By: Faheem Usmani Qasmi India, the largest democracy where we have the freedom of speech, and media being the fourth pillar of democracy, is supposed to be the highest form of freedom of speech. However when a journalist delves a little peeper, he starts questioning the entire nation as he sees something wrong prevailing in his...
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Zaira Waseem, Choices, and a Clash of Worldviews
Zaira Wasim, the Bollywood actress who declared her dissociation from the industry last weekend, has grabbed many an eyeball both for the right and wrong reasons. While fellow Muslims, who have even the slightest bit of imaan and can see through the filth of Bollywood, have lauded her for her courageous move on the Path...
Only statements not enough, make special law for checking mob lynching: Jamiat Chief Maulana Arshad Madani
New Delhi: Alarmed by growing incidents of mob-lynching, the prominent socio-religious organization the Jamiat-i-Ulema Hind (JUH), President , Maulana Syed Arshad Madani today demanded that the government should enact a special law to deal with this menace. He also said it is the duty of the Prime Minister to make sure that minorities feel safe...
Atmosphere of fear looms as 1 Lakh name dropped from draft NRC
Sikandar Azam Once again, 102,462 people have to prove their citizenship credential in Assam as per the newly released National Register of Citizenship (NRC) draft. For poor common people, it is very difficult to waste entire day for the same work. The prime question is why enough scrutiny was not done by officials at the...
Welfare Party of India condemns the pan India doctor’s strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA)
National President of Welfare Party of India Dr SQR Ilyas strongly criticised the doctors of several hospitals across India for resorting to cease work in response to the nationwide strike called by IMA, thereby affecting the health care of several patients across the country. Dr. Ilyas questioned IMA for being selective and opportunist and said...
Challenge of hate crimes against minorities, Dalits should be addressed at social level: Jamaat Islami Hind
New Delhi, 12 June 2019: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind called upon the nation to tackle the problem of growing hate crimes against the minority community. Addressing the monthly press conference at Jamaat’s headquarters today, JIH President (Ameer) Syed Sadatullah Hussaini said, “There is a disturbing trend of increasing hate crimes against the minorities, even as a new...
Muslims at the Crossroad: Strategy for 2019 General election
Sikandar Azam 2014 Lok Sabha recorded the lowest share of Muslim Member of Parliament (M.P) in the Indian Parliament. One of the major reasons for decline was the rise of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) which got a huge victory in the general election. BJP gave less than 2 percent tickets to Muslim candidates and none...
“Na Khaunga…. Na Khaane Dunga”, Narendra Modi (circa 2014) ——
Darshan Mondkar Corruption in India has always been an perennial problem. As common middle class people, we are aware of the corruption around us and are impacted by it on a regular basis, though we might not have dealt with it directly. So, in 2014, when Modi came riding on the white clean horse of...
We should sit down and talk about differences, settle this with dialogue: PM Imran Khan to India
Prime Minister Imran Khan today once again invited India for dialogues and urged better sense should prevail. “Let us open the corridor of negotiations and settle all outstanding issues,”Imran Khan said in an address to nation in the wake of soaring and deteriorating relationship between two nuclear-armed countries. “We know how the families of those...
India lost one Air Force plane, pilot is missing in action: MEA Spokesperson
Raveesh Kumar, MEA: One Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft was shot down by Indian Air Force. In this engagement, we have lost one MiG 21. Pilot is missing in action. Pakistan claims he is in their custody. We are ascertaining the facts. *Full text of statement by MEA Official Spokesperson on 27 February 2019 amid...