Revised Communal Violence Bill 2010 It Needs Redrafting before Monsoon Session

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...

A Sordid Chapter in Modern Indian History

Distinguished commentator Inder Malhotra writes on Rediff.com that the Emergency established that India would be governed, to the extent it can be governed, democratically or not at all. He further says:
“No one with any claim to rationality w...

Karnataka Lokayukta Explodes BJP's Myth of Good Governance

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...

Muslims Urged to Set up Arbitration Councils

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...

ALLAH - A NAME THAT HEALS

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 ...

The Dark Night Continues…

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...

Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Righting a Perpetual Wrong

Finally, a parliamentary debate in Lebanon over the human rights of Palestinian refugees. What is unfortunate though, is that granting basic civil rights to over 400,000 Palestinians – 62 years after their expulsion from their historic homeland...

• Israeli Intransigence and the U.S. Support
  By ABDUL-MAJID JAFFRY

An Open Letter of Support to Dr Zakir Naik

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...