Maulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was a Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement. He was one of the most prominent Muslim leaders to support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition of India on communal lines.
Read more »
Aligarh: A student of Aligarh Muslim University was shot dead by an assailant after a minor altercation over parking of vehicles here leading to tension in the area of the campus, police said. The incident took place last night at a restaurant near the train station Aligarh.
Read more »
SRINAGAR: Indian Forces in IoK Take a Back Seat, Army and paramilitary forces in occupied Kashmir by India increasingly in the background to the state police to ensure law and order in the volatile region, the Minister of P. Chidambaram said Wednesday. With violence levels falling, Chidambaram said the federal security forces are...
Read more »
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S.
Read more »
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: A suicide bomber lightly wounded a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia’s anti-terrorism campaign when he blew himself up just before going into a gathering of well-wishers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the state news agency said Friday. It was the first known assassination attempt against a...
Read more »
MOGADISHU: At least nine civilians were killed and 20 wounded overnight on Thursday in Mogadishu when Somali fighters and government forces exchanged mortar fire, witnesses and medical sources said. The mortar fire started after the rebels attacked government positions in the southern part of the capital, they said. “Five people were killed in...
Read more »
ABU DHABI: The “message of compassion and justice is strong in Islamic faith”, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said in his Ramadan greetings to Muslims, WAM news agency reported Thursday. Ramadan, the month of fasting, begins Friday or Saturday subject to the appearance of new moon. “Ramadan is a time for family...
Read more »
Checkout Ramadan2009 Calendar and Islamic Society of North America 2009 Here.When is Ramadan in 2009? On the 29th of Shabaan ( ie 8th month of the Islamic calendar. Shabaan is the month that comes before Ramadan) Muslims will start looking in the sky for the New moon.
Read more »
TEHRAN: Iran has banned pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan to prevent the spread of swine flu. Health Minister Kamaran Baghri Lankarani says the measure has been imposed because of possible outbreaks of the disease among pilgrims. State radio quoted Lankarani as saying Thursday that the high...
Read more »
MUMBAI: A special Pota court will pronounce the verdict in the six-year-old Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar twin blasts case on Monday. Fifty-two people were killed and 184 injured in the August 25, 2003, blasts
Read more »
