Category: Readers Space

Short-Sighted Gimmick

The proposal by the new Union Minorities Minister Rahman Khan to create new universities for Muslim minorities is an eye-catching, but short-sighted gimmick, which can only be detrimental to Muslim interests in the long run. Already, through the policies of Muslim-baiters, Muslims have become alienated from the mainstream, as far as education, jobs or housing…

Now is the Time for Women

Many writers and philosophers have glorified woman. Women bring discipline in humanity. Through centuries, they have deftly judged their various roles as daughters, mothers, sisters, wives, scholars, administrators, scientists and journalists. Today, their world is in turmoil because they refuse to play a subjugated role in the society. When rewards are distributed, the woman gets…

Indian Muslims are Playing with Fire

Muslims in India have a permanent grievance with the government and the Police administration that their children are arrested and imprisoned. Muslims are completely destroying their next generation by playing into the hands of ‘conspiracy theorists’. Rather than accusing the government and the administration, it is better to pay attention to the education and etiquettes…

Voting Rights for Non-Resident Indians

Parliamentary elections are round the corner. A very important issue that goes unnoticed is the electoral role of NRIs, especially in this era when the world has become a global village. India has more than twenty million NRIs spread around the globe. In the countries around the Persian Gulf (GCC) alone, there are more than…

Discriminatory Treatment

Zaibunnisa is also an Indian citizen. The name may not be very familiar to you all. She was one of the accused in the Mumbai blast case and was to undergo the punishment awarded by the Court. Famous actor, Sanjay Dutt was also awarded imprisonment. The later was granted a grace period of four weeks…

Campaign for Cleanliness in Muslim Neighbourhoods

A visit to some of the government hospitals (or even statistical information from health department) will reveal that mostly people from unhealthy Muslim neighbourhoods suffer from diseases like Diarrhoea, Gastroenteritis, Cholera, Malaria, Chikkangunia, Dengue, etc. Root cause of all these diseases is the garbage, filth and flies. Their area is always stinking of dirty smell…

Muslims are Divided

This is with reference to the editorial in the March 2013 issue of Islamic Voice on the Massacre at Dhule. The Muslims were at the receiving end of all the communal violence especially so, after independence. Hundreds of people were brutally killed, properties looted, women raped. In many cases, there were commissions reports which are…

Abuse of Law

The Bombay Bomb Blast Verdict 2013, is an abuse of the adjudicatory process of law by the Apex Court, ignoring the third law of Newton. The punishment is rigorously granted to extended violence, though some 257 innocent and precious lives were lost. Why has the Apex Court not taken into consideration the violence from July…

Web Portal for Muslim Travellers

“Halaltripinfo.com” is a web portal that will address the Muslim travellers’ need to find locations for holidays from India and other Global Destinations that allow him or her to practise their religion without any inconvenience. This website works with various hotels and restaurants and encourages them to welcome Muslim guests to their hotels by having…

Now, Our Turn to Speak

“Islam is a peace loving religion. Those who accuse Islam of creating unrest are totally ignorant of Islamic humanitarian teachings”. These views were presented by an American Iraqi Muslim whose parents are Christians. This video by Abeer Ali, a filmmaker in the United Arab Emirates, highlights reactions from young people living in the Middle East…