1-15 May 2013

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Special Reports

Merger of all factions of the Momin Conference

New Delhi: All different factions of Momin Conference have now agreed to merge themselves into one consolidated organisation of new All India Momin Conference and to work jointly and with renewed strength for the all round educational, social a...

Book on Kashmir’s Mandela, Dr. Qasim Faktoo released

New Delhi: “Dr. Muhammad Qasim: The Victim of Political Vendetta,” a book on the Kashmiri Mandela, Dr. Muhammad Qasim,  was released here on 23 April at the Constitution Club by Prof Jagmohan (nephew of Shaheed Bhagat Singh) an...

‘Ignorance is the mother of misunderstanding’

Patna: Syed Abdullah Tariq, popularly known as the ambassador of communal harmony, said here ‘Ignorance is the mother of misunderstanding’. Many social conflicts take place because of misconceptions. Delivering a talk on ‘...

Urdu Caravan flagged off

New Delhi: Last month a first of its kind initiative was taken to restore the lost glory of Urdu by launching the Urdu Heritage Caravan (UHC)  which was flagged off on 19 September from New Delhi. UHC is organised by Indian Development &am...

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National

Jamiat Ulama's Legal cell in Pune

New Delhi: Jamiat Ulama-e Hind’s general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madni said while speaking to media persons in Delhi on 4 April that in spite of continued harassment and arrest of innocent Muslims and Central government’s insensit...

Syed Liyaqat Shah case: NIA team visits Valley

Srinagar: Continuing its investigations into former militant Syed Liyaqat Shah’s arrest, a six-member National Investigation Agency (NIA) team landed in the valley, April 11 for further probe. The team recorded statements of Shah&rsqu...

Spurious drugs scandal rocks the Valley

Srinagar: Exposure of the fact of spurious drugs being available rocked the valley. Apart from mainstream politicians; separatists, human rights and civil society groups too voiced their concerns. Protest demonstrations were witnessed and shutd...

Afzal Guru's family to approach apex court

Srinagar: The family of 2001 Parliament attack convict, Mohammad Afzal Guru plans to move the Apex Court so that no other family is denied the right to meet their loved one before being hanged. His elder brother, Aijaz Guru April 16 has bee...

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Analysis

Bihari Identity Assumes A New Importance!

Only three of the 40 legislators in Lok Sabha from Bihar are Muslims, with one each from Janta Dal-United (JD-U), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. Muslims form around 16.5 percent of the population of Bihar. Only 19 of the 243-mem...

Freedom of Expression or Freedom to Blaspheme?

Freedom of expression must not be confused with freedom from the consequences of expression. Exercising freedom and abusing it are not the same. The latter forfeits the former. Just because we are free to express ourselves, it doesn’t fre...

Discrimination will cost Congress dearly

Bhopal: Political parties may be shedding crocodile tears over the plight of Muslims in India but they have done little to address the suffering of the community. There are shocking reports of excesses against the community members in Congress-...

The Current crisis in “Bodoland”

The so-called “Bodoland” consists of four lower Assam districts (Kokrajhar, Baksa, Chirang and Udalguri) which together are known as Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) and are administered by the Bodoland Territorial C...

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Community News

Indian Muslim Men & Women In News

Dr TARIQ ZAFAR, a retired senior officer of Barkatullah University. Bhopal’s minority cell has been appointed Vice Chancellor of Bhopal’s Bhoj Open University by Madhya Pradesh’s Governor Ram Naresh Yadav, who is also the Chan...

Shamshad Begum falls silent

Mumbai: Shamshad Begum, one of the earliest and most versatile playback singers from the golden age of Bollywood music, died here at her residence here on 23 April after prolonged illness. She was 94. Born in Amritsar in Punjab in 1919, she mad...

JNU couldn't do a Jamia, hate-monger Tarek Fatah was ABVPs 'guest'!

Posters were up to protest Jawaharlal Nehru University letting a hate-monger use it to spread vemon.

Programme on Amir Khusro at AMU

Aligarh: Bazm-e-Aftab, a student body of literary and cultural activities of Aftab Hall, Aligarh Muslim University organized a literary evening "Adab Ki Ek Shaam, Hazrat Amir Khusro Ke Naam" and in his memory followed by a mushairah o...

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Focus

Demographic Dividend and Indian Muslims - i

The objective here is to drive the community to face the challenges and prepare to capitalize on the dividend. It will be a dividend if we accelerate our preparation, else it will be a curse.

JTSA releases Delhi Police's Special Cell Report on framing & acquittals

New Delhi: Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association released “Framed, Damned, Acquitted: Dossiers of a very ‘Special’ Cell” at the Jamia Millia Islamia on 18 September. The 200-page report was released by Justice Raj...

Naroda Patiya Case: Victims’ Faith In Justice Reaffirmed

The convoluted logic is that if Sikhs could be killed, why not Muslims? The moot point is: why any Indian citizen should be killed at all?

SC petition stalls AMU Kishanganj campus

An RTI application has revealed that a writ petition (No. 5329/2010) filed by one Jai Narayan Kumar challenging the establishment of an AMU centre at Kishanganj, currently pending in the Supreme Court, is the cause of the two year-long-and-cont...

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