Evening NEWS DIGEST
17 Oct. 2016: 15 Muharram 1438: Vol: 8, No:13
Interference in personal
law will not be tolerated’: All Muslim sects - Sunni, Shia, Barelvi, Deobandi,
Ahlehadis warn govt on Uniform Civil
Code
Mumbai: Scholars and
clergymen from different Muslim sects, under the banner of All India Muslim
Majlise-e-Mushawarat, on Sunday registered their protest against the Law
Commission's consultation on triple talaq and the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).In a
rare display of solidarity, Islamic scholars and clerics of all Muslim sects on
Monday attacked the government for trying to introduce a Uniform Civil Code.
The scholars and clerics from Sunni, Shia, Barelvi, Deobandi and Ahlehadi sects
registered their protest against what they termed was "the government's
interference in personal laws".The meeting in Mumbai was chaired by
Maulana Sayed Mohamed Khalid Ashraf, the president of Daruloom
Mohamdiya.Prominent among those who attended the meeting were All India Ulema
Council president Maulana Zaherudin Khan, Mushawarat president Naveed Hamid and
general secretary Mujtaba Farooq, All India Muslim Personal Law Board executive
committee member Maulana Sayed Athar Ali, Jamiat Islami Hind vice president
Maulana Nusrat Ali, internationally-famous Haji Ali Dargah's Imam Maulana Mohd
Islam, noted Shia scholar Maulana Asgar Imam Salfi (Ahlehadis) Maulana Asgar
Haideri and others."Any interference in Muslim Personal Law will not be
tolerated. Any efforts to impose a Common Civil Code in the name of social
reform and gender justice will prove counter- productive," they said in a
joint statement here."The government should respect this position of
Muslims instead of conspiring to put an end to it. The government cannot force
Muslims to follow other communities in issues related to personal laws as it
would amount to an infringement of their fundamental rights."Those
clamouring against triple talaq and demanding a ban on polygamy are a minuscule
minority and are not representative of the Indian Muslim community," said
Maulana Sayed Mohamed Khalid Ashraf.All India Ulema Council president Maulana
Zaherudin Khan said the move of banning triple talaq is a conspiracy to impose
a Uniform Civil Code.All India Ulema Association president Maulana Sayed Athar
Ali said the government should not interfere in the belief and religion of any
citizen.PTI/IANS
All Muslim sects unite to decry
'interference' in personal laws
Muslim clergy decries
debate on triple talaq, UCC
Muslim sects come together
against Centre's move on triple talaq: UNI
Govt raising issue of
uniform civil code to divert public attention from its failures: Maulana
Tauqeer Raza
Bareilly: Amid the raging
controversy over uniform civil code and triple talaq, Barelvi cleric Maulana
Tauqeer Raza Khan said the issue is being raised to divert public attention
from the government's "corrupt practices and failures on many
fronts". Khan said, "The issue of uniform civil code is being raised
to divert the attention of citizens from corrupt practices of the govt and its
failures on many fronts." Clerics have taken exception to Centre's stand
to oppose triple talaq before SC. Barelvi sect of Muslims have said the twin
moves mark an infringement on personal laws and rights of minorities under the
Constitution. Meanwhile, different organizations of Sunni Barelvi clerics have
left for Delhi to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar today against uniform civil
code and affidavit submitted by the Centre in the Supreme Court opposing triple
talaq.TOI
'Muslims won't tolerate
interference in personal law'
Govt will reach out to
Muslims before taking decision on triple talaq: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
New Delhi: Centre will
reach out to Muslim organisations to build a consensus on the issue of triple
talaq over the next few months, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
told ET on Sunday. He also said it was wrong to conflate this with talk of a
uniform civil code and the two were unrelated. ET
Centre’s stand on triple
talaq based on gender justice: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi:Union Law
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the Centre’s affidavit on the triple
talaq issue, which is being heard in the Supreme Court, was based on the
principles of assuring gender justice, gender equality and dignity. Minister
stressed that the right to freedom of religion did not enjoin “every pernicious
practice” as being integral to it.In an interview,Minister, who has been deeply
involved in the framing of the govt’s response to the Supreme Court on the
matter, said the Law Commission’s wider consultation on the question of a
Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was separate from the triple talaq issue.“You have to
understand that certain victims of triple talaq from the Muslim community had
gone to the Supreme Court challenging its validity. The Court had asked for a
response from the government. Ours is a well thought-out response. It is
fundamentally based upon gender justice, gender equality and gender dignity.
