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09 Oct. 2016: 07 Muharram 1438: Vol:8, No:06
Centre’s affidavit on
triple talaq goes ‘against Islam’: Barelvi, Deobandi clerics oppose govt
Bareilly: A day after the
Center submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court for abolishing triple talaq,
clerics from both Barelvi and Deobandi sects said the affidavit is against
Islam and that the points mentioned about women's rights are baseless. Clerics
said that though the Centre gave example of a few countries banning triple
talaq, these were Muslim countries but not Islamic, as the constitution of
Islamic countries is entirely based on the Quran and Hadith. Clerics said that
they will present their side in the apex court.National general secretary of
All India Jamat Raza-e-Mustafa, Maulana Shahabbudin Razvi, said, "Centre
should have discussed with clerics before moving an affidavit in SC. The claims
made in favour of women in the affidavit are wrong. Though the affidavit says
that a few other countries have banned triple talaq, but these countries are
Muslim and not Islamic. The constitution of Islamic countries is entirely based
on the Quran and Hadith and at present, no country in the world is fully
following them." "A delegation of renowned clerics of Sunni Barelvi
sect will soon meet PM Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to
oppose the affidavit submitted in SC against triple talaq. We will give them a
memorandum and inform them why triple talaq cannot be termed illegal," he
added.Maulana Asjad Raza Qadri, who is city qazi of Bareilly, said, "We
have contacted a lawyer and will soon present our side in the Supreme Court
with the help of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Triple talaq is valid
according to Islam."Mufti Saleem Noori, spokesperson of Dargah Aala Hazrat
- the seat of Sunni Barelvi sect which has influence over Muslims in many
districts of the region, said, "A few people who are against Islam have
incited a handful of women who are demanding that triple talaq should be termed
illegal.However, these few women should not be regarded as the voice of entire
Muslim community."Clerics from Deobandi sect also criticized Center's
affidavit demanding a ban on triple talaq. Mufti Abu Zafar Nomani Al-Qasmi,
Bareilly general secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind - said, "We stand with
all India Muslim Personal Law Board.Centre has no right to interfere with the
Islamic law.""According to the Islamic law, triple talaq is legal.
Even if few countries have banned it, we cannot do so considering the faith of
the community in the Islamic law," said Mufti Mohammed Mian Qasmi, who
runs a Deobandi madrassa in Bareilly.TOI
Govt affidavit on triple talaq anti-Islamic: Muslim
clerics
We will continue to defend
triple talaq: Muslim Personal Law Board
New Delhi: All India Muslim
Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) says it will continue to defend triple talaq,
though the Union govt filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Friday against
the practice. AIMPLB member Kamal Farooqui said the govt’s affidavit was filed
without taking into account the Board’s views, despite it having written to
both PM Narendra Modi and Ministers
concerned.“We don’t claim to represent all Muslims, but we do represent some.
