Devoted Muslims Poke Out Their Eyeballs With Knifes To Celebrate The Death Of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Founder Of Chishtiya Sufi Order
30
January 2022
An Indian Muslim devotee
performs a stunt by bulging his eyeball with a knife during the flag hoisting
ceremony at the Urs festival in Ajmer, India, on January 29
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• Devoted Muslims Poke Out Their Eyeballs With Knifes
To Celebrate The Death Of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Founder Of
Chishtiya Sufi Order
• Muslim Cleric, Two Others Arrested For Allegedly
Killing Man Over Offensive Facebook Post That Hurt Religious Sentiments Of The
Minority Community
• French Imam, Hassen Chalghoumi, Recounts Death
Threats From Islamists For Asking To Respect Holocaust
• New Non-Muslim Court In Abu Dhabi Can Process
Divorce Case In A Day
• PTI Leader Sees Downfall Of PPP, Rise Of Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf in Sindh
India
• 'We Were Told To Ignore Online Threats': Muslim Activists
On 'Sulli Deals', 'Bulli Bai' Rows
• No Hindu Rashtra if Hindus, Muslims and Christians
fight: Ram Madhav
• "Hypocrisy, Double Standards": A Owaisi
Attacks Akhilesh Yadav, Congress
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Europe
• 'It Would Be Significant Step Forward': London
Muslim Community Hopes To See 'Our London Family Act' Bill Passed
• Derby hopes its culture club bid will power up
industrial mecca
• UK Irresponsibly Offers Major NATO Deployment Across
Europe
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Arab world
• Saudi Arabia’s Qassim unearthing economic
opportunities with white truffles
• Saudi talent foundation Mawhiba, ALECSO announce results
of Gifted Arabs program
• Gulf ministers arrive in Saudi Arabia for security
exercise closing ceremony
• Saudi authorities arrest 14,000 illegals in one week
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Pakistan
• SC judge Yahya Afridi cautions PM Imran over
retaining ‘delinquents’
• Judiciary should learn lesson from its past
mistakes: Fawad
• Peshawar court seeks PTI records in defamation case
against PM Imran
• Army chief visits Turbat, spends day with troops
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North America
• Canadian Muslims Share Experiences Of Islamophobia In
New Report
• US Lawmakers Urge Blinken To Block UN Probe Of
Israeli Atrocities In Gaza
• Five Years Later: Vigils Honour Victims Of Quebec
Mosque Shooting
• ‘Jihad Rehab’ Director Responds to Charges That
Sundance Documentary Endangered Its Subjects
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Mideast
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State In North Syria
• Qatar and Iran accused of religious cleansing of
Baha’is
• Turkey’s Erdogan warns media against publishing
‘harmful content’
• Lebanese President: We Won’t Accept Sunni Boycott In
Coming Elections
• Iranian, French Presidents Discuss Lifting Of
Sanctions, Verification, Valid Guarantee Basic Principles Of Deal
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South Asia
• Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s FM Asks Pakistan
For Further Facilities For Afghan Traders In Crossing Points
• IEA health Minister asks people to get vaccinated
against COVID-19
• 17 film organisations protest in front of BFDC
• What is driving the robust growth of Bangladesh’s
RMG exports?
• Let the promises made to SUST students be fruitful
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Africa
• Shia Cleric In Ghana Appreciates Service Of Iranian
Red Crescent Society
• Sunni scholars visit Sheikh Zakzaky in Abuja,
Nigeria
• Kano Sharia Court jails 45-year-old man for fraud
• Bagudu releases N220m for construction of mosque in
Kebbi LG
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• Boko Haram Fighters Currently Attacking Borno
Community
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Southeast Asia
• Human Resources Minister To Meet Companies Subject
To Import Ban By US Customs And Border Protection
• Report: Umno veep mocks PAS as a ‘serial divorcer’
with numerous failed ‘political marriages’
• Kit Siang question Umno’s push for reform when it is
silent over Malaysia’s drop in global corruption index, Azam Baki controversy
• Kit Siang question Umno’s push for reform when it is
silent over Malaysia’s drop in global corruption index, Azam Baki controversy
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Devoted Muslims Poke Out Their Eyeballs With Knifes To
Celebrate The Death Of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Founder Of
Chishtiya Sufi Order
An Indian Muslim devotee
performs a stunt by bulging his eyeball with a knife during the flag hoisting
ceremony at the Urs festival in Ajmer, India, on January 29
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By Chris Matthews
29 January 2022
A festival started in India today that was marked by
devoted Muslims poking out their eyeballs with knives.
