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J&K: Shiite Muslims protest Iraq mosque blast

Shia Muslims staged protests in several areas of Jammu and Kashmir, including Srinagar on Thursday against the bombing of a revered mosque in the Iraqi town of Sammara.Anti-US slogans rent the air......

Despite violence, devout throng to Karbala

Shiite Muslims pray outside the tomb of Shiite Imam Hussein in the shrine city of Karbala, Iraq March 7. Pilgrims gather to attend a festival marking 40 days after Ashura on March 9, the holiest......

22 killed in suspected suicide bombing in Pak

At least 22 people were killed and scores injured on Thursday in a suspected suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession marking Muharram in northwestern Pakistan. Thisset off riots with angrymobs......

KFC attack: 8 Shiites held in Pak

The Pakistan police have arrested eight Shiite Muslims in connection with last month's attack on a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that killed six employees, official sources said on Thursday.On......

32 killed in Pak suicide bombing

Thirty-two people were killed and over 100 injured in a suicide bomb blast on Saturday night at a shrine of a Shiite Muslim saint in Pakistan's southwest Baluchistan province.The army has been......

Amit Mitra's recipe to revive Bengal's economy

Trinamool Congress candidate Amit Mitra, who is an economist by training and is pitted against West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta in the Assembly polls, has said the state's financial......

20 facts on the fall of America

The world's largest economy, United States is no longer a dream destination. Post-recession, the economy is in doldrums, with huge public and private debt as well as fundamental weaknesses in the......

India's chief statistician speaks on wrong GDP data

With the official statistical system drawing criticism from various quarters, it has been an eventful four months for T C A Anant, the chief statistician of India. In a conversation with......

6 things you MUST know about HRA

The seasonal frenzy has begun once more. Most often towards the end of every financial year doubts and queries about the various tax components play havoc on our minds. To put some of those......

How Bt brinjal can kill Indian agriculture

Dr Shiv Chopra, the 75-year-old, Canada-based microbiologist and well known human rights activist, was in India recently in connection with the release of his latest book, Corrupt To The Core -......

Did Bipasha and John really break up?

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. The media was buzzing with the Bipasha Basu-John......

Celeb spotted at Cannes: Shia LaBeouf, Douglas

Cast member Shia LaBeouf arrives at a photocall for the film Wall Street - Money never sleeps during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes on Friday. Cannes Film Festival ...

Gurinder Chadha on It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Gurinder Chadha, whose supernatural comedy, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, premiered at Sundance, one of the most popular film festivals across the globe, admits she is a sucker for emotional dramas......

Who says married women can't act?

There is a falsehood in the industry that Bollywood rejects actresses once they get married. Here are ten reasons to prove you wrong, ten married women who continue to charm the screen -- and......

Bahrain steps up arrests ahead of Sunday's F1 race

Bahrain has arrested several people accused of stealing and burning cars amid heightened security in the island kingdom before Sunday's Formula One race, which the opposition sees as a chance to......

Fuming Pak Shias refuse to bury Quetta blast victims

Pakistan's minority Shia Hazara community has said it will not bury dozens of people killed in a devastating bombing in Quetta till the army takes control of the southwestern city to prevent......

Bahrain Grand Prix security tight as protests flare

Dozens of armoured vehicles were deployed along the main highway to Bahrain's Formula One Grand Prix circuit on Saturday after police clashed with anti-government protesters who have promised to......

Police, protesters face off as Bahrain Grand Prix begins

Formula One cars took to the track in Bahrain on Friday, while the government, hoping for a successful Grand Prix, squared off against activists determined to mark it with "days of rage" after more......

Protests rage as Bahrain Grand Prix to start

Formula One cars take to the track in Bahrain on Friday with the government hoping a successful Grand Prix will draw a line under more than a year of Arab Spring protests and activists promising......

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Q. Does Islam rely solely on the Qur'an for its doctrines? Do Muslims use the Old Testament in their beliefs?
Jameel Ahmed: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/does-islam-rely-solely-on-the-quran-for-its-doctrines-do-mus/24695280/answers/

Q. Will you tell me a secret?
Jameel Ahmed: A. SECRET is this..............Mutadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi who threw his shoe at George Bush gave this speech on his recent release. In the name of...... more

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Q. What are your acts of faith?
Ankit Shivam: A. Asa true and sincere Muslim I follow Five Pillars of Faith (The Central Duties of Islam).1.The Creed: To testify that, "There is no God but...... more

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Q. What is the name of the Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by ShiiteMuslims (606-632)?
Mitali Choudhury: A. Fatima? more

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Q. A Shia is considered as kafir.? why? A shia is also considered lower class than sunni. why? Also, look at the present (2008) killings going on in iraq in the name of islam. shia killing sunni and sunni killing shia. What teachings are the muslims following.? Also, in pakistan - muslims are killing their muslim brothers in the name of religion. There must be some teachings mentioned in the holy book.
Jack Johnson: A. Who is a muslim? Those who accept sahada who say "there is only one god, Allah and mohammed his last prophet" is a muslim. Both shiite...... more

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Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrine

Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite... ...

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SPECIAL REPORT - Syria's Islamists seize control as moderates dither

By Oliver Holmes and Alexander Dziadosz ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who calls himself... ...

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Death toll in Pak suicide attack rises to 34

Peshawar: The death toll from a suicide attack at a funeral in Pakistan rose to 34 today after seven victims died overnight in hospital, police... ...

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Hezbollah takes Syrian centre-stage, yet remains in shadows

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - The voice crackling over the Hezbollah radios was clear and authoritative, and the guerrillas poised to attack... ...

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Analysis Saudi role in Syria driven by fear of Shiite full moon

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite... ...

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