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Islam allows 4 wives
without ‘talaq’, observes SC; it issues notice to Centre plea seeking ban on
triple talaq
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Friday observed that if Islam allowed a man 4 wives, then the husband
can marry a 2nd time even without ‘talaq’.Making this oral
observation, Chief Justice TS Thakur -- heading a 3-judge Bench -- indicated
that prima facie there was nothing wrong in a Muslim man having 4 wives without
divorcing the first wife.The Bench, which also included Justice AM Kanwilkar
and DY Chandrachud said unless and until the constitutionality of the ‘triple
talaq’, permitted under the Muslim personal law, is struck down by court, a man
can divorce his wife by pronouncing the phrase thrice.The CJI told V K Biju,
counsel for petitioner Ishrat Jahan of Howrah, “We have seen that you have
challenged the constitutionality of the ‘triple talaq’. But until it is
determined, he (husband) is entitled to have four wives. Even without ‘talaq’,
he can marry again.”When counsel complained that her husband had taken away her
4 children and that they should be secured as the police had failed to register
an FIR, the CJI asked the petitioner to file a habeas corpus petition in the
Calcutta High Court. The Bench, however, issued notice on her petition
challenging ‘triple talaq’ and directed this petition be tagged with similar
petitions in which the response of the Centre and the All India Muslim Personal
Law Board had already been sought. Deccan Chronicle
SC admits Muslim woman's
plea to declare triple talaq illegal
SC issues notice to Centre
on Muslim woman’s plea seeking ban on triple talaq
SC declines to order
custody of children to Muslim woman divorced over phone call
Centre to denounce IRF
‘unlawful’; to slap terror charges on Zakir Naik: financialexpress
As per sources in the govt,
Home Ministry along with some legal advice has decided to book Naik under the
UAPA for his speeches. The popular Islamic missionary is accused for motivating
the terrorists behind the Dhaka restaurant attack in July this year.“The
primary ground for invoking terror charges against Naik are statements by those
involved in past terror acts, conceding that they were motivated by his
speeches,” said an intelligence officer.Authorities have also decided to impose
the UAPA on IRF on the grounds that it is spreading hatred between religious
communities. Under the UAPA, an ‘unlawful’ organization is different from a
‘terrorist’ association. The law, while defining an “unlawful association”,
covers any organisation “which has for its object any activity that is punishable
under Section 153A or 153B of IPC” – provisions dealing with threat to social
and communal harmony.Once IRF is declared ‘unlawful’, it might face closure of
its offices across the country. Currently, IRF has its head office in Mumbai,
runs the Islamic International School in Mumbai and Chennai and own many
properties in Mumbai itself. IF a ban is imposed, Maharashtra govt might also
take charge of the Islamic International School or entrust its management to
another organization. Financialexpress
Govt set to slap terror
case on Zakir Naik,ban IRF:TOI
Govt mulls invoking terror
charges against Zakir, ban IRF
Nawaz Sharif to send 22
special envoys to world capitals to highlight Kashmir
Islamabad:Stepping up
Pakistan’s diplomatic offensive, the PM said he has decided to send the
parliamentarians for highlighting the Kashmir issue in different parts of the
World. Further needling India on the Kashmir issue, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on Saturday nominated 22
parliamentarians as special envoys to be despatched to world capitals to
highlight the issue.“We will also remind the UN its long-held promise of
self-determination to the Kashmiri people,” Sharif said.“PM urged the special
envoys to ensure their efforts for highlighting the Kashmir cause across the
world so that he can shake the collective conscience of the international
community during his address at the UN this Sept.,” Radio Pakistan reported. “We
will also make it clear to India that it was India that approached the UN
several decades back on Kashmir dispute but now it is not fulfilling its
promise,” he said.The Kashmir problem is the most persistent failure of the UN
and that the world body must establish its relevance, he said.“I have decided
