- Court seeks answer to Muslim woman's 'no' to voters list photo
- Mirwaiz to met Pakistani foreign secretary in Delhi
- Women's role key in empowering the community: National Women's Front
- Muslim leaders condemn brutal killing of Sikhs by Taliban in Pakistan
- National Muslim Youth Meet concludes in Calicut
- A Mehfil e Kalam e Ghalib on the poet's 141st death anniversary
- Real tribute to Shahid Azmi is to take up his cause: Lawyers
- Rajya Sabha MP Mohd. Adeeb visits Azamgarh
- Malaysian delegation visits Darul Uloom Nadawatul Ulama
- Sania's 'sensational' dress still stuck in debate
- Manipur Govt considering Muslims quota
- Saba Qureshi new lawyer for 26/11 co-accused Ansari
- Shias take out mourning procession in Delhi
- Controversial women's rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly
- Raza's 'bindu' art inspired by punishment in school
| Court seeks answer to Muslim woman's 'no' to voters list photo Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:17 AM PST By IANS, New Delhi: If one Muslim woman is allowed not to have her photograph on the voters' list, thousands of similar applications would be filed, the Supreme Court noted Monday and aked the petitioner to instead think of some workable solution to resolve the tangle. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan made the observation while hearing a lawsuit by Madurai resident Ajmal Khan, resenting the display of the photographs of Muslim women in the voters' list.
|
| Mirwaiz to met Pakistani foreign secretary in Delhi Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:15 AM PST By IANS, Srinagar: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, left for New Delhi Monday afternoon to meet the Pakistani foreign secretary ahead of the India-Pakistan secretary level talks scheduled on Thursday. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq leads a delegation of his group comprising Professor Abdul Gani Bhat of the Muslim Conference, Moulvi Abbas Ansari of Ittehadul Muslimeen and Agha Syed Hassain of Anjuman-e-Sharie Shiyaan. They are all constituents of the moderate Hurriyat group.
|
| Women's role key in empowering the community: National Women's Front Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:12 AM PST By TCN News, Madurai (Tamil Nadu): "Women constitute around 50% of the population and hence their part in empowering the community is very essential. Our Prophet (PBUH) included women in all areas of community empowerment. Hence we also should follow this," Ms. S. Fathima Gani, Tamil Nadu state president of National Women's Front, the women's wing of Popular Front of India.
|
| Muslim leaders condemn brutal killing of Sikhs by Taliban in Pakistan Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST By TCN News New Delhi: South Asian Council for Minorities(SACM) strongly condemned the brutal beheading of two innocent Sikhs by the Talibans in Pakistan. Here is the text of the statement: The inhuman and un-Islamic act of killing innocent civilians has once again exposed the true face of the terrorists whose only aim is to use the name of Islam, the religion of peace and mercy, for their nefarious designs, ulterior motives and worldy pleasures. These are the people who denigrate the name of Islam and bring disrepute to all Muslims of the World.
|
| National Muslim Youth Meet concludes in Calicut Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:43 AM PST By Rasheed PP for TwoCircles.net, Calicut: Retaining unending hope and inspiration to millions of Muslims and asserting the need for political empowerment, National Muslim Youth Meet concluded with a massive public conference here in Calicut on February 21. The innovative national conference of the Muslim youth was organised by the Muslim Youth League (MYL) Kerala State unit, the youth wing of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
|
| A Mehfil e Kalam e Ghalib on the poet's 141st death anniversary Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:06 AM PST By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: How popular is Ghalib today in his city of Delhi 141 years after he left it forever? Check it. Anis Ahmed, a nursing home assistant, came from Okhla Vihar area, about 10 kms from the venue Ghalib Academy. The Mehfil e Kalam e Ghalib at the academy adjacent to Ghalib's mazar in Basti Hazrat Nizamuddin was scheduled to start at 6 pm on 21st February but actually started at 7 pm, with one-fourth of 120-chair hall still empty. The Basti has several thousand Urdu speaking residents.
|
| Real tribute to Shahid Azmi is to take up his cause: Lawyers Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:06 AM PST By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: "The real tribute to Adv. Shahid Azmi will be to take up his cause – to strive against injustice and to fight for rights of underprivileged", said Public Interest and Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate Prashant Bhusan in a memorial meeting organized by Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association (JTSA) here today at Jamia Millia Islamia.
|
| Rajya Sabha MP Mohd. Adeeb visits Azamgarh Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:02 AM PST By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net, Azamgarh: Has Congress leader Digvijay Singh's Azamgarh visit and his questioning of the genuineness of Batla House encounter, encouraged Muslim Members of Parliament to visit the town and meet affected families? Can't say. But Rajya Sabha Member Mr Muhammad Adeeb is first Muslim MP to visit Azamgarh about one and half years after the encounter wherein two local youths (allegedly involved in terror blasts in Delhi) were killed and about a dozen other natives picked in terror cases.
|
| Malaysian delegation visits Darul Uloom Nadawatul Ulama Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:54 AM PST By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: A delegation of several ministers from Malayasia visited the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Nadawatul Ulama,Lucknow on Sunday. Nadwa officials termed it as educational visit for exploring the possibility of enrollment of Malayasian students in Nadwa besides adopting a curriculum for the madarsas in Malayasia on similar lines.
|
| Sania's 'sensational' dress still stuck in debate Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:34 AM PST |
| Manipur Govt considering Muslims quota Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:31 AM PST By TCN News, Imphal: Following the footstep of West Bengal Government that recently decided to give 10% quota to Muslims, Manipur Government is also considering Muslims reservation. The agenda of the state Cabinet that is scheduled to meet today included the issue that is fast emerging as a national, consensus topic barring the opposite views of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party.
|
| Saba Qureshi new lawyer for 26/11 co-accused Ansari Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:58 AM PST By IANS, Mumbai : The special court conducting the trial in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Monday appointed Saba Qureshi, the assistant to Shahid Azmi, as the new lawyer for 26/11 co-accused Fahim Ansari. Special Judge M.L. Tahilyani also rejected Ansari's plea for bail as he wanted to search for a new lawyer after Azmi, his previous lawyer, was shot dead in his Kurla office Feb 11. In his bail plea filed last week, Ansari had claimed, among other things, that Azmi was threatened by police to withdraw from the case.
|
| Shias take out mourning procession in Delhi Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:47 AM PST By IANS, New Delhi : Shia Muslims Monday took out mourning processions here to remember the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, and his family members some 1,400 years back in Karbala city of Iraq. The processions, "Masoom ka tazia", are taken out nearly two months after Ashura -- the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of Islamic calendar when Hussain and his family members were martyred in Karbala. Muslims also observe mourning and hold processions on Ashura.
|
| Controversial women's rights bill returns to Kashmir assembly Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:30 AM PST By IANS, Jammu : The controversial bill that seeks to annul permanent resident rights of Kashmiri women who marry outside the state is set to return to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. Described as "communal and unconstitutional", the Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill had threatened the existence of then ruling coalition of Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it was first introduced in 2004.
|
| Raza's 'bindu' art inspired by punishment in school Posted: 21 Feb 2010 09:26 PM PST By IANS, New Delhi : Eminent artist Syed Haider Raza, who turned 88 Monday and says he would love to come back home after 60 years in Paris, recalls how the 'bindu' or dot that is the focal point of almost all his works finds root in a punishment he was given during his school days in Madhya Pradesh. Raza's bindu art usually starts with a coloured dot at the centre of his canvas and fans out either in squares or circles. The bindu in Raza's life had an interesting birth.
|
| You are subscribed to email updates from TwoCircles.net - Indian Muslim To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment