PROBITY BILL and Swallowing the Crow
Vol. XLIX No. 03
Date: April 17, 2011
A CENSUS RECHECK IN 16 MUSLIM CONCENTRATION DISTRICTS
The Census Directorate in Uttar Pradesh has decided to verify ‘wrong entries’ in two enumeration blocks in 16 Muslim concentration districts. There are some complaints that those recording “Islam” as…
CBI Probe Demanded into Phool Muhammad’s Murder Case
Some social activist groups and various Muslim organisations on April 10 held an “Insaaf Rally” (March for Justice) in Jaipur, Rajasthan, protesting the tardy progress in the investigations into the…
Homage to Dr Ambedkar
On April 14, the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratn Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar, the main architect of Indian Constitution, we pay homage to him
Killing in the Valley
Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah’s murder in a mysterious explosion outside a mosque, has once again started the typical killing spree of the coming summer. We are losing our think-tanks and…
Anna Hazare’s Fast Track Democracy
A wider perspective over Anna Hazare’s movement could have Congress’s Parliamentary Democracy pitting against Anna Hazare’s ‘FAST-TRACK’ democracy; to achieve the same drastically positive results that liberalisation has brought to…
Miles to Go even after the Bill is Passed
Anna Hazare’s campaign to exert pressure on the Government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill is gaining momentum. However, the logicality…
Maulana Muhammad Shafi Moonis (1918-2011)
Maulana Muhammad Shafi Moonis, former Naib Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, breathed his last at his residence, following brain haemorrhage, on April 6. He was 93
SAUDIA, CHINA TO SIGN NUCLEAR PACT
Saudi Arabia on April 11 announced its plan to sign a nuclear cooperation agreement with China
IRAN TO BUILD NEW RESEARCH REACTORS
Iran will need more enriched uranium to fuel the “four or five” new research reactors it is planning on building
BAHRAIN FREES 86 PROTESTERS
Bahrain has released 86 people arrested during anti-regime protests that rocked the Gulf state for nearly a month. The opposition said that around 400 people were arrested during protests that…
YEMEN REJECTS GCC’S PROPOSAL
Yemen’s president on April 11 rejected a proposal by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that he step down before the end of his term in 2013, the latest blow to…
ANTI-QADDAFI FORCES REJECT AFRICAN CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL
Libyan rebels, backed forcefully by European leaders, on April 11 rejected a cease-fire proposal by African mediators because it did not insist that Muammar Qaddafi relinquish power
JERUSALEM STREETS GET SYMBOLIC NAMES
A group of Palestinian activists on April 9 erected nine street signs in Jerusalem’s Jabel Mukabber neighbourhood, assigning the anonymous thoroughfares road names in Arabic and English
PALESTINIANS READY FOR STATEHOOD
The Palestinians are ready for statehood, according to a report to be presented to major aid donor countries in Brussels this week by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. He will present…
JASHN-E-MUSHAIRA FOR URDU LOVERS IN DELHI
Ahmad Alqadi from Cairo’s Al Azhar University drew the attention of the gathering of Delhi’s poetry lovers. When he rendered his Urdu translation of an Egyptian poet’s ode to the…
MAULANA SHOWKAT AHMAD SHAH ASSASSINATED
Prominent religious leader Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah, President of Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith, Kashmir, was assassinated in a remote-controlled blast at the gates of a central Srinagar mosque shortly before Friday prayers on…
ZAKIR HUSSAIN COLLEGE TO GET WI-FI FACILITY
The authorities of Zakir Hussain College, New Delhi, have announced the provision of wi-fi facility for the students in college campus which will start from the coming academic session. The…
AJMER, DARGAH BLAST APPROVERS TURN HOSTILE
Swami Aseemanand, the Sangh Parivar functionary and accused in some terror blast cases and Co-accused Bharat Bhai will not be prosecution’s approvers in the infamous Dargah Sharif blast case
STUDENTS PROTEST OVER ABVP’S HOOLIGANISM DURING INDIA-PAKISTAN SEMI-FINAL
The cricket World Cup is long over but it seems that ‘hangover’ of the celebrations is still lingering on in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). During the India-Pakistan semi-final,
HAZARE’S MOVEMENT LAUDABLE, BUT…
Shahi Iman Syed Ahmed Bukhari, welcoming the noted social activist Anna Hazare’s public supported movement for Lokpal Bill against corruption said, “The movement will really encourage those elements who are…
MUSLIM LEADERS CONDEMN BURNING OF QURAN IN US
A delegation of Muslim leaders on April 9 met Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai and condemned the burning of Qur’ān in the US
Of Attacking Libya and Western Adventures
Western military adventurism in Iraq, Afghanistan and now in Libya is in fact discreditable crudeness and vulgarism. Their aerial invasion of Libya is nothing but showcasing their atrocious might and…
WAR ON PALESTINIAN MEMORY Israel Resolves Its Democracy Dilemma
Palestinian citizens of Israel must have been proud of the fact that their collective tenacity always proved stronger than any Israeli attempt at dislocating them from their rightful historical narrative.…
The Jasmine Revolution
The Jasmine Revolution, started with sacrifice by one individual in Tunisia, has spread to most of the Arab world. Tunisia and Egypt have achieved their freedom from tyranny of their…
DESIRE OF THE GOD OR ‘GOD’ OF THE DESIRE
It may seem strange to many, but it is a fact that, everyone among us – whether he is a Muslim or Non-Muslim, whether he believes in God or not,…
Assam: Alienating the Natives
The idea behind such migrations is purely social and economic, to overcome the misery and deprivation or to latch on to upwardly mobile channel, observes RAM PUNIYANI
Space Scientist’s Tryst with Qur’ān and Islamic History
Rank Nazeer Ahmed, the US-based space scientist from Tumkur in Karnataka owns 14 patents in the US and funds studies of poor kids from the proceeds.
An Unceremonial Challenge
A PIL challenging minority status of Jamia Millia Islamia was filed in Delhi High Court by Vijay Kumar Sharma, President of an NGO, Yuva Bharti Samiti, alleging that JMI is…
Jamaat Voices Concern on Various Issues
The session of the Central Representatives Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind concluded in the Capital on April 7, 2011
Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Omari Re-elected JIH Amir
Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Omari was re-elected Amir (President) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for the next four-year term during the session of Central Representatives Council (CRC) held at JIH headquarters in the…
AIMMM Hails Anna Hazare’s Move for Effective Lok Pal
Mr. Syed Shahabuddin, President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, has welcomes the historic fast unto death of Mr. Anna Hazare for effective Lok Pal.
Fight Shy of Allah
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Iman has…
Blessed is the Creator
We created man of the extract of clay; then We made him into a drop of life-germ, then We placed it in a safe depository; then We made this drop…
Elections and Muslim Community
Five Indian states – Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry – are going to polls and their fates would be decided within one month
PROBITY BILL and Swallowing the Crow
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI opines that corruption cannot be uprooted just by passing some draconian law. It requires restricting society on the firm foundation of belief in God and…
