Man Tears Up, Burns Quran On Eid, Outside Stockholm's Central Mosque In Sweden
New Age
Islam News Bureau
29 June 20123
A demonstrator burns the Quran
outside Stockholm's central mosque in Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2023. (Photo:
Reuters)
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Europe
• Muslim scholars slam Swedish authorities
for allowing burning of copy of Quran on Eid
• Quran Burning Protest Could Further
Delay Sweden's NATO Membership
• Sharia-Compliant Islamic Coin Secures
$200 Million in Funding From ABO Digital
• Royal Mint presents cheque for £47,000
to Islamic Relief
• Putin comments on lack of respect for
the Quran
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India
• Mere Opposition To Sharia Cannot Be
Basis For Uniform Civil Code, Says Shiv Sena (UBT)
• PM Modi’s Pasmanda outreach a step
forward, say backward class Muslim leaders
• Muslims across Kerala celebrate Bakrid
with traditional fervour
• PM Narendra Modi trying to fool
voters, alleges Indian Union Muslim League
• A month later, some Muslim families
return to Uttarakhand’s Purola, others put up houses for sale
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Mideast
• Turkish FM condemns burning of Muslim
holy book Quran in Sweden
• Yemeni Foreign Ministry Strongly
Condemns Insulting Holy Qur'an & Holds Swedish Government Responsible
• Iran blasts desecration of Holy Qur’an
in Sweden
• Islamic State Leader 'Killed In Airstrike'
As Special Forces Bomb Iraq Hideout
• Islamist Group Storms Istanbul
Municipality’s Exhibition ‘For Praising LGBTI+ And Socialism’
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Arab World
• Two dead after exchange of fire near
US consulate in Jeddah
• Saudi economy minister holds meeting
with WEF chief
• Riyadh governor receives senior
officials on occasion of Eid
• Hajj service providers given leave to
remain at holy sites
• Pilgrims of Custodian of Two Holy
Mosques’ Guests Program Convey their Joy to Their Families Through Social Media
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North America
• Morocco Recalls Ambassador To Sweden
In Protest At Quran Burning
• Man Arrested in Attack on State Rep.
After Muslim Holy Gathering
• Hometown Mercy Mosque Embraces
Diversity Saturday At Eid Halal Fest
• Minneapolis council stops rent measure
with three supporters out for Muslim holiday
• Louisville Metro Government offers
Sharia-compliant small business loans for Muslim residents
• Muslim Community Celebrates Eid
Al-Adha at Hinchliffe Stadium
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Southeast Asia
• Hadi Lauds Non-Muslims Who Dress With
'Dignity'
• Indonesia’s Muslims celebrate Eid
al-Adha with feasts after disease last year disrupted rituals
• PM performs Aidiladha prayers at Putra
Mosque
• Fans swarm PM Anwar at Putrajaya
mosque after Aidiladha prayers
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South Asia
• 5 Eid Congregations Held At Baitul
Mukarram National Mosque
• Main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha held
at Jatiya Eidgah ground
• Amid Growing Unemployment in
Afghanistan, Baradar Calles it ‘Foreign Propaganda’
• Over 74,000 Afghan Migrants Return
Home From Iran in a Month
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Pakistan
• Military Still Fulfilling Legal
Formalities For May 9 Trials
• PTI’s Ali Mohammad Khan remanded to
jail in corruption case
• Police hold flag march as 33 mosques
declared sensitive in Rawalpindi
• PM Shehbaz urges special care for
flood-hit people as nation celebrates Eidul Azha
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Africa
• Corruption, Bad Governance Against
Allah’s Injunction — Convener Yeswefit Movement Tells Nigerians
• Sallah: Peter Obi Shows Love to
Muslims, Doles Out Millions of Naira in Anambra
• Safety concerns as Muslim faithful
besiege Lagos jetties for Eid-el-Kabir
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Man Tears Up, Burns Quran Outside Mosque
On Eid , Outside Stockholm's Central Mosque In Sweden
A demonstrator burns the Quran
outside Stockholm's central mosque in Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2023. (Photo:
Reuters)
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Jun 29, 2023
A man tore up and burned a Quran outside
Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday, an event that risks angering Turkey as
Sweden bids to join NATO, after Swedish police granted permission for the
protest to take place.
Police later charged the man with agitation
against an ethnic or national group.
A series of demonstrations in Sweden
against Islam and for Kurdish rights have offended Ankara, whose backing Sweden
needs to gain entry to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Sweden sought NATO membership in the
wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. But alliance member Turkey has
held up the process, accusing Sweden of harbouring people it considers
terrorists and demanding their extradition.
Turkish Foreign Minister HakanFidan
condemned the act in a tweet, adding that it was unacceptable to allow
anti-Islam protests in the name of freedom of expression.
Burning of religious texts is
"disrespectful and hurtful", the deputy spokesperson for the U.S.
State Department told reporters in a daily briefing. "What might be legal
is certainly not necessarily appropriate," Vedant Patel said.
But he continued to urge Turkey and
Hungary to ratify the NATO accession protocol of Sweden without delay. "We
believe Sweden has fulfilled its commitments under the trilateral
memorandum."
Some 200 onlookers witnessed one of the
two protesters tearing up pages of a copy of the Quran and wiping his shoes
with it before putting bacon in it and setting the book on fire, while the
other spoke into a megaphone.
Some of those present shouted "God
is Great" in Arabic to protest against the burning, and one man was
detained by police after he attempted to throw a rock.
A supporter of the protest shouted
"let it burn" as the holy book caught fire.
While Swedish police have rejected several
recent applications for anti-Quran demonstrations, courts have overruled those
decisions, saying they infringed on freedom of speech.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a
press conference on Wednesday he would not speculate about how the protest
could affect Sweden's NATO process.
"It's legal but not
appropriate," he said, adding that it was up to the police to make
decisions on Quran burnings.
Representatives of the mosque were
disappointed by the police decision to grant permission for the protest on the
Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, mosque director and Imam Mahmoud Khalfi said on
Wednesday.
"The mosque suggested to the police
to at least divert the demonstration to another location, which is possible by
law, but they chose not to do so," Khalfi said in a statement.
Up to 10,000 visitors attend Stockholm's
mosque for Eid celebrations every year, according to Khalfi.
Turkey in late January suspended talks
with Sweden on its NATO application after a Danish far-right politician burned
a copy of the Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
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‘No Ritualistic Sacrifice In Public
Places, Offer Namaz Only In Eidgahs and Mosques’: Lucknow Imam Maulana Firangi
Mahali Appeals
A Muslim
devotee offers Eid al-Adha prayers on Thursday.(AFP)
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29 Jun 2023
Lucknow Eidgah Imam Maulana Khalid
Rasheed Firangi Mahali appealed the Muslim community to offer Namaz only in
Eidgahs and Mosques and not on the streets.
He also urged people to not do 'Qurbani'
in public places on the occasion of Eid-Al-Adha.
"I appeal to all to offer Namaz
only in Eidgahs and Mosques and not on the streets. Don't do 'Qurbani'
(sacrifice of goat or sheep) in public places and don't throw the waste in
public places," Firangi Mahali said as quoted by news agency ANI.
On the auspicious occasion, devotees
from all over the country were seen offering their prayers. In India, Muslims
wear new clothes and attend open-air prayer meetings. They may sacrifice a
sheep or goat and share the meat with family members, neighbours, and the poor.
Several dishes like mutton biryani,
Ghosht Haleem, Shami Kebab and mutton qorma, along with desserts such as kheer
and Sheer Qorma are eaten on this day. Offering charity to the underprivileged
is also considered an important part of Eid al-Adha.
Eid Al-Adha or Bakra Eid, is being
celebrated today i.e. on 29 June this year. It is a holy occasion also called
the 'festival of sacrifice' and is celebrated on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah,
the 12th month of the Islamic or lunar calendar. It marks the end of the annual
Hajj pilgrimage.
Every year, the date changes as it's
based on the Islamic lunar calendar, which is about 11 days shorter than the
Western 365-day Gregorian calendar. The festival is an occasion of joy and
peace, where people celebrate with their families, let go of past grudges and
make meaningful connections with one another. It is celebrated as a
commemoration of Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice everything for God.
Around the world, Eid traditions and
festivities vary and different countries have unique cultural approaches to
this important festival
In Delhi, Security beefed up near Jama
Masjid on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. DCP Central, Sanjay Kumar Sain, said:
"Security of the people is our top priority and with the help of MCD, we
are ensuring that the area is clean and hygienic. Around 1,000 district police
personnel are present here. An outside force is also supporting us."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended
Eid-al-Adha greetings to the people of the country and wished for a spirit of
togetherness and harmony in the society.
On the occasion of the festival, the PM
took to Twitter to say, “Greetings on Eid-ul-Adha. May this day bring happiness
and prosperity to everyone. May it also uphold the spirit of togetherness and
harmony in our society. Eid Mubarak!"
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Muslims in Badrinath Asked To Offer Eid
Prayers 40 Kilometres Away in Joshimath
Image for representation. | Sajjad
Hussain/AFP
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29-06-23
The Uttarakhand Police have asked
Muslims in Badrinath to celebrate Eid in Joshimath, which is about 40
kilometres away, PTI reported.
According to the police, there are only
around 10-12 Muslims living in Badrinath. They are mostly labourers who are
working on construction projects in the temple town.
The Station House Officer at the
Badrinath Police Station, KC Bhatt, said that the decision had been taken after
a meeting was held by priests, contractors and Muslims. He added that no one
had raised any objections to the proposal.
In 2021, a controversy had erupted after
some Muslim labourers offered prayers near the Badrinath temple complex during
coronavirus-induced lockdown, according to The New Indian Express.
Panchayat president Praveen Dhyani told
PTI that the incident was widely condemned and a case was registered. The probe
is still going on, he said.
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"Hezbollah" Denounces Tearing
Of The Qur'an: We Call On Islamic Institutions To Take Steps To Prevent The
Recurrence Of These Follies
Photo: English Islam Times
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29-06-23
NNA - In an issued statement on
Thursday, Hezbollah condemned "the tearing and burning of a copy of the
Holy Qur'an in front of a Stockholm mosque," considering that "the
Swedish official authorities are partners and complicit in the crime, as they
gave permission to the demonstrators knowing their prior intention to carry out
this serious act."
The statement stressed that the
recurrence of infringement of the Holy Qur'an in this country and elsewhere
cannot be tolerated, deeming that the Swedish government must stop this
"bad downward path" instead of hiding behind "freedom of
expression and other rosy slogans".
It concluded by calling on the supreme
Islamic authorities and institutions and Arab and Islamic governments to
"take all appropriate steps that prompt these countries to prevent the
recurrence of these follies on their land and to stop spreading the culture of
hatred and spite."
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Qur’an Burning by
Extremist at Sweden Mosque
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29 June 2023
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs
voiced the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of Wednesday’s burning of a copy of
the Holy Qur'an by an extremist at Stockholm Central Mosque in Sweden following
Eid al-Adha prayer.