It is a memorial to the death of Sufi saint Khwaja
Moinuddin Chishti, who established the Chishtiya Sufi order in the country
around 800 years ago.
An Indian Muslim devotee performs a stunt by bulging
his eyeball with a knife during the flag hoisting ceremony at the Urs festival
in Ajmer, India, on January 29
The festival will last for another five days, and
features devotees performing stunts such as making their eyeballs bulge while
flags are raised.
He later used a thin pole to force his eye to protrude
from his face as people in colourful clothing watched on
It traces its principles from the prophet Muhammad
through his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Sufis believe they are practising Ihsan, the
perfection of worship, as revealed by Angel Gabriel to Muhammad.
Sufi Muslims consider themselves as the original
advocates of a true, pure and original form of Islam.
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Muslim Cleric, Two Others Arrested For Allegedly
Killing Man Over Offensive Facebook Post That Hurt Religious Sentiments Of The
Minority Community
Ahmedabad (rural)
Superintendent of Police Virendra Yadav said police recovered the weapon on
Saturday and a Panchnama was done./ The Indian Express
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Scroll Staff
30-01-2022
Three people, including a Muslim cleric, have been
arrested in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district for allegedly killing a 27-year-old
man, reported The Indian Express on Sunday, citing the police.
Kishan Boliya, was allegedly murdered in Dhandhuka
town on Tuesday after he shared a Facebook post, which the police said had
“hurt religious sentiments of some people from the minority community”.
The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammad
Ayub Javarawala, the cleric, and two other residents of Dhandhuka, Sabbir
Chopda and Imtiyaz Pathan. They have been remanded in police custody.
Ahmedabad Superintendent of Police Virendra Singh
Yadav said on Friday that preliminary investigations into the killing showed that
Chopda had fired at Boliya while riding pillion on Pathan’s motorcycle. Boliya
had died on the spot, reported PTI.
“We zeroed in on Shabbir and Pathan after scanning the
footage of CCTV [cameras] installed on the route, which showed the duo
following Boliya on their motorcycle,” Yadav said. “Shabbir is quite
radicalised and was in touch with a Mumbai-based maulvi [religious teacher],
who asked him to be in touch with Javrawala.”
The police official said that at a religious gathering
attended by Shabbir, Javrawala had allegedly said that Muslims should not spare
people who insult Islam.
Yadav said that local Muslims had approached the
police after they found a Facebook post shared by Boliya on January 6
offensive. The police then filed a first information report in the case and
took action, he said.
“However, Shabbir was not happy with the FIR and
police action,” Yadav said. “So, he consulted the cleric [Javrawala] and told
him that he needed a weapon to teach Boliya a lesson for sharing that post.
Javrawala then gave him a pistol and some cartridges. With the help of his
friend Pathan, Shabbir shot Boliya dead on January 25.”
Following the killing, Hindutva group Vishva Hindu
Parishad had called for a shutdown in Dhandhuka on Thursday. The next day,
state Cabinet ministers Harsh Sanghavi and Kiritsinh Rana met members of
Boliya’s family.
Sanghvi said that the Ahmedabad Police has formed
teams to arrested the accused persons within 24 hours and that the matter has
been handed over to the anti-terrorism squad.
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French Imam, Hassen Chalghoumi, Recounts Death Threats
From Islamists For Asking To Respect Holocaust
Hassen Chalghoumi speaks
during an interview with France 2 TV, on January 13, 2022. (Screenshot/MEMRI)
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By TOI STAFF
29 January 2022
A French imam known for his involvement in interfaith
initiatives said he and his family have been living under threat from Islamists
for years, emotionally recalling the toll the assaults and harassment have
taken.
In an interview with France 2 TV this month, Hassen
Chalghoumi said he first started receiving death threats in 2005, after calling
for commemorations of the Holocaust to be respected.
“I made a solemn appeal to respect the memory of the
Holocaust, to also think about what people did to their fellow human beings,
the consequences of racism, hatred, antisemitism… But unfortunately, my words
were misunderstood. Two days later, they ransacked my house,” he said,
according to a translation by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
“I started to receive death threats in the name of a
cause that has nothing to do with [my words] — the Palestinian cause, in the
name of an ideology of hatred, perhaps against Israeli policy, or out of actual
antisemitism,” Chalghoumi continued. “And then I received anonymous calls and
letters. In 2009, they torched my car, and they attacked my house.”
Many of the death threats Chalghoumi has received have
been over his friendly ties with CRIF, the umbrella group representing French
Jewish communities, and for visiting Israel several times.
