Evening NEWS DIGEST
05 Feb.2017: 07 Jamadiul Awwal 1438: Vol:8, No:108
Govt may take major step to
ban triple talaq after assembly polls: Union minister
Lucknow: Centre is likely
to take "a major step" to ban triple talaq after the ongoing assembly
polls, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said and dared SP, Congress
and BSP to make their stand clear on the contentious issue. Insisting that the
issue is not related to religion but involves respect and dignity of women, he
said the government "respects faith but worship and social evil cannot
co-exist".He said the tradition of triple talaq denies respect for women
and the central govt is committed to end the "evil social practice". "Govt
may take a major step to ban triple talaq after the UP Assembly polls," he
said while addressing a press conference in Ghaziabad.Asserting that
"every pernicious practice" cannot be part of a religion, the minister,
who is a lawyer himself, said the Centre would raise the issue in the Supreme
Court on three points -- justice, equality and dignity of women."We are
the only party which respects women. Neither do other parties offer a good
place to women nor do they respect them," said Prasad, a senior BJP
leader."Govt respects faith but worship and social evil cannot
co-exist," he said.He said, "I want Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi and
Mayawati to clarify their stand on the issue of triple talaq. Our (BJP's) stand
is very clear. The issue is not related to religion but involves respect and
dignity of women."PTI
Centre may ban triple talaq
after UP polls: minister
After UP elections, BJP
aiming to ban triple talaq
Smriti Irani questions SP,
Congress on Triple Talaq
Union Minister Smirti Irani
on Saturday questioned Samajwadi Party and Congress to debate on triple talaq.
She asked UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to come
together and discuss the issue."We all agree on women's respect and all of
us should come up and discuss triple talaq. We should not talk about it only
when seem convenient but always," said Irani. Union Minister also asked
Akhilesh's wife Dimple Yadav and Rahul's sister Priyanka Gandhi to share their
views on triple talaq.Times Now
Malegaon blasts accused Ramesh
Upadhyay permitted to go to UP for a month for campaigning
Mumbai:A special court has
given interim permission to retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the
2008 Malegaon blast case, to travel to UP to fight the upcoming elections. Upadhyay was
allowed to contest the polls last month after he expressed his desire to stand
from Bairia constituency in his native town Ballia in eastern UP as an
independent candidate. Upadhyay had sought permission from the special NIA
court to be allowed to travel to UP for a month for campaigning. Special Judge
SD Tekale has allowed Upadhyay to travel from Feb. 6 to March 6 along with a
police escort party. Upadhyay will have to bear the cost of the escort party
team, the court said. Special public prosecutor Avinash Rasal said the court
had also set other conditions for his release, including informing the court
about where he would stay in UP and details about the people he would live
with. indianexpress
Malegaon blast accused granted
bail to campaign in polls
Ulema & Mashaikh Board
to rally in support of Mayawati in western UP
Lucknow:All India Ulema and
Mashaikh Board, a body representing Indian Sunni Muslims, scholars and clerics
has decided to hold public meetings in all districts of UP to align minorities in favour of Mayawati-led
BSP ahead of UP assembly elections. AIUMB president Syed Mohammad Ashraf
Kichhouchhwi said, "In the first such meeting in Sambhal road area of
Moradabad on Sunday, we will seek people's support for BSP." AIUMB happens
to be a representative body comprising 'Sajjada Nasheen' (patrons-in-chief) of
