It is high time our women organisations came to the rescue of Firdaus and her daughter. They are worst sufferers. Further detention of Dr. Haneef seems biased and prejudiced. The Government of India should request the Government of Australia to send him back to India. Already hundreds of Muslim youths in POTA and TADA are in Indian jails. Their relatives can meet them at least once in a month. In the same way as a father and as a husband, he can see his wife and daughter.

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I am a supporter neither of Musharraf nor of the Lal Masjid Ulama. This battle was between two parties where none of them was right.  Lal Masjid had become a place where extremism though, Parvez Musharraf’s tackling of the issue needs attention; he just dealt with the matter in a way that he gets bouquets from his Western backers. Since his position had started dwindling in the eyes of Bush hence he wanted to prove his capability as Bush’s General in ...

A prominent Hindi news-channel made a half-an-hour coverage of fashion-show Triumph-2008 at Bangalore depicting female-models in show of their semi-nude bodies in ‘attractive’ inner-wears. What is the meaning of ‘inner-wear’ if these become the only-wear before general public?

Is there any logic in allowing fashion-parades in dresses which otherwise are not worn in public? Only recently, media glorified extensively a unique protest by Pooja Chouhan in Pune to a...

The write-up "Al-Azhar, Dar-ul-Uloom and Nadwah" by Mr. Ausaf (Radiance, 24-30 June, 2007) makes an unpleasant reading to say the least to readers like me. It does not serve any purpose. On the other hand it damages the Islamic cause for which we all stand. Its rubbish contents are worthy of outright rejection. I don’t want to repeat them in any manner and insult our faith. We should not allow filth to encroach noble religious thoughts. There is no point in...