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An untold number of people -- some estimates say up two million -- died in the savage violence that followed (Photo: AP)

Hindus killed Muslims, they are to be blamed for 1947 partition:...

August marks 70 years since the subcontinent was divided into two independent states -- Hindu-majority India and...

4 Aug 2017 3:46 PM IST

In this Aug. 12, 2017, workers stand around a giant saw installation that is cutting through a brick wall at the Partition Museum that is set to open later this week in Amritsar, India, 32 kilometres from border with Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

India opens first Partition museum 70 years after bloody event

A new museum on the Partition of the Indian subcontinent will soon open its doors.

15 Aug 2017 2:17 PM IST

where the Lahore lunatic Bishan Singh stands in no mans land between India and Pakistan, confused as to what to call home, is not so far from the truth.

Tales of parting from the midnight hour

Seventy years from Indian Independence, we speak to those who experienced the first taste of freedom and upheavals of...

15 Aug 2017 12:00 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Bangladeshi Hindus seek Trump's intervention to save non-Muslims

A memorandum was sent to the Trump team which details minority persecution including the recent Brahmanbaria and Santal...

28 Nov 2016 11:06 AM IST

If those muscles are compromised in any way during foetal development, those functions are also likely to be compromised in the newborn baby. (Photo: Pixabay)

Texas could ban Jews, gays, Muslims from adopting children

An Austin-based adoption attorney said the bill fails to provide alternatives for prospective parents rebuffed by...

7 May 2017 10:08 AM IST

Trump loses another Army secretary nominee

My life of public service and my Christian beliefs have been mischaracterised and attacked by a few ... for political...

7 May 2017 12:51 AM IST

There are several other serious issues concerning the community that need to be addressed on a priority basis, a group of activists said. (Representational Image)

Modi not our hero, triple talaq not our only issue: Muslim women...

Modi's stand on triple talaq alone is not sufficient. It needs to go beyond that: Hasina Khan, an intervenor in Shayara...

6 May 2017 7:49 PM IST

As reported by the Guardian, Rights group estimates that 75,000 Rohingya have fled to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya Muslims 'abused': Myanmar rejects UN interference

Reports of atrocities inflicted upon the minority community have surfaced despite the government's denial.

3 May 2017 5:02 PM IST

JeNan Hayes of Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was barred from playing a basketball game at her high school because of the headscarf she was wearing. (Photo: AP)

Muslim basketball player benched for wearing hijab in US

Hayes's coach Donita Adams said that they were not informed about this rule, but had no choice but to leave her on the...

19 March 2017 1:08 PM IST

US: Man charged with hate crime for assaulting Indian-origin, hurling racial slurs

US: Man charged with hate crime for assaulting Indian-origin, hurling...

If convicted the accused faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years of prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.

18 March 2017 7:43 AM IST

Protestors during #NotInMyName protest held at Jantar Mantar.(Photo: Bunny Smith)

A newly born evil

From not celebrating Id to being an active part of protests, Muslim students are taking the necessary steps as...

3 July 2017 12:16 AM IST

Muslims are condemning the as a veiled attempt to ban women from wearing scarves and other religious headgear to cover their faces in public. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

Change in anti-Klan law worries Muslims in US

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled the 1951 law applies only to masks worn for the purpose of intimidating others.

18 Nov 2016 11:38 AM IST