We wanted our views to be taken on board, and yet we are not surprised that
they weren’t,” Farooqui said. He said BJP-led govt was using the personal law
to run its “own agenda” against the Muslim community. “Affidavit will be firmly
contested by us, it is against the Constitutional rights accorded to us, the SC
has no power to legislate on religion. There are at least two statutes that
allow application of Shariat,” he said. On whether the AIMPLB was contravening rights
enjoyed by women in other communities by opposing the abolition of triple talaq
(done by other countries), Farooqui said it was a specious argument to cite
feminism. “Talaq is one of the most undesirable of acts mentioned in the Koran,
it is not to be easily allowed. Islam is the first institution to bestow women
the freedom of walking away from a marriage if they cannot cope with the
relationship. It is a contract and women can, if they want, stipulate that the
man may not have powers of pronouncing suo motu divorce. Such a provision [to
do away with triple talaq] is present in Nikahnaama,” he said. Muslims, he
said, were being unduly treated by govt that turned a blind eye to personal
laws or religious observances of other minorities.thehindu
Uniform Civil Code is a
conspiracy against Muslims: Board member Dr. SQR Ilyas
Hyderabad: Dr. Qasim Rasool
Ilyas, member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board while reacting on the
affidavit submitted by the Central Govt told that implementation of Uniform
Civil Code is a conspiracy against the Muslims of this country. He further told
that AIMPLB was not surprised at this act of Govt because it is according to
the expectations. He also told that Govt of India has prepared a secret plan to
implement Uniform Civil Code without caring for Constitution of India and the present
laws.He informed that so called individuals and organization which are very
less in number are pointing fingers at Muslim Personal Law so that an
opportunity could be provided to the Govt for interfering in Personal Law.He
mentioned that not a single clause of the Affidavit filed by AIMPB has been
responded. He reiterated that constitution of India has guaranteed profession
of all the religions but under the pretext of injustice to women, Muslim
Personal Law is being targeted. He further mentioned that Islam has done full
justice to women. The cases of divorce and polygamy are found more in other
religions. He pointed out that in all 4 schools of Islamic though, triple Talaq
is similar. Islamic jurists have clearly mentioned that if the husband has an
intention to pronounce divorce one time and even if he repeats the word (Talaq)
it will be counted as one incidence. If a person is ignorant of Muslim Personal
Laws and if he pronounces the word (Talaq), it would be treated once. There is
a difference of opinion among the Muslims about triple talaq but all agree that
divorce could be given in three stages. Islam discourages the institution of
Talaq.Siasat
Bid to oppose Sharia law a
Himalayan mistake: IUML
Uniform Civil code a Modi
tool to divert attention: AAP
Kozhikode: AAP has
criticised Modi govt for using the ‘emotional issue’ of a uniform civil code to
deflect the attention of the media and the people from bigger issues facing the
nation. At a joint press conference here, senior party leader Somnath Bharti
and national spokesman Deepak Bajpai alleged that govt was raking up the
‘divisive agenda’ of civil code now with the intention of politicising the
issue. “Modi govt is using the issue to
deflect the media’s attention,” Bajpai
said. “It is using the temple, triple talaq, and uniform civil code issues
intentionally to deflect people’s attention from core issues.”He said a uniform
civil code was one of the `lighthouses’ in the Constitution along with
eradication of poverty and other larger goals. The govt was now harping on the code issue, which had
been debated for so many years, to create divisions among the people and to
divert their attention. “Code issue is a farce,” he said. As of the triple
talaq issue, Bajpai said the issue was now with the Supreme Court and that the
AAP would go with the court verdict.the hindu
Talaq issue: Kashmir chief
cleric accuses Centre of interfering into religious affairs of Muslims
Srinagar;Kashmir’s chief
cleric Mufti Bashir-u-Din on Sunday said that the Govt of India (GoI) of direct interference into the
religious affairs of Muslims.Din’s comments come a day after the Centre
submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court calling for an end to practices
like “triple talaq”.“Despite religious freedom guaranteed under the provisions
of Indian constitution, Govt of India is
moving to court against triple talaq. It is direct religious interference,”
Mufti Bashir-u-Din said. greaterkashmir
RSS blames Nehru for civil
code mess: asianage
Mumbai: An internal
newsletter of RSS has claimed that the first PM of the nation, Jawaharalal Nehru, pushed for
the Hindu Personal Law because he wanted it to benefit his daughter (Indira).
The article alleges that Nehru showed a lot of interest in passing Hindu Civil
Code, because he didn’t have a son, and wanted to pass on all his property and
royalty from books legally to his daughter Indira.To explain why Nehru wanted
the Hindu Civil Code passed, article states:“In 1947, when India got freedom
from British, Hindus still practiced the multiple wives system, even child
marriage was prevalent and women had no rights in their husband or father’s
property”.
