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Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to
float multi-religious Dharmik Morcha to counter communal polarisation
New Delhi: Buoyant at the
huge success of its recent nationwide Peace and Humanity campaign, India's
largest socio-religious organization Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has decided to float
a multi-religious front in order to counter the growing politically-motivated
communal polarisation in the country. Making announcement about the front
Dharmik Morcha at a press conference here on Tuesday, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin
Umari, national president of Jamaat said the front will have religious leaders
from different communities including Hindus and Muslims."Apart from the
Sadbhavana Manch which Jamaat is establishing in all of its 1200 units
spreading across the country, we have decided to set up a Dharmik Morcha also.
This front will have leaders from all prominent religions like Hindus, Muslims,
Christians, Sikhs and Jains," announced Maulana Umari during the monthly
press conference at Jamaat's HQRS.Dharmik Morcha is likely to be set up at both
state and local levels. Whenever any communal clash or violence erupts, the
front will be pressed into action to protect peace and communal harmony.While
Sadbhavana Manch will have eminent persons including social and human rights
activists of the locality, the Dharmik Morcha will have only religious figures.
"Objective of the campaign was to reach out to the people of the country
and remind them of the importance of nurturing the social fabric of our country
and preserving its communal harmony which is under threat by some communal and
anti-social elements," said Maulana Umari.Giving details about the success
of the campaign, Mohammad Salim Engineer, Secretary General of Jamaat said that
about 25 lakh people were directly reached through more than 10,000 public
events including conferences, press briefing and corner meetings across the
country. Through the social media platforms of Jamaat, around 15 crore people
were reached, he said. He also said that during the campaign itself, 170 units
of Sadbhavana Manch were set up in Telangana state alone.For several public
events during the campaign, Jamaat's local leaders had set up reception
committees. These committees had eminent local persons from different religious
communities. Moreover, as many as 135 people, mostly Hindus, were honoured with
communal harmony awards by the Jamaat for their remarkable contribution in
establishing peace and communal harmony in the country. Jamaat’s vice president Nusrat Ali had recently led a delegation to Nuh district in Haryana where last month, one Muslim couple was brutally killed and two young girls were gang-raped allegedly by robbers. Talking to pressmen,
Nusrat Ali said it seemed the crime was planned to provoke Muslims for
violence, but the local Muslims showing wisdom controlled the situation. Jamaat
delegation had visited the injured people at hospital, attended a Mahapanchayat
of Mewati Muslims and also visited the homes of the affected people. Jamaat
leaders assured all help to the victims. Indiatomorrow/ muslimmirror
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to set
up multi-religious front to counter communal polarization
Jamaat-e-Islami to set-up
‘Dharmik Morcha’ to counter communal polarization
Women’s group demands
complete ban on Shariah courts, abolish AIMPLB, Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan
New Delhi: A Muslim women’s
group on Tuesday demanded a complete ban on Sharia (religious) courts, saying
they can’t be allowed to function as a parallel judiciary in the name of
mediation, conciliation, speedy and less expensive justice.In an affidavit, the
Muslim Women’s Quest for Equality, which has petitioned the Supreme Court
against arbitrary triple talaq, also demanded that organisations such as the All
India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan
(BMMA)“should be abolished to save the country and Indian Muslims from the
clamp of fundamentalists/ activists having the ideology similar to Hafiz Saeed
and his organisation Jamat-ud-dawa (JuD).”“Some people and NGOs are misusing
the freedom given by the constitution. They want to keep Muslim education in
Muslim extremist’s hands, entirely free from the govt control,” the affidavit
said. Affidavit comes days after AIMPLB defended the practice of triple talaq,
saying it’s better to divorce a woman than kill her. Govt told the Supreme
Court that it would file its response to the petitions against triple talaq in
four weeks.“Shariah grants the right to divorce because men have greater power
of decision making. They are more likely to control emotions and not take a
hasty decision,” the board said in an affidavit.The affidavit of Muslim Women’s
Quest for Equality filed through advocate Farha Faiz said:“There should be a
complete change in madarsas education system and a Muslim university under govt
supervision is the urgent need to impart
religious as well as worldly education to the Muslims.”It accused Muslim
clerics of creating a gulf between country and Muslims and brainwashing Muslims
who always faced a dilemma “whether the country is above or the religion”.The
affidavit blamed vote bank politics, especially by Congress govts, for plight
of Muslims. Accusing Congress govts of dumping people in favour of clerics or
fundamentalists, it said they never encouraged Muslims to integrate.“We do not
believe in progressive or regressive interpretation of religion or codification
of Muslim Personal Law for we believe that in every community, there are
multiple realities of an identity, multiple practices of beliefs and pluralist envisions
of family structure,” said statement, from Hasina Khan,RoshniRina, Geeta Thatra
and Shirin Dalvi.HT/thehindu
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila
Andolan says justification for triple talaq, polygamy is medieval: Reuters
Women group condemn AIMPLB
stand on triple talaq
Activists condemn Muslim
personal law board affidavit
Do away with Shariat
courts: advocate Farha Faiz to SC
Lawyer asks SC to abolish
AIMPLB, Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, says spreading radicalism
No Muslim judge in Supreme
Court, first time in 11 yrs
New Delhi: Since the
retirement of 2 Muslim judges this year, the Supreme Court has been functioning
without a judge from the community. This is the first time in 11 years, and
only the second instance in nearly 3 decades that SC has been without a Muslim
judge. The last time a Muslim was appointed to the SC bench was in 2012.
Justice MY Eqbal and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, elevated
respectively in December and April that year, retired this year — Eqbal on
February 2 and Kalifulla on July 22. The wait for the next Muslim judge could
be prolonged due to the ongoing tussle between the Supreme Court and govt over
the procedure for appointment of judges.At present two high courts have Muslim
chief justices — Bihar’s CJ Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, a resident of Assam, retires
next October while Himachal’s CJ Mansoor Ahmad Mir, a resident of J&K,
retires in April 2017.A high court judge retires at 62, a Supreme Court judge
at 65. The SC has a maximum strength of 31 judges and currently has 28. Four
more judges will retire this year — Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice
Chockalingam Nagappan in October, followed by Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and
Justice Anil R Dave in November.Former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan
expressed concern that the Supreme Court does not have a Muslim judge. “Hope it
gets a Muslim judge soon,” he said. “It’s not a question of their rights being
denied, it’s a question of proper representation of all religions, castes and
regions at the apex court. In many countries, special provisions are made to
ensure the proper representation of all regions, religions and communities at
national court.”Of the 196 retired and 28 present justices and chief justices
that have served in the SC,17 or 7.5% have been Muslims. Of these, 4 rose to
become CJI — M Hidayatullah, M Hameedullah Beg, AM Ahmadi and Altamas Kabir.First
woman judge of the SC was a Muslim: Justice M Fathima Beevi, who served from Oct.6,
1989, to Aprl 29,1992.Indian Express
Muslim are 15% but few
Muslim judges in SC, HCs
RSS claims about rapid
growth of the Muslim population are simply false
Barelvi clerics meet
Rajnath, plan to take out peace march in Kashmir, say sufism is the only way
forward in Kashmir
New Delhi: A delegation of
Muslim clerics of the Barelvi school Met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singhon
Tuesday on the Kashmir issue and urged him to lead a delegation of Sufi
scholars to the Valley while offering to take out a peace march there
themselves."We Met Home Minister Rajnath Singhand proposed that he should
lead a delegation of Sufi scholars and clerics to Kashmir. We would try to
instil some sense in the minds of stone pelting youths," Maulana Ansar
Razaof Garib Nawaz Foundation, who led the delegation, told IANS.Raza said the
60-odd Sufis from various khanqahs across India plan to take out a peace march
in Kashmir with the Quran in one hand and the 'Tiranga' (Nationaltricolour) in the
other. He stressed that Sufism is the way forward in Kashmir."Sufism is
the path of love and forgiveness. We would speak with the stone-pelting youth,
and would try to convince them in the light of Quran, Hadith and traditions of
great Sufi saints to abandon violence," Raza said.He, however, dismissed
the prospect of any talks with separatists."How can we talk to people who
are raising 'Pakistan zindabad' slogans? We are very clear that we would not go
at their doorstep only to be turned away by them, like they did to a handful of
people recently," he said.Calling the members of all-party delegation who
went to meet Hurriyat leaders on Monday as "chai khor", Raza said
that they should not have broken away from the delegation and gone to meet the
separatists."Why should we go to them? Kashmiri kahwa tou Dilli me bhi
milta hai (Kashmiri kahwa is available in Delhi too)," he said.Supporting govt's
stance on Kashmir, including to review the facilities given to separatist
leaders, Raza said that a solution would certainly come out. The clerics also
hit out at Syed Ali Shah Geelani for seeking a connection with Pakistan saying
Islam links Kashmir to Pakistan. The proposed group for the 'aman yatra'
comprises clerics from Dargah Ajmer Sharif, Bareilly Sharif, Haji Ali in Mumbai
and Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi among others. IANS/India Today
J&K unrest: Muslim
delegation meets Rajnath Singh, assures full support for peace
Muslim clerics slam
Pakistan and separatists, to conduct Aman Yatra in Kashmir
No point talking to those
who raise 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans: Muslim clerics
Kashmir unrest: Opposition
to tell Govt, engage with separatists who met us
New Delhi: Leaders of
Opposition parties, who were part of the all-party delegation that travelled to
Srinagar and Jammu, are likely to press the govt to come up with “concrete” proposals to reach
out to the Valley when Home Minister Rajnath Singh chairs a follow-up meeting
of the team Wednesday.Some in the Opposition say the very fact that at least 3
separatist leaders met some members of the delegation — Hurriyat leader Syed
Ali Shah Geelani was the one who refused to meet them — needs to be taken as
the starting point to engage separatists and bring to an end the unrest in the
Valley since the July 8 killing of militant Burhan Wani.CPI leader D Raja, who
was part of the delegation, said only Geelani did not meet them. “The others,
Yasin Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Shabir Shah met us. They said they have
taken a decision not to discuss any issue. But they thanked us. And they were
not hostile to the delegation,” Raja said.While in Srinagar, Raja along with
CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, JD(U)’s Sharad Yadav and RJD’s Jay Prakash
Narayan Yadav had met Malik, Mirwaiz and Shah. AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi
had separately met Mirwaiz and Shah. indianexpress
There was no official
invite, says Hurriyat
Srinagar: Reacting sharply
to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s remarks made in the Valley, separatists
have alleged that there was no official invitation for talks.“Mr. Singh’s press
conference [in Srinagar] was full of lies, deceit, denial and contradictions.
