Evening NEWS DIGEST
03 Nov. 2016: 02 Safar 1438: Vol: 8, No:27
Most widely cited statistic
of Muslim Mahila Andolan On Triple Talaq is totally inaccurate: Huffington Post
In the debate over
reforming personal law, one data point about Muslim women has been widely cited
by every mainstream news organizations (TOI, Indian Express, NDTV, Zee News,
DNA ). Unfortunately, it is bad data. Mumbai-based Bharatiya Muslim Mahila
Andolan, an advocacy group for Muslim women, published a survey in 2015 which
among other things found that 92.1% of Muslim women wanted a ban on triple
talaq, the oral unilateral divorce that Muslim personal law currently allows
men to use to divorce their wives. By any standard of credible data though,
neither that number nor the rest of the survey are of much use in the national
debate. Mumbai-based Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan published a survey in 2015
which among other things found that 92.1%of Muslim women wanted a ban on triple
talaq.The first and most important feature of a survey is whether its sample is
representative of the universe it is drawn from or seeks to speak of, in this
case all Indian Muslim women. In every possible way, the BMMA survey does not
fit the bill.This should have been clear by looking at the sample, which the
BMMA describes in its report. BMMA interviewed 4710 women in ten states. More
than 35 % of respondents were from Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Dindigul (Tamil Nadu)
and Cuttack (Odisha). Actual share of these three cities to the country's female
Muslim population is 0.65% put together. What pollsters would do to smooth such
issues out would be to weight the responses proportionately (although this
would be too big an issue to smooth); the BMMA did not.Secondly, 11.1% of the
adult women they surveyed were divorced, while Census 2011 data shows that even
while the rates of divorce among Muslim women are higher than those for women
from other religious communities, just 0.4% of adult Muslim women are divorced.
The sample of women the BMMA surveyed was atypical, and not representative of
Indian Muslim women. And there's a very good reason why this happened.All of
which goes to say that the sample of women the BMMA surveyed was atypical, and
not representative of Indian Muslim women. And there's a very good reason why
this happened. BMMA contacted women they knew or women from communities in
which they already worked. This is a frequent problem with surveys conducted by
advocacy groups - polling the atypical communities they work with instead of
representative samples. Some older, better quality polling of Muslim women's
attitudes to marriage and divorce do exist. 60% Muslim women told CSDS in its 2006 State of Nation
survey (Muslim women all-India sample size: 540) that they fully agreed with
the statement that triple talaq at one go was wrong (quite different from wanting
a ban). An additional 13.7% said that they "somewhat agreed" that triple
talaq was wrong. An even larger proportion was opposed to polygamy. But over
half (52 % ) of Muslim women respondents in their 2008 State of the Nation
study said that even if a husband and wife were incompatible, they must stay
together.
Don't bring politics in
debate on Uniform Civil Code, 'triple talaq, one of small parts of entire
exercise on UCC: Law commission chief
New Delhi: Politics should
not be brought into the Law Commission's exercise to make recommendations
regarding framing of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to achieve the goals of
gender equality and dignity for women, commission's chairman Justice BS Chauhan
said on Thursday. "We are merely an advisory body. We are not going to
make the law. People should not mix politics in it. We are an advisory body and
not a law making authority. "I have no involvement with politics. We, in
Law Commission, are working on the reference received from the
government," Chauhan said. Maintaining that the law panel was carrying out
a larger debate on the issue without any "prejudice or bias" to
arrive at an objective as per the constitutional norms, Chauhan cautioned
against bringing politics into the debate saying the entire exercise was being
undertaken due to the growing awareness in the society. "We will make the
recommendations and Parliament will debate threadbare on them. After due
scrutiny by both the houses, the legislature will take a call," the former
Supreme Court judge said. He was of the opinion that a lot of 'hue and cry' has
been made on the contentious issue of 'triple talaq' which, he said, was
"one of the small parts of the entire exercise" of the Law Commission
on the UCC.PTI
Tipu Sultan monarch, not
freedom fighter: Karnataka HC asks govt’s logic behind celebrating Tipu Jayanti
Bengaluru:Karnataka High
Court has questioned the state govt’s logic behind celebrating the birth
anniversary of Tipu Sultan, observing he wasn’t a freedom fighter but a monarch
who fought to safeguard his interests.“What is the logic behind celebrating
Tipu Jayanti? Tipu was not a freedom fighter, but a monarch who fought the
opponents to safeguard his interests,” Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee,
presiding over the division bench, observed. Justice RB Budhihal is the other
member of the bench. The observation was made by the Chief Justice during a
hearing on a PIL filed by South Kodagu-based KP Manjunatha, challenging govt ’s
move to celebrate Tipu Jayanti.Justice Mukherjee also questioned the logic
behind celebrating Tipu Jayanti amid fears of communal tension escalating in
Kodagu district and other parts of the state. However, public counsel MR Naik
defended the celebrations, saying Tipu was a great warrior who fought against
the British. HC Today disposed of a PIL challenging celebration of "Tipu
Jayanti" by state govt but directed the petitioner to make a
representation to the state chief secretary to consider the objections raised
against the event by him. The order came a day after it questioned the govt on the logic behind celebrating 'Tipu Jayanti'
observing that he wasn't a freedom fighter, but monarch who fought to safeguard
his interests.PTI
HC dismisses PIL challenging
celebration of Tipu Jayanti
Govt to ask NDTV India to
go off air for a day over Pathankot coverage
New Delhi: An
Inter-ministerial committee of the I&B ministry has recommended that a
leading Hindi news channel be taken off air for a day after it concluded that
the broadcaster had revealed “strategically-sensitive” details while covering
the Pathankot attack. The ministry may now ask the channel NDTV India to be
taken off air for a day on Nov.9, according to sources, in what would be the
first order against a broadcaster over its coverage of terrorist attacks.
