Criminalisation of Politics
Vol. XLIV No. 45
Date: May 13, 2007
‘Gujarat-like Situation might Prevail in Rajasthan’
A national-level fact finding team of several human rights organisations has expressed concern at the penetration of active workers of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh in the Rajasthan administrative and justice…
SC on Fake Encounters
The government of Gujarat confessed before the Supreme Court that Sohrabuddin Sheikh was killed in a fake police encounter and his wife Kauser Bi was also killed by the police.…
SC on Fake Encounters – II
That no action was taken against the police officials who acted ‘hand-in-glove’ to the grotesque Gujarat pogrom and also the police officer who was named by the Sri Krishna Commission…
SC on Fake Encounters-III
The heinous act of encounter killing is surely deplorable. It has been making headlines in Mumbai since 1980s. Few underworld gangsters were cold bloodedly killed in fake encounters, and it…
More Powers for EC
Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalswamy has rightly demanded power for Election Commission to derecognise political parties. Since our Parliamentarians have neither sincerity nor time to pass bills concerning much-needed poll-reforms…
On Radiance Special Issue
I am very much impressed and enthused to get the Seerah Special of Radiance Viewsweekly (15-21 April 2007). The articles are well presented and worth preserving.
The Miracle of ’The Unlettered Man’in the Bible
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai,/ Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
OIC TO LAUNCH $10B POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMME
Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has said his organisation has drawn up an ambitious programme of ten billion dollars for poverty alleviation in…
MUSLIM SCHOLARS OFFER SOMALIA MEDIATION
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) is ready to mediate between feuding Somali parties to help stanch the bloodletting in the country, urging Arab or Muslim peacekeepers to replace…
IRAN ’WELCOMES’ PROPOSAL FOR MORE NUCLEAR TALKS
Iran’s foreign minister has welcomed a Swiss proposal for continued talks on Teheran’s nuclear programme, which is being objected to by the Western powers by suspecting that it is aimed…
PAK COURT SUSPENDS TOP JUDGE CASE
In a ruling seen as a strong slap on the face of the Musharraf regime, the Supreme Court on May 7 suspended a judicial panel’s hearing into charges of misconduct…
JAMIA OPENS DEPARTMENT NAMED AFTER ARJUN SINGH
Having named its departments and buildings after luminaries like Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro, Sarojini Naidu and Noam Chomsky, the Jamia Milia Islamia on May 4 inaugurated a department in the…
GOVT URGED TO SACK MODI
Akhil Bharatiya Muslim Yuva Ekta Committee staged a march at Jantar Mantar in the Capital on May 3 to protest the staged encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and burning of…
EXTREMELY LOW RATIO OF MUSLIMS IN INDIAN POLICE FORCE
Communal riots and Indian Police, a factually well-researched and well-documented book by former IPS officer Vibhuti Narayan has exposed that policemen have always played a very prejudiced role in most…
MUSLIMS PROTEST REORGANISATION OF MUSLIM CONCENTRATION AREAS
There is a well-hatched conspiracy in the reorganisation of Muslim concentration municipal constituencies in the city, and this has been done at the behest of P.H.E.D. Minister Dr Prem Kumar,…
2007: Memorable Anniversary
SOROOR AHMED takes us on the eventful road of history to enable us to learn some valuable lessons to build our future
The Hidden Predators
Neo-colonialism is defined as a policy where a major power uses economic and political means to perpetuate or extend its influence over underdeveloped nations, former colonies and new dependencies. The…
Amnesty Scheme and the BJP
MOHD. ASIM KHAN wonders if there is any end to the woes of Delhiites regarding sealing of their shops and establishments and welcomes the rays of hope coming from government.
BJP Destroying the Age-old Indian Heritage
ASIF MOAZZAM JAMAI says that BJP is a party wedded to cheap tactics of rousing sentiments of common Hindus and catching votes.
Crime and Politics
George Bernard Shaw has famously said that politics is the last resort of scoundrels. Modern day India, most unfortunately, appears to be proving this adage to be correct. We are…
Return of the East India Company
DR. FATIMA SHAHNAZ exposes how the multinational corporations and their sponsoring western states are enslaving developing countries like India and using their lackeys to foment trouble and criminalise polity.
Just Think of A Scenario
DR S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI analyses the moral degeneration of society and criminalisation of politics and asks Muslims to stand up, be counted and start a jihad against all crippling…
Criminalisation of Society: BJP Way
SOROOR AHMED avers, in the backdrop of human trafficking by Babubhai Katara, that we should try to decrease our dependence on foreign resources and give full stress on developing agriculture…
