Corruption How To Defeat This Menace?
Vol. XLIX No. 22
Date: August 28, 2011
B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Deakin University Australia ink MoU
B.S. Abdur Rahman University (BSARU) entered into an MoU with Deakin University Australia on August 3, 2011, at Taj Coromandal, Chennai, Mr. Chris Evans, Australian minister for Tertiary Education, Skills,…
Accountability of All is the Way Out for Corruption: SIO
Corruption can be curbed and uprooted only by means of accountability of all, irrespective of the position one holds or work one does,” said Mohd. Azharuddin, President, Students Islamic Organisation…
Impeaching a Judge for First Time
It is a matter of great satisfaction that Rajya Sabha was not divided on political lines in passing impeachment-motion against a sitting High Court Judge Soumitra Sen first time in…
Congress Stands Shattered
When Anna’s agitation against corruption began snowballing, the Congress initially blamed communal forces behind the agitation. Next, they called the agitators Maoists, terrorists, and so on.
Corruption: Our Greatest Enemy
Corruption has become the way of life. Corruption is rampant in politics, legislature, executive, media and even judiciary. Almost all the national and regional political parties are more or less…
WOMAN DISABLES ANTI-ISLAM WEBSITES
An Alkhobar woman studying in the United States is taking credit for destroying 23 Danish websites that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him), reports…
EXPANSION OF GRAND MOSQUE IN MAKKAH
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah arrived in Makkah on August 17 to lay the foundation stone for the largest Haram expansion project in history.
TUNISIA PLEDGES TOUGHER LINE ON EX-LEADER’S ALLIES
Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi on August 18 said his government would take a tougher line on allies of the ousted president, responding to calls to put more of…
JUDGE HALTS LIVE BROADCASTS OF MUBARAK’S TRIAL
The judge trying ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters who toppled his regime ordered a halt to the live broadcast of his…
JORDAN ISLAMISTS SEE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS INADEQUATE
Jordan’s main opposition party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), said on August 15 the recommended amendments to the constitution included “positive aspects”, but fell short of meeting the people’s aspirations
GOA MUSLIMS DEMANDING GRAVEYARD FOR 20 YEARS
For the past 20 years Muslims of Goa have been demanding a place for graveyard (Qabristan), but still the land for the graveyard is out of sight. Mullah Saleem, a…
CENTRE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO MUSLIM ISSUES
The President of United Muslim of India, Maulana Burhan Ahmad Qasmi, in a meeting, alleged that the UPA government is turning a blind eye to the issues that concern the…
NOW A WEBSITE FOR MINORITES
In the launching ceremony of the website for minorities, Mr. Ramakant Goswami, Minister of Industries, Government of Delhi, said that by introducing the website in this era of information and…
POLICE ARRESTING YOUTHS IN MORADABAD
After facing the horrors of the riots in the holy and blessed month of Ramadhan, the people of Moradabad have got another reason to worry. Just when the ambience of…
JIH SUPPORTS ANNA’S MOVEMENT, CALLS HIS ARREST UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Secretary General, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Mr. Nusrat Ali has said in a press statement on August 14 that a strong and continuous struggle is required at the moment to root…
What We have Learnt fromFasting and Hajj
Islam, as we know, is a religion of peace, tolerance, brotherhood and humanity.It preaches equal right to every human being irrespective of his/her colour, stature, profession, cast and creed.But among…
TERROR HAS POLITICAL GOALS Religion should be for Humanism
After being attacked by the bombs of the terrorists (13/7, 2011), we are facing the barrage from the ideologues of hate and divisiveness. Many ideologues of religious nationalism have come…
Beware of the All-seeing-eye
MUJTABA FAROOQ, the first National President of Welfare Party of India, talks about the latest confrontation and ruckus between the civil society and the government in the perspective of the…
Is It the End of the American Century?