to send these parliamentarians for fighting the Kashmir cause in different
parts of the world.“Generation after generation of Kashmiris have seen only
broken pledges and ruthless oppression,” Sharif claimed.He emphasised that this
anniversary of the UN ought to be a catalyst, spurring the world body into
action.PTI
Pakistan names 22 MPs to
rake up Kashmir issue at UN
Pakistan shouldn’t
internationalise Kashmir, it’s a bilateral issue: MJ Akbar
New Delhi:Pakistan PM Nawaz
Sharif’s decision to appoint 22 special envoys to rake up the Kashmir issue at
the UN was slammed by the Indian govt on Saturday, with Minister of State for
External Afairs MJ Akbar saying Pakistan shouldn’t internationlise the issue. Akbar
said, “As far as Kashmir issue is concerned, Pakistan mustn’t internationalize
it, it is a bilateral issue.” Taking a dig at Pakistan, Akbar added,“It is
Pakistan’s individual right if it wants its MPs to go for free tourism.”ANI
India, Pakistan should go
through dialogue to resolve Kashmir issue, advises US
Washington:India and
Pakistan should continue a dialogue process to address their differences and
issues, including Kashmir, the US has said as it asked the two nations to
refrain from indulging in rhetoric. “What I would say that the extent to which
both countries are seeking to continue a dialogue process that will do more to
address concerns and tensions than perhaps other approaches. So I would just
say that it is our hope and our counsel to (2) continue to push forward on a
process of talks between the 2 govt s to try to address concerns,” a senior
State Dept.official said.US, official noted, has also said that with respect to
the issues emanating from Kashmir, that it believes that this is something that
the two countries need to determine through the dialogue. “Nothing has changed
in terms of the US position and perspective on that and we do encourage the two
countries to continue the dialogue process that allows them to process areas of
concerns in both countries,” the official said in response to a question.PTI
To bring peace in Valley,
govt corners separatists
Srinagar: Authorities
detained 2 top separatists, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq,
under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Act, as the situation
continued to remain grim in the valley following the death of another youth in
Pulwama on Friday, taking the toll in the recent unrest in the state to 69.JKLF
chief Yasin Malik, who was arrested on July 9, will be flown to New Delhi on
Saturday, ostensibly for a check-up at AIIMS.The 3 Hurriyat men had constituted
a group, 'joint resistance force', in June to spearhead the agitation against
the "proposed establishment of Sainik colony, a separate cluster for
Kashmiri Pandits, and industrial policies that allow non-locals to get lease of
land for 90 years in the state". Police sources said Hurriyat hardliner
Geelani was detained at his Hyderpora residence and barred from meeting
anybody. Mirwaiz, the head of the moderate Hurriyat faction, was lodged in a
J&K tourism development hut at the Chesmashahi tourist resort. Shakeel
Ahmad Ganai, the youth killed in Pulwama on Friday , was hit when the security
forces acted to foil the 'eidgah chalo' call by imposing strict curfew in
Rajpora area. Scores of people were injured as clashes erupted after the Friday
prayers across the valley .As the Centre looks for ways to restore normalcy in
J&K, possible replacement of governor NN Vohra is one of the several steps
under consideration. Sources in the govt told TOI on Friday that some probable
candidates have already been identified, though the final decision is yet to be
taken. Vohra, a veteran who served as Union home secretary, principal secretary
to ex-PM IK Gujral and also as Centre's interlocutor on J&K, brought rich
experience to the office of governor. However, after the prolonged unrest in
the valley, there is a growing feeling that Vohra does not have the reflexes
any longer to deal with a situation that poses an altogether different
challenge with the jihadi elements having taken over. timesofindia
Centre, Mehbooba Discuss
New Track 2 Team For Kashmir Dialogue: Sources
New Delhi: The centre is
forming a new team to start a dialogue in Kashmir through informal channels and
help resolve the crisis that has crippled the state for 50 days now, sources
have told NDTV.The central govt has
started reaching out to eminent citizens to be part of the Track 2 team, which
