CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF MUSLIM YOUTH
Vol. XLIX No. 46
Date: February 19, 2012
The Miraculously Renewed Body
No one’s body is ever the same as it was the day before, for some of its cells have been renewed or have died. Only the soul is unchanging. Scientists…
Madhya Pradesh A New Hindutva Laboratory In The Making
In a weekly programme organised by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Feb. 4, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, Secretary General of Welfare Party of India and Editor Urdu monthly Afkaar-e-Milli, talked about a…
Icif Discusses Islamic Finance & Banking At Bhu
Spearheading the efforts to highlight the importance of Islamic Banking and Finance in the country, H Abdur Raqeeb, General Secretary, Indian Centre for Islamic Finance (ICIF) presented a paper on…
Ensure Better Literary Event
If Jaipur Literary Festival had provided appropriate space for academicians qualified for Islam, the Qur’ān and the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him), the nation…
Education Must Be Job-oriented
The prevailing education system in India is undoubtedly well-equipped to meet the turbulent currents of change and the stormy waves of global complexities and challenges. Although it has uplifted our…
A Wishful Thinking
I suspect Mr. Praveen Swami’s opinion that Deoband holds a ‘reactionary posture’. Not only has this institution evolved slowly over the time, both in terms of content of disciplines and…
Kochi Incident A Wake-up Call
India’s intelligence community, for the first time, should be lauded for being vigilant and not colour-blind. The payment of Rs. 50,000/- as monthly rental for an average residential property by…
Winners Of King Abdullah Prize For Translation Announced
The board of trustees of the King Abdullah International Prize for Translation announced the winners of the prizes for 2011 in a function in Riyadh on Feb. 11. Deputy Foreign…
American Muslims Pose Little Terror Threat, Says Study
A feared wave of home-grown terrorism by radicalised Muslim Americans has not materialised, with plots and arrests dropping sharply over the two years since an unusual peak in 2009, according…
Hamas Leader Returns To Gaza After 21 Years In Exile
Political bureau member of Hamas Emad Al-Alami returned to Gaza Strip on Feb. 5 after 21 years in exile.
Probe Oregon Fbi’s ‘coercion’ Of Muslim Citizens: Cair
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Feb. 7 called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division to investigate acts of “coercion and intimidation” allegedly used by the…
Iran To Reveal New Nuke Achievements: Ahmadinejad
Iran will soon unveil “big new” nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Feb. 11 while reiterating Tehran’s readiness to revive talks with the West over the country’s controversial nuclear…
Sudan, South Sudan Ink Security Pact
Sudan and South Sudan on Feb. 11 signed a security agreement which aims to defuse tensions over oil payments which officials had warned could spark a war between the two…
Saudia Pushes Un Resolution As Violence Escalates In Syria
Syrian forces unleashed new tank and rocket bombardments on opposition neighbourhoods of Homs on Feb. 11 while diplomats sought UN backing for an Arab plan to end 11 months of…
Girl Child Was Better Off In Gujarat 50 Years Ago
The status of the girl child in Gujarat was better in 1961; one year after the state was created, than it is today, 50 years later. Census figures show that in…
‘textbooks With Saffron Slant Will Create Communal Discord’
Flaying the Karnataka State Government for inducing a “saffron slant” in the fifth and eighth standard social studies textbooks, which are going to be introduced in the next academic year,…
2 Ips Officers Under Scanner In Ishrat Case
The CBI’s probe into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case has turned the spotlight on the role of two then serving IPS officers — KR Kaushik and PP Pandey —…
2 Ips Officers Under Scanner In Ishrat Case
The CBI’s probe into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case has turned the spotlight on the role of two then serving IPS officers — KR Kaushik and PP Pandey —…
Ishrat Case: Court Pulls Up Minister
The Gujarat High Court on Friday reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh Junior Home Minister Praful Patel for failing to carry out its order to transfer three police officers accused in the…
‘ib Officer Floated Isi Conspiracy Theory For Godhra’
The officer from the Central Intelligence Bureau (IB) on whose questionable intelligence inputs fake encounters took place was the one who floated the theory that the Godhra carnage was an…
Qadianis Cannot Keep Wakf Properties: Ap Wakf Board
Chairman of AP State Wakf Board said that all the district Inspectors of Wakf have been given instructions to identify Wakf properties under the possession of Qadianis.
Hc Raps Modi Govt For Inaction During Gujarat Riots 2002
The Gujarat High Court on Feb. 8 came down heavily upon the Narendra Modi government for “inaction and negligence” on its part during the 2002 Gujarat riots that led to…
Pak Pm Under Sc Scanner Solution Lies In Following Early
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Feb. 10 dismissed the intra-court appeal filed by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani against a bench of SC’s Feb. 2 order asking him…
Anti-muslim Bias Green Light To Yellow Journalism
What is common between the Western and Indian media? Both are insatiably hungry for anti-Muslim angles in negative stories. And after 9/11, it has become convenient for them to link…
Islam’s Vision Of Justice
Allah loves the just. (Al-Qur’ān, 5:42) Follow me, Allah will love you. (Al-Qur’ān, 3:31) You neglect justice and the love of God. (St. Luke, 11:42
Conflicting Business Deals
Islam stands for clarity in business deals and discourages all possibilities of confusion. One such case forbidden in Prophetic traditions is two-in-one deal.
What Is Islamic Banking And Finance Anyway?
Islamic banking and finance is a new phenomenon in the International financial circles. It has aroused some interest, more suspicion. Sometimes one hears about the emergence of an Islamic financial…
‘shun Conspiracies As Victim Mentality Leads Us Nowhere’
SHEIKH ALAUDDIN AL BAKARI, Imam of West Valley Islamic Centre, California, USA, talks about his childhood days, the evolution of his inclination towards Islam and the turning point in his…
Qualities Of A Believer
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) relates the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) as saying, “Anyone who possesses three qualities finds thereby the sweetness…
Monotheism Ensures Coherence
Say (O Muhammad!): ‘Had there been other gods with Him, as they claim, they would surely have attempted to find a way to the Lord of the Throne. Holy is…
A Historic, Landmark Verdict
That the Narendra Modi-led BJP government in Gujarat had been totally inactive and negligent towards taking measures to maintain law and order and douse the raging fire of communal riots…
Character Assassination Of Muslim Youth Let The Powers-that-be Stop This
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI analyses the disquieting situation in which Muslim youths are arrested and tortured at the whim of Police and Intelligence personnel, and urges the powers-that-be to…
