HINDUTVA TERROR
By RAM PUNIYANI
After the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by Supreme Court submitted its report in December 2010, a front-page headline in a leading daily announced that SIT gives a clean chit to Modi. This was picked up by a large section of the media to... 
REPORT
People’s Union for Civil Liberties, in a memorandum on February 7, has drawn the attention of Governor of Gujarat to bring to an end harassment of human rights activists, lawyers and media persons, as well as intimidation of witnesses in cases ...
GUIDANCE - II
Abu Yaala Ma‘qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that he heard the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) saying: “A person who is appointed in authority over people and he betray s them will not be allo...
ISLAMIC FINANCE
By DR WAQUAR ANWAR
The judgment of Kerala High Court dated 3rd February, 2011, dismissing the writ petition of Dr. Subrahmaniam Swami, a former minister of Union of India, who had requested the HC to quash the order of the State Government of Kerala dated 14.10.2009, h...
WEST ASIA
By ABDUL-MAJID JAFFRY
The treacherous story told by the Al Jazeera leaked Palestine Papers on negotiation between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli occupation government may be shocking but not total surprise. The past history and the present contain pages da...
FACE-TO-FACE
Islamic Banking has been a hot topic in India for the last few months. The debate on whether Islamic Banking is permissible in India has a lot of dimensions. In an interview with PRAMOD THOMAS,H ABDUR RAQEEB, Convener, National Committee on Islamic B...
INSIDE INDIA
In a candid remark in open court, Supreme Court judge Justice A K Ganguly on February 11 said “no government wants a strong judiciary”. He made the observation while hearing the government explain the four-year gap between the filing of c...
HUMAN RIGHTS
By DR. BADRUL ISLAM
The Qur’ān says that man is created in the best of moulds. God gave man best and purest nature. Hence it is the duty of man to preserve it. By making man vicegerent of Allah, his position is elevated above all creatures. With this man is given...
