Challenges for Kishanganj MP Maulana Qasmi

By Mohammad Mudassir Alam, Bihar’s north-eastern districts of Seemanchal region witnessed a totally different pattern of voting in recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. While most parts of Bihar was engulfed into NaMo wave and voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the people of Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar and Araria took a U-turn and franchised their votes in surprised manner. Congress candidate Maulana Asrarul Haque Qasmi won from Kishanganj for second consecutive terms by getting highest number of votes in Bihar. Tarique Anwar (Nationalist Congress Party), Taslimuddin (Rashtriya Janata Dal) and Santosh Kumar (Janata Dal United) won from Katihar, Araria and Purnia respectively. Although there are scores of reasons about the failure of NaMo wave in these constituencies and victories of these candidates, but in Kishanganj the critics are saying that polarisation of Muslim votes was the main reason behind Maulana’s incredible win.

Sangh pressure forces Minority Affairs Minister to not adopt village with strong Muslim presence

By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net, Bhopal: When Najma Heptullah, one of the senior most cabinet ministers in the Narendra Modi government adopted village Phanda Kalan near here in a dazzling show under Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna, it looked like just another flamboyance of Prime Minister’s much publicized scheme.

Yesteryears’ playback singer Shamshad Begum named for Padma Bhushan

By IANS, New Delhi : Legendary playback singer Shamshad Begum, who became a rage in the 1940s and 1950s with songs like "Leke pehla pehla pyar" and "Kabhi aar kabhi paar", has been named among the Padma Bhushan awardees this year. According to media reports, the singer now 80, is not keeping well.

Jamia cycle rally reaches Delhi via Pushkar Brahma Temple, Ajmer Dargah

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The cycle rally of Jamia Millia Islamia students, set off with the theme of Dilon ko Jodo on February 6 in Pushkar of Rajasthan, reached the university in the National Capital today to find union ministers, vice chancellor, teachers and students standing in hot sun to welcome the cyclists – the messengers of peace.

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani rejects invite to CPM programme in Kerala

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Kerala CPI (M) leadership was left red faced after Jignesh Mevani, Una agitation leader, rejected the party’s invitation to attend...

Periods, women’s health and Ramadan

By Afshan Khan for TwoCircles.net Imagine that it is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan and you are fasting with full excitement...

88 women have applied for Haj without ‘mehram’: Minister

New Delhi, (IANS): In less than a week after procedure for Haj 2018 started, 88 women have applied to go on the pilgrimage without a...

Uttar Pradesh assembly passes UPCOCA bill

Lucknow, Dec 20 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (UPCOCA) bill was passed by the state assembly on Wednesday. The bill was...

एक मज़हब की नफ़रत जिसने 29 साल का ख़्वाब कुचल दिया

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : तबस्सुम बेग़म इस्माईल गर्ल्स कॉलेज की प्रिंसिपल हैं. इस्माईल गर्ल्स कॉलेज मेरठ शहर कोतवाली की ठीक सामने है,...

Srinagar youth participates in United Nations Conference

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A Srinagar-based entrepreneur and social activist Affan Yesvi participated in a 3-day United Nations Global Sustainability Development Goals SDGs Conference -...

AMU declared fifth best India University in India Today-Mudra Survey

By TCN news: Aligarh, September 22: National competition for a place at one of India's best universities is fierce, but Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has...

ऐसी रही बिहार चुनाव में महागठबंधन के मुसलमान प्रत्याशियों की ‘परफॉर्मेंस ‘ !

आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net बिहार चुनाव के नतीजे आ चुके हैं,देर रात तक चली मतगणना के बाद एनडीए ने 125 सीट लाकर बहुमत हासिल किया और...

Retain the golden glory of Hyderabad football: Victor Amalraj

By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: International footballer Victor Amalraj expressed hope that the young footballers of Hyderabad will retain the golden glory and winning legacy of city’s footballers.

