India
Explainer: What the UP Government’s Ban on Halal Products Means for Muslim Consumers and Businesses?
Halal is an Arabic word that means “permissible” or “lawful” in Islam. It is often used to refer to food that is prepared according...
Hi, what are you looking for?
The Observer Post
- Breaking
Air India Flight to London Crashes After Takeoff From Ahmedabad, 242 On Board
BSF Jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw Returned to India After Pakistan Custody Since April 23
“India and Pakistan Agree to ‘Full and Immediate Ceasefire,’ Trump Announces Following U.S. Mediation
India Suspends Indus Waters Treaty, Closes Attari-Wagah Border, and Expels Pakistani Diplomats in Response to Pahalgam Attack
UP: Two Muslim Minors arrested in Bareilly for Posters Calling to Boycott ‘Israeli Products’
- India
Bihar: ‘We thought we had lost him’ — Family of Hafiz Ibrahim attacked after objecting to DJ during prayers
Imam Allegedly Beaten in Aligarh After Refusing to Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’; Police Deny Communal Angle
Youth Alleges Police Beating Over ‘I Love Muhammad’ Poster as Banner Row Spreads to Mumbai, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
Police Action Against Rejas Solidarity Gathering Draws Condemnation, Called “Anti-Constitutional”
Gujarat Minority Group Serves Legal Notice to Top Officials over alleged custodial torture of Muslim youths in Vadodara
- World
Portugal to Officially Recognise State of Palestine Ahead of UN Meeting
Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Appeals U.S. Deportation Order; Accuses US Gov of Targeting his Activism
UN Declares Israel’s War on Gaza as Genocide, Names Netanyahu, Herzog, Gallant Responsible
France Probes Anti-Muslim Attacks as Pig Heads Found at Mosques Near Paris
Conservative Firebrand Charlie Kirk Shot Dead While Addressing Utah Valley University Students
- Features
Giriraj Singh Vows to Deport Bangladeshi “Infiltrators” if NDA Returns to Power in Bihar
AMU Protest Over 36% Fee Hike Turns Physical; Female Student Injured, Agitation Continues
Three Kanwariyas Arrested in Mirzapur for Assaulting CRPF Jawan Over Train Ticket Dispute
Everybody with a Smartphone is a Citizen Journalist across the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Sherkot Imam Booked for Collecting Donations for Gaza; Muslim Community Alleges Harassment
- Photo
“Tahya Filasteen”: Over 700 Join SIO Kannur’s Solidarity Rally for Palestine
In photos: Over 7,000 homes near Chandola Talab in Ahmedabad torn down, families left homeless
In Photos: Bulldozers Tear Through Delhi’s Taimoor Nagar, Displacing Over 100 Families
In Photos: The Ruins of Homes and Lives After Government’s Crackdown in Kashmir
Supreme Court Considers Interim Stay on Parts of Waqf (Amendment) Act; Union Govt Resists Proposed Changes
- Video
- Opinion
Waqf Amendment Act 2025 and the Politics of Majoritarian Control
Blasphemy Debate Erupts: Javed Akhtar’s Invite Forces Urdu Academy to Postpone Festival
From Bulldozers to Bombs: How Israel Became the Hindu Right’s Role Model
Naming the Real Target: Bengali Muslims, Not Just Bengalis
7/11 Mumbai Blasts: If All 12 Were Innocent, Who Was Guilty?