"These hateful and repeated acts
cannot be accepted with any justification, as they clearly incite hatred,
exclusion, and racism, and directly contradict international efforts seeking to
spread the values of tolerance, moderation, and rejection of extremism”, the
Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The statement added that similar acts
only “undermine the necessary mutual respect for relations between peoples and
states.”
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Europe
Muslim scholars slam Swedish authorities for allowing burning of copy of Quran on Eid
28.06.2023
A group of Muslim scholars on Wednesday
strongly condemned the Swedish authorities for allowing an extremist to burn a
copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, while under the protection of
Stockholm police.
The extremist's provocative act was
deliberately planned to coincide with Muslims around the world celebrating Eid
Al-Adha, one of the major Islamic religious festivals.
The International Union of Muslim
Scholars (IUMS) described the act in a statement as "racism and savagery
backed by (Swedish) official bodies."
"This is racism, not freedom, and
this individual savagery backed by the official bodies must not be passed over
in silence," the IUMS stated.
Early on Wednesday, a person identified
as SalwanMomika burned a copy of the Quran under police protection in front of
the Stockholm Mosque.
On June 12, a Swedish appeals court
upheld a lower court's decision to overturn a ban on Quran burning, ruling that
police had no legal grounds to prevent two Quran burning protests earlier this
year.
The incident prompted strong
condemnation from Türkiye, as Foreign Minister HakanFidan stated on Twitter, “I
condemn the vile action in Sweden against our Holy Book, Quran, on the first
day of the Eid-al-Adha!”
*Writing by Ahmed Asmar
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Quran burning protest could further
delay Sweden's NATO membership
29/06/2023
Police later charged the man with
agitation against an ethnic or national group.
A series of demonstrations in Sweden
against Islam and for Kurdish rights have offended Ankara, whose backing Sweden
needs to gain entry to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Sweden sought NATO membership in the
wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. But alliance member Turkey has
held up the process, accusing Sweden of harbouring people it considers
terrorists and demanding their extradition.
Turkish Foreign Minister HakanFidan
condemned the act in a tweet, adding that it was unacceptable to allow
anti-Islam protests in the name of freedom of expression.
Morocco who recalled its ambassador to
Sweden for an indefinite period, also summoned Sweden's chargé d'affaires in
Rabat on Wednesday, expressing the kingdom's "strong condemnation of this
attack and its rejection of this unacceptable act", the state news agency
said.
Burning of religious texts is
"disrespectful and hurtful", the deputy spokesperson for the US State
Department told reporters in a daily briefing. "What might be legal is
certainly not necessarily appropriate," Vedant Patel said.
But he continued to urge Turkey and
Hungary to ratify the NATO accession protocol of Sweden without delay. "We
believe Sweden has fulfilled its commitments under the trilateral
memorandum."
Some 200 onlookers witnessed one of the
two protesters tearing up pages of a copy of the Quran and wiping his shoes
with it before putting bacon in it and setting the book on fire, while the
other spoke into a megaphone.
Some of those present shouted "God
is Great" in Arabic to protest against the burning, and one man was
detained by police after he attempted to throw a rock.
A supporter of the protest shouted
"let it burn" as the holy book caught fire.
While Swedish police have rejected
several recent applications for anti-Quran demonstrations, courts have
overruled those decisions, saying they infringed on freedom of speech.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a
press conference on Wednesday he would not speculate about how the protest
could affect Sweden's NATO process.
"It's legal but not
appropriate," he said, adding that it was up to the police to make decisions
on Quran burnings.
Representatives of the mosque were
disappointed by the police decision to grant permission for the protest on the
Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, mosque director and Imam Mahmoud Khalfi said on
Wednesday.
"The mosque suggested to the police
to at least divert the demonstration to another location, which is possible by
law, but they chose not to do so," Khalfi said in a statement.
Up to 10,000 visitors attend Stockholm's
mosque for Eid celebrations every year, according to Khalfi.
Turkey in late January suspended talks
with Sweden on its NATO application after a Danish far-right politician burned
a copy of the Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
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Sharia-Compliant Islamic Coin Secures
$200 Million in Funding From ABO Digital
by Terence Zimwara
Islamic coin, a Sharia-compliant crypto
asset, has secured $200 million from ABO Digital, which brings to $400 million
the total funding that the project has received. The latest capital raise is
expected to give the crypto project access to funding of up to $200 million as
well as to ensure that the coin “has a long and stable runway.”
Revolutionizing the Sharia-Compliant
Market
Islamic coin, the “Sharia-compliant”
digital asset, has secured $200 million from ABO Digital, the digital asset
investment arm of the ABO group. The latest raise brings to $400 million the
total funding the crypto project has received.
According to a press release, ABO
Digital’s capital injection is expected to give crypto-asset access to funding
of up to $200 million as well as to ensure that the coin “has a long and stable
runway.” Remarking on ABO Digital’s decision to partner with Islamic Coin,
Amine Nedjai, the CEO of the digital asset investment firm, said:
ABO Digital is thrilled to collaborate
with Islamic Coin as an alternative finance provider. This ambitious project,
supported by a stellar team, is revolutionizing the Shariah-compliant market by
introducing digitization. We are honoured to have been selected as a partner.
In addition to receiving global
recognition, Islamic Coin has signed a memorandum of understanding with the
United Kingdom-based DDCAP Group. This partnership, according to the press
release, will result in the development of several solutions for Islamic
Finance such as a Shariah-compliant Web3 alternative to the Society for Worldwide
Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). A digital asset platform,
central bank digital currencies, and tokenization are the other solutions that
will ostensibly be developed as a direct result of the partnership.
Islamic Coin co-founder Mohammed
AlKaffAlHashmi said his team is “building a game-changing financial platform
that brings together ethics and the traditions of Islamic Finance.”
Some of the big-name Middle East North
Africa (MENA) leaders that are reportedly backing the crypto project include
the grandson of the United Arab Emirates founder Sheikh Dr. Hazza bin Sultan
bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Besides the backing of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai ruling
families, the endeavor is supported by Islamic finance experts.
What are your thoughts on this story?
Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
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Royal Mint presents cheque for £47,000
to Islamic Relief
27th June
The Royal Mint has donated over £47,000
to Islamic Relief raised from sales of 20g Kaaba Gold Bullion Bars during
Ramadan.
The Royal Mint had pledged to donate
2.5% from the sale of its 20g Kaaba Gold Bullion Bars, throughout the holy
month.
Andrew Dickey, Director of Precious
Metals at The Royal Mint, said: “I’m so proud that The Royal Mint is donating
over £47,000 to Islamic Relief from the sale of our 20g Kaaba Gold Bullion
Bars.
“Representing diversity through our
products is so important to us and we worked closely with the Muslim Council of
Wales to create a design that would be recognisable and meaningful to the
Muslim community and it’s been, and continues to be, a very popular product.
“Our partnership with Islamic Relief has
allowed us to attend their fundraising events in London, Manchester and
Glasgow, and gift three gold bars to the charity, which raised a further £9,000
through auctions. For The Royal Mint to be able to present this final cheque to
Islamic Relief ahead of Hajj is extra special.”
Tufail Hussain, Director of Islamic
Relief UK, said: “It's been a pleasure to partner with The Royal Mint who have
raised significant funds through the sale of the Kaaba Gold Bullion Bars. These
funds will support our life-saving work in Turkiye and Syria, helping families
to rebuild their lives following the impact of the devastating earthquakes.”
The final donated figure is £47,560.59,
which consists of 2.5% from sales of the Kaaba Gold Bars during Ramadan, in
keeping with Zakat, the percentage of wealth Muslims are expected to donate.
The Royal Mint also gifted three bars to the charity, raising an additional sum
of more than £9,000.
The 20g minted gold bar depicting the
Kaaba was designed by Emma Noble, in consultation with the Muslim Council of
Wales.
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Putin comments on lack of respect for
the Quran
29-06-23
It is a crime to deliberately violate
religious beliefs, the Russian leader said
Russian President Vladimir Putin has
condemned the burning of the Quran and vows to protect Muslims from hatred.
“[The Quran] is sacred to Muslims,”
Putin said during his trip to Russia’s Muslim-majority region of Dagestan on
Wednesday. “We know that in other countries they act differently, they don’t
respect people’s religious feelings and say it’s not a crime [to attack one’s
religious beliefs].”
Putin pointed out that deliberately
offending and mocking one’s religion falls under Article 282 of the Russian
Criminal Code, which deals with incitement to hatred.
“It is a crime to incite religious
hatred,” the Russian leader said. “We will always follow these rules of law.”
There were several cases of activists
publicly tearing pages from the Quran and setting the book on fire, especially
in the Nordic countries. On Wednesday, a Swedish court allowed the Quran to be
burned outside a mosque in Stockholm on Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday.
The burning of the Quran in countries
such as Sweden and Norway has led to protests by Muslims at home and abroad.
Authorities in these states typically condemn the acts themselves, but claim
they are protected under free speech laws.
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India
Mere opposition to Sharia cannot be
basis for Uniform Civil Code, says Shiv Sena (UBT)
Jun 29, 2023
The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday said
that mere opposition to 'Sharia' cannot be the basis for the Uniform Civil
Code, asserting that UCC also means having equality in law and justice for all.
Sharia is an Islamic religious law based on the teachings of the Quran and the
traditional sayings of Muhammad.
In an editorial in its mouthpiece
'Saamana', the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said Prime Minister Narendra Modi
should first respect uniform law by disqualifying 40 MLAs including Maharashtra
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, whose Urban Development department has taken
action against 18 ex-corporators from the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal
Corporation (BNCMC).
Earlier this week, 18 former Congress
corporators of BNCMC were disqualified from contesting any elections for the
next six years for voting against their party's official mayoral candidate in
2019 and defying party whip.
"Only opposing the Sharia law of
Muslims is not the basis for Uniform Civil Code. Having equality in law and
justice is also Uniform Civil Code," the editorial said.
What law is it if "corrupt people,
ministers, businessmen of the ruling party" are protected and leaders from
opposition parties are implicated under anti-corruption statutes, it asked.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) also questioned the
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) inquiry initiated by the Centre into
alleged irregularities in the reconstruction expenses of Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal's official residence.
In an apparent reference to CM Shinde,
it said the "landlords" of Maharashtra have kept two-four official
bungalows and resorted to unchecked splurging.
There should also be uniform law in this
case, it said.
PM Modi on Tuesday pushed for
implementation of a UCC in the country and said Muslims are being instigated
over the sensitive issue.
Even the Supreme Court has advocated for
a UCC, but those practising vote bank politics are opposing it, said Modi and
asked how the country can have two systems, touching upon an issue closely
identified with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with less than a year left for
the Lok Sabha polls.
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PM Modi’s Pasmanda outreach a step
forward, say backward class Muslim leaders
Jun 29, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
pro-Pasmanda pitch seems to have triggered a churning in certain sections of
the backward Muslim community’s political leadership less than a year before
the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Peace Party, which had been an
emerging phenomenon in several pockets of eastern Uttar Pradesh about a decade
back, has welcomed the PM’s outreach.
