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Jamaat-e-Islaami Hind calls Citizenship
(Amendment) Bill discriminatory, condemns increasing lynchings in country
New Delhi: Prominent Muslim organization
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Saturday appealed for reconsideration over the Citizenship
(Amendment) Bill, 2016, saying, it is highly discriminatory and against the
secular fabric of the nation. The Muslim outfit also expressed concern over
growing incidents of lynching in the country and criticized union minister
Jayant Sinha for felicitating convicts in the Ramgarh lynching case. Terming
the bill as "unconstitutional", JIH Secretary General Muhammad Salim
Engineer said, "This bill against the spirit of the Constitution of India
as it proposes to grant citizenship to people from Bangladesh, Pakistan and
Afghanistan according to their religion. Thus Hindus from Bangladesh would be
accepted but not Muslims''.In a press conference on Saturday, the organization
also "expressed concerns" over the accuracy of National Register of
Citizens (NRC) for Assam, which is expected to be released by July
30."According to the Assam Accord signed in 1985, anyone who entered the
state after 24 March 1971 is considered as an illegal resident. Genuine
citizens who are impoverished and could not maintain proper records are at the
risk of being branded as foreigners. Most are declared foreigners due to minor
inaccuracies in their documents. The number of those declared as foreigners
have increased dramatically after BJP govt came to power in Assam,"said
Salim. Condemning union minister for "honouring" convicts of the
Ramgarh lynching incident, JIH chief Maulana Syed Jalaluddin said, "Such
events should be condemned as it gives encouragement to those who take the law
in their hands. Jamaat demands that central govt and the state Govt s must put
an end to such incidents of lawlessness." Maulana added in the last four
years, hate crimes and lynching against Muslims, Dalits and anybody suspected
to be a criminal, has been rising. new indian express
Be neutral while preparing NRC, says
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind:Northeast Now
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is against spirit
of Constitution: Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind seeks President, PM
intervention on mob lynching
Jayant Sinha slammed for garlanding Ramgarh
lynching convicts, his father Yashwant says it’s a disgrace
Defending his stand of felicitating 8 convicts
of Ramgarh lynching case, Union minister Jayant Sinha claimed that he has just
honoured the law. The following justification the Union Minister came in after
a row erupted after the minister’s photograph of garlanding 8 convicts of
lynching case in Ramgarh’s Jharkhand.The incident took place when convicts got
a bail and reached Jayant Sinha’s house. Apart from irking the opposition, the
union minister of state for civil aviation also annoyed the netizens that
resulted in severe criticism for the leader from all corners of the country.
Reacting on the matter, former BJP leader, Union Minister, Yashwant Sinha
called it a disgrace and said his son his a “Nalayak”. While the opposition
said that the incident was ‘despicable’. Apart from opposition several BJP
leaders also slammed the actions of Jayant Sinha.Hitting out the Union
minister, one Twitter user said that by felicitating the Ramgarh convicts,
Sinha has clearly given out his stand and his thinking about Muslims. The user
further added that the justification by the minister is just damage control as
from deep inside he hats Muslims.While some said that this incident has
unveiled the true face of BJP leaders who garland the convict of Ramgarh
lynching. Another twitter user said that by honouring the ‘cow terrorits’ Sinha
is clearly endorsing violence and terrorism in the name of the cow. He further
urged PM Modi to expel Sinha over his act.news x
Emboldened by garlanding of lynching convicts,
another minister meets riot accused in jail
Patna: Days after Union Minister Jayant Sinha
felicitated and garlanded lynching convicts in Jharkhand, another Union
Minister Giriraj Singh met two riot-accused Hindutva workers in Nawada district
jail in the neighboring Bihar on Saturday.After huge criticism for felicitating
the lynching convicts after their release on bail on Thursday, Sinha said he
was just “honoring the due process of law”. When questioned for his meeting
with the riot-accused, Singh said the 2 persons he met in the jail were
actually “peace activists” and they were wrongly implicated by the state Govt in the riot case.“They’ve always helped
maintain peace in all situations. How can you call them rioters? The administration
should see if they really incited violence,” minister said about the 2 VHP and
Bajrang Dal members.As per media reports, the 2 are members of VHP and Bajrang
Dal. The minister, known for his controversial and provocative statements, spent
30 minutes inside the jail and enquired about their well-being. 2 are in jail
in connection with communal violence in Nawada in March this year.caravandaily
Ramgarh Lynching: Alimuddin’s family lives in
deep fear and on charity
It has
been a year since his father Alimuddin was brutally lynched by a mob on June 29
in Bazaartand in Ramgarh but for Shahzad and his family time has stood still.The
fear and terror has become part of their lives and as he tells The Citizen, “we
do not go out of our house or the village unless it is very very necessary. And
that too in a group. Bahut dar hai.(we are terrified).”Shahzad knows that the
men who were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Fst Track court
in March this year have been released within weeks by the Jharkhand High Court.