dargahs, imams of masjids. According to their website, board advocates
rejection of radical Islam. Support to BSP comes at a time when Mayawati is
stepping up her Muslim outreach in western UP and spreading it across the state
ahead of the crucial assembly polls. Kichhouchhwi said the board was disappointed
in the ruling Samajwadi Party for not fulfilling promises it made to the
community in 2012. "I was one of the few Muslim clerics who got points
like reservations for Muslim, Dargah act and inclusion of Urdu in PCS(J)
examination, incorporated in SP's manifesto in 2012 assembly elections. We
pursued the state govt but to no avail
and now, the party has removed the points from its current manifesto," he
said, adding that the community had been at the receiving end because of poor
law and order in the state. The cleric said in Mayawati's regime law and order
situation was robust.The board does not have much influence in communally
sensitive West UP where Mayawati eyes a strong Dalit-Muslim combine to help her
come back to power. Member of Central Haj Committee, Arshad Mian, however, said
board may not have presence in Saharanpur where Darul Uloom Deoband is
situated, or in Meerut, Baghpat and Bulandshahr but it set up has offices in
almost all districts from Agra and to Gorakhpur in the east.TOI
If you don’t vote, you have
no right to blame govt: SC to activist
New Delhi:If you don’t
vote, then you have no right to question or blame the govt, the Supreme Court
has observed.The candid admission of an activist seeking a blanket order to
remove encroachments in the country and saying he has never cast his vote, did
not go down well with the SC leading it to make the observation. Observing that
the court cannot pass a sweeping order on encroachments in a matter involving
all states, the bench headed by chief justice JS Khehar said, “One can’t blame
the govt for everything. If a person
does not cast his vote, then he has no right to question govt.”The bench, which
also comprised justices NV Ramana and DY Chandrachud, said it was not possible
for it to look into encroachments sitting in Delhi and asked the petitioner to
approach different high courts wherever he saw such encroachments on roads or
pavements.PTI
Sasikala to be Tamil Nadu CM,
Panneerselvam resigns
Chennai: VK Sasikala - longtime
companion of J Jayalalithaa who became the party chief after her death - has
been elected the chief of AIADMK's legislature party, clearing the decks for
her takeover as the CM of Tamil Nadu. O Panneerselvam, the current incumbent of
the post who proposed her name at the party's internal meeting this afternoon,
announced his resignation soon after. Sources said Ms Sasikala may take oath
tonight or tomorrow, depending on the availability of Governor C Vidyasagar
Rao, who is in Maharashtra.NDTV
OTHERS
100% penalty for cash
transactions over ₹3 lakh from 1 April: Revenue Secretary Adhia
New Delhi : In a bid to
check generation of black money, a steep penalty awaits those accepting cash in
excess of ₹3 lakh, beginning April 1, to settle any transaction.A ban on cash
transaction of more than ₹3 lakh has been proposed in the Budget for 2017-18.
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said the penalty for doing cash transaction
will be steep and the receiver will have to pay an amount equivalent to the
cash received. “Supposing you do a transaction of ₹4 lakh in cash, then the
penalty would be ₹4 lakh. If you do a transaction of ₹50 lakh, penalty would be
₹50 lakh,” he said, adding that the penalty will be levied on the receiver.So,
if someone buys an expensive watch for cash, it is the shopkeeper who will have
to pay the tax, he said, adding that the provision is to deter people from
doing large cash transactions.People with large sum of unaccounted money
usually spend it on holidaying or buying luxury items like cars, watches and jewellery.
