Evening NEWS DIGEST
22 Oct. 2016: 20 Muharram 1438: Vol: 8, No:17
Gujarat:
Thousands Muslim women protest against Uniform Civil Code
Surat:
Thousands of Muslim women participated in a rally organized by All-Muslim Samaj
to oppose Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country on Friday.Over 25,000 women
from Limbayat, Udhna, Rander, Adajan and walled city areas later submitted a
memorandum to district collector saying that Muslim women will not tolerate any
interference in their personal laws. Thats true, Any interfere in Muslim
personal law is not accepted. For a muslim women or man Shriya is above
everything. Humeria Shaikh, a housewife from Limbayat, said, "Sharia is
oxygen for Muslim men and women and under no circumstances, we will agree to
any changes in our personal law."All-Muslim Samaj member Maqsood Beg Mirza
said, "A signature campaign has been started in the city to get the
support of Muslim women against UCC. A huge response to the campaign should be
a clear message to the central government that there can't be any compromise on
Muslim Personal Law."TOI
We
Love Shariat: Over 25,000 Muslim women protest against Uniform Civil Code in Surat
Minority
community in Dahod opposes uniform civil code
Karnataka:
Signature campaign against uniform civil code
Bengaluru:Hundreds
of Muslims who gathered for Friday prayers in mosques across the state signed a
declaration circulated on behalf of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board
opposing common civil code.“Constitution of India has provided complete freedom
for followers of all faiths to practise their religion. We therefore do not
accept common civil code in any form. We are with All India Muslim Personal Law
Board to save and protect Shariat laws,’’ states the declaration. indianexpress
Muslim
women protest against ‘Sharia’ modification in Hubballi: thehindu
Protesting
against any kind of interference in the Muslim Personal Law (Islamic Sharia) a
mammoth rally comprising mainly of Muslim women was taken out in Hubballi on
Saturday. In the protest, held under aegis of Anjuman-E-Islam, thousands of
Muslim women and men took part and urged the Union Govt not to meddle with the
Muslim Personal Law.
COIMBATORE:
Signature campaign held against uniform civil code
Hyderabad:
Signature campaign against UCC launched
Its
time to abolish 'triple talaq': Naidu
Hyderabad:
Describing ' triple talaq ' as anti-constitutional and anti-civilisation, Union
minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said its time country should abolish this"gender
discrimination", in the light of principles of justice, dignity and
equality. "Triple talaq is anti-constitutional, against law, against the
principles of democracy and anti-civilisation. This kind of opinion is on the
rise. There is a discussion going on, on this subject. Already so much of time
has been taken. It is time the country should move forward to abolish 'triple
talaq' to end the discrimination and also have gender justice and equality
before law. We should end this," Naidu told reporters. "Even Muslim
women are demanding justice.There should not be any gender discrimination.
There should be gender justice. All are equal before the Constitution," he
said speaking here.He suggested that as the Supreme Court is currently
scrutinising the issue, anybody can go and voice their concerns.On the Uniform
Civil Code, he said, "govt will do everything in a transparent manner. It
will take Parliament into confidence. Some sections are resorting to a false
propaganda that the government is trying to implement Common Civil Code from
backdoor."PTI
Triple talaq, Uniform Civil
Code can be discussed if any member raises it: Manmohan Vaidya, RSS
Hyderabad:Speaking on the
eve of 3-day-long Akhil Bhartiya Karyakari Mandal baithak, RSS Prachar Pramukh
Manmohan Vaidya said though triple talaq and Uniform Civil Code is not on
agenda but if any member raises it then it will be discussed in this baithak.
Elaborating on the sidelines of the press meet, Vaidya further said that issue
of triple talaq has been brought forward by Muslim women only. Based on this
the Supreme Court had asked for opinion.Public should come forward and
participate in it. He also said that on the last day Bhaiya ji Joshi may speak
on it.Manmohan Vaiday also said that a discussion on national scenario will be
done and two resolutions will be brought in this baithak. Vaidya also said that
meetings have started for communal harmony in which efforts are made to resolve
differences between different communities. india today
Sunni Barelvi clerics start
Shariat Bachao Andolan against Uniform Civil Code; seek Jains, Sikhs, Parsis
support
Bareilly: Sunni Barelvi
clerics on Friday began preparing to organize what they are calling a 'Shariat
Bachao Andolan'. As part of this, they will prepare a plan on how to oppose the
proposed Uniform Civil Code and the Centre's efforts to ban triple talaq.The
clerics have begun a signature campaign both online and offline, demanding
"protection of Muslim personal law as guaranteed by the Indian
Constitution and protest Uniform Civil Code". Shariat Bachao Andolan has
been started under the banner of All India Jamat Raza-E-Mustafa, a social
organisation. The clerics associated with this campaign distributed 5,000 forms
in Bareilly on Friday and also launched a website www.almindia.com/sbandalon to make people register
their objection to the UCC."Our aim is to get 5 lakh forms filled within a
week. A form can have signatures of 14 persons who declare that they want
freedom of religion granted in the Indian Constitution and do not want the
Uniform Civil Code," said Maulana Shahbudeen Razvi, general secretary of
the organisation.Addressing a crowd of over 2,000, which raised slogans against
the Centre, at Eidgah ground, Razvi said, "On the direction of RSS, the
Modi government wants to communalise the country to provide benefit to BJP in
UP assembly elections. When the Constitution has given the right to all
religions and sects to follow the law on the basis of their faith, books and
culture, why is the govt after triple talaq? They have no right to interfere in
our law and we will oppose it at every level."Maulana Asjad Raza Qadri who
is president of the organization and also city qazi, said, "After Modi govt
came into power, it has been continuously playing with the feelings of Muslims.
We will do our best to ensure the agenda of RSS and Modi fails."Mufti
Asfaq Qadri, who was present at the meeting, said, "I request other
minority communities, including Jains, Sikhs and Parsis to support us in
defeating Modi's scheme of interfering with our Shariat law. If other minority
communities remain quiet, the Centre will soon target them."TOI
Don’t touch personal laws:
Muslim groups stage protest in Mumbai
Mumbai: Nearly 2,000
Muslims staged a dharna at Azad Maidan on Friday to demand reservation for
their community in jobs and education. They will next hold a massive morcha on
Dec.21 at Nagpur during the winter session of the legislature to press their
demand. Leaders at the meeting organised by Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind (Maharashtra)
also asked the Center to stop “interfering” in Muslim personal laws. “Several
inquiry commissions have recommended reservation for Muslims in order to remove
the community’s educational and economic backwardness,” said Jamiatul
Ulema-e-Hind (Maharashtra) president Hafiz Nadeem Siddiqui. After Marathas
began holding rallies seeking reservation, Muslim groups too have started
raising the reservation issue aggressively.They also protested the Center’s
affidavit on triple talaq and polygamy in the Supreme Court and the law
commission’s questionnaire seeking suggestions about modules of uniform civil
code. We will not allow this to happen. The government must withdraw its
affidavit in the SC and the law panel should recall the questionnaire,” said
Mufti Mohd Huzaifah Qasmi. indiatribune
Triple
talaq row: Muslim organisations step up protest against Centre
Lucknow: Intensifying the campaign against the Centre
and courts 'meddling' in Sharia laws, especially the triple talaq issue,
All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has asked the Imams (Head) of
mosques to sensitise people about the rights of women given by Islam. AIMPLB
member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali appealed to all the Imams of city
mosques to spread awareness amongst people about the rights given to women by
Islam after the Friday prayers yesterday.In his address at Masjid Taqwiyatul
Iman, he quoted several Quranic verses and sayings of Prophet about women
having equal status and also about inheritance. He also quoted sayings of
Prophet regarding the rights of wives in Islamic laws. Recently, AIMPLB
launched a signature campaign against the affidavit of Central government and
law commission on the triple talaq issue. People in large numbers, especially
females, took part in the campaign. UNI
Adivasis knock on SC door
against uniform civil code
New Delhi: DHNS: A group
representing interests of tribals has approached the Supreme Court, contending
that any direction to impose Uniform Civil Code would affect their distinct
customs, culture, heritage and religious practices, including their right to
practice polygamy and polyandry.Rashtriya Adivasi Ekta Parishad said the
adivasis (tribals), numbered about 11 crore in the country, had their own
personal laws and do not come in the category of Hindus as they worshipped
nature instead of idols and performed burial of the dead. The marriage
ceremony of the tribals was also different from the Hindus, it submitted.The
application by the group, which claims to be working for the upliftment of
scheduled tribes for 25 years, has added a new dimension to the controversy.In
an impleadment application, the group claimed, "In case Uniform Civil Code
is made, then the advasis’ right to marriage, worship, last rites and other
ceremonies would be abrogated”. Move will not only affect Muslims but other
communities having different customs and personal laws, it said.It pointed out
that polygamy is found among the Naga tribes, the Gonds, the Baiga, the Lushai
among others while polyandry is prevalent in Himalayan tract stretching from
Kashmir to Assam. In its classical form, it is found among Tiyan, Toda, the
Rota, the Khasa and the Ladhaki Bota, it pointed out. Likewise, the group
said the dissolution of marriage and divorce are easily possible among the
tribals on various grounds by a simply ceremony. Tribals can marry more than
one woman and the bar imposed under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, does not apply on
them. Delhi-based group also submitted that as per Article 44 of the
Constitution, Uniform Civil Code is to be secured by the state and not any
court. deccan chronicle
Dalits, OBCs and Tribals
too come out against Uniform Civil Code
New Delhi: Echoing the
sentiment of Muslim community, the SCs and STs as well as Lingayats, Buddhist
and Other Backward Communities’ organizations have also came out in open to
protest government initiative on Uniform Civil Code. They said that it was against
the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution and that will obliterate
their distinct identity from Hinduism.Addressing a joint press conference here
on Thursday, dalit, tribal and Buddhist leaders have condemned the move in one
voice. They described the move as ‘electoral gimmick’ of the Modi government in
view of the forthcoming crucial assembly elections in UP.They also underlined
that UCC is not only a Muslim issue but of hundreds of the religious entities
across the country who do not believe in Hinduism in its Brahamanical
face.Echoing his views, Prof. Baba Haste of Buddhist International Centre said
imposition of UCC will threaten the very fabric of the country. Buddhist monk
Prof. Bhante Samyak Rakshit said UCC will kill all the religious identities in
the country.UCC is not only concerned to Muslims but also to other religious
groups, it is a conspiracy to bring back the cruel ‘varnashrama’ (caste system)
in the guise of UCC, he added.the indian awaaz
Congess
leader defends polygamy, says men’s sexual desires need to be fulfilled within
marriage
Congress
leader Ibrahim Kodijal hasextended his support for the practice of polygamy as
“it is necessary for a man to satisfy his sexual desires”. The leader, who
hails from Karnataka, addressed a press conference in Mangaluru and said that
if the wife is unwell, she would not be able to get involved in the act of sex.
Hence, to stop the husband from proceeding to a sex worker, it is essential
that polygamy was allowed.According to Kodijal, “Islam says you must not go to
a sex worker, if you want, you can marry again.” He said that Islam allowed
polygamy as it strongly condemns going to sex workers. He further said that
Islam only allows a man to get married more than once, only if he is physically
and financially capable of taking care of her. Ibrahim Kodijar has been a
member of the Congress for and made these statements while responding to a
question on Uniform Civil code. Financial Express
Man
needs to have sex when wife is unwell: Congress leader defens polygamy in Islam
Muslim
cleric criticises Modi govt move on Uniform Civil Code
Kolkata:
A leading Muslim cleric on Friday accused the Modi government of hatching a
conspiracy to "impose" the Uniform Civil Code in a bid to polarise
the nation, and called for a nationwide road blockade to protest the move. With
2 Muslim TMC MPs - Sultan Ahmed and Idris Ali - by his side, Tipu Sultan Mosque
Imam Syed Noor-Ur-Rahaman Barkati appealed to all communities to join hands to
oppose the Centre's plans. "Modi government is trying to polarise the
nation on communal lines by imposing the UCC on us. We won't accept it. We are
totally opposed to it. "I appeal to all Hindus, Muslims, Christians,
Dalits and other communities to join hands," Barkati said while speaking
at a protest demonstration in front of Tipu Mosque. Hyderabad emerges as hub of
campaign against Uniform Civil Code "We will organise a nationwide road
blockade on the issue. I urge everybody to participate in this. We will also
hold a rally at the Park Circus Maidan soon," he said. Both Ahmed and Ali
univocally expressed their opposition to any move to impose UCC. "It will
only end up jeopardising the country's unity. We won't allow any interference
in our religious matters," said Ahmed. IANS
If
Modi govt tries to abolish triple talaq, BJP will be finished; Shahi Imam
Muslim
Personal Law Board launches signature campaign against Uniform Civil Code in
Hyderabad
Facing
ordeal through in-laws, Muslim Woman refuses to accept Talaq notice by Husband
& will Move Family Court
Pune:
Amid a raging debate over the issue of triple talaq, an 18-year-old Muslim
woman, who was recently divorced as per Islamic tradition, has refused to
accept the talaq and decided to take up cudgels against the “abhorrent
practice”.Arshiya Bagwan alleged that soon after her marriage 2 years ago, her
in-laws started torturing her. She was sent back to her parents’ house in
Baramati town near Pune, where she received a divorce notice from her husband a
few days back, with the word ‘talaq’ written 3 times.Narrating her ordeal in a
press conference organised by Muslim Satya Shodhak Mandal on Friday, Arshiya
said she was married to Mohammad Kazim Bagwan, a vegetable trader in the city
at a tender age of 16. “After 6 months of marriage, my mother-in-law started
torturing me for not conceiving. However, even after I became pregnant, the
harassment continued,” she said.Arshiya, who is now a mother of an 8-month-old
boy, said due to the constant quarrels and disputes at home, she was packed off
to her parents’ house by her in-laws recently.I tried to resolve the matter
with my husband mutually. However, he also started avoiding me and even stopped
taking my calls. A few days back, I got a shock of my life, when I received a
notice from my husband in which he had declared thrice that he was giving me
talaqAs the woman was not willing to accept the talaq given in a “unilateral”
way, she approached the Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal, a city-based reformist
organisation.“Though I received the notice from my husband, I do not accept it
and will go to the family court against this arbitrary method of separation,”
she said.“I will help women from Muslim community, who have been subjected to
such abhorrent practices,” she said. Shamshuddin Tamboli, president of MSM said
that the organisation will support Arshiya and all those women in similar
situation.In the coming days, we plan to hold symposia and meetings across the
state to create awareness about triple talaq, polygamy and various other
practices.PTI
Pune: girl
fights triple talaq, plans to move family court
Pune
Woman refuses to accept Talaq notice by Husband
18-year-old
Muslim woman narrates her ordeal: ‘I do not accept this triple talaq
system’:TOI
Bhopal
Muslim women take husbands to court against talaq: India Tribune
Bhopal:
Some Muslim women have challenged their husbands in the court of law after they
separated from them pronouncing triple talaaq. Of 165 cases registered with
Mahila Thana, 145 of them have filed by Muslim women. And almost 50 per cent of
145 cases are being filed in the civil court against the pronouncement of
talaq. Moreover, complainants included those who were not present at time of
talaq pronouncement, and were simply conveyed about the decision by the
relatives.“We have been registering cases against triple talaq. Women come to
us crying, urging to help them and counsel their husbands to desist from
resorting to triple talaq,” said Sandhya Mishra, TI Mahila Thana. Safia Akhtar,
state convener of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), while talking to TOI
said, “They have no way left, except to move to the civil judicial system, when
the rules for marriage in our community are being taken for granted. Most of
the women go for registering cases for domestic violence, dowry and other kind
of atrocities to find the way out.”Mohib Ahmed, counsellor at Family counseling
centre, at Mahila thana said, “The rules in Quran is pro-women. Currently, we
had a case when triple talaq was misused and husband started living with other
woman. It depends on women, whether they wish to opt for Khula (women can take
initiative to separate from husband) or want to stay separately or demand for
time and help from husband.”“Whenever they come to us for discussion about
Talaq, its our priority to give them counseling. Thereafter even if they want
to move court, its a free country and they can move for justice,” said shahar
qazi, Mushtaq Ali Nadvi.
Women’s
group backs demand to abolition instant arbitrary talaq
Pune:
All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) supported the demand of Muslim
women for the abolition of the instant arbitrary triple talaq on Friday in a
statement issued by AIDWA president Malini Bhattacharya.AIDWA also condemned
the efforts of the Modi Govt through statements by ministers to bring in the
issue of a Uniform Civil Code. They said the questionnaire issued by Law
Commission on Uniform Civil Code just at this point of time that has govt
backing is a great disservice to reformers within community who are committed
to reform in personal law but are against UCC. indian express
OTHERS
RSS demands removal of
English as medium of instruction, ahead of new education policy formulation
RSS education wing, on
Friday, demanded that the use of English language as the medium of instruction
should be eliminated and emphasis instead should be on the mother tongue, from
the HRD ministry, ahead of the constitution of the new education policy, as
reported by Indian Express. RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas (SSUN)
made a number of suggestions such as that foreign languages be removed
completely from the curriculum — even as an alternative; that all research
should be connected to "national requirements" and those projects
that do not fulfill this criteria should be taken off UGC scholarships, and that
references that insult Indian culture and offer incorrect explanations should
also be removed, says Indian Express. According to India TV, RSS wing has also
recommended that the ministry must attempt to gradually remove English at all
levels of education, both in private and government schools, colleges and
universities, in a meeting between Atul Kothari, leader of the SSUN and HRD
minister Prakash Javadekar. Allegedly the government was asked to
"immediately provide facilities to introduce education in Indian languages
in English-medium institutions like IIT, IIM and NIT", by SSUN. An email
response by the ministry on 14 Oct.read that his list of recommendations is
noted and shall be discussed.Deccan Chronicle alleges that RSS affiliate has
even asked for legal action against schools that do not let students speak in
their mother tongue, as many schools have existing punishment systems,
including remarks and fines, for students speaking in their native tongue.
Kothari was reported as saying that many of his suggestions were
appreciated.'Saffronisation of education' has been a popular phrase associated
with Dinanath Batra, another RSS veteran of Shiksha Bachao Andolan, and leader
of the SSUN. firstpost
2 out of 3 in prison are
from weaker sections of society: NCRB
New Delhi: Indian prisoner
is typically from a weaker caste or tribe, male and poorly educated. 2 out of
every 3 prisoners in the country is a scheduled caste, tribe or backward caste
person, or someone whose education was terminated before Class 10, a govt
survey released on Friday showed. More than 95% of all prisoners were male. UP
had the largest number of female inmates, 3,533 – compared to 85,214 male
inmates.HT
Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son
arrested, family barred from meeting ailing leader
Srinagar: J&K Police on
Saturday arrested the elder son of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and
stopped his younger son from entering the octogenarian leader's residence,
virtually cutting him off from all family contact, sources said.Naim Geelani, a
doctor at a govt hospital here, was arrested at around 10 a.m. when he was on
his way to the Hyderpora residence of the hardline Hurriyat leader."He was
not allowed inside the house and police arrested him," a family source
said.The arrest came ahead of the senior Geelani's scheduled "address to
the nation" over telephone on Saturday afternoon. The address could not
take place due to the jammers placed by the state authorities around the
Hyderpora residence.Geelani's younger son, Naseem Geelani, an assistant
professor at the Sheri-Kashmir Agricultural University of Science and
Technology, was stopped by policemen from entering his father's house in the
morning. "You are not allowed to meet Geelani," the police told
Naseem.IANS
No congregational Friday
prayers at Jamia Masjid for 15th straight week
Pak seeks international
help to resolve Kashmir issue with India
Islamabad:In yet another
attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan’s ambassador to the US
Jalil Abbas Jilani has called on the global community to help resolve the
long-pending dispute with India, calling it a “nuclear flashpoint” in South Asia.
Delivering a keynote address at World Affairs Council, at Washington-based
think-tank, on Thursday night, the envoy said Kashmir was a “nuclear
flashpoint” and it must not be underestimated.PTI
Missing JNU student: They
wanted to kill him: eyewitness
New Delhi: As a mob of
around 30 students rained blows, abuses and communal slurs on JNU student
Najeeb Ahmed on the night of Oct.14, some of them could be heard saying
tauntingly, “Issko 72 houron ke paas bhejna hai (We will send him to 72
virgins)”.As another day goes by without any trace of the missing JNU student,
another eyewitness account comes to the fore of how the events unfolded on that
night. Shahid Raza Khan, M.Phil student of School of International Studies
(SIS) at the JNU, recounted to IANS the details of that night.Khan says that
night he “heard some noise” and ran down to the first floor. He says Vikrant
Kumar, ABVP member, saw him coming and approached him for help. “He asked me to
save him from Najeeb, who he said was beating him for no reason,” Khan told
IANS.“But when I saw Najeeb it was he who was bleeding from the mouth and nose.
We called the warden and took Najeeb to the bathroom for a wash. But in no time
about 25-30 other students came and thrashed Najeeb inside the bathroom,” he
added.Vikrant is reported to have gone to Najeeb’s room to campaign for the
post of Mess-Secretary and got into an altercation with him. ABVP members have
claimed that Najeeb started the fight upon seeing Vikrant wear the ‘kaleva’
(sacred red thread) on his wrist.Khan also revealed that Najeeb was being
continuously beaten by the mob on the way down to the Warden’s office.IANS
Najeeb case:200 protesting
JNU students detained
New Delhi: Over 200
students of the JNU were detained here on Friday while demanding swift action
to locate missing fellow student Najeeb Ahmed. Ahmed went missing on October 15
night from a university hostel after a brawl reportedly with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi
Parishad members.The students were led away by police when they reached the
Jantar Mantar protest site in the heart of the capital.They were taken to the
Parliament Street Police Station. The students kept a steady chant of
anti-police slogans while being detained.The police have set up a Special
Investigation Team to trace Ahmed.IANS
Guj, Muzaffarnagar riots
led youths to terrorism, police tells court in chargesheet
New Delhi:Rrots in Gujarat
and Muzaffarnagar have motivated youths to join terrorism in India, the Delhi
Police has told a court here in a charge sheet filed against 3 alleged JeM
operatives. Chargesheet was filed before Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh
Singh against the accused -- Mohd Sajid, Shakir and Sameer, who are currently
in judicial custody. Chargesheet says "He (Sajid) talked to youths (in a
meeting in his house on Dec.20,2015) about persecution of Muslims during
Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar riots,apart from talking about the conditions of
Muslims in Burma. He had said that they should be ready to face Gujarat-like
situations in future. PTI
Threat to witness: SIMI man
says 'it's cooked up'
Indore: 2 days after the
court directed the police to provide protection to an independent witness in
the SIMI trial, the SIMI man who allegedly made the threat has filed a rebuttal
in court. In his application, Ahmed Baig has said that witness Atul Pathak was
unnecessarily trying to seek attention by claiming he was threatened. He said
Pathak sought police protection by cooking up a story of a threat made by
him."Baig has also said that it is impossible for any of the accused to
have breached the security ring of policemen and security guards escorting
them, especially when the attention of everyone in court is on the
accused," Baig's counsel Chandan Airen said.He also claimed that it was
illogical and unreasonable to threaten the witness well after his chief
examination had finished. "The witness's vested interests are exposed when
he seeks protection from the imprisoned accused, who are lodged in a faraway
Ahmedabad central jail in Gujarat," the application stated.Apart from
submitting a rebuttal, chief examination of two witnesses ended on Thursday.
TOI
Maharashtra backs CBI's
demand for capital punishment in Bilkis Bano's gangrape case
Mumbai:After CBI asked for
capital punishment for three convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case, the
Maharashtra government asked the Division bench of Justice VK Rahul Ramani and
Justice Mridula Bhatkar for the harshest punishment. Public prosecutor Arfan
Sait argued for the state of Maharashtra in support of CBI's demand for capital
punishment for the accused in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case of 2002 Gujarat
riots.Sait cited the Supreme Court judgement in which court had said that an
organised crime or mass murder of innocent people would call for imposition of
death sentence as deterrence. indiatoday
Jharkhand to probe NGOs for
‘diverting’ foreign funds for religious conversions
Ranchi: Jharkhand police
will probe alleged diversion of an estimated Rs 310 crore foreign funds by NGOs
for suspected religious conversions, official sources said on Saturday amid a
raging controversy over activities of Christian missionaries in the
tribal-majority state.Chief minister Raghubar Das ordered the probe by the CID
after intelligence reports on the activities of at least 106
Christian-affiliated NGOs, the sources told HT.After the BJP government assumed
power in the state, the right-wing RSS flagged what it said was large scale
conversion of tribal people by Christian missionaries, allegedly through
allurement of cash and kind.HT
NHRC full panel to study
Kairana exodus report
NEW DELHI: National Human
Rights Commission has decided to place before the full commission the findings
of the Uttar Pradesh government and police on the exodus of 250 Hindu families
from Kairana for alleged "atrocities" and "deteriorating"
law and order situation. Interacting with reporters on the Foundation Day of
NHRC on Friday, its chairperson and former Chief Justice of India HL Dattu
said, "The Commission received the reports this week.We have not gone
through it. It will be examined by the full commission."TOI
World
Egypt upholds 20-yr jail
term for ex-Prez Morsi
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on
Saturday upheld a 20-year jail term for former president Mohamed Morsi for
violence charges, according to a judicial source.In April 2015, Morsi and
several co-defendants were sentenced to 20 years in prison each in connection
with deadly clashes outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace in eastern Cairo
in 2012.Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest appellate court, however, on
Saturday rejected an appeal filed by Morsi and his co-defendants against their
jail terms and upheld the verdict, the source said. While a total of 11 people
– including 8 Morsi supporters – were killed in the clashes, the trial only
addressed the death of 1 reporter and 2 anti-Morsi protesters. Saturday’s
verdict is final and cannot be appealed by court. It, however, can still be
overturned by a presidential pardon.Anadoluagency
Egypt court overturns life
sentence for Brotherhood chief
An Egyptian court on Saturday
overturned life sentences for Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme
guide, and seven others accused of inciting violence west of Cairo in 2013.In
mid-2014, Badie and 7 co-defendants were sentenced to life on charges of
inciting violence west of Cairo, in which nine people were killed and 21 others
injured.Six people were slapped with death sentences in absentia in the same
case.On Saturday, Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest appellate court, however,
accepted an appeal filed by Badie and his co-defendants and ordered a retrial, judicial
source said anonymously due to restrictions on speaking to media.Defense lawyer
Osama al-Helw said court found an “error” in the trial proceedings of Muslim
Brotherhood leader Essam al-Erian, one of the defendants, and ordered a
retrial. middleeastmonitor
Egypt: Senior military
official shot dead in Cairo
A senior Egyptian army
officer was shot dead outside his home in a Cairo suburb, AFP news agency
reported, citing a military official and a relative.Brigadier General Adel
Ragaei, who commanded an armoured division deployed in the Sinai, died in a
hail of bullets on Saturday, as he left his home in the Obour City suburb,
according to his sister-in-law Huda Zein Elabedine. Fighters in Egypt have
killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula, but
such attacks on senior officers are rare. aljazeera
Iraq: Security forces fight
ISIL gunmen in Kirkuk
Security forces in Iraq are
battling for a second day with ISIL gunmen who attacked the northern city of
Kirkuk, after an assault that appeared aimed at diverting attention away from a
major military push to retake Mosul, the armed group's last remaining
stronghold in the country.Fighters armed with assault rifles and suicide vests
struck government buildings, police stations and a power plant on Friday,
killing dozens of security forces and civilians. "There is still ongoing
fighting in certain areas of Kirkuk; this has been going on for more than 24
hours," Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid, reporting from outside the city,said
on Saturday.Military commanders believe the assault on Kirkuk was an effort to
create a diversion from the offensive on Mosul, 175km further north, which has
been held by ISIL.Further north, allied forces pressed forward in their 6-day
ground and air operation to recapture Mosul, recovering outlying territory
before the big push into the city itself. Jazeera
UN blames Syria forces for
third chemical attack
An international inquiry
has blamed Syrian government forces for a third chemical weapons attack,
according to a confidential report to the UNSC.The report, prepared by a joined
committee set up by the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW) and seen by Reuters, was presented to the security council on
Friday. UN experts behind the report said Syrian forces were responsible for a
toxic gas attack in the village of Qmenas in Idlib province on March 16, 2015.
The committee was unable to determine who was behind two other gas attacks -
against Binnish in Idlib province in March 2015 and Kafr Zita in Hama province
in April 2014.
Aleppo aid deliveries yet
to take place, despite ceasefire
Afghan Taliban envoys in
Pakistan to discuss possible peace talks - official: Reuters
Islamabad:A delegation from
Taliban's political office visited Pakistan over the weekend, senior officials
said on Saturday, for discussions that could include the latest informal effort
to restart talks to end Afghanistan's long war.The visit comes days after
Taliban sources said theyhad held informal meetings with Afghan and US
officials in Qatar, the first direct meetings in more than a year after a
fledgling process to halt 15-year-old conflict collapsed.Taliban sources said
Mullah Abdul Manan - brother of the late Taliban founder Mullah Omar - met with
US and Afghan officials but there was no breakthrough toward restarting formal
talks.Taliban delegation will brief Pakistani secuirty agencies on Qatar
meetings - which did not include Pakistani respresentatives - and complain
about recent arrests of some of its senior commanders in Pakistan, senior member
based in Doha said.Politicaloffice representatives Shahabuddin Dilawar, Jan
Mohammad and Abdul Salam Hanafi travelled from Qatar and some other joined them
in Pakistan, official said.Another Taliban member based in Afghanistan said the
delegation had held one round of talks and would stay for few more days.Taliban
spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed a delegation was visiting Pakistan but
would not comment on the Qatar talks, which he has denied took place. "Delegation
was sent to discuss some major issues with Pakistani leadership including the
arrests of Afghan refugees and their repatriation to Afghanistan," Mujahid
said. firstpost
No confirmation of Afghan Taliban
delegation in Pak:Sartaj
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'Most tortured man in
Guantanamo Bay' freed without charge after 14 years
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