The so-called Islamic State (IS) is gaining a foothold in India's only Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region's government has admitted. On June 23, the state's administration for the ...

FILE PHOTO: A member of the Iraqi rapid response forces walks past a wall painted with the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants, at a hospital damaged by clashes during a battle between ...

First major event marking Kashmir’s transition to Islam came in 14th century with conversion at hands of Uyghuri Sufi saint Bulbul Shah of its Buddhist King Rinchan Shah Khanqah-e-Maula, also known as ...