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Sanjauli Mosque Row: Shimla Court Rejects Appeal Against Order To Demolish Masjid's 'Illegal' Storeys

Live Law

A court in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district last week dismissed a civil appeal filed by Nazakat Ali Hashmi challenging the October 5 order of the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, to demolish three storeys of the Sanjauli Mosque for being constructed in violation of the provisions of the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, and the Building Bye-laws made thereunder. However, on …

Appeal Board Order Act Commissioner Municipal Corporation Himachal Pradesh

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Masjids turn learning hubs: innovative education initiative empowering local students

The Hindu

In the quiet neighbourhood of Akbarnagar in the Old City of Hyderabad, young boys and girls with school bags make their way to a two-storey mosque adorned with floral crenellated motifs. The children attending the classes are students from either government schools or small private schools, commonly known as budget schools, that have mushroomed across Hyderabad. After coming to tuitions …

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9 months ago

Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated on April 11 across country: Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam

India TV News

Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated across the country on Thursday, April 11. Lucknow's Markazi Chand Committee ALSO said that the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted in the country on Tuesday hence, Eid-al-Fitr will be celebrated on April 11. The precise date of Eid-ul-Fitr is determined by the Islamic lunar calendar, …

Eid Moon Calendar Month Islamic Ramzan Celebrated

1 year ago

Owaisi asks Muslims to ‘keep mosques populated’, says ‘it may happen these Masjids are taken away from us’

India TV News

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has appealed to the Muslim youths to “keep the mosques populated” while expressing apprehension that the existing ones are “taken away” from them. He asked the people from the community to be watchful of the activities done by the BJP-led Centre and made a reference to Ram Mandir in Ayodhya stating that the place where they …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Giving Election Tickets to Women Against Islam, Says Ahmedabad Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Ahead of Guj Polls

News 18

Alloting election tickets to Muslim women is against Islam and weakens the religion, the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad said on Sunday, a day ahead of the second phase of the Gujarat assembly polls. Shahi Imam, Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui said women are not allowed to offer Namaz because they have a certain position in Islam and asked whether …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | On the entry of women in masjids

The Hindu

November 29, 2022 10:45 pm | Updated November 30, 2022 11:56 am IST The story so far: Last week, the Jama Masjid in Delhi prohibited the entry of single women or women in groups inside the mosque premises. Imam Ahmed Bukhari clarified, “The masjid administration does not want to prevent anyone from worshipping inside.” Incidentally, the Jama Masjid is otherwise …

Women Men Dargah Ban Islamic Mosque Prayer

2 years, 4 months ago

[Delhi Riots] Shaheen Bagh Not An Independent Movement, Protest Sites Planned In Close Proximity To Masjids: Prosecution Tells High Court

Live Law

Opposing the bail plea of Student Activist Umar Khalid in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, the prosecution on Tuesday told Delhi High Court that the 24x7 sit in protest sites were planned and organised and were situated in close proximity to masjids. A special bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar was hearing the appeal filed by …

Delhi High Court Protest Sites Khalid Argued Umar

2 years, 7 months ago

Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam writes to ASI for repair of finial that got damaged in thunderstorm

Firstpost

Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari described the rampaging storm in Delhi as something he had ’never seen’ in his entire life New Delhi: A day after the finial of the main dome of the historic Jama Masjid in the national capital was damaged and dislodged in a fierce thunderstorm, its Shahi Imam wrote to the Archaeological Survey of …

Storm Damage Shahi Dome Repair Mosque Asi

2 years, 7 months ago

All 36,000 temples destroyed to build masjids will be reclaimed, says BJP's Eshwarappa

India Today

KS Eshwarappa, former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, issued a statement on the mandir-masjid controversy on Friday, May 27. He said that 36,000 temples were destroyed to build masjids and that they would all be reclaimed legally. The Karnataka BJP MLA said, “36,000 temples have been destroyed and masjids were built over it. Now, Karnataka MLA KS Eshwarappa has said that, …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Masjid issue: HC dismisses plea challenging civil court order

