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Don't rake up triple talaq, focus on Muslim education, Jamaat-e-Islamic
Hind women leaders tell Govt
New Delhi: Instead of raking up the triple talaq issue, the Govt should focus more on education and other basic
facilities to India's "under-privileged" communities, including
Muslims, a woman leader of the Jamaat-e-Islamic Hind (JIH) said on Tuesday. JIH Secretary (Women wing) Atiya Siddiqua said
a negative image of Muslims was being portrayed to show Muslim men as dominant
and women as victims.Reacting to PM Narendra Modi's statement asking Muslim
leaders not to politicise triple talaq, Siddiqua said it was the Govt which was unnecessarily blowing triple talaq
and polygamy out of proportion."These practices have been in Islam since
the beginning. Why was there no hue and cry (about it) so far? Why did this
happen all of a sudden?" Siddiqua asked."The fact is that the
practice of polygamy among Muslims is too low than other communities and the
percentage of divorce is also least among Muslims."She asked the Govt not
to interfere in Muslim religious matters and termed polygamy as a "divine
law and boon for society" because it can give social and financial
security to widows and uplift their status.She said the Jamaat had been
conducting a pan-India awareness programme with Muslims over issues like
marriage, divorce and inheritance. 15-day awareness programme ends on 7
May."During our visit to various slum areas (in UP), Muslim women told us
that the education of their children was their priority. It (triple talaq) is a
non-issue. It is being politicised unnecessarily."Govt should take up
issues like education and basic facilities... for underprivileged,"
Siddiqua said.She said Muslim clerics have also been advised to deliver Friday
sermons related to Muslim personal laws and eliminate misconceptions about it. Shaista
Rafat, in-charge of JIH Delhi and Haryana women wing, said Islamic laws were
"divine and they are for the good of people. Those who say these practices
should be abolished are unaware about the Shariah laws."PTI/firstpost
Focus on Muslim education than triple talaq, Govt told: indianexpress
Focus on under-privileged communities, not on triple talaq: JIH tells
govt Polygamy is a 'divine law and boon for society', said JIH women secretary
Atiya Siddiqua
Focus on Muslim education than triple talaq, Jamaat-e-Islamic Hind tells
Govt : business-standard/IANS
Focus on Muslim education than triple talaq, Govt told: millenniumpost
Focus on Muslim education than triple talaq, Muslim women tell Govt: greaterkashmir
Muslim body to PM Modi: Focus on education and other basic issues, not
triple talaq: India today
Triple Talaq non-issue, Muslim women more need higher education,
business opportunities, say Muslim women leaders: India Tomorrow
Muslim Personal Laws Most Progressive of All Communities: Legal
Luminaries at Kolkata Seminar
Kolkata:“Among all personal laws, I regard Muslim personal laws as most
progressive,” Advocate Flavia Agnes said while speaking at a one day national
seminar organized here at Aliah University.Ms Agnes, who has written
extensively on women’s issues added that the court ban on triple talaq will
prove ineffective as Muslim men may then start deserting their wives, like
Narendra Modi abandoned his wife. She also accused the media of ignorance over
the subject and suggested that they were playing into the hands of vested
political interests by only highlighting certain kind of reports related to
Muslim women. The one day seminar on ‘Media and Marginality: Situating the
Minority In Popular Narratives’ was organized by the Dept of Journalism and
Mass Communication of Aliah University and Association SNAP on Sunday.In this
one-day power-packed deliberation,
panelists shared their views on socio-economic conditions of minorities,
political debates regarding Muslim rights seen through the conflicting prism of
personal laws and uniform civil code, coverage of minority issues in main
stream media and issues of stereotyping.A. Faizur Rahman, Secretary General of
Chennai based Islamic Forum for the Promotion of Moderate Thought, who was in
the same panel with Agnes, gave a historicity of Triple Talaq, polygamy and
Indian judiciary. He reminded the audience that the uniform civil code is
impractical in current situation as there is not just MPL but several other
communities have their own code of laws. He, however, added that instant triple
talaq has not basis in Quran that lays down clear methods for separation
between husband and wife.The session was chaired by senior lawyer of the
Calcutta High Court Syed Shahid Imam.Caravan Daily
Divorce rate among Muslims low: AIMPLB
Hyderabad: The women's wing of All India Muslim Personal Law Board on
Saturday claimed the rate of divorce among Muslims was low compared to other
communities and that the issue of triple talaq was being projected in wrong
light.Dr Asma Zohra, chief organiser of the AIMPLB women's wing and a resident
of Hyderabad, was sharing data collected from family courts in
Muslim-concentrated districts across the country in the backdrop of a debate on
triple talaq.The collection of data started in May 2016 through RTI for 5 years
from 2011-2015. Dr Zohra said that women are well protected under Islam, a fact
