PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TURKEY A Positive Sign towards Change
Vol. XLV No. 9
Date: September 9, 2007
Barbaric Bomb-blasts
The recent twin blasts in Hyderabad were another heinous crime against humanity. They clearly show that certain anti-national groups are trying to disrupt communal harmony in India. A high level,…
Let’s Condemn the Three
This is to bring to your notice that the hadith quoted by V.M. Khaleelur Rahman in his letter (Radiance, July 15-21) is baseless. The so-called hadith is a fabricated one.
Teacher’s Day
Teacher’s Day is observed on September 5, every year. In Hindi, a teacher is called “gu-ru”, “Gu” means darkness and “ru” means light. So, a teacher is one who leads…
Why not Indian Version of Lajja?
While extending support to Taslima Nasreen let the champions of freedom of expression gather courage and bring out an Indian version of ‘Lajja’,
Higher than Angels
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai!
WAR LEGACY IN BOSNIA
When Fata Orlovic returned home after the devastating three-year war, the elderly Bosnian Muslim was shocked by the scene of a large Serbian orthodox church erected on the garden of…
CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN IRAQ
Doctors in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah have asked for more help to cope with the rapidly increasing number of cholera cases. According Dr Juan Abdallah, a senior official in…
AFGHAN OPIUM PRODUCTION SOARS HIGH
Opium production in Afghanistan increased by 17 per cent in 2007, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on 27 August. Afghan farmers have cultivated poppies on 193,000…
CHILD ABUSE IN MALAYSIA INCLUDES INDIAN CHILDREN
Children of Indian ethnic origin in Malaysia are one of the most abused in the country, a top official has told the parliament. There were 248 incidents of Indian children…
MALAYSIA MARKS 50 YEARS AS A NATION
Malaysia celebrated 50 years of independence from Britain. The country became independent on August 31, 1957. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi used an anniversary speech to urge people to unify as…
DAWAH THE GREATEST NEED OF THE DAY: JAMIAT AHLE HADITH
Secretary-General Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Maulana Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi Salafi said Islamic Dawah (inviting people to the way of Allah) is the prime most objective of Muslim Ummah; therein…
INTRODUCE BACKBONE FILTERING SYSTEM TO BLOCK PORN SITES: SIO
Students Islamic Organisation of India has urged the Government to introduce a national level backbone-filtering system to block all vulgar and obscene information.
DHOKA SEEKS IMPLEMENTATION OF SRIKRISHNA PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS
Mahesh Bhatt’s film Dhoka has for the first time featured a true picture of Indian Muslims as it demands from the Government to implement without any further delay the recommendations…
RACKET HOODWINKING MUSLIM GIRLS INTO FLESH TRADE DEBUNKED
Some Non-Muslim youths from Haryana disguised as Muslims, who, for the last two years, had been running a racket of hoodwinking poor Muslims into marrying off their daughters with them…
IAFIE INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR PG DIP IN ISLAMIC FINANCE
The Kerala chapter of the Indian Association for Islamic Economics (IAFIE) will conduct a 10-month programme in Post-Graduate Diploma in Islamic Economics and Finance (PGDIEF) at Al Jamia Al Islamiyya,…
SHAFI QURESHI NAMED NEW NCM CHAIRMAN
Former Governor of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Mohammad Shafi Qureshi has been nominated chairman of National Commission for Minorities. A notification making announcement of his new assignment was…
Tackling Extremism through Counselling, Sermon
To many, it must seem strange to seek help in tackling extremists and terrorists from Saudi Arabia, as some people often put the blame on the Saudi money along with…
Preventing Terror Attacks
The Hyderabad blasts, August 2007 at Lumbini Park and Gokul Chaat, both places which are frequented by people in large number, on the heels of blasts in Makkah Masjid in…
OIC calls for peaceful reaction to Swedish cartoons
Last week, Nerikes Allehanda, a Swedish newspaper, published a drawing depicting the head of a man the paper called Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) on…
Unite and Rule?
The general impression is that the British divided and ruled India – and other places in the world too. But many of our intellectuals – sometimes inadvertently – give credit…
What Man has Made of Man!
William Wordsworth complains ‘What man has made of man!’ His complaint is not wide of the mark. In reality, man’s attitude to man is in a state of mess. Each…
Egyptians Demand that Mubarak Answer ‘The real question’
President Hosni Mubarak and the regime have failed, for a while now, to answer a straight-forward question that democracy activists, human rights organizations, journalists and political activists have been marvelling…
Another Blasphemy against the Prophet
Perverted people are an exception yet they exist in all ages. They get a sadistic pleasure in denigrating others.
Presidential Elections in Turkey A Positive Sign towards Change
SHAMIM SIDDIQI observes that the election of Abdullah Gul as President of Turkey is a turning point towards Islam in due course of time.