could be tasked with talking to all stakeholders including separatists, sources
said.The new team may be announced when an all-party delegation visits the
Valley next weekend. This morning, J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti met PM Narendra Modi and expressed support for talks
with protesters in the state."There will be talks with all stakeholders in
J&K . There needs to be an institution for it which should include people
whom the residents of the state trust," she said. "Problems we are
facing today are because the steps that PM (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee took - which included a
dialogue with Hurriyat - were stopped," she said.Around 70 people have
been killed and 11,000 injured in clashes after the July 8 killing of Burhan
Wani. PM Modi has indicated that the govt
is willing to start a dialogue in
Kashmir to curb the violence.NDTV
Hold talks with all
stakeholders, Mehbooba tells Modi
Kashmir unrest: Hurriyat
ready for dialogue with Centre, but without pre-conditions
Talks with Hurriyat only
way to restore peace in Kashmir Valley: Sharad Yadav
PDP appeals to Geelani:
Give Mehbooba Mufti a chance
Srinagar: Senior PDP leader
Dr. Mehboob Beg on Saturday appealed to Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani
to think of CM Mehbooba Mufti as
"his own daughter" and "give her a chance".“Geelani Sahab
must think of Mehbooba Mufti as his daughter, who also happens to be the first
Kashmiri Muslim woman to lead our state. She is not the conventional politician
that we deal with most of the times, in-case she does not bring about a change,
she will be the first to own up and make way. I appeal to Geelani Sahab to give
her a chance, she understands the pain and pulse of the people as she has risen
from the grass roots," said Dr.Beg.
Govt to crack down on 400 J&K 'troublemakers'
7th Friday: No prayers at
Jamia Masjid
Kashmir: Curfew, shutdown
continue to cripple life on 50th consecutive day
Meeting Rajnath cost me
credibility built over 3 decades: Zafar-ul-Islam Khan
Srinagar: Zafar-ul-Islam, a
prominent Muslim journalist and intellectual, said on Thursday that he lost his
credibility by attending the meeting with Indian home minister Rajnath Singh
that was called in the wake of the raging uprising in Kashmir. Zafar-ul-Islam“It
was clear during our interaction with the HM that he is not ready for any
confidence-building measures as of now… No talk of lifting AFPSA from
unaffected areas like north Kashmir and moving the army away from inhabited
areas… Instead more troops are being airlifted to the Valley. No readiness to
talk to Hurriyat or Pakistan for a final solution of this festering wound.
Hence, personally I do not see any usefulness of visiting Kashmir. In any case,
it should be an independent initiative, not one sponsored and paid for by the
home ministry. By accepting such help, we lose credibility. Personally, I have
over night lost my credibility in the Valley which was built over three
decades,” Khan wrote in Milli Gazette. kashmir reader
Govt charts road map for
Modi’s Baloch policy
New Delhi:As the diplomatic
exchange with Pakistan gets sharper by the day, India is discussing concrete
steps to put its new policy on raising human rights violations by Pakistan
forces in Balochistan into place, and the External Affairs Minister has been
consulting former diplomats on its foreign policy implications.“India has a
strong human rights record, and we are naturally concerned about human rights
violations in [Balochistan]. How this is expressed in our diplomacy, you will
have to wait and see,” said MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Friday.But while MEA
says it “won’t divulge” its gameplan at the moment, govt sources confirmed to The Hindu that the
measures under discussion range from enlisting Indian embassies and missions
worldwide to raise the issue of rights violations by Pakistan, easing visa
restrictions on Balochis visiting India on the lines of the Cabinet’s recent
notification on facilities extended to persecuted minorities from neighbouring
countries, as well as allowing them more “political” space in India.In the next
few days, officials of the Home Ministry, External Affairs Ministry and PMO are
expected to finalise details of announcements to be made on Balochistan. It
will also decide whether the Baloch issue will be raised at the UN General
