MINORITIES in a Plural Society
Vol. LII No. 19
Date: August 10, 2014
All are Based on Sunnah
Small differences in Salat procedure among various recognised Mazhabs of Islam are all based on Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be to him).
A Welcome Sign
It is a welcome sign that the Ummah has awakened and is showing unity and solidarity at least with Palestine, arranging rallies, protests, submitting memorandums, and condemning Israel’s atrocities and…
Punish Israel for Its Misdeeds
Though Palestinian-Israeli conflict passed through many stages, the main defaulter is UN when it passed in 1948 a resolution approving an Israeli state in Palestine against Palestinian wishes. UN in…
BELGIUM SEEKS TO LABEL PRODUCTS FROM ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
Belgium on 29 July advised retailers to clearly label the origin of products made in Israeli settlements that are in occupied territories of Palestine. The non-binding recommendation has nothing to…
MORE THAN 2,300 SYRIANS KILLED DURING RAMADHAN
More than 2,300 people were killed by fighting in Syria during the holy month of Ramadan, a human rights group has reported. The London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights said…
BENGHAZI FIGHTING CONTINUES, MORE DIPLOMATS FLEE LIBYA
After a fortnight of the worst fighting since the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, most Western governments have followed the United States and United Nations pulling their diplomats out…
MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS MARCH AGAINST ISIL IN BAGHDAD
A mixed group of more than 200 Muslims and Christians marched on 20 July in the Iraqi capital to protest against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)…
ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL BAGHDADI TRAINED BY ISRAELI MOSSAD,
The former employee at US National Security Agency (NSA), Edward Snowden, has revealed that the British and American intelligence and the Mossad worked together to create the Islamic State of…
MUSLIMS PRAY FOR S. SUDAN PEACE
Thousands of South Sudanese Muslims converged on 28 July for the prayer of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the month of Ramadhan. Addressing worshippers at the Al Zarah…
MALAWI MUSLIMS PRAY FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE
Thousands of Muslims on 28 July gathered for the prayer of Eid al-Fitr, amid calls for peaceful co-existence among religions. “We want peace in the world. Where people have differences,…
ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL BAGHDADI TRAINED BY ISRAELI MOSSAD,
The former employee at US National Security Agency (NSA), Edward Snowden, has revealed that the British and American intelligence and the Mossad worked together to create the Islamic State of…
MALAWI MUSLIMS PRAY FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE
Thousands of Muslims on 28 July gathered for the prayer of Eid al-Fitr, amid calls for peaceful co-existence among religions. “We want peace in the world. Where people have differences,…
IN EID, ZAMBIA MUSLIMS REACH OUT TO FELLOW COUNTRYMEN
Zambia’s Muslims have joined hundreds of millions of coreligionists around the world in celebrating Eid al-Fitr, but with a special view of reaching out to their non-Muslim countrymen. “As part…
BJP MINISTER SUGGESTS ‘2002 GUJARAT-RIOT MODEL’ FOR ENTIRE INDIA
BJP’s national executive member and general secretary of the party’s Karnataka unit, C.T. Ravi has blown up a controversy by “tweeting” inflammatory comments on 27 July over the Saharanpur riots…
JUSTICE SONIA GOKANI RECUSES TO HEAR ABDUL QAVI’S BAIL PLEA
Justice Sonia Gokani of Gujarat High Court on 25 July recused herself from hearing a bail application filed by Mohammad Abdul Qavi, who was arrested in the 2003 in a…
SANGH TO PUSH ‘SAFFRONISATION’ OF EDUCATION
Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, an organisation affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has set up Bharatiya Shiksha Niti Aayog (Indian Education Policy Commission), the first commission of its kind…
DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF MUSLIMS IN POLICE BEHIND TRUST DEFICIT
According to a former IPS officer of West Bengal cadre, Nazrul Islam, in West Bengal which has nearly 30 per cent minority population Muslims do not have enough representation in…
CURFEW IMPOSED IN JHARKHAND AFTER COMMUNAL RIOTS
Violent clashes broke out in Ranchi district of Jharkhand over a land dispute between two communities when people were celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr. DIG Ranchi range has confirmed that one person succumbed…
MAXIMUM RIOTS TOOK PLACE IN UP SINCE 2013
With 247 incidents of communal violence in 2013, Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of states as compared with others as far as incidence of communal riots is concerned. And…
COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN BHUJ TOWN AHEAD OF EID
Hardly two days before Eid, some objectionable statements about Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) on instant messaging service WhatsApp sparked off violence between locals and…
MORADABAD RIOTS ERUPT AFTER BREACH OF AGREEMENT
Communal tension erupted in Nayagaon Akbarpur village in Kanth town of Moradabad following breach of agreement between the Muslims and Dalits. A day before the controversial 4 July “Mahapanchayat
This is So Huge for Me
I am ethnically a Russian Jew. My quest began when I was 19 years old. I was recovering from my stint with Scientology. My belief in God was uncertain.