They [the Centre] never officially invited us and at the same time blame us for
rejecting it [the invitation],” said Tehreek-e-Hurriyat founder Syed Ali Shah
Geelani.He accused the Centre of playing a game to win only. “It was aimed at
discrediting us. India is scared of any meaningful dialogue with the Hurriyat
and Pakistan,” said Geelani.On Singh’s remarks that the separatists’ behaviour
defied Kashmiriyat, insaaniyat [humanity] and jamhooriyat [democracy], Geelani
said: “Visiting delegations should have gone around the length and breadth of J&K
to witness for themselves the ‘gifts’ of Indian democracy.”Chairman of the
Awami Action Committee Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who remains in a Srinagar sub-jail,
also questioned “if holding Kashmiris hostage for 2 months and unleashing State
repression is insaaniyat”. thehindu
Pakistan Urges UN to Probe
into J&K Killings
Islamabad: Pakistan has
urged the UN to conduct an inquiry into the killings that took place in J&K
over the past two months and demanded a
free and fair plebiscite in the disputed region, the Foreign Office said on
Wednesday.Pakistan PM 's recently appointed special envoy on Kashmir Awais Leghari
highlighted the "grave human rights violations by Indian security forces
in Kashmir" in front of the international community in Geneva.Leghari, in
his meeting with UNHRC President Choi Kyong-lim, urged the UN to conduct an
inquiry into the "killings and uphold the right of Kashmiris to determine
their future as per UN Security Council resolutions which call for a free and
fair plebiscite in the disputed region". IANS
All Party Delegation meet
achieved nothing: Omar
Modi govt's clear stand on
Kashmir: AFSPA would neither be lifted nor diluted
J&K: Separatists call
for shutdown on Eid
Srinagar: For the first
time in the last 26 years of turmoil, separatists supervising the current
unrest have called for the shutdown on Eid-ul-Azha and asked people to march to
the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on that
day.Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a conglomerate of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali
Shah Geelani, incarcerated Mirwaiz Umar and JKLF leader Yasin Malik who are
supervising the current agitation, has called for 'Azadi March' towards central
Eidgahs followed by a march towards UN office for submitting a memorandum to be
conveyed to 71st Session of General Assembly of UN starting on Sept. 13. Dnaindia
Centre trying to mislead,
fool people of India: Hurriyat
Snubbed by Hurriyats, govt
seeks to cut security for separatists, withdraw passports
New Delhi: Centre may
harden its attitude towards separatist leaders in J&K, making their foreign
travel difficult and scaling down the security which they enjoy at the
exchequer's cost. Miffed over the cold shoulder treatment given by separatists
to the MPs, who were part of the all-party delegation that visited the state,
the Centre is considering moves to curb their foreign travel by withdrawing
their passports and denying travel documents in some cases. Besides these, Centre
will also scrutinize their bank accounts and complete pending investigations in
cases against them so a strong message goes around that those provoking youths
in Kashmir Valley to create disturbance since the killing of Burhan Wani will
not be spared, govt sources said. Home ministry's tough stand came apparently
after the nod from PM Narendra Modi, who is said to have conveyed that time has
come to act tough with the separatists, sources said.PTI
Amid Kashmir unrest, Govt
looking to crackdown on Hurriyat separatists
MEA
summons Pak envoy for‘discourtesy’ to Indian envoy
New
Delhi:A day after Indian envoy’s
event in Karachi was cancelled at the last minute, govt today summoned Pakistan
High Commissioner Abdul Basit for the alleged ‘discourtesy’.“ Basit was summoned today to Ministry of External Affairs and conveyed the
concern of Govt of India by Secretary (West) (Sujata Mehta) on discourtesy to Indian
High Commissioner External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. Basit
was conveyed India’s view
on the discourtesy towards Bambawale by Karachi Chamber of Commerce that cancelled
an event at the last minute Bambawale was scheduled to speak at the event,
invite for which was received and accepted by him a couple of weeks ago. indianexpress
Kashmir ‘lifeline of
Pakistan’, solution not in ‘raining bullets’: General Raheel Sharif
Islamabad: Describing
Kashmir as Pakistan’s ‘lifeline’, Pak Army chief General Raheel Sharif has said
the true solution of Kashmir issue lies not in ‘raining bullets’ upon people in
Valley but in ‘heeding’ to their voices and respecting their aspirations. “True
solution for this struggle for self- determination resides not in raining
bullets upon the defenceless Kashmiri people but in heeding to their voice and
respecting their aspirations. Kashmir issue can only be resolved by
implementing UN Resolutions,” he said. Kashmir is Pakistan’s lifeline, and “we
shall continue our diplomatic and moral support to the freedom movement at all
levels,” he said.PTI
‘Inhumanity and heartbreak’
in Kashmir must stop: Malala asks for UN intervention
Nobel laureate Malala
Yousafzai called on UN, Pakistan and India to come together and halt the
‘inhumanity and heartbreak’ in Kashmir. She says: "Kashmiri people, like
people everywhere, deserve their fundamental human rights...They should live
free of fear and repression.” Dnaindia
Pellets generally used in
hunting animals: manufacturer
Srinagar: Manufacturer of
pellet guns, used against protesters by armed forces in Kashmir, said they are
generally used for hunting. The company added no tests have been conducted
regarding their effect on the human body. Indian express
Assaulted in Noida,Kashmiri calls up
