SUDAN SPLIT will have Fatal Implications
Vol. XLVIII No. 37
Date: December 19, 2010
Asia’s First Humanitarian Aid Convoy to Reach Gaza on Dec.
The first Asian Humanitarian Aid Convoy carrying relief material for the besieged Gaza Strip has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran
Decision Influenced by Rich Tobacco Lobby
As expected, the Union government once again ignored the Supreme Court advice for more stringent pictorial warnings on packs of tobacco products after an unusual ‘strike’ by rich manufacturers of…
An Unclean Chit to Narendra Modi
Mr. R.B. Sreekumar, former Director-General of Police, Gujarat, submitted four affidavits before the Special Investigation Team which has been entrusted by the Apex Court with the task of finding out whether…
Babri Masjid Verdict
We are grateful to Mr. Asrar Ahmed for expressing in detail the facts of Babri Masjid issue on the basis of religion
Ramjanmasthan Mandir is already in Ayodhya
It is a fact that Ramjanmasthan Mandir is in existence in Ayodhya, and it is far from Babri Masjid.
A World Day of God Response
Rejoice, dear heart, finally some Muslim has written to me. Even though it is from a land far off.
Maulana Marghoob-ur-Rahman (1914-2010)
Maulana Marghoob-ur-Rahman, a well-known religious scholar and patron of Dar-ul-Uloom, Deoband, Saharanpur, died at his hometown in Bijnaur, UP, on December 8. He was 96.
AFGHAN ELECTION BODY WARNS OF POLITICAL CRISIS
Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission on December 12 accused the attorney general’s office of “irresponsible statements”
ISRAEL BLAMED FOR IMPASSE
Palestinian officials say US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton should have blamed Israel for the failure of the latest Mideast efforts.
ANTI-ARAB EDICT SLAMMED
A top Israeli rabbi has condemned a controversial ruling forbidding renting or selling property to non-Jews. That ruling has drawn wide criticism in Israel
PALESTINIAN FIREFIGHTERS HONOURED FOR BATTLING ISRAEL’S FIRE
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on December 11 awarded a certificate of appreciation to Palestinian fire-fighters who joined the
PALESTINIANS WIN BACKING FOR STATEHOOD BY CONTAINING GRAFT
Cleaner government in Ramallah and law and order on the streets of Jenin may be doing more to bring Palestine into the community of nation
ARGENTINA RECOGNISES PALESTINE WITHIN ITS 1967 BORDERS
After Brazil’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
‘TRIGGER-HAPPY BSF’ SHOT DEAD 1,000 PEOPLE AT INDO-BANGLA BORDER
In the last 10 years about 1,000 people – both Indian and Bangladeshi nationals – were shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF),
NHRC URGED TO PROBE HARASSMENT OF JOURNALIST
Members of the Delhi Solidarity Group met National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Justice K.G. Balakrishnan on December 10 and sought his intervention for withdrawal
MUSLIMS CONDEMN VARANASI BLAST
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) on December 9 condemned the Varanasi blast, which killed a toddler and injured more than 20 people December 7
‘SIT FUNCTIONED AS B TEAM OF GUJARAT POLICE’
Retired Gujarat DGP R B Sreekumar alleged that Special Investigation Team headed by ex-CBI chief RK Raghavan probing Gujarat riots has actually functioned as a team ‘B’ of Gujarat police
GUJARAT CARNAGE WAS A POGROM, NOT A COMMUNAL RIOT
The carnage in Gujarat in 2002 cannot be called a communal riot; rather it was a pogrom, the State sponsoring violence to eliminate the Muslim
‘RSS DEADLIER THAN AL-QAEDA’
The Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi created a furore in a session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on December 10 when he alleged that according
MUSLIMS UPSET OVER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR’S REMARKS
Muslim groups in Rajasthan have expressed surprise over the remarks of Israeli Ambassador to India Mark Sofer during his weekend visit
LAWYERS CAN’T REFUSE BRIEF, NO MATTER WHO THE CLIENT: SC
Citing past instances of lawyers defending assassins of Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi to the ones who represented Dr Binayak Sen
Stating the Obvious WikiLeaks Indicts and Vindicates U.S. Diplomats
The WikiLeaks vs. the US government saga started in July, when 77,000 secret US documents directly relating to Afghanistan were made available to major media organisations. Many of us shook…
Alternative Concept of History and Future-II
We declare, and rightly so, that Islam is the ultimate solution, best alternative and complete and comprehensive way of life
The Two Ways to be Blessed
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
LAST VERSE OF THE QUR’ĀN
Popularly a small portion of verse 5:3 is understood as the last verse of the Qur’ān. Translation of the whole verse reads as under:
Demystifying the Treta-Yuga
Mythical hero, Rama is said to have been born in the Treta-Yuga. Hence the need to understand and demystify the Treta-Yuga, which is not a historical period at all.
Wicked Practices of Trade
It is narrated by Rafa’h (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) said: “Traders will be raised on the…
The True Master
Neither their flesh reaches Allah nor their blood; it is your piety that reaches Him. He has subjected these animals (to you) that you may magnify Allah for the guidance…
Karkare’s Killing Continues to Haunt the Nation
Digvijay Singh, General Secretary of Congress, exploded a bombshell when he publicly declared, in the launching ceremony of Aziz Burney’s voluminous book RSS ki Sawzish 26/11, that just two hours before…
Sudan Split will have Fatal Implications
Sudan has never had a crisis as explosive as that in Israel or Kashmir. But thanks to the vested interest of certain countries and groups, it has time and again…
