02 June 2019:
27 Ramazan 1440:Vol: 11, No:216
INDIA
Centre to Help Assam Govt Set up 1,000
Foreigners Tribunals for Locals Left Out in Final NRC List
New Delhi:Centre will help the Assam
government in setting up 1,000 foreigners tribunals by July 31 when the final
list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be published, officials said
Sunday.Those left out in the final NRC can challenge their exclusion in these
tribunals to be set up across Assam. Secretary(Border Management) in Home
Ministry BR Sharma recently held a meeting to discuss proposal of the govt of
Assam for creation of e-Foreigners Tribunals and creation of 1,000 additional
Foreigners Tribunals, a home ministry official. The central govt is also in the
process of giving its approval to the state govt's proposal to set up
e-Foreigners Tribunals for those who were declared illegal immigrants. The
tribunals will be required after the publication of final NRC, a list of
Assam's residents, on July 31.When the draft NRC was published on July 30,
2018, there was a huge controversy over the exclusion of 40.7 lakh people from
it. The home ministry will help the Assam govt in setting up 1,000 foreigners
tribunals, the official said.The move came after the Supreme Court recently
questioned the state govt's plan to set up 1,000 foreigners' tribunals,
pointing out it would be difficult to find 1,000 legal officers to preside over
them. The state govt, along with home ministry and other agencies,have been
tasked to identify retired judicial officers for the purpose. New tribunals
would ease burden of 100 existing tribunals as cases of those languishing in
detention centre will be disposed of faster.PTI
Nitish inducts 8 JD-U members in Cabinet,
leaves out BJP
Patna :Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on
Sunday inducted eight JD-U MLAs as Cabinet Ministers, leaving out his ally BJP
and fuelling speculation of a rift between the two parties. The Cabinet
expansion came two days after JD-U chief decided that his party won't join PM
Narendra Modi's new govt because it was offered just one seat -- a
"symbolic" representation. There are now 33 Ministers in the Nitish
Kumar Cabinet, up from 25. The newly appointed Ministers are Ashok Coudhary, Shyam
Rajak, Narendra Narayan Yadav, Sanjay Jha, Ramsewak Singh, Lakshmeshwar Rai,
Neeraj Kumar and Bima Bharti. Bharti is the only woman. Governor Lalji Tandon
administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Ministers at a simple
ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan. 5 of the 8 are first-time Ministers. Nitish
clarified that there was no split in NDA. "BJP has decided that induction
of their quota in the Cabinet would be done later," he said.But some JD-U
leaders, who did not want to be named, said the Chief Minister was upset by the
way BJP had offered "symbolic representation" in the Modi govt though
JD-U won 16 of 17 Lok Sabha seats it contested."The timing of the Cabinet
expansion and induction of only JD-U MLAs are clear signs that Nitish Kumar is
unhappy with BJP leadership," a senior JD-U leader said.Nitish, his
supporters believe, has sent a message to the BJP that the JD-U is the
"big brother" in Bihar and his face would be the face of NDA in the
next Assembly polls. BJP leaders have tried to downplay the development. Senior
BJP leader and Deputy CM Sushil Modi said that there was no dispute over the
Cabinet expansion.BJP gave only one ministerial berth to each of its allies in
the new Modi government.IANS
'Will never be a part of NDA-led Union
Cabinet', says JD(U)’s K C Tyagi
Patna: Calling it a "final
decision", Janata Dal (United), a crucial ally of BJP in Bihar, on Sunday
decided that the party will never be a part of NDA-led Union Cabinet. JD(U)
secretary general and chief spokesperson K C Tyagi told ANI that the proposal
of one Cabinet berth given by the NDA was unacceptable by the party, hence,
they took this decision.ANI
Maharashtra: NCP rules out merger with
Congress, firm on alliance
Mumbai :Dismissing speculations of a merger
with the Congress,NCP has indicated that it will push for an equal share of
seats from the Congress during negotiations for Maharashtra Assembly polls,
scheduled held later this year.On Saturday, NCP president Sharad Pawar held
discussions on the party’s Lok Sabha defeat and the plan for the state polls
with party’s office-bearers in Mumbai.The review meeting comes two days after
Pawar’s discussion with Congress president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.
