Debating Elections, Debating Development
Vol. LII No. 06
Date: May 11, 2014
WPI Demands Action against Massacre of Muslims in Assam
Welfare Party of India, at a press conference held at its headquarters in the national capital on 3 May, condemned the brutal massacre of Muslims in Assam and also demanded…
Keep Fighting for Justice, Constitutional Rights: JIH
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, during a press conference in the national capital on 3 May, asked the people to keep on fighting for justice, democratic, constitutional and human rights. JIH has also…
HWF Gives PG Scholarships to 200 WB Meritorious Students
Human Welfare Foundation in collaboration with Students Islamic Organisation of India, West Bengal and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind West Bengal Zone organised a PG Scholarships Distribution Programme at TB Association Hall, Near…
Dr. Ansari Re-elected Clinton Islamic Centre President
The Clinton Islamic Centre holds its election every two years. During this year’s election Dr. Anis Ansari was unanimously elected president of Clinton Islamic Centre. This is the fourth time…
Pulse of the Society
The article “Struggling to Surrender” by Syed Kazim (Radiance, 27 April-3 May) presents the pulse of the modern Muslim society. The writer, a keen observer of the social milieu, has…
Politicians Not Welcome
This refers to editorial “Why Not to Exercise the Franchise” (Radiance, 27 April-3 May). It was interesting to note that Darul Uloom Deoband banned the entry of politicians in its…
More Politics than Rituals
This refers to article “Beef and Pink Revolution in Elections 2014” (Radiance, 27 April-3 May). The Beef issue is highlighted particularly during elections. If an honest survey is conducted to…
Let Peace Prevail in Assam
Political parties use every opportunity to drive out some political benefit from any incident. The recent massacre in Assam is also politically linked. Killing of 32 Muslims for not voting…
CRIMEAN TATARS ‘FORCED’ TO BECOME RUSSIAN CITIZENS
Crimean Tatars in Crimea are forced to become Russian citizens, the Crimean leader Mustafa Jemilev told Anadolu Agency (AA) at an interview in Berlin on 30 April. Jemilev said that…
JORDANIAN CHRISTIAN KILLS DAUGHTER FOR CONVERTING TO ISLAM
Scores of Jordanians on 1 May tried to break into a church in the northern Ajloun province in protest against the reported killing of a local girl by her Christian…
TUNISIAN ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW ELECTORAL LAW
Tunisia’s national assembly on 1 May approved a new electoral law, to take one of the last steps in the country’s move to full democracy after the 2011 uprising that…
PALESTINIAN LAWYER FOUND TORTURED, HANGED IN HIS HOME
Amjad Al-Safadi, a defence attorney for Palestinian prisoners, was found hanged in his home in Al-Quds (East Jerusalem) on 30 April, just five days after being released from detention, in…
LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE DELAYED AS DEPUTIES BOYCOTT VOTE
Lebanese politicians abandoned their second attempt to elect a new president on 30 April after dozens of deputies boycotted a parliamentary vote to choose a successor to President Michel Suleiman.
MOSQUE DESECRATED IN CAR CAPITAL AFTER MUSLIM EXODUS
A mosque was desecrated in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, a short time after Muslims living around it were evacuated for another part of the restive country,…
ISRAEL DEMOLISHES MOSQUE, HOMES IN WEST BANK
Israeli bulldozers on 29 April demolished a mosque and three homes in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, a Palestinian official said. “Eighteen Israeli military jeeps and two bulldozers…
HAMAS SUPPORTERS RALLY IN WEST BANK AFTER UNITY PACT
Over a thousand supporters of Hamas on 30 April marched through the streets of a West Bank stronghold of its rival Fatah party, after a surprise Palestinian unity pact the…
JIH CHIEF VOICES GRIEF AT AFGHAN LANDSLIDE DEATHS
Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Omari, Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, has expressed grief at the death of around 2500 people in the incident of hill landslide in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.