helplines,no help
Noida: A 28-year-old man
from J&K was allegedly beaten up by
employees of a private company in Noida Monday, after he had an argument with
one of them.The complainant, Mudasir Rasool, is a trainee with the National
Skill Development Corporation’s Udaan project, a central govt scheme for J&K youth residing outside the
state.Rasool claimed that after the incident, he sought help from Noida Police,
Delhi Police and the Ministry of Home Affairs, but received no response.Rasool
said, “I called on the helpline launched recently by the Ministry of Home
Affairs for J&K youth living outside the state. I was told that the
helpline was only for J&K students who faced problems while applying for
admissions and scholarships. I was asked to call the Noida PCR. When I called
the PCR, I was told there was no nodal officer for J&K citizens. When I
called Delhi Police’s helpline, they said the case was not under their
jurisdiction. Finally, I went to the police station near Noida Sector 70 to
file a complaint.” indianexpress
Haryana: 2 murders, 2 rapes
in Dinger Heri , the alleged killers belong to ‘Gua Raksha Samiti’: Muslim
Mirror report
Nuh/Haryana):10 days have
passed since gruesome murder of a Muslim couple and gang rape of their two
relatives, including a 13 years old girl but there now there is no concrete progress in the investigation
so far according to the investigative team who has sought another remand for the arrested
alleged culprits, but the villagers and the advocate who is representing the
case say different story.The shocking
incident took place during the night of 24th August when over half a dozen
person broke into the house of Ibrahim and his wife Rashidan, brutally
assaulted them with iron rods and thick woods then dragged them around 100 meters to nearby one room –house where Ibrahim’s
sister and her two daughters were living. There they tied her sister and
brother in law Zafeer with the bed in
open sky and brutally beat them up. Then
they raped raped the couple’s minor daughter (13) and her married cousin (21)
who were sleeping in the room. When the married woman refused to come out of
the room, attackers lifted up her kid (who was sleeping outside) and threatened
to cut him into pieces.Then both were gang raped by them.Amir,(eldest son of
murdered couple who was not present at that night) outside the one- room -house
of their deceased parents.The one of the victim says that the culprits were
almost one dozen but only four could be recognized. She had spotted them many
times. All of them are from Mohammadpur Ahir village, about 3 km away from
Dingerheri. Local intelligence also revealed that the accused were spotted in
the area several times. All the 4 arrested accused Sandeep, Amarjeet, Karamjeet
and Rahul had no criminal records, rather they were seen collecting donation in
name of ‘cow protection’ by the
villagers. ‘Communal angle can’t be ruled out in this case as all arrested
persons are associated with local ‘Gau Raksha Samity’ said advocate Ramzan
Chaudhry who is representing case.muslimmirror
Agra Hindu girl gives free
Quran lessons to Muslim kids
An 18-year-old girl in
Agra, UP, has truly broken the arbitrary boundaries that are imposed in the
name of religion by teaching the Quran to Muslim children of disadvantaged
backgrounds. Pooja Kushwaha became interested in learning Arabic after she came
in contact with a woman called Sangeeta Begum who taught the Holy Scripture to
kids in her locality. Soon after she started attending Sangeeta Begum’s
classes, Pooja did so well that she was able to stay ahead of the rest of the
students. So, when Begum was unable to continue her classes, she requested
Pooja to fill in for her. At first, Pooja started free lessons at her house because
most of her students were from poor families. Later when the increasing number
of students could not be accommodated at her place, she accepted the offer to
shift her class to a temple. Now Pooja teaches the Quran to around 35 Muslim
students in an open-air classroom at the temple. Her efforts have been greatly
appreciated by parents and prominent Muslim leaders in the area, according to
local reports. deccanchronicle
18-year-old Hindu girl
teaches Quran to Muslim kids is a messenger of communal harmony
8 Muslim youths perform
final rites of Hindu neighbour
Thane:Putting humanity over
religion, a group of Muslim youths from Mumbra carried out funeral rites of
65-year-old neighbour, Waman Kadam, who died on Sunday night in his Almas
Colony tenement.Kadam was employed as a building watchman.When Kadam's 2 sons,
who are from his first wife, and relatives were reluctant to come over at night
to help the ailing widow, Vitava, in her hour of need, she requested the youths
to help her cremate him. Khalil Pawne, Fahad Dabir, Nawaz Dabir, Rahil Dabir,
Shaban Khan, Maqsood Khan, Farooque Khan, Mohammad Kasam Shaikh promptly set
out to look for a pundit to conduct the funeral rituals and even got a death
certificate from doctor."My husband would never have thought that his last
journey would be with so much honour. There were 40-odd Muslim youths in the
funeral procession. We have known them since they were knee high; now, they
turned out to be sensitive and responsible adults," said Vitava.TOI
Mumbra Muslim youths
carryout last rites of Hindu man
Muzaffarnagar riots: No
convictions, accused out on bail
Lucknow: 3 years after the
communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, not a single person has been convicted in any
of the 511 cases probed by SIT constituted by the state govt a fortnight after the communal flare-up.In
all, trials have been completed in 5 cases in which 39 people were named as
accused. 2 of these cases were related to murder, one to gang-rape and 2 to
