Tag: Tipu Sultan Mosque
After Manju, Barkti says, I am with Mamata Di, I will go wherever she goes
Kolkata: Sixty-five-year-old Nurur Rahman Barkati, knows the route to make it to the headlines. The controversial cleric, who had been sacked from his post...
Hindutva.info runs fake news of Hindus thrashing Barkati
Kolkata: On May 13, minutes after TMC leader and Jamat-e-Ullema-e Hind, had staged a protest outside the Tipu Sultan Masjid, in a move to...
Barkati gets sacked as Imam of Tipu Sultan Mosque, but refuses to move out
Kolkata: Now, it’s official! Maulana Nurur Rehman Barkati, is no longer the imam of the iconic Tipu Sutlan Masjid. The trustees of the mosque,...
Barkati’s henchmen attack media, community say “enough”
Kolkata: Armed with ammunitions, a group of over 20 men stormed into the premise of Akhbar-e-Mashriq, one of the most read Urdu daily in...
Muslims of Kolkata, done with ‘fatwa cleric’ Barkati
Kolkata: It seems, the days of Nurur Rehman Barkati, the Shahi Imam of iconic Tipu Sultan Masjid is numbered, as the waqf estate trustee...
For a first, Kolkata Muslims revolt against Shahi Imam Barkati
Kolkata: Over hundred of odd shops in and around Tipu Sultan Mosque mostly of Muslims, in Kolkata remained shut for 24 hours on Wednesday,...