The True Conversion of a Soul
I remember it so well. I remember the exact moment when my entire life changed, and I realised that I was no longer thinking “if I became Muslim”, but that…
Personal Laws are Identity of Muslims: SQR Ilyas
Those in Favour of Uniform Civil Code Want to Create Disturbance DR. S.Q.R. ILYAS, who is member Working Committee of All India Muslim Personal Law Board; Convener, Compulsory Marriage Registration…
Rogue Elements Dangerous for Unity and Prosperity: Advocate Paracha
In an interview with MOHAMMAD NAUSHAD KHAN,Senior Supreme Court lawyer MAHMOOD PARACHA explained his experience of the methodology and the mindset involved in arrest of innocent Muslims and cautioned India…
The Real Issue of Pluralism in a Nation
Human beings severally and their societies as a whole can never be homogeneous; heterogeneity or plurality is their basic traits. In that sense no society can ever be non-plural,
Ideology as a Cover for Political Agenda New ICHR Chief
Electoral and political arena is only one of the grounds through which political agenda of vested interests is achieved. Capturing of people’s mind, the ideological propagation is the foundation on…
Plight of Muslims in India
It is an international rule that minorities should be respected by the respective governments and given protection from exploitation and onslaught of the majority group. But it is a common…
A Plural Society Means Inclusion and Implementation of Minority Rights
Any society is characterised as civilised after looking at the manner in which its minority communities are treated. Of late, there are very disturbing signs both at the Governmental level…
Minorities and Human Rights
The minority population in any country around the world may be a religious, racial, ethnic, political or national entity asserting its civil and human rights and demanding equal treatment enjoyed…
Let Us All Plan for Hajj Baitullah
The holy month of Ramadhan-ul-Mubarak just got over which covers one of the five pillars of Islam namely Siyam (fasting). This auspicious month is marked with intensive efforts in reinforcing…
RECRUITING TO KILL It’s Not Just an Israeli War on
To some, US secretary of state John Kerry may have appeared to be a genuine peacemaker as he floated around ideas during a Cairo visit on 25 July about a…
Bolivia Condemns Israel as ‘Terrorist State’
Bolivian President Evo Morales on 30 July declared Israel a “terrorist state” and tore up a long-standing visa exemption agreement with the country in protest at the Israeli military offensive…
DEVELOPMENT Right of Minorities in India
The United Nations, in order to strengthen the cause of the minorities, promulgated the “Declaration of Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities” on 18…
MINORITIES’ DILEMMA And Democratic Polity
The concepts of minority and plural society developed during the emergence of the liberal democracy and its socio-political set up. The minority group is significant due to its critical position…
ISLAMIC DAWAH IN INDIA Importance and Prospects
A survey conducted among the non-Muslims in the United Kingdom stated that 80% had very less knowledge about Islam, 95% had come into contact with the Bible, 20% had come…
DOMINANCE OF PRIVATE CORPORATE SECTOR Unacceptable under the Constitution
Now that the high sounding praise by Corporate Sector of Modi Government’s maiden budget is less noisy, it is time to look at it impartially. The insidious pro-rich Bullet Train…
RIOTS and the PREVENTION of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill
Religious minorities especially Muslims are still struggling to have complete assurance of the safety and security of their lives and property in plural, multi-cultural, democratic Bharat which will soon celebrate…
Worship God Alone
Abdullah bin Abbas says that (Heraclius asked Abū Sufyān) “What this man (Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be to him) asks of you?” Abū Sufyān replied, “He tells…
Islam Teaches Fairness
It may well be that Allah will implant love between you and those with whom you have had enmity? Allah is Most Powerful; and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate.…
An Exemplary Plural Society
Think of society; and plurality comes to your mind. For a sense of plurality is always there in the very concept of society. Take any society – the human society…
