DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE Majoritarianism Method Goes in Full Swing
Vol. LII No. 18
Date: August 3, 2014
“Their conspiracy or our stupidity”
This refers to your editorial “Their conspiracy or our stupidity” (Radiance Viewsweekly, 13-19 July 2014). It is a tragedy of Ummah that the present scenario of Muslims and Muslim countries…
Free Gaza Now
For the Muslim Ummah at large as well as liberals around the world, Israel is the aggressor in perpetuity as long as it exists in Palestine by force. Hamas is…
Let’s Demand Immediate Halt to Gaza Killings
BJP leader Chandan Mitra’s statement that the Opposition parties’ logic to condemn Israeli aggression was ‘more emotional than logical’ is baffling. Mr. Mitra must understand that Gaza is like an…
IMAM SHOT DEAD BY THUGS IN UGANDA
Gunmen shot dead and robbed an imam in Uganda on 19 July, making off with an unspecified amount of money. New Vision reported that Twahir Kamisi, the 42-year-old the imam…
INDONESIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT JOKOWI CALLS FOR UNITY
Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was declared the winner of Indonesia’s presidential election on 22 July, bringing the promise of major reforms to the world’s third largest democracy.
MCB RESPONDS TO PETER CLARKE’S “TROJAN HORSE” LETTER REPORT
The Muslim of Council of Britain has welcomed the Education Secretary Nicola Morgan’s assurance that the government supports ‘the right of Muslim parents to be involved in their children’s schools…
US LAW ENFORCEMENT UNFAIRLY TARGETED MUSLIM-AMERICANS
Two leading rights groups on 21 July alleged that U.S. law enforcement agencies coerced, and in some cases paid, Muslim-Americans to plot terrorist attacks they were then prosecuted for. Human…
MUSLIM ACADEMICS CALL FOR UNITY AGAINST ISRAELI STRIKES
Muslim intellectuals from Iraq, Palestine, Egypt and Turkey have jointly condemned Israel’s aggression on Gaza Strip accusing Israel of being “primarily liable” for the massacre of Palestinians.
BRAZIL WITHDRAWS AMBASSADOR FROM TEL AVIV
Brazil’s Ministry of External Affairs, the Itamaraty, on 23 July issued a note saying it viewed the “escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine” as “unacceptable,” and that Brazil “strongly…
TURKEY DECLARES 3-DAY MOURNING OVER PALESTINE DEATHS, BOYCOTTING ISRAELI GOODS
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has announced three days of mourning beginning on 22 July with lowering all flags in public places and official buildings to show solidarity with…
HAMAS HAS DEFEATED ISRAEL’S GAZA OFFENSIVE: HEZBOLLAH
Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanon-based Shiite Hezbollah group, on 25 July said that Palestinian resistance faction Hamas had successfully resisted Israel’s weeks-long onslaught on the Gaza Strip. “Hamas, relying…
ISRAEL USING FLECHETTE SHELLS IN GAZA
The Israeli military is using flechette shells, which spray out thousands of tiny and potentially lethal metal darts, in its military operation in Gaza. Six flechette shells were fired towards…
ISRAEL A ‘TERROR STATE’, SHOULD FACE TRIAL OVER GAZA ASSAULT:
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an exclusive interview with CNN on 25 July blamed Israel of being a terror state and criticised the world’s so-called democratic countries for…
RICH ENCOURAGE FEMALE FOETICIDE, BIHAR CM
Chief Minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi on 20 July claimed rich families were encouraging female foeticide. The Poor are God-fearing believe children are gifts of God, said Manjhi while…
VHP LEADER HELD ON WAY TO KANTH IN MORADABAD
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sadhvi Dr Prachi was arrested at Najibabad while on her way to Kanth in Moradabad to offer ‘Jal-abhishek’ at a temple that is at the…
DIG BOOKED FOR RAPE IN MUMBAI
The Mumbai Police on 24 July booked Deputy Inspector General Sunil Paraskar for allegedly raping a model. Paraskar is an IPS officer of the 1997 batch, and a state service…
BJP MP DECLARED ABSCONDER IN BABRI MASJID DEMOLITION CASE
Sakshi Maharaj, BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao constituency, has been declared an absconder by a special CBI court after he failed to appear for a trial. The move came…
GUJARAT GOVT. UNDULY FAVOURED RELIANCE, ADANI: CAG REPORT
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) – the country’s apex auditing agency – has slammed the Gujarat government in its five different reports, for severe mismanagement of the state’s financial…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER ACCUSES PM MODI OF ‘RACISM’
A Spanish member of the European parliament (MEP) has tabled a written question about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that revealed a lack or selective knowledge about India and its facts,…
UN BODY RECALLS GUJARAT RIOTS, INSISTS ON ENACTING “DROPPED” COMMUNAL
At a time when the Narendra Modi government is all set to consider dropping it, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has asked the…
SIKH ONLINE PETITION URGES OBAMA TO CANCEL INVITATION TO PM
A New York-based Sikh rights group, which had earlier campaigned against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, has launched an online petition campaign urging President Barack Obama to cancel…
RBI REVIEWS ISLAMIC BANKING NORMS
RBI has begun the process of reviewing regulations on Islamic banking in India. The central bank has set up an internal committee to examine the matter, a report said citing…
I Believed the Qur’ān was the Truth…
My name is Tarik Preston. I embraced the religion of Islam in 1988 at the age of 19. The story of how I came to embrace Islam is not very…
First Mosque in Britain, Built in 1889, Re-opens
The first mosque founded in England, which has stood as a derelict shell for many years, has been refurbished and reopened to Merseyside’s 20,000 Muslims. But how did it come…
Emulate Nehru’s self-criticism, Fearlessness: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Dr. M.C Davar Centenary Memorial Lecture on “50 Years after Nehru : Challenges Ahead” was held in New Delhi on 16 July. Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal,…
Compensation in Islam
Compensation is defined as the benefit (money, material or kind) received for the performance of work. Money is regarded as the direct compensation while other benefits come under indirect compensation.
GASSING GAZA Is Israel ‘defending’ itself once again?
“When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against…
I Was Cancelled Because I Criticised Network’s Pro-Israel Coverage: MSNBC
A Palestinian journalist who criticised MSNBC for biased coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict is saying that she’s “been cancelled” by the news network. Rula Jebreal, who appeared on “Ronan
Gaza’s Resistance Will Not be Crushed
RAMZY BAROUD chronicles the ongoing Gaza bombing. On the 13th day (on 21 July) of Israel’s so-called Operation Protective Edge, stories of entire families collectively pulverised, women and children keenly…
Zionist Massacres in Gaza Won’t Weaken Palestinians’ Resolve: MB
The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, in a statement on 21 July, expressed solidarity with the Palestinians and hoped that the ongoing massacres of Gazans will not weaken the resolve of…
Who will Stop These Child Killers?
Is there no one who can stop these child killers? Where is the international community when we need it so badly? wonders AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
Biodiversity and Islam
Biological diversity, or the shorter term “biodiversity,” means the variety of life forms like human beings, animals of all sorts and plants of different categories in a region or on…
Injustice and Miserliness
Jabir bin Abdullah relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Avoid cruelty and injustice, for on the Day of Judgement, the same will…
Do They Hear or Understand?
Do you think that most of them hear or understand? For they are merely like cattle; nay, even worse than them. Have you not seen how your Lord spreads the…
Tragic Ramadhan, Dangerous Future’
Devils of the world unite”, appears to be the commandment issued by Iblis to its legions. The Ummah is passing through a tragic period of internal discord and external onslaughts.
DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE Majoritarianism Method Goes in Full Swing
If it goes unnoticed as is the response of the Government in such hate campaigns then slowly and steadily the very idea and the spirit of the foundation of India…
