Serving The Humanity since 1963
Vol. LI No. 26
Date: September 29, 2013
Indian Leaders Call upon Govt., Indians to Protect Democracy in
There is civil rights violation everywhere in Egypt. Where are human rights activists? It is the oppressed who need help and solidarity, not the oppressors. The achievements of the toppled…
Double-Standard of BJP won’t Work
The BJP stalwart L.K. Advani had been accusing the Congress as pursuing vote-bank politics and appeasement of Muslims and coined a sarcastic phrase “pseudo-secularism”. As the irony would have it,…
Talk with AMU-VC Portrays His Mind
This is apropos of the interview of AMU-VC in Radiance (1-7 September). The full length interview of AMU VC is engaging especially at a time when the university has often been marginalised…
Our Suggestions Not Practicable?
This is apropos of Arshad Shaikh’s analysis of the current economic system and its ailments published in Radiance (15-21 September).
Complex Economic Terms in Simple Language
This is in regard to the cover story “Depreciation of Rupee Symptom of a Bigger Disease” Radiance (8-14 September). I really appreciate the content of this article and wish this article published…
Feel Nostalgic Whenever I Remember Radiance
The very mention of Radiance makes me nostalgic and transports me back to the late 1970s when I had an opportunity to serve the organisation for four years.
Special Issues of Radiance are Remarkable: Dr. Shakeel Samdani
I came to Aligarh in 1980 and since then I have been a regular reader of Radiance. You will be surprised to know that I keep a collection of Radiance since it was in…
I’ve Highest Regard for Radiance: Pro-VC AMU
I enjoy Radiance, and I have the highest regard for it, because I have been reading it since it was in the tabloid format, as a child of Class VI, VII…
‘ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY’ GAMES OPEN IN INDONESIA
The ‘Islamic Solidarity’ Games was opened in in Palembang, a city on Sumatra island, Indonesia on 22 September despite a chaotic run-up to the event and debates over appropriate outfits…
BJI LEADER ABDUL QUADER MOLLA SENTENCED TO DEATH
Abdul Quader Molla, 65, the fourth-highest-ranked leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, is the first politician to be found guilty by the country’s Supreme Court after it overturned an appeal to acquit…
TURKEY SHUTS SYRIA CROSSING FOLLOWING RAID BY MILITANTS
Turkey closed a border crossing to Syria after an Al-Qaeda-linked group stormed a nearby town and expelled opposition fighters from an Arab and Western-backed unit, officials said on 19 September.…
SYRIA ‘SUBMITS’ CHEMICAL DETAILS TO WATCHDOG
Syria has begun supplying details of its chemical arsenal, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog said. Hours before a deadline for President Bashar Assad’s regime to provide details on its arsenal,…
ASSAD TROOPS KILL MANY, ROWHANI MEDIATION OFFER REJECTED
Syrian troops backed by allied militiamen have stormed a predominantly Sunni village in central Syria killing at least 15 people, while opposition forces began an offensive near Aleppo to try…
EGYPT’S ANTI-COUP NATIONAL ALLIANCE FLAYS STATE TERRORISM, THREATS TO KERDASA
The Anti-Coup, Pro-Legitimacy National Alliance in Kerdasa town (Giza Governorate of Egypt) has denounced repeated media ‘leaks’ claiming the military coup’s terrorist forces are to launch attacks on the town…
‘COUP FORCES DO TERROR ACTS, THEN THROW BLAME ON MUSLIM
The military coup forces in Egypt have repeatedly used subservient media to prepare public opinion for terrorist acts they intend to carry out and throw the blame on the Muslim…
AADHAAR CARD NOT NECESSARY TO AVAIL ESSENTIAL SERVICES: SC
In response to a PIL seeking stay on the implementation of the Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar Scheme, the Supreme Court said that enrolment under the scheme was completely voluntary and not…
MUSHAWARAT CONDEMNS PESHAWAR, NAIROBI TERROR ATTACKS
The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, on 23 September condemned the terrorist attacks in Peshawar and Nairobi.
