11-17 March issue of Radiance is peppered with more than one dirge as well as an expression of disgust over the demise, in the Budget, of the hopes based on assurances of fair, even preferential, treatment of Muslims, given by none other than the Prime Minister of the Republic ever since the contents of the Sachar Committee Report were first leaked and then tabled in Parliament.

Observers will not fail to notice that this Budget has also revealed the weakness of the government...

On March 7 more than ten thousands Muslims marched to Parliament to stage a demonstration demanding job and educational opportunities for the community. The implementation of certain recommendations of Sachar Committee was also demanded. But it is very unfortunate that none of the national media covered such an important issue and they preferred to blackout the news. The present generation of Muslim youth is not willing to accept consistent deprivation and discrimination. How can the nation i...

This is the voice of not a single burqa-wearer but the hidden anguish of hundreds of readers of the article “Let's Burn the Burqa” by Taslima Nasrin in the Outlook (January 17, 2007). The article does not only bring out her limited knowledge on religious matters but also shows the ignorance and lack of scientific and worldly knowledge of the so-called modern woman.

A lady who feels that by covering the heads, the brain is not allowed to work has contradicted...