Efforts to reach the channel for its comments could not fructify.The matter
pertains to the coverage of the Pathankot attack by the channel where the
committee felt that “such crucial information” could have been readily picked
by terrorist handlers and had the potential to “cause massive harm not only to
the national security, but also to lives of civilians and defence
personnel.”When the operation was on in January this year, it allegedly
revealed information on the ammunition stockpiled in airbase, MIGs, fighter-planes,
rocket-launchers, mortars, helicopters, fuel-tanks etc. “which was likely to be
used by the terrorists or their handlers to cause massive harm, sources
said.Official sources said that as content appeared to be violative of the
programming norms, a show cause notice was issued to the channel. While a show cause notice
was issued to the channel, NDTV India replied stating that it was a case of
“subjective interpretation” and the information that had been broadcast was
already in the public domain. indian express/thenewsminutes
Pathankot attack coverage:
Take NDTV India off air for a day, says I&B
panel
NDTV India to be taken off
air for a day
Sr journalist Akshaya Mukul
refuses to receive Ramnath Goenka award from Modi
Senior journalist Akshaya
Mukul has reportedly refused to accept the Ramnath Goenka Award from PM Narendra Modi. Speaking to Catch, Mukul said,
"I am extremely honoured to get the award. But I have problem in receiving
the award from Modi. Krishan Chopra, publisher and chief editor at
HarperCollins India, the publishers of Mukul's book, received the award on his
behalf.Mukul, a journalist with Times of India, was awarded Ramnath Goenka
Award for his book Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India. The book recieved,
which received critical acclaim from various corners, has also the Tata
Literature Live! Book of the Year Award, and the Atta Galatta-Bangalore
Literature Festival Book Prize for best non-fiction work in English.News of
Mukul boycotting the award ceremony started doing rounds early in the day.
Speaking to The Caravan, the senior journalist said, "I cannot live with
the idea of Modi and me in the same frame, smiling at the camera even as he
hands over the award to me."According to reports, management's decision to
invite the PM has irked some of top editors of The Indian Express as well.Mukul
was reportedly under a lot of pressure to attend the ceremony from his peers
and the management at the Indian Express. catch news
I cannot live with idea of
modi & me in same frame”: Akshaya Mukul Boycotts Ramnath Goenka Awards
Meet the Journos Who
Rebuffed Modi at the Ramnath Goenka Awards
RNG Awards: Need to reflect
on Emergency so that no leader dares to repeat it, says PM Modi
Kejriwal, Karat, Tharoor
join protest over missing JNU student Najeeb
Students at JNU on Thursday
staged a protest over missing student Najeeb Ahmed and were joined by political
bigwigs like Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Congress MP Shashi Traroor and senior
CPI leader Prakash Karat. About 150-200 students gathered at the administrative
block inside the campus and voiced their concern about Ahmed's safety, who
continues to remain untraced for nearly 20 days. The students urged university
officials to bring those who allegedly attacked him to book. Congress leader
Mani Shankar Aiyar, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and JD(U) MP KC Tyagi also
joined the students.Speaking at the venue, Kejriwal said that the issue needs
to be taken out of JNU campus."Najeeb will only come back with the power
of people. We need to take this power outside the campus," the CM said. He
added, "We are not doing a favor by fighting for Najeeb. I am here because
even my son can go missing tomorrow." india tv news
JNU: Kejriwal speaks on
missing Najeeb Ahmad, says BJP members don’t belong to Hindus or even to own
fathers
BHOPAL KILLING
Bhopal encounter: Madhya
Pradesh HC directs ATS to submit report in two weeks
Jabalpur:Madhya Pradesh
high court today issued notices to the govt advocate and ATS seeking a detailed report on
'encounter' of 8 suspected SIMI men. Bail applications of some of them who got
killed in the alleged encounter were scheduled for hearing before the Jabalpur
bench of high court headed by Justice C B Sirpurkar on Thursday."We have
informed court about the encounter killing. Many bail applications were pending