SIO felicitates WB qualifiers of National Muslim Talent Search Examination

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: As many as 113 meritorious students, including 17 girls, from West Bengal were felicitated by the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) for clearing the National Muslim Talent Search Examination. The SIO felicitated the students in collaboration with New Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundation (HWF) at a function held on November 22, 2014 at the TB Association Hall here.

Illustrated Muslim Travel Guide to Jerusalem

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Book: Illustrated Muslim Travel Guide to Jerusalem Author: Misbahuddin Mirza Digital book available on iBooks: here   Publisher: QAMSA, LLC Price: $6.99 Author of the book under...

One-third of Indian population stares at drought, drinking water shortages this summer

By Raqib Hameed Naik, Twocircles.net Although the summer season has just started in India, droughts and a shortage of drinking water have surfaced all over...

Amid mob lynchings and going hatred, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind cancels its Eid Milan event

By TCN News New Delhi: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has announced to cancel its Eid Milan event, citing the current deteorating communal atmosphere in the country. The...

Over two dozen injured in sporadic incidents in Bihar

Patna, (IANS): Over two dozen people were injured in incidents of communal violence in various districts of Bihar following the immersion of Durga idols and...

Salim lost both his wrists in an accident, but not his willpower to earn...

By Mohammed Hussain, TwoCircles.net Salim Khan, 34, is a well-known figure in Uttan–a fishing village close to Mumbai–for his remarkable confidence and grit despite his...

Mumbai wall collapse – Jamaat -e-Islami-Hind joins the rescue team

TCN News The heavy incessant rains in Mumbai resulted in wall collapse in Malda east, a suburb in Mumbai, leaving nearly 25 persons dead and...

Radhika Vemula has a message for the PM this Women’s Day

An open letter from Radhika Vemula to the Prime Minister Jai Bhim everyone, My name is Radhika Vemula. I am Rohith Vemula’s mother. This International Women’s...

“We are discriminated because of our names” – UP’s Muslim vendors fear brutality amid...

MUSHEERA ASHRAF, TwoCircles.net  Saharanpur: “A few days before, I was standing at the roadside to sell my fruits, a policeman came and he smashed me...

4 years of Najeeb’s disappearance and the lore of systematic betrayal

By Ahmad Khan, TwoCircles.net The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. The formidable sentence that author Milan Kundera wrote more...

APCR ensures freedom for seven marginalised prisoners on Independence day

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Seven prisoners got back their freedom on the occasion of Independence Day this year through Association for protection of Civil Rights...

Does Religion Matter? Communal Violence in India

Dr. Ram Puniyani The carnage or to put it more precisely the anti Muslim violence in Delhi (February-March 2020) has shaken us all. Analysts are...

Equity Question of Muslim is a Myth India Finds a Report

Syed Ali Mujtaba An audit report on the marginalization of Muslims in minority concentration districts in Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, and UP tears apart the...

Jamia condoles passing away of former VC Dr Syed Zahoor Qasim

By TCN News New Delhi: A condolence meeting was held on October 20, Tuesday in Jamia Millia Islamia to condole the death of Dr....

A non-Muslim girl reads Quran and desires to memorise it

By TwoCircles.net staff reporterKhagual (Patna): Dilip Kumar Choudhary and Urmila Devi have a unique desire that their daughter Hemlata, who is nine years old,...

Vapi of Gujarat has century-old settlements of Azmis

By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net, Vapi (Gujarat): Bombay was crowded but Mumbai is bursting at seams. Most of the time one is entrapped in traffic jams. It was, therefore, a pleasure to move out of Mumbai on way to Vapi in the Valsad District of Gujarat. Coming on the highway it was pleasant to watch changing landscape, especially typical rock formations shaped by years of braving wind and rain.
On the way to Vapi

New officers for Bihar Urdu Academy

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Patna: Bihar government today appointed two new vice chairmen and four new members to the Bihar Urdu Academy. Dr. Ghayasuddin Rai and Dr. Abdul Wahid Ansari are appointed as two Vice Chairman of the Urdu Academy. Shahzad Anwar Ansari is appointed Secretary. Also, four new members nominated are Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, director of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library; SM Ashraf Farid, Editor of Qaumi Tanzeem; Dr. Syed Shahbaz, Editor, Roznama Rashtriya Sahara and Md. Irshad, editor of Daily Pindar.

