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SC Orders
Replacement of 2 Judges Posted as Observers at Babri Masjid Site
Ayodhya : The three
judge special bench of the Supreme Court has ordered to replace the 2 judges
posted as observers at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya.
Hearing the plea moved by the Allahabad high court seeking to replace the two
judges appointed to ensure status quo at the Babri site, the 2 judges – T. M.
Khan and S. K. Singh – were appointed by the Allahabad high court in March
2003, during the excavation conducted by archaeological survey of India (ASI)
at the disputed site.These observers were appointed by the Allahabad high court
after complaints filed by Muslim parties against the ASI team for
malfunctioning and the non-maintenance of status quo as ordered by the Supreme
Court.The special bench of the Supreme Court constituted to hear the title suit
of Babri Masjid/Ram Janmabhoomi – Chief Justice of India Deepak Mishra, Justice
S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Ashok Bhushan passed the order accepting the plea
of the high court and the bench ordered the chief justice of the Allahabad high
court to appoint two judges of district judge/additional district judge rank
posted in the surrounding districts of Ayodhya-Faizabad within the next ten
days.Senior advocate of Allahabad high court, Rakesh Diwedi, on Sept. 4 had informed the Supreme Court about the two
appointed judges – Singh had been elevated to high court and Khan had
retired.The three judges special bench of the apex court will start the hearing
in the case on December 5, 2017, the eve of 25 years of the demolition of the
Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 in Ayodhya.Reacting to the judgement, Zafaryab
Jilani, the convener of the Babri Masjid Action Committee, said, “there was no
need of removing the two judges, Singh and Khan, as both were having depth
knowledge of status quo and under the supervision of both judges the business
at the disputed site was going through,” adding, “The new judges who will be
appointed as observers, if we find any partiality in their work, we will then
definitely go to the SC.” thewire
Babri site: SC asks
Allahabad HC’s chief justice to nominate two additional district judges as
observers
UN rights chief
deplores India's move to deport Rohingya refugees amid ongoing Myanmar violence
Geneva: UN human
rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Monday flayed any attempts by India to
deport Rohingyas to Myanmar when the ethnic minority community is facing
violence in their country.Speaking at the opening of a Human Rights Council
session in Geneva, Zeid also referred to the killing of activist-journalist
Gauri Lankesh, observing that she "tirelessly addressed the corrosive
effect of sectarianism and hatred.""I deplore current measures in
India to deport Rohingyas at a time of such violence against them in their
country," Zeid said. UNHRC noted Rijiju had reportedly said that because
India is not a signatory to Refugee Convention it "can dispense with
international law on the matter, together with basic human
compassion.""However, by virtue of customary law, its ratification of
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the obligations of
due process and the universal principle of non-refoulement, India cannot carry
out collective expulsions, or return people to a place where they risk torture
or other serious violations," the UN human rights chief said.Touching upon
cow vigilantism in India, Zeid said:"The current wave of violent, and
often lethal, mob attacks against people under the pretext of protecting the
lives of cows is alarming.""People who speak out for fundamental
human rights are also threatened," he said.Lankesh was gunned down last
week in Bengaluru. Unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen pumped bullets into
55-year-old Gauri as she left her car after reaching her home.Zeid said he was
"heartened by the subsequent marches calling for protection of the right
to freedom of expression, and by demonstrations in 12 cities to protest the
lynchings."PTI
UN rights
commissioner flays India over Rohingya refugees, Gauri Lankesh murder
SC to hear on Sep
18 plea of Rohingyas against deportation
New Delhi;The
Supreme Court today fixed Sept.18 for hearing a plea challenging Govt’s
decision to deport illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants back to Myanmar.A bench
comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y
Chandrachud considered the submission ASG Tushar Mehta, representing the
Centre, to defer the hearing."As prayed for by Tushar Mehta, Additional
Solicitor General, let the matter be listed on Sept. 18," the bench said.The apex court had
earlier asked the ASG to take instruction from the Centre about its response to
the petition challenging the decision on various grounds, including that it
violated international human right conventions. The plea, filed by 2 Rohingya
immigrants, Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir, who are registered
refugees under the NHCR, claimed they had taken refuge in India after escaping
from Myanmar due to widespread discrimination, violence and bloodshed against
the community there.Ex-RSS ideologue and Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan leader K N
Govindacharaya has recently moved the apex court seeking to make him a party in
the case filed by the two Rohingya Muslims.PTI
Hyderabad erupts in
protest over Myanmar Govt's ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas
Hyderabad:
Thousands of people participated in a massive protest here to condemn the
killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. The protesters gathered at the
Exhibition Grounds at Nampally in the city in response to a call given by an
all-party solidarity committee. Protests were also held in different parts of
the old city. Women and students turned up in large numbers. Public meetings
and rallies were also held. Local political leaders also participated in the
protest, which was organised by the Telangana and Odisha zone of the
Jamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH). "UN should intervene and stop the
genocide," said Mohammed Abdul Majeed, media secretary of the origination.An
appeal for help has also been made to deputy CM Mohammed Mahmood Ali, who
attended the programme. "Around 40 doctors from Doctors' Association for
Relief & Education (DARE) are ready to provide medical aid to the victims
in Bangladesh and Burma. We have requested the deputy CM to escalate the issue with the Govt and help them in securing visas, "said
Jamaat-e-Islami Telangana and Odisha president Hamid Mohammed Khan.TOI
Triple talaq case:
Critical of govt, Muslim Personal law board will not file review
New Delhi:All India
Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) executive committee meeting on Sunday did
not discuss filing a review petition against the Supreme Court order holding
instant triple talaq illegal. Sources said during informal discussions it was
felt that a review plea may throw open more religious practices like polygamy
to judicial scrutiny.It was the first meeting of the AIMPLB’s highest
decision-making body since the Supreme Court order. The board had maintained
studied restraint on it and there was speculation that the executive committee
could decide on a review petition.At the marathon meeting in Bhopal on Sunday,
AIMPLB again accused the Govt of
attempting an attack on Muslim personal laws, and welcomed the court order for
not going in that direction.Putting this one positive takeaway from last
month’s triple talaq judgment — the majority verdict upholding personal laws
based on religion — in jeopardy would not be a sensible move, many in the
topmost echelons of the board felt. The executive committee, however, resolved
to set up a panel to examine the judgment to find any inconsistencies with the
Shariah. The board also recorded its “commitment to carry forward largescale
reforms”.In a statement issued after the meeting, the board said, “The Govt had laid bare its intention in the form of the
Attorney General’s submissions in the Hon’ble Supreme Court that all forms of
dissolution of marriages without intervention of the court should be declared
as unconstitutional. We register our displeasure and consider it as attack on
personal law of Muslims. This stand of the present Govt is contrary to protection
guaranteed by the Constitution of India. We make (a) categorical statement that
the Community cannot and shall not tolerate such attack on personal law of
Muslim community.”Kamal Faruqui, a member of AIMPLB executive committee, said,
“The matter of a review petition was absolutely not discussed at the meeting.