before the court, and there are common names. So we had petitioned for a
detailed report about the encounter including their autopsy papers," said
Naeem Khan, counsel for several alleged SIMI members. Next hearing has been
posted after 2 weeks. timesofindia
SIMI activists' encounter:
MP govt's offer money to eyewitnesses:
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a distribution of cash reward of Rs 40 lakh
among many residents of Acharpura, the hamlet near the site of SIMI operatives’
encounter — a statement that has drawn criticism.This statement has been
questioned by local leaders who termed it an attempt to shut eyewitnesses’
mouth and affect the probe into the encounter.“CM has announced this reward to
those residents who helped police during the encounter. The money would be
equally distributed among the citizens”, said an MP govt official press
release. Local leaders said that when probe into the jailbreak hasn’t even
taken off, such an announcement is wrong and would affect the inquiry. All
India Milli Council state chief Arif Masood has also condemned the announcement
of cash reward. “This is clearly planned with the motive to savethemselves from
uncomfortable situation”, said Masood, who is also a senior Congress leader. Meanwhile,
Masood has also said that preparations have been made and a petition is being
filed in High Court. firstpost
'Sabko nipta do': Senior
police official heard giving orders to kill 8 men on audio recording
New Delhi:In what could be
the most revealing piece of information, with regards to the shootout of the 8
suspected SIMI operatives, audio clips believed to be from Madhya Pradesh
Police’s control room suggest that the cops had no intention of arresting the
now deceased men, who had allegedly escaped Bhopal Central Jail on Monday
morning. A senior police officer can be heard on the radio ordering his
subordinates engaged in action to kill all 8 men, ‘Sabko nipta do.’ It is
imperative to mention that the order to allegedly kill the men comes before the
police control room is informed that the men have fired upon the cops in
action. The audio clip not only contradicts claims of the MP police that the
alleged encounter lasted an hour, officials heard during the recording also
seem to be resistant to the idea of calling ambulances to the encounter site.
The argument for resisting calling ambulances is that authorities would have to
spend money on the treatment of accused men in case anyone survives the
shootout.Even more revealing portions come towards the end of the clips wherein
a superior police official, while giving orders to his subordinates, directs
them not to allow anyone near the encounter site in case another "farzi
(fake) operation needs to be done".In another part of the same
conversation, male voice is heard saying that the cops should at least leave
one of the escapees alive. Interestingly, in the clips, the officials are heard
saying that the suspects were returning fire even though the anti-terrorism
unit of MP as well as govt said the opposite. DNA
Bhopal 'encounter': Over 2,000 Muslim women protest, seek
probe
Ujjain
(MP): Alleging "persecution" of Muslims, over 2,000 women and girls from the community took to streets at Mahidpur locality
near here today, demanding a probe into the controversial encounter of eight
SIMI activists on Monday. Clad in veil, they raised slogans like "We want
justice... We want an inquiry into the fake encounter."The protesters
included the wife and mother of SIMI activist Abdul Majid, a local resident of
Mahidpur, who was among those gunned down by police in the alleged encounter on
Oct.31. The protesters also expressed apprehension over safety
of remaining SIMI members currently lodged in the Bhopal jail. Later, they
handed over a memorandum, addressed to Mahidpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate
(SDM), seeking a probe into the encounter and "persecution" of
Muslims, to Tehsildar Sarita Lal. "We sported burqas to ensure that the
law enforcers cannot recognise us. Our menfolk can't protest because they will
be picked up by police and NIA and thereafter hounded by them," a woman
said. PTI
Majeed had been mentioning
that officials had threatened to kill him in a fake encounter: kin
Mahidpur (Ujjain): Zulekha
Bee was to meet her brother Abdul Majeed on the festival of “Bhaidooj”. but he
was gunned down in an “encounter”, along with 7 others, near Bhopal on Monday.
