News for 'jihad'

Muslims denounce Neha murder accused, observe bandh

Muslims denounce Neha murder accused, observe bandh

Rediff.com22 Apr 2024

Shops owned by Muslims were shut for half a day in solidarity with the family of Hiremath and to condemn the dastardly act that shook the twin city of Hubballi-Dharwad.

US: 'Jihad Jamie' pleads not guilty to charges

US: 'Jihad Jamie' pleads not guilty to charges

Rediff.com8 Apr 2010

A pregnant American woman, dubbed by some as 'Jihad Jamie', has pleaded not guilty in a Philadelphia court to providing material support to terrorists. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, along with another American woman named Colleen LaRose alias 'Jihad Jane', are accused of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and attend a terror training camp. The 31-year-old was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation's agents last week after voluntarily returning from Ireland.

Arey daro maat, bhaago maat: Modi taunts Rahul over Rae Bareli move

Arey daro maat, bhaago maat: Modi taunts Rahul over Rae Bareli move

Rediff.com3 May 2024

Modi said that Congress' tally in the Lok Sabha polls will be an "all-time low"

Israel attacks UN-run school in Gaza, killing at least 40

Israel attacks UN-run school in Gaza, killing at least 40

Rediff.com7 Jun 2024

According to IDF, "Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who belonged to the Nukhba Forces were operating in the compound."

Man burns labourer alive over 'love jihad'; video goes viral

Man burns labourer alive over 'love jihad'; video goes viral

Rediff.com7 Dec 2017

The killer has been arrested.

RSS: Love jihad concerns the fate of Hindu girls

RSS: Love jihad concerns the fate of Hindu girls

Rediff.com21 Oct 2014

'Any kind of political activity is not on our agenda.'

BJP trying to divide nation through love jihad: Akhilesh

BJP trying to divide nation through love jihad: Akhilesh

Rediff.com10 Sep 2014

Terming Bharatiya Janata Party as the "most cunning" party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused it of trying to divide the country by talking about 'love jihad'.

INDIA bloc wants to turn majority community into 2nd class citizens: Modi

INDIA bloc wants to turn majority community into 2nd class citizens: Modi

Rediff.com26 May 2024

Modi also alleged the opposition grouping will end the reservation given to SC, ST, OBC and give all of it to Muslims.

Pak-origin teen charged in 'Jihad Jane' terror plot

Pak-origin teen charged in 'Jihad Jane' terror plot

Rediff.com21 Oct 2011

Maryland resident Mohammad Hassan Khalid, a legal immigrant from Pakistan, has been charged along with Ali Charaf Damache, an Algerian man who resided in Ireland.

'Jihad Jane' gets 10 years in US in terror plot

'Jihad Jane' gets 10 years in US in terror plot

Rediff.com7 Jan 2014

A United States woman, who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane", was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist and for her involvement in a plot to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims.

SC agrees to examine validity of 'love jihad' laws

SC agrees to examine validity of 'love jihad' laws

Rediff.com6 Jan 2021

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde refused, however, to stay the controversial provisions of the laws and issued notices to both state governments on two different petitions.

NIA foils ISIS men's plot to carry out IED blasts, 8 held after 19 raids

NIA foils ISIS men's plot to carry out IED blasts, 8 held after 19 raids

Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

The early morning crackdown against the terror group in Ballari and Bengaluru in Karnataka, Amaravati, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand and Delhi, led to the foiling of a plan by the accused to carry out terror acts, especially improvised explosive device blasts.

ISI recruits 10-year-olds for jihad: IB

ISI recruits 10-year-olds for jihad: IB

Rediff.com16 Jan 2009

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has instructed terror modules in India to begin recruiting boys for the cause of jihad from the time they are 10 years old, claims an Intelligence Bureau report. These groups are called the White Falcons. Intelligence sources told rediff.com that according to the indoctrination process, these boys are not trained in arms, but are gradually conditioned to follow the path of jihad.

