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05 Sept. 2016: 02 Dzil Hajja 37: Vol:7, No:154
Supreme Court grants centre
4 weeks to respond on Triple Talaq, Muslim women issues
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today granted 4 weeks time
to the Centre to file its reply on a batch of petitions on triple talaq and the
plight of Muslim women.A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice
DY Chandrachud gave time after additional solicitor general Tushar Mehta sought
more time to respond. On Sept.2, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)
told the Supreme Court that personal laws of a community cannot be
"re-written" in the name of social reforms and opposed pleas on
issues including alleged gender discrimination faced by Muslim women in divorce
cases. The Supreme court had taken suo motu cognizance of the question whether
Muslim women faced gender discrimination in cases of divorce or due to other
marriages of their husbands and a bench headed by Chie Justice of India TS
Thakur is examining the issue.Subsequently, various other petitions including
one by triple talaq victim Shayara Bano were filed challenging the age-old
practice of 'triple talaq' among the Muslim community. AIMPLB and
Jamiat-e-Ulema had defended triple talaq and said it was part of Quran-dictated
personal law which was beyond the ambit of judicial scrutiny.PTI
Talaq:SC gives centre 4
weeks time to file their response
Intervention in Muslim
Personal Law not tolerated – Muslim Mahila Research Kender’s affidavit in SC
Hyderabad:Noted Muslim
Women’s organization, “Muslim Mahila Research Kendra” filed an affidavit in
Supreme Court against any intervention in Muslim Personal Law. It may be
mentioned that some Muslim women’s organization had challenged the right of
husbands to divorce by pronouncing “Talaq” thrice at one go. SC bench headed by
CJI, Justice TS Thakur is hearing this case.Ms. Tahniyath Athar, President,
Muslim Mahila Research Kendra and Dr. Asma Zehra, Director of the organization,
in a press statement said that in the affidavit filed in SC, it has been stated
that SC cannot intervene in Muslim Personal Law under the pretext of protection
of women’s right or social reforms. SC also cannot interpret Muslim Personal
Law. They also said that SC cannot decide about the authenticity of three
divorces pronounced one time. The process of pronouncing divorce is fixed and
recognized which cannot be changed by anyone.In their press statement they
mentioned that the issues pertaining to marriage, divorce and maintenance
allowance are different in various religions. Any court of law cannot raise any
question about the authenticity of the provisions made in any religion.Although,
divorce is an unpleasant event but it need be it has to be exercised. Due to
ignorance, haste and atrocities, matrimonial relations get spoiled and the
matters reach the courts of law. Such cases should be decided by the community
itself in the light of Muslim personal law. Husband has the right to divorce
his wife which no court of law can take away from him. No state law can
challenge this authority of the husband.Siasat
Polygamy in India
"down" in 45 yrs: Muslims' from 5.7 to 2.55%, Hindus' 5.8 to 1.77%,
"common" in SCs, STs
The facts about Polygamy
in India suggest the practice is down from 5.7% of Muslim families in 1961 to
2.55 % in 2006. Latest figures of polygamy, released by the third National Family
Health Survey (NFHS), carried out in 2006, also show that 2% women reported
that their husbands had more than one wife. It found that polygamy was
prevalent among 1.77% Hindus, down from 5.8% in 1961. 1961 figures – based on
Census of India data – also show that among tribals it was then widely
prevalent: 15.25 of them were polygamous. A paper based on NFHS data on the
subject said, “In modern times, a person is bound by the marriage laws laid
down by their religion and have to be adhered to and any deviation from the
norms are considered to be illegal. Until recently, no scientific data also was
available at the national or regional level to assess whether polygamy is still
practiced or is non-existent.” It added, “For the first time data required to
study and understand such marriage practices was collected as part of the
2005-06 NFHS. Data was collected from both women and men – women were asked a
direct question whether besides herself, her husband had other wives and men
were asked if they currently have one wife or more than one wife.”It added,
“One interesting finding is that women across religious groups – Hindu (1.77
partners), Muslim (2.55 partners), Christian (2.35 partners), Buddhist (3.41
partners) have reported that their husbands have multiple wives.It is more
common for husbands of women belonging to scheduled castes and tribes to have
multiple wives than women belonging to other caste/tribe groups.” counterview.net
Sedition, defamation
charges cannot be invoked for criticism: Supreme Court
New Delhi:Sedition or
