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Now Digvijay shares dais with controversial Muslim Cleric, AAP unfazed

New Delhi, Nov 10 (ANI): Congress General Secretary, Digvijay Singh was recently seen sharing dais with controversial Muslim Cleric, Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan in Sambhal, reacting to which the AAP was surprisingly unfazed. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal had earlier come under attack from the BJP and Congress for meeting Tauqeer in Bareilly and was accused of playing the 'communal card' ahead of the Delhi polls. Nov 10, 2013
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Congress accuses Kejriwal for meeting Muslim cleric

New Delhi, Nov 09 (ANI): After Arvind Kejriwal sought support for his Aam Aadmi Party from controversial Muslim cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza, Congress Spokesperson Meem Afzal accused him of playing communal card. He asked what urged him to go to a Muslim cleric being from the ideologies of RSS and BJP. Maulana Tauqeer Raza is the same cleric who issued a fatwa against Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen some years ago. Nov 9, 2013
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Rahul Gandhi targeting Muslim youth without evidence: BJP after his reply to EC

New Delhi, Nov 08 (ANI): After Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday sent his response to the Election Commission's notice on his speeches negating the allegations, BJP Spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Gandhi is targeting Muslim youth without any evidence. He questioned him if Gandhi had any proof on ISI approaching Muslim youths in Muzaffarnagar. Prasad also appealed the Election Commission to take serious note of the issue. Nov 8, 2013
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Marvel announces comic with new Muslim superhero

Marvel Comics introduce a new superhero, 16-year-old Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American Muslim teenager living in Jersey City, New Jersey. The character's story will launch early next year. Duration: 00:37 Nov 7, 2013
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Tehrik-E-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] vows to kill shias in Gilgit Baltistan , authorities indifferent

Gilgit Baltistan, Nov 05: Tehreek e Taliban has issued an open warning to target Shia Community in Gilgit Baltistan, but the government is indifferent to threats made, and danger posed. and is taking no steps to secure the safety of minority Muslim sect there. Militants are also warning up to repeat banno type jail break in gilgit baltistan, and people are living in constant fear. Nov 5, 2013
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Turkish PM defends government to ban coed dorms

Turkey's conservative Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday defended a plan to do away with mixed-sex dorms which has sparked an uproar in the mainly Muslim but staunchly secular country. Duration: 00:38 Nov 5, 2013
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Muslim Veils are 'kind of a bag', Says UK Minister

A former interior minister in the cabinet of UK Prime Minister David Cameron stirred up another controversy regarding Islamic scarfs on Sunday, when he advised the government to ban Muslim women from wearing a veil in British courts while giving a statement. Nov 4, 2013
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Extend 'Shaadi Bhagya Programme' to people of all communities: BSY

Bangalore, Oct 31 (ANI): The Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) party protested on Thursday to exert pressure on the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to extend the flagship programme 'Shaadi Bhagya scheme' launched for poor Muslim brides, to all poor brides, irrespective of their religion or caste. Former Karnataka Chief Minister and KJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said that the programme should be extended to all the women who were below the poverty line. Oct 31, 2013
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Kirti Azad on special scheme for minority brides in Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 31(ANI): In a bold move, Karnataka government has launched a scheme that from November 1, Muslim brides from families with annual income less than Rs 1.5 lakh can claim financial support of Rs 50,000 either in cash, gold or house hold articles from the state government. Reacting to this BJP leader Kirti Azad said that everyone who need help should get privilege when it comes to financial and social help and vote bank politics should not be done with it. The project launched by the Department of Minority Welfare will give the bride a voice and set aside an initial sum of Rs 10 crore with the aim of supporting atleast 2,000 marriages by the end of this financial year. According to sources at the state directorate of minorities, the project was launched last Monday without any fanfare. Oct 31, 2013
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Congress indulging in vote bank politics: BJP on special scheme for minority brides in Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): Even as Karnataka government has launched a scheme for Muslim brides from families with annual income less than Rs 1.5 lakh that they can claim financial support of Rs 50,000 from the state government, BJP leader Captain Abhimanyu said that Congress wants to divide the country and indulge in vote bank politics. The project launched by the Department of Minority Welfare will give the bride a voice and set aside an initial sum of Rs 10 crore with the aim of supporting atleast 2,000 marriages by the end of this financial year. According to sources at the state directorate of minorities, the project was launched last Monday without any fanfare. Oct 31, 2013
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New mass graves raise hope for the missing in Bosnia

Forensic experts are analysing bodies that were recently exhumed from a mass grave in Bosnia, in which several hundred Muslim and Croatian victims were buried after being killed during the war in Bosnia during the 1990s. Duration: 02:03 Oct 29, 2013
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