She got the news that Majeed and the others were shot dead by the Madhya
Pradesh policel.“Majeed kept mentioning to his wife and me that some officers
were threatening to eliminate him in a fake encounter,” Ms. Zulekha told The
Hindu on Wednesday. No one in his family, however, is willing to buy the
“escape” story.“It was in January 2013 that Majeed got to know that he was
wanted for carrying explosives. The police did not arrest him; he surrendered
in court. An accused who surrendered is hardly likely to escape,” said Shabbir
Hussain, Majeed’s brother-in-law.His family sees only “conspiracies” in the
entire “escape and encounter” story. “Whenever we would visit the jail, we
would have so many CCTV cameras staring at us. Jail staff would point out the
cameras that were fixed on walls, open grounds, bushes, and everywhere. How
come the cameras suddenly stopped working,” questioned Majeed’s older brother
Abdul Rashid.They also want to know what happened to Majeed’s long beard. “He
had been sporting a chest-length beard after being jailed. He had a beard when
I met him last month. Do the police want us to believe that he shaved them off
at night after his ‘escape’,” said Ms. Zulekha.“We will fight with the pen and
the law. We won’t give the police an excuse to jail more of our youths and
frame them under false charges,” said Shakeeluddin Nagori, a local doctor.When
Majeed’s body was brought to his town on Tuesday, around 3,000 people attended
his funeral. thehindu
We were taken, told to
confess:Relatives of SIMI activists
Khandwa: A day after 8
alleged SIMI operatives were killed in an alleged encounter, bodies of Amjad
Khan, Zakir Hussain, Mohammad Salik, Sheikh Mehboob and Akeel Khilji who came
from Khandwa were buried at Bada cemetery here on Tuesday night. On Wednesday,
advocate Javed Chouhan, lawyer for 4 of the slain suspects from Khandwa, said
they are yet to receive the postmortem reports from police.“They should be with
us in 2 days. We have video-recorded the bodies before burial – to ensure we
can submit the video in case of apprehension that the autopsy reports are
tampered with,” Chouhan said.On Wednesday, relatives of two slain operatives
claimed that hours before the encounter they were “blindfolded and handcuffed”
early Monday morning and taken to an undisclosed location near Indore, and asked
to make allegedly false confessions.Mohammed Jaleel, 22, son of Akeel Khilji,
claimed that “plainclothed men” came to their house around 4.30 am and asked
him to join them. He claimed he was not told about the jailbreak, or why he was
being detained. “I was blindfolded, handcuffed and put into a car. I was
neither allowed to speak with my lawyer nor produced before a magistrate,” he
claimed.Jaleel claimed he was detained for nearly 10 hours. “At 10.30pm, I was
informed about my father’s encounter killing, and was asked to leave…to perform
the last rites,”he claimed. According to Jaleel, he was repeatedly questioned
what “ek baari usko use karna, usko fek dena, aur darna mat (use it once, then
discard it, and don’t be afraid)” meant. “They said this was some code words I
had apparently used when I met my father in jail…. I have never said anything
like this,” he claimed. “Why should I say what they want me to say?”Mehmood
Feroze, 28, a scrap dealer and brother-in-law of another deceased, Amjad Khan,
claimed that he was also “picked up, blindfolded and handcuffed” after morning
prayers and taken to an “undisclosed” location. “They were men from the ATS,”
he claimed. “They only said I am a sympathiser of Amjad, and that is why they
were detaining me.” indianexpress
How can CM felicitate cops
for encounter before probe begins? Muslim organisations
Bhopal: Several Muslims
organizations has raised questions as to how CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
felicitated the police officers for eliminating the eight SIMI activists even
before the investigations began.Chouhan had honoured police personnel at the MP
Foundation Day programme on Tuesday and announced a reward of Rs 40 lakh for
the villagers who alerted the police about the movement of the SIMI operatives.
“We don’t understand as to how the CM can reward someone even before the probe
began,”HaJi Haroon, president of the MP chapter of Jamiat-ulema-e-Hind said,
adding that the felicitation of the police personnel has now cast a doubt on
the govt ’s intentions. Award to village is just an attempt to ensure that the
locals don’t spill the beans’“We are not sure as to why the CM or his govt would be in a hurry to honour the police personnel
and the villagers,” Sajid Ali, a senior lawyer said, adding that the “award” of
Rs 40 lakh to the village is just an attempt to ensure that the local people
don’t spill the beans.”“After the jailbreak, why do you think that all of them
would have huddled together? Ideally after the jailbreak they all should have
gone to eight different directions,” Masood Ahmed Khan, secretary of the
Coordination Committee of Indian Muslims, said. Prof. Mateen Ahmed Siddiqui,
president of Madhya Pradesh chapter of All India Muslim Majlis Mushawarat,
alleged that the state govt is trying to
confuse everyone. HT
Concerned after encounter:
SIMI activists in Central Jail launch hunger strike
Bhopal: After the 8 men
gunned down in an encounter, the remaining others in Central Jail staged a
sit-in and hunger strike demanding better security and safety for them. There
were 29 alleged members of SIMI in Central Jail and after elimination of 8
there are still 21 SIMI men including Abu Faizal who was awarded life term by the then ADJ BS Bhadauria in Nov.
