Killing of Khalid Mujahid? Who Did It and Why?
Vol. LI No. 09
Date: June 2, 2013
Spreading Moral Values Only Way to Curb Crimes
Corruption,scam and scandal have become order of the day in India. These are the symptoms of malady of materialism and moral and spiritual degradation. With the dawn of independence, religion…
Situation in B’desh Getting Worse
This refers to the Cover Story of the Radiance (19-25 May). The situation in Bangladesh as summed up by the writer seems worse than what appears to be. Is Sheikh…
Promote Whatis Acceptable to All
This refers to the “Where Only Singers are Patriots” (Radiance Viewsweekly, 19-25 May). The move of the MP ShafiqurRehmanBarq is really praiseworthy and it should have been reciprocated by other…
Take Strong Note of Attack on Mujahid’s Lawyer
The manner in which the lawyers’ Bar Association in Faizabad court has expelled three of its colleagues and brutally assaulted one of them, for the simple reason that they participated…
DARFUR FIGHTING HAS DISPLACED 300,000: UN
About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food,…
IAEA REPORT SHOWS NUCLEAR DRIVE IS PEACEFUL: IRAN
A new report by the UN atomic watchdog validates Iran’s progress in its “peaceful” nuclear activities despite international sanctions, the country’s envoy to the agency said on 23 May.
SAUDI-TURKEY RAPPORT BODES WELL FOR GLOBAL INFLUENCE
The current political rapport between Riyadh and Ankara is an exciting development. If harmonised, it could completely result in the two countries achieving significant influence at regional and international levels.
IKHWAN EXTENDS FULL SUPPORT TO SYRIAN PEOPLE
The Muslim Brotherhood reaffirmed its full support for the struggle of the Syrian people to get rid of the tyrannical regime that shed their blood and wreaked havoc in the…
STOP ASSAD, HEZBOLLAH MASSACRES AGAINST SYRIANS: IUMS
In a press statement on 24 May, the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS), urged support for and rescue of Syrians in Al-Qasir City, and withdrawal of Hezbollah from Syria.
ASSAD SHOULD HAVE NO ROLE IN SYRIA: PRINCE SAUD
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on 25 May said Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime should have no role in the proposed peace talks aimed at ending that…
SYRIA OPPOSITION SEEKS TO UNIFY AS TALKS GET MOMENTUM TO
Syria’s fractious opposition scrambled to agree a new leadership on 24 May in a bid to present a coherent front at peace talks which the United States and Russia are…
HAMAS URGES EGYPTIAN OPPOSITION TO STOP CIRCULATING LIES AGAINST IT
Gaza Strip’s Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas called on Egyptian political forces to stop spreading lies against it or falsely accusing it of all kinds of crimes. Egypt’s hostile media had…
SHAMIM QAISAR NEW HAJJ COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Shamim Qaisar, a retired officer of Indian Revenue Services, has been appointed new chairman of Central Haj Committee in a meeting held at India Islamic Culture,
ARMY CLERK ARRESTED SPYING FOR ISI
BK Sinha, an upper division clerk in Indian Army, was arrested in Jaipur for allegedly sharing classified information and documents with the Inter Services Intelligence of Pakistan through a Nepal-based…
IMANNET HAILS SIRNIVASAN TO US COURT OF APPEALS
Meanwhile, the Indian Minorities Advocacy Network (ImanNet), on 22 May, expressed its pleasure over appointment of ShrikantSirnivasanto the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Srinivasan is the first Indo-American…
MUSLIMS PAIDAL-MARCH TO MUMBAI DEMANDING QUOTA
Around a thousand Muslims, on 17 May, set off on a 300-Km long paidal-march from Malegaon, Maharashtra, to Mumbai under the banner of Muslim Reservation Federation demanding from the government to…
HIGHEST ON LITERECY, LOWEST ON SEX RATIO: REVEALS STATE CENSUS
The final population figure of Census 2011 for the Haryana State, released on 22 May, reveals that the areas with high literacy rate has lowest sex ratio while the localities…
SEVERAL MUSLIMS UNDER CAPTIVITY OF PROBE AGENCIES: EX IG
The investigating agencies abduct innocents at a regular frequency of time and put them underground until a bomb blast takes place and they link one of them to it. Also,…
FMSA OPPOSES UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE BILL FOR CENTRAL VARSITIES
The Forum for Muslim Studies and Analysis, Aligarh has opposed the Union Government’s move to prepare a uniform bill to administer all the central universities in the country.
