Celebrating Diwali is not an uncommon practice among Indian Muslims, though to varying degrees. I was raised with pluralistic values, going to friends’ houses for Holi, Ganesh Puja ...

The recommended calendar for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year shows that schools will take the day off on Oct. 20 for ...

Sarecha has enlisted two of his Hindu friends to help him gather signatures for a petition to recognize Diwali as an academic holiday, a day off from school so they can pray and celebrate with their ...

Harsh Mander, justice and peace worker and writer, leads Karwan e Mohabbat, a people’s campaign to counter hate violence with ...

In a special event celebrating Diwali, Muslim poets in Bikaner recited an Urdu version of the Ramayana, promoting goodwill ...

Muslim Greens and Greens for Palestine. Thousands attended the event in Trafalgar Square, organised by the Diwali in London Committee and the mayor of London. “We are not condemning people ...

Diwali is a significant festival in Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism. In a multicultural and diverse country like India, everyone has their own way of celebrating this festival. Even though their belief ...

Today is Diwali, a time when fireworks will light up ... However, the situation took a controversial turn with the ...

Donald Trump capitalised on Diwali, the multicultural festival of ... which consists of both Hindus and Muslims. While there have been reports on the ground showing that the violence and looting ...

Diwali is a Hindu festival with lights ... 5 per cent of the total population in Kenya was Christian and 11 per cent Muslim. Groups constituting less than 2 per cent of the population include ...

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday defended ban on firecrackers, saying it is necessary for protecting people from pollution and there is no 'Hindu-Muslim' angle to it.