COMMUNAL VIOLENCE A Setback to Democratic Process
Vol. LI No. 02
Date: April 14, 2013
Aimmm Shows Video Footage To Counter Police Claim On Liaqat
All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat displayed video footage at a press conference on 2 April at its headquarters in New Delhi to demolish Special Cell claims that former Kashmiri militant…
Morsi A Ray Of Hope For Muslims
This refers to the cover story of Radiance (31 March-6 April). President Mohamed Morsi’s desire to meet the leadersof Muslim organisations shows his ultimate connection with Islam and Muslims. Probably, it is…
A Move Worth Following
This is apropos to the column of ‘Survey on Muslim Issues’ of Radiance 31 March-6 April. First of all I would like to congratulate the team Radiance for conducting a comprehensive survey…
Pay Heed To Proof Reading
I have been a regular reader of the Radiance since 2005. I like its columns especially the ‘Cover Story’ and the Editorial. The magazine covers almost all important issues in a précised…
Punish Culprits Of 1992 Riots
The culprits of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case have been convicted by the Supreme Court. These bomb blasts remind us of large-scale anti-Muslim riots in Mumbai in 1992, after…
Deadlock As Iran-eu Nuclear Dialogue Fails
Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement on 6 April on an approach to reducing fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons, with the…
S. Sudan Restarts Oil Production, Ending Row With Khartoum
South Sudan restarted oil production on 5 April, ending a bitter 15-month row with former civil war foe Sudan and marking a major breakthrough in relations after bloody border clashes…
Salam Vows To Safeguard Lebanon From Syria War
Lebanon’s newly named Prime Minister Tammam Salam pledged in his first speech on 6 April to safeguard the country’s security from the war raging in neighbouring Syria.“There is a need…
Janadriyah Festival Explores Islamic Political Movements
A symposium was held at the Janadriyah Cultural Festival in Riyadh on the emergence of Islamic political movements in the last few years in the aftermath of the “Arab Spring.”A…
Fjp Denounces Supreme Court Storming Attempts
Murad Ali, media adviser to the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said in a statement on 7 April: “It is the right of any political party or movement to celebrate…
‘u.s. Intervention In Egyptian Internal Affairs Unacceptable’
Dr. Mohamed Beltagy, member of Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)’s Executive Bureau, said that the US administration (and the US Embassy) – that previously tried to influence the domestic…
Erdogan’s ‘wise’ Step To Help Kurd Peace Talks
Turkey on 3 April said it has set up a consultative body of “wise people” to help shape public opinion on the latest peace process with Kurdish rebels. The initiative,…
Air France Fined For Racist Move
A French court on 3 April ordered Air France to pay a 10,000 euro ($ 12,800) fine for having ordered a pro-Palestinian activist off a flight to Tel Aviv because…
Prof. Saud Alam Qasmi Bags Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Award
Prof. M. Saud AlamQasmi, Dean Faculty of Theology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarhwas honoured with the Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Award. The award was given to him by Justice Markandey…
Book On Sir Syed Released
Two Urdu books, Afkar-i-Sir Syed Ki Asri Maanwiyat and Ihya-e-Islam Ki Aalami Jidd-o-Jehd Aur Maujooda Challenges, authored by Dr.Tauqueer Alam Falahi of Department of Theology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, were released by the…
School Denies Admission, Parents Write To Minister
Ashok Agarwal, president All India Parents Association, on 5 April, wrote to the Education Minister, Government of NCT of Delhi, regarding denial of admission to three Muslim girls by the…
Sio Demands Inquiry Into Custodial Death Of Sfi Leader
The Students Islamic Organisation of India, on 6 April, demanded a fair and impartial inquiry into the alleged custodial death of the SFI leader, Sudipta Gupta, on 2 April in…
25% Muslims Are In Jail For Lack Of Money
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences has recently conducted a survey in Maharashtra only to find out that 25.4 per cent Muslims are in jail because they do not have…
Inquiry Begins In Shabbir Fake Encounter
The city magistrate of Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh started inquiry intothe fake encounter of a Haryana boy, Shabbir Ahmad.Shabbir was killed in a staged encounter when he was passing…
Fury Over Blasphemy Of Prophet On Fb
A Shiv Sena activist, Bablu, allegedly uploaded an imaginary photograph of the prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) and posted some insolent wordsagainst him on the social…
Police Raids In Dhule, Arrests 4 Muslims
The Criminal Investigation Department, which is probing the communal riots of 6 January in Dhule, Maharashtra, raided the area at midnight on 1 April and arrested 4 Muslim youth. All…
Campaign Against Rights Violation In Kashmir Launched
The Amnesty International, on 1 April, launched a campaign against the killing of civilians by armed forces in Kashmir valley. The campaign titled, “Pick up your pen to stop police…
Turkey’s Unsustainable Politics In The Middle East: Israel Vs. The
Confused’ may be an appropriate term to describe Turkey’s current foreign policy in the Middle East and Israel in particular. The source of that confusion – aside from the appalling…
New Saudi Work Policy To Impact Thousands Of Indians
Thousands of Indians, especially Malayalis employed in Saudi Arabia, may be impacted by a new work policy of the kingdom that seeks to reserve a certain percentage of jobs for…
Linguistic Links Between Arabic And Tamil
Arabic is Semitic language and Tamil a Dravidian language. Both belong to two different linguistic families and the two speech communities live in non-contiguous geographical areas. However, Arab traders had…
Jih Numaindagan Voices Concern Over National, Int’l Issues
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind held a session of its Central Council of Representatives (Markazi Majlis-e-Numaindagan) at its headquarters in New Delhi from 4 to 7 April 2013. One hundred forty-eight representatives, including…
Gio Slur; Jamaat’s Reaction Rings Warning Bell To Communal Officers
On 31 March a newspaper headline said: “GIO brainwashing and training girls for Jihad.”Considering it a new chapter in the policy of Indian government to counter terrorism, this scribe started…
Who Issued ‘internal Circular’ And On What Basis Is Still
On 31 March a newspaper headline said: “GIO brainwashing and training girls for Jihad.”Considering it a new chapter in the policy of Indian government to counter terrorism, this scribe started…
Moditva Of Bjp Before Lok Sabha Polls
India needs development but not at the cost of stability, social cohesion and communal amity. Can we hope to achieve sustainable development when the minds of people are not in…
Muslims Rally In Bangladesh Seeking Anti-blasphemy Law
Hundreds of thousands of members of a Muslim group, Hifazat-e-Islam, rallied in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh on 6 April to demand enactment of anti-blasphemy laws to punish people who…
Injecting Poison In The Rural Vein Of India-iii
Another tension in the area that is fuelled by RSS is tension over liquor sales. Liquor is consumed by both Christians and Hindus;however it is generally produced by only Christians.…
Secret Of Divine Favour
Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “While a man was walking through a waterless piece of land, he heard a…
A Great Sign Of Allah
Had you looked at them in the Cave it would have appeared to you that when the sun rose, it moved away from their cave to the right; and when…
Discrimination In Democracy
When India started its march on the road of self-governance, it chose democracy and justice as its guiding principles. It has been enshrined in our Constitution that we will aspire…
Myanmar Communal Violence A Setback To Democratic Process
Most of the countries of South Asia have faced the barbaric problem of violence targeted against religious minorities. This may have been different in form, but the outcome has been…
