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Genocide of Rohingya Muslims
Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind asks UN to restore Rohingya Muslims' rights, condemns Gauri Lankesh's
murder
New Delhi:The
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) today condemned the acts of violence being committed
against Myanmar's Rohingyas and appealed to the UN to pressurise Yangon to
restore their "constitutional and citizenship rights. Jamat-e- also appealed
the Govt of India to allow Rohingyas to stay in the country till their “constitutional
and citizenship rights” are restored in Myanmar, reported PTI. “We appeal to
the Indian Govt to continue allowing the
Rohingya Muslims who have taken refuge in India to stay as refugees till the
time their constitutional and citizenship rights are restored in Myanmar,” the
JIH president Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari said in a statement. Umri also
urged the Govt to talk to Myanmar and “pressurise” it for restoration of the
constitutional and citizenship rights of the Rohingyas. The JIH vice president,
while asking for intervention of India to stop violence against Rohingyas,
alleged that the Govt was maintaining “silence” over the humanitarian
“catastrophe”. “We feel that India should use its influence over Myanmar to
stop the violence. India’s silence on such a humanitarian catastrophe is quite
puzzling,” he said in the statement,reported PTI. "The terrible acts of
violence against the Rohingyas still continue...social media is rife with
videos showing the horrible acts of crimes against them. More than 2 lakh
people of that community have been displaced so far," JIH Secretary
General Mohammed Salim Engineer said."We appeal to the UN and all major
human rights groups to pressurise the Burmese Govt to take steps for stopping
the persecution of Rohingyas and restore their constitutional and citizenship
rights."Engineer also appealed to Govts of nations where Rohingyas have
taken refuge, to take care of them. "Jamaat-e-Islami Hind also condemned
the murder of Kannada journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, 55, who was gunned
down by unknown assailants at her Bengaluru home on Sept. 5.Calling her a
strong voice against the casteist and communal forces, Jamaat termed her murder
"a chilling message to all journalists" committed to create a
"climate of fear"."The murder is a direct assault on the freedom
of expression... The cowardly attack is threat to freedom of press and rule of
law in the country... We condemn it," Engineer said. The Jamaat welcomed
the Supreme Court's directive to the states to appoint a senior police officer
as nodal officer in all districts to stem the menace of cow vigilantism." The
Jamaat hopes this will serve as a dire warning to the cow vigilantes who take
law into their hands. It will also make the states take action against the communal
and bigoted who spread violence in the name of religion," said Engineer.
india today /PTI/ IANS
Allow Rohingyas to
stay, says Muslim outfit
Jamaat Hails SC
Directives to Check Cow Vigilantism
Rohingya crisis:
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind appeals to UN for citizenship rights of community: firstpost
Jamaat asks Govt of
India to help Rohingya Muslims: theindianawaaz
Restore Rohingyas'
citizenship rights: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: business standard
Restore Rohingyas’
citizenship rights, says Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: financialexpress
Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind questions silence of Indian govt on Rohingya Muslims: sahilonline
Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind urges Myanmar to restore “constitutional,citizenship rights” of Rohingyas: dailypost
‘Restore Rohingyas’
citizenship rights’, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemns violence against Muslims: southlive
Rohingya crisis: After
Dhak asked New Delhi to put pressure on Myanmar, India calls for ‘restraint’ in
Rakhine
New Delhi:3 days
after PM Narendra Modi expressed concern
over “extremist violence” in Rakhine but did not mention the persecution of the
minority Rohingya Muslim community, Dhaka, in an unusual move on Saturday,
asked New Delhi to put pressure on the Myanmar Govt to take steps for peace and
stability, and to stop the flow of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh.This
prompted New Delhi to say in the evening that India urged that the situation in
Rakhine state be handled with “restraint and maturity”, with focus on the
“welfare of the civilian population alongside those of the security forces”. “It
is imperative that violence is ended and normalcy in the state is restored
expeditiously,” MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. Earlier, Bangladesh High
Commissioner Syed Muazzem Ali met Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar at South Block
on Saturday afternoon to explain his country’s position on the issue. Ali,
sources said, went to visit Jaishankar on the instructions of Bangladesh PM
Sheikh Hasina.“We explained our difficulties to the Indian Govt about the present crisis. Rohingyas are coming
in thousands to Bangladesh… they are a huge burden to us economically. We
hardly have enough land to provide shelter to the refugees,” a top Bangladesh Govt
source said.Ali explained to Jaishankar
that Bangladesh was “under tremendous strain”, sources said. The 40-minute
meeting was part of Bangladesh’s outreach to the international community to
“put pressure on Myanmar to do something to restore peace and stability” and
“stop the flow of refugees”, they said.This was the first meeting the
Bangladeshi envoy had with a top Indian official in New Delhi since Rohingya
refugee crisis erupted. Indian envoy in Dhaka, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, too has
been apprised of Bangladesh’s concerns, the sources said.Hasina has raised the
issue with other countries, including with the visiting Turkish First Lady
Emine Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Bangladeshi
officials in Dhaka told the paper over the phone that Dhaka is now making
diplomatic efforts to request the UN, Germany and the International Committee
of the Red Cross, besides India, to set up a “safe zone” in Myanmar to ensure
safety, security, food and shelter for the thousands of Rohingya fleeing
violence and possible death. “A safe zone will also help to stop further influx
of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, which is already overburdened with an
exodus of 1,64,000 Rohingyas in the last two weeks,” said an official in Dhaka.
Indian express
Show restraint,
maturity in handling Rohingya situation in Rakhine state: India urges Myanmar
Muslim bodies tells
Centre not to deport Rohingyas
Hyderabad: Islamic
organisations are holding meetings to condemn the “genocide” of the Rohingyas
in Myanmar and are asking the Centre to drop plans to deport them. On Saturday,
a conference was organised by Jamiat-e-Ulema at the Madina Education Centre.