Whoever thought we would be doing so was merely imagining things. We have
always advocated a reasonable line, we are not in favour like some other
organisations of taking to the streets at the slightest pretext.We try to steer
clear of adopting a confrontational attitude because there are many other issues
of Muslims, like education, that need attention. We will stand up against
anyone when it is required, but now is not the time. We are not emphasising it,
but we did win a major victory when the SC upheld personal laws; we are not
talking because we do not want it to be politicised again.”Board insiders say
the matter of a review petition was discussed in informal deliberations over
the past 20-odd days, but most felt that the risks of such a move far
outweighed its potential benefits. Things have changed since the last order,
there is a new CJI there will be a new
Bench looking at it. What if they do not feel the same way about personal laws?
What if they want to examine other practices like polygamy, nikah halala etc,
like the original two-judge Bench had wanted examined? We would end up opening
more fronts than we would like to. That is why the review petition never came
up in the executive committee.” At its Sunday meeting, AIMPLB executive
committee also expressed its surprise over the Supreme Court’s decision to
begin hearing the Babri Masjid case on a daily basis. Noting that the court had
previously found it impossible to speed up the hearing because it had to go
through a lot of documents, the board said it would abide by whatever the court
decides, “but the process has to be judicial without bringing politics into it.
It’s related to property, it’s a title suit.”AIMPLB said the court had now
given very little time to the two parties, and that there was not enough time
to translate all the documents. Saying “we would do our best”, the board said,
“We feel this may be used as a plank by a certain political party. We want the
might and respect of the court should not be compromised. Court is our last
resort.”It added that its president and general secretary would come out with a
detailed observation at a later stage talking to lawyers.Indian Express
In Wake of Triple
Talaq Verdict, Muslim Board Decides to Launch Nationwide Community Reform
Programmes
Writer Kancha Ilaiah lodges police complaint after
threat calls, says fears for his safety
Hyderabad: Writer
and intellectual Dr Kancha Ilaiah lodged a complaint at Hyderabad’s Osmania
University Police Station on Monday, after allegedly receiving threatening
calls from unknown persons. Ilaiah claimed he has been receiving them since
Sunday afternoon and that callers have threatened to cut off his tongue.“Since
yesterday many unknown phone calls kept coming and when I answered they abused
me. The International Arya-Vysya Sangham headed by K Ramakrishna condemned my
writings on a TV channel. Someone threatened to cut my tongue. My effigies have
been burnt. I feel terribly threatened by their abuses, phone calls and
messages. If anything happens to me they will be responsible,” Ilaiah said.
Vysya associations are upset with Dr Ilaiah for his book titled ‘Samajika
smugglurlu komatollu‘(Vysyas are social smugglers). Vysya associations are
complaining that the title and some contents of the book are derogatory and
offensive to the community. They are demanding the book be withdrawn
immediately. J Venkateshwar, president of AP Arya Vysya Mahasabha, said they
are lodging a police complaint against Dr Ilaiah. indianexpress
Book on Arya Vysyas
lands Kancha Ilaiah in trouble
Telugu writer under
fire for terming trading community ‘social smugglers’
Jaipur Firing:
Govt. Accepts Demands, Family Allows Post-mortem, Burial of Youth
Jaipur: The family
of the youth killed in police firing Friday night allowed his post-mortem and
burial Monday morning only after the state Govt accepted their demands. Govt has
promised inquiry against the police official who resorted to firing. It has
also promised Govt job to one member of
the family. Besides, as the family and community had demanded, Govt has assured
not case will be filed against the protesters. As for monetary compensation,
the Govt has agreed to give Rs 10 lakh.
The family had demanded Rs one crore. State minister Yunus Khan conveyed the Govt
's assurances to the family and the local community.Mohammad Raees alias Adil
was killed when police opened fire at a crowd who was protesting against
alleged thrashing of a couple outside the Ramganj police station Friday night.