that is reflected by the low percentage of Muslim women seeking divorce.She
said that so far, 16 family courts furnished detailed consolidated reports and
that they had compiled the report, which shows that the divorce rate was
minimal in the Muslim community.“Similarly, we collected details from various
Darul Qaza (office of the qazi), which also indicate that only 2-3 % cases are related to divorce – and most were
initiated by women only,” the AIMPLB women’s wing president said.Dr Zohra said
as per the report prepared by Muslim Mahila Research Kendra in coordination
with Sharia Committee for Women, the number of cases of divorce for Muslims
stood at 1,307 against those of Hindus at 16,505.“The issue of triple talaq
cropped up in recent years and was politicised. The issue needs to be
understood in the right manner and perspective. Islam gives certain liberties
to women and they are well protected in the community,” Dr Zohra said.Deccan
Chronicle
AIMPLB asks govt not to intervene in Personal Law
Lucknow: PM Narendra Modi’s comments on the triple talaq
on the second consecutive day on Sunday has drawn sharp reaction from All India Muslim personal
law board (AIMPLB). The board has said no PM of India has interfered in such a
blatant manner in the affairs of the muslim personal law as done by the present
PM Narendra Modi.AIMPLB reiterated its
demand from the Govt not to interfere in the muslim personal which is part of
the Shariat. Jafaryab Jilani former additional advocate general and member of
the executive committee of AIMPLB said here that `one can easily identify as to
who has politicized triple talaq issue. No PM other than Narendra Modi like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv
Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee never
intervened in the muslim personal law, but Modi has spoken several times on
this issue’’. dailypioneer
UP BJP to hold conferences on triple talaq, women empowerment
Lucknow: UP BJP has decided to
hold a conference on triple talaq and women empowerment in the State in
September this year. State party unit will also hold several other programmes
to commemorate the birth centenary of party's ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhaya.The
idea is also to generate the peoples' mandate for the upcoming urban local
bodies elections.The State Working Committee meeting here on the second day
today resolved to organise the triple talaq and women empowerment conference by
the minority cell in September, UP BJP General Secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak
said here while briefing the mediapersons about the decisions taken at the State
Working Committee meeting.Pathak said the party will organise the birth
anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhaya in a big way with pubic interaction and
reaching to every household between May 10 to 25.UNI
UP minister Maurya calls triple talaq a curse for society
Varanasi: UP labour minister Swami Prasad Maurya called the Islamic
practice of triple talaq a curse for society on Monday, and said the Govt will ensure that “victims” of the tradition
get justice. Maurya had last week triggered criticism from the Muslim community
on the triple talaq issue when he said that their men abused the tradition to
“satisfy their lust”.HT
OTHERS
India draws red line on Kashmir to Erdogan: Bilateral, about terror
New Delhi: A day after Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan advocated a
“multilateral dialogue” to settle the J&K question, PM Narendra Modi on Monday said that both sides
have agreed to work together to strengthen cooperation “bilaterally” and
“multilaterally” to effectively counter terrorism. While Kashmir was not
mentioned in the prepared statements by either Modi or Erdogan, India drew the
red line that Kashmir is a “bilateral” issue between India and Pakistan and
that it sees the dispute through the prism of “cross-border and state-sponsored
terrorism” being perpetrated by Pakistan in the Valley. Asked if Erdogan
mentioned mediation on J&K during his meeting with Modi, MEA spokesperson
Gopal Baglay said:“Our position is very clear and it was mentioned to them that
Kashmir is an integral part of India. Terrorism was discussed in detail and
they were told that in Kashmir, we have been victims of cross-border and
state-sponsored terrorism. We have been ready to talk to Pakistan bilaterally
on not just Kashmir but also terrorism and other outstanding issues. And we are
ready to hold talks on Kashmir bilaterally, as stipulated in Shimla Agreement
and Lahore declaration.” indianexpress
Pak welcomes Erdogan’s offer to help resolve Kashmir issue
Islamabad: Pakistan has welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan’s suggestion of having a multilateral dialogue to resolve the Kashmir
issue, an offer India has virtually rejected. Ahead of his India visit,Erdogan had
said, “We should not allow more casualties to occur (in Kashmir). By having a
multilateral dialogue, (in which) we can be involved, we can seek ways to
settle the issue once and for all.”“Pakistan welcomes the Turkish President’s
offer to strengthen the dialogue process among the stakeholders for resolving
the Kashmir issue,” the Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement last night.