He does not know however, that they were embraced and garlanded by the Union
Minister of Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha. Who is he? Shahzad asks saying
tentatively, “no I have not heard of this, but we got to know as soon as they
got bail that they were being released.”Family has still not got Death
Certificate for Alimuddin. Little money he had in a bank account this is
inaccessible. Shahzad has been running from pillar to post, from one office to
another, but no one is willing to issue the document. “I do not know why, but
they are not giving it to us,” he says.For him, his mother and siblings the
struggle continues. “It will never be over” he says. His mother remains in a
state of depression that he does not want to talk about. Asked, he says, “what
can I say how she is, how can she be.” He remains without a job despite being
assured of the same by the local District Collector. For the past one year,
whenever he meets the officials he is told that he will get a job as
compensation. “Till now they have not said no, so I have no choice but to
remain hopeful,” he adds.thecitizen
PM's Remarks at My Farewell Were Departure
From Standard Practice: Hamid Ansari
New Delhi: Raising the issue of PM Narendra
Modi's remarks at his farewell function almost a year ago, former vice
president Hamid Ansari says many considered the comments to be a departure from
accepted practices on such occasions.August 10, 2017 was the last day of Ansari's
second term as Vice President (2007-2017) and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
According to tradition, leaders of political parties and members devoted the
forenoon session to thanking the Chair.“PM participated in this and while being fulsome in
his complements also hinted at what he perceived to be a certain inclination in
my approach on account of my having spent, as he put it, both a good part of my
professional tenure as a diplomat in Muslim lands and in post-retirement period
on minority-related questions. “The context, presumably, was my reference in
the Bengaluru speech to what I perceived as enhanced apprehension of
insecurity' and in the TV interview to a sense of unease creeping in' among
Muslims and some other religious minorities,” Ansari says.In his last interview
before he demitted office, Ansari had pointed out that Muslims in the country
were experiencing a "feeling of unease".PTI
Malaysian PM meets Zakir Naik, ruling party
defends decision not to deport him to India
Kuala Lumpur:Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad has
met Zakir Naik, wanted in India, and a ruling party strategist has stoutly
defended the Govt 's decision not to deport the Muslim preacher, Malaysian
media reported on Sunday.The meeting, which may not go down well in New Delhi,
took place yesterday, a day after PM Mahathir ruled out deporting Naik, who has
permanent residency status in Malaysia, unless he breaks Malaysian laws."I
can confirm that Naik went to see Tun (Mahathir) this morning (Saturday),"
Free Malaysia Today reported quoting a source as saying.It is unclear as to
what Naik discussed with Mahathir in their first meeting since the ruling
Pakatan Harapan assumed power in Putrajaya, the report said. The meeting, which
was unscheduled, was said to be brief, it said.The meeting between Naik and
Mahathir comes a day after the PM gave
the clearest indication yet that the Malaysian Govt would not deport Naik, who is wanted in India
over allegations of money laundering and terrorism.There had been intense media
speculation in India that the Malaysian Govt would act on an extradition request made in
Jan.Meanwhile, a strategist of Malaysia's ruling PPBM has defended PM
Mahathir's decision not to deport Naik to India, saying doing so would be akin
to deporting Uighur Muslims to China.PPBM strategist Rais Hussin said he
personally could see no wrong in Naik's activities and speeches.Deporting him
would be akin to deporting Uighur Muslims to China, he said, referring to China
pressing Malaysia for the extradition of 11 Uighur men who entered Malaysia
illegally last year after their dramatic escape from a jail in Thailand last
year.China accuses separatist extremists among the Uighur minority of plotting
attacks on China's Han majority in the restive far western region of Xinjiang
and other parts of China. But rights groups have accused China of rights abuses
in Xinjiang and imposing tight control on the religion of Uighurs, a charge
denied by Beijing. Rais also took issue with criticism of Naik on social media.
He said the Indian Islamic preacher had his own way of articulating his views
through debates.Naik's detractors those with "a mob mentality" should
debate him rather than asking him to be deported to India, he said.Rais also
questioned the motives of the Indian authorities whose action, he said, might
not be grounded in justice.Naik has also accused the media in India of
subjecting him to a campaign of vilification over the past two years. He said
"fake news" about his deportation would be exposed."Most of the
articles published against me will be proved as having no basis and that they
were false," he said in a new video message through his Facebook page.PTI
Zakir will be arrested: MoS on Malaysian PM’s remark
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs
Hansraj Ahir has said that Zakir Naik will eventually be arrested and brought
to justice, hours after Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad declared Naik was a
permanent resident and will not be sent back.
Bangladesh promises full support in India's
quest to bring Zakir back
New Delhi: Promising full cooperation in
India's quest to bring Zakir Naik back to the country, a close aide of
Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina said on
Saturday that Bangladesh will never allow its territory to be used by elements
hostile to New Delhi. After delivering a talk in New Delhi, Hossain Toufique
Imam, political advisor to Hasina, answered a question from a reporter on Naik.
