1-15 April 2011
Table of Contents
Muslims beaten up in U.P. jail (Haider Abbas) 1
Scientist honoured (Dr. MIH Farooqi) 1
Issue / Opinion
Muslims in a maelstrom (Irfan Merchant) 2
Lest we forget….! (Fr. Cedric Prakash sj) 2
National
Documentary on the ugly face of Hindutva (Ram Puniyani) 3
Saffron students union extinguishes one more life (AG Khan) 3
India becomes world’s biggest arms importer (MG News Desk) 3
Delhi govt hikes ex-gratia for victims of riots and blasts (MG News Desk) 3
Jharkhand to implement ban on cow slaughter (MG News Desk) 3
National
NIA to investigate all Saffron terror cases across India 4
Police officer burnt alive in Rajasthan 4
Army directed to reopen Purohit probe 4
Malegaon RDX was stolen from Army 4
Police theory on Ishrat death doubted 4
Deep in Kandhamal villages, thugs enforce boycott (John Dayal) 4
Justice has not been done in ‘06 Malegoan blast probe Excerpts from the ATS chargesheet in Malegaon case 4
National
Anguish over the Muslim-specific Enemy Property Bill (Haider Abbas) 5
National
26 names: the tip of black money iceberg (AG Khan) 6
Black Money: The Swindler’s List (Zafarul-Islam Khan) 6
Pogrom 2002 an “internal Gujarati matter”: Modi (The India Cables) 6
National
Libyan oil is West’s main target (Ghitreef Shahbaz) 7
Tomb being converted into a temple (NA Ansari) 7
Demand for separate budget for Muslims out of the total budget for minorities
(NA Ansari) 7
National
Govt turned down Sachar’s recommendation for Wakf cadre (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 8
JIH delegation visits Imam University in Riyadh 8
Verdict on Godhra: farcical conspiracy (A. J. Philip) 8
National
Bhopal survivors ask India to learn from Fukushima (Pervez Bari) 9
Salam from Iraq (Asaad A. M. A-Salih) 9
National
In Gujarat, only Modi is safe (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Modi, law-and-order and Hindutva (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Modi flatters Gujarat Muslims (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Human Rights / Terrorism
ATS haste brought hell to an entire family in Malegaon (ummid.com) 11
Counter-terrorism centre stuck in a turf war (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 11
NIA is searching for Kalsangra in Nepal (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 11
Court orders govt to pay Rs 2 lakh to four men implicated in false case (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 11
Spell out your stand on terror: Law Minister Moily tells BJP (MG News Desk) 11
Kandhamal riots survivors want NIA probe (MG News Desk) 11
BJP MLA convicted in Kandhamal riots surrenders (MG News Desk) 11
Issues
Urdu in India: victim of Hindu nationalism & Muslim separatism - i (Syed Shahabuddin) 12
Issues
Is Bhoomi Puja by State a Secular act? (Ram Puniyani) 13
Analysis
Thackeray’s stand towards Indian Muslims (Nilofar Suhrawardy) 14
Wikileaks unravels India’s dirty politics (Mohammad Naushad khan) 14
Some important resolutions of Fiqh Academy seminar (Compiled and translated from Urdu by Ghitreef Shahbaz) 14
Jammu & Kashmir
Dateline Srinagar: Afsana Rashid 15
Repeal Public Safety Act, asks Amnesty15
US rides two horses in J&K 15
Interlocutors display their helplessness 15
Smoking on the rise in the Valley 15
Militants waiting to sneak in: Army 15
Militant activity 15
Newsmakers 16
Militant activity (Mohammad Khalil) 16
Special Reports
National award to RTI activist (Nazim Khan) 17
HWF scholarships to 45 students of Delhi 17
“Tabassum Madam” saved 3000 Indians in Libya (Kashif Khusro) 17
Community News
Book on A.P. Muslims published 18
Selections from the Holy Quran for AMU Events 18
No implementation of Sachar Committee’s report in MP 18
Depriving Urdu schools of privileges is regrettable 18
UPA government not sincere about the progress of the Muslim minority (NA Ansari) 18
Trinamool & Left likely to give more tickets to Muslims 18
Centenary celebration of Khatme Nubbuwat Movement 18
On-time publishing of Urdu text-books demanded 18
DMK allots three seats to Muslim League 18
RSS-backed survey irks Nitish Kumar 18
“Shias being ignored since Independence” 18
Community News
The Qur’an is the need of every soul 19
Rajasthan Waqf Board to build hostel for Muslim girls 19
Jamia Millia among 50 important universities of the country 19
Forty-three years of Maktaba Jamia’s Aligarh branch 19
Religious leaders against euthanasia 19
Defamation case filed against Arshad Madni 19
JUH chief to meet CEC about Assam Muslim voters 19
Musafir Nawaz Bahutere released 19
Indian Peace Mission to Pakistan 19
“Minority institutions not being ignored”: Justice Siddiqui 19
Haj Committee should be autonomous 19
Community News
Sahitya Akademi seminar on Faiz 20
High Court’s notices to AMU’s VC and Registrar 20
Sweetness of Urdu appreciated in Europe 20
Amit Shah headed extortion gang: CBI 20
Federation of Muslim Educational Institutions launched 20
NCMEI decision of declaring JMI as a minority institution to be implemented in (2011-12) 20
PM advocates SCs status to Dalit Christian and Muslims 20
Community News
Loot and incompetence in DD Urdu 21
Bangla nationals still in jails after conviction period 21
Resolutions of the Muslim Reservation Movement 21
Seminar on Revisiting Adabiat-e-Dastan-i-Farsi 21
Over 2000 cases of Rajasthan waqfs pending in courts 21
Extension lecture on Iqbal’s poetry 21
Leaders condemn the western campaign against Libya 21
Modern education for Muslim women 21
Community News
Unrest drives Kashmiris to booze 22
India Inc to hire Jammu and Kashmir youth (Vishwa Mohan, TNN, Mar 12, 2011) 22
Communal Violence bill soon 22
DDA offers alternative plot for razed mosque 22
Minorities need a healing touch: Mahesh Bhatt 22
Govt to back AMU VC despite graft charges (Excerpted from a report by Ehtasham Khan in theindianawaaz.com) 22
Trial in Rizwan case starts after SC order 22
International
Beyond Mandate: the UN Resolution on Libya (Arshi Khan) 23
Gaddafi’s murderous regime must be eradicated (Khalid Amayreh) 23
Israel ranked among least popular states (ynetnews.com) 23
International
Jerusalem - Past and Present - i (Zafarul-Islam Khan) 24
International
A new crusade (Eric Margolis) 25
Assange is afraid if he touches Israel 25
Jews 'own the White House': Thomas 25
International
Arab Double-Standard takes Inspiration from American Model (Karamatullah K. Ghori) 26
Book
Rural life of Andhra Muslims, Book: Tunes of Life (Telugu short stories), Author: Sasisree (pen name), English version : Swati Sripada, Publisher: Nethram Publications, Kadapa (A.P.), Price: Rs. 75, Pages: 68, Year: 2009 27 (AG Khan) 27
Islam Terrorism or a model religion? Book: Islam: Dahshatgardi ya ek misali deen (Urdu), Author: Swami Laxmi Shanker Acharya, Publisher: Bharat Jan Seva Perkashan, Hardoi Road, Sikrori via Kakori, Lucknow, UP, Urdu translation: by Sanaullah Suman, Year of publication 2010, Pages: 104, Price: 40.00 (Ghitreef Shahbaz) 27
Islamic Perspectives
Islamic identity in secular India - ii (Asghar Ali Engineer) 28
MG Classifieds 29
Rejoinder / Opinion / Letters
On The Burden of Secularism (Sharjeel Ahmad) 30
Sanaullah Zeba Jaunpuri (Shakeel Ahmad Frank) 30
Modi’s end (Dr Shamsul Alam) 30
Justice delayed and denied for innocent Muslims (Syed Khurshid Anwar) 30
Muslims and media (Dr. M. Hashim Kidwai) 30
Godhra was stage-managed by Modi (G. Hasnain Kaif) 30
Muslims in Bengal are in dilemma (Aziz A.Mubaraki) 30
Enemy Property that does not belong to Enemy (Ghulam Muhammed) 30
Brinda Karat’s visit of Kashmir (Dr. Abdul Hameed Maqdoomi) 30
Saffron terror (Khan Vellayani) 30
WikiLeaks exposure on mercy petitions in India (Subhash Chandra Agarwal) 30
CBI and its role in Babri Masjid case (Rajmohan) 30
Which Islam? (Sultan A. Patel) 30
Tribute to Arjun Singh (G. Hasnain Kaif) 30
Maulana Mazharul Haque award for Nitish Kumar? (S. Haque) 30
Effects on Muslims after Godhra (Khan Vellayani) 30
Pray for Abhyanand DGP Bihar recovery (S. Haque) 30
India the most problematic country (Dr. Abdul Hameed Maqdoomi) 30
Let respected ladies ponder (S.A.U. Patel) 30
Rejoinder / Opinion / Letters
Malnutrition among children (Mohd Ziyaullah Khan) 30
More to add to judicial standards and accountability bill (Subhash Chandra Agarwal) 30
Hike in MPLADS (S. Haque) 30
Pray for Ahlulbait, too (S.A.U. Patel) 31
Govt disapprove vagina test (Atiq Khan) 31
Gender violence and love by Paul (Richard Gutiérrez) 31
World Water Day (Mohd Ziyaullah Khan) 31
Japan’s nuclear crisis an eye opener (Syed Sultan Mohiddin, Hem Raj Jain) 31
The upheaval in the Arab World (Y.R. Pathan, Syed Sultan Mohiddin, Ghulam Muhammed, Ghulam Mohiyuddin, Syed Adfar Rashid Shah, Kodimirpal, Javed Jamil, Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani) 31
Census survey (Ghulam Muhammed) 31
Wither Pakistan? (S. Akhtar) 31
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