India is a unique country known for its diverse culture, background, religion, language, and ethnicity. People of several ...

A working paper from an independent body that gives economic advice to the Indian government has published controversial findings that critics say could sow communal discord between Hindus and Muslims ...

Muslim Population: Islam will replace Christianity as the world's largest largest and the global Muslim population will surge by a whopping 70 percent in the next 35 years, breaching the 3 billion ...

India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced ...

Muslims are the world’s second-largest religious group and the fastest-growing major religion. They make up the vast majority of the population in the Middle East-North Africa region. In all other ...

Ismat Ara is a New Delhi-based journalist. She covers politics, crime, gender, culture and environment. More than two years have passed since a picture of me, picked up from my personal social media ...

According to a report by the Pew Research Center, the global Muslim population is expected to grow rapidly from about 1.90 billion in 2020 to nearly 2.20 billion by 2030, marking almost a 15% increase ...

The sun glistens on the Ganges as Hindu devotees bathe in the holy river’s waters, and the Muslim call to prayer reverberates through the dusty air. Varanasi, an ancient city of temples and gods, is ...

Evictions target Bengali Muslims, linked to anti-immigrant sentiment Opposition sees actions as politically motivated ahead of elections in Assam Human rights groups criticise evictions, expulsions as ...

It has not been easy being a Muslim in Narendra Modi’s India. With the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) steadfastly refusing to allow my community even a token representation in corridors of power, ...

Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated, according to a new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population between ...