He said Naik would never get access to Bangladesh and his country would
cooperate with India on the matter."We will fully cooperate with India. Our
Govt is committed to its declared policy of zero-tolerance policy towards
terrorism. The soil of Bangladesh will never be allowed to be used by elements
who are hostile to our neighbours," Imam said.PTI
AIMPLB plans to open sharia courts in all
districts
Lucknow: All India Muslim Personal Law Board
or AIMPLB, the highest decision making body on Muslim affairs, plans to open
Darul-Qaza (Sharia courts) in all districts of the country to resolve issues in
line with Islamic laws.The proposal will come up for discussion at a meeting of
the Muslim Law Board in Delhi on July 15."At present there are 40 such
courts in UP . We plan to open one such court in every districts of the
country. The objective of Darul-Qaza is to resolve matters in light of Shariat
laws instead of going to other courts," senior member AIMPLB, Zafaryab
Zilani, told PTI.Noting that around Rs. 50,000 is spent on running a Darul-Qaza
(Sharia court), he said, "They will be discussing ways to generate
resources for this during a meeting of AIMPLB in Delhi on July 15".With an
aim to make lawyers, judges and the common man aware about Sharia law, AIMPLB
will also be activating its Tafheem-e-Shariyat (TeS) committee."We will be
activating Tafheem-e-Shariyat committee to make lawyers, judges and common man
aware about Shariat laws. We will be discussing this at the All India Muslim
Personal Law Board meet," Jilani said.He said the Tafheem-e-Shariyat
committee has been around for 15 years, and is entrusted with the task of
making lawyers and judges, if possible, aware of arguments related to Sharia law.
"The committee was used to organise conferences and workshops all over the
country, with Islamic experts trying to delve in details about Shariat laws and
address queries of participants. It is now felt that the committee should be
activated and more such programs should be held," he said. Asked about the
other matters that will figure in the meeting, he said progress of Babri Masjid
case will be discussed, and future course of action will be decided. "The
Muslim faction does not want delay in the Supreme Court's decision on the
matter as reported in the media," he said."Statements are being made
on the Ayodhya issue. Some are saying that the decision will come in a
particular month and it will be in favour of a particular side. Such statements
are an attempt to belittle the highest court of the country. This should be
taken into consideration. It will be discussed in the meeting," a Muslim
Law Board member said, according to PTI.PTI
Muslim groups reject UP govt's accusation they
delayed Babri masjid verdict
Muslims groups have rejected charges made by UP
Govt accusing them of delaying the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute
hearing in the Supreme Court.BJP has demanded that the matter should to be
settled before the retirement of the current CJI Justice Dipak Misra in
Oct.this year.UP BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said, "This is being
done deliberately because the verdict is expected in favour of Ram Temple. CJI
is hearing the matter and he should be giving the verdict before his retirement
in October so that the matter doesn't get delayed further. The people of the
country want this dispute to be settled as soon as possible."Responding to
him and allegations of the UP Govt , Jafaryab Jilani convenor of Babri Masjid
Action Committee said that Muslims groups have not filed any adjournment appeal
in the court."The SC is hearing the matter and deciding dates. We have not
made any arguments for delaying the matter. This is a baseless allegation. BJP
is not a party so whatever their leaders are saying has nothing to do with the
case," Jilani said.Iqbal Ansari, son of Hashim Ansari, main litigant in
the case questioned why was the matter of the issue's delay being raised now
when the case has been pending for decades. "Some Hindu groups in Ayodhya
are also saying they will not wait for the SC's decision. The delay is being
done by VHP and not us," added Ansari.Sunni cleric Sufiyan Nizami said the
Govt wants the dispute to be settled
before 2019 elections just to get political benefits and that Muslim groups
were being blamed unnecessarily.Meanwhile a priest of Ramjanmabhoomi Temple
Acharya Satyendra Das said, "We have neither heard about the Imam of Babri
Masjid nor of people offering prayers at the mosque. The place is
Ramjanmabhoomi and Islam doesn't allow people to offer namaz at a disputed
site."During the hearing on Friday, senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan,
appearing on behalf of one of the original litigants of the Ayodhya case M
Siddiq, said the court had in 1994 observed that mosques were not integral to
Islam without making any "inquiry" or considering Islamic texts on
this issue.It was argued by Muslim groups before a special bench comprising CJI
Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer that the
"sweeping" observation of the apex court in the verdict needed to be
reconsidered by a 5-judge bench as "it had and will have a bearing"
on the land dispute case.The court has fixed July 13 as the next date to hear
rejoinder arguments of Muslim groups on issues, including what constituted the
essential practices of a religion. indiatoday
Ayodhya dispute: Muslim groups trying to delay
hearing, UP govt tells SC; next hearing
on 13 July
Islam will become irrelevant if prayers in
mosque not recognised, SC told
Indian Muslims want better representation in
politics, finds study by UN-recognised institute
New Delhi:
While Muslims in India want increased participation in politics, they
believe that their current crop of elected representatives do not even ask the
relevant questions for the welfare of the community, according to a study
released Saturday.“Democracy should ensure that minority views, opinions and
votes are not ignored when Govt s are formed by majority principles,” says the
study conducted by the Institute of Objective Studies (IOS),UN-recognised