Erdogan’s meeting with PM Narendra Modi
on Monday came in the shadow of his comments on Kashmir that were not well
received in India.However, Pakistan welcomed Erdogan’s remarks, saying,
“Pakistan has always welcomed the statements and endeavours aimed at addressing
the human rights issues” in Kashmir and the resolution of the J&K issue.The situation in Kashmir, especially in
terms of human rights violations and implications for the regional and global
security, due to the unresolved dispute, have raised serious concerns across
the globe, the Foreign Office said.PTI
'Chinese Communist Party officials funding Dalai Lama'
Beijing: In a rare disclosure, China's ruling Communist Party has said
some of its officials were funding the Dalai Lama by donating money to him,
undermining the fight against "separatist" forces.A senior discipline
inspection official has "lambasted some party officials for allegedly
donating money to the 14th Dalai Lama , saying such behaviour severely
undermines the party's fight against separatism," state-run Global Times
reported on Tuesday.Some party officials have neglected important political
issues and the country's anti-separatist struggle, Wang Yongjun, head of the
discipline watchdog in Tibet, which is officially called the Tibet Autonomous
Region, was quoted as saying.The Global Times, a tabloid publication attached
the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), also quoted a 2016 report issued by
Tibet's discipline watchdog linking "15 party officials to alleged illegal
overseas separatist organisations in 2014 who provided intelligence to the
Dalai Lama clique and funded secessionist activities."It, however, did not
reveal the names or the designations of the officials.This is the first time
official media here has come out with a disclosure of Chinese officials' links
with Dalai Lama after he fled from China to India in 1959.PTI
Beijing gearing up to meddle in Kashmir through CPEC, says Chinese media
Beijing:It is finally out in the open. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC) will be Beijing’s road to Kashmir, Chinese media has said, proving true
India’s fear of China meddling in the dispute.Beijing invested in the CPEC
despite India’s concerns with an eventual aim to interfere in Kashmir dispute
under the guise of protecting its investments, state media said on Tuesday,
putting on paper for the first time the country’s long-term strategy to play
“mediator”.“Given the massive investment that China has made in countries along
the One Belt, One Road, China now has a vested interest in helping resolve
regional conflicts including the dispute over Kashmir between India and
Pakistan,” an article in the nationalistic tabloid Global Times said.Chinese
President Xi Jinping’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) is an ambitious plan to build
a new Silk Road linking Asia, Africa and Europe by pumping in billions of
dollars in infrastructure projects such as railways, ports and power grids.The
write-up indicates that China only appears not to “interfere” in the internal
affairs of other countries but its investments, for example in the CPEC, gives
Beijing the perfect cover to launch its diplomatic game.It probably explains
the model of interference that China is beginning to follow: First invest, next
interfere.With its “iron brother” friendship with Pakistan, it is also fairly
clear which way Beijing will swing when -- not if -- it decides to meddle in
the complex Kashmir dispute. HT
J&K:Anantnag bye-poll cancelled amid on-going violence
New Delhi: Election Commission has cancelled bye-election to Anantnag
Lok Sabha seat, scheduled to take place on May 25, PTI has reported. The
decision comes amid the on-going violence in J&K, making the situation
unfeasible to hold elections. The byelection to Anantnag seat was necessitated
following the resignation of MP Mehbooba Mufti last year to take over as CM of J&K. In this election, her brother
Mufti Tassaduq Hussain will be looking to retain the seat.Earlier this month,
Election Commission had written to Ministry of Home Affairs asking that 75,000
personnel be deployed to ensure the safety of those who step out to vote as well
as to ensure there’s no violence at polling booths in constituency. Govt, in
its reply, has said it would be able to deploy only 30,000 personnel or 300
companies of paramilitary forces. The demand, say officials, seemed
unprecedented as in the recently concluded elections to five states, EC had
sought 700 companies or 70,000 personnel. This time they wanted the same amount
for just one constituency. indianexpress
World has rejected India’s claim that Kashmir conflict is cross-border
terrorism: Pakistan’s Sartaj Aziz
Pakistan claimed on Tuesday that the international community has
rejected India’s contention that the turmoil in Kashmir is primarily a
cross-border terrorism issue, blaming New Delhi for “scuttling” all
opportunities for a “meaningful” dialogue to resolve the issue.Pakistan PM ’s
foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz, in a hard-hitting statement, said
Islamabad has always welcomed the endeavours aimed at addressing the human
rights issues in the Valley and the resolution of the Kashmir issue.“India’s
contention that the Kashmir issue is, primarily, an issue of cross-border
terrorism, is a claim that no one in the world is prepared to accept today,”
Aziz said in a statement issued by the Foreign Office.He also welcomed Turkish
President Tayyip Erdogan’s suggestion of having a multilateral dialogue to
resolve the issue.PTI
Govt gives Army free hand to avenge Pak mutilation act: Sources
New Delhi: In a fresh outrage by Pakistan, two Indian soldiers were
beheaded and another injured by a Pakistani 'border action team' (BAT) that
sneaked into Indian territory under cover of heavy shelling in the Krishna
Ghati sector in Poonch district+ of J&K on Monday.The provocation led the
two armies to sharply escalate their exchange of fire in several areas along
778-km LoC in J&K, worsening the already deep chill in India-Pakistan
ties.India vowed to exact revenge for the "barbaric" mutilation of
the bodies during the well-planned BAT raid and ambush conducted over 200
metres inside Indian territory, which came less than 24 hours after Pakistan
army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the LoC. Timesofindia
Pakistan denies cross LoC movement, mutilation of soldiers' bodies
Pakistan military on Tuesday denied any cross LoC movement by its troops
and mutilation of Indian soldiers' bodies. In a press release, the military
stated that a hotline was established between local commanders of both
countries in the Rawalakot-Poonch sector to hold talks on the alleged incident.