The new cash curbs will mean that such spending avenues are curtailed,
disincentivising people from generating black money. Adhia said that the
previously notified rule of quoting PAN for any cash transaction above ₹2 lakh
stays. However, the restrictions will not apply to the govt , any banking
company, post office savings bank or co-operative bank.PTI
Gujarat HC paves way for
quick divorces as woman asks court to consider ‘consensual’ triple talaaq as
divorce
Gujarat high court has
asked a family court to decide expeditiously the application of a Muslim woman
who wanted a formal divorce deed saying that her husband had given her ‘triple
talaaq’.While the couple opted for triple talaaq consensually, the lower court
denied a deed of divorce to the applicant Rashidaben Rassiwala under the Civil
Procedure Code, saying this kind of talaaq was not legally valid.Justice Sonia
Gokani quashed family court’s order and directed it to decide the application
afresh in eight weeks.Rashidaben married Abbas Latiwala in 2002. From 2010 they
began to live separately, with Abbas marrying another woman.In 2015, Rashidaben
filed a suit for a deed of divorce to formalise the ‘triple talaq’ given by her
husband. Abbas endorsed her claim that they were divorced by mutual consent,
using the triple talaaq procedure under the Sharia law.The family court,
however, rejected the application saying the ‘triple talaaq’ had no legal
validity, and she had not furnished a clear proof of divorce. Rashidaben then
moved the HC, which in its order on Jan.25 set aside the family court’s order.“The
petitioner lady is educated and is working as a teacher. The husband has
already remarried after they separated. There is no dispute with regard to the
fact that word ‘talaq’ has been thrice uttered,” the HC said, also noting that
it had spoken to the couple to ascertain their wishes.“They both needed this
decree for the purpose of preparation of official documents. In absence of any
provision like section 13-B of Hindu Marriage Act when decree by mutual consent
is permissible...they adopted this (course of action),” HC observed.The woman's
advocate Aliasghar Zabuawala said, "With this judgment, Muslims can also
avail of speedy court processes, otherwise they have to wait for years together
to get a divorce decree, without which people are handicapped in applying for govt
documents."PTI /TOI
HC paves way for quick
divorces in triple talaq cases
Rajasthan human rights
panel turns to people for views on live-in relationships
Rajasthan state human
rights commission chairperson Justice Prakash Tatia on Saturday sought public
views on the rights of women and children under live-in relationships.He has
allocated two months for receiving the views and suggestions of the people on
the issue.“I believe that this was an important issue affecting the society and
opportunity should be given to the people to provide their suggestions and
opinions on this issue,” he said.Suggestions and opinions can be submitted
either on the commission’s website or send by post to its Jaipur office. The panel
will proceed with a detailed report on the basis of these suggestions and
submit the same to the central govt to help it in policy decisions or formation
of a law.PTI
We are enforcing law: Delhi
Police to HC on PIL seeking decriminalisation of beef consumption
New Delhi:The police are
merely a law enforcing agency having nothing to do with the constitutional
validity of any statutory provision, the city police has told the Delhi High
Court hearing a PIL seeking decriminalisation of beef consumption in the
national capital. The Delhi Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act provisions
prohibit slaughter, transport or export and consumption of cattle meat and beef
and provide punishment for a term which may extend to five years and fine up to
Rs 10,000.“We (Delhi Police) are a law enforcing agency and we do not deal with
the constitutionality of the provision under challenge before this court,” the
counsel for the police told a bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini while
responding to the plea seeking decriminalisation of beef consumption in New
Delhi. The court was hearing the plea by a law student and an NGO seeking
setting aside of the provisions of the Delhi Act which criminalise possession
and consumption of beef. Meanwhile, Delhi govt has sought time to respond to
the plea by May 8, the next date of hearing.The plea claimed that the
provisions of the Act were “a case of legislative over-reach”. It has contended
that “prohibition on possession and consumption of beef per se as under the Act
is in violation of the fundamental rights of the petitioners and other
similarly situated persons, as it infringes on their personal liberty” and
causes “hostile discrimination having no nexus with the objects of the Act”.“ Right
to eat the food of one’s choice is an integral part of the Right to Life and
Liberty,” PIL said,adding that Constitution “mandates state not to make law
towards enforcement of a particular religious practice”.PTI
‘India, with 180million
Muslims,has produced almost no jihadisMuslims here see stake in political system’
Bernard Haykel, professor
of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and a leading expert on the
Middle East and Islamic political movements, interprets the developments. Haykel warns against the rise of xenophobic
nationalism in Europe, dismisses America’s “monocausal” theory for the rise of
global jihad, argues terrorism is not an “existential threat”, and says
countries are looking at President Trump to support them against their regional
enemy. In an interview with Indian Express journalists, Professor Haykel said, “You
have 180 million Muslims in India which is the second largest population of
Muslims in the world after Indonesia. And yet, statistically speaking, you have
produced almost no jihadis — I am talking about global jihadis — and that begs
an explanation. Maybe one answer is that Indians outside of Kashmir feel that
they have a stake in the political system, that even though they are
discriminated against and don’t feel that they get enough share of the pie,
they nonetheless are engaged in it and, therefore, don’t feel the need to
become radical, unlike Muslims maybe in other countries whose frustration can
only be addressed through violence. The other interesting thing about the
Indian Muslims is that they haven’t joined the fighting in Kashmir.”
If a Muslim speaks against
BJP, he is terrorist; if a Hindu does it, he is a Naxal: Dr Suresh Khairnar
New Delhi: Social and human
rights activist, Dr Suresh Khairnar on Saturday criticized Modi govt of
polarizing different communities and choking freedom of speech in the
country.He was speaking at the NCHRO Mukundan C Menon Award – 2016 which was
conferred to him for his active involvement in social and human rights related
issues.Dr Suresh in his address said, “If a Muslim speaks against BJP, he/she
is tagged as terrorist and if a Hindu speaks against them, he is called a
naxalite. How activists and intellectuals who hold contrary views to the ruling
party are treated, we all are aware of that,” Dr. Khairnar said. Further, he
shared his experience about his visit to Kashmir. He castigated Govt of perpetrating atrocities on people in the
valley and called for proactive role of civil societies.The award was given by
Kuldip Nayar, veteran journalist & writer in an elegant function organized
by NCHRO at Indian Law Institute, near Supreme Court of India, India.TwoCircles
‘How many times in a day should I prove my
patriotism?’ Kerala delegate’s refusal to stand up for National Anthem
Bengaluru: A delegate from
Kerala was evacuated from a cinema hall on Saturday night for refusing to stand
up when the National Anthem was played at one of the shows of the ongoing 9th
edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFES).There was commotion
for some time because of the heated argument between the delegate and
organisers.The delegate refused to stand up when the National Anthem was played
during the screening of Train Driver’s Diary by Serbia’s Milos Radovic. The
screening commenced an hour late when organisers succeeded in sending the
delegate out of the hall, acceding to the objections raised by some in the
audience. According to eye witnesses, the delegate had said that he had stood
up for National Anthem before every show since the morning. “I have stood up 4
times for the anthem so far and cannot stand again one more time. How many
times in a day does an Indian have to prove his patriotism? Is patriotism a thing
of exhibition?” he had argued. According to sources, a journalist and writer
also refused to stand up when the National Anthem was played on Saturday during
one of the shows. But that did not lead to any arguments. Thehindu
CIC asks PMO to furnish
historical details about national anthem, song
New Delhi: Central
Information Commission has directed the PMO to “initiate fresh efforts” to find
out the historical facts about the national anthem and national song after the
latter refused to answer an RTI query on the same, claiming that the
information did not pertain to it. The query was filed by Harinder Dhingra who
wanted the PMO to “certify if ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was the national anthem and
‘Vande Mataram’ the national song, besides completing the file noting on
declaration of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem as the national anthem.”PTI
All minorities in India
should unite: Radhika Vemula
Kochi: Communists, Dalits,
Adivasis and Muslims should join hands to counter attacks against the
marginalised sections of society, said Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula,
the JNU student who committed suicide last year.Addressing a seminar on ‘Discrimination
and Disparity in India’, at the 10th national conference of DYFI here on
Saturday, she deplored the alleged attacks on Dalits and Muslims by the
SFI.“The ostracism being faced by autorickshaw driver Chitralekha, a Dalit
woman from northern Kerala, from her male counterparts is continuing. It is sad
that Dalits and Adivasis are still fighting for land in Kerala,” she said.“An
Adivasi leader who was once a powerful and progressive voice, has been forced
to join the BJP,” she said, referring to C K Janu, but without mentioning her
name. She alleged the Left parties did not support the Dalit leaders and
campaign for them in elections in various universities, including JNU, and
called for an open discussion to settle the differences.“Being Ambedkarites, we
follow the Communist principle of fighting against inequality. Dalit movements
are different from Muslim movements, which differ from women’s movements, and
all these movements are different from Communist movements. If these forces
