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Ramblings on Batla House Fake Encounter Judgement
By Syed Ali MujtabaThe judgement on the controversial Batla House encounter in New Delhi in 2008 raises some fundamental questions. The judge has convicted one person who is claimed to have fled from...
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Modi remarks: Dr. Sen has spoken like a true statesman
By Mike GhouseIt was exciting to read a part of the interview of Dr. Sen about 10:30 PM tonight, Friday the 26th of July 2013. The rest of the interview will be published by Times of India on Sunday....
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Is it feasible for Indian Muslims to have a separate political identity?
By Kaleem KawajaRecently, Asad Owaisi and Majlis Ittihad Muslimeen (MIM) gave a call to Indian Muslims to develop their separate political identity. Let us examine if this is feasible. Indeed Asad...
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The Fiqh of Sadaqat al-Fitr
By Mufti Faraz ibn AdamThe great Hanafi faqih (jurist) Imam Ibn al-Humam mentions: “Sadaqat al-Fitr is compulsory upon every free Muslim.” (Sharh Fath al-Qadir, 2:285)The EvidenceAll the scholars base...
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A Jew and a Muslim?
L.A.-based NewGround wants to show we can all get alongBy Jonah LowenfeldMost Jews and Muslims rarely talk — really talk — to one another. This is as true in the United States as elsewhere, a stark...
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SAUDI ARABIA: Lessons learned from our neighbours
In an era where Saudi youth are travelling the world and are being exposed to new things, the appeal of pedantry ideas is rapidly losing groundBy Tariq A. Al MaeenaAs we watch events unfold in...
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Remembering Prof. Obaid Siddiqi (1932-2013): A personal tribute from a Student
Prof. Obaid Siddiqi was a Renaissance man and father of modern Indian biology.By Sukant Khurana It is very rare that individuals are institutions in themselves. Such individuals are genuine visionaries...
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Terrorism in India: Is it a Muslim Monopoly?
ByDr Javed JamilRecently, some of the statements made by Congress Muslims made headlines. These statements that apparently sought to link the creation of Muslim terrorist outfits to anti-Muslim riots...
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GUEST EDITORIAL: Batla House Verdict a Slap on the Face of Patriotic Muslims
By Kaleem KawajaThe judgement of a New Delhi court convicting Mohammad Shahzad as a terrorist and branding him and his two friends who were killed in the police-staged false encounter, is one more...
View Article'Hindu men being forced to embrace Islam in Pak'
Attari: The news of forcible conversion of Hindu girls in Pakistan by fundamental Muslims are often heard, but now a Pak Hindu couple has alleged that even Hindu men are forced to embrace Islam."Hindu...
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Pakistani Interfaith Rickshaws
By Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi and Heena BukhariFor their part, the drivers felt they were making a valuable contribution to history by volunteering their rickshaws.They’re fun, they’re funky, they’re...
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The idiot’s guide to America’s role in the Middle East
Looking beyond one-minute news feeds and studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a neutral perspective will reveal how the US failed as a peace brokerBy Tariq A. Al MaeenaFor one reason or the...
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What If Attlee Hadn’t Partitioned India?
The biggest hypothetical question of the subcontinentBy Zareer Masani“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full...
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Growing interest? The state of Islamic banking in India
For almost 20 years, Haris Koyisseri invested in his business only from his own earnings. The dry fish merchant in Kerala's Kozhikode never took any bank loan to expand his operations. Why? Bank loans...
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Rahman Khan urges Rahul to bring Islamic banking on 2014 agenda
By Subodh GhildiyalNew Delhi: Making perhaps the strongest-ever pitch for the introduction of Islamic banking , minority affairs minister Rahman Khan has told the Congress leadership that Muslims were...
View ArticleMarriage registration to become mandatory
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to make registration of marriages, irrespective of religion, mandatory under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, which currently only...
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Masjid Is Far: Why banking on Hindu-Muslim polarisation is a folly
Playing With Fire - How parties are increasingly pulling out the communal cardBy Saba Naqvi• Congressman Shakeel Ahmed tweets that ‘Indian Mujahideen’ had formed as a reaction to 1992’s Babri...
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Islamic industry body consolidation?
By Rushdi SiddiquiHussein Al Qemzi, CEO of Noor Islamic Bank and Noor Investment group, recently made extremely important comments concerning the need for a definitive industry body to promote and...
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Religions asking if test-tube burgers allow them to keep the faith
When the world's first test-tube beef burger was cooked and eaten this week, food critics all asked about its taste. For many Jews, Muslims and Hindus, the first question was whether their faith...
View ArticleMuhammad most popular name for London babies
Muhammad is the most popular name for baby boys in London for the first time, the Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.Combined spellings of the Muslim prophet’s name have topped the list of names for...
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