POLICE ACTION From a Different Vantage Point
Vol. L No. 42
Date: January 13, 2013
Put An End To Causes Of Sexual Crimes
Since the recent gruesome gang-rape of and brutal attack on a 23-year girl student in Delhi, a plethora of suggestions have been made by the various quarters to ensure safety…
Thalaba Ibn Abdur Rahman (may Allah Be Pleased With Him)
Abdullah Ibn Masud narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting under a…
Take Islam In Totality; Don’t Just Vouch For Its Laws:
The ghastly gang-rape of a young medical student and her subsequent death left the whole country aggrieved. This led to protests in the national capital and other cities and many…
Politics On Religious Grounds
The incendiary speech by the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi is dangerous to the secular fabric of our nation and condemnable in strongest words. What is disturbing is that the…
No Man-made Law Can Bring Peace To This World
Congress Party has proposed to “reward” rapists with 30 years jail and chemical castration. With this, rapists can enjoy 30 years of pensioned life plus medical treatment – at the…
Modi And Co. Must Be Prosecuted
Narendra Modi’s third term in Gujarat is not a new thing. Before him Sheila Dixit did it thrice in Delhi and Jyoti Basu won five consecutive elections in West Bengal.…
Rapists And Criminals In Our Law-making Bodies
Now that the national outrage over the growing incidents of assault on women has reached a flashpoint, the Union and state governments, if they are sincere in their promises, must…
Qazi Hussain Ahmed No More
Former Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan chief and veteran politician Qazi Hussain Ahmed passed away in a hospital in Islamabad at 01:40am Pakistan Standard Time 6 January following a heart attack. He was…
Israeli Forces Evict 500 Palestinians From Their Homes In West
Israeli forces have evicted around 500 Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank. Many of the Palestinian residents were forced to vacate their homes in the Wadi al-Maleh…
Turkish Ex-army Chief Arrested Over 1997 Coup Against Erbakan Govt
Turkey’s former military chief Ismail Hakki Karadayi was detained on 4 January for questioning over his role in the ousting of a pro-Islamic government in the 1990s. He was being…
Cair Asks Fbi To Probe Shooting Of ‘middle Eastern’ Man
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL) on 2 January called on the FBI to investigate a shooting attack in which the alleged perpetrator objected to a…
Iran Hails New Nuclear Negotiations
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator on 3 January welcomed the return of leading world powers to talks over the country’s disputed atomic programme, but urged them “not to repeat their past…
Egypt’s Brotherhood Says Uae Arrests Unfounded
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on 2 January some of its members had been wrongfully arrested in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on allegations of helping to train local Islamists in subversion…
Israel Ex-spy Chief Blasts Netanyahu Ahead Of Election
A prominent Israeli ex-intelligence chief sought to sway Israelis against Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections, saying in an interview published on 3 January that the prime minister has mismanaged Israel’s…
Un Lifts Syria Death Toll To ‘truly Shocking’ 60,000
More than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s uprising and civil war, the United Nations said on 2 January, dramatically raising the death toll in a struggle that shows no…
Acp Dhoble Stops New Year Party At 5-star Hotel In
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Vasant Dhoble, in one of his sensible moves, shut down a party at China House at the five-star Grand Hyaat Hotel in Santacruz saying the nightspot…
Panchayat Bans Western Uniform In Bihar
In the recent wake of Delhi gang rape, the Matha panchayat in Aurangabad district of Bihar has banned western uniforms like jeans and mini-skirts in the schools and mandated traditional…
Free Medical Camp Of Jih In Karnataka
Bijapur Unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Karnataka, organised a free medical camp at Usmania Masjid compound to meet the medical needs and necessities of poor fellows in the city. Dr. BS…
Arab-spring A Setback To Us, Israel: Paul Larudee
Free Gaza Movement co-founder and globally known advocate of the Palestinian cause Paul Larudee said that the ‘Arab Spring’ has brought about many changes in the world and caused setbacks…
Ban Vulgur Tv Serials, Movies: Gio
Mumbai unit of Girls Islamic Organisation of India along with women’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind organised a rally in the city and staged dharna to protest against the brutal gang rape in…
Wear Burqua To Avoid Rape: Mudurai Mutt
The pontiff of Madurai mutt at Thanjavoor, Arunagirinatha Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Paramacharya Swamigal, popularly known as Madurai Adheenam, has appealed to women to impose self-discipline and wear purdah,
Focus On Teaching Value Education: Pmo To Mhrd
Following the recent gang rape in the capital, the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the Ministry of Human Resource Development to emphasise teaching moral science at the school level and…
School Comes Up With Islamic Exhibition
The students of Islamic Vision Public School, Hussain Pur, Uttar Pradesh, presented Islamic teachings and its culture through exhibition. The students prepared different types of models to help people understand…
Govt. To Ban Sanatan Sanstha
The Union Government told the Bombay High Court that it would decide within 45 days whether to declare Sanatan Sanstha a terror outfit under UAPA.
More Than 50 Cases Of Up Ats Are Unlawful
More than 50 cases of Anti-Terror Squad in Uttar Pradesh are unlawful and would be debarred soon. In response to a letter by Advocate MS Khan,
Manohar Singh’s Confession Puts Question Mark On Ats
National Investigation Agency, in a special court in Mumbai, claimed that the accused Manohar Singh confessed before NIA to have carried out bomb blasts in Malegaon in 2006 which left…
‘the Iranians Are Coming’ The Imagined, ‘sinister’ Iranian Threat In
Reading the text of a bill that was recently signed into law by US President Barack Obama would instil fear in the hearts of ordinary Americans. Apparently, barbarians coming from…
Iran’s Role In Syria Painful, Ruling Elite Supporting Assad: Prof.
The struggle to throw away the despot, Bashar Al-Assad, has become the longest and the most protracted struggles among all the struggles that got the cue from Tunisia. The domino-effect…
Modi’s Development Model Boon For Some, Bane For Many
Development, like a tree that spreads its shadow to each and every passer-by irrespective of his/her religion, caste or any other social tag attached, in real terms, must encompass one…
Islamic Banking Vs. Usury
Ever since the earliest times of human existence (i.e. dating back to the progeny of Noah) specialisations like carpentry, black-smithy, tailoring, and cultivation existed, leading subsequently to creation of shops…
Gang Rape: Forgotten Facts
The New Year celebrations were postponed in many places throughout the country as India did not feel like celebrating in the wake of the gang rape of its “brave daughter”…
Sexual Crimes Spoiling Indian Society
In India, as elsewhere, sexual violence is committed at regular intervals, ultimately bringing disrepute to the nation. It was heartening that Delhi took to streets last week and forced the…
Being Intelligent Enough To Detect
The corporate affairs ministry is setting up a new intelligence unit that will perform ‘data mining’ from all possible sources to detect any wrongdoings by the companies and their promoters…
Guidance For Both Worlds
Abu Musa relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) remarked: ‘The case of the guidance and knowledge with which Allah has endowed me (and…
No One Will Own Others’ Sins
The unbelievers say to the believers: “Follow our way and we will carry the burden of your sins.” (They say so even though) they are not going to carry any…
Human Right Violation In Bangladesh
To hold a meeting, debate or discussion on some pressing issue or stage a protest march against some despotic or anti-people move of the government is a fundamental right in…
Police Action From A Different Vantage Point
KAMRAN SHAHID ANSARI delves into the recent lathicharge unleashed by the police at India Gate on protesting civilians and argues that the resort to violence (which in the present case…