The crowd torched various vehicles and pelted stone on the police
personnel.According to media reports, during a routine check-up in the city on
Friday evening, police tried to stop a bike rider and when he did not stop, the
police hit the pillion rider who was a woman and took the couple to the local
police station. As the news spread, a huge crowd gathered at the police station
to seek release of the couple.After the post-mortem, the body was handed over to
the family. Funeral prayer was offered here Monday noon and the youth was
buried in the local graveyard.On Sunday, to press with the demands, leaders of
Rajasthan Muslim Forum, an umbrella body of Muslim organizations, had held a
press conference with family members of the victim. They demanded suspension of
the police personnel involved in the firing, Rs one crore as compensation to
the victim family and Govt job to one
family member. The family had said they would not allow post-mortem and burial unless
Govt accepted the demands.Curfew was
imposed and internet service was suspended following the violence Friday
mignight. After the situation returned to normalcy on Monday, the internet
service has been restored. However, curfew has not yet been
lifted.IndiaTomorrow
Violence: As
tensions continue in Rajasthan's capital, Muslim organisations prepare to stage
dharna today
Jaipur under
curfew: Body of boy buried under security cover
SC notice to EC on
PIL seeking Nitish’s disqualification; he says all done by the book
Patna: The Supreme
Court on Monday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India, in
response to a PIL seeking disqualification of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar from the
membership of Bihar legislative council.In his PIL, Delhi lawyer ML Sharma has
sought Kumar’s disqualification as an MLC for allegedly hiding his “criminal
records” while filing election affidavits since 2004, except for 2012.In the
petition, it has been alleged a criminal case was pending against JD (U) leader
wherein he was accused of killing a Congress leader, Sitaram Singh, and
injuring four others in the Pandarak police station area, ahead of 1991 Lok
Sabha by-poll to Bihar’s Barh constituency.The petitioner has argued that in
light of this, the EC must cancel Kumar’s membership as per its 2002 order
which said it was mandatory for candidates to disclose criminal cases against
them while filing the nomination papers for an election. The SC directed the EC
to file a reply within 4 weeks. hindustantimes
Jaypee insolvency
case: SC asks holding company to deposit Rs 2,000 crore
New Delhi:The
Supreme Court asked real estate firm Jaypee to deposit Rs 2,000 crore before
Oct.27 and asked for a plan within 45 days on how it will protect homebuyers’
interest.The court also restrained directors and managing director of Jaypee
Infratech and its holding company, Jaypee Associates, from travelling
abroad.The holding company will have to deposit the money.“We are not concerned
about the company, we are only concerned about homebuyers,” Chief Justice of
India Dipak Misra said, handing over the management of Jaypee Infratech to
insolvency resolution professional. hindustantimes
Won’t go against
sentiments of Kashmiris on Article 35A: Rajnath
Srinagar:Union home
minister Rajnath Singh said BJP-led Govt at Centre will not go against the wishes of
the people of J&K on constitutional provisions that guarantee special
privileges to the restive state, amid a debate over articles 35A and 370. Singh
is on a 4-day visit to the state which comes at a time when the valley is
experiencing agitation against attempts to abrogate Article 35A of the
Constitution, which gives special rights to the permanent residents of the
state, and the arrest of seven separatist leaders by NIA in alleged
terror-funding cases.“ Govt did not initiate anything on this or go to court. I
assure Govt would never take any step which will hurt the sentiments of people
of J&K ,’’ he said.Singh called it a “non-issue’’ and said it was being
raised by people who have nothing “else to talk about’’.He said “his assurances
have come as a home minister of India’’ after he was asked about the
individuals or organisations challenging these constitutional provisions were
affiliated to RSS, BJP’s ideological mentor.“I don’t want to comment on who is
saying what but I am talking as a leader of the BJP and home minister of
India,’’ he added.
Strategic
partnership with Afghanistan article of faith for India: Sushma
New Delhi:India’s
strategic partnership and friendship with Afghanistan is an “article of faith”
for it and “not just another relationship, but a spiritual and civilisational
connect”, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday.Issuing a
joint statement with her Afghanistan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani, Swaraj
said their bilateral relations are not important for just the two nations but
for the entire region.Without naming Pakistan, Swaraj said that India and
Afghanistan “will remain united in overcoming the challenges posed by
cross-border terrorism and safe havens and sanctuaries”.She announced that “116
new high impact development projects would be jointly implemented that would
bring socio-economic and infrastructure development”, especially in the
suburban and rural communities in 31 provinces of Afghanistan.“India has been
and will continue to work with people of Afghanistan in their effort to build a
secure, stable, peaceful, prosperous, united and inclusive Afghanistan,” Swaraj
said.IANS
Pak calls for
regional consensus over Afghanistan issue
Tehran:Pakistan’s
foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday urged regional countries to
reach a consensus that could lead to the best solution to the Afghanistan
problem.Asif made the remarks in an interview with Iran’s official IRNA. “Basically
my main purpose of the visit to Iran is to evolve some consensus among the
neighbours of Afghanistan, because peace in Afghanistan will have a comprehensive
effect on the rest of the region,” Asif said.IANS
Centre plans
'crackdown' on PFI over alleged terror links:PTI
Union Home Ministry
is contemplating a "crackdown" on Kerala-based Popular Front of India
(PFI) and mulling a ban on it for its alleged links with terror activities, a
charge strongly denied by the outfit.The move comes after NIA submitted a
report on the PFI to the ministry claiming that the group has been involved in
terror acts, including running terror camps and making bombs, and it was a fit
case to be declared banned under UAPA, a home ministry official said today.The
home ministry official said there have been enough documents regarding PFI's
involvement in terror activities in South India and the central Govt cannot remain a mute spectator."The time
has come to act and carry out crackdown on PFI before it gets too late,"
the official said.The official refused to elaborate the kind of action the home
ministry was contemplating against the PFI but its action may include declaring
the outfit as banned under the UAPA.PFI's national executive council member P
Koya strongly refuted the NIA claims, saying the agency had never approached
the outfit to know about its activities, if there has been any investigation at
all."The activities of PFI were not anti-national but more nationalistic.