2015. Remaining are gripped by tension after the encounter due to which they
are demonstrating in the central jail. Advocate Pervez Alam said, “SIMI
operatives staged a sit-in demanding safety and security in jail after the
murder of head constable Ramashankar Yadav and the consequent encounter. They
have demanded security measures for the better safety for them. The remaining
SIMI operatives are very terrorised and are in tensed.”He said, “We demand from
jail administration to allow counsel to meet SIMI men with security and to take
stock of the situation under which others escaped so that we can put up our
stand in High Court. After permission, we will visit central jail as we have to
file petition in the High Court for judicial probe.” freepressjournal
Encounter killings: 1 death
every second day in India
1,654 shot dead in
encounters between 2004-2014
Bhopal Killings: Fake
Encounters Should Be Punishable By Death: Markandey Katju
Bhopal Killings Are a
Reminder of India’s Failure to Act on Extrajudicial Executions: RAVI NAIR
Aligarh Muslim University
Students' Union Demand Judicial Probe Into Bhopal Encounter
UP has highest number of
convicts, over 55% of undertrials are Muslims and Dalits: NCRB
Share of Muslims in jail
bigger than in population:NCRB
Undertrial Muslim prisoners
unsafe in Indian jails: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee
OTHERS
India-China In New
Confrontation At Border In Ladakh Over Canal Project
Leh/New Delhi: Chinese and
Indian soldiers are engaged in a major stand-off in Ladakh after Chinese troops
yesterday stopped work on the construction of an irrigation canal being built
under the rural development or MNREGA scheme, sources told NDTV.The incident
took place yesterday in the Demchok sector, located 250 km east of Leh, where a
project is underway to link a village with a hot spring. Demchok in the south
eastern tip of Ladakh was also the location of a major incursion by China two
years ago which resulted in a spike in tension between the two countries. ndtv
India, China stand-off in
Demchok
Pakistan names 8 Indian
mission officials as 'undercover agents'
Islamabad: Pakistan on
Thursday named eight officials of the Indian High Commission who it alleged
were involved in "subversive activities", a day after six Pakistani
officials of the high commission in New Delhi were called back.Foreign Office
spokesman Nafees Zakaria, in his weekly press briefing, said, "a number of
Indian diplomats and staff belonging to Indian intelligence agencies RAW and IB
have been found involved in coordinating terrorist and subversive activities in
Pakistan under the garb of diplomatic assignments."IANS
Kashmiri poet’s letter to
PM Modi goes viral; pleads for an India where Muslims don’t have to be scared
New Delhi: Kashmir was once
called the ‘heaven on earth’ by Amir Khusro, the iconic Sufi musician and poet,
and rightfully so. Kashmir’s beautiful lakes, temples, and valleys are nothing
less than figments of heaven. But that is not what sadly, the state has been in
the news for lately.After killing of militant Burhan Wani in an encounter, the
place has witnessed constant unrest leading to the death of over 80 people.
Though the country erupted with joy after India’s surgical strikes on
Pakistan’s terror launch pads, evidently the tension in the region has
continued.In the light of this serious issue, a Kashmiri poet has written to PM
Narendra Modi to address the Kashmir problem in all truthfulness because India
is the safest option that Kashmir has. Liaqat Jafri, who is a poet and a
professor from J&K’s Poonch district has written a letter in Hindi
addressing the PM, which has since then, gone viral. Letter was shared by Justice
Markandey Katju on his Facebook page. indian express
Israeli President Reuven
Rivlin to visit India in Mid-Nov
Jerusalem:Israeli President
Reuven Rivlin will lead a high-profile delegation on a 6-day visit to India in
mid-Nov. to boost cooperation in the field of security, education, cyber,
energy, water and agriculture. Informed sources said Rivlin will meet President
Pranab Mukherjee, PM Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan among
others during his visit. Rivlin would be only the second Israeli President to
visit India since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two
countries in 1992 and his visit comes almost after a gap of 20 years since
former President Ezer Weizmann visited India in 1996-97.Speculation is rife
that the Israeli President’s visit would pave the way for Modi’s visit to
Jerusalem, the first by an Indian PM ,and is likely to take place next year
when the two countries celebrate 25th anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations.PTI
Evolve mechanism from
within to curb triple talaq: Muslim scholars
New Delhi:There should be
an internal mechanism to curb triple talaq, like naming and shaming the man who
arbitrarily divorces his wife, Muslim scholars have said, emphasising that the govt
must stay out of the community’s
personal laws.They termed the govt ’s raking up the issue at this time as an
election gimmick, and pointed out that there were several misconceptions about
triple talaq, or talaq-e-bidat. Notwithstanding their dogmatic differences,
Muslim scholars IANS spoke to — from Hanafis to Ahle Hadith and from Deobandis
to Barelvis and even Shias — categorically decried any interference by the govt
in matters “which are purely religious”,
calling any such attempt “unconstitutional”. However, they agreed that there
must be a mechanism to protect women against the arbitrary behaviour of men who
are prone to pronounce talaq “without valid reasons”.“Such men must be
punished, and the community should evolve a mechanism, including boycotting
them socially. Nobody should get his daughter married to that man ever again,”
Maulana Abdul Hameed Naumani of the Jamiat Ulema Hind, told IANS.A Barelvi
cleric, Maulana Ansar Raza, too, agreed there should be some checks against men
divorcing their wives without legitimate reasons. “But triple talaq cannot be
wished away. You cannot alter the law of Allah,” he added. Milli Council
General Secretary Manzoor Alam, however, spoke in favour of triple talaq. “What
if a man finds his wife in a compromising position with another man, or gets
evidence of her extramarital affair? Generally, a person would be enraged in
such a situation and may take the extreme step. So, instead of killing the
woman or killing oneself, there is the easy way out of marriage through triple
talaq,” Alam argued.Kamal Farooqui, a vocal Muslim and member of the All India
Muslim Personal Law Board, said that he is not surprised at the Modi govt trying to politicise the issue of talaq in the
garb of social reform.Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq echoed Farooqui’s stand.
