As one of the main mentors of Jamia Hamdard’s IAS Study Circle, which produced this year’s Civil Services topper Shah Faisal, Naseem Ahmad has long believed that the “right opportunities” can make all the difference for sections of the Muslim community which remain backward. Now, as chairman of the Haryana Wakf Board, Ahmed is overseeing one such opportunity. In the first case of its kind, the Board is setting up an engineering college in Palla village of Haryana&rsq...

“Islam is a religion which conveys message of unity and brotherhood, peace and humanity. The Holy Quran guides us in every walk of life. If its every verse is properly translated and understood, there will hardly be any aspect of life which would be untouched by the teachings of the Holy Scripture. In fact, the Holy Quran is a complete Constitution of life for all mankind,” says Aziz Burney, Group Editor Roznama Rashtriya Sahara in his famous column History of Indep...

Dr. Zakir Naik, at the United Kingdom’s move for barring his entry, has decided to sue against Britain’s department of home affairs to challenge the revocation of his visa and maligning character. Dr. Naik, accompanied by advocate Majid Memon and noted film maker Mahesh Bhatt, made the announcement on June 22. Dr. Naik, a renowned Indian Muslim scholar, was scheduled to leave for UK on June 18. A day before his departure, the British High Commission issued an order revoking his ...

“Muslim youth are equally competent. If they make tireless strivings, the community can once again regain its lost position,” said Shah Faisal, who topped the list of successful candidates in the Civil Services Examination this year. Faisal was addressing a gathering of students on Personality Development organised under the aegis of Education Foundation at India Islamic Cultural Centre on June 18.

"The issue of child labour should be taken up seriously by everyone including enforcing authorities and the general public, said Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University while sharing the national concern on eradication of child labour. Prof. Azis lauded the NGO which launched a Postcard Campaign to draw the attention to the loss of childhood due to child labour. He had earlier given standing instructions in this regard but due to social situation children are...

Abdul Latif and Riyaz Ali, arrested for allegedly planning to carry out terror attacks in Mumbai, have sought bail submitting a letter in a local court alleging police torture. The duo was arrested by the state Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 13 this year. On June 19, when they were produced before the Mazgaon metropolitan magistrate for extension of their judicial custody, they submitted a hand written letter to the court alleging torture by the ATS. “I was picked up by the ...

The teachers of Madrasas in Allahabad and Kaushambi have not been paid salaries for the last 14 months. Most of them are on the verge of starvation. As many as 23 Madrasa teachers in Allahabad and 20 in Kaushambi are not getting salaries since May 2009. These teachers have raised their grievances with the concerned department several times but no action has been taken on the issue so far. Mohammad Haroon Saqib, a teacher, expressed surprise over the attitude of the minority welfare departme...

Pune based S.M. Joshi Socialist Foundation was scheduled to host book release function of Marathi translation of Who Killed Karkare written by S.M. Mushrif, on June 26, when a Mumbai based organisation served legal notice to the foundation to resist it from hosting the function and warned it of dire legal consequences if it does the same. The organisation is planning to file petition against the Foundation for anti-national activities as the book they say ‘targets India&rsquo...

One more died and five others got severe bullet injuries when police fired indiscriminately on people protesting the death of a youth in Srinagar on June 20. A curfew-like situation is evident in many parts of Srinagar. It is said that the police opened fire to disperse the mob in Waniyar, when a large number of people were returning after the burial rite of Rafiq Bangroo, the teenager who died at the S.K. Institute of Medical Sciences. Rafiq was injured 10 days back during police firing. T...