defamation cases cannot be slapped on anyone criticising the govt, the Supreme
Court on Monday said in a clear message.“Someone making a statement to
criticise govt does not invoke an offence under sedition or defamation law. We
have made it clear that invoking of section 124(A) of IPC (sedition) requires
certain guidelines to be followed as per the earlier judgement of the apex
court,” a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and UU Lalit said while refraining from
saying anything further on the issue.The observation came as Advocate Prashant
Bhushan, appearing for an NGO, said sedition was a serious offence and the law
on it was being grossly misused for stifling dissent. He cited the examples of
sedition charges being slapped on agitators protesting against Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Project and cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, among others.To this, the
bench said “we don’t have to explain the sedition law. It’s already there in
the five-judges constitution bench judgement in Kedar Nath Singh vs state of
Bihar of 1962.” The court, while disposing of a petition filed by NGO Common
Cause alleging misuse of the sedition law, refused to pass a direction on the
plea that a copy of this order be sent to all Chief Secretaries of states and
the Directors General of Police.“You have to file separate plea highlighting if
any misuse of sedition law is there. In criminal jurisprudence, allegations and
cognisance have to be case specific, otherwise it will go haywire. There can’t
be any generalisation,” the bench said.PTI
Setback for Modi govt as SC
says sedition, defamation charges cannot be invoked for criticism of govt
As Rajan departs, RBI mulls
opening door to Islamic finance: Reuters
India's central bank has
proposed working with the govt to introduce interest-free banking to tackle
financial exclusion for religious reasons, potentially opening Islamic finance
to the largest Muslim minority population in the world.RBI made the proposal in
its annual report last week, as departing bank governor Raghuram Rajan hands
over the reins to close ally Urjit Patel.The proposal marks a shift in stance
by the RBI, which has previously said Islamic finance could be offered through
non-bank channels such as investment funds or cooperatives.That has meant an
estimated 180 million Muslims in India, the country's second-largest religious
group, have been unable to access Islamic banking because of laws that require
banking to be based on interest, which is forbidden in Islam.RBI said it would
explore introducing interest-free banking products in consultation with the govt,
a key detail as this opens the prospects of supportive legislation."This
is definitely a significant development as it is the first time that the RBI
has concretely mentioned that it will now work with the govt to introduce Islamic banking," said Saif
Ahmed, managing partner at Bangaluru-based Infinity Consultants, which
specialises in Islamic finance.Reuters
RBI Accepts Outgoing
Governor Raghuram Rajan’s Advice; Opens Door to Islamic Banking
India is the most open
economy in the world: Amitabh Kant
After Russia, India is most
'unequal' country in income inequality: Reports
New Delhi:India is the
second most 'unequal' nation in the world where millionaires, or those with net
assets of USD 1 million or more, control over half of its total wealth,says report.
According to wealth research firm New World Wealth, after Russia, India is the
most unequal country as 54% of its wealth is in the hands of millionaires.India
is among the 10 richest countries in the world with total individual wealth of
USD 5,600 billion, but the average Indian is quite poor.Globally, Russia is the
most unequal country where millionaires control over 62% of total wealth.In order to determine the
level of inequality in the world, New World Wealth looked at the proportion of
wealth controlled by millionaires, or high net worth individuals."The
higher the proportion the more unequal the country is. For instance, if
millionaires control over 50% of a country's wealth then there is very little
space for a meaningful middle class," the report said. huffingtonpost
Beat up, but don't break
bones or shoot viral videos, VHP's advice to gau rakshaks: Huffington post
VHP has advised its cow
vigilantes in western UP, Braj region and Uttarakhand to beat up cattle
smugglers but not to break their bones to escape police action, according to a
report in the TOI. The report quoted one Khemchand, a member of the cow
protection department's central committee, as saying that non-VHP workers also
need to be canvassed to stop illegal cattle trade."We shouldn't take the
law into our hands. I often say to my workers - maaro magar haddi mat todo
(beat them up but don't break their bones). If you break someone's bones then
you will get into trouble with the police. Some people show off by shooting
viral videos of them beating up cattle smugglers. There is no need for them to
do that," Khemchand said.