institute that focuses on problems of Muslims and other minority
communities.“There are not enough Muslim MPs and MLAs and those that are there
are not asking the relevant questions,” it adds. There is only 4% representation
of Muslims in the Lok Sabha.The study, Vision 2025 Socio Economic Inequalities
— Why does India’s economic growth need an inclusive agenda, assessed the
education levels, housing, healthcare, political representation and the
socio-economic condition of Muslims in the country. A perception survey was
conducted on around 3,500 Muslims in both rural and urban India to deduce their
aspirations and challenges.The authors have used Sachar Committee report of
2006 as a baseline for the study.One of the biggest challenges that Muslims in
India face, according to the study, is in the field of education. As per the
report, there has not been a substantial change in the literacy rate among Muslims
from the time of the Sachar Committee report.The literacy rate has risen to 70%
from the 59% in 2006. Those surveyed, the report says, want
Indian Muslims to change their mindset and give top priority to scientific
education. IOS document also lays greater emphasis on the education of
Muslims.“More educational institutions like AMU should be opened. The state
should take proper care of existing schools, madrasas and maktabs and ensure
that Sarva Siksha Abhiyan has an equal presence in MCD schools, where a large
number of children from the minority community are enrolled,” are some of the
suggestions in the document.theprint.in
Muslims who keep beard without moustache are
fundamentalists: Waseem Razvi
Lucknow: Chairperson of UP Shia Waqf Board Waseem Razvi on Sunday termed
Muslims who don't keep mustaches with beard as
"fundamentalists"."Keeping beard is Sunnat. However, keeping
beard without moustache is against Sunnat as the person looks fearful. Muslims
with beard and no moustache are fundamentalists," Razvi said. "Such
people can be seen promoting terrorism across the world."He also spoke
about fatwas being issued to govern individuals' personal life."We have
some Muslims who issue fatwa by interfering in the personal life of others.
They forget that Islam has nothing to do with this," he said.He said that
any person or institution issuing such diktats should be "booked as
traitors". "Nobody has the right to go against the Constitution and
make their own laws," he said.IndiaToday
2019 polls: Opposition’s ‘fear-mongering’
campaign demolished, 30-35% minorities to vote for BJP, says Naqvi
New Delhi:Opposition’s “fear-mongering”
campaign has been “demolished” by the Govt ’s development without
discrimination approach, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today, and
exuded confidence that 30-35% minorities, including Muslims, will vote for
the BJP in 2019. Maintaining that NDA Govt has worked for the development of
minorities, he said there is a belief among these communities that PM Narendra
Modi stands for development. Minority Affairs Minister Naqvi said that when the
BJP had come to power in 2014, the opposition parties tried to create a trust
deficit and indulged in “fear-mongering”.“We can’t say that the poison that had
been spread in the last 70 years,we have completely eradicated that. But, the
positive thing is that now the minorities are treating the BJP as a reality of
Indian politics and they are supporting it on the basis of its merit and
demerits,” he said.In 2014 elections, 18-20% people from the minority
communities had voted for Modi, Naqvi said. “In the 2019 polls, I am expecting
30-35% people from the minority communities, including Muslims, will vote for
the BJP to continue the development journey of the country,” the minister said.
He also claimed that no big communal riot has taken place since Modi has taken
over.PTI
All problems related to minorities’ education
will be solved soon: HRD minister
New Delhi: Education system has changed with
the times, hence we need to keep ourselves in line with the changing modern
scenario. Computer education has become inevitable today in the modern
education and training. Today the country badly needs education. Only education
can make development of the country possible.These views were expressed by the
Human Resource Development minister Dr Satyapal Singh in a meeting of National
Monitoring Committee formed for the education and training of minorities.He
said that the Govt is focusing on
minority education. It wants that not a single child of the minority community
should remain away from school education. During the meeting, he assured that
all the problems of education of minorities will be solved soon. siasat
One nation one poll: TMC, DMK and others
express opposition against simultaneous elections
While many parties expressed displeasure over
the proposal of simultaneous elections which was discussed between the Law
Commission of India and political parties that began on Saturday, July 8, the
ruling BJP and the Congress were absent from the debate. Sukhbir Singh Badal’s
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(AIADMK) of Tamil Nadu, Samajwadi Party and TRS have backed to hold
simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections.While other parties,
including the Trinamool Congress, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen
(AIMIM), All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(DMK) and Goa Forward Party emphatically rejected the idea of ‘One India One
Election’.NewsX
Kashmir simmers after 3 civilians shot dead
Srinagar: 3 civilians, including a girl, 16,
were killed and many injured when security when security forces allegedly
opened fire at a stone-pelting mob during a cordon and search operation in a
south Kashmir village on Saturday, sparking tension across the Valley on the
eve of militant commander Burhan Wani’s second death anniversary.A police
officer said residents of Hawoora and adjoining villages tried to disrupt
anti-terror operation as security forces cordoned off the area following inputs
that a group of militants was hiding in Kulgam, some 70 km from south of here.
