Egypt’s Al-Sisi Dragged the Country into Civil War
Vol. LI No. 18
Date: August 4, 2013
Challenges before Registration of Interest-Free Microfinance Society
Hindrance generally faced during the process of registration of interest-free microfinance society, its viability, legal hassles, prospects and challenges was elucidated by Tahmina Laskar, Deputy Manager, Sahulat Microfinance Society at…
Why Morsi Failed to Avert Military Coup
This refers to the El Baradei’s Democracy (Radiance Viewsweekly, 21-27 July). It is really difficult to understand how a soft-spoken and yes-man like El Baradei turned into a fierce politician…
Stop the Carnage
The 27 July massacre of more than 100 pro-Morsi supporters and members of the Muslim brotherhood around the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo marks the darkest day for Egypt since…
Curb Smoking
It refers to Supreme Court passing strictures against Union government that super-powerful tobacco-lobby prevents government to take harsher steps to prevent use of tobacco-products. Unfortunately tobacco-lobby in India is so…
Govt. can’t Dodge Atif’s, Sajid’s Souls
The decree on Batla House encounter pronouncing it genuine and convicting Shahzad Alam is both disappointing and mysterious. It seems that the court has ignored the report of post mortem…
Clash of Civilisation
Dr. Javed Jamil (“Malala Deserves Kudos”, Radiance Viewsweekly 21-27 July) has rightly said that Malala Yusufzai became special because it helped the international media demonise Taliban and she represented the West’s brand…
SAUDIA LAUNCHES SATELLITE CHANNEL FOR WOMEN
Saudi women have many expectations from the first Saudi women’s satellite channel, according to Riyaz bin Kamal Najam, president of the General Authority for Audio and Visual Media.
CAIR ASKS FEDS TO PROBE THREATS TO NJ MOSQUE
The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) on 23 July called on federal law enforcement authorities to investigate phone threats targeting a mosque in that state.
US WON’T USE ‘COUP’ FOR EGYPT
The Obama administration on 25 July told lawmakers that it won’t declare Egypt’s government overthrow a coup, U.S. officials and lawmakers said, allowing the United States to continue providing $1.5…
UN DENOUNCES ISRAELI PLAN TO DISPLACE BEDOUIN
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on 25 July slammed Israeli plans to resettle up to 40,000 Bedouin and demolish 40 villages in the Negev region, urging the government to…
TUNISIA BRACES FOR STRIKES, PROTESTS AFTER KILLING
Tunisia braced for renewed protests and calls for the government to resign on 26 July following the assassination of a second leftist politician this year in a fusillade of bullets.…
QATAR JOINS CALLS FOR RELEASE OF EGYPT’S MORSI
Qatar, a strong backer of Arab Spring uprisings and supporter of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, has joined international calls for his release from detention while expressing concern at violence…
AL JAZEERA ACCUSES CAIRO OF INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN
The pan-Arab Al Jazeera television network on 23 July accused Egyptian authorities of a sustained campaign of intimidation against its staff, rejecting charges of bias in its reporting on the crisis in…
ASSAD GOVT BLOCKING ACCESS TO NEEDY IN HOMS: RED CROSS
Syrian authorities are blocking access to the old city of Homs, where trapped civilians are in dire need of food and medical supplies, the Red Cross said on 24 July,…
BID TO MAKE MANUAL SCAVENGING A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE
Months after banning manual scavenging and manual cleaning of sewers, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi is thinking to come up with a proposal to make the same…
FILMMAKER REFUSED ATTENDING ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL
Noted Indo-American filmmaker Mira Nair has declined an invitation to attend the International Film Festival in Haifa, Israel. “I was just invited to Israel as a guest of honour at…
MAN ARRESTED SMUGGLING FIREARMS IN GEETA
The Mumbai Police, on 21 July, arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle two illegal firearms hidden in a copy of the Bhagvad Gita. The accused has been identified…
EXHIBITION ON QUR’ĀNIC CALLIGRAPHY HELD AT JAMIA MILLIA
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and Iran Culture House jointly held an exhibition on Qur’ānic calligraphy at former’s MF Hussain Art gallery from 25 to 28 July. Inaugurating the exhibition…
SALAM CENTRE DISTRIBUTES COPIES OF HOLY QUR’ĀN
The Salam Centre of Bangalore, during the holy month of Ramadhan, is distributing copies of the Holy Qur’ān among non-Muslim citizens interested to get benefitted from it.
