BOSTON, BRAZIL AND ISLAM Irrational Rhetoric, Illegal Wars
Vol. LI No. 06
Date: May 12, 2013
Cordial Relations with Neighbours Necessary for World Peace: JIH
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has stressed on the need to maintain cordial and peaceful relations with the neighbouring countries which is essential for world peace. The JIH leaders were addressing a press…
Special Enthusiasm Needed for Dawah, Dr. Subhani
To win the trust and reliance of a community is the first principle of IslamicDawah before presenting it to the community members. Even the prophets had followed the same rule…
UN Official Asks India to Lift Draconian Act
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women RashidaManjoo on 1 May urged the government to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Kashmir and India’s troubled Northeast, local…
Students Turn Junk into light at Solar Lamp Design Contest
Using junk material such as coconut shells, discarded telephone instruments, and wooden boxes students of engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have shown how it is possible to make solar lamps…
Congress irritated over popularity of JIH?
This refers to the column Political Jiggery-Pokery (Radiance 28 April-4 May). The Congress-led UPA government has become bewildered with the increasing popularity of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind in the country among both…
Campaign of WPI is welcome
This refers to the Cover Story of the Radiance 28 April-4 May. The plan of Welfare Party of India to launch a nationwide campaign against the black laws like AFSPA,…
Awakened Public can Stop Crimes
This is apropos of your Editorial (Radiance Viewsweekly, 28 April- 4 May). It is really horrendous and atrocious that even “angels” are not safe in our society. This is the…
Kalyan Poisoning Minds against Muslims
Following the blasts in Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow in 2007, the Special Task Force rounded up two Muslim youths, Tariq Qasmi and KhaledMujahid ostensibly from Bara Banki railways station and dubbed…
IRAQ VIOLENCE UNABATED; 460 KILLED IN APRIL
Violence in Iraq rose sharply in April, killing 460 people according to AFP figures, as May started off with attacks that left 13 people dead on 1 May. The majority…
SAUDIA FREES 166 ‘REFORMED’ MILITANTS
Saudi Arabia on 5 May released 166 repentant militants after they underwent a long-term state-sponsored counselling programme (Munasaha) aimed at reintegrating them into society, said Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of…
EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE RAP ISRAELI ‘ATTACKS’ IN SYRIA
Egypt on 5 May condemned Israeli airstrikes on Syria, with the Arab League also demanding that the UN Security Council act to stop what it called “Israeli attacks” against the…
MYANMAR MUSLIMS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE AFTER ATTACK
They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on 1 May, nothing was left but smouldering ash and debris. One day…
ANTI-ISLAM BILL DIES IN FLORIDA SENATE
The Florida Senate on 4 May dropped a controversial anti-Islam bill that Muslim, Jewish and civil rights leaders had criticised as “unconstitutional and unnecessary.” The bill was based on a…
JUDGES MUST PURGE JUDICIARY THEMSELVES: FJP
Dr. Murad Ali, Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) media adviser, on 29 April said: “Egypt’s judges must reform the judicial authority themselves. A few of them have question marks over…
CAIRO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES SOKOUK (BONDS) LAW
Egypt’s Shura Council, headed by Dr. Ahmed Fahmi, on 1 May unanimously approved a draft law for Sokouk (Islamic Bonds) as a new financial instrument, after discussing observations and recommendations of senior…
MOST MUSLIMS WANT SHARI’AH LAW: STUDY
A majority of Muslims around the world want Shari’ah law to be implemented in their countries but are split on how it should be applied, according to a study released…
JAMAYI BAGS AWARD FOR FUNNY POEMS
Mr. Asrarul Haque popularly known as AsrarJamayi has been recently honoured by the Urdu Academy for his remarkable contribution in the field of funny poems in the Urdu language. Known…
PRIVATE UNIVERSITY ‘SELLS’ 434 PHD DEGREES IN A YEAR
A private university in Meghalaya namely CMJ University has created a record of its own kind by issuing 434 PhD degrees during the academic year 2012-2013 even as the institution…
ACQUITTAL IS NOT A PROOF OF INNOCENCE: HC
