The Political Overtone of UP in 2014 Polls
Vol. LII No. 02
Date: April 13, 2014
Lease out Waqf Properties Only at Market Rates: K Rahman
The New Delhi-based Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFA) of India, the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Kuwait Public Awqaf Foundation jointly…
Vote for AAP in 3 Delhi Constituencies: JIH
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, during a press conference in the capital on 5 April, asked the people to vote for secular candidates who are of high moral character and are capable of…
Iranian Cultural Exhibition at Insight International School
Insight International School based in Hyderabad opened a two-day cultural exhibition in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the school premises in the city’s…
Kudos to Advocate Paracha
This is apropos the story item “Muslim Groups Seek Action against Threat to Adv. Paracha” (Radiance, 30 March-5 April). The commitment and the valour shown by Advocate Paracha deserve praise…
Let Truth Prevails
The recent sting conducted by Cobrapost will have its own time value because it has come out when people of India are thinking to vote for one party or another. Even before…
Governance after 2014 polls
This refers to the special issue “Governance in Early Islamic Period” (Radiance, 2-8 March). The issue was published when it was needed the most. As India will elect a new…
Don’t support so-called secular parties too
I read your editorial ‘The Battle between Good and Evil’ (Radiance, 30 March-5 April) and agree that the communal group should not come to power and Modi should be punished…
TURKEY’S PEACE PROCESS KEY TO ERDOGAN’S PRESIDENTIAL HOPES
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will be banking on Kurdish support if he bids for Turkey’s presidency in an August election and is likely to use his party’s strong showing in…
ORIENTALISTS ‘SPREADING FALSE VIEWS ON ISLAM’
A leading Islamic scholar, and a winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, has slammed orientalists in the West for spreading false information about the religion.
NO REGISTRATION FOR ‘ROHINGYA’ IN MYANMAR CENSUS
Myanmar on 29 March said Muslims would not be allowed to register as “Rohingya” in its first census in three decades despite UN assurances, on the eve of a survey…
UN AIMS TO EVACUATE 19,000 MUSLIMS UNDER THREAT IN CAR
The United Nations on 1 April said it was trying to evacuate 19,000 Muslims urgently from Bangui and other parts of Central African Republic who are surrounded by anti-balaka Christian…
CRIMEAN TATARS WANT TO HOLD THEIR OWN REFERENDUM
The UN Security Council held an informal meeting to discuss events in Crimea with representatives of Crimean Tatars on 31 March. Leader of Crimean Tatars Mustafa Jemilev criticised the March…
LEAKED EGYPT MILITARY DOCUMENT ‘PROVES’ HAMAS INNOCENCE
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on 29 March said that a leaked Egyptian military intelligence document proves that it does not meddle in Egypt’s affairs. “The leaked document proves that Hamas…
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CHIEF CALLS SISI A ‘TYRANT’
The top leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood accused Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief, widely tipped to become the country’s next president, of being a tyrant and predicted he…
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD URGES BRITAIN NOT TO YIELD TO FOREIGN PRESSURE
The Muslim Brotherhood has urged Britain not to bow to foreign pressure in conducting a review of the group over concerns about possible links to violence, following its designation as…
EGYPT DEATH SENTENCES ‘A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE’: UN
A group of eight United Nations (UN) human rights experts on 31 March urged the Egyptian authorities to quash the 529 death sentences announced in Egypt last week and give…
BIODIESEL EXTRACT FOUND BY AMU STUDENTS
The students of third year Diploma in Engineering, University Polytechnic, Aligarh Muslim University have succeeded in extracting Bio-diesel from refined and used mustard oil. Bio-diesel Extraction Plant has been designed…
MANUU MULLS CENTRE FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES
The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) is planning to set up a Deeni Taleemi Markaz or the Centre for Religious Studies in Hyderabad with a view to developing “moderate…
AAP WITHDRAWS TAINTED, LAGGARD CANDIDATES
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) recently dropped five candidates, including three in Uttar Pradesh, after negative internal reports. So far, 15 candidates have been withdrawn by the party. Candidates for…
1 LAKH BOGUS VOTERS IN HYDERABAD, CBI PROBE URGED
The Majlis Bachau Tehreek (MBT) on 3 April demanded a CBI probe into the inclusion of over one lakh bogus voters in the electoral rolls of Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency.
POLL OFFICERS OFFER FAKE VOTER IDS FOR RS.1,000
In a startling revelation, it has emerged that polling officials in Delhi and NCR are ready to facilitate bogus voting in exchange for money, said a report on 2 April.
AN EVM THAT ‘VOTES’ ONLY FOR BJP STUNS POLL STAFF
An electronic voting machine raised many eyebrows across Assam during a mandatory mock poll in Jorhat on 1 April. Every time a button was pressed, the vote went in favour…
NATIONWIDE MARCH TO PROTEST DEATH THREAT TO PRACHA
Bahujan Mukti Party, the political wing of BAMCEF, along with Bharat Mukti Morcha on 30 March jointly organised a nationwide dharna cum protest at its 535 district headquarters throughout India,
‘BABRI DEMOLITION PLANNED; ADVANI, NARASIMHA RAO KNEW OF PLOT’
A sting operation, conducted by Cobrapost on 23 key people of the Ram Janambhoomi movement, claims that the demolition of the Babri Masjid on 6 December, 1992, was elaborately planned…
Kerry’s Looming Deadline and the Peace Process Industry
As the US-imposed April 29 deadline for a ‘framework’ agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority looms, time is also running out for the American administration itself. The…
Muslim Minorities and Islamic Solidarity – II
Turkistan As-Sharqia or Eastern Turkistan is predominantly a Muslim State. Though the citizens of this State belong to a number of ethnic groups yet they are generally referred to as…
Prophet Muhammad’s Spirit towards Dawah
Islam is not merely confined to the affirmation of faith in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Day of Judgement. Nor are the Muslims confined to performing…
Factsheet Explodes Gujarat Development Myths
A factsheet issued by Sach Ka Safar Team explodes the much-touted claims and myths about development in Gujarat. The factsheet is as under:
You Reap As You Sow
It is noteworthy that Arvind Kejriwal in his recent interview to IBN Janasatta-TV, referred to the Constitution of India and humanism as his ideal basis and guideline. This is something…
Good Deeds in Ignorance
Hakim bin Hizam reported to Urwa bin Zubair that he said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him): “Do you think that there is…
The Blazing Fire of Hell
Nay, the truth is that it is the Hour to which they give the lie. We have kept a Blazing Fire ready for him who denies the Hour. When it…
Ensure Free, Fair Polling
The Indian Republic today stands fully geared up for the 16th Lok Sabha elections. But despite all the preparations the Election Commission with its countrywide network has made, it seems…
Ensure United, Massive Voting for One Selected Secular Candidate: JCMOE
In view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Syed Shahabuddin, Convener, Joint Committee of Muslim Organisations for Empowerment (JCMOE), in a statement on 1 April, issued guidelines for Muslims…
The Political Overtone of UP in 2014 Polls
MOHAMMAD NAUSHAD KHAN analyses the political overtone of Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
