Quran

Lounge

An invitation to a mosque

Visit My Mosque day is an annual open day practised by more than 250 mosques across the UK

4 min read24 Jan 2020
Lounge

An invitation to a mosque

Visit My Mosque day is an annual open day practised by more than 250 mosques across the UK

4 min read24 Jan 2020
Politics

Mamata Banerjee maintains silence on Supreme Court's triple talaq verdict

Mamata Banerjee has maintained silence over the Supreme Court verdict abolishing triple talaq even as one key leader of Trinamool Congress publicly criticised it

1 min read23 Aug 2017
Opinion

Triple Talaq verdict: is this a case of judicial overreach?

A consequence of the verdict may be that a court can, at any time, cherry pick a religious practice, check if it forms an essential part of the religion, and if not, hold it impermissible

3 min read23 Aug 2017
Politics

‘Bhagavad Gita' at A.P. J. Abdul Kalam memorial in Rameswaram kicks up row

An engraved 'Bhagavad Gita' near the statue of Abdul Kalam has kicked up row, with his family seeking to end it by placing a copy of the Quran and Bible near it

2 min read31 Jul 2017
Opinion

A matter of opinion

From a thousand years ago, we can begin to see disagreements about what constitutes not just the laws governing Islamic lifestyles, but their very basis

4 min read17 Mar 2017
Politics

Triple talaq: Jamiat tells SC no scope for interference with Muslim personal law

Jamiat in its counter affidavit says the Muslim personal law enshrines triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy which is based on the Holy Quran

1 min read3 Dec 2016
Mint-lounge

Triple ‘talaaq' and uniform civil code are separate issues

Triple Talaaq should be abolished to uphold gender justice equality. And it finds no mention in the Koran

3 min read3 Dec 2016
Politics

Haji Ali case: Bombay HC lifts ban on women's entry into inner sanctum

Bombay HC order on women's entry into inner sanctum of Haji Ali will stay suspended for six weeks, giving the dargah's Trust to move the SC against the ruling

2 min read26 Aug 2016
Mint-lounge

The presence of those now absent

How our loved ones remain with us even after their death

4 min read29 Jun 2016