In the end, Sabit realized that it is love that begets love. Others would return love only when they are loved by you and that love is part of piety. By Irshad Nayeem Sabit was an angry boy. There was nothing at all that didn’t irritate him. Not surprisingly, no one liked Sabit at all. And that only made Sabit…
Switzerland Geneva: The Federation of Swiss Islamic Organizations (FIDS) and the Coordination of Islamic Organizations in Switzerland (KIOS) announced recently their intention to merge and create a “religious parliament” in order to represent the Muslims of Switzerland and receive official recognition from the state. Andreas Tunger-Zanetti, specialist of Islam and coordinator of the Center for Religious Studies at the University of Lucerne, believes however that there are still too many obstacles in…
Delhi HC Ruling on Age of Muslim Girls Marriage By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj The Delhi High Court’s refusal to render the marriage of a 15- year old Muslim girl void raises more questions than it answers. The judgment is basically flawed because it practically lowers the age of marriage from the nationally recognised and acknowledged standard of 18 to 15. To boot, it does…
A mouse was in constant distress because of its fear of the cat. A magician took pity on it and turned it into a cat. But then it became afraid of the dog. So the magician turned it into a dog. Then it began to fear the panther, so the magician turned it into a panther. Whereupon it was full of fear for the…
A recent TISS report reveals that poverty and illiteracy are the key factors for the large population of Muslims in jails. A recent report by two scholars, Dr Vijay Raghvan and Roshni Nair of the Centre for Criminology and Justice at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) reveals that Muslims comprise 32.4 % of the prison population in Maharashtra jails, whereas Muslim population…
There is little cheer for the Muslim community from the Civil Services results. Of the 910 candidates who were recommended for appointment, there are only 30 Muslims. (A list is given below. It might be possible that a few names have been missed and few others might have been included there due to mistaken identity.) Success ratio works out to merely three per cent. Significantly, while no…
Lt. Gen. Zameruddin Shah is the new vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. He will hold the post for five years till 2017 when he completes five years. He was one among the three nominees recommended by the AMU Court in March. The appointment was made by the President of India in her capacity as the visitor of the University. Lt. Gen. Shah was Deputy Chief of Army…
Karnataka Muslims and Electoral Politics By Quazi Arshed Ali, MLC Bookware, 85 1st floor, Near Police station J. C. Nagar Bangalore-560006 Ph: 41491249 Email: [email protected] Price: Rs. 250, Pages258 Reviewed by Maqbool Ahmed Siraj The state of Karnataka assumed its present shape in 1956 following re-organisation of states on linguistic basis. It was a major gainer because prior to it,…
Former Minister Mumtaz Ali Khan rejects Minority Commission Report on Alleged scams in Wakf properties Mr. Anwar Manipadi, Chairman of Karnataka Minority Commission submitted a report on the status of Wakf properties which runs into 7,000 pages. I have gone through the summary of the report with highlights of the report. This report has created uproar in the state and elsewhere in the country. I…
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent Nothing is being said to you other than what was said to the messengers sent before your time. Your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness, but He also inflicts painful punishment. Had We willed to make this revelation a discourse in a non- Arabic tongue, they…
