16-31 July 2011
Table of Contents
U.P. elections and Muslims (Mohammad Shahid) 1
2011 most peaceful for J&K in the past two decades (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 1
NIA unravels the Gujarat lab of Hindutva terror (AG Khan) 1
Cartoon (MG/Yusuf) 1
Issue / Opinion
SDPI: a new perspective on politics (E. Abubacker) 2
Don’t tinker with Ghazal (Sumit S Paul) 2
National
Forbesganj police attack a blot on Nitish image (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 3
Police had no reason to open fire: NCM 3
1.5 trillion dollars of Muslims’ deposit interest lying unclaimed in banks (NA Ansari) 3
National
Pastor attacked, RSS worker arrested, Media silent 4
Rs 10 lakh to kill Agnivesh 4
Two pastors assaulted and arrested on false charges (Asia News) 4
TN dalit boy thrashed, NHRC concerned (Saiyed Danish) 4
RSS worker murder: NIA seeks FIR, chargesheet from MP (ibnlive.in.com) 4
Child labour generates Rs 1.2 lakh crore black money yearly (PTI, 12 June 2011) 4
National
IICC blamed for irregularities (NA Ansari) 5
Space for Muslim politics in UP (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 5
How free are citizens of India? 5
National
Khurshid advocates critical review of Sachar recommendations 6
Khurshid for killing Mishra recommendations 6
Minority Ministry appoints monitors 6
Shri Salman Khurshid must quit the Govt and the Congress 6
An open letter to Minister of Minority Affairs (Kaleem Kawaja) 6
National
Would they count you if you said you were a Christian (or Muslim) Dalit? (John Dayal) 7
Destination Indore for getting daughter changed into a boy! (MG News Desk) 7
BBC regrets fake child labour footage (MG News Desk) 7
National
A New Dimension of Christian Persecution in India (evangelicalnews.org) 8
Godhra judge was on Hindutva terrorists’ hitlist (Saiyed Danish) 8
Actor Mohammed Badiuzzaman Azmi is no more (thenews.com.pk) 8
National
Appointment of a woman officer in Haj Committee stirs objection (NA Ansari) 9
Amarnath Yatra begins in Kashmir (Saiyed Danish) 9
Chaos and anxiety hampers BJP’s morale (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 9
National
Gujarat pogroms documents destroyed or intact? (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Gujarat Police summons Teesta (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Modi behind the flip-flop in Isharat case? (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Human Rights / Terrorism
Conditions of prisoners in jails (Javed Ahmad Ansari) 11
Case filed against Muslim youths simply because of an accidental shove (MG News Desk) 11
Police in MP claims security angle behind Christian profiling (MG News Desk) 11
Furqan acquitted after 10 years, cops planted weapon (MG News Desk) 11
Delhi sends five cops to jail for custodial killing (Saiyed Danish) 11
Case registered against Sadhvi and others (NA Ansari) 11
Issues
Muslims never restrained from entering Babri (Haider Abbas) 12
Issues
Ramdas Athawale allies with Shiv Sena (Ram Puniyani) 13
ANHAD threatened for supporting Sanjiv Bhat (NA Ansari) 13
Analysis
Reservation & Muslims (Nilofar Suhrawardy) 14
Selective indignation: why only some reservations disturb media (JYOTI PUNWANI) 14
Hindutvites’ half-hearted love of Ayodhya (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 14
Jammu & Kashmir
Dateline Srinagar: Afsana Rashid 15
Omar hints at withdrawal of AFPSA by year end 15
Pandit Samiti allegations refuted 15
Geelani releases autobiography 15
PDP demands release of detained youth 15
Mega Panchayat to be held soon 15
Chidambram satisfied with security 15
Militants killed 15
Newsmakers 16
Poet Hasan Chishti Honored 16
Harun Rashid Khan is new RBI Dy. Governor 16
Special Reports
Malaysian conference on Muslim unity 17
Turn not thy face from the society: SIO 17
Book on Zafarul Islam Khan 17
Conference on Indo-Asean trade 17
Anam Munaf Vadgama 17
Cartoon (MG/Yusuf) 17
Community News
Better education for Muslims: AFMI 18
Communal clash in Sambhal village 18
CBI takes over murder probe of SHO Phool Mohammad 18
Mumbai charity commissioner to face action over Waqfs 18
Job opportunities for youth trained by IICC & NEF 18
New admissions to Darul Umoor 18
Emphasis on promotion of tourism in Jammu & Kashmir 18
J&K govt to spend Rs. 315 crore for rural healthcare 18
Court rejects petition against scholarships to poor Muslims 18
Plan panel questions Modi policy against minorities 18
Fraudster Imtiyaz Syed sent on police remand 18
10 tonnes of new textbooks sold as scrap in Modi’s Gujarat 18
Community News
Bengal govt to offer scholarships 19
Beggar dies with 2 lakhs worth of currency notes 19
Sardar’s tallest statue faces hurdles 19
SC rejects the petitions of blast accused (AH Lakhani) 19
