Justice Denied is Justice Decried

SOROOR AHMED comments on the two yardsticks our politico-judicial system is wielding to deal with the same sort of crimes....

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

We all yearn for a mirror that describes us, tells us who we are, who we want to be. In our friends, we look for people who reflect our qualities, mirror our aspirations. Each day is a quest to define ourselves, our strengths, our weaknesses. "M...

Zurich Federal Court Gives Go-ahead to Minarets project

Last year planning permission for minarets in Wangen in northern Switzerland and in Langenthal, canton Bern, were rejected, but the Federal Court finally gave the go-ahead last week to the Wangen project.
A minaret is a tower, traditionally part of ...

Correcting Indian History? MP Government's Latest Attempt to Distort History

“God cannot alter the past, though historians can.”
– Samuel Butler
Democracy is truly at stake now that history is being rewritten with a new approach. Recently, the Madhya Pradesh government made a ‘necessary amendment&rs...

SIO CONF ON EDUCATION WILL MARK SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) plans to conduct a students’ conference in Mumbai on November 25, focussing on the present educational system and the ways to redefine it to mark the SIO’s completion of 25 years.
As a pre...

• MAHBUBNAGAR MASJID ATTACKED, TABLEEGHI WORKERS LOCKED IN

Muslims' Abuse of Islamic Culture

Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai!

(Iqbal)
Time was when "Imam" was perhaps the second most honoured title among Muslims, next only to Amirul Mu'mineen. But that no longer is t...

Musharraf Miasma

Generals have, unfortunately, ruled Pakistan for more than half the 60 years since the country’s formation, and Gen. Pervez Musharraf is the first military ruler to have tasted a blow from the judiciary.
By reinstating Chief Justice Iftikhar M...

JAMIAT ULAMA DEMANDS EXEMPTION OF MUSLIMS FROM MARRIAGE REGISTRATION

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has demanded that Muslims be given exemption from mandatory registration of marriage. Reacting to the Supreme Court directive to get all marriages, irrespective of religion, compulsorily registered, Jamiat general secretary Maulan...