Social (In)justice? Some Can Flay SC Ruling, Some Cannot
Vol. XLIV No. 40
Date: April 8, 2007
CONVENTION ON SACHAR COMMITTEE IN SIKAR
ikar Unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Rajasthan Halqa organised a one day convention on Sachar Committee Report.
Read Diktat of Wisdom
11-17 March issue of Radiance is peppered with more than one dirge as well as an expression of disgust over the demise, in the Budget, of the hopes based on assurances of…
Ignoring Muslim Plight
On March 7 more than ten thousands Muslims marched to Parliament to stage a demonstration demanding job and educational opportunities for the community.
In Defence of Burqa
This is the voice of not a single burqa-wearer but the hidden anguish of hundreds of readers of the article “Let’s Burn the Burqa” by Taslima Nasrin in the Outlook (January 17, 2007).…
Everyday Miracles of Islam
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai,/ Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal) Thus, no matter how you look at it, Islam, the Qur’an and the…
Mahmood Alam is No More (1952-2007)
Mahmood Alam, a versatile short story writer, novelist and critic, research scholar and poet of Urdu language died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 24. He was 55.
IRAQ REDUX: THE NEW AMERICAN MIDDLE EAST POLICY
DR. FATIMA SHAHNAZ discusses the mess US has indulged itself in Israel and advices India to avoid getting entangled While the American attempts to foment a civil war between Palestinian factions…
Drugged to the Opium Named Cricket
Religion is opium, was the famous Marxist slogan of the 19th and 20th centuries. But the Communists of the 21st century are yet to identify the opium of the present…
Defending the Community – A Created Myth by PFI
[Two report stories on PFI Bangalore conference were published in our 18-24 February and 4-10 March 2007 issues. They were written by Pervez Bari, who should have checked the antecedent…
CRICKET AND CHARACTER
DR. AUSAF SAIED VASFI discusses that we need morally upright, responsible, accountable, efficient and result-oriented teams for various games, and also a conscientious citizenry.
Social (In)justice? Some Can Flay SC Ruling, Some Can Not
SORROR AHMED recalls how the politicians, of both right and left leaning, who found Muslim reaction to the SC ruling in Shah Bano case as disrespect to the court are…
