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No govt or court has right to effect changes in Shariat: Top Muslim
clerics at Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s programme
New Delhi: India’s top Muslim clerics have unequivocally asserted that
Shariat is divine and hence no Govt or
court has right to make any changes in it. When Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had no
such right, how Muslims can give that right to any Govt or court, they asked
while speaking at the concluding program of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s nationwide
Muslim Personal Law Awareness Campaign, held at Aiwan-e Ghalib here on Sunday
evening. The clerics categorically asserted that Muslim disputes over family
matters are reaching courts because of ignorance or deliberate misuse of
Shariat provisions, and so Shariat cannot be held responsible for it. Instead,
there is strong need to educate the Muslim masses about Shariat, to impress
upon them to follow it honestly and to open counseling centers and Shariat
panchayats to resolve any disputes over family matters like marriage, divorce,
and inheritance. “When Muslims were in power they never interfered in customs,
traditions and personal laws of other communities and that is why the British
regime respected Islamic Shariat and in 1937 the Shariat Application Act was
passed to ensure that courts decide according to Islamic Shariat in family
matters like marriage, divorce, and inheritance if both parties are Muslim,”
said Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, Secretary, All India Muslim Personal Law
Board.He urged Muslims to have full faith and belief in Shariat, acquire its
knowledge and practice it fully and honestly. Maulana Fazlurrehman Mujaddidi,
Secretary, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, termed the recent hue and cry
over talaq and polygamy as part of a global conspiracy to target social and
family system of Islam. “We have lost our political system and also an economic
system, and now there is a global conspiracy to target our social and family
system. Islamic civilization and social system are being targeted as they are a
big impediment in the way of Western civilization,” said Maulana Mujaddidi at
the program that was presided over by Jamaat chief Maulana Syed Jalaluddin
Umari. “Talaq is a need of human society. When a husband and wife cannot live
together for any reason, they can get separated through Talaq,” he said.Maulana
Ateeque Ahmed Bastawi, Convener, Darul Qaza committee, All India Muslim
Personal Law Board said: “No Govt or
court will be able to make any change in our Shariat if we Muslims remain firm
on it. When we ignore Shariat, courts, and Govt s get an opportunity to
interfere in it.” He also advised Muslims to avoid going courts on family
issues and stressed on setting up of counseling committee in every Muslim
locality in the country to resolve disputes of marriage, divorce etc.Eminent
Islamic scholar Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan said Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is one of
23 items mentioned in the Directive Principles of the Indian Constitution but only
UCC is singled out by people with vested interests.In his presidential speech,
president of Jamaat Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari said: “During the campaign, I
addressed several events in different parts of the country. The huge number of
people at those programs gave a clear message that Muslims are not ready to
keep off Islam and Shariat and this should be clear to all.” Maulana Umari said
that no injustice can even be imagined in any law framed by Allah. “A Govt , a
community or a party or an individual can do injustice but this cannot be said
about Almighty Allah that He would take the side of any. So there cannot be
injustice with any gender or group or individual in any law framed by Allah,”
he said. Earlier at the program, Mohammad Jafar, Convener of Jamaat’s Muslim
Personal Law Awareness Campaign (23 April – 7 May) said that through thousands
of programs during the campaign, around 100 million people were reached
directly or indirectly with the message Islam and Shariat. Major programs were
held in all capital cities besides special programs for women. Women cadres of
Jamaat campaigned in towns and villages and educated people about marriage,
divorce, and inheritance. Some 84 press conferences were addressed by Jamaat’s
women leaders while 1500 programs were organized only for women. Around 6 lakh
booklets and 17 lakh pamphlets on women issues were distributed. About 32 lakh
people were reached through personal contacts and 12,500 Friday sermons were
used to educate the Muslim masses on Shariat.webiste
No govt or court has right to effect changes in Shariat, say Top Muslim
clerics:
Pic of Aiwan e Ghalib dais where last day of Muslim Personal Law
awareness campaign held: okhlatimes
News in picture – Jamaat’s Muslim personal law campaign concluding
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Ignorance mars personal law debate: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Gujarat seminar
Ahmedabad: As the debate on relevance of triple talaq gets momentum in
the country, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind's, Gujarat chapter, organized a seminar, on
Sunday, as part of their awareness campaign for Muslim Personal Law and Sharia
laws. The seminar was held at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hall in Saraspur where
members of Muslim community participated and shared their views.Gujarat
convener for the campaign Mohammad Ilyas Qureshi in his speech mentioned that
the current debate is result of the ignorance of the Islamic laws and Sharia
among the Muslims and population at large.Shakeel Ahmed Rajput, president of
the Gujarat chapter, said that there are a number of practices, customs and
traditions which are against the idea of Sharia and they should be changed.
"Family is the primary unit of the society and the rules should ensure that
the love and respect continues in the institution. Customs like dowry are akin
to crimes such as theft and robbery," he said.Woman community leader Arifa
Parnavi in her speech said that there is need to get women educated so that
they can understand their rights. "There should be a good number of
counselling centers to resolve domestic issues so that the families should not
go to the courts to seek justice," she said.TOI
Ranchi : Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to spread awareness about Personal Law
Ranchi (Daltonganj ): Majority of Muslims are ignorant about the finer
points of Talaq, said a campaigner, Matin Tariq, of the Daltonganj unit of
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. Matin said, “Our own community does not know about the
Muslim Personal Law and the result of which is that others go noisy over it and
issue tons of statements without understanding that dissemination of wrong
ideas and concepts are harmful to the entire society.” On the issue of Talaq,
Matin Tariq said there is a strong need for setting up of counselling centres all
over the country where people should be counselled over this. He further said
that no one has any right to interpret or misinterpret the tenets of Ttalaq as
per his own considerations and limits of knowledge. Ali Imam, local president
of Daltonganj unit of Jammat - e- Islami Hind said the 15-day campaign launched
by this unit is for massive awareness about Muslim Personal Law. However, Imam
said as the issue of Talaq is the raging issue now the awareness was too
focused on it as well. dailypioneer
Triple Talaq should be seen with perspective of reform not religion:
Mukhtar Naqvi
New Delhi:Centre on Sunday launched a scathing at political leaders for
politicizing the issue of Triple Talaq while saying that the matter should not
be seen with the perspective of religion but ‘reform’.“Triple Talaq issue is
not a matter of communalism. It should not be seen with the perspective of
religion but reform. Those who are trying to give it a communal angle, they
should understand that improvement is necessary for the society,” Union
Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. Reiterating PM Narendra Modi’s assertion of
not politicizing the Triple Talaq matter, he further said society needs to
improve and creating any kind of hindrance is not called for.ANI
No solid numbers for triple talaq, but divorce data show interesting
trends: indianexpress
OTHERS
Bhopal: Hindu Sena chief drags youth with vehicle, smashes head, later
crushes him to death
Bhopal: In a horrific incident, a youth was killed by dragging him with
a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and later smashing his head against a water
tanker before crushing him to death under the four-wheeler.The victim, Salman,
died on the spot. His brother was also attacked with a sword and his condition
remains serious.The incident occurred in MP Nagar in Bhopal. The main accused,
Shivaji Patil, is district chief of Rashtriya Hindu Sena.He and his accomplices
have been booked for murder. The incident occurred after Patil and other armed
goons had targeted nearly two dozen vehicles, smashing the windowpanes near
Pragati Petrol Pump.They were also abusing and shouting. When Salman, 25, whose
father's vehicle was also damaged, reached the spot and objected, Shivaji Patil
and his companions attacked him. Salman's brother Sohail was also attacked and
beaten. He got injured. Salman later succumbed to injuries in the hospital.His
brother's condition remains serious. The victim's father Abdul Saeed said that
Shivaji Patil, Bharat Soni, Chhotu and others brutally beat Salman and later
dragged him for over 200 metres, before smashing his head against a water
tanker"."Then they ran him over with the vehicle", he said.
"They kept on thrashing him, crushed him and there was no one to save him.
I felt so helpless", Saeed said. The main accused, Patil, has a long
criminal record. Local police officials told media persons that he has over
half-a-dozen criminal cases against him. Patil was allegedly involved in
extortion from transporters.After the incident, the goons had threatened local
residents and warned them against informing police about their identities. The
police reached the spot much later. Apart from Shiva, one of his accomplices
Rocky has also been caught.When the policemen reached the locality later, they
faced local residents' ire. People were upset that the goons killed a youth and
managed to escape.The victim, Salman's marriage was scheduled this month. The
engagement ceremony was held recently. On May 21st, the wedding was scheduled.