8 civilians sustained firearm injuries during the clash with security forces. 3
deceased were identified as as Andleeb, 16, Shakir Ahmad, 22 and Irshad Ahmad,
20. 5injured were being treated in hospitals and the condition of two of them
was reported serious.IANS
Kerala Police Launch Crackdown on PFI, Raid
Offices, 'Religious Centres:News18
Kerala: Kerala Police on Saturday conducted
simultaneous raids at the offices of Islamic outfit, Popular Front of India
(PFI). Police have launched a crackdown on ‘spiritual’ strongholds of PFI in
Malappuram, including Manjeri, Perinthalmanna, Tirur and Kadampuzha.Following murder
of SFI activist Abhimanyu in Kochi on Monday, there has been a severe clampdown
on Popular Front and its political arm, the SDPI. Raids were conducted at Green
Valley in Manjeri, headquarters of the erstwhile National Democratic Front,
which later morphed into PFI.This is being seen as the biggest raid on Green
Valley since 2010.The police also raided Satyasarani, which was at the centre
of the Hadiya conversion case. POLICE suspect that the conspiracy behind
Abhimanyu’s killing was also hatched at Satyasarani.Although five accused have
been arrested in the case, the main culprits are still at large. Police say
they may have left the state soon after the murder, hinting at prior planning
into the murder.Several dozen of SDPI leaders have been put under electronic
surveillance.News18
Tamil Nadu opposes Centre’s decision to
conduct NEET twice a year
Coimbatore/Chennai: Tamil Nadu Govt on July 8 opposed the Centre’s decision to
conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test twice a year, while the
opposition DMK slammed the Union Govt for “creating confusion” over the exam for
entry into medical colleges.School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said the
State’s stand was NEET should be conducted only once a year. “We will take the
matter to the notice of the CM (Edappadi
K. Palaniswami) and further take it up with PM (Narendra Modi) and the Union Minister
concerned,” he told reporters at Coimbatore. He said students cannot appear for
NEET twice in the same year as a “six-month period will be short”.Human
Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on July 7 said that engineering
and medical entrance exams — JEE and NEET — would now be conducted online and
twice a year by the newly formed National Testing Agency (NTA).thehindu
Hindutva leader ‘attacked’ own vehicle in
Chennai for security: police
Chennai :The vehicle of a Hanuman Sena leader
was attacked with crude bombs at Sholavaram highway, 23 km north-west of
Chennai city, on Friday. The police probe found that the attack was
orchestrated by the leader himself to get back his police security, which had
been withdrawn four months ago for his bad conduct.According to the initial
complaint filed by Kali Kumar, 40-year-old leader of a Hindutva outfit, his car
was attacked with a crude bomb when he was travelling on the Minjur-Vandalur
outer ring road near Sholavaram. The police, however, found major disparities
in the versions of Kumar and his associates.“When we found some mischief in
their story, we started questioning them. Forensic experts examined the spot
and charred remains of the Ambassador car led to contradicting facts. Finally,
they confessed that they had done it for police protection for the leader,” a
senior officer said.Kumar allegedly burnt his vehicle with the help of a
friend, Gnanasekaran, and Ranjith, son of his elder brother.“He was enjoying
police protection since 2016, a policeman with weapon always escorting him. We
decided to withdraw it after the policeman had to protect him from problems he
created in a drunken state. Now we have information that he gained the
protection in 2016 by doing a similar crime. We are probing that,” the officer
said.indianexpress
BJP MP, Chhattisgarh CM’s son is man named in
offshore accounts leak: Congress
Raipur : Chhattisgarh Congress on Saturday
claimed to possess evidence that establishes that the name “Abhishak Singh”,
which found mention in ICIJ’s offshore leaks investigation of April 2013 as
having an offshore account in the British Virgin Islands, is that of Abhishek
Singh, BJP Lok Sabha MP from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh and son of 3-time CM
Raman Singh.In April 2016, three years after the Offshore Leaks investigation
by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), senior
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had held a press conference in Delhi and alleged
that one “Abhishak Singh” was listed as a director of Quest Heights Limited,
which had an address in the British Virgin Islands.ICIJ papers also provided an
address with the name, which is the same as the address registered to Raman
Singh on Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website. Both Raman Singh and his MP-son
have denied having any offshore accounts. BJP has repeatedly stated that
“Abhishak Singh” was not the same as “Abhishek Singh.”In a statement on
Saturday, Abhishek maintained, “…I want to reiterate that I have no foreign
bank accounts under any name. Leaders of Congress and others had approached the
Supreme Court which has been rejected.”Addressing the media in Raipur on
Saturday, Chhattisgarh Congress president Bhupesh Baghel furnished papers of a
company, ‘Chalet Estates Private Limited’, registered to an address in Gurgaon
and incorporated in Nov.2011. According to the papers, Abhishek and wife
Aishwarya were directors of the firm.indianexpress
Shayara Bano, triple talaq petitioner, set to join BJP
Dehradun:Anti Triple talaq crusader Shayara
Bano's induction into the saffron camp — she announced her intention to join BJP
on Friday —has been met with diverse reactions. Uttarakhand BJP chief Ajay
Bhatt termed it as "a strong message being sent out to people who think
that our party is against Muslims." "Her entry into BJP is a slap on
the face of people who call our party as communal.We do not differentiate among
our members on the basis of religion," he said.TOI
JNU says it’s not starting Islamic terrorism
course
New Delhi: JNU registrar Pramod Kumar, in a
letter to the Jamiat Ulema on July 5, refuted any plans to start a course on
‘Islamic Terrorism’ at the university. This comes a week after he had written a
letter to Delhi Minorities Commissions (DMC) clarifying the same. In a reply to
a notice served by the commission, Kumar had stated that “there was no course
on ‘Islamic terrorism’ proposed at the academic council meeting. He also
provided a copy of a concept paper on the proposed ‘Centre for National
Security Studies’ and informed DMC that JNU has no knowledge if the course was
taught in any Indian or foreign universities. A committee has been formed to
review comments received from the academic council members on the concept
paper, he added. In his letter addressed to Maulana Mahmod Madani, Kumar
clarified that JNU never had any plans to introduce a course on Islamic
Terrorism.TOI
HC notice to Haryana against decision on Wakf
Board chief
Punjab and Haryana high court has issued a
notice to the Haryana Govt and Punhana MLA Raheesh Khan on a plea against the
state Govt’s decision to give minister of state’s rank to Khan, and facilities
from Wakf Board, being chairman of the Haryana State Wakf Board. Raheesh is an
MLA from Punana assembly seat in Mewat. HC had issued the notice after Sufi
Imran Khan, a resident of Ambala cantonment, had challenged the state Govt’s
decision. The case would now come up for hearing on September 24. According to
the petitioner, there was no provision either in Haryana Waqf Rules, 2012, or
in Punjab Waqf Regulation, 1966, that the chairman of the Waqf Board may be
given the status of a ‘minister of state’, and that the entire expenditure on
admissible facilities shall be borne by the Waqf Board. “Hence, May 9, 2018,
order giving him minister’s rank and facilities from Wakf Board funds is
illegal and unlawful. Regulation 20 of Punjab Waqf Regulations, 1966, only
provides that whenever the chairman and members come for the meeting of the
board, they will be given TA and DA admissible to an officer of Grade-A. They
are not entitled for anything else,” argued the petitioner. The petitioner had
sought directions to set aside the May 9 decision.TOI
6 Bihar boys reach home 4 days after escaping
from madrassa
Pune:6 Bihar students reached their respective
homes on Saturday, 4 days after they escaped from a madrassa at Sayyednagar in
Hadapsar on July 3 evening.Assistant inspector Shekhar Shinde of the Wanowrie
police said, “Family members of one of the students made a telephone call to a
relative inMumbai, stating that all the students had returned home
safely.”Shinde said,“Relative of the boy concerned has conveyed the information
to the police, requesting to abandon the search operation. Investigations
revealed that students had boarded two autorickshaws to reach Pune railway
station and from there they boarded the Lokmanya Tilak Express to go to Mumbai.
They boarded Guwahati Express on Wednesday and reached Bihar.” He said,
“Students managed to reach home without facing difficulties because one of them
had earlier stayed in Mumbai for 3 years and was conversant with the trains
plying to Bihar. The case registered by the madrassa official that the students
had gone missing would be closed on the completion of legal formalities,” he
added.A maulana rom Vadgaonsheri had brought the students from his native place
Sabudangi village at Bharatpur tehsil in Kishanganj district of Bihar and got
their names registered at Darool Uloom Chistiya Jalaliya Madrassa for
education. The students had bath and meals in the afternoon.They also played
with 3 other students outside the madrassa. They picked up their luggage and
fled around 6pm. Students had told the madrassa authorities on arrival that
they did not like the stay here and intended to pursue education in Mumbai.
Authorities asked the students to stay here for at least 10 days because atmosphere
was conducive and friendly, and facilities for learning the holy Quran, Urdu
and English was available here. The students assured that they would stay here,
but later fled.TOI
50 pc seats should be distributed among
SCs/STs: ex union prez of AMU
New Delhi: After UP CM Yogi Adityanath and
some leaders of BJP gave a political statement regarding AMU and Jamia Millia
Islamia, now the former presidents of students of Union of AMU and academicians
are expressing their opinion about the issue. Former MP and former president of
AMU students’ union Mohammed Adeeb said that the case of Muslim university is
pending with the court and Supreme Court has ordered not to change the system
which is prevalent until final judgment is given. Adeeb said that the
statements given by BJP leaders are just for the election. He recalled that
Jinnah issue was raised when it was Karnataka election and when the election
