Is There Link between IM and Hindutva Terrorists?
Vol. LI No. 35
Date: December 1, 2013
JIH Social Service Camp Attracts Hundreds of Visitors
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Delhi & Haryana, on 16-17 November, organised a Social Service Camp near Masjid Umar at Zaid Pur in the national capital. During the two-day camp, the organisation arranged…
Ensure your minority status: Chairman NCME
All the minority institutions should make concerted efforts to get minority status for their institutions so as to avail themselves of the facilities earmarked for the minorities by the governments.…
JIH Assam Relief Work organises teachers training programme
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind started its Relief and Rehabilitation work since the riot occurred in the BTAD area. Along with other Relief and Rehabilitation work, the Jamaat started Sabahi Makatib (morning time…
Send Good Muslim Minds to Legislatures
This refers to your column “Muslim Representation” (Radiance, 17-23 November). The article has rightly thrown light on the poor representation of Muslims in state legislature as well as in Parliament.
Islamic Banking
The focus issue on Islamic Banking (Radiance, 17-23 November) was both informative and interesting. People are fed up with the existing banking system which sucks blood of a common man…
Bharat Ratna to Vajpayee?
Some Ministers and BJP leaders are demanding that the Bharat Ratna Award should be conferred upon Atal Behari Vajpayee for his valued services to the country with utmost dedication. But the…
‘Indian Secularism’
Apropos of ‘Indian Secularism’ (Radiance, 10-16 & 17-23 November 2013). Mr. Khan Yasir’s viewpoint is both contradictory and misleading. He quoted some judgements to highlight the beneficiary aspect of ‘Indian Secularism’…
TURKEY WELCOMES HISTORIC NUCLEAR DEAL
Turkey has welcomed the agreement reached between Iran and the P5 + 1 countries – the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s five permanent members and Germany – on Iran’s nuclear…
EGYPT’S PANEL REVEALS MILITARY, POLICE VIOLATIONS IN MOHAMED MAHMOUD ST
A Fact-Finding Committee of Egypt investigating the Mohamed Mahmoud Street clashes on 23 November issued a report that affirms security forces attacked peaceful protesters at Tahrir Square without warning. On…
TURKISH WELLS HELP QUENCH GAZA’S THIRST
The Turkish Red Crescent and the TIKA have dug seven wells and established three tanks for drinking water in the southern regions of Rafah and Khan Yunis. Water wells and…
EGYPT’S ALLIANCE COMMUNICATES WITH YOUTH, REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS TO REACH CONSENSUS
On 22 November Egypt’s Anti-Coup Alliance member Dr. Mohamed Bishr, gave an extensive interview to the Freedom and Justice newspaper to discuss the Alliance’s strategic vision released on 16 November…
TWO MEN JAILED FOR MOSQUE ATTACK IN UK
Two British men have been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of setting a mosque on fire in Gloucester, UK. Ashley Juggins, 20, and Clive Ceronne, 37, carried out…
STUDY DETAILS ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON MUSLIM WOMEN IN UK
A study conducted by Dr Chris Allen, a social policy lecturer at the University of Birmingham, has detailed the feelings of British Muslim women about Islamophobia in the UK. The…
MYANMAR REJECTS CITIZENSHIP FOR ROHINGYA MUSLIMS
Myanmar on 21 November rejected a U.N. resolution urging it to grant citizenship to the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group, and accused the United Nations of impinging on its sovereignty.…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS URGENCY RESOLUTION ON MIGRANT WORKERS IN QATAR
Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) has warmly welcomed the adoption of an Urgency Resolution by the European Parliament calling upon the Government of Qatar to improve the human…
URDU BOOK FAIR OF NCPUL TO KICK OFF IN MALEGAON
The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language is to hold a 10-day National Urdu Book Fair in Malegaon, Maharashtra from 3 to 12 January 2014. A variety of cultural…
EX IB OFFICIAL SUES MODI, OTHERS FOR DEFAMING HIM
A former officer of the Indian Police Service from Gujarat Cadre, R.B. Sreekumar, on 19 November, filed a defamation complaint against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party president Rajnath…
INCLUDE EDUCATION IN POLITICAL MANIFESTOS: APPEAL STUDENTS
