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NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday strongly objected to the central govt’s recent notification mandating the recitation of all six verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ at official functions and in schools before the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana.The AIMPLB has termed the decision “unconstitutional and contrary to religious freedom” and demanded…
From the 9th Century to Today: The Blue Quran Finds a Home in Mecca Museum In a landmark cultural moment for Islamic arts and history, the Holy Quran Museum in Mecca’s Hira Cultural District has opened a special display featuring a folio from the legendary ‘Blue Quran’ (Al-Muṣḥaf al-Azraq), which is one of the rarest…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi alleged Friday that in 1937 “significant verses” of ‘Vande Mataram‘ were dropped, “sowing the seeds of the country’s Partition”, in what was seen as an attack on Congress in the midst of the Bihar elections and months before Bengal goes to the polls. Launching year-long celebrations to mark 150 years of…
