LIBERHAN COMMISSION REPORT How Not to Punish the Guilty?
Vol. XLVII No. 15
Date: October 22, 2006
Fantastic Brainwashing
Iran’s presidential election results and how they were reported reflect the West’s deep animosity toward Iran and Islam. Long before the elections were held,
Extremely Harmful
Can a legal expert decide as to how to do a surgical procedure on a patient? No. It should be left to the surgeon to decide on such a matter.…
Legalising Gay Sex
Gay-sex is not only against civil society but even contrary to nature’s rules set for all living ones, including human-beings. Indian Penal Code has several clauses which ‘interfere’, though rightly,…
A Litmus Test for the UPA
That the Liberhan Commission which was asked to submit a report on the Babri Masjid demolition within a period of three months – has done the job after 17 years…
Being a Fan of the Qur’ān
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
SHARI’AH-FRIENDLY BROKER GETS LICENCE FROM CMA
FCB Capital – a subsidiary of Family Community Bank – of Kenya has been licensed as an investment bank. Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has allowed the bank to undertake Shari’ah…
THE NETHERLANDS MUSLIMS SHAKY
The rise in support for anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders means many Dutch Muslims are considering emigrating, according to a poll.
US WITHDRAWALS FROM IRAQ
The US is confident that Iraqi security forces are ready to take over responsibility for the country’s cities when American troops pull back to surrounding areas. But some military and…
EU IMMIGRANTS HELD IN TURKEY
Thousands of illegal migrants searching for a new life in the European Union are being deported from Greece to Turkey. But many of these migrants aren’t Turkish, so they’re ending…
STATUS OF MINORITY IN GERMANY
A UN representative said that ethnic minorities in Germany are underrepresented in the German public sector. United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism Githu Muigai has spent 10…
ISRAELI ARMY COMMITTED WAR CRIMES: AMNESTY
Amnesty International accused Israel of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the reckless use of weapons and wanton destruction during its three-week war on Palestinians early this year.
SC PULLS UP MAYAWATI FOR ERECTING STATUES
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati has been pulled up by the Supreme Court for her controversial move to instal her statues across the State…
SIO LAUNCHES MASSIVE CAMPAIGN IN CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE
Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) will launch a nationwide campaign in campuses and universities at the beginning of new academic year.
MUSLIM GIRL EMERGES TOPPER IN SANSKRIT DEGREE COURSE
A Muslim girl has emerged topper in Sanskrit Vedanta graduation examination conducted by Kerala University. A student of a college at Sasthamcottah in Kollam run by the Devaswom Board,
BJP MLA TO QUIT OVER PARTY’S HINDUTVA STAND
The Bharatiya Janata Party is in for a major setback in Meghalaya with its lone legislator all set to quit the party over its communal credentials.
3 KILLED IN COMMUNAL CLASH IN MYSORE
Three persons were killed in Mysore in Karnataka in a communal clash triggered off by the desecration of a mosque on July 2. The three, including 14-year old Zubair, died…
CBI RECORDS ONLY 6 STATEMENTS IN BABRI CASE
One-and-half years since the first witness, Hanuman Prasad, deposed before the Rae Bareli Court on December 5, 2007, statements of only five others have been recorded. According to CBI Counsel,…
PUNISH THE GULITY, DEMAND MUSLIM LEADERS
Reacting to the submission of Justice M.S. Liberhan Commission Report after the passage of 17 years since its formation, Secretary Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Mujtaba Farooque pointed out that the inordinate delay…
Hamas’ Political Impasse Between Principle and Necessity
Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas’ recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle to a political settlement on the…
My Two-in-One Mothers-in-Law
By all standards, The Hindu is a great newspaper. Brought out from 13 cities, the English daily has set up higher standards of journalism. Impartiality is its hallmark. It is…
Who is Responsible for the Poor Representation of Muslims? -I
Since our independence, the social, economic and educational conditions of Muslims in India have gone down so drastically that now it has come at the level of the Schedule Castes…
Islamic Finance to Reduce Fiscal Deficit in India
At a time when economic recovery needs more stimuli by the Government of India (GoI), there is also an urgent need to safeguard the economy from the debt trap because…
Gay Law Is Obsolete? A Crime is Always a Crime
Homosexuality between consenting adults is legal now, declared the Delhi high court on July 2. The basic argument is that the law is 149 years too old, obsolete, based on…
Anti-Homosexuality Must Promote Indian Homogeneity
Through the most retrograde verdict, July 2, declaring Section 377 of Indian Penal Code (which punishes unnatural sex) as violative of the fundamental freedom of ‘gays’,
Homosexuality is the Biggest Killer – Real and Potential
The High Court judgment legalising homosexuality is shocking. This is like legalising murders, terrorism and rapes. Homosexuality is in fact much more dangerous than any of these, as it hassled,…
We cannot be Cowed down by Falsehood
It may not be professionally correct but I did it. I did not inform the octogenarian person that I was interviewing him and instead of any tape recording or jotting…
100-day Agenda on Education Reforms
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal’s agenda on reforms in educational system has several bright spots but seeks to tread on the toes of the linguistic states, observes MAQBOOL AHMED SIRAJ
ONTROVERSY Justice Katju Apologises for Beard/Burqa Controversy
In a welcome development, Honorable Justice Markandeya Katju has apologised for his controversial comments on sporting beards and ‘burqa’ and equating the Muslim practice with “Talibanisation” and withdrew his earlier…
A Travesty of Justice
Courts of law, investigating agencies, and inquiry commissions (formed as and when required). These are the various layers of our judicial process. But the one which seems to least guarantee…
LIBERHAN COMMISSION REPORT How Not to Punish the Guilty?
DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI comments on the Justice M.S. Liberhan Commission Report and conclude that only the much-needed political will, administrative determination and ideological clarity on the part of the…