During a tour of the West Bank with settler leaders in
2019, Chalghoumi said support of boycotts of Israel ran against Quranic law,
and that he hopes to encourage dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians so
“no mother — not Israeli nor Palestinian — will cry” in the future.
Chalghoumi is something of an outlier in Muslim
religious discourse, and was notable for supporting France’s ban on the burqa,
or full face-covering.
“No, although the consequences have reached my home. I
cannot say that all this remains outside my home, because it doesn’t. The
Internet, social media, the threats. They assaulted my wife in a market. They
spat on her. They even asked her to divorce me,” he said.
The Imam of Drancy, Hassen Chalghoumi (left), writer
Marek Halter (right) and others prepare to take part in The Muslim March
Against Terrorism in Paris, on July 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Francois Guillot)
Chalghoumi blamed the head of a pro-Hamas group in
France for some of the threats and said several terror groups have issued
religious edicts calling for his death.
“In 2015, I had the Islamic State [against me]… In
Syria, too, they issued a fatwa against me. Hezbollah, too, and Hamas. All
those small groups don’t believe in light. You should know that the words of a
moderate man of faith is a source of trouble for them. That’s why they issued a
fatwa against me,” he said.
The imam said he attends the mosque at different times
of day to make it harder for a would-be attacker to trail him, and that he also
wears a bulletproof vest to protect against knives.
“They have another name. We are still human beings…
One of my daughters was assaulted. She has gained 30 kilograms,” an emotional
Chalghoumi recalled. “We are strong inside, we will never give up. But when it
affects my family, it becomes difficult.”
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New Non-Muslim Court In Abu Dhabi Can Process Divorce
Case In A Day
Kate Scully says the divorce
process was quick and painless. Victor Besa / The National
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Shireena Al Nowais
Jan 30, 2022
It took just one day for an American woman in Abu
Dhabi to attend court with her soon-to-be former husband and receive a message
to say her divorce had been finalised.
Kate Scully, 35, a mother of two, was one of the first
people to go through the new court system, which was announced in November. The
court deals with cases related to marriage, custody, divorce, paternity,
inheritance and personal status for non-Muslim residents.
The Abu Dhabi resident had previously been considering
her options and when news broke of the new court being set up in the capital
for people in her position she felt it was the right time to proceed.
Under the new laws, spouses have the right to divorce
without needing to prove harm was done in the marriage, or going through any
lengthy mediation process.
When it comes to the children, joint and equal custody
is automatically granted to parents after divorce, with procedures in place to
settle disputes.
“I know that it used to be really hard when there
wasn’t a non-Muslim court so it would have been really hard for us [to
divorce],” Ms Scully told The National.
“Literally, 10 days before my court date, I walked
into the happiness centre at Mushrif mall and gave them my documents, which
were my marriage certificate and emirates ID. I asked them to make sure it was
going to the non-Muslim court and paid a few simple fees and that was it.”
Under the previous system she would have been given a
court date months later and only after attending several failed mediation
sessions between the couple.
In total the process could take up to three years,
especially if there was a lack of proof of harm, a previous requirement of
divorce.
“We waited for the judge to show up on Zoom and it was
the easiest thing I had ever done. We received the final judgment on the same
day through an SMS and that was it.”
This is something I researched before and it is nearly
impossible to get a divorce in the US without a lawyer. It is extremely costly
and time consuming and as a mom of two kids, I was really not looking forward
to it. I am also a child of divorced parents and I saw my parents in court for
over five years.
“The law manages divorce cases in a peaceful, swift,
and civilised separation procedure, by simply considering divorce as a right
and not as a legal battle or a dispute,” said legal expert Hesham Al Rafei.
“The law recognises that adults are old enough to make
their own decisions, whether to marry or to divorce, the court's role is not to
intervene with that unless to offer protection when needed.”
One of the many benefits of an expedited system is
that if children are involved they will not be subject to a drawn-out legal
battle, Mr Al Rafei said.
"The new law also takes into consideration the
mental health and stability of the kids by limiting the hostility between the
parents caused by a lengthy litigation battle before the courts.
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PTI Leader Sees Downfall Of PPP, Rise Of Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf in Sindh
PTI general secretary along
with Sindh Governor inaugurates Saddar Cooperative Market on Saturday after its
restoration following the massive fire incident in which the market was totally
gutted in November 2021.—Fahim Siddiqi / White Star
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Staff Reporter
January 30, 2022
KARACHI: Heralding the rise of Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf in Sindh and predicting the downfall of the Pakistan Peoples
Party, senior PTI leader Asad Umar claimed that the ruling party in Sindh was
going to lose the upcoming local government elections as well as the next
general elections because the ‘record corruption cases’ and ‘bad governance’ in
its three consecutive terms would prove detrimental to the PPP.