dacoity and arson. All 39 accused are out on bail. The acquittals came after
the complainant or the key witnesses turned hostile in court. Of 1,475 arrested
in connection with the riot cases, around 30 are in jail while the others are
out on bail, said senior police officials.ASP Muzaffarnagar, Vinod Pandey, who
is heading the SIT, said investigations are still underway in 8 cases. "We
are investigating the cases on priority basis but in some cases, the victims
were allegedly murdered but their bodies could not be traced. Probe in such
cases usually takes time," he said. Of the 511 FIRs that SIT probed,
closure reports were filed in 159 cases while another 169 were expunged. The
cases relate to murders in which 24 people were allegedly killed but bodies of
11 victims are yet to be traced.NGOs working in Muzaffarnagar have been
questioning seriousness of the police investigations since the beginning.
"Acquittal of all 39 accused in the five cases shows the shoddy manner in
which the cases have been investigated and evidence gathered," said
Mohammed Shoib, lawyer and president of NGO Rihai Manch which is pursuing court
cases of many riot victims.TOI
Muzaffarnagar: Internal
refugees 'exploited' by realtors
New Delhi: Carrying
emotional scars of the riots 3 years ago, hundreds of internal refugees in
Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts are battling "poor health and
sanitation" conditions and "unscrupulous" real estate
developers, who are preying on their misfortune, NGO said.It has come with a
report describing the conditions in the resettlement colonies 3 years after
communal violence in UP. Titled 'Living Apart: Communal Violence and Forced
Displacement in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli', it claims there are "65 refugee
colonies, 28 in Muzaffarnagar and 37 in Shamli, housing 29,328 residents".
"Mostly self-settled, these
colonies are very poorly provisioned without even elementary public services,
and the internally-displaced persons lack basic entitlements, like drinking
water and sanitation," says Harsh Mander of Aman Biradari. PTI
Not much done for
Muzzafarnagar riots affected: NGO
Muzaffarnagar: Muslims came
in buses to vote for this Jat pradhan
Zakir Naik NGO case: 15
joint secys urge Rajnath to lift officer's suspension
New Delhi: All 15 home
ministry joint secretaries met Rajnath Singh on Tuesday and appealed for
"justice" for their suspended colleague, joint secretary GK Dwivedi. Official
is facing action over the renewal of the IRF licence to receive foreign funds.
Zakir Naik runs the IRF. Such a show of support is unprecedented.The officers,
belonging to both the IAS and the IPS, sought home minister Singh's
intervention to revoke Dwivedi's suspension, saying his juniors were
responsible for the clearance to IRF to get funds under the FCRA. Dwivedi's
juniors, they said, were empowered to give "online clearance". The
IRF is under the scanner for alleged incitement of jihadi terror and religious
conversions.Action initiated against Dwivedi when he was not directly
responsible for renewal of the FCRA licence, they said, was "unfair"
and had a "demoralizing" effect on other joint secretaries in the
ministry. Delegation members described Dwivedi as "honest and
hardworking", one who had implemented several big-ticket initiatives of
the home ministry's foreigners division.On Monday TOI reported the
disenchantment among home ministry officers over the action taken against
Dwivedi, detailing how it had led to four joint secretaries taking up his case
with home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi. Singh gave a patient hearing to the
officers, sources said. He assured that he would look into the matter. TOI
Naik's NGO: IAS officers
lobby for suspended colleague
Zakir Naik NGO licence:
Revoke officer’s suspension, MHA joint secretaries tell Rajnath Singh
Waqf Board chief Amantullah
accuses Haroon Yusuf of corruption
New Delhi:Delhi Waqf Board
chairman and AAP MLA Amantullah Khan has accused Congress leader Haroon Yusuf
of ‘corruption and criminal misconduct’ seeking an Anti-Corruption Branch
enquiry against him. Yusuf served as the Waqf Board chairman from March 1999 to
March 2004 before he was made Power minister in the Sheila Dikshit govt in
2005. Khan alleged Waqf Board driver
Mohammad Rafiq continued to serve Yusuf even after he became a minister and the
Board bore all his expenses, including salary. PTI
CIC notices to PMO,on
letters between Vajpayee and Modi after 2002 riots
New Delhi: CIC has issued
notices to PMO and Gujarat govt on the
issue of disclosure of the correspondence exchanged between the then CM Narendra Modi and then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the aftermath of the
2002 riots.Citing an order of the Delhi High Court which had said that views of
third party as mandated in Section 11 and 19(4) of the RTI Act must be taken,
Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur issued notices to the PMO
and Gujarat govt (through its Chief
Secretary) directing them to present their submissions during the hearing in
first week of Nov.The case relates to Subhash Agrawal who had sought the
disclosure of communication through his RTI application dated Dec.16, 2013.In
an earlier and separate RTI application filed by another person, PMO had said
the communication cannot be disclosed as it will adversely affect the
prosecution and conviction in the case.PTI
In wake of attacks, RSS
shakhas see sudden disappearance of Dalits
Dalit unrest over the last
few months have done more than just cloud the BJP’s electoral prospects in
upcoming Assembly elections. They have also left a large number of RSS shakhas
devoid of Dalit members. Several such branches had been started in lower-caste
localities across north and western India after Narendra Modi became PM in