Patil has been involved in crimes in the past too. He is district chief of Rashtriya
Hindu Sena. He has been arrested.NewsBits.in
Amit Shah, Adityanath meet NRI donors pressing for work to begin on Ram
temple in Ayodhya
More than 150 international donors to the Sangh Parivar had meetings
last week in Delhi and Lucknow to urge the Govt to build a Ram temple on the site of the demolished
Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.460-year-old mosque was demolished on December 6, 1992,
by a mob affiliated to the Sangh. They claim that the mosque was built on
birthplace of the god Ram. The non-resident Indians, who were afforded an
unusually high level of access to BJP President Amit Shah and UP CM Adityanath,
were taken to Ayodhya, where they visited “the spot on which Ram temple is to
be constructed” and inspected the Sangh Parivar’s preparations at
Karsevakpuram, the VHP’s front office in the town.“They were over 150 in number
and had come from 22 different countries, the majority from the US, Canada, UK
and United Arab Emirates,” VHP’s spokesperson Vinod Bansal told Scroll.in on
Sunday, a day after the tour ended. His organisation put the trip
together.“NRIs expresed their desire to fund Ram temple at Ayodhya but asked
the Govt to remove all hurdles and start
the construction before 2019 Lok Sabha election,” Bansal said. “They are getting
restless because they don’t understand why this can’t happen now that the BJP
is in power both at the Centre and in the state.”scroll.in
'Don't Cross Limits' Shouts BJP Lawmaker, Reducing Woman IPS Officer
Charu Nigam To Tears
Gorakhpur: A senior BJP lawmaker
from Gorakhpur, the home turf of UP CM Yogi Adityanath, got into an argument
with a senior police officer of the area on Sunday afternoon, asking her not to
cross her limits, which made IPS officer, Charu Nigam break down.The incident
happened when a group of women had blocked a road near the Koilhwa village
alleging the complicity of the police and the administration in the sale of
illicit liquor in the area.As the situation got tense, there was a scuffle
between the women and the police present at the spot. The police says there was
stone pelting from the crowd after which there was a lathi-charge - some women
were injured. Immediately afterwards, Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, veteran BJP
lawmaker from Gorakhpur and also a famous doctor reached the spot and picked up
an argument with Ms Nigam, an IPS officer of the 2013 batch currently under
training in Gorakhpur. BJP lawmaker repeatedly wagged his finger at the IPS
officer while yelling. ndtv
This Dalit Groom Was Beaten Up, Because He 'Dared' To Take Decorated Car
To His Wedding
Just a week after Kerosene oil was poured in a well used by lower
section of the society, because a dalit man hired band party for his daughter's
wedding in Agar Malwa, Madyra Pradesh, here's yet another case of atrocities
against dalits from the state. In a shocking incident, a dalit groom was beaten
up for taking a decorated car to his wedding venue at Deri village in
Chhatarpur district of MP.Arvind Singh, Akhand Singh, Prithvi Singh and Pintu
Vishwakarma attacked Prakash Bansal, who was heading for the wedding venue in a
decorated car last night, Inspector Rameshwar Dayal of Orchha Road police
station said.The group of four men forced Bansal to alight from the car and
thrashed him and six others of the marriage party, he said.INDIATIMES
Communal riots erupted in Adilabad: police resorted to tear gas, Muslim properties
damaged
Hyderabad: After a message got viral on WhatsApp, communal riots erupted
in Utnoor, Adilabad district. Persons from two communities indulged in violent
activities.According to the details, an abusive message against the Muslims got
viral on WhatsApp. In response to it, a youth posted an audio record which also
became viral in no time. After this, the activists of Hindu Vahini, VHP and
other Hindu outfits broke the locks of 16 shops belonging to Muslims and
damaged the properties. After getting the news, the leaders of local minority
community informed the state minority leaders. They contacted the IG of
Hyderabad on telephone and apprised him of the situation in Utnoor. He assured
that he would instruct DIG, Commissioner and SP of the district to control the
situation immediately. Due to the delay of police, a lot of damage has been
caused to Muslim properties. Police clamped section 144 during the night time.
Despite this, the next day, 2 communities collided with each other near the old
bus stand which is in the vicinity of police station. Heavy pelting of stone
was done. Police released tear gas shells. People of both the communities got
injured. District SP, P. Srinivas got an injury on his hand and DSP, Lakshmi
Narayana got wounded in his foot.The Muslims were told to offer Zohar prayer in
their houses. Police pickets were posted at all the Masajid. According to
reports, after the last night incident, a large number of activists belonging
to Hindu Vahini and VHP gathered from the nearby places, due to which the
situation went out of control. siasat
Mob attacks police station in Telangana's Utnoor after communal remark on
WhatsApp stirs tempers
Whistleblower Who Wrote About Sexual Abuse of Minors By Chhattisgarh
Police is Suspended
New Delhi: Citing ‘indiscipline’, the Chhattisgarh Govt on May 6
suspended state prison official Varsha Dongre, who had posted on Facebook about
gross human rights violations by the state. The deputy superintendent of Raipur
central jail, in a Facebook post which she deleted later, had alleged that
state security personnel indulged in widespread torture and sexual abuse of
minor Adivasi girls inside prisons.At a time when the April 24 Maoist attack on
Central Reserve Police Force personnel stationed in Bastar’s Sukma had focused