All these three flow directly from the fundamental values of our Constitution,”
Prasad said. Minister said All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s assertion,
that the Modi government was intent on interfering with Islam rather than any
other minority community, including the Jains, in terms of religious practice,
was “baseless.”Prasad denied that uniform civil code was part of the
ideological core of the BJP. Minister stressed that the government had taken
this stand. Explaining the Centre’s stand in court recently over the issue of
the triple talaq, Prasad said,“We stated our view when asked by the Supreme
Court, in the case of religious practices of other communities, if there is a
challenge in court, we will state our position,” he said. the hindu
Triple talaq affidavit has
nothing to do with UP elections, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Attempt to brand Muslims
anti-nationals: Minority panel chief on triple talaq
Hyderabad;Chairman of State
Minorities Commission serving AP and Telangana sees the Law Commission’s
questionnaire asking the public for responses on Uniform Civil Code and ‘triple
talaq’ as an “attempt by the govt to brand Muslims as anti-nationals”.“Govt is
trying to create a sort of atmosphere where the Muslim community gets agitated
and does something which is not desirable and, in turn, they are branded as
anti-nationals…those who do not follow the Constitution of India and all that,”
Abid Rasool Khan said.PTI
Hyderabad emerges as hub of
campaign against Uniform Civil Code
Hyderabad: This historic
city with a rich Muslim past has been at the forefront of most national
campaigns on issues related to the community. And with the movement against a
discussion on the Uniform Civil Code by the Law Commission gathering strength,
it once again finds itself in the lead. Many muslim organisations here feel the
Law Commission’s move is the thin edge of the wedge in the attempt to impose a
uniform personal law on the community. A call given by AIMPLB for a
country-wide signature campaign against the Uniform Civil Code is receiving
good response, with groups belonging to various sects working together. Various
organisations are collecting signatures of both men and women to oppose any
move “to interfere with Muslim personal law”. The campaign has been taken up at
various mosques in the city with men and women signing a proforma prescribed by
AIMPLB, said to be apex body representing muslims in the country.The proforma
for women in part reads: “We the undersigned Muslim women do hereby declare that
we are fully satisfied with all the rulings of Islamic Shariah, particularly
Nikah, inheritance, divorce, khula and Faskh (dissolution of marriage). We deny
that these need any reform or there is any scope for change therein.” The
proforma also says the signee “firmly stands” with the AIMPLB to “safeguard
Sharia law”.Imams at mosques, in their sermons, are speaking about what they
see as a first step toward imposing the Uniform Civil Code by the government at
the Centre. They are exhorting Muslims to unite to defeat the proposal.On
Oct.19, Muslim United Forum is organising a protest meeting at Darussalam, the
HQRS of AIMIM to show unity on the
issue. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and leaders of other constituents of the
forum representing various sects will address the meeting.Owaisi has said he
would respond to the Law Commission’s questionnaire, although he says a uniform
code for personal matters would not be good.IANS
Any personal law
contradicting constitution must be reviewed: Union Minister Pradhan on Triple Talaq
New Delhi: Following
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Facebook post dwelling on the ongoing debate
over ‘triple talaq’, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday said
that any personal law which contradicts constitutional rights must be
reviewed.“Any personal law such as ‘Triple Talaq’ which contradicts the set of
fundamental rights guaranteed by our constitution must be reviewed,” wrote
