Modi’s Victory is BJP’s Defeat
Vol. XLV No. 24
Date: December 30, 2007
An Offence to Democracy 3
The remote possibility of justice for the victims of the Gujarat riots has now gone down the drain with BJP’s victory. There is no doubt that Modi and his party…
An Offence to Democracy 2
It’s really distressing that the people of Gujarat have once again brought the BJP to power. This after the recent Tehelka expose, in which we saw many within the party and their…
An Offence to Democracy 1
It’s highly sorrowful that the people of Gujarat have voted for a person and his party who were undoubtedly behind one of the worst communal carnages in post-independence India.
Subsidising Religion
In his article ‘Stop subsidizing religion’ (The Times of India,Dec. 14) Zaheer Ali’s use of the term ‘subsidy’ for concessional Hajj fare is misnomer. Indeed, it is an accepted practice to offer concessions…
Animals Are People Too, Says the Quran
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
Mufti Shamsuddin Ahmed (1935-2007)
Mufti Shamsuddin Ahmed, former Director Public Relations Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, breathed his last on December 4, following a prolonged illness. He was 72.
MUSLIM SCHOLARS WISH MERRY CHRISTMAS
In a new Muslim gesture to promote inter-faith dialogue, 138 Muslim scholars have signed a Christmas message to the Christian clergy worldwide, including Pope Benedict XVI, reported the Financial Times on December…
US MUSLIMS, JEWS SET DIALOGUE EXAMPLE
Muslims and Jews in the US have the potentials to set the world an example of a successful interfaith cooperation and dialogue thanks to their openness and integration into society,…
KENYA MUSLIMS DENIED BALLOTS
Kenyan election registration officials are systematically discriminating against Muslim citizens by denying them the chance to cast ballots in this week’s presidential and parliamentary elections, sometimes using the so-called war…
COLOGNE CATHEDRAL FEELS FOR PALESTINIANS
For the past three years, the esplanade of the landmark Cologne Cathedral has been hosting a daily photo gallery highlighting the sufferings of the Palestinian people under the yoke of…
AMERICANEAST REVEALS ARAB PARANOIA
Escaping Hollywood’s stereotypical gun-totting terrorist Arabs, a new movie is revealing the real life and struggle of American Arabs in post 9/11 America and challenge the depiction of Middle Easterners…
IMC-USA EXPRESSES DISMAY AT MODI’S RETURN TO POWER; REITERATES CALLS
Indian Muslim Council – USA, an advocacy group dedicated towards safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, expressed dismay at the election results in Gujarat wherein Narendra Modi returned to power…
GUJARAT VERDICT A WAKE-UP CALL TO UPA GOVERNMENT: BANATWALLA
President Indian Union Muslim League G.M. Banatwalla has said that Gujarat verdict is a wake-up call to the UPA government and observed that positive action alone can save the country…
IT’S VIVID EXPRESSION OF LONG-FED NEGATIVE MENTALITY: JIH
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) secretary-general Nusrat Ali said the absolute majority gained by Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat Assembly elections is neither startling nor quite unexpected. He termed it as “vivid…
5 MUSLIMS WIN GUJARAT ASSEMBLY POLLS
The number of Muslims in Gujarat Assembly has marginally increased from three to five. The Muslim candidates have won from Wankaner, Shahpur, Kalupur, Jamalpur and Vagra constituencies.
MUSLIMS DETAINED IN BATLA HOUSE INCIDENT RELEASED
All the Muslim youth, who had been arrested following the desecration of the Holy Qur’an at Batla House Chowk in the Jamia Nagar area of New Delhi on September 22,…
How Deeply Grateful I am that Allah has Guided Me
Whenever I hear the sound of the ocean crashing upon itself in never-ending movement – rising and falling as it measures out time, I think about the beginning of my…
The Economics of Hijab
Hijab is surely one of the major social issues in discussion these days particularly in the West. Is this issue merely an indicator of the growing feelings of hatred against…
Eid Al-Adha Day Blast Sacrificing Truth for Political End
When you overdo something, you are bound to get exposed. When an explosion rocked Charsadda district in Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province killing about 60 Eid Al-Adha Namazis, hardly any…
Weapons of Mind DisruptionHow Media is Exploited to Fool Us
Long ago an ingenuous milkman bought a goat to increase his sales in the unbearable heat of summer. One con-artist had also been observing the very goat keenly for two…
Emerging Trend of Judicial Ruling Regarding Divorce
Muslims are encountering many problems in independent India. One of them is related to Muslim Personal Law. Judicial decisions have complicated matters for the ordinary Muslims who prefer to abide…
Gujarat’s Choice
It was a difficult choice indeed. But in a democracy ultimately it has to be made by common man. And in Gujarat he has made it in favour of Modi…
Modi’s Victory is BJP’s Defeat
SOROOR AHMED argues that the victory of Narendra Modi cannot absolve him of the charge of being a fascist.
Modi’s Victory: Portents for Indian Democracy
Surpassing many predictions, Modi did very well in the recently held assembly elections, (December 2007) bringing his victory tally to the one close to post carnage elections of 2002. While…