Assembly this Sept., even as Pakistan says it intends to raise the violence in
Kashmir at the UN. Thehindu
Centre planning to call
diaspora from Gilgit-Baltistan for Pravasi Divas 2017
Pakistan Finance Minister
Ishaq Dar says Arun Jaitley’s absence in SAARC conference won’t matter
Islamabad:Playing down
India’s move to isolate Pakistan in the region amidst escalating tensions
between the two over the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Islamabad said
New Delhi’s decision not to send its finance minister, Arun Jaitley, for SAARC
finance ministers’ conference hardly matters. “India’s (finance minister’s)
absence hardly matters,” said Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar after the
conclusion of eighth SAARC finance ministers’ conference. However, Dar hastily
added that the individuals do not matter, but countries do, reports Express
Tribune.Out of the 8-member countries – Afghanistan,Bangladesh,Bhutan,India,Maldives,Nepal,Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka, 4 did not send their finance ministers. ANI
Will help Haji Ali fight
case in Supreme Court, says kin of Sabarimala priests’ family
Delhi:After women were
allowed entry into the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, a kin of
the family of priests at Sabarimala temple in Kerala has promised support for
the plea of the Haji Ali Trust in Supreme Court. Bombay High Court, in a
landmark ruling on Friday, allowed entry of women into the inner sanctum of the
centuries-old shrine in Mumbai. Haji Ali Trust, which manages the dargah, said
it will appeal to the Supreme Court against the High Court order.“Sabarimala
Devotees will help #HajiAli to fight the case in Supreme Court,” tweeted Rahul
Easwar, an activist who belongs to the family of priests at Sabarimala temple.
The shrine dedicated to Lord Ayyappa atop a hill in Kerala does not allow the
entry of women of menstrual age.Temple management has tied the rule to
essential religious practices and traditions, along with the belief that the
presiding deity, Lord Ayyappa, is a ‘perennial celibate’ (Naishtika
Brahmachari). Easwar argued on Twitter saying freedom of faith should not be
interfered ‘beyond a Lakshman Rekha.’ The activist, who appears on television
panels supporting the Sabarimala management’s decision to disallow entry of
women of menstrual age, claimed the movement is a ‘clever script’ and a ‘game
plan.’ indian express
Sharia Law, peoples’
emotions will also have to be considered: HC verdict on Haji Ali
Mumbai: High Court order
lifting ban preventing women from entering Mumbai’s iconic Haji Ali mausoleum
has sparked a debate within the Muslim community, as many feel that the court
should not have intervened in the religious matter. Others have welcomed the
verdict that has been stayed for six weeks after the trust management sought
time to approach the SC. Haji Ali management will now consult the Islamic
scholars before challenging the High Court verdict in Supreme Court, said
Suhail Khandwani, a trustee. “We will have to discuss with our religious
scholars. Once we get their opinion on the matter, we will decide what to do,”
Khandwani said. “Board members will sit together to decide what is the exact
reasoning given the order.On what reason this order was given. We, as
responsible members of the Haji Ali Trust, will have to consider the law of the
land, we will have to take into account Sharia Law and also have to consider
the emotions of the people. Then we will decide further line of action,”
Khandwani said. freepressjournal
Haji Ali verdict: Written
in holy books, ‘divine message’ must not be played with, say most women at dargah
Ban illegal, let women
enter Haji Ali sanctum:Bombay HC
Muslim Clerics Question
Court Order on Permitting Women Inside Haji Ali Dargah
Mangaluru: Activists
protest against college not allowing hijab
Mangaluru: Campus Front of
India activists on Saturday carried out protests before the Srinivas College of
Pharmacy demanding students be allowed to wear headscarf and enter classes.CFI
activist Ashraf alleged students were being harassed for wearing mask in the
classroom. They were being forced to remove headscarf while entering
classrooms. Students were being threatened of being sent out of college if they
do not abide by rules.A student from the first year B.Pharm said while seniors
were being allowed to wear headscarf, they were being barred from wearing it.