We have never run any terror camps nor involved in any terror act. There is no
reason to call us a terror group unless you want to label us a terrorist
organisation," he told PTI over phone.Koya said there have been just 10
cases against PFI in its 25 years of existence and it was "normal"
for any organisation.He claimed that at least 100 people were killed in the
clashes between the RSS and CPI-M in Kerala in recent times yet the two groups
were never called as anti-national.PTI
Asaram, Ram Rahim,
Rampal, Radhe Maa: 14 fake babas put on boycott list
New Delhi:Prompted
by recent controversies surrounding self-styled godmen, the apex body of Hindu
sadhus -- Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad – has released a list of 14 ‘fake
babas’ and demanded a crackdown on “rootless cult leaders” by bringing in a legislation.Giving
out the list, the parishad’s president Swami Narendra Giri said: “We appeal to
even the common people to beware of such charlatans who belong to no tradition
and by their questionable acts, bring disrepute to sadhus and sanyasis.”Here are
the 14 fake babas on the parishad’s list:Asaram Bapu (Asumal Sirumalani), Radhe
Maa (Sukhwinder Kaur), Sachchidanand Giri (Sachin Datta), Gurmeet Singh, Swami
Omji (Vinodanand Jha), Nirmal Baba (Nirmaljeet Singh), Ichchadhari Bhimanand
(Shivmurti Dwivedi), Swami Aseemanand, Narayan Sai, Rampal, Acharya Kushmuni,
Brahaspati Giri, Om Namah Shivay Baba and Malkhan Singh.HT
Imam Bukhari Sends Notice
to Arnab’s ‘Republic’ for defaming Jama Masjid
New Delhi:Syed
Ahmed Bukhari, the Imam of Jama Masjid Delhi has sent a Legal Notice to Arnab
Goswami’s ‘Republic’ TV for Running what he called ‘False and malicious’ Story
about the historic mosque.Bukhari claimed that the story run by ‘Republic’ recently
was false, baseless, defamatory and malicious and was done to defame him and
Jama Masjid as the power of mosque was never cut by the electric supply
department.Bukhari in a strong-worded legal notice to the channel’s promoters
and editor Arnab Goswami asked them to tender unconditional apology, and to
remove the content of the story from the channel’s website within 15 days. He
warned the channel of defamation case, if it fails to comply with the notice.
Under the caption, “Power cut at Jama Masjid”, the channel on August 30, 2017,
had repeatedly aired the story that ‘because of non-payments of bills, Jama
Masjid’s power was snapped by the Delhi Electricity Department”. The channel
also tweeted this on its official Twitter handle the same day “Imam Bukhari has
money to buy luxurious cars but can’t pay electricity bills?” Bukhari said he
was shocked to see the false and baseless news report being telecast on
Republic TV under the caption, “Power cut at Jama Masjid”. “I came to know from
my acquaintances that Republic TV has been telecasting a report regarding me
and the Jama Masjid. I see a design in it as it was telecast on the very day
when the supporters of Baba Gurmeet Singh alias Ram Rahim had unleashed a reign
of terror after he was convicted by a special court on rape charges,” he said. theindianawaaz
Gurugram school
murder: Top Ryan officials held; murdered student's father moves SC seeking CBI
probe
Gurgaon: Two top
officials of the Ryan International School were arrested on Monday and the
acting principal detained for questioning following the gruesome murder of a
seven-year-old student on campus, even as the victim's father moved the Supreme
Court seeking a CBI probe.Ryan International Group CEO Ryan Pinto and his
parents, who are its founders, approached the Bombay High Court today to seek
anticipatory bail in connection with the child's murder in the chain's Gurgaon
school.SHO of Sadar Police Station on Sohna Road in Gurgaon was meanwhile
suspended over a baton-charge on protesting parents, as well as journalists,
outside the school premises. Protests continued at other places with the
parents of children studying in Ryan International School's Noida and Greater
Noida branches seeking an assurance regarding safety of their wards.Gurgaon
police chief Sandeep Khirwar told PTI that the school's Legal Head, Francis
Thomas and HR Head, Jeyus Thomas were arrested on Sunday night following
interrogation."Acting principal Neerja Batra has been detained and is
being questioned. She is likely to be arrested soon," Khirwar said.Acting
on the report of a three-member panel that had indicated lapses, the two top
officials of the school management were arrested under section 75 of the
Juvenile Justice act, police officials said.PTI
Buddhist woman’s
wedding with Muslim sparks tension in Ladakh: hindustantimes
Srinagar:A marriage
between a Buddhist woman and Muslim man has stoked tensions in J&K ’s
Ladakh, with the region’s apex religious body threatening communal unrest
unless the woman is “brought back”. Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) has
written to CM Mehbooba Mufti, asking for
an annulment of the marriage between local-born 30-year-old Shifah, formerly
called Stanzin Saldon, and her 32-year-old husband Murtaza Aga of Kargil. Woman
converted to Islam in 2015. She married Aga, an engineer, last year. “Young
girls are being lured by Muslim boys to marry and finally convert them to
Muslim... we have repeatedly asked the Muslim community leaders... to sensitise
their communities to stay away from such wicked and depraved act which
otherwise will lead to communal unrest, and the district administration will be
solely responsible,” reads the letter, dated Sept. 7.The letter, signed by LBA
president Tsewang Thinles of which HT has a copy, also urged the state Govt to intervene immediately and make arrangements
to “bring back the girl” before “peace, tranquillity and communal harmony takes
an ugly turn”. Repeated phone calls to Thinles and vice-president PT Kunzang
went unanswered.