Jamiate Ulema launches
training program in Muslim personal law for lawyers
New Delhi: Worried about
what it called "undue hues and cries" over the Muslim woman rights
and several courts’ judgments on matters of Muslim personal laws seemingly
contrary to the provisions of the Islamic law, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Sunday
launched a training course in Muslim personal law for lawyers. Former Chief
Justice of India AM Ahmadi while launching the courses at Jamiat HQRS, ITO New
Delhi, noted this move as a positive way to deal with the misunderstanding
about the Islamic Sharia.“Each and every community has to face difficulties at
sometimes. But, a wise community is the one which instead of resorting to the
sentimentalism, first evaluates its own faults and then correct it.If there is
a concerted attempts unleashed for distorting its image then it responds with
wisdom and full acumen", he said.While speaking on Common Civil Code he
said that this was not issue of a particular community but in country like
India which is a pluralistic society, such move will not be accepted even by
the majority community.In the launching programme which witnessed more than 400
eminent jurists, Islamic scholars and others several eminent lawyers and
prominent Islamic scholars spoke on the need of courses which could deal with
misunderstandings prevailed about the Islamic Shariat. The speakers included
Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani, rector, Deoband, Maulana Sayed Mohammad Shahid,
Zafaryab Jilani, Salman Mansurpori, Prof. Akhtarul Wasey, Shakil Ahmad Sayed,
Prof. Afzal Wani and Kamal Faruqui.ummid.com
Jamiat organizes training
course in Muslim personal law for lawyers
Fear of prolonged violence
grips Kashmir as Centre fails to break the ice with separatists
The refusal of separatists
to engage in talks with All Party Parliamentarian Delegation has given rise to
fears in Kashmir that the present phase of political uncertainty and turmoil
will drag on. Although there was no hope of any major breakthrough or announcement
from the delegation, the delegates were expected to break the ice with the
Hurriyat and calm tempers in the valley.But with separatists hardening their
stand and Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing them of going against the ethos
of Kashmiryat, insaniyat and even jhamooriyat, the hardening of the posters
from both sides is a warning sign for a Kashmir reeling under unabated curfew. Home
Minister announced that parliamentary delegation leaders who met the Hurriyat
leaders did so in their individual capacities, thereby distancing himself from CM
Mehbooba Mufti’s overtures towards the separatists.This has further weakened
Mehbooba’s position as a leader in Kashmir. Mehbooba had written a letter to separatists
to come forward and engage with the parliamentary delegation.This development
will further complicate problems for the ruling alliance of the PDP-BJP led by Mehbooba
Mufti.That BJP was not on board Mehbooba’s decision to invite Hurriyat for
talks was reinforced by Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement that Mehbooba
had approached the separatists in her individual capacity.For people like Umar
Wani, a resident of Rajbagh area of Srinagar, failure to initiate talks is a
big disappointment. “BJP’s Ram Madhav says Kashmir can ask for the moon within
the Indian Constitution. Then why doesn’t the BJP leadership offer the same to
Hurriyat? If they reject, the blame will come on them,” Wani told Firstpost
after Home Minister Singh’s press conference.“But right now, they are offering
nothing. Why should the Hurriyat talk to them? There has to be a starting point
for talks. I fear the situation will worsen now,” he added.Hurriyat leader
Abdul Gani Bhat told Firstpost that said that unless India and Pakistan do not
engage in a sustained meaningful dialogue on Kashmir, the issue will never be
resolved.“They have to listen to the heartbeats of Kashmir. We got honored
guests from Delhi and met them and later saw them off very gracefully. We were
not against insaniyat. We had taken a collective decision not to meet them
because they had no mandate,” Bhat said. Firstpost
India to replace some
pellet guns with chilli-filled shells in Kashmir: reuters
Srinagar: Security forces
will use shells full of a chilli compound as an alternative to shotgun pellets,
to control crowds in Kashmir, home minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, after
widespread use of the weapons wounded thousands and inflamed public anger.More
than 3,800 people have been wounded and one killed by shotgun pellets since
protests against Indian rule erupted in the disputed territory in early July,
with more than 100 left partially or fully blinded, official figures
show.Doctors say most cases go unreported, and critics want the govt to use less harmful ammunition."The
committee has given its suggestions and the alternative of the non-lethal
