Islam was the principal identity symbol of the Indian Muslims who got mobilised to give a united opposition to the Hindu majority to obtain maximum political and economic advantages and then, under ...

Urdu version of Muslim Vellori's legacy book launched in Mysuru, honoring the freedom fighter's contributions to education ...

The book has been released by the Karachi-based publishing house Dar al-Thaqalayn, which has earlier published books on Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. “An Outline of Islamic ...

PHILOSOPHY and philosophers have usually been target of jokes. The disrespect for philosophy is not uncommon in our society alone, but the westerners also do not hesitate to poke fun at philosophers.

The most striking recent addition to Kidderpore in Kolkata in an obelisk in the middle of a roundabout with Iqbal’s stirring paean to India, Saare Jahaan se Achchhaa, engraved on it. Even more ...

Abbasuddin Ahmed had taken part in singing Urdu qawwalis that described the richness of Islamic history and the love of ...

The possibility of Urdu being a secular language that could unite India’s diverse communities may come as a surprise to many because of the mistaken belief that it is a “Muslim language.” But an ...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Dr Muhammad Yousuf Khushk lauded the valuable contribution of noted Urdu poet, dramatist, critic, columnist and fiction writer, Amjad Islam Amjad ...

Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday asserted that he believed he was “doing something right as long as both” Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists were abusing him, his comments coming against the ...