2014. Phenomenon is glaring in Maharashtra and Gujarat, where Dalits recently
took to streets to register their protest against attacks by a
Hindutva-inspired group. It is also very evident in UP and Punjab, where
Assembly elections are due early next year. Dalits have significantly
disappeared from RSS shakhas in Bihar and Haryana.This has undermined the
massive drive launched by the RSS to spread its presence among people belonging
to the lower castes.“New shakhas in Dalit localities were started because we
had noticed that shakhas in upper-caste localities were not being able to
attract Dalit men,” said a senior office-bearer of the RSS from Meerut. “For
some time there was a lot of enthusiasm, and a significant number of young men
started attending shakhas in Dalit localities. But now, despite our karyakartas
trying hard, most of these shakhas have become a farce.” Scroll.com
RSS rebel group in Goa to
hold convention on Sept.11
Panaji:RSS rebels in Goa,
who recently floated a parallel outfit under the leadership of sacked state
chief Subhash Velingkar, will hold a convention on Sept.11 to work out the
future course of action to step up their campaign over medium of instruction
(MOI) issue.Velingkar, who launched the “RSS Goa Prant” on being “relieved” of
his responsibilities by the Sangh after he crossed sword with the BJP over the
MOI issue, today said they will chalk out programmes in the meet to strengthen
the stir to press for regional launguages like Konkani and Marathi to be made
the MOI in schools and stopping of the state support to English medium
institutions.The meet would also reach out to women to join the mother tongue
campaign under the banner of Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch.PTI
RSS has shot itself in the
foot by taking Rahul Gandhi to court: Ashis Nandy
New Delhi: RSS has shot
itself in the foot by going to court over Rahul Gandhi's remark linking the
Hindu nationalist group to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Ashis Nandy,
India's pre-eminent sociologist and political psychologist, told HuffPost
India. "Frankly, it would have been more responsible of the RSS if they
had just not responded to it," he said.In his office filled with papers
and books, some yellowing and others fraying at the edges, Nandy explained why
Rahul's criminal defamation trial was not a legal exercise, but rather a
political manoeuvre by the Congress Party which will likely go all out to
associate the RSS with the "movement of hate" that led to Gandhi's
assassination. He said that in its response, RSS would only end up
regurgitating old arguments. huffingtonpost
After Una dalit incident,
Buddhism's appeal grows
Ahmedabad: 3-odd years
after thousands of dalits embraced Buddhism in Junagadh, Buddhist movement is
gaining ground again in the state. Following the Una atrocity, voices urging
dalits to renounce Hinduism and embrace Buddhism have become stronger.After 4
dalit youths were flogged for skinning a dead cow in Una, state has been the
site of agitations by several groups, chiefly Una Dalit Atychar Ladat Samiti,
Gujarat Anusuchit Jati Sangharsh Samiti,and Dalit Samman Sangharsh Samiti. Amid
protests, Buddhist groups such as the Bharatiya Bauddh Sangh, the Bharatiya
Bauddh Mahasabha, and the Dhamma Diksha Samiti have begun telling dalits that they
will not considered unequal if they embraced Buddhism.TOI
CBI identifies 2 members of
Sanatan Sanstha as Dabholkar killers
Mumbai: CBI has filed its
first charge sheet in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case. Dabholkar, a
ratonalist, was killed on Aug.20, 2013. CBI named Sanatan Sanstha member
Virendra Tawde as the main conspirator and identified Vinay Pawar and Sarang
Akolkar, members of the Sanatan Sanstha, as the killers.Akolkar is one of the
accused in the Madgaon blast case and has a red corner notice issued against
his name.Pawar has no criminal record, but has been absconding since 2009, as
per the charge sheet. CBI nabbed Tawde, a member of the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti
and a resident of Panvel ashram of the Sanatan Sanstha, three months ago. thehindu
Tamil Nadu Camel slaughter
ban: Mixed response
Chennai: Madras High
Court’s recent order refusing to permit camel slaughter in Tamil Nadu during
the Bakrid festival has evoked mixed reactions among Islamic outfits and animal
rights activists. Opposing verdict, MH Jawahirullah, president, MMK, said that
the verdict would be challenged in the Supreme Court since it impinges on the
rights of Muslims to practice their faith.“According to Islam, Muslims can
sacrifice a bull, goat or a camel for Bakrid. It is one of the obligations of
Muslims. How can a Muslim, who wants to sacrifice a camel, be barred from doing
it?” he asked, adding “We will challenge it.”According to him, the ban
contradicts Article 25 of the Constitution, which states that “all persons are
equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess,
practise and propagate religion.”Countering his views, senior leader of Indian
Union Muslim League Kader Mohideen said that several Muslim organisations are
calling for ‘camel slaughter’ because they have ‘misunderstood Islam’. thehindu
Telangana: Muslim bodies
ask govt to provide cattle for sacrifice
during Bakrid
In an interesting
development, Muslim organisations have requested the state govt to provide
cattle to the Muslim community for sacrifice during upcoming Bakrid. Office-bearers
of Soofi Academy, Sunni Ulema Board, All India Muslim League, Awami Majilis
Amal, Telangana Minority State Forum and Sunni Ulema Council have submitted a
joint petition to Chief Secretary Rajev Sharma and director general of police
Anurag Sharma for putting in place a system for sale of animals for sacrifice