Speculations of a possible merger of NCP with the Congress have been doing the
rounds since that meeting, even as Pawar had himself clarified that they had
discussed only the state polls and drought conditions.Addressing NCP workers,
Ajit Pawar, the party chief’s nephew and NCP’s state legislative party leader,
said: “There is no question of a merger. The NCP will retain its independent
identity… The Opposition is trying to spread a canard. Therefore, everyone (in
the party) should say that there is no truth in it.”State NCP president Jayant
Patil later told the media, “The question of a merger does not arise. There is
no such discussion. Who is spreading false news?”indianexpress
Congress faces situation similar to British
Raj:Rahul
NEW DELHI:Congress President Rahul Gandhi has told
party MPs that the situation faced by the party workers was similar to that in
the British period when it had no institutional support but it fought and won
and is going to do so again.Addressing the first Congress Parliamentary Party
meeting here after Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi said the verdict was an opportunity
to introspect, look inwards, try and see as to what went wrong and rejuvenate
the party.“I have no doubt that the Congress Party is going to rejuvenate,” he
said.Congress chief said that 52 Congress MPs, who won the Lok Sabha elections,
had done so facing all adversities as all the institutions were against
them.Targeting BJP without naming, Gandhi said people opposing the party in
Parliament use hatred and anger in their fight and these tendencies can be
fought by the Congress.“There is not one institution in this country that is
going to support you. It is like during the British period, when not a single
institution supported the Congress party, yet we fought and won and we are
going to do it again,” he said. “The
people who won the Lok Sabha this time need to understand exactly what they
fought. You are probably the first people in this country’s independent
history, who have fought an election not against a political party but against
every single institution in this country,” Gandhi said. IANS
Draft education policy: ‘Hindi not in the
blood of people of Tamil Nadu,’ DMK’s Stalin tells Centre
DMK chief MK Stalin has attacked the Centre
over the emphasis on Hindi in the draft New Education Policy, and said such a
“greedy and wrong thing” will cause a disaster, ANI reported.A panel of experts
led by ex ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan has recommended that students
in non-Hindi speaking states learn a regional language, Hindi and English,
while students in Hindi-speaking states learn Hindi, English and a modern
Indian language from other parts of the country.“BJP government should not even
think about the three-language policy in Tamil Nadu,” Stalin said, according to
ANI. “BJP is trying to throw a stone at it [the two-language policy] by
inflicting a three-language policy again. BJP should not even think about it in
their dreams.”“Imposing Hindi on Tamil Nadu would be similar to throwing stones
at a beehive,” the DMK president said, according to India Today. He claimed
that “Hindi is not in the blood of the people of Tamil Nadu”. Stalin added that
the DMK will “wage a war” against BJP-led government at the Centre if any
attempt was made to impose Hindi on Tamil Nadu.scroll.in
‘Hindi will not be imposed,’ says Centre after
draft education policy faces criticism in Tamil Nadu
Muslim Trinamool MLA’s Inclusion Sparks
Discontent in Bengal BJP
There is rising discontent in West Bengal BJP
against the induction of Trinamool Congress’ Labhpur legislator Monirul Islam,
with a key district level functionary even threatening to quit with his
supporters if the leadership did not show the door to MLA.Islam, said to be a
prominent Muslim face of Trinamool, had crossed over to BJP in Delhi on
Wednesday.But his inclusion sparked off protests in the BJP, with a large
section of workers and supporters taking to micrblogging site Twitter to
express their dismay at Islam’s inclusion. They recalled Islam in 2015 publicly
threatened to behead a Congress functionary from Birbhum and went on to claim
how he had “squashed” 3 people under his feet for committing atrocities against
women. “Ashamed”, “bad decision” were some of the comments posted by Twitterati.“Do
you know he is a triple murder accused? All garbages are joining BJP. Bengal
BJP will die on this own very soon,”said a dismayed supporter.IANS
Nadda, Bhupendra, Mathur among contenders for
BJP chief's post as Amit Shah takes charge of home ministry in NDA-II
Amid congratulations for the Cabinet Ministers
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term, speculations are rife about who
will take charge of the BJP as president after Amit Shah. Shah was named the
home minister in the NDA-II Cabinet, and is likely to resign from the post soon
in keeping with the 'one-person-one-post' principle of the ruling party.BJP
leader JP Nadda emerged as the front-runner for the post of BJP president after
he was left out of the Union Council of Ministers. Nadda, a leader from
Himachal Pradesh, is reportedly trusted by the party's top brass and RSS — the
party's ideological parent — and is known for a 'clean' reputation. He was the
health minister in Modi's first tenure.firstpost
OIC backs legitimate rights of people of J&K
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has
reiterated the grouping's support for the legitimate rights of the people of
Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the UN resolutions, the Pakistan Foreign
Office said here Saturday.OIC is an international organisation consisting of 57
member states, with 53 countries being Muslim-majority nations. 14th OIC summit
was held in the holy city of Makkah on Friday and several leaders of Muslim
countries attended.PM Imran Khan represented Pakistan at the Summit.Foreign
Office said in a statement that the Summit in Makkah reiterated the
Conference's principled support for the legitimate right to self-determination
of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with UN resolutions.India has
made it clear that there is no scope for any third party role or mediation in
Kashmir. The Conference approved Yousef Aldobeay of Saudi Arabia as OIC's
special envoy for Jammu and Kashmir. The Conference called for adoption of a
comprehensive strategy to combat Islamophobia, building on proposals made by
Pakistan in OIC Ministerial Executive Committee meeting in March 2019.Prime
Minister Imran Khan in his address articulated Pakistan's views on the
situation in Kashmir, Palestine, Islamophobia and the need for science,
technology and innovation for Muslim countries, the statement said.Prime
Minister Khan held meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Afghan
President Ashraf Ghani, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other
leaders on the sidelines of the summit, according to the statement.PTI
Geelani expresses concern over plight of
Muslims in China
Srinagar: Expressing serious concern over the
plight of Muslim in Uighur China, chairman of hardline Hurriyat Conference said
the media reports are not only disturbing but alarming also as thousands of
Muslim have been imprisoned and made captive for years together in large camps
and godowns.He said Muslims, who should have been united and acted as one, is
fragmented in the name of sects, sub sects and geographical boundaries, making
themselves an easy prey and a testing species for the deadly weaponry and
artilleries of the anti-Muslim forces.He said, although international media is
almost silent about what is happening in Uighur community of China, but
whatever little information, trickles down through social media and a few media
houses, is not only disturbing but alarming as well. Thousands of Muslim have
been imprisoned and made captive for years together in large camps and godowns
and are deprived of any humanely treatment, Geelani alleged.UNI
Gujarat: To stop animal slaughter during
Bakrid, Vadodara group buys goats and sheep
Vadodara:A group of “animal rights activists”
in Gujarat’s Vadodara has decided to purchase all goats and sheep from animal
markets in the state in order to “rescue them from being slaughtered during
Bakrid”. The group, which calls itself “Sarvadharm Jeevdaya Samiti”, had
earlier launched a campaign to ban export of goats and sheep to the Middle
East.“We are not against any religion nor is this campaign against any
religion. We strive to increase awareness about animal rights and want to get
more people voluntarily join our cause. We are animal lovers who are appalled
by the inhuman treatment meted out to these silent creatures,” said Rajeev
Shah, secretary of Shri Vadodara Panjrapole, which manages two animal shelters
in the city. According to Shah, who is also an honorary member of All India
Animal Welfare Board, the group has purchased close to 100 sheep and goats from
an animal mandi in Surat as of now, and plans to buy livestock from other
places, too.“Since Bakrid is still away, we were able to purchase goats at a very
low cost. We got 94 goats for about Rs 1.5 lakh. As Bakrid will draw closer,
one goat will cost about Rs 15,000-20,000. At the moment, the traders are
willing to sell at a lower cost.”The group’s next halt will be the weekly
animal market at Goghamba in Panchmahal district.The group, which had launched
a signature campaign in the city earlier this month to urge the BJP government
in the state to ban export of goats to the Middle East, said, “We have received
support from our patrons to the extent that one of them issued a cheque of Rs
15 lakh to us and said we must use the money to buy as many goats as we can to
stop the mindless slaughter during Bakrid.”“We are a group mostly comprising of
Jain trusts. There are others also.There is a principle in Jainism that if you
kill one living being, it is like killing many. And the corollary — if we save
even one, we earn blessings. We are going by this principle,” said Rajendra
Shah, Director, Animal Welfare Board, Govt of Gujarat.Muslim community leaders
said that while animal activists have always been vocal about their opposition
to Bakri Eid, the move to purchase goats and sheeps from the markets will only
hamper their availability in some parts of the state.“Following some incidents
in the past and also a consistent opposition from animal rights groups across
the world against the practice of sacrifice on Bakri Eid, community leaders and
even Darool Uloom issued circulars last year advising members of the community
to refrain from sharing videos of the sacrifice on social media or making a
show of it. The ritual of sacrifice is meant to be an inherent, but an
extremely private practice, and the restrain is necessary to make sure that the
sentiment of other communities are not hurt in the process,” said Zuber
Goplani, social activist. Meanwhile, local animal breeders said that Muslims
prefer to purchase goats for sacrifice from breeding farms instead of
mandis.indianexpress
SIT identifies Kalburgi killers; links to
Lankesh, Padmaavat attacks
Bengaluru:A 27-year-old youth arrested earlier
this year for an attack on a theatre screening the film Padmaavat in Belagavi
in Jan.2018, and a 27-year-old from Hubli accused in 2017 murder of journalist
Gauri Lankesh, have been identified as the two men who killed Kannada scholar M
M Kalburgi in August 2015.Praveen Prakash Chatur alias Masalawala, 27, had been
arrested in April by the Belagavi police for the attack on Prakash Theatre,
allegedly by a right-wing extremist group linked to the Sanatan Sanstha. He was
taken into custody on Friday by an SIT probing Kalburgi case. SIT identified second
man involved in the killing of Kalburgi, who was shot on the doorstep of his
Dharwad home, as Ganesh Miskin. Earlier, in its Nov.2018 chargesheet in the
Lankesh case, Karnataka SIT had identified Miskin as the one who drove the
motorcycle carrying shooter Parashuram Waghmore to Lankesh’s residence.
Miskin’s links with the Kalburgi case had emerged last year, after which the
Karnataka CID had arrested him. Indianexpress
People like Owaisi responsible for terrorism,
bringing bad name to Islam: Temple priest
"Disgraced" people like Asaduddin
Owaisi are responsible for terrorism, raising of anti-India slogans and bringing
a bad name to Islam, Chhawani Temple priest Pramhans Das on Saturday
said."There are some disgraced people like Owaisi in the society who help
extremism to grow. Aatankwadiyon ka agar kahin network milta hai to usme kahi
na kahi usme Owaisi ka hath hai (Owaisi is, somehow, responsible for the
terrorism.) People like Owaisi are behind the raising of anti-India slogans.
People like him bring a bad name to Islam," Das said.He slammed Owaisi for
his statement that Muslims need not fear by Modi returning to power and said
that every citizen is respected in the country. "There was never. It seems
Owaisi wants to say that Muslims lived in fear ever since," the priest
said.ANI
Shopian Rape-Murder: 10 Years on, Family Still
Awaits Justice:Caravan Daily
Shopian (J&K)Shakeel hasn’t given up, nor
have the people here, the tragedy of Shopian rape and murder is still etched in
the collective memory of the people. On
May 30 every year, the district shuts down in civil protest in their memory.Unlike,
the “Wall of Memory”– a hoarding with the names of all the victims of rape and
murder in the Kashmir Valley, installed after the incident, reduced to an iron
frame on the periphery of their graveyard, the memories are still etched in the
collective memory of the people of Shopian and Kashmir.On May 30 in 2009, in
the gentle sunshine of the morning, people filled the streets to protest, what
they called the “rape and murder” of the two women, their dead bodies were
carried in blankets. What happened to them?The answers elude even after ten
years and so is the justice for the family, who moved from pillar to post for
justice. The travails not standing, the family hasn’t given up, even in the
face of “state institutions going against them”. Previous afternoon, around 4
to 5 pm, Asiya Jan, 17, along with her sister-in-law, Neelofer Jan, had gone to
their recently purchased orchard for work. Nearly 2.5 kilometer from their home
in Bongam area of the district. They didn’t return, forcing the family members
to search for them.“After offering Friday prayers, I had lunch at home and
returned to my shop. Around 4-5 PM, they went to work, after Asiya returned
from the school,” remembers Shakeel, Asiya’s brother.caravandaily
Army Offers Legal Help to Retired Subedar
Declared a Foreigner
New Delhi: Indian Army’s Directorate of Sainik
Welfare has offered to provide legal assistance to its retired subedar Mohammad
Sanaullah, who was declared a foreigner by a special tribunal in Assam on May
23. Sanaullah, 52, has been lodged in the detention centre set within the
Goalpara district jail since May 29, after he was taken into custody by the
North Kamrup Police. The news has caused a flutter across the state and
elsewhere, leading the Assam unit of the directorate to contact Sanaullah’s
family. According to local news reports, the directorate has approached the
state police to meet Sanaullah at the detention centre, besides contacting two
Gauhati high court lawyers to defend him in an appeal.In a statement issued to
the press, the head of the directorate said:"It appears that there is
confusion on his identity and also the record held with the NRC. Therefore, the
individual was guided by DSW, Assam, to approach the Honourable Gauhati High
Court against the Tribunal order. In this connection, the undersigned
(director, DSW) immediately contacted 2 good advocates and their help/assistance
is being taken."It added, “This office is in continuous touch with his
family members for any assistance and legal support.”thewire
Nowhera Shaik: Police to Attach her Properties
Worth More than Rs 400 Crore
Hyderabad:City Police, after getting
permission from the State government, is going to attach 30 properties of
Nowhera Shaik, Founder of Heera Group in different cities of India including
one 5-star hotel in Kochi.These properties, worth more than Rs 400 crore, are
in Kerala, New Delhi, and Maharashtra. These include a five-star hotel in
Kochi, a house in New Delhi, 20 flats in Pune and commercial complexes in
Thane, Bandar, Kurla, and Mumbai.With the consent of the court, properties
would be sold and the revenue generated from the sale of properties would be
disbursed among depositors, an official said.In all, the Detective Department
(DD), which is investigating the case, has identified 80 properties owned by