The Peace Party had caught attention for
its fairly successful intervention among the backward Muslims and won four
seats in the 2012 assembly elections.
Peace Party chief Mohammad Ayub said if
the BJP is serious about the political, social and educational empowerment of
Pasmanda Muslims, then the PM’s appeal should be followed by some concrete
actions, including an invite to the Pasmanda leadership for further
discussions.
He said the Kalelkar Commission,
Rangnath Mishra Commission and Sachar Committee in their reports had
highlighted the social and economic backwardness of the Pasmanda Muslims. They
had recommended reservation for Dalit Muslims. Along with implementing these
reports, the BJP government should give political representation to the Muslims,
he said.
The Peace Party enjoys influence among
the weavers’ community settled in East UP.
Prime Minister had said backward Muslims
had been left marginalised by those who do vote-bank politics.
“A section of their own religion has
exploited Pasmanda Muslims, something that hasn’t been discussed in the
country. Several generations have had to suffer. But the BJP works in the
spirit of ‘Sabka Saath, SabkaVikaas,’” Modi had said in Bhopal on Tuesday.
Like the Peace Party, All India Pasmanda
Muslim Mahaj has termed PM’s reach-out as a step forward in the right
direction.
Its state president Wasim Raini said,
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first PM who has spoken about problems
faced by the Pasmanda Muslims and expressed a commitment to their welfare from
a public platform. The Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party
got the community’s votes but failed to give a share in political power. The
Pasmanda community is looking with hope towards the BJP.”
The Pasmanda Muslims constitute 85% of the
Muslim population in the state. The BJP claims that these backward Muslim
communities have also been the biggest beneficiaries of the government’s
various welfare schemes.
The party had also fielded a significant
number of Pasmanda community members in the recently concluded urban local
bodies election. Out of the 391 Muslim candidates fielded by the BJP 61 won in
the local bodies’ election.
Meanwhile, Rashtriya Ulama Council
spokesperson Talha Rashidi said if Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to
bringing the Pasmanda Muslims into the national mainstream, the words should be
reciprocated by the deeds.
Allaying the fears, Uttar Pradesh
minority welfare minister Danish Azad Ansari said the victory of BJP candidates
in the Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha by-polls as well as alliance partner Apna
Dal (S) winning the Suar assembly seat indicates the Pasmanda Muslims are
supporting the BJP.
BJP Minority Cell president Basit Ali
said the state government’s schemes have benefitted 4.5 crore Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.
The Pasmanda votes are decisive in at least 20 Lok Sabha seats of Uttar
Pradesh, he said.
Hitting out at the BJP, senior SP leader
Rajendra Chaudhary said the BJP is raising the issue of Pasmanda Muslims to
mislead the community and create confusion before the polls.
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Akhilesh
Ambedkar said the Muslims know which party is actually committed to
safeguarding their interests.
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Muslims across Kerala celebrate Bakrid
with traditional fervour
June 29, 2023
Thiruvananthapuram:Muslims across Kerala
celebrated Bakrid (Eid-Ul- Azha) on Thursday with religious fervour and
traditional gaiety but not without condemning the Centre's statements on Uniform
Civil Code.
Right from early morning, the people in
their traditional attire could be seen hurrying to the mosques and Eidgahs
which had separate enclosures for women.
The famed Palayam Mosque located a
stone’s throw from the State Secretariat here was crowded with the Imam Dr V.P.
SuhaibMoulavi demanding that the Centre dump the UCC as it infringes and
violates the Constitution.
“There should be no attempt to take away
the religious rights of the people. The Centre should desist from this,” said
the Moulavi.
Incidentally, the Muslim population in
Kerala accounts for 26 per cent of the 3.30 crore state population.
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PM Narendra Modi trying to fool voters,
alleges Indian Union Muslim League
29.06.23
K.M. Rakesh
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on
Wednesday said the fact that the Prime Minister is asking for a uniform civil
code (UCC) has more to do with the upcoming elections.
The party’s political advisory committee
met in Kerala's Malappuram on Wednesday — a day after Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s assertion on rolling out the UCC — to take stock of the situation. Addressing
a media conference, the committee vehemently opposed raking up the issue and
reiterated its well-established position against any alteration in the
country’s personal law concerning Muslims.
IUML national general secretary P.K.
Kunhalikutty said the prime minister who hasn’t yet uttered a word on Manipur
has suddenly become vocal about the UCC.
“Since they have no achievements to
show, their idea is to bring a bill in the winter session of the Parliament and
convert it into a major issue quite like what they did in the Karnataka
elections. A Prime Minister who hasn’t yet uttered a word on Manipur is now
propping up this non-issue,” said Kunhalikutty.
He said that Modi was trying to fool the
people by raking up such an issue ahead of the upcoming elections. “We will
strongly oppose this,” he added.
Kerala state president of IUML, Sadiq
Ali ShihabThangal, cautioned that rolling out the UCC would have very serious
consequences.
“The constitution doesn’t recognise the
UCC. The consequences of implementing the UCC by ignoring that fact will be
very big,” Thangal said.
Lok Sabha member E.T. Mohammed Basheer
squarely blamed Modi for trying to camouflage his failure in governance with
such issues.
“Modi is scared. He is now flashing one
more trump card upon realising that his performance has been very poor,”
Basheer said, adding it won’t yield the results the Prime Minister wants.
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A month later, some Muslim families
return to Uttarakhand’s Purola, others put up houses for sale
Members of the minority community were
forced to leave the town in Uttarakhand after right-wing groups staged protests
over an alleged attempt by a Muslim man to kidnap a minor Hindu girl on May 26
June 28, 2023
Ishita Mishra
While several Muslim residents of
Purola, who were forced to leave the town in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district
last month following communal tensions, have returned, a few others have put up
their houses for sale and vowed not to come back.
Trouble began on May 26 after an alleged
attempt to abduct a 15-year-old Hindu girl by two youth, Ubaid and Jitendra
Saini, who were caught by locals and booked by the police under the POCSO Act.
Though the accused were arrested the
same day, the incident angered several right-wing groups, which staged protests
and allegedly stuck posters asking members of the minority community to leave
the town. The groups also called for a mahapanchayat on June 15, which was
withdrawn at the last minute amid efforts by the administration to maintain
peace.
Mohammad Saleem, who ran a garment store
in the town and fled to Dehradun with his family, has put up his house in
Purola for sale. He said he does not want to return as he fears for his
family’s safety. “There is nothing left for us in that town,” he said.
Mohammed Zahid, the BJP minority morcha
chief in Uttarkashi who also fled to Dehradun after the protests, said he has
decided to shut down his businesses in Purola.
Munna Khan, a vegetable seller who is
among several Muslim tenants reportedly evicted by their Hindu landlords, is
desperate to get back his rent deposit of ₹3 lakh. “I had to leave in a hurry, leaving my stock of fruits and vegetables
worth ₹2
lakh to rot. I am jobless now and don’t have any money to start afresh,” said
Mr. Khan, who has moved to Vikas Nagar, 90 km from Purola.
Resisting pressure
However, Dharam Singh Negi, 82, the
oldest practising lawyer in the town, has refused to succumb to pressure from
right-wing groups to evict his Muslim tenants. “The tension was created by
local traders who are scared of losing their business to Muslims who sell at
cheaper rates,” he said.
Mr. Negi’s resolve has encouraged other
landlords to support their Muslims tenants. “If Negi gets his shop vacated, the
entire town will be free from Muslims,” said Dharshan Bharti, founder of the
Devbhoomi Raksha Abhiyan.
Bale Miyan, a garment trader who belongs
to one of first Muslim families to have settled in the town 45 years ago, said,
‘My grandchildren ask me why their Hindu friends have suddenly started abusing
them. I have no answer for it.”
Pandit Vinod Prasad Badri, the owner of
Rana restaurant, said Purola has never accepted outsiders. “We are from Tehri
in Uttarakhand, but people of this town still treat us badly. We have been
living here for the past 92 years. How can you expect them to allow Muslims to
flourish?” he said.
However, Chand Miyan, who runs a
tailoring shop, said “everything is back to normal in the town now”.
Meanwhile, the victim, a Class 8
student, who lost her parents when she was three months old, is living with her
maternal uncle and aunt. She is unable to leave her home and play with her
friends as she draws unwanted stares. The uncle, a government teacher, said he
had given all the details of the incident in the police complaint and has
nothing more to add.
According to the FIR, a villager named
Ashish alerted the uncle that the girl was “about to get picked up”. Mr. Ashish
then rescued the girl before the accused could get hold of her. “My niece was
trapped on the pretext of marriage,” the uncle had said in his complaint.
With Mr. Ubaid awaiting trial, his
brother Amir Ali, who lives in Najeebabad, Uttar Pradesh, told The Hindu that
his brother had never seen the girl before. “A police officer told me that even
my brother’s call records showed that he had never spoken to the girl. How come
he decided to abduct her one day?” Mr. Ali said.
Sub-Inspector DeeptiJagwan, the
investigating officer in the case, refused to comment on the matter.
Mr. Ali added that he had to sell the
furniture shop, Bharat Furnitures, that Mr. Ubaid ran in Purola a week after
the incident as he was afraid protesters would damage the stock worth lakhs in
it. A fresh coat of blue paint now obscures the shop’s name-board.
Veeny Electrical and Repairs, the shop
of the co-accused Mr. Saini, is shuttered and his family did not respond to
calls.
Sushil Vyas, who runs a medical store
next to the shops of the accused, said he had never seen the duo do anything
“objectionable”.
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Mideast
Turkish FM condemns burning of Muslim
holy book Quran in Sweden
29 June 2023
Turkish Foreign Minister HakanFidan on
Wednesday condemned the burning of the Muslim holy book Quran in Sweden on the
first day of Muslims' major festival of Eid al-Adha, Azernews reports, citing
YeniShafak.
“I condemn the vile action in #Sweden
against our Holy Book, Quran, on the first day of the Eid-al-Adha!,” Fidan
wrote on Twitter.
“It is unacceptable to allow these
islamophobe anti-Muslim actions under the pretext of freedom of expression,” he
added.
“To turn a blind eye to such atrocious
acts is to be a partner in crime,” he said.
Fidan's remarks came after Swedish
authorities granted permission for a Quran-burning protest outside a mosque.
Meanwhile, Omer Celik, a spokesperson
for Türkiye's Justice and Development (AK) Party said in a statement: "We
condemn the Swedish authorities' approval of the application to burn the Qur'an
in front of a mosque on Eid al-Adha."
"We strongly condemn the Swedish
Supreme Court's stance on protecting hate crimes. Every disrespect is a crime
against humanity. We will continue to fight against these cursed acts in the
strongest way possible on all political and legal grounds," Celik added.