Hadiya case: NIA
seeks details on ‘forced conversions’
New Delhi: NIA has
asked the Kerala Police for the details of “alleged forced conversions” at
Therbiyathul Islam Sabha in Kozhikode, a religious centre authorised by the
Kerala Govt .In a status report filed before the Supreme Court and accessed by
The Hindu, the NIA said it had sought information on the activities of the
Kozhikode-based organisation. It was at this Islamic centre that Akhila Asokan
alias Hadiya, a 25-year-old Hindu girl, converted to Islam and later married a
Muslim man. Her parents moved the Kerala High Court alleging that she was
radicalised and converted to Islam and forcibly married to a Muslim. The court
annulled the marriage and Akhila’s husband Shafin Jahan moved the SC, which
asked the NIA to investigate the ‘love jihad’ case. thehindu
Muslim women in
mosque committees of Kerala shatter the myths built by right-wing media
In 2011, women were
part of the Mahallu executive committees only at Sivapuram in Kozhikode
district while the system was introduced in 2015 at Santhapuram in Malappuram
district. Chennamangaloor Mahallu in Kozhikode district joined the new trend in
June 2017 by offering seats to 3 women in 15 members executive committee.
Mahallu refers to the area, which comes under the care of a mosque. Both
Santhapuram and Sivapuram have increased the women quota. The first has 20
women members in 90-member Council while the latter has allocated three seats
for women in 18 member executive committee. At Shanthapuram, 6 of the 20 women
are part of 31-member Mahallu executive committee.Women members in these
Mahallus are now mainly active in empowering Muslim women in the Mahallu limits
apart from various works ranging from family counselling to welfare schemes.
Mosques here, according to Shanthapuram Mahallu committee functionary K V
Ishaqali, women were elected to the executive committee in order to ensure
effective intervention of committees in women and familial issues.“Unlike men,
women have no limitation in working with women. We are allowed access up to the
kitchen of every house in our jurisdiction. And women too are reluctant to
frankly speak about their woes to the male members of the mosque committees,” P
Fathima Teacher, Shanthapuram Mahallu committee executive member. TCN
Adityanath
cabinet's lone Muslim face elected to UP legislature unopposed
Lucknow :Mohsin
Raza, the lone Muslim face in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet, was elected
unopposed to the Vidhan Parishad, Upper House of the UP legislature.The 49-year-old cricketer-turned-politician
was among the four other state cabinet members, including Yogi, who had been
nominated by the ruling BJP to contest the recent Vidhan Parishad polls to fill
five vacant seats.While Adityanath, two deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and
Dinesh Sharma, apart from UP transport minister Swatantra Dev Singh were
declared elected unopposed to Upper House on Sept. 8, Raza was given the certificate of the
election this afternoon. business standard
Case registered
against Sangh Parivar leader Sasikala for hate speech
Kochi: A Sangh
Parivar outfit leader was on Monday booked for allegedly making a hate speech
at a public function near here on Friday.Addressing a function organised by the
“Hindu Aikyavedi” at North Paravur, the outfit’s Kerala president K.P. Sasikala
had allegedly urged secular writers to conduct “Mrityunjaya Homam” at Lord
Shiva temples to save them from meeting a fate similar to that of
journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh.The 55-year-old Left-leaning journalist,
Lankesh, a fierce critic of Hindutva politics, was shot dead at the doorstep of
her house in Bengaluru while she was returning from her office on Sept. 5.PTI
Only those who
clean the country can chant Vande Mataram: PM Modi
A person has no right to chant Vande Mataram
if he does not care about cleanliness and disrespects women, PM Narendra Modi said as he urged people to fight
against social evils.PM underlined the need for social changes and said,
“follow the rule and India will rule” during a students’ convention marking 125th
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago address and Deendayal Upadhyaya’s
centenary. “People often say Vande Mataram. But we should ask ourselves, do we
respect women? I know it will hurt many people but do we have the right to say
it? Think 50 times if we have the right,” he said.“We chew paan and then spit
on Mother India and then can we say Vande Mataram? Throw all waste on Mother
India and then say Vande Mataram?” asked Modi. hindustantimes
Genocide of Rohingya Muslims
UN human rights
chief sees textbook example of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
United Nations
human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, on Monday said the violence and
injustice faced by the ethnic Rohingya minority in Myanmar, where U.N. rights
investigators have been barred from entering, “seems a textbook example of
ethnic cleansing.”Speaking at the start of the U.N. Human Rights Council
session, Zeid first recognised the Sept. 11 attacks anniversary, then
chronicled human rights concerns over Myanmar.He also spoke about rights
concerns in Burundi, Venezuela, Yemen, Libya and the US, where he expressed
concerns about the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle protection for
younger immigrants, many of whom have lived most of the lives in the U.S.Mr.