“The people of Karachi in particular will settle the
score with the PPP in the next polls,” he said while speaking at the
inauguration ceremony of 500 newly constructed shops that had been gutted in
the Saddar Cooperative Market fire in November.
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, PTI MNA Aftab Siddiqui,
MPA Khurram Sher Zaman, market association representative Hanif Memon and a
number of traders also attended the programme.
Mr Umar, the federal minister for planning and development,
accused the Sindh government of causing irreparable damages to Karachi and
expressed the resolve that the federal government would not allow any LG system
that would encroach upon the people’s rights.
“The way PPP has caused severe damage to Karachi, the
people of this city would settle their score with the PPP in the next two
elections [local government and general elections],” he said. “Then the PPP
would not have the provincial government neither the local government. The
people of Karachi have been exploited for years, but enough is enough. Now the
federal government will lead them to get their rights.”
The strong words and warning to the PPP government by
the newly-appointed secretary general of the PTI came after he shared with the
audience a sketch of development projects for Karachi and called for stronger
LG system to get maximum benefit of the federal-government funded projects.
He was sure that the Rs120 billion project of K-IV
water supply scheme would only benefit Karachiites when an empowered local
government would be in place controlling its supply.
“Before the end of 2023, K-IV will start supplying 260
million gallons of water to Karachi. But here the job of KWSB starts. And for
effective, transparent and successful supply, there should be an empowered
local government system which controls all these affairs,” said Mr Umar.
He said Karachi was deprived of a modern transport
system, but the recently inaugurated Green Line Bus project was one of the most
modern transport services in the region.
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India
'We were told to ignore online threats': Muslim
activists on 'Sulli Deals', 'Bulli Bai' rows
30th January 2022
By Express News Service
BENGALURU: Drawing parallels to the assassination of
Gauri Lankesh, several Muslim activists and journalists came together to
discuss incidents involving Sulli and Bulli Bai apps that targeted them.
Several activists said that during the ordeals, they
were told to ignore online harassment, as it wasn’t as real or threatening as
regular harassment.
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No Hindu Rashtra if Hindus, Muslims and Christians
fight: Ram Madhav
Shruthi H M Sastry
JAN 29 2022
The core idea of Hinduism is pluralism and there can
be no 'Hindu Rashtra' if Hindus, Muslims and Christians fight among each other,
RSS National Executive Member Ram Madhav said on Saturday.
Madhav was speaking at an event organised by the
Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) on Swami
Vivekananda's Message in Nation Building.
Source: Deccanherald
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"Hypocrisy, Double Standards": A Owaisi
Attacks Akhilesh Yadav, Congress
by Saurabh Shukla
January 29, 2022
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and the
Congress only want votes from Muslims but hesitate to give them election
tickets, Hyderabad politician Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday, hotly refuting
allegations that he only wanted to help the BJP in Uttar Pradesh by splitting
the minority community's vote in next month's polls.
"The so-called secular people just want Muslims
to lay the carpet and raise zindabad slogans. If you want tickets, you have to
beg... This is their hypocrisy, double standards," he said in an interview
with NDTV.
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'It would be significant step forward': London Muslim
Community hopes to see 'Our London Family Act' bill passed
Brent Lale
Jan. 30, 2022
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath was joined by Muslim
leaders in London, Ont. Saturday morning asking for support to pass the ‘Our
London Family Act’ bill.
Flanked by local NDP MPPs as well as the London Muslim
Mosque's (LMM) Imam Aarij Anwer, and Rizwan Mohammed of the National Council of
Canadian Muslims (NCCM), Horwath described her provincial bill which would help
combat Islamophobia.
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Derby hopes its culture club bid will power up
industrial mecca
Richard Partington
29 Jan 2022
Derby isn’t known as a tourist hotspot. Often
overshadowed by nearby Nottingham, bypassed on the road to the Peak District,
locals here know the hotels are quietest at weekends when visiting business
folk leave.
That hasn’t stopped its leaders making a tilt to
become UK City of Culture 2025. Bidding to reinvigorate civic pride and
economic growth after the fallout from Covid-19, the aim here is to showcase
the city’s unique industrial heritage as a crucible for the art of
manufacturing.
