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As India gears up to celebrate its 69th Independence Day here are some interesting lesser know facts about Independence Day: 1) Before granting Independence it was Lord Mountbatten who pushed for the partition India into India and Pakistan. 2) Indian Muslims were well spread minority in India, initially people were quite united. Gandhi headed many movements and Muslims rallied behind ...

Ramzan or Eid Ul Fitr, the major Muslim festival is likely to fall on Friday or Saturday this weekend, marking the  completion of the holy Ramzan month (Islamic month of Shawwal) when Muslims observe day-time fasting. One of the most important day for Muslims around the world as it is believed that God had sent his angel Gabriel to reveal his ...

Muslims in India have stayed away from Yoga citing its Hindu roots as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was determined to make the International Yoga Day on Sunday, June 21 a grand success as all government offices and public parks have turned into Yoga camps. The idea of an international day devoted to yoga came from Modi at the United Nations ...

The high level air pollutants released in Mecca during the holy pilgrimage of Muslims for hajj, where millions of people visit the city on foot as well as in vehicles, lead to an increase in the risk of heart attack in pilgrims, a study reveals. The Hajj is annual holy pilgrimage in which hundreds of thousands of Muslims converge on ...

Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudhi Arabia begins today and the event, perceived as the “religious high point of a Muslim’s life”, sees every year millions of Muslims from all over the world to fulfill one of the five pillars of faith. This year’s hajj is expected to fall between Oct. 2 and Oct. 7, based on the ...

The Maharashtra Sadan incident in New Delhi sparked uproar all over the country with the footage showing MPs forcefeeding a waiter for serving them bad quality food. What went wrong with the high-handedness of 11 Shiv Sena MPs was that the waiter was on Ramadan fast and their act amounted to force feed but soon the opposition and anti-Shivsena elements ...

As the world Muslims begin fasting during the holy month of Ramzan from Friday, Google has come out with some venerable Ramzan traditions online. Besides, sharing the Islamic prayers live from Mecca on a dedicated YouTube channel, it will attract millions of people from around the world to experience and comment on the event through video. “Ramadan is about more ...

By Shajahan Madampat The cyberspace is abuzz with discussions on yet another fatwa, this time from a Moroccan cleric who declared necrophilia lawful. According to the cleric, it is religiously permissible for a man to have sex with his dead wife provided it is done within six hours of death. Although the fatwa seems to have been issued some time ...

The country’s apex court has directed the government to phase out subsidy paid to Muslims to make a Haj visit in a decade and use the amount for social and educational development of the community. Currently, the government foots Rs. 38,000 per person and last year the amount was at Rs 685 crore for about 1.25 lakh pilgrims. A Supreme ...

With 2.5 million Muslims expected to offer their annual Islamic ritual of the Hajj on November 5 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Google has hit upon the idea of covering the event live. The Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, “requires all Muslims around the world who are able-bodied and can afford it to perform the pilgrimage once in ...