“In Shia jurisprudence, there is no concept of triple talaq. But in sections of
Muslim society where this practice is prevalent, the ulema should sit together
and decide what they can do to curb it,” Kalbe Sadiq said.However, he added,
there is “no scope for govt’s interference” in the matter.Ahle Hadith cleric
Maulana Asghar Ali Salafi, too, agreed with Kalbe Sadiq. “There is no concept
of triple talaq in our jurisprudence. But those practising it are doing so
according to their belief system and their interpretation of the Islamic fiqh
(jurisprudence).IANS
TMC plans to oppose ban on
triple talaq, UCC in house debate
For the last few days, Trinamool
Congress MP and vice-president Sultan Ahmed has been organising several
programmes to drum up support against Narendra Modi govt’s efforts to implement
a ban on triple talaq, which he fears is a precursor to implement the Uniform
Civil Code. At the end of his roadshows, Ahmed will host a 3-day conference on
Muslim Personal Law Board and the ‘negative effects’of Uniform Civil Code, if
implemented. With the Trinamool MP hosting such an event scheduled on Nov.20 in
Kolkata, the Modi govt may see a stormy
winter session in November. TMC stood by Modi for the imposition of GST but now
might lead the debate protesting against Uniform Civil Code and triple talaq.
Uniform Civil Code is an unfeasible and impossible idea for a nation like
India, Sultan Ahmed told ET’s Madhuparna Das in an exclusive interview. Economictimes
Women seek triple talaq
right
New Delhi: Women activists today
demanded the right to invoke triple talaq in exactly the same manner in which
men use it to end a marriage.While throwing in their lot with the women
battling "instant triple talaq" in court, activists under the banner
of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) said this was a piecemeal
approach."The banning of triple talaq in one sitting should be accompanied
by allowing khula to women and abolishing the practice of halala," said
Noor Zaheer, the NFIW's Delhi state secretary. telegraphindia
In caste-riven Uttarakhand
region, Muslims ally with Dalits to seek rights
Dehradun: Across India,
dalits have been increasingly allying with Muslims, both in states heading to
polls, and elsewhere. Uttarakhand's Jaunsar-Bawar is the state's most caste
conflict-prone area, and was in the news earlier this year for violence over
dalit entry into a temple. Now, accusing district officials of denying them
education, health and other services, Muslims have joined hands with dalits,
demanding access to these facilities.In Jaunsar-Bawar, Chakrata Cantt area,
Mohna, Janglaat Chowki, Maath Kangra, Kalsi Byas Neri and Haripur gram sabha
together have a Muslim population of over 1,500. Leaders of community allege
that ever since Independence, they had been following the directions of upper
caste residents of the area, but it was unacceptable to them now.
UP: Dispute between
children at fair snowballs into communal clash, 18 injured:PTI
Pratapgarh: At least 18
persons were injured in a clash between the members of two communities at
Veerpura Bazar in Fatanpur area in Pratapgarh, police said on Wednesday. Incident
took place late on Tuesday night when members of two communities clashed during
a fair over some dispute involving their children, they said. Both the factions
resorted to brick batting, firing and tried to torch huts, resulting in
injuries to over 18 persons, superintendent of police SP Verma said. Police is
probing the matter and elaborate force has been deployed in the area to check
any untoward incident, he said.
Article in RSS monthly:
‘Deendayal Upadhyaya was against Hindu-Muslim unity’
Lucknow : In the middle of
a raging debate over the ‘climate of intolerance’ in the country, an article in
RSS mouthpiece Rashtra Dharma has claimed that Sangh ideologue Deendayal
Upadhyaya was against ‘Hindu-Muslim unity’ and believed that issue of ‘unity’
was ‘irrelevant’ and appeasement of the Muslims. Titled “Muslim Samasya:
Deendayal Ji Ki Drishti Mein”, the write-up appeared in a special edition of
the Rashtra Dharma, which was released by Union Minister Kalraj Mishra in
Lucknow on Sunday.This special issue of the monthly magazine is dedicated to
Upadhyaya and carries articles about him and his views.Written by Dr Mahesh
Chandra Sharma, the article even claimed that Upadhyaya said that “a person
turns an enemy of the nation after becoming a Muslim”.According to the article,
Upadhyaya also believed that while a Muslim may be good individually, he in
“bad in a group”, and further a Hindu – who may be bad individually — is “good
as part of a group”. The author said that the difference in the nature of the
groups must be understood.About the article on Muslims, Mishra said, “I agree
with the facts given in the article. This is true that the Muslims could not
unite with the Hindus. Muslims even fight among themselves and with other
communities like the Sikhs and Parsis. Ram Manohar Lohia also agreed with
Upadhyaya’s views. It is necessary to learn from history to improve our present
and future.” Indian express
Veteran RSS leader
Govindacharya pitches for overarching legislation to ban cow slaughter
New Delhi:Claiming cow
protection laws enacted by states have loopholes or are not being implemented
properly, an umbrella body of organisations working in the field today pitched
for an overarching legislation to ban cow slaughter and treating the crime on a
par with homicide. Bhartiya Goseva Sankalp Samiti also demanded that govt treat
cow trafficking equivalent to human trafficking. Samiti urged that the word
