Evening NEWS DIGEST
24 Oct. 2016: 22 Muharram 1438: Vol: 8, No:19
Can't allow lives of Muslim
women to be ruined by triple talaq: PM Modi
Mahoba (UP): Joining the
debate on triple talaq, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opposed the
practice among Muslims and in the same breath he condemned the prevalence of
female feticide in Hindu society."Female feticide is a sin. So what if the
sinner is a Hindu. My government has taken a number of steps (to stop this
practice). Daughters, mothers, sisters should be protected. One should not
consider religion. Mothers and sisters should be respected. We have raised the
issue firmly."Now the issue of talaq has come up. Just like if any Hindu
commits female feticide he will have to go to jail, similarly what is the crime
of my Muslim sisters that some one says talaq over phone and her life is
destroyed," he said addressing a "Maha Parivartan Rally" here in
the Bundelkhand region in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.Urging TV news channels to
not turn triple talaq into an issue of Hindu versus Muslim or BJP versus other
parties+ , Modi said that in its submission to the Supreme Court, the central
government had clearly stated that there should not be any atrocity on women
and there should be no discrimination on the basis of religion."In
democracy, there should be discussion. The government has put forward its
position. Those who want to digress from triple talaq are instigating
people...in the country, lives of Muslim women cannot be allowed to be ruined
by triple talaq," he said.In his speech, the Prime Minister asked the
audience whether the rights of Muslim women should be protected or not and
whether they should get equal rights or not?"Politics and elections have their
own place but getting Muslim women their rights as per the Constitution is the
responsibility of the government and the people of the country," he
said.Asking the media to not turn the issue of triple talaq as a matter between
the government and the opposition, Modi said, "Debate should be between
knowledgeable persons from Muslim community knowing 'Quran'. In Muslim
community, knowledgeable and progressive people are there. There are educated
Muslim women who can put their views forth.""When you do TV debate do
not turn it into Hindu-Muslim issues. Debate should be between those who want
change in Muslim society and those who do not want 125 crore Indians to know
what is the issue," the Prime Minister said.PTI
Triple Talaq debate should
be between muslims who want reforms and those who don't: PM Modi
Don’t politicise Triple
Talaq, it’s not just a Hindu-Muslim issue: PM Modi
PM Modi raising ‘triple
talaq’ issue for political gains: AIMIM chief Owaisi
Triple talaq must be
abolished to protect rights of Muslim women: BJP
Modi wades into political
battle over Muslim divorce law
Centre 'politicising'
triple talaq issue: Muslim women body says will not allow any interference in Muslim
Personal Law
Jaipur: Alleging that the
Central govt is "politicising" the triple talaq issue, Women India
Movement, a social organisation of Muslim women, today said it would not allow
any "interference" with Muslim Personal Law. "Central government
is politicising the practice of triple talaq to gain advantage and polarise
Hindu votes in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, which will not be
accepted," National President of the organisation Yasmin Farooqui told
reporters here.She alleged that it was the "conspiracy" of the Union
government to "enforce" Uniform Civil Code for Muslims, which is a
violation of right to freedom given by the Constitution. "Muslim women are
ready for any sacrifice under the leadership of All India Muslim Personal Law
Board if the government does not stop this interference," she said. State
president of the organisation Mehrunissa Khan said the Centre should instead
focus on providing education and basic amenities and eradicating other social
evils, like liquor, in the country. PTI
Haji Ali Dargah to give
complete access to women: The Hindu
New Delhi: Haji Ali Dargah
Trust on Monday conceded before the Supreme Court that it has resolved to allow
women to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the famed dargah in Mumbai “at par with
men”.In a hearing before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur, the
Trust said it has come around and passed a resolution on Oct.11, 2016 to comply
with a Bombay High Court judgment to give women equal access like men.“Is that
not what Your Lordships wanted? Is this not progressive?” senior advocate Gopal
Subramanium, representing the Trust, asked the Bench.Disposing off the
challenge raised by the Trust against the High Court decision, the Supreme
Court allowed the Trust two weeks' time to remove certain structural
obstructions inside the dargah to give women unrestricted view of the sanctum
sanctorum. The Bench directed that any "default or neglect" in
compliance by the Trust can be raised before the High Court.The hearing however
saw the court nudge the Trust on why it had separate entrances for men and
women into the dargah.“There may be women who do not want separate entrances.
Why do you have to distinguish between man and woman here?” Chief Justice
Thakur queried.
Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah
Trust to SC: Ready to give women access to sanctum sanctorum
China objects to US envoy’s
visit to Arunachal
New Delhi/Beijing: China,
on Monday, admonished the United States for sending its ambassador in India
Richard Verma to Arunachal Pradesh, warning that a third party's meddling would
only complicate the dispute between Beijing and New Delhi.Rebuffing China for
the objection, India said on Monday that there was “nothing unusual” about his
trip to a State that was an integral part of the country.“U.S. Ambassador
visited Arunachal Pradesh, a State which is an integral part of the country to
which he is accredited. There is nothing unusual in it,” External Affairs
Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said here.China claims more than 90,000 sq
km (35,000 sq miles) of territory disputed by India in the eastern sector of
the Himalayas. Much of that forms the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which
China calls South Tibet. Verma posted photos on his Twitter account on October
21 of his recent trip to Arunachal Pradesh, thanking Indian officials for their
“warm hospitality” and calling the region a “magical place.” thehindu
India slams China for
objecting to US envoy’s Arunachal visit
New Delhi: Rebuffing China
for objecting to US Ambassador Richard Verma’s recent visit to Arunachal
Pradesh, India on Monday said there was “nothing unusual” about his trip to a
state which is an integral part of country. “US Ambassador visited Arunachal
Pradesh, a state which is an integral part of the country to which he is
accredited. There is nothing unusual in it,” External Affairs Ministry
Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.PTI
US troops, not Indian
soldiers featured on BJP promotional posters in Varanasi
Soldiers have again made an
appearance on BJP’s promotional posters ahead of the crucial 2017 polls. A new
poster of the BJP released in Varanasi in UP boasted a silhouetted image of
soldiers from 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Screaming Eagles of US
armed forces. The image has also famously appeared as a banner by the famed TV
war series Band of Brothers. Notably, BJP has indirectly kept Uri terror attack
in public discourse but it seems odd that Indian soldiers were not put on the
posters, even if the Army’s responding surgical strikes operations are being
projected as an achievement by the party.
The image printed in the poster was apparently clicked in Iraq during
American military operations and has no link to Indian armed forces. The poster
which appeared in Mahanagar, Varanasi was put up apparently to welcome PM
Narendra Modi in his Lok Sabha constituency, ahead of the UP Assembly polls in
2017. The poster features PM Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and several local BJP
leaders like Pradeep Agrahari, Naveen Kapoor and Maneesh Kapoor. indian express
UP elections: Wary of BJP,
Muslims in wait and watch mode, may vote for BSP
Lucknow: As Samajwadi Party
looks heading for a split, Muslim community leaders have a message for its
chief Mulayam Singh Yadav: end the family feud soon or our votes would end up
with BSP in the next year’s Assembly polls, which in turn would help the BJP.
Muslims are considered the traditional votebank of the Samajwadi Party and the
concern has been voiced by several top clerics including Syed Ahmed Bukhari,
the Shahi imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid and Maulana Salman Nadvi of Lucknow-based
Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama.Nadvi said while the community was hoping for a
Bihar-like “mahagathbandhan” in UP so that the secular votes could remain
united. “But here, a fight is going on inside the SP. Muslim votes are more
likely to get split now and Mayawati is set to get more support from the
community. But overall, this atmosphere is going to help the BJP,” said
Nadvi.Meanwhile, Bukhari, who met SP chief last week, termed the ongoing
turmoil in party is “unfortunate and “at least Mulayam and Akhilesh need to sit
together to resolve the differences” before there is any damage in the
elections. “Father and son can not go against each other. Netaji can end this
dispute and he should do so. Party appears to be suffering. Muslims are
confused and despondent because of this.”Bukhari, however, added it was natural
that Akhilesh would want to take more responsibility after being chief minister
for four-and-a-half years and his removal from the post of state president was
a step against that direction. “It is being said that outsiders have fueled the
dispute…There is a need to strengthen Akhilesh’s hands,” he added. Barelvi
cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza said Muslim votes are likely to get split. indian express
Mulayam defends Amar Singh,
brother Shivpal Yadav as SP meet ends in acrimony
If Netaji asked me to
resign, I would have: Akhilesh
What NHRC didn’t see in
Kairana: Few molestation cases, fear of riot victims
Shamli: Of the 760 FIRs
lodged at Kairana Police Station since Jan.2016, 12 concern crimes such as
eveteasing, molestation etc. “Most cases are of dacoity, extortion,” says
Circle Officer, Kairana, Bhushan Verma. “Even in the dehat (rural) areas and
riot victim camps, theft is the basic problem.”NHRC team that visited Kairana
in July-August to investigate claims of “Hindu exodus” submitted a report
saying that the re-settling of Muzaffarnagar riots victims here had changed the
demographics of the area. It also claimed that Muslim youths tease Hindu girls
in Kairana town, leaving them scared to step out of home.Suleman, 60,
originally from Fugana village of Muzaffaranagar, lives in the ‘Hassanpur
Colony’ relief camp set up by the Jamait-e-Ulema near Bhura road in Kairana
Dehat. Expressing surprise at NHRC report, he says they barely ever visit
Kairana town.“My three sons crush stones all day, then we get one meal a day.
None of the families in the camp could offer qurbani this Eid, neither did we
have the money for even sewain. We are so busy with our own problems, how we
will go tease girls, that too in Kairana town some 20 km away? In the money we
would spend going there, we can cook 10 chapatis.”The camp has no sanitation
facility, leaving at least half the members of each family suffering from
diseases, says Mohd Imran. For clean drinking water, they must either walk several
kilometres, or risk the solitary handpump, he adds.Around 29,300 persons
affected by the Muzaffarnagar riots are estimated to be living in 65 ‘colonies’
spread across Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. Ninety percent of them are located
15-20 km from nearby towns, where the NHRC report said Hindu girls were teased.
Indian Express visited almost 20 such camps in Kairana in Shamli district, and
Kandhla and Muzaffarnagar in Muzaffarnagar district.indian express
Interest-free not Islamic
banking is preferred choice
Mumbai:The announcement by
a public sector bank that it will start Islamic banking if the RBI, national
banking regulator, approved the idea, has created excitement among groups
campaigning for this kind of financial services. Islamic banks are run on
religious principles that consider the taking and giving of Riba (interest) as
sin. Customers of Islamic banks get returns on investments through equity,
lease rents and dividends. At present, there are no guidelines for such
services in India. Muslims are not well represented in the banking business.
The community forms about 14% of the country’s population, but the Rajinder
Sachar Committee, which reported on the social, economic, and educational
conditions of the community, estimates that their share of bank deposits was
7.4% in 2005 and they took just 4.7% of loans.Syed Zahid Ahmad, a consultant
for Islamic banking — he prefers the term participatory finance — looked at the
total loans and deposits at scheduled commercial banks, and the Muslim share in
banking as per the Sachar Committee, and estimated that the community was
underbanked by nearly Rs 200,000 crores. “This is the borrowable credit not
utilised by Muslims. This loss pushes Muslims behind other communities,” he
said.“With 40% illiteracy and 31% headcounts living below poverty line, Indian
Muslims are rather pulling Indian economy downwards. To develop the economy in
a balanced way, we need to address the financial exclusion and economic plight
among Indian Muslims,” said Ahmed. Shafeeq Rahman, a doctorate in Islamic
economic thought from Jamia Millia Islamia university, said the National Sample
Survey Office’s survey on debt and investments in 2013 reveals that 62.69% of
Muslims operated a bank account compared to 73.57% Hindus, 80.26% Christians
and 96.99% Jains. Only 8.72% of Muslims had post office savings accounts
compared to 14.11% Hindus. “If government introduces interest-free banking,
Muslims will opt for it. Money lying without any productive benefit will come
to the mainstream,” said Rahman.H Abdur Raqeeb, convenor, National Commitee on
Islamic Banking and general secretary, Indian Centre for Islamic Finance said
after the Prime Minister asked RBI to constitute a committee to suggest ways to
make 90% Indians to be financially included, the bank set up a Committee on
Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion which submitted its report in December
2014. “This committee has one full chapter on interest-free banking with a
concluding recommendation to introduce interest-free windows in conventional
banks,” said Raqeeb.HT
Najeeb Ahmad still missing,
JNU students to approach LG, CM
New Delhi: 9 days after JNU
student Najeeb Ahmad went missing, hundreds of students on Sunday formed a
human chain in campus and held a public meeting outside the Vice-Chancellor’s
residence. The students said they will submit a representation to the
Lieutenant Governor, CMO and the National Commission for Minorities on
Monday.The students were joined by JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) during the
human chain — which stretched roughly 2 km from the Administrative Block to the
V-C’s residence — raising slogans such as “We want Najeeb” and “Nau dinon se
Najeeb hai gayab, kaun hai iske zimedaar?”. indianexpress
Umar Khalid criticises JNU
‘inaction’ in Najeeb case
Student leader Umar Khalid
came down heavily on the administration of JNU for its “inaction” in taking up
the issue of Najeeb Ahmed, a student who went missing last week after he was
allegedly assaulted by students affiliated to ABVP.“V-C says it is a minor
issue and students are unnecessarily politicising and communalising it. Whereas
it is ABVP that is communalising it,” Khalid told the Hindu, during his visit
to the city to participate in a national seminar organised by Indian National
Social Action Forum on ‘Shrinking Democratic Spaces and Rising Corporate
Hegemony’. He alleged that Najeeb was beaten up in full view of the hostel
warden, university president and hostellers on Oct.15 night. He has been
missing since then. Najeeb was allotted a hostel only 10 days ago and joined
JNU three months ago. Stating that the university also has a responsibility
towards the student, Khalid said the administration had not filed a police
complaint (and only the family and students had) and have not taken action
against those who attacked Najeeb.“We are demanding that the attackers be made
out of bounds from the hostel pending enquiry, so that witnesses can depose
without fear of intimidation. But it has not been accepted.This shows the
impunity ABVP enjoys within campuses,” he said. “In universities where student
movements have been banned, it is the ABVP that calls the shots now.” the hindu
JNU row over Najeeb Ahmad
is Naxal ploy to infiltrate campuses with Dalit-Muslim oppression
narrative:Firstpost
Islamic terrorism, threat
to Hindus in Tamil Nadu: RSS
Hyderabad: Islamic
terrorism is present in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, they are reportedly
targeting Hindus along with RSS and BJP cadre. Before 3 day RSS ABKM in
Hyderabad, Joint Secretary of RSS, G Bhagaiah addressed the crowd.He said
"Governments in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal are indulging in the
appeasement of the minority communities, the Hindus in these states are being
targeted but the government remains a mute spectator." He further added the government is torturing Hindus to appease
minorities and are creating imbalance in society.G Bhagaiya said that the first
political resolution in the 3-day RSS baithak will be the political murders
committed in Kolkata. He said "Despite democracy, politics of murder is
taking place. He further said " The barbaric murders of RSS workers in
Kerala is abominable, political intolerance is at its height there". indiatoday
Sangh Parivar oppose Tipu
Jayanthi, calls him 'anti-national'
Mangaluru: With Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah firm on celebrating Tipu Jayanthi across state this year
in spite of opposition, Bajarang Dal and Sangh Parivar association have urged
the state not to celebrate the jayanthi claiming that Tipu was anti-national
and they did not want to see Madikeri like incident.Addressing Bajarang Dal,
regional convention, Surendra Kumar Jain, joint general secretary, VHP in a
public meeting on Sunday questioned Siddaramaiah why Tipu's Jayanthi was
celebrated across Karnataka. "The day should be celebrated as death anniversary
instead birth anniversary. He was anti-national not patriotic," he
alleged. Further, he added that Islam forbids birthday celebrations, then why
CM is imposing new rule on minority community, he questioned. timesofindia
Centre encouraging online
applications for Haj: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Mumbai: Centre is
encouraging online applications for the next Haj pilgrimage so that people can
get an opportunity with complete transparency, Minority Affairs Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Mumbai on Monday. Naqvi, who inaugurated a meeting
of Haj Committee of India and states/UTs Haj committees at Haj House in south
Mumbai this morning, said during this year’s Haj pilgrimage, 45,843 people
applied online, which was about 11 per cent of total applications received from
across the nation. Maharashtra was at top place regarding online
applications. “We have been making
efforts to make the process of online application simple and easy so that more
people can apply online for next Haj pilgrimage,” he said. Altogether 99,903
people went to Saudi Arabia for Haj from 21 embarkation points across India
through Haj Committee of India this year, he said. About 36,000 Haj pilgrims
also proceeded for Haj through private tour operators, he added.Ministry has
already started preparations to make arrangements for the next Haj, he said.
indain express
SC issues notice to
Shahabuddin seeking reply on his shift to Tihar jail
New Delhi: Supreme Court on
Monday issued notice to former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, the Bihar
Government and the Centre seeking their reply to shift the former from Siwan
district jail in Bihar to Tihar jail in Delhi. The next hearing of the case is
scheduled for Nov.28. Slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s widow Asha Ranjan had
filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking to shift Shahabuddin from the Siwan
to the Tihar jail so that witnesses in her husband’s murder case are not
influenced.ANI
WhatsApp beef arrest:
Family of Muslim man who died in police custody demands justice
On the night of Oct.3,
Jharkhand police swept down on Dighari village in Jamatara district, detaining
22-year-old Minhaz Ansari, and two of his friends, Shahban and Fahim. Ansari,
who owned a small photocopy shop, lived in the village with his parents, wife,
and an eight-month-old daughter. Shahban worked in a vehicle repair shop next
to Ansari’s shop.“I was standing near Minhaj’s shop at about 9 at night, when
eight to 10 men in plain clothes arrived on two motorcycles and a four-wheel
vehicle,” Shahban told a team of activists that visited Dighari on October 17.
“They started to chase and beat Minhaj and me. We tried to run. We thought they
were criminals.”Unbeknownst to the young men, Sonu Singh, the district head of
the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Jamtara unit, had complained to the police that
Ansari had posted a photograph of himself with a calf on a WhatsApp group on
October 2, followed by another of him posing with beef. The slaughter of cows
is banned in Jharkhand.At the police station that night, said Shabhan, they
were thrashed by sub-inspector Harish Pathak and five or six other police
personnel. “Later, they beat Minhaj separately,” recounted Shahban. “We could
hear his cries. When they put him back in our room, his ear was bleeding. He
could not speak, we tried to feed him, but he could not eat, the food would
fall out of his mouth.”A government autopsy report has found that Minhaj Ansari
died of “haemorrhage and shock” of injuries “caused by hard and blunt
substances”. scroll
Revise militaristic policy
in J&K: People’s Union for Civil Liberties
Jaipur: A 5-member team of
the People's Union for Civil Liberties, drawn from across the country, was
accompanied by independent journalist Parul Abrol and advocate Mustafa on a
fact-finding mission in Kashmir after 100 days of protests since the alleged
extra-judicial murder of Burhan Wani on July 8. "The PUCL team was
devastated by the scale of all round human suffering it witnessed in
Kashmir," a press note issued after the visit said, pointing to the
pervasive lack of faith in the Indian state. timesofindia
Congress seeks dialogue to
bring Kashmir Valley out of unrest
Accusing the ruling
coalition of betraying people in Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir
Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Monday sought a “sustained and
meaningful” dialogue with all stakeholders, including the separatists, to
address Kashmir issue and bring the Valley out of the nearly four-month-long
unrest.“We have been seeking talks with the Hurriyat for over three months now.
We told the Governor that this government is committed to dialogue but they
have kept dialogue at the backdoor (sic) now, which is a betrayal with the
people.PTI
Cyrus Mistry removed as
Tata Sons chief, Ratan Tata is interim chairman: HT
New Delhi: As corporate
surprises go, this one will rank right there on top. Tata Sons, the holding
company of India’s largest business group, said on Monday it had decided to
replace Cyrus Mistry as chairman.Mistry is the son of Pallonji Mistry, who
controls nearly 18% of the equity in Tata Sons directly and through trusts.
That makes him the single largest individual shareholder.“The board, in its
wisdom and on the recommendation of the principal shareholders, decided that it
will be in the long term interest of the group to replace Cyrus Mistry,” the
spokesperson for Tata Trusts told HT over phone from Mumbai. He was on Monday
told to act as the spokesperson for the Tata Group. Tata trusts, chaired by
Ratan Tata, are the principal shareholders in Tata Sons.
RSS War on Thought and ABVP
as Its Foot Soldiers: NIVEDITA MENON
Surgical strikes on Teesta
Setalvad continue with the Bari report, and we should all be ashamed:
Apoorvanand
World
Battle for Mosul:
Turkey-Iraq row over ISIL operation
Ongoing tensions between
Turkey and Iraq have intensified after Turkey said its troops fired artillery
rounds at ISIL targets near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, following a
request by Kurdish Peshmerga forces.Binali Yildirim, Turkish PM, said on Sunday
that Turkish troops stationed outside Mosul had provided support "with
artillery, tanks and howitzers" following a request by Peshmerga forces.However,
Iraq's joint-operations command on Monday denied Turkey's
claims."Spokesman of the Joint Operations Command denies Turkish
participation of any kind in operations for the liberation of Nineveh," a
statement said, referring to the Iraqi province of which Mosul is the
capital.Later in the day, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, said
Turkish artillery fire had killed 17 ISIL fighters since the battle began and
that four Turkish F-16 fighter jets were on standby to take part. aljazeera
Baghdad denies Turkey is
taking part in Mosul offensive
Iraq seizes dozens of
villages in 1st week of Mosul op.
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces have
captured 74 villages and towns from Daesh militants in the first week of a
major offensive aimed to oust the terrorist group from the northern Mosul city,
the Iraqi army said. Last week, the
Iraqi army, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, launched a
much-anticipated operation to retake Mosul, the last Daesh stronghold in
northern Iraq.“At least 772 Daesh militants have been killed in battles since
the start of the Mosul operation,” the Iraqi army said in a statement on
Monday.Anadolu agency
ISIL retakes parts of Rutba
city in western Iraq
ISIL extremists have
recaptured parts of Rutba city in western Iraq as Iraqi troops pushed to retake
the northern city of Mosul from the extremist group.Iraqi army officer Walid
al-Duleimi said ISIL extremists attacked the city on Sunday from several fronts
using suicide bombers and car-bombs.According to al-Duleimi, ISIL extremists
have seized some parts of the city, which was captured by Iraqi forces six
weeks ago.Scores of Iraqi forces, border guards and tribal fighters were
reportedly killed in the attack.“More than 16 ISIL militants were also killed,”
al-Duleimi said.World Bulletin
Regime airstrike kills 5 in
Syria’s Idlib
Five people were killed and
scores injured in a regime airstrike Monday in the northwestern Idlib province,
according to pro-opposition Syrian civil defense sources.Some 21 people remain
under the debris of collapsed buildings following the strike, which targeted a
residential area in Kafr Takharim town, the sources said.Syria has been locked
in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime
cracked down on pro-democracy protests -- which erupted as part of the
"Arab Spring" uprisings -- with unexpected ferocity.World Bulletin
Israeli forces hit Gaza
after rocket launch
Israel's air force hit a
Hamas post in the Gaza Strip on Monday after a rocket was fired from the
Palestinian enclave toward Israel, the military said."A rocket was fired
at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip," an army statement said, but
"no rockets hit Israeli territory."Israeli public radio said it was
believed the rocket fell short and landed within Gaza, which is run by movement
Hamas."In response to the attack Israel Air Force aircraft targeted a
Hamas military post in the northern Gaza Strip," the army said.World
Bulletin
Qatar: Sheikh Khalifa bin
Hamad Al Thani passes away
Former Qatari Emir
Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani passed away on Sunday aged 84, the Emiri
Diwan announced.He ruled Qatar from 1972 until 1995. Qatar will observe 3 days
of mourning, the Emiri Diwan said. Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani was the
grandfather of the current leader of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.Al
Jazeera
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