ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS Outcome will Reflect People’s Mind
Vol. LI No. 34
Date: November 24, 2013
Take Rs 5 Lakh and Leave Your Village: Muzaffarnagar Riot
The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has strongly criticised the Government of Uttar Pradesh for tormenting the victims of Muzaffarnagar communal riots. The district administration of Muzaffarnagar recently asked the victims to sign…
Economic Empowerment of Muslims
If Muslims have failed to emerge as a powerful community, it is because they have ignored the economic front, said Dr Javed Jamil while speaking on “Economic Empowerment of Muslims”…
Modi Purported Event ‘at Capitol Hill’ Exposed as Fake
The Coalition Against Genocide based in Washington has successfully exposed Narendra Modi’s purported event at “Capitol Hill” as a fraud and an exercise in illegal and criminal misuse of US…
Contradictory Definitions of Secularism
This refers to two pieces of news in your column Muslim World (Radiance 10-16 November). On one hand, the military-led government in Egypt is closing all the doors for practising…
Kejriwal Playing Communal Politics?
In an interaction with Arvind Kejriwal for her programme ‘Buck Stops Here’ on NDTV, Barkha Dutt pounced on Kejriwal accusing him of playing communal politics by meeting with Muslim scholar…
Young Voters in Great Dilemma
This refers to your Editorial (Radiance 10-16 November). The Muslim community faces a great dilemma whenever the election time comes. Tall claims of all political parties both national and regional…
Do Not Ignore Young Voters
The number of young voters, in Delhi has increased from 0.7 per cent to 3 per cent of total voters. Youngsters’ choice may turn out to be crucial for political…
INTERNATIONAL MUJADDID ALF THĀNĪ SYMPOSIUM HELD IN ISTANBUL
An international symposium named after a prominent Islamic scholar, Imam-i Rabbani, was launched in Istanbul on 15 November. Known as the “reviver of the second millennium”, the Indian Islamic scholar…
OTTOMAN DYNASTY STILL ALIVE IN AFRICA
A Turkish idiom used to explain distant places associates with Fezzan, a large geographical province located in southwest of today’s Libya. When someone wants to underline how remote the place…
DAVUTOGLU’S VISIT TO OPEN NEW PAGE IN IRAQ-TURKEY RELATIONS
The relations between the Turkish and the Iraqi central governments have been strained by the culmination of serious events within last few years. However, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s visit…
SYRIAN REFUGEES DENIED ENTRY TO GREECE, BULGARIA
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is concerned that Syrian asylum seekers are denied entry to some EU countries like Bulgaria and Greece, spokesman Adrian Edwards said. UNHCR…
PRESIDENT MORSI LEGAL TEAM MET MORSI IN BURG AL-ARAB PRISON
The legal team for those accused in Egypt’s Itehadia Presidential Palace clashes lawsuit concluded its first meeting with President Mohamed Morsi in Burg Al-Arab prison (west of Cairo) on 12…
WHY THE EGYPTIAN JUNTA’S PR BLITZ IN THE WEST IS
Nothing is working for Egypt’s military junta. They have dug themselves into a deep hole and can’t get out. Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrahim is frustrated by his inability to…
FRESH PRO-MORSI PROTESTS IN EGYPT AS EMERGENCY RULE ENDS
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi staged fresh protests on 15 November, the first such demonstrations since the expiry on 14 November of a three-month government-imposed state of emergency.…
CELEBRATE TIPU SULTAN’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: MYSORE MP
Adagooru H Vishwanath, Member of Parliament from Mysore, on 10 November, urged the Government of Karnataka to celebrate the birth anniversary of then ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan. He stated that…
EARMARK 25 PER CENT FREE SEATS FOR POOR: SIO
The Andhra Pradesh zone of Students Islamic Organisation of India has urged the Union government to ensure 25 per cent free seats for the poor in minority educational institutions. Addressing…
WB GOVT LOSES 32 CRORE FUNDS EARMARKED FOR MINORITIES
Failing to submit the detailed project report (DPR), the government of West Bengal has thrown to the wind a central fund worth Rs. 32 crore earmarked for minority development under…
