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Mumbai: A student of Sai Homeopathic Medical College (SHMC) in Bhiwandi moved the Bombay High Court against her college. She was reportedly not allowed to wear a hijab (headscarf). She was barred from sitting for examinations on the ground of having low attendance. The girl, a resident of Bandra in Mumbai and student of homoeopathy has moved court on Monday seeking permission to appear for the first-year examinations of Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) course at Sai Homeopathic Medical College (SHMC) in Bhiwandi beginning June 1. She claimed that she cleared her Common Entrance Test and secured admission in SHMC on December 14, 2016. While the session started on December 27, 2016, she started attending college from the next day. In the petition, she stated that she was shocked to see that all Muslim girls were forced to remove their hijab. She alleged that the Muslim girls were threatened to either stop wearing hijab or attend classes. She told that ...

Beijing: In the name of education, around 1 million Muslims had been detained in China’s mass “re-education” camps in Xinjiang, said a report released on Tuesday. They were allegedly being tortured, humiliated and brainwashed to ensure ‘compliance with the central government’. A former inmate Kayrat Samarkand who was detained by police told The Washington Post that his only crime was being a Muslim who had visited Kazakhstan. He was vigorously interrogated for three days, then was sent to a ‘re-education camp’ in China’s western province of Xinjiang for three months. Samarkand, in an interview, said that he was forced to study communist propaganda and forced to chant slogans wishing President Xi Jinping’s long life. “Those who disobeyed the rules refused to be on duty, engaged in fights or were late for studies were placed in handcuffs and ankle cuffs for up to 12 hours,” he said. Samarkand and another inmate, Omir Bekali, an ethnic Kazakh who was arrested while on a trip ...

AGRA: Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old youth after the kin of the young man and some right-wing organizations created a flutter at the police station alleging forced conversion. According to Times Of India reports, the police arrested Ved Prakash under section 151 of the CrPC after a complaint filed by his family alleging that “their son was influenced by a Muslim girl and forced to convert” even though he confessed that he became a Muslim on his own free will. According to police, Ved, who changed his name to Aadil after conversion is a resident of Baraula Jafrabad area of the district. He left Hinduism and converted to Islam eight months ago while he worked in a furniture shop in the Nagla Patwari area. The matter came to light on Saturday when the newly converted express his desire to marry a Muslim girl from the neighbourhood. When the young man’s family came to know about this, they contacted the right wing organization together lodged a ...

LONDON: The Shacklewell Lane Mosque also known as Masjid Ramadan in Dalston becomes the first mosque in the UK to take Cryptocurrencies for Zakat and Sadaqah donations this Ramadan. Zakat is one of the pillars of of Islam, which is a commandment to all eligible Muslims to donate at least 2.5% of their wealth to charity. Religious advisers declared that Bitcoin is acceptable in the eyes of Allah, if it is “transacted in a lawful manner”. Muslims can use two different cryptocurrencies-Bitcoin and Ethereum for their Ramadan donations, known as zakat, or sadaqah. “Any money or currency is neither halal – permissible – nor haram – impermissible. Guidance is about the value which it represents. If money is transacted in a lawful manner then it is halal,” Zayd al Khair, a religious adviser at the mosque, told ‘The Daily Telegraph’. Erkin Guney, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Masjid Ramadan, Zayd al Khair, an Islamic advisor at the mosque, and Gurmit Singh, found...

NEW DELHI: Aarif Khan in Dehradun was observing roza when he receive a message on WhatsApp that a 20-year-old boy Ajay Bilawalam needs urgent blood donation. According to Bhaskar reports, Ajay was suffering from leprosy and was hospitalized in Dehradun’s Max Hospital with a dangerously low blood platelet count and urgently needed blood with A+ group. Watching the deteriorating condition of his son, Ajay’s father posted a message on social media urging people to either donate blood or organize the blood for his son. When 39-year-old Aarif came across the heartfelt message and immediately contacted the family members. As per routine procedure, the doctor told to eat something before donating. Arif, despite observing roza agreed broke his fast and made the blood donation. “If somebody’s life could be saved by breaking my roza (fast), then I will put humanity first, rozas (fasts) can be kept later, and human life is precious,” said Arif further adding, “Helping the n...

MUMBAI: An iftar video of Dipika Kakar from Sasural Simar Ka celebrating first Ramzan post marriage with Shoaib Ibrahim sitting with family while waiting to break their fast has gone viral on social networking sites. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjC1jfsha5W/?taken-by=fcshoaib https://www.instagram.com/p/BjC1PWJBz1V/?utm_source=ig_embed TV’s reel and now real-life couple got married on February 22, 2018, in Shoaib’s hometown Bhopal. During wedding, Dipika got converted to Islam and changed her name to Faiza. She has been well received by Shoaib’s family. Dipika has particularly bonded well with her mother-in-law. She, even posted quite an emotional message for her whom she addresses as ‘ammi (Mom).’ She wrote, “Thank you Ammi for giving me all the love… for making me believe that I am your 3rd child…that I’m not your daughter-in-law…infact your daughter….I love you and I always will… Happy Mothers Day Ammi!!! PS sorry.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BiuWiPml1AC...

Hashimpura: 31 year ago, in the month of Ramadan itself, Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) Jawans had killed 42 Muslim youth in Hashimpura area. In 1987 on the night of Shab-e-baraat, Muslims were busy praying, loud music was being played in the nearby non-Muslim locality. Meanwhile, when a dead body was passing by, people asked to stop the music. This led to arguments and the majority community began pelting stones. They burned Muslims’ property. Several Muslim youth were stabbed. This was the worst ever riot and massacre in the history of India. It is likened to Jallianwala Bagh massacre. In both the events, armless innocent people were indiscriminately shot at. On May 1987 on the occasion of Jummatul Vida PAC, military and local police began searching Muslim houses, they beat male members of the family and gathered them at Sabir Market crossroad. Beards of the elderly were pulled off. Bones of many were broken. Besides, PAC set houses afire. On the night of 22 May 1987...