Zeid, who is a Jordanian prince, denounced how “another brutal security
operation is underway in Rakhine state this time, apparently on a far greater
scale.” He noted the U.N. refugee agency saying that 270,000 people from
Myanmar have fled to the neighboring Bangladesh in the last three weeks, and
pointed to satellite imagery and reports of “security forces and local militia
burning Rohingya villages” and committing extrajudicial killings.“Myanmar Govt should
stop pretending that the Rohingyas are setting fire to their own homes and
laying waste to their own villages,” he said. He called it a “complete denial
of reality” that hurts the standing of Myanmar, a country that had until
recently by opening up politics to civilian control enjoyed “immense good will.”thehindu
UN warns of 'ethnic
cleansing' of Myanmar's Muslims
Bangladesh offers
land to shelter fleeing Rohingyas
Cox’s
Bazar:Bangladesh has agreed to free land for a new camp to shelter some of the
hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled recent violence in
Myanmar, an official said Monday.The new camp will help relieve some pressure
on existing settlements in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar,
where nearly 300,000 Rohingya have arrived since Aug. 25.“The 2 refugees camps
we are in are beyond overcrowded,” said UN refugee agency spokeswoman Vivian
Tan.Other new arrivals were being sheltered in schools, or were huddling in
makeshift settlements with no toilets along roadsides and in open fields. Basic
resources were scarce, including food, clean water and medical aid.Still, more
refugees were arriving. An AP reporter witnessed hundreds streaming through the
border at Shah Puri Dwip on Monday.“Tomorrow we are expecting an airlift of
relief supplies for 20,000 people,” Tan said.PM Sheikh Hasina had offered 2,000 acres near the existing camp of Kutupalong “to build
temporary shelters for Rohingya newcomers,” according to a Facebook post Monday
by Mohammed Shahriar Alam, a junior minister for foreign affairs.AP
Bangladesh FM:
Violence against Rohingya 'is genocide'
Bangladesh's
foreign minister has said that "a genocide" is being waged in
Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine State, triggering an exodus of nearly 300,000
Rohingya to his country. "International
community is saying it is a genocide. We also say it is a genocide," AH
Mahmood Ali told reporters after briefing diplomats in Dhaka on Sunday.Ali met
Western and Arab diplomats and the heads of UN agencies based in Bangladesh to
seek support for a political solution and humanitarian aid for the Rohingya.He
told the diplomats that some 300,000 Rohingya had fled to Bangladesh in the
past two weeks, taking the total number of such refugees in the country to more
than 700,000."It is now a national problem," Ali said.Ali's comments
come as chair of Bangladesh's National Commission for Human Rights said leading
figures in Myanmar could face trial for "genocide" at an
international tribunal.aljazeera
Rohingya crisis:
Myanmar mob stones Muslim home
Yangon:Police fired
rubber bullets to break up a mob that stoned the home of a Muslim butcher in
central Myanmar, authorities said on Monday, as religious tensions rise amid a
surge of violence in the west.The mob attack on Sunday night in Magway region of
the mainly Buddhist nation was fuelled by anger over the deepening crisis in
the western state of Rakhine, according to a Govt press release.Those tensions bubbled over in
Taung Twin Gyi township on Sunday night when dozens of villagers in a 400-strong
crowd sang the national anthem and lobbed rocks at the home of a Muslim butcher
before marching over to the local mosque, where police dispersed the mob.Police
have arrested five people, including 30-year-old Hnin Ko Ko Lin, who said the
group acted because “they could not accept the things that happened in
Rakhine”, according to a statement posted by the Govt ’s information
committee.Min Thein, a lower house MP for the township, confirmed to AFP that
the butcher was Muslim.AFP
Muslim nations condemn Myanmar’s ‘brutal acts’
Astana
:Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned Myanmar for “systematic
brutal acts” against its Muslim Rohingya minority and asked it to accept
international monitors. 57-member OIC, meeting in Astana, expressed “serious
concern about recent systematic brutal acts committed by the armed forces
against the Muslim community of Rohingya in Myanmar.” It urged Myanmar to
accept UN monitors to carry out “a thorough and independent investigation of
all established violations of international human rights.. and bring those
responsible to justice”.AFP
‘Some hacked to
death, some shot dead by army’: Rohingya Muslims recount Myanmar village
massacre
Balukhali:Myanmar
soldiers barred the entrance to the mosque, men arrived with machetes and
petrol cans and then, according to Rohingya Muslim eyewitnesses, the killing
began.“Those that ran were hacked to death. Others that got away were shot by
the army,” said Master Kamal, a 53-year-old teacher, and one of the survivors
of the massacre in Aung Sit Pyin in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.“They were burning
houses. We fled to save our lives.” Kamal told AFP he saw three neighbours --
including a father and son -- butchered as he fled, making a 10-day trek across
monsoon-drenched hills, rivers and fields to Bangladesh.Interviews with about
10 people from the village who found refuge at Balukhali camp in Bangladesh
revealed horrific details of the events in Aung Sit Pyin on August 25.AFP
Buddha would have
helped the Rohingya Muslims, says the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
expressed concern over the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s
Rakhine state. “Those people...harassing some Muslims...should remember, Buddha
definitely would have helped those poor Muslims,” the spiritual leader said. “I
feel...so very sad.” scroll
WORLD
Leading Saudi dissident
clerics Salman al-Odah and Awad al-Qarni among 20 arrested:reports
2 prominent Saudi
Islamic scholars, Salman al-Odah and Awad al-Qarni, have been arrested,
according to multiple unidentified sources and tweets by rights organisations,
journalists and others, in what appears to be a crackdown on Islamists seen as
critics of the kingdom's absolute rulers.Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd al-Saud, a
son of former King Fahd, was also detained, according to some of the
sources.#SaudiArabia arrests Clerics Salman al-Ouda & Awad bin Mohammed
Al-Qarni according to #Saudi opposition twitter accounts.In all, about 20
people have been arrested in the past 24 hours, according to the sources.Odah,
an influential cleric who was imprisoned from 1994-99 for agitating for
political change and who has 14 million followers on Twitter, was allegedly
detained because of a tweet he sent supporting mediation to settle a bitter
diplomatic row that began in June between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, according to
Saudi human rights group AlQST. Odah was arrested on Saturday night at his
home by three members of the security apparatus following his tweet praying for