97 OF 111 CASES SINK BUT GOVT PUSHES FOR SIMI
Even as the Centre seeks the approval of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal for its decision to extend the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India for the 7th…
BJP CORPORATOR, HUSBAND BOOKED FOR DEMANDING BRIBE
The Anti-Corruption Bureau has booked a BJP corporator from Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation in Thane district and her husband for allegedly demanding bribe from a complainant. On 27 April,
BAIL PLEA OF 3 ACCUSED IN MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS REJECTED
A local court has rejected bail plea of three persons accused of murder in a Muzaffarnagar riots related case. Additional district sessions judge Jitender Kumar on 29 April rejected bail…
RAMDEV BOOKED FOR ‘INSULTING’ DALIT COMMUNITY
Yoga guru Ramdev has been booked across the country for “insulting” the Dalit community through his controversial “honeymoon” remark against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Ramdev, a supporter of Bharatiya Janata…
NARENDRA MODI NOT FIT TO BECOME PM: HINDU SEERS
Two of Hinduism’s key religious heads attached to traditional monasteries known as ‘mutts’ have opposed BJP leader Narendra Modi’s bid for prime-ministership, calling him a “grave sinner” trying to “mislead”…
THOSE OPPOSED TO MODI SHOULD MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD: ANISH
British Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor has said those opposed to Narendra Modi’s brand of politics should make their voices heard. “For us Indians there is a kind of permeability between…
APCR TRAINING WORKSHOP HELD AT BAREILLY
A first level Socio-Legal training workshop of APCR volunteers was held at Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) on 26-27 April. About 70 selected participants from different districts of Uttar Pradesh Western Region…
ATTACK ON SHABNAM HASHMI CONDEMNED
SAHMAT, a voluntary organisation, in a statement on 28 April, condemned in the strongest possible terms the attack on Shabnam Hashmi in Rai Bareilly. She was attacked at about 12.30…
NEED OF THE HOUR IS TO DEFEAT HISTRIONIC FASCIST FORCES:
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has expressed concern and displeasure at the fascist and communal forces making Muslims topic of negative statements during the on-going parliamentary elections, and demanded the Election Commission and…
Islam is What was Missing in My Life
On July 30, 2006 / Rajab 4, 1427, with Allah’s will, I declared my Shahadah. I believe this is my destiny, to become a Muslim, to return to my true…
Mothers’ Rights in Islam
Islam has greatly emphasised the importance of being affectionate, caring, devoting and respecting towards parents, Mother and Father. In our babyhood and childhood, we essentially required the defence, feel affection,…
Fire Relief Work in Delhi
A massive fire in a Jhuggi Basti in Jai Hind Camp of Masoodpur area near Vasant Kunj, Delhi, caused havoc. Seven hundred jhuggies out of estimated 1000 jhuggies were destroyed…
Personality Development in Islam
The Qur’ān and the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) give us certain guidelines on do’s and don’ts for an individual to build a…
Mass Death Sentence of MB leaders ‘worst judgement in history’,
A senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood said the sentences handed down on 28 April, 2014 by Minya Criminal Court (in central Egypt) against 1211 supporters of President Morsi signal…
Harvard Organises a Roundtable on Islamic Finance in India
A roundtable on “Islamic Finance in India” was organised at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA at the conclusion of 11th Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance on 27 April,
Palestine, Israeli Occupation and India’s Foreign Policy
India’s foreign policy has undergone a major shift since 1990s. The immediate context of this change was the fall of the USSR, which marked the end of bipolarity and the…
Fight Shy of Allah
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Iman has…
Wisdom behind Trials
O Muhammad)! We never sent any Messengers before you but they ate food and walked about in the markets. We made some of you a means to test each by…
Minya Verdicts A Mockery of Justice
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. When Lord Acton made this moralist point in 1887, no one knew it would be proved with greater sense of realisation…
Debating Elections, Debating Development
RAM PUNIYANI analyses the turmoil caused by the BJP’s complain to the Election Commission against the email written by Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas, Principal of St Xavier’s College, Mumbai to his…
NOMOre Extends Solidarity to Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas
A letter issued on 25 April by NOMOre Campaign – a non-funded, non-party affiliated secular platform – and endorsed by over 375 academics,
