Haji Ali

Supreme Court gives last chance to Maharashtra govt to remove Haji Ali encroachments

The direction came after the Haji Ali Dargah trust, which had earlier volunteered to remove the encroachments, expressed inability in completing the task.

Haji Ali: Tears, tea and qawwali as women enter dargah after five-year gap

After five years and a series of legal battles and agitations, around 250 women entered the famous Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon and solemnly offered prayers, an activist said.

Women activists will re-enter Haji Ali dargah after 5 years

On 24 October, SC ruling upheld equal access to men and women, and the Haji Ali trust expressed readiness to allow women inside till the sanctum sanctorum.

Haji Ali Trust concedes in Supreme Court: Women can now enter the inner sanctum

Ending the protracted struggle of the Muslim women to enter into the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah, the Trust conceded to the demand in the Supreme Court on Monday.

Haji Ali and entry of women: With one move, Bombay HC has struck at the roots of oppressive religious practices

The bench, however, has granted a six-week stay on the order on a request by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust to enable it to go on appeal before the Supreme Court.

'Bombay High Court should not have interfered on Haji Ali Dargah': AIMIM leader to approach SC

he Bombay High Court in a landmark verdict on Friday pronounced its judgement and lifted the ban on entry of women into the inner sanctum of Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai

Haji Ali Sabke Liye: Bombay HC likely to pronounce verdict on Tuesday

The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its much-awaited verdict on a petition challenging the ban on women to the burial area of the saint inside the famous Haji Ali dargah here.

'Haji Ali sabke liye': NGOs, activists come together to seek women's entry at dargah

After a campaign on the Shani Temple in Ahmednagar district, a similar movement has been launched to seek entry of women at the Haji Ali Dargah in the city.

A wonky Constitution: Why the law is loaded against the Sabarimala temple authorities

Going by the sequence of events taking place on the Sabarimala temple, it is clear that the temple authorities are fighting a losing battle.

V-P Hamid Ansari has reduced himself to a spokesman for Muslims; that's not his job

Hamid Ansari has shown that he too is not above sectarian thinking from the way he is voicing the concerns of Muslims to the exclusion of the so-called majority.