Complaints against Nayanthara for 'demeaning Lord Ram' in Netflix movie

Complaints against Nayanthara for 'demeaning Lord Ram' in Netflix movie

Rediff.com11 Jan 2024

The complaint mentions the last scene of the film which shows a temple priest's daughter, played by Nayanthara, offering namaz wearing 'hijab' before making biryani.

No need of Jihad in Kashmir, says militant

No need of Jihad in Kashmir, says militant

Rediff.com25 Apr 2009

A Pakistani militant arrested by the Army on Saturday said there is no need of Jihad in Kashmir as contrary to what he has been told in Pakistan, Kashmiris are not facing any oppression.Syed Moinullah Shah, cadre of the Pakistan based Hizbul Mujahideen, who was part of the group of 31 militants who crossed over the Line of Control recently, said that after seeing the conditions of Kashmiri Muslims, he wanted to go back rather than carry on with Jihad.

The road to nuclear jihad

The road to nuclear jihad

Rediff.com8 Dec 2005

California shooters spoke of jihad while dating, reveals FBI

California shooters spoke of jihad while dating, reveals FBI

Rediff.com10 Dec 2015

"San Bernardino involved two killers who were radicalised for quite a long time before their attack," FBI Director James Comey said.

Karnataka govt to transfer Neha murder case to CID, set up special court

Karnataka govt to transfer Neha murder case to CID, set up special court

Rediff.com22 Apr 2024

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said his government has decided to hand over the Hubballi student murder case to the Crime Investigation Department and that a special court will be set up for its speedy disposal.

Bengaluru cafe blast: NIA arrests ex-terror convict computer engineer

Bengaluru cafe blast: NIA arrests ex-terror convict computer engineer

Rediff.com25 May 2024

Shoaib Ahmed Mirza alias Chhotu (35), a resident of Hubbali city in Karnataka, is the fifth person to be arrested in the case, they said.

SC makes HP, MP parties in plea on 'love jihad law'

SC makes HP, MP parties in plea on 'love jihad law'

Rediff.com17 Feb 2021

The pleas, filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and others and an NGO 'Citizens for Justice and Peace', have challenged the Constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018 which regulate religious conversions of interfaith marriages.

Is Kargil 2.0 In the Offing?

Is Kargil 2.0 In the Offing?

Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

Pakistan may want to undertake a 'false flag' operation in J&K to divert attention from the situation in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but infiltrating one SSG battalion into J&K and having two SSG battalions waiting to follow suit means war, which Pakistan cannot afford in its current economic crisis, notes Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).

UP police arrest techie among 4 linked to Aligarh ISIS module

UP police arrest techie among 4 linked to Aligarh ISIS module

Rediff.com12 Nov 2023

According to the release of ATS, banned ISIS literature, mobile phones, and pen drives were seized from the accused.

Muslim law board denounces love jihad as 'false propaganda'

Muslim law board denounces love jihad as 'false propaganda'

Rediff.com15 Sep 2014

In the wake of a raging controversy over the issue of 'love jihad' raised by right wing outfits, All India Muslim Personal Law Board has decided to remove misconceptions among people with regard to the subject besides concepts pertaining to the Islamic law.

Pak Taliban take their jihad to Afghanistan

Pak Taliban take their jihad to Afghanistan

Rediff.com3 May 2012

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has decided that the outfit will now focus on jihad inside Afghanistan, reports Tahir Ali

Zawahiri urges Pakistanis to join Jihad

Zawahiri urges Pakistanis to join Jihad

Rediff.com28 Aug 2009

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command in the Al Qaeda, has urged the citizens of Pakistan to join a Jihad to thwart 'America's attempts to divide Pakistan'.Zawahiri's statement comes in the wake of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's death in an American missile strike and an intensive operation launched by the Pakistan army to flush out Taliban militants from the Swat valley.