The representatives of Tameer-e-Millat, Jamaat-e-Islamic and some other
organisations participated and asked the UN to intervene. Hafiz Peer Shabbir
Ahmed, the president of Jamaat-e-Ulema of TS and AP, said they might approach
courts to stop the deportation of Rohingyas. Another meeting was held at
Hussaini Alam. Rohingyas staying in the city requested the Centre not to deport
them. A protest rally was organised in Old City by the Telangana Minorities
Welfare Association. On Sunday, Majlis Bachao Tehreek has planned a rally in
Yakutpura. Another protest is being organised in Nampally by Jamiat-e-Islami. A
prayer meet is also being organised on Sunday at the Punjagutta mosque.DeccanChronicle
.Muslim Clerics:
Centre should rehabilitate Rohingyas
Jamiat to move SC
against centre move to deport Rohingyas
Hyderabad:
Jamiat-e-Ulama Hind chief, Maulana Arshad Madani, on Friday said that the
Muslim panel will knock on the doors of the Supreme Court to challenge the
Centre's decision to deport Rohingya Muslim refugees. The noted Muslim cleric
said that his lawyers have been busy preparing grounds to seek the apex court's
intervention. "We will approach the court on Monday . We have competent
lawyers on board. The Rohingya Muslims have come here after fleeing from the
catastrophic violence in Burma (Myanmar). They should not be deported,"
Madani said. timesofindia
Don’t think govt
will give relaxation to Rohingya Muslims in the country: Union Minority Naqvi
Patna:It would be
difficult for the Govt to offer any
relaxation to Rohingya Muslims, who have fled Myanmar, Union Minority Affairs
Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Saturday. The matter is pending
before the Supreme Court and the Govt is
also looking into it, Naqvi said at the ‘Parliamentarian Conclave’ here.“But I
do not think we will be able to give any relaxation to them (Rohingya Muslims)
when their nation has refused to keep them,” he said.On Uniform Civil Code,
Naqvi said the Govt believes in moving
ahead on the issue after evolving a consensus.The Constitution has clearly
stated that State should evolve a consensus for the implementation of the UCC,
he said, adding that the Law Commission had also sought the opinion of various
stakeholders on the issue.He said the appeasement policy had hijacked the
empowerment of minorities in the last several decades and that the Centre had
adopted policy of “empowerment without appeasement”.PTI
J&K erupts
against ‘genocide’ of Rohingya Muslims
Srinagar:Outraged
at the ‘genocide’ of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, people across J&K staged
protests on Friday, even as several areas in Downtown Srinagar were placed
under curfew. The call for protests was
given by Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema, a conglomerate of all the religious
organisations of Kashmir, and was supported by the joint separatist leadership
comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik.Police imposed
curfew in Downtown areas falling under jurisdiction of five police stations
including Khanyar, Rainawari, Mahraj Gunj, Khanyar and Nowhatta. Greaterkashmir
Massive protest in Pak against 'genocide' of Rohingyas
Thousands of
protesters took to the streets of major cities on Friday to condemn a crackdown
on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, with many carrying placards that read,
"Shame on Aung San Suu Kyi".The largely peaceful rallies were
spearheaded by the Jamaat-i-Islami Pak (JI), but other political parties and
members of the civil society also joined in.Political leaders, including JI
chief Sirajul Haq, called for an end to the "genocide" of Rohingya
and for Pakistan to break off relations with the Govt in Myanmar. Govt has previously expressed
"deep anguish" at the violence.Many protesters also slammed Suu Kyi,
Myanmar's de facto leader, over her silence.APP/AFP
Pak summons Myanmar
envoy over violence : HT
Pakistan summoned
Myanmar envoy and lodged a strong protest over the ongoing violence against the
Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state.Foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua summoned
Myanmar’s ambassador to Pakistan U Win Myint and sought effective measures to
prevent recurrence of such violence, providing security to Rohingya Muslims,
the foreign office said.She conveyed “a strong protest of Govt and people of Pakistan at the ongoing violence
against the Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state in Myanmar”, it said.
Protests across Asia
over Myanmar treatment of Muslims
Indians march in
solidarity over Rohingya atrocities
ARSA fighters
declare truce amid Rohingya crisis
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/arsa-rebels-declare-truce-rohingya-crisis-170909181712623.html
Rohingya fighters
in Myanmar have declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire in their fight
against the army to enable aid groups to address a humanitarian crisis in
Rakhine state.The ceasefire announced on Saturday in a statement by the Arakan
Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is scheduled to start today. "ARSA strongly
encourages all concerned humanitarian actors resume their humanitarian
assistance to all victims of the humanitarian crisis, irrespective of ethnic or
religious background during the ceasefire period," the group said. The
statement also called on Myanmar's military to also temporarily lay down
arms.Witnesses say entire Rohingya villages have been burned to the ground
since the security forces'operation. The impact of ceasefire declaration is
unclear. The group does not appear to have been able to put up significant
resistance against the military force unleashed in Rakhine. aljazeera
Critics circle Aung
San Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis
Erdogan to Muslim
countries: ‘use every means available’ to stop ‘cruelty’ against Rohingya
Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday urged Muslim countries to “use every means
available” to stop the “cruelty” perpetrated against Myanmar’s Rohingya.“We
want to work with the Govt s of Myanmar and Bangladesh to prevent the
humanitarian plight in the region,” he told the opening session of an
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Kazakh capital Astana. “International
organisations, and we as Muslim
countries in particular, should fight together by using every means available
to stop that cruelty,” he said. Erdogan had previously promised to raise the
Rohingya issue at the annual meeting of UNGeneral Assembly later this month. A
final statement was agreed on at Sunday’s OIC summit –first such summit on
Science and Technology. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said it was
thanks to the efforts of the Turkish delegation that such a statement was
prepared. Erdogan called on “brothers around the table” to follow and implement
the decisions.middleeastmonitor
Myanmar 'to provide
aid' to displaced Rohingya inside country
Rakhine: Camps will
be set up to provide aid for displaced Muslims inside Rakhine state, state-backed
media said Saturday, first time in a 16-day crisis Myanmar's Govt has offered
any relief for Rohingya scattered by violence, many to Bangladesh.2 weeks after
violence scorched through the country, Govt has said it will establish three camps in
north, south and central Maungdaw -- the epicentre of the violence and a
Rohingya majority area."Displaced people who are currently spread out will
be able to receive humanitarian aid and medical care" distributed by local
Red Cross workers, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Saturday.The
report did not refer directly to the Rohingya but mentioned village clusters
where the minority lived until the unrest. Branded 'Bengalis' -- shorthand for
illegal immigrants from Bangladesh -- the Rohingya have long been subjected to
discrimination in mostly Buddhist Myanmar.AFP
Rohingya face
systematic atrocities in Myanmar: Malaysia
Malaysian PM Najib Razak has said Rohingya Muslims face
systematic violence including torture, rape and murder in Myanmar.Predominantly
Muslim Malaysia has spoken out strongly against mostly Buddhist Myanmar over
its treatment of its Rohingya minority since violence erupted last Oct.“Based
on the reports we have received, (the Rohingya) are discriminated and no mercy
is accorded to them,” he told reporters at the Subang Airforce base on the
outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur.“Actually, it is done in a planned manner
so that they are tortured, discriminated, killed and raped,” he added.AFP
Rohingya exodus to
Bangladesh nears 300,000: UN
Nearly 300,000
Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the 15
days since new violence erupted and the UN is braced for a further surge,
officials said."Some 290,000 Rohingya arrived in Bangladesh since August
25," Joseph Tripura, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency, told
AFP.Officials said the UN has found more Rohingya in Bangladesh villages and
areas which were previously not included by relief agencies."We started
with planning for an influx of 120,000. Then we made a resource planning for
300,000. The current influx has almost now reached 300,000." Bhattacharyya
said. Aljazeera
Desperation spreads
in Rohingya camps as resources scarce
Buddhist Monks
stage anti-Rohingya march in Myanmar
Hundreds of
Buddhist monks in Myanmar have staged a rally in support of President Thein Sein's
proposal to send the members of the Rohingya minority group to another country.