The administration, meanwhile, has shown declaration form that students have
signed which states the dress code, which disallows headscarf, jeans and
T-shirt in classroom, examination hall, office and library.Another First year
B.Pharm student said they have so far not been sent out of the class for
wearing headscarf. “But we are taunted when we are found with the headscarf in
the classroom. This is a type of harassment,” she said.Principal R. Shabaraya
said before admission, the first year B.Pharm students were given declaration.
The students and their parents have gone through that and have submitted the
form.Shabaraya said students from 2nd to 4th year had not
been told this at the time of admission and hence they have been allowed to
have headscarf. Students are free to wear headscarf in the campus. Following an
hour long discussion with the CFI activists, the management representatives
sought 15 days to discuss this issue in board meeting and take a decision on
making change in declaration form. thehindu
Over 13k Muzzaffarnagar
riots victims not on electoral rolls, claim activists
Meerut: With the process of
voter registration for 2017 UP polls set to begin soon, an uphill task is
awaiting the Shamli district administration which has to ensure that all the
riot-displaced people of neighbouring Muzaffarnagar district make it to the
electoral rolls.Activists put the number of displaced people in Shamli at
13,000, a figure which the district administration termed as
"exaggerated"."We have been working with Muzaffarnagar riots
victims since 2013.Getting their documents in order is an uphill task. After
the riots, around 6,000 families were forced to shift their base. Of these,
close to 2,800 families came and settled in Shamli district," said Akram
Akhtar, project manager of an NGO, Afkar India Foundation."It has been
three years to the Muzaffarnagar riots. But around 13,000 people still don't
have voter ID cards.These people are not on the electoral rolls, and the
elections are almost upon us," Akhtar added.He alleged that the district
administration has done several surveys, but skipped the areas where
riot-displaced people live. "I think, this was only done out of
convenience. I hope that this time, these people will be able to get their
names on the list," Akhtar said.When contacted, Shamli DM Sujeet Kumar
said several people have been included in the voter list and the 13,000 figure
is exaggerated."It is true that some people may not have voter IDs, but
the figure of 13,000 people is exaggerated. Perhaps the activists are quoting
old figure. In the last couple of years, several displaced people have been
registered as voters," the DM said.TOI
Aligarh communal tense:
Samjhauta Patra and Maafi-Nama nip communal discord in the bud
Aligarh: A "Samjhauta
Patra" and "Maafi Nama" nipped the repeat of Babri Mandi in the
bud at "Mamu Bhanja" locality of Aligarh, where Hindus and Muslims
live an economically inter-dependent life. In a small incident that took
communal colour was brought under control by the local leaders and cops to
avoid repetition of "Babri Mandi"- where some families had alleged
"exodus" due to the fear from "another community."After
intervention by community leaders there was a signing of "maafi nama"
and "samjhauta patra". The incident involved two people working in
the same locality, at the time of opening his shop, a shopkeeper, Kapil
Varshney had an argument with a local boy Chandu, son of Jamil. The argument
resulted in stone pelting and police stepped in to control the situation. Soon,
the local political and community leaders intervened to solve the matter. Rekha
Varshney, wife of Kapil sent a samjhauta patra, in which she stated that
"she is satisfied with maafi nama and has forgiven the
boys.""There is no complaint or case against anyone," said SO
Gandhi Park Sanjeev Dubey.TOI
RSS distributed sweets on
the day Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated: Congress
Bengaluru: With the RSS
continuing to attack Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his comments
about the organisation’s involvement in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi, the grand
old party asserted that it was a known fact that the RSS was against the Mahatma’s
ideology of peace and harmony. Congress leader Rizwan Arshad told ANI that the
party is going to fight the RSS and its ideologies tooth and nail, as it is an
organisation that works for its own convenience.ANI
Allahabad HC stays Akhlaq
kin arrest, not brother’s
Allahabad: The Allahabad
high court on Friday stayed the arrest of five members of the family of Akhlaq,
who was lynched in Dadri's Bisada village last September for allegedly
consuming beef, in a cow slaughter case that has been filed against them. Among
the 7 booked in the case filed at Jarcha police station are Akhlaq and his
immediate family. The high court has given relief to everyone except Akhlaq's
brother Jaan Mohammad. Order was given by a division bench of justices Ramesh
Sinha and PC Tripathi while hearing a petition filed by Jaan Mohammad and
others.The contention of the petitioners was that they had been framed in a
false case as on the date of the alleged incident, they had neither consumed
beef nor had they stored it in their house. On Sept.28, 2015, a mob had beaten
up Akhlaq and injured his son Danish (22) at Bisada on the suspicion that they
had consumed beef and kept it in their house. Akhlaq succumbed to his injuries.
