On the day the result of the Gorton and Denton by-election was announced amidst allegations of “family voting”, I took to X (Twitter) to say how sorry I was that voters had picked Hannah Spencer. I ...

SHARJAH, 7th March, 2026 (WAM) -- The Sharjah Department of Islamic Affairs announced that it organised approximately 14,850 lessons and lectures in mosques across the Emirate of Sharjah during the ...

Doha, Qatar: As part of its preparations for the holy month of Ramadan, Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center organised a series of lectures for the Urdu-speaking community, ...

On a fog-laden Delhi morning, the staff of a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school begins lining up students for assembly. The primary school is tucked into the by-lanes of Old Delhi, the ...

VIJAYAWADA: Minority leader Farooq Shubli has formally assumed charge as Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Urdu Academy at the Secretariat in Velagapudi on Thursday, in the presence of minister for ...

The eyes of the world are fixed with anticipation on Pope Leo XIV's trip to Turkey and Lebanon. What tone will Leo strike? In this way, the American-born leader of the Catholic Church carries forward ...

Doha, Qatar: The Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al-Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center organised a lecture for the Urdu-speaking community on the greatness of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The event ...

As Cat Stevens, he helped define the singer-songwriter. After converting to Islam, he became a lightning rod. His new memoir explores it all. Yusuf Islam, 77, performed one of rock’s great ...

Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday asserted that he believed he was “doing something right as long as both” Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists were abusing him, his comments coming against the ...

The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed its four-day annual festival to celebrate ‘Urdu in Hindi cinema’ after opposition from some Islamic organisations to renowned poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar for ...