Hussain Rizvi: A resident of Patna with international recognition for his selfless services

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Patna: On most weekdays, Hussain Rizvi works as an area in charge of Kent RO System Limited. The 27-year-old, who...

Jamia Millia Islamia celebrates its 96th foundation day amid fanfare

By TwoCicrles.net, Staff Reporter Delhi: The 96th Foundation Day Celebrations of Jamia Millia Islamia started with much fanfare in the Jamia campus on Thursday,...

Increasing income of Bihar’s farmers a priority: Nitish Kumar

Patna, (IANS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the main focus of the state's agriculture road map is on increasing income of...

Arab Parliament calls for action on Rohingya ‘genocide’

Cairo, (IANS/WAM): The Speaker of the Arab Parliament has called on international organisations to take immediate action to end the suffering of Rohingya Muslims. In...

Indian Americans express outrage over Nuh encounter killing; call for prosecution of police officers...

By TCN News The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos has called for the immediate suspension,...

Mecca verdict: “Court verdict has shaken the confidence of Muslim community from judiciary,” claims...

TCN News Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), a Hyderabad based organization, has strongly condemned the special NIA court's verdict in connection of Mecca Masjid blast...

A Muslim Woman Is Helping Patients of Sickle Cell Disease Get Treatment in MP’s...

By Shaba Manzoor and Nuzhat Khan  At the age of two and a half years, Swaleha Naaz Khan fell down the stairs while playing and...

Jahangirabad Media Institute launches degree courses in collaboration with MGAHV

Lucknow: Admission for the new session is on at the Jahangirabad Media Institute (JMI), Barabanki in degree courses after it has been recognized...

Inner Line Permit issue has Biharis in Manipur on the edge

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Imphal, Manipur: Anil Kumar Gupta, 56, runs a tea stall in Imphal. Although his roots go back to...

Former Mayor of Kochi TM Abu expires

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Power and Piety: An exhibition of Islamic talismans on the battlefield

By Misbahuddin Mirza for TwoCircles.net The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (the Met, New York) fabulous exhibition - Power and Piety: Islamic Talismans on the Battlefield...

Hindutva goons and policeman thrash four men in MP over suspicion of cow smuggling

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Another violent incident of cow-vigilantism has been reported, this time from Betul district of Madhya Pradesh where members of a so...

Bukhari slams AIMPLB over its ‘dual stand’ on triple talaq in SC

New Delhi, (IANS): A day after Supreme Court banned instant divorce for Muslims, Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Maulana Ahmed Bukhari on Wednesday slammed the All...

Indian Muslims successful, integrated and considers itself Indian: Barack Obama

By TCN News Former US President Barack Obama said that the Indian Muslim population considered itself Indian, a feeling that should be nourished and cultivated. Speaking...

“अब्बू रात को सो नही रहे है, चोट सिर्फ जिस्म पर ही नहीं रूह...

नाहिद।Twocircles.net मुजफ्फरनगर- "उनका चेहरा ज़र्द पड़ चुका है।पैर से अब भी वो चल नही पा रहे।बातचीत कम से कम करते हैं उनके हाथ मे प्लास्टर अभी...

Lakhs attend Barelvi Ijtema in Mumbai

By TwoCircles.net staff writer Mumbai: Lakhs of men and women attend the 19th Annula International Sunni Ijtema organized by Sunni Dawate Islami in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Oct 30th to Nov. 1st. The first day of the three day event was reserved for women which saw about one lakh women from Mumbai and suburbs participate in the proceedings. The lectures on the first day was geared towards women- importance of acquiring Islamic knowledge; understand their responsibilities as a Muslim women, prepare themselves in accordance to the Islamic law for the creation of a moral society.