- More
- Women
Dalit Woman in UP Harassed, Forced to Clean Road by Councillors, Approaches SP
Maktoob, Edex Live Among 11 Summoned in Defamation Case by RGNIYD Official Facing Rape Charges
UP: Dalit Woman Alleges Harassment, Threats by Ex-Soldier in Aligarh Village
UP: 11-Year-Old Rape Survivor Gives Birth to Premature Baby in Nawabganj; Accused Arrested
Telangana: 900 Men Held for Harassing Women at Ganesh Festival
- Middle East
- Business & Economy
“I Will Be Substantially Raising the Tariff Paid by India to the USA”: Donald Trump Warns
Explained: Why the US Is Raising Import Duties on Indian Goods and What It Means
Congress Calls Out Modi’s ‘Mismanagement’ as Trump Hits India with New Tariffs
Trump’s Tariff Decision May Hurt India’s Economy, Say Experts; Hope Rests on Trade Talks
Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Indian Imports Citing Russia Ties, US-India Trade Tensions Escalate
- Factcheck
- Education
Violence Erupts at BBAU Campus as ABVP-Affiliated Students Attack Peers; FIR Registered
Odisha Teacher Suspended for Beating 30 Students Who Didn’t Touch Her Feet
“Go or We Will Kill You”: Class-1 Muslim Boy in Haridwar Beaten by Principal, Teacher for Missing a Day; Hand Fractured
South Asian University Dismisses Professor Snehashish Bhattacharya Over Alleged Role in Student Protests
IIT Bombay Under Fire Over ‘We Fool You’ Poster Featuring Modi, Shah, Yogi
- Sports
‘True Inspiration’: Mohammed Siraj Recalls PM Modi’s Support After 2023 World Cup Final Loss
No Handshakes, Locked Dressing Room: India’s Asia Cup Victory Over Pakistan Marred by Controversy
India Bundle Out Pakistan for 127, Cruise to 7-Wicket Win; Team Dedicates Victory to Armed Forces
“Cricket and Blood Can’t Flow Together”: Opposition Attacks BJP, BCCI on India-Pakistan Match
Indian Muslim Cricketers Targeted After Pakistan Matches? Mohammed Shami’s Straight Answer
- Women
Hate Watch
A 22-year-old Muslim man, Mueeb of Jwalapur, was brutally attacked by a mob near the gate of the prestigious Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, late...
India
The Uttarakhand government has launched an investigation into the operations of madrasas across the state, claiming to have identified approximately 200 ‘fake’ institutions. Chief...
India
The Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the Shaheen Bagh protest, which took place from December 2019 to March 2020,...
India
A petition has been filed in Civil Court in Aligarh alleging that the city’s Jama Masjid surrounded by a Muslim majority locality in the...
Hate Crime
It was an ordinary night on September 18 for Hafiz Ibrahim as he made his way through the Muslim populated locality in Benipatti of...
Indian Muslims
An imam of a mosque in Lakhanpur village, Aligarh district, is reportedly injured after an attack that victim’s kin say was motivated by his...
Indian Muslims
Tensions flare in Godhra after a local youth, identified in social media posts as Zakir Jhabha, posts a short video showing a poster reading...
Human Rights
The Rejas Solidarity Forum has strongly condemned the police action following a solidarity gathering held here last week, labeling it “anti-constitutional” and accusing authorities...
World
Portugal announces it will officially recognise the State of Palestine on Sunday, joining other Western nations ahead of the UNGA high-level conference on Palestinian...
World
Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil has appealed a U.S. immigration judge’s order to deport him to Syria or Algeria, arguing the decision is flawed...
Human Rights
The United Nations has officially declared that Israel’s war on Gaza amounts to genocide, marking a historic moment nearly two years after the conflict...
Politics
Authorities in France have launched an investigation after pig heads were found outside at least nine mosques in and around Paris on Tuesday, some...
Opinion
Syed Azharuddin The recently passed Waqf Amendment Act 2025 has triggered a wave of protests and constitutional scrutiny across the country. Far from being...
Opinion
Mohammad Aaquib The West Bengal Urdu academy, an institution working for the upliftment of Urdu as a language and also the academic development of...
Opinion
As the world watches, it has somehow become normal to witness genocide, Palestinians being killed every day, waiting desperately for aid and help. This...
Opinion
Mohammad Aaquib The issue of Bengalis being harassed in many parts of India outside West Bengal is primarily one of religious discrimination rather than...
Features
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday made a strong statement on illegal immigration, saying that if the NDA comes back to power in Bihar,...
Features
On August 4, students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) staged a strong protest against a recent fee hike. The demonstration turned tense when students...
Features
Three kanwariyas were arrested in Mirzapur for allegedly assaulting a CRPF jawan during a dispute over buying train tickets at the local railway station,...
World
Interviewers: K Shabas Haris & Najma Ashraf Yousef Alhelou is a Palestinian journalist, political analyst, commentator, and filmmaker. He actively uses social media platforms,...
Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted bail to Fahad Shah, editor of the news portal “The Kashmir Walla,” which had been banned. The...
India
The Manipur police have registered a case against Muan Tombing, General Secretary of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), on charges of conspiring to...
India
The Cyber Economic and Narcotics Police Station (CEN) in Udupi, Karnataka, has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the ‘Hindu Mantra’ Instagram page...
India
At the Diwali Milan programme at the BJP headquarters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep concern over the potential misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
India
With the assembly elections in Telangana approaching, the Muslim voters in the state are in a quandary. They have to choose between the ruling...