Chhattisgarh CM: If BJP leaders' daughters marry Muslims...

Chhattisgarh CM: If BJP leaders' daughters marry Muslims...

Rediff.com13 Apr 2023

Talking to reporters in Bilaspur town of the state, he also accused the saffron party of trying to take political advantage of last week's communal violence in Biranpur village of Bemetara district.

Iran attacks Israel, fires 200 drones, missiles

Iran attacks Israel, fires 200 drones, missiles

Rediff.com14 Apr 2024

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was aimed at "specific targets".

Tense Kashmir acts as bait for jihad: Kasuri

Tense Kashmir acts as bait for jihad: Kasuri

Rediff.com7 Jul 2016

Kashmir has a deep resonance inside Pakistan and the tense situation in the Valley acts as bait and encourages radical elements 'to wage jihad to liberate fellow Muslims', says former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.

It's 'treason': Giriraj wants Nitish to ban halal food

It's 'treason': Giriraj wants Nitish to ban halal food

Rediff.com23 Nov 2023

In the letter to the Bihar CM, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP and rural development minister said, 'Things which have no connection with Islam are being Islamised. Some institutions have become self-proclaimed in giving halal certificate and are giving halal certificate to companies manufacturing goods by paying huge sums of money.'

Kerala love jihad case: A timeline

Kerala love jihad case: A timeline

Rediff.com8 Mar 2018

Here is the chronology of events of the case.

'UP's love jihad law legalises criminal intimidation, regressive attitudes'

'UP's love jihad law legalises criminal intimidation, regressive attitudes'

Rediff.com14 Jan 2021

'Whom do I want to marry and what decisions I make for marrying the person I love are totally personal decisions, in which neither the State nor the courts have any right to interfere.'

Pak clerics issue fatwa for jihad if India attacks

Pak clerics issue fatwa for jihad if India attacks

Rediff.com6 Jan 2009

A group of clerics and religious scholars have issued a fatwa or edict that says jihad will be obligatory for every Pakistani citizen if India attacks the country. The fatwa was announced at a conference organised by the Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz at Jamia Naeemia seminary in Lahore on Monday. The meeting, chaired by Federal Minister Noorul Haq Qadri, was arranged to discuss Pakistan's security concerns.

In new video, Rajasthan man who killed on camera justifies 'love jihad' murder

In new video, Rajasthan man who killed on camera justifies 'love jihad' murder

Rediff.com19 Feb 2018

Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said they were investigating how Raigar got access to a mobile phone inside the jail.

Israeli forces storm part of Shifa Hospital in Gaza

Israeli forces storm part of Shifa Hospital in Gaza

Rediff.com15 Nov 2023

Israeli soldiers entered part of Shifa Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday and began fighting Hamas there, the Israel Defence Forces announced.

Biden's meet with Arab leaders called off after Gaza hospital blast

Biden's meet with Arab leaders called off after Gaza hospital blast

Rediff.com18 Oct 2023

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza for which Hamas and Israel traded charges holding each other responsible for the incident.

Benazir's son vows jihad against Taseer's killers

Benazir's son vows jihad against Taseer's killers

Rediff.com11 Jan 2011

Bilawal Bhutto, son of the former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has blasted those who have come out in support of the killer of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and vowed to wage a "jihad" against fundamentalists.

'It is not tax terrorism, it is tax jihadism'

'It is not tax terrorism, it is tax jihadism'

Rediff.com14 Aug 2019

'The IAS officers are after the rich people, the IRS officers are after the middle class and the IPS officers are after the poor. This is the new varnashrama created by the bureaucracy.'

'Jihad Jane' pleads guilty to terror charges

'Jihad Jane' pleads guilty to terror charges

Rediff.com2 Feb 2011

An American woman, who styled herself 'Jihad Jane', on Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges that she worked online to support Islamic terrorists and moved overseas to plot killing of a Swedish artist who drew cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.