weapon has been suggested as PAVA shells," Singh told reporters as he led
an all-party delegation to Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K . reuters
First ban pellet guns, then hold talks with us:Hurriyat
Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik
refuse to hold talks ‘under Indian constitution’
Start unconditional talks
with all Kashmir stakeholders: Sitaram Yechury
Kashmir unrest: Over 400
injured as protests continue to rock Valley
Amid tensions, all party
delegation led by Rajnath Singh arrives in Jammu
PM Modi raises PoK
corridor, tells Xi Jinping terror response should be above politics
Hangzhou:Asking Beijing to
respect and be sensitive to New Delhi’s concerns and aspirations, PM Narendra
Modi on Sunday red-flagged a range of issues, in particular the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through PoK, a major source of terror that
hurts India along its borders.“Our response to terrorism should not be motivated
by political considerations,” Modi is learnt to have told Chinese President Xi
Jinping Sunday in his first bilateral meeting ahead of the G20 Summit.While
CPEC is an area of immediate concern, New Delhi’s discontent with Beijing has
been simmering over the past few months, with China stalling India’s membership
in the elite NSG and also blocking its bid in the UN to list Jaish-e-Mohammad
chief Masood Azhar as a terrorist. indian express
Balochistan to inform
international community of Indian interference: thehindu
New Delhi: Balochistan CM Nawab
Sanaullah Khan Zehri on Sunday made it known in the State capital Quetta that
parliamentarians from the province would visit ‘friendly countries' to inform
them and international community about the interference of neighbouring
countries in Balochistan. A Quetta datelined report carried by the Pakistan
state run news agency-APP on Monday quoted the Balochistan CM as saying that an
open letter would also be sent to UN Secretary-General on the subject.Islamabad
has been vigorously protesting against New Delhi on the issue of Balochistan
ever since the PM Narendra Modi weaved into his Independence Day speech the
issues of PoK and Gilgit and alleged human rights violations by the Pakistani
forces in Balochistan Province.APP quoted Zehri as saying that some insurgents
had been using the Baloch youth as “fuel for their so-called freedom fight”.“He
said several mis-guided youth had joined national mainstream after leaving
mountains. However, some elements were still talking about so-called freedom in
order to mint money.
PM Modi raises NSG bid with
Turkey President Erdogan
Hangzhou: PM Narendra Modi on Monday discussed India's NSG
membership with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and also raised the issue of
the confidential data leak of the Indian Scorpene Class submarines with French
President Francois Holland on the sidelines of the G20 Summit .On the second
and final day of the summit in this east Chinese city, Modi met Erdogan and
Hollande in separate "pull-aside" meetings.In his meeting with
Erdogan, PM discussed the issue of India's membership of the 48-member NSG,
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. Discussion with
Erdogan on NSG was significant as Turkey was among the few countries - along
with China - which had stalled India's bid to join the elite grouping at its
plenary meeting in June in Seoul. Turkey too raised its concern over the
presence of supporters of dissident Fethullah Gulen, who it accusses of
masterminding the failed July coup attempt, in India.Swarup said enhancing
civil aviation with Turkey also figured during the discusions.PTI
Zakir row: Colleagues back
officer in dock, say joint secretary did not clear NGO's licence
New Delhi: 4 joint
secretary-level officers in the home ministry have lodged a protest with home
secretary Rajiv Mehrishi against "unfair" suspension of their
colleague, joint secretary GK Dwivedi , over renewal of the FCRA licence of
Zakir Naik's NGO IRF. Sources said they plan to take up the issue with home
minister Rajnath Singh, with one of the officers maintaining that govt was being "too harsh on an honest IAS
officer". Sources, however, indicated that Mehrishi, while hearing the
agitated officers on Saturday, justified the action against Dwivedi. He stated
that Dwivedi had been instructed several times not to process any clearance to
IRF pending an inquiry into its FCRA dealings. With the NGO's licence renewal
still having gone through, the home secretary argued that there was valid
ground for holding the joint secretary responsible for "oversight and lack
of supervision".Dwivedi, along with 2 under-secretaries and a section
officer, was suspended after IRF's registration was 'erroneously' renewed
through the FCRA online renewal system, even as it is probed for FCRA
violations and faces prospects of a ban under the UAPA.The home ministry has
also ordered that a departmental inquiry against Dwivedi be conducted by
additional secretary M Gopal Reddy, which has further upset some of Dwivedi's
colleagues.TOI
No foreign funds for Zakir Naik's
NGO without govt permission; IRF licence FCRA accidentally renewed: MHA
New Delhi: Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation
cannot accept foreign funding without seeking Union Home Ministry's permission,
govt has decided, putting the organisation on what it calls a "prior
permission category list."This is a first step towards canceling
permission for Dr Naik's organisation to receive foreign funds. Ministry has
said the foundation's licence to receive funding under FCRA was
"accidentally" renewed last month, even though Dr Naik is under
investigation for allegedly misusing foreign donations."We have suspended 3
officers, because permission couldn't have been renewed when the probe was
on," Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju told NDTV last week
on the licence being renewed.NDTV
‘Regular inter-community
meeting will bring harmony in society’: Jamaat Islami Hind Bhopal seminar
Bhopal: Frequent
inter-community meeting will bring harmony and peace in the society said
socialist and ex-MLA Sunilam during a seminar on ‘Peace and Humanity Why and
How’ organised here by Jamat-e-Islami at Hindi Bhavan on Sunday. He said that
every contact saved in the contact list of the mobile phone should be contacted
several times to share happy and sadness of life. Until the system based on
atrocity and exploitation in the society prevails development of the county
would not happen. Every individual should make at-least one sister and one
brother of other religion and should treat them as their real sister and
brother, he added. Sunilam said the real freedom would be established only
after communal harmony is established. The current structure provides benefit
to 5% while 95% remain deprived and face atrocities, he added. On the occasion
Sunilam discussed about Jignesh, Rohit Vemula, Kanhaiya Kumar, Irom Sharmila,
Hardik Patel, Narendra Dhabolkar and Kalbergi. In Kashmir Army is fighting with
its own people over the issue of Kashmir, he added.Presiding over the seminar Dr.Mohammad
Rafat Professor of Jamia Millia Islamia University, said that the equality and
peace could be attained by achieving freedom from capitalism. He said that when
politicians ask for vote from people they ask for basic amenities but they
should ask for freedom from capitalism as it has made them slaves financially. Ex-DGP Arun Gurtu said that
politics has dominant everything and for resolving problems awareness of the
society is required and will lead to establishment of peace in the society.Dailypioneer
Bidar: ‘Comprehensive law
to curb communal violence needed’
The all-faith Sadbhavana
committee formed as part of the Peace and Humanity movement by Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind has urged the govt to control fundamentalist forces to ensure peace in
society.In a memorandum addressed to President, members of the committee sought
a comprehensive law to curb communal violence. They asked for strict
enforcement of the laws to curb caste and religion-based violence and attempts
to abuse other religious groups. They said that provisions of the Information
Technology Act should be used strictly to curb online hate campaigns.Speedy
trial should ensure punishment to those who make provocative speeches. thehindu
MP tribal forced to cremate
wife using garbage after being turned away by crematorium
In an incident that brings
to light a dangerous pattern in India, a tribal in Madhya Pradesh had to gather
waste paper, tyres, twigs and plastic bags to cremate his wife after he was
turned away from a crematorium because he could not afford to pay for
it.According to TOI, Jagdeesh Bhil, from Ratangarh village in Neemuch district,
spent three hours collecting garbage for the pyre last Friday after he was spurned
by the crematorium.The report added that someone even suggested that he throw
his wife in the river instead. "My wife, Nozibai, died early on Friday
morning. We went to the Ratangarh village panchayat to arrange for logs for the
cremation. But the (village) heads claimed that they couldn't do anything
because we did not have enough money to get the 'parchi', which costs Rs
2,500," the report quoted him as saying. Incidents of neglect like the one
Bhil had to face are being reported very frequently in our country. firstpost
Don’t take action against
Umar, Anirban for a week: Delhi HC to JNU
New Delhi:JNU was directed
by Delhi High Court not to implement for a week the order passed by its
appellate authority holding some students including Umar Khalid and Anirban
Bhattacharya guilty of indiscipline in connection with the controversial Febr.9
event.The direction came on pleas by Khalid and Bhattacharya, who were
penalised along with 19 others, including JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar,
challenging the findings of the appellate authority.In a related development today,
Kanhaiya and 7 other students also moved the high court against the order.
