The Coming War on Iran

A US-Israel attack on Iran would have disastrous consequences for the Middle East and the world; it would be a catastrophe even bigger than Iraq, observes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED...

New Agenda for Muslim Education

One of the indices of the progress of a community is the state of its educational advancement. This is to be measured not only in quantitative but also in qualitative terms. Educational advancement is all the more important in a democratic and develo...

State, Society and Terrorism

“We should have moral courage of speaking the truth,” said Mr. Asghar Ali Engineer while addressing as the keynote speaker at a seminar on State, Society and Terrorism organised jointly by the IRADA Society of Jaipur and Centre for Study ...

TELANGANA STRUGGLE A New Face and a New Phase

A new and significant chapter is added to almost six-decade long history of movement for bifurcating Andhra Pradesh and formation of Telangana state, with Tulla Devender Goud, second in command of Telugu Desam quitting the party over the anti-Telanga...

A Fuzzy Video That Proves Nothing

Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11
By Patrick Creed and Rick Newman
Publisher: Presidio Press; 1 edition (May 27, 2008)
Hardcover: 512 pages
Price: $27
Reviewed by ENVER MASUD...

Assamese Muslims on the Move to Assert Their Identity

An article on the above subject written by Dr. Syed Ahmed appeared in Radiance Viewsweekly (25-31 May, 2008). The article is not written on the basis of facts and figures. The very picture published in your Weekly: “Assamese Muslims carrying a ...

Looking at Qur'an through Unbiased Eyes

Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal)
Anyone, who is blessed to be able to look at the Qur’an with unbiased eyes, and study it with a mind and spirit untainted by the impurities of ...

East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre

Due to the lack of any proper place of worship, Muslims were performing prayers in ‘rented accommodations’. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Muslims of London were offering Friday and Eid prayers at Hyde Park. Some notable Mu...

'Hindutva Terrorists' and Call for Suicide Squads

The bombs which exploded in Gadkari Rangayatan on June 4 injured seven people. In one of the few cases of success in investigating such cases in Maharashtra or anywhere for that matter, the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Police, succeeded in nabbing t...