Pradhan in one of a series of tweets. indian express
What was need to convert
'triple talaq' into UCC in affidavit, asks Ex NCW member Shamina
New Delhi: Criticising the
Central Govt for politicising the 'triple talaq' issue, ex-member of the
national Commission for Women (NCW) Shamina Shafiq on Monday said it is a very
serious matter for the Muslim women, but it is unfortunate that the Centre has
given a different dimension to the petition.ANI
BJP raking up talaq issue
to communalise UP polls:JDU
Patna: JD(U) has accused
the BJP of raking up the triple talaq issue “just to communalise” UP Assembly
polls, adding that it could also attempt a “shila poojan” even though the
Ayodhya temple and Babri Masjid dispute was before the Supreme Court.Speaking
to the media after the first day’s session, JD (U) national spokesperson KC
Tyagi said: “We want to ask why the BJP has been discussing triple talaq. There
are ways to discuss it internally among the AIMPLB, clerics and cultural and
social bodies. Why is the BJP discussing it now? They just want to communalise
UP elections.” indian express
Triple talaq against
Quranic principle, UCC misunderstood:Film scriptwriter Salim Khan
Muslim personal law:
Shayara Bano case outcome may be far greater than that of Shah Bano case
Govt bid to divert
attention from failures: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
Signature drive begins
against UCC:TOI
PM Modi's estranged wife
Jashodaben takes centre stage as debate on triple talaq heats up
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi's
marital life and his estranged wife Jashodaben once again took centre stage -
this time in Urdu press and social media, as the debate on reform in the Muslim
personal law, especially a ban on concurrent talaq and polygamy, heated up
citing women's rights and gender equality.ummid.com
PM Modi should ‘look after’
his own wife than to worry about Muslim women: Azmi
New Delhi: A prominent
Muslim leader Obaidullah Khan Azmi, joined Congress party at its national
headquarter in Delhi on Sunday.Speaking to Janta Ka Reporter, Azmi
sarcastically advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ‘look after’ the
interests of his wife than to worry about Muslim women.siasat
Muslim Board indulging in propaganda:
RSS on UCC
RSS on Monday alleged that the AIMPLB was
indulging in propaganda over the Uniform Civil Code and blamed the successive
governments for institutionalizing majority and minority. RSS ideologue Rakesh
Sinha backed Arun Jaitley's assertion that personal laws must be
constitutionally compliant, adding there cannot be two laws in this country.
ANI
BJP slams Nitish for asking
Centre to leave triple talaq issue to Muslims
KASHMIR
& SUOTH ASIA
Modi bumps into Xi,
Prachanda on sidelines: The Hindu
Goa: An unusual trilateral meeting
took place here on Saturday evening, which highlighted the significance of
Nepal in India’s ties with China. The unscheduled meeting reportedly began when
PM Narendra Modi walked in when President Xi Jinping of China was meeting with
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ of Nepal.Nepali sources confirmed
that 15 minute-long meeting was unscheduled and unplanned and took place after
Nepal and China held a bilateral discussion on the sideline of the BRICS summit
here. Prachanda’s son, Prakash Dahal was also present in the venue. Immediately
after the meeting Prime Minister Modi and President Xi left for a photo session
for BRICS leaders. However, sources said that the meeting was held in a cordial
atmosphere with all 3 seeking more cooperation on issues of mutual
interest.Following the meeting Prakash Dahal placed several photographs of the
meeting on his Facebook page. Writing in Nepali, he said, that the meeting was
“coincidental”. “With the help of right support from these major countries,
Nepal’s prosperity is possible,” he wrote on his Facebook page.Earlier,
President Xi and Prime Minister Prachanda held a bilateral meeting. During the
meeting President Xi described China and Nepal as countries that are connected
by rivers and mountains.