BJP leader and former union minister arrested from Maharashtra for rioting in Bijapur

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: BJP Karnataka leader and former Union Minister Basanagouda Patil Yatnal was on Wednesday arrested by the Karnataka Police from a hotel in Kolhapur city of Maharashtra on charges of instigating violence against Muslim community in Bijapur at the time of Narendra Modi's swearing-in as Prime Minister on May 26. He was described by the police as the prime perpetrator for the violence during a celebratory procession carried out by BJP workers.

बिहार चुनाव के नतीजों में भाकपा(माले)

सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net पटना: बिहार में आए नतीजे जहां भाजपा के लिए परेशानी बनकर आए हैं, वहीँ ये नतीजे कईयों के लिए अच्छी खबर हैं....

सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...

Former CM of Manipur, Md. Alimuddin remembered

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,

The Hindi-Urdu divide in news reporting

A comparative reading of Dainik Jagran and Inquilab By Shaheen Nazar,

Ayodhya Muslims – poor, uneducated and frightened

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, TwoCircles.net special series: Ayodhya 2009 Nemat Ali is very sad he could not educate his daughters. Aware of their father’s income, they told him politely when they reached school-going age: You are lone bread earner for the family; how will you bear the cost of our education, recalls Ali, father of 6, while pulling the rickshaw.

#HajFacts : क्या नई ‘हज पॉलिसी’ से बदलेगी भारतीय मुसलमानों के लिए हज की...

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : 2013-17 हज पॉलिसी अब समाप्त हो चुकी है. सरकार अब 2018-22 की नई हज पॉलिसी पर काम कर...

Database for hate violence launched in Delhi; to help encourage community reporting of such...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The Documentation of the Oppressed (DOTO)- a national Database on hate violence-was launched today at the Constitution Club in Delhi. The database,...

Communal tensions will not end until Hindus keep rewarding the BJP for its anti-Muslim...

By Mahmad Sidat for TwoCircles.net The recent violence reported in Bengal and Bihar during Ram-Navami processions raises serious questions about the Indian society in general...

“Young Abrar had left home to earn money for studies,” distraught family questions militancy...

Editor’s note: The story is the second part in a three-part series on the three youth from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, who...

Has RSS and its cohorts Talibanized Hinduism in India?

Taliban doesn’t necessarily need to be turban clad, swinging AK47, loitering around the streets of Kabul, aiming to kill those who don’t necessarily agree...

Waterfalls, tribals and animals be damned: Why the proposed Athirapally dam is a disaster...

This is the first in a two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...

Owaisi targets Modi: Bring law to punish those who abandon their wives

New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS): Those who marry and abandon their wives should be punished and the government should bring a law to this...

Saqib Saleem to launch free cricket academy for underprivileged kids

New Delhi,  (IANS) : Actor Saqib Saleem is set to launch his own cricket coaching center, here. He hopes to provide the best cricketing atmosphere to...

Eleven years on, no justice for Makkah Masjid victims

By Kaneez Fathima for TwoCircles.net It has been eleven years for Makkah Masjid bomb blast and subsequent police firing. During the Friday prayers on 18th...

A look into the life of Muslim roadside vendors in metros

By TwoCircles.net, Muhammad Raees of Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh spends night on Mumbai pavement. Abdul Jabbar of Godda in Jharkhand earns Rs 600 a month in Delhi. Aziz Ahmad in Patna 'digs the well everyday to drink water.' Hundreds of miles away from each other, the common bond they share is: they are illiterate; poor; and Muslims. And to make their ends meet they are roadside vendors.

Kerala’s Jamia Nuriya to open shariat colleges and madrasas under a fixed syllabus

By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Kochi: The working committee of the OSFOJNA (alumni association of the Jamia Nuriya Arabic College) decided to open Junior Shariat Colleges and higher madrasas as the sister institutions of the Jamia Nuriya Arabic College with a fixed syllabus. The decision has been taken, reportedly, as there was a shortage of able scholars to lead in the religious institutions as well as religious activities.

Ballimaran: AAP challenge in Haroon Yusuf’s burrow

It is two-decades of helping people versus promise of new hope By Nivedita Bhardwaj, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Wires dangling precariously, perennial congestion and cacophony of sounds from all kinds of vehicles and animals – both bipeds and multipeds – can be a fitting description of one of Delhi’s oldest living areas, the Walled City.

