Hajj pilgrims 鈥榮tone the devil鈥� as Muslims mark Eid-ul-Azha
Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj, the 鈥榮toning of the devil鈥�, in western Saudi Arabia on Sunday, as Muslims the world over celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha holiday....
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Eid-ul-Azha tomorrow
The Muslim community of the country is set to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Monday with due solemnity and sense of sacrifice.
No scarcity of sacrificial animals in Rajshahi
Cattle markets in Rajshahi have no scarcity of sacrificial animals with plenty of local animals as only two days have left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of the Muslims...
Million-plus begin Hajj pilgrimage
More than one million Muslim pilgrims streamed into a giant tented city near Makkah, Saudi Arabia, under a scorching sun on Friday as the Hajj pilgrimage got...
Two Muslims killed while transporting cattle in India
Two cattle transporters died and another sustained serious injuries under suspicious circumstances after being allegedly chased by a mob in...
Prices of spices soar
The prices of various spices saw a sharp rise in the past couple of weeks in the capital Dhaka before Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims...
Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated across Bangladesh June 17
Eid-ul-Azha, second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on June 17 as the crescent moon of the Arabic month of...
The nightmare for Indian Muslims is over
THE most important outcome of the results of the recent parliamentary elections in India is that the nightmare for Indian Muslims is over...
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh rises in May on dollar rate hike, Eid-ul-Azha
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh increased in May compared with that in the previous month, driven by a hike in the dollar rate and the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims....
Monks, Muslims vote to demand rights for India鈥檚 Ladakh
Buddhist monks and Muslims in the Indian Himalayan territory of Ladakh turned out to vote on Monday, demanding statehood and that their local culture be protected in the overwhelmingly Hindu nation...
Muslim professionals quit 鈥榟ostile鈥� France in silent brain drain
After being knocked back at some 50 interviews for consulting jobs in France despite his ample qualifications, Muslim business school graduate Adam packed his bags and moved to a new life in Dubai....
India opposition slams PM Modi for anti-Muslim jibes
India's main opposition party on Thursday condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for anti-Muslim comments in election campaign speeches that have heightened concerns over sectarian tensions in the world's biggest democracy. 聽
BJP deletes X post accused of targeting Muslims
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 party on Wednesday deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform X that was criticised for targeting minority Muslims during an on-going national election...
Muslim people find no place to pray in Italian city
It's Friday prayers in the north-eastern Italian city of Monfalcone, and hundreds of men are on their knees in a concrete parking lot, their heads bowed to the ground.聽
Modi accused of targeting Muslims in election speech
India鈥檚 main opposition Congress party filed a complaint to the Election Commission on Monday accusing Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi of 鈥榖latantly targeting鈥� minority Muslims in a campaign speech...
Iranians make first umrah pilgrimage since Saudi ties restored
Iranian Muslims travelled on Monday to Saudi Arabia for umrah, a year-round pilgrimage they had been barred from for almost a decade over a rift between Tehran and Riyadh, Iranian state media said...
Muslim school student loses UK court bid over prayer rituals ban
A Muslim pupil lost a UK court challenge on Tuesday against a top London school鈥檚 ban on prayer rituals, in a case about freedom of religion in schools that captured...
Muslims in parts of five dists celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in line with Saudi Arabia
Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the largest religious festivals of Muslims, is being celebrated on Wednesday in some upazilas of Dinajpur, Chandpur, Chapainawabganj, Barisal and Jhenaidah districts amid religious fervour in line with Saudi Arabia.....
Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow if moon sighted today
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, will be celebrated in Bangladesh tomorrow if the moon is sighted today...
National Moon sighting committee to sit on Tuesday
The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit on Tuesday to fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festival of Muslims....
Bangladesh鈥檚 multi-layered roots of state
THE Bangladesh state in 1971 is complex in its functional identity as it was a state in occupation fighting for liberation. The state formation process followed unorthodox routes, incorporating both formal and informal realities in separate and...
India鈥檚 Congress party promises minority protection and jobs
India鈥檚 main opposition party Congress vowed Friday to protect minorities 鈥� generally seen as a reference to the country鈥檚 Muslims 鈥� while accelerating growth and jobs in a manifesto for an election it is widely expected to lose....
Online hate sows Muslim fears as India votes
After his brother was murdered in anti-Muslim riots, Pervez Qureshi watched the videos he believes incited the killers, part of a wave of hatred being fomented on...
Paralleling grassroot memories with historiography
THIS narrative swirls between the mainstream historiography of the 1947 Bengal Partition and the reminiscences of the grassroots Hindu-Muslim encounters on the...