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Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Bans Mixed Martial Arts in Afghanistan
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Bans Mixed Martial Arts in Afghanistan

News 18  

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts, believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a statement on Wednesday. The order was passed down by Afghanistan’s morality police in the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice after an investigation into the sport’s compliance with Islamic law, or sharia, the statement and local …

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HT interview: We’ll do exceptionally well in Bengal, Odisha, says Amit Shah
7 months ago

HT interview: We’ll do exceptionally well in Bengal, Odisha, says Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Amit Shah, Union minister of home affairs and cooperation, believes that the country’s citizens are mature and vote carefully, dismissing the theory that the Opposition has managed to get across the narrative that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s quest for 400-plus seats in the Lok Sabha is a means to do away with reservation benefits for backward castes and classes. People …

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Afghan Women Will be Stoned to Death for Adultery, Declares Taliban Leader Akhundzada in New Audio
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan Women Will be Stoned to Death for Adultery, Declares Taliban Leader Akhundzada in New Audio

News 18  

Afghan women will be publicly flogged and stoned to death for “crimes like adultery”, Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has purportedly declared in a new audio message in which he also challenges Western democracies. We both say we defend human rights – we do it as God’s representative and you as the devil’s.” According to Akhundzada, women’s rights as …

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Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code: Testing the waters?
10 months ago

Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code: Testing the waters?

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 19, 2024 22:18 IST - 7 MINS READ Uttarakhand has become the first State in independent India to implement a Uniform Civil Code. It said: “While seemingly being uniform across religions, the Bill is actually criminalising and regulating constitutionally acceptable behaviours, like adult consenting cohabitation, called ‘live in’, reducing autonomy and choice, which the women in this …

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Pakistan: Clerics issue fatwa to bar women from election canvassing
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan: Clerics issue fatwa to bar women from election canvassing

Op India  

A group of religious leaders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohistan primarily affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl released a fatwa on 26th January pronouncing it unlawful for women to campaign for polls. Addressing a gathering, arranged at the outfit’s central office in Kohistan’s Kamila town, JUI-F’s Mufti Gul Shahzada of Upper Kohistan district’s Kandia region proclaimed, “The women’s act of going from …

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NIA chargesheet reveals how accused in Pune ISIS module, one of whom was connected to Sharjeel Imam, wanted to kill kafirs, considered Constitution haraam and more
1 year, 1 month ago

NIA chargesheet reveals how accused in Pune ISIS module, one of whom was connected to Sharjeel Imam, wanted to kill kafirs, considered Constitution haraam and more

Op India  

The National Investigating Agency filed a chargesheet against 7 arrested terrorists who belonged to the Pune ISIS module. The witness said that the accused ISIS terrorists would say, “Hame kafiron ko marana hai aur usse anjam dene ke liye hamare paas sari cheeje hai. Some of the statements the accused ISIS terrorists would make in the group The MidDay report …

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US may elect first Muslim senator. Why are few Muslims thrilled?
2 years, 1 month ago

US may elect first Muslim senator. Why are few Muslims thrilled?

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump-backed Mehmet Oz’s Senate bid fails to produce enthusiasm seen with previous Muslim firsts in US. ‘We don’t want Sharia law’ Moreover, Oz’s association with Trump and past comments disparaging “Sharia law” have drawn rebuke from Muslim-American activists. Asked by Real America’s Voice, a conservative media network, in May whether he disagrees with former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson …

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IS-linked Accused Worked to Create Caliphate in India: Karnataka Police
2 years, 3 months ago

IS-linked Accused Worked to Create Caliphate in India: Karnataka Police

News 18  

The suspected Islamic State-inspired terrorists, who were arrested here earlier this week, wanted to establish a Caliphate and impose Sharia law in the country as they believed India has not yet achieved its freedom, a police officer said on Friday. Shivamogga Superintendent of Police B M Lakshmi Prasad said the arrested persons were working towards fulfilling these ideologies in the …

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Why new, aspirational India urgently needs Uniform Civil Code
2 years, 4 months ago

Why new, aspirational India urgently needs Uniform Civil Code

Firstpost  

The Uniform Civil Code has been strongly recommended to ensure national integration amidst a diverse and pluralistic polity, as its advantages far outweigh disadvantages. The UCC will confer fairer rights to women, as most religious personal laws are parochial and patriarchal in nature when it comes to equal rights in marriage, property ownership or inheritance. The best way forward is …

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Right Word | Banna, Qutb, Maududi: Three keys to understanding Islamist violence from Jahangirpuri to Stockholm
2 years, 8 months ago

Right Word | Banna, Qutb, Maududi: Three keys to understanding Islamist violence from Jahangirpuri to Stockholm

Firstpost  

The ideological foundation for the fanatic and violent identity politics of Islamists was laid down by Hassan al Banna, Sayyid Qutb and Maulana Abul Ala Maududi in the 20th century What has triggered the violence in Hindu processions of Ram Navami and Hanuman Janmaotsav at several places across Bharat recently? Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Trans-Jordan, Palestine, …

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K.C. Singh | What next in Kabul: Has Taliban really changed?
3 years, 4 months ago

K.C. Singh | What next in Kabul: Has Taliban really changed?

Deccan Chronicle  

The August 5 swearing-in of Iran’s newly elected, ultra conservative President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran was attended by two Presidents -- Barham Salih of Iraq and Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan. President Ghani fled Kabul and Taliban fighters moved into the city on motorcycles, vans and even former Afghan National Army Humvees. US President Joe Biden, facing scathing criticism from Republicans, …

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74% Indian Muslims prefer Sharia over Indian laws: Pew Research
3 years, 6 months ago

74% Indian Muslims prefer Sharia over Indian laws: Pew Research

Op India  

On June 29, Pew Research Centre published findings of a survey that stated 80% of Muslim men do not want their women to marry non-Muslims. Source: Pew Research Center ‘There is a need to stop interfaith marriages’ A large share of Muslims is against interreligious marriages. Source: Pew Research Center The link between national identity, religion and language According to …

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