THE COMING WAR ON IRAN
Vol. XLVI No. 14
Date: July 6, 2008
Looking at Qur’an through Unbiased Eyes
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal) Anyone, who is blessed to be able to look at the Qur’an with…
LEBANESE RELIGIOUS SUMMIT FOR PEACE
President Michel Sleiman and Lebanese spiritual leaders sent a message of peace after several days of violence in the country.
HOLOCAUST CANNOT BE COMPARED
A German institute of Turkish studies sacked its Turkish-born director after he said Turks in Germany and other European countries suffered discrimination similar to that suffered by the Jews in…
RACISM CHARGE ON UK POLICE
UK police chief, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair talked about his own seniority and record in a rare statement to defend claims of racism in Britain’s largest police force.…
FREE HEALTH CARE FOR HAJ PILGRIMS
The Saudi government’s public health care sector provides 80 per cent of medical services in the Kingdom, said Health Minister Dr. Hamad Al-Manie while delivering a speech on the third…
JAIL TERMS FOR DEBTORS IN SAUDI ARABIA
Some Shoura members of Saudi Arabia have called for cancelling jail sentences imposed on people who were unable to pay their debts because of financial difficulties. They argued that imprisoning…
GCC COUNTRIES TO INVEST IN ENERGY PROJECTS
The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) are set to invest $160 to $200 billion on 14 to 20 energy projects to meet their growing energy demands. In a…
US UNIVERSITY HONOURS YOUNG SAUDI INVENTOR
A young Saudi’s scientific innovations in serving people with special needs have earned him an honorary doctorate degree from University of Dublin, California in the United States. The university recognised…
Malay women forbidden to wear bright lipstick, high heels
The municipal council in a northern Malaysian city Kota Baru has asked women working in restaurants and other businesses to refrain from wearing heavy makeup, including bright lipstick, and high-heeled…
MANGOES GROWN IN QATAR DESERT
Mango, often referred to as the ‘queen of fruits’, is being cultivated successfully in the desert, thanks to the efforts of an industrial city in Qatar and India’s Reliance Industries…
ARREST THOSE WHO BURNT ALIVE 5 MUSLIM YOUTH
A one-day bandh was organised on June 27 to protest the burning alive of five Muslim youth at Bhukardan Taluka, 80 kms from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, a day earlier.
GUJARAT COMMON MAN URGED TO SPEAK OUT
Leading activists and veteran journalists, who were holding a state-level conference on freedom of expression at Ahmedabad on June 22, condemned the attacks on the freedom of expression in Gujarat,…
HARYANA OFFERS RS 50,000 EACH FOR INTER-CASTE MARRIAGE
The government of Haryana has announced to reward couples who enter into inter-caste marriages. Those opting for such marriages in the state would be given an incentive of Rs 50,000…
ISLAMIC PENAL CODE IS DETERRENT AGAINST CRIME: CJ
Expressing his grave concern over the ever rising pace of crimes, long pending cases in law courts and disparity in sentences awarded by different judges for similar crimes, Chief Justice…
MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN BODIES PROTEST ’ANTI-RELIGION’ TEXTBOOK IN KERALA
The Muslim and Christian organisations have severely opposed the LDF Government for allegedly trying to indoctrinate students with anti-religious ideas and inculcate communist values in them. The immediate cause of…
A MOSQUE IN KALAMBAR VILLAGE NEAR NANDED DEMOLISHED
Muslims in Kalambar village, about 20 kms from Nanded in Maharashtra, purchased a piece of land and built a mosque on part of it while the rest of the land…
TELANGANA STRUGGLE A New Face and a New Phase
A new and significant chapter is added to almost six-decade long history of movement for bifurcating Andhra Pradesh and formation of Telangana state, with Tulla Devender Goud, second in command…
‘Hindutva Terrorists’ and Call for Suicide Squads
The bombs which exploded in Gadkari Rangayatan on June 4 injured seven people. In one of the few cases of success in investigating such cases in Maharashtra or anywhere for…
New Agenda for Muslim Education
One of the indices of the progress of a community is the state of its educational advancement. This is to be measured not only in quantitative but also in qualitative…
The Crude Fact
Left is not right over the N-deal and the American bellicosity is wreaking havoc in oil markets, observes DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI
East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre
Due to the lack of any proper place of worship, Muslims were performing prayers in ‘rented accommodations’. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Muslims of London were offering…
NATO’s Suicide Seekers
Normally, when such incidents (bomb blasts) take place a particular community is suspected. But the arrest of two (now six) people belonging to a Hindu organisation proves that such suspicions…
State, Society and Terrorism
“We should have moral courage of speaking the truth,” said Mr. Asghar Ali Engineer while addressing as the keynote speaker at a seminar on State, Society and Terrorism organised jointly…
Assamese Muslims on the Move to Assert Their Identity
An article on the above subject written by Dr. Syed Ahmed appeared in Radiance Viewsweekly (25-31 May, 2008). The article is not written on the basis of facts and figures. The very…
A Fuzzy Video That Proves Nothing
Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11 By Patrick Creed and Rick Newman Publisher: Presidio Press; 1 edition (May 27, 2008) Hardcover: 512 pages Price: $27 Reviewed…
A Leader of Great Eminence
Ghulam Mahmood Banatwalla, who left for the heavenly abode on June 25 and was laid to rest the next day, was indeed a Muslim leader of great eminence. In an…
The Coming War on Iran
A US-Israel attack on Iran would have disastrous consequences for the Middle East and the world; it would be a catastrophe even bigger than Iraq, observes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