Sunday's rally in Mandalay, the country's second largest city, is the latest
indication of deep-seated sentiment against the Rohingya after violence with
ethnic Rakhine Buddhists in June. The monks held a banner saying, "Save
your motherland Myanmar by supporting the president", while others
criticised UNHRC envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana, who has faced accusations that he
is biased in favour of the Rohingya. The leader of the march, a monk named
Wirathu, told AFP that the protest was to "let the world know that
Rohingya are not among Myanmar's ethnic groups at all". aljazeera
US urges Myanmar to
give access to Rakhine crisis area
Dalai Lama
expresses grief over Rohingya violence
AIMPLB MEET
–TRIPLE TALAQ
AIMPLB to constitute
committee to study SC verdict on Triple Talaq
Bhopal: All India
Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday decided to constitute a committee
that will study the Supreme Court verdict on triple talaq in detail and find a
solution to the conflict between the judgment and Shariat. Zafaryab Jilani, a member of AIMPLB and
counsel for the board, said that the
idea was floated in board's first round of meeting today, and the committee
will have lawyers and religious scholars, who will scrutinize the verdict from
the legal as well as Islamic perspective. All 45 members attending the meeting
agreed to the formation of this panel, he added. The committee will submit its
detailed report to the board in ten days' time based on which the board will
take the future course of action, Maulana Wali Rahmani said. Earlier in the
day, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, AIMPLB member and member of Jamaat Islami said,
“We are considering filing a review petition against the verdict. We need to
check the points the judges have made in our favour and what is held against us
and then accordingly approach the apex court with a review petition.”During a
precursory meeting on Saturday, AIMPLB refuted the observation made by the
Supreme Court that since triple talaq is sinful, it can’t be lawful. The board
further claimed that they will continue to practise Shariat, which provides for
instant triple talaq.Drawing a comparison with adultery and robbery, Maulana
Wali Rahmani, General Secretary of the AIMPLB, expressed surprise that
"how educated people draw such conclusions"."Nullification of
triple talaq is a very small part of the verdict. We follow Shariat and Shariat
provides for instant triple talaq. We believe in triple talaq and it must and
will go on. The fact remains that whoever still practices triple talaq will
still continue to severe ties with his wife and it will not change. How to
implement it, is a headache of the court and Govt ," said Rahmani on
Saturday. Syed Jalaluddin Umri, secretary of AIMPLB, said:“In a democracy, we
cannot oppose the verdict of the court, but we cannot welcome it. We have to
safeguard our personal laws. The court thinks by this verdict they will save
women. I am yet to understand how it will happen.”The board also cited crime
records on domestic violence and stated that the communities which do not have
the quick form of divorce often witness a higher number of suicide and domestic
violence cases. News18.com
AIMPLB meet post SC
'triple talaq' verdict beins in Bhopal
‘AIMPLB neither
supports nor criticises SC on triple talaq decision’: Mohammad Wali Rahmani
What's Sinful Can
be Lawful, Can't Suffer for 'Saat Janam': AIMPLB on Triple Talaq
No Polygamy, Nikah
Halala in Mahila Andolan's Proposed Muslim Family Law
New Delhi: After
winning a hard-fought battle against instant triple talaq, the Bhartiya Muslim
Mahila Andolan is now ready with its draft of "Muslim Family Law,
2017," which, if debated and enacted by the parliament, would bring an end
to acts of polygamy and Nikah Halala, too. The draft, written over the past 9
years and in consultation with women from over 15 states, looks beyond triple
talaq, taking into consideration other issues such as inheritance and adoption,
Zakia Soman, one of the founding members of the movement said.News18
'Next step after
triple talaq victory is not uniform civil code, it's Muslim family law banning
polygamy, halala'
OTHERS
Jaipur Burns:
Police Vs Muslims, One Shot Dead
JAIPUR: It started
with a very small incident but blew into a major confrontation with a
frightened and angry mob burning vehicles, and the police firing to disperse
the crowd in which one person was killed on the spot. Curfew has been imposed
in four police stations, and even as we report, legislators, police, people's
representatives are meeting to form peace committees and ensure that the
tension is contained, and the violence does not spread.Some women were
purchasing clothes from a street vendor at Ramganj market place, when the local
cops came to remove the thelas. Wielding lathis, the cops started hitting all
in the vicinity. A lathi blow fell on the woman. She objected, whereupon the
cops hit her again, according to eyewitnesses. Unconfirmed reports suggest that
she suffered a fracture. The woman and her son went to the police station to
lodge a report. Again reports suggest that the police refused to file a FIR, a
charge that the cops now deny. However, since the couple took a longer than expected
time inside the police station an agitated crowds started gathering outside.
The mob became restive and angry, fearing the worst with rumours of all kinds
circulating within, and soon turned violent setting an ambulance and vehicles
on fire before pelting stones at the police.The cops resorted to firing and one
person was killed on the spot. Local activists maintain that the situation
could have been contained without bullets, that the police did not go through
the drill but resorted to firing as the first option.The police, according to
locals again, wanted the family to bury the body without a postmortem. This
created further resentment, the people refused, and the stand off continued
through the night. The post mortem is being done now (12:30 )with news awaited.