political and media attention on the need for a purely military strategy to
handle the conflict in Adivasi-dominated Bastar, Dongre’s allegations set off
alarm bells in Raipur and Delhi.She called for “introspection” on the part of
state authorities and had raised critical questions about Govt ’s role in
handling the conflict between Maoists and the state.While the video news agency
ANI first tweeted about her suspension, state officials later confirmed the Govt
’s decision.“Ms. Varsha Dongre has been suspended and charge-sheeted after it
was found in a preliminary inquiry that her conduct was in violation of service
rules and other rules,” Girdhari Nayak, the DGPjail) was quoted as saying in
The Hindu.THE WIRE
Allahabad HC to hear Vishwanath temple, Gyanvapi mosque dispute on May
10
Lucknow: Allahabad high court will hear the Kashi Vishwanath
Temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute on Wednesday.The Sunni Central Board of Waqf had
filed a petition in 1998 challenging the orders passed by the additional
district judge (Varanasi) on Oct. 10, 1997 and on Sept.23, 1998 in which he
directed that status quo as on 1947 should be maintained and arrangements
should be made to provide land to the parties for prayers and other religious
purposes.Sunni Central Board of Waqf pleaded that the dispute had already been
decided by the district court in 1942. However, in Sept.1991, the Places of
Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, was enacted and later the temple’s
Trust filed a civil suit after which the Waqf Board filed an impleadment
application seeking its inclusion as a party to suit.The civil judge dismissed
the Board’s application and the court also rejected the revision petition
challenging order. Waqf Board later approached the HC. hindustantimes
SC seeks govt response to plea seeking ban on female
genital mutilation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Centre and
three states in response to a petition seeking a ban the practice of female
circumcision which activists say violates the fundamental rights of women.The
order came on a petition filed by an advocate, Sunita Tiwari, who argues that
there should be law against the practice as it was violative of human and child
rights.The petition highlights the secretive tradition of female circumcision
among the Dawoodi Bohras, a Shia Muslims sect also referred to as Tayyabi
Mustaili Ismailis. In the last few years, female members of the sect have
spoken out against the practice and even launched online campaigns. While there
is no specific provision in law banning the practice of ‘khatna’ or female
circumcision, there are voices from the community members to stop the practice. hindustantimes
Reach out to Kashmir's stone-throwing youth, Muslim students group SIO
Panaji: BJP-led Central Govt should reach out to the youth indulging in
stone-pelting in J&K and channelise
their energies positively, because the party shares power in the troubled
state, said the chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind's student wing. Students
Islamic Organisation of India President Nhas Mala also said that voices had
also been raised to protest atrocities in academia against Dalits and Muslims
students following the mysterious death of Hyderabad Central University scholar
Rohit Vemula. Asked about what could be done to channelise the energies of
Kashmiri students and youth, indulging in stone throwing, he said:
"Actually, it is the duty of the central Govt , because they are sharing
power with PDP in Kashmir and it is their duty to channelise."Mala also
said that the situation was grim for Dalit and Muslim students in the country
and the mysterious disappearance of JNU student Najeeb and Vemula's death
showed travails students of both communities faced."Rohit's case was not a
new issue. He was 11th victim in Hyderabad University. After his 'institutional
murder', the matter came into the limelight and into the attention and
afterward it became a movement," he said.IANS
‘If I were a bird, I would fly home to Burma’: Jammu’s Rohingya refugees
hit by wave of hostility
“We were told India is a good democratic country.”That was 48-year-old
Zahid Hussain’s explanation for why he and 7,000 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya
ethnic group chose to flee persecution at home to settle in J&K. Most of
them live in Jammu and Samba districts.“People of Jammu have been accepting of
us,” said Hussain, who arrived in Jammu in 2009 and runs a modest dhaba in a
refugee camp in the Narwal area. For instance, after a fire destroyed 81
shelters in the Narwal Rohingya camp in November, local residents came forward
with cash and material help.But now, Jammu’s Rohingya community is on edge. A
fire in the Bhagwati Nagar refugee camp in April did not produce the same kind
of neighbourliness. Though the authorities believe that the blaze was the
result of an electrical short-circuit, some in the community insist that it was
an act of sabotage.“Haalat nazuk hai,” Hussain observed grimly. The situation
is delicate. “In the last two months, people have begun to look at us with
suspicion. We stay awake at night, keeping a watch.”Described as the world’s
most persecuted community, the Rohingya people are a minority, Bengali
dialect-speaking, ethnic Muslim group found mainly in Myankar’s western state
of Rakhine, formerly Arakan. Rohingyas have been persecuted for decades in
Myanmar, which views them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh – a claim the community
strongly contests. Because of the persecution, thousands of Rohingyas have fled
Myanmar over the years for Bangladesh, with some coming onward to
India.According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, there are 14,000
Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers in India now, of whom half are in J&K.
