Page 3 - Islam
HC allows 50 people to offer namaz at Nizamuddin Markaz during Ramzan
50 people can offer namaz five times a day: HC
 "HC allows 50 people to offer namaz at Nizamuddin Markaz during Ramzan")
SC terms plea for removing 26 verses of Quran as absolutely frivolous
The petition was filed by former UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi
 "SC terms plea for removing 26 verses of Quran as absolutely frivolous")
French lawmakers debate controversial bill aimed at tackling radical Islam
Opening the debate, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, the bill''s sponsor, said the aim is to stop "an Islamist hostile takeover targeting Muslims."
 "French lawmakers debate controversial bill aimed at tackling radical Islam")
Former CEC Quraishi seeks to bust population myth in new book
Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi will come out with a book next month which evaluates India's demographics from a religious perspective
 "Former CEC Quraishi seeks to bust population myth in new book")
'Holy warrior' Khadim Hussain Rizvi is dead. But his mass appeal lives on
The Pakistani establishment's need for convenient instruments like him hasn't disappeared. They will find another Rizvi
 "'Holy warrior' Khadim Hussain Rizvi is dead. But his mass appeal lives on")
UAE relaxes Islamic laws, allows cohabitation of unmarried couples
The United Arab Emirates announced a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate and criminalising so-called honour killings
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Shekhar Gupta: 5 reasons for crisis in global Islam
If millions of Muslims across the world feel they are victims of mass Islamophobia, their holy prophet shown deliberate disrespect, it is a sense of crisis and siege
French President Emmanuel Macron vows to fight 'Islamist separatism'
His proposals include stricter oversight of schooling and control over foreign funding of mosques
Four Muslim nations consider gold, barter trade to beat future sanctions
Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad urges Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and Qatar to be self-reliant against threats.
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The angst of a liberal Muslim
The book is likely to find more readership among the kind of liberal Muslims whom the author painstakingly berates, and among Sangh Parivar intellectuals who can sharpen their Muslim-baiting arguments
 "The angst of a liberal Muslim")
Book review: No clash of cultures in India during the Persianate age
Richard Eaton employs rich empirical detail to demonstrate that intellectual encounters between the Sanskrit and Persian worlds were not tied to any one religion and that the two were not hostile
 "Book review: No clash of cultures in India during the Persianate age")
Islam's great divide
Mr McHugo is a liberal British scholar of Islamic studies, currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews University
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Who is a liberal?
Globally we notice an intermingling of political Islam with the lives of ordinary Muslims
 "Who is a liberal?")
Why Islam is not 'exceptional'
Shadi Hamid's analysis points to a fundamental misreading of the history and politics of West Asia
 "Why Islam is not 'exceptional'")
