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Muslims holding Quran and computer can crack UPSC. But for some, they are still jihadis

Cracking UPSC is the quintessential Indian dream. But Hindutva hatemongers can only accept a Muslim as ‘puncture wala’.

How Indian clerics abuse Quranic halala to sexually exploit women and get paid

In ‘Nikah Halala’, Ziya Us Salam writes about how Halala was meant to keep men who have zero control at bay. But in India, it only serves to reduce women to chattel.

How a Muslim doctor in Kerala is fighting against the ‘un-Islamic’ face veil

Dr Fazal Gafoor, chairman of Kerala's Muslim Education Society, says Quran doesn't mention the use of face veils and the trend has come to India from Arab countries.

Pakistan International Airlines bans in-flight entertainment on flights to Saudi Arabia

The flights can only play Quranic verses and naats for the pilgrims travelling to Jeddah and Medina.

The namaz and its significance to the Muslim community

As the Muslim prayer is under attack again, with Noida police banning religious congregations at parks in Sector 58, ThePrint brings you a lowdown on namaz and its importance.

The effects of Sanskrit on the human brain have been greatly exaggerated

A study has been touted on social media by Juhi Chawla & Subramanian Swamy as proving that Sanskrit makes you smarter. But that’s not what the study said.

For parents, having a madrasa-educated daughter brings social prestige to the family

Author Hem Borker in this excerpt reveals to his readers that for Muslim parents preparing their girls for 'afterlife' matters more than life's journey itself. 

Chhota Shakeel’s son picks rosary over gun: Religion is the new career in Imran’s Pakistan

If Imran Khan’s government implements the Bill on mandatory Quran recitation in schools, it will create new social anxieties.

Hindu family’s collection of Islamic manuscripts draws art lovers in Kashmir

Over a hundred rare Quranic manuscripts, including the medieval Nishka whatever, calligraphic work and art objects are on display.

Stop looking for scientific discoveries in holy books, be it the Vedas or the Quran

It’s either ‘everything scientific was once found in ancient India’, or ‘everything that is science was invented by Muslims’.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.