16-31 January 2010
Table of Contents
Ruchika, Neelofar, Asiya & India’s real villains (NM Sampathkumar Iyangar) 1
Dialogue between Islam and Oriental religions 1
Cartoon MG/Yusuf 1
Issue / Opinion
Imam Husain pride of humanity (Pundit Ram Nath Sharma ‘Raman’ Amrohvi) 2
Equality for one and all (Sheikh Gulzaar) 2
A hope for the year 2010 (Mirza A. Beg) 2
National
Friction following inter-religious marriage 3
Muslim Personal Law Board meet – preparations in progress at Lucknow (Masood Hasan) 3
ISM State Conference came to an end (T. Riyas Babu) 3
Mushrif makes startling disclosures about Pragya’s laptops (Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan) 3
National
Abhinav Bharat claims to be IB informer 4
Crorepati clerks 4
Moral policing of Sri Rama Sena 4
Kerala Jamate Islami Women’s Conference (T. Riyas Babu) 4
Muslim women healthier: study 4
Palestine, Iran: demand to delineate Indian policy 4
HC stays plan for Islamic bank in Kerala (T. Riyas Babu) 4
National
Evidence galore of police brutality and sexual violence at Godhra (Meera Rafi Malek, Prasad Chacko) 5
Kandhamal rioters convicted 5
New BJP chief dreams of capturing Red Fort (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 5
National
Home Minister apologises for his “Jihad” remark 6
AFMI Convention at Indore 6
Indore: Delegates of the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) were in India since last week of December (Nilofar Suhrawardy) 6
National
Liberhan report: response of AIMPLB (Husain Amin) 7
Efforts by American Muslims to influence US Policy 7
Massacre at Ode Village in 2002 – Rehanaben’s eyewitness accounts of heinous crimes (Firoz Vohra) 7
National
Discussions at Muslim Personal Law Board meet (Haider Abbas) 8
In Modi’s Gujarat, Muslims assume Hindu names to find work (Mushtaq ul Haq Ahmad Sikander) 8
Pandemonium at Ghalib Seminar 8
Kashmir’s one lakh orphans: minting money on human misery 8
Analysis
RSS and Minorities (Ram Puniyani) 9
Survey of illegal places of worship in U.P. 9
Irate women set liquor shops ablaze 9
National
Police assault on Godhra women (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Telangana heat catches Gujarat 10
The Decline of Persian in India (Sumit Paul) 10
Human Rights
Why should we believe in intelligence reports? (Majid Jahangir) 11
IMA attack-accused acquitted (Majid Jahangir) 11
Death by police bullets leads to violence and burning of police station 11
Batla House encounter: police asked to furnish details of CD 11
NIA would investigate Goa blasts (Majid Jahangir) 11
Issues
How to revive the spirit of Jamia Millia? (Syed Shahabuddin) 12
Special Reportss
Communal Riots 2009 – a review (Asghar Ali Engineer) 13
Jammu & Kashmir
Dateline Srinagar: Afsana Rashid 14
“J&K autonomy can be considered”: report on Centre-State ties 14
Demand to demine and shift Forces Camp 14
Suicide attack in Srinagar 14
Muharram procession disallowed 14
Dialogue with Pak parliamentarians 14
Rejoinders / Opinion
Who killed Karkare? (Kamar Dheen, S. Haque, Khan Yasir) 15
Minarets (A.M.A. Pira) 15
Creation of Minority Constituencies (Imam Saheb Itagi) 15
You will get development when you vote for development (Pamameen) 15
The 3 idiots-lessons learnt (Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan) 15
Telengana (Dr. Abdul Hameed Maqdoomi, Mohammed Sadullah Khan) 15
Will US win the war in Afghanistan? (Palkodimir, Syed Sultan Mohiddin, Mohammed Sadullah Khan) 15
Dubai’s 880 meters of arrogant-decadence (Raja Chemayel) 15
Newsmakers
Prof Ameen — man with a mission 16
Sahitya Akademy Award to UA Khader 16
Special Reports
Egypt prevents Gaza march, strengthens seige (Zafarul-Islam Khan) 17
Cartoon M/G Yusuf 17
Analysis
Mumbai attack: a new twist (Nilofar Suhrawardy) 18
Are we ready for Islamic banking? 18
Conclusion of (p. no. 12) 18
Community News
Fiqh seminar in Deoband 19
Personality Development Courses 19
Mishra Report: demand for speedy implementation 19
Ghalib remembered on his 212th birthday 19
List of religious buildings on government land 19
Interest-free loans for self employment 19
English medium madrasas to be set up in West Bengal 19
Govt moots stringent law for Wakf land encroachers 19
Film fest in AMU 19
Community News
Muslim MPs meet Manmohan Singh (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 20
Tension blows over on desecration of Qur’an 20
Muslims for permission for Namaz in Vellore Fort Mosque 20
India — a time-tested friend of Iran 20
MP Muslim women top literacy index 20
Caravan of Islamic madrasas 20
Queen Razia Sultana’s mazar found in Rajasthan 20
Community News
Tipu Sultan Uni. to come up in Mysore 21
Demands of Muslim Personal Law Board meet 21
Islamiaat examination for (2010) 21
One more minorities department created in Rajasthan 21
Lecture on Science and Qur’an 21
More opportunities of employment in India 21
Sectarian riots in Miranpur’s village 21
Iranian cultural counsellor visits Shibli Academy 21
Community News
Makka Masjid: Saudi co. offers to maintain 22
Sufiya Madani Arrested 22
Kerala HC stayed the probe into Love Jihad 22
Names of Allah and Muhammad seen inside a potato 22
Azmi’s son to contest by-election from Bhiwandi 22
Prof. Zahoor Qasim gifts Rs 3 lakh to AMU 22
Thirty thousand troops withdrawn from J&K 22
Nanavati Commission gets yet another extension22
AMU to collaborate with Indonesian institute 22
International
False Flag Event in Detroit a Pretext to Invade Yemen (Kurt Nimmo) 23
The 10,000 disappeared haunt Pakistan govt (Abdus Sattar Ghazali) 23
International
Israel Rules (Paul Craig Roberts) 24
Gaza Must Be Rebuilt Now (Jimmy Carter) 24
International
The World’s Betrayal of Gaza (Khalid Amayreh) 25
Prince Naif Prize distributed 25
International
Is Yemen Next on the U.S. Hit List? (Karamatullah K. Ghori) 26
International
2009: Another hard year for American Muslims (Abdus Sattar Ghazali) 27
Book
Partition with nationalist goggles off 28
Reformist voices 28
Islamic Perspectives
Islam — Capitalism or Socialism (Asghar Ali Engineer) 29
Seek knowledge; Qur’an’s command to Muslims (Obaidur Rahman Nadwi) 29
MG Classifieds 30
Letters
MG (Anis Reyaz, U.F. Malek, Yaqubmama) 31
Justice Saghir report on J&K autonomy (Nasir Hussain Peerzadah) 31
Injustice in India (Dr Abdul Hameed Maqdoomi, Aziz A. Mubaraki) 31
Chidambram on “Jihad” (Dr T A Rehmani, Ghulam Mohiyuddin) 31
Innocent Muslim Youths and Judicial System (Faheemuddin) 31
Plight of Gujarat Muslims (Ghulam Muhammed, Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan) 31
Muslim village is handicapped but no one cares (S Haque) 31
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