Shaik. The total worth of these properties would be around Rs 1,500 crore. In
the first phase, the police got permission to attach 30 properties in Kerala,
New Delhi, and Maharashtra.Concerned sub-registrar in Kochi, New Delhi, Mumbai,
and Pune will be asked to stop any transaction related to the properties.caravandaily
Tension in Karimnagar after youngster beaten
up by mob
Karimnagar: Tension prevailed at the Karimnagar
rural police station around midnight on Friday, when a group of people
gathered, alleging a Muslim youth was beaten by a mob and forced to chant ‘Jai
Shri Ram’. However, the youngster later confessed that it was not a communal
incident, but he was thrashed over an affair he had with a girl, the police
said.On Saturday, a Twitter account under the name of former corporator of GHMC
Amjed Ullah Khan, of the MBT, shared a video of people at a police station,
alleging BJP/RSS workers were behind the attack on the youngster.Commissioner
of Police VB Kamalasan Reddy responded by tweeting a video in which the
attacked youngster was seen saying he was beaten up over personal issues and it
was not a communal incident.Youth had allegedly been harassing a teenage girl
over the last few days.Police registered a case against 5 persons who beat him
up.newindianexpress
Militancy in Kashmir: Over 100 militants
killed, 50 new recruits in 2019
Srinagar:Over 100 militants, including 23
foreigners, have been killed in Kashmir in the first 5 months of 2019, but what
is keeping the security establishment worried is the large number of new
recruits, officials said on Sunday.According to them, 50 youngsters have joined
various terror outfits since March and the security establishment needs to find
a better way to cut off the supply chain and can consider educating families on
radicalisation of the youth.The officials said 101 militants -- 23 foreigners
and 78 local militants -- were killed in 2019 till May 31. They include top
commanders such as Zakir Musa, the chief of so-called Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a
group affiliated with Al-Qaeda. However, there is a sudden surge of militants
from Hizbul Mujahideen joining Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, especially after the
elimination of Musa on May 23, they said.The officials, many of whom are
engaged in either fighting militancy on the ground or formulating strategy,
believe there is a need for having a relook at the policy.thehindu
In Kashmir, hundreds of pellet gun victims
face a hazy future
Srinagar:Memories haunt Zuhaib Maqbool,32, a
photojournalist, even two years and eight months after the incident. He sleeps
next to his father and gets up in the middle of the night to escape the
recurrence of traumatic memories, like hundreds of other restless pellet
victims who live in all major towns and villages in Kashmir.They find it hard
to cope with the trauma of being hit by pellet shotguns.It was on Sept.4, 2016,
when Zuhaib, like hundreds of others, was hit by a volley of pellets in his
left eye. In his case, he was covering a protest in Srinagar’s Rainawari area,
when hot metal balls pierced his left eye and the upper body. It was dark for
15 seconds, and thereafter, his life stands changed from being a storyteller to
becoming a sad story himself. “I have a handicap to nurse all my life now. The
world has grown hazy for me. I have to live behind shades. Every time I am
alone in the bathroom or bedroom, I cry. It’s hard to be alone now,” Maqbool said.thehindu
Hundreds of Fasting Muslims Brave Hot Sun in
Delhi, Protest in Solidarity with Palestinians
New Delhi:After the Friday prayers, in the hot
waves, hundreds of fasting Muslims gathered at Jantar Mantar near the Indian
Parliament in New Delhi to show their solidarity with the Palestinians, to
condemn the ‘Deal of Century’ proposed by the United States and to raise the
demand of freedom of ‘Baitul Muqaddas’. It was the International Quds Day
celebrated across the globe annually on the Jumatul wida - the last Friday of
the holy month of Ramadan.Besides men, women and children also took part in
this annual gathering. The governments of Israel and America were condemned for
the conditions of the Palestinians. An effigy of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu was also burnt amidst slogans like “Ek Se Badh Kar Ek
Zaleel, America-Israel” and “Israel Murdabad”. Addressing the gathering,
Intezar Naeem, Assistant Secretary, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind said “We should try to
feel the pain of Palestinians who are in the trouble for the last 70 years.
