The redrafted Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2010 needs a dispassionate second-look before its introduction in Parliament in the oncoming monsoon session, observes DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI... ![]()
The Israeli piracy attack in the international water against the aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade once again highlight how Israeli intransigence has created an extraordinarily dire situation in the tiny Gaza Strip. After Hamas won the P... ![]()
A lawyer from Andhra Pradesh, during his visit to Saudi Arabia last week, called on Muslims in India to set up their own arbitration councils to resolve family disputes.
Speaking to a select group of expatriates in the Kingdom on June 20, Mohammed O... ![]()
The night of June 25-26, 1975, is undoubtedly, the darkest night in the history of independent India. That night emergency was declared. Fundamental rights were suspended and the freedom of the press was gagged. Several stalwarts including oppos... ![]()
Misfortune never comes singly. For the BJP nothing can be truer than this maxim. In the last week of May they were deserted by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. On June 12 Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, for the reason best known to him, publicly insult... ![]()
Dear Dr Naik,
ASAK
It is with great dismay that we heard the news of a ban on your entry in Britain and Canada despite the fact that your purpose was nothing but to propagate Islam's Concept of True Peace. The ban further proves that the Champions... ![]()
The personal name for God preferred by Islam is Allah. This name predates Islam. However, Islam has given a specific connotation to this name to such an extent that in an ambience of polytheism or Trinity the use of this name will sound odd. Further ... ![]()