New Delhi, 24 February: The president of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and MP from Dhubri, Assam, Maulana Badruddin Ajmal termed the accusation of Maulana Arshad Madni, president of a fraction of Jamiat Ulama-e Hind and the archrival of...

Saturday Special examines the new hydraulics of democracy; one that has exposed the forked tongue of yesterday’s champions of ‘freedom’. But wait a bit, this ‘tsunami of democracy’ may be another wrong to right old mistakes In a democracy,...

By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi It is not easy to define corruption. But in an Indian context, corruption is mostly concerned with bribery, scam and political blackmailing. From ‘mantri’ to ‘santri’ every individual is highly corrupt here....

MUMBAI: Muslim community leaders and doctors have stressed the need to encourage Muslim women to join the nursing profession. Currently, nursing is not a preferred profession among Muslim women.. which has resulted in a few Muslim female nurses. The...

In a bid to attract more middle-class and affluent Muslims to religious education, a non-profit group has decided to launch a school in the city that combines an international syllabus with courses taught in conventional madrasas. The Markazul Ma’arif...

Article By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi Peace without justice can never be enduring. It would be rather a time bound compromise by the weaker side. The brief before the Allahabad High Court verdict on 30th September was that of a title suit on Babri Masjid...

Mumbai, 8 Oct.: Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre (MMERC), Mumbai received the sad news of demise of Maulana Ghulam Rasool Khamush with utter shock and grief. Around 71 years old Maulana Khamush has been the Karguzar Muhtamim (working...

Like many Indian Muslims, Masroor Sheikh believes Thursday’s court verdict on a hotly disputed religious site in northern India may have kept the peace. But justice, he maintains, has not been served. By Leela JACINTO (text) In the end, the court...

Community leaders in the city responded to the Ayodhya verdict with varying degrees of satisfaction. While most Muslim leaders confessed to some disappointment and are looking forward to the case going to the Supreme Court (SC), they also acknowledged...

An Indian court is set to rule Thursday on a centuries-old dispute over a religious site in the northern town of Ayodhya, sparking a security clampdown. But will the old wounds reopen this time? By Leela JACINTO (text) For six decades, the highly toxic...