Political Implications of Ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Vol. LI No. 19
Date: August 11, 2013
THE ENDLESS STORY OF POLICE BRUTALITY Rajasthan Govt’s Apathy towards
“They fired tear gas shells straight on the people from just 10 feet away, they didn’t spare even the imam,” said Mohammad Ahmad, Tonk Waqf Committee Chairman. He presented an…
Will Power can Stop One from Smoking
This is apropos of the article “Act Today for a Healthy Tomorrow” (Radiance, 28 July- 3 August). This is a collective responsibility to be concerned about the menace which is…
Stringent Punishment Needed to Curb Corruption
China’s former Railway Minister Liu Zhinjun has been sentenced to death and all his personal properties have been confiscated for graft and corruption. In fact, harsh punishment serves as a…
Where is the meal for one rupee?
Political leaders of India often make headlines for their infamous remarks, which prove pretty much challenging to turn into action in real life. The most recent remark of political leaders…
Why No Freedom of Expression for Sen
Close on the heels of BJP MP Chandan Mitra’s demand for stripping Nobel laureate Amartya Sen of Bharat Ratna for speaking against Narendra Modi, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna carried an editorial…
IRAN’S PRESIDENT-ELECT CALLS ISRAEL ‘WOUND’ ON MUSLIM WORLD
Two days ahead of his inauguration as Iran’s next president, Hassan Rouhani called Israel a “wound” on the Muslim world that must be removed, and urged Iranians to support the…
RAFIQ HARIRI MURDER TRIAL TO START IN JANUARY 2014
The UN-backed tribunal set up to try the killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri on 2 August set a provisional January start date for the trial. “The pre-trial…
CONTROL VIOLENCE, LIBYAN LAWYERS BODY TELLS GOVT
Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) is concerned by the political assassinations and attacks in Libya this week, including the killing of prominent political activist and lawyer Abdul Salam Al…
FORMER QADDAFI MINISTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A former minister in the government of Muammar Qaddafi was sentenced to death on 31 July for inciting violence against protesters during the uprising that led to the Libyan dictator’s…
US TO EGYPT: RESPECT RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY
The US State Department on 31 July urged Egypt’s interim government to respect the right of peaceful assembly, after Cairo’s coup leaders said vigils by supporters of deposed President Mohamed…
AU DELEGATION VISITS RABAA SIT-IN FOLLOWING VISIT TO PRESIDENT MORSI
Former Malian President and head of the African Union delegation to Egypt, Professor Alpha Oumar Konaré described President Mohamed Morsi as the “Nelson Mandela of Egypt”, stating that the AU…
MB VOWS TO CONTINUE PEACEFUL PROTESTS DESPITE THREATS TO DISPERSE
Dr. Ahmed Aref, Muslim Brotherhood media spokesman, said that protestors in Rabaa Al-Adaweya are not scared by the putschist government’s statement on 31 July, adding that the statement is finally…
AMU VC TO COMMUTE ON BICYCLE TO RESTORE PAST GLORY
The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah, on 1 August, announced that henceforth he would use a bicycle for commuting within the…
AL SHIFA HOSPITAL SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMS TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Farooque, Head Department of Orthopaedics at Al Shifa Multispecialty Hospital, New Delhi, along with Dr. Khursheed Anwar, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Al Shifa Hospital have successfully performed a…
CONTROVERSIES END ON WAQF BILL
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, in a recent meeting in the national capital, has decided not to stick with its controversial idea of selling out Waqf properties which…
WAY PAVED FOR A NON-HINDU TO HEAD MAHABODHI TEMPLE PANEL
The Bihar Assembly, on 30 July, passed the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Bill (amendment) paving the way for a non-Hindu to head the Mahabodhi Temple committee. As of now, the…
AMU PROFESSOR’S MECHANISM TO CLEANSE SEWER WATER
Dr. Nadeem Khaleel, assistant professor at Aligarh Muslim University’s department of Environmental Engineering and Energy System along with a team of 20 engineers has prepared a mechanism to cleanse contaminated…
HINDUS SHOULD ALSO FOLLOW THE PROPHET: GUPTA
The identity of the last Prophet of the Allah, Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) was disclosed years before his birth in the Vedas and there are…
NUMBER OF CHILD DRUG ABUSERS RISING ALARMINGLY
The trend of drug abuse is rising alarmingly among youngsters in almost every part of the country. A recent study on “Substance Abuse in Children and Adolescents” by Dr. Manu…
PROTEST MARCH HELD AGAINST MILITARY COUP IN EGYPT
Hundreds of youths, on 1 August, assembled at the Egyptian embassy in the national capital responding to the call of the Egypt Solidarity Forum to lodge their protest against the…
HEROS OF FAKE ENCOUNTERS, ANTI-MUSLIM RIOTS BEST FRIENDS OF SWAMI
Swami Akhileshwardasiji, the spiritual leader at the Ram Temple at Saraspur near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, claims that PP Pandey, DG Vanzara, GL Singhal and former Minister Maya Kodnani are among…
How I Found My Happiness
I was born in 1968 and raised in Hannover, a big city in Germany, as a Christian, a Protestant, just because my parents were Christians. All my life I believed…
HATED IN EGYPT How the Palestinian Bogeyman Resurfaced Like Never
When I left Gaza for the first time on my own, twenty some years ago, I was warned of a notorious officer who headed Egypt’s State Security Intelligence at the…
Turkey – Lone Voice in Condemning Egyptian Coup
The 3 July military coup in Egypt rattled the Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East, where nearly, all the major countries in the region openly or discreetly backed the…
Dr. Zakir Naik Invents Islamic Smartphone
The soon-to-be-launched “Peace Mobile,” an Islamic smartphone, is a useful media gadget that reconciles the Qur’ān with modern science. The smartphone was invented by Dr. Zakir Naik, an internationally renowned…
JIH Welcomes Formation of Telangana State
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, AP & Orissa, has welcomed the resolutions of Congress Working Committee and UPA Coordination Committee to proceed with the formation of Telangana State, calling it “the victory of…
Morale of One Must Not Supersede Another
The Batla House case has got much to answer as it has not satisfied those who still believe that it was a fake encounter. Those who believe that it was…
Eid Message SYED JALALUDDIN UMARI Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
On this occasion of Eid I greet the entire Muslim Ummah and want to see the countrymen and the non-Muslims the world over as well partaking in these moments of…
COMMUNAL VIOLENCE Who is to be Blamed?
A friend, with dogged determination to show that the BJP is a lesser culprit of communal violence and that Congress is the major party to be blamed, listed the major…
An Asset in Hand
In the direst time of our need, lost in the midst of ocean, even those who proclaim not to believe Him, raise the ultimate weapon blessed by Allah; the two…
Practice of Righteousness
It is narrated by Rafa’h that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Traders will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as wicked people, except…
Who Protects You?
Tell them (O Muhammad!): ‘Who protects you, during the night or the day, from the Most Compassionate Lord?’ And yet they turn away from the Admonition of their Lord? Do…
Let Justice Be Done to Kadalpur Muslims
Desecration, damage or demolition – in part or total – of a place of worship is a crime of first order. It is the outcome of the worst sort of…
Political Implications of Ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh’s High Court on 1 August, 2013 cancelled Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s political registration, preventing the party from taking part in the process of electioneering in the country. It simply means that…
BJI can Continue Its Activities Smoothly as Before: Barrister Abdur
In a reaction to the High Court order that scraps the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Barrister Abdur Razzaq, senior lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court said this order will not put…