MUSLIM SCHOLAR’S POEM DELETED FROM SYLLABUS
The Calicut University in Kerala has decided to withdraw a poem written by an alleged Al Qaeda leader Al-Rubaish from the syllabus of third semester of BA and BSc. The…
CBI TO APPROACH HC OVER GOVT’S HOSTILE ATTITUDE
The Central Bureau of Investigation is likely to approach the Gujarat High Court over Union Government’s dilly-dallying attitude to provide the files important to carry on the investigation of the…
NO ORGANISATION BY THE NAME OF IM EXISTS: JIH
The Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Nusrat Ali, on 23 July, wrote to the General Secretary of the Congress Party, Shakeel Ahmed over his recent remark on Indian Mujahideen. Mr.…
SHAKEEL AHMAD’S TWEET IRKS MUSLIM COMMUNITY
Congress General Secretary Shakeel Ahmed’s tweet that the 2002 anti-Muslim Gujarat riots led to the formation of Indian Mujahideen has irked Muslims. The community leaders demanded the politician to stop…
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a very complex disease difficult to diagnose and treat. Despite many advances in the last 20 years, and 9 medications being available to treat, average life…
GHT ‘If Jesus has already died for all of our
“…and then, when Youri Gagarin came back to the earth, glorious as he was, surrounded by thousands of people who wanted to see the hero of the day, an old…
Distribution of Zakah Helps Grow Economy and Remove Poverty
Islam is a complete code of life that deals with every aspect of human life. Eradicating poverty and hunger from the society is one of the prime objectives revealed in…
Poll Violence Rocks West Bengal
In keeping with the tradition, West Bengal has witnessed violence during panchayat election that has left at least 20 people dead and hundreds injured. The expectation of people after the…
BACK TO SQUARE NONE Netanyahu, Abbas to Resume ‘Peace Process’
The political peddlers, think-tank experts and media professionals are all back in full force. They want us to believe that US Secretary of State John Kerry has done what others…
The Grand Finale
I always wonder why the special is and the most important thing always towards the end? The same is the case of Ramadhan. Though each day of it is of…
A PM Must Make Minorities Feel Secure
Anti and pro-Modi chorus is gaining momentum. RSS and Modi loyalists are trying to incite the passion of Hindu nationalism and are preparing ground for pan India Hindutva appeal for…
Hindu Nationalism versus Indian Nationalism
The debate around Hindu Nationalism and Indian Nationalism is not a new one. During colonial period, when the rising freedom movement was articulating the concept and values of Indian nationalism,…
Make your Mobile an Islamic Assistant
Smartphone is a “mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a common mobile phone”. Many modern smartphones today include high-resolution touchscreens…
JIH Ameer Strongly Condemns Killings of Ikhwan by Egyptian Army
Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, has strongly condemned the killings of members of Ikhwan al-Muslimoon (Muslim Brotherhood) by the Egyptian army. He termed the killings as extremely immoral…
Mentally Disabled Iraq Man can Read Qur’ān in Reverse
He is a man with a mental age of a three-year-old, he can’t count properly from one to ten, can’t write, has only limited reading ability and can’t locate his…
Eid al-Fitr Prayers
Narrated Abu Sai’d Al-Khudri: “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) used to proceed to the musalla on the days of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha; the first thing…
Magnify Allah for the Bounty
This part of ayat 2:185 gives us two commandments: one, to magnify Allah for blessing us with the bounty of the Qur’ān, and two, to give thanks to Allah for this bounty…
The BJP’s Language Politics
That politics is a dirty game, more so when it comes to the sangh parivar, did hold good last week when BJP president Rajnath Singh chose to assert that the…
Obama Must Condemn ‘Massacre’ of Pro-Democracy Protesters in Egypt
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), America’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organisation, on 27 July called on the Obama administration to forcefully condemn the killing of dozens of…
Egypt’s Al-Sisi Dragged the Country into Civil War
Egypt’s Head of the Armed forces’ call for people to authorise him for brutal crackdown on so-called “violence and terrorism” resulted in massacre of hundreds of pro-Morsi, anti-coup demonstrators in…
