EMBELLISHING THE IRAQ WAR Moral Victory, and Selective Body Counts
Vol. XLIX No. 39
Date: January 1, 2012
The Honeybees’ Superior Architectural Abilities
When it comes to making contiguous hexagons with an exact angle of 109 degrees and 28 minutes, one would need compasses and set squares to produce the various angular measurements…
Disallow Camera in Parliament
It has been observed, rather confessed by several Parliamentarians, that disruptions in Parliamentary proceedings have increased tremendously and quite frequently ever since cameras have entered to cover Parliamentary proceedings.
BJP’s Raj Dharma
If the BJP has least faith in Raj Dharma, a word used by A.B. Vajpayee, it should sack Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi for his overt
Ban Tobacco and Gutka
Due to lack of moral values youths are fast becoming tobacco smokers and gutka eaters. Tobacco smoking burns health and life. Poisonous gutka is being consumed by boys and girls…
Black Money – A Challenge
According to the data provided by Swiss Bank, India tops the list with almost $1600 bn in Swiss Bank followed by Russia, U.K. and China. This has tarnished India’s image…
Who Killed Shaikh Emad Effat?
I generally don’t talk about people. And I generally don’t comment on current events. I mostly limit myself to talking about Allah and His Deen.
TWIN SUICIDE BOMBS SHAKE DAMASCUS
Twin suicide car bomb blasts ripped through an upscale Damascus district on Dec. 23, targeting heavily guarded intelligence buildings and killing at least 40 people.
LOCKERBIE BOMBER INSISTS HE WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED
The convicted Lockerbie bomber on Dec. 22 claimed to have new evidence about the 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 that he said could clear his name. Abdel…
JORDAN PREMIER VOWS TO REVIEW ALL PRIVATISATION DEALS
Jordanian Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh on Dec. 22 told lower house of parliament that his government intended to review all deals which were worked out by previous governments for the…
TURKEY RECALLS FRANCE ENVOY AFTER GENOCIDE BILL
Despite strong protests by regional powerhouse Turkey, French lawmakers on Dec. 22 passed the measure to make it a crime in France to deny that the mass killings of Armenians…
PREPARATIONS FOR SECOND MAKKAH YOUTH MEET IN FULL SWING
The Makkah Governorate has started preparations for the second gathering of Makkah youth for the year 1433H. The governorate and the other groups involved in the event are organising workshops…
HAMAS, PLO JOIN HANDS, ISLAMIC JIHAD TO FOLLOW SUIT
Hamas has agreed to join the Palestine Liberation Organisation – a key step toward unifying the long-divided Palestinian leadership. Hamas’ leader Khaled Meshaal on Dec. 22 joined a committee that…
EGYPTIANS RALLY AFTER DAYS OF DEADLY CLASHES
Several thousand Egyptians on Dec. 23 rallied in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square to denounce violence against protesters, especially outraged by images of women protesters dragged by their hair, beaten and…
ISLAMIC FINANCE FIRM OPENS ITS KANNUR BRANCH
The Kochi-based Alternative Investments and Credits Ltd. (AICL), an Islamic finance company, started its operation in Kannur on Dec. 21. AICL officials said that it was the only
NRIs DEMAND INTEREST-FREE BANKING
The Indian Forum for Interest Free Banking (IFIB), Jeddah Chapter, Saudi Arabia, submitted a memorandum to the Kerala State Minister for Overseas Indians’ Affairs, Mr. K.C. Joseph; in the presence…
ANNA’S SATYAGRAHA COULD BE “NUISANCE” FOR OTHERS: HC
Coming down heavily on Team Anna’s agitation plans on Lokpal Bill, the Bombay High Court on Dec. 23 said it can’t allow “parallel canvassing” when Parliament is debating the issue,…
‘JUSTICE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MINORITIES HAS TAKEN NOSE DIVE’
Aligarh based intellectual body of Muslims, the Millat Bedari Muhim Committee [MBMC] Aligarh held a symposium on International Human Rights Day at Media Centre Aligarh to analyse the status of…
THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE JUSTICE: SALIM ENGINEER
We were treated like criminals and terrorists in the jail. We were tortured to the extent that we might have gone mad. We had been provided only one pot to…
4.5% SUB-QUOTA INSINCERE STEP TOWARD FULFILLING THE RIGHTS OF MUSLIMS:
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has termed the decision of the Central Government to allot 4.5 per cent sub quota within the OBC quota as an insincere step toward fulfilling the rights of…
Benefits of Fenugreek (Methi)
Fenugreek is one of the most readily available herbs replete with plenty of health benefits. Fenugreek is called Methi in Urdu/Hindi and is very rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus
ARRESTS AND ACQUITTALS IN TERROR CASES – II
Citing S.M. Mushrif’s book, Who Killed Karkare?, SYED MANSOOR AGHA concludes that cases of 14 youth of Jaipur, 9 of Malegaon and arrests and torture of dozens of Hyderabad boys…
NEGATIVITY IN DRAFTING OF DIRECT TAXES CODE
DR. WAQUAR ANWAR analyses the major differences between the proposed Direct Taxes Code and the existing Income Tax Act, and sees a vindictive attitude in drafting of the DTC.
Plachimada Struggle Enters New Phase
Activists from all over the state of Kerala marched to the Coca Cola factory at Plachimada and declared it taken over by the people as a matter of democratic right.…
NO WALMART PLEASE
If the combined opposition had sat down for weeks so as to find an issue to embarrass the UPA Government and make it a laughing stock before the whole country,…
The Quran for Younger Generation
The Almighty have emphasised the simplicity of the Holy Quran in the following verse: “And we have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember: Then is there any…
Visiting the Sick
Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that he heard the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) say: “When a Muslim visits an ailing Muslim…
Accept Shari’ah Judgements
Allah guides whomsoever He wills to a Straight Way. They say: ‘We believe in Allah and the Messenger, and we obey,’ but thereafter a faction of them turns away (from…
Jakarta Conference on World Muslim Media
The need for greater media participation by Muslim Ummah is being deeply felt all over the Islamic world. The recently held Second International Conference on Islamic Media in Jakarta (13-15…
Can Bush and Obama Be Tried for Holocaust-Genocide in Iraq?
The American military, which officially withdrew from Iraq on Dec. 15, has added yet another multi-coloured feather in its blood-red cap.
EMBELLISHING THE IRAQ WAR Moral Victory, and Selective Body Counts
While the west-controlled media is busy highlighting the killing of 4,500 US soldiers during the unwarranted US invasion of Iraq, RAMZY BAROUD reminds them that hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were also…
THE US EXIT FROM IRAQ What were the Reasons for
Finally, following the announcement made by US President Barak Obama, the last batch of US troops are exiting Iraq very soon;