India Today

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid’s plea challenging a Varanasi court’s order to appoint an advocate as a court commissioner to inspect the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir-Gyanvapi Masjid complex. It also dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid’s plea against the civil court’s another order by which it restrained interference in the worship of deities at the Visheswar …

Court Order Varanasi Commissioner Advocate Kashi Masjid

2 years, 11 months ago

Let hijab supporters fight for entry of Muslim women into masjids: Karnataka Minister

The Hindu

Minister for Kannada, Culture and Energy V. Sunil Kumar challenged those speaking in favour of wearing hijab inside educational institutions, including former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, to fight for the entry of Muslim women into masjids. Responding to reporters’ queries after inaugurating the district minister’s office at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mangaluru on February 5, Mr. Kumar said the hijab …

Muslim Women Minister Muslim Kumar Educational Institutions

3 years, 1 month ago

42 Islamic scholars to complete modern education in Mumbai

India Today

Through a citizens initiative, 42 ulemas from Mumbai have enrolled for graduate and preparatory courses from Yashwant Chavan Maharashtra Open University. This will be an opportunity for religious scholars graduating from religious schools, Imam of masjids, and teachers of madrasas to complete their modern education at a government-approved university in Maharashtra. Aim of Yashwant Chavan Maharashtra Open University Aamir Ansari, …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Gareeb Nawaz Mosque Demolition: Masjid's Committee Members Get Protection Against Coercive Action From Allahabad High Court In Forgery Case

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court last week stayed the arrest of Gareeb Nawaz Masjid's Committee members against whom an FIR has been filed accusing them of forging Mosque's documents.It may be noted that the Masjid was demolished earlier this month by the district administration in Barabanki, claiming it to be an "illegal structure". The Allahabad High Court last week stayed the …

Court Committee Fir Mosque Barabanki Masjid

3 years, 9 months ago

Juma Masjid invites Non-Muslims for 'meet and greet' but only men: Details

Op India

In a new development, the Juma Masjid of Bombay Trust has invited non-Muslims for a meet and greet session at the masjid on Sunday at 11 am in the morning. In a statement by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on January 29 last year, it claimed that Muslim women are allowed to offer ‘Namaz’ at mosques. President of …

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4 years, 4 months ago

By quashing FIRs against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, Bombay HC shows govt that Muslims can’t be singled out for prosecution

Firstpost

For the longest time, England had a law on the books called the Riot Act of 1714. In some scathing observations, the Bombay High Court held: “There was big propaganda in print media and electronic media against the foreigners who had come to Markaz Delhi and an attempt was made to create a picture that these foreigners were responsible for …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Foreigners at Tablighi Jamaat Event Made Scapegoats, Maha Govt Acted under 'Political Compulsion': HC

News 18

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has said that the foreign nationals, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi in March this year, were made "scapegoats" and allegations were levelled that they were responsible for spreading Covid-19 in the country. The bench also noted that while the Maharashtra police acted mechanically in the case, the …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Bombay HC Says Tablighi Jamaat Foreigners Were Made 'Scapegoats'; Quashes FIRs Against Them; Criticizes Media Propaganda [Read Judgment]

Live Law

In a strongly-worded judgment, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the FIRs filed against a total of 29 foreign nationals who were booked under various provisions of IPC, Epidemic Diseases Act, Maharashtra Police Act, Disaster Management Act and Foreigner's Act for allegedly violating their Tourist Visa conditions by attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin in. In a strongly-worded …

Action Judgment Places Court Islam Foreigners Visa

4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi riots: Possible links of Jamia Coordination Committee, Sharjeel Imam

Op India

The fire that was lit by Sharjeel Imam and other students of Jamia Milia Islamia such as Ladeeda Sakhaloon, who called for Jihad after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act, has grown to consume the entirety of North East Delhi. The ‘intellectuals’ we are referring to here belong to the Jamia Coordination of Committee which shot to fame after …