China is sitting on a mountain of money, whilst the US is sitting on a mountain of debt exceeding $14 trillion and 100% of its GDP. The Chinese are the…
Islamic Management
We have seen in the previous article in the series (on Debate on Islam) that Islam is the first to have raised the call for Liberty, Unity, and Fraternity of…
US-ARAB DISCONNECT Revolutions Restate Region’s Priorities
As the ‘Arab Spring’ continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the US remains committed to its failed policies, misconceptions and selfish interests.
AMU FACT FINDING INQUIRY INTERIM FREPORT A Curtain Raiser
The reputation of Aligarh Muslim University and its functionaries emerged intact. All kind of insidious and irrelevant illusions relating to the hyped up AMU Fact Finding Enquiry’s outcomes were set…
Key to Success and Happiness
Anas bin Malik relates that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “If Adam’s son had a valley full of gold, he would like to have…
Imperfectness of Human Behaviour
Evil has become rife on the land and at sea because of men’s deeds; this in order that He may cause them to have a taste of some of their…
CANCER OF CORRUPTION HOW TO FIGHT IT?
India, the second largest concentration of human beings on earth, has successfully completed 64 years of freedom. It has a respectable place in the world for its democracy, scientific achievements,…
‘C’ for Corruption, ‘Sea’ Change by Contentment!
The much awaited Lokpal Bill has re-heated the seemingly forgotten debate about what we Indians have for long seen as ‘mother-of-all ills’. Not even a single of you would be…
Sick Man of the East
After just 64 years of independence, the over-a-billion strong plural Bharat has woken up to the existence of a silent killer, a terminal disease that threatens to spread its virus…
CORRUPTION &CRONY CAPITALISM The Unholy Linkage
SYED SULTAN MOHIDDIN analyses the extent of corruption and loss to nation by scams, and suggests measures for taking on the monster head on. He supports Jan Lokpal Bill proposed…
‘Law is Not a Substitute for Character’
RASHEEDA BHAGAT in “Are we trivialising corruption?” [The Hindu Business Line, July 5, 2011] presents the views of SUBROTO BAGCHI, Vice-Chairman of MindTree, on corruption. We reproduce some of those…
CORRUPTION: THE OMNIPRESENT, THE OMNIPOTENT
Recently we celebrated our 64th Independence Day on August 15. The day marks the end of century-old British imperialism and beginning of self-rule in 1947. To be sovereign gives great…
ERADICATING CORRUPTION Islam Provides Right Solution
Corruption is one of the evil acts practised by human beings out of selfish motives. It not only creates negative impact on economy of the country but, indirectly, destroys the…
CORRUPTION: HOW TO DEFEAT THIS MENACE A PHOTOESSAY
Corruption is operationally defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal.…
Not Lokpal but Umar bin Abdul Aziz Bill
“What’s this?” he asked. “These are royal carriages,” royal servants said with uneasy looks in their eyes “…for your conveyance,” they explained. The new caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz sternly…
GOVERNMENT’S LOKPAL BILL is Mere Eyewash
I reviewed the Government’s Lokpal Bill in great detail. I amdeeply concerned and not to mention alarmed with what I learned fromit. Government has completely ignored the wishes of the…
THE BOON OF CORRUPTION
There is absolutely no doubt that,in the wrong hands,corruption can be of invaluable use. No, I have not lost my mind and I certainly do NOT support corruption, far from…
Fight Corruption, Save India
We, after 64 years of independence from the British rule, are struggling for getting freedom from poverty, communalism, casteism and corruption. The more we are trying to come out of…
CORPORATE CORRUPTIONS in Islamic Perspective
Capitalism has attained its perfection in the form of corporate management system. The Corporate System of America and elsewhere in the world symbolises all the inherent evils of capitalism –…
FIGHTING CORRUPTION with Belief in Divine Accountability
ABDUL-MAJID JAFFRY argues that only good governance, developing appropriate systems and putting checks and balances in place will not solve the problem of prevalence of corruption. Building individual and national…
