GOPALGARH KILLINGS Was It a Riot or Police Action?
Vol. XLIX No. 27
Date: October 2, 2011
POLITICS OF DISAPPEARENCE
On the third anniversary of the fake Batla House killings, Jamia Teacher’s Solidarity Association organised a seminar to address the issue of illegal picking up of the youths from the…
BAHRAIN RECOGNISES NEED FOR REFORMS: KING HAMAD
Bahrain is holding key by-elections on September 24 to fill 18 parliamentary seats left vacant when deputies from the main opposition Wefaq party MPs walked out of the 40-member Parliament…
FRENCH MUSLIM WOMAN DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENCY
Kenza Drider’s posters for the French presidential race are ready to go, months before the official campaign begins. There she is, the “freedom candidate,” pictured standing in front of a…
‘QADDAFI RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS’
Libya’s interim rulers on September 22 said they had further consolidated their control over Sahara desert towns that had been among Muammar Qaddafi’s last strongholds, and said Qaddafi himself was…
TUNISIA DETAINS EX-LIBYAN PREMIER FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY
Tunisia has arrested and jailed Baghdadi Al-Mahmudi, who was Muammar Qaddafi’s prime minister until the collapse of the Libyan regime last month. Al-Mahmudi, one of the most senior members of…
JORDANIANS PROTEST FOR REFORMS
Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated across the country on September 23 calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit’s government, the dissolution of the lower house of Parliament and the…
NY ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE OPENS
The developer of an Islamic Cultural Centre near Ground Zero says the “biggest mistake” on the project was not involving the families of Sept. 11 victims from the start. “We…
ABBAS STAKES PALESTINIAN CLAIM TO STATE AT UN
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on September 23 asked the United Nations to recognise a state for his people, even though Israel still occupies its territory and the United States has…
STUDYING SCIENCE SANS TEACHER
It is the teachers who lay the basic foundations of learning and education in the tender minds of kids. It is the teachers whom the kids admire and take inspiration…
‘JAIL IS MODI’S ULTIMATE ABODE’
Commenting on the drama of “Sadbhavana Fast” that had been staged by the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Secretary for Public Relations, Engineer Mohd Saleem of Jamaat-e-Islami said that…
JIH HAILS MAYAWATI’S MOVE FOR MUSLIM QUOTA
In a letter to UP Chief Minister Mayawati, general secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Mr. Nusrat Ali expressed happiness on her demand of reservation for the Muslim community
3rd ANNIVERSARY OF BATLA HOUSE ENCOUNTER, CBI ENQUIRY DEMAMDED
To commemorate the memory of the horrific Batla House Encounter that took place on September 19, 2008, various civil rights and pressure groups and social organisations held large scale protests…
JIH DEMANDS SAFEGUARDING OF GRAVEYARDS
The general Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Mr. Nusrat Ali said the state governments as well as the central government, in alliance with the Waqf Board should erect fences around the…
JIH CONDEMNS QADIYANIS’ EXHIBITION ON QUR’ĀNIC TEACHINGS
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind denounces the exhibition on Qur’ānic Teachings organised by the Qadiyanis and forewarns the people about its evil agenda. JIH directed the attention of the people to look for…
Why So Many People have So Much Fear
My experience in Islam began as a graduate student in New York City in 1998. Up to that point in my life, for 25 years, I had been a Protestant…
ANOTHER ‘SYMBOLIC VICTORY’ Abbas’ New Political Gambit
When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to go to the United Nations to request the admission of Palestine as a full member, he appeared to have had an epiphany.…
LOOKING BEYOND 9/11
By the time you would be reading this article, the sensation related to 9/11 would have probably died down. However it is the same brouhaha and the hullabaloo about 9/11,…
RE-POSITIONING OF ANNA HAZARE Slamming Modi and Advani a Welcome
SYYED MANSOOR AGHA analyses the palpably marked shift in the strategy of Anna Hazare and his team towards SanghParivar in general and rampant corruption in BJP-ruled States in particular.
And the Sun shall Rise Again
MUSLIM CIVILIZATION THE CAUSES OF DECLINE AND THE NEED FOR REFORM Dr. M. Umer Chapra The Islamic Foundation,
Obedience to the Messenger
Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said, “… when I forbid you from doing anything, totally abstain from doing the same,…
When the Trumpet is Blown
And then no sooner than the Trumpet is blown there will remain no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask for one another. It will be an Hour…
Reign of Terror in Rajasthan
The barbaric and merciless killing of nine Muslims in Gopalgarh in District Bharatpur of Rajasthan will go down in the history of independent India as yet another glaring brutality by…
GOPALGARH KILLINGS Was It a Riot or Police Action?
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI dwells in detail upon what exactly happened in Gopalgarh of Bharatpur district of Rajasthan on Sep. 14, and also points out its political consequences.