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Yemeni Foreign Ministry Strongly
Condemns Insulting Holy Qur'an & Holds Swedish Government Responsible
[28/June/2023]
SANA'A June 28. 2023 (Saba)- The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned, in the strongest terms, the Swedish
government's continued granting permits to extremists in Stockholm to offend
the Holy Qur'an and Islamic sanctities.
In a statement, a copy of which was
received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
considered that is a crime of racial incitement that is totally unacceptable.
It holds the Swedish government
responsible for this crime, which in no way is done to freedom of opinion,
expression and belief that Western countries repeat daily.
The ministry explained that
irresponsible act is a provocative incitement to more than two billion Muslims
in various continents of the world, and is a result of the continued spread of
populist discourse in Europe based on hatred on the basis of belief, race or
religion.
The statement called on governments,
international, regional governmental organizations, institutions,
non-governmental organizations and institutions to assume responsibility in
emphasizing respect for human rights and to take deterrent measures against
planners and perpetrators of violence acts and incitement against religions, as
they destabilize social peace and spread hatred among peoples.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed
the need to adopt a binding resolution criminalizing all forms of hatred and
extremism, and to hold perpetrators accountable.
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Iran blasts desecration of Holy Qur’an
in Sweden
June 29, 2023
Nasser Kanaani reacted to a move by
Sweden to give the green light to the opponents of Islam to desecrate Holy
Qur’an again.
He said it is a provocative,
ill-considered and unacceptable act to pave the way for the repeated
desecration of divine sanctities, especially at the same time as the holy days
of the Islamic Ummah and the gathering of millions of Muslims in the World Hajj
Congress.
Referring to the efforts of the
international community and human rights organizations to promote respect for
religions and authentic religious teachings, Kanaani said insulting the holy
books is an example of violence and spreading hatred, and is contrary to the
original values of human rights.
Kanaani said, “The government and people
of the Islamic Republic of Iran, like other Muslims and free thinkers of the
world, do not tolerate such an insult and strongly condemn it.”
“The Swedish government is expected to
prevent a repetition of the desecration of sanctities and seriously pay
attention to the principle of responsibility and accountability in this
regard,” he added.
On Wednesday a man believed to be of
Iraqi origion tore up and burned a copy of Holy Quran outside Stockholm’s
central mosque following a police permission.
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Islamic State Leader 'Killed In
Airstrike' As Special Forces Bomb Iraq Hideout
28 Jun 2023
Iraqi special forces believe they have
killed the head of Islamic State in an airstrike on a terror hideout.
Specialists are carrying out tests on
DNA samples from the remains of a terror suspect collected after a cave was
bombed in the Hamrin Mountains in north east Iraq.
It is believed Abu al-Hussein
al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, who became leader in November last year may have been
among five ISIS leaders blasted in the operation.
Elite commandos from the Iraqi “Golden
Division” retrieved the dead bodies after warplanes hit the complex in an
operation conducted recently.
Gen Abdul Wahab el-Saadi told the Daily
Mirror: “Among these five men we know we killed a man who was heading the
Islamic State’s media campaign.
“This man is never far away from the
ISIS leadership so we believe and we hope that the Islamic State leadership has
been killed.
“We cannot be sure yet but I believe DNA
tests are currently being carried out. This may take some time.
“What we do know is that these five men
were high up in Islamic State so we have had a positive result with that and
many other operations.”
Al-Qurayshi, a veteran jihadist, took
over as leader of the terror network in November last year after his
predecessor Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Qurayshi was killed in Syria in October.
The latest and similarly named leader is
a mystery man and it is believed there is little intelligence agencies know
about his background.
He was at the time he took over,
however, referred to by ISIS as “an old fighter” and commands huge respect amongst
his terrorist subordinates.
British RAF planes recently carried out
airstrikes on the Hamrin Mountains against Islamic State, flying in from RAF
Akrotiri, in Cyprus.
But it is not known if UK Typhoon jets
conducted this key mission on ISIS or whether it was conducted by an Iraqi
fighter jet.
The ISIS leadership is becoming
increasingly careful about security, rarely staying in one place for more than
one night and spending most of their time in caves and desert hideouts.
And western spy planes are launching
missions to pick up conversations over the internet and telephones in a bid to
keep ISIS on the run.
It is known that whenever the terrorist
network is allowed to stay in one place it may use its still large war chest to
try and radicalise or instruct western-based jihadists to launch attacks.
What is ISIS?
Islamic State was born as an offshoot of
al-Qaeda in Iraq, which had grown in the mid 2000s as a reaction to the US-led
Iraq invasion.
It was headed by Jordanian Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi, whose notoriety grew in Iraq from a number of sickening beheadings.
At some point, al-Qaeda in Iraq was
disenfranchised by al-Qaeda. In 2006, al-Zarqawi was killed by American troops.
Disparate jihadist groups then came
together to form ISIS – shortened from its full name, Islamic State in al-Sham,
referring to large parts of the Middle East.
Sunni militant Abu Musab al-Baghdadi
took over in 2010 and four years later led the network in a lightning-quick
take-over of swathes of Syria and Iraq.
In 2014, al-Baghdadi announced his
caliphate in Mosul, the group’s Iraqi HQ, after travelling from Raqqa, the ISIS
Syria HQ.
Thousands of Iraqi police, soldiers and
military cadets were slaughtered in their path and the group grew from strength
to strength.
This was when British jihadists such as
runaway ISIS bride Shamima Begum started travelling to Syria to join up.
The group slaughtered thousands of
Yazidi and Shia across its territory and launched a campaign of horror across
the region, expanding into Africa and Afghanistan.
A year later, it was plotting and
carrying out attacks across Europe and coalition commanders started plotting a
counter-offensive.
By 2019, air strikes and ground
offensives by western-friendly Syrian Kurdish forces and Iraqi Army and Kurdish
Peshmerga had removed the caliphate and fighters went to ground.
Al-Baghdadi was killed in a US special
forces raid that year and the group has struggled since, with several more
leaders killed.
But it remains a big threat in the
Middle East, Afghanistan and parts of Africa.
ISIS attacks on UK
2010 MP Stephen Timms stabbed at a
constituency surgery by British extremist Roshonara Choudhry. She is jailed for
life.
2013 Soldier Lee Rigby is murdered in
London by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, who both get life sentences.
2017 Khalid Masood fatally stabs PC
Keith Palmer after driving into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four
and injuring almost 50.
2017 Suicide bomber Salman Abedi kills
22 and injures 139 – many of them children – at the Manchester Arena in the
deadliest attack in Britain since the 7/7 bombings in 2005.
2017 Three ISIS murderers drive a van
into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in nearby Borough Market.
Eight killed and at least 48 wounded.
2017 Thirty hurt in a bombing at Parsons
Green station in West London by Ahmed Hassan.
2018 Salih Khater runs down pedestrians
outside the Palace of Westminster.
2019 Usman Khan is shot dead by police
after killing two and injuring three more at London Bridge.
2020 Two inmates at Whitemoor prison
wearing realistic fake suicide vests stab a prison officer, causing serious
injuries and harming several others.
2020 Sudesh Amman shot dead by police
after stabbing and injuring two people in Streatham.
2020 KhairiSaadallah stabs people in the
centre of Reading, killing three and injuring three.
2021 David Amess MP knifed to death by
Ali Harbi Ali in Southend, Essex.
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Islamist group storms Istanbul
Municipality’s exhibition ‘for praising LGBTI+ and socialism’
June 28 2023
An Islamist group on June 27 attempted
to attack the exhibition titled “Starting from the Middle” featuring more than
400 works by 19 curators and 300 artists at “Art Istanbul Feshane” opened by
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) on June 23.
A group gathered in front of the Feshane
building and claimed that the exhibition included photographs containing nudity
and hostility towards the police, promoted LGBTI+ propaganda, and showcased
films praising socialism.
One of the leaders of the group
threatened İBB Mayor Ekremİmamoğlu and said, "The exhibition is an insult
to the Muslim Turkish nation. This exhibition must be removed immediately. We
warn Ekrem, either he removes this exhibition or we as a nation know how to
remove it."
The mayor of Eyüpsultan Municipality, where
Feshane is located, said on Twitter that they expect İBB to “understand the
sensitivities of society” and added, “We always respect freedom of expression.
However, this freedom should not be at a point where moral boundaries that the
majority of our society may find unacceptable are crossed. Everyone who claims
to serve this city must remember that they are obliged to respect the values
and moral principles of our society.”
The exhibition was temporarily closed
while the group attempted to carry out the attack but was later reopened.
Feshane, originally established in the
18th century for the production of uniforms for Ottoman soldiers, underwent
restoration works between 2018-2023 and was subsequently transformed into an
art center.
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Arab World
Two dead after exchange of fire near US
consulate in Jeddah
June 28, 2023
MAKKAH: A man with a firearm was stopped
near the American Consulate building in Jeddah before an exchange of fire broke
out with the security authorities, which led to his death, Saudi Press Agency
reported on Wednesday.
A Nepalese security guard at the
consulate was injured in the incident and subsequently died from his injuries,
the report added.
According to SPA, the armed man parked a
car near the consulate building and exited the vehicle carrying a gun, after
which security forces “took the initiative to deal with him as required by the
situation.”
Makkah region police said a security
investigation was ongoing aimed at determining the circumstances of the
incident.
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Saudi economy minister holds meeting
with WEF chief
June 28, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s minister of
economy and planning Faisal bin Fadel Al-Ibrahim met on Wednesday with
BorgeBrende, the president of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Saudi Press
Agency reported.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of
the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2023, currently being hosted by Tianjin
in China.
The meeting covered the latest international
and regional economic developments and Saudi-WEF strategic relations.
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Riyadh governor receives senior
officials on occasion of Eid
June 28, 2023
RIYADH: Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin
Bandar on Wednesday received a number of the region’s princes and senior
officials from the armed forces, national guard, general security, border
guard, special security forces, civil defense and traffic, as well as several
members of the public, who greeted and congratulated him on Eid al-Adha.
Prince Faisal returned the sentiment on
this happy occasion and wished the Islamic nation happiness and good fortune.
Deputy Riyadh Gov. Prince Mohammed bin
Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz was also present.
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Hajj service providers given leave to
remain at holy sites
June 28, 2023
MAKKAH: The Royal Commission for Makkah
City and Holy Sites has decided to allow companies that provide services to
foreign pilgrims to remain at their locations at the holy sites for three
years.
The Al-Khayyam tent project in Mina was
developed after a fire broke out during Hajj season in 1997. The Saudi
authorities have come up with many ideas to redevelop the area through projects
in places allocated to pilgrimage service companies, which are investing in
higher quality services in Arafat and Mina.
Ahmed Saleh Halabi, the Hajj and Umrah
services adviser, said: “Over the years the companies would have to remove all
the work that has been established at the locations of the pilgrims’ camps at
the holy sites of Mina and Arafat.
“After developed tents were set up in
Mina, the requests were then limited to Arafat. The majority of the work done
by the companies was then removed after pilgrims would leave Arafat, despite
the high costs.”
