NEW ANTI-TERROR MEASURES Can they ameliorate the situation?
Vol. XLVI No. 26
Date: September 28, 2008
The Fall of the House of Cards
Delhi bomb blasts have completely destroyed the elaborate fiction line that police, investigating agencies, media and politicians all together, deliberately or inadvertently,
Belated Realisation
The Tamilnadu Muslim Makkal Katchi welcomes the belated realisation and frank admission of the Union Finance Minister that “Minority despair will trigger new waves of terrorism.”
Shocking Indeed
It was shocking to see the visuals of the three terror suspects paraded by the Delhi police before the media,
The Whole Thing Stinks!
This incident (Batla House encounter) calls for an independent judicial inquiry.
Human Heart: Where All the Action Is
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
Is Pakistan Next?
All hell will break loose if the United States opens a new front in Pakistan, warns AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
LENDING SERVICES BY SAUDI HOUSEWIVES
Inspired by men in the family who lease cars to close relatives, two women from the Al-Mutari family of Saudi Arabia are making money by giving financial aid for an…
BLUEPRINT OF KUWAIT’S DEVELOPMENT
Kuwait is preparing a five-year plan worth 35 billion dinars ($130.9 billion) aimed at developing the financial sector and lure more foreign investment
IRAN AND JAPAN VIE FOR A SEAT OF UN GENERAL
Iran is lobbying for support from other Islamic states and its anti-American allies in the Non-Aligned Movement in a contest with Japan for a seat of UN General Assembly that…
MUSLIM STUDENTS OF JAPAN MEET
Islamic awakening in Muslim intelligentsia became clear when Doctorate and Post-doctorate students in Japan from several Muslim countries like, Egypt, Pakistan
OIC, GCC SIGN ACCORD
The 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference, which is the world’s largest Muslim organization, signed a landmark agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council to strengthen political, economic and cultural cooperation.
CIA ON THE DOCK
A landmark Italian trial into the 2003 CIA abduction of Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Omar Nasr from Milan went ahead after the judge rejected a suspension request from Italy’s former…
MOSQUES ATTACKED IN BULGARIA
Ahmed Yusein, the deputy chairperson of the parliamentary human rights and religious committee, has requested an extraordinary meeting with Interior Minister Mihail Mikov about the recent spate of vandalism against…
DANISH SCHOOLS DISCOURAGE FASTING
Children and Youth Committee in the Danish city of Odense said they wanted to downgrade the number of schoolchildren fasting for the Muslim month of Ramadan, according to press reports.
Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference on September 9, when he lashed out at Palestinian factionalism, saying that the League is going…
Forced Conversion in Gujarat
September 17: This morning a battery of Forest officers and police descended on the village of Nandapeda near Ahwa in Dangs, Gujarat. They pulled out the doors and the windows,…
Why Islamic Banking for Indian Economy?
With suppressed desire by Indian Muslims to have Islamic Banking in India, and avoidance to cite taboo word ‘Islamic Banking’ by Raghuram Rajan Committee report on financial sector reforms,
The Unanswered Questions
SOROOR AHMED raises some unanswered questions on the Batla House encounter and some earlier encounter and terror blasts.
Some Questions about the Counter-Terror Operation at Jamia Nagar
A team comprising activists, academicians and journalists visited the site of the police operation against alleged terrorists staying in an apartment in Jamia Nagar in the afternoon of 20.09.2008 (Saturday).…
Atif Amin Had No Links with SIMI or Any Other
Atif Amin, one of the two suspected militants killed in Batla House encounter on September 19 was an innocent youth who was more concerned with his future career in management…
Batla House Encounter: JIH demands a high-level enquiry
Mr Nusrat Ali, Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, describing Friday Batla House Encounter mournful, demanded a high-level impartial investigation to trace out crucial facts.
Inquiry into Encounter Killings in Batla House
As no law provides for encounter killing of any suspect ,the operation- encounter by Delhi Police on 19th September 08 at Batla House, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi which claimed lives of two citizens…
Muslims of Azamgarh
The district of Azamgarh has been much in the news at present, mostly with terror and violence-related events and episodes. Earlier, Azamgarh had been in the news for its scholars,…
Batla House Encounter: Fake or Real?
Since September 13, 2008 bomb blasts Delhi Police was under intense pressure to do something. That something came in the shape of Batla House shootout on September 19, 2008 in…
NEW ANTI-TERROR MEASURES Can they ameliorate the situation?
Can another stringent anti-terror law, 17,000 more police personnel, 130 vehicles, 58 CCTV cameras, 27 border check-posts and a federal investigation agency alter the morbid mindset? wonders DR. S. AUSAF SAIED…