Triple Talaq debate: Arnab
Goswami makes ex-Mumbai cop Shamsher Pathan leave his show (Watch Video)
KASHMIR
ISSUE & SUOTH ASIA
Pakistan a ‘fly–by-night
operator’, misusing UN forum for ‘territorial aggrandisement’: India
UN: Hitting back at
Pakistan for again raising the Kashmir issue at the UN, India termed the
country as a “fly–by-night operator” saying Islamabad “flagrantly” misuses the
forum of the world body for its “territorial aggrandisement”. Exercising the
Right of Reply, Minister in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Srinivas
Prasad, strongly rejected remarks made by Pakistan’s envoy to UN, Maleeha
Lodhi, in which she had said that non-implementation of UNSC resolutions for a
plebiscite in Kashmir is the “most persistent” failure of the UN.“We are
constrained to take the floor to exercise our Right of Reply because we have
just heard one country – Pakistan – make reference to the Indian state of J&K
in a rather self-serving and
disingenuous attempt to bring an extraneous issue to this committee,” Prasad
said during General Debate of the Special Political and Decolonisation
Committee here yesterday.PTI
US says does not support
declaring Pak a 'terrorist state'
Washington: US today said
it does not support declaring Pakistan a 'terrorist state' but will continue to
work with the govt s in the region to eliminate safe havens which also pose a
threat to India. US also called for a "meaningful dialogue" between
India and Pakistan to address differences including the Kashmir issue and to
bring down the recent tensions. State Department spokesperson John Kirby,
however, expressed confidence that Pakistan has kept nuclear arsenals safe from
terrorists.Asked if the govt would
support a bill in the Congress and an online petition that the US should
declare Pakistan a 'terrorist state' , Kirby at his daily press briefing said:
"I have not seen anything specifically about the - such a bill, and
obviously we don't."He, however, said he would not comment on
"whatever pending legislation may be coming in that regard". "What
we - what I would say is common threat, common challenge in the region, and
we're going to continue to work with Pakistan, with Afghanistan, and the
Secretary just came back from Brussels
and Afghanistan conference in Brussels. And obviously it's a threat to the
Indian people as well.PTI
Don't expect army not to
have role in India policy: Pak high commissioner to India Abdul Basit
Even as he asserted that
Nawaz Sharif was in the "driving seat" in his country, Pakistan high
commissioner to India Abdul Basit has said the Pakistani army has an important
role to play in Islamabad's India policy. In an interview to TOI, he said the
army had important inputs to give on India, Afghanistan and all other
security-related issues.Media reports from Pakistan have suggested that Sharif
's civilian govt has asked the army to
act against terrorist groups.Basit categorically rejected these reports but
said it would be "incorrect" to expect that the Pak army would not
have a role on India-related issues.TOI
No breakthrough likely in
Indo-Pak ties during Modi tenure: Sartaj Aziz
War not an option for India
and Pakistan: Pak envoy to US
Washington: Asserting that
war is not an option for India and Pakistan, a top Pakistani diplomat has said
Islamabad believes there is a need to resolve all bilateral disputes, including
the Kashmir issue, through dialogue."Going to war is not an option at all.
The reason is both the countries need economic development, have to work for
the welfare of the people," Pakistan ambassador to the US Jalil Abbas
Jilani told a group of reporters here at an award ceremony held on the
sidelines of the annual fall meeting of the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund."So war is not an option at all. Specially among two
nuclear-powered countries," he said in response to a question
yesterday."Thinking about war is unimaginable. So this is the thinking of
the Govt of Pakistan — to resolve all
the issues including that of Kashmir through dialogue as per international
legality," Jilani said.PTI
Pakistan calls death of
12-year-old Kashmiri boy ‘state terrorism’
Islamabad:Needling India on
the Kashmir unrest, Pakistan today said the death of a 12 year-old Kashmiri boy
due to pellet injuries was the ‘worst example of state terrorism’. Condoling
the death of Junaid Akhnoon, Foreign Office (FO) claimed the incident was part
of ‘continued Indian atrocities’ in Kashmir. “Cold-blooded murder is the worst
example of state terrorism of the Indian govt and is indeed deplorable,” it
said.PTI
Lessons in hate: Why
Kashmiri students are being targeted on campuses across India
J&K: Teargas, pellets
at 12-yr-old’s funeral procession, 3 injured
Suspected militants snatch
rifles from cops in Kashmir:PTI
Srinagar:Suspected
militants have decamped with 2 rifles from cops guarding a minority picket in
south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said in Srinagar. Militants on
Saturday night snatched 2 SLR rifles from policemen guarding the minority
picket in Tumlahaal village in Lassipora area of Pulwama, police official
said.He said police has taken cognisance of incident and senior police
officials have rushed to the spot.
Kashmir: Locals rescue army
man injured in Srinagar road accident
Srinagar:Locals on Sunday
rescued an injured army man who met with an accident on the Srinagar-Jammu
highway in Lasjan locality of Kashmir capital Srinagar.In a video captured on a
cellphone, locals could be seen helping the injured army man to come out of the
truck where he got stranded following the accident.An army spokesman confirmed
that the local youths helped the injured army man.The act of caring and
hospitability assumes more significance in view of the ongoing civilian
uprising in which 94 people have been killed and over 10, 000 injured in
forces’ action since the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani on July 8. greaterkashmir
Watch how Kashmiri youth
rescued a trapped army jawan in Valley
Day 93:Restrictions in
Srinagar; shutdown across Kashmir
Srinagar:Authorities on
Sunday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to prevent protests in the
wake of a 12-year old boy's death due to pellet injuries."Restrictions
have been imposed in areas falling under the jurisdiction of seven police
stations in Srinagar to maintain law and order," a police official said.
"Adequate deployment of forces have been made at other places," he
said here.Authorities had clamped curfew in seven police station areas here on
Saturday as Junaid Ahmad Bhat, 12, died in a local hospital after he was
admitted with pellet injuries sustained in Saidpora area on Friday.IANS
Operation Ginger:
Tit-for-tat across LoC: The Hindu
New Delhi: Over a few weeks
in the summer of 2011, India and Pakistan staged two of the bloodiest
cross-border surgical strikes in which at least 13 soldiers were killed, and
six of them decapitated. 5 of those heads were carried across the border as
trophies — 2 to Pakistan and 3 to India.Official documents, video and
photographic evidence accessed by the The Hindu, chillingly capture the two
cross-border raids and the brutality of the tit-for-tat cycle which seems far deadlier
than what is publicly acknowledged.Major General (retired) SK Chakravorty, who
planned and executed the operation as the chief of Kupwara-based 28 Division,
confirmed the raid to The Hindu. However, he refused to discuss further
details.Pakistani raiders struck a remote army post in Gugaldhar ridge in
Kupwara, on the afternoon of July 30, 2011, surprising the 6 soldiers from the
Rajput and Kumaon regiments. 19 Rajput Battalion was to be replaced by 20
Kumaon around the time the Pakistani Border Action Team (BAT) struck. Attacking
team took back the heads of Havildar Jaipal Singh Adhikari and Lance Naik
Devender Singh of 20 Kumaon. A soldier of the 19 Rajput, who reported the
attack, died later in a hospital. thehindu
Unclear if Operation Ginger
was surgical strike or ambush: Defence expert Major General (Retired) RK Arora
OTHERS
Waqf Board dissolved
because of fight against corruption:Kejriwal
New Delhi: A day after Lt
Governor Najeeb Jung dissolved the Delhi Waqf Board, CM Arvind Kejriwal said on
Saturday that the move came because its chairman Amanatullah Khan was targeting
"big vested interests" responsible for corruption in the religious
endowments body. "Everyone knows that Waqf Board had become the centre of
corruption. But after taking over as the chairman of the board, Amanatullah
Khan increased its income from Rs 26 lakh to Rs 1 crore by taking several
measures," Kejriwal said at a press conference."He was targeting big
vested interests and that is why he was removed and the board dissolved,"
he said.IANS
Bigwigs illegally occupying
Waqf Board land; Board is at mercy of RSS, BJP Congress: Amanatullah
New Delhi: AAP has accused Delhi
BJP, Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung and the Congress of having orchestrated a
joint move to get the Delhi Waqf Board (DWB) sealed as several Delhi bigwigs
were “illegally occupying land belonging to the Board”.At a press conference,
the party attributed the move to the fact that its ex-chairman and AAP Okhla
MLA Amanatullah Khan had ensured that it was “working honestly” under him,
which shook BJP-LG, Congress combine.“Govt s in Delhi when BJP or Congress were
in power had ensured that the Board remained a den of corruption, which we
tried to change. This is the first time in history that a Muslim body has been
put under a lock and key arrangement and put directly at the mercy of the RSS,
the BJP and the Congress whose bigwigs have illegally occupied land that
belongs to the Board,” he said. thehindu
Lt Guv running RSS agenda,
targeted me because I'm Muslim: Amanatullah Khan
SIO Conference: Freedom of
Religion was a revolutionary concept in the field of Knowledge
New Delhi: In the inaugural
session of the Indian International Islamic Academic Conference, president
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Sayed Jalauddin Umari said that Islam’s direction of
freedom of religion was a revolutionary concept in the field of Knowledge.