The new policy allowing the companies to
remain at their locations is proving to be beneficial.
“We noticed this through the non-Arab
African pilgrims’ company, which benefited from this step by removing the
traditional tents in the Arafat site and setting up developed tents with outstanding
international specifications. These tents are resistant to light, heat, water,
fire, wear and UV,” Halabi said.
“If such tents were removed after the
pilgrimage, the company will be affected by the high financial cost. Moreover,
the materials used will wear off due to tying and untying them. Keeping them in
place reduces the costs, preserves the tents and makes it easier to carry out
maintenance.”
Maintaining a camp throughout the year
would allow the companies providing services to foreign pilgrims to benefit
from the location and use it as a residential place for pilgrims “where they
can experience the ambiance of the Day of Arafat and remember the greatness of
this place and time,” Halabi said.
Companies can also organize trips for
pilgrims where they can spend a day in the camp and perform their pilgrimage
rituals. The camps would be open throughout the year, with services including
electricity, water, sanitation and internet.
Dr. Samir Barqah, a researcher
specializing in Makkah’s history, said that keeping the camps for over three
years would help improve the service, especially as they had spent millions to
invest in the holy sites.
He also said that keeping the tents
would contribute to developing the service industry.
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Pilgrims of Custodian of Two Holy
Mosques’ Guests Program Convey their Joy to Their Families Through Social Media
28 Jun, 2023
The pilgrims, patrons of the Custodian
of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program, implemented and administered by the
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call, and Guidance, have conveyed their feelings
and sentiments of faith to their families in their respective countries through
social media.
The program's guests were delighted to
share their diaries, highlighting their feelings, expressions of faith and
spiritual experience, pictures of landmarks, and displaying the extent of the
development of facilities with their families and relatives in their homelands.
The guests praised the efforts of the
Ministry of Islamic Affairs for providing all of the necessary means to ensure
they could perform and complete their pilgrimage with ease and tranquility,
praying to Allah the Almighty to reward the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
for this program which serves Islam and Muslims from around the world.
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North America
Morocco recalls ambassador to Sweden in
protest at Quran burning
June 29, 2023
June 29 (Reuters) - Morocco recalled its
ambassador to Sweden for an indefinite period after a man tore up and burned a
Quran outside Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday, the state news agency
said.
Morocco's foreign ministry also summoned
Sweden's chargé d'affaires in Rabat on Wednesday and expressed the kingdom's
"strong condemnation of this attack and its rejection of this unacceptable
act", the state news agency said.
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Man Arrested in Attack on State Rep.
After Muslim Holy Gathering
6/29/23
AMuslim Connecticut state representative
was injured in an attack outside of an Eid al-Adha prayer gathering on
Wednesday, police said.
A bystander chased down the male suspect
and detained him before he was arrested by Hartford police, authorities
confirmed to local media.
Representative Maryam Khan, the first
Muslim member of the Connecticut House after being elected last year, sustained
minor injuries, Farhan Memon, Connecticut chair of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told Newsweek in a phone interview Wednesday
night.
Newsweek has reached out via email to
Khan and the Hartford Police Department for comment.
Officers received a call at roughly 11
a.m. Wednesday that a man had assaulted a woman. When police arrived, they
found the suspect, identified as 30-year-old New Britain, Connecticut, resident
Andrey Desmond, being detained by a civilian bystander, Hartford police told
NBC Connecticut.
Desmond faces charges of third-degree
assault, unlawful restraint, breach of peace and interfering with police,
authorities said.
Khan, her three children, her sister,
and a female friend had just left the Eid al-Adha gathering when the attack occurred,
she told CAIR, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. Eid al-Adha
commemorates the Islamic Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at
God's order, according to CAIR, which adds that the holy day is celebrated with
prayer, small gifts for children, distribution of meat to the needy and social
gatherings.
The lawmaker said that when the suspect
first approached them, he made "vulgar and obscene remarks," Khan
told the advocacy group, adding that he "grabbed and hit her and threw her
to the ground" outside the prayer gathering held at the XL Center in
Hartford.
"When I spoke to her this
afternoon, she said that her face was bruised, and her neck has started to hurt
a lot," Memon told Newsweek. "And there is the emotional trauma as well,
which I can't even begin to imagine, not only what happened to her but also
trying to protect her kids and her sister when this man started harassing
them."
Memon said Khan told him she was trying
to get her kids out of harm's way.
"She didn't know what this man was
going to do, whether he was armed or not," he said. "So, she
basically tried to put herself between the man and the rest of her family and
as a result, suffered the injuries that she did."
Memon said the local Muslim community is
concerned about the lack of police presence at the prayer gathering, which he
said drew thousands of people. He said security and police were "nowhere
to be found" when the incident occurred, adding that Khan and her sister
were screaming for help and no one aided them until the one bystander
ultimately chased and detained the suspect.
Memon said that while they don't know
the motive for the attack, he added, "Unfortunately, Muslims are
targets."
"Maryam believes that it was her
'Muslimness' that triggered that individual and, you know, in terms of the
things that he said, although they weren't overtly Islamophobic they were sort
of sexual in nature," he said to Newsweek. "And she thinks that, you
know, given that she was identified as a Muslim woman because she was wearing a
headscarf that perhaps he thought that she was an easy target."
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Hometown Mercy Mosque Embraces Diversity
Saturday At Eid Halal Fest
Jun 28, 2023
HOMETOWN, IL — One of the biggest
celebrations of the Islamic calendar happens this Saturday, July 1, at Hometown
Mercy Mosque, 8525 S. Kostner Ave. from noon to 8 p.m. Halal Eid Fest offers
delicious halal food and American fare, exciting entertainment, cultural
booths, sweet treats, kids activities, kiddie rides and a petting zoo.
While most non-Muslims are familiar with
Eid ul-Fitr, signifying the end of month’s fasting during Ramadan, Eid al-Adha
is the second major Eid of the Islamic religion. Meaning “Feast of Sacrifice,”
Eid al-Adha marks the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians
and Jews) to sacrifice his son to God. Many Muslims perform extra morning
prayers, visit mosques and host community gatherings. They sometimes sacrifice
livestock such as a goat, cow or lamb and distribute the meat among family,
friends and those in need.
“We thought it would be a nice thing to
do on the first Saturday after Eid al-Adha,” said Qudri Abdallah, who works for
American Halal Institute. “We thought it would be a good opportunity to meet
our neighbors. People who don’t know about Islam we welcome them to come, we
want positive people.
The Halal Eid Fest is hosted by the
mosque and the American Halal Institute for the Muslim and non-Muslim
neighbors, to “come together, embrace diversity, and rejoice in the spirit of
unity, gratitude, and joy.”
Eid al-Adha takes place at the end of
Hajj, which is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace
of Islam. The three-day period of prayers for Muslims worldwide ended
Wednesday.
“At least once in a Muslim’s lifetime,
they travel to the city of Mecca,” Abdalla said. “There are 3 million Muslims
from around the world currently in Mecca.”
The Hometown Mercy Mosque opened quietly
in the spring in the former Our Lady of Loretto Church. The mosque hosted a
meet and greet for the neighbors.
“We had so many positive interactions
with people. A good number of neighbors came,” Abdalla said. “I believe in the
goodness of humanity. We share so many values with Christians and Jews. Our
children need good schools and safe streets to be on.”
Admission to Halal Eid Fest is free.
There will be food for sale and a small charge for the rides ($2 to $6).
Tickets to the petting zoo are $4. For more information, call 630-789-9191 or
email info@ahliusa.net.
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Minneapolis council stops rent measure
with three supporters out for Muslim holiday
June 28, 2023
Updated: 5:20 p.m.
Voters in Minneapolis are not likely to
see a rent control question on the ballot this fall. The city council Wednesday
killed the measure while three council members were away to observe the Muslim
holiday, Eid al-Adha.
A majority of the council supports a 3
percent annual residential rent cap, but with Aisha Chughtai, Jeremiah Ellison
and Jamal Osman out, the council narrowly voted not to move the measure
forward.
Council member Elliott Payne — a rent
stabilization supporter — called the vote outrageous.
“We ought to be ashamed of ourselves as
a body for not being able to govern and follow democratic norms,” Payne said.
Council member LaTrishaVetaw said rent
control will harm the people it's meant to help, and the city should focus more
on building housing.
"Rent control is going to stop the
building of housing. And so therefore today, I'm not going to be supporting
keeping this going forward," Vetaw said.
In a statement released after the vote,
Ellison, Osman and Chugtai criticized the vote as going against “the spirit of
inclusion Minneapolis prides itself on. Muslims have been serving on the
Minneapolis City Council for a decade now, and thousands of Muslims live in our
city.”
“Council Leadership had plenty of
opportunity to proceed ethically today: they could have scheduled the meeting
to a later date; delayed this item to the next full Council meeting, giving us
enough time to still meet the ballot deadline if that would’ve been the
Council’s will; or, most importantly, given that this was only an introduction
and not a finished policy, the Council could have simply advanced the policy to
committee the way we do all other ordinance introductions.”
The Wednesday meeting was scheduled more
than a year ago to accommodate Eid, which at the time had been predicted to
fall Thursday. But the date is subject to change depending on lunar
observations.
In 2021, Minneapolis voters authorized
the city council to regulate rent.
But a city staff report in April
recommended against passing a rent control ordinance, and Mayor Jacob Frey has
indicated that he would veto such a measure.
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Louisville Metro Government offers
Sharia-compliant small business loans for Muslim residents
June 28, 2023
Many traditional U.S. bank loans are not
accessible to Muslims who follow Sharia. Louisville Metro Government is adding
a new method to pay off loans through the city’s small business loan program
that will comply with Islamic law.
Farhan Abdi, the executive director of
the Somali Community of Louisville, said Muslims in the city who follow Sharia
have struggled to obtain loans that are religiously permissible.
Under Islamic law, collecting or paying
interest is forbidden. That means most American loan programs are inaccessible
to many Muslims.
The majority of Somali immigrants in
Louisville are Muslim, and according to Abdi, many are business owners as well.
He said Muslim-owned small businesses struggle without more access to capital,
and when COVID-19 hit, he saw many shutter their doors.
“I was terrified to see our small
businesses closing,” Abdi said. “And that's when I started talking to the
Office of Globalization, now called the Office of Immigrant Affairs.”
Three years later, Louisville Metro
Government announced an optional modification to the city’s small business loan
program, Metropolitan Business Development Corporation, or METCO. Rather than
pay interest, recipients can pay a service fee over the life of their loan that
equals what the interest would have been.
Amos Izerimana, the director of the
Office for Immigrant Affairs, said the system was relatively simple to set up
and expands accessibility for Muslim residents.
“It lends to really celebrating the
diversity of faith that we have in our community, so that everyone has
equitable access to the services and programs that the city has to offer,”
Izerimana said.
