Communal Harmony Yatra to reach Delhi tomorrow, 16 October

Oct 15, 2011

New Delhi, 15 October 2011: The Second Communal Harmony Yatra from Ayodhya to Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin is reaching Delhi tomorrow morning, Sunday, 16 October, covering a distance of 490 kms by land. The purpose of the yatra is to abolish fascism, communalism and untouchability and to promote peace, unity and brotherhood. Read Full Article

It seems all we have done over 12 years is simply not enough!

Oct 16, 2011

Can you imagine that in the whole width and breadth of India and in a community boasting a population of 180 million, there is only one (Muslim) company which orders MG for all its board members? We need a lot more subscribers, a lot more advertisers in order to carry on... The losses are only piling up, month after month, year after year... Read Full Article

Mushawarat Nominates office bearers, reconstitutes Guidance Council

Jan 17, 2012

In accordance with Article 9.1 of the constitution of ALL INDIA MUSLIM MAJLIS-E- MUSHAWARAT [Umbrella body of the Indian Muslim Organizations], the President has nominated the following ten members to the MMA Read Full Article

Maulana Mohd Ali Jauhar Award to Tytler: Appeal to other 7 recipients to decline it

Dec 03, 2011

Text of an appeal to seven individuals to decline the Maulana Mohd Ali Jauhar Award given by Maulana Mohd Ali Jauhar Academy, New Delhi New Delhi (3 December 2011): According to a news report in the Milli Gazette of 1 December 2011, Jagdish Tytler, an accused in the anti-Sikh pogrom of 1984, will be awarded the Maulana Mohd Ali Jauhar Award on 10 December 2011 at the India Isl... Read Full Article

72 hour fast against illegal arrests of Indian Muslims in Jamia Nagar

Dec 07, 2011

I have chosen my own house beside Rajghat or Jantar Mantar because Muslim Youths are not even safe in their houses so symbolically I am sitting in my own House. Read Full Article

Rushdie and the Demonization of Islam

By Shad Shahid

Feb 01, 2012

When the mainstream media went to town depicting the absence of Rushdie as a loss for India’s liberal traditions and democratic ethos, it was indeed a naive analysis. To properly take cognizance of this matter and deliberate on its repercussions, a dialectical inquiry is necessary to contextualize the larger historical and literary issues touching the Rushdie affair. Read Full Article

Modi's Martyrdom Via Sanjiv Bhatt?

By Farzana Versey

Oct 03, 2011

While everyone was assuming that Narendra Modi will be busy fasting and watching disco dandiya during the Navratri festival, he quietly got his band of stick-wielders to arrest former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. As we all know, Bhatt says he was present when directions were issued by Modi to let Hindus “vent out their anger” and teach Muslims a lesson. Read Full Article

Jerusalem — Past and Present - Part ii

By Zafarul-Islam Khan

Apr 16, 2011

(Continued from the previous issue) During the British occupation, Jerusalem was the political and administrative centre of their administration. As Jews gained strength, thanks to the British support despite repeated Arab protests and revolts, a private Jewish army called Haganah and many Jewish terrorist organizations like Irgun, sprang up. Immediately after the second world war, they ... Read Full Article

Learn Islamic Finance from its Pioneers

Jul 16, 2011

Al Jamia Al Islamiya Calls for applications for Post Graduate Diploma in Islamic Economics & Finance (PGDIEF) [Accredited by Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE), London] Read Full Article

Mr. Bhagat: Please get off our backs, will you!

By Firdaus Ahmed

Sep 25, 2011

Gratuitous advice is better ignored. Nevertheless, the ‘Underage Optimist’, Chetan Bhagat, intellectual icon of Generation Y, needs an answer. His advice for Muslims in his latest column, is, ‘Don’t let them divide and rule any more’. The assumption is that Muslims are permitting ‘them’ to ‘divide and rule’. Read Full Article

Bihar Forbesganj Killings: Protest in Delhi, Time bound judicial probe and arrest of Police personnel demanded

Jun 14, 2011

New Delhi (13 June 2011): Activists, Students and Teachers on Monday here staged a protest at Bihar Bhawan against the police firing in Araria district of Bihar earlier this month which killed five villagers, including a pregnant woman and a six-month-old baby. On June 3rd 2011, the police opened fire on a group of villagers who were blocking a road to protest against an upcoming factory... Read Full Article

Ulama Council to protest in Delhi for Batla House encounter probe

By Haider Abbas

Sep 18, 2011

Rashtriya Ulama Council to hold a rally in Delhi tomorrow. RUC cadre coming from U.P. in a train they have chosen to call "Azamgarh to L-18 Batla House." Around 25,000 people are expected to march to Jantar Mantar on Sept 19, from New Delhi railway station. Read Full Article

4th Islamic Book Fair in Delhi till this Sunday

By Mazin Khan

Oct 07, 2011

New Delhi: This is the fourth consecutive year that Al-Hasanat Books Private Limited and India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi have jointly organized an Islamic Book Fair in the capital. Read Full Article

No action yet on Liberhan

By Haider Abbas

Apr 16, 2011

Lucknow: The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), formed on Feb 6, 1986, after the Babri Masjid locks were opened up on Feb 1, 1986, had its first sitting, since the last September verdict, at Lucknow last month. It was presided over by advocate Mushtaq Ahmed Siddiqui. The meeting took stock of the issues pertaining to the Babri Masjid. The mood was all upbeat as more than 65 members, from ... Read Full Article

The Spirit of Ramadan — Eid Mubarak

By Mike Ghouse

Aug 30, 2011

Rituals signify the mile stones of our daily life. Every significant moment of the day is a ritual. It is an unwritten way of measuring our progression; a memory pattern to bring discipline to our actions. Read Full Article