Women can pray in segregated spaces in mosques, Muslim personal law board tells SC

Free intermixing of genders in the same line or common space does not conform to Islam’s position, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board said.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 09, 2023 · 09:03 pm

For Muslim women in India, mosques remain largely out of bound – even without entry bans

Last month, Delhi’s Jama Masjid sparked a furore by banning the entry of women. The order was taken back, but it came as a reminder of the exclusion women face.

Zafar Aafaq

· Dec 16, 2022 · 09:00 am

VHP demands that prayer in Tipu Sultan’s name be stopped at Karnataka temple

The ‘salam mangalarati’ is performed at the Mookambika temple at the Kollur village in the state’s Udupi district.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 28, 2022 · 02:00 pm

Kerala Police warn temple of action after minister criticises it for planning human blood ritual

The temple’s management in rural Thiruvananthapuram is believed to have issued notices seeking blood donations for ‘rakthabhishekam’.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 07, 2018 · 07:24 pm

‘Stop this yearly crime in the name of faith’: Kerala prisons chief calls for end to temple ritual

Kuthiyottam, which involves piercing the skin of young boys with iron hooks, is torture, said R Sreelekha.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 28, 2018 · 06:29 pm

Meet Jamida Beevi, the first Muslim woman to lead Friday prayers in India

The 34-year-old led around 30 men and women in namaaz in Kerala’s Malappuram district last week.

TA Ameerudheen

· Jan 30, 2018 · 06:30 am

New curbs on Amarnath temple do not make it a silent zone or restrict rituals, NGT clarifies

The court said pilgrims should not be allowed to carry their mobile phones and other belongings to the Vaishno Devi temple in South Kashmir.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 13, 2017 · 04:59 pm

Faith versus conservation: Tirupati temple, forest department fight over the Indian civet

The animal secretes a substance that is used to anoint the deity's idol every Friday.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Mar 18, 2017 · 09:00 am

A statue of Jesus will not be promoted to army general in Guatemala

Already an army colonel, Jesús de la Merced’s promotion was vetoed by both the president of the country and the archbishop.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 27, 2015 · 03:18 pm

Fasting unto death for religion is not suicide or euthanasia, say outraged Jains

The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the Jain tradition of Santhara – giving up food and water to wait for death – is akin to suicide and therefore illegal.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 13, 2015 · 12:30 pm