Amid anti-Waqf protests, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met several Imams at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium. Banerjee assured the imams that she was with them and also urged them to ensure that peace prevails in their respective localities. A total of 40 prominent imams were present, including Furfura Sharif’s Toha Siddique, AIMPLB’s … Read more
Sharjeel Imam. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on December 9, 2022 clarified that observations made against JNU student leader Sharjeel Imam in a Delhi High Court order denying bail to activist Umar Khalid will not prejudice his case. Both Imam and Khalid are accused in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. They … Read more
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Imams have been detained in Xinjiang creating an atmosphere in which Uyghurs are “afraid of dying” because there is no one to oversee their funeral rites. Abduweli Ayup, a Norway-based fellow with the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN), have revealed that at least 613 Imams have been held at detention … Read more