Grand Sale: 100% Discount on Conscience
Vol. XLV No. 8
Date: September 2, 2007
MAKKAH-MADINAH RAIL LINK PROJECT
The Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) has issued the Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP) for the Makkah-Madinah Rail Link (MMRL) project to the six short-listed companies.
Muslim Empowerment or Muslim Enslavement
I am really very much surprised to learn through the Radiance Viewsweekly that a veteran politician like Syed Shahabuddin, who has scarified almost everything for the cause of Muslims, thinks…
Punish the Culprits
The Ashok Malhotra scandal in the shameless acquisition of plots meant for the weaker section of the society by the land mafia-official-politicians nexus is to hit the Delhi government. It is so sad…
Improve the Get-up
The first glance of Radiance Viewsweekly (19-25 August 2007) overwhelmed me. But all the smile on my face soon faded away as I noticed the words SPECIAL ISSUE super-scribed on…
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Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai!
JERUSALEMITES STRIPPED OF RESIDENCY RIGHTS
Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem are being stripped of their rights at an alarmingly high rate, according to newly-released statistics. A release by Israel’s Interior Ministry says that the…
18 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS ARRESTED IN EGYPT
Egyptian authorities have arrested 18 members of Muslim Brotherhood movement. The Egyptian security forces detained eight Muslim Brotherhood members from the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria and 10 others from…
FRENCH AT EASE WITH MUSLIMS, BRITONS SUSPICIOUS
A new poll by The Financial Times reveals that in Western countries France is the most at ease with its Muslim population while Britons are the most suspicious compared.
EYE WASH ELECTION IN KAZAKHSTAN
The Nur Otan party, owned and controlled by Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan received 88 percent of Saturday’s vote and no other party cleared the 7 percent mark needed…
BRITAIN BANS GAZA FOOTBALL TEAM
A Palestinian football team has been banned from playing in Britain, because officials apparently believe they will not return to Gaza. The Gaza under-19s team had been invited to play…
US FUMES AS UN-IRAN COME CLOSER
The US has finds unwelcome a plan agreed between Iran and the UN’s nuclear watchdog to clarify Tehran’s nuclear programme. US envoy to the IAEA, Gregory Schulte, said Iran had…
DISTILLING WHISKY IN PAKISTAN!
An almost 150-year-old brewery in Pakistan is preparing to bring the Muslim world’s first 20-year-old single malt whisky to the market. Murree Brewery, however, can only sell to non-Muslims, who…
SACHAR REPORT TO BE DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENT SOON
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Abdur Rehman Antulay said that Sachar Committee Report is likely to be discussed in the next Parliament session. The Sachar Report includes 44 recommendations and…
MUFTIS’; NO TO BEHEADING FATWA
The Muftis of Darul Uloom Deoband and some other Islamic scholars have forcefully said in plain words that India being a democratic country, no proscription for beheading anyone can be…
CNN-IBN PROBE PROVES JUSTICE STAYS BLIND IN MUMBAI RIOTS CASES
A CNN-IBN investigation has uncovered that the 1992-1993 Mumbai riots were a well-planned pogrom during which policemen and politicians became rioters. The investigation found that successive governments in Maharashtra have…
ASHISH, HEMLATA MAKE THE MADRASA DIFFERENT
Madrasa Madinat-ul Islam is just like any other madrasa in India. But a few students make this madrasa different and very special. These students are Ashish Vidyarthi and Hemlata. They…
KARNATAKA TO CONFER KALAM WITH BASAVA AWARD
The Karnataka government has decided to honour former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with the “Basava Puraskara” award in recognition of his services to the nation and selfless commitment to duty.
My Husband’s Faithfulness Led Me to Islam
Patricia Sharief is an Austrian who embraced Islam more than 13 years ago. She credits her acceptance of Islam to her husband, who never forced her to follow the religion.…
What is Wahhabism?
Wahhabism is the most debated and perhaps vilified terminology among the commentators since 9/11. This ideology is blamed for producing and inspiring most of the jihadi elements that have been…
No Apology Needed
The Muslims in the West are steadily blamed for not being faithful to their adopted nation states, for rejecting modernity, and clinging to their outdated values and backward cultures. The…
Translate At Your Own Risk
Was the chaste Hindi speech the Prime Minister delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 60th Independence Day written in the Devnagri script? Dr Manmohan Singh, it…
Decline of West: Hard and Soft Facts
South Korean Christian missionaries caught by Taleban in Afghanistan. The news sounds somewhat strange nevertheless true. Whether Taleban’s action is right or wrong is not the issue of discussion here.…
In Defence of Pluralism
A debate has been raging in the society about secularists being anti-Hindu. Numerous examples are cited: their stance on the culprits of Godhra train burning, culprits of Bane family burning…
Pakistan at a Crossroads, The General Concern
SYED TAUSIEF AUSAF reveals how Pakistan is standing at a Crossroads with President Gen. Musharraf unwilling to shed the uniform and PPP leader Benazir Bhutto trying to occupy the Prime…
Blasts Again Rock Hyderabad but No Change in Police Attitude
Two near-simultaneous bomb blasts at crowded places in Hyderabad in the evening of August 25 snuffed out lives of 40 innocent people and injured 50 others, shattering many a dream.
Hyderabad Blasts, Another Outrage
The twin blasts in Hyderabad in the night of 25th August, which killed over 40 unsuspecting and innocent people, deserve severest condemnation from one and all. The objective of the…
Grand Sale: 100% Discount on Conscience
SYED TAUSIEF AUSAF presents how Muslim non-entities’ attempt to surreptitiously trade the credibility of 200 million Indian Muslims with the transplanted state of Israel miserably failed.