IMRC’s help for poor and needy continues in Kashmir; 700 families provided with ration...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: Eleven years ago, Mohammad Amin Teli, a resident of Meer Behri, Dal area in Srinagar District of Jammu and...

Alumni meet of Hamdard Public school

By TCN News, Alumni of Delhi based Hamdard Public School from across the globe came back to their Alma Mater on November 10, 2012 in large numbers.

Indian Scientists, Jamia alumnus discover the role of CCN1 gene in Pancreatic Cancer Development

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kansas City: The findings of a study on a special protein in pancreatic cancer progression, known to be an angiogenic...

Understand the world from the eyes of a woman: Ayesha Khatun

By TCN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts: “Understand the world from the eyes of a woman” said Ayesha Khatun to an audience of over 60 people at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 25, 2014. In the hour-long talk Ayesha Khatun had her audience in rapt attention as she shared stories from the ground, cracked jokes, and talked about her struggles working for some of the most marginalized people in India.

Mumbai terror attacks: updated list of dead, injured

By TwoCircles.net news desk New Delhi: The toll in the bloodiest ever terrorist attacks in India reached 160 around 10 pm on November 28, two days after around two dozen terrorists attacked some 5-star hotels and public places in Mumbai including Taj and Trident hotels. Around 400 people are injured. (This official list does not include the names of many unknown people in hospitals across Mumbai.) JJ Hospital • M L Chaudhari • Malpesh Manvendre Banerji • Mastan Qureshi • Meera Cattherjee • Mehnabi Salim Ali • Michal Stuvert (Australian) • Monira

My name is Mohammad Yousuf. I am a Rohingya and I don’t want to...

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Elder brother of Dr Kafeel Ahmed charged with fraud, wrong guy arrested for attempt...

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The investigation into the life-threatening attack on Kashif Jameel, the younger brother of Kafeel Ahmed Khan, took a curious turn last...

UAE based ed-tech provider ties up with Indian NGO to provide iSTEAM education

By Amna Khaishgi, TwoCircles.net Dubai: ALIG Educational & Welfare Society and Coded Minds have tied up with iSTEAM for providing technical training to students of government...

मां के बाद अब प्रोफेसर नबीला सादिक भी दुनिया छोड़ गई !

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Kerala Muslims express unease at High Court quashing govt order allotting 80% minority scholarships...

The Kerala High Court recently quashed a government order allotting 80 percent merit-cum-means scholarships to Muslims of the state, directing the government to “provide...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में बेहद लोकप्रिय भोजपुरी फिल्मों की अभिनेत्री सहर अफशा ने अभिनय की दुनिया को खुद से जुदा कर करते हुए...

Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali attacked in Lucknow

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Lucknow: Two miscreants attacked eminent muslim cleric and Naib Imam Aishbagh Eidgah, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli outside the eidgah on Monday. The incident occured as Farangi Mahli emerged from his office after offering maghrib prayers.

Thousands of madrasa, Sanskrit teachers march to Bihar Assembly

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Mahboob Alam is a teacher at state government aided Madrasa Islamia Noorul Huda in Purnea. He has not got salary for last five months. It’s hard for him to meet both ends, and thus he was forced to come to streets. Alam is among thousands of madrasa and Sanskrit school teachers who hit Patna streets today demanding salary equal to other government schools.

Basant Mela in Agra celebrates Nazeer Akbarabadi

By TCN News, Agra: Famous Urdu poet Wali Muhammad Nazeer Akbarabadi was remembered here on January 24th on the occasion of Nazeer Basant Mela. The 18th century poet is famous for writing poems on everyday objects like bread, cucumber, etc.

Chandrababu Naidu ready to break ice with Muslims

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Vijayawada: With the NDA honeymoon almost certain to crash down, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is all set to...

Muslim Professionals Network launched a crowdfunding site for charity projects

By TCN News Hyderabad: A network of Muslim professionals working for the empowerment and development of the community announced the launch of www.idohelp.org, an online...