Izerimana said the modification will be
available to everyone, not just Muslim recipients. It’s currently available for
three METCO programs: small business start up/expansion loans, project gap
loans, and the business accelerator.
Officials consulted with experts of
Islamic law and community members to ensure the modification was fully in
compliance and would serve the needs of the community. Abdi, who was one of the
advisors, said he’s already begun receiving emails from people interested in
applying for the Sharia-compliant alternative.
“[The city is] creating a big market for
Muslim communities, where they will have an opportunity now,” Abdi said. “I'm
getting so many calls, people asking me, ‘Where can I find this loan?’”
Some Louisville nonprofits, including
Jewish Family and Career Services and LHOME, already offer microloans that are
Sharia-compliant. But Abdi said they weren’t always for large enough amounts.
Abdi said he knew some families who felt
they had to leave Louisville because it did not have inclusive options for
Muslim business owners, but he hopes changes like METCO’s will encourage new
businesses and bring more families to the city.
Izerimana said the same problem also
exists for mortgages and personal loans. He has spoken with various local banks
about offering a Sharia-compliant option.
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Muslim Community Celebrates Eid Al-Adha
at Hinchliffe Stadium
June 28, 2023
PATERSON, NJ - In a historic and joyous
event, Mayor Andre Sayegh, accompanied by Council President Shahin Khalique,
the Islamic Foundation of New Jersey, and members of Paterson's diverse Muslim
community, gathered on Wednesday to commemorate the sacred occasion of Eid
Al-Adha. This significant celebration, known as the Eid Jamat, took place at
the iconic Hinchliffe Stadium, where over 2,500 community members united in
prayer.
"Today, we stand united in
celebration as we come together to commemorate the sacred occasion of Eid
Al-Adha at Hinchliffe Stadium," Sayegh said. "Paterson takes great
pride in embracing religious pluralism and recognizing the importance of Eid
Al-Adha. I am grateful to join Council President Shahin Khalique, the Islamic
Foundation of New Jersey, and our vibrant Muslim community in this momentous
gathering."
Eid Al-Adha, also referred to as the
Feast of Sacrifice, holds profound importance in the Islamic calendar. It
signifies the culmination of the Hajj pilgrimage and commemorates the
willingness of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of
obedience to God. This holiday serves as a time for spiritual reflection,
gratitude, and acts of charity within the global Muslim community. Eid Al-Adha
is the second and most significant of the two major holidays celebrated in
Islam.
"I am honored to stand alongside
Mayor Andre Sayegh and our vibrant Muslim community as we celebrate the joyous
occasion of Eid Al-Adha at Hinchliffe Stadium," Khalique said. "I
extend my warmest wishes to all community members celebrating Eid Al-Adha, and
I am grateful for the opportunity to commemorate this special day
together."
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Southeast Asia
Hadi lauds non-Muslims who dress with
'dignity'
Jun 29, 2023
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has
commended non-Muslims who dress in a “humane” manner with dignity.
“(Some of our rivals) oppose (our)
instructions to cover the aurat which is mandatory among Muslims.
“(This was despite) some non-Muslim
communities who are required (by their religion) to...
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Indonesia’s Muslims celebrate Eid
al-Adha with feasts after disease last year disrupted rituals
June 29, 2023
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims across
Indonesia on Thursday were celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays
in the Islamic calendar, with full meat-based feasts after fears of last year’s
foot-and-mouth disease outbreak waned.
Eid al-Adha, known as the “Feast of
Sacrifice,” coincides with the final rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia.
It’s a joyous occasion, for which food is a hallmark with devout Muslims buying
and slaughtering animals and sharing two-thirds of the meat with the poor.
Many Southeast Asia nations, including
Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore observed Eid al-Adha on Thursday,
while Muslims in other parts of the globe, including in countries like Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Afghanistan and Nigeria, celebrated the holiday on
Wednesday. It varies according to moon sightings in different parts of the
world.
On Thursday, worshippers
shoulder-to-shoulder joined in communal prayers in the streets of Indonesia’s
capital, Jakarta. Mosques flooded with devotees offering morning prayers,
including in Jakarta’s Istiqlal Grand Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia.
“Thank God, we can pray Eid al-Adha with
our family and celebrate the festival without fears of the outbreak and
pandemic,” said Neisya Fabiola, a Jakarta resident. “This year’s celebration is
much more lively than last years.”
Eid al-Adha holiday in Indonesia is
known for its lavish meat-based feasts, which are made with the meat from the
sacrifice. Huge crowds filled the yards of mosques to participate in ritual
animal slaughter for the festival.
Indonesia’s government has decided to
extend this year’s feast of sacrifice holiday by giving an extra two days of
mandatory leave before and after the Muslim festival in the world’s most
populous Muslim-majority country.
President Joko Widodo said the decision
was geared toward spurring economic activities and tourism in the world’s
largest archipelago nation.
“It would allow more time for people to
travel and enjoy their holiday in a bid to spur more economic activities, particularly
domestic tourism,” Widodo said last week.
Indonesia, like the rest of the world,
is struggling to come out of an economic recession fueled by the pandemic with
the Ukraine war and soaring energy and food prices creating complications in
the recovery.
Eid al-Adha commemorates the Quranic
tale of Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice Ismail as an act of obedience to
God. Before he could carry out the sacrifice, God provided a ram as an
offering. In the Christian and Jewish telling, Abraham is ordered to kill
another son, Isaac.
Last year, a foot-and-mouth disease
outbreak disrupted the ritual slaughter of animals to mark Eid al-Adha in
Indonesia. But the government has worked to overcome that outbreak.
Foot-and-mouth disease is an acute,
highly contagious viral disease of cloven-footed animals that is sometimes
transmitted to humans. It significantly dampened the typically booming holiday
trade in goats, cows and sheep in Indonesia.
The disease returned to Indonesia last
year, which had been outbreak-free for 32 years. The government, struggling to
cope, set up a task force and ordered the culling of tens thousands infected
livestock.
The trend of active cases was observed
to have decreased with zero new cases in the recent weeks, with the remaining
active cases of 4,682 as of Monday, out of a total of 630,706 cases largely on
the most populated islands of Java and Sumatra, according to data from the
National FMD Task Force.
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PM performs Aidiladha prayers at Putra
Mosque
29-06- 2023
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim today performed the Aidiladha prayers with thousands of
congregants at the Putra Mosque here.
Anwar, who was accompanied by his wife
Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail was welcomed upon arrival at 8.19 am by
Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) director-general Datuk HakimahMohdYusof.
This is Anwar's first Aidiladha prayer
with the people of Putrajaya since he took over the helm of the country's
administration in November last year.
Also present were Home Minister Datuk
Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri
MohdZuki Ali.
Anwar also joined in the ‘takbirraya’
ceremony with 20,000 congregants before performing the Aidiladha prayers led by
the Grand Imam of the Putra Mosque, Salahuddin Ghozali
Salahuddin also delivered the Aidiladha
sermon titled ‘NilaiPengorbanan (The Value of Sacrifice).
Anwar also took the opportunity to greet
congregants after the sermon. –Bernama
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Fans swarm PM Anwar at Putrajaya mosque
after Aidiladha prayers
By R. Loheswar
Thursday, 29 Jun 2023
PUTRAJAYA, June 29 — Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim drew a large crowd of people as he performed his Hari
Raya Aidiladha prayers at Masjid Putra here today.
Anwar arrived around 8.30am to thousands
of Muslims worshippers waiting, some of whom were already there as early as
7.30am.
He was greeted with shouts of “Selamat
Hari Raya Datuk Seri”, “Reformasi” and “Hidup Anwar” as soon as he arrived at
the mosque entrance, to which he reciprocated and this elicited louder calls
from the masses.
After his prayers, which took about 40
minutes, Anwar mingled with the Muslim worshippers in the mosque.
He appeared in a jovial mood, smiling
and chatting with old friends and other members of the public who went up to
shake his hand.
He then walked slowly outside the mosque
where thousands had gathered at the entrance, impeding the exit.
As he approached his car, many
well-wishers shouted his name, hoping to get a picture with the MP for Tambun.
Anwar obliged some, and posed for
pictures before leaving the mosque at around 9.20am.
Anwar was accompanied by his wife and former
deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, and Home Minister
Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
Also spotted at the Putra Mosque today
was fugitive Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik, who is wanted in India for
allegedly spreading religious hatred and money laundering.
The Mumbai-born was seen with a small
entourage leaving the mosque just before Anwar.
Aidiladha or the Feast of Sacrifice, is
celebrated by Muslims all over the world as a major holiday for a period of
three to four days.
The majority of Muslims will attend the
special prayers held at different major mosques and Islamic centres.
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South Asia
5 Eid congregations held at Baitul
Mukarram National Mosque
29 Jun 2023
DHAKA, June 29, 2023 (BSS) - Five
congregations (jamaat) were held today at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque
in the capital on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha.
The first Eid jamaat was held at 7 am
while the next four jamaats were held at 8 am, 9 am, 10 am and 10.45am.
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque's Pesh
Imam Hafez Maulana Ehsanul Haque conducted the first Eid jamaat while the
Mosque's Khadem Abdul Hadi was the mukabbir.
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque's Pesh
Imam Maulana MuhiuddinKashem was the Imam of second Eid jamaat and Hafez
KwariMdAtaur Rahman was the mukabbir.
Other three jamaats were conducted by
Islamic Foundation's Mufassir Mawlana Dr Abu Saleh Patowari, Islamic Foundation
Director Maulana MdAnisuzzamanSikder and Islamic Foundation's Mufti Maulana
Mohammad Abdullah, respectively.
Prayers were offered for the prosperity
of the country and the nation.
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Main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha held at
Jatiya Eidgah ground
29 Jun 2023
DHAKA, June 29, 2023 (BSS) - The main
congregation (jamaat) of the holy Eid-ul Azha was held at Jatiya Eidgah ground
adjacent to the High Court under the arrangement of Dhaka South City
Corporation (DSCC) amid heavy rainfall.
Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, Dhaka
South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Dhaka North
City Corporation Mayor MdAtiqul Islam, members of parliament, judges of the
Supreme Court and High Court divisions, political leaders and senior government
officials took part in the Eid.
ejgaon Railway Jame Mosque Khatib and
Islamic Foundation Secretary Dr Mawlana Mushtaq Ahmed conducted the main Eid
jamaat while Mirpur Jamia Arabia Mosque MuhtamimMawlana Syed Wahiduzzaman
stayed as alternative imam, said a press release.
Bangladesh Betar'sKwariMdEmdadul Islam
acted as mukabbir in the Eid jamaat while Baitul Mukarram National Mosque's
MuazzinKwariMdIshak was present as alternative mukabbir.
After the jamaat, prayers were offered
for the peace, progress and welfare of the people.
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Amid Growing Unemployment in
Afghanistan, Baradar Calles it ‘Foreign Porpaganda’
June 28, 2023
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic
Affairs of Afghanistan Abdul Ghani Baradar on Wednesday on the occasion of Eid
al-Adha prayer said there is enough work in Afghanistan, adding foreigners fuel
the rumor of unemployment.