The people are still agitated, and the Police along with legislators and others
are trying now to calm the situation for fear of the anger spreading to impact
on other areas.Kavita Srivastava, a wellknown activist of the PUCL, said categorically
that the violence is not between Hindus and Muslims as some sections might like
to report, but a straight confrontation between the police and the minorities
in what is the old city of Jaipur.The Citizen
Curfew in Jaipur
after scuffle escalates, 1 killed
Jaipur top cop
denies death in police firing: ‘Not even part of protests, he was felled by
police bullet’
Jaipur:Mohammad
Raees, who was killed during Friday night’s violence between protesting locals
and some police personnel in Jaipur’s walled city area, was just passing by
when he was hit by a bullet. The youngest of three siblings, Raees, a college
student, was on way to get some supplies for a function the family was holding
to observe the 40th day since the death of his aunt – called “chaaliswan” —
when he fell to a police bullet, family members said on Saturday.While several
locals agreed with the family, the police have denied the charge. Police
Commissioner Sanjay Agarwal said, “The cause of his death will be ascertained
only once we have the postmortem report.” Mohammad Haneef, eldest of the 3
brothers, claimed: “Of course, he died in police firing. How else (could he
have died)? Who else was there firing bullets?”Waiting outside the mortuary,
where his brother’s body was kept, Haneef said, “We demand an FIR against the
errant policemen and suspension of the entire (force in) Ramganj police
station. Unless that happens, we will not allow his postmortem — no matter how
long it takes.”Umar Daraaz, local councillor from nearby Eidgah locality who
said he was witness to the incident, alleged that the police used force
hastily. “I went inside the police station to talk to the police and the woman
(who, along with her husband, was allegedly manhandled by local police during a
traffic clean-up on Friday evening). There were some 400 people gathered
outside. Barely three or four minutes later, when we had resolved the
situation, I asked the woman to show the FIR to the crowd outside to convince
them she was all right, and defuse the situation. But soon as we came out, we
saw the police had started a lathi-charge,” Daraaz claimed.indianexpress
Jaipur Residents demand judicial probe into
police firing
Jaipur: Eminent
personalities from various civil organizations have demanded a judicial probe
into the Friday night police firing which claimed life of one civilian. They
alleged that the police firing was unwarranted as the crowd was peacefully
protesting outside the police station. "We condemn the Sep 8 firing by
Ramganj police station on a crowd of 400 people. We hold the Ramganj police
fully responsible for the incident. If the police had immediately registered
FIR of the injured couple, the crowd would not have assembled outside the
police station," the civil leaders said in a joint statement on Saturday. Signatories
to the joint statement include:Kavita Srivastava (PUCL), Sumitra Chopra
(CPI-M), Harkesh Bugalia (Kacchi Basti Federation), Nisha Sidhu (NFIW), Nishat
Hussain (National Muslim Welfare Society), Pyare Lal (Dalit Soshit Mukti
Manch), Nazimuddin (JIH), Komal Srivasta (Bharat Vigyan Samiti).IndiaTomorrow
Muzaffarnagar
riots: UP Govt yet to compensate 190 families, says Amnesty
Human rights
watchdog Amnesty International has criticised the UP Govt for not giving compensation to over 190
families displaced after 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots even 4 years after the
communal flare-up.“Communal riot survivors (190 families) are yet to receive
compensation and continue to stay in squalid conditions in resettlement camps,”Amnesty
International said in a 19-page report released on Friday. Official records
show that 1800 families have been compensated. Report alleged that inconsistent
definition of a family was laid down by the authorities in an attempt to deny
people compensation. According to the report, many families were denied
compensation because authorities claimed they were part of a larger joint
family which had already received money. The state Govt defined ‘family’ as a group of people who live
together and use a common kitchen. This constitutes one household. But even in
cases where families were able to prove that they lived in separate households,
the report claims that they did not receive any financial aid. This was in the
form of separate kitchens or Govt identification documents such as ration cards
that stated different addresses from their joint family members. Despite this
evidence, the report says that they have been denied compensation from the
state.Four years down the line, many of these families still continue to live
in temporary camps, with little access to water and electricity. In Oct.2013,
the state Govt declared that it will provide one-time compensation of 5 lakh to
families from nine surrounding villages that were identified as the worst
affected. Between Aug 2016 and April 2017, rights group visited 12
resettlements and found that over 190 displaced families from the 9 villages
were yet to receive compensation. Among them were Imrana and Tahir Zahid, their
children.Amnesty report said they were threatened, attacked and forced to leave
their home in Kakra village, and abandon every single possession they ever
owned. “Even if you can’t give us 500,000, we urge the Govt to give us at least two or three lakhs,”
pleads Imrana. hindustantimes
200 Muzaffarnagar
riot-hit families still await compensation
Muzaffarnagar faces
fresh set of violence as Rajputs attacked Dalits leaving 18 injured
A day before the
anniversary of infamous Muzaffarnagar riots, violence erupted in Bhoopkheda
village as upper caste Rajputs attacked Dalits in the region leaving at least
18 Dalits injured. The police force has been deployed in the region and senior
administration officials are camping in the village which is tense since last
two days.The incident occured in Bhoopkheda village which is situated along the
border of Muzaffarnagar and Meerut. On the eve of September 6, Dalits of the
village were gathered at a local Ravidas Ashram to celebrate the birthday of
their guru Saman Das.While Dalits were immersed in the ‘Satsang’, about four
Rajput boys came into the Ashram and started teasing some Dalit girls who were
present there.As the siblings and other few Dalit men protested against the
act, clash erupted between the Rajput boys (whose ages ranged between 17 to 22)
and Dalits.Amit Kumar, 22, was beaten up by the Rajputs when he tried to
protest Rajputs who were also teasing his sister. Amit told TwoCircles.net,
“What Thakurs were doing here? They were constantly teasing and molesting the
girls here. When I protested, they struck me with a Talwar on the
head.”Meanwhile, police reached and the matter got settled at the spot.But this
settlement left Rajput side angry.TCN
Saharanpur Dalits
and Thakurs clashed : NSA invoked against 3 accused in prison
Lucknow: 3 months
after Dalits and Thakurs clashed in Bargaon area of Saharanpur, police have
invoked the NSA against three accused from the Thakur community. They are
lodged in the Saharanpur District Jail since June 4. The violence had led to
the death of two persons and left several injured. Besides, incidents of arson
and damage to Govt properties had also
been reported. A special investigation team, set up by the state Govt , is
probing the cases. Residents of Ambehta Chand village, Sompal alias Sonu (25),
Sudhir (28) and Vilas alias Raju (24), face charges under the NSA in connection
with the murder of a Dalit youth and injury to 13 others after BSP chief
Mayawati took part in a rally at Shabbirpur village on May 23. The deceased was
identified as Ashish Meghraj, a resident of Sarsawa. indianexpress
Pune: After
outrage, India Meteorological Dept
scientist withdraws caste case against cook
Pune: Medha Khole,
a scientist with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) who had filed a
complaint of impersonation against Nirmala Yadav (60), on Saturday submitted an
application to the Pune City Police, seeking to withdraw her complaint. In her earlier complaint, Khole had claimed
that Yadav pretended to be a married Brahmin woman to get a job as a cook in
her house.The complaint by Khole, a deputy director general (weather
forecasting) at the IMD, had triggered outrage, with several organisations
condemning it. Khole submitted an application to ACP Shivaji Pawar on Saturday,
saying she wanted to withdraw the complaint. She stated that “her dispute with
Yadav was a personal issue and she never wanted to hurt the sentiments of
anybody”. Police officials said the FIR registered by Khole would be withdrawn
following due legal process.In her complaint, Khole, who lives with her sister
at Sitapark Society in Shivajinagar, had alleged that Yadav had contacted them
when they were looking for a woman who was a Brahmin and a ‘suvasini’ (a
married woman whose husband is alive) to cook food at their house during
religious events, including a ritual called ‘sowala’, in May 2016.Khole said
she came to know from a priest that Yadav was not a Brahmin, and this hurt her
religious sentiments, so she went to the latter’s home on September 6 and
questioned her about “hiding her caste”.Yadav had rejected Khole’s allegations
and lodged a cross-complaint on Friday, alleging that Khole abused and
manhandled her at her Raikar Mala residence. indianexpress
Mob lynching:
Mander targets Modi govt.
