Terrorism and Truths behind It
Vol. XLVI No. 2
Date: April 13, 2008
Madhya Pradesh police arrests MG journalist
“Late last evening the police in the BJP-ruled state of Madhya Pradesh arrested a Delhi-based journalist who had gone there to report on recent arrests in the state,” said a…
Terrorism Propaganda
Terrorism is a unanimous prodigy which flatly disowns any religion, faith, creed or caste. It only acknowledges mass killings and carry out its modus operandi under different names such as…
Re-Discover Thy Identity
Policemen in India are infamous for their deeds. The worsening of their reputation can be judged from the fact that a policeman taking bribe is not considered news at all.
Global Warming
What are we doing to save the planet from global warming? This phenomenon is having devastating effects all over the world. There is a growing cry of energy conservation and…
Olympics Boycott
Olympics boycott by Tibetan is not the right way to solve their problem. The Tibetans are regularly creating problems for other countries too. On March 21, days after the trouble…
ISLAMIC ECONOMICS CONFERECE IN JEDDAH
A three-day international conference on Islamic economics ended urging Islamic banks to address problems such as poverty and unemployment in Muslim countries. The conference, hosted by King Abdulaziz University (KAU),…
INUVIK MUSLIMS BUY LAND FOR TOWN’S FIRST MOSQUE
Two empty, snow-covered lots in Inuvik, N.W.T., could soon be home to Canada’s most northerly mosque. The Muslim association in the Arctic town of 3,500 recently purchased the lots, after…
POLIITICAL PROCESS LIKELY IN BANGLADESH
The caretaker government of Bangladesh is likely to begin the much-awaited dialogue with political parties this month. “The government is presently making preparations to hold the dialogue very soon,” Chief…
POLICE CLOSE OFF LHASA’S MUSLIM QUARTER
Police closed off Lhasa’s Muslim quarter on April 4, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city’s mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.
MEMORISE THE QURAN AND BE FREE
Sitting at the head of a class, correcting a student’s recitation of the Holy Qur’an, Ata, 29, seems like any other Qur’an teacher. However, what differentiates this tutor from others…
CALL FOR BOYCOTT OF ‘ISRAEL AT 60’ CELEBRATIONS
Over one hundred organisations, including civil society groups, non-governmental organisations, trade unions, popular committees and political organisations have signed the appeal for boycott of celebrations planned by the state of…
UK MEDIA DISTORTS REPORTS ON MUSLIM DOCTORS
“Inaccurate and Islamophobic and racist.” That is the verdict of Liverpool’s largest children’s hospital over claims that its Muslim medics protested against new hygiene guidelines on religious grounds.
KENYA: NEW CABINET AGREED BY ALL PARTIES
President Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Raila Odinga finally agreed on the size of the Cabinet – a bloated 40 – with PNU running away with key ministries.
Mirage Called Arab Unity
his Arab summit, just like so many others in the past, was yet another grand spectac
CENTRE UNABLE TO CONFRONT HINDUTV
The Communist Party of India (M) expressed resentment over the inability of the United Progressive Alliance government to confront Hindutva forces. It demanded legislation to deal with communal violence and…
KIN MEET SPANISH ENVOY FOR JAMAL’S RELEASE
With no word yet from Spanish authorities on the imprisonment or release of 50-year-old Mumbai resident Roshan Jamal Khan in Madrid in connection with an alleged terror plot, his wife…
FIRST MUSLIM GENERAL APPOINTED IN ARMY
For the first time in its post-independence history, the Indian Army has a Muslim General from Kashmir. Major General Mohammed Amin Naik, a resident of Tral, a picturesque township 39…
STATE HAJJ UNITS DEMAND PROCEDURAL CHANGES IN AIR INDIA’S MONOPOLY
The state units of the Hajj Committee have asked the Government to terminate the monopoly of Air India as the only carrier of pilgrims. In a bid to put an…
NHRC ASKS MODI TO SUBMIT DETAILED REPORT OF MUSLIM PRISONERS
National Human Rights Commission has strongly criticised Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat while asking him to submit the exact figure of Muslim prisoners languishing in different prisons of Gujarat.
NO NEED FOR SEPARATE LAW TO DEAL WITH COMMUNAL CLASHES:
The UPA Government may have tried to take the credit for introducing the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, but the Administrative Reforms Commission has negated the…
St ‘Jackal’ Academy: A Night School-cum-Maternity Hospital
An acquaintance of mine narrated that his friend, who lives in Delhi’s Batla House locality, once casually remarked: “In winter the Fajr Adhan (pre-dawn call for prayer) here is called only after…
US Toll Reaches 4000 Killed
The birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) drew hundreds of Muslims to the 3rd annual Shia-Sunni symposium on March 22. The event was attended by Muslim scholars, and activists…
The Prophetic Mission is Quite Relevant
I sincerely thank Radiance for bringing out Seerah Special issue (30 March-5 April 2008) with thought-provoking articles and brilliant analysis of the contrast between the present world and the world that Islam…
Reject A Culture of Excuses!
Alhamdulillah! Tabaarakallah! Ever since we learned, in one of Dr. Pasha’s International Qur’an Programmes, these meaning and significance of these two most profound and amazing expressions, “Alhamdulillah and Tabaarakallah,” I made a personal…
A Letter Which I Forgot to Write
You might have known Dr. Hameedullah. He was a world renowned Islamic scholar. Born in Chennai, he was an illustrious son of brother of Qazi Ubaidullah, the first Chief Qazi…
‘MUKKAAL’ CENT COLONY Historic Win for Popular Struggle
Forty one families whose lives had been in misery since their eviction in the name of development, got justice through the popular agitation led by the Solidarity Youth Movement.
Soaring Food Prices, Alarm Bells Ring
The last two decades have witnessed relative food security throughout the world, with exception of some African countries as trouble spots because of droughts and famines. India also, by the…
Terrorism and Truths behind It
Terrorism is talked about too much everywhere in the world but hardly people know what actually terrorism is. This is by confusion, because terrorism has been mixed up with ordinary…