Islam asserted on the way of debates, discussions and preaching for conveying
the message rather than forcing anyone for it. It was a revolutionary things in
the field of knowledge. He was addressing a session at India Islamic Cultural
Centre on Saturday. This 2 day conference is organized by Student Islamic
Organization of India in order to address the issues of Indian society through
Islamic perspectives.Describing the importance of education and knowledge, He
said that the knowledge develops human being. It enable the human being to
serve humanity. It increases status of human being to the angel. Those
communities and nations who are leading the world are developed in the field of
knowledge. Urging the youth and students to match the present standard in
research, He explored that Islam is based on nature and reason and Its teaching
appeals to the human nature and reason.Addressing the gathering, Islamic
Scholar Salman Husaini Nadwi urged students and youth to follow the prophetic
role model and to sacrifice the life in the way of Islam.He also criticized
modern ideologies secularism, liberalism and communism. He took on the US govt for
military aggression in Afghanistan, Syrian and Middle East. Dr. Zafarul-Islam
Khan, Editor-in-Chief of Milli Gazette, criticized the present situation of Muslim
community for its backwardness and called for self-introspection. Professor
Dietrich Reetz, University of Berlin, said that Prophet Mohammed’s the
constitution of Madeena is an example of tolerance, integration and pluralism
in Islam. On a question he said that there is biased about Muslims and Islam in
Media that should be solved by the communication.Ameen Usmani, general
secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy, Professor Mohsin Usmani, and Dr. Eric Winkle
Faculty, Ibn Arabi Foundation also addressed the session. Milli Gazette
Calcutta HC lifts Puja
curbs on the eve of Mohram, slams Bengal ‘bid to appease minorities’
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has held the time limits
set by the West Bengal govt for Durga
idol immersion next week, on account of Moharram, as “arbitrary” and said the
order was a “clear endeavour” by the state to “appease the minority section of the
public”.While noting that “we live in difficult times” and it would be
“dangerous to mix politics with religion”, the order of October 6 by a
single-member bench of Justice Dipankar Dutta said no decision should be taken
that could pit “one community against another”, and that “intolerance would
rise in the event of such arbitrary decision” of the govt .“There has been a
clear endeavour on the part of the state govt to pamper and appease the
minority section of the public at the cost of the majority section without
there being any plausible justification. The reason therefore is, however, not
far to seek,” the court added. Bijoy Dashami, the day of the Durga idol
immersion, falls on Oct.11 this year. The tazia procession for Muharram is to
take place the next day.Directing the police and civil administration to work
together to identify routes for immersion processions and for tazia to be taken
out by Muslim community, taking care to “ensure that the routes do not
overlap”, Justice Dutta said that “no effort” had been made to “satisfy” the
Bench that “processions (tazia) on eve of Moharram are an inseparable part of
the mourning” associated with Moharram.Noting that “there has never been a
holiday” declared by the state or Centre on the eve of Muharram to “facilitate
processions (tazia)”, the court said, “Administration has failed to take note
of the fact that Moharram is also not the most important festival of people
having faith in Islam… To put it curtly, the state govt has been irresponsibly brazen in its conduct
of being partial to one community, thereby infringing upon the fundamental
rights of people worshipping Maa Durga.” indian express
West Bengal appeasing
minorities by setting time limit on Durga immersion ahead of Moharram: HC