Mangaluru:Human
rights activist Harsh Mander on Saturday said 97% of mob lynching in India
since 2010 happened during the Narendra Modi regime.He was speaking at a
programme on ‘Mob lynching and collective silence’ organised by Samarasa, when
his Karawan-e-Mohabbat arrived in Mangaluru on Saturday. Karawan started from
Assam on Sept. 4 and visited Jharkhand before arriving here, he said. thehindu
In Clean Sweep,
Left Alliance Trounces ABVP In JNU Students' Election
New Delhi: United Left alliance has retained all 4 seats
in JNU students union election, defeating the RSS-backed ABVP by considerable
margins.United Left candidate Geeta Kumari won the president's post by
defeating Nidhi Tripathi of ABVP by 464 votes. Shabana Ali of BAPSA (Birsa
Ambedkar Phule Students' Association) polled 935 votes, election panel
officials said. Out of the total 4639 votes polled, 4620 were valid as 19 votes
were discarded after voters put their slips in wrong ballots, they said.For the
vice president's post, AISA's Simone Zoya Khan got 1,876 votes out of total
4,620 votes. Ms Khan defeated Durgesh Kumar of ABVP who got 1028 votes. Duggirala
Srikrisha (Left) won the General Secretary's post by polling 2082 votes. He was
followed by ABVP's Nikunj Makwana with 975 votes.The post of Joint Secretary
has gone to Shubhanshu Singh (Left) who got 1755 votes. Pankaj Keshari of ABVP
got 920 votes.Geeta Kumari said, "The credit for mandate goes to students
because people still believe that democratic spaces should be saved and right
now, the only resistance is from students."She also promised to take up
the Najeeb Ahmad issue, JNU seat cuts, new hostels, saving the autonomy of
JS-cash and deprivation points.PTI
DMK-led Opposition
urges TN Governor to order floor test
Opposition parties
will move court if the Tamil Nadu Governor does not convene the Assembly within
a week and order the Edappadi K. Palaniswami Govt to seek a floor test, DMK working president
M.K. Stalin said in Chennai on Sunday.A delegation of Opposition leaders from
the DMK, the Congress and IUML, led by
Stalin, called on Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan on Sunday
evening.After meeting the Governor Mr. Stalin said, while the Palaniswami govt
had the support of only 114 MLAs, 119 MLAs are against him.If the Governor
refuses the demand of the Opposition to convene the Assembly to ascertain the Govt
's present strength, then we will have to go to the courts, Mr. Stalin added. thehindu
Day 1 of J-K visit:
With focus on ‘political solution’, Rajnath Singh meets 20 delegations
Srinagar :Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday met representatives of more than 20
delegations of various organisations on the first day of his four-day visit to J&K.
Among the delegations that called on Singh were those of trade, travel,
business, the youth, and a team of Sikh minorities. Singh stressed the need for
resolving the state’s “political situation” in order to help restore peace
during his meetings.Singh began his visit with a one-on-one meeting with CM Mehbooba Mufti. The two are learnt to have
discussed the overall situation, implementation of the Agenda of Alliance (AoA)
and execution of the PM’s development package in the state.“CM impressed upon
the need to reach out to all sections of the society in the state which has
been duly recognised in the AoA,” according to a Govt statement. Singh later met Governor NN Vohra.
Home Minister reviewed implementation of the PM’s development package (PMDP) to
the state. After his meeting, Singh tweeted, “I have asked the authorities to
expedite the implementation of the PMDP in a time-bound manner. It will create
jobs for the people of J&K.”indianexpress
‘Rajnath Singh visit to overshadow Congress
effort’
Srinagar:Congress
has blamed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a four-day trip to J&K,
for “sabotaging and trying to overshadow” the visit of a Manmohan Singh-led
five-member policy planning group of the Congress that will arrive in Jammu on
Sunday for 2 days. Congress had announced the visit last month with an aim to
meet people in all three regions of the state. Delegation will include P
Chidambaram, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, J&K AICC
in-charge Ambika Soni and Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh, besides party
representatives from state regions.indianexpress
‘Rajnath will solve
Kashmir problems by talking to people’
J&K: Militants
kill cop near Rajnath meet venue
Srinagar:Even as
Home Minister Rajnath Singh met several delegations in Srinagar, militants
attacked a police post in South Kashmir’s Anantnag town, killing one police
constable and injuring two others. The attack took place close to the venue where
Singh is scheduled to meet policemen on Sunday. Militants fired on a police
post near the bus stand, injuring the three policemen on duty, local sources
said. They were rushed to hospital, where one of the policemen succumbed to his
injuries. The deceased policeman has been identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad of
Palpora, Srinagar.indianexpress
Restrictions
imposed in Srinagar
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/restrictions-imposed-in-srinagar-separatists-protest-4836754/
Srinagar:The
authorities in J&K imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Sunday
to prevent separatist-called protests. Separatist leaders, including Syed Ali
Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for the valley-wide
protest shutdown against the killing of two civilians and two militants in
Anantnag district on Saturday. IANS
My son is being
implicated in a fabricated case, says mother of arrested Kashmiri photographer
Pulwama: Family
members of a freelance photojournalist from South Kashmir, Kamran Yousuf, who
was arrested by NIA on Tuesday on charges of stone pelting have contested the
NIA claims that he was a ‘stone pelter’ and was mobilising others to ‘pelt
stones on Govt forces’.Kamran a resident
of Tahab village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has been accused of
‘inciting youth to pelt stones by NIA’.Rubeena, mother of the Kamran denied
that his son was a stone pelter, saying that he was carrying his professional
duties and that he has no links with stone pelting. TwoCircles
W. Pak refugees in
J&K move SC challenging Article 35A
New Delhi;Some
refugees of West Pakistan, who had migrated to India during the 1947 partition,
have moved the Supreme Court challenging Article 35A of the Constitution
relating to special rights and privileges of permanent residents of J&K.The
petition said there were around 3 lakh refugees from West Pakistan but those
settled in J&K have been denied the rights gauranteed under Article 35A
which are given to the original residents of the state. PTI
Now, army chief says
China, Pakistan not a threat to India
Army chief General
Bipin Rawat has said neither China nor Pakistan is an imminent threat to the
country in a departure from his earlier statement wherein he had dubbed the two
neighbours India’s northern and western adversaries respectively and that the
country needed to be prepared for a two-front war.“None of the country (China
or Pakistan) is a threat,” he said on the sidelines of an event in
Uttarakhand’s capital Dehradun on Saturday in response to a query.HT
Artists should
‘shut up’ on politics: A R Rahman
New
Delhi;Academy-award winning composer A R Rahman on Saturday said he did not
know the murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh or her work, but was taken aback by
the “cruelty” of her murder. Rahman also said he had no idea that his reported
statement on Friday — that “if these things happen in India, then it is not my
India” — would create a storm on social media.“I didn’t know her. I saw the
news in the middle of a recording and my musician heart was just shocked. We
come from the nation of Gandhi. I was taken aback to see the cruelty, that
something like that could take place in my country,” Rahman said on
Saturday.“India”,he said, “is a perfect example to the world, it’s a miracle
how the country has faith. I think we should complement each other and find the
next level of that faith rather than destroying it. Some of us are destroying
it.”
