'Governor Arif Mohammed Khan Has Moved Out Of Islam By Offering Prayers At The Lord Ayyappa Temple': Sunni Leader Abdul Hameed Faizi Ambalakkadavu
20
February 2022
Kerala Governor Arif
Mohammed (Photo | EPS)
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• 'Governor Arif Mohammed Khan Has Moved Out Of Islam
By Offering Prayers At The Lord Ayyappa Temple': Sunni Leader Abdul Hameed Faizi
Ambalakkadavu
• 'Hindus for Human Rights , A US-Based Civil Society
Organisation, Will Continue Lobbying Against India's Treatment Of Muslims'
• Top Islamic Assembly In Palestine Describes Israel’s
Measures In Occupied Jerusalem As Ethnic Cleansing
• Metropolitan Police Chiefs Plunged Into New Racism
Row After Muslim Officers Mocