Category: Global News and Affairs

International Peace Award presented to OIC Chief

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Jeddah: The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has been awarded the “International Peace  Award 2011-2012″ by the Beirut-based International Human Rights Commission (IHRC). IHRC World Chairman  and Ambassador at Large, Dr. Muhammad Shahid Amin Khan presented the award along with ‘lifetime membership’ to the OIC chief at  a ceremony held at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah recently. The award was in recognition of Ihsanoglu’s services to the Muslim world and…

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UAE opens 40 schools in Pakistan

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Swat: The UAE Project to Assist Pakistan has completed 40 world-class schools and institutes and handed them over to the local  authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. This was in line with the directives of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed  Al Nahyan. Nearly 21,000 boys and girls have already started classes. A grand opening ceremony was held at one of the boys’ schools  in the presence of…

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Refugees in Muslim countries on the Rise

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Jeddah: On June 20, many countries mark U.N. World Refugee Day with events to raise awareness about the situation of refugees. In  recent years, Muslim countries have seen a huge growth in refugees. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),  António Guterres, recently stated that “in 2011, the 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) states, hosted 50 per cent of the  people who are of concern…

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Setting the Clock back

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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…

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Muslims at the Bottom of the Pile

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Human Development Report 2011 By S. Tahsin Ahmed The India Human Development Report (HDR) 2011 brought out by the Institute of Applied Manpower Research, a research body  under the Planning Commission, did not create a storm as could be expected – given the nature of its disclosures. The Report examines  whether certain sections of the Indian society suffer from multiple deprivations by investigating how different castes and…

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A Giant Leap into Industry

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Wood king steps out into the world of manufacturing By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj The Malur village near Bangalore would soon have a large scale plant for manufacture of wooden particleboard. The state-of the  art  plant is being set up by entrepreneur Farooq Ali Khan who is mobilizing an investment of Rs. 1,000 crore to produce a quality  product. The MoU signed with the Government of…

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Sanitation, Access to Safe Water Improving

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Good health and human well being is directly linked to access to sanitation and clean potable water. Key Indicators of Public Health UNICEF and WHO Sanitation Report update 2012 released recently reveals that 2.6 billion people around the world do not use  improved sanitation facilities. Of these 72 % people live in our part of the world, i.e., Asia. The report paints a rosy…

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Pangs of Development

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China China’s rise as an economic power and possibly a world power has taken the world by surprise. Chinese goods have penetrated markets  and malls all over the world. Some of its project such as train to Tibet, Three Gorges Dam, Olympic Stadium, giant hydro power projects and aircraft industry have widened the eyeballs everywhere. How a nation that had so jealously guarded its privacy for  centuries has managed…

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Muslim Prisoners: Victims of Poverty

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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…

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Is India a Failing State?

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A Round Table Dialogue was held in Bangalore on April 28 on “Is India a Failing State: Is there an Alternative?” It was organized by the Karnataka Institute of Public Administration and was presided by Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah, former chief justice, Supreme court of India. Justice V. S. Malimath, former judge of the Karantaka High Court and…

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