No specialist in
Nashik civil hospital where 187 babies died in 5 months
Nashik:On Saturday,
Jamal Shaikh undertook an arduous 90-km trip from Maharashtra’s Yeola town to Nashik
Civil Hospital, fervently hoping his seven-day-old, prematurely born,
underweight son would survive. His wife, who had visited a Govt -run primary
healthcare centre at Yeola for the 7 months of her pregnancy, was never told
about the complications that would arise, claims Shaikh. “If my wife had been
treated properly at the PHC, this day would have never dawned on us,” says farmer.While
Shaikh says doctors have assured him his baby would pull through, over the past
five months, since April, 187 infants admitted to Nashik Civil Hospital’s Sick
Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) have not been so lucky. Hospital authorities said a
majority of the 187 deaths were of newborns who were brought to the hospital in
critical condition from rural areas or municipal hospitals in the district. “In
month of August, 346 children were admitted to our SNCU. Most of them were in a
critical condition and we, being a Govt hospital, can’t turn them away,” said Nashik
District Civil Surgeon Dr Suresh Jagdale. Officials say 740-bedded civil
hospital, which caters to nearly 60 lakh residents of the district, is severely
overburdened. Nashik, a district with a large tribal population, has 106
primary healthcare centres, 592 sub-centres, 26 rural hospitals and one civil
hospital. With heath centres in poor shape, patients usually travel long
distances to get to civil hospital.Like all other depts in the hospital, the
newborn unit is short of both manpower and equipments. SNCU ward, which has 54
beds, has three paediatricians, but no specialised neonatalogist. “newborn care
unit is supposed to have six doctors but only has three. It has no ventilator
either,” said Rizwan Shaikh of Star Bahuuddeshiyha Sanstha, which provides
counselling and help to poor patients at the hospital. indianexpress
Raghuram Rajan
flags India's biggest worry that could cost Modi a win in 2019 elections
Among all things
Raghuram Rajan has been talking about for the past few days, the one thing that
should strike some resonance for PM Narendra Modi would be the state of jobs in
the country. Speaking at his book launch, the former governor of the Reserve
Bank of India stressed on boosting growth to provide enough jobs for what will
be world’s biggest workforce. "Remember that we have what we call the
population dividend. A million new people entering the labor force every
month," Rajan said. "If we don’t provide these jobs that are
required, you have a million dissatisfied entrants. And that could create a lot
of social mischief." Rajan is right in this aspect. India will have the
world’s biggest labor force by 2027 and the millennial generation is crucial to
anchor one of the fastest paces of economic growth. However, fresh employment
opportunities are scarce and the administration has lagged in training workers
to help them survive the threat of automation. Modi’s jobs record is even
poorer than that of the much-maligned Congress Govt that he has replaced. India
needs to create as many as a million new jobs every month just to keep up with
the growing population. Under Modi, just over 10,000 jobs a month are being
created instead, according to Govt figures from 2015. The scale of this failure
is enormous -- especially since it will add to an angry army of already
underemployed young Indians. Questions are increasing about Modi’s ability to
fulfill his 10-million-jobs-a-year campaign pledge with less than 2 years to go
before he faces re-election.Economictimes
Gauhati HC Chief
Drives Sri Sri Ravi Shankar To Airport, HC Lawyers Say CJ Violates Rules
Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar, who was in Guwahati for the North East Indigenous People’s conference
on 5 September, was driven to the airport by Chief Justice of Gauhati High
Court Ajit Singh himself. The act has sparked outrage among the members of the
Bar Association of the High Court, claiming that the Chief Justice has violated
High Court rules. In fact, the members of the Gauhati High Court Bar
Association have decided to discuss the issue in the upcoming general meeting.
According to reports, they may also approach the Chief Justice of India to
complain against Justice Singh.LIVELAW
Kerala: Muslim
outfits flay govt’s liquor policy
Kozhikode: A
meeting of the Muslim Coordination Committee, a joint platform of various
Muslim organisations, has termed the State Govt ’s liquor policy “unscrupulous”
and a violation of promises made by the LDF ahead of the Assembly elections.A t
a meeting here on Saturday, leaders of the organisations said the decision to
reduce the distance between liquor shops and schools and places of worship to
50 metres was a threat to future generations.The meet also condemned the
alleged attempt towards the racial elimination of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.P.K.
Kunhalikkutty and E.T. Mohammed Basheer (Indian Union Muslim League), T.P.
