Will Saudia Exert Influence to Help Palestine Get A Seat in UN?
Vol. XLIX No. 28
Date: October 9, 2011
Gopalgarh Riots could have been Avoided: JIH
Here is a brief report of a fact-finding team of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Rajasthan on the recent riots in Gopalgarh:
Issues That are Plaguing the Country
In a press meet, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, spoke about the problems faced by the country and the Muslim community. A gist of the main issues discussed…
Security as Status Symbol
It refers to welcome writ-petition filed in the Supreme Court with senior advocate Harish Salve rightly arguing that those connected with political parties and holding high offices seek security as…
GDP Growth?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while addressing the United Nations General Assembly, said that ‘a fast-growing India can expand the boundaries of global economy
No Clean Chit to Modi
The SC order on the petition filed by the widow of former MP Ehsan Jaffery, who was killed in the Gulberg Society carnage, is being deliberately misinterpreted by the BJP…
Modi’s Whining for Public Consumption
Whining and whimpering of Narendra Modi about the centre running a parallel government in Gujarat through the Governor is for public consumption. If indeed he finds Governor Kamala Beniwal overstepping…
Love and Hate
To love and to hate is part of human nature. As a result, all of us love and hate something or someone. And we do that in one form or…
Faizan Ahmad Falahi
Faizan Ahmad Falahi, general secretary Islami Sangh Nepal, was shot dead in broad daylight in capital city Kathmandu on his way home after saying his Zuhr prayer in Nepali Jama…
US MUSLIMS REJECT AL-AWLAKI’S CALLS TO VIOLENCE
A prominent US Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation on September 30 reiterated that the calls to violence made by Anwar al-Awlaki, who has reportedly been killed in a U.S.
JORDAN RECOVERS 620 ARTIFACTS FROM ISRAEL
The Jordanian authorities have recovered 620 artifacts from Israel through US mediation after 44 years of captivity, a senior official reportedly announced on September 27.
PALESTINIAN PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE
The Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Issa Qaraqi’ on September 27 said that Palestinian and Arab prisoners have gone on a hunger strike to protest the Israeli Prison Service’s…
ANKARA TO DRAFT NEW CONSTITUTION BY FIRST HALF OF 2012
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on September 29 said his government aimed to draft a new constitution by the first half of 2012 and he would seek cross-party consensus to…
JORDAN, TURKEY, EGYPT BLAST EXPANSION OF E. JERUSALEM SETTLEMENT
Jordan and Turkey on September 29 condemned Israel’s plan to build hundreds of new housing units in East Jerusalem as a new phase in “Judaising” the holy city. The Zionist…
UN SECURITY COUNCIL TAKES UP PALESTINE’S UN BID
The UN Security Council on September 28 took its first step on the Palestinian application to join the United Nations by handing it to a committee that will review and…
THIRD CHILD MAY LAND YOU IN PRISON
Yet another disgusting and utterly absurd bill is on its way in Kerala. The Commission on Rights and Welfare of Women and Children of Kerala has proposed Rs 10,000 fine…
STUDENT BEATEN FOR KEEPING BEARD
Whenever vilification of Islam and Muslims is discussed, many European and North American countries come into our mind. But it came as a shock for everyone when a student in…
JIH DEMANDS HIGH LEVEL PROBE INTO UNMARKED GRAVES IN KASHMIR
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has vehemently condemned the sordid story of a whopping twenty five hundred unmarked graves that have cropped up in Kashmir. The Jamaat, while claiming the whole incident as…
NHRC UNMOVED BY GOPALGARH BARBARISM
The non-involvement of the National Human Rights Commission in the recent Gopalgarh brutal killings, where 10 Muslims were killed, has infuriated many. Kamal Farooqui, national secretary of Samajwadi Party and…
SADHVI PRAGYA’S BAIL PLEA REJECTED, PEOPLE HAIL JUDICIARY
The Supreme Court last week turned down the bail plea of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the Malegaon Blast accused, who was picked up by the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad
IAMC URGES GOVT TO BAN SANATAN SANSTHA AND ABHINAV BHARAT
The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, has called upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to act on the request of the…
IGHT I Kept My Word And Said the Shahadah
My journey toward Islam started out about 30 blocks from the Pacific ocean in Long Beach, California. My parents divorced when I was four years old and, shortly after, my…
IBRAHIM ZAZA The Gaza Boy Newspapers Omitted
“Both of Ibrahim’s arms were cut off. He had a hole in his lung. Parts of his legs were missing. His kidney was in a bad condition…we need people to…
Is Islam a Threat to the West?
YAMIN ZAKARIA argues that Islam does not pose a threat to the West; rather it is the western economic model which is posing the real threat to the world.
Time to Abandon this Physico-Religion Light Speed Barrier a great
The reports regarding the experiments that showed neutrinos achieving a higher speed than that of the light have hit international headlines. I have been arguing for more than 15 years…
Who will Enter the Paradise?
Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: All my followers will go to heaven, except those who defied me. He was…
Won’t Yoube Brought Back to God?
Then Allah will ask them: ‘For how many years did you stay on the earth?’ They will say: ‘We stayed for a day or part of a day. Ask of…
Truth and Reconciliation in Kashmir
The time will definitely come, for the entire world, when graves will open and the dead will speak. For Kashmir, perhaps the most unfortunate state in Indian Union, the moment,…
Will Saudia Exert Influence to Help Palestine Get A Seat
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI delves deep into the Palestine imbroglio and calls upon the world Muslim leadership to make a joint international effort to free East Jerusalem from adverse…