While speaking at the presidential palace
(Arg) Abdul Ghani Baradar said that perhaps the employment situation in the
country is not favorable, however, the rumors spread by foreign media is not
true either.
He further added that the Taliban-run
administration has initiated economic projects aimed at creating employment
opportunities for the people of Afghanistan. Referring to Salang Pass highway,
Baradar said, the construction work of the highway will commence after Eid.
Furthermore, he added that economic
development projects are underway at different levels throughout Afghanistan.
Baradar called on Afghan youths instead
of leaving the country and drowning in oceans, they could remain in Afghanistan
and work towards the development of the country.
In his remarks, he also highlighted the
decreasing level of the amount of water in the capital Kabul and described the
situation as unfortunate for ordinary citizens. He encouraged industrialists
and factory owners to supply water by tankers from the rivers.
Taliban officials try to represent Afghanistan’s
situation promising while international aid organizations report dire poverty
and hunger millions of Afghans are plagued with.
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Over 74,000 Afghan Migrants Return Home
From Iran in a Month
June 28, 2023
Taliban’s provincial officials at the
Refugees and Repatriation Department of western Nimroz province said that more
than 74,000 Afghan migrants have returned to the country from Iran through the
Silk Road crossing point in the past month.
Mawlavi Abdullah Ryaz, the provincial
head of Refugees and Repatriation of Nimroz province told Bakhtar news agency
that at least 74, 360 people including 1,106 families and 69,259 individuals
have returned to the country from Iran over the past couple of weeks.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Afghan refugees
have returned to the country from Pakistan over the past couple of days, local
sources said.
According to official sources, 230
Afghan families returned from Pakistan through the Torkham crossing point over
the past couple of days.
The repatriation of Afghan refugees from
Iran and Pakistan has unprecedentedly increased in the recent past – mainly
linked to the harassment, arbitrary detention and deportation of undocumented
Afghan nationals in the host countries.
Following the collapse of the former
Afghan government in August 2021, thousands of vulnerable Afghan families moved
to the neighboring countries of Iran and Pakistan fearing death threats and
persecution by the Taliban.
Now, these Afghan refugees are plagued
with serious challenges in the host countries including arbitrary detention,
mistreatment, imprisonment and forceful deportation.
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Pakistan
Military still fulfilling legal formalities
for May 9 trials
June 29, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Though the Supreme Court has
adjourned the hearing of petitions challenging the trials of civilians in
military courts, the army’s legal wing is still in the process of completing
codal formalities before formal proceedings against the 102 suspects in their
custody can begin, Dawn has learnt.
Informed sources said that the
military’s legal department has gathered evidence against those in custody,
while it is building cases against those still at large.
Earlier this week, Chief Justice of
Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial had expressed the hope that the military would not
begin legal proceedings against those in its custody until the court had
disposed of the petitions — assailing military trials of civilians — that are
currently pending before the CJP-led bench.
However, on the same day, the military’s
chief spokesperson confirmed custody of 102 suspects, saying they would be
tried under sections 3, 7, and 9 of the Official Secrets Act read with Section
2(1)(d) of the Pakistan Army Act.
Ahmer Bilal Soofi, a noted legal expert,
told Dawn that in order to legitimise the trials of civilians under the
Pakistan Army Act, the Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch has to fulfill
certain requirements.
In the Supreme Court, Attorney General
for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan said the cases against the detained civilians
were still at the investigation stage, and also assured the bench that no
accused would be charged with the commission of any offence that attracts
either capital punishment or a lengthy sentence.
He also argued that the Pakistan Army
Act Rules 1954 state that accused persons are to be provided copies of
prosecution evidence and granted time to examine it and engage counsel after
the completion of investigations.
Since this stage has not arrived yet,
therefore no military trial of any detained civilian has so far commenced,
sources said.
Relevant sections
One of the tasks before the JAG branch
is to decide which sections will apply to which suspect.
Sources told Dawn that during the events
of May 9, violent protesters not only trespassed into prohibited areas, but
also damaged and looted military property in addition to desecrating monuments.
They claimed that these actions made
such persons liable to be tried under the Official Secrets Act, and
consequently the army act.
Sections 3 and 3A of the secrets act
deal with “restriction against photographs, sketches, etc., of prohibited and
notified areas”. Section 7 is about “interfering with officers of the police or
members of the armed forces of Pakistan, while Section 9 is related to
“Attempts, incitements, etc.”
Section 2(1)(d) of the Pakistan Army Act
states: “persons not otherwise subject to this Act who are accused of seducing
or attempting to seduce any person subject to this Act from his duty or
allegiance to government, or having committed, in relation to any work of
defence, arsenal, naval, military or air force establishment or station, ship
or aircraft or otherwise in relation to the naval, military or air force
affairs of Pakistan” can be tried under the secrets act.
So, the Official Secrets Act of 1923
actually empowers the military to try civilians under the army act.
No precedent in civil courts
However, human rights groups insist that
under previous military regimes - and even under some democratic governments -
military courts have been used to silence opponents’ voices. This is why
several quarters are calling for the cases to be tried in established courts.
But legal experts Dawn spoke to said
that civilian courts had perhaps never tried cases under this law, as such
matters have been the exclusive domain of military courts in the past.
A former judge of Islamabad High Court
(IHC) with vast experience in the district judiciary as well, said that civilians
had never been tried for breaching official secrets in an established court.
He said that while there was a procedure
for conducting trials under this act in civilian court – which involved the
government notifying a judge or magistrate as the presiding officer – but to
the best of his knowledge, the government had never issued any notifications to
constitute such a court.
Advocate Raja Inam Ameen Minhas, a
criminal law expert, told Dawn that in his three decades of legal practice, he
had never even read about a case registered with the Federal Investigation
Agency, police, or other law enforcement agency, under the Official Secrets
Act.
But there are a number of instances on
record when civilians have been tried by the military for breaching national
secrets.
During his press conference on June 26,
Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry noted that the army act had been part of the
legal framework for several decades, and that hundreds of cases have been
decided under this law.
This is true; under the previous PTI government
alone, at least 25 civilians were court-martialed for violating the secrets
act. But these were hardly transparent and, according to a lawyer familiar with
proceedings, violated a good number of the suspects’ fundamental rights.
“The suspects were taken into custody
and put on trial in secret. Out of them, three were awarded the death
sentence,” retired Lt-Col Inamur Rahim told Dawn.
A former JAG official, Advocate Rahim
was the counsel in over a dozen such cases.
Talking to Dawn, he said that in all
these cases, articles 4, 9, 10 and 10A of the Constitution were violated as
neither their counsel nor their families were intimated about the suspects’
arrest and trial.
Journalist Idrees Khattak and Hassan
Askree, the son of a retired two-star general, were among those convicted in
such a manner.
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PTI’s Ali Mohammad Khan remanded to jail
in corruption case
June 29, 2023
MARDAN: Central leader of Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Ali Mohammad Khan was remanded in judicial custody on
Wednesday after a magistrate rejected the plea of anti-corruption establishment
(ACE) officials for seeking his 14-day physical remand.
The former minister was arrested for the
sixth time on Tuesday in yet another corruption case shortly after being
released by a special court from Mardan jail.
On Wednesday when officials produced him
before the judicial magistrate to seek physical remand, the court rejected the
request and sent the PTO leader to prison on judicial remand.The PTI leader was
taken into custody by ACE officials in a case registered against him on June
26, only four days ago the government had informed Peshawar High Court that
there was no case against him.
According to the fresh allegations, the
former minister of state and several other former lawmakers committed
irregularities by awarding contracts in developmental schemes to their
‘favorites’.
The PTI central leader was earlier
granted bail by senior special judge of the anti-corruption court Babar Ali
Khan on surety bonds of Rs80,000 in a case against him and other former
legislators of the party from Mardanfor ‘illegal appointments’ in the fisheries
department.
“Ali Mohammad, who is in Mardan prison,
was again taken into custody by the anti-corruption officials after he was
released in accordance with the order of the court,” his counsel Ali Zaman
said, adding that the government had made a mockery of the law.
Four days ago the government had
informed the PHC about no other case pending against his client, yet the new
case was registered after the ACE realized he would be released for ‘want of
evidence’.
Earlier in May, Ali Mohammad was
arrested in Islamabad under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance on
the order of Islamabad’s deputy commissioner. He was set free on Islamabad High
Court’s order before being re-arrested on order of Rawalpindi’s deputy commissioner
under the MPO. Later, he was arrested again on Peshawar deputy commissioner’s
order under the MPO and then by the Mardan counterterrorism department of
police in connection with the May 9 violence case.
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Police hold flag march as 33 mosques
declared sensitive in Rawalpindi
June 29, 2023
RAWALPINDI: Police contingents carried
out a flag march in the city as part of their security preparedness for Eidul
Azha, and to maintain order on the occasion more than 2,500 police officers
will be on duty.
Of 684 mosques, 33 have been placed in
category “A” highly sensitive, 97 in “B” less sensitive and 554 were placed in
category “C” normal. Likewise, 65 Imambargahs were categorised as A, B and C
according to their sensitivity.
A police spokesman said the Flag March
started from Police Lines Headquarters to Ammar Chowk, Chauhan Chowk, Rawal
Road, Haji Chowk, Transformer Chowk, Chah Sultan Road, Glass Factory Chowk,
Committee Chowk, Iqbal Road, Naya Mohalla Chowk, Alam Khan Road, Fawwara Chowk,
DingiKhoi. Chowk, Bansanwala Chowk, Jama Masjid Road, Imambara Chowk, Bani
Chowk, Asghar Mall Road, Rahmanabad, Chandni Chowk, Kohati via Committee Chowk,
Liaquat Bagh Chowk, Marir Chowk, Qasim Market, Charing Grass, Chauhar Chowk,
Mall Road.
After passing through Imambargah Qasr
Sajjad Road, DhokSyedan, Kalma Chowk ended at Police Lines Headquarters.
He said that the aim of the flag march
is to express the determination of Rawalpindi Police against criminals and
anti-social elements on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.
“Safety of life and property of citizens
is the first priority for which all measures are being taken,” said the
spokesman.
Special security arrangements have also
been made for Queen Kohsar Marri on Eidul Azha, with more than 2,500 police of
the Rawalpindi police will be deployed for security duty of 684 mosques, 98
open places, 65 imambargahs.
More than 700 policemen have been
deployed in Murree for the safety of citizens’ lives and property.
To ensure the flow of traffic in Murree,
285 police officers will also be on duty.
The spokesman said 37 special pickets
had been set up across Rawalpindi where more than 700 policemen will be on duty
to prevent wheelie during the days of Eid.
Women Police, Dolphin Force and Security
Guards will also perform their duties, while mobile police and motorcycle
squads of police stations will patrol in their respective areas on the occasion
of Chand Raat and Eidul Azha.