scroll.in
School students clash with security forces in Kashmir
Srinagar:School students clashed with security forces on Monday during a
protest march held in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district against the alleged
high-handedness of security personnel, police said.The march, which was taken
out in Tral area, near Srinagar, was stopped by security forces. The students
threw stones at security personnel who charged at them with batons in response.The
clashes are ongoing and there have been no reports of injuries so far, a police
official said. The students were demanding action against security personnel
who allegedly roughed up students during protests and the release of their
arrested schoolmates.PTI
Prolonged Kashmir unrest might impact GST roll-out in militancy-hit
state
Political wrangling over
continuing unrest in Kashmir might cast a shadow on the planned roll out of the
GST in the trouble-torn state from July 1, a deadline set by the Centre for
introducing the unified indirect tax regime across the country.If J&K fails to meet the deadline, it will keep the
state out of the national common market that GST is creating, keep tax burden
high on consumers and dent profits of industry. hindustantimes
Imaginative compromise only solution to Kashmir: separatist Abdul Gani
Bhat
Srinagar: In the autumn of his life, Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat, the veteran
separatist ideologue may have fallen off the Hurriyat grid that hogs the
limelight but he, more than anyone else, talks with the breeze of spring and
the passion of summer about why an imaginative compromise between India and
Pakistan is the only solution to the Kashmir conflict.As the April sun warms
the balcony of his decrepit house and run-down furniture, the 82-year-old
Professor who once taught Persian and remains the original voice of the
pro-Pakistan sentiment in Kashmir, speaks with agility: "There is no
alternative to bilateral dialogue. Talks must happen between the two
sovereigns. They need to go beyond the beaten tracks and yesterday's
intransigence because the situation here is grave." timesofindia
National media must stop spreading hatred against people of Kashmir: CM
Mehbooba Mufti
New Delhi: J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti on Monday came out in defence of
the youth in her state saying not all the youth in the state were stone pelters
and it was just some of them that pelted stones. Speaking to news agency ANI,
Mufti said, “Few people pelt stones, all the youths of Jammu-Kashmir don’t do
that.” Mehbooba also requested national media to stop spreading hatred against
the people of J&K. “I request national media to not show discussions on TV
that spread hatred against people of J&K in the country,” she said. indianexpress
Norway’s envoy calls on Omar, discusses Kashmir issue
Srinagar:Norway’s envoy to India Nils Ragnar Kamsvag today called
on National Conference working president Omar Abdullah here and discussed the
Kashmir issue with him. Kamsvag met the ex-J&K CM at latter’s Gupkar
residence. The overall political and economic situation of the state came up
for a detailed discussion during the hour-long meeting between the 2, a
spokesman of the National Conference, the opposition in the state, said. He
added that Omar briefed the envoy about the prevailing situation in J&K and NC’s stand on it.PTI
MP riots over cow: SC pulls up police for not examining videos
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday took the MP police to task,
saying it seemed it had not examined the videos and photographs pertaining to
the 2013 communal riots, triggered by an alleged rumour that a cow had been
slaughtered.“Who are the culprits? In charge sheets, you (Madhya Pradesh) say
that you do not identify the persons as there were around 200 people in the
mob… it seems that video CD has not been taken into consideration,” a bench
comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices DY Chandrachud and SK Kaul
said.The bench then directed the IO, who had probed 12 FIRs lodged in
connection with the riots that had taken place on Sept.9, 2013 in Kheda and
Pahatgaon villages of Harda district, to appear before it on July 17, the next
date of hearing.PTI
Truth behind the photo of an angry mob shared by Hindus, Muslims,
Christiansl:FactChecker.in
A graphic photograph of 2 young men engulfed in flames lying on a street
flanked by an angry mob–this image that surfaces periodically on social media
is in circulation once again. It has been used, every time, to whip up rumours
of atrocities against one community by another: It could be Hindus, Muslims or
Christians.A BOOM factcheck revealed that this image is almost nine years old
and is often accompanied by allegations of a media conspiracy to gag the
truth.The image has also been used with stories of atrocities against various
ethnic minorities in different parts of the world–the Rohingya Muslims in
Myanmar and Christians in Nigeria.The image is now doing the rounds on Twitter
claiming ‘Hindus killed in Pakistan’ or ‘Hindus killed in Jammu’.It was the
Hindi newspaper NavBharat Times that debunked the story behind the image. The
photo was shot in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 14, 2008.HT
Maulana Azad kin donates historical treasure trove to AMU
Kolkata: In a rare act of generosity, personal belongings of Maulana
Azad have been donated by his legal heirs to the AMU. Azad, who had spent the
early years of his life in Kolkata, has left behind a rare collection that have
both historic and sentimental value. That included his translation of the Quran
