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Law

“You can’t say you’ll carry your prayer only here,” says Bombay HC while declining plea of taxi union seeking space near the airport for...

OpIndia Staff -
The High Court said that the security of the airport could not be compromised "even a bit", and asked the petitioners not to cause unnecessary issue.
Editor's picks

Lucknow University takes disciplinary action against students who protested over sealed Lal Baradari mosque, tried to get dilapidated building opened

OpIndia Staff -
On 22nd February, Muslim students conducted namaz outside Lal Baradari's entrance after it was sealed.
News Reports

Kerala: Muslim woman offers namaz in the middle of a busy road, disrupts traffic; detained after video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A viral video of a woman offering namaz at Kerala’s IMA Junction sparked public backlash and traffic delays. Following her detention, the woman revealed the act was a desperate protest against a long-standing family land dispute involving her husband’s relatives.
News Reports

Bareilly Namaz row: How it is not just about ‘offering prayers’ but a precursor to encroachment, land grab, and forced conversions

Shraddha Pandey -
What begins as a seemingly harmless practice of religious rituals soon evolves into de facto religious structures, and religious sentiments are weaponised to hold on to the illegally encroached properties as well as conversion activities in the name of the right to practice one’s religion.
Fact-Check

No, Bareilly Police did not arrest Muslim men for offering Namaz in their own homes, as claimed by Islamists online. Here’s the truth

Shraddha Pandey -
Contrary to the claims made by the usual suspects on social media, the Bareilly Police only detained, not arrested, 12 Muslims, not for simply offering Namaz in their own homes, but for doing so inside a vacant private house without administrative permission.
Crime

Ayodhya: Three Kashmiri Muslims detained after they offered Namaz inside Ram Mandir premises, raised religious slogans

OpIndia Staff -
Security personnel at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi complex in Ayodhya detained three Kashmiri Muslims on Saturday morning after they were seen offering Namaz inside...
News Reports

Shashankasana has nothing to do with Namaz, yet caught teachers keep giving the same excuse: Know the vast difference between ‘Sajda’ and Yogic postures

विशेषता -
There's vast difference between namaz and Shashankasana, a yogic posture, yet accused teachers keep hiding behind the same misleading excuse.
News Reports

Burhanpur, MP: Teacher Jaboor Ahmed suspended after students say they were made to perform Namaz steps before Suryanamaskar

Divya Bharti -
A controversy has erupted in a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur. A teacher named Jaboor Ahmed has been suspended after he was accused...
Opinions

The Shaniwar Wada namaz row: A warning against the silent encroachment of Hindu heritage sites

Jinit Jain -
The namaz at Pune’s Shaniwar Wada was not an innocent act of prayer but a symbolic test of Hindu vigilance, a part of a wider pattern where temporary acts of devotion over a period of time are used to stake ownership claims.
Editor's picks

Pune: BJP conducts purification ceremony after Muslim women offered Namaz inside Shaniwar Wada Fort

OpIndia Staff -
This comes after a video of some Muslim women offering namaz on 17th October at the fort built by Peshwa Bajirao went viral online. Following this, BJP MP Medha Kulkarni, along with her supporters, reached Shaniwar Wada, sprinkled cow urine, and performed Shiva Vandana. Earlier, Kulkarni wrote on social media, “We will not allow namaz to be offered at Shaniwar Wada. Hindu society has now awakened.”
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