New Delhi — The top court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Tuesday upheld a ban on hijabs, or Muslim headscarves, in schools and colleges in a ruling that could deepen the religious divide ...

DURING the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar, “reading and knowing the Arabic language became a vice, fiqh, tafseer and hadith were thrown back and accursed” and an effort was made to “purge the Arabic ...

The division set off communal violence and displaced millions, changing the face and geopolitics of South Asia. A Muslim refugee train in northern India on its way from Delhi to Lahore, in 1947.Credit ...

Christmas, the biggest festival in Christianity, is celebrated every year on December 25th to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Christianity is the third-largest religion in India, after Hinduism and ...

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The sun glistens on the Ganges as Hindu devotees bathe in the holy river’s waters, and the Muslim call to prayer reverberates through the dusty air. Varanasi, an ancient city of temples and gods, is ...

This couplet by Rampuri court poet Mir Yar Ali Jan Saheb, from his illustrated manuscript, “Musaddas-Tahniyat-Jashn-e-Benazir,” describes that Rampur once boasted a lavish culture of regality and ...

KANGAR, Malaysia (Reuters) - Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, wanted in his home country of India, said he has not broken any Indian law and was being targeted by the "enemies of Islam," in ...

“Terrorism has no religion” is perhaps the most pious platitude of political correctness. This cliché spares one the trouble of serious enquiry into the problem, and lets the monster multiply ...