combine, nobody could even think of challenging equality, liberty and
fraternity in India,” she said. newindianexpress
Unite against fascist
forces: Radhika Vemula
Despite admission policy
roll-back, JNU students continue indefinite strike
Delhi: Members of the JNUSU
continued with their indefinite hunger strike on Saturday, a day after the
varsity’s steering committee said it was going back to its old rules for
admission for MPhil and PhD.Members of JNUSU, on the fifth day of their hunger
strike on Saturday, claimed that the change in admission rules was released as
a press note without proper deliberation and approval by members, as per protocol.They
added that they will continue to fight the UGC gazette notification that
proposed seat cuts and gave 100% weightage to viva voce under a new set of
admission rules.On Saturday, JNUSU president Mohit K Pandey and general
secretary Satarupa Chakraborty said that students’ body also concerned about
the fact that the new admission guidelines do not mention anything about the
relaxation of 50% in entrance exams for people who are eligible for reserved
quotas. HT
JNU professor Nivedita
Menon gets backing
After a university in
Jodhpur filed a police complaint against JNU professor Nivedita Menon over her
alleged remarks against Indian Army and on Kashmir, Menon Saturday said her
lecture was “utterly patriotic” as it was “anti-RSS and anti-Hindutva”. She
also got support from teachers and students who said she was attacked for
“standing up against right-wing forces”.JNU professor Rajat Dutta, said, “She
is the latest among a long list of women scholars, activists and thinkers who
have been attacked for their opposition to the govt.” Professor Ayesha Kidwai
said, “As a friend and colleague, I am distraught and frustrated…” indianexpress
'My lecture was anti-RSS
and anti-Hindutva. Therefore, I hold it was in fact utterly patriotic...':Menon
AMU Court recommends 3
names for new VC
Aligarh: A special meeting
of the AMU Court, the supreme governing body of the Aligarh Muslim University,
has recommended a panel of three names to the President of India, in his
capacity as Visitor of the University, for the appointment of next V-C.The
meeting of the Court recommended Professor Tariq Mansoor, Principal and CMS,
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital; Dr Abusaleh Shariff, Executive
Director and Chief Scholar, US-India Policy Institute, Washington and Dr Shahid
Jameel, CEO, Welcome Trust and DBT India Alliance. Prof Tariq Mansoor secured
94 votes, Dr Abusaleh Shariff secured 90 votes and Dr Shahid Jameel secured 86
votes while Prof Javaid Akhter, AMU Registrar secured 84 votes and Prof Mazahir
Kidwai, VC of IIMT University, Meerut secured 36 votes. A total of 130 votes
were polled by AMU Court Members.TCN
AMU Court recommends panel of
3 names for new VC
Govt clueless about Sadhvi
Pragya transfer to Mumbai
Mumbai : Even after being
acquitted from the Sunil Joshi murder case, the process to transfer the Hindu
right wing terrorist Sadhvi Pragya to Mumbai for the pending trial of 2008
Malegaon blast case, is yet to begin.Sadhvi, the prime accused in the Malegaon
blast case, was acquitted on Wednesday from the murder of RSS leader Sunil
Joshi. She is currently admitted in a hospital in Bhopal due to poor health.NIA
has been pulled up during the bail application by the Mumbai Sessions court for
failing to produce evidence against her. Earlier, advocate Rohini Salian had
also accused the NIA of pressurising her to go slow on the Hindu accused in the
case. The indicators are more than evident that the investigating agencies have
failed to bring Sadhvi to jail in Mumbai. freepressjournal
Terror conspiracy case:
Accused held after 14 years
Gujarat ATS today nabbed a
person allegedly involved in hatching a conspiracy to spread terror in the
state to avenge attacks on Muslims during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.Based on a
specific tip off, a team of the squad officials nabbed one Javed Chauhan (38)
from a village in Chhota Udepur district, an ATS release said.Chauhan, accused
of supplying arms to spread terror, was on the run for the last 14 years after
he was named as one of the accused in that case, registered by City Crime
Branch in November 2003, it said.PTI
NSG ignored plea to rescue
2 guards during Pathankot attack: Air force officer
New Delh:NSG “didn’t pay
heed” to pleas for rescuing defence guards under fire from gunmen during last
year’s Pathankot airbase attack, an air force officer’s statement to the NIA
has revealed.“I heard an RT (radio transmission on a wireless set) in which
some DSC (defence security corps) personnel was yelling ‘one is dead and two
are wounded, please somebody come (to) evacuate us, else we would die.”I then
asked Brigadier (Gautam) Ganguly (NSG officer leading the commando team) to get
one team prepared for rescue to which he didn’t paid (sic) heed to,” said the
officer, wing commander Abhijit Sarin, who was asked to guide the NSG team sent
to neutralise the attackers.DSC is under the administrative control of the
defence ministry and guards installations under it.HT
Religious leaders,
especially the Muslims play major role in promoting harmony: Dalai Lama
New Delhi: Religious
leaders in India, especially the Muslims, have a major role in promoting
religious harmony, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said on Saturday.
“Indian religious leaders, especially the leaders of Muslim community, have a
major role in promoting religious harmony,” elderly Buddhist monk said while
addressing over 400 Indian students and scholars at a teaching session
organised by Vidyaloke here. He said in India, concepts such as ‘ahimsa’ have
existed for more than 3000 years. “It’s time for Indians to activate these
principles for the benefit of the entire human family.” “Indians should take
more active role in promotion of inner values, as it is a part of the ancient
Indian tradition,”he said.IANS
Info. panel: Come clean on
Mecca Masjid firing report
Hyderabad: State
Information Commission has directed the Telangana govt to come clean on the status of the report
which the V Bhaskarao Rao Commission had filed in connection with the police
firing in the aftermath of the Mecca Masjid blast.The commission was dealing
with an appeal filed by Right to Information activist S Q Masood who had sought
documents such as the terms of reference of the commission, a copy of the
report and in case this is not possible, a physical inspection of the
documents. In its order, the commission noted that the respondent —General
Administration (Law and Order) Department — had not sent its representative to
a hearing. TOI
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind urges
Modi govt to set up Equal Opportunities Commission
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi‘s slogan Sab Ka Saath Sab Ka Vikas cannot be implemented on the ground in
letter and spirit without a robust statutory mechanism to prevent deep-rooted
discrimination and ensure equal opportunities to all. In the wake of the latest
report of Delhi Minorities Commission on actual representation of minorities in
govt departments, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has demanded the BJP-led NDA govt of PM Modi to set up Equal Opportunities
Commission (EOC) whose draft was approved by the Cabinet of Congress-led UPA govt
in Feb 2014.In its annual report
2015-16, the Delhi Minorities Commission has revealed that the representation
of minorities is very small in almost all departments of Delhi. Commenting on the report, Nusrat Ali, Vice
President of Jamaat said the negligible presence of minorities is not only in
Delhi govt departments but in every
field in every state across the country.“This (imbalance) is not just true for
Delhi but it is fact that at ground level across the country, the
representation of minorities is very less in every field from politics to
education and other areas,”he said and stressed that Equal Opportunities
Commission, a recommendation made by Sachar Committee in 2006, could be a
remedy.“Sachar Committee recommended that an Equal Opportunity Commission
should be formed.So that minorities get representation in various departments
according to their population. We have also been demanding for this commission
since then,”said Ali while interacting with media here on Saturday.Jamaat
demanded that the bill should be presented in Parliament and passed, and only
then minorities will be able to get their share.india tomorrow
Pakistan should conduct
referendum to check if its citizens want to be part of India: Rajnath
