WB police delay submission of report; 11-year-old girl from Maharashtra continues to stay in...
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata/Bangaon: Thanks to negligence of over 10 months by West Bengal police, an 11-year-old girl from Maharashtra continues to remain at the juvenile home in West Bengal even as her mother is running from pillar to post to seek her release.
India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election
Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller’s association with US supporters of the RSS-BJP prompts outcry from Maryland voters.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
MARYLAND (UNITED STATES) —...
A girls’ orphanage in Hyderabad giving new hopes, and a new home for orphans...
US based IMRC runs the Challenger Girls' Orphanage at Hyderabad suburb in collaboration with its local partner Sahayata Trust that has given new rays...
How a malicious report in Times of India has ruined my life and why...
By Arshad Mohsin for TwoCircles.net
The power of mainstream media in spreading information and forming public opinions cannot be underestimated. We all know that when...
Gulf Muslims will never accept Islamophobia, in India or anywhere else: Shaikha Hend in...
By Raqib Hameed and Amina Kausar, TwoCircles.net
Sheikha Hend bint Faisal Al Qasimi is an Emirati Royal of the Al Qasimi family of Sharjah, United...
BJP workers attack Imam in Nadia, West Bengal; Imam hospitalised
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
After a series of mob lynching of Muslims across the nation in the name of protecting cows, the BJP and...
Akbar Khaleeli: Tennis champ, a debater with a passion for Persian poetry
By Danish Khan for TwoCircles.net,
Relief for Dr. Kafeel Khan, Supreme Court orders UP Govt to pay all subsistence...
TCN News
A division bench of Hon'ble supreme court of India comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Indira Banerjee has ordered the enquiry regarding...
Higher mortality rates in Hindus vs superior survival rates of Muslims: A data analysis
What is certain is that obsessing about the Muslim population in India will not decrease the high Hindu mortality rates. While putting a dedicated...
तबलीग़ की किताब ‘फ़ज़ाइले आमाल’ को फ़िल्म में बता दिया ‘आतंकवादियों’ की किताब,बवाल
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
लॉकडाऊन के दौरान डिजिटल प्लेटफॉर्म अमेज़ॉन पर रिलीज़ हुई वेब सीरीज़ 'पाताललोक' ख़ासी चर्चा बटौर रही है। वेब सीरीज बॉलीवुड अभिनेत्री और...
Mob attacks Christian school and girls hostel situated in front of Lt. Governor’s house...
By TCN News
In yet another case of an attack on minorities, a mob of more than 80 people attacked a school and hostels run...
Meet Azharuddin, a mechanical engineer from Meerut who made an electric cart from junk,...
Thirty-year-old Azharuddin from Meerut in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is good with his hands. He created an electric cart from junk...
1956 Olympics Indian football team facilitated
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: 1950s were the golden era of Indian football- India won 1951 Asian Games Gold Medal and came fourth in 1956 Olympic Games. Today Sports Minister of India Dr. M. S. Gill facilitated the surviving member of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics team to honour them for their achievement.

Rape-Murder of a Buddhist girl by Muslims led to riots: Myanmar Ambassador
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Kashmir’s Largest Madrasa: Dar ul-Uloom Raheemiyyah
By Yoginder Sikand
Established in 1979, the Dar ul-Uloom Raheemiyyah, located in the town of Bandipora, is the largest madrasa in Jammu and Kashmir. Founded by a graduate of the Deoband madrasa, Maulana Muhammad Rahmatullah, it currently has more than a thousand students on its rolls. Patterned on the Deoband model, it is one of the few madrasas in the state that provide Islamic education till the takhasus or specialization level.
‘We can’t hire you because you are a Muslim’: Delhi youth denied job because...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Delhi: In what appears to be a case of religious intolerance and discrimination, a Muslim youth from Delhi was denied...
Badrul Muneer Husnul Jamal: 1870s poem in Arabic-Malayalam script to be telecast on Doordarshan
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net
Kochi: ‘Badrul Muneer Husnul Jamal’, the first romantic poem written by the famous poet late Moin Kutty Vaidyar, will be telecast on Doordarsan from 11th July (Saturday) onwards. Mappilappattu singer Rahman Vazhakkad and party will present the songs.
Aliah University no longer under Minority Affairs department, Muslims fear this will impact minority...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
The West Bengal government's decision to transfer the control of state-owned minority institution Aliah University from Minority Affairs and Madrassa...
Meet 10 women who are spearheading movement against CAA-NRC in India
Nazish Hussain and Musheera Ashraf, Twocircles.net
In the wake of countrywide protests against CAA-NRC-NPR, India is witnessing a watershed massive movement led by women. From...
The curious case of the inclusion of Mallicks in Bihar Backward Classes list
By Ashok Yadav & Khalid Anis Ansari,
‘Why have they declared a war against me?’ An open letter from an Indian...
By Syed Junaid Hashmi for TwoCircles.net
I am appalled as to why a war has been declared on me? From television studios to the national...
Want to become an IAS officer, end child labour: Mohammed Kaif, topper of Karnataka...
By Imran Inamdar for TwoCircles.net
Mohammed Kaif, a 15-year-old boy from St Xavier High School, Belgaum, Karnataka, made his family, school and community proud by...
Importance of Surah al-Fatiha
By Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
November 11th being the birth anniversary of Maulan Azad, TwoCircles.net present a chapter from his monumental work, Tarjuman-ul-Quran
The Surat-ul-Fatiha is the first chapter of the Quran and is for that reason styled Fatihatul Kitab or the opening of the book. Because of its intrinsic value, it has been assigned a place of honour in the Quran and allowed to appear on the very first page of it. Indeed, the Quran endorses its importance in the following terms:
Furore over Jamiat issuing ‘Halal Certificate’ to Ramdev’s Patanjali
By Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
The granting of Halal certificate by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind to Patanajli Group has raised eyeballs from the Muslim community in India,...
मेरठ में कश्मीरी छात्र की पिटाई से गुर्जरों में उबाल
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : उत्तर प्रदेश के मेरठ जनपद स्थित चौधरी चरण सिंह विश्वविद्यालय में पढ़ रहे एक कश्मीरी छात्र अनीस पोसवाल के...
Aliah University, WBMDFC offer minority students free coaching for Civil Services exam
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Muslim doctor from Rajasthan fighting COVID-19 loses battle to virus, leaves family in distress
By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow: A Muslim Corona Warrior from Rajasthan, Dr Azizuddin Sheikh who was fighting COVID-19 as a front line worker lost the...
Bushra Arshad creates history; busts all myths; clears UPSC
By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Bushra Arshad is being lavished with praise for achieving 6th rank in UPPCS, after the results were recently announced, and...
MIM President Salahuddin Owaisi passes away
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) passed away on Monday in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness. 76 year old Owaisi, popularly called Salar-e-Millat (leader of the community) was admitted to the Care hospital two weeks ago with the complaint of difficulty in breathing and he was kept on ventilator. But his condition gradually deteriorated and he died of multiple organ failure today.
Sanaullah Makthi Thangal- the first Muslim to write books in Malayalam
By Abdul Basith MA, TwoCircles.net,
Sara Ansari: Indian girl living in Dubai is an acclaimed UN speaker, budding physicist...
By Afshan Khan, TwoCircles.net
Sara Iqbal Ansari may not have lived much in India, but the Malegaon-born girl now residing in Dubai has managed to...
नही रहे ताजुशरिया अजहरी मियां बरेलवी,मुसलमानो में रंजो-गम की लहर
आसमोहम्मद कैफ।बरेली
TwoCircles.net
यह शहर पूरी तरह से गम में डूबा हुआ है,रास्ते बंद कर दिए गए है,पूरे शहर बेइंतहा भीड़ है,अनुमान है कल 20 लाख...
मुसलमानों के खिलाफ़ नफ़रत फैलाने वालों पर कड़ी कार्रवाई की मांग, 101 पूर्व...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
देश के 101 पूर्व आएईएस, आईपीएस और अन्य उच्च सेवाओं में रहे अधिकारियों ने देश भर में मुसलमानों के ख़िलाफ़ नफ़रत फैलाने वालों...
The forgotten massacre of Muslims in Moradabad, forty years later
By Tazeen Junaid
On 13 August 1980, Moradabad police indiscriminately opened fire on thousands of namazis (worshippers) in the Eidgah, killing hundreds of them, many...
Haram in the name of Halal: How Heera Gold promised Acche Din and delivered...
Duping in the name of Halal investments is an issue that has left thousands of Indian Muslims confused, scared and angry. Muslims in two...
I was a Maulana from Bhatkal. That is enough to be arrested: How Shabbir...
Mention the name Bhatkal and the first thing that mainstream media will suggest is the coastal town’s association with terrorism. Over the past decade,...
Muslims are once again dotting Punjab’s landscape
By Syed Ali Mujtaba
Punjab faced the full fury of the communal violence in 1947during thePartition of India. The state witnessed an extremely turbulent and traumatic...
पढ़िए गौहर रज़ा की वह ग़ज़ल, जिसके लिए जी न्यूज़ ने उन्हें देशद्रोही साबित...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली: शायर गौहर रज़ा भी मुल्क में फ़ैली देशद्रोह की फिज़ा से अछूते नहीं रहे. हालांकि यह फिज़ा मुल्क में जितनी...
यूपीपीसीएस के नतीजे घोषित,चुने गए 23 मुसलमान नही बना कोई एसडीएम ,दो बेटियां बनी...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ Twocircles.com
इसी सप्ताह यूपीपीसीएस परीक्षा 2016 के नतीजे घोषित किये गए है.इसमें यूपी के राज्य सेवा को 633 नए अफसर मिले है.इनमे से...
Why Muslim-dominated seats are reserved for SCs?
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
In J&K, an advocate held in police lockup “without charges” since two weeks
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Jammu: Family of a Doda-based lawyer and social activist Babur-ul-Islam Nehru has alleged illegal detaining of Nehru by Jammu and...
इन 52 मुस्लिम होनहारों ने यूपीएससी में दिखाया अपना दम, पूरी सूची यहां है...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : सिविल सेवा परीक्षा 2017 के नतीजे घोषित कर दिए गए हैं. हैदराबाद के अनुदीप दुरिशेट्टी ने ने टॉप किया...
Eight Muslims MLAs from Rajasthan this time, up from just two in 2013
By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net
The Rajasthan elections are out and the Congress is all set to form a government in the state along with...
Feraque Ahmad: A devout Muslim, a progressive DM of Kishanganj
By Md. Mudassir Alam,
He is a simple man with a gentle smile, and donning characteristic Muslim appearance. Long white beard, a skull cap (topi) and very simple clothing is what describes much better about Feraque Ahmad, the District Magistrate of India’s Muslim dominated district Kishanganj. At the first sight hardly anyone will believe that the man can be an IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer and encompasses a high (liberal) thinking.
Who is responsible for Nellie massacre?
By Anjuman Ara Begum and Diganta Sharma for TwoCircles.net
Part IV: Nellie 1983
Top doctors in Azamgarh are Muslims
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net
Part of the Azamgarh speaks series.
New Delhi: Though just 15% of the population of the district, Muslims of Azamgarh have made their presence strongly felt in the health sector. Top ten doctors of the district are Muslims. They are also running some big hospitals.
Naseema: Story of a girl who took on sex trafficking in Bihar
By Mohd Hasnain Arij for TwoCircles.net,
Muzaffarpur: When she grew up and started schooling she was told not to disclose her address to her classmates. Today her home is regularly visited by media, commoners and NGOs. Naseema, now 30, had to endure the stigma of being resident of sex workers colony, popularly known as red light area all these years. Overcoming all pressure to get involved in the trade of the area, she studied till matriculation, and then launched anti-trafficking drive. This past March she won Real Hero award from CNN-IBN and Reliance for her heroic deed.
Nawab of Chhatari (1888-1981)
By Naved Masood for TwoCircles.net,
Nawab Hafiz Sir Ahmad Said[[i]]Khan
जानिए! किसकी वजह से हुई भगत सिंह को फांसी और उसका क्या हुआ हश्र?
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
आज ‘शहीद-ए-आज़म’ भगत सिंह का 85वां शहादत दिवस है. 1931 में आज ही के दिन भगत सिंह को फांसी दी गई...
A father’s dream, a daughter’s dedication: The story of the first Muslim woman from...
By Tanzil Asif, TwoCircles.net
Purv chalne ke batohi, baat ki pahchaan kar le
Anginat raahi gaye
Iss raah se unka pta kya
Par gaye kuchh log iss par
Chhod...
Dargahs, Mosques demolished in Nizamuddin area of Delhi; businessmen shut shops in protest
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Three mosques and two Dargahs were demolished in Delhi on July 10 by Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and the locals are...
MIM retains all its seats, fell short from achieving mile stones
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Itehaudl Muslimeen has failed to make any significant gains in the elections but made an impressive performance by retaining all its seats and scoring good number of votes over new territories.
A list of all Minority schemes run by the Central Government
By Afroz Alam Sahil
Ten years ago, the Sachar Committee Report on the social, economic, and educational conditions of the Muslim community...
अजय के लिए लड़ रही है कांग्रेस आज़म के लिए ख़ामोश है समाजवादी...
समाजवादी पार्टी के संस्थापक सदस्य और कद्दावर नेता आज़म खान पिछले तीन महीनों से परिवार सहित जेल में बंद है। कांग्रेस के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष...
राजस्थान में भी पांच मुस्लिम लड़कियां बनी जज,यूपी की जज बनी लड़कियों को मिल...
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
जयपुर- देश भर की मुस्लिम बेटियों में न्यायिक सेवा के प्रति रुझान लगातार बढ़ रहा है।3 महीने पहले उत्तर प्रदेश...
Imam Bukhari’s family tree
Photo and text by Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Syed Ahmed Bukhari likes to call himself Shahi Imam. Shahi Imam means Imam or prayer leader of the royalty or appointed by the royalty. It is a different matter that Mughal dynasty came to a close after the 1857 war against the British.

Tauseef Akram and Saba Ishrat among toppers in Bihar Board Examination
By TwoCircles.net correspondent,
Patna : Bihar Board Matriculation and Intermediate results was announced on 28th May 2008. Bucking the trend of many years, this year boys outperformed the girls in the matriculation results. Six boys and four girls appear among the top ten.
The topper, Kunal Pratap secured 440 marks out of 500 and Md Tauseef Akram from Arwal secured 425 and stood 11th along with other two students.
A Hindu and his designer mosques
G Gopalakrishnan has built mosques all his life, soon he will start work for 102nd
By Shafeeq Hudavi, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: He is not a...
हिंदूवादी ताक़तों का एजेंडा लागू करने की कोशिश है लाउडस्पीकर से अज़ान पर इलाहबाद...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने अज़ान को लेकर एक बड़ा फ़ैसला दिया है। कोर्ट ने कहा है कि अज़ान इस्लाम का अहम हिस्सा है, लेकिन...
राजस्थान से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : जातीय भेदभाव के चलते पाली में मरने वाला जितेंद्र...
राजस्थान् दलितों के उत्पीड़न के लिए नकारात्मक छवि रखता है।
हाल के दिनों में कुछ गंभीर घटनाओं ने इसकी पुष्टि की है। यहां के...
Muslims in Manipur: A look at their socio-economic condition
By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
“If there is any justice left in India, we will get it,” say Muslim...
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Malegaon: On the night of 22 July, 30-year-old Wasim Khan and 28-year-old Mubin Shaikh were returning to their village in Malegaon...
#HajFacts : सिर्फ़ हज फॉर्म से करोड़ों कमा लिए सरकार ने
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : भारत में मुसलमानों और उन्हें मिलने वाली सरकारी सहूलियतों को लेकर समाज में ढे़र सारी ग़लतफ़हमियां हैं. उनमें से...
“RSS-BJP want Jammu to be Muslim free,” says Gujjar leader after authorities demolish 5...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Stating that BJP and RSS is hell-bent on dislocating Muslims in Jammu, the Gujjar Muslims are anguished over “selective” demolition...
The end of Kanpur’s leather industry and the slow collapse of the city’s economy
By Sharjeel Usmani for TwoCircles.net
Kanpur, the centre of India’s largest buffalo based leather industries, was popularly called as Manchester of the East for its...
‘मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर दंगा मुसलमानों को गुलामी से आज़ादी की तरफ़ ले गया’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर (बुढ़ाना) : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर दंगे ने न सिर्फ़ मुसलमानों को तबाह किया, बल्कि इसके साथ-साथ पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश की ‘मुसलमान-जाट एकता’...
कोरोना के डर से नही आएं रिश्तेदार तो पड़ोसी मुसलमानों ने दिया रविशंकर की...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, Twocircles.net
बुलंदशहर। पिछले कुछ सालों में देश मे गंभीर समस्या पर चर्चा हो रही है। समस्या यह है हिन्दू मुस्लिम समुदाय ऐसी...
How a Kashmiri father finds solace in the school bag of his 15-year-old son...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
As a group of children crosses the Handwara-Baramulla Highway at Watergam town in north Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmed Dar, a mason...
Tajammul and Muzammil, two brothers who sold property to feed the poor
By Sana Ahmed, TwoCircles.net
Karnataka: From stories of stockpiling and panic buying to giving this pandemic a communal twist; we’ve been through all. When strong...
Dragged by her hair, beaten by batons, shot by pellets: How a Kashmiri girl...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Pulwama: The year 2016 was extraordinary in Kashmir’s conflict-ridden history, and given the Valley’s past, that is a strong statement...
दिल्ली अल्पसंख्यक आयोग के अध्यक्ष ज़फ़रुल इसलाम पर देशद्रोह का मुक़दमा, सवालों के घेरे में...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
दिल्ली पुलिस की स्पेशल सेल ने दिल्ली अल्पसंख्यक आयोग के अध्यक्ष जफ़रूल इसलाम ख़ान के ख़िलाफ़ देशद्रोह का मुक़दमा दर्ज किया है।...
Pledge to kill: Hindutva hatred crystallizes in fascist oath of genocide
Hindu nationalists at an event in India mimic Nazi Germany with a vow to “fight, die, and kill”.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
In 1933, as...
Parties in India: Between family-run and cadre-based ones
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
जानकारी : ये हैं भारत मे अब तक बने दलित मुख्यमंत्री
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
देश में एक बार फिर से दलित राजनीति गर्म हो गई हैं,उसकी वज़ह है पंजाब। कांग्रेस ने बड़ा फेरबदल करते पंजाब में...
Mumbai based Muslim Engineer’s initiative to manufacture PPE’s bear results, 50,000 made in 3...
Mushira Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Humza Shaikh is an engineer by profession but the current healthcare crisis in India due to COVID-19 pandemic inspired him to...
The petrodollars curse on Muslim Indians
*By Mansoor Durrani for TwoCircles.net
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today – Malcolm X
Humans...
Jharkhand assembly election returns 5 Muslim MLAs
By TCN News
Ranchi: Jharkhand elections again produced a hung assembly with JMM and RJD emerging key player. Congress-JVM(P) alliance is turned out to be the largest alliance followed by BJP-JD (U) alliance.
What explains large Muslim turnout for Yakub Memon’s funeral
By Irfan Engineer,
Media reported that about 8000 people attended the last journey of Yakub Memon – whom the Supreme Court had earlier convicted for...
IMPAR: A newly formed ‘Muslim’ think tank and its alleged ties with BJP
By Mahibul Hoque, TwoCircles.net
Delhi: While representations by Muslim community in socio-political sphere of India largely remain meagre, a think tank consisting prominent Muslim figures...
New Jersey marks ground zero for growing US resistance to Hindutva
Modi's regime’s American support base suffers multiple defeats in the Summer of 2022.
Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net
UNITED STATES — After the Old Paramus Reformed...
Bihar Elections: 24 Muslim candidates win as AIMIM draws a blank
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Bihar : The Mahagathbandhan (Garden Alliance) of JDU, RJD and Congress, led by Bihar Chief Minister...
पहनावे और दाढ़ी के चलते नही मिल रही थी नौकरी,इरशाद ने अपने दम पर...
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
इरशाद सिद्दीकी बिहार के रहने वाले हैं। उनका ताल्लुक़ बिहार के एक संपन्न परिवार से हैं। उनके पिता मेडिकल स्टोर चलाते हैं।...
AMUSU election : Landslide victory to Maskoor Ahmad Usmani, BJP legislator’s grandson comes second
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
In the students union elections of Aligarh Muslim University held on Monday, Maskoor Ahmad Usmani has been elected as the Union’s...
Badruddin Ajmal promises medical college and university for Hojai
By TCN News
Assam : The Hojai Citizens’ Coordination Committee (HCCC) accorded a civic reception in honour of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal...
हिंसा के बाद दिल्ली का हालः 20 से ज्यादा लाशें पड़ी हैं जीटीबी हॉस्पिटल...
इसरार अहमद, twocirclwes.net
नई दिल्ली। उत्तर पूर्वी दिल्ली में दंगों की मार झेलने वाले परिवार अब जीटीबी अस्पताल के चक्कर लगा-लगाकर थक रहे हैं। अब...
Why Bihar’s only Muslim majority district Kishanganj is ailing behind on development indices?
The latest NITI Aayog report states that 64.75 per cent of Kishanganj’s population are multidimensionally poor. This TCN Ground Report looks at the reasons...
Darul Huda Islamic University to start educational institutes in four states
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Taking a cue from the good response received from various states, Darul Huda Islamic University is all set to spread its...
मुस्लिम ‘थिंक टैंक’ को असग़र वजाहत की नसीहत, ग़रीब-अनपढ़ मुसलमनों तक पहुंच की बताई...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
पिछले कुछ साल से मीडिया सके ज़रिए मुसलमानों की नकारात्कुमक छवि गढ़ी जा रही है। इस छवि को बदल कर सुसलमानों का सही...
Teaching and curriculum of Darul Uloom
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Part 3 of the seven part TwoCircles.net series on Darul Uloom Deoband
After the failure of 1857 freedom war, the British East India Company started to target especially Muslims as the commanders of the movement were mostly Muslims. The government hung thousands of Ulema and shut down many madarsas.
Are Muslim freedom fighters given rightful coverage in Kerala history textbooks?
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: Muslims have played a very important part in the freedom struggle of the country. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Ali brothers, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan are a few examples. Our school syllabi, both state and central, cover the freedom struggle. But how many Muslim freedom fighters find their place in the history text books, which are the first source of information for the growing generation about our past?
This Muslim youth left lucrative job to improve rural education in his home district...
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
JHARKHAND: Thirty-four-year old Mohammed Sajid Hussain, was working at the prestigious National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) in Bangalore but something was amiss...
Longing for the reconstruction of Babri Masjid
By Misbahuddin Mirza
December 6, 1992, exactly 500 years after Christopher Columbus landed on Santo Domingo island in search of gold, the Kar Sevaks of...
IDB offers interest-free loan to Muslims for medical, engg courses
By TCN News,
Patna: Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Jeddah has invited applications for scholarship cum interest-free education loan from meritorious but financially needy Indian Muslim students to help them to pursue professional courses such as Medical and Engineering.


Kerala to pay tributes to Shaikh Zainuddin Makhdoom
Fifty seminars on his book ‘Tuhfat Ul Mujahidin Fee Akhbaril Burthugaliyeen’ to mark the celebrations that start after Ramadan
By Shafeeq Hudavi,...
“On Dec 29, we were only Muslims to them,” Dorana residents in MP recount...
By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net
Dorana, a village located in Daloda Tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh, is a predominantly Hindu village - comprising of...
My brother’s name is Ahmed Siddibappa, not Yasin Bhatkal. And he is not a...
Unless you have been living under a rock, you are most likely to have heard the name Yasin Bhatkal. In fact, his name has...
Faiz Ahmed Faiz: the voice of dissent
Dr Saif Mahmood, a Supreme Court lawyer, discusses why Urdu shaiyar Faiz Ahmed Faiz will always stay with him
By Bushra Alvi,TwoCircles.net,
If you follow Islam, you will never ignore women’s education: Rashida Badsha
With a female literacy rate of over 90% in a town with more than 75% Muslims, Bhatkal has not only broken stereotypes, it has...
Name changing trend catches on in Telangana with the renaming of Osmania University library...
TCN News
When the Government of Telangana announced the decision to change the name of the Osmania University Library to Dr B R Ambedkar Library,...
TCN exclusive: Post-mortem report gives new twist to Nizamabad custodial death
Forensic report nails police; points to several wounds on body, sharp cut on bottom of foot, plastic tube of needle near arm.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: The post-mortem report of Sheikh Hyder who died in police custody on March 21 is set to open a Pandora’s Box in an already politically boiling incident. Hyder, a daily wage earner, was arrested for his alleged involvement in a case of theft of a cycle on March 21 by the Nazamabad Police Station.
Man Forced by Delhi Police to Sing National Anthem in viral Video Dies
TCN Staff Reporter
A video that went viral on Tuesday, 25 February, on social media shows police personnel beating five injured people and a policeman...
Gorakhpur Tragedy: Administration paid no heed to local journalist’s regular reports on the issue
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Just a few hours after news of the tragic death of children in Gorakhpur's BRD Medical college flashed across the screens...
बसपा के लिए नुक़सानदायक हो सकता है दानिश अली को नेता विपक्ष पद से...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
हापुड़-
लोकसभा में बसपा नेता पद से कुँवर दानिश अली को हटाया जाना कई तरह के सवाल खड़े कर रहा है!मुसलमानों में...
Al-Khair Co-operative Credit Society: An Experiment of Interest Free Microfinance
By Tameemuddin Humble,
Muslim politicos performance in SeemaAndhra elections go along with new transmission
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: The first legislative assembly of residuary Andhra Pradesh consisted of Rayalseema and costal Andhra region will have four Muslims all elected on YSR Congress ticket.
Mahmood Madani marries Indian-British woman
By Abdul Hameed, Twocircles.net,
Mumbai: The leader of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind and Member of Parliament Maulana Mahmood Madani tied his knot with an Indian-British Muslim widow in Mumbai on July 16. This is his second marriage.
The nikah was performed with 38-year-old Indian origin British citizen from Gujarat in a simple ceremony at Madina Manzil in Goregaon. She is daughter of famous religious scholar of Gujarat Maulana Muhammad Ibrahim Tarapuri (Leicester, UK). She has no children from her first husband.
A Muslim from Manipur clears Civil Services Exam
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Mohammed Yunus (1916-2001): The Migrant from Pakistan
By Naved Masood for TwoCircles.net,
Book on Muslim Generals of Maratha warrior Shivaji tries to underline his secular image
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Solapur, Maharashtra: In an effort to portray Maratha warrior Shivaji as a secular king, a forty-page book has been...
UP Government confers Yash Bharti award to 46 people, list includes nine Muslims
By TCN Staff Reporter
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh's highest honour Yash Bharti award was given to 46 personalities on Monday. Among them, nine Muslims were conferred...
Prof. Wasey appointed National Commissioner Linguistic Minorities
By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net,
Renowned Muslim scholar and Padma Shri Prof. Akhtarul Wasey has been appointed as National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities recently and left the Jamia Millia Islamia after a long period serving it since 1999 to join the Commission.
Jamia Millia’s A.P. Siddiqui receives President’s Medal for distinguished service
By TCN News
New Delhi: Senior Police Officer and Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia, Mr. A.P. Siddiqui, today received the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service...
Sir Syed and Maulana Qasim Nanotvi
By Maulana Nadeem-ul-Wajidi,
Translated by M Ghazali Khan,
11 lakh Muslims benefited from Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust
By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
A whopping 11 lakh Muslims have benefitted from the Zakat and charitable contributions of the Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust based...
Special Reports
TwoCircles.net Special series
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Kuwaiti Cabinet of Ministers issues statement condemning attacks on Muslims in India
By TCN News
Kuwaiti Cabinet of Ministers on Sunday issued a press statement condemning attacks on Muslim minority in India.
The letter from Kuwaiti Cabinet of...
रमज़ान की वजह से मई के आख़िर तक बढ़ सकता है लॉक डाउन, गृहमंत्रालय...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी
देश में कोरोना के लगातार बढ़ते मामलों और रमज़ान का दौरान सामाजिक दूरी के उल्लघंन की आंशका के चलते देश भर में मई...
AFSPA and Unsolved massacres in Manipur
Special series on Irom Sharmila--Part-2
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Batak Mian – forgotten patriot who saved Mahatma’s life in 1917
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: It was 1917 when two top leaders of India’s freedom movement – Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Rajendra Prasad – were on a trip to Motihari, the headquarters of erstwhile Champaran district, to probe the appalling condition of labourers at indigo plantations and to hold an agitation against the British government. This was the first agitation led by Gandhiji in India.
Muslim parties in Tamil Nadu are divided into bits and pieces
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
यूपी में योगीकाल में एनकाउंटर की जातिवार लिस्ट जारी ,अब तक 124 इनमे 47...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में साढ़े तीन साल पहले बनने वाली योगी सरकार एनकाउंटर को लेकर लगातार चर्चा में रही है। फर्जी एनकाउंटर...
Yogi Adityanath booked after nude picture of tribal women shared on his fanpage
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
An Adivasi woman from Assam, Laxmi Orang, has filed a case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath and Ram Prasad Sarma,...
More Muslims will make Kerala a better place, says Kerala IPS officer in response...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Former Kerala police chief’s T P Senkumar’s statement regarding Muslim population in Kerala drew ire from various corners, and now a...
The ‘Matri’-Makers of Aligarh
By Meher Ali for TwoCircles.net
Aligarh ki matri or Aligarh ke biscuit, as it is also called, is nothing special to look at: it just...
Muslim organizations in Tamil Nadu protest against the ‘black laws’ enacted by the center
TCN News
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) –a Muslim non-governmental organization and Manitha Neya Makkal Katchi (MMK) – a political party headed by Dr....
Pyare Khan: the journey of a socially conscious entrepreneur
Pyare Khan from Nagpur has spent around Rs 1 crore for procuring oxygen tankers, oxygen concentrators and cylinders. Through newspapers, he learnt about the...
Clinical trial of Unani medicine for diabetes soon: AMU don
Aligarh (IANS) : The government of India's Institutional Ethical Committee has given the nod for a Unani medicine aimed at treating diabetes and its...
How double amputee Roshan Jahan Sheikh battled laws, prejudices and hardships to become a...
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Life has never been easy for Roshan Jahan Sheikh, daughter of a vegetable vendor in Mumbai. Until August 11, 2008, Rosha...
मुक्तिबोध : कहने दो उन्हें जो यह कहते हैं – सफल जीवन बिताने में...
नासिरुद्दीन
जब हम कश्मकश में होते हैं और सवालों के मुकाबले जवाब बहुत कम होते हैं तो साहित्य बड़ा सहारा बनते हैं. खासतौर पर...
Results of various examinations under Assam Madrassa Education Board on June 5
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Rahmani-30 declares result for IIT-JEE coaching, 93 selected
Training will be happen at Patna, Hyderabad and Mumbai
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Patna: Rahmani-30 has announced the final result for a free residential coaching class for the preparation of IIT-JEE 2017. In all, 93 candidates have been selected for the coaching for IIT-JEE examination two years later, of which 30 are wait-listed.
St. Paul City Council passes resolution opposing CAA, declares BJP as Islamphobic
By NAZISH HUSSAIN, TwoCircles.net
City of Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota in the USA, has passed a resolution declaring Bhartiya Janta Party led...
The curious case of Harish Salve and the new debate of nationalism
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Kulbhushan Jadhav's case in International Court of Justice (ICJ) is being heard and in a promising move, the ICJ stayed the...
Free after 16 years, Gulzar Ahmed Wani talks about torture, electric shocks and Guantanamo-like...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
On Tuesday, June 6, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, a PhD scholar arrested in July 2001 was finally set free, his shackles...
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as Educationist
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam,
1857 is a watershed in Indian history when with the fall of Delhi, British sway was fully established all over India. Men of substance and vision like Sir Syed were quick to realise that the rout had come because the Indian side had fallen behind the British in the realm of knowledge of all kinds, especially that of science and technology.
नवाज़ुद्दीन सिद्दीक़ी 14 दिन के लिए क्वारंटीन, मीडिया ने फैलाया झूठ, भाई ने बताई...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, TwoCircles.net
बॉलीवुड के जाने-माने स्टार नवाज़ुद्दीन सिद्दीक़ी को उत्तर प्रदेश के मेरठ ज़िले के बुढ़ाना गांव में उनके पुशतैनी घर पर परिवार सहित...
Abandoned “Mosques of India” are crying for attention, one Muslim youth is bridging the...
Mohammad Mirza is a travel writer and a social media executive from Hyderabad. He is currently based in the Middle East. His Instagram page “Mosques of...
Resistance from within: When Muslim women spoke to each other, for each other
By Afreen Firdaus Idrees for Twocircles.net
The All India Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has monopolized the ideological debate on the issue of the rights of...
Pune Violence: Muslim houses, shops and mosques targeted
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Pune: The violence under taken by the right wing radical outfits across Maharashtra state purportedly in protest of uploading of derogatory images of Chatrapati Shivaji and late Shiv Sena chief Bala Saheb Thakerey on social networking website Facebook has affected the lives and livelihood of Muslims in Pune city and nearby areas where the raged Hindu radicals damaged number of Muslim shops, houses, mosques and madarsas.
Hijab in Kerala: the transformation from ignorance to knowledge
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
A few decades ago, if a Muslim woman from Malabar clad in a burqa had gone to Ernakulam, people would have looked at her astonished. Because, burqa or any such dress was unfamiliar in southern Kerala. But now, anyone can see women in burqa or girls wearing head-scarves walking through the busy streets of Ernakulam. Hijab is no more new in the work places, educational institutions and public functions in Kerala.
Educating Muslim women in modern India: Problems and perspectives
By Rakhshanda Jalil,
11 years on, justice eludes Muslim victims of Beemapalli police firing
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
11 years ago, police action in Beemapalli in Kerala led to the killing of six people – all Muslims. Najiyo O...
Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA
By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net
Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...