Danish survived after two brain surgeries.TOI
Sedition case: Police say
no objection, court grants regular bail to Kanhaiya, Umar, Anirban
New Delhi: A Delhi sessions
court Friday granted regular bail to JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya
Kumar and two other students, who have been accused of sedition for raising
anti-national slogans during an event at the JNU campus in February this
year.Observing that Kumar, Anirban Bhattacharya and Umar Khalid were on interim
bail and had “joined the investigation as and when called”, Additional Sessions
Judge Reetesh Singh said, “I admit all these accused persons i.e. Kanhaiya
Kumar, Anirban Bhattacharya and Umar Khalid to regular bail on the same terms
and conditions on which they were granted interim bail.”The court added that
existing bail bonds and sureties furnished by the trio at the time of interim
bail will remain in force till further orders.
Manohar Parrikar’s ‘hell’
reference to Pak reflects BJP-RSS’ intolerance: Digvijaya
Panaji:Stating that Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar’s ‘hell’ reference to Pakistan reflects intolerance
of BJP-RSS, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh questioned why the BJP leader did
not object to it when senior party leaders visited the country on earlier
occasions.“PM Narendra Modi visited his
counterpart Nawaz Sharif’s family function in Pakistan, LK Advani kept a floral
wreath at mazar of Mohammed Ali Jinnah and called him a secular leader, had no
objection when former PM Atal Bihari
Vajapayee went to Lahore via bus. Why didn’t he agitate then?” he said.Singh
questioned the basis on which a BJP leader in Karnataka had filed a sedition
case against Congress leader Ramya. “Is saying ‘Pakistan is not hell, when
people are living there’ – a seditious statement, How?” Digvijay Singh asked. indianexpress
Tussle between
Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees's rival groups continues: TOI report
Hyderabad: The tussle
between rival groups of the Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees continued on Friday with the
splinter group, Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees Hyderabad Secunderabad (JAH), accusing the
parent body of large scale corruption and siphoning of funds to the tune of
several crores.Addressing media persons at the Press Club in Somajiguda, state
president of the splinter group, Mohammed Minhajuddin claimed that his panel
has raised its voice against "large scale" corruption of the main
body and questioned its transparency with regards to collection of funds and
their expenditure. "Why do they (main body) need over Rs 5 crore for the
construction of a mosque? They have said that they used Rs 60 lakh for
excavation of land in Chilkalguda. This land measures about 450 square yards
and is intended to be used for the construction of a mosque affiliated to it.