Haridwar:Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh has said that a referendum must be conducted in Pakistan
to check whether their citizens want to remain there or want to merge with
India. Singh also asserted that Kashmir was always with India and will remain a
part of it. “Now Pakistan wants referendum on Kashmir but one thing is clear
that Kashmir was with India and will be with India and no power can change
that. There should instead be a referendum in Pakistan, asking whether its
people want to remain in the same country or want to merge with India,” he said
while addressing a public rally in Haridwar.ANI
‘Kashmir a core dispute’: Nawaz
Sharif asks India to end ‘bloodbath’
Islamabad:Upping the ante, PM
Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said Kashmir was
the core dispute between India and Pakistan and the dream of peace and
prosperity of the people of the region will remain elusive without resolving
the issue.Describing Kashmir issue as an unfinished agenda of partition and the
oldest dispute in the UN security council, Sharif said, “for the last seven
decades India has denied the people of Kashmir the right to self-determination
promised to them by the international community through numerous UN security
council resolutions”. He was speaking on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity
Day. “The people of Pakistan join their Kashmiri brothers and sisters in
observing Kashmir Solidarity Day today to reaffirm our moral, diplomatic and
political support to the legitimate struggle of the Kashmiri people for their
basic human rights, especially the right to self determination enshrined in the
relevant UN Security Council resolutions,” Sharif said.PTI
Burhan Wani’s death a
‘turning point’ in Kashmir: Aziz
The killing of Burhan Wani
was a “turning point” for Kashmir, Pakistan’s top diplomat Sartaj Aziz on
Saturday claimed in as he termed the ensuing violence in the Valley an
“indigenous youth-led movement” triggered by India’s “misguided efforts” to
change the state’s demography.PTI
Kashmiris prisoners facing
worst kind of ‘political vengeance’: J&K Jama’at
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami J&K
has said that Kashmiri youth were facing the “worst kind of political revenge
for raising voice against human rights violations and youth with religious bent
of mind are the main targets”.It also termed the continuous detention of Muslim
Deeni Mahaz chief Dr Muhammad Qasim, who despite spending 24 years in prison
has not been released, as a “glaring example of lawlessness”.Jama’at
spokesperson Advocate Zahid Ali said, “To suppress the just voice of the
people, the govt machinery is utilised
in a brutal way and such activists are taken into custody and implicated in
baseless cases to make their release impossible. By tactical mechanisation,
they are sentenced to various punishments by the courts. Hundreds of Kashmiri
youth are languishing in local as well as outside state jails.”kashmirreader
Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen
leader resigns over differences in view on black magic: TOI report
Kozhikode: Giving a rude
jolt to the unified Mujahid movement, A Asagar Ali, the organizing secretary of
the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) has relinquished the post.Sources said
that Asgar Ali offered to step down after a section of the organisation blasted
him in the social media following the publication of an article in
Vichinthanam, the official organ of the KNM.Asgar Ali, a senior leader of
Markazu Dawa faction, authored the article in collaboration with Abdul Rehman
Salafi, an important figure in rival TP Abdulla Koya Madani group.The two
groups had announced the merger at a public meeting held on December 20. There
were allegations that the two groups hurriedly decided to merge without solving
basic ideological issues. One of the issues that remained unaddressed was the
question on 'Sihr' (black magic) on which there are divergent opinions within
the Muslim community. Markazu Dawa faction held that the belief in 'Sihr' was a
superstition that needs to be opposed but the rival group maintained that
'Sihr' will have an impact on human beings. Meanwhile, Wisdom Global Islamic
Mission, another splinter group of Mujahids that was outside the purview of the
merger, has intensified the campaign against the 'unity without ideology' of
the two Mujahid groups.