and comments on some issues from the Holy book, a dinner set with his initials,
letters penned in Urdu, watches and books in Arabic. Recently, they were all
officially handed over to AMU's VC Zamir Uddin Shah. timesofindia
Jharkhand demands air Intel, Madrasa-Modernisation for tackling Naxalism
Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das has asked the Centre to establish Air
Surveillance Unit in Ranchi and modernisation of madrasas in the state to
combat naxalism. Speaking at the meeting of the CM s of naxal-affected states
here, he also said Integrated Action Plan, which focuses on the creation of
public infrastructure and services in naxal-affected regions, should be
re-introduced.CM also raised “issues” which found brief mention in the speech
of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.In
bulleted-points, Das presented the “issues related to Govt of India for effective conduct of anti-naxal
operations in Jharkhand”.PTI
CoBRA to ‘bite’ Naxals; 2000 commandos to enter Sukma
New Delhi: CRPF will soon deploy a fresh squad of about 2,000 commandos
from its special guerrilla warfare CoBRA battalions in and around the Sukma
district of Chhattisgarh to defang the Maoists and their arsenal. Sukma and its
adjoining areas have witnessed some of the deadliest ambushes on security
forces recently like the one where 25 CRPF men were killed in the Burkapal area
of the district on April 24.PTI
Pleas against EVMs without VVPAT: SC seeks ECI’s affidavit
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of
India (ECI) to file an affidavit giving details of how much fund they have
received from the Centre to procure paper trail equipment for use with
electronic voting machines.A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and S Abdul Nazeer
gave the direction to the ECI after senior counsel P Chidambaram, appearing for
the BSP, referred to media reports and said the Centre has sanctioned funds for
procurement of voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT). Union Cabinet had
last month cleared ECI’s proposal for Rs 3,174 crore to procure the VVPAT
equipments for use in the future elections.“ECI is here. Let them file a
counter affidavit detailing as to when these machines (VVPAT) will be used in
elections. Elections for some states are coming. Let them say this
specifically,” Chidambaram told the bench.PTI
Bilkis Bano: Content with HC verdict, don’t want anyone to die in my
name
New Delhi:Refusing to compare her case with the Nirbhaya gang-rape case
where the apex court upheld death penalty for the convicts, Gujarat gang-rape
survivor Bilkis Bano on Monday said she was content with the Bombay High Court
rejecting the death penalty plea in her case. In one of the most horrifying
incidents during the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bano, then 19 and pregnant, was
brutalised by a gang of men and many of her family members killed in front of
her eyes.IANS
Bilkis Bano: ‘I Want Justice, Not Revenge, I Want My Daughters to Grow
Up in a Safe India’
Shivraj Singh Chouhan goes UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s way, says no illegal
slaughterhouses will be allowed in MP
Echoing UP CM Yogi Adityanath, MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that no
illegal slaughterhouses will be allowed to function in the state. “No illegal
slaughterhouses will be allowed to function in MP,” Chouhan said. PTI
Beef biryani row: Hisar university says Mewat samples from cow/oxen
Chandigarh: 6 days after People for Animal (PFA) chairman Naresh Kadyan
filed a police complaint alleging Govt officials of going slow over Mewat biryani
samples collected in 2016, Hisar’s Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences on Monday clarified that the samples sent to the university
belonged to ‘cow/oxen’. Haryana police now say that it would act on a complaint
filed by Kadyan after receiving a formal report from the university. Kadyan
alleges that the “cows were slaughtered to get beef biryani unlawfully without
any permit.” “The meat of cow and oxen is referred as beef. It means that all
seven samples have been found beef-positive. The accused may be punished with
up to 7 years imprisonment for the offence,” says Kadyan.The biryani samples
were collected from seven traders in 2016 suspecting that these were product of
beef. indianexpress
Kapil Mishra didn’t complain about Rs 2 crore, ACB chief Meena
Delhi ACB chief, MK Meena, told reporters on Monday that the sacked
minister, Kapil Mishra, had not registered any complaint regarding his
allegations that Arvind Kejriwal accepted Rs 2 crore cash from his health
minister, Satyender Jain. This assumes significance in light of Mishra’s
sensational claims that Kejriwal had accepted Rs 2 crore in cash from Jain on
Sunday. This claim had caused a political earthquake of sorts as media debated
the perceived damage to Kejriwal’s image as Clean. jantakareporter
Fodder scam: SC revives criminal conspiracy charge against Lalu
New Delhi:The Supreme Court reinstated on Monday criminal conspiracy
charges against Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case, and said that the former
Bihar CM will be tried in each of the
five remaining cases against him.The ruling came on an appeal by the CBI
against a 2014 order from the Jharkhand high court that said Prasad could not
be tried for the same crime twice, referring to his previous conviction that
also led to his disqualification from Parliament and earned him a ban from
contesting elections.The SC said the HC should have been consistent in its
findings and should not have given different views for different sets of
accused in a case. It also pulled up the CBI for being late in filing its