Abdullakkoya Maudany (Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen), and Shaik Mohammed
Karakkunnu (Jamaat-e-Islami) were present.thehindu
Construction of Ram
Mandir will start on or before 2018: Katiyar
Faizabad:Bajrang
Dal founder-president and BJP member Vinay Katiyar has said the construction of
the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will start on or before 2018.Khatiyar said the land
solely belongs to Lord Ram and no one else."If any Muslim community has
supported the building of the Ram Mandir, then it is welcome news and,if more
people come out in support of building the temple, I will be very happy,"
said Katiyar.ANI
Ryan student
murder: Victim’s father requests for parallel CBI probe, Haryana minister says
not averse to it
New Delhi:2 days
after a 7-year-old class II student of Ryan International School in Gurugram
was brutally murdered, the demonstrations took a violent turn on Sunday as
protesters set ablaze liquor shop close to the school in Gurugram. Haryana
Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said on Sunday that action has been taken
against the management of the school. “Under Section 75 Juvenile Act, action
will be taken against school management. Accused will be presented before court
within a week. Action has been taken against management and owner of Ryan
International School,” he said.Earlier in the day, people gathered in large
numbers in front of the school demanding a CBI probe in the murder. Police
lathicharged people protesting outside the school. Following the incident,
father of the deceased student requested to maintain peace. “Want to request
all parents who are supporting us that please do not get involved in violence,”
Varun Thakur was quoted as saying by ANI. “Police is doing its job, request a
parallel CBI inquiry so that every detail related to the case is revealed,”
added Thakur.“We demand a CBI investigation, we want justice for Pradyuman,”
said the parent of a child studying at the school. “We are not satisfied with
ongoing investigation. Bus conductor being framed. School management must take
responsibility of students’ safety,”a parent present at today’s protest was
quoted as saying by ANI. As per reports, window panes were also broken during
the protest.indianexpress
Delhi govt orders
magisterial inquiry after 5-year-old girl allegedly raped in school, CM
Kejriwal says ‘shameful’
New Delhi:Just 2
days after the gruesome murder of a 7-year-old boy from Ryan International
School in Gurugram, a 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a security guard
inside the premises of Tagore Public School on Saturday in Gandhi Nagar area of
Shahdara. DCP Shahadra Nupur Prasad said the accused, identified as Vikas (40),
has been arrested. Meanwhile, Delhi Govt has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the
alleged rape, CM Arvind Kejriwal said. The report will be submitted within 3
days. He also said that a protocol would be chalked out for all city schools to
ensure the safety of students. “Shameful. Won’t be tolerated. Police doing its
job. Ordered magisterial enquiry. Will develop protocol 4 all schools 2 ensure
children safety (sic),” tweeted Kejriwal. indianexpress
HC rejects Rs 35 cr
compensation claim by Jamia student
New Delhi:Delhi High
Court has rejected a Jamia Millia Islamia University student’s plea claiming a
compensation of Rs 35 crore on various grounds including that the re-evaluation
result for an exam that he had failed, was not declared on time. The HC upheld
the single judge’s order observing that the “claim for damages on this account
is clearly unsustainable and ill-founded.”“As per the result declared in
April-May, 2013, the appellant had failed. It was for the appellant to prepare
himself for re-examination to be held in Jan.2014, even if he had applied for
re-evaluation. The appellant could not have assumed that he would clear the
first year examination held in Jan.2013 solely because he had applied for
re-evaluation. Attending the second year classes would not confer any right to
be promoted to the second year,” the bench said.PTI
AMU, dubbed by RSS
as ‘nursery of terrorists’, is India’s top university in world ranking
AMU has been ranked
top Indian university in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
for 2018, which lists more than a thousand institutes worldwide.AMU, which
placed itself in the 601-800 slot is followed by University of Delhi, Banaras
Hindu University. Commenting on the achievement, AMU VC, Professor Tariq
Mansoor said that the varsity is proud to claim the top spot in the rankings
and added that it suggets AMU is one of the most prestigious universities with
very high entry standards. southlive
3 including 2
minors detained in Hyderabad for alleged links with IS
Hyderabad: Police
have detained 3 persons here on suspicion of links with the terror group
Islamic State (IS), informed sources said.The suspects, including two minors,
were picked up from Toli Chowki area in the city and were being questioned
about their alleged links with the IS.They were also being questioned about
their alleged involvement in a terror plot in UP .Police officials including
those from UP were questioning them at
an undisclosed location, according to sources.IANS
NIA cites 4 terror
probes against PFI, MHA mulls ban:TOI
New Delhi: In sync
with home ministry's efforts to build a fresh case for banning Popular Front of
India over alleged involvement of its cadres in terror cases, NIA has shared
details with the ministry of 4 terror probes where cadres of PFI and its
political arm SDPI were chargesheeted or convicted under UAPA.The 4 cases
relate to chopping of a professor's palm in Kerala's Idukki district; holding
of a training camp in Kannur from where NIA allegedly seized swords,
country-made bombs and ingredients for making IEDs; murder of RSS leader
Rudresh in Bengaluru and the Islamic State Al-Hindi module case in which
attacks were plotted in south India.Based on its probe findings, NIA has
claimed that PFI pursues a strategy aimed at communalising Indian polity, enforcing
Taliban brand of Islam, heightening existing social divisions and maintaining a
trained bank of volunteers for physical actions. PFI leader P Koya denies NIA's
reported observations. "PFI believes in identity politics but does not
work on sectarian lines. In our 20-25 years, there have been just a couple of
cases of sedition/UAPA linked to PFI," he stated.Koya said the outfit had
condemned and disowned cadres behind the Professor's palm-chopping. "Even
in Kannur training camp case, the high court set aside conviction of 21 PFI
cadres. There were no bombs there but only wooden structures aimed at depicting
human physiology for our fitness workshops," he said. said. "PFI only
trains its cadres in fitness and self-defence," he said.On SIMI roots of
PFI leaders, Koya reminded that the association preceded SIMI ban. On Sathya
Sarini, he said it was only imparting Islamic education to the willing who were
free to decide on converting to Islam.TOI
'Eat Beef In Your
Country Before Coming to India,' Quips New Tourism Minister:NDTV
KJ Alphons, the new Tourism Minister, has
advised visitors to "eat beef in their own countries" before
travelling to India, just three days after asserting that there is "no
food code" for states and beef will continue in states like Kerala and
Goa.On Thursday, the minister confronted questions about the impact on Indian
tourism of recent incidents of cow vigilantism and the tight restrictions on
beef in several states."They (tourists) can eat beef in their own country
and come here yaar," Alphons quipped, replying to reporters on the
sidelines of a convention of Indian Association of Tour Operators in
Bhubaneswar.
Jethmalani
announces retirement, terms NDA's governance a calamity
Noted jurist Ram Jethmalani on Saturday
announced his retirement from over seven-decade-long career as an advocate.