UGC CHIEF SACKED FOR JOINING POLITICAL PARTY
Failing to give satisfactory response to the Show Cause notice served to the UGC chairman Prof. Yogendra Yadav on 4 September regarding his joining Aam Aadmi Party, a political outfit,…
CRIMINAL CASE SLAPPED AGAINST HINDU’S RESIDENT EDITOR, EDITORS GUILD REACTS
The Hyderabad police slapped criminal cases against The Hindu’s Resident Editor Mr. S Nagesh Kumar allegedly for publishing a story on the Director General of Police, Mr. V Dinesh Reddy’s visit…
GUJARAT REJECTS PETITION TO HANG KODNANI
Soon after Narendra Modi’s name announced as the Prime Ministerial candidate of National Democratic Alliance, the Government of Gujarat rejected the petition of Special Investigation Team asking for hanging of…
RS 500CR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NWC
The Union Finance Ministry, on 18 September, gave green signal to the Ministry of Minority Affairs to develop the National Waqf Corporation with a starting fund of Rs. 500 Crore.…
BJP TOPS LIST OF LAWMAKERS HAVING CASES FOR PROMOTING HATRED
As many as 57 sitting members of Parliament and of Legislative Assemblies in different states have cases registered against them for promoting enmity, damaging religious structures and dividing citizens on…
KERALA GROUPS TO MOVE SC ON MARRIAGEABLE AGE OF MUSLIM
As many as nine prominent Muslim organisations in Kerala, on 21 September, met in Kozhikode to discuss the state government’s move to fix the marriageable age of Muslim girls at…
JIH VISITS RIOT HIT AREA OF UP, PROVIDES THOROUGH ASSISTANCE
A delegation led by Mohammad Shafi Madani, Secretary Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, recently visited the riot hit areas of Meerut and Muzaffarnagar and formed a high level committee to carry out relief…
BLAST VICTIMS COMPENSATION RECOVERY DECREE TO BE CHALLNEGED
The recent decree of Andhra Pradesh High Court ordering the State Government to recover the compensation paid to 26 youth falsely implicated in Mecca Masjid blast case has added to…
A Credible, Authentic Voice of the Community: Nusrat Ali
Radiance Viewsweekly has been serving the humanity since 1963. Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Almighty, Radiance has completed 50 glorious years of publication. NUSRAT ALI, Member Governing Council Board of Islamic Publications as well as…
Power and Strength Thou Art
Youth are the golden treasure of a country. The more they are polished the greater they will shine, the more they are trained the greater they will perform, the more…
Women Issues: Avoiding EXtremes
Radiance Viewsweekly has been serving as a much needed Muslim voice in post-Independence India. It is a periodical that speaks in the voice of the objective, educated Muslim, creating a fine…
Trials and Tribulations Faced by Urdu after Independence
It was a horrible period for the Urdu language in North India after independence. Those who gave vent to their ire against the British Empire with the slogan Inquilab Zindabad, now…
Upholding Truth & Justice
The shadows of the Homegrown Terrorism and State-Sponsored Terrorism continue to become larger in India and the United States, which profess to be countries following the highest form of Democracy;…
Cigarette Kills, But Kills Gradually
It is the tendency of every addicted smoker, when asked to quit, to say, “I think, I can leave cigarette forever, but to think, I need a cigarette.” Beyond that…
Counter Hate, Violence with the Message of Islam
India is known as the land of Buddha, Nanak, Kabir and Gandhi. But does the India of today do credit to these names? One shudders to open the pages of…
A JUBILEE TRIBUTE
When Radiance was launched 50 years ago, it was as if a breath of fresh air swept across the realm of Muslim journalism. It still retains its freshness and fragrance as it…
When Just Survival is a Big Achievement
Radiance, a weekly published regularly since its launch in the summer of 1963, is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.
Banyan Tree of Radiance Viewsweekly Saga of a Radiant Past
India is certainly a nation of million mutinies. This truth was truer in the past. The plural nation with hundreds of religions and thousands of mother tongues was a complicated…
50 Golden Years of Radiance
It is high time for Indian Muslims to feel pride as the representative voice of theirs, Radiance Viewsweekly, has completed 50 years in the service of the community. During the period of…
A Flashback, A Critical Appraisal
Has the Radiance Viewsweekly, brought out in July 1963, left an impact on the thinking of Indian citizenry or at least its intellectuals? Has the Viewsweekly exerted influence upon the political thinking…
Policing the Police
It is a common belief that ‘authority tends to corrupt and absolute authority corrupts absolutely’. This cliché gets reinforced when we look at the activities of the police post-Independence. The…
From Responsibility to Way-out
Two loving and caring brothers, who live together… share one another’s woes and bliss… ever ready to sacrifice their lives for one another… one day, fight out in the open…
History in the Abattoir
“You can fool all the people for some time. You can fool some people for all the time. But you can’t fool all the people for all the time.” – Abraham…
The Case of Loving the Country without Worshipping It!
Today, every country seems to have something that could be referred to as its national anthem. That anthem sometimes remains only a convention while at other times it is formally…
Sharing Issues & Concerns
In the last five decades Radiance Viewsweekly has covered extensively Muslims around the world. Ranging from the Black Muslims’ uprising in Brazil to Muslim liberation struggle in Chad, or questioning the decrease…
Upholding the Flag of Morality
Morality is as important to human life as the immune system. It is deeply interesting to discover how the two are actually intertwined with each other; the immune system weakens…
Reigning the Media through Media
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the…
Portraying Beleaguered Kashmir?