NIA VISITS AMU
A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on 23 May, visited Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh to collect information as to what had made Lieutenant Colonel Purohit to plan carrying…
NIA NAMES FOUR IN MALEGAON BLAST CASE
The National Investigation Agency on 22 May filed a charge sheet against Hindutva extremists in connection with Malegaon blast case in 2006 which had left around 37 persons dead.
LIQUOR, PORN MOVIES MAIN CAUSES OF RAPE: DP SURVEY
A recent survey of Delhi Police reveals that the growing trend of liquor among youngsters and free availability of porn movies on internet have contributed heavily to the crime against…
Woolwich Murder Sparks Anti-Muslim Backlash
There has been a large increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, an inter-faith charity has said.Faith Matters, which runs a helpline, said they…
SYRIA AS A GAME-CHANGER US Political Impotence in the Middle
In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, “Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having…
Polarisationin UP the BJP Way
BJP, while reposing faith in Amit Shah for Uttar Pradesh, has indicated that it is gearing up foraggressive Hindutva. The political atmosphere this time is certainly going to be different…
Are Probe Agencies Making Mockery of Anti-Terror Operations?
In recent years, the credibility of investigating agencies has been seriously questioned and the trust and confidence of people it enjoyed earlier is going down each passing day.
Important Points of letter petition filed by Ashish Khetan
At least in three cases prosecuted by ATS Maharashtra, namely the July 11 2006 Mumbai local train blasts, the 2006 Malegaon Blasts and the Pune German Bakery case of February…
The Question of Language
One fine morning the CEO of our Iranian client gave a fiery speech addressing his engineers, pointing out how the English legacy of we Indians helped our advancement in science…
Prof. Asloob Ahmad Ansari Bags Bahadur Shah Zafar Award
Delhi Urdu Academy has given its prestigious Bahadur Shah Zafar Award to eminent scholar, critic and educationist, Prof. Asloob Ahmad Ansari, retired professor, Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University. The…
AMERICA’S TIME CAPSULE How Animosity and Wickedness Degenerate Its Future
Leaders create new leaders with vision and integrity to imagine the universal phenomenon of change and futuristic developments. Man is a moral and intellectual being articulating happiness and progress horizontally…
Belief in Destiny
Sauban reports that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “Nothing can alter destiny except prayer and nothing can prolong life except a sense of…
Who is More Wicked…
Who is more wicked than the man who, when he is reminded by the revelations of his Lord, turns away from them and forgets (the consequence of) the deeds wrought…
A White Paper on Black Deeds of Guardians of Law
Truth becomes the first casualty in a state where prejudice and injustice are rampant. Unfortunately we in India are moving towards that direction. Protectors have become killers and those who…
NRI SAHI Strongly Condemns Attack on Khalid Mujahid’s Lawyer
The NRI-SAHI (Non-Resident Indians for a Secular and Harmonious India based in Michigan, USA) has strongly condemned the brutal attack on Advocate Mohammad Shakeel, who was defending the innocent terror…
Hindutwadi Lawyers Attack Khalid Mujahid’s Lawyer
Hindutwadi lawyers in Faizabad attacked and seriously injured a lawyer defending Khalid Mujahid who was murdered in police custody on 19 May while being transported from Faizabad to Lucknow.
Rajasthan Muslim Forum Wants Akhilesh to Quit
Rajasthan Muslim Forum protested against Akhilesh government at Mata DungriRoad on 24 May, over the death of Khalid Mujahid while returning from Barabanki Court,and later offered his funeral prayer in…
APCR Strongly Condemns Suspicious Custodial Killing of Khalid Mujahid
Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has strongly condemned the suspicious custodial killing of Maulana Khalid Mujahid in Barabanki,Uttar Pradesh by U.P.police allegedly under supervision of the state government.
It was a Planned Murder by Policemen: Syed Jalaluddin Umari
The Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari has raised the following questions on the brutal murder of Khalid Mujahid in the custody of the UP police:
Killing of Khalid Mujahid? Who Did It and Why?
SYED MANSOOR AGHA analyses the circumstances in which Khalid Mujahid was killed and owing to State inaction and apathy terms it as the death knell for the Samajwadi government in…
Punish Guilty Officers Responsible for Khalid Mujahid’s Murder: Nusrat Ali
General Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Nusrat Ali has expressed deep sorrow over the brutal death of Khalid Mujahid on way to Lucknow from Faizabad court. This is not just brutal…
Custodial Death of Khalid Mujahid a Brazen Police Atrocity: IAMC
Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos,on 21 May denounced and strongly condemned the alleged custodial death of Khalid Mujahid, at the…