RTI to make public probe
report on Vemula’s death declined
New Delhi:Centre has
declined to make public a panel’s report on the death of research scholar
Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University. Replying to an RTI query, it said that
the file concerned is “under submission” and copy of the report cannot be
provided. “File concerned is under submission. Therefore, copy of report cannot
be provided at this point of time,” HRD Ministry said in reply to the RTI query
filed by PTI. It did not cite any provision of the RTI Act in declining the
information. A govt department is expected to mention relevant provision of the
RTI Act under which information is being withheld.PTI
MP towns where Ravana worshipped,his
death is mourned
In the districts of
Mandsaur and Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, Ravana is revered. Mandsaur, for
instance, is believed to be the home town of Mandodari, Ravana's wife.Namdeo
Vaishnav Samaj of Mandsaur believes that since Mandodari was a native of the
town, Ravana is respected as the learned son-in-law. A 35-feet tall statue of
Ravana is installed in the Khanpur area of Mandsaur. "We remember Ravana
for his knowledge of all the Vedas and his devotion towards Shiva. Burning his
effigy is seen as a sign of disrespect towards him and so, 'Ravana dahan' is
never done in this town," said Ravi Ranka, a cloth merchant in Mandsaur.As
per Hindu customs, women cover their heads in front of their in-laws. And
interestingly, since the town treats Ravana as their son-in-law, women cover
their heads while passing-by or praying at the Ravana temple. On the day of
Dussehra, the locals in Mandsaur start praying to Ravana in morning.Prayers end
with chants of "Hail Dashanan, Hail Ravana". Dashrath Dubey, a local
priest said, "We worship Ravana like all other gods and goddesses, as we
believe in him and pray him.TOI
UP: Shamli village tense
over ‘missing’ cow: thehindu
Meerut: A village in Babri
in Shamli district remained tense on Saturday morning after Hindutva groups
alleged that a cow, which had gone missing, was slaughtered. Even as they got
the local market closed in protest, some cow vigilante groups attempted to take
out a demonstration over the incident. Police registered FIR in the case
related to the missing cow. thehindu
Noorul Islam University
hands over nano satellite to ISRO
Thiruvananthapuram: Noorul
Islam University (NIU), Kanyakumari, on Saturday handed over a nano satellite,
NIUSAT, to ISRO which will launch it into space along with 20 others using
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) next month. Satellite will help in disaster
management and can also map pollution and crop patterns across the globe.
Around 145 students, mostly of aerospace and aeronautical engineering
department of the varsity, have worked on the project for several years. The
satellite has been equipped with a multi-spectral camera with 30 m resolution
and 60 square km area of coverage. Once the solar panels of the satellite are
deployed after launch, it can monitor the stress on crops caused by diseases or
lack of proper irrigation. “Varsity wanted to focus on a programme that could
help in disaster management as areas such as Kanyakumari and Nagapattinam were
devastated by the tsunami. Hence, programme was kick-started in 2007,” said
programme director AE Muthunayagam. A specialised control station has been set
up in a four-storey building inside the varsity premises to control 15 kg
satellite. As per conservative estimates, around Rs 40 to 50 crore has been
earmarked to realise the project. The varsity and students can help NGOs and
entities from across the globe to monitor their assets in land. The satellite
has an expected lifespan of over a year. Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam
ceremonially handed over the documents of the satellite to University
Chancellor A.P. Majeed Khan. Deccan Chronicle.