Their matters were mentioned before a bench of justices BD Ahmed and Ashutosh
Kumar which fixed the pleas for hearing on Sept.6.PTI
Saffron brigade's 'Green'
effort to touch Kerala Muslims
Kozhikode:In a strategic
move to establish a strong relationship with the Muslim community in the state,
Kerala unit of RSS is gearing up to set up Rashtriya Muslim Manch, Muslim
outfit that will work in tandem with the RSS. RSS leadership decided to give
impetus to the formation of the RMM considering the growing need to win the
confidence of the Muslim community in the state and counter the negative image
propopagated by its political rivals,including LDF and UDF. newindianexpress
Mangaluru: Panel's meeting
with MLA fails to find any solution to Hijab row in college
Mangaluru:A meeting of the
members of college development committee and the parent teachers' association
headed by Sullia MLA S Angara remained inconclusive. Issue pertained to some
boys wearing saffron shawls in protest against Muslim girls wearing Hijab or
headscarf at Dr K Shivarama Karanth Govt First Grade College, in Bellare. Around
100 male students of College in Bellare are wearing saffron shawl over their
shirts from the past few days as mark of protest.Their argument is that they
would continue wearing the saffron shawls until the principal takes suitable
action against the female students wearing hijab during class hours. The
committee which met on Saturday discussed the issue but no concrete decision
has been taken.TOI
Do not post animal
sacrifice pics: Mumbai Clerics
Mumbai: A leading group of
Muslim clerics has urged youths to avoid uploading pictures of next week's
Bakri Eid sacrifice on social media. It has also advised against posting
inflammatory comments on the ban on cow slaughter.Individuals and groups have
been instructed to carry sacrificial tools, meat and animal hide discreetly, in
order to avoid causing public inconvenience. Jamiat Ulema Hind's Bandra-Andheri
chapter held a meeting of clerics Sunday. The call was prompted by the
simultaneous occurrence of Ganeshotsav and Eid. Bakri Eid falls on Sept.13 while
Anant Chaturdashi is 2 days afterwards. Addressing an audience of 100 imams and
muftis, Jamiat unit head Wahad Athar Qasmi said,"We had a meeting with
senior police officers who have urged the youth to avoid confrontation as both
festivals have come together for the third year in a row.”TOI
Dalits threaten nationwide
rail roko protest
Ahmedabad:Dalit agitation
leader Jignesh Mevani on Sunday announced a “rail roko andolan” across the
country later this month against incidents of atrocity on members of the community.He
said the date of the agitation would be announced on September 16 during a
public gathering in Delhi.“We are mentally preparing people to expand this
protest… and for this purpose a rail roko andolan will be held across the
country at the end of this month,” Mevani told The Indian Express after
addressing a gathering at a public garden in Asarwa here. The area is
predominantly inhabited by cloth mill workers and daily wage labourers.Indian
Express
Ex-union minister, BJP
leader Arif Baig passes away
Bhopal: Former union
minister and senior BJP leader Arif Baig died on Monday after suffering a heart
attack, his family said. He was 81 and is survived by two sons and five
daughters. Baig, who was suffering from blood sugar, died at his home due to
sudden heart failure around 9AM, his younger son Noorul Hasan Baig said.2-term
Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, Baig was first elected to the lower house
from Bhopal on Bhartiya Lok Dal ticket in 1977 by defeating Dr Shankar Dayal
Sharma, who later became President. Thereafter, he was made the Union Minister,
Hasan said.PTI
Urdu Cultural Centre Shut
Down by Mumbai Civic Authorities for Being “Non-Educational”
Urdu Markaz had been given
the room in the Imamwada Urdu Municipal School by the municipal corporation in
1999 as part of a policy to offer space to community NGOs.On July 27, the
office bearers of Urdu Markaz, a cultural body in Mumbai, received a notice
from Mumbai’s municipal corporation that their establishment – a tiny room in a
civic-run school – would be shut down because it was engaged in
“non-educational activities”. Similar notices had come in the last two years,
but the Markaz had successfully argued their case. This time, even while they
were planning to make a representation, the corporation’s officers came and
shut the room two days after sending the notice.“We were surprised and shocked;
we never even got a chance to put up any resistance. At the very least we would
have held a dharna,” Zubair Azmi, director of the Urdu Markaz told The Wire. The
Wire
WORLD
Turkey condemns execution
of Jemaat-e-Islami leader
Istanbul: Turkey has
strictly condemned the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Isalmi leader Mir
Quasem Ali. Immediately after the
execution, foreign ministry of Turkey issued a condemnation. "We have
learned with sorrow that the death sentence issued by the International Crimes
Tribunal in Bangladesh against Mir Quasem Ali,Key-Financier and Central
Executive Council Member of the Jamaat-e-Islami, has been executed in
Bangladesh.We stress once again that the wounds of the past cannot be healed
with these methods and hope that this wrong practice will not lead to
