JINNAH ALIVE AND HAUNTING BJP
Vol. XLVII No. 22
Date: August 30, 2009
Report Reveals Reality
In “CBI Records only six statements in Babri Case” (Radiance Viewsweekly, July 12-18, 2009,
A Game-plan of BJP
Sudden erupted love for Jinnah first in Advani, and now in Jaswant Singh after six long decades of the country’s partition and independence seems to be a game-plan of BJP…
A Victim of Vicious Propaganda
The BJP-RSS combine cannot tolerate anything which goes against their biased anti-Muslim ideology even if it is a reality. It was Lala Lajpat Rai, way back in 1924, who advocated for a…
Gruesome to the Aam Admi
The coming days are going to be gruesome to the aam admi, owing to the drought like situation looming large across the nation. There is a misconception that monsoons alone have played…
A Culture Called Truth
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
VACANT SEATS IN SAUDI UNIVERSITIES
Saudi universities have so far admitted 200,621 students for the new academic year (2009-2010) and this represented 80 percent of available seats,
CRUELTY COUNTS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Four American soldiers in Iraq have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of soldiers in their platoon. The four Multi-National Division-South soldiers are accused of abusing male soldiers with excessive…
BEGGARS HAVE A CHOICE
The number of beggars in Saudi Arabia swells during Ramadan when Saudis as well as expatriates give generously to the poor and the needy.
AMERICANS DISAPPROVE AFGHAN WAR
According to a Washington Post-ABC Poll, the majority of Americans said they believe the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting, Americans also, by nearly 2 to 1, are not…
IRAN NOT AFRAID OF SANCTIONS
Iran was no longer afraid of any financial sanctions being imposed in its row with the West over Iran’s nuclear programmes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
WEEKEND ROW IB ALGERIA
The Algerian government has given in to the pressure of western lobby by saying no to the traditional Islamic weekend, Thursday and Friday, that has reigned in the country for…
MUSLIM BOY IN UK EXCELS
An 18-year old Muslim boy on north-east England has passed no less than eight A-levels, including six A grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, History, Critical Thinking,
FRENCH NATIONAL RELEASED FROM IRANIAN JAIL
French national Clotilde Reiss has been released on bail from a Tehran jail after being held for six weeks on charges relating to post-election demonstrations.
HAJ PILGRIMS TO GET SPECIAL PASSPORT
This year 1,20,000 people will go for Haj pilgrimage from India. International passport is necessary for the pilgrimage but those who do not have valid passport need not to worry
MEDALS TO THE FAKE ENCOUNTER SPECIALISTS
Playing with the sentiments of Muslim community and social groups, the Union government decided to award Batla House fake encounter specialists on August 14.
HANG ACCUSED LEADERS ALONG WITH KASAB: KAVEETA KARKARE
Kaveeta Karkare, wife of slain ATS Chief Hemant Karkare who was killed in 26/11 terrorist attack on Mumbai,
JD(S) SEES A ‘CONSPIRACY’ IN AMU OFF-CAMPUS SHIFTING
Secretary General of Janata Dal (S) K. Krishnankutty has alleged a conspiracy in not allotting government owned land at Panakkad in Malappuram for Aligarh Muslim University off-campus. In a statement…
MUSLIM STUDENTS CAN WEAR HIJAB IN UNIFORM COLOUR
In a bid to solve the controversy in Sri Venkatarama Swamy (SVS) College, Bantwal,
KARNATAKA COLLEGE KEEPS GIRL OUT FOR WEARING HIJAB
The Sri Venkatarama Swamy (SVS) College in Bantwal, Mangalore, has restricted Ayesha Ashmin, a first year B.Com student, from attending the classes till she conforms to the rules and regulations…
ULAMA URGED TO LEARN ENGLISH WITHOUT IMBIBING WESTERN CUSTOMS
Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre (MMERC) held its 15th convocation programme at Mumbai’s Hajj House in Mumbai last week.
DGP ADMITS THREATENED BY IAS OFFICIALS
Former Director General of Police of Gujarat R B Sreekumar has submitted a CD of a recorded conversation to the special investigation team (SIT)
Umra and the Ugly Virus H1N1
For over a year my family had been pestering me for taking them to Makkah for Umra. But due to various circumstances I had been unable to take them for…
Name’s Khan? Too Bad for You
India’s Muslim superstar was rescued by Indian government after his Newark nightmare. But what about others who face this on a daily basis? wonders AIJAZ ZAKA SYED.
Burqa Ban in Mangalore Negates Secular Ethos
Except for some professional courses like nursing, medicine, law or management, colleges do not prescribe uniform for students. In matters of dress laissez faire prevails in campuses. But Karnataka’s Dakshin…
A View through a Veil
Freedom, that is precious, cannot be one-sided. If freedom gives a licence to some women for wearing revealing dresses, knickers, bikinis and jeans then how does it stop some other…
Mangalore College bans hijab
Sri Venkatraman Swamy (SVS) College, run by the SVS Vidyavardhaka Sangha at Vidyagiri in Bantwal, in the coastal Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, directed Aysha Ashmin, 19, a first year…
Why is Obama Silent when Disaster Returns?
During 2003-08, the years when the uncontrolled greed of a handful of speculators was sending the price of commodities to intolerable levels, this columnist was among the few who pointed…
Complainants are also Under Scanner
The two-member Facts Finding Committee reached Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on August 20 and started the process of probe into ‘the allegations against the Vice Chancellor as also the counter…
Drones and Democracy in Afghanistan
With elections just around the corner in Afghanistan, it might be timely to reflect on the US engagement with that stricken nation and consider just how much foreign intervention has…
In Pitiable Disarray
The dismissal of BJP’s veteran leader Jaswant Singh, who held three important portfolios of Defence, Finance and External Affairs, is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in this…
Can Jinnah Save a Desperate BJP?
The Congress victory and BJP-led NDA’s humiliating defeat in the last Lok Sabha elections has created such a turmoil in the BJP ranks, that all the chintan baithaks around the country, are…
Jinnah Alive and Haunting BJP
SOROOR AHMED analyses the Jinnah storm in the shattered cup of BJP and says that the party has two different yardsticks to punish or reward its leaders.
Gujarat Bans Jaswant’s Book, Gets Flak
The Narendra Modi-led Government of on August 19 banned the sale of the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh’s book Jinnah: India-Partition, Independence in the State. “Jaswant Singh’s book questions role…
Unending Debate on Jinnah
N. JAMAL ANSARI turns the pages of history to conclude that the debate on Jinnah is unending and Jaswant’s book is only an addition to it, and suggests to the BJP…
