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Lawmakers belonging to Pakistan's minority Hindu community walked out of Parliament to protest a top judge's remarks that Hindus might be financing terrorist attacks in the country.

When Rakesh returned home to his small village in Northern Kashmir, he didn't expect things to be the same. His land, his house, even the village's cremation ground had been grabbed by the Muslim local land mafia.

New Delhi: Home minister P Chidambaram on Friday disregarded the objection of Kuwaiti ambassador Sami Al Sulaiman to justify the use of "jihadi terrorism" for Pakistan-backed terror groups and al-Qaida.

Lok Jan Shakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday demanded a 10 per cent quota for Muslims in government jobs and a mechanism to ensure that funds allocated for the welfare of the minorities were fully utilised.

The Pakistani intelligence agency ISI knows the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden but is keeping his location a secret and wants to use the Al Qaeda chief as leverage over the US, noted military historian Stephen Tanner has said.

Communal violence rocked Shimoga which is Karnataka chief minister B S Yedyurappa's constituency after a newspaper published an article authored by Tasleema Nasreen regarding the purdah system.

Fort Jackson (USA): Five soldiers have been arrested on charges of trying to poison the food supply at South Carolina's Fort Jackson. The 5, detained in December, were part of an Arabic translation program called "09 Lima" and are all reportedly Muslims.

Lucknow: Giant hoardings of politicians cutting across party lines stare down at passers-by at Hafizpur main crossing looking a tad incongruous. This kasbah, a mere 20 km off Azamgarh, is inhabited mostly by landless Muslim farmers, and everybody and his brother here is a bit baffled by the off season wooing by political heavyweights.

New Delhi: Union Minister Sachin Pilot said the Constitution has provided equal opportunity to everyone irrespective of their religion and Muslims have enjoyed democracy for the last 60 years.

Muslim leaders in Indonesia have told the faithful not to celebrate Valentine's Day because it is sinful and leads to "free sex".

A Christian teacher claimed that he was hounded out of his job for trying to stop Muslim children praising the 9/11 hijackers and saying in class they hated Jews.

The founder and senior pastor of a Christian church here publicly apologised last night for being "offensive" and "insensitive" after three video clips of him questioning Buddhist and Taoist beliefs sparked outrage among many Singaporeans. Pastor Rony Tan from Lighthouse Evangelism church posted his apology on the church's website after being called up by the Internal Security Department (ISD).

Kolkata: Former Indian cricket captain turned Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin Monday supported reservation of government jobs for the Muslims, saying it was necessary for their welfare.

A ruling by the Supreme Court, upholding as illegal the second marriage by a Muslim employee of Rajasthan Government without divorcing first wife, has kicked off a major controversy. It’s matter of faith, say clerics

New Delhi: "My family is from Pakistan. There are issues but we need to solve them. Let’s love each other," Shah Rukh said. He was talking on the issue of IPL 3, in which Pakistani players are not included.