A Colorado high school student says he quit the school choir after an Islamic song containing the lyric "there is no truth except Allah" made it into the repertoire. James Harper, a senior at Grand ...

Abbasuddin Ahmed had taken part in singing Urdu qawwalis that described the richness of Islamic history and the love of ...

Gospel musician Broda Sammy says the motive behind his controversial song, ‘Allah Akbar’, is to spread love, and not to make mockery of the Islamic religion. Although he claims the song is meant to ...

A student has left his high-school choir after the group sang an Islamic song which contained lyrics in praise of Allah. James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Colorado, protested ...

PETALING JAYA — Korean-American rapper Jay Park has apologised to his Muslim fans for a second time after he was criticised for comparing himself to Allah in the song Mukkbang (Remix). The 34-year-old ...

Azmi's refusal to attend the recital of Vande Mataram triggered a row and several BJP workers protested outside the Samajwadi ...

Advocate Md Azizul Bashar claimed he was ‘embarrassed’ after he clicked on the video featuring Bangladesh actress Nusrat Faria on YouTube. The item song from Boss-2, a joint Indo-Bangla production, ...

Rachel McDermott works as a Professor in Columbia University, USA. She studied Bangla in Santiniketan and started translating some of the songs and poems written on the Goddess, Kali. In this ...

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A political confrontation erupted in Mumbai when BJP's Ameet Satam led a protest outside SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi's residence.

The Ocean View School District apologized after a parent expressed concern about a song related to a lesson on Islam in her son’s seventh-grade social studies class. Parent Nichole Negron posted a ...

A directive mandating Vande Mataram recitation in J&K schools sparked major controversy, with Muslim clerics calling it ...