New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the Kerala government on a plea of a non-believer Muslim woman that instead of Shariat, she wanted to be governed by the secular Indian succession law to deal with her ancestral property rights. Safiya P M, a resident of Alappuzha and general secretary of ‘Ex-Muslims of Kerala’, said though she has not officially left Islam, but she is a non-believer and wanted enforcement of her fundamental right to religion under Article 25, saying it must include “the right not to believe” as well. She has also sought a declaration ..read more

By Muslim Mirror Desk In a groundbreaking achievement, Rahmani30 celebrates a historic milestone as 176 out of 205 students successfully pass the JEE Mains 2024, qualifying them for the prestigious JEE Advanced examination. The program, known for its excellence in preparing students for challenging tests, has seen its success rate soar to approximately 86% this year. Despite the various challenges that have necessitated adaptive strategies in teaching and student support, our success rate in the JEE Mains has increased over years to approx 86% this year. Among the successful students, 9 scored ..read more

By Syed Ilyas Basha Hindus and Muslims in India form over 90% of its population. Both have been living here together for centuries. Though they follow different faiths, have distinctive places of worship, there are similarities in many living conditions and styles. For centuries India has been an ideal example of social amity as a unique nation with ‘unity in diversity’. Both have learned many things from each other in many places. Both communities enjoy great intimacy, inseparable from the other as they   are inter-dependent in many activities related to their livelihood, amusements etc ..read more

Tehran : Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has described the ongoing pro-Gaza university protests in Western countries as a big event, saying that authorities’ crackdown against those demonstrations has revealed the true face of Western civilization. The protests by university students and academics as well as elites in Western countries, which are held in support of Gaza, are a big event that has many aspects, the president said on Sunday during a cabinet session in Tehran. He added that the crackdown against the protests and arrests of students and academics, especially in the US, is “another c ..read more

Washington : Amid the campus demonstrations in the US, anti-Israeli protesters at Harvard University raised the Palestinian flag at the Ivy League school in a spot usually reserved for the American flag, New York Post reported. The incident happened as the students continued to occupy campus with a video surfacing online showing three students raising the Palestinian flag over the iconic statue of John Harvard, where the Stars & Stripes is intended to fly. The flag-raising incident happened shortly after 6:30 pm (local time) on Saturday, according to The Harvard Crimson, the student newspa ..read more

JERUSALEM : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is worried that the International Criminal Court (ICC) might issue an arrest warrant for him and other senior officials, media reports said Saturday. Netanyahu was “unnaturally afraid and worried” due to the possibility of an arrest warrant by the ICC in The Hague, the Maariv newspaper quoted unnamed sources. Netanyahu made telephone calls to international leaders and officials in recent days, especially to US President Joe Biden, to prevent the issuance of an arrest warrant. “Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the ..read more

NEW DELHI : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the PM has imagined a Congress manifesto written by one of his ghost speech writers and he should debate the real issues included in the document. Chidambaram’s remarks come amid repeated attacks by the prime minister over Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s ‘inheritance tax’ comments amid the row on the issue of ‘wealth redistribution’, PTI reported. “The Hon’ble Prime Minister continues to discover and read in the Congress’ manifesto words and sentences that are not there! He has imagined a Congress’ manifesto written by one of his gh ..read more

RIYADH : Senior Western and Arab officials are expected to meet next week in Riyadh to discuss the months-long war in the Gaza Strip on the sidelines of an economic forum in Saudi Arabia, according to diplomatic sources. Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE and Jordan will meet Monday in Riyadh with their US, German, British, French and Italian counterparts, the sources said. The Arab officials, joined by a Palestinian Authority representative, will meet on Saturday to formulate a “unified Arab stance” ahead of the Monday meeting, the sources told dpa on condition of anonym ..read more

Bhopal : Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s allegation that he had opposed the ban on the Popular Front of India and instead accused the BJP of contesting polls in Karnataka in alliance with PFI’s political unit. Singh, the Congress candidate from Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, also countered Shah’s allegation concerning the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), saying he had banned the outfit when was MP’s chief minister. Addressing a rally in Khilchipur under Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat on Friday, Shah had accused S ..read more

By Prof Shamsul Islam The search for the real culprits behind the Partition of India in 1947 seems to be an endless exercise. It is despite the fact that there is no dearth of writings on the Indian Freedom Struggle against the British rule in India and specially partition of the country on the basis of religion. Historians have rightly held the Muslim League, led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah, basically responsible for this unnatural and tragic Partition which became a kind of license for both Hindu and Muslim communal elements to indulge in mass butchery of innocent children, women and men. However ..read more