The unstoppable burning of a huge tract of land – Kashmir – for more than half a century soothingly induces unfathomable media material for the global press giants. Whether the…
From Deemed Varsity to Central Varsity
Radiance has spared its pages for Jamia Millia Islamia since the day it was incepted. One can collect, from the Radiance archive, a minute-to-minute detail of each event taken place in the institution…
Radiance Stood for Truth & Justice Even During Odd Times
Radiance Viewsweekly has proved itself through its 50 years journey to be a shining star on the horizon of Indian journalism despite dark periods in the history of independent India. This could…
Genesis of Islamic Revolution in Iran
Clergy known as Ayatollah or Marajah have had a significant influence on most Iranians, who have tended to be religious, traditional, and opposed to any process of widespread westernisation. The…
Mature Observation and Assessment of Indian Polity
Indian polity is most often defined as science of betrayal and buffering. As largest democracy in the world, this country nourished political conscience and pretences together. Radiance played a major role to…
Condition of Muslims in India
The bias against Muslims, which dates back to the pre-Independence era, continues its ugly growth in the post-Independence period. The very integrity, honesty and loyalty of Muslims have always been…
Towards Practising Human Values
Piety’ and ‘rights abuse’ cannot live and grow together; moral crimes will most definitely lead to violation of rights. Reminders of this moral position in India should not have invited…
BLASPHEMY, ISLAMOPHOBIA Exploitation of Freedom of Expression
Radiance has been a standard example of dependable journalism for years. It has also played a foundational role in forming the Islamic position in Indian English media on volatile issues like…
Analysing the Foreign Policy of India
After gaining independence in 1947, India has developed formal diplomatic relations with most nations; her foreign policy saw many shifts over the years after independence. Indian prestige and moral authority…
Let’s Make Our Ambience Free from Hazards
When asked, in a huge gathering, to use the word ‘garden’ in a sentence, the first person replied that he had a beautiful garden in his house. Second person said…
Importance of Education
Iqra (read) is the very first word of Divine revelation to the Last Messenger, Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him). It was and is manifestation of importance of…
EFFORTS TO USHER IN JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN ECONOMICS
Economics, instead of serving the humanity, has become a tool to inflict pain thereon. Search for an alternative economics that can usher in justice and equity is on. Radiance Viewsweekly (referred to…
They Deserve Respect, Humility
Since 1963, Radiance has been serving humanity in one way or the other. Without any iota of discrimination it has covered issues pertaining to minorities, Dalits and other weaker sections of society…
When Everybody Loved Corruption…
It would not be a hyperbole to say that, there is hardly any other periodical in the country at par with Radiance Viewsweekly, which has carried out a consistent tirade against…
EXPOSING COMMUNAL FORCES
Communalism is a menace not only to a country but to the entire humanity as well. It shatters the solidarity and integrity of a nation and causes irreparable loss to…
Myth Vs. History
No one in the 19th century had ever thought that a simple piece of land where the historic Babri Masjid was standing would turn into the most complicated and knotty problem…
Arab Spring or Islamic Spring?
Radiance Viewsweekly has never shied away from its onerous responsibility of calling a spade a spade. It has always fearlessly given voice to the voiceless and ensured that the truth is…
Dreams & Struggles
Much had been said and written on Aligarh Muslim University’s so-called “Minority Character.”The demand for the Minority Status could be traced long back to 1950s i.e. almost 30 years after…
Religion, Blanket Ban can Eradicate Alcoholism
One of the main purposes which Radiance was incepted for is to eradicate social evils from society. While others are of the opinion that alcoholism is responsible for most of the crimes…
Walking along Two Federal Muslim Bodies
All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat and All India Muslim Personal Law Board are supposedly two common federations where Muslims, without any distinction and differentiation between Shia and Sunni or Hanafi and…
Combating AIDS
Radiance, during the last 50 years, has addressed the issue of AIDS on many occasions and in different perspectives. It spoke on how AIDS creates havoc and also on the disease…
Wrong Statement Greatest Defalcation
Sufiyan Bin Usaid relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: No defalcation is greater than that you utter an incorrect word to a…
Don’t Intrude into One’s Privacy
Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge. Surely the hearing, the sight, the heart—each of these shall be called to account.
Fifty Fruitful Years
Radiance bows its head in gratitude before Almighty Allah for having completed its meaningful journey spanning half a century. Its history is entwined with the history of Indian Muslims and their…
Dr. F.R. Faridi
Dr. F.R. Faridi was born at Machli Shahar, Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh in 1932. He received his early education from Jaunpur. He learnt Arabic and Islamiat from Thanvi Darsgah, Rampur,…
Syed Yusuf
Mr. Syed Yusuf was born in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh in 1939. He completed his Higher Secondary education in Nandyal Municipal School. During his schooling, he met one of…
A.A. RAVOOF
I was a student in Mazharul Uloom High School when Radiance was launched. It was available in the school library. The late Headmaster of the school N.M. Yahya advised us – students…
S. Ameenul Hasan Rizvi
S. Ameenul Hasan Rizvi was born in Raichur (Karnataka) on 12 February 1925. He was a distinguished intellectual, journalist and a Supreme Court lawyer.
S.M. Yousuf Siddiqui
Hafiz Wajeehuddin Baghpati was one of the fortunate souls who fought in the way of Allah at the battlefield of Balakot under the command of his mentor Syed Ahmad Shaheed.…