Separately the City Traffic Police have
chalked out a traffic plan with deployment of 870 traffic staff to maintain
traffic on Eidul Azha.
In order to maintain the flow of traffic
in the best way and keeping in mind the convenience of the citizens, the
holidays of all the traffic staff has been canceled. 69 officials have been
appointed to prevent wheelie and car skidding on Eid.
Drivers without licence holders and
motorcycle riders without helmets will not be allowed to enter Murree, while
public service vehicles will also need to have a route permit and fitness
certificate. Strict legal action will be taken against vehicles with black
glasses, without registration, without model number plate and without number
plate.
Attock
The Attock district administration on
Wednesday established a control room at district complex to monitor situation
across the district on the eve of Eid and respond promptly.
This was stated by deputy commissioner Attock
Rao Atif Raza while addressing a press conference on Wednesday.
He said that the control room would
monitor law and order, hides collection, cleanliness, offal and animal
carcasses collection as well as proper disposals, implementation of section 144
around water channel and rivers, flooding as well respond to any untoward
situation with collaboration of assistant commissioners and sub divisional
police officers of all six tehsils of the district.
He informed media men that Attock
district administration has allowed 42 applicants to collect sacrificial hides
on the occasion of Eidul Azha.
Meanwhile, Attock Police issued a
foolproof security plan for Eidul Azha, according to which Eid prayers will be
offered in 345 mosques and 13 open places on the occasion of Eid across the
district under which 622 police officials, 19 elite sections and 866 volunteers
have been deployed to ensure safety and security of worshipers.
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PM Shehbaz urges special care for
flood-hit people as nation celebrates Eidul Azha
June 29, 2023
As the nation celebrates Eidul Azha with
traditional zeal and fervour today, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged
special care for the flood-affected people and vowed to utilise all measures to
provide public relief.
The day started with special prayers
held at mosques, Eidgahs, and grounds across the country for the progress and
security of the country, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
Acting President Sadiq Sanjarani — who
has assumed the role after President Arif Alvi went on Haj — offered the Eid
prayers at the PAF Airbase Samungli Mosque in Quetta. He prayed for the
prosperity of the country.
In his message, Acting President
Sanjrani said the spirit of sacrifice on Eidul Azha had a universal status and
no nation in the world could progress unless it implemented the spirit of
sacrifice.
“We should keep all our interests,
preferences and prejudices behind us. Now is the time to overcome all our
political affiliations and adopt a common plan of action for the development
and prosperity of the country,” he stressed, recalling that Pakistan came into
being after endless sacrifices.
“On this day, we must remember the
creators, martyrs, and protectors of the homeland who sacrificed their lives
for the great cause of protection, development, and uplifting of the beloved
country,” Sanjrani added.
Meanwhile, PM Shehbaz offered Eid
prayers at his Model Town residence in Lahore.
In his message, which was released by
the Prime Minister’s Office, the premier felicitated the nation on the
auspicious occasion and urged the people to take special care of those who were
rendered homeless during last year’s floods.
PM Shehbaz said he was cognisant of the
fact that Pakistan had been facing price hikes triggered by external issues in
the shape of inflation and recession. However, the government was utilising all
the resources to provide relief to the public, he vowed.
PM Shehbaz further said that sacrifice
was not just the name of slaughtering an animal, but its purpose was to
“sacrifice one’s life in the way of Allah to achieve higher goals”.
“It is a matter of fact that no nation
in the world can progress unless it has the spirit of sacrifice,” he added.
The Inter-Services Public Relations
(ISPR) said in a statement that the armed forces, Chairman Joint Chiefs of
Staff Committee, and the Services Chiefs wished a very happy Eidul Azha to
fellow Pakistanis.
“Eidul Azha gives us a message of peace,
unity, fraternity, and selfless sacrifice for humanity,” the military’s media
wing said.
It also urged the people to remember and
honour the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the motherland. “They will
forever be etched in our hearts,” the ISPR added.
Meanwhile, PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari
offered Eid prayers alongside parliamentarians in Nawabshah. In a tweet, the
PPP Media Cell said Zardari prayed for the strength of democracy and the
well-being of the citizens.
Separately, talking to reporters after
Eid prayers in Multan, PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that as a nation,
“we should come together and face both economic and security challenges
together”.
Shehbaz, COAS in Parachinar
In a statement released earlier in the
day, the PMO said the prime minister arrived in Parachinar along with Chief of
Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir to celebrate Eid with soldiers performing
duties along the border.
The premier was accompanied by Finance
Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Information Minister
Marriyum Aurangzeb.
According to the press release, PM
Shehbaz and the army chief greeted the men in uniform on the festive occasion
and boosted their morale through interaction.
PM felicitates Turkiye, Qatar heads
A day earlier, the prime minister also
spoke to President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on phone and felicitated the governments and the people
of both countries on the auspicious occasion of Eidul Azha.
Reciprocating the prime minister’s
sentiments, President Erdogan and Qatar’s emir extended warm Eid greetings to
the people of Pakistan.
The leaders agreed that the seventh
session of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC) to be held in
Islamabad, would provide a leadership-driven and forward-oriented impetus to
further strengthen the close fraternal relations between the three countries,
especially in the economic domain.
“Pakistan-Turkiye relationship is
underpinned by abiding bonds of religion, culture and history. Regular
leadership level contact remains a defining feature of this strategic
partnership,” PM Sharif said.
Also, Sheikh Tamim and Shehbaz Sharif
discussed regional and international issues. The emir of Qatar expressed
gratitude to PM Sharif for felicitating him on Eid.
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Corruption, Bad Governance Against
Allah’s Injunction — Convener YeswefitMovementTells Nigerians
June 29, 2023
Convener YesWeFit Movement, Dr
Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, has felicitated the Muslim community as they celebrate
Eid-el-Kabir.
However, Dr. Ikubese has used the medium
to enjoin both Muslim and non-Muslim faithful to emulate the prophet Ibrahim by
obeying the teachings of Allah, saying that Nigerians, especially those holding
public offices, must avoid corruption and bad governance.
He said when people engage in corrupt
act and bad governance, that they are going against the injunctions of Allah.
The former presidential aspirant said
this in an Eid-el-Kabir message to all Muslim faithful in the world who are
celebrating Eid.
According to him, both the leaders and
the led, including all public office holders and all Nigerians must join hands
to build a Nigeria that everyone would be proud of.
His statement reads thus:
“I wish all Muslim faithfuls a happy Eid
El Kabir celebration.
This unique festival which stems from
Prophet Ibrahim’s obedience to the instruction of Allah serves as a lesson to
us all.
Allah told Prophet Ibrahim to use his
only son, Ismail as a sacrifice to Him.
But just as he was about doing so, Allah
interrupted the process and provided a ram instead for the sacrifice.
To our politicians, Allah does not want
you to sacrifice the citizens you are elected to protect.
But when you embezzle public funds,
you’re sacrificing your citizens because many of them will die of things that
ought not to take their lives.
To the judiciary, when you collect
financial inducements and pervert the course of justice, you’re working against
the injunction of Allah, and you will end up sacrificing Ismail, instead of the
ram.
To the legislators, when you selfishly
make laws that favour a few privileged people, instead of the greater majority,
you’re going against the sacrificial tenets of this festival.
To the law enforcement agencies, when
you collect gratifications and look away when criminality is perpetuated,
you’re sacrificing Ismail instead of Allah’s ram provision.
To the citizens, when you fail to play
your civic responsibilities, you’re acting in disobedience to the will of
Allah.
We must all join hands together and
build a nation we can all be proud of, rather than point accusing fingers at
others, for whenever we act contrary to Allah’s injunctions, we end up
mortgaging our destinies!”
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Sallah: Peter Obi Shows Love to Muslims,
Doles Out Millions of Naira in Anambra
June 29, 2023
Peter Obi has presented cheques worth
millions of naira to the Muslim communities in Anambra state.
The Labour Party presidential candidate
in the last presidential election presented the cheque fulfilling his promise
to help renovate Awka and Onitsha mosques.
Obi also celebrated with the Anambra
Muslims community in Onitsha during this year’s Eid-el-Kabir.
Politics Nigeria reports that during
Obi’s visit to Awka and Onitsha Muslim communities in April, he promised to
support them in renovating their places of worship, which was no longer in good
condition.
On Wednesday, the former Anambra state
governor made the donations when he played host to leaders of the Anambra
Muslim Community in Anambra’s capital, Akwa.
At the event, Obi said: “We are all
Nigerians, and we will continue to live as one irrespective of our religious or
political beliefs.
“What we owe each other is brotherly
love and care, so we can live in peace and unity as a nation. We have no other
nation but Nigeria, and we must make it work.
“I know that times are difficult for
everybody in the country, but if we rise above our religious, political and
ethnic divisions, we will be able to surmount our challenges in unity.
“We will not give up on our nation, but
continue to work for a New Nigeria that will be beneficial to every Nigerian.”
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Safety concerns as Muslim faithful
besiege Lagos jetties for Eid-el-Kabir
June 29, 2023
There are mounting concerns around most
waterways jetties in Lagos State following the influx of Muslim faithful
travelling home for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration holding this week across the
country.
Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune
revealed that many jetties, both manned and unmanned, are currently witnessing
a surge in the number of people travelling by waterways to their villages located
along the riverine routes of the state to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir with their
families.
When Nigerian Tribune got to the
Abule-Ado jetty located near Ojo area of Lagos State, many boats carrying full
load of passengers were seen crisscrossing the length of the Lagos lagoon to
and fro the Badagry end of the lagoon.
While many had life jackets on, the
numbers of passengers on each boat raised concerns from some boat operators at
the Abule-Ado jetty.
Patrick Manaseh, a boat operator who
spoke with the Nigerian Tribune, said there has been an increase in the number
of passengers moving on the waterways since Sunday.
Manaseh said, “There is a surge in the
number of people travelling via the Lagos waterways in recent days. I think it
is not unconnected with the Eid-el-Kabir celebration coming up this week. Many
people who have villages in riverine areas are moving home to celebrate with
their families.
“However, the manner in which passenger
boats are fully loaded with passengers is raising concerns among some of us. I
am not saying some of the boats are overloaded, but I hope things don’t get out
of hand in the coming days.
“Again, many boats are taking off from
jetties that are not fully manned. Many jetties litter the Badagry and Ikorodu
stretch of the Lagos lagoon that we don’t have physical presence of the
regulatory agencies there.
“I cannot beat my chest and say some
boats won’t be leaving at night for these trips in the coming days. The
regulatory agencies need to be on top of their game in the next one week.
“I am saying one week because the same
people that are travelling for the Eid-el-Kabir will come back to main-town
Lagos after the festivity. Many that are leaving this week won’t come back to
Lagos until the coming weekend.
“So, we expect the surge in passenger
traffic at many jetties to remain all through this week. The regulatory
agencies – National Inland Waterway Authority (NIWA) and the Lagos State
Waterways Authority (LASWA) – need to be on their toes all through this week.”
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