The Delhi High Court, on 29 April, ruled that acquittal of a person in a criminal case is not a certificate of his innocence and it does not necessarily imply…
SUSPENDED STAFFS OPEN FRONT AGAINST JMI-VC
Suspended staff members of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, have recently opened a front against its Vice Chancellor, Najeeb Jung, and alleged that the VC had turned dictator. The suspended…
HC ISSUES NOTICES IN HIJAB ISSUE
The Gauhati High Court, on 30 April, issued notices to the Government of Assam, the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, and the principal of KristoJyoti School in Bokakhat, Assam, asking…
MOTORBIKES BANNED IN AMU HOSTELS
The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. (Retd.)ZameerUddin Shah, on 27 April, asked the students residing in hostel to use no motorcycles from the next academic session.…
SHARI’AH COURT INAUGURATED IN MUMBAI
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, on 29 April, set up a DarulQaza or Shari’ah court near ChatraPatiShiwaji Terminal in Mumbai. “The court’s main objective is to settle mainly…
AMU-VCASKS STUDENTS TO DON SOBER DRESS
Citing the varsity tradition, the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University mandated to don Sherwani or Shalwar Suit/Burqa for boys and girls respectively if they want to meet him.…
FILM SHOWS ARRESTED COP SPENDING NIGHT AT HOME
Senior IPS officer, Rajkumar Pandian, who is an accused in the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and has been in jail since 2007, was filmed by a television channel in…
BE NEUTRAL WHILE COVERING NEWS: NBSA TO REPORTERS
The News Broadcasting Standard Authority of India, an offshoot of News Broadcasting Association, which is the representative body of private news channels in India, has asked the reporters not to…
Zionism and the United States Congress
The ideology, or political project, of Zionism which underlies the creation of the State of Israel had, in fact, a Christian origin rather than a Jewish one, as writings can…
Abused Indian Culture and the West
Recently two major events of rape and supposed murder of a college student and a five-year old girl have shaken the nation’s collective conscience. People from all walks of life…
Azam Khan Trivialises Frisking Issue by Politicising It
America has detained many Indian dignitaries irrespective of their religion for questioning like APJ Abdul Kalam, George Fernandes,Shahrukh Khan and many more at its variousairports. But the recent frisking of…
USCIRF’s Recommendation to Continue Ban on Modi’s US Visa Hailed
The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, lauded the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), for calling on the…
Communal Violence Bill Dumped Once Again
The much hyped communal violence bill is gradually losing its sheen and pacebecause once again the government has failed to show the required zeal in getting the bill tabled in…
The Straight Way
What are the essential qualities of As-Sirat-ul-Mustaqeem? The Way leads to Paradise, the true Abode of peace and bliss. Allah describes Paradise as Jannati (89:30) (My Paradise) and the Way as SiratiMustaqeema (6:153) (This is…
US Worried over Forced Disappearances,Arbitrary Arrests, Detention and Custodial Deaths
The law provides for the right to a fair trial, but the judiciary could not always protect this right due to corruption and weak human and institutional capacities. Prosecutors and…
Radiance Building Project
The building of Radiance Viewsweekly is under construction. Radiance will use only the first floor of the building while other floors will be used for commercial purposes to help the…
Remembrance of Allah
Abu Musa relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “One who remembers Allah and one who does not, are respectively like the living…
We shall Muster All Together
Bear in mind the Day when We shall set the mountains in motion and you will find the earth void and bare. On that Day We shall muster all men…
Sarabjit’s Death Litmus Test for India
A reaction to some wrongdoing is all but natural, but it should be measured and proportional and never sentimental and hysterical. Unfortunately, this was not so with the death of…
BOSTON, BRAZIL AND ISLAM Irrational Rhetoric, Illegal Wars
During his talk sponsored by the New American Foundation in March 2008, author ParagKhanna addressed the rising challenges facing the US’s global hegemony. According to Khanna, China and the European…