was over the issue was buried.However, he said the AMU itself wants to give
reservations to SCs, STs and BCs. I want that a law is passed in India to give
remaining 50 pc seats to SCs/ STs after giving seats to Muslims. Because higher
caste students can get admission in every university and college while the
backward classes don’t. Hence it will be a good opportunity for AMU if a law is
passed which gives reservation to SCs, STs and BCs.siasat
“Visit the Masjid” program in Hyderabad:
Initiative to eradicate misunderstandings
Hyderabad: Jamat-e-Islami of Hyderabad City
has launched “Visit to Masajid” program inviting everybody to come and see the
worships and rituals offered in Masajid. This step is being taken to eradicate
various rumours and misunderstandings spread by miscreants about masajid.Such
programs were organized at Masjid Azizia Mehdipatnam, Masjid Ujale Shah,
Saidabad, Masjid Balapur, Masjid Abrar Virasatnagar Colony, Tolichowki, Masjid
Mohammedia Kakatiyanagar, Masjid MCH Colony Amberpet and many other
masajid.After visiting MCH Colony masjid, Amberpet, brother Gopi and other
compatriots expressed their feelings that they got an opportunity to step into
masjid and meet Muslims. Mohammed Mujahid of Geturayi highlighted the
importance of Masjid in Telugu language.In the program held at Masjid Azizia
Mehdipatnam, many non-Muslim men, women and girls attended. The members of
Jamat-e-Islami explained the benefit of offering namaz and various processes of
ablution, prayer call (Azan) etc.Siasat
Muslims in Aligarh offer namaz in muddy water
as mark of protest
Aligarh:A section of Muslims in Gonda area of
Aligarh in UP offered namaz in the
middle of muddy water on Friday as a mark of protest. Residents of Gonda road
area protested against "uncleanliness" in the area which is flooded
with muddy water, overflowing nullahs and drains. They offered namaz on a
wooden platform surrounded with dirty water.The water logging problem in the
area has not only made the lives of the residents hard but has also created
problems for the passerby. As a result, vehicles get stuck causing traffic
jams. The people have also complained that Rehmani Masjid in the area is badly
hit due to the prevailing condition.People in the area said that they are
facing the issue for a long time. Even after complaining about the
water-logging problem to the authorities, there has been no significant measure
taken by the officials, the people said. This forced them to offer namaz in the
dirty area as a mark of their protest against the authorities.It has been
almost 1.5 years that the people are been affected by the water-logging problem
in the area. ABP News
WORLD
Israeli ministers, MKs break into Aqsa Mosque
O.Jerusalem, (PIC) A number of Israeli
ministers and members of the Knesset defiled al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards on
Sunday morning amid heavy presence of Israeli police forces. This break-in is
the first of its kind after Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu issued an edict a few days
ago ending a ban imposed on lawmakers and ministers that prohibited them from
visiting the holy site.The first minister to enter the Mosque was Minister of
Agriculture Uri Ariel who headed the first group of settlers that entered
al-Aqsa Mosque via al-Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards.In statements
following the break-in, Ariel said, "We are witnessing significant
progress, and anyone who was here three years ago will appreciate this.
Thankfully we have a public security minister, a police chief, and leaders who
care about us and facilitate our visits to the Temple."Later in the
morning, MK Sharren Haskel of the ruling Likud party also entered the site with
a different settler group, the Hebrew TV channel Seven reported.Haskel said
that this is the first time she has been able to enter the holy site since
Netanyahu imposed the ban three years ago, claiming that al-Aqsa Mosque is part
of the Jewish culture and heritage.A few days ago Netanyahu said he would lift
the ban on parliamentarians visiting al-Aqsa Mosque, three years after the Govt
forbade them from entering the site due
to "security concerns".Minister Ariel, who had repeatedly led settler
break-ins into al-Aqsa Mosque, said, "Neither the King of Jordan nor
Mahmoud Abbas can decide here. Israel is the only decision maker."
Israel to allow settlers to own W. Bank land
through new legislation
O.Jerusalem, (PIC) An Israeli paper said that
the ministerial committee for legislation at the Knesset would study a bill on
Sunday that would allow Jewish settlers to acquire land rights in the occupied
West Bank.Members of the Knesset cannot discuss bills and vote them into laws
before this ministerial committee, whose members are ministers, approve them
for discussion on the floor of the Knesset.According to Haaretz newspaper, the
explanatory notes affixed to the bill, which is sponsored by MK Bezalel
Smotrich (Jewish Home), say that the current situation is based on a 1953
Jordanian law, which prevented anyone from buying land in the West Bank unless
they were Jordanian citizens or citizens of another Arab country. That law
remained in force after Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 six-day
war.In the early 1970s, an Israeli way was found to circumvent the law and allow
settlers to buy land there through a special order stating that anybody could
buy land through a company registered in the West Bank, regardless of who owned
the company.
