RAIL FARE HIKE Bitter Medicine or Fatal Blow
Vol. LII No. 14
Date: July 6, 2014
Evolve Viable Concept of Islamic Banking: K.A. Najmi
Khurshid A. Najmi, former legal advisor to Reserve Bank of India, who has also worked for the Central Bank of India and Bangladesh, shared his perspective on the challenges, feasibility…
Unveil Design behind ISIS
This refers to the ongoing Iraq turmoil that has shocked the world. The terrorism which is being propagated in the name of ISIS is definitely a matter of concern and…
Killing of Mohsin Shaikh
The brutal killing of a Pune techie Mohsin Shaikh (Radiance Viewsweekly, 15-21 June 2014) is sad and shocking. His murderers too will surely die and will be presented to their…
Disseminate the Message of Prophet’s Seerah
Your Cover Story “Interpersonal Skills in Islam” by Syed Kazim (Radiance, 22-28 June 2014) makes a good reading. Turning the pages of the Qur’ān and the Seerah of Allah’s Messenger
Introduce Colour Photographs
If I am not wrong, I have been reading Radiance Viewsweekly since its very launch in 1963. Its gradual improvement in paper and printing quality is remarkable but lack of…
Violence Will Deter Growth and Progress
The general impression we are getting from the style of functioning of the present government is that it will try to build its image for three to four years and…
CRIMEA DECLARES EID AS OFFICIAL HOLIDAY
Crimea has declared the Muslim festival of Eid an official holiday during a session of the Crimean Parliament on 25 June.
IVORY COAST PRESIDENT OFFERS FOOD, MONEY FOR RAMADHAN
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has offered to contribute large quantities of rice and sugar – along with hard cash – to the nation’s Muslims ahead of the fasting month of…
PALESTINIANS PARADE IN JERUSALEM TO WELCOME RAMADHAN
Palestinians marched on streets of East Jerusalem in traditional clothes late on 26 June in a festival to welcome the month of Ramadhan, when the faithful abstain from food and…
CAR FACTIONS TAKE STEP TOWARDS PEACE
The two main factions in the Central African Republic’s inter-communal conflict have taken a tentative step towards ending violence that has killed thousands and forced more than a million people…
JUDGE WHO SENTENCED SADDAM HUSSEIN ‘EXECUTED’
Several press reports have claimed that rebels loyal to the self-styled ISIL have captured and executed Raouf Abdel Rahman who sentenced former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to death in 2006.
BUDDHIST EXTREMISTS ATTACK MODERATE MONKS IN SRI LANKA
Buddhist Monks who are speaking out against the extremist Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) group in Sri Lanka are being beaten, stripped naked and left unconscious for participating…
PHILIPPINES ASSURES MUSLIMS OF AUTONOMY BY JANUARY
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on 27 June assured the country’s largest Muslim group that a new autonomous government will be in place by January 2015 in the south, a commitment…
BRAZILIANS ANSWER CALL TO ISLAM DURING WORLD CUP
As the World Cup tournament goes on, many Brazilians reverted to Islam. Choosing to accept the message of the world’s fastest growing faith in the land of samba, a growing…
GLASGOW MOSQUE AIRS CALL TO PRAYER DURING GAMES
Muslims being the second largest group in Glasgow are going to be able to hear the call to prayer (adhan) throughout Ramadhan thanks to the Commonwealth games. Glasgow Central Mosque…
SURVEY SAYS TURKS ‘DEFINE THEMSELVES BY RELIGION’
Turkish people associate their national identity with religion rather than language or patriotism, according to a new report released on 24 June. More than 48 other countries have been surveyed.…
SEX EDUCATION IS UNSCIENTIFIC, CULTURALLY UNACCEPTABLE: HEALTH MINISTER
Taking a critical stand on sex education, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan criticised sex education and termed it unscientific and culturally unacceptable. He opposed vulgarity in the name of sex…
MUSLIMS MAKE UP TO 3% IN CIVIL SERVICES
Of the total 8,417 candidates who have cracked civil services examinations, Muslims are around 3.46 per cent. Of 292 Muslim officers, 160 are among 5,862 who had cracked the UPSC…
AMU, THAMMASAT VARSITY SIGN MoU
The Aligarh Muslim University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand to encourage close academic ties between the two universities. AMU Registrar Group Captain (Retd.)…
CBI FILES FIR AGAINST ENTIRE POLICE STATION FOR MURDER, SEXUAL
The Central Bureau of Investigation on 25 June filed an FIR against all policemen working in the Wadala railway police station for the alleged murder of detainee Agnelo Valdaris and…
CRIME BRANCH SEIZES EVIDENCE FROM HRS OFFICE
The Pune crime branch conducted a search of the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) office at Vile Parle in Mumbai and seized incriminating evidence in the Mohsin Shaikh murder case. “The…
CBI JUDGE SHIFTED AFTER HE PULLED UP AMIT SHAH
Days after special CBI judge J T Utpat pulled up BJP general secretary Amit Shah for failing to make an appearance before the court hearing the case pertaining to the…
BHATT ACCUSES NANAVATI PANEL OF MISLEADING HC
Accusing the Nanavati-Mehta Commission, appointed by the Gujarat government, of misleading the Gujarat HC on the issue related to inspection of intelligence records pertaining to the 2002 riots, suspended IPS…
GOPAL SUBRAMANIUM OPTS OUT, ATTACKS NARENDRA MODI GOVT
Eminent lawyer Gopal Subramanium on 25 June opted out of being considered for appointment as Supreme Court judge after lashing out at the Narendra Modi government accusing it of ordering…
PUNE VIOLENCE WAS PRE-PLANNED, SAYS REPORT
Violence in Pune, due to which Muslim techie Mohsin Shaikh was killed on 2 June, was part of a conspiracy, a fact-finding exercise coordinated by the National Confederation of Human…
RIGHTWING GROUPS CALL UPON HINDUS TO PREPARE TO FIGHT AGAINST
Some rightwing organisations, as per reports, have intensified their efforts to expand their base in the country and called upon Hindus to “prepare themselves physically and spiritually to fight against…
Dates for Health
The Muslims worldwide have the tradition to end the Siyaam (fast or fasting) by taking date fruit. This is based on the saying of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings…
Re-opening of a Mosque after 51 Years
SYYED MANSOOR AGHA captures the historical moments of reopening of a mosque in Cyprus after 51 years and hails the communal amity and reconciliation reached between Orthodox Christians and Muslims.
Even Diluted Version of Communal Violence Bill Dumped
MOHAMMAD NAUSHAD KHAN comments on the Government’s plan to dump the Prevention of Communal & Targeted Violence (Access to Justice & Reparations) Bill.
British PM Recognises Muslims’ Chief Role in Charity, World War
In a special video message marking the start of the holy month of Ramadhan, British Prime Minister David Cameron on 28 June acknowledged that British Muslims are the top charity…
Conflict Management in Islam
Conflict management involves implementing strategies that limit the negative aspects and increase the positive aspects of a conflict at a place where the conflict exists or originates. Further, the main…
Whither Unity?
We often realise that ‘faith without action is fruitless as also action without faith is rootless’. There is no dearth of cults, philosophies and isms, calling for unity of nations…
What Good It Brings to Woman?
The history of the beauty contest is not clearly known to me. Who, where and when it started is unknown, but the common belief is that the beauty contest started…
Real Spirit of Fast
Abū Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “When any one of you is observing a fast on a day, he should…
The Guidance and Criterion
During the month of Ramadhan the Qur’ān was sent down as guidance to the people with clear signs of the true guidance, and as the Criterion (between right and wrong).…
Let’s Strive to Protect the Identity of Muslims
Muslims in India have been facing troubles and sufferings of sorts, more so in the present scenario. Their personal laws are at stake. Now the efforts are being made to…
RAIL FARE HIKE Bitter Medicine or Fatal Blow
ARSHAD SHAIKH comments on the recent rail fare hike in India and argues how Islam leads to a huge surplus of fund (credit balance) for the government of the day…
