A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam on Tuesday directed the Centre to completely phase out the Haj travel subsidy, saying it was against the tenets of Islam.

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Muslims of areas around eastern Sri Lanka are taking part in mass protests following threats to demolish and relocate a mosque in the central town of Dambulla.

The Hairiya Jumma Mosque in Dambulla i

Eleven years ago, Farida Bano was circumcised by an aunt on a bunk bed in her family home at the end of her 10th birthday party.

The mutilation occurred not in Africa, where the practice is most pre

Thousands of Buddhist monks and their supporters stormed a mosque in Sri Lanka's north central town of Dambulla to protest its construction in an area designated as a Buddhist sacred zone.

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The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a ‘once in a lifetime’ affair as against the existing policy of ‘once

Manama, Dec. 4: Iran sought on Friday to calm the fears of its Arab neighbours, saying it would never use force against them because they are Muslims, after the United States highlighted concerns over

New Delhi: Barack Obama is "better" than George Bush, say Indian Muslims though they don't consider the US as Muslim-friendly yet, adding when the American president arrives he can expect a warm welco

Some 800 Muslims lodged in British jails may have been turned by fellow inmates into fanatics ready to launch terror attacks, a media report said on Friday.

An alarming report by defence experts warn

Panama City, Aug. 15: Faced with withering Republican criticism of his defense of the right of Muslims to build a community centre and mosque near the Ground Zero, the American President, Mr Barack Ob