India Delhi Places Violence Delhi Police Muslims Muslim

5 years, 1 month ago

Sunni Waqf Board may remove Babri Masjid's name from documents

Op India

The Sunni Waqf Board has initiated the process to remove the name of Babri Masjid from its listed properties. As per a report in Amar Ujala, the Sunni Central Waqf Board has called a meeting of all 8 board members at Lucknow on 26 November to discuss several issues. Review petition The Sunni Central Waqf Board has planned to discuss …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Citizens light candles for the slain

The Hindu

Protests and condolences poured in from across Dakshina Kannada for the CRPF personnel who were killed in an attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Several organisations, including the District Ex-servicemen Association, held condolence meetings and candlelight protests at the War Memorial in Kadri on Friday evening. Peter Paul Saldanha, Sri Gurudevananda Swami of Odiyooru Gurudatta Samsthanam, …

Masjid District Including Slain Protests

6 years, 1 month ago

Babri Masjid demolition: December 6, 1992, a day that lives in infamy

India Today

It happened on a Sunday. The scenes would return "like deranged ghosts", said an India Today report, "to haunt those of us who were at the graveside to witness the burial of a secular dream". Twenty-six years later, many still think of the site where the Babri Masjid stood in Ayodhya and say: "Mandir wahin banayenge." - India Today report …

Hindu Report Kar Ram Temple India Today Babri Masjid Babri

6 years, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly polls: Amit Shah says Congress promised free electricity to masjids and churches, but not temples

Firstpost

BJP president Amit Shah added that the K Chandrashekar Rao’s government is afraid of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and this is why it does not celebrate the Telangana Liberation Day. Narayanpet : With just a few days left for Telangana Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Sunday said that state’s electoral battle is between the “nationalist BJP …

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Sanjauli Mosque Row: Shimla Court Rejects Appeal Against Order To Demolish Masjid's 'Illegal' Storeys

Masjids turn learning hubs: innovative education initiative empowering local students

Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated on April 11 across country: Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam

Owaisi asks Muslims to ‘keep mosques populated’, says ‘it may happen these Masjids are taken away from us’

Giving Election Tickets to Women Against Islam, Says Ahmedabad Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Ahead of Guj Polls

Explained | On the entry of women in masjids

[Delhi Riots] Shaheen Bagh Not An Independent Movement, Protest Sites Planned In Close Proximity To Masjids: Prosecution Tells High Court

Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam writes to ASI for repair of finial that got damaged in thunderstorm

All 36,000 temples destroyed to build masjids will be reclaimed, says BJP's Eshwarappa

Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Masjid issue: HC dismisses plea challenging civil court order

Let hijab supporters fight for entry of Muslim women into masjids: Karnataka Minister

42 Islamic scholars to complete modern education in Mumbai

Gareeb Nawaz Mosque Demolition: Masjid's Committee Members Get Protection Against Coercive Action From Allahabad High Court In Forgery Case

Juma Masjid invites Non-Muslims for 'meet and greet' but only men: Details

By quashing FIRs against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, Bombay HC shows govt that Muslims can’t be singled out for prosecution

Foreigners at Tablighi Jamaat Event Made Scapegoats, Maha Govt Acted under 'Political Compulsion': HC

Bombay HC Says Tablighi Jamaat Foreigners Were Made 'Scapegoats'; Quashes FIRs Against Them; Criticizes Media Propaganda [Read Judgment]

Delhi riots: Possible links of Jamia Coordination Committee, Sharjeel Imam

Sunni Waqf Board may remove Babri Masjid's name from documents

Citizens light candles for the slain

Babri Masjid demolition: December 6, 1992, a day that lives in infamy

Telangana Assembly polls: Amit Shah says Congress promised free electricity to masjids and churches, but not temples