PAKISTAN Flaws, Failures and Fractures
Vol. XLV No. 18
Date: November 18, 2007
Caravans Mark SIO Silver Jubilee
To mark its successful completion of 25 years, Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) launched three caravans from Trivandrum on November 3, from Kolkata on November 4 and from Delhi…
Capital Punishment
It will not be proper on any ground for the United Nations General Assembly to pass a resolution declaring a moratorium on executions of capital punishments worldwide. The initiative taken…
Victory of Truth and Justice
Radiance (4-10 November) carries a report about the grand rally organised by a large number of Muslim organisations in Mumbai to demand the implementation of the Srikrishna Commission Report.
Effect an Ethical Change
It is really a heart rending event. A tourist girl was abducted from a bus in the broad daylight by four men and was raped.
Islamic Banking
Islamic finance and banking is participatory, co-operative and investment-friendly. It can play a very important role to facilitate growth with equity, attract foreign investment especially petro-dollars in trillions. India can…
Islam is as Modern as It Gets!
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal) Nor is the other problem Islam’s problem: the one that some people coyly…
PAK OPPOSITION DECRIES FARCE POLLS
Pakistan’s opposition parties believe that any general elections under the enforced emergency rule will be nothing short of a “farce,” hinting at boycott.
ITALIAN MUSLIMS CALL FOR LOVE
More than 3,000 Muslims gathered earlier this week in Milan’s Palalido stadium to send a message of love and fraternity to the wider society. “We sent reassurances to fellow Italians…
SAWIRIS UNDER FIRE FOR “ISLAMISED EGYPT”
Egyptian Coptic business tycoon Naguib Sawiris was in firing line on November 10, after unveiling plans to launch two satellite channels to confront the “growing Islamisation” of Egyptian society amid…
2007 BLOODIEST FOR US IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ
The year 2007 has proved the deadliest for the US forces in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. An American soldier died, on November 11, of wounds he sustained in an…
IUML MEMO DEMANDS PROSECUTION OF MODI, OTHERS
A delegation of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Maharashtra, called on Governor of Maharashtra S.M. Krishna on November 12 demanding that the Central Government take action against all those…
GUJARATI MUSLIMS CLAIM 14 CONGRESS TICKETS
Muslim leaders of Gujarat have demanded at least 14 tickets from the Congress in the Gujarat Assembly elections. Gujarat Congress vice-president J. V. Momin was reported as having put forward…
JIH VOICES CONCERN ON NANDIGRAM SITUATION
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Secretary-General Nusrat Ali has expressed his grave concern on the disquieting situation prevailing in Nandigram for quite some time.
URDU DAY MARKS ALLAMA IQBAL’S 130TH BIRTHDAY
Urdu lovers on November 11 organised programmes at various places in the country to mark International Urdu Day on the 130th birth anniversary of the Poet of the East Allama…
PMO REVIEWS PROGRAMME FOR MINORITIES
While representation of minorities in government, especially in paramilitary forces, was encouraging, more effort was needed for education and extension of credit facilities, the Prime Minister’s Office said on November…
Whose War Is It, Anyway?
AIJAZ ZAKA SYED analyses how the Zionists use the Americans to fight their war against the Muslim world. They have already done it in Iraq and are preparing to do…
Difference between Fascist and Non-Fascist Criminals
The tragedy with the Indian journalism is that the television anchors supposed to ask questions in studios are now writing columns in premier newspapers and magazines of the country. And…
Abusive Attitude of Americans
Los Angeles Police Department had launched a “Muslim community mapping” initiative to plot the locations of Muslim populations around Los Angeles. LASPD plans to examine the histories, demographics and socioeconomic…
Modern Status Symbols
One of the most remarkable contributions of the western way of life to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is the ever-thinning line of demarcation between the widows, divorcees and wives. Emphasis…
North Cachar Hills of Assam Continues Tense
he Hill Queen of Assam once again turned tense on the eve of the autonomous council election. It all started when seven CRPF jawans were killed in an ambush by…
Tips for Improving Your Reading Speed
We all have a capacity for reading much faster than we typically do. Our reading speed changes as we go through life. When we are in high school, we go…
An Open Letter to the Children of Muslim Ummah
ear Children, Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh, Hope and Pray you all are in good health and spirits, Ameen. You will wonder who is this stranger addressing you. Well,…
The Haves and the Have-nots of India
India has made great strides in different fields including that of economic progress. It is a matter of satisfaction for every citizen of this country of 113 crore people. A…
“Failed” Pakistan in the Eyes of Future Western Historians
If Pakistan really ceases to exist – at least in the present form – in the years to come, as there is a secret US plan, how will the future…