“Indian counterpart was told that there has been no CFV or crossing of LoC by
Pakistani troops nor any mutilation of Indian soldiers' bodies,” it said. The
Indian authorities were told that there was unnecessary media hype following
the allegations. “Pakistan remains fully committed to maintaining peace and
tranquility along the LoC and expects the same from the other side and hope
prudence is exercised and no steps are taken that may lead to vitiating of
environment and affecting peace along LoC,” the statement said. thehindu
Pak resorting to proxies against India and Afghanistan, experts tell US
Congress:PTI
Washington: Afghanistan’s relationship with India is unacceptable to
Pakistan, which is using proxies like Haqqani network and the Taliban against
its neighbours, eminent experts have told US lawmakers.“Afghanistan’s strongest
regional ally is India, that is unacceptable to Pakistan. India is an enemy,
while the Afghan Govt is an ally in the
Indian Govt ,” Seth Jones, director of the International Security and Defense
Policy Center, Rand Corporation, said during a Congressional hearing last
week.“Pakistan has resorted to proxy organisations to further its foreign
policy goals both in places like J&K against the Indians and in Afghanistan and
that means support to organisations like the Haqqani Network and the Taliban,
so it’s a proxy war,” Jones said in response to a question from Congressman Ted
Poe. Hindustantimes/PTI
Indian Govt needs to stop targeting
NGOs that criticise it, HRW to UN
New Delhi: Days before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) reviews
India's human rights record, international advocacy group HRW has asked the UN
to "condemn the crackdown on rights" in the country."UN member
countries should call on India to stop targeting NGOs and others who criticize
the Govt or its policies,"
according to an HRW press release. UN will conduct the Universal Periodic
Review of India's human rights record on 4 May."UN review comes at a time
when freedoms long-cherished in India are seriously being challenged and
critics are increasingly under attack," said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia
director at Human Rights Watch, in a statement. "UN member countries
should raise alarm bells that India's proud history of respect for peaceful
dissent crucial for protecting the poor and vulnerable is at real
risk."The international human rights organisation's statement refers to
the Indian govt's decision to refuse foreign funding to more than two dozen
NGOs, as well as use of sedition laws to contain peaceful dissent. huffingtonpost
UNHRC to review India's rights record on May 4
'Human Rights Training Low Priority In Police Departments': Indian NHRC
To UN
Indian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) noted that the country’s
approach to the torture law is misguided, to say the least.These comments were
made in its report to UN Human Rights Council as part of the UN’s Universal
Periodic Review process submitted in August 2016. India’s turn for review is
coming up on May 4 in Geneva and the country will be represented by attorney
general Mukul Rohatgi. NHRC has lauded some of the country’s efforts in its
policies and funding on changing the situation for women and children. It has
noted mixed indicators that are too early to assess fairly at this time.With a
spurt in nationwide reporting on communal friction, the NHRC has urged the
state and central Govt s to be more vigilant and holds fringe right-wing
Hindutva organisations responsible for the turmoil. outlookindia
Godhra riots: SC to continue hearing Setalvad’s plea
New Delhi: Supreme Court will today hear the case involving social
activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with misappropriation of funds meant for
the riot victims’ of Godhra. Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta is
appearing for the Gujarat Govt, while senior advocate Kapil Sibal is appearing
for Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand.Teesta, her husband and 2 NGOs -
Sabrang Trust and Citizens for Justice and Peace – earlier approached the apex
court challenging the Oct.7, 2015, verdict of Gujarat High Court, which had
rejected their pleas for defreezing their personal bank accounts.ANI
Chhattisgarh Official's Facebook Post Reveals Horrific Police Torture Of
Minor Tribal Girls: huffingtonpost
A woman official of the Govt of Chhattisgarh has irked the authorities
with a Facebook post raising questions about a model of governance that allows
for alleged harassment of tribal people in the state."I am a witness to
the torture of minor tribal girls ... In the police stations, women personnel
have stripped and tortured girls as old as 14 and 16 ...They were given
electric shock on their hands and breasts. I have seen the marks ... I was
horrified ...Why third-degree torture on minors? I have given directions for
their treatment", Varsha Dongre, deputy jailer of Raipur Central Jail,
recently wrote in a post in Hindi."We need to introspect, because those
who are getting killed in either side of this war in Bastar are our own people.
The capitalist system is being forced on Bastar, tribals are being pushed out
of their lands, their villages are being burnt, women raped — all this to grab
land and forests. All this isn't being done to end Naxalism", she
added.Coming in the wake of the Maoist attack on CRPF jawans in Sukma district
of the state, her comments were shared widely on social media. The jail dept
has ordered a probe, based on her allegations.
Muslim man beaten to death after relative flees with Hindu girl in UP
New Delhi: UP citizens once again took law in their hands after members
of a right-wing militant group killed a 45-year-old man in Bulandshahr.The
victim has been identified as Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Sohi village under
the Pahasu Police Station.According to police, a distant relative named Yusuf
of Sohi was responsible for the attack on Ghulam.19-year-old Yusuf allegedly
kidnapped an 18-year-old Hindu girl, a resident of village Fazalpur, also in
the Pahasu area, on April 27. Activists of the right-wing group wanted to know
about Yusuf and his location. They saw Ghulam in a mango orchard, dragged him
to a secluded spot and beat him to death while inquiring about the whereabouts
of Yusuf.An FIR has been filed against "unidentified activists".India
Samvad
Adityanath defending crackdown on slaughterhouses
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi Adityanath
said many had initially thought that PM Narendra Modi had nominated ‘namoona’ (an
oddity or maverick) as CM but indicated that it wasn’t the case. As proof,
Adityanath defended his Govt ’s crackdown on illegal slaughter houses in the state and said that
vegetarians were not inferior to non-vegetarians.“When I was named CM many
thought PM Modi had nominated a namoona CM,” Adityanath said at the BJP working
committee meeting and then highlighted his Govt’s crackdown on illegal
slaughter houses to indicate that this wasn’t the case. hindustantimes
Presidential poll: 9 parties join hands to take on BJP
New Delhi: 9 Opposition parties on Monday joined hands and called for a
united fight against BJP and NDA Govt.At a gathering on late Socialist Madhu
Limaya's 95th birth anniversary, they spoke of burying their
differences in order to forge a larger unity against 'the challenges posed by
BJP-RSS combine to the democratic secular and pluralists character of India and
its Constitution".Many also said the upcoming Presidential elections
should be treated as the first stage in scripting Opposition unity. If
Samajwadi organisers invited Congress to signal how "anti-BJPism" has
replaced "anti-Congressism" as the Opposition plank, AICC general
secretary Digvijaya Singh responded by asserting how
Congress-Samajwadi-Communist political streams, despite their differences have
always been different from the "divisive and communal approach of BJP and
Sangh". "All progressive forces now must wage a united fight against
BJP and RSS on basis of issues and ideology. It is important not to convert
political fight into mere clash of personalities as the BJP and NDA regime are
trying in order to divert focus from their policies administrative
failures", Singh said while recalling how the Opposition in the 1960s had
lost to Indira Gandhi when they converted their fight against her into a fight
against a personality.Many felt Singh was underlining the tactical need to
focus Opposition against the policies of Modi regime than making it a fight
against the projected persona of Modi.Singh said unlike Ram Manohar Lohia's
extreme anti-Congress stand, Limaya had praised Indira Gandhi on creation of
Bangladesh. JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav said the anti-BJP unity of Opposition
parties, already started in Parliament, is now expanding to the ground. He
alleged under NDA regime, the situation from J&K to Northeast to South has
become tense and fragile as "BJP-RSS is insisting on imposing its
ideological, political and cultural vision everywhere". Timesofindia
135 million Aadhaar numbers leaked by govt agencies, reveals new report
Irresponsible information
security practices by a major central Govt ministry and a state Govt may have exposed up to 135 million Aadhaar
numbers, according to a new research report released on Monday.The last 2
months have seen a wave of data leaks, mostly due improper information security
practices, from various central Govt and
state Govt departments.A new report,
released by the Centre for Internet and Society, studied four Govt databases. First 2 belong to the rural
development ministry: the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)’s dashboard
and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)’s portal.The second 2
databases deal with the state of Andhra Pradesh: namely, the state Govt’s own
NREGA portal and the online dashboard of a state Govt scheme called “Chandranna Bima”.“Based on the
numbers available on the websites looked at, estimated number of Aadhaar
numbers leaked through these 4 portals could be around 130-135 million and the
number of bank accounts numbers leaked at around 100 million from the specific
portals we looked at,” the report’s authors, Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali,
state.The data leaks come, in part, from the Govt ’s decision to provide online
dashboards that were likely meant for general transparency and easy
administration. However, as the report notes, while open data portals are a
laudable goal, if there aren’t any proper safeguards, results can be downright
disastrous.“While availability of aggregate information on the dashboard may
play a role in making Govt functioning
more transparent, the fact that granular details about individuals including
sensitive PII such as Aadhaar number, caste, religion, address, photographs and
financial information are only a few clicks away suggest how poorly conceived
these initiatives are,” the report says.TheWire / business-standard
Amanatullah Khan resigns from AAP post
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/amanatullah-khan-resigns-from-aap-post/article18348964.ece
New Delhi: A day after accusing AAP leader Kumar Vishwas of “plotting a
coup” in the party, AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday resigned from the
party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC).#Speaking to reporters after the PAC
meeting, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said
the party leadership was upset with both Khan as well Vishwas for airing their
differences in public. He said the PAC has accepted Khan’s resignation.
