MUSLIM DEMAND FOR POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT Reservation in Legislatures or Proportional Electoral System
Vol. XLIX No. 38
Date: December 25, 2011
THE SUBLIME SYSTEM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Pick up a leaf and look at it closely. Although it appears quite ordinary, what you cannot see are the wide-ranging and magnificent chemical processes that enable it to carry…
ABDUR-RAHMAN IBN AUF (May Allah be pleased with Him)
Abdur-Rahman Ibn Auf was one of the early converts to Islam and among the ten who received the glad tidings of having a seat in Paradise in this world by…
Mayawati’s Gimmick
There is no gainsaying that the division of U.P. into four smaller states has become an administrative necessity. But, it is unfortunate that the BSP is eyeing the issue through…
Strange Ways of Delhi Police
It refers to shocking RTI response from Delhi Police where a senior officer of rank of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police has claimed that there is no system of taking…
Cold Blooded Murderers
More than 500 people have been killed in various incidents of terrorist and Naxal violence in the country this year, informs the latest report presented in the Rajya Sabha.
Beware of Evangelical Game-plan
One of my friends got an Urdu booklet entitled “Ruhullah” in a mosque in Andheri, Maharashtra. The booklet has been printed by some Christian missionary but an impression has been…
US FORMALLY ENDS WAR EFFORT IN IRAQ
After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion spent, US officials formally shut down the war in Iraq.
HAMAS’ GAZA ANNIVERSARY DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS
Tens of thousands of Gazans on Dec 14 turned out for an anniversary rally of the ruling Hamas, a demonstration of strength for the movement ahead of Palestinian general elections…
JAKARTA MEET ASKS MUSLIM JOURNOS TO APPLY PROPHET’S PRINCIPLES
Veteran Indonesian journalist Parni Hadi urged Muslim journalists to apply principles set out by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) in their work to enhance their…
PALESTINE FLAG RAISED AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS
Palestinians have raised their flag at the headquarters of the UN cultural agency in Paris in a historic move and symbolic boost for their push for an independent state.
AL-AZHAR TO PREACH ISLAMIC MESSAGE ON SATELLITE TV
Al-Azhar, Egypt’s 1,000-year-old seat of Islamic learning, will soon be preaching its doctrines on satellite television, a space it has previously left to Islamist parties now leading the country’s first…
TIME NAMES ‘THE PROTESTER’ AS ‘PERSON OF YEAR’
The Protester” has been named Time’s “Person of the Year” for 2011. The news magazine cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States and said…
TUNISIA REOPENS ITS BORDER WITH LIBYA
Tunisia reopened its two border crossings with Libya on Dec 15 after a two-week closure caused by clashes between Libyan militias and Tunisian security forces.
TUNISIA PRESIDENT ASKS ENNAHDA TO FORM GOVT.
Tunisia’s new president Moncef Marzouki on Dec 14 asked the secretary general of the Islamist party that dominated last month’s elections to form the next government.
‘THE MOTHER OF EVILS’ KILLS 57 IN BENGAL
In one of the worst hooch tragedies in West Bengal, 57 people, mostly labourers, rickshaw-pullers and hawkers, died and over one hundred have been hospitalised in serious condition after consuming…
US SCIENTIST CONSTITUTES AWARD FOR AMU STUDENTS
Dr. Sultana N. Nahar of the Ohio State University, USA on Dec 13 presented two awards with a cash prize of $150 to each best Muslim student with highest scores…
BIHAR ANJUMAN LAUNCHES NEW PROJECT FOR MUSLIM UPLIFT
Bihar Anjuman, a non-profit welfare organisation, working for the uplift of the Muslim community residing in Bihar and Jharkhand has launched yet another project to ensure that the children of…
INDO-ISRAEL TRADE LIKELY TO RISE FROM $5B TO $15B
India and Israel are expected to sign a Free Trade Agreement, giving a boost to the bilateral trade from the current $5 billion to $15 billion level.
ARMY JAWAN JAILED FOR LEAKING INFO TO PAKISTAN
A Delhi court has sentenced an army jawan to seven years in jail for doubling as a Pakistan intelligence agent and supplying sensitive defence-related information to the neighbouring country.
US MUSLIM GROUP HAILS HARVARD’S DECISION TO DROP COURSES BY
Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, in a statement on Dec. 14 applauded Harvard University
ARRESTS AND ACQUITTALS IN TERROR CASES Glaring Holes in Investigations
Unperturbed by a series of acquittals of innocent persons falsely implicated in ‘terror’ cases, the sleuths of Delhi Police (DP) made fresh claims of arresting 7 (6+1) alleged terror operatives…
DO NOT DENY TAX BENEFIT TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
A major departure of the proposed draft of the Direct Taxes Code from that of the Income TaxAct, 1961, is with regard to religious institution. The existing Income Tax Act…
Some Not So Public Facts
The recently declassified documents of 1971 war between India and Pakistan have without any doubt established the fact of absolute tilt of then US President Nixon and Kissinger against India.
Islamic Emergence in W-Asia & N-Africa
Are Islam and secularism incompatible? Equally important is the question how the West, particularly the US and European Union would and should react to the development? Do both pose a…
How to Praise a Brother
Narrated Abu Bakra: A man praised another man in the presence of the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him). The Blessed Messenger said to him, “Woe…
Allah’s is the Dominion
Allah’s is the dominion of the heavens and the earth and to Him are all destined to return. Do you not see that it is Allah Who gently drives the…
Taking Oath in the Name of Allah Legally Valid and
The Supreme Court of India once again upheld the demands of truth and justice and asserted the plural ethos of the country by dismissing a petition seeking a direction for…
MUSLIM DEMAND FOR POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT
My purpose of this article is not to scratch the countless wounds, received since independence. Nor to recite old grievances but basically to make a fresh endeavour to achieve social…
CHALLENGES BEFORE MUSLIM YOUTH
About 1/5th of the total world population are youth and India has about 243 million youth in the age group of 15-19 and it will cross over 300 million if…
