Embarrassing Muslims

In the wake of the attack on doctors and harassment of model Ushoshi Sengupta by some members of their community, a group of prominent Muslims has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking for stringent action against the culprits to dispel the "perception" that they are being "shielded or appeased".

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has called motormouth Union minister Anantkumar Hegde's "an embarrassment to every Indian" after his declaration that any hand that touches a Hindu girl "should not exist". The senior BJP leader from Karnataka didn't stop there. His next target was a Congress leader who is married to a Muslim woman.

The father of a Muslim US Army soldier killed in Iraq rebuked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as an "embarrassment to the US" barely two days ahead of the November 8 election.

A 25-year-old Muslim girl in New Zealand was left embarrassed after she applied for a job at a jewellery shop and was told it was a "waste of time" unless she removed her hijab.

Patriotic chest-thumping over the weekend in India gave way to embarrassment and bitterness as the government made a very public U-turn on issuing a visa to Uighur dissident Dolkun Isa. He is the executive committee chairman of the World Uighur Congress, an organization that represents the Muslim minority in northwest China, and has been labeled a ...

The president of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, on Thursday called the actions of Islamic State militants "embarrassing" to the religion and urged Islamic leaders to unite in tackling extremism.

In an embarrassing setback to Pakistan People's Party (PPP) that ruled the country since 2008, former Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf lost the election along with his predecessor Yusuf Raza Gilani's two sons.

Europe's embarrassing meat saga took a troubling twist after reports emerged in Norway and Britain that meat labeled 'halal', or fit for consumption by Muslims, was found to contain pork

In election year, the Congress' Shankersinh Vaghela's attempt at plainspeak has left his party somewhat embarrassed in Gujarat. The Union Minister, who is also in charge of Gujarat, exhorted Muslims on Sunday to vote for the Congress since it had been branded a pro-Muslim party.

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta apologized on Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that show US soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. He said war can lead young troops to "foolish decisions" and expressed concern the photos could incite fresh violence against Americans. The White House called the...

In the wake of the attack on doctors and harassment of model Ushoshi Sengupta by some members of their community, a group of prominent Muslims has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking for stringent action against the culprits to dispel the "perception" that they are being "shielded or appeased".

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has called motormouth Union minister Anantkumar Hegde's "an embarrassment to every Indian" after his declaration that any hand that touches a Hindu girl "should not exist". The senior BJP leader from Karnataka didn't stop there. His next target was a Congress leader who is married to a Muslim woman.

The father of a Muslim US Army soldier killed in Iraq rebuked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as an "embarrassment to the US" barely two days ahead of the November 8 election.

A 25-year-old Muslim girl in New Zealand was left embarrassed after she applied for a job at a jewellery shop and was told it was a "waste of time" unless she removed her hijab.

Patriotic chest-thumping over the weekend in India gave way to embarrassment and bitterness as the government made a very public U-turn on issuing a visa to Uighur dissident Dolkun Isa. He is the executive committee chairman of the World Uighur Congress, an organization that represents the Muslim minority in northwest China, and has been labeled a ...

The president of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, on Thursday called the actions of Islamic State militants "embarrassing" to the religion and urged Islamic leaders to unite in tackling extremism.

In an embarrassing setback to Pakistan People's Party (PPP) that ruled the country since 2008, former Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf lost the election along with his predecessor Yusuf Raza Gilani's two sons.

Europe's embarrassing meat saga took a troubling twist after reports emerged in Norway and Britain that meat labeled 'halal', or fit for consumption by Muslims, was found to contain pork

In election year, the Congress' Shankersinh Vaghela's attempt at plainspeak has left his party somewhat embarrassed in Gujarat. The Union Minister, who is also in charge of Gujarat, exhorted Muslims on Sunday to vote for the Congress since it had been branded a pro-Muslim party.

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta apologized on Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that show US soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. He said war can lead young troops to "foolish decisions" and expressed concern the photos could incite fresh violence against Americans. The White House called the...