THE GHOST OF RAGGING Breaking the ice or breaking the bones and nerves?
Vol. XLVI No. 49
Date: March 29, 2009
Financial Crisis The Solution Lies in Islamic System
The world is on the verge of financial collapse. If urgent and adequate steps are not taken, the consequences will be disastrous and go out of control. Only the Islamic…
Islamic Banking will Lend Stability and Efficiency to Financial System
The veteran economist and member Kerala State Planning Board Dr K Rama Chandran said the absence of ethical values in economic dealings and problems inherent in market economy is the…
Re-launch Aligarh Movement for Muslim Empowerment
March 7 was a historic day for Aligarh Muslim University in the sense that it was the day when the University opened a national seminar on “Minority Education in India:…
Arteriogenesis only natural way to compensate loss of an artery:
Delivering the keynote address in the inaugural session of the two-day international symposium on “Free Radicals in Health and Disease”, Professor Elisabeth Dendle from Munich, Germany said that arteriogenesis is…
AMU’s Maulana Azad Library gets Digital Resource Centre, CC TV
The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis on March 16 inaugurated a Digital Resource Centre, Closed Circuit TV and Campus wide Online Catalogue at Maulana…
War Crimes in Gaza
Shock, anger and outrage. These words are the least I can use to describe the appalling revelations of the Israeli army’s war crimes.
Introduce Interest-fee System
I have read the article “Interest is cancerous for society” (February 15-21, 2009).
Educative Indeed!
Thank you for bringing out an issue (Radiance, 8-14 March, 09) focused on microfinance as an instrument of poverty alleviation. This humble scribe has been writing about this, in the…
Varun’s Diatribe
Varun Gandhi has succeeded in getting all the attention by his outrageously communal tirade. While he has enraged Sikhs and Muslims, every right thinking person has been shocked. Bharatiya Janata…
DENGUE DANGER IN MAKKAH
There is a danger of the outbreak of dengue fever in Makkah after a number of suspected cases arrived at the city’s hospitals, causing concern among both Saudi and foreign…
HALAL HUB IN MALAYIA
Seeking to become the world’s hub for halal products, Malaysia is going high-tech to develop the key sector, signing agreements with information technology giants, banks and academia, while urging Muslim countries to…
SHARI`AH LAWS IN SOMALIA
The government of Somalia endorsed plans to introduce Shari’ah-adherent laws in the African Muslim country. “The cabinet members discussed deeply on the issue regarding the Islamic Shari’ah law and the…
LANGUAGE PROTEST IN MALAYSIA
Hundreds of Malaysians had taken to the streets to protest against the use of English to teach Mathematics and Science in schools. The police fired water canons and tear gas…
SHOES FOR BUSH
Three Canadians were arrested and others threw shoes in protest against George W. Bush when he gave his first post-presidential speech in western Canada. The footwear was tossed at an…
SAUDI ARABIA DISAGREES WITH ICC
Saudi Arabia expressed its dissatisfaction over the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against…
VETO RIGHT FOR WOMEN SOUGHT
An Iranian delegation attending the meeting of Women Status Commission in the United Nations called for presence of women representatives in the Security Council with veto right. ِ
PLAN TO MOVE BRITAIN’S EMBASSY IN TEL AVIV DROPPED
The British government has announced cancellation of the controversial plan to move its embassy in Tel Aviv to a property owned by a company linked with building illegal Israeli settlements…
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR VIOLATIONS
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that the European Union should press for a comprehensive and impartial international inquiry into allegations of serious violations of international law committed by Israeli…
Durban II: Politicising Racism
Many countries are set to participate in the Conference against Racism, scheduled to be held in Geneva, April 20-25. But the highly touted international meet is already marred with disagreement…
PROF. SHAMIM JAIRAJPURI HEADS NAAC APPEALS COMMITTEE
Prof. M. Shamim Jairajpuri, INSA Senior Scientist, Aligarh Muslim University and former Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University has been appointed Chairman of the High Power Appeals Committee…
AMU’S ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE INTRODUCES 2 COURSES
Under the aegis of UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University two courses – Orientation Programme and Subject Refresher Course in Political Science – commenced on March 18. It is…
ALL ACCUSE IN NANDED RIOTS GET BAIL
All of the accused arrested in connection with the recent Nanded riots have been released after a Mumbai Court granted them bail on March 17. The accused were reportedly produced…
COMMUNAL FLARE UP IN NANDED
According to the reports people allegedly belonging to Hindutva communal outfits such as RSS, Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena etc are distributing CDs entitled ‘Banyengay Mandir’ in Nanded. These CDs are…
JAMIAT ULEMA DEMANDS PROBE INTO RAHATGARH INCIDENT
A delegation of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH), Madhya Pradesh under the leadership of the Chairman Congress Minorities Cell and General Secretary JUH Haji Mohammad Haroon Advocate called on the Governor Balram…
JAMIA MASJID IN UDUPI ATTACKED, QURAN DESECRATED
Some anti-social and communal elements on March 16 allegedly attacked the Jamia Masjid in Bendur, Udupi. More than a century old Jamia Masjid is the hallmark of the area. According…
MUSLIMS ARE RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF WAKF PROPERTIES
The Wakf properties are meant exclusively for Muslims. After the publication of the report of Central Parliamentary Committee now it is the responsibility of the government to remove illegal encroachments…
Slumdogs and Millionaires Two Faces of the Same Coin
Amidst the euphoria and acclaim over the film Slumdog millionaire winning as many as eight Oscar awards, there was widespread criticism from a few sections of the society. While some social activists…
VHP’s Letter to Muslim Indians
DR. MOOKHI AMIR ALI says that the interest of the country demands that outfits like VHP should not further deepen the communal divide by making irrational demands.
THE MAKING OF A NAWAB
Mr. Jafar Mir Abdullah had been working with Biological Evans, a pharmaceutical company, since 1974. His late father was in the antiques business and quite well known in this circle.…
Hussein
“I, Barack Hussein Obama, solemnly swear …..”, the words Obama spoke at the beginning of the swearing in ceremony. On January 20, 2009, at a specially erected podium in front…
Romanticising Western Democracy, Caricaturing Indian Democracy will Lead Us Nowhere
SOROOR AHMED raises some questions on our democracy versus other democracies, on the eve of upcoming Lok Sabha elections, and recognises the inherent strength of Indian democracy.
Zero Tolerance for Hate
BJP leader Varun Gandhi’s anti-Muslim outbursts during election campaign in Pilibhit have outraged the whole country. His crude diatribe was so bad in taste that it has stunned even BJP.
THE GHOST OF RAGGING
KHAN YASIR, himself a brilliant student of a prominent college in Delhi, suggests measures to put an end to the reprehensible practice of ragging in our educational institutions.
