MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS BJP’S Grand Strategy for Delhi at Play
Vol. LI No. 25
Date: September 22, 2013
DAMNATION A Matter of Chance?
The statement of Sam Harris given above set me thinking. I can feel the pain and the grief in his observation that damnation, and eternal damnation at that, is a…
VHP-A Loses Major American Co-sponsor for Event Commemorating Vivekananda
Coalition Against Genocide (CAG), a broad alliance dedicated to justice and accountability for the Gujarat pogrom of 2002 and to combating extremist ideologies that were its genesis, on 12 September…
Jamaat Opens Housing Project in Kokrajhar
Assam Relief Work Jamaat-e-Islami Hind organised an opening ceremony of the Housing Project, at Baigon Bari, Near Dotoma under Kokrajhar Sub-division, Kokrajhar District in BTAD riot-affected area of Assam on…
India Builds Orbiter for Mars Mission
India has built a Mars orbiter that will be launched between October and November from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, a space agency official said on 11 September.…
Madhur Sandesh Sangam Bags Award of People’s Choice
Madhur Sandesh Sangam, a Delhi-based Hindi publication house which is known especially for its Hindi translation of the Holy Quran and other Islamic books in Hindi, bagged the award of…
Adopt Democratic Methods for National Integrity
This refers to the column Communal Riots in your magazine (8-14 September). It is the need of the hour to inculcate the values of tolerance, amity, non-violence and peaceful co-existence…
Let Muslims Progress Faster
This refers to the Editorial of the Radiance (8-14 September). This is a fact that the Muslims though gradually have continued to progress given to the communal and prejudiced atmosphere.
Prevention is Better than Cure
India is regarded as one of the most disaster prone nations in the world. A big chunk of its population resides at places that remain susceptible to natural hazards like…
Akhilesh and the Noida Jinx
We hear that Akhilesh Yadav is fighting shy of visiting Noida even for the most important state functions like inaugurating Yamuna Expressway.
Dr. Abdul Subhan Subhani
Dr. Abdul Subhan Subhani, a veterinary doctor and very active member of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Hyderabad, breathed his last at Jubail in Saudi Arabia on Friday, 13 September. He was about…
Bashiruddin Babu Khan (1941-2013)
Bashiruddin Babu Khan, former Minister as well as well-known minority activist, philanthropist, politician, educationist and businessman passed away, after a prolonged illness at his residence at 11 a.m. on 15…
WAKE UP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
Muslim Brotherhood, in a statement on 15 September, has called upon the powers to apologize to the people of Egypt for the death and destruction the Egyptian army and police…
ABERCROMBIE’S ‘LOOK POLICY’ GETS SLAMMED BY JUDGE OVER HIJAB
Four months into her job, in February 2010, a district manager spotted Hollister sales associate Umme-Hani Khan at the store where she worked in San Mateo County, just south of…
DOZENS OF JEWISH SETTLERS STORM AQSA MOSQUE COMPOUND
Dozens of Jewish settlers, under the protection of Israeli police, stormed the Aqsa Mosque compound in the city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) on 10 September. According to eyewitnesses, about 150 Jewish…
ASSAD REGIME’S SEIZURE OF MEDICAL AID ‘A WAR CRIME’
Syrian government forces have committed war crimes by seizing medical aid from convoys bound for rebel-held areas, European Union aid chief Kristalina Georgieva said on 12 September. “There are cases…
BJI LEADERS TASNEEM, JASIM INDICTED FOR ‘SEDITION’
A Dhaka court has framed charges against Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Publicity Secretary Tasneem Alam and central committee leader Md Jasimuddin in a ‘sedition’ case. Dhaka Metropolitan Special Tribunal 1 Judge Md…
UAE SENT ARMS TO EGYPT ARMY FOR CRACKDOWN ON MORSI
UAE has provided Egypt’s army with warfare and military equipment to be used against supporters of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a former top official said. “The (interim) Interior Minister…
AL JAZEERA TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST EGYPT MILITARY BACKED
Al Jazeera is to take legal action against Egypt’s military-backed government over what the media network says is a “sustained campaign of harassment and intimidation” against its journalists in the…
EGYPT NGOS SLAM MILITARY TRIALS OF CIVILIANS
Four Egyptian rights groups on 9 September denounced the military trials of civilians accused of attacking soldiers, saying the army had convicted more than 60 people since president Mohammed Morsi’s…
TEMPLE DOORS STILL CLOSED FOR DALITS IN ODISHA VILLAGE
A number of Dalit students were beaten up by some “upper caste” people allegedly for trying to offer prayer to Ganesha at a government-run school in Chakoda-Gogua village under Kendrapara…
DU STUDENTS ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION
The students of the University of Delhi are on an open-ended hunger strike demanding hostel accommodation for all the students enrolled in the university. Parveen Kumar, a student on hunger…
POLITICAL PARTIES RECEIVED RS 4900 CR FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES IN
The recent data on the source of income of six national parties has revealed that as many as 75 per cent of their total income came from unknown sources in…
BROUHAHA OVER ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN TIRUPATI
The Bhartiya Janta Party, on 13 September, expressed its anguish over establishment of an Islamic University on the outskirts of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and asked the Union as well as…
BILL TO CHECK ENCROACHMENTS ON WAQF TO BE TABLED IN
The government of Uttar Pradesh is all set to introduce a bill in state assembly to check encroachments of Waqf properties in the state. The draft of the proposed bill…
NOTHING WRONG IN HAVING FOOD WITH NON-MUSLIMS: DEOBAND
The prestigious Muslim seminary in Uttar Pradesh, Darul Uloom Deoband, has recently issued a Fatwa saying that there is nothing wrong in having food with a Non-Muslim person. The Fatwa…
371 SUICIDES A DAY IN INDIA: SURVEY
The suicidal rate in India has increased from 7.5 per lakh population in 1987 to 11.2 per lakh population in 2012, reveals a survey by Cosmos Institute of Mental Health…
ACADEMICIANS VOICE CONCERN OVER DISTORTION OF FACTS
The academicians and other eminent citizens have expressed their panic over distortion of facts, interpretation and emphasis that has crept into the textbook in different states containing elements of “saffronisation”
HEMAYAT BAIG ASKS HC TO REINVESTIGATE HIS CASE
Mirza Himayat Baig, who has been convicted in German Bakery Blast case, has recently written to the judges of Bombay High Court, pleading them to let his case reinvestigated by…
AMU will Continue to Be Voice of Muslims: Pro-VC
BRIGADIER (RETD.) S AHMAD ALI, Pro Vice-Chancellor of AMU, who served the Indian army for 35 years, shared his experience in the army as well as commitment towards AMU, in an…
A Tale of Two Cities: Ramallah, Gaza and the Identity
The distance between Gaza and Ramallah in sheer miles is hardly significant. But in actuality, both cities represent two different political realities, with inescapable cultural and socioeconomic dimensions. Their geopolitical…
Why hasn’t the United States Cleansed Syrian Swamp Yet?
What exactly the United States wants in Syria has been thought by many at many a time? And many more have questioned the exact motive of the United States in…
Brotherhood Forefronts in Egypt
The word ‘terrorism’ has fully lost its meaning. Nowadays one can be alleged as a terrorist at one time and embraced as a messenger of peace at another time. To…
Are Goan Catholics Culturally Hindu?
Identity issues are at the fore in current times. Those basing their politics on the identity issues have a lot of assertions about who the ‘others’ are. There is a…
Return for Deeds
Abū Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “A person who calls people towards doing good deed will get the same reward…
The Fuel of Hell
They will be told): ‘Verily you and the gods you worshipped beside Allah are the fuel of Hell. All of you are bound to arrive there. Had these indeed been…
Defeat Peddlers of Hate and Violence
The Muzaffarnagar riots, which started on 27 August, claimed about 50 innocent lives, rendered about 50,000 others homeless making them refugees in their home districts, and destroyed valuable properties worth…
JIH Leaders Visit Riot Relief Camps in Muzaffarnagar
A delegation of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind comprising central and local leaders visited several riot relief camps and met the affected people in Muzaffarnagar on 12 September. The delegation comprising central secretaries…
‘SP, BJP have Brought Back the Politics of Riots Full-Fledged’
Socialist Party, NAPM (National Alliance for People’s Movements) and Rihai Manch condemned Muzaffarnagar riots and tactics of communal polarisation by BJP and SP.
MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS BJP’S Grand Strategy for Delhi at Play
Muzaffarnagar may just be the beginning. There could be more fireworks on Modi’s way to Delhi, observes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
