ISTANBUL No Show Trial for Israel
Vol. L No. 34
Date: November 18, 2012
Muhammad Ibn Maslamah (may Allah Be Pleased With Him)
Muhammad Ibn Maslamah belonged to one of the ally tribes of Aws and was among the first few of the people of Medina who embraced Islam in the initial stages…
We Should Study Islam Afresh
We have not learnt Deen from its original sources. It came to us through the sermons of different religious leaders and the knowledge of Deen we are having right now…
Save Your Child From Indulging In Bad Behaviour: Rafique Ahmad
It is parents’ duty to bring up their child very carefully and save them from indulging in bad behaviour, said Rafique Ahmad, Treasurer, Human Welfare Foundation while addressing the audience…
Unclaimed Funds In Banks
Huge amounts of funds are lying unclaimed and/or without knowledge of customers/depositors in suspense and inoperative accounts of banks of India. These banks also include a large number of private,…
Goodness Is Still Present
Apropos the news regarding the fine on German dentist for anti-Hijab bias,
Child Marriage – An Unjust Act
Child Marriage could be called a social injustice which still occurs in many parts of the world. India is the leading country to have this stigma. As per 2009 UNICEF…
Promote Religious And Moral Values
Dreaded diseases like AIDS, etc., are spreading very fast. In India alone there are 3.5 crore victims of venereal diseases and sexual anarchy and immorality are generally its causes. When…
Morsi’s Vision On New Constitution Most Reassuring: Wael Ghoneim
Political activist Wael Ghoneim said President Mohamed Morsi heard, during a meeting last Sunday with revolutionary youths, several suggestions for mechanisms to end current Constituent Assembly disputes.
Palestinians Reject Israeli Call To Drop Un Initiative
The Palestinians will press ahead with a bid to upgrade their status at the UN, a senior official said on November 6, brushing off a request by Israel to halt…
Us Soldier Faces Hearing In Afghanistan Massacre
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is appearing in a military courtroom in Washington state for the first time on charges that he slaughtered 16 Afghan villagers during a predawn rampage last…
Libya Court Condemns 5 Army Officers To Death In Absentia
A Libyan military court on November 7 ordered the execution of five army officers, who were being tried in absentia, on charges of indiscriminate shelling of civilians and of rape…
Tehran Freezes Import Of ‘luxury Goods’
Iran has frozen the import of more than 2,000 products deemed “luxury goods” to address a shortage of foreign currency caused by Western sanctions, media reports said November 8 quoting…
Red Cross ‘can’t Cope’ With Worsening Syrian Crisis
The humanitarian situation in Syria is now so bad that the Red Cross is struggling to cope, the new head of the international aid agency said on November 8. The…
Netanyahu Ordered Iran Strike In 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak in 2010 ordered the army to prepare an attack against Iranian nuclear installations, though the order was later rescinded, Israeli…
Sudan Vows ‘painful Response’ To Israel Attack
Sudan’s President Omar Bashir on November 8 promised his country would respond robustly to an Israeli bombing of a Khartoum arms factory and said he was in “perfect health” after…
Amu Faculty Develops A Stream Cipher
Dr. Mohammad Ubaidullah Bokhari, Chairman Department of Computer Science and Principal Investigator (PI) of ERP Mission Project, has developed a stream cipher named as “Bokhari Stream Cipher”. Two of his…
Corruption In Minority Scholarship Programme, Officer, Clerk Suspended
District Administration of Meerut suspended Minority Welfare Officer Suman Gautam and a senior clerk Sanjay Tayagi on November 4 for their alleged involvement in corruption of Minority Scholarship Programme. The…
Qur’Ān Is For All, Not Just For Muslims: Jih
The Qur’ān is not a religious book that is meant for Muslims only. It has been revealed by the Almighty to the whole of mankind, said Iqbal Mulla, Secretary for…
576-year Old Manuscript Of Bukhari Sharif Found In Bhagalpur
A 576-year old manuscript of Al Sahih Lil Bukhari commonly known as Bukhari Sharif has been found at Astana-e-Shahbazia in Bhagalpur district of Bihar. Also an Akbar Nama which was…
