Union Budget 2009-2010 Tight Rope Walk
Vol. XLVII No. 16
Date: July 19, 2009
Legalising Homosexuality is a Conspiracy to Tarnish Moral Values of
“The decision of Delhi High Court is against the religious, moral and social fabric of India. Homosexuality is unnatural. Not even animals indulge in this.
It’s Better Late than Never
The Economic Survey proposals for 2008-09 revealed the finance ministry’s intent to pursue the disinvestment of PSUs on war footing.
Cursing Madrasas must be Stopped
Had the madrasas not been there, particularly during the post-Partition era, any Islamically knowledgeable and practising person – including Mr. Mahmood Alam Siddiqui (“A Case Study of Islamic Madrasas: With…
Extending Scope of RTI
It refers to the welcome statement in Lok Sabha by Union Minister Prithviraj Chavan expressing government’s desire to bring more organisations under Right to Information Act which were till now…
Realise Failure of Hindutva
The Sangh Parivar’s Hindutva is quite different from the Hindu dharma. Almost all Hindu saints, thinkers and reformers, including Swami Vivekanand, Sri Aurobindo, Jiddu Krishnamurthi, etc.
Maulana Syed Abdullah Bukhari (1922-2009)
The 12th Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Delhi, Maulana Syed Abdullah Bukhari, breathed his last on July 8 at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) following a prolonged illness.…
ISTANBUL DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE PROMISES LOW CARBON FUTURE
The two-day conference on Islam and the environment that was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 6 and 7, concluded by declaring a Muslim seven-year-action plan on climate change. The…
IRAN LASHES OUT AT ISRAEL FOR KIDNAPPED DIPLOMATS
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Israel is responsible for the kidnapping of four of its diplomats in Lebanon. Amid Iranian efforts to release these diplomats allegedly abducted in east…
MUSHAWARAT CONDEMNS CHINESE BRUTALITY IN XINJIANG
The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, condemned the reign of terror unleashed by the Chinese security forces and the Chinese Han settlers in Xinjiang…
MCB CALLS FOR GREATER ACTION AGAINST ANTI-MUSLIM VIOLENCE
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) on July 8 urged political leaders and opinion formers to end their muted response to the recent wave of anti-Muslim violence taking place in…
CHRISTIAN PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOL ATTACKED IN GUJARAT
Minorities in Gujarat continue to be intimidated, harassed and attacked. The latest incident took place on July 6 in St. Stephen’s High School in Dahod, Eastern Gujarat.
WOMAN BURNT ALIVE BY PRIEST
A woman was allegedly burnt alive by a priest after she resisted his advances in a village in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh.
MUSLIM WOMEN PROTEST SARKOZY’S REMARK ON HIJAB
As a part of the ongoing agitation against the French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s statement calling hijab a sign of ‘subservience’, the women wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s Maharashtra unit handed over a memorandum…
SADHVI PRAGYA THAKUR’S BAIL PLEA REJECTED
A bail plea by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, was rejected on July 9 by a special court which refused to accept…
23 KEY BABRI FILES MISSING
As many as 23 files and not just seven as reported, relating to the Babri Masjid dispute, were missing in the Uttar Pradesh Government’s records, according to an affidavit submitted…
GUJARAT POLARISATION PANEL TARGETS MINORITIES
The Gujarat government has constituted a judicial commission, headed by Retd Justice B J Shethna, to probe allegations of ghettoisation of population along religious lines in the state.
Who is Responsible for the Poor Representation of Muslims? -II
While selecting the constituencies to declare them general or reserved, it appears that the Population of Muslims in that constituency was one of the main criteria.
Islamic Finance to Reduce Fiscal Deficit in India – II
Besides evaluating fall in annual growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 9.0% in 2007-08 to 6.7% in 2008-09,
Sec. 377: De-Criminalising a Crime Amounts to Legitimising an Illegitimacy
Strictly speaking in legal terms, the July 2 judgment of the Delhi High Court on Section 377 of the Indian Panel Code, which bestows legal sanction upon homosexuality, is correct,…
‘Its One Goal is More Effective than Thousands of Speeches’
MR. ABDUL AZEEZ is a social activist based in Kolkata, where he came from Uttar Pradesh in 1958, and completed his school, college and university education in due course of time.…
AMU on the Path of Progress
It has been two eventful years since Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis took charge of the office of the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University on June 11, 2007. It was probably…
Creative Learning is by Comprehension
Comprehension holds the key to learning. But it is not exactly the strong point of teaching at most schools in India. Most kids learn by rote, mainly because they study…
Cover the Pandora’s Box
The July 2 judgement of the High Court of Delhi decriminalising homosexuality is highly shocking and deplorable. Members of judiciary are expected to consider natural justice, larger interests of society,…
BUDGET 2009 FM Walking on Tight Ropes
DR. WAQUAR ANWAR analyses the Budget 2009 and finds that FM, in his tight rope walk, has tried to appease all and arrange funds for continuation of existing projects.
IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS OF BUDGET 2009 DIRECT TAXES
Personal income tax exemption limit has been increased for small and marginal taxpayers and senior citizens. The personal income tax exemption limit for senior citizens has gone up by Rs15,000,…