How and why to organize workers for a democratic and secular India

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thousands of miles from Bihar, Kamayani Swami and Ashish Ranjan of Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan (JJSS) talked about their...

नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 2

By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net, दो सालों बाद होने वाले चुनावों के लिए बांध को रिपोर्ट कार्ड में शामिल करने के लिए समाजवादी पार्टी क्या नीति अपना रही है और दुद्धी, सोनभद्र के अस्पतालों में घायलों का आंखों-देखा हाल... [इस सीरीज़ की पिछली कहानियां – अकथ कहानी कनहर की और नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1]

Slain advocate Shahid Azmi’s brother threatened of being killed

By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, Mumbai: Khalid Azmi,33, a younger brother of slain advocate Shahid Azmi has received a direct threat of being killed in a...

In UP, Bihar and Jaharkhand, 2,680 poor and needy families benefit from IMRC’s ‘Ramadan...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Bihar: For Zubaidah Bibi, every day is a struggle for survival. A reident of a remote village--Humajaan--in Chatra Distirct...

My name is Haleema. I am a Rohingya and I don’t want to be...

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Owaisi challenges Centre to lift subsidy for Hindu pilgrims

Hyderabad (IANS): MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday challenged the central government to stop the financial assistance and subsidy given to Hindu pilgrims in...

Hyderabadis embracing tiffin culture

By Syed Zainulabedin, TwoCircles.net,

AIM builds school extension in Karnataka

By TCN News, Bangalore: The Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM), Washington DC, has completed the construction of an additional wing of 6 classrooms...

Hyderabad riots: Police claim situation calm, defends firing order on Muslim protestors

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma visited the riot hit Kishanbagh area where Sikh and Muslim community clashed in the morning resulted in subsequent police firing which has confirmed three deaths of Muslims till now, toll is expected to rise further.

Hamdulay Heart Foundation a ray of hope for zakat eligibles

By Ziaulla Nomani, Heart disease is the number one killer in India and across the world. However most of the heart ailments are curable and death can be prevented, but, not everyone is not fortunate enough to bear the treatment and hospital costs and they just walk away from the hospital to choose a slow painful death. There are many who have even sold their only piece of land to foot the hospital treatment for cardiac treatment.

CPI-M condemns attack on Muslim men in train

New Delhi, (IANS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday condemned the attack on a Muslim family in a local train in Haryana...

All India Milli Council to launch Save constitution-Save India campaign as a call for...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter All India Milli Council is organising a national seminar called 'Save Constitution - Save India' on July 30 in an attempt...

Farmers ‘crack whip’ on Maharashtra government

Mumbai (IANS): For the second time in 10 months, Maharashtra farmers cracked the whip on the government to turn spotlight on the grave agrarian...

Fatwa not against Salman Khan: Manzar-e-Islam clarifies

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Bareilly: Darul Ifta of Manzar-e-Islam clarified that widely reported fatwa on Bollywood actor Salman Khan was not specifically against him. Salman Khan attended Ganesh festival on Tuesday where singer Sonu Nigam sang bhajan and puja of Ganesha idol was performed. Media widely reported that Darul Ifta of Bareilly based Manzar-e-Islam madrasa have issued a fatwa against Salman Khan asking him to recite Kalma (Islamic creed).

AMU’s bridge course for madrssa pass outs yielding positive result

By TCN News, Aligarh: Twenty-seven students of Bridge Course for Madrasa pass outs in Aligarh Muslim University have created history by qualifying admission test for various courses in and outside the University in open category, while the remaining three students are in the waiting list, making the result 100 percent.

Asma Nama: I Can Marry Four. What about you?

By Asma Anjum Khan, teaches English, talks a lot, read her at your own risk. [follow her:@asmaanjumkhan] # fourmarriages,#islam#the prophetmuhammadpbuh #widowremarriage#polygmay#khulaa#culture#monogamy# H.Aaishah RA Saturdays usually signal the end of a hectic week. A soothing sensation after doing time for the last six days begins to engulf me. After my talk, a sister comes and hugs, nothing unusual; but a continuous stream of tears, from her eyes was. Her visage with droplets smearing it appeared a bit white. My little talk about H.Aaishah RA and other Ummahatul Momineen had touched her, she said. When probed about the weepy act; her reply not just stunned but kept haunting me for the next few weeks.