Referring the present status of governance as the calamity, 94-year-old ex-BJP
leader said that the country is not in a good shape. "I am here just to tell you I am
retiring from the profession but I am taking on a new role as long as I am
alive. I wish to combat the corrupt politicians that have been brought into the
position of power and I hope the condition of India will take good shape,"
PTI quoted him. zeenews
WORLD
Saudi says plans to
hold talks with Qatar suspended after reports of Qatari emir spoke to Saudi crown
prince
Saudi Arabia says
plans to hold talks with Qatar have been suspended, shortly after the emergence
of reports that a phone call between Qatar's emir and the Saudi crown prince
hinted at a potential breakthrough in a major diplomatic crisis in the Gulf. The
call on Friday between Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Saudi
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was the first official contact between Doha
and Riyadh since the start of the crisis more than three months ago. In the
phone call, which was reported by state media from both countries, the 2
leaders expressed a willingness to discuss an end to the rift. However, there
seems to be a dispute over protocol - with some reports pointing out to Qatar
News Agency's (QNA) apparent failure to mention that it was Doha that had
initiated the call.In its report about the two leaders' call, QNA said that phone
conversation had been coordinated by US President Donald Trump.In the phone
discussion, Sheikh Tamim and Mohammed bin Salman "stressed the need to
resolve this crisis" through dialogue "to ensure the unity and
stability" of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said QNA. Qatari emir
welcomed a proposal by the Saudi crown prince to assign two envoys to resolve
the dispute "in a way that does not affect sovereignty of states",Qatari
news agency added. Aljazeera
Russia urges
dialogue to solve Gulf crisis
Arab countries and
Qatar should enter into direct talks to solve a diplomatic dispute, Russia’s
foreign minister said on a trip to Saudi Arabia on Sunday, urging all parties
to restore regional unity. “We have
confirmed our position (that we are) in favour of settling the disagreements by
means of negotiations, by directly expressing concerns and achieving solutions
which would take into account the concerns and the interests of all parties,” minister,
Sergei Lavrov, said in Jeddah.middleeastmonitor
Saudi embassy may
have funded 9/11 'dry run': report
New evidence in a
9/11 lawsuit against the Govt of Saudi
Arabia alleges the kingdom's embassy in Washington, DC may have funded a test
run for the deadly attacks in 2001, according to a US paper report.The evidence
was submitted as part of a class action lawsuit against the Govt of Saudi Arabia, the New York Post reported on
Saturday.It alleges the embassy paid for 2 Saudi nationals to fly from Phoenix
to Washington 2 years before planes hit the World Trade Center, the Pentagon,
and slammed into a field in Pennsylvania as part of a "dry run" for
the attacks.Saudi Arabia has always denied any involvement in Sept.11, 2001
attacks.The victims' lawyers, however, have said the evidence suggests "a
pattern of both financial and operational support" for the 9/11 conspiracy
from official Saudi sources, according to the Post. Waleed Nassar, an
international disputes attorney who represents two Saudi charities that are
defendants in 9/11 litigation alongside Saudi Arabia, said "the evidence,
along with much of what has been submitted, is innuendo and
circumstantial". aljazeera
Israeli PM son criticized
over ‘anti-Semitic’ imagery on FB
From an argument
over dog poo to an alleged anti-Semitic caricature he posted on Facebook, Yair
Netanyahu,Israeli PM’s 26-year-old son, is courting controversy with his social
media activity.The criticism of Netanyahu in Israel is turning into a sideshow
to more weighty events: criminal investigations into corruption allegations
against his father and mother.They both deny any wrongdoing.The young Netanyahu
is widely seen in Israel as being groomed by his parents as a future political
leader and Facebook posts have attracted particular public interest. On
Saturday, he posted a cartoon using what the Anti-Defamation League, which
monitors anti-Semitism worldwide, described as anti-Semitic imagery in a
Facebook post mocking some of his father’s critics.It included a depiction of
US billionaire George Soros at the top of a food chain, dangling the world in front
of both a reptile and ex-PM Ehud Barak,frequent critic of Netanyahu.Jewish
financiers controlling the world is a well-known anti-Semitic theme.Soros
supports left-wing and human rights bodies that have been highly critical of
Israel and its treatment of Palestinians.In further Facebook posts following
criticism for posting the cartoon, Yair Netanyahu, who is a university student,
condemned the Israeli left for being 2-faced in trying to silence him.middleeastmonitor
Criminal
indictments loom large for Israeli PM
Bahrain-Israel
links ‘go back to 1994’
The latest comments
by Benjamin Netanyahu about relationships with a number of Arab countries
highlight the links between Bahrain and Israel, which “go back to 1994”, Al-sharq.com
said on Friday.The secret relationship started when former Israeli Environment
Minister Yossi Sarid met with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ben
Al-Mubarak, and Health Minister Jawad Al-Arid. The 3 agreed that Israel could
open a representative office in Manama.In 2009, the late Israeli President
Shimon Peres and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with the King of
Bahrain in New York on the fringe of a religious dialogue conference. Last
year, American rabbi Marc Schneier visited Manama on a mission to reinforce
relations between Israel and Bahrain. Middleeastmonitor
Hamas leader in Cairo
to discuss Gaza blockade
Gaza:The new chief
of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Saturday
to hold talks with senior Egyptian officials on his first such visit as leader,
a Hamas spokesman said.In the past few months Hamas has sought to mend
relations with Egypt.Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said the talks with Egypt
will focus on alleviating the blockade and mending a longstanding rift with
rival group Fatah, headed by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.There was no
immediate comment from Egyptian officials on the talks.Reuters
Egyptian forces
kill 10 suspected militants in Cairo
Cairo:Egypt’s
security forces killed 10 suspected militants on Sunday in a shootout during a
raid on 2 apartments in central Cairo, 2 security sources said. 3 policemen
were injured after one suspected militant detonated an explosive device to
block their entry into the building and two other policemen were injured during
the exchange of fire that followed. One source said authorities received a tip
off about the hideouts of the individuals, who they suspect of being members of
Hasm, a group which has claimed several attacks around the capital targeting
judges and policemen since last year. Reuters
China, Pakistan
take swipes at Trump's Afghan policy
Beijing:The top
diplomats from China and Pakistan took swipes at President Donald Trump's newly
unveiled Afghanistan policy on Friday as they called for new talks with the
Taliban to resolve the 16-year conflict.Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said
Beijing stood firmly behind its "ironclad friend" Pakistan, even
though "some countries" did not give Islamabad the credit it deserved
in fighting terrorism, a pointed reference to US.Pakistani Foreign Minister
Khawaja Asif's first trip abroad to Beijing this week appeared to highlight how
ties between the two all-weather allies have grown even closer while Pakistan's
critical relationship with the US is disintegrating amid mutual recriminations
and distrust.Wang and Asif announced that China, Pakistan and Afghanistan will
hold a new series of three-way talks later this year in China to push forward
settlement negotiations with the Taliban while the US doubles down on its
military campaign."It's our firm view that there is no military solution
in Afghanistan, the focus should be on a politically negotiated
settlement," Asif told reporters in Beijing. "China is playing a very
constructive role in this regard."AP
Islam is an
intellectual and scientific religion: OIC
Jeddah: Ministerial
meeting preparations for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for
Science, Technology and Innovation Summit were held in Kazakhstan’s capital of
Astana.The relevant ministers from the organization’s member states adopted the
working document of the OIC for Science and Technology 2026 to be discussed and
considered for adoption among member states’ leaders, who will be meeting for
the first time to discuss science and technology matters. OIC Secretary-General
Yousef Al-Othaimeen,said: “The summit is unique, since it emphasizes that Islam
is an intellectual and scientific religion seeking to liberate people from
delusions and fantasies and fight against extremism.”He further announced the
development of the organization’s document, following intensive discussions
with 157 scholars and technical experts from 20 member states.ARAB NEWS
FLASH: VIEWS & NEWS
India must not be
seen to be uncaring about Rohingyas: By Amulya Ganguli, IANS
Shame Peace Nobel
Winner Aung San Suu Kyi to treat Rohingyas humanely: Chandan Mitra, Editor The
Pioneer
Celebrating ‘Vadh’
of opponents in embedded in Hindutva politics: Shamsul Islam for TwoCircles.net
Opinion: It is in
Modi’s interest to condemn the persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar: Ipsita
Chakravarty
I coined the term
Power of Peace when I was working at UNESCO:AW Khan
Rohingya Refugees:
India should not pass buck to Muslim world by adopting false & blinkered Narrative:AshokSwain
Message to world
from Mohammed, Rohingya:KatieArnold
Remembering the
fall of Delhi, in Sept.1857:Rana Safvi
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