A group of students in the national capital, on 19 November, launched a campaign demanding all the political parties to include issues related to education in their manifestos. So far…
SMS SERVICE TO GIVE DETAILS OF NETAS
The Association for Democratic Reforms has started a nationwide campaign, Know Your Neta, so as to give a voter full detail of his to-be-leader. The detail about a particular Neta will include information…
BABA RAMDEV LANDS INTO FLOOD OF CASES AGAINST HIM
The Government of Uttarakhand, on 20 November, slapped 81 cases against Baba Ramdev and his Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust. Among total 81 cases, 29 are related to illegal possession of land…
COMMUNAL VIOLENCE BILL TO BE TABLED IN WINTER SESSION
The Minister of Home Affairs is planning to introduce a revised Communal Violence Bill with the title ‘Communal Violence (Prevention and Control) Act, 2013’ during the upcoming winter session of the Parliament…
US CONGRESSMEN FOR PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN INDIA
The United States Congressmen Keith Ellison and Joe Pitts, on 18 November, introduced a resolution calling on India to protect the rights and freedoms of religious minorities in the country. The…
FRESH CHARGESHEET AGAINST BJP MLA IN MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS
A fresh charge-sheet was filed against BJP MLA Suresh Rana and three other party activists, on 20 November, for rioting and ransacking shops and stalls during a protest march against…
Fahim Ansari Got Clean Chit but His Family Fell Apart
Fahim Ansari was declared innocent by the Supreme Court last year in 26/11 terror attacks case for his alleged role of being a conspirator and a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative. But his…
Rights Panel Orders Damages to 3 Arrested in Bangalore Blast
Karnataka State Human Rights Commission on 23 November ordered the Karnataka government to immediately pay compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to three persons from Tamil Nadu detained in connection…
PORNOGRAPHY No Gain – Only Pain
While the world continues to progress technologically, faster than its growth in technology, it is worsening morally and spiritually. To some, pornography is a business, entertainment and pleasure for others…
Change of Guard in the Maldives
After 21 months of political instability, Maldives, comprised of some 1,200 islands in the Arabian Sea, on 16 November elected a new president and both the newly elected President Abdullah…
Who is Next after Masood and Laloo
He was born with the first breath India took after Independence and he, coincidently, became first to be charged of corruption in allotment of MBBS seats. Masood, one of the…
Babri Masjid Demolition-I
In the 1980s and 1990s Hindutva forces were encouraged and emotionally blackmailed by the leadership of the majority community, including several Members of Parliament belonging to the BJP, to engage…
Will AAP Emerge as a Phenomenon in Indian Polity?
People are getting mixed signals from AAP campaign. Many believe that the Aam Aadmi Party is yet to be tried and tested. How will they impact the polls is a…
Worship God Alone
Abdullah bin Abbas says that (Heraclius asked Abū Sufyān) “What this man (Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be to him) asks of you?” Abū Sufyān replied, “He tells…
Allah is Swift in Reckoning
The True Religion with Allah is Islam. The People of the Book adopted many different ways rather than follow the true way of Islam even after the knowledge of truth…
Sense of Accountability before God Alone can Save the Society
The charges of ‘sexual assault and rape’ levelled by a woman journalist of Tehelka against the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Tarun Tejpal have created uproar in our crime-ridden society. The…
Is There Link between IM and Hindutva Terrorists?
India Mujahidin (IM), at the very outset, seems to be an organisation run by Muslims. ‘Mujahidin’ (or mujahidoon) is plural of Arabic word mujahid meaning ‘one who exerts efforts for…
Meaning of Honour to Muzaffarnagar Riots Accused
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI comments on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s bid to heap honour on the accused of Muzaffarnagar riots.
Why Egypt’s Botched Coup might Stay Long
The outside intrigue and later complete material backing of the 3 July coup makes it a long drawn battle to accomplish the return of democracy in Egypt, observes MOHAMMAD PERVEZ…