during Bakrid through the animal husbandry department across the state. Indiatvnews/TOI
Haryana govt collects
biryani samples from Mewat, sends to lab to detect beef
Gurgaon:Authorities have
collected samples of biryani from shopkeepers and vendors from a village in
Haryana’s Muslim-dominant Mewat district after receiving complaints that beef
was being added to the dish, an official said. Samples were collected by the
police and animal husbandry department last week from Mundaka village, near
Gurgaon, and sent for test to a laboratory in Hisar’s Haryana Agricultural
University after directions from the state govt to keep a tab on consumption of
beef in the area.A govt official said that more samples will be collected from
across the district as the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha will be celebrated
next week.“We collected samples and handed them over to the police. More
samples will be collected from Mundaka, Ghasera, and Ferozpur Jhirka area in
coming days,” Narender Kumar, deputy director of Mewat animal husbandry
department, said. Police’s Cow Protection Task Force spruced up its network of
informers in areas where beef consumption is suspected to be high. Haryana
Congress vice-president Aftab Ahmed said practice is a humiliation to the
minority community and the particular area.HT
Haryana continues crackdown
on beef, to inspect Biryani
NIA,
FBI to jointly combat terror on internet
New
Delhi:It is one of the biggest challenges for the modern-day police to contain
the growing use of social media websites by global terror organisations or
regional jihaadis. Leading investigating agencies NIA and FBI will take a
workshop together on "Terrorist use of internet."india today
Terrorists
getting public support in parts of India: Counter-terror force NSG
New
Delhi: Terrorists and insurgents are getting "public support" in some
parts of country and unless this is stopped, India will continue to get hit by
acts of terrorism, a report prepared by elite counter-terror force NSG has
said. Analytical report on recent bombing incidents in the country, compiled
with data from all states for period between April and June this year, also
raised concern over the possible leakage and use of ordnance factory-made
explosives by terror outfits.PTI
NIA
gets custody of Yasmin Ahmed:The hindu
Talk to all stake holders
in Kashmir, but don’t compromise national sovereignty: All Party
Hindutva’s science envy:
Meera Nanda, frontline
Muzaffarnagar, 3 years
later: Harsh Mander
WORLD
Iranian
elites slam Revolutionary Guards’ regional policy
Opposition
reformists in Iran have criticised the regional policy adopted by the
Revolutionary Guards Corps. Political and Media Green Movement Network made its
comments in a statement published on a local website, claiming that the “first step to reform the political edifice in Iran would be to reform its
foreign policy. The statement pointed out that it is obvious to all Iranians
that their country is passing through a crisis in the region and in the wider
world. This, claims the elite network, is rooted in the incompetence and
corruption suffered by the Islamic Republic. “This regime was born out of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and it was the outcome of the dedication and sacrifices of many Iranians
for the sake of achieving national and historic demands such as independence,
freedom, justice and progress.” However,
it is claimed, in recent years all of these sacrifices have been lost for the
sake of a power game. “The
opportunists exploited the trust of the Iranian people and brought the country
to this phase of havoc.” Whereas other countries try to find new friends in an increasingly cohesive
world, the opposition movement says, the Revolutionary Guards are involved in a
dangerous game in confrontation with Saudi Arabia through providing political,
economic, media and military support to the Houthis in Yemen, which is, rightly
or wrongly, Saudi Arabia’s back
yard.“ Furthermore, full support has been given to the Ba’thist regime of Bashar Al-Assad,” the network says, “and
there is a large number of Iranian military forces on the front line against
the Syrian opposition but Iran has been unable achieve anything tangible.” Is such an expensive intervention in Syria serving Iranian interests, it
wonders. The obvious Iranian presence in Iraq and the support provided to
specific Shia groups in the war against Daesh have caused internal ethnic and
religious conflicts and led to the spread of hostile positions toward Iran
among the Iraqi people, the critics note. “So much so,” in
fact, “that
such hostility has even appeared among the Shia. Similar unconditional support
given to the Shia opposition in Bahrain makes up the 4 most conspicuous
examples of moves made by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in their obvious
interference in Iran’s
foreign policy.The critics point out that the people of Iran are unhappy that
the national budget is being “squandered” on maintaining influence in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon at a time when citizens
have to make tough economic choices. No one, they claim, approves of this use
of vital funds to pay Afghani and Iraqi mercenaries, who everyone knows are in
Syria solely because Iran is paying them to be there.Pointing out that similar
efforts have been made in the past, the movement recalled the expansionist
policy of the former Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, whose policy promoted
the theory that Iran was the regional policeman. middleeastmonitor
Russia accepts Assad must
go: UK foreign secretary
London: Bashar al-Assad
must be ousted as part of any peace deal in Syria, Boris Johnson has said in
his first public remarks on the issue since becoming UK foreign secretary.