‘beef’ be defined only as cow meat “as it means world over”. This,it said,
should be done to ensure cow meat is not exported in the name of buffalo meat
from the country. “States have cow protection acts. But there are loopholes in
it or are not being implemented calling for framing an overarching law
centrally,” ex-BJP leader KN Govindacharya said on behalf of Samiti.PTI
Rajasthan: Uncertainty
looms over Jamiat Ulema meet
Jaipur: The proposed 33rd
general session of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) in Ajmer is facing uncertainty due
to opposition from an Ajmer-based Sufi Sunni group. Both bodies hold diverse
views on Islamic theology.JUH believes worshipping Sufi shrines is not Islamic,
while the latter believes in worshipping Sufi shrines.The session was cancelled
by the district administration last week citing that the venue at Kayad village
is not sufficient to accommodate 5 lakh people, who as claimed by the JUH, were
to attend the meet. However, JUH had filed a 'revised application' requesting
for a meet for 40, 000 people.This application is pending before district
administration. meeting is to be held in Ajmer on Nov.12-13.TOI
Ram Kishan Grewal’s death
and OROP issues: General VK Singh is acting as Modi ji’s disciple, says
Congress
Bhiwani:Congress Party on
Thursday accused PM Narendra Modi of
lying to the nation on the implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’ and asked
the BJP-led NDA Govt to apologise the
Indian Armed Forces and ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal’s family for
questioning his mental state.Criticising PM Modi, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala
said, “Our country’s PM Narendra Modi is
lying and speaking lies has become part of his personality. If OROP had been
granted then why did Grewal committed suicide? And if OROP had been granted
then how come our soldiers are protesting from 607 days at the Jantar Mantar.
If OROP had been granted then how come they are crying for justice? This in
itself signifies that Modiji is lying.”ANI
Ram Kishan Grewal won
Sarpanch election on Congress ticket, suicide unfortunate: VK Singh
Shaheed are those who die
at border, not commit suicide: Manohar Lal Khattar
World
'I froze, realising I'd
stepped on a body': Syrian journalists in their own words:
The human cost of Syria’s brutal and protracted civil war goes way beyond the number of reported
casualties.Millions have fled in search of refuge and the residents of Aleppo
in the north-west of the country have been living under siege, with Syrian and
Russian airstrikes destroying their homes, hospitals and food
supplies.Meanwhile journalists in the city – the people we rely on to be
the eyes and ears on the frontlines of conflict – risk being kidnapped,
tortured and murdered in the line of duty.According to the Committee to Protect
Journalists Syria is the most dangerous place in the world to be a journalist.
And while the number of journalist deaths have fallen since war broke out in
2011, it is not because attacks stopped but because there are fewer left to be
killed.So what happens to reporters who stick their heads above the parapet?
And is it ever possible to provide balanced reporting from a civil war? Five
journalists, now living in exile in Turkey, share their experiences in their
own words. Theguardian
Rebels
reject Russian demand to leave Syria's Aleppo
Syrian
opposition fighters have rejected Russian demands that they withdraw from the
northern city of Aleppo by Friday evening, according to an official in one
rebel faction."This is completely out of the question. We will not give up
the city of Aleppo to the Russians and we won't surrender," Zakaria
Malahifji, of the Fastaqim rebel group, told Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
Aljazeera
US and
Turkey discuss seizure of Raqqa
US is
continuing to talk with ally Turkey on the role it will play in the operation
to seize the city of Raqqa, Daesh’s main stronghold in Syria, US Secretary of
Defense Ash Carter said on Wednesday. Carter’s comments, made during a news
conference, come days after Turkey said it wants the Raqqa operation to start
after Mosul and Euphrates Shield operations have been completed.“We’ll continue
to talk with Turkey about its role in the eventual seizure of Raqqa, but we’re
proceeding now with the operation according to our plan,” Carter said. Carter
said last week that Washington expected the Raqqa operation to overlap with the
battle to retake Mosul from Daesh.“We intend to go there soon with the force
that is capable of doing that and enveloping the city of Raqqa… the final
seizure of Raqqa, we continue to talk to Turkey about that and a possible role
for Turkey in that further down the road,” Carter said. Kurdish YPG militia fighters
will be included as a part of the force to isolate the Daesh-held Syrian city,
the top US military commander in Iraq has said. middleeastmonitor
ISIL
leader Baghdadi confident of Mosul battle victory
ISIL
leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has expressed confidence in victory, in his first
message after US-backed Iraqi forces started an offensive to take back Mosul,
the last major city under control of his group in Iraq.He also called on ISIL
fighters to invade Turkey."This raging battle and total war, and the great
jihad that the state of Islam is fighting today only increases our firm belief,
God willing, and our conviction that all this is a prelude to victory," he
said in an audio recording released online by supporters on Thursday.Al Jazeera
could not verify the authenticity of the 31-minute-long recording. Sherifa
