Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was clearly troubled by the establishment of Bab Al Shams, a Palestinian protest village erected on privately-owned Palestinian land, the planned route of what Israel calls the “E-1” corridor in the occupied West Bank. The E-1 area was to be capstone of Israel’s settler-colonial enterprise, a long segment of housing [...]
Lubna Hanash, a young Palestinian woman, was shot & killed today by Israeli occupation forces riding in a civilian car near Arroub refugee camp which is on the road between Bethlehem & Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Hanash was a fourth-year political science student at Al-Quds University, according to Al-Quds newspaper, & had [...]
Muslim women have launched a campaign to send a message to “sextremist” collective Femen. “Muslimah Pride Day” was organized in response to Femen’s self-declared “Topless Jihad Day”, a day of topless protests around the world to support Tunisian Femen activist Amina Tyler. The organisers of the counter-protest urged Muslim women to speak out for themselves [...]
A 7-year-old Serbian boy named Bogdan is making international news for an apparently paranormal ability. According to MSNBC, Bogdan attracts household objects such as spoons, knives & forks with almost supernatural ease. The idea that a person could generate a strong magnetic field is bizarre, yet what’s even stranger is that other things such as [...]
Bloomberg moreover announced, in cooperation with the Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM), the launch of a Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) sukuk index to provide a benchmark for MYR sovereign sukuk investments. “The Islamic marketplace is growing rapidly & there is high demand for a wide range of resources,” Dan Doctoroff, President of Bloomberg L.P, [...]
Amroha: Urdu department of Hashmi Girls PG College organised a seminar on Ghalib’s life & his poetry. Several papers were presented. Expressing her opinion Dr. Parveen said that Ghalib’s uniqueness lies in the fact that he touched every aspect of human life in his poetry. He bought life to people through poetry. Substantiating this Dr. [...]
Jaipur: Renowned economist & member of financial advisory group to the Prime Minister, V.S. Vyas, urged that economic policy should be planned by integrating it with ethics & moral values. Equal development of all the communities should be ensured by recognising values propounded by all the religions. Speaking on “Moral Values in Planning & Development” [...]
Meerut: Nawabgarhi in Sardhana tehsil of Meerut district has made a few commendable decisions towards reforms. The Muslims have resolved that there shall neither be D.J. (song-dance) nor fireworks during marriages. Those who transgress the panchayat dictate shall be heavily fined & shall moreover suffer social boycott. Every minor using mobile or anyone listening songs [...]
Sanoli Khurd (Haryana): “Khwaja Altaf Husain Hali was an inspired person who through his prose & poetry tried to awaken his community from deep slumber by attracting it towards knowledge.” Such were the feelings of renowned scholars who had arrived here at the book-launch programme of the edited version of Musaddas Hali. The programme was [...]
Mivan will work closely with its joint-venture partner, Mivan Depa Contracting, on the contract to fit out the prayer hall at the centre. The scope includes the gatehouse & the ancillary service areas, external works including the front courtyard, pedestrian access to the prayer hall & the completion of the prayer hall courtyard & ramp. [...]