Johnson said it was the Syrian president’s “killing machine, his barrel bombs
and, in the end, his fight for personal political survival” that had caused the
400,000 deaths estimated by the UN in the country. He added “even” Russia
accepted the need for transition in Syria’s political leadership.anadolu agency
Syria:
Regime forces drop ‘chlorine
gas’ in
Damascus
Aleppo:Syrian
regime forces on Wednesday struck two opposition-held areas by chlorine gas
bombs in capital Damascus. Regime aircraft dropped barrel bombs laced with
chlorine gas on the Damascus suburbs of Ein Tarma and Jobar, field hospital
sources said. Anadolu Agency
Footage,
aftermath of Brutal Chlorine attack in Aleppo
Chlorine-packed
barrel bombs injure 100 in N. West Syria
Mosul
offensive: France deploys artillery, readies carrier
UN:
100,000 Syrians displaced in Hama fighting
Fighting
in Syria’s Hama governorate displaced an estimated 100,000 people between 28
Aug. and 5 Sept, UN reported, citing Syrian Arab Red Crescent and governor of
the province.
Nearly
50 million
children ‘uprooted’ worldwide: UNICEF
Qatar,
Russia sign military deal in spite of rivalries
On
Tuesday, Qatar and Russia signed an agreement for military cooperation,
according to the Qatar News Agency reported.The deal resulted from a meeting
between Qatari Defence Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah and Sergey
Shoigu the Russian Minister, at a military forum in Kubinka, West of MoscowAccording
to the Qatari News agency: “Ways of supporting and promoting military
cooperation relations between Doha and Moscow were discussed during the meeting
between the 2 ministers in Russia”. middleeastmonitor
Israel
begins building underground wall around Gaza
Israeli
military has begun building a new wall around the blockaded Gaza Strip that
will not only line the perimeter above ground but also extend deep underground,
according to local media. Work on the new barrier, which will cost $531 million, can be seen from southern Israeli communities near the Gaza border,
Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. Anadolu
Dutch
ex-PM: ‘War
criminal’ Netanyahu
should be tried
Former
Dutch PM and longtime pro-Palestinian activist Dries van Agt said Benjamin
Netanyahu is a war criminal who should be prosecuted during his visit this week
to Netherlands.“ There’s a
war criminal coming to this country,” said Van Agt, 85, who presided as the Dutch PM for 5 years until 1982 for the centrist Christian-Democratic Appeal party.timesofisrael
Badie: Muslim Brotherhood
sticking to peaceful means to regaining democracy in Egypt
Supreme Guide of Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt Mohammed Badie reiterated the “peaceful” ways to regain
democracy in the country. During a hearing held for him and other 738
defendants in Cairo Criminal Court, Badie was allowed to leave the iron cage in
the court and address journalists.Badie said that MB is “patient, it is 90
years old and its history is being taught as an example of helping people.”He
added that despite attacks having its offices burnt in 2013, MB continued to
offer aid to people.Court case was postponed until 8 Oct. middleeastmonitor
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Brotherhood members appear in Egypt court
Obama
nominates 1st ever Muslim to become federal judge
Barack
Obama has nominated the first ever Muslim to become a federal
judge.Pakistani-born Abid Qureshi is a partner at law firm Latham and Watkins
LLP and works as global chair of the company’s pro bono committee, one of the largest in the world. His place on the
federal judiciary is not yet guaranteed, as nominations must be approved by the
Senate. independent
In a first,
Pak-descent Muslim appointed to US federal judiciary bench
A
world without Muslims? We’d have no coffee or toothbrush: This post has gone
viral for a reason
Moroccan
radiologist Latifa Gharbaoui listed among world's leading physicians
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