Saudi and Qatar to make amends for the sake of their nations.The tweet was sent
in reference to a phone call made between the Qatari emir and the Saudi crown
prince, which ended up sparking yet another row and led to Saudi suspending all
talks. "May God harmonise between their hearts for the good of their
people," Odah had written on Twitter. HuffPost Arabic and Reuters also
reported that al-Qarni, another prominent cleric with 2.2 million Twitter followers,
had been detained.The ruling al-Saud family has always regarded Islamist groups
as the biggest internal threat to its rule over a country where appeals to
religious sentiment can never be lightly dismissed and where Islamist militants
have previously targeted the state.A decade ago, it fought off an al-Qaeda
campaign of attacks targeting officials and foreigners that killed hundreds. In
the 1990s, the Sahwa (Awakening) movement inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood
demanded political reforms that would have weakened the ruling family.Reports
of the arrests coincided with widespread speculation, dismissed by officials,
that King Salman intends to abdicate in favour of Crown Prince Mohammed.Asked
about the reasons for the arrests, a Saudi analyst speculated: "[To] crush
the Muslim Brotherhood or scare others if their plan is for him [Crown Prince
Mohammed] to be king." middleeasteye
Al-Qaradawi removed from Interpol’s
‘wanted’ list
Interpol has removed Yousef Al-Qaradawi
from its “wanted” list, Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) announced on
Sunday, Anadolu has reported. The head of the Doha-based International Union of
Muslim Scholars was placed on the list following the claim by the Egyptian
authorities that he was responsible for a number of crimes — including murder
and theft — in the wake of the 2013 military coup.In its statement on Sunday,
the UK-based AOHR said that the international police agency had concluded that
the prominent Muslim scholar had not been in Egypt at the time of the alleged
crimes, thus proving his innocence. The rights group went on to point out that
Interpol now has “more information” regarding events in post-coup Egypt. All
but one person accused by Cairo is now believed to be innocent of any criminal
wrongdoing. According to AOHR chairman Mohamed Jamil, Interpol’s findings are a
victory against Egypt’s post-coup regime. “Govt in Egypt has murdered Egyptians and arrested
scores of people on trumped-up charges, often extracting ‘confessions’ through
torture,” he explained. middleeastmonitor
Qatar presses UN to take action against blockade
Qatar's foreign minister says the blockade by neighbouring Gulf countries
violates international law and human rights and the United Nations needs to
take action against the Saudi-led bloc. Speaking at a UN Human Rights Council
session in Geneva on Monday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said
Qatar faced numerous challenges because of the "illegal imposition"
by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain after accusing Doha of funding
"terrorism".Qatar has vehemently rejected the allegations.The foreign
minister said there are currently about 26,000 cases filed with Qatar's
National Human Rights Committee over the blockade. He said he is looking
forward to having "measures taken against the blockading countries"
by the international community. aljazeera
Militants attack convoy in Egypt’s Sinai, kill 18 police officials
Ismailia:Islamic State militants ambushed a police convoy in Egypt’s Sinai
Peninsula on Monday, killing 18 police and wounding seven others in one of the
deadliest attacks this year in the restive region bordering Israel and the Gaza
Strip.Police and military officials said roadside bombs destroyed and set
ablaze four armoured vehicles and a fifth one carrying signal jamming
equipment. Gunmen later opened fire with machine guns and commandeered a police
pickup truck.Among those killed were two police lieutenants. The wounded
included a police brigadier general. The officials spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.IS claimed
responsibility for the attack in a brief item carried by its Aamaq news
agency.AP
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign 'ISIL wives, children': aljazeera
Iraqi authorities are holding about 1,400 foreign wives and children of
suspected ISIL fighters in a camp after Govt forces expelled the group from one of its last
remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.Many of them say
they are from Russia, Turkey and Central Asia, but there are also some from
European countries, the officials said. They have mostly arrived at the camp
south of Mosul since August 30.An Iraqi intelligence officer said they were in
the process of verifying the nationalities of the wives and children with their
home countries since many of the women no longer had their original documents. A
senior security officer said the authorities were trying to find a safe place
to house the families while negotiating with embassies for their return home.
They are not allowed to leave the camp.Turkish, French and Russian were among
the languages spoken.Aid workers and the authorities are worried about tensions
between Iraqis, who lost their homes and are also living in the camp, and the
new arrivals.
Iraqi HRC sues international coalition for killing 2,000 civilians in Mosul
The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights yesterday filed a lawsuit
against the US-led international coalition for killing more than 2,000
civilians in the northern city of Mosul.Member of the commission Wahda
Al-Jumaili said in a statement that the international coalition fought Daesh
and explosives destroyed everything in the western part of Mosul including
homes, buildings and residential and commercial structures.Al-Jumaili added
that nearly 2,000 bodies have been recovered from the rubble and that the
number could increase. middleeastmonitor
Barzani accuses successive Iraqi Govt s of suppressing Kurds
Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani yesterday accused the successive
Iraqi Govt s of suppressing the Kurds and pushing them to vote in a referendum
on independence from Iraq.Barzani said in a statement that “the Kurds have
experienced 100 years of suffering with the Iraqi Govts.”“ Kurds decided to
hold the referendum in order to avoid war, reach peace and achieve
independence,” he said, adding that this is their right and its implementation
does not mean antagonising any component in Iraq.Barzani concluded by pointing
out that Iraq must realise that the Kurdish people are not the reason that the
country’s unity would be dismantled. middleeastmonitor
Several dead as al-Shabab storms military base at Somali border town
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/dead-al-shabab-storms-somalia-border-town-170911055926717.html
Heavy fighting erupted on Monday in the Somali border town of Balad Hawo
near Kenya after al-Shabab detonated a suicide car bomb and then stormed the
military base there, the spokesman of al-Qaeda-linked group told Reuters. Al-Shabab,
