US judge rejects call to ban YouTube anti-Muslim film
A US judge rejected on Thursday a request by an actress in the anti-Islamic video that set off violent Muslim protests to ban YouTube from showing the trailer in the United States.
Los Angeles Super
Pope calls for Christian-Muslim harmony in Mideast
Pope Benedict XVI urged Middle Eastern Christians and Muslims on Saturday to forge a harmonious, pluralistic society in which the dignity of each person is respected and the right to worship in peace
Illiteracy leading to high birth rate among Muslims: Gogoi
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday dismissed the suggestion that illegal migration from Bangladesh has led to high growth of Muslim population in the state but blamed illiteracy for the high birth rate among the community.
Hand over Army to me, I’ll straighten out nation: Bal Thackeray
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday claimed that he would solve all the problems facing the country, if he was given charge of the Indian Army.
2,000 girls from minority sects converted to Islam through rape, kidnappings in Pakistan in 2011
Nearly 2,000 women and girls from various minority sects were forcibly converted to Islam through rape, torture and kidnappings, and 161 people were charged with blasphemy in 2011, according to a repo
SC reduces govt's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims
The Supreme Court on Monday reduced the government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims to 300 from the 5,050 seats, proposed by it.
A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash De
Saudi Arabia considers law against insulting Islam
Saudi Arabia is studying new regulations to criminalise insulting Islam, including in social media, and the law could carry heavy penalties, a Saudi paper said on Sunday.
The potential regulations co
Government ready to consider Haj corporation
Union minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid said Tuesday there was a need to establish a system across India under which people could go for the Haj with their own resources and at the right price
Muslim girl can marry at 15 if she attains puberty: HC
Ruling that a Muslim girl can marry as per her choice at the age of 15 years if she has attained puberty, the Delhi High Court has held the marriage of a minor girl valid and allowed her to stay in he
Israel asks Arab visitors to open emails to search
When Sandra Tamari arrived at Israel's international airport, she received an unusual request: A security agent pushed a computer screen in front of her, connected to Gmail and told her to ‘log in’.