China defends Pakistan
after PM Modi's 'mothership' of terror remark
Beijing: A day after PM
Narendra Modi called Pakistan a "mothership of terrorism", China on
Monday strongly defended its all-weather ally, saying it is against linking any
country or religion with terror and asked the world community to acknowledge
Pakistan's "great sacrifices". In a sharp reaction to a question
about Modi's characterisation of Pakistan at the BRICS Summit in Goa,
spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry Hua Chunying said China is opposed
to linking any country to terrorism."It is the same way we oppose linking
terrorism with any specific country or religion," she said."We oppose
linking terrorism with any specific ethnicity or religion. This is our
long-standing position. China and Pakistan are all-weather friends.Noting that
India and Pakistan are "all victims of terrorism", she said Islamabad
has made "great sacrifice to combat terrorism and this needs to be recognised
by the international community".PTI
China defends Pakistan
after Modi’s ‘mothership’ remark, says it’s against linking terrorism with
ethnicity or religion
As BRICS summit begins in
Goa, Chinese, Paki flags waved in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar: On the eve of
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Goa for BRICS summit, Chinese and
Pakistani flags were waved by some protesters who took to the streets after
Friday prayers in Baramulla. This is the first time that Chinese flags have
been seen in the Valley protests since the killing of Hizbul militant Burhan
Wani.Soon after the Friday prayers ended at the idgah in Baramulla old town, a
demonstration was staged and the flags were waved. Residents said the
protesters, who were chanting slogans, had inscribed a message on one of the
flags that sought help from China.“4 or 5 Chinese flags were displayed by
youths who had masked their faces during the protest that began soon after the
Friday prayers,’’ a Baramulla resident said. Police used tear smoke shells to
disperse the protesters after they began hurling stones at policemen on duty.
indian express
China impedes India’s
attempt to mention Pakistan-based JeM, LeT in Goa Declaration:TOI
Goa: Given China's
presence, a specific mention of cross-border terrorism was never going to be
possible but India was expecting the declaration to mention India-specific
groups like Jaish-e-Muhammed and LeT. However, as MEA secretary Amar Sinha
said, Brics nations couldn't arrive at a consensus on the
issue."Pakistan-based outfits are focused on India. It doesn't concern
them (other Brics nations) really, it affects us," Sinha said. This was
disappointing for India because international groups like the Islamic State and
Jabhat-al-Nusra found mention in the declaration. Without mentioning the Uri
attack, the declaration merely condemned "the recent several attacks,
against some Brics countries, including that in India.
BRICS Summit: Why China
& Russia did not name Pakistan on terrorism: Praveen Swami's write up
"PM (Modi) proclaimed,
in his closing statement at the summit, that BRICS member-states were “agreed
that those who nurture, shelter, support and sponsor such forces of violence
and terror are as much a threat to us as the terrorists themselves”. BRICS 109
paragraph summit declaration, however, doesn’t have a single sentence
reflecting this purported consensus—not even the words “nurture”, “shelter” or
“sponsor”. Worse, from India’s optic, the summit declaration calls for action
against all UN-designated terrorist organisations which include Lashkar-e-Taiba
and Jaish-e-Muhammad but names only the Islamic State and al-Qaeda’s proxy,
Jabhat al-Nusra—both threats to China and Russia but not to India. China’s
President Xi Jinping, said success against terrorism made it imperative to
“addresses both symptoms and root causes”—a stock-phrase Islamabad often uses
to refer to the conflict over Kashmir. Russian President Vladimir Putin made no
mention of terrorism emanating from Pakistan at all. Add to this, the United
States’ studied refusal to be drawn into harsh action against Pakistan and
there’s a simple lesson to be drawn: less than a month after it began, the PM’s