Noorul Islam University
bets big on NIUSAT
1 Lakh people marched in
Malegaon for Muslims for quota
Malegaon: After the
enormous display of unity by Maratha community, Muslims in the textile town of
the state marched along the street in a huge number demanding reservation for
their community. As many as one lakh people, including some Hindus took out a
rally on Friday evening here in the Malegaon and raised their demand of
reservation for Muslims in education and govt jobs. Rally was headed by Syed
Mansoor Ali Tipu who is the descendent of Tipu Sultan.TCN
Faizul Hasan elected AMU
student union’s president
Aligarh:Faizul Hasan, a
doctoral student in the Aligarh Muslim University’s department of sociology,
was today elected as the president of the varsity’s students’ union. The
results were announced early this morning after the polling for AMU Students
Union was held yesterday. MSW student Nadeem Ansari was elected as vice
president while Nabeel Usmani, a student in the Faculty of Management, was
elected secretary of the students’ union.PTI
In a first, 3 women elected
to AMU students' union cabinet
Proposal for yoga, culture
courses in JNU rejected again
New Delhi: JNU’s plan to
introduce short-term courses in Indian culture and yoga is unlikely to take off
with the university’s top decision making body rejecting a proposal in this
regard for the second time. The proposal to introduce 3 short-term courses in
these subjects had come last year against the backdrop of right-wing
organisations, including RSS, insisting on propagation of culture in
educational campuses to promote India’s rich heritage and restore its cultural
identity. Following various communications from the HRD Ministry and UGC, JNU
had last year circulated a draft of three courses among its various schools and
departments for their feedback. The proposal was rejected by Academic Council,JNU
statutory decision making body, in November. PTI
Muslims should not waste
votes on SP, Cong: Mayawati
If Samajwadi Party gives
him ticket, Mukhtar will contest, says Afzal
Who gets to decide the
boundaries of madrassa curriculum? Muddassir Ahmad Qasmi for TCN
Mumbai order on Surya
Namaskar is interfaith discrimination & curtailment of fundamental rights: Zafar
Mahmood for TCN
Sabarmati Ashram trustee
Hamid Kureshi dies at 89; cremated according to his wish, infomrs family
‘Ila and I are indeed very
good friends’: Former CEC SY Quraishi dismisses marriage rumours on Twitter
Religion is nation’s base,
should not be ignored: Bhagwat
World
Saudi coalition announces
probe of Yemen airstrike that killed over 140 people
Sanaa: Saudi Arabia-led
coalition fighting in Yemen on Sunday promised an immediate investigation into
an airstrike on a funeral that killed more than 140 people.In a statement
published by the official Saudi Press Agency, the coalition said the probe
would be conducted with US experts“Our troops have clear and explicit
instructions not to target civilians and to spare no efforts to avoid them
dangers,” the statement said.It added:“Required information will be provided
for the probe team, including those related to the military operations carried
out on Saturday by our forces in the area of the incident and the surrounding
areas.”Saudi Arabia earlier denied claims from Houthi rebel govt that the
coalition was responsible.The attack targeted the funeral of the father of
Houthi Interior Minister Galal al-Rawishan in capital Sanaa on Saturday
evening. More than 500 were injured in the attack.UN humanitarian aid chief
Stephen O’Brien said he was “horrified and extremely disturbed” by the attack.Anadolu
agency
Yemen air strikes :US says
no blank cheque to Saudi
US on Sunday said its
security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a "blank cheque" as the
Obama Administartion strongly condemned its key ally's air strikes on a funeral
in Yemen which killed over 140 people."US security cooperation with Saudi
Arabia is not a blank cheque," said Ned Price, Spokesman of the National
Security Council, White House.PTI
UN chief demands
'impartial' probe into Yemen attack
Russia vetoes UN resolution
on Syria truce
New York: Russia on
Saturday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution submitted by France that
proposed restoring a cessation of hostilities in Syria's Aleppo.Moscow
submitted a draft resolution of its own, which also urged for the end of
violence in Aleppo but with an emphasis on continued fight against terrorists, term
used by Russia and Syria in reference to all groups opposed to the Bashar