Panchayat Strict On Vulgarity, Imposes Fine On Drunkards And Gamblers
The Panchayat took a revolutionary step on November 7 at Mithai Panchayat in Madhepura district of Bihar to stop vulgarity and indecency in the area. It decided to impose a…
Muslims Forced To Migrate In Sitamarhi
Muslims of Fatehpur Tol Mahulia village under Sitamarhi district of Bihar have been forced to leave their village as the fascist forces threaten them with their lives and cause heavy…
Prompt Administration Saves Shibli College From Communal Clashes
Some miscreants tried to convert the dispute of two students into communal clashes on November 3 at Shibli College in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. They started shouting slogans such as jai shri…
Trial Within Closed Doors, Judge Uses Abusive Language
Some youths arrested for their alleged involvement in a bomb blast on July 5, 2005 in Ayodhya have written to the President of India, requesting him to transfer their hearing…
70% Waqf Land Under Adverse Possession: K Rahman
Waqf possesses maximum area of lands in the country after the department of Railways and Defence but its 70 per cent land is under illegal possession of land mafia, says…
Palestine Entangled The Politics Of Money
In Malaysia, a small group of community activists is busy at work developing projects that benefit most vulnerable members of Palestinian society in Gaza.
85 % Muslim Voters Picked Obama
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on November 9 released the results of an informal exit poll indicating that more than 85 per cent of American Muslim voters picked President…
Struggle To Eradicate Caste? Hidden Agenda Of Samajik Samrasta
Caste is a phenomenon deeply entrenched in Indian society and the struggle against it began in the late 19th century. Despite the social movements, initiated around the ideas of Phule,…
Gauri Bhonsle Hoo-ha Nation Needs Responsible Police Officials
It was mid October when an advertisement about a missing British girl of Indian origin,GauriBhonsle(21) appearedon the front page of one of the leading newspapers. The advertisement said the girl…
Why Wasn’t Iqbal Awarded A Nobel?
It’s one of the biggest mysteries that Dr Muhammad Iqbal didn’t get Nobel despite his profound poetry and the corpus of literary work of the highest calibre. Iqbal and Tagore…
Iqbal Never Demanded Separate Home For Muslims Outside India
In The Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru recollects his last meeting with poet Mohammed Iqbal a few months before the latter’s death in Lahore in 1938. Nehru says that an ailing…
Welfare Party Of India Makes Its Presence Felt, Brings Hope
Three recent separate events that took place on October 10, when pieced together, can be viewed with rejoice and buoyancy especially by the cadres and well-wishers of the Welfare Party…
‘it’s My Lifetime Collection, My Prized Possession’
PROF. AHMAD SAJJAD, a septuagenarian, is former member of Markazi Majlis-e-Shoora (Central Advisory Council) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. In an interview with DR. WAQUAR ANWAR he recalls his early life, education,…
Devil And Deep Sea?
Listening to TV news the other day was funny, sometimes making a laughing stock, like Mitt Romney saying ‘Obama makes promises that are not kept’, ‘Arun Jaitley says ‘Congress rally…
Islamic Guidelines For Business Transactions
We live in a society where the implementation of ideas of secularism has made the religion redundant in all other temporal fields. The very idea of getting guidelines from religion…
Righteousness In Trade
It is narrated by Rafa’h that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Traders will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as wicked people,…
Moderation In Expenditure
Human beings are required to act with moderation. They should neither prevent the flow of wealth out of miserliness, nor should they waste financial resources. Instead, they should have such…
Barack Obama One More Opportunity
Amidst great fanfare, in a closely contested election, Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States of America. The world agrees that he is the better choice than…
Istanbul No Show Trial For Israel
Israel squirms and wriggles like a worm on a fishhook over the Turkish trial into the deaths of nine unarmed humanitarian aid volunteers on board a ship bound for Gaza.…
