman Alavi Often it happens, that some Muslims in India rue, 'we are not snatching their jobs, we don't have adequ...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Facing hatred, Muslims spread love, take teachings of Prophet Muhammad to millions on Twitter: Lessons from Prophet's Life

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Shams Ur Rehman Alavi When a few misguided souls tried to spread hate by targeting Islam and Prophet Muhammad, Muslims responded wi...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

How communal propaganda for years laid foundation for India's march towards Fascism: Reasons for right-wing's success, hysteria that has gripped citizens

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Companies are firing employees, no job creation, businessmen are worried, forget the poor. You are getting hurt by the bleeding economy...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Don't get surprised, even Yogi Adityanath had Muslim supporters who rooted for him in UP

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Yogi Adityanath will be chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. On social media, several people reacted as if something earth-shaking had happ...
Friday, February 24, 2017

AIMIM Arrival Increases Muslim representation in Mumbai Municipal Corporation: The 'Votes Will Split' Theory Demolished

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It was repeatedly being said that AIMIM's entry would hurt Muslim representation as the community's votes would further be div...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Imam recites verses from Quran: Message to Donald Trump against racism, religious discrimination

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A Muslim religious leader read out Quranic verses, giving a clear message to US President Donald Trump. Imam Mohamed Magid was among th...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Over hundred thousand mourners gather in this central Indian town 40 days after Ashura

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Shams Ur Rehman Alavi Every year lakhs gather at Husain Tekri, the famous shrine in Jaora in central India, forty days after Ashura. ...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Sectarianism hurting Indian Muslims: Milli Council convention urges Muslims to shun sectarian differences, unite

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The Milli Council's convention that was held in Bhopal, gave a call to Muslims to shun their sectarian differences. "All attem...
Thursday, October 06, 2016

Stop judging fellow Muslims: Criticizing other sects, targeting their beliefs, itch to raise objections on Muharram rituals

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The Islamic month of Muharram has begun. With this, the annual ritual to criticise the practice of mourning and 'maatam' is also ...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Muslim freedom fighters' sacrifices, role in Indian freedom struggle: Syed Naseer Ahmad documenting the immortals of Independence movement

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By Shams Ur Rehman Alavi   Innumerable Muslims sacrificed their lives for India's independence. Thousands were hanged soon after 1857. ...
Saturday, June 04, 2016

Right-wing extremists trying to turn India into Hitler's Germany: Minorities under attack, lawlessness becomes order of the day

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The photograph shows cow vigilantes standing with their feet on the head of a Muslim cattle transporter. After brutally breating up the...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Muslim girls excel in High school exam in Madhya Pradesh: Daughters of auto driver, scrap dealer make it to merit list

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Muslim girls excelled in tenth board examination in Madhya Pradesh. Nasira Mansoori, a student of Govindpura Girls' school, secured...
Monday, May 09, 2016

Congress' indifference towards arrest of Muslim youths on false charges of terrorism, ruining lives and careers

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For years, it was known that Maharashtra ATS had implicated innocent Muslim youths in Malegaon case. Still, it took nearly a decade, be...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

No one can stop women from entering Haji Ali Dargah or any other Muslim shrine

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No one can stop women from entering a Dargah. The Sufi shrines have always kept their doors open to everyone. The decision of the Haj...
Saturday, April 02, 2016

PM Narendra Modi in Saudi Arabia: Amid sheikhs, tweeting in Arabic

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In a historic visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Saudi Arabia on a two day tour. This is his second visit to Gulf region...
Thursday, January 07, 2016

J-K Chief Minister, India's first Muslim home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passes away

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Veteran politician Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who was chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, has passed away in Delhi. Mufti, 80, was und...
Friday, December 04, 2015

Lakhs of devotees reach Husain Tekri in Jaora to observe Chehallum

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A huge gathering took place at Husain Tekri Sharif in Jaora town in Central India. Muslims, especially, Shias, from all over the world,...
Monday, November 16, 2015

1,050 Muslim clerics' fatwa against ISIS: Indian Muslims' religious leaders had taken stand, condemned ISIS much before Paris attacks

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Though acts of self-styled Islamic State [or ISIS] have been termed un-Islamic and repeatedly condemned by majority of Muslims, the Paris...