THE VIOLENCE DEBATE Teaching the Oppressed How to Fight Oppression
Vol. XLVIII No. 31
Date: October 31, 2010
No Arrests Yet for CWG Ghotala
Police generally arrests suspected ones even for petty crimes like theft of some hundred rupees. But no instant arrests could be made till date for the country’s biggest loot of…
Nitish and His NDA
Dr. Manmohan Singh is right when he blamed Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for mess of the state. Nitish and his NDA rule have failed on all projects that were given…
Scholars’ Testimony about Babar
The demolishers of historic Babri Masjid call Babar invader, oppressor, temple breaker, etc. In fact Babar was quite different from Aryan invaders and oppressors. He was a learned, broad-minded, justice-loving…
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Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz–e–kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
INDONESIAN FOREST FIRES SPREAD HAZE IN REGION
Illegal forest clearing fires in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island are sending haze across the Malacca Strait to neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, causing the worst air pollution since 2006. The haze prompted…
ISRAEL HAS UNDERMINED THE EFFICACY OF THE UN SYSTEM
The chief Palestinian negotiator Sa’eb Erekat on October 25 accused Israel of undermining the efficacy of the United Nations. Erekat said in a press statement on the occasion of the…
ABUSE OF PALESTINIANS BY ISRAELI TROOPS THE NORM, NOT ABERRATION
Israeli reservists critical of their military’s treatment of Palestinians have released new photos that show Israeli soldiers holding assault rifles to the head of a blindfolded Palestinian man and spray-painting…
TURKEY EASES HEADSCARF BAN
In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Higher Education Board earlier this month ordered Istanbul University to stop teachers from expelling from classrooms students who do not comply with a ban on…
KHAMENEI SCORES POINTS WITH CRITICS
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appears to have scored a political success by gathering leading clerics in the religious bastion of Qom around him in a show of unity…
IRAN SET TO LOAD FUEL TO CORE OF FIRST ATOMIC
Iran will load fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on October 26, a senior MP said, and celebrations will be held to mark what is one…
INCENTIVES FOR PROGRESS IN SAUDI UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS
The Saudi Shoura Council on October 24 recommended that industrial investments should be promoted in underdeveloped regions. “The recommendations were made by the members of the council based on a…
TONY BLAIR’S SISTER-IN-LAW REVERTS TO ISLAM
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s sister-in-law Lauren Booth has declared that she has reverted to Islam. Booth, who is half-sister to Cherie Blair and a Catholic by birth, switched…
AZAM KHAN SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY GUJARAT POLICE
Azam Khan, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, has given a sensational disclosure in a statement before a magistrate in Mumbai that he was kidnapped on…
SOHRAB KILLING MOTIVE GOES BEYOND MARBLE LOBBY: CBI
The CBI filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case on October 22, saying that the conspiracy to eliminate the gangster may go much beyond the alleged…
‘NARENDRA MODI PRESIDED OVER GUJARAT RIOTS’
Gordhan Zadaphia, former junior home minister, has accused Gujarat CM Narendra Modi of playing an active role in 2002 riots. Zadaphia was questioned for seven hours on October 22 by…
HWF FELICITATES 394 MUSLIM STUDENTS OF UP
The Delhi-based Human Welfare Foundation (HWF) and PM Foundation Kerala felicitated 394 meritorious students belonging to Muslim community at an Award Distribution Ceremony held at Baradari Qaisar Bagh, Lucknow. Besides,…
BID TO ATTACK SYED ALI GILANI WIDELY CONDEMNED
Sikh and Hindu organisations besides Kashmiri leaders have strongly denounced a failed attempt to attack Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Shah Gilani, allegedly by hooligans of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, at…
SADHVI, 6 OTHERS HELD FOR CHILD TRAFFICKING
A 57-year-old sadhvi along with six others was arrested for allegedly kidnapping minor children and then selling them to childless couple. The police has so far traced and rescued nine…
HC VERDICT DOESN’T CONDONE BABRI RAZING: SONIA
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the Ayodhya court verdict in no way condones the demolition of the Babri Masjid for which the perpetrators must be brought to justice.…
THERE IS ROOM FOR CHALLENGING THE VERDICT: JAMIAT
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on October 20 spelt out its stand that Babri Masjid belonged to Muslims and the community was duty bound to struggle for getting possession through peaceful and judicial…
Live-in Relations not OK
How a father will react if he comes to know that his daughter has been enjoying live-in relation with someone for years; she is pregnant and still not married! He…
Extra-Marital Affairs A Sociological Insight
Marriage being the most ancient and regarded as the first social institution of the recorded human history is continuously, though slowly, losing its sanctity and moral foundations in the contemporary…
RISK MANAGEMENT The Challenge Islamic Banking Continues to Grapple with
There is no need to introduce Islamic banking industry which is widely known not only in the Muslim world but also in non-Muslim world. A few decades ago it was…
Generation of Awareness and Publicity against Corruption
Corruption and crime are universal phenomena observed in all societies throughout history. Right from his establishment on earth man is provided with guidance on right and wrong from his Creator,…
The Dance of Secularism
Nehruvian concept of secularism: respect for all religions, was once again put on trial by history to prove its secular credentials and its ‘respect for all religions’ slogan on September…
Justice is Awaited
The verdict pronounced by Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute lingering on in court for the last 60 years,
A Legal, Legitimate Battle
A too-loaded question is doing rounds in the cafes, conferences, talk-shows, drawing rooms and corridors of power. Each and every political party, particularly in the Hindi belt, is viewing it…
The New Centres of AMU A Beginning of Resurgence
The mission of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, a symbol of Muslim renaissance in India was not only to establish an educational institution at Aligarh but his vision was that this…
Safā and Marwah
“Surely, al-Safā and al-Marwah are the symbols of Allah. Hence, whoever performs Hajj (full Pilgrimage) to the House (of Allah) or makes Umrah (minor Pilgrimage), will find it is no…
RSS, Once Again
The criminal, anti-national character of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) once again came to light when the name of a very senior leader of the organisation, Indresh Kumar, figured in the…
THE VIOLENCE DEBATE Teaching the Oppressed How to Fight Oppression
RAMZY BAROUD analyses the ground reality prevailing in Palestine and laments on how the suffering Palestinians are taught to practise non-violence.