Their children, youth, women are facing atrocities.” President of Muslim
Political Council of India Dr. Tasleem Rahmani said “justice loving people of
the world should ask as to what is the wrongdoing of the Palestinian people and
if there is punishment without crime then definitely it is
injustice."Prominent Shia Muslim cleric and Imam of Kashmiri Gate mosque
Syed Mohsin Ali Taqvi said, “If you put the history of Israel in consideration
and try to understand how this country has reached this position, you will see
that whenever Israel takes steps of expansion, then the Western countries
condemn it. But this condemnation remains just to show the international
community and on the other hand Israel never takes its step back and continues
its actions of expansion. In between there have been some peace conferences
organized, some treaties have been done and they try to show the world this
issue is going to be resolved."At the end of the event, Joint Secretary of
Majlis Ulama-e-Hind Maulana Jalal Haider read the demands that included freedom
of Baitul Muqaddas, rejection of ‘Deal of Century’ treaty.india tomorrow
Mumbai IAS Officer's Anti-Gandhi Tweet Sparks
Row, NCP Calls for Suspension
Mumbai: A Mumbai woman IAS officer's tweet
virtually making a call to erase Mahatma Gandhi from everywhere in the world,
including Indian currency notes, sparked a controversy on Saturday, forcing her
to backtrack on the earlier comments. Nidhi Choudhari, currently Deputy Municipal
Commissioner in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), wrote the tweets on
May 17. They have since been deleted. "What an exceptional celebration of
150th birth anniversary year is going on... High time, we removed his face from
our currency, his statues from across the world, rename institutions/roads
named after him! That would be a real tribute to all of us! ThankU #Godse for
30.01.1948." Terming IAS officer's tweets as "derogatory to Mahatma
Gandhi", NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad demanded that she should be immediately
suspended for glorifying Godse. "We seek immediate suspension of IAS
officer for her derogatory tweets against Mahatma Gandhi. She has also
glorified Godse. This is shocking and such things should not be
tolerated," Awhad told mediapersons today.Under fire from various
quarters, Choudhari said on Friday she had deleted her controversial tweet.IANS
Guests at Indian envoy’s Iftar event complain
of harassment by Pakistan security agencies
A controversy broke out between India and
Pakistan after guests at an Iftar event organised by the Indian High Commission
in Islamabad on June 1 complained of harassment by Pakistani security agencies.
On June 2, a relative of Indian envoy confirmed the incident on social
media.“All those guests last evening fasting and expecting to break their roza
with Indian High Commission; many stood for almost an hour on the road in the
searing heat, famished. So unfortunate. Somehow at home we never let a guest go
hungry,” said Bharati Chaturvedi, spouse of Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria on her
Twitter. Similar comments were put out by noted Pakistanis who were among the
invitees. Politician and activist Farhatullah Babar and journalist Mehreen
Zahra-Malik, among others, called out security forces of Pak for “unprecedented
level of harassment” at Iftar and dinner organised by Indian High Commissioner in
Islamabad. Zahra-Malik pointed out that apart from police,Pakistan’s
anti-terrorism teams were also stationed at the gates of the hotel.Babar said
that the Indian envoy conducted himself “with great grace”.thehindu
Mumbai mosques to serve as community's nerve
centre: timesofindia
In the last 2 weeks or so several mosques in
the city have witnessed a different kind of activity post-tarawih, the nightly
special prayer in the holy month of Ramzan. After the tarawih namaz, activist
and Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) president Aamir Idrisi rises to
speak. Idrisi discusses many crises afflicting the community-illiteracy,
dropout, unemployment, drug menace, disunity. And before the community finds
cures to the multiple malaises, Idrisi says, it must come under a recently
umbrella body called Pasban e Millat. Mosques seldom see speakers discuss
anything except religion and the rituals prescribed to fulfil religious duties.
These Islamic places of worship have traditionally been used to offer namaz
five times a day, deliver Friday sermons or occasional discourses by local or
visiting clerics and preachers. Now role of the mosques in the community's life
is set to enhance. "Almost every Muslim Mohalla has a mosque. We will soon
have a unit of the Pasban in each Mohalla and the imam or another person
attached to that Mohalla's mosque will be the in-charge of the Pasban
unit," says Idrisi. Some mosques in the country have lately opened their
doors for groups of non-Muslims under the "visit our mosque"
initiative. MA Khalid, trustee of a mosque in Dongri, wants to popularise this
initiate. "It helps change perceptions when non-Muslims visit our mosques.
They know what is inside and what happens there. It helps remove many
misunderstandings," says Khalid who wants to launch this campaign more
vigorously after Eid.
