Social Justice vs. Maoists Violence
Vol. LI No. 12
Date: June 23, 2013
Training Camp for Teachers of Islamic Studies Concluded
The 5-day All India Resource Persons Training Camp of Part Time Makatib and School Teachersof Islamic Studiesorganised by Department of Education, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind at Aurangabad, Maharashtra concluded on 24 May.
Civil War in Syria a Political Game: Zafarul Islam Khan
There is a high level political game being played in the name of Syria by all international bodies, some by extending their support to Asad’s ruling party and some others…
NIA to Ditch Political Pressure
This is apropos of the cover story of the Radiance (9-15June). The National Investigation Agency has successfully won the trust of common men with its fair and impartial probe into terror cases…
Films Promoting Indecent Language
This refers to the article “When to speak and when not to” by M. Rafat (Radiance 9-15 June). The writer has covered almost all aspects of the topic in a…
NaMo Not Clean
Narendra Modi proved his “cleanliness” before party workers in the Goa meeting.
BJP Unfolds Its Real Face
By declaring Narendra Modi as chairman of its Election Campaign Committee for the 2014 polls, the BJP has unfolded its real face. The 2002 Gujarat genocide wherein more than 2000…
Attempt to Distract CBI in Ishrat Case
The Gujarat High Court’s direction to the CBI, to ascertain the genuineness of Ishrat Jahan’s encounter instead of focusing on the inputs given by Intelligence Bureau (IB) is heartening. But…
SAUDIA LAUNCHES FIRST ‘MADE IN SAUDI ARABIA’ DRONE AIRCRAFT
King Abdulaziz University has conducted a successful experiment with a solar-powered unmanned aircraft, reports said on 10 June. The project was initiated last year as a cooperative research project with…
MCB HAILS STEPS TO INCREASE POLICE PATROLS FOR VULNERABLE ISLAMIC
The Muslim Council of Britain on 10 June welcomed the decision by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to ‘increase police presence around locations that might be at risk’ across…
BERLUSCONI PLOTTED TO ‘HAVE QADDAFI KILLED’?
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi plotted to have Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi assassinated by the secret services, Italy’s Il FattoQuotidiano daily said on 13 June, sparking a heated denial from his spokesman.…
LIBYAN ARMY CHIEF QUITS AS BENGHAZI CLASH CLAIMS 31 LIVES
Libya’s army chief of staff on 10 June resigned as an elite military unit took control of a base of pro-government militias after clashes killed 31 people in the eastern…
EGYPT TO AUCTION LUXURY GIFTS RECEIVED BY OFFICIALS
Egypt will auction off pricey gifts received by its senior government officials next week, including luxury watches and a solid silver sword, with proceeds going into the public coffers where…
FJP REACHES OUT FOR DIALOGUE WITH EVERYONE, FOR EGYPT REJUVENATION
Dr.Murad Ali, media adviser to the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), in a statement on 9 June said: “The FJP makes and receives many initiatives and meets with many opposition…
HEZBOLLAH SUPPORTERS TO BE THROWN OUT OF GCC COUNTRIES
Members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah who are residing in Gulf Cooperation Council states will pay the price for the Shiite movement’s military role in Syria against freedom fighters.A GCC statement, citing…
WAR CRIMINAL ASSAD MUST BE REFERRED TO ICC
A rights organisation of Egypt, SAWASYA (centre for human rights and anti-discrimination) on 11 June expressed strong condemnation of the heinous massacres and continued killings committed by Bashar Al-Assad’s army,…
GOA TO INTRODUCE SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Manohar Parrikar, the Chief Minister of Goa, on 13 June, said he was inclined to accept the suggestions of a legislative committee, which has recommended making sex education mandatory for…
FILM FRATERNITY PROTESTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
ViBGYOR Film Collective, on 7 June, condemned the fabricated charges levelled against five reputed cultural film and media persons of Kerala who along with others were protesting the concept of…
CHILD SEX RATIO IN UP ALARMING
The final state-wise data of the Census 2011, released recently, has registered a steep decline of 14 points in child sex ratio in Uttar Pradesh. Referring to the number of…
