RAVAGING GAZA The War Netanyahu cannot Possibly Win
Vol. LII No. 17
Date: July 27, 2014
Attitude in Islam
Attitude is everything. Attitude is understood as the beliefs, feelings, response and action tendencies of an individual or group of individuals towards ideas, objects and people. Attitude reflects how one…
Wide Protest against Inhuman Assault on Gaza
Amid tight security and strong barricades, several Muslim organisations and social activists protested against barbaric assault on Palestinians by Israeli forces and expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza in…
Medical College with 300-Bed Hospital on the Cards: Jamia VC
Talat Ahmad, the new vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, in his first interaction with the media at a press conference held at Yasser Arafat Hall in JMI on 16…
Importance of Dates
This refers to article, “Dates for Halth” (Radiance 6-12 July). The article was very informative and has highlighted almost all aspects of Dates, their usefulness during the month of Ramadhan and…
Budget 2014 – Falling Too Short to Expectation
Finance Minister Arun Jaitely’s maiden budget has some long term prudence but seems being shaped to meet political exigencies. The budget has not put forth enough initiatives for the economic…
Who will Compensate These Victims?
Who will compensate these victims and their families for the mental, financial and physical trauma, they suffered during these 20 precious years. Why not, the persons responsible for preparing the…
Police and the Trust Deficit
A report entitled, “Strategy for making police forces more sensitive towards minority sections”, prepared by three DGPs – Sanjeev Dayal of Maharashtra, Deoraj Nagar of Uttar Pradesh and K Ramanujam…
FAR-RIGHT GROUP ‘INVADES’ MOSQUE IN LONDON
Britain First, a far-right group in the UK which on a number of occasions have ‘invaded’ mosques around the country, charged into a mosque in south-east London, where they gave…
ISLAMIC MARRIAGES TO BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED IN SOUTH AFRICA
The South African government has taken a historic step and provided the Islamic marriage opportunity to the country’s Muslim population, most of which came from Malia islands and have faced…
PHOTOGRAPHER HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF ITALIAN MUSLIMS
An Italian award-winning photographer, Nicolo Degiorgis, has demonstrated the contrast of the peace of prayer with the tension of politics in his new book, Hidden Islam, which focuses on how…
MUSLIMS FLOCK TO SEE GIANT WOODEN QUR’ĀN IN INDONESIA
Thousands of visitors have been rushing to Indonesia to see the largest Qur’ān carved out on wood in Palembang, South Sumatra. Starting work on the giant wooden Qur’ān in 2002,…
HISTORIC LIBRARY IN SARAJEVO REOPENED
The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is referred to as the ‘Memory of Srajevo’, has reopened its doors to visitors for the first time since it…
MAJORITY OF MUSLIM AMERICAN GROUPS BOYCOTT WHITE HOUSE RAMADHAN DINNER
On 14 July, some American Muslims and officials from certain Islamic states did attend the Ramadhan dinner at White House, but many American Muslims refused to participate in the event…
ISRAEL SURPASSES HITLER WITH GAZA ATROCITIES: ERDOGAN
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fiercely criticised Israel’s offensive in Gaza, comparing it to atrocities carried out by Adolf Hitler during World War II. Speaking at a rally…
GENEVA: PROTESTERS SLAM UN SILENCE ON PALESTINE
Hundreds of protesters have demonstrated in front the UN headquarters in Geneva in protest against Israel’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip. About 500 people from different religions took part in…
ISRAEL’S GAZA RESPONSE “COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT”: BRITISH DEPUTY PM
Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on Gaza have been “deliberately disproportionate” and amount to “collective punishment”, Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on 17 July, in unusually robust criticism of a…
ISRAEL USING ‘POISONOUS GAS’ IN GAZA INCURSIONS
Tens of Palestinians, including children, suffered temporary asphyxiation late Thursday (17 July) after inhaling “poisonous gases” released by Israeli troops during incursions into the Gaza Strip, according to a Palestinian…
REMOTE BAKSA TURNS INTO ASSAM’S KILLING FIELDS
As Baksa crawls back to normal life with the arrest of five persons, including a woman, in connection with Friday’s killings, security agencies are worried that the district, one of…
DELHI POLICE PLANTED CHIP IN MY BODY: TERROR ACCUSED
A local court on 16 July ordered medical checkup of a terror suspect after he accused the Delhi police of having inserted chips in his body. The Delhi police had…
COMMUNAL CLASHES BREAK OUT IN VADODARA
Communal clashes marred Friday evening in Vadodara and went on until late in the night as two communities clashed in different parts of the city. While the police downplayed the…
BRING BACK TRANSFERRED JUDGE: SOHRABUDDIN BROTHER TO HC
Rubabbuddin, brother of Sohrabuddin who was killed in a fake encounter, wants judge J. T. Utpat back as the trial judge in his brother’s case. He has written a letter…
CASE REGISTERED AGAINST HMK CHIEF FOR HATE SPEECH
Variety Hall Road Police of Maharashtra on 15 July registered a case against the president of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) Arjun Sampath. Police said that a few days ago, the…
DGP REPORT TALKS OF ‘TRUST DEFICIT’
A first-ever report prepared by the Directors General of Police of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu says this perception of communalism could affect internal security in the long run.…
COURT ACQUITS FOUR ACCUSED IN MECCA MASJID BLAST CASE
The 4th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge on 17 July acquitted four persons accused in a criminal conspiracy and fake passport case that was registered by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC)…
INDIAN AMERICANS HAIL SC’S ACQUITTAL OF INNOCENTS IN SURAT 1993
The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, has lauded the landmark Supreme Court judgment acquitting the 11 innocent people accused of…
SC ACQUITS ALL 11 CONVICTED FOR 1993 SURAT BOMB BLASTS
The Supreme Court on 18 July acquitted all the 11 people convicted for January and April 1993 bomb blasts in Gujarat’s Surat in which an eight-year-old child was killed and…
Muslim Stars in World Cup 2014
The FIFA world cup is done and finally over. After five weeks of action and drama this magnificent tournament was wrapped up with a classic in the infamous Maracana –…
Chaos in Iraq under US-Iran Hegemony
Present-day Iraq occupies the greater part of the ancient land of Mesopotamia. It was created by the British imperial powers in 1922 with the merger of three regions – Baghdad…
Inhuman Rights!
For a long time now intellectuals and even general public have learnt to read between the lines of statements, especially, by politicians. There was a news item recently that UK…
Benevolence to Relations
Anas relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “A person, who wants that there may be abundance in his provision, and that his…
Following Carnal Desires is Shirk
Whenever they see you they take you for nothing else but an object for jest, saying: “Is this whom Allah has sent as a Messenger…?” But soon, when they see…
Yet Another Holocaust Again by Israel
Once again the inhuman atrocity personified in the shape of Israel is smashing and pulverising Gaza, and the whole civilized world is watching with fear the collective punishment imposed upon…
Indigenous Population of Israel
The first thing all must be aware of is that when the Land of Israel was added to the Islamic rulership during the reign of the Second Caliph, the majority…
The Cry for Solidarity
SYED SULTAN MOHIDDIN analyses the brutal airstrikes on Gaza and calls upon New Delhi not to keep silence when there is overwhelming solidarity to the Palestinian people across the nations.
What is Gaza?
Before you make any opinion about the conflict in Israel and Gaza, you can check these facts and figures:
RAVAGING GAZA The War Netanyahu cannot Possibly Win
A true Palestinian unity culminating in a massive popular Intifada is the kind of war Netanyahu cannot possibly win, observes RAMZY BAROUD