appeal.HT
Muslims don’t need to prove patriotism: Arshad Madani
Ahmedabad: Maulana
Saiyed Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat E Ulama (JUH), said the Muslims need
not prove their patriotism to anybody, or be on the defensive amid accusations
of terror. “The Muslims cannot be cowered by saffron forces, whose campaign of
communal hatred will have to be countered by love for all,” said Madani, while
addressing a gathering during the Kaumi Ekta Maha Sammellan. indianexpress
Sabarmati blast: 4-member panel formed to monitor trial
Lucknow:Following the Supreme Court’s observation that the 2000
Sabarmati Express blast trial was moving at a snail’s pace, the Barabanki
administration has formed a four-member committee comprising prosecution
officials to monitor the trial. Nine passengers were killed in the blast, which
occurred in a general compartment of the Sabarmati Express when it had reached
Barabanki on the night of August 14, 2000. The case has been pending in a local
court of the district. indianexpress
Delhi: 2 member panel to draft appointment rules for Waqf Tribunal
A 2-member committee has been formed by the Delhi Govt to draft the terms and conditions for
appointment of the chairman and members of the Waqf Tribunal.The committee,
formed last week, by the Delhi Govt 's revenue department will be headed will
be headed by the DM (South) Amzad Tak, a senior Revenue department official
said.The panel will submit its report in next three weeks, he added.Earlier,
the tribunal was a one-member body. It has been made a three-member body
following an amendment in the Waqf Act in 2013.PTI
Viral post claims PM Modi paid
for Puja at Kedarnath
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‘Authorities in Egypt tried to poison Morsi’
Egypt’s prison authorities served ousted President Mohamed Morsi food
which was laced with poison, Mekameleen reported his son saying.“There was a
meal which was presented to my father, if he had eaten it, there would have
been a crime committed against him,” Abdullah wrote on Facebook.The son of the
ousted president said this happened in 2015, adding that his father made the
authorities aware of this by announcing it during his trial.Abdullah went on to
say that he had been prevented from visiting his father in Tora prison, south
of Cairo, once again, adding that he was informed that ban on family visits was
still in place for the fourth year in a row. The last time the family had
contact with him was on 7 Nov. 2013, he explained. There was no immediate
comment from the security authorities, according to the Anadolu Agency. middleeastmonitor
Egypt’s ex-interior minister Al-Adli flees police custody
Egypt’s former Interior Minister, Habib Al-Adli, is believed to have
escaped police custody evading a seven year jail term for corruption.Al-Adli,
who was under house arrest in his villa in Sheikh Zayed City, disappeared
completely from sight and severed all contact with his family and lawyer.He has
chosen not to appeal the decision as the court ruled that he would need to be
present at the hearing.Al-Adli was acquitted of all cases against him except
for one case in which he was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of
ordering police conscripts as free labour on his private properties.
Iran warns will hit militant 'safe havens' inside Pak:Reuters
Tehran: Head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad on Monday that
Tehran would hit bases inside Pakistan if the Govt does not confront Sunni militants who carry
out cross-border attacks.10 Iranian border guards were killed by militants last
month. Iran said Jaish al Adl, a Sunni militant group, had shot the guards with
long-range guns, fired from inside Pakistan.The border area has long been
plagued by unrest from both drug smuggling gangs and separatist
militants."We cannot accept the continuation of this situation,"
Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the head of the Iranian armed forces was quoted
as saying by state IRNA.TOI
Iran warn military action inside Pakistan
Pakistan seeks US help to break Afghan-India ‘nexus’
Islamabad: Pakistan has sought US help to break the alleged alliance
between India and Afghanistan “for the sake of regional peace”, a media report
in Islamabad said on Monday. A senior official at the Pakistan foreign ministry
said that during recent contacts Washington was urged to play its role to
defuse Pakistan-Afghan tension.“We know the US has a stake in Afghanistan. They
(US) want peace between us but India is trying to disrupt these efforts. We
have asked them to take care of India if they can. New Delhi is obviously
pulling their (Afghanistan’s) strings,” official, who remains in contact with
Washington,told The Nation.Pakistan has previously blamed India for strained
ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan.IANS
French Prez poll: Emmanuel Macron's win welcomed by European leaders
Many European leaders are voicing relief after pro-EU centrist Emmanuel
Macron decisively won French
presidential election victory against Marine Le Pen, the far-right
nationalist who had threatened to pull France out of the European
Union.Macron's emphatic victory - he won around 66 % compared to Le Pen's 34% -
has brought relief to European allies who feared another populist upheaval to
follow Britain's vote to quit the EU and Donald Trump's election as US
president.Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane, reporting from Berlin on Monday, said
there is "palpable relief" in Germany now that Macron has won. aljazeera
French election: What does Emmanuel Macron stand for?