Zuhur, a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, told Al
Jazeera that with this recording Baghdadi is sending a message to supporters of
ISIL to fight to the death."It's a call to martyrdom that says: if you
stand in front of the coalition, just stand firm and say 'God is enough for
us'," she said."On the other hand, it is a statement that ISIL is
going to lose its physical territory, for now, and will go back to the condition
that it was in in 2010. It is also a call to those he feels have betrayed the
cause of ISIL, a reference to other Sunnis in different groups."Zuhur said
the latest recording was made within the last 10 days.Baghdadi, an Iraqi whose
real name is Ibrahim al-Samarrai, called on the population of Iraq's Nineveh
province "not to weaken in the jihad" against the "enemies of
God".He also called on the group's suicide fighters to "turn the
nights of the unbelievers into days, to wreak havoc in their land and make
their blood flow as rivers".The battle that started on Oct.17 with air and
ground support from a US-led coalition is shaping up as the largest in Iraq
since the invasion of 2003. Baghdadi told ISIL's fighters to "unleash the
fire of their anger" on Turkish troops fighting them in Syria, and to take
the battle into Turkey. "Turkey today entered your range of action and the
aim of your jihad ...invade it and turn its safety into fear."Baghadi told
his followers to launch "attack after attack" in Saudi Arabia,
targeting security forces, govt officials, members of the ruling Al Saud
family and media outlets, for "siding with the infidel nations in the war
on Islam and the Sunna in Iraq and Syria". Aljazeera
Philippine
president meets Muslim rebel leader after arrest warrant lifted: Reuters
Philippine
President Rodrigo Duterte held talks with a wanted Muslim rebel leader at the
presidential palace on Thursday, immediately after a court suspended a warrant
for his arrest, in an effort to bolster his nationwide peace process.Nur
Misuari had been on the run since September 2013 and charged with leading a bloody rebellion, but Duterte welcomed him and
the two discussed how to put an end to nearly five decades of insurgency in the
south. Misuari founded the Moro National Liberation Front in 1969.He was flown to the
presidential palace from his base on Jolo island, home to the al Qaeda-linked
Abu Sayyaf militants who run a lucrative kidnapping business and have beheaded
foreign and Philippine captives. Though the MNLF and Abu Sayyaf are not linked,
Misuari has recently facilitated with negotiations to secure the release of
several hostages."I cannot reject his invitation because I respect
him," Misuari said of Duterte."He restored my liberty."
Myanmar
arms non-Muslim civilians in Rakhine
Authorities
in Myanmar say security forces have begun arming and training non-Muslim residents
in the north of Rakhine state to counter an allegedly growing threat from
fighters belonging to the ethnic Rohingya minority group.Human rights advocates
say the move could lead to more conflict and abuses against civilians in
Rakhine.Colonel Sein Lwin, Rakhine police chief, told Reuters news agency on
Wednesday that his force had started recruiting new "regional police"
from among Buddhist Rakhine and other non-Muslim ethnic minorities in the
border town of Maungdaw.Candidates who did not meet the educational attainment
standards, or criteria such as minimum height, required for recruitment by the
regular police would be accepted for the scheme, he said."But they have to
be the residents," said Sein Lwin. "They will have to serve at their
own places." Aljazeera
Israeli
draft law legalises Jewish settlements in West Bank
Political
groups which form Israel’s
coalition proposed a new bill to retroactively legalise illegal Israeli
settlements in the occupied West Bank, Quds Press reported yesterday.Reporting
the Israeli TV Channel 7, Quds Press said that a number of members of the
ruling coalition, including Likud’s
David Bitan and Jewish Home’s
Betzalel Smotrich, proposed the bill to be discussed on Sunday.The bill called
for retroactively legalising the settlement of Amona by allowing the Israeli govt
to pay Palestinian landowners large sums
of money and give them new property in exchange for their land.In addition, the
Israeli channel said, the bill aims to resolve the problems of the settlements
which were built “with
good intention” by
settlers without prior planning or those permitted by the govt without knowing that the lands were private
property or were not sold or conceded by their Palestinian owners. middleeastmonitor
Israeli
soldiers shot an unarmed, suicidal 12-year-old child
Israeli
occupation forces shot an “unarmed
and suicidal” 12-year-old girl in an incident initially reported by
the Israeli media as a failed stabbing attack.According to Defence for Children
International – Palestine (DCIP), Bara Esawi
was shot three times in the leg “for failing to halt at Eliyahu checkpoint near
Qalqilya, northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank, on Sept.21.”Esawi was only carrying
school books in her backpack when she was shot, and told DCIP that “she missed
her aunt whom Israeli soldiers shot dead at the same checkpoint in November
2015 after she allegedly brandished a knife, and wanted to ‘join her’.”As she
approached the checkpoint, “Bara said she became afraid and wanted to return,
but the soldiers aimed their weapons at her and spoke to her in Hebrew.” middleeastmonitor
UNESCO
must go one step further with a cultural boycott of Israel: Dr Daud Abdullah
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