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UK irresponsibly offers major NATO deployment across
Europe
Jan 30, 2022
“I have ordered our Armed Forces to prepare to deploy
across Europe next week, ensuring we are able to support our NATO allies,” The
UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.
The offer could double the number of UK troops in
eastern Europe and see “defensive weapons” sent to Estonia, Johnson’s office
said.
Source: Mehr News
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Arab world
Saudi Arabia’s Qassim unearthing economic
opportunities with white truffles
NADA HAMEED
January 29, 2022
JEDDAH: Truffles evoke luxury and expense. Rare and
delectable, they can be found in dishes at fine dining restaurants, in
specialty food stores, or nestled in a corner of the exotic produce section at
some supermarkets.
Truffles are touted as one of the most expensive food
items because they are seasonal, found underground in remote areas during the
wet winter season, and are difficult to cultivate as they grow naturally
without any farming process.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi talent foundation Mawhiba, ALECSO announce
results of Gifted Arabs program
MOHAMMED AL-KINANI
January 29, 2022
JEDDAH: The King Abdulaziz and His Companions
Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) and the Arab League
Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) on Saturday
announced the results of the first edition of the Gifted Arabs initiative,
which aims to promote innovation by developing Arab talent.
The announcement was made at a press conference, held
at the Hilton hotel in Jeddah. It was attended by Mawhiba Secretary-General Dr.
Saud bin Saeed Al-Mathami, ALECSO Director-General Prof. Mohamed Ould Amar and
Hani bin Moqbel Al-Moqbel, chairman of the executive council at ALECSO.
Source: Arab News
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Gulf ministers arrive in Saudi Arabia for security
exercise closing ceremony
SPA
January 29, 2022
DHAHRAN: Interior ministers from the Gulf Cooperation
Council arrived in Dhahran on Saturday to attend the closing ceremony of the
joint tactical exercise “Arab Gulf Security 3.”
UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Lt.
Gen. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Omani Interior Minister Hamoud bin
Faisal Al-Busaidi landed at King Abdulaziz Airbase Airport in Dhahran.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi authorities arrest 14,000 illegals in one week
SPA
January 30, 2022
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested nearly 14,000
people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security
regulations, an official report has revealed.
From Jan. 20 to 26, a total of 6,700 people were
arrested for violations of residency rules, while 5,177 were held over illegal
border crossing attempts, and a further 1,743 for labor-related issues.
Source: Arab News
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Pakistan
SC judge Yahya Afridi cautions PM Imran over retaining
‘delinquents’
Staff Reporter
January 30, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya Afridi has cautioned Prime
Minister Imran Khan that retaining “delinquents” like Law Minister Dr Farogh
Naseem and Asset Recovery Unit (ARU) chairman Shahzad Akbar in important
positions of authority would belie the most elementary principles of good
governance and expose the PM’s complicity with them.
Section 216 of the Income Tax Ordinance (ITO) 2001 was
blatantly breached in the case of Mrs Sarina Isa — the wife of Justice Qazi
Faez Isa — on the unlawful directions of the ARU chairman with the concurrence
of the law minister. Thus, they breached the statutory confidentiality of Mrs
Isa’s tax returns, observed Justice Afridi in his separate note accompanying
the Supreme Court’s detailed verdict issued in the Justice Isa case on Saturday
following its April 26, 2021 short order.
Source: Dawn
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Judiciary should learn lesson from its past mistakes:
Fawad
The Newspaper's Correspondent
January 30, 2022
GUJAR KHAN: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on
Saturday said the judiciary could not decide about the establishment of a new
city as this decision could only be taken by the government.
Talking to media persons in Jhelum, Mr Chaudhry said
the judiciary had limited resources and could not interfere in a
decision-making policy.
Source: Dawn
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Peshawar court seeks PTI records in defamation case
against PM Imran
Waseem Ahmad Shah
January 30, 2022
PESHAWAR: A local court has summoned the relevant
office-bearer of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for the production
of records related to the charges levelled by the party against some of its
members in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly of selling their votes in the 2018
Senate elections.
Additional district and sessions judge Abdul Majid
issued the order in a defamation lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Imran
Khan by former woman MPA Fauzia Bibi, who was accused by him in a news conference
of selling her vote during the Senate polls.
Source: Dawn
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Army chief visits Turbat, spends day with troops
Staff Correspondent
January 30, 2022
QUETTA: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed
Bajwa visited Turbat and spent the day with troops there on Saturday.