India heatwave: Mercury hits 50.6°C in
Rajasthan; IMD warns of severe heat over week, issues red alert in Delhi
New Delhi: Temperatures passed 50°C in
northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages
and heatstroke.The thermometer hit 50.6°C in the Rajasthan desert city of Churu
on Saturday, the weather department said.All of Rajasthan suffered in severe
heat with several cities hitting maximum temperatures above 47°C.IMD said
severe heat could stay for up to a week across Rajasthan, Maharashtra, MP,
Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh states.Several deaths from heatstroke have
already been recorded.A red alert severe heat warning has been issued in New
Delhi as temperatures passed 46°C, and residents were advised not to go out
during the hottest hours of the day. Even in the hill state of Himachal
Pradesh, temperatures reached 44.9°C in Una. Several major cities, led by
Chennai, have reported fears of water shortages as lakes and rivers start to
dry up.AFP
WORLD
Hundreds of Israeli forces and settlers enter
Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Israeli forces have entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque
compound along with hundreds of Jews whom they allowed to access the compound
on Jerusalem Day - when Israelis celebrate the anniversary of their occupation
of East Jerusalem at the end of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.Israeli forces fired
tear gas and detained a number of Palestinians on Sunday who were attending
prayers after protests erupted in the mosque compound following an announcement
that Jews would enter the holy site.It was the first time in about 30 years
that Jews were allowed into the site during the final days of the fasting month
of Ramadan, which coincided this year with the Israeli national holiday
commemorating control over the city.Earlier in the morning, Israeli police had
deployed hundreds of their forces around the mosque compound and across the
city as hundreds of Jews waited at the compound gates to enter.Reporting from
West Jerusalem, Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett said: "What had been announced
was that Jews would not be allowed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound because of
the sensitivity coming up to the end of Ramadan.""But what actually
took place was that hundreds of what we would expect to be right-wing settler
and religious nationalists assembled at the gate demanding entrance. Thousands
of Jews have also flocked to the nearby Western Wall to mark the occasion ahead
of celebrations and marches that will be held around the city in the afternoon
and in the evening.The annual march through the city, including the Muslim
quarter of the Old City forcing Palestinians to shutter their businesses, often
sparks clashes.In a separate incident on Friday, a Palestinian man was shot
dead by Israeli police after an alleged stabbing attack on two Israelis in the
Old City of East Jerusalem.Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, referred to as the Temple
Mount by Jews, is the third-holiest site for Muslims.aljazeera
Over 1,100 settlers tour Aqsa amid violence:
Official
Israel launches attacks in Syria; 3 killed
Israeli warplanes struck Syrian military
targets after rocket fire from Syria, according to the military early Sunday.In
a statement, the army attacked Syrian artillery and aerial defense batteries
after two rockets were fired from Syria at Israel-occupied Golan Heights. “We
hold the Syrian regime accountable and will firmly operate against any attempt
to harm Israeli civilians,” the army said. Syria’s official SANA said 3
soldiers had been killed and seven others injured in the Israeli attacks, which
targeted some sites in southwestern Damascus and Quneitra. SANA, citing a
military source, said Syrian air defenses intercepted several missiles fired by
Israel from Golan Heights. Anadolu Agency
Airstrikes kill 4 in Syria’s de-escalation
zones
IDLIB: 4 civilians were killed in airstrikes
by Bashar al-Assad regime forces and Russia on de-escalation zones in northern
Syria on Sunday, according to the White Helmets civil defense agency. An
airstrike targeted the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib province, leaving two
civilians dead, the White Helmets said. One civilian was also killed in another
airstrike in the village of Fleife, and another in the village of Sheikh Dames,
it said. According to the Syrian opposition, the attack on Khan Shaykhun was
carried out by a Russian warplane that took off from the Khmeimim airbase in
Latakia. Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a
de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression would be expressly prohibited. Anadolu
Agency
US would talk with Iran 'with no
preconditions': Pompeo
Washington is willing to speak with Iran
"with no preconditions", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said
Sunday, but stressed his country would continue working to rein in what he
called Iran's "malign activity"."We are prepared to engage in a
conversation with no preconditions. We are ready to sit down with them,"
Pompeo told a joint news conference in Switzerland with Swiss Foreign Minister
Ignazio Cassis."The American effort to fundamentally reverse the malign
activity of this Islamic Republic, this revolutionary force, is going to
continue," Pompeo added.aljazeera
UN bodies sign MoU with Myanmar for Rohingya
return
Dhaka:2 UN bodies have given Myanmar
government one more year, to establish a framework for the voluntary return of
ethnic Rohingya Muslims to their homes.UN High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday signed extension of
a MoU with Myanmar for one year.But, the rights groups are up against the MoU,
calling it "unacceptable."Interestingly, the full text of the MoU was
