Let’s Make Some Noise
Vol. XLVI No. 33
Date: November 30, 2008
Can Change of Guard in USA Impact Middle East Scenario
As the hope rises with the change in the American government and expectation of a good foreign policy which would make this world a conducive place to live in, there…
Law Should Prevail
Is it not terrorism when the Christians, Muslims, Dalits and weaker sections of society fall victim of the majority’s violence.
Govt. Should Wake Up Now
When bomb rips apart in any part of the country, the needle of suspicion is pointed towards the Muslims, especially the youth of the community.
Hindutva Brigade Perplexed
Vidya Subranmaniyan in an article, “BJP and the challenges of terrorism,” (The Hindu, November 19) has boldly exposed the dual policy of BJP regarding terrorism.
Advani’s Chameleonic Behaviour
Mumbai ATS’s hunt of Pragya Singh Thakur, an alleged mastermind in Malegaon Blast, has given Indian citizens an opportunity to read and see the two faces of BJP.
Don’t See Terrorism from One Eye
Barely after a day after stating that Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur should be punished if found guilty, Mr. Advani’s sudden volte-face by censuring the alleged bad treatment meted out to the…
The Qur’an Sets People Free
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
SAUDI STUDENTS ABROAD
The number of divorces among Saudi students on scholarships abroad is increasing, according to the Ministry of Higher Education. “
THEY SEEK PORNOGRAPHY
Hundreds of people rallied in the Hindu-majority holiday island of Bali against a tough anti-pornography law branded by critics as a threat to religious freedom.
INTERNATIONAL QUR’AN COMPETITION
Iran took the first place award at the second edition of Muslim Students International Qur’an Competition held in Tehran last week.
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia together with the UK’s School of Traditional Art is organising an exhibition from Nov 28-Feb 2
FORCED ABORTION IN CHINA
A storm of international protest is building over a Chinese ruling that a Muslim Uighur woman who is six months pregnant must have an abortion or lose her home.
IDB, ADB DISCUSS GLOBAL CRISIS
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have discussed ways to lessen the impact on their common member countries of the continuing global economic crisis and rising…
MESHAAL URGES TO BREAK SILENCE ON GAZA
The political chief of the Palestinian Hamas movement on denounced Arab and Islamic states for keeping silent over Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. “What is happening in the Gaza…
PAS TO ACCOMMODATE NON-MUSLIMS
Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS) has agreed in principle to set up a non-Muslim wing comprising members from the party’s supporters club set up in 2005.
109 OF 231 DETAINED TEST POSITIVE FOR BANNED DRUGS
The October 6 Juhu rave party which went terribly awry is aback once again in the news albeit wrong reasons. If the Mumbai police were to be believed 109 out…
RAJ’S PLEA FOR COURT APPEARANCE EXEMPTION REJECTED
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s plea for seeking exemption from personal appearance in the Jamshedpur court was rejected by the Chief Judicial Magistrate
PROBE INTO CHATTISINGHPURA MASSACRE SOUGHT
Sudershan Wazir, former president of State Gurudwara Prabhandak Board and leader Shiromani Youth Akali Dal Jammu and Kashmir,
PRIEST ATTACKED, CHURCH VANDALISED IN MUMBAI
Pastor Philips Fernandez was brutally beaten up and the church was also vandalised by Hindutva zealots.
BRAHMIN PRIEST FACES PANCHAYAT IRE FOR INVITING MUSLIM ORPHAN
A 50-year-old Brahmin priest Lakshmikanta Chakrabarti was reportedly made to eat humble pie by the Trinamool Congress village Panchayat in Kolkata. His crime?
TAKE MY LIFE BUT DON’T LET LAPTOP SECRETS GO PUBLIC,
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) had their hands on a laptop, for which Mahant Amarananda is pleading with the officers: “Take my life but don’t let the laptop secrets go public.”
CBI FOR FRAMING CHARGES AGAINST TOP DELHI POLICE OFFICER
The Central Bureau of Investigation on November 17 requested Sessions Court in New Delhi to frame charges against the top officer of the Delhi Police Special Cell,
HRW SEEKS ACTION AGAINST ERRING AP POLICE OFFICERS
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded stern action against the erring Andhra Pradesh police officers who are guilty of torturing hundreds of Muslim youths after the bomb blast in Hyderabad…
HT I Felt Like I was Me At Last
Like most reverts to Islam my story is simple from the perspective of an outsider. A young man finds a religion that’s different from his family’s and eventually tells them…
The Rights of Women as Casualties of War
Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar tragedies. But their losses also helped further delineate the plight of millions…
US, Brits Over-stayed in Afghanistan
When the HG Wells classic War of the Worlds was turned into a movie for the silver screen in 1953 the West was in the grip of the Cold War. The film…
Apologise to Muslims
DR. S.AUSAF SAIED VASFI calls upon the Hindutva zealots to admit the obvious and apologise to the Muslims for unnecessarily maligning them.
Pirates Big and Small
Sea-piracy is not a new phenomenon. They have been going on for the last so many centuries and have sparked off many battles and controversies in the past. One of…
The Shrinking Chacha
Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh was expelled by the BSP on Tuesday for indulging in anti-party activities and was accused of indiscipline and lack of faith in the…
People’s Manifesto Addresses Basic Rights of Citizens, Prefers Clean Candidates
A People’s Manifesto, released by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Delhi and Haryana on the eve of the Assembly elections in Delhi, makes 10-point demands,
An Open Letter to Ms. Sonal Shah Member of President-elect
“Your recent statement on Hindu nationalist groups raises more questions than it answers.” November 20, 2008
The Only Difference is a Heart That doesn’t Beat
Look at this photograph! It conveys lots of messages! Lots of news! Lots of shades and colours! This is the photograph of the inmates of an Old Age Home in…
COUNTER’ Fact-finding Team Brings out Working Method of Investigation Agencies
Following the so-called Jamia Nagar encounter, a witch hunt of Muslim youth from Azamgarh by various security agencies and its media projection as the ‘nursery of terrorism’,
Let’s Make Some Noise
What King Abdullah is doing to build bridges with other faiths is very noble. It must be backed and boosted by such initiatives across the globe, observes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
