MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has launched a nationwide effort to expand access to therapeutic services for children with disabilities, seeking to address longstanding inequalities in healthcare availability between the capital and the country’s outlying islands. For years, essential services such as speech, behavioral and occupational ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A civil rights investigation has documented what it describes as a pattern of targeted violence against Muslim communities in Uttarakhand, a northern Indian state governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, citing police inaction, selective enforcement of laws and administrative measures that disproporti...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The government of the western Indian state of Rajasthan has officially changed the name of Mohammadpura village to Mohanpura, marking the latest instance of renaming settlements with Muslim-associated names in a state governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. According to a formal notification issued b...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A judge in India’s most populous state was transferred days after ordering criminal proceedings against police officials accused of shooting a Muslim man during communal unrest, a move that has raised fresh questions about judicial independence and police accountability in cases involving religious minorities. Vibhans...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim organizations in India’s western state of Maharashtra have moved toward legal action after the government appointed a non-Muslim bureaucrat to head the state’s Hajj administration, sparking a debate over religious autonomy and state oversight of faith-based institutions. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board,...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim youth was severely beaten by a mob in eastern India’s Bihar, renewing concerns over vigilante violence and the vulnerability of minorities amid recurring incidents driven by suspicion and religious identity. The attack took place in Fulhara village in Samastipur district, where the victim, Mohammad Dawood, wa...
By Iftikhar Gilani Over the past century, despite political pressure, economic scarcity, and social marginalization, Muslims in India have built sustained institutions of learning and public life. Institutions such as Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Osmania University in Hyderabad, Darul Uloom Deoband, Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur...
DAVOS, Switzerland (MNTV) — United States President Donald Trump on Thursday formally launched the US-led Board of Peace, signing its founding charter alongside leaders and senior officials from 19 countries at the World Economic Forum, unveiling a new international body initially focused on Gaza but designed to address global conflicts more b...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (MNTV) — Zamira Ghaffori, a professor at Khujand State University, has been awarded the Award for Women Scientists in recognition of her contributions to literature and cultural studies in the Islamic world, according to the university and local media reports. The award was presented in Tehran and is administered by Iran’s...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (MNTV) — Uzbekistan will provide cash incentives to government officials, school pupils, and university students who read the most books under a new initiative launched by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Fergana News reported. The program was outlined in a decree signed Jan. 15 by the president. Under the decree, all ministr...