campaign to isolate Pakistan is not gaining momentum..." Indian Express
India violated ceasefire 90
times: Pakistan
Islamabad:Pakistan on
Monday accused India of violating the 2003 ceasefire in J&K more than 90
times. “During 2016, India violated the ceasefire more than 90 times. This must
stop,” Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakria tweeted. He said India was the
main hurdle to regional peace and accused it of vitiating the atmosphere
through blame games, hostile statements and propaganda in order to malign
Pakistan.IANS
India financing terror, has
no moral ground to talk about counter-terrorism efforts: Sartaj Aziz
Islamabad: Strongly
reacting to PM Modi’s remarks that Pakistan is the “mothership of terrorism”,
Premier Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Sunday accused
the Indian leader of “misleading” the BRICS countries over the issue. “Modi is
misleading his BRICS and BIMSTEC colleagues,” Aziz said. He also alleged that
the Indian leadership is “desperately trying to hide its brutalities” in
J&K. Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) said that Aziz reacted strongly to Modi’s
statement during his address at the BRICS summit in Goa in which he called
Pakistan a “mothership” of terrorism world-wide.Aziz said Pakistan joins all
the members of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and
BIMSTEC in condemning terrorism and reaffirms its full commitment to fight the
menace of terrorism without discrimination, “including against the Indian
state-sponsored terrorism on Pakistani soil”. Aziz said the UNHRC in Geneva and
the Secretary General of OIC have called for sending a fact finding mission to
Kashmir. He said UN and OIC have “rejected Indian attempts to equate Kashmiris’
movement for self-determination with terrorism.”He said the UN has repeatedly
emphasised that people fighting for their self-determination cannot be
categorised as terrorists by the occupying state. Accusing India of “terror
financing”, Aziz said “India has no moral ground to even talk about
counter-terrorism efforts let alone do the finger pointing.”PTI
Pakistan isolated due to its
policies, India has no role:MEA
Why boycott of Chinese-made
products is not a feasible idea
Surgical strikes: Parrikar
gives credit to RSS teachings
Ahmedabad: Giving
credit to the teachings of RSS, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Monday
that a Prime Minister from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and a defence minister
from Goa were a “different kind-of combination” that backed the Indian Army in
carrying out surgical strikes across the LoC.
Army threatened me for
Kashmir coverage: Shekhar Gupta
Srinagar: Noted Indian
journalist, Shekhar Gupta has said he would often receive threats from the
Indian Army and other government establishments for covering Kashmir.“We got a
lot of flak for covering Kashmir,” he said speaking at the book release
function of Aina Numa, a collection of writings of the ex MP and editor of
‘Aina’, late Shamim Ahmad Shamim. Gupta, who remained the editor-in-chief of
Indian Express for 19 years and also served as the vice chairman of the India
Today Group for a while, was the chief guest on the occasion.“When we broke the
story of Pathribal fake encounter in Indian Express, and did a number of
investigative follow up stories, I was getting phone calls from the Indian Army
who would tell me, ‘What type of stories are you covering,’” he said.Gupta, a
recipient of Padma Bhushan award for his contribution to journalism, writes a
weekly column ‘National Interest’ for India Today magazine and hosts an
interview-based television show ‘Walk the Talk’ on NDTV news channel.He said
Kashmir was inextricably woven in the national security story and had been
covered as a problem not as a place or people.“National media sees it purely
through the paradigm of that story – Line of Control, infiltration, gunfights,
militants, and so on,” Gupta said. “This type of journalism has bedeviled the
concept of Kashmir in India.”Gupta, an author of Assam: A valley divided and
India redefines its role, said it was unfortunate that journalists with very
little knowledge of Kashmir were parachuted to the Valley to cover Kashmir.
