Islam is ‘Illegal’ in Angola, Mosques Closed
Vol. LI No. 36
Date: December 8, 2013
Winners of Essay Contest on Prophet Felicitated
Essay contests on various aspects of the life and mission of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) are becoming ever more popular. This was evident from…
IIC Launches Mobile Book Van
The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind wants to bring a positive change in society by presenting Islamic teachings to one and all in the country. Islam is the only complete Deen (Religion) revealed…
Actively Participate in Voting
This is apropos of the Cover Story in Radiance (24-30 November). Fascist forces are busy wandering here and there so as to create communal panic and tension. The Assembly elections in 5…
Protect Identity of Male Accused of Rape
The country felt hard-hitting two consecutive shocks with two key persons of two highly dignified institutions having been accused of sexual harassment. People and media said what they wanted to.…
A New Chapter of Discrimination
This refers to the Report on Muzaffarnagar riot victims published in Radiance (24-30 November). The news is both shocking and traumatising. The heartless administration should have thought at least for a while…
Media Serving Democracy or Digging Its Roots
This refers to your Editorial (Radiance, 24-30 November). The partiality of police as well intelligence agencies is crystal clear. The unholy nexus between police and intelligence agencies comes into limelight…
NEW HOSTEL TO OPEN FOR HOMELESS MUSLIM WOMEN IN UK
A UK-based Islamic charity, the National Zakat Foundation, is set to open their third hostel to help homeless Muslim women. The charity has said that around 100 Muslim women, aged…
FJP DENOUNCES UNJUST VERDICTS AGAINST ALEXANDRIA WOMEN AND GIRLS
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has paid deep tribute of praise and appreciation to Egypt’s women in general and Alexandria girls in particular, after the unjust verdicts issued by…
JUDGES WITHDRAW FROM 2011 CAIRO CLASHES TRIAL
Judges presiding over the case of deadly 2011 clashes in Cairo between security forces and protesters opposed to military rule withdrew from the case on 28 November. Citing “uneasiness,” the…
TURKEY TO FUND FUEL FOR STRICKEN GAZA UTILITIES
Turkey will fund a purchase of fuel to provide power for emergency services in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, including hospitals and idle sewage treatment plants, a UN official said on…
ANCIENT MOSQUE REOPENS TO WORSHIP IN ISTANBUL
A 470-year mosque of Piri Mehmet Pasha discovered on Byzantine cisterns in Istanbul was opened on 29 November to worship with recitation of Qur’ān and Janissary band show. During the…
CHECHENS BUILD NEW MOSQUE IN ARAB VILLAGE
Muslims from Chechnya have helped fund the building of a new mosque in an Arab village in Israel. The mosque was named after Chechnya’s former leader Akhmad Kadyrov, who was…
MUSLIM SCHOLARS CALL FOR UNITY IN ISLAMIC WORLD
Muslim scholars from 25 countries called on Muslims to be in unity, asking for help from all scholars in the world to make peace among Muslims, in a written statement…
19 OUT OF 28 URDU SCHOOLS RUN WITHOUT URDU IN
Nineteen out of 28 Urdu schools in Bokaro district of Jharkhand are closing to impasse as there are no teachers for the subject. Data suggest that as many as 252…
WHY TOP SCIENTISTS ARE SUPERSTITIOUS: CNR RAO
Bharat Ratna Prof C N R Rao, on 23 November, termed the long-time practice of Indian Space Research Organisation seeking the divine blessings in Tirupati before its space missions an act of…
TOP MUSLIM BODY DEMANDS PROSECUTION OF ERRING POLICE OFFICIALS
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, in its recently held meeting of consultative committee, demanded from the government to release all those Muslim youths held in terror cases merely…
MUSLIMS DEMAND RESERVATION IN GOVT. SECTORS
Thousands of Muslims, on 27 November, gathered at Azad Maidan of Mumbai in demand of reservation in government sectors. The protest was jointly organised by different social and political organisations.…
MEDICAL COLLEGE NAMED AFTER MAULANA MAHMOOD HASAN
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, on 23 November, renamed the ‘Manyavar Kanshiramji Government Medical College’ after the name of eminent freedom fighter Maulana Mahmood Hasan.
‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ SACHAR PANEL HELPS ONLY Muslims: GUJARAT TO SC
The Government of Gujarat has recently filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, terming the centre’s Minority Scholarship Scheme an arbitrary and discriminatory in nature. Moreover, the affidavit states that…
FOUR MUMBAI COPS LIKELY TO BE CHARGE-SHEETED IN FAKE ENCOUNTER
The Central Bureau of Investigation, on 27 November, submitted its report on cold-blooded encounter killing of a 20-year-old Gujarati boy on 13 January. The report mentions names of four Mumbai…
MUSLIM YOUTH NOT RELEASED EVEN AFTER NIA CLEAN-CHIT
The journey of acquittal of nine Muslim youths implicated in connection with Malegaon blasts seems to be very long, thanks to dilly-dallying attitude of Central Bureau of Investigation, Maharashtra, and…
A WAKEUP CALL to Safeguard Human Rights
RAVI NAIR, Director, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, explored the nitty-gritty of human rights violations in India and abroad. In an exclusive interview with MOHAMMAD NAUSHAD KHAN, he emphasised…
End of an Era
There was once a time when owning a record meant something. Players used to leave everything they had in their tanks in the middle of the field, trying to better…
Let Israel also Destroy Its Nuclear Stockpiles
Before dealing with the Nov 24 interim agreement, reached at Geneva between Iran and the US-led group consisting of France, Germany and Britain as well as China and Russia, let…
Human Rights in Islam
Human Rights are generally defined as the rights which every human being is entitled to enjoy and to have protected. Human rights are commonly understood as “inalienable fundamental rights to…
THE AARUSHI MURDER CASE The Message It Gives
The approach of investigators towards crime related cases varies from one case to another. If any one of the victim and the killer is of repute, the follow-up is done…
Surveillance for ‘Saheb’
Shopping malls, restaurants, gym, cinema halls, hotels and even hospital, she was being followed everywhere. When she boarded a flight from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, cops were put there to keep…
Car without Steering!
None of us can ever imagine such a thing! But look at the lives of majority today: strengthened with the mastery of literacy, education and vast body of knowledge; coloured…
Babri Masjid Demolition-II
In 1990s the Hindu leaders belonging to the RSS-VHP-BJP organisations declared that they want the control of Babri Masjid. In 1992 several important and sensitive meetings were held between VHP…
Injustice and Miserliness
Jabir bin Abdullah relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Avoid cruelty and injustice, for on the Day of Judgement, the same will…
The Final Judgement
On the Day of Resurrection Allah will most certainly judge between those who believe, and those who became Jews, and the Sabaeans, and Christians, and Magians, and those who associate…
Save Society from Live-in Relationship
The family system in India received a jolt rather death knell on 28 November when the Supreme Court put its stamp of recognition to live-in relationship. Earlier it was Madras…
Islam is ‘Illegal’ in Angola, Mosques Closed
Now it is official that Angola has closed down all mosques and declared practice of Islam as “illegal” in the country. The African country recently refused recognition to the religion…