“Arvindji is upset with both Kumar and Amanatullah. PAC also discussed Vishwas’
absence from the meeting. Even he (Vishwas) has been giving interviews and
releasing video. The party is also unhappy with this. “CM and other party leaders are upset over
statements given outside the party forum. If anyone has grievances, they can
raise them with the party leadership,” Sisodia said. Thehindu/PTI
Ex-minister Rahman Khan's letter that sought to protect Zakir Naik from
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti goes viral:DNA
A letter allegedly written by Congress Minister, seeking the Govt 's
protection for Zakir Naik against the campaign run by a regional channel and a
Hindu group during UPA regime has goes viral on social Media. NIA had
registered a case against Naik under UAPA last year.Congress Minister Rahman
Khan had reportedly written a letter to Minister of State (MoS) for
I&B Manish Tiwari on Feb.15, 2013,
terming Naik as a 'renowned Islamic scholar.'"I enclose a letter dated 3,
Dec.2012, from Islamic Research Foundation, Mumbai, seeking protection from a
campaign by Sudarshan TV and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti to allegedly defame Dr.
Zakir Naik, a renowned Indian Islamic Scholar and President, IRF, Mumbai,"
the letter reads, which has now surfaced on social media."To support the
contention, the Foundation has also sent a pack of 2 CDs enclosed along with
the letter. " Khan said.The then Congress minister also stated that as
indicated in the letter, the aforementioned news agencies have seemingly
resorted to project. Naik as a sympathiser of terrorism for vested interests. "I
would, therefore, request you to kindly look into the matter in order to
prevent any confrontation between communities and flaring up of communal
sentiments," he added.DNA
I am ready to take any responsibility: Pragya Singh Thakur
Bhopal: In an exclusive interview, Malegaon blasts accused Pragya Singh
Thakur, who is out on conditional bail, has not ruled out her entry into
politics. She said that she was ready to don any role as and when her country
demands.Though the wheel-chaired saffron clad activist skirted the question on
politics she categorically stated, "Be it politics or anything else, I am
a nationalist and I am ready to take up any responsibility that the country
demands from me". If she ever enters politics, what would be her place of
choice, the Sadhvi prefered Madhya Pradesh. However, in the same breath, Pragya
said, "But I have not nurtured any political ambition or otherwise. As a
sanyasi, I have devoted my life to the country and I am ready to do anything
and take any responsibility as and when the country demands."About her
arrest by ATS Mumbai, the Sadhvi said, "The main target of my arrest was
RSS. The cops put a lot of pressure on me to admit my role in blast along with
a few names of RSS functionaries. Since I am a Sanyasi, how would I lie, and
yield to pressure from ATS."TOI
Shift focus from gau-raksha and triple talaq, focus on borders: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday expressed pain at the beheading
of Indian jawans on the border and said the time has come to shift focus from
“divisive” matters like cow protection and triple talaq to law and order and
security.She criticised BJP saying that though the party was in power at the
Centre and in many states, it had been unable to control the situation as a
result of which borders were not safe and jawans were being killed on a daily
basis.“Time has now come to shift focus from narrow and divisive issues like
‘Gau raksha’ (cow protection), slaughter houses, love-jihad and triple talaq to
national interest, law and order and borders,” she said.PTI
Legal notice to TOI for carrying ‘false news report’; AMU V-C demands
unconditional written apology
New Delhi: AMU V-C Lt. Gen Zameer Uddin Shah on Monday served a legal
notice to the Times of India (TOI) for publishing a ‘defamatory’ news item
demanding immediate unconditional public apology in writing and categorically
making the statement that the contents in the news story are wrong and false.
He also threatened to drag the paper to the court if it does not comply the
notice. Serving the notice through Diwan
Advocates to The Editor, the Times of India; Ms. Anuja Jaiswal, Correspondent;
Mr. Rajiv Yadav, Publisher; and Mr.