al-Assad's regime.UK's UN envoy Matthew Rycroft called the Russian resolution
"a sham"."There can be no justification for aerial attacks that
indiscriminately hit civilians, their homes and their hospitals," he told
the Security Council.After the failure of the French resolution, the one tabled
by Moscow, which was limited to humanitarian aid and did not stipulate an end
to Aleppo bombings, was shot down collectively by Western powers. AA
Syria's war: UN Security
Council votes on Aleppo
Amid Syrian chaos, Iran’s
game plan emerges: a path to the Mediterranean: The Guardian
Russia moves
nuclear-capable missiles to NATO doorstep
Egypt: Court delays hearing
of Mohamed Morsi's appeal
Cairo: An Egyptian Court has
postponed a hearing of an appeal by Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically
elected president in Egypt, in the case known in the media as "Itehadeya
Palace incidents", a judicial source said.Morsi, who was sentenced to 20
years in prison, appealed -- along with 8 others -- the verdict against them in
the so-called "Itehadeya Palace incidents” case, in which they were
accused of "incitement to violence", including killing protesters,
outside the presidential complex. Judicial source, who spoke anonymously due to
restrictions on speaking to media, added that the Court of Cassation,highest
court of appeals in Egypt, postponed the hearing to Oct. 22.Morsi's defense
team had requested to postpone the court’s hearing in order to view a
memorandum of the prosecution which rejects their appeal.AA
2 Israelis, Palestinian
shooter killed in attack
Jerusalem: 2 Israelis died
after they were shot at a tram station in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday,
officials said.At least 6 others were wounded, Magen David Adom emergency
service said. Palestinian attacker was killed by police after opening fire on a
crowd, local media, which identified the 2 dead Israelis as a woman in her 60s
and a male police officer, reported. Anadolu
Palestinians urge US to
deliver on settlement stance
'New York: US must follow
through on a firm stance against Israeli settlements, the Palestinian envoy to UN
Riyad Mansour said. Praising a "strong reaction" from Obama
administration on renewed "illegal" settlement efforts by Jewish
state, Mansour said:"We ask the US administration to follow on what they
have stated during the last few days.Anadolu Agency
5 Mosuqes in Italy banned,
Muslims offer prayers on streat
Rome: Govt of Italy has
closed down 5 masajid. As a protest of this step of the Govt, Muslims offered
prayers on the roads. A large number of Muslims gathered on the road and joined
the prayers.There have been campaigns against Islam and the Muslims in many
countries of Europe. Siasat
Muslim woman’s hijab pulled
off, UK police seek help on ‘racially motivated’ attack
Growing list of republicans
call for Trump to step down; Trump apologised, but said would "never
withdraw"
Republican Party plunged
into an epic and historic political crisis Saturday with just a month to go
until Election Day, as a growing wave of GOP lawmakers called on defiant
presidential nominee Donald Trump to drop out of the race in the wake of a
video showing him make crude sexual remarks.The fallout from the tape published
by The Washington Post - in which Trump bragged in obscene language about forcing
himself on women sexually - threatens to endanger the party's hold on both
houses of Congress in addition to White House, which many Republicans now fear
is lost. The episode also comes ahead of Sunday's second presidential debate in
St. Louis, which was already a crucial moment but could determine how widely
the damage spreads.By mid-afternoon Saturday, more than 2 dozen Republican
lawmakers had called on Trump to leave the race, often touting vice
presidential nominee Mike Pence as an alternative. Trump, who offered a
qualified apology for the remarks in an overnight video statement while also
attacking former president Bill Clinton, told The Post he would not drop out
under any circumstances."I'd never withdraw. I've never withdrawn in my life,"
Trump said in a Saturday morning phone call from his home in Trump Tower in New
York. "No, I'm not quitting this race. I have tremendous support."WashingtonTimes
McCain pulls support from
Trump after lewd comments
'He's a punk, he's a dog,
he's a pig': Actor Robert DeNiro lets fly at Donald Trump
'Not the man I know':
Trump's remarks 'unacceptable and offensive', says wife Melania Trump
British Model Kimberley
Miners Arrested Over Isis Link:PTI
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