By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi The supreme court of India has allowed on 5 December 2017, certificates issued by Gram Panchayat (GP) or executive magistrate to be used as supporting or linkage documents for claiming citizenship by a person in Assam during NRC (National Registration of Citizenship) process. The apex court has set aside the order...
Category: Opinion
पिछले 25 सालों से हम हर दिन मरे… हर पल… हर लम्हा…
खुर्रम मलिक प्रेम ताज महल जैसी अभिभूत कर देने वाली इमारत का निर्माण करवा देती है और घृणा बाबरी मस्जिद जैसी पूजनीय स्थल को ध्वस्त कर देती है. दोनों ही इमारत हैं. दोनों ही प्रेम का संदेश देती हैं. दोनों को बनवाने वाले ने कभी धार्मिक चश्मे से इसे ना देखा होगा और ना ही...
An other moment of pleasure for me
By Tauqeer Ahmad Qasmi It was another moment of pleasure for me when Hazrat Maulana Rabe Hasani Nadvi Sahab, President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, released “Common Mistakes Among Muslims”, the English translation of the famous book “Aghlatul Awam” by Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Thanvi (ra). I feel very lucky that Allah...
If living together is an offence, then the first complaint should be filed against the Supreme Court
By: Leopold Kanappilly I don’t really understand why Hadiya & Shafin Jahan is not allowed to live together in salem, by the supreme court if they wish too. Shafin jahan has no case against him, only allegations other wise he is a free man, when the case was going on he was sitting in the...
Is it a crime to be a Muslim?
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi According to media reports that during the recent hearing of the alleged love jihad or hate Islam case in Delhi of a Muslim lady- Hadiya from Kerala in our Supreme Court dated 27 Nov. 2017. “When the bench asked Hadiya to name any relative or any near acquaintance to be named...
INDIA’S MEDIA WAR
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi An interesting war is going on between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress on social media. This time the Congress seems to have learnt from the 2014 debacle and a sizable army is continuously firing on BJP from close range. The BJP’s troll army is losing ground and...
I AM A MUSLIM AND I AM NOT A TERRORIST
By: MARIA YAHYA It has been 16 years since the 9/11 attack on the WTC and today i suddenly thought of looking at the DEFINITION OF TERRORIST. As per the different dictionaries, the meaning is as follows : OXFORD: “a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political...
‘AccheDin ‘for media houses only?
By Asif Husain These are the “Achche Din” for advertisement companies. They seem to be flourishing and happy about it. TV channels, print media , bill-board advertisement agencies, radio stations, websites, mobile companies are a few who are smiling their way to the banks. It all started during the 2014 election. It was the costliest...
WOMEN AND MEDIA: WOMEN DISCOVER – ALL YOUR (OUR) GREATNESS
“OH, HUMANKIND, INDEED WE HAVE CREATED YOU FROM A MALE AND A FEMALE AND MADE YOU PEOPLE AND TRIBES THAT YOU MAY KNOWONE ANOTHER. INDEED THE MOST NOBLE OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH IS THE MOST RIGHTEOUS OF YOU, ALMIGHTY ALLAH IS ALL KNOWING ALL ACQUAINTED” Holy Qur’an Chapter 49: Verse 13...
Empowering Muslim women to construct a humane world
In early Islam a man from Yemen went to Makkah for Hajj, carrying his old mother on his back all the way. He performed all the rituals (some of which are rigorous) carrying his mother on his back constantly. When he asked a Sahabi (Prophet’s [PBUH] companion) or a Taba’i (the generation following the Sahaba),...