Anshul Chaturvedi, Editor (Delhi Market),
AMU VC said if the paper did not comply with the notice within four
days, he would be constrained to initiate appropriate proceedings, both civil
and criminal. TOI had carried the story on April 28, 2017 titled as “After HRD
Nod, UGC sets up panel to probe, AMU VC” which stated that “….UGC has
constituted a five member team on the instructions of Union HRD Ministry to
conduct a detailed investigation into the allegations of financial, administrative,
and academic irregularities and mismanagement against AMU…..”.Counsel for VC,
Dr. Farrukh Khan said the impugned article in TOI has tarnished the reputation
of his client who is the VC of AMU since 2012 and has an unblemished and highly
acclaimed record of public service.Caravan Daily
HC seeks reply from Govt on plea against Tv programme hosted by alleged ISI agent Tarek Fatah
New Delhi: Delhi High Court sought Govt ’s response on a plea to
immediately halt all future episodes of a TV series ‘Fatah Ka Fatwa’, alleging
that it promoted enmity between communities. A bench of acting Chief Justice
Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra said that the parties involved should
ensure that an affidavit is filed on their behalf within four weeks.It asked
the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to state whether there was any
substance in the allegation made by the petitioner and fixed the matter for
further hearing on Sept 19.PTI
Women sarpanches in Haryana: Village gets award for best sex ratio, but
sarpanches say veil won’t go yet
Manas(kaithal): On May 29 last year, a mahila mahapanchayat was
organised by Akhil Bharatiya Mahila Shakti Manch at Manas village in Kaithal.
The aim of the panchayat was to spread the message of equality of women. In a
first, the two women sarpanches of the village were asked to remove their veil
and address the gathering, which also comprised men. Dr Santosh Dahiya,
president of the Manch and a social activist who organised the panchayat, said
that while one of the sarpanches instantly agreed when she asked her to lift
her veil and speak to the gathering, other required some convincing. The
difference between the 2 sarpanches is still evident 11 months after the
panchayat. The village elected two sarpanches because of its large size. It has
more than 5,000 voters. Mukesh (27), who has done MA and B.Ed, is more vocal
about the issues in the village. Class XII pass Rupesh (23) leaves it to her
husband to do most of the talking. Rupesh says, “It was the first time I
addressed a gathering. I just said that the we need to take the beti bachao,
beti padhao programme forward.”Her husband Narender chips in, “Concept of veil
will not end in villages as we consider it our culture. The purdah is only from
elders. The tradition is there since the beginning. Even if someone leaves it,
people will say she has no shame.” indianexpress
Bhopal: Thousands bid farewell to Scholar Saeed Miyan
Bhopal: Islamic scholar and Rector of Darul Uloom Taj-ul-Masajid, Bhopal
Peer Maulana Mohammed Saeed Mujaddidi who breathed his last on Sunday was laid
to rest on Monday. About 2 lakh people including Muslims and large number of
Hindus cutting aside boundaries of religion bid tearful farewell to their
respected religious scholar.CM Shivraj
Singh Chouhan paid tribute to the Islamic scholar of Bhopal Peer Saeed Miyan by
visiting his house in the morning and condoled the bereaved family.Bhopal mayor
Alok Sharma accompanied the CM on the
occasion.All India Muslim Personal Law Board president Maulana Rabe Hasan
Nadvi, general secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani and other office bearers have
expressed profound grief over the demise of Peer Sahab. dailypioneer
MP CM expresses grief over demise of Saeed Miyan
http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/5/1/CM-Chouhan-expresses-grief-over-demise-of-Pir-Saeed-Miyan.aspx
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Hamas accepts Palestinian state with 1967 borders
Hamas has presented a new political document that accepts the formation
of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, without recognising the
statehood of Israel, and says that the conflict in Palestine is not a religious
one.The positions were made official on Monday in Qatar's capital, Doha, by
Khaled Meshaal, the leader-in-exile of the Palestinian group that runs the
besieged Gaza Strip."We shall not waive an inch of the Palestinian home
soil, no matter what the recent pressures are and no matter how long occupation,"
Meshaal told reporters as he revealed the document to the public after 2 years
of work. "Hamas rejects any idea except liberating the home soil entirely
and completely, although it does not necessarily mean we recognise Zionist
entity or give up any of our Palestinian rights."While Hamas' 1988
founding charter called for the takeover of all of mandate Palestine, including
present-day Israel, the new document says it will accept the 1967 borders as the
basis for a Palestinian state,with Jerusalem as its capital and refugees back
to their homes. 1967 borders refer to those that existed before the war in
which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip.Hamas has been
accused of being dogmatic, and living in a straight jacket.[Mashaal] made it
clear that the new Hamas, if you will, is dynamic and open-minded.He said their
philosophy and the philosophy behind writing a new charter is that "we are
going to be a dynamic and open organisation". He also said that they will
have a dual strategy.On the one hand, they will continue to resist occupation
by all means necessary. But on the other hand, they will be an open and
moderate political group.[Mashaal] said that all of that is stemming from