Rising Kashmir
Arnab Goswami to get Y
category security cover over threat from Pak-based terror groups: Report
New Delhi:Times Now editor-in-chief
Arnab Goswami will receive “Y category” security cover from the government
after IB perceived a threat to his life from “Pakistan based terrorists
groups”, the HT reported. The journalist will get 24-hour protection from
around 20 security personnel, including two personal security officers, who
will guard him from close distance.“Goswami is being given security on the
basis of a threat-perception analysis by the IB. We will go by IB
recommendation. He faces threats from Pakistan-based terrorist groups due to
his comments against them on Times Now,” a Union Home Ministry official, who
did not want to be identified as he is not authorised to speak to the media,
told the HT. Apart from Arnab Goswami, other journalists who receive similar
covers include Zee News’s Sudhir Chaudhary (’X’ category), Samachar Plus’s
Umesh Kumar (’Y’ category) and Ashwini Kumar Chopra (’Z Plus’ category). indianexpress
On Mumbai surgeon’s plea,
J&K agrees to train its eye doctors
Normal life continues to
remain affected in Kashmir:PTI
Day 101: Kashmir continues
to remain shut
OTHERS
Inspector Zia-ul-Haque
facing RSS ire: ‘They have ensured police won’t touch them again’
Bhopal:“I think their ego
was hurt. But now they have succeeded in setting an example so that police
officials won’t dare touch them again,” said 37-year-old Town Inspector
Zia-ul-Haque, who has been on the run since the arrest of zila pracharak Suresh
Yadav from the RSS office in Baihar town of Balaghat district on Sept.25.
Haque, since suspended, was in-charge of the Baihar police station. Accused of
beating Yadav at RSS office and in custody, he and seven other police officials
have been charged with attempt to murder, rioting, criminal intimidation and
robbery. Nearly 90 per cent of the staff at the police station was Hindu, but
it was his religion that got highlighted, Haque said, speaking from an
undisclosed location. Given his religion, he had got used to observing caution
while dealing with communal situations over the years, he added. He had once
been accused of supporting a Muslim candidate in a local poll, Haque said.On
Sept.24 and 25, Muslims came to the Baihar police station complaining about an
“anti-Islam” WhatsApp message by Yadav. A cautious Haque spoke to the
superintendent of police before proceeding towards RSS office. ASP Rajesh
Sharma led the team. The claim that police were accompanied by Muslim
complainants was a lie, he said.Pained at the charge that he kept assaulting
Yadav, who repeatedly fell unconscious, Haque said, “Police team booked Yadav
only after confiscating his mobile from which the WhatsApp message was sent.”
Yadav’s first medical report did not speak of any serious injury at all, he
said. Haque recalled spending the night cowering in a room above the police
station after it was surrounded by hundreds of slogan-shouting Hindu activists
following Yadav’s arrest. They demanded that he be handed over to them, Haque
said, called him names and said he should be sent to Pakistan.Lashing out at
his seniors for “deserting” them, Haque, who joined the police force in 2007,
said, “Police department did not stand by us while ministers called on Yadav… I
don’t have faith in the SIT (which is probing the incident) or the police
force.”RSS leader, who is admitted in Jabalpur Hospital since the alleged
beating, has been visited by three ministers, including Home Minister Bhupendra
Singh.Even after the row broke out, Haque said, he thought the worst that would
happen was he would get suspended. “I never thought I would have to go through
something like this.”Indian Express
Bengal: Homes ransacked in
communal clash,people flee
Hazinagar: Communal clashes
at Hazinagar and Halisahar in North 24 Parganas district since Wednesday have
left several people injured while an estimated 30 homes and several shops,
apart from four vehicles, have been ransacked or set on fire. Police said the
situation is under control now but many people have fled their homes. “We are
ascertaining how many people were injured in the violence,” an official said.
“But it is spread over a large area, which is very densely populated. The
figure will not be less than 20. At least 30 homes and shops have been damaged,
while at least four vehicles have been gutted.”The trigger was a low-intensity
bomb allegedly thrown at a Muharram procession Wednesday, police said. While no
one was injured then, it resulted in violence with a number of Hindu homes
being allegedly attacked by mobs, and Muslim mobs allegedly retaliating.The
initial violence was localised around Hazinagar’s Naihati Jute Mill area where
the Jama Masjid is situated, and the neighbourhood around Nelson Road that has
homes of both Muslims and Hindus. By Thursday, the violence had spread to
nearby Patterson Road, a Hindu-majority area adjoining the Muslim-dominated
colony around Hazinagar Chhoti Masjid. indianexpress
Communal violence in
Bengal: how the (social) media helps trigger incidents: Indian express
JNU student Najeeb missing
after altercation with ABVP activists
New Delhi: A JNU student
and AISA activist has gone missing under mysterious circumstances, police said
Sunday. Najeeb Ahmad, pursuing MSc and resident of room 106 of Mahi /Mandavi
hostel, has been missing since Saturday allegedly after an altercation with a
few students on Saturday night, they added.A case under section 365 of IPC has
been registered at Vasant Kunj North police station on the basis of a complaint
by his parents, police said. An AISA activist said Najeeb, who joined the
hostel a fortnight ago, had an altercation with some ABVP activists on Saturday
night when they were holding a door-to-door campaign at the hostel for mess
committee election. Najeeb allegedly slapped a student following which
residents of the hostel asked him to vacate his room. However, activist
alleged, “It all started with a scuffle between two groups of students, but
then an entire group of ABVP activists came to avenge it and beat him up,” the
activist said.PTI
Declared ‘missing’ in 2013
riots, two ‘victims’ found living with their family in Muzaffarnagar
Lucknow:2 persons,
including a woman, believed to have gone “missing” after the riots broke out in
Muzaffarnagar and its adjoining districts in 2013 have been found safe and
living with their respective families. Their respective families had filed
missing complaint with the police. The cases were later turned into that of kidnapping.Police
already had filed closure reports in both the cases stating that the “victims”
could not be traced. While collecting
the names of the beneficiaries, a team from district administration reached the
houses of Asima (70) and Gulfam (30) at Khalapur locality in City Kotwali
police station area and Shorum village in Shahpur police station area,
respectively, in Muzaffarnagar. indian express
SC extends stay on Bombay
High Court’s Haji Ali order
New Delh: The Supreme Court
on Monday extended the stay granted by Bombay High Court to facilitate an
appeal against its decision to lift the ban on entry of women near the sanctum
sanctorum of the famous Haji Ali Dargah till October 24, when it will hear the
matter. As the case did not reach the board for hearing, the counsel for the
Haji Ali Dargah Trust urged the bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur,
Justice AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud to extend the stay until the next date
of the hearing.The bench accepted the oral plea of senior advocate Gopal
Subramaniam in this regard.PTI
Ex- MP Obaidullah Khan Azmi
recruited in Cong, says will oppose uniform civil code
New Delhi:Congress on
Sunday sought to downplay the triple talaq issue, saying the “matter is in
Supreme Court”, while ex-Rajya Sabha MP Obaidullah Khan Azmi, a new recruit in
the party, asserted that he will oppose any “wrong move” on the issue by the
government. Azmi, who had vehemently opposed the Supreme Court judgment in Shah
Bano case, said, “I am an office-bearer of All-India Muslim Personal Board. If
the govt tries to misuse it or make any wrong move on the issue then I will
fight against it. I will oppose it in my individual capacity.” he said this
when asked about his stand on the triple talaq issue in the presence of Congress
leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.However, Azad tried to play it down saying, “since the
matter is in the Supreme Court, there will be no discussion on it.” indianexpress
Congress to host ‘minority
conventions’ across UP in month-long campaign
Pune: 2 booked for death of
cattle, illegal transport
Pune: Pune police have
booked two men for allegedly transporting 10 cows in a truck without feeding
them or taking “proper care” resulting in the death of three. The cattle were
being transported from Amreli in Gujarat to some undisclosed location in
Maharashtra when the police intercepted the vehicle at Moshi on a tip off.
Truck driver Siraj Razzak More, 28, a resident of Amreli in Gujarat, and his
help Yunus Khalifa, 30, have been booked under Section 11 of the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 for forcing the cows into a condition that led to
their death. indianexpress
Gujarat: Kejriwal meets
family of Ayyub killed by cow vigilantes
Vadodara: Family members of
a Muslim youth, who was allegedly killed by cow vigilantes on the suspicion of
carrying a calf for slaughter, on Sunday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal in Vadodara. Mhammad Ayyub was beaten on SG Highway on the night of
September 13 after his car met with an accident and a calf he was carrying
died. Some people allegedly beat him up suspecting he was carrying the calf for
slaughter, according to the police. He died at civil hospital in Ahmedabad
three days later. Mohammad Arif, his brother, on Sunday travelled to Vadodara
from Ahmedabad with his two sisters to meet Kejriwal. “We met Kejriwal at the
circuit house and sought his help to get justice for our brother. He assured us
that he will help us in getting justice and also took our mobile number and
said he will meet us when he is in Ahmedabad next time,” Arif said. “We asked
for his help in getting the three main culprits, all cow vigilantes, arrested.
Police have arrested (other) eight persons. We also sought his help in getting
compensation. Government never cared to contact us to find out about our
plight,” he said.PTI
United they stand: Muslims,
Sikhs support Marathas as lakhs rally in Thane
Thane:Following the massive
protest in Kolhapur on Saturday, lakhs of Marathas in Thane and Palghar held a
silent protest in Thane on Sunday. Members of Sikh and Muslim communities
supported the march by serving the protestors water and cold drinks. Organisers
said nearly 10 lakh people joined silent protest. However, the actual figure
has not been verified. Residents aged two to eighty years joined the march.The
state had announced several schemes for helping Marathas gain admission to
professional courses, hoping to ease tension among the community. However, the
community refused to compromise on their prime demands, including reservation
for the community, justice for the Kopardi rape victim and amendments to the
Atrocity Act. Hindustantimes
‘I am a dalit,’ asserts
Rohith Vemula, in video shot days before he hanged himself: indianexpress
New Delhi:In a video that
has surfaced this week, PhD student Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide
earlier this year, asserted that he belongs to Dalit community.Video was shot
by friends days before Vemula hanged himself in his hostel room at Hyderabad
Central University.“My name is Rohith Vemula…I’m a Dalit from Guntur district,”
the PhD scholar was seen saying in the video.This was in stark contrast to the
observation made by the one-man judicial commission set up by the HRD Ministry
on Jan. 28, which raised questions about his Dalit status. You can read more
about the report, here.
Don't send children to
schools, Salafi preacher tells followers:TOI
Kozhikode: A Salafi
preacher has asked Muslims not to send their kids to the mainstream schools
that are "conspiring to wean students away from their religion" and
exhorted the community to set up home schools where the wards can be taught in
the pure Islamic way. The speech by Abdul Mohsin Aydeed, an extreme Salafi in
the group of Shamsudeen Fareed, surfaced on Sunday when the row over the
textbook of Peace International School was raging outside. Though the exact
date of the speech, uploaded in edawa.net, is not known it has some veiled
reference to the Peace school controversy.
World
UN ‘extremely concerned’
for 1.5 million civilians in Mosul as offensive begins: AFP
UN: UN deputy Secretary
General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief voiced grave concern
Sunday at risks faced by civilians as operations to retake the Iraqi city of
Mosul began.“I am extremely concerned for the safety of up to 1.5 million
people living in Mosul who may be impacted by military operations to retake the
city from ISIL,” Stephen O’Brien said, referring to the Islamic State jihadist
group.He warned that “families are at extreme risk of being caught in cross-fire
or targeted by snipers.”Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has said only government
forces will enter Mosul, a Sunni-majority city that IS seized with relative
ease partly amid local resentment towards the Shiite-dominated security forces.
Iraqi army begins Mosul operation':Aljazeera
Israeli rights group vows
to fight against settlements
An Israeli human rights
group has vowed to continue its battle against Israel's settlements built on
occupied lands sought by the Palestinians, rejecting a harsh rebuke by PM
Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli leader accused B'tselem of joining a "chorus
of slander" against Israel, after the rights group urged the UNSC to take
decisive action against settlements. Aljazeera
Rise of Prince Mohammed bin
Salman rattles Saudi: NYT
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