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70,000 faithful throng Hazratbal shrine
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) More than 70,000 people offered congregational prayers at the Hazratbal Shrine here on the last Friday of the 10-day long Milad-e-Nabi festivities. Files of devotees who gathered for the Friday prayers spilled over from inside the main mosque to the huge lawns of the shrine and thence to the roads and other available space outside as people from all over the Kashmir Valley

Malaysia detains Saudi scribe for 'insulting Prophet'
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police say they have detained a Saudi journalist who apparently fled his country after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter.Jiddah-based newspaper

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Queer as folk

The fragile existence of the transgender community, Hijras or Kinnars, stigmatized as the "other" sex, scrambling, for the longest time for an identity as a recognized member of community, is undergoing a slow transformation at last if events like participation of transgender social activist Laxmi in the Bigg Boss is any indication. TWF correspondent Vatsal Varma reports

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Prayers mark Eid in India, but clashes in Kashmir
Thronging mosques, sacrificing goats, greeting friends and rustling up delicacies, millions of Indian Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Zuha Monday. The day passed off peacefully, barring in Jammu and Kashmir where clashes broke out between stone pelting youths and security personnel.

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Eid-ul-Zuha is about the spirit of sacrifice

Eid-ul-Zuha is seen by most of my non-Muslim friends and even my own children to be an occasion to slaughter animals for no fault of theirs. My children see me as a 'butcher' when I go ahead with

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Islamic healing is on the rise in Southeast Asia

A 47-year-old housewife who recently started using Islamic alternative cures emerged tearfully from an exorcism, speaking of newfound tranquility after a turbulent time in her life. Also, her

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