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The video starts with him greeting his viewers and guiding them how they should beat their wives. (ScreenGrab:Youtube)

Watch: Qatari man shows how to beat wives in viral video

A Qatari sociologist recently made news when he posted a video on YouTube teching boys and men how to beat their wives.

19 Apr 2019 9:54 AM

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with ICC president Shashwat Goenka during ICC annual session and 90th annual general meeting in Kolkata on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

‘Wrong to project terrorism as Christianity-Islam clash’

The former British prime minister said: “Terrorism did not surface only in the Middle East.

20 Jul 2018 6:59 AM

At press conference, Shahar Imam Mufti Khurshid Alam (L) said fatwa has been issued against Nida Khan for speaking against Islam and its practices. (Photo: ANI)

UP: Imam issued fatwa against woman for opposing triple talaq in Bareilly

'No medicines will be provided if she falls ill. If she dies, no one is allowed to offer 'namaz' on her 'zanaja',' Imam said quoting fatwa.

17 Jul 2018 9:32 AM

PIL filed in Supreme Court to ‘ban’ green flags

Founded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah, which too had crescent and star in the left top corner.

17 Jul 2018 1:20 AM

Indonesian Muslims pray during the start of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya, East Java province, on May 16, 2018. Muslim devotees are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk during Ramadan. (Photo: AFP)

A look at the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan

After these intense nights of prayer, the end of Ramadan is met with a three-day holiday called Eid al-Fitr.

17 May 2018 6:03 PM

Pakistan has strict notions of masculinity where men are often expected to be austere and flamboyant styling is to be avoided. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pakistani men assert their right to be groomed as male beauty booms

There is this whole lot of clever marketing of male beauty products which is spurring demand

22 Feb 2018 10:27 AM

Saudi Arabia, which has some of the world's tightest restrictions on women, requires them to wear the garment by law. (Photo: File)

Saudi women need not wear abaya robes: senior cleric

The government has not said whether it will change the law.

11 Feb 2018 3:48 PM

Asif, in an interview to a private channel, said that both the countries have a connection as they have occupied Muslim territories. (Photo: AFP/File)

India, Israel have anti-Islam nexus: Pak slams Netanyahu's visit to India

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif further accused India of the mass killing of Muslims in Gujarat.

17 Jan 2018 12:48 PM

The Quran asserts the existence of a single and absolute truth that transcends the world; a unique, independent and indivisible being, who is independent of the entire creation.

Mystic Mantra: Tawhid — The heart of Islam

Tawhid further refers to the nature of that God — that he is a unity, not composed, not made up of parts, but simple and uncompounded.

29 Dec 2017 1:37 AM

Mystic Mantra: Wahdat-ul-Wajud — The wider divine embrace

It focuses on the divine attribute of al-wadud, which shows that God is oft-loving and all-embracing.

15 Dec 2017 6:07 AM

Quran calls for the right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort and right mental concentration to save oneself from the sufferings of this world and the hereafter.

Mystic Mantra: Islam and Buddhism — Spiritual symbiosis

There is no dearth of peaceful references and spiritual commonalities among our faith traditions, as diverse as even Islam and Buddhism.

16 Nov 2017 12:45 AM

The woman's counsel objected to her being kept at the shelter and contended that as she was a major, she should be free to exercise her will. (Photo: Representational/File)

Happy ending as HC allows Rajasthan's 'Hadiya' to live with her Muslim husband

The 22-year-old woman was sent to a state-run shelter after her brother alleged that she was forcibly converted to Islam and married.

07 Nov 2017 7:15 PM

Ramadan, 55, has furiously denied the accusations as a ‘campaign of lies launched by my adversaries.’ (Photo: AFP)

Charlie Hebdo gets death threats over cartoon satirizing rape allegations against Islamic scholar

The cartoon was in relation to the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan who faces rape allegations.

06 Nov 2017 7:16 PM

Islam Is Good: Muslims Should Follow It By Sanjiv Bhatla, Crabwise Press, Rs 395

Examining Islam with a new lens

It provides a very wholesome perspective of Islam. It can help non-Muslims to clear their misconceptions and allay their misapprehensions.

27 Oct 2017 12:46 AM

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over recently from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stand in queues to receive food being distributed near Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Sow seeds of peace

It’s great to greet someone with a “shanti” or “salaam” or reflect upon “peace” in our religious scriptures.

21 Sep 2017 12:30 AM

In the pre-Islamic society of Arabia, lineage mattered a great deal and defines one’s social status and privileges.

Mystic Mantra: Let’s be humble, we come from him

The Sufis teach that if you are aware of your humility, then you are among the arrogant ones.

14 Sep 2017 2:08 AM

Supreme Court has uncovered real Islam, says Salman Khurshid

Many Islamic nations have already ushered in reforms and restricted or banned the practice of talaq-e-bidat.

23 Aug 2017 2:17 AM

Madrasa. (Photo: File/Representational Image)

Bareilly 'qazi' asks madrasas to celebrate I-Day 'without singing national anthem'

UP Madarsa Shiksha Parishad has also issued a circular in this regard and asked all madrasas affiliated to it to comply with its orders.

13 Aug 2017 11:13 AM

The Regional Passport Office (RPO) on Tuesday revoked the Indian passport of Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) president Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik under the provisions of the Passport Act, 1967. (Photo: File | PTI)

Passport of Islamic Research Foundation President Zakir Naik revoked

Earlier in the month, the NIA said it was tracking Naik's financial transactions in Mumbai and Pune.

18 Jul 2017 8:26 PM

A Kashmiri Muslim villager looks at the debris of one of the damaged houses after a gunbattle at Bahmnoo village 58 km south of Srinagar, Kashmir recently. (Photo: AP)

Why Iran’s supreme leader clubbed Kashmir with Yemen, and not with Palestine

In subsequent decades, Iranians watered down their rhetoric on Kashmir and strengthened ties with New Delhi.

14 Jul 2017 6:31 AM

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