Hate Mongering will Divide India
Vol. LII No. 05
Date: May 4, 2014
Tribute to Muhammad Qutb
The sudden demise of Muhammad Qutb, one of the think-tanks of Ikhwan al-Muslimoon, is a great loss to the Muslim Ummah. Mr. Qutb has died when he had still so…
Zionist Role in Rushdie Project
There are reasons to believe that the project of writing and publicising Satanic Verses was originally a Zionist plot through a hired contract writer that happened to be Salman Rushdie. The Zionist…
Double Standard on War on Terror
This refers to editorial “Kagal ‘Bomb Making Factory’ Let the Police End Double-Dealing” (Radiance, 20-26 April). In the war against terror the investigative agencies generally play partisan role and in…
Resolve Dispute Amicably
This refers to report “Post-Demolition, Foundation Stone of Mosque Laid” (Radiance, 20-26 April). The report has got a message for both the Hindus and Muslims as to how a dispute…
Moulana R Abdul Raqeeb
Moulana R Abdul Raqeeb, one of the senior most members of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind from Shivajinagar, Bangalore passed away on 26 April at his residence. He was a great Aalim, had…
Syed Abdul Muqtadir
Syed Abdul Muqtadir, a renowned, popular, sincere and active social worker of Delhi, breathed his last on 20 April. He was 75.
ALGERIA OPPOSITION UNVEILS NEW COALITION
A group of Algerian opposition parties on 21 April unveiled a new coalition aimed at countering President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who won a fourth term as president in last week’s polls.
BOSNIANS REMEMBER AHMICI MASSACRE
Bosnians in the village of Ahmici on 17 April gathered to remember 116 civilians killed 21 years ago in the 16 April, 1993 massacre during the civil war. Seventy-three men,…
MYANMAR WON’T SUCCEED IF MUSLIMS ARE OPPRESSED: OBAMA
U.S. President Barack Obama said on 27 April that the rights of Myanmar’s minority Muslim population were not being fully protected and warned that the Southeast Asian country would not…
JORDAN SUMMONS ISRAELI ENVOY OVER AL-AQSA VIOLATIONS
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry on 21 April summoned Israeli Ambassador in Amman Daniel Nevo to protest “Israeli violations” against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the city of Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem).
AMERICAN MUSLIMS TO SUE US GOV’T OVER NO-FLY LIST
Naveed Shinwari and three other American Muslims are suing the US government after claiming that they have been put on the no-fly list in a bid to coerce them into…
PRO-MORSI BLOC URGES BOYCOTT OF EGYPT’S ELECTIONS
The main support bloc of ousted president Mohamed Morsi has urged Egyptians to boycott the upcoming presidential elections, due next month
GAZA PM ADVISER DISMISSES ISRAEL RECOGNITION REMARKS
An adviser to Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh dismissed remarks attributed to him by U.S. newspaper The Washington Post that Hamas, which rules Gaza since 2007, might recognise Israel as part of…
SON OF FORMER FAR-RIGHT DUTCH POLITICIAN ACCEPTS ISLAM
The son of former far-right Dutch leader Arnoud Van Doorn, who converted to Islam last year, has also joined his father in professing his faith in the religion of Islam.…
SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE SHOULD BE PUNISHED: ABU AZMI
Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has defended his remark that a woman and a man entering into a sexual relationship outside marriage should be punished, before the Maharashtra State Commission…
BJP, RIGHT WING GROUPS’ COMPLAINT AGAINST FR FRAZER MASCARENHA’S LETTER
In a statement signed on 25 April by some activists from Gujarat including Hiren Gandhi and Fr. Cedric Prakash sj, the signatories condemned the BJP and the right wing groups’…
MUSHAWARAT CRITICISES EC’S INACTIVITY, ASKS SC TO INTERVENE
All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat 21 April said that the Election Commission of India is playing partisan politics by removing the ban on Amit Shah while retaining the same in…
MUSLIMS OBJECT TO MARRIAGE REGISTRATION PROPOSAL
Days before registration of marriage becomes compulsory in the Capital, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has written to Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung, expressing its opposition to the proposed…
MUSLIM, LOWER CASTE STUDENTS FORCED TO CLEAN TOILETS IN INDIA:
Some Indian teachers force children from lower castes and minority religions to clean toilets and sit separately from their classmates as part of “persistent” discrimination in classrooms,
INTEREST-FREE PROJECT LAUNCHED IN KERALA
The Jeddah-based Indian Forum for Interest-free Banking (IFIB) has launched a goat-farming project in Kerala with the support of a local organisation, said V.K. Abdul Aziz, secretary-general of IFIB. The…
COMMUNAL RIOTS ROSE BY 25% IN 2013: MHA
The year before the Lok Sabha elections, 2013, saw communal rioting incidents in the country jumping by nearly 25 per cent, with Uttar Pradesh, which witnessed major religious clashes in…
COUNTER WESTERN INVASION WITH MESSAGE OF ISLAM: JIH AMIR
The purpose of establishing Madrasas in India is to protect Deen. We are grateful to Allah that madrasas have always fulfilled this purpose. The present form of Islam in India…
And I Feel Great
I was born in Greece, a country known for being one of the most ‘homogenous’ Christian countries. Almost 99% of Greek people are Orthodox Christians.
US Pursues ‘Peace’ on Israel’s Terms
To understand how thoughtless the US latest ‘peace process’ drive has been, one only needs to consider some of the characters involved in this political theatre. One particular character who…
ISTANBUL A City of Excitement
In my recent visit to Istanbul I have seen the city’s true beauty, from the historic buildings of the Ottoman Empire to the wonderfully designed mosques that bring thousands to…
TIME Magazine Urged to Disqualify Indian Politicians from TIME 100
Indian American Muslim Council has called on TIME magazine to disqualify Indian politicians from the 2014 TIME 100 online poll.
A POPULAR DUA
There is a prayer which is extremely popular among the Muslims the world over. There are people who ask Allah to grant them everything in this world. As a result,…
‘Ambedkar-worshipping’ in the times of Elections
Arun Shourie, who was part of NDA, a fellow traveller and an ideologue of BJP, wrote several books, many of them against minorities and Dalits in particular.
Turkey, AL, GCC Hail HAMAS-FATAH Deal
Hamas and Fatah on 24 April signed an agreement that aims to end years of division between the two factions. The deal calls for the formation of a national unity…
India Needs Real Democracy
India is a democratic country. Here parliamentary form of government is based on democratic principles. It is one of the largest democracies in the world as well. The term democracy…
Conceptual Independence
While pursuing M. Phil in Political Science from Delhi University, I had to review Philip Oldenburg’s book India, Pakistan, and Democracy: solving the puzzle of divergent paths for the research…
Asking for Authority
Abu Sa‘eed Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said to him, “O Abdur…
Deities will Deny False Beliefs
They will say: ‘Glory be to You! It did not behove us to take any beside You as our guardians, but You lavished the pleasures of life upon them and…
India Votes with Hopes and Fears
We are passing through the fateful weeks which will decide the shape of things for the next five years. This is a period of frenzied propaganda, heightened passions, mounting tensions…
Hate Mongering will Divide India
MOHAMMAD NAUSHAD KHAN takes stock of the hate speeches made by some political leaders during their respective campaigns for Lok Sabha elections and concludes that hate mongering will divide India.
