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Women can enter mosques for Namaz provided that there is no intermixing of men and women: AIMPLB tells Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff - 10 February, 2023

All India Muslim Personal Law Board told the apex court that no Islamic religious text authorised the mixing of genders in any mosque

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Uttarakhand: Haridwar administration fined seven mosques for using loudspeakers that exceeded the permissible decibel levels

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2023

Haridwar city administration imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on seven mosques for violation of permissible sound levels.

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‘Dear collector uncle…why do they scream so much?’ Letter allegedly by Bhopal school children against mosque loudspeakers goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 25 November, 2022

In the letter, children apprised the Bhopal collector about blaring noise from mosque loudspeakers in their neighbourhood.

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Dargah and mazar built around Buddhist and Jain temple premises, illegal mazar once demolished surfaces again: UP’s Shravasti near Nepal border

राहुल पाण्डेय - 12 September, 2022

This is the sixth episode of the series of reports wherein OpIndia has been documenting the steady Islamification of the Indo-Nepal border areas.

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Islamic flags flying atop houses and mosques, madarsas influencing businesses: The creeping Islamisation of Nepal’s Krishnanagar

राहुल पाण्डेय - 6 September, 2022

The Indo-Nepal border has seen an alarming rise of Islamisation, with a dangerous increase in the number of mosques, madarsas.

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Chetan + Shut Up = Chup: Read how Chetan Bhagat gives bizarre ‘Mosples’ suggestion, cites Hagia Sophia to talk about mythical ‘conjoined past’

OpIndia Staff - 4 June, 2022

Talking about 'conjoined past' of Hindus and Muslims in India, Chetan Bhagat suggested Mosque+Temple hybrid structures called 'Mosples'

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Maharashtra: Nurani mosque in Mumbai’s Bandra and Cemetery mosque in Santacruz booked for violating SC order on use of loudspeaker

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2022

The Mumbai Police on Saturday booked two mosques in the Bandra and Link Road area of Mumbai for not complying with the Supreme Court orders regarding the usage of loudspeakers.

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Maharashtra: Mumbai Police gives permission to 950 of 1140 mosques, 24 out of 2400 temples in Mumbai to use loudspeakers for prayers

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2022

Amid the loudspeaker row in the state of Maharashtra, the Mumbai Police on Saturday stated that out of 1140 mosques in Mumbai, 950 had been granted permission to use the loudspeaker

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