INDIA MIGHT LOSE 40,000 HAJ SEATS THIS YEAR
The government of Saudi Arabia has decided to reduce the number of Haj pilgrims by 20 per cent and thus the quota of Indian pilgrims has been slashed by 40,000…
RECEPTION CEREMONY TURNED INTO BLOOD DONATION CAMP
A newly wedded couple in Odisha, Suvendu Kumar Pratap and Suchitra Jena, took an exemplary step at their reception ceremony by turning the event into a blood donation camp. The…
MAKE SPEECHES OF JINNAH PUBLIC: CIC
The Central Information Commissioner has asked the government to evaluate two speeches made by Mohammad Ali Jinnah during pre-Independence era that are stored in the archives of All India Radio…
7713 REVERTED TO ISLAM IN 5 YEARS IN KERALA
The Chief Minister of Kerala, Ooman Chandy, has recently given the figures related to conversions in state legislature against a written question of KK Latika, a CPI (M) legislator. According…
INCLUSION OF MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS INTO SC STILL FAR AWAY
Union Minister for Minorities Affairs, K Rahman Khan, on 10 June, stated that inclusion of Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin into Scheduled Caste was not possible because of the…
CBI VIS-A-VIS IB OVER ISHRAT FAKE ENCOUNTER
The Central Bureau of Investigation, on 11 June, summoned once again the special director of Intelligence Bureau, Rajindra Kumar, over Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case in 2004. Kumar, according to…
JUDGES HEARING TERROR CASES BEING TRANSFERRED
Judges hearing the cases of different bomb blasts are learnt to have been transferred at a regular interval of time hence causing interruption and disturbance of the cases. With the…
It’s the Path That Puts Everything in Its Proper Place
My experience in Islam began as a graduate student in New York City in 1998. Up to that point in my life, for 25 years, I had been a Protestant…
Sectarianism and the Irrational New Discourse Why Arabs Must Worry
My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of consequence, except whenever he wished to boast about the contributions of Arab Christians…
VISIONS FOR A NEW TUNISIA How Islam and Democracy can
The success of the Democratic Transition in Tunisia is important not only for Tunisia but for the whole region because it will establish the first country in the region which…
Hijab is Now a Common Sight in Malawi
Long treated with ridicule and scorn in Malawi,a southern African country, hijab is now becoming a common sight in streets, a shift attributed to the political empowerment of the Muslim…
Power Hungry BJP Ignores Vitals over Political Compulsion
The bigger role for Narendra Modi has shattered NDA and JD-U is out of the NDA loop. The elevation of Modi is not because of organisational necessity but is only…
What NCTC can Do When IB Official ‘Plants AK-47’
An institution created to counter terrorism effectively can hardly yield any positive result unless and until the mindset to go after a particular community is changed, which can be done…
India Deserves Better than Narendra Modi
After Modi’s anointment as the BJP’s leadership choice for the country, India will never be the same again, observes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
Resemblance to Opposite Sex
Ibn Abbas relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) has uttered curses for those who try to resemble women, and for those women…
Heavenly Bodies
And it is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Each of them is floating in its orbit
The Civil War in Syria
The ongoingcivil war in Syria is worsening every passing day. The situation is indeed complex. It has turned devastatingly epochal with the support of Hezbollah and Iran to the despotic…
Naxal Attacks since 2004
Over 1000 Maoists attacked Orissa’s district headquarters town of Koraput and looted 200 sophisticated guns and other weapons worth Rs. 50 crore.
Social Justice vs. Maoists Violence
This cycle of mindless violence and counter-violence may continue unless the state honestly acts in the interest of the poor and the tribals, and does not connive with corporate mine…
Meeting the Maoist Challenge
The debate on the Maoist issue has once again begun in the country. Although there is nothing new in the Maoist attacks yet the latest attack was the most dreadful…