WAQF LAND ENCROACHMENT NON-BAILABLE OFFENCE NOW
The amended Waqf Act, passed by Parliament recently, came into force from 1 November, making encroachment on Waqf property a cognisable and non-bailable offence. The encroachment on Waqf properties is…
REGISTRATION OF FIR IN COGNIZABLE OFFENCE MANDATORY: SC
The Apex Court, on 12 November, ruled that it is mandatory for police to register an FIR if a complainant approaches it for registration of a cognizable offence. A constitution bench…
WOMEN GROUP FOR LIQUOR BAN IN MAU
Women from different villages of Mau Nath Bhanjan district in Uttar Pradesh carried out a rally at Masrouli village of the district on 13 November to lodge their protest against…
PORTAL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON NETAS
Vikram Nalagampalli has recently started a website with the name, Voterite, so as to provide all the information about politicians you are going to elect. It has been seen that…
HIGH-HAT ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENTS ON RISE IN AZAMGARH, POLICE SILENT SPECTATORS
The Muslim villagers of Bhauraj Pur Kalan under Utrolia police station of Azamgrh distric in Uttar Pradesh, on 13 November, approached Superintendent of Police, Arvind Sen, and alleged that their…
TAKE 5 LAKH AND GO BACK, MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOT VICTIMS TOLD
Instead of rehabilitating the riots victims of Muzaffarnagar, the district administration has asked the homeless people living in various relief camps accepting cheque worth Rs. 5 lakh each as compensation…
Alzheimer’s Disease Most Common Cause of Dementia
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among older people. It is an irreversible brain disease that destroys brain cells and slowly causes decline in cognitive function…
Nabeela, A Little Known ‘Malala’ of Pakistan
Meet Nabeela, a 9-year old girl from Pakistan’s restive Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). Nabeela Rehman is little known in the world and not an international youth icon like her…
European Jews for Emigration
A recent survey conducted by a European Union agency about the Jewish perceptions says: Anti-Semitism is on the rise and is gradually compelling one-third of them to think in terms…
Islam and Poverty A Different View
Poverty has been the universal fact of human society. It was and is prevalent almost in the entire world. Poverty as a word is very common in everyday life but…
A Fencing Running through the Heart of Manipuris
Many call him the Chief Minister of Congress Party; some liken him to Maharaja Budhachandra of Manipur, who had signed the ‘Standstill Agreement’, which later led to merger of Manipur…
Dr Anis Ansari Honoured by American Society of Nephrology
American Society of Nephrology inducted Anis Ansari, MD into Fellowship of American Society of Nephrology (FASN) on 7 October, 2013. FASN honours their member who has achieved a distinct level…
Dr Zakir Naik Conferred Malaysia’s Prestigious Award
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, the King and Head of State of Malaysia, conferred Dr Zakir Naik the prestigious ‘Tokoh Ma’al Hijrah Distinguished International Personality Award…
Importance of Cordiality
Iyaz bin Himar relates that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Allah, the Most Exalted, has revealed to me that you should show…
Do Not Stand on Borderline
“And among men is he who worships Allah, while remaining on the borderline; if any good befalls him, he is satisfied; but if a trial afflicts him, he utterly turns…
Two Yardsticks of Media
Media trial of terror accused has been a matter of concern for over a decade. One important aspect of this phenomenon of our mainstream media is that it assumes the…
Will Plural India Defeat Modi?
The day when BJP and RSS fell in line to project Narendra Modi as the chief of election campaign panel of BJP, the debate on whether pluralism will defeat Modi…
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS Outcome will Reflect People’s Mind
MOHAMMAD NAUSHAD KHAN analyses the mood of minorities to be reflected in the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram
