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30 Oct. 2016: 28 Muharram 1438: Vol: 8, No:23
Banning Zakir Naik’s India
maligning IRF correct: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
New Delhi: Dr. Zakir Naik’s
IRF is maligning India and, therefore, it is correct to ban it, said Minister
of State for Parliamentary Affair Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.“If any person tries to
malign society, tries to divide it, create tension between the people and
hamper peace in the country then the government and people always will take
strict and sever action against them,” Naqvi told ANI.Naqvi said it has become
important to restrict such kind of organisations or people and not provide them
much freedom.ANI
Zakir Naik’s father Dr
Abdul Karim Naik passes away
Mumbai: Zakir Naik’s father
Abdul Karim Naik, a physician and an educationist, passed away at his home here
early this morning after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 87. “He suffered a
cardiac arrest at 3.30am at his home in Mazgaon and could not recover from
that. Abdul had been keeping unwell from sometime. He was laid to rest at a
graveyard in the same area,” an associate of Dr. Zakir Naik said.Born in
Ratnagiri in coastal Maharashtra, Abdul Naik, a doctor, served as the president
of the Bombay Psychiatric Society, a private organisation of mental health
professionals, in 1994-95. He had also been active in the field of education.Dr.
Naik, who extended his stay abroad, is likely to visit the city soon to pay
respects to his father, the associate has said.Asked about Dr. Naik skipping
the funeral, his aide said, “He wasn’t able to attend. It was too short a time.
He will soon be here to pay respects to his father.” PTI
All major Kerala Muslim
outfits announce to boycott Law Commission's survey on Uniform Civil Code
Kozhikode: Major Muslim
organizations in the state have decided to boycott the questionnaire prepared
by the National Law Commission on the proposed Uniform Civil Code. The decision
in this regard was taken at a joint meeting of representatives of these
organizations here on Saturday. The meeting felt that there was no need to
bring any changes in the Sharia as the law was comprehensive.It also opined
that the issue of triple talaq was only a bait prepared by the Centre.It was
convened to discuss issues related to BJP-led Central government's move to
implement the Uniform Civil Code and to take a decision on how to respond to
the questionnaire issued by the Law Commission.The meeting chaired by Panakkad
Syed Hyder Ali Shihab Thangal decided to join hands with the All India Muslim
Personal Law Board which is spreading the campaign against the uniform civil
code. Muslim organizations also resolved to hold discussions with like-minded
secular outfits, legal experts and intellectuals.Sunni group led by Kanthapuram
AP Aboobacker Musaliyar, however, stayed away from the meeting. IUML national
president E Ahamed, national secretary MP Abdusamad Samadani, state general
secretary KPA Majeed, secretary PV Abdul Wahab, K Alikutty Musaliyar, Kottumala
TM Bappu Musaliyar (Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyyathul Ulema), TP Abdulla Koya Madani
(KNM), Hussein Madavoor (KNM-Madavor), Sheikh Muhammad Karakunnu
(Jamaat-e-Islami Hind), CP Salim (Wisdom Global Islamic Mission), Fazal Gafoor
(MES) and P Mammad Koya (MSS) attended the meeting.TOI
Don't touch Sharia, warn
Kerala Muslim outfits
IUML to spearhead campaign
against Uniform Civil Code
Milli Council slams Govt
move on triple Talaq, endorses Muslim Personal Law Board stand
Bhopal: 2-day annual
general meeting (AGM) of the All India Milli Council (AIMC) has decided that it
would appeal to the community to ensure that the communal forces do not come to
power in forthcoming Assembly polls in 5 States.AIMC came to this decision in
its 2-day meeting that concluded here on Saturday. Addressing the media persons
after the meet AIMC president Maulana Hakim Mohammed Abdulla Mughesi said, “We
have decided to step up campaign against ‘infringement’ on the religious rights
and practices of Muslims. We also oppose the move of Union government on the
triple Talaq issue and common civil code and we endorse the stand of All India
Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) over these issues.” Milli Council's meet
unanimously passed other resolutions including that it would support AIMPLB’s
stand over the issue of uniform civil code and would oppose tooth and nail any
bid to construct temple at the place of Babri Masjid especially when the issue
is sub judice. Daily Pioneer
Milli Council against changes
in Muslim personal law
Muslim outfits ignore
Moulavi's plight:TOI
Kozhikode: Even while the
cases against the Salafi preacher Shamsudeen Fareed and Peace International
School have become a hot topic of discussion within the community, a Muslim
preacher is cooling his heels in a Mumbai jail for the last 3 months. And
worse, none of the mainstream Muslim organizations have shown any interest in
the case against the preacher who, many believe, is falsely implicated.Muhammad
Haneef alias Haneef Moulavi was picked by the Kerala police from Peringathoor
in Kannur district where he was working as a khatib in a Salafi mosque. The
moulavi was later handed over to the Mumbai police as there was case against
him."We have no information about his case. I once visited him in jail but
after that there is no way to communicate with him," said P Shahul,
younger brother of the moulavi. "He worked with the mosques of the
official faction of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) but none of the leaders
of the KNM had inquired abo ut him after his arrest," Shahul said.IUML
leadership, which came out in the open against slapping of UAPA on Shamsudeen
Fareed and registering of cases against the Peace International School, seem to
be oblivious of the plight of the Salafi preacher. "No one from the IUML
contacted us, but some SDPI leaders inquired about the case," Shahul
said.Moulavi's wife is pregnant and she has no means to contact him in the
jail. "It was his brother-in-law who engaged a lawyer in Mumbai. Only he
knows the present status of the case. We want to help him out legally but we
don't know how to do it and whom to approach," said the worried
brother.TOI
Delhi police plan to track
phones, emails, social media of suspected terrorists, radicalised youth
New Delhi: The anti-terror
unit of the Delhi police(special cell) is in the process of procuring high-end
software and hardware to keep track on mails and phones of terror groups
operating in the national capital. The department has procured a high-end equipment
through which it can also hack any encrypted communications. To fight out the
terror outfits, the unit will now effectively monitor the virtual world of the
suspected terrorists and radicalised youth. At a recent law and order meeting
chaired by police commissioner Alok Kumar Verma, special commissioner of police
Arvind Deep, who heads special cell,stated:“Ministry of communication and IT,
department of telecommunications, has granted permission to the special cell
for the procurement of hardware of multi-user Internet Monitoring System (IMS)
connectivity.” Now, special cell has initiated the process for the procurement
of the equipment. Entire proposal of procuring IMS and software worth Rs 6
crore will be set up at the Lodhi Colony office of the unit. Through this
system, the police can now crack into sites like twitter, Facebook, YouTube,
Instagram, Tumblr and even chat applications like telegram, Wickr, Gliph and
WhatsApp. Asian age
Imam crisis hits mosques;
some in jail, some on run
Srinagar: After police
arrested many Imams for “inciting people to violence” through their sermons, it
has led to a new crisis within valley where many mosques are without prayer
heads.Soon after the killing of Burhan Wani, mass pro-freedom sloganeering and
playing of taranas (eulogies) on public address system was witnessed in mosques
across Kashmir.Sensing trouble, the police arrested many Imams within city and
other districts of Kashmir on the pretext of ‘inciting violence’. Presently
scores of the mosques in Kashmir are without Imams who are either in detention
or on the run fearing action from the authorities. Kashmir monitor
Savarkar is new father of
the emerging india; Gandhi is now stepfather: Ashis Nandy
In 2016, India marches
towards what is recognised as the new dawn of economic prosperity and political
power. In this interview with Ajaz Ashraf, renowned political psychologist
Ashis Nandy speaks on the future of India, based on his reading of its past and
present. Nandy said, "Hinduism that we see around us today is not 2,000 or
4,000 years old. It is just 150 years old. It was born in urban India, under
the new political economy that the British Raj introduced. The reference point
was Protestant Christianity, not Catholicism, which is relatively more open. I
come from a Protestant family. I know today’s Hinduism is that.The first
generation of RSS pracharaks—men like (Hindu Mahasabha leader) BS Munje and(RSS
founder K.B.) Hedgewar—took their inspiration from the Ramakrishna Mission
(which was influenced by Christianity). Swami Vivekananda (Ramakrishna
Mission’s founder) was himself a very different person. He did not speak of
Islam and Muslims as villains." He added, “Once you endorse nationalism
(typically, one country, one religion, one language), you don’t even have to
discuss it (religion). I think it was (Ernest) Gellner who said you don’t have
to read the texts of nationalism because all nationalisms are the same.
Savarkar recognised it. He did not believe in anything (religious). He refused
to give a Hindu funeral to his own wife and said that there was nothing sacred
about the cow. He also made fun of (RSS’s 2nd sarsanghchalak) Golwalkar’s fondness for
rituals. Savarkar is the real father of
the emerging India. Gandhi is now the stepfather." out look
Vibrant Gujarat summit: UAE
to be partner country, first from the Muslim world
Ahmedabad: UAE has become
the first Muslim nation to become a “partner country” for Gujarat government’s
biennial investors’ summit, the eight edition of which will be held from
Jan.10-13 in 2017. “We have received a confirmation from UAE for being a
partner country for Vibrant summit,” said PK Taneja,Additional Chief Secretary,
Industries and Mines Department that is overlooking the preparation for the
summit that was first started in 2003 by the then chief minister Narendra Modi
to rekindle the pace of investments in Gujarat.
Odisha encounter biggest
loss in 40 years of revolutionary struggle: Maoists
Raipur: The outlawed
Communist Party of India (Maoist) has accepted that the encounter with security
forces in Malkangiri district of Odisha on Oct.24, which resulted in the
killing of 28 Maoists, was “biggest loss” suffered by the party in 40 years of
revolutionary struggle.Calling for Bandh in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha,
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Nov.3 in protest of its cadre’s killing, a
press note issued in the name of “Pratap” , who claimed to be the official
spokesperson of the CPI (M) central regional, accused the police of “capturing
its 11 comrades in injured condition and killing them after torture”.“Our 27
cadres were killing on the morning of Oct.24 in Odisha. This was the first time
that the party has suffered such a big loss in its 40 years of revolutionary
struggle. Many senior leaders and cadres belonging to AP,Odisha, Chhattisgarh,
and Telangana achieved martyrdom. It was a conspiracy and the security forces
resorted to their old tactic of using surrendered Maoists to target party
leaders,” said Pratap.However, he claimed that “such conspiracies” cannot
weaken his party.“Our revolutionary struggle has come a long way despite many
such attacks and even after losing thousands of comrades to the attacks by the
state. Exploitation increases resentment among the revolutionary masses and the
rulers, who forget this truth, will have to pay a heavy price for it,” the
Maoist spokesperson threatened. the hindu
Defending Asian champ Heena
Sidhu refuses to wear hijab in Iran, withdraws from event:DNA
Reigning champion Heena
Sidhu has bowed out of the Asian Airgun Shooting Championship to be held in
Tehran, Iran, in December on account of Iran's strict dress code for women.The
official website of the event clearly specifies that women participants will
have to abide by the rules and laws specified by the Republic of Iran when on
the shooting range or in public places.
Hindutva Terror in JNU:
Student Najeeb Still Missing: By Abhay Kumar,
researcher, JNU
World
Aleppo: Putin rejects army
request to resume air raids
Russian President Vladimir
Putin has rejected a request by his military to resume air raids over Syria's
rebel-held eastern Aleppo. Russian army said on Friday that it had asked the
president for authorisation to resume its bombing campaign,but Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin "considers it inappropriate at the
current moment", adding the president thought it necessary to
"continue the humanitarian pause" in the war-battered city.The
request was made after Syrian opposition fighters launched an assault against
the government-held western part of city, firing rockets and detonating car
bombs in a counter assault.Separately, the Iranian and Syrian foreign ministers
were meeting in Moscow with their Russian counterpart to discuss the war. aljazeera
Shia militias open new
front in battle for Mosul
Shia militias say they have
launched an assault to the west of Mosul, opening up a new front in the battle
to drive ISIL from the country's second city and the group's last major bastion
in the country.The coalition of militias, know as the Popular Mobilisation
Units, had not played a heavy part in the fighting, but the offensive on
Saturday indicates a bigger role than many observers had anticipated.A spokesman
for the coalition, Ahmed al-Asadi, told a news conference that seven hours into
the operation 10 villages had been "liberated" from ISIL. "This corridor is considered the main
artery of ISIL between Mosul on one end and Raqqa in Syria on the other,"
said Asadi. Aljazeera
Erdogan warns of Shia
militia entering Iraq's Tal Afar
Ankara: President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday raised concerns about the advance of a Shia militia
towards the Tal Afar district of Iraq’s Mosul province.During a Turkish
Republic Day reception, the president warned all parties involved of the Hashd
al-Shaabi militia entering Tal Afar, saying, “Tal Afar is a very sensitive
issue for us. We definitely do not regard it [the militia’s involvement]
positively in Tal Afar and Sinjar. I already told this to officials clearly.”He
added, “Tal Afar is a totally Turkmen city, with half Shia and half Sunni
Muslims. We do not judge people by their religious affiliation, we regard them
all as Muslims.” “But if Hashd al-Shaabi terrorizes the region, our response
would be different.”Ankara has repeatedly warned about the risk of sectarian
conflict if Shia militias are allowed to enter Sunni-majority Mosul. In other
parts of Iraq liberated from Daesh, such as Fallujah and Ramadi, there have
been allegations of Shia fighters mistreating Sunni civilians. Anadolu Agency
Iraqi forces may enter
Syria to fight Daesh: Adviser
Baghdad: An Iraqi adviser
hinted Saturday that Iraqi forces might enter Syrian territories to fight the
Daesh militant group. Speaking at a forum in Najaf in central Iraq, Faleh
al-Fayyad, a national security adviser to the Iraqi government, said Iraqi
forces were making progress in the ongoing operation to retake Daesh-held Mosul
city. “…we might be forced to enter Syrian territories to fight Daesh after
liberating Mosul,” he added. Anadolu Agency
Mosul Op: US-led coalition
announces pause, Iraq disagrees