Hamas’ experience, not only over the past three decades, but particularly over
the past 10 years, when Hamas was actually governing after it won the elections
of 2006.So I think the approach "we
are open, we are changing and we might have a new charter moving forward",
it means that they are open to dialogue and compromise. But it does not go as
far as to fully recognise Israel and says Hamas does not relinquish its goal of
"liberating all of Palestine"."Hamas considers establishment of
a Palestinian state, sovereign and complete, on the basis of the June 4, 1967,
with Jerusalem as its capital and the provision for all the refugees to return
to their homeland is an agreeable form that has won a consensus among all the
movement members," Meshaal said.The document also falls short of accepting
the two-state solution that is assumed to be the end product of the Oslo
Accords between Israel and the PLO.It also clarifies that Hamas' fight is with
"Zionist project", not with the religion of Judaism, making a
distinction between Jews who believe in Judaism and "Zionist Israeli
citizens who occupy Palestinian lands".It also sidesteps language in the
group's original charter that affirms its connections to the Muslim
Brotherhood, and says that Hamas is a fully independent organisation. Analysts said the release of the document
appears to be an attempt by Hamas to seem more pragmatic and help it to avoid
international isolation. aljazeera
UNESCO to vote on Jerusalem resolution
UNESCO is expected to vote on the status of holy sites in the occupied
eastern part of Jerusalem, prompting condemnation from the Israeli Govt. With a
vote scheduled for Tuesday, Israel has called for other member countries to
vote against it.The resolution says blames Israel for "persistent
excavations, tunneling, works and projects in East Jerusalem", which it
has occupied along with the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 Middle East
war."We expect that the international community will follow suit and take
actions according to their international legal obligations," the
Palestinian Authority foreign ministry's Ammar Hijazi told Al Jazeera. Israel's
occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the besieged Gaza
Strip is considered illegal under international law. More than half-a-million
Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across the occupied West Bank,
including East Jerusalem, according to the Israeli rights group B'Tselem. aljazeera
US backed Kurdish forces 'take 90%' of Syria's Tabqa
Kurdish forces are reported to have taken 90 % of Tabqa city in Syria's
Raqqa province from ISIL amid clashes that have left an estimated 19 people
dead.The claim was made by the official spokesperson for Ghadab al-Furat, a
Kurdish group fighting under the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which
launched a campaign in Oct.2016 to retake Raqqa, de facto capital of ISIL, in
northern Syria."After taking the old city, we now control around 90 % of
Tabqa ...we advanced against the ISIL and pushed further to the other parts of
the city," Jihan Sheikh, of the Ghadab al-Furat told Al Jazeera. aljazeera
ISIL attack kills 10 Iraqi soldiers in Anbar
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/isil-attack-kills-10-iraqi-soldiers-anbar-170502083558026.html
Fighters from ISIL have killed at least 10 Iraqi soldiers in the
country's western province of Anbar, according to officials.No claim of
responsibility for the killing has been made."We had 10 soldiers killed
and 6 wounded in an attack by Daesh early this morning," an army
lieutenant-colonel told AFP on Tuesday. A police officer and a local official
confirmed the attack and casualty toll. aljazeera
Rogue FBI woman spy married IS terrorist: CNN
An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance married a key
ISIS operative she was assigned to investigate in 2014, and served 2 years in
prison before being released last year, CNN reported on Monday.Daniela Greene,
who joined FBI in 2011 and worked at its Detroit bureau, married Denis Cuspert,
a German rapper turned ISIS terrorist, CNN said. 38-year-old made a guilty plea
to making false statements involving international terrorism and was released
in Aug. 2016.Greene somehow fled back to the US within weeks of marrying
Cuspert and was arrested on Aug.8, 2014, and agreed to cooperate with
authorities, according to CNN. HT
Dozens of civilians killed in CAR violence: HRW
Armed groups in Central African Republic (CAR) have killed at least 45
civilians in apparent reprisal strikes over the past three months, a
human-rights watchdog says in a new report. The violence pitted armed groups
against one another in the central province of Ouaka, which is on the border of
the mainly Muslim north and the mainly Christian south of the country."As
factions vie for power in the Central African Republic, civilians on all sides
are exposed to their deadly attacks," Lewis Mudge, Africa researcher at
the US-based HRW) said. aljazeera
Turkey's EU dream is over, for now, top official says
Turkey under President Tayyip Erdogan has turned its back on joining the
European Union, at least for now, the bloc's top official dealing with Ankara
said, offering economic cooperation instead if both sides can restore friendly
ties.After years of stalemate on Turkey's bid to join the world's biggest
trading bloc, EU Govt s say the process is dead, citing Erdogan's crackdown on
dissidents, his 'Nazi' jibes at Germany and a referendum giving him sweeping
new powers that a rights group says lack checks and balances."Everybody's
clear that, currently at least, Turkey is moving away from a European perspective,"
European Commissioner Johannes Hahn, who oversees EU membership bids, told
Reuters.Reuters
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