Co-education is “poisonous”: Syed Ali Shah Geelani (Afsana Rashid) 19
RDX landing case: court refuses to intervene 19
MP textbooks to teach Savarkar, Bhagvad Gita (Saiyed Danish) 19
Nanavati panel rejects plea to cross examine Sanjeev Bhat 19
Court keeps decision in Rais Khan case pending 19
Disburse compensation claims within a fortnight: HC 19
Prof. Kidwai lecture on English translations of the Qur’an 19
Bhadiad tragedy: compensation cheques presented 19
Awards to meritorious students 19
‘Babri could have been saved had Congress used lathis (Manzar Mehdi) 19
Community News
EU links FTA with India to Kashmir 20
Popular Front announces Scholarship Scheme 20
Jamia’s Faculty of Law ranked 5th 20
Murder case against Araria SP in Forbesganj killings (Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net) 20
Another Muslim outfit for social uplift of Muslims (Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net) 20
Malegaon bomb blasts: NIA report ready 20
Muslim royals keen to join saffron bandwagon (Nikunj Soni - dnaindia.com) 20
Forbesganj: They are making a mountain out of a molehill: Nitish (Based on Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net) 20
More “SIMI” activists arrested 20
Kashmiri students pass SSC exams with Marathi (Saiyed Danish) 20
Community News
Maharashtra nod to AMU Malegaon (ummid. com) 21
Demand for sacking Muslim lady Info Commissioner 21
Sadiq Jamal Encounter: CBI probe ordered (AG Khan) 21
US Zakat Foundation distributes 300 school bag kits 21
Peace Party president injured in road accident 21
Lecture in Shah-i-Hamadan Institute 21
Natgrid, NIA out of RTI purview 21
Community News
Tribunal grants bail to Haider Ali 22
Jamia Urdu, Aligarh’s regional centre in Delhi 22
Jamia Urdu, Aligarh’s Moallim Urdu degree recognised 22
MP Govt accused of bias against Kashmiri students 22
Delhi MLA Asif Muhammad Khan acquitted 22
Muslims to be deprived of housing under JNNURM scheme 22
Municipal corporation project endangers Muslim shrine 22
Most wanted Bhavesh Patel: police helped him to abscond 22
No financial assistance to10, 000 madrasas in Bengal 22
New home secretary takes over, while his predecessor betrays his bias (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 22
International
Palestinian people power could it be a game-changer? (Alan Hart) 23
Jirga of ulama says suicide attacks are haram 23
BBC to show film on Prophet 23
Cartoon (MG/Yusuf) 23
International
In Israel, a Tsunami Warning (Noam Chomsky) 24
Half of World’s Refugees are running from U.S. 24
Museum exhibit showcases Muslim scientists' inventions (arabnews.com) 24
US-Muslim Brotherhood Contacts To Resume 24
Turkey PM: Israel must still apologize for last year's Gaza flotilla raid 24
International
Murdoch empire heads for a fall (Mike Whitney) 25
International
A Complicit West in Crimes against Gaza (Karamatullah K. Ghori) 26
Book
Pangal Musalman: Manipuri Muslims: Book: Manipuri Muslims, Author: Farooque Ahmad, Publisher: Pharos Media, Year: 2011, Pages: 192 PB, Price: Rs. 200, ISBN - 10:81-7221 - 049 – 3, ISBN - 13:978 - 81 - 7221 - 049 - 6 (Dr AG Khan) 27
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Islamic Perspectives
How Samarkand was conquered (Fatma Dawood) 28
The Prophet (pbuh) on women 28
MG Classifieds 29
Rejoinder / Opinion / Letters
MG (S. Akhtar) 30
IB Steno Praveen Swami (Ali Khan, Salman Khan, Mohammed Abdullah, Zaighum) 30
Communalism and riots more danger than corruption (Zuber Ahmed Khan) 30
Humane touch to India-Pak relation (Syed Sultan Mohiddin) 30
Motherhood (Nazneen O.Saherwala) 30
Gita lessons for M.P. schools (S. Haque) 30
Wealth in temples and Dargah (Dr Maqdoomi) 30
Gujarat’s partisan law and order and state machinery (Zuber Ahmed Khan) 30
Rejoinder / Opinion / Letters
Foul language (Nazneen O.Saherwala) 30
PM, Judiciary under Lokpal (Syed Sultan Mohiddin) 30
Non-courteous Nitish (S. Haque) 30
BJP cautious on Lokpal (Dr Mookhi Amir Ali) 30
Separate Telangana is in the making (Mohammad Azam, Dr Maqdoomi) 30
Nuclear (Syed Sultan Mohiddin) 30
Dismal performance of HRD ministry (Dr. Hashim Kidwai) 30
Living Gandhi buried alive (Dr Mookhi Amir Ali) 31
Gulni anti-Muslim riots (S. Haque) 31
The plight of Telangana (Dr Maqdoomi) 31
After aborting now sex change (Madhu Agarwal) 31
Wine–Mother of all evils (G. Hasnain Kaif) 31
Indian-American Muslim council demands CBI Inquiry (S. Haque) 31
It is raining crores (Dr. Hashim Kidwai) 31
Corruption (Dr Mookhi Amir Ali) 31
India-Pakistan talks (Dr Maqdoomi) 31
Shame to Congress party leaders, their biased attitude... (CEO / Pramukh Sevak) 31
Media is propaganda machine (S. Haque) 31
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