not made public. It has not even been shared with Bangladesh, which is housing
over one million Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar region, since August
2017.The MoU is aimed at to create conducive condition for voluntary and
sustainable repatriation of Rohingya from neighboring Bangladesh, according to
the UNDP release.MoU was first signed in Naypyidaw on June 6 last year, which
has now been extended for one more year.Anadolu Agency
Tunisian premier elected leader of new party
Tunis:A newly-founded Tunisian party has
elected Prime Minister Youssef Chahed as its leader, months before the
parliamentary and presidential election. Chahed was elected president of the
Tahya Tounes Party, the party confirmed in a statement on Sunday. The secular
party was founded in January after months of wrangling within the ruling Nidaa
Tounes Party, resulting in the resignation of dozens of leaders. Chahed was
appointed as prime minister in 2016. His government has been struggling to pass
economic reforms amid worsening economic conditions in the North Africa
country. Anadolu
West causes Muslim world pain when they
ridicule Prophet, link ‘terrorism’ with Islam: Pak PM Imran
Makkah: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on
Friday said that the western world must respect the sentiments of Muslim
nations and that West has brought “tremendous pain by ridiculing the
Prophet”.Speaking at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation forum, Khan said,
“OIC, we, have a responsibity to the Muslim world. When anyone in the western
world blasphemes our Prophet, it is a failure of the OIC that we have not been
able to explain to West that the love and affection that we feel for our holy
Prophet, how he lives in our hearts... It was up to us to explain it to the
western countries the pain when they ridicule our Prophet.”Pakistan PM also
hurt Indian sentiments by saying that the people of Kashmir have been “carrying
our their political struggle for freedom but post 9/11, that was also dubbed as
Islamic radical terrorism”, He said.He implored the OIC to take it upon itself
to tell the western world “what it means to us and how we love and respect our
Holy Prophet”.“We live our religion. The western world has completely different
attitude towards religions. In forums like the UN and European Union, we must
explain to them that they cannot hurt the sentiments of 1.3 billion people
under the garb of freedom of expression. The Jews have very succesfully
explained to the world that any misinterpretation of the Holocaust gives them
pain...This forum must take it upon itself to tell the western world what it
means to us and how we love and respect our Holy Prophet,” Khan said.Times Now
Hinduism not blamed for LTTE bombings, then
why link Islam to terrorism: Imran Khan
US now seeking social media details from all
visa applicants
US State Department is now requiring nearly
all applicants for visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email
addresses and phone numbers.In a move that has just taken effect after approval
of the revised application forms, the department says it has updated its
immigrant and non-immigrant visa forms to request the additional information,
including “social media identifiers,” from almost all US applicants.The change,
which was proposed in March 2018, is expected to affect about 15 million
foreigners who apply for visas to enter the US each year.“National security is
our top priority when adjudicating visa applications, and every prospective
traveller and immigrant to the United States undergoes extensive security
screening,” the department said. “We are constantly working to find mechanisms
to improve our screening processes to protect US citizens, while supporting
legitimate travel to the US.”AP
Beijing Says War with US Would be a Disaster
Amid Rising Tensions Over Taiwan, South China Sea
Singapore: China's Defence Minister Wei Fenghe
said on Sunday that a war with the United States would be a disaster for the
world while issuing a warning to Washington not to meddle in security disputes
over Taiwan and the South China Sea.China has been incensed by recent moves by
US President Donald Trump's administration to increase support for self-ruled
and democratic Taiwan, including US Navy sailings through the Taiwan Strait
that separates the island from mainland China.Speaking at the Shangri-La
Dialogue in Singapore, Asia's premier defence summit, Wei said China would
"fight to the end" if anyone tried to interfere in its relationship
with Taiwan, which Beijing considers a sacred territory to be taken by force if
necessary.Reuters
Women across world wear hijab to fight
Islamophobia
Thousands of women are wearing a hijab during
the Muslim’s holy month of Ramadan to raise awareness about the head covering
and educate people on fighting Islamophobia, according to the founder of the
World Hijab Day Organization.From Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Germany Malaysia,
New Zealand, UK the US and all over the world, women are participating in the
group’s Ramadan Challenge for the second straight year, Nazma Khan told Anadolu
Agency.“By inviting women of different faiths and backgrounds to wear the
hijab, it normalizes the hijab,” she said. “Thus, it no longer stays something
‘unknown’ which some might ignorantly fear or see it as a threat.”But some
women have been so inspired they have taken it upon themselves to take the
challenge a step further and decided to fast for 29 or 30 days as required by
the Islamic faith.“For me, participating in 30-day hijab challenge and fasting
is taking a walk in someone else shoes,” World Hijab Day Ambassador Ashley
Pearson told Anadolu Agency. “I wanted to learn what's is like to for others
and understand what they may go through,” said Pearson who lives in
Arkansas.Anadolu Agency
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