which wants to impose its strict interpretation of Islam in Somalia, has
carried out frequent past attacks in Mogadishu and elsewhere in its bid to
topple the Western-backed Govt and drive out African Union troops."First,
a mujahid with a car bomb rammed into the military base and then we stormed
it," the spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab, said. Group also said 24 Somali
soldiers were killed in the raid, but a Somali military official put the figure
at about 10 dead soldiers. aljazeera
Israel teams with US officials to dissolve UNRWA
Israeli Govt ministers are teaming
up with US officials in their efforts to dissolve the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency (UNRWA) during next week’s UN General Assembly meeting in New
York.Israel’s deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely is reported to have headed
to Washington DC today for a meetings with Trump administration officials and
members of Congress in a bid to end UNRWA’s nearly 70 year role as the main
relief agency for more than five million Palestinian refugees. Hotovely is said
to be working closely with the US Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, to purse
Israel’s ongoing campaign against the humanitarian agency which was set up in
1949 by the international community following the expulsion of over half the
Palestinian population from their homes by Jewish para-military forces. middleeastmonitor
Israel builds first new West Bank settlement in 25 years
Israel today began building its first new settlement in the occupied West
Bank since 1992. It will be inhabited by 200-300 Jewish settlers from the
unofficial Amona settlement, which was evacuated in Feb.Israel’s Channel 7
reported that Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has informed those responsible for
the Amona settlement that all legal measures have been completed and that
construction of the settlement, which will be called Amichai, will begin in
occupied Nablus. The Israeli Govt agreed
on 3 Sep to allocate $16 million for its construction. Haaretz said on 11 July
that evidence and expert opinions shows that parts of the new settlement will
be built on private Palestinian property. According to the paper, Palestinians
filed a complaint to the Israeli Supreme Court against the new settlement being
built on 14 acres of their land. Evidence provided by experts, in the form of
satellite pictures, showed that land was owned by Palestinians, who had been farming
it between 1997 and 2002. Palestinians presented papers from the time of Ottoman
Empire proving their ownership.Israeli court has not yet responded to the
complaint.middleeastmonitor
Israel demolishes parts of Palestinian cemetery in Jerusalem: middleeastmonitor
Israeli forces this morning demolished parts of the outer wall of a
Palestinian cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local
sources.Bulldozers escorted by officers of Israel’s Nature And Parks Authority
(INPA) demolished the western section of the Al-Shuhada cemetery, which is an
extension of the Al-Yusifiya cemetery located at the Lion’s Gate entrance of
the Old City, Mustafa Abu Zahra, head of the committee for the preservation of
Islamic cemeteries in Jerusalem, told Ma’an.
WHO: Israel hinders 40% of Gaza patients’ access to health care abroad
Israeli authorities delayed or denied two out of every five patients in the
Gaza Strip’s access to medical care outside of the besieged coastal enclave in
July, WHO said Friday.During that period, 2 Palestinians – a five-year-old boy
and a 22-year-old man – died while waiting to receive permission to leave the
blockaded territory for treatment. Yousef Zourub, a 22-year-old man with
Gaucher’s disease, had a severe case of pneumonia and missed several
appointments at Makassed Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem after his
application for an Israeli exit permit was delayed. middleeastmonitor
PA warns Israel against permanent closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque gate: middleeastmonitor
Palestinian Authority warned Israel on Sunday against the permanent closure
of Al-Rahma Gate, one of the entrances to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of
occupied East Jerusalem, Quds Press has reported. A statement from the PA
Foreign Ministry said that the closure recommendation by Israeli Police
Inspector Roni Al-Sheikh “aims to change the status quo on the ground.”The
building at Bab Al-Rahma houses the office of the now defunct Heritage
Committee, which used to organise cultural and social events before 2003, since
when it has been closed by an Israeli order which is renewed periodically.
According to the ministry, the measure is part of Israel’s attempts to change
the historical and legal situation at Al-Aqsa Mosque and gradually absorb any
possible reactions.
Hamas says relations with Cairo have passed tense stage
A senior Hamas official said that Ismail Haniyeh’s visit to Cairo is part
of the movement’s policy to seek “good” and “balanced” relations with the Arab
and Islamic world, Quds Press has reported. “The visit to Cairo is the
completion of several steps taken by the movement within a couple of months in
the context of improving its relationship with Cairo,” explained Osama Hamdan.
“Such a visit brings to an end the stagnation stage of relations between us
during which suspicions were aroused by different sides aiming to connect Hamas
to the security issues in Egypt.” Hamas, insisted the movement’s senior
official in Lebanon, has succeeded in passing the tense stage in its relations
with the Govt in Cairo after
demonstrating that accusations of interference in Egypt’s internal affairs are
untrue. “Although we are still not at the desired level in our relationship,”
he pointed out, “the visit by the head of the Hamas Political Bureau to Egypt
represents a great development, regardless of the relations between us.” middleeastmonitor
Irma death toll rises to 38 in Caribbean
Hurricane Irma has killed at least 10 people in Cuba over the weekend, the
authorities say, bringing the death toll in the Caribbean to 38 as the weakened
storm moves up the US state of Florida.Cuba's civil defence authorities said in
a statement on Monday that the victims perished due to various causes such as
accidents, collapsed buildings and not heeding orders to evacuate in the four
provinces of Havana, Matanzas, Sancti spiritus and Ciego de Avila.Irma, which
was downgraded to a tropical storm on Monday, is centred about 170km
north-northwest of Tampa area of Florida, with sustained winds of about 110km/h
as of 9:00 am local time
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BJP IT Cell head
Amit Malviya tries to malign Ravish Kumar by sharing a mischievously edited
video clip: Pratik Sinha, altnews.in
Can BJP’s ‘Freedom
of Speech’ excuse cover up for PM following people who insult the dignity of
women?By Pratik Sinha -
There is waning of
debate, dignity, justice. For vigilantes, “achhe din” are here:Kapil Sibal
Mayawati needs to
frame new vocabulary to combat BJP-RSS overtures to Dalits:Badri Narayan
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