2014 Polls: Defining Moment for Use and Misuse of EVMs
Vol. LII No. 09
Date: June 1, 2014
Muslims Urged to Work towards Development, Pursuit of Justice
Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, on 26 May called on all Indians to be vigilant in safeguarding the secular…
Radiance Serving Humanity
I am an avid reader of Radiance Viewsweekly and I use to wait eagerly for the latest issue to enrich my knowledge and understanding of Islam and issues pertaining to the Muslim…
India Takes U-Turn on Pakistan
Better ties and cordial relations even for the sake of business between India and Pakistan will ensure peace and prosperity in the region. The invitation from Narendra Modi to Nawaz…
Let’s Devise a Strategy
When Muslim leaders and organisations called upon all Muslims to vote united to defeat BJP, it was our mistake. Our Hindu brethren misunderstood that Muslims are uniting against Hindus;
‘Regime Change’
‘Regime Change’ is the most common technical word used to describe CIA operations all around the world, where US used all options in its command to topple an unwanted government…
250,000 QUR’ĀN COPIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT BRAZIL WORLD CUP
Kuwait’s Awqaf Ministry has said it will distribute 250,000 free copies of the Holy Qur’ān in different translations in Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup this summer.
TURKISH CYPRIOT RELIGIOUS LEADER CALLS TO REOPEN HALA SULTAN MOSQUE
The Religious Affairs Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prof. Dr. Talip Atalay has called on the Greek Cypriot authorities in the south of the island to…
GERMANY POLICE PROBE IN ERDOGAN POSTER WITH NAZI SYMBOL
German police in the city of Cologne have launched an investigation after a protester carried posters of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decorated with Nazi symbols during Erdogan’s rally…
SOMALIA SECURITY MINISTER QUITS OVER PARLIAMENT ATTACK
Somalia’s National Security Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled resigned on 24 May, only hours after 27 people were killed in an attack on the parliament headquarters in the capital Mogadishu.
NIQAB BANNED AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
The administration of the Cannes Film Festival in France is officially banning the niqab on the red carpet as well as inside the Festival Palace. “In accordance with the [French] law of…
KANSAS SHERIFF DROPS SPONSORSHIP OF ANTI-MUSLIM TRAINING
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said on 23 May that it has decided not to partner with a citizen group sponsoring an anti-terrorism training session planned for next week, saying…
PRINCE CHARLES LIKENS RUSSIA’S PUTIN TO HITLER
Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has likened Russian President Vladimir Putin to German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler over his stance on Ukraine, according to a British newspaper.…
US CONFESSES SECRET TAPES OF GUANTANAMO FORCE-FEEDINGS
A federal court has forced the US government to reveal that it has secretly recorded dozens of force-feedings of just one Guantánamo Bay detainee, raising the prospect that the military…
GAZA MP CALLS FOR RALLIES ON MAVI MARMARA ANNIVERSARY
A Palestinian lawmaker has called on Arab and international campaigners to rally against Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip on the fourth anniversary of Israel’s attack on a Turkish…
QARADAWI URGES EGYPTIANS TO BOYCOTT ELECTIONS
The influential Qatar-based Muslim scholar Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi on 25 May called on Egyptians to boycott presidential elections and shun front-runner Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, saying the former army chief had…
HINDU GIRL TOPS IN MADRASAH
The Class X results of Madrasah Board in West Bengal on 20 May declared a Hindu girl securing sixth rank in the State. Fifteen-year-old Mou Halder, who achieved the rare…
SIKH GROUP FILES APPEAL IN US COURT AGAINST DISMISSAL OF
US-based rights group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has challenged the dismissal of 1984 rights violation case against Congress (I) party, pertaining to 1984 Sikh massacre, before the US Court of…
HOLES IN 2008 SERIAL BLASTS CASE PROBE EMERGING
Kanjibhai Rajgor’s deposition before the special court showed the carelessness in which the city police have conducted probe in the sensational 2008 serial blasts that resulted in the death of…
DEFENCE PINPOINTS FLAWS IN PROSECUTION’S THEORY IN 7/11 BLAST TRIAL
The defence counsel, appearing on behalf of the accused involved in the July 2006 train serial blast case, is drilling holes in the prosecution’s theory, while advancing his final arguments…
AKSHARDHAM CASE: JNU STUDENTS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST MODI
Scores of students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on 24 May staged a protest at Jantar Mantar against the Gujarat Government and Narendra Modi, demanding compensation for six convicts who…
PRE-1971 BANGLADESHI SETTLERS ARE INDIANS, CAN VOTE: HC
In a historic judgment, the Meghalaya high court has said that Bangladesh nationals who have settled in the state before 24 March, 1971 should be treated as Indians and they…
NAB MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOT ACCUSED: SC TO CBI
The Supreme Court on 23 May rapped the UP police for its inability to arrest a history-sheeter, who is accused of multiple murder cases as well as last year’s Muzaffarnagar…
HM DROPS NCTC, COMMUNAL VIOLENCE BILL
In its presentation prepared for the new government, Union Home Ministry officials reportedly dropped two contentious issues over which Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi had been at loggerheads with the UPA…
66-Year Nakba I Saw Yafa, Land of Oranges
In ‘Jaffa: Land of Oranges’, Ghassan Kanafani described his exile from the Palestinian coastal city of Yafa. As a 12-year-old boy, he struggled to understand, but “on that night, though,…
The QUR’ĀN Our Best Guide
Today, we (Muslim Ummah throughout the world) find ourselves in a pathetic and disastrous condition as we have neglected the Holy Qur’ān. Our indifferent attitude towards the last of Allah’s…
The Myth of Gujarat’s Growth Model
When a storyteller tells stories about many things, he himself gets confused and at times his stories become intermingled with many facts, and it sometimes makes listeners alienated. Gujarat Growth…
Textbooks must Reflect Appropriate Values in Child’s Mind
Regarding the contents of school textbooks and the need to get them re-evaluated, Sachar Committee has said that the textbooks should not only reflect reality but also help in creating…
The Rights of Children in Islam
Children are one of the joys of life we ask Allah to grant us: • Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world. (Al-Kahf : 46) •…
Business Ethics in Islam
Ethics may be defined as the set of moral principles that distinguish what is right from what is wrong. Ethics has a twofold objective; it evaluates human practices by calling…
Victory of Development or Divisiveness
The results of Parliamentary Elections are very interesting. With 31% vote share BJP-Modi won 282 Parliament seats, Congress with 19.3% vote share got 44 seats, BSP polled 4.
Fight against the Abominable
It is narrated on the authority of Tariq bin Shihab: It was Marwan who initiated (the practice) of delivering khutba (public address) before prayer on the Eid Day. A man stood up…
A Great Betrayer of Man
A Day when the wrong-doer will bite his hands, saying: ‘Would that I had stood by the Messenger! Woe is me! Would that I had not taken such a one…
Let’s Make a Fresh Start
The great churning of India’s soul, the largest democratic exercise, is over and the BJP has unexpectedly made a clean sweep and Mr. Narendra Modi is firmly in the saddle.…
2014 Polls: Defining Moment for Use and Misuse of EVMs
It is high time to ponder over either to go back to paper ballot or to continue with EVMs along with paper trail so that the voter gets to know…