WORLD
US court rejects bid to
immediately restore travel ban
A US appeals court in San
Francisco has denied an emergency motion filed by the justice department to
reinstate President Donald Trump's halted immigration ban. The decision from
the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit means the ban will remain frozen
throughout the weekend, and that a decision on a further request to restore the
ban will be put off until at least Monday afternoon. The justice department
filed an appeal on Saturday to reinstate an executive order barring citizens
from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees, even as
travellers raced to enter the country while the ban was lifted. Appeal aimed to
reverse a federal judge's Friday order that lifted the travel ban, warning the
decision posed an immediate harm to the public. aljazeera
Appeals Court Rejects
Justice Department Request to Immediately Reimpose Muslim Ban
Judge mocked by Trump for
lifting 'Muslim ban' has fostered numerous immigrant children
Thousands protest in US,
Europe over Trump travel ban
From London and Paris to
New York and Washington, thousands of people took to the streets to protest US
President Trump’s travel ban amid a fierce legal battle over the order.The
biggest demonstration by far yesterday took place in the British capital, where
an estimated 10,000 people turned out, chanting “Theresa May: Shame on You” to
denounce the British PM’s support for the new US leader. Brandishing placards
declaring “No to scapegoating Muslims” and “Socialism not Trumpism,” protesters
marched from US embassy toward May’s Downing Street office.AFP
Trump’s top strategic
adviser Bannon Described US Jews as 'Enablers' of Jihad: Israeli paper
In a proposal of a
documentary on a purported Islamic plan to take over America, Steve Bannon, US
President Donald Trump’s top strategic adviser, described the “American Jewish
community” as among unwitting “enablers” of Jihad.Bannon, ex-banker who
transitioned into a career as an ultranationalist propagandist, culminating in
his becoming a top adviser to the Trump campaign, made several right-wing documentaries
in the 2000s. The Washington Post reported Friday on a 2007 proposal for a
documentary that was never made called “Islamic States of America.” It would be
comprised of interviews of people who, like Bannon, believe that the threat
posed to the West is broader than Islamist extremist terrorists, embracing an
array of Muslim advocacy groups. Haaretz
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv
against ‘racist’ Israeli state and home demolitions
Thousands rallied in the
Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in protest of home demolitions
targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel, with demonstrators calling the
Israeli state’s demolition campaign “racist” and an act of “incitement” against
Palestinian citizens.Protesters reportedly called on Israeli Minister of Public
Security Gilad Erdan to resign for “lying” to the Israeli public, saying they
held him responsible for the killings that took place during a raid to evacuate
the Negev region Bedouin community of Umm al-Hiran last month.Local math
teacher in Umm al-Hiran Yacoub Abu al-Qian was shot dead on Jan.18th b police
before Israeli authorities demolishes more than a dozen structures in the
village, with authorities claiming he was carrying out a deliberate vehicular
attack, in contradiction to numerous eyewitness reports and video evidence that
attested his car spun out of control only after Israeli police opened fired on
him.Some 5,000 Palestinian and Jewish citizens joined the march Saturday night,
travelling from Jerusalem and across Israel to protest the demolitions and the
Israeli state’s discriminatory policies against Palestinian citizens in
general. middleeastmonitor
Protest in Austria over
possible ban on full-face veil
Vienna: Nearly 1,000 people
demonstrated in Vienna against the Austrian govt’s plans to bar people from
wearing the Islamic full-face veil in public places. The march on Saturday, in
which the protesters carried signs with slogans denouncing the proposed ban,
proceeded through the centre of Vienna and ended in front of the square where
the Foreign Ministry building is located, Efe news reports..IANS
Turkey 'detains hundreds'
in major anti-ISIL operation
Turkish police have detained
hundreds of suspected ISIL members in nationwide raids, according to state
media, in the biggest roundup to target the armed group in Turkey.More than 400
suspects, most of them foreign nationals, were arrested during operations
conducted in at least 18 provinces, Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday.At
least 60 people were held in the capital, Ankara, while 150 were arrested in
Sanliurfa in the southeast and a further 47 in the nearby city of Gaziantep
close to the Syrian border. aljazeera
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