Bharuch: A group of Muslims here today demanded the suspension of the Hindu lady principal of Ankleshwar-based Lions School for asking female students to leave Hijab-Nakab during the Gujarat Board class  10 exam on Wednesday. An Urdu-speaking long-beard Muslim man told media persons that Muslim girls were asked to remove their Hijab before the start of the Mathematics exam on March 13 at Lions School by Gujarati school's lady principal. He went on to say that he along with other Muslims have...Read More

Ahmedabad: The festivals of Eid-e-Milad and Ganesh Visarjan are on the 28th of September this year. Ganesh Visarjan is a festival marking immersion of thousands of Ganesha murtis in water bodies after festive processions through streets. Four representatives of Muslim community in the city met with the city police commissioner for seeking permission to hold an Eid procession on September 28 evening. However the Police Commissioner informed them that at various other places across India and e...Read More

Porbandar: Three Muslim youths in Porbandar consumed phenyl and made a video on Instagram stating that seven to eight persons from their own Muslim community were harassing and defaming them and attempting to kick them out of the community. They stated that they faced this for just raising a question over Shariyat law. Today, a Muslim cleric known as Wasid Raza has been detained by the police following the circulation of an audio recording on social media in which he is purported to have disr...Read More

Surat: The Muslims at Shiyalaj village in Kosamba allegedly beat DGVCL (Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd) officials with sticks, torn shirt and spoke abusive words during a drive to check illegal power connections. DGVCL officer Krupal Naran Patel (age 45) from Kapodra, Surat and his team went to Shiyalaj village for checking drive against electricity theft and illegal power connections. They found electricity theft at the home of Shaukat Yusuf Shaikh in the village. Other migrant Muslims nam...Read More

Surat: A banner was seen put up over a busy street in the Limbayat area of the city Wednesday morning, questioning the use of mobile phones by women. The banner was seen hanging in the Khwaja Nagar area of Limabayat which is Muslims populated area. The text on the banner reads, "What do sisters and daughters do on mobile phones? It is the responsibility of mothers, fathers, and brothers that they have not paid attention to this." The text on the banner also states, "Far from religion (din)...Read More

Anand: Two groups of Hindu and Muslim students entered into a clash at Commerce College in Anand on Saturday. According to the details available, the Hindu boys scolded a Muslim boy over the alleged harassment of a Hindu girl by the latter. In response to this, the Muslim boy called his Muslim friends to the college. While Muslim boys chanted slogans of Allah hu Akbar, the Hindu boys chanted slogans of Jay Shri Ram. A Muslim boy claimed that a group of Hindu boys was compelling him to chant the ...Read More

Padra: Police have detained nearly two dozen persons after a communal clash in Samiyala village of Vadodara district. According to police, it had received a call at 1.00 am regarding a communal clash in the village. Police said cross complaints are filed by both Hindu and Muslim groups against persons allegedly involved in violence. Police said a Hindu wedding procession was passing last evening near the mosque. Those from the Muslim community objected bursting of crackers during the weddi...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government in a note today stated that common Hajj applicants will benefit hugely due to an increase in the Hajj quota and closure of the VIP quota for Hajj by the central government. As per the new Hajj policy 2023, the Hajj committee's quota in total Hajj quota has been increased from 70 percent to 80 percent. In accordance with this move, Gujarat also will get an increased quota every year. The Centre has also ended the VIP quota for Hajj which would benefit the common ap...Read More

Kutch: Gujarat Government carried out a demolition drive against the illegal constructions including Madresa structures in the border areas of Kutch on Sunday. The drive was carried out under the Border Coastal Area Action Plan. 36 commercial structures and 6 madrasas were demolished by the administration in Khawda village of Kutch. Meanwhile in a letter written to the district collector of Kutch, Akhil Kutch Sunni Muslim Hitrakshak Samiti has opposed the demolition of madrasas in Kha...Read More

Nadiad: A group of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) cadres here protested the religious identity of several students in the ITI (Industrial Training Institute) college at Uttarsanda in Kheda district of Central Gujarat. The college is functioning since the early 1980s and it is the third-largest ITI in the State. Some Muslim students here were appearing in computer classes wearing burkha (veil) and skull caps. The VHP joined by Hindu students protested this. According to the college admini...Read More