According to a press release of the Inter-Services
Public Relations, the COAS was given a comprehensive briefing at the FC
Balochistan (south) headquarters on the prevailing security situation in the
area, Pakistan-Iran border fencing and measures being taken to counter hostile
efforts to undermine security situation in Balochistan.
Source: Dawn
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North America
Canadian Muslims share experiences of Islamophobia in
new report
Ashley Moliere
Jan 29, 2022
Around a dozen Canadian Muslims are speaking out about
experiences of Islamophobia in a new report from the charity Islamic Relief
Canada.
The report's release coincides with the fifth
anniversary of the Quebec mosque shooting and the National Day of Action
Against Islamophobia on Jan. 29.
Source: Cbc.ca
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US lawmakers urge Blinken to block UN probe of Israeli
atrocities in Gaza
January 30, 2022
Over 40 members of the US Congress called on the administration
of President Joe Biden to lead efforts to block a United Nations commission
probing the Israeli regime’s war crimes against Palestinians in the besieged
Gaza Strip.
The bipartisan group of 42 staunchly pro-Israel
congress members – led by New Jersey Democrat Josh Gottheimer and Missouri
Republican Vicky Hartzler – claimed in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony
Blinken that the probe into the Israeli war crimes in the occupied Palestinian
territories reflected a "continued broader bias against Israel,"
further demanding that the UN should focus its attention elsewhere, The Middle
East Eye reported.
Source: Fars
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Five years later: Vigils honor victims of Quebec
mosque shooting
Lillian Roy
January 29, 2022
People across Quebec gathered Saturday to honour the
victims of the 2017 mosque shooting in Quebec City, when six Muslim worshippers
were killed and five were seriously injured by a lone gunman.
In Quebec City, a vigil took place before the Islamic
Cultural Centre, with survivors and their families in attendance as well as
Premier Francois Legault.
Source: Montreal
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‘Jihad Rehab’ Director Responds to Charges That
Sundance Documentary Endangered Its Subjects
Christian Zilko
Jan 29, 2022
For better or worse, one of the most talked about
movies at Sundance is “Jihad Rehab.” The documentary from American filmmaker
Meg Smaker follows three Yemeni men who were recently released from Guantanamo
Bay following 15 years of unlawful detainment. Before rejoining society, they
spend time at a “rehabilitation center” in Saudi Arabia. Smaker was granted
exclusive access to the facility, and spent five years making a documentary
that she hoped would to “pull back that curtain of Oz. And just see the human
behind that curtain.”
However, some early responses to the film have argued
that “Jihad Rehab” perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Muslim men and
potentially places the subjects in danger.
Source: Cheatsheet
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Mideast
Turkish-backed rebels step up attacks on Islamic State
in north Syria
Khaled al-Khateb
January 29, 2022
ALEPPO, Syria — The Turkish-backed Syrian opposition
has waged a security campaign against Islamic State (IS) cells in Azaz in the
northern Aleppo countryside since Jan. 20, leading to the arrest of dozens of
IS members and collaborators. The hunt for other members is expected to continue
through the confessions of their fellows.
The Azaz media office said in a statement posted on
its Facebook page on Jan. 19, “The military police in the city of Azaz launched
a large-scale security operation during which a number of IS cells operating in
the area were arrested, following clashes between the two sides. The operation
comes in response to blasts and booby-trapped explosions carried out by these
cells, which killed a military police commander and a civilian, and injured a
Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter in two separate operations.”
Source: President.ir
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Qatar and Iran accused of religious cleansing of
Baha’is
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
JANUARY 30, 2022
Ahead of US president Joe Biden's meeting on Monday
with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the notoriously anti- Baha’i
Iranian regime and Qatar’s monarchy are accused of promoting the religious
cleansing of the persecuted Baha’i community in the tiny oil-rich Gulf country
of Qatar.
Ghanem Nuseibeh, a leading expert on Qatar’s regime
and the founder of the London-based Cornerstone Global Associates, told The
Jerusalem Post last week that “It is very troubling but not a surprise to hear
that Iran is pressuring their allies to persecute the Baha’i community. It has
long been a policy of the Iranian regime to persecute the Baha’i community in
Iran, but more recently we have seen them being persecuted outside Iran by the
regime’s proxy - the Houthis in Yemen and more recently and more troubling, in
Qatar. The Qatari regime is clearly acting at the behest of the Tehran regime
and collaboration between both states has been going on for several years. “
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Turkey’s Erdogan warns media against publishing
‘harmful content’
29 Jan 2022
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened Turkish
media with reprisals if they disseminate content that damages the country’s
core values.