Through scholarships, US-based IMRC helps thousands of poor students complete their studies

By Raqib Hameed Naik, Hyderabad: Sameena Tasleem, a resident of Bandlaguda, Moinabad in Hyderabad, had always dreamt of becoming a doctor....

From pen to gun: The trend of educated youths joining militant ranks in Kashmir...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: On Tuesday, January 2, Mannan Bashir Wani, pursuing Ph.D. in earth science-Geology from Aligarh Muslim University marked his presence...

Former AIMPLB member Nadvi allegedly asked for bribe to ‘solve’ Ayodhya dispute

Lucknow, (IANS): A complaint was lodged against former All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member Maulana Salman Husaini Nadwi here on Thursday for allegedly demanding...

In latest video, Indian American comedian Hasan Minhaj calls out ‘desi racism’ in US

TCN News In his latest video titled ‘We can not stay silent about George Floyd', Indian-American standup comedian Hasan Minhaj has called out 'desi racism' against immigrants...

“Here to prove football isn’t a sport for elites,” Muslim girl-group Parcham breaking stereotypes...

By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net  Mumbai: “We wanted to break the stereotype and bring girls together to interact,” said Sabah Khan, co-founder of Parcham. The organization...

Modi, RSS, and BJP come under attack at JUH conference

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Lucknow: Thousands attended a conference organized by Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Hind faction led by Maulana Arshad Madani. The public meeting or Ijlas-e-Aam at Rifah-e-Aam Club grounds was held in Lucknow on Saturday, March 28.

US based Aligarh Education Endowment Fund provides scholarship to 75 students in UP

By TCN News, Foster City, California: As many as 75 students from different schools in Faizabad and Ambedkar Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh received scholarship...

Minority minister, V-C read Fatiha at Dr Zakir Hussain’s grave

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Today was 113th birth anniversary of Late Dr. Zakir Husain, former President of India and former Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia. Union Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed and Jamia Millia Vice-Chancellor Najeeb Jung offered floral tribute to the leader and read Fatiha. Khursheed was at the mausoleum inside the university premises since morning with his family members for Fatiha. Dr Hussain was his maternal grand-father.

In conversation with Makiko Kimura

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When Muslims are killed in hate crimes, BJP governments always side with the accused

By Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net A few days ago, during the trial of the persons accused of killing Junaid Khan, Justice YS Rathor of the...

Urdu Academy to organise national seminar on ‘Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and his Vision’

TCN News Aligarh: The Centre for Professional Development of Urdu Teachers (Urdu Academy), Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with National Council for Promotion of Urdu...

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Delhi riots: Survivors of anti-Muslim violence living with trauma, constant fear of death

Many survivors of anti-Muslim violence in Delhi that took place in February 2020 are today living with trauma and a deep sense of...

Ashraful Madaris Urdu medium school of Hyderabad bags the K-12 WOW award

TCN News At the recently concluded Global K-12 Summit, organised by Business Reconnect in Hyderabad on 8th September 2023, Ashraful Madaris High School, an Urdu Medium...

Hyderabad Urdu editors on Urdu press, Muslim problems

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, Like their counterparts in Delhi, Urdu Editors in Hyderabad also see educational backwardness as the major issue confronting the Muslim community in India. Lack of education has led the community to economic and social backwardness. Despite some confronting views, Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat daily and Naseem Arifi, Editor, Etemaad daily tell Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net that there is no Indian Express or Tehelka in Urdu because Urdu media lack resources and professionalism.

WPI declares 11 candidates, SDPI 3 in West Bengal

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: Welfare Party of India and Social Democratic Party of India have declared their candidates to contest in the Parliamentary elections in West Bengal. WPI plans to contest in 11 constituencies, while the SDPI is fielding 3 candidates in the state.

