A TALE OF TWO EMPIRES
Vol. XLVI No. 13
Date: June 29, 2008
Milli Foundation Organises Educational Awareness Conference
Even after 60 years of independence, Indian Muslims are yet to get their political foothold. Caught in the crisis of educational backwardness, they are a scattered lot groping in the…
SIO Launches Nationwide Campaign on Social Justice in Education
Students Islamic Organisation of India has launched a nationwide campaign on “Social Justice in Education Sector” from June 20 to July 10. The campaign will address issues in the national…
Scientists, Physicians and Caliph Ali
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
ISRAEL TRUCE WITH HAMAS
Israel has agreed to an Egyptian brokered truce with the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A senior Hamas official said the ceasefire would last six months.
BOSNIA SIGNS EU PRE-MEMBERSHIP DEAL
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union (EU) taking its first step to join the 27-nation bloc. “Today …
UK’S HYPOCRISIES ON NPT AND IRAN
Scottish anti-war activist and actor Gerard Kelly has accused the British government of being hypocritical over the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in its policy towards Iran.
CO-ED SWIMMING LESSONS IN GERMANY
A Muslim girl cannot skip co-ed swimming lessons because of religious prohibitions against wearing formfitting clothing, a German court ruled. The ruling means the 12-year-old girl
ISLAMIC ARTEFACTS ON DISPLAY IN SHARJAH
About 5,000 priceless Islamic artefacts went on display at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, the first of its kind in the UAE. The museum was opened by His Highness…
AMERICA’S NEGATIVE IMAGE IN MUSLIM WORLD
The image of the United States remains overwhelmingly negative in most of the predominantly Muslim countries surveyed, a latest global poll revealed on its website.
MALAYSIA CLAMPS DOWN ON DUBIOUS MOBILE CONTEST
Malaysia’s second largest mobile phone company, Celcom Mobile, has been stopped by government officials from running an SMS-based contest offering new cars after complaints from unspecified sources that it
GENOCIDE OF MUSLIMS IN CHINA
Amnesty International organised a press conference in downtown Toronto in connection with the plight of China’s Uyghur Muslim minority. One of the speakers was Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur activist who…
ANWAR IBRAHIM APPEALS TO HIS GOVERNMENT
Anwar Ibrahim urged his country to continue in the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Mindanao to facilitate and broker the talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation…
6 HINDUTVA ACTIVISTS ARRESTED FOR THANE BLAST, HUGE EXPLOSIVES SEIZED
The Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) Maharashtra seems to have tightened its noose around the neck of the Hindutva extremist organisations like Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) and Sanatan Sanstha (SS) for their…
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST BAL THACKERAY
The Tamilnadu Muslim Makkal Katchi has formally lodged a complaint with the Commissioner of Police, Chennai against the Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for inciting Hindus to form and activate
HINDU MARRIAGES ACT BREAKING MORE HOMES THAN UNITING: SC
Expressing concern over an increasing number of divorce cases flooding the courts, the Supreme Court on June 17 observed that the Hindu Marriages Act had done more harm to the…
GOVT. URGED TO BOOK MODI, THACKERAY UNDER TREASON ACT
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray should be arrested and booked under treason law, said renowned historian Amresh Mishra in a statement issued from Mumbai.
LALU FOR URDU SIGNBOARDS AT DELHI RAILWAY STATION
Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has asked Delhi Railway Station officers to prepare all official signboards at the station in the Urdu language also. He issued orders to this effect…
British Grand Mosques
The Arabic word for mosque is masjid which means house of worship, used for calling the faithful to prayer or the place of worship. It is considered an esteemed and holy place…
Madrasa and Educational Needs of Indian Muslims
DR. KHALID MUQUEEM explains the circumstances in which our madrasas functioned in the past and the present times. He defends their relevance and efficacy in the present scenario.
Can BJP be Committed to Plural India?
Democracy has infinite strengths but despite that those not believing in democracy can also play their game in the liberal space provided by this system. One knows that the electorate…
Muszaphar Shukor Malaysian Astronaut Performed Salat in Space
“When I was in space, I felt I found my soul in space,’ Muszaphar Shukor said. “Every time you see Earth, you get Goosebumps and you think of Allah’s creation.”…
JAIPUR BLASTS Nowhere after a Month
A month has passed when the roads of the Pink City, Jaipur were reddened with the blood of innocent people. The dreadful serial bomb blasts on May 13, left behind…
A Tale of Two Empires
If the two World Wars transformed the British empire into a bankrupt island, Afghanistan and Iraq threaten to do the same to Uncle Samâs empire, opines AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