In a notice published in the Official Gazette, he said
measures were needed to protect Turkey’s “national culture” and prevent its
children’s development “from being adversely affected as a result of exposure
to harmful content on all written, verbal and visual media”.
Source: Aljazeera
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Lebanese President: We won’t accept Sunni Boycott in
coming elections
January 30, 2022
Lebanese President Michel Aoun met this morning, the
Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, at Dar
Al-Fatwa, where they discussed the current situation and recent developments.
In a statement after the meeting, Aoun said: “The role
that the honorable Sunni community plays in preserving Lebanon’s unity and
political diversity, and the importance of participating with other components
of Lebanon in the national and political life and the entitlements that shape
the future of Lebanon and its people, was emphasized.”
Source: Al Kafeel News
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Iranian, French Presidents discuss lifting of
sanctions, verification, valid guarantee basic principles of deal
January 30, 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Ayatollah
Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi by telephone on Saturday evening.
Strategies to strengthen bilateral relations, regional
issues and the latest status of talks in Vienna for lifting of sanctions were
the focus of this telephone conversation.
Source: President.ir
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South Asia
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s FM Asks Pakistan For
Further Facilities For Afghan Traders In Crossing Points
By Najibullah Lalzoy
29 Jan 2022
The acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan Amir Khan Motaqi met with Pakistani NSA Moeed Yusuf in Kabul and
asked him to provide further facilities for Afghan traders.
IEA’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday, January 29, 2022,
said that the Pakistani NSA reiterate the pledges of his government in
providing further facilities for the movement of people in the crossing points
of Torkham and Chaman.
Source: khaama Press
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IEA health Minister asks people to get vaccinated
against COVID-19
By Najibullah Lalzoy
29 Jan 2022
Acting Minister of Public Health of the Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan Qalandar Ebad said that the threat of COVID-19 has not
been vanished yet from the world and Afghanistan and asked the people to get
vaccinated against the pandemic.
The acting Minister appreciated the patience of people
in the COVID situation and recommended they increase their precautionary
measures.
Source: khaama Press
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17 film organisations protest in front of BFDC
Jan 30, 2022
Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association election has
been mired in controversy, since the election was held on BFDC on Friday. 17
film organisations called for continuous strikes demanding the resolution of
their 3-point demands.
As part of their ongoing protest, the members of the
17 organisations took positions in front of BFDC gate from 9 am today.
Source: The Daily Star
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What is driving the robust growth of Bangladesh’s RMG
exports?
Mustafizur Rahman
Jan 30, 2022
It is indeed encouraging to note that the export
sector of Bangladesh has rebounded in recent months, and earnings from exports
(equivalent to about USD 24.69 billion) have registered highly impressive
growth during the first half (July-December) of the 2021-22 fiscal year.
Exports have posted an increase of 28.4 percent in this period compared to the
corresponding period of FY2020-21 (when total export stood at about USD 19.2
billion). To compare, export growth in the first half of FY2020-21 over the
corresponding period of FY2019-20 had been a negative (-) 0.4 percent. While
the low base effect of FY2020-21 ought to be kept in mind, the robust export
performance in FY2021-22 is no doubt very encouraging.
Also, to note, exports have picked up and experienced
sustained momentum particularly during the more recent months (the
September-December period of 2021). The growth rate in the first half of
FY2021-22 has indeed surpassed the strategic growth target set for the fiscal
year by more than 15.0 percent.
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Let the promises made to SUST students be fruitful
Golam Mortoza
Jan 30, 2022
On January 26, Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal reached the
campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) at 3am to meet
the demonstrating students. The media covered his journey in detail, which
makes it hard to believe that SUST teachers and the teachers' association there
missed the coverage. Some "highly placed" decision makers of the
government also visited Dr Iqbal and Dr Yasmeen's home before they started for
Sylhet. It is unlikely that the teachers and their association, or in other
words, the politicians and their association, were oblivious to these
developments. However, at the time of students ending their 163-hour-long
hunger strike, none of the teachers were present. Some were out on a
"morning walk" and came across Dr Iqbal, though.
Some of the teachers brought dinner for the confined
vice-chancellor. The students barred them from entering, but allowed the police
to take the food inside. A few hours before, police had forcibly shut down all
food outlets on the campus, making it impossible for the demonstrating students
to get food. The previous night, police detained five former students for
donating money for the students' cause. When the teachers brought food for the
VC, the demonstrating students as well as others were starving. But the
teachers did not utter a single word against the closing of food shops. The
medical treatment facility was also shut down. Teachers kept mum through all
this. Evidently, police did not take these actions without the express will and
consent of the administration. That is, the VC.