Nawaz, Mayram to challenge Avenfield verdict
tomorrow; return on Friday
Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam are set to
challenge the accountability court's verdict against them in the Islamabad High
Court on Monday.The father-daughter duo was sentenced on Friday to 11 and eight
years in prison and slapped £8-million and £2-million fines, respectively, in
relation to the Avenfield properties reference filed by National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) last year. Moreover, Nawaz's son-in-law, Capt (retd) Safdar,
received a one-year prison sentence.All three family members, according to
sources, have given their power of attorney to Khawaja Haris — Nawaz's counsel
during the over-nine-month trial in the accountability court — who will file
the appeals tomorrow. geo.tv
Pakistan SC bans Zardari, his sister from
travelling abroad
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has banned ex
president and PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur
from travelling abroad in the wake of the recent revelations in a fake bank
accounts case, a media report said. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar ordered the names
of 20 people, including Zardari and Ms. Talpur, be placed on the Exit Control
List, Geo TV reported.Those persons on the list are prohibited from leaving
Pakistan.The order came as Chief Justice Nisar took notice of the slow pace of
inquiry into a fake bank accounts case.PTI
Religious parties in Pak field record 460
candidates on National Assembly seats for July 25 polls
Lahore: Religious parties in Pakistan,
including the banned Jamaat-ud Dawa's political wing, have fielded over 460
candidates on the National Assembly seats for July 25 general elections,
breaking all previous records, a media report said today. Election Commission
of Pakistan (ECP) has issued the final list of candidates, according to which,
3,459 candidates will contest on 272 general seats of National Assembly. Although
Jamaat-e-Islami had come up with a long list of candidates in 1970 against the
then nominees of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's PPP and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami
League in East (Bangladesh) and West Pakistan, and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
(MMA) had also fielded candidates across the country in 2002, the number stands
the highest this time, The Nation reported.Over 460 aspirants have been fielded
separately by MMA,Hafiz Saeed-led JuD's political wing Milli Muslim
League-backed Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek and other small entities, the paper
said.These candidates might play a decisive role in the victory and defeat of
PML-N, PTI and PPP candidates on a number of seats.MMA, an alliance of five
parties -- Jamiat Ulema-e Islam-F (JUI-F), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Jamiat
Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), Islami Tehreek and Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith --
representing all schools of thought (Barelvi, Deobani, Shia and Ahle Hadith),
has come up with a list of some 192 plus candidates on NA seats, mainly
focusing on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, the paper said. MMA has
not introduced any candidate on 65 seats of Punjab's total 141 and seven of
total 61 of Sindh for different reasons.PTI
Turkey sacks more than 18,000 personnel ahead
of expected lifting of emergency rule
Ankara:Turkey issued a decree on Sunday
dismissing more than 18,000 civil servants, half of which were from the police
force, ahead of this month’s expected lifting of a two-year-old state of
emergency imposed after an attempted coup in July 2016.The decree follows
President Tayyip Erdogan’s victory in last month’s presidential election and
comes before he swears his oath on Monday, inaugurating a powerful executive
presidency.The decree dismissed 199 academics from universities across the
country, as well as more than 5,000 personnel from the armed forces.REUTERS
Muslim Brotherhood mourns death of Islamic
thinker Al-Farhan in Jordan
Muslim Brotherhood is mourning the death of
one of its senior leaders, the Jordanian thinker and former minister , 84, Quds
Press has reported.Al-Farhan was a Jordanian citizen of Palestinian origin. He
was born in 1934 in the Ein Karem neighbourhood of Jerusalem. As a young man he
studied chemistry at the American University in Beirut then continued his
higher education in the US, where he obtained his PhD.The deceased was one of
the senior leaders of the Islamic Movement, the head of the Scientific
Association and a member of the first Jordanian Consultative Council.Al-Farhan
left the Islamic Movement in 1970 to become Jordan’s Minister of Education.
During his time in the ministry, he supervised the syllabus used in Jordan’s
schools. In 1973 he took charge of the Ministry of Religious Endowments (Awqaf)
before being appointed as the head of the University of Jordan.MEMO
9 police killed in attack in western Tunisia
Nine members of Tunisia’s security forces were
killed on Sunday in an attack in the west of the country close to the border
with Algeria, state news agency TAP reported.Militants present in rural parts
of Tunisia occasionally target security forces, but Sunday’s toll was the
highest since 2015, a year in which Islamist militants carried out three major
attacks.The police unit from Gar Dimaou in the region of Jendouba was ambushed
during a regular patrol, TAP reported.“The terrorist attackers threw a grenade
at the first security car and there were confrontations with firearms,” the
report cited a security source as saying.middleeastmonitor
Syrians head home in thousands after rebels, Govt
agree ceasefire in south
Thousands of displaced Syrians are heading
home after rebels and the Govt reached a
Russian-brokered ceasefire in the south after more than two weeks of fierce
bombardment.Calm reigned over the region on Saturday as the two sides finalised
the ceasefire deal, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a
Britain-based monitoring group.Under the agreement announced on Friday,
opposition fighters will hand over territory in Daraa, a southern province near
the Jordanian border."People have started to return to their homes since
yesterday" from the Jordanian border, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman
said on Saturday. "More than 20,000 people have set off for home so far,
heading to areas for which an accord has been reached in the southeastern Daraa
countryside," he said.But others "are scared to return to
regime-controlled areas, fearing their children will be arrested," Abdel
Rahman said.More than 150 civilians have been killed in the Govt bombing campaign on Daraa since 19 June, the
Observatory says, and trust in the Govt does not run high.middleeasteye
Iran to maintain military presence in Syria:
Official
Iran will maintain its military presence in
Syria after the defeat of Daesh, according to an Iranian official on
Sunday.During a meeting with the Palestinian Ambassador to Tehran Salah
al-Zawawi, a sSenior adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker for
international affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said:"The Zionist regime
[Israel] is trying to dominate Syria after [fall of] Daesh, but the Resistance
forces and the military advisers of the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue
their presence in Syria to counter terrorism". “Syrians will not allow the
country to once again become a safe haven for Zionist terrorists,” he added in
statements carried by local media, quoted by Anadolu Agency.
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