An American man -- who produced the anti-Islamic film that had outraged the Muslim world -- has been sentenced to a year in prison for violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction by lying about his identity. United States District Court Judge sentenced Mark Basseley Youssef after he admitted to four of the eight alleged violations, including obtaining a fraudulent California driver's license.
The White House on Thursday insisted that United States President Barack Obama is a Christian and his faith is not a topic of conversation, a day after a poll showed that nearly 18 per cent of Americans think he is a Muslim.
Rihanna, who has frequently spoken out on issues such as LGBTQIA+ rights and racism, is the fourth most followed person, with 101.3 million followers, on Twitter after former US president Barack Obama and singers Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. Her tweet on India's farmers received hundreds of thousands of retweets and likes.
At a time when the Obama administration is attempting to develop a new relationship with the Islamic world, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's statement that he was grilled at a United States airport because of his Muslim name has gained prominent space in the American media.
Welcoming the election of Pope Francis I, religious organisations hope for interfaith dialogue and harmony among the world's diverse religions. George Joseph reports
An American man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of hate crime for brutally hitting an 82-year-old Sikh with a steel rod outside a gurdwara in California two years ago.
Afghan-American artist Aman Mojadidi has introduced an interactive art installation "Once Upon a Place," which allows participants to listen to the stories of immigrants who moved to New York through the receivers of old pay phones --once a common sight on city streets.
The fight was for the more than 10 million millennials, the undecided and the independents and Clinton clearly came out on top, feels Aziz Haniffa.
Three years after the horrific massacre of Sikh worshippers at the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, gurdwara by a gunman with ties to supremacist organisations, a federal system to help track hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindu, Arab American communities has been formalised.
Trump promised to defeat ISIS and Islamic terrorism, but toned down his previous proposal of a complete ban on entry of Muslims in the country.
Denied a visa to visit the United States, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took to video conferencing to address Indian-American community, saying his idea of secularism is "India First".
Denied a visa to visit the United States, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took to video conferencing to address Indian-American community, saying his idea of secularism is "India First".
At a news conference that followed a United States Senate hearing on 'Hate Crimes and the Threat of Domestic Extremism,' representatives of several civil rights and interfaith organisations pledged to stand together to fight the unprecedented level of racial profiling, discrimination and hate violence against South Asians, Arab Americans, Sikhs and Muslims living in America ever since 9/11.
An amalgam of various religious organisations has called for a shutdown on Tuesday to protest against the anti-Islam film made by an American filmmaker. Hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and the pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front have lent their support to the strike call.
Few leaders have been more defined by their speeches as the current leader of the free world.
England's Amir Khan sparked loud roars of laughter ahead of his WBC middleweight title fight with Mexican Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on Saturday when he aimed a light-hearted verbal jab at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Shringla visited Dhaka in March last after assuming office of the Indian Foreign Secretary in January this year.
What happened when Indian-American cartoonist Vishavjit Singh stood outside Donald Trump's inauguration dressed as Captain America?
Holding placards and banners, rival Kashmiri groups staged protests outside the United Nations on Friday afternoon during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the plenary session of the UN General Assembly.
Stratfor claims that in the case of the Prophet cartoons, Pakistani religious leaders admitted that they intentionally stirred up emotions connected with the publication of the images after the initial furore died down. It is thus quite possible that The Jewel of Medina will be used in the same way, but this timeframe could span decades
'For a long time Pakistan dreamt that India would break up and that it would be the predominant power in the region,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Iran signed a $3 billion deal with Boeing, backed Qatar against the Saudis, scored a big victory in Syria and reached out to Hamas. Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar examines how the Qatar versus Saudi Arabia standoff is quickly changing alignments in the Middle East.
To believe that the key job of his senior ministers is to ensure that his image be kept intact whatever be the outcome of his policies is to expect too much even of someone as ambitious as Narendra Modi, asserts Rashme Sehgal.
A United States lawmaker has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to reconsider the government's decision against issuing a diplomatic visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, drawing strong reactions from the Indian American Muslim community in Washington. Congressman Joe Walsh, a right-wing conservative Republican and a tea party favourite, has written a letter to Clinton, requesting her to consider granting a diplomatic visa to Modi.
United States President Donald Trump offered a message of unity on Sunday as he called on the Arab world to confront extremism during a highly anticipated speech in the birthplace of Islam.
As anger in the Muslim world over anti-Islam film continued to smolder, the United States administration has turned to social media and television ads to try to stem global protest.
From reiterating his commitment to build the border wall to protecting the American way of life from terrorist threats, President Donald Trump outlined his vision for the United States of America
The 72-year-old master strategist ensured that the Congress's internal conflict ended and took on the Bharatiya Janata Party and Shivraj Singh Chouhan -- the state's longest ever serving chief minister.
'For showing us a shining vision of how even a ceremonial role can be infused with life by a patriot, a scientist and a humble man of the people, representing the best of India's pluralist ethos, we will remember Dr Kalam.'
The Hindu American Foundation, still cannot contain its elation over President Barack Obama's inclusion of Hindus in his inaugural address--a first by a US president.
US Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, and considered the GOP's foreign policy guru, Wednesday took to the Senate floor to defend nasty and unproven accusations by a coterie of right-wing House Republicans often referred to as the 'lunatic fringe' of the Party, that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's South Asian American Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin was part of a conspiracy by the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate the US government.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa presents the case of three young men who have been to hell and back. An apology by the Indian government will not be enough to make up for the lost years of their lives. But a sorry from those who wronged them is long overdue.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa presents the case of three young men who have been to hell and back. An apology by the Indian government will not be enough to make up for the lost years of their lives. But a sorry from those who wronged them is long overdue.
The government of Pakistan has been providing weapons and resources to radical Muslim elements, who use them against Americans, says US Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who declares he was once Pakistan's best friend. Aziz Haniffa reports
Hundreds of members of hardline groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah on Friday joined protests across Pakistan against a controversial anti-Islam film, with many calling for severe punishment for the movie's makers and demanding the expulsion of American diplomats.
'When there exists a feeling within a minority - either at the higher or lower levels - that there is discrimination, then steps must be taken to remove that feeling, that perception,' says former judge Rajinder Sachar.
The American funnyman speaks to Ranjita Ganesan about his first brush with 'Hindutva trolls' and regular run-ins with Trump trolls.
Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and for whom the United States has offered a bounty of $10 million, on Tuesday said his organisation was ready to help Americans affected by the superstorm Sandy.
Had the slain Indian-American engineer stayed in India, he would have earned less but his life might have been spared, Sunanda K Datta-Ray says, pondering the question of where one belongs.
A coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and the Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the people who admitted on tape to participating in the post-Godhra massacre.
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