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Let Homes Be Temples, Mosques Till We Win COVID Fight: Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee took to the streets of Kolkata for the fourth consecutive day on Friday and reviewed the lockdown situation at two south Kolkata localities and urged residents to stay at home.
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Over 200 Linked To Delhi Mosque Event Quarantined In Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee
A day after she declined to take what she called communal questions about the controversial religious congregation in Delhi that has been labelled a COVID-19 hotspot, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday cleared some more air on the issue.
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Chaos At Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mosque, Fatwa-Imam Not Allowed To Lead Prayers
The Imam Barkati saga took an ugly turn today when he tried to lead Friday namaz at 1 pm at the Tipu Sultan Masjid in Kolkata but was heckled and pushed out by angry people who said there will be no politics in the masjid, only prayers. The deputy imam, Hafez Harun Rashim, finally led the prayers.
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Sacked After Attack On Urdu Daily, Kolkata's Fatwa Cleric Refuses To Go
Kolkata's Imam Noorur Barkati -- known for his controversial fatwas or religious decrees and closeness to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- was sacked from his post at the Tipu Sultan Mosque today.
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Police Complaint Against Tipu Sultan Mosque Imam Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati
A police complaint has been lodged against Tipu Sultan Mosque Shahi Imam Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati - the cleric who recently threatened 'jihad' and refused to take off the beacon from his vehicle - by the mosque's trustee board on Monday, an official said.
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Amid Outrage, Mamata Banerjee Asks 'Fatwa' Cleric To Take Off Lal Batti
A day after chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque Noor ul Barkati proclaimed he has 'permission of the British government' to use the red beacon or lal batti, a man was seen removing the beacon from his vehicle. The cleric's bizzare claims had led to at least three complaints being registered against him in police stations in and around Kolk...
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British Gave Me Right To Use Lal Batti, Claims Bengal's 'Fatwa Cleric'
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned red beacons or lal battis across the country, one man says no power can make him drop it. "I have the permission of the British government," says the chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor Ul Barkati.
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Kolkata Cleric Who Issued 'Political' Fatwas Faces Opposition On Home Turf: Tipu Sultan Mosque
A prominent Muslim cleric in the West Bengal capital Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mosque who makes headlines for controversial fatwas, or religious decrees, including one recently targeting PM Narendra Modi faced protests earlier this week. On home turf.
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Fatwa Against PM Modi Escalates BJP-Trinamool War Of Words
Two police complaints at two different police stations in Kolkata have set the stage for a face-off between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.
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Stop-Work Order Issued After Demolition of Kolkata Heritage Mosque
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has issued a stop-work notice against the demolition of the heritage Ghoolam Rasool Mosque in the city. But the mosque is now almost ground to dust.
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Divide Over Demolition of Heritage Mosque in Kolkata
A 70-year-old mosque, listed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation as a heritage building, is being pulled down to make a bigger one and conservationists and some locals are extremely upset that the authorities have not stepped in to stop the demolition.
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Eid-UL-Azha celebrated in West Bengal
Muslims in West Bengal today offered special prayers at mosques and Idgahs on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha.
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Let Homes Be Temples, Mosques Till We Win COVID Fight: Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee took to the streets of Kolkata for the fourth consecutive day on Friday and reviewed the lockdown situation at two south Kolkata localities and urged residents to stay at home.
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Over 200 Linked To Delhi Mosque Event Quarantined In Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee
A day after she declined to take what she called communal questions about the controversial religious congregation in Delhi that has been labelled a COVID-19 hotspot, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday cleared some more air on the issue.
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Chaos At Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mosque, Fatwa-Imam Not Allowed To Lead Prayers
The Imam Barkati saga took an ugly turn today when he tried to lead Friday namaz at 1 pm at the Tipu Sultan Masjid in Kolkata but was heckled and pushed out by angry people who said there will be no politics in the masjid, only prayers. The deputy imam, Hafez Harun Rashim, finally led the prayers.
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Sacked After Attack On Urdu Daily, Kolkata's Fatwa Cleric Refuses To Go
Kolkata's Imam Noorur Barkati -- known for his controversial fatwas or religious decrees and closeness to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- was sacked from his post at the Tipu Sultan Mosque today.
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Police Complaint Against Tipu Sultan Mosque Imam Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati
A police complaint has been lodged against Tipu Sultan Mosque Shahi Imam Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati - the cleric who recently threatened 'jihad' and refused to take off the beacon from his vehicle - by the mosque's trustee board on Monday, an official said.
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Amid Outrage, Mamata Banerjee Asks 'Fatwa' Cleric To Take Off Lal Batti
A day after chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque Noor ul Barkati proclaimed he has 'permission of the British government' to use the red beacon or lal batti, a man was seen removing the beacon from his vehicle. The cleric's bizzare claims had led to at least three complaints being registered against him in police stations in and around Kolk...
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British Gave Me Right To Use Lal Batti, Claims Bengal's 'Fatwa Cleric'
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned red beacons or lal battis across the country, one man says no power can make him drop it. "I have the permission of the British government," says the chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor Ul Barkati.
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Kolkata Cleric Who Issued 'Political' Fatwas Faces Opposition On Home Turf: Tipu Sultan Mosque
A prominent Muslim cleric in the West Bengal capital Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mosque who makes headlines for controversial fatwas, or religious decrees, including one recently targeting PM Narendra Modi faced protests earlier this week. On home turf.
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Fatwa Against PM Modi Escalates BJP-Trinamool War Of Words
Two police complaints at two different police stations in Kolkata have set the stage for a face-off between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.
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Stop-Work Order Issued After Demolition of Kolkata Heritage Mosque
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has issued a stop-work notice against the demolition of the heritage Ghoolam Rasool Mosque in the city. But the mosque is now almost ground to dust.
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Divide Over Demolition of Heritage Mosque in Kolkata
A 70-year-old mosque, listed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation as a heritage building, is being pulled down to make a bigger one and conservationists and some locals are extremely upset that the authorities have not stepped in to stop the demolition.
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Eid-UL-Azha celebrated in West Bengal
Muslims in West Bengal today offered special prayers at mosques and Idgahs on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha.
