Zakat Should Aid the Needy, Not Mosques: Rashid Alvi and Syed Farid Nizami

July 1, 2026
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Zakat Should Aid the Needy, Not Mosques: Rashid Alvi and Syed Farid Nizami

New Delhi, July 1: Following the recent controversy surrounding donations to the Ram Temple, a debate has emerged regarding the management of donations received by religious institutions. Congress leader Rashid Alvi and Syed Farid Ahmed Nizami, the head of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah Committee, shared their views on the distribution of donations and zakat in […]

August 10, 2025
International

‘Move out immediately’: Cuomo urges Mamdani to surrender rent-stabilised apartment; accuses of taking housing from needy despite being ‘very rich’

Former New York governer Andrew Cuomo (Image credits: AP) Former New York governer Andrew Cuomo on Friday renewed his attack on mayoral opponent Zohran Mamdani, criticising him for living in a rent-stabilised apartment despite being “very rich” and noting that the state is in “the middle of a historic affordability crisis.”Cuomo, who lost the Democratic […]