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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicProphet Muhammad

Topic: Prophet Muhammad

Iran’s foreign minister meets Doval, calls for ‘serious attention to Muslims’ sensitivities’

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, on a 3-day visit to India, also met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and PM Narendra Modi, and discussed regional security issues.

Arab nations key to ‘bulldozer governance’, and why TV debates need to lower decibel levels

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Calls to boycott Indian goods grow as derogatory remarks on Prophet riles Middle East

#BoycottIndiaProducts and #Stopinsulting_ProphetMuhammad were trending on Twitter and Facebook in several Gulf countries for derogatory remarks on Prophet made by members of ruling BJP.

Qatar Airways CEO didn’t plead with Indian Twitter user to stop boycott call, it’s a spoof video

Video shows CEO Akbar Al Baker trying to mollify 'biggest shareholder', Twitter user Vashudev. Some users, such as Kangana Ranaut, believed video to be real & hit out at Al Baker.

With much to lose on trade & expats, India works to cool ‘anti-Islam’ anger in Gulf nations

While New Delhi believes it has made its stance on two BJP spokespersons’ anti-Prophet remarks clear, its envoys will ‘deepen engagement’ with govts of Gulf nations in coming days.

‘Will tie explosives to our kids’ — Al Qaeda warns India of suicide attacks over Prophet remarks

Jihadist group warns of 'retaliatory attacks' in Delhi, Mumbai, UP & Gujarat. Statement comes on the back of West Asian nations condemning remarks by BJP members.

BJP youth wing leader arrested in Kanpur for ‘controversial tweet’ on Prophet Muhammad

Harshit Srivastava's arrest comes three days after a clash between two groups belonging to different communities, allegedly over a market shutdown in Kanpur.

Remarks against Prophet: Security for suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma after ‘death threats’

The party dumped its popular face amid anger from the Arab world; said it respected all religions and religious personalities.

A few Islamic nations forced Modi govt to do what 200 million Indian Muslims couldn’t

If sentiments of Indian Muslims mattered, the likes of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal would be sacked as and when they make a hateful comment, not after global condemnation.

TV channels in pickle after BJP acts against ‘fringe elements’ & 100 days of war in Ukraine

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Royal Enfield bikes are the new rage in Bangladesh. What happens to ‘boycott India’ now

Royal Enfield has launched four 350cc models—Hunter, Classic, Bullet, and Meteor—priced between Bangladeshi Taka 3.4 lakh and 4.35 lakh in Bangladesh.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.