Prof David Lelyveld delivers extension lecture at AMU

By TCN News, Aligarh: Noted scholar and author of ‘Aligarh’s First Generation: Muslim Solidarity in British India’, Prof David Lelyveld of the William Paterson University, USA was in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to deliver an Extension Lecture on ‘Sir Syed and Women’s Education’ at the University Polytechnic Auditorium.

Symposium on ‘Relevance of Sir Syed’s Teachings in Modern Era’ organized in Aligarh

TCN News Aligarh: The Sir Syed Bi-Centenary Celebrations Committee today organised a symposium on ‘Relevance of Sir Syed’s Teachings in Modern Era’ at IIMT, Panchsheel...

Jamia authorities serves notice to a student for ‘maligning’ University’s image on facebook

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has issued a show cause notice to a student over her Facebook post on...

European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights cautions against increasing attacks on religious minorities in...

TCN News  Maria Arena, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights has cautioned against the increasing attacks on religious minorities in India,...

Why Muslims in India no longer need to answer for composite culture

The article is the author’s rebuttal to Ajai Gudavarthy's article titled Mobilisation and Composite culture published by The Hindu on 21 January.  By Md. Aariz Imam  Contrary to...

“Stop coercive fund collection drive for Ram Temple construction,” Civil society, religious leaders, eminent...

TCN News New Delhi: A civil society group of activists, eminent citizens and leaders of prominent religious organizations have written a letter to Prime Minister...

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In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

By TCN News Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...

800 days in prison: Incarcerated journalist Aasif Sultan’s family cling onto memories, hope

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan has spent more than 800 days in prison under ‘terror’ charges, which his family and media bodies have categorically dismissed....

Bihar: “His killing was doomsday for us,” family of Muslim youth lynched by mob...

The family of 30-year-old youth Ajjan Imran, who was lynched in Nawada district of Bihar on September 29 and died a day later, are...

‘Mob attack on me being celebrated,’ says Muslim student assaulted in MP’s Khandwa

On January 3, Shahbaz, who hails from Sihada village in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa, is seen beaten up brutally by several men who he...

सीमांचल के 27 साल के साकिब ने नौकरी छोड़ गांव के बच्चों के लिए...

बिहार के सीमांचल में बच्चों की जिंदगी में खुशियां भरने के लिए 27 साल के नौजवान साकिब गांवों में लाइब्रेरी खोलने की मुहिम चला...

18 year old Syed Amjad keen on presenting prominent Urdu writer Akhtar Orenvi to...

Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Syed Akthar Ahmad, also known as Akthar Orenvi, was a Bihar-born Urdu writer who produced exceptional literary works, devoted his life to...

Rehab India Foundation conducts talent search exams in Murshidabad

By TCN News, Kolkata: Over 200 students, from class X, in Murshidabad district of West Bengal appeared in the Rehab Nation Talent Search Examination 2014 on Sunday, July 20, at Al Falah Mission English School in Berhampore. The applications were invited from the top rank students in Class X from different schools located in the different blocks of Murshidabad district.

Asma Anjum Khan

TwoCircles.net presents a new column "Asma Nama" by Dr. Asma Anjum Khan. She teaches English and talks a lot, read her at your own...

SIO condoles death of Dr Israr Ahmed

By TCN News, New Delhi: The Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) has expressed deep sorrow over the death of renowned Islamic scholar Dr Israr Ahmad (1932-2010). Prolific writer and orator Dr. Ahmed breathed his last in Lahore, Pakistan early on Wednesday. He died of a massive cardiac arrest.

Is Sunni world suffering from Shia phobia?

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, To save their respective monarchies, the Saudi and Gulf rulers, with the help of the western masters, have been whipping up anti-Shia passion ever since the Islamic Revolution in Iran on February 11, 1979. Yemen, where Zaidi Shias are considered much closer to Sunnis, is the latest example. About 35-45 % population is Shia and there is no such sectarian conflict whatsoever. In fact, these Zaidis were very close to Salafi Saudis till a few months back.
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