We do not believe that so much money is required," Minhajuddin said.President
of the splinter group, Habeeb Abdul Qadir said that parent body has been
collecting funds for construction of mosques by means of issuing recommendation
letters. This, he claimed, is not ethical even as he maintained that his
organisation does not issue such requests for funds. timesofindia
4 held for thrashing Muslim
on suspicion of carrying cow meat in Surat
Surat: Days after the
driver of a tempo carrier was thrashed by a mob allegedly led by “gau rakshaks”
on suspicion of carrying cow meat, Surat police on Friday made four arrests in
connection with the case. According to police, some youths who claimed to be
“gau rakshaks” intercepted the tempo carrier laden with cattle skin and bones
at Pandesara in Surat on August 21. They alleged that the driver, Ilyas Shaikh
(62), a resident of Chhota Udepur, was also carrying beef and managed to gather
a large crowd at the spot.The “gau rakshaks” damaged the tempo carrier and
thrashed Shaikh, but police soon reached the spot to disperse the crowd. Acting
on a complaint lodged by Shaikh in connection with the attack on him, Pandesara
police on Friday arrested Ramdhani Yadav (42), Vinod Tiwari (38), Omprakash
Dubey (40), and Brijesh Dixit (39), all natives UP . indian express
I was denied US visa due to
turban: BJP MP
New Delhi: BJP MP from
Bhadohi, Virendra Singh, has alleged that officials at the US embassy objected
to his turban while denying him a visa.Singh told The Hindu that he had applied
for a visa after a group of US experts and officials visited him to learn about
agriculture and invited him to visit the American countryside.“I am a wrestler
and an agriculturalist and I wear a turban as a sign of my dignity and pride. I
cannot compromise on my turban for going to the US I had been invited by US
officials to visit their country and give lectures on agricultural issues, but
when I visited the embassy on Wednesday, the officials asked me to come with
photographs without the turban and ordered me to take it off,” Singh said. thehindu
Bijnor Jama Masjid imam
booked for rape
Lucknow: 6 days after he
was allegedly caught raping a woman, the police on Thursday booked the head
Imam of Jama Masjid in Bijnor city. On Aug.19, the woman’s husband and
neighbours had thrashed him, and also clicked his video and photographs while
he was caught in the act. Imam, Maulana Anwarul Haq (40), had allegedly been
raping the 30-year-old woman on the pretext of “rescuing her from evil
spirits”.Bijnor SP Umesh Kumar Srivastava said the victim’s husband had
approached Haq to cure the woman, who had been ill for over a month. Haq
reportedly told him that his wife was under the influence of evil spirits and
some rituals needed to be performed at Kaliyar Sharif dargah in Haridwar.indianexpress
Tension in Saharanpur
village as 3 held while counselling Dalit family to ‘convert’
Agra:Tension prevailed in
Piki village under Kotwali Dehat police station area in Saharanpur after a mob
gathered outside the house of a self-proclaimed tantrik, accusing him of trying
to forcibly convert a Dalit family to Islam.Police arrested Mohammad Mustaqueem
and two others, including a youth whose family was allegedly being asked to
convert.A case has been registered into the matter on charges of disturbing the
peace as well as communal harmony. Heavy police force has been deployed in the
village. indianexpress
Jamia Millia Islamia to
start MD and PhD in Unani Medicine
WORLD
Tunisia's new govt wins parliamentary approval
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/tunisia-govt -wins-parliamentary-approval-160827040549717.html
Tunisia's new govt has won a confidence vote, almost a month
after the last govt was dismissed.PM -designate
Youssef Chahed's unity govt was backed
by parliament late on Friday with 167 votes in favour, 22 against and five
abstentions, according to the AFP news agency.The vote of confidence will now
see Chahed and his cabinet take office in the coming days and comes amid
warnings by Chahed that an austerity programme will be inevitable if the
country does not overcome its economic difficulties."If the situation
continues like this, then in 2017 we will need a policy of austerity, and
dismiss thousands of public sector employees and impose new taxes," Chahed
told parliament before the vote for his broad coalition, which includes
secular, Islamist and leftist parties, independents and trade union allies. aljazeera
Tunisia parliament backs
unity govt
Erdogan, Putin agree to
speed up aid delivery to Aleppo
Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed to speed
up efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria, Anadolu reported Turkish
presidential sources as saying on Friday.The two presidents also agreed to hold
bilateral talks at an upcoming G20 summit to be held early in September in
Hangzhou, China.The Turkish and Russian leaders held a phone conversation on
Friday in which they discussed bilateral relations and cooperation on regional
issues and humanitarian crises.During conversation, Erdogan and Putin also
emphasised importance of normalising relations between the 2 countries. Erdogan
shared information about the ongoing Euphrates Shield military operation
against ISIS in northern Syria. middleeastmonitor
Syrian civilians and rebels
continue to evacuate Daraya
As evacuations from the
besieged Daraya area continued for a second day, the first buses carrying
Syrian civilians and rebel fighters fromDamascus suburb have reached
opposition-held territory in the country's northwest, monitoring group said.Aljazeera
German Mayor fires Muslim
intern for refusing to remove headscarf
Berlin:A 48-year-old
Palestinian refugee, hired as an intern at a German mayor’s office, was fired
on the first day of work because she refused to remove her headscarf. Mayor
Elisabeth Herzog-von der Heide of the town Luckenwalde, near here, fired the
intern after one day because she would not take off her headscarf, The Local
reported. “The Islamic headscarf is a means of expressing a religious
worldview,” Herzog-von der Heide was quoted as saying. Mayor said that
therefore, wearing a headscarf would violate the neutrality of the town hall,
where crucifixes are also not allowed.Palestinian woman had been hired for a
project called ‘Perspectives for Refugees’ and was set to work for six weeks. Woman
said that she did not want to remove the headscarf in the presence of men, and
therefore Herzog-von der Heide said they would not be able to offer her a
suitable working environment. She said it would have been better to clarify
this policy before hiring her.PTI
Anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders
calls for ban on Muslim migrants
The Hague:Anti-Islam Dutch
lawmaker Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party has led opinion polls in the
Netherlands for months, has published a one-page election manifesto calling for
a ban on all asylum seekers and migrants from Islamic nations, and for the
country to leave the European Union. Wilders’ manifesto was the first published
by a major political party ahead of elections for the lower house of Dutch
parliament which are due by March 15 next year.AP
Turkey allows Muslim
policewomen to wear headscarf
Istanbul: Turkey has for
the first time allowed policewomen to wear the Islamic headscarf as part of
their uniform, according to a ruling published in the official gazette
Saturday.Women serving in the police force “will be able to cover their heads”
under their caps or berets so long as the headscarf is “the same color as the
uniform and without pattern”, said the ruling published in the official
gazette.Rulings published in the official gazette come into force immediately.
The ruling Islamic-rooted AKP has long pressed for the removal of restrictions
on women wearing the headscarf in the officially secular state.Turkey lifted a
ban on the wearing of the Muslim headscarf, known as the hijab, on university
campuses in 2010.AFP
Burkini ban: The war on
terror shouldn't begin inside a woman's wardrobe: Uttara Choudhury's write up
Saudi's harsh vision of
Islam blamed for rising extremism: NYT report
Washington: Hillary Clinton
and Donald Trump don't agree on much, but Saudi Arabia may be an exception. She
has deplored Saudi Arabia's support for "radical schools and mosques
around the world that have set too many young people on a path towards
extremism." He has called the Saudis "the world's biggest funders of
terrorism."The first American diplomat to serve as envoy to Muslim
communities around the world visited 80 countries and concluded that the Saudi
influence was destroying tolerant Islamic traditions. "If the Saudis do
not cease what they are doing," the official, Farah Pandith, wrote last
year, "there must be diplomatic, cultural and economic
consequences."And hardly a week passes without a television pundit or a
newspaper columnist blaming Saudi Arabia for jihadi violence. On HBO, Bill
Maher calls Saudi teachings "medieval," adding an epithet. In The
Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria writes that the Saudis have "created a
monster in the world of Islam."NYT /TOI
Saudis and Extremism:‘Both
the Arsonists and the Firefighters’:NYT
Taliban overrun key
district in Afghanistan
Kabul: Taliban in Afghanistan
continue to press US-backed govt as they overran a key district in Paktia
province bordering Pakistan on Saturday, killing 30 members of the security
forces. This comes at a time when the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)
and the US are busy in intense fighting with the Taliban on various
fronts.Hundreds of Taliban militants stormed the district HQRS of Janikhel in
Paktia late on Friday. Officials claim local militants were joined by others
who crossed over from Pakistan but say the Kabul govt failed to send additional
troops to resist them. Anadolu agency
219 Israelis stormed
Al-Aqsa Mosque last week
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