separation among the brotherly people of Bangladesh," statement read.dailysabah
Senior Egyptian MB leader
condemns execution of Bangladesh’s Mir Quasem Ali
The deputy supreme guide of
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group, Ibrahim Mounir, yesterday denounced the
Bangladeshi authorities’ execution of Mir Quasem Ali, the leader of the
country’s biggest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. Mounir said Ali’s execution
showcased the “injustice” and aggression that followed “unfair political
trials.” All human rights organisations, international observers and
Bangladeshi political forces condemned the execution, Mounir added, because it
had political motives and lacked any safeguards or guarantees for justice. London-based
Muslim Brotherhood leader called on Jamaat-e-Islami members around the world to
“hold on to the stances adopted by the martyr, who refused to seek a pardon
from the unjust rulers.” middleeastmonitor
Rights Concerns Have Been
Raised Over the Execution of a Islamist Leader in Bangladesh
Rights groups have raised
concerns over the execution Saturday of Mir Quasem Ali, a prominent member and
financier of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party.“There are concerns over
systemic flaws [in trials of Ali and other opposition leaders],” Meenakshi
Ganguly, South Asia Director, for Human Rights Watch, told TIME.The trials, she
said, were “crucial to ensure accountability for the serious abuses that
occurred ahead of Bangladesh’s independence and needed to be up to
international standards.” TIME
Jamaat’s countrywide hartal
underway peacefully
Khamenei says Saudi
Arabia’s control of Haj should end
Dubai:Iranian supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it
runs the Haj after a crush last year killed hundreds of pilgrims, and suggested
Muslim countries think about ending Riyadh’s control of the annual pilgrimage.“Because
of these (Saudi) rulers’ oppressive behaviour towards God’s guests (pilgrims),
the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management of the two holy
places and the issue of Haj,” Khamenei said. Reuters
Muslim women wear veil to
integrate into modern society: Oxford Study
London: Muslim women who
are young and educated choose to wear the veil as it is their means to
integrate into modern society, according to a latest study conducted in 25
Islamic nations. Study, done by researchers from Oxford University and European
University Institute published in journal ‘European Sociological Review’ last
week, tested earlier mathematical models to see how the intensity of wearing
the veil varied according to the women’s education, employment, urbanisation
and contact with non-Muslims.The study, ‘Behind the Veil: Strategic Use of
Religious Garb’, includes the wearing of headscarves, the turban or hijab, the
chador, the burqa (which covers the face too),and no head covering at all.PTI
Veil means Muslim women
integrating more: Oxford study
Syrian regime re-imposes
blockade in war-weary Aleppo
Aleppo: Syrian regime
forces and allied militias have re-imposed their siege on opposition-held parts
of the northern city of Aleppo, according to local opposition sources.Backed by
Russian warplanes, regime forces captured several positions near southern
Aleppo’s Ramousa area on Sunday, cutting opposition supply lines into the city,
opposition sources said, requesting anonymity due to fears for their safety. Anadolu
US trained Tajik colonel
becomes top Daesh commander
A former Tajikistan Special
Forces colonel who was trained by US has become the top Daesh commander in Iraq
a year after he defected from his national duties.News of his appointment comes
days after US placed a bounty worth $3 million on Gulmurod Khalimov’s head. Khalimov
received military training in US in 2003, undergoing counter terrorism
training. When he defected in May last year, he did so through a video
announcement in which he publicly called for violence against Russia,Tajikistan
and the US and encouraged others to join the “caliphate”. Middleeastmonitor
Prominent IS figure killed
in US-led air strike in Iraq
Baghdad:A prominent leader
of Islamic State (IS) group and four extremist militants were killed on Sunday
in a US-led coalition airstrike near the IS stronghold of Mosul in northern
Iraq, a security source said. Airstrike destroyed 4 IS positions near the
newly-freed town of Qayyara near Mosul, Xinhua reported. The prominent leader
of IS, among the 5 killed, was said to be close to the top IS leader Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, a security source on condition of anonymity told Xinhua.IANS
Property of Brotherhood
leader put up for sale by Houthis
Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah
group has put the property of Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Yadomi
up for sale, Quds Press reported. Houthis stormed Yadomi’s house in April last
year when they took control of Sanaa. They seized the title deeds to the
property and Yadomi’s land, which he inherited from his father and grandfather.The
leader of the Yemeni Reformation Party, linked to the Muslim Brotherhood,
Yadomi is currently in Saudi Arabia. middleeastmonitor
Morocco to give 600 mosques
a green makeover
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