Centrist Macron triumphs over neo-fascist Le Pen in French presidential
poll
Belgium just banned kosher, halal slaughter in its biggest territory
Belgium's Wallooon region has voted to ban kosher and halal meats by
outlawing the slaughter of unstunned animals.The environment committee of
southern Belgium's Walloon Parliament voted unanimously for the ban, which will
take effect on 1 Sept, 2019.Both Jewish kosher and Islamic halal rituals
require the butcher to swiftly slaughter the animal by slitting its throat and
draining its blood, a process condemned by animal rights campaigners, who argue
it is more humane to stun animals before killing them.Similar legislation has
been proposed by parliament in northern Flemish region. European Jewish
Congress has strongly condemned the decision, calling it
"scandalous".A ban on the slaughter of animals without stunning will
come into effect in Jan.2019 in the Flemish region of Belgium,the De Morgen
daily paper reports. Belgium's Muslim community said its religious council has
previously expressed its opposition to stunned slaughter and there had been no
change in its stance since then."Muslims are worried about whether they
can eat halal food ... in conformity with their religious rites and
beliefs," the Belgian Muslim Executive said.Countries including Denmark,
Switzerland and New Zealand already prohibit unstunned slaughter. independent
UN: 2m children displaced by South Sudan conflict
The civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children
to flee their homes, according to two UN agencies.Children make up 62 % of the
more than 1.8 million South Sudanese refugees who have arrived mainly in
Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan, say the UN children's fund, UNICEF, and the
refugee agency, UNHCR.More than a million children have, meanwhile, been
internally displaced."No refugee crisis today worries me more than South
Sudan," said Valentin Tapsoba, Africa director for UNHCR. aljazeera
1,500 Moroccans go on hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian
prisoners
Over 1,500 Moroccan activists have started a hunger strike in Rabat in
solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who started a collective
hunger on 17 April.The Moroccan Coalition for Palestine and Anti-normalisation
with Israel said in a statement yesterday that 1,500 Moroccan activists in more
than 50 cities have started a hunger strike for 24 hours in solidarity with
Palestinian prisoners.The activists staged their strike in the Moroccan Association
for Human Rights where they raised Palestinian flags and photographs of some of
the Palestinian detainees. middleeastmonitor
Philippines: Police focus on Shiite imam in blast probe, reject Islamic
State claim
Philippine police believe a Shiite Muslim cleric was the likely target
of explosions that killed two people in Manila, an official said on Monday,
rejecting Islamic State claims of involvement.6 others were injured when two
explosions rocked the office of the imam, Nasser Abinal, in the capital's busy
Quiapo district on Saturday.Oscar Albayalde, head of police forces in the
capital, said the bomb was apparently intended for Abinal who is also Govt tax officer for the Manila region.He was not
at the office at the time."He admitted there were threats to his life in
the past" while being questioned by police, said Albayalde.As police were
searching the blast site late Saturday, another explosion rocked the area,
possibly from a second bomb planted earlier, said Albayalde."This has nothing
to do with terrorism. There is no indication that this was done by a terror
group, local or foreign," he said.PTI
IS holds off US-backed force in Syria's Tabqa: Monitor
Beirut: Dozens of Islamic State group fighters cornered in a northern
part of Syria's Tabqa are holding off US-backed forces that hold almost all of
the city, a monitor said on Sunday.Tabqa sits on the Euphrates River and on a
strategic supply route about 55 km west of Raqa, the Syrian heart of IS's
so-called caliphate.In their drive for Raqa, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces
have captured more than 90% of Tabqa,
but have not been able to fully clear the jihadists out of the city or the
adjacent dam."SDF hasn't been able to seize complete control of Tabqa
because IS fighters are still present in the neighbourhoods of Wahdah and
Hurriyah," said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights.PTI
Former US prisoner now leading Iraq’s Interior ministry
Baghdad:Qasim al-Araji has defended the US-led coalition and use of airstrikes
in Mosul on the floor of parliament -- a rarity.Just over 10 years ago, Qasim
al-Araji was being arrested a second time by American forces in Iraq. The
charges were serious — smuggling arms used to attack U.S. troops and
involvement in an assassination cell at the height of sectarian violence that
engulfed Iraq following the 2003 toppling of Saddam Hussein.Now, he heads of
one of Iraq’s most powerful ministries.With credentials that include training
from Iranian special operators known as the Quds force and time spent as a
guerrilla and militia commander, Iraq’s Interior Minister Al-Araji is now trumpeting his respect for
human rights and support for the U.S.-led coalition in the fight against the
Islamic State group. But the forces he now commands have a long history of Shia
domination and abuse, factors that partially contributed to the rise in support
for the IS in Iraq.AP
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