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161029-mosul-op-us-led-coalition-announces-pause-iraq-disagrees/
US-led coalition against
Daesh, dubbed “Operation Inherent Resolve”, has confirmed that the Iraqi
Security Forces (ISF) have temporarily halted their advance on Mosul, a claim
Baghdad denies.According to Al Jazeera, the coalition stated today that the ISF
would be halting combat operations for two days in order to regroup.Speaking
from Baghdad, coalition spokesman Colonel John Dorian said: “We believe that
[regrouping] will take two days before continuing the advance towards
Mosul.”“We continue to support [Iraqi forces] with airstrikes that target
tunnels and [Daesh’s] command network,” Dorian said, adding that the coalition
had dropped more than 2,500 bombs on Daesh targets since the operation to
recapture Mosul began almost two weeks ago.The coalition’s strike report for
today confirmed that Western air power had conducted four airstrikes in Iraq,
most of them targeting tunnels and command and control targets.Meanwhile, the
ISF’s media wing claimed that they were not halting any combat operations, but
were instead continuing them and “will not stop until Ninawa is completely
liberated…the axes are advancing according to plan and to the assigned
schedule.” middleeastmonitor
Life under IS was strict,brutal,
but some moments didn't seem so bad, say Sunni Iraqis: LA Times
When Islamic State swept
into Iraq’s Tob Zawa village near Mosul 2 years ago, Shiite residents, knowing
the extremists considered them apostates who should die, quickly fled.Many
Sunni residents, however, stayed and took their chances with the militant group
members, also Sunni. “In the beginning, Daesh fighters would come to us and say
‘We’re here to support the Muslims, and you’re our brothers,’” said village
resident Ahmad Iqaab. The militants, though known for enforcing strict living
conditions and conducting extreme acts of violence, at times could be more
respectful than government officials, he said. But danger was always present.
Nevertheless, some residents have described a life under Islamic State, at
least for Sunni communities, that at times seemed preferable to what the
government had offered.Iqaab said that in the first 9 months of controlling Tob
Zawa, the militants disbursed a monthly allowance of 100,000 Iraqi dinars, or
roughly $85, to those who couldn’t work, though it was later halved and halved
again. Families would receive a sack of flour.The militants were also
respectful, especially compared with the Iraqi army under former PM Nouri
Maliki, an authoritarian accused by some critics of turning government troops
into sectarian death squads. “If a Daesh guy came to buy a sheep from me and I
didn’t accept the price, he would apologize and say ‘forgive me,’” said Iyad,
an 18-year old shepherd who gave only his first name. He contrasted the
jihadists’ behavior with the actions of the government troops who reclaimed Tob
Zawa this week from the group.“I was on the road when army soldiers saw me and
offered me 25,000 Iraqi dinars for a sheep I had. I said it cost 100,000,” he
said. “But they threatened me with their guns, took the sheep, paid the 25,000
and left.”A friend, Abdul Karim Taqi Din, 17, squatted beside Iyad near a water
point in the new refugee camp set up near Khazir, 12 miles from Mosul. The camp
had about 1,000 people who were evacuated from Tob Zawa because of military
operations.“It wasn’t a bad life,” Din said. “If you didn’t do anything against
them [IS], if you didn’t violate their rules, they were very respectful.”Some
of those rules, the refugees said, included being forbidden from wearing jeans
and cutting short the traditional Arab dishdash robe to match the garb worn by
jihadi fighters in Afghanistan. Women were forced to wear a full face
covering.Men were forced to attend 5 daily prayers, checking their names off a
list posted on the door of the village mosque.The group forbade TV and
satellite receivers, said Aqeelah, Din’s mother. SIM cards and mobile phones
were also not allowed.But there was a semblance of justice.Iyad spoke with
admiration about the time a militant had killed one of his guard dogs. When he
had complained, the fighter was lashed 50 times and made to pay a fine.“Their
commander, they call him an emir [prince], if he hit you, you could go to
complain and if it had been done without reason and you could hit him back in
court,” he said.“If it was proven that their emir had stolen money, they would
cut his hand. Even [IS leader Abu Bakr] Baghdadi, if they had proof he had
stolen something, they would punish him as well.” Los Angeles Times
Turkey sacks over 10,000
civil servants for links with coup attempt
Istanbul: Turkish
authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over their suspected
links with US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating
the failed coup in July.Thousands of academics, teachers and health workers
were among those removed through a new emergency rule decree published on the
Official Gazette late on Saturday.Turkey has formally arrested more than 37,000
people and has already sacked or suspended 100,000 civil servants, judges,
prosecutors, police and others in an unprecedented crackdown the government
says is necessary to root out all supporters of Gulen from the state apparatus
and key positions.REUTERS
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