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Africa
Shia cleric in Ghana appreciates service of Iranian
Red Crescent Society
Jan 30, 2022
More interactions with IRCS are needed, Hujatul Islam
Shaikh Abubakar Kamal-Deen said at Iran’s polyclinic medical center in Ghana.
During his visit to the center, he called for getting
familiarized more with the IRCS services.
Source: En.Irna
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Sunni scholars visit Sheikh Zakzaky in Abuja, Nigeria
January 30, 2022
The Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sayyid
Ibraheem Zakzaky has on Tuesday the 18th of January, 2022, received another
retinue of visitors from north central part of the country in his Abuja
residence. The visitors were representatives from Anyigba community of Kogi
state and Islamic Scholar Sheikh Muhammad Bello from Bidda, Niger State.
Among them include Alh. Muhammad Abdullahi, the traditional
ruler of the Igala community, and a top Sunni Scholar from Tijjaniyyah Sufi
order Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Muhammad from Bidda of Niger state along with other
Muslims faithful from the two regions.
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Kano Sharia Court jails 45-year-old man for fraud
Agency Report
30 January 2022
A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Friday, sentenced
a 45-year-old man, Ado Muhammad, to three years in a correctional centre for
defrauding the complainant, Nura Iliyasu, the sum of N1.3 million.
The judge, Malam Isah Rabiu-Gaya, who convicted
Muhammad, however, gave him an option of N30,000 fine and further ordered the
defendant to pay the complainant N1.3mn..
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Bagudu releases N220m for construction of mosque in
Kebbi LG
By Ibrahim Ramalan
January 29, 2022
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state says the state
government has released N220million for the construction of “Sarki Muhammadu
Bello mosque” in Koko, Koko Besse Local government area of the state.
Source: Daily Nigerian
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Troops attack Boko Haram enclave, recover gun trucks
Segun Adewole
30 January 2022
Troops of 5 Brigade on fighting patrol on Saturday
attacked Boko Haram enclave in Douro near Damasak in Borno State.
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Boko Haram Fighters Currently Attacking Borno
Community
BY SAHARAREPORTERS
JAN 29, 2022
Insurgents from the Islamic State-backed faction of
Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province formerly known as Jamā'at
Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, are currently attacking Ajiri.
Ajiri is a community in Mara Local Government Area of
Borno State, which is about 52km from Maiduguri, the state capital.
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Southeast Asia
Human resources minister to meet companies subject to
import ban by US customs and border protection
30 Jan 2022
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 — Human Resources Minister Datuk
Seri M. Saravanan will hold a meeting soon with companies that have been
subject to the export ban imposed by the United States Customs and Border
Protection Department (US CBP).
He said the meeting would be held to discuss immediate
action that could be taken to resolve allegations on forced labour in the
country.
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Report: Umno veep mocks PAS as a ‘serial divorcer’
with numerous failed ‘political marriages’
BY KENNETH TEE
30 Jan 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — A top Umno leader has mocked
PAS, describing the Islamic party as a serial divorcer for its many failed
relationships with other political parties.
Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin
had cited the numerous “political marriages” PAS had with other parties before
ending them — a situation Umno wished to avoid.
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Kit Siang question Umno’s push for reform when it is
silent over Malaysia’s drop in global corruption index, Azam Baki controversy
BY KENNETH TEE
30 Jan 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — DAP’s Iskandar Puteri MP Lim
Kit Siang today questioned Umno’s silence over the position of incumbent MACC
chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki after Malaysia scored below 50 for the
first time in nine years according to Transparency International’s Corruption
Perception Index.
According to TI, Malaysia ranked 62nd out of 180 in
2021 — five rungs lower than the previous year after the country scored 48
points in the annual Global Corruption Index (CPI).
Source: Malay Mail
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Kit Siang question Umno’s push for reform when it is
silent over Malaysia’s drop in global corruption index, Azam Baki controversy
BY KENNETH TEE
30 Jan 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — DAP’s Iskandar Puteri MP Lim
Kit Siang today questioned Umno’s silence over the position of incumbent MACC
chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki after Malaysia scored below 50 for the
first time in nine years according to Transparency International’s Corruption
Perception Index.
According to TI, Malaysia ranked 62nd out of 180 in
2021 — five rungs lower than the previous year after the country scored 48
points in the annual Global Corruption Index (CPI).
Source: Malay Mail
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