16-31 May 2014
Table of Contents
Why are Hindutvadis Voting for Modi? (Aslam Abdullah) 1
K Rahman Khan humiliates upright officer 1
Cartoon (MG/Yusuf) 1
Issue / Opinion
Likely impacts of BJP and AAP on the Indian society (Dr Rahul Pandey) 2
“Democracy” at the cost of Muslims (iosworld.org) 2
National
Due to the curse of dowry, Muslim girls prefer to marry and live with non-Muslims (Shakeel Ahmad Rahmani) 3
Ayatullah Khamenei’s fatwa welcomed (N. A. Ansari, based on report in Hamara Samaj Urdu daily, Delhi, 19 March, 2014) 3
Outfits like Boko Haram and ISIS are terrorists and enemies of Islam and Muslims: Mushawarat 3
SC refers plea challenging SIMI ban renewal to larger bench 3
National
Three-fourth of country’s population below the poverty line: JNU Professor 4
Councillor attacked and abused because of her proximity to Muslims (N. A. Ansari) 4
Rajasthan ATS arrests student let off by Delhi Police 4
European professors warn against Modi govt 4
92-year old Afaq Khan in jail for 38 years (N. A. Ansari ) 4
“Pink Revolution” (S.M.Pasha) 4
National
Urdu media’s PR job for Modi (Abdul Bari Masoud) 5
Mushawarat condemns detention of Dr Ghulam Qadir Lone in Kashmir 5
Congress alleges Modi of having links with Hawala traders 5
Bajrang Dal activists vandalize toll booths; misbehave with lady DySP in Brahmarakootlu (sahilonline.org — 27 Apr 2014) 5
Abu Asim on “True Muslim” (Masoom Moradabadi) 5
National
Worshipping Gods in the times of Elections (Ram Puniyani) 6
Dal Khalsa sends alarm bells ringing on the rise of majoritarian extremism (Some Thoughts on Campaign 2014) 6
National
Bodo Terrorists kill over 50 Assamese Muslims (NA Ansari) 7
Secularism & Muslims:For Muslims, it's an issue of equality (M.R. Shamshad) 7
National
Amit Shah: the stormy petrel (Mustafa Khan ) 8
Bangladeshi migrants, refugees, intruders – the reality (Dr. Mumtaz Naiyer) 8
National
What we saw in Bangladesh: Two Indian Journalists (Mumtaz Alam and Atif Jaleel, Indiatomorrow.net) 9
Is the Internet killing religion? 9
National
Kashmir on the boil amid calls to boycott polls (Afsana Rashid) 10
Condemning Azamgarh All The Time (Sumit Paul) 10
Eunuchs not always Nature’s freaks (Sumit Paul) 10
Hindi film singers singing ghazals: sacrilegious! (Sumit Paul) 10
Analysis
Muslims “scared” of “Modi-government?” (Nilofar Suhrawardy) 11
Is Democracy merely rule by majority? (Syed Khurshid Anwar) 11
Men & Women In News
New vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia 12
Special Report
Lecture on the current situation in Egypt (Nadim Ahmad) 13
“Narendra Modi threat to human rights” 13
Sir Syed Awareness Forum Organises Seminar On Tipu Sultans’s India On His Death Anniversary 13
Community News
Azim Premji Foundation team visits AMU 14
Banks told: pay more attention to lending to minorities 14
J&K has maximum smokers 14
BC people changing religions not to be deprived of facilities 14
Meat export growing in Gujarat: Congress reply to Modi 14
After AMU, JNU & BHU to open branches in Bihar 14
Making marriage registration compulsory not proper: MPLB 14
Illegal occupation of Waqf lands is now a non-bailable offence 14
Petition challenging clean chit to Modi dismissed by SC 14
Special status to J&K under Art 370 (N. A. Ansari) 14
Community News
Modern courses for Madrasa students in PIMT 15
Students of Anjuman College win prize in fighter plane design 15
"Deewan-e-Shaida" released 15
Wakf board speeds up probe against mutawalli 15
Non-Urdu staff in Urdu medium schools (N. A. Ansari) 15
The cynical cycle of terror arrests continues in Rajasthan 15
International
Israel may prevail now, but its doomed eventually (Khalid Amayreh) 16
Why Deal When Israel Holds All The Cards (Eric Margolis) 16
Kerry Warns Israel Could Become “An Apartheid State” 16
International
US Economy Is A House Of Cards (Paul Craig Roberts) 17
“Palestinins want from India political solidarity to end colonialism” 17
International
Was John Kerry Wrong on Israeli Apartheid? (Karamatullah K. Ghori) 18
Risk of nuclear accidents is rising, says report on near-misses 18
Books from Pharos Media, publishers of MG 19
Islamic Perspective
Six Great Converts to Islam (Firas Al-Khateeb ) 20
Books
Turkey publishes Islamic Encyclopedia on the internet 21
Book: Qurani Mutala’at -- Samaji, Ma’ashi wa Siyasi Masael kay Hawalay say (Urdu), Publisher: Islamic Book Foundation, New Delhi, Year: 2014, Pages: 152, Price: Rs 120 21
MG Classifieds 22
Rejoinder / Opinion / Letters
Indian society in danger because of moral anarchy (Dr. M. Hashim Kidwai) 23
No reason to rejoice for Muslims (S. Haque ) 23
Profession And Election (Agustín PÉREZ CERRADA) 23
Assam violence (Abdul Hameed Yousuf) 23
Political corruption galore (Subhash Chandra Agrawal) 23
Muslim Terror -- Boko Haram et. al, (Syed Shahabuddin) 23
Do or die situation for Indian Muslims! (Malik Ajmal) 23
An ideology less and glorious past less political party (Dr. M. Hashim Kidwai) 23
Media coverage of Namo rallies (Wakeel Ahmad) 23
Padma award (Subhash Chandra Agrawal) 23
Election (Sultan Akhtar) 23
Gone with the wind? (S. A. U. Patel) 23
Democratic AAP (Muhammad Azam) 23
Azam Khan is correct: Kargil liberated by Muslim soldiers! (M Naqqaad) 23
Muslim Brotherhood is not terrorist (Mohamed Ameen) 23
Outfits like Boko Haram and ISIS are terrorists (Shahnawaz Warsi) 23
Detention of Dr Ghulam Qadir Lone (Junaid Bhat) 23
Assam Anti-Muslim Communal Violence by Bodo Terrorists (Khalid Noor Mohammed) 23
Gujarat has been peaceful? (Ayub Khan) 23
Media-money connection exposed (S. Haque) 23
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Charity Alliance (Registered trust, Zakat India) 17
Qur’an – A verse a day 22
Kaanti (Weekly and Monthly) 22
Taarikh Tadween Sunnat – Islamic Studies Academy (Pvt.) Ltd. 22
Urdu Book Review 22
India’s first and only Scientific and Informative Urdu Magazine 22
With best compliments from Kaleem Kawaja (Washington DC) 24