Saffron, Bhagwa and Kesaria
Vol. XLVIII No. 24
Date: September 12, 2010
The Battle Never Fought, Yet Won By Muslims
The battle is one that is described in the Qur’ān itself. Allah the Exalted describes it as fat-hu-m-mubeen – the absolute victory. Such a peace treaty was a rarity at the time…
Punish Guilty Officials for Complicity in Udaipur Riots
In a letter addressed to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot, and later released to the Press, human and civil rights activists Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, L.S. Hardenia, Prof.…
Compel Modi, Others to Disclose Their Role in Gujarat Riots:
Former Chief Secretary Subha Rao, Former Health Minister Ashok Bhat, Former Urban Development Minister IK Jadeja, Former MOS Home Govardhan Zadaphiya, Former MLA Haresh Bhat, Naran Laloo Patel, Kaushik Jamnadas…
People’s Tribunal Finds Hindutva Hand in Kandhamal Riots
The National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal, held in New Delhi on 22-24 August 2010, was organised by the National Solidarity Forum – a countrywide solidarity platform of concerned…
Syed Shahabuddin Urges Bangladesh Govt. to Withdraw Order to Remove
Renowned Muslim leader and president All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat Syed Shahabuddin, in a letter to the High Commissioner of Bangladesh in New Delhi, on August 6, termed the Bangladesh government’s…
Better Ban City Life in Delhi for CWG
Delhi and its citizens are paying heavy cost for hosting forthcoming Commonwealth Games 2010 which have come as boon only for netas and babus of Delhi for getting corrupt-money and free passes with common…
It’s Not a New Phenomenon
Mr. P. Chidambaram is the first Union Home Minister in Independent India to publicly acknowledge the rise of ‘saffron terrorism
‘Saffron Terrorism’
This refers to the protest in Rajya Sabha by some BJP and Shiv Sena MPs over the Home Minister’s remarks on the ‘saffron terrorism’.
What Lets All the Hell Loose
Corruption in India is an often debated subject. Despite the active participants like Rahul and Sachin brimming with their vigorous youth giving a positive trend, democracy is unlikely to see…
Don’t Forget Islam Is Moderation
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
SAUDIA ACHIEVES 90% SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN ENGINE MAINTENANCE
Saudi Arabian Airlines can carry out 90 percent of its own engine maintenance work and will soon be able to offer overhaul services to foreign airlines, according to a senior…
AFGHAN FOREIGN TROOPS DEATH TOLL HITS 500
The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site on September…
ISRAEL WILL BE DOOMED IF IRAN ATTACKED: AHMADINEJAD
Any attack on Iran would lead to the destruction of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on September 5.
SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES AL QUDS RALLY IN QUETTA
At least 56 people were killed and about 160 others injured in Quetta, Pakistan on September 3 when a suicide bomber struck a procession brought out to mark the Al…
LEBANON SENDS WARRANT FOR SUSPECTED SPY TO INTERPOL
Lebanon’s chief prosecutor on September 1 sent an arrest warrant against a suspected spy for Israel to international police agency Interpol, after reports the suspect, who fled the country last…
BIAS SUIT FILED AGAINST ILL. STATE POLICE
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) on August 30 filed a discrimination complaint in federal court against the Illinois State Police (ISP) on behalf of Kifah…
ISRAEL SOLDIERS FACE INDICTMENT FOR LOOTING TURKISH VESSEL
The Israeli Military Prosecution on September 2 filed an indictment against an Israeli soldier for looting the Gaza-bound Turkish vessel of Mavi Marmara raided by Israel naval commandos on May…
KERALA PROFESSOR LOSES JOB
Professor T J Joseph, whose right hand was chopped off by suspected activists of radical Muslim outfit Popular Front of India,
GUJARAT HC QUASHES FIR AGAINST KULDEEP SHARMA
The Gujarat High Court on September 1 quashed an FIR registered against senior IPS officer Kuldeep Sharma.
SC ISSUES NOTICE TO KESHUB MAHINDRA, 6 OTHERS IN BHOPAL
Fourteen years after it had diluted charges in the Bhopal gas leak case, the Supreme Court on August 31 decided to re-examine its own judgement that led to lighter punishment…
STUDENTS TARGET BUSES DURING TELANGANA BANDH
The Telangana bandh called by students of Osmania University against the conduct of APPSC exams on September 5 evoked partial response in the state capital and elsewhere, even as protesters…
12 SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR KANDHAMAL RIOTS
Twelve people were convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years while 75 others acquitted on August 30 in three separate cases relating to the communal riots in Kandhamal.
GOA EX-MINISTER PACHECO IN IMMIGRATION SCAM
Former Goa minister Mickey Pacheco, accused in the murder of his lady friend Nadia Torrado
IMC-USA HAILS NJ TEMPLE’S DECISION FOR NOT ALLOWING RITAMBHARA TO
Indian Muslim Council-USA, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguard India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos applauds the Hindu Samaj Mandir for not allowing Sadhvi Ritambhara’s speeches at the Temple’s Mahwah, New…
BEEF UP SECURITY FOR BABRI VERDICT FALLOUT: CENTRE TELLS STATES
Apprehending that the Allahabad High Court verdict over the Babri Masjid title suit may evoke a communal flare-up, the Centre has asked all states and Union Territories to give maintaining…
Gadkari’s Initiatives on Waqf Properties
A very important news-item was overlooked by the mainstream media last week. BJP president Nitin Gadkari instructed all Chief Ministers of the BJP-run states to clear encroachment and illegal occupation…
US-Vietnam Nuclear Deal A Defeat of Chinese Diplomacy
The 30 years long war (1945-75) in South-East Asia was not just a conflict between the geographical entities, that is France to be followed by the United States of America,…
N Who Pays for the Loss of Life in Iran?
Since the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979 which toppled the U.S.-backed regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran has been facing with devastating and agonising financial sanctions of…
American Muslims to Fight Islamophobia
Now that the discussion about the New York City Islamic Centre near Ground Zero is being put in perspective by many faceted points of view, we can reflect on the…
‘Israel will not choose to attack Iran’
Adnan Oktar, internationally known by his pen name HARUN YAHYA, is a Turkish public intellectual, writer and speaker. He is a proponent of Islamic creationism and anti-Zionism. He condemns Zionism and…
Behind the Israeli Wall A Lesson in Reality
BEHIND THE WALL: LIFE, LOVE AND STRUGGLE IN PALESTINE Rich Wiles Potomac Books 216 pages; 6″ x 9″; 26 B&W Photos Clothbound $21.56 978-1-59797-439-4 2010
Injustice, Cruelty and Miserliness
Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Avoid cruelty and injustice, for on the…
The Final Judgement
“On the Day of Resurrection Allah will most certainly judge between those who believe, and those who became Jews, and the Sabaeans, and Christians, and Magians, and those who associate…
The Message of Ramadhan
Yet another Ramadhan, the month of piety and training, reassessment and rethinking, and rejuvenation and rededication,
Saffron, Bhagwa and Kesaria
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI analyses the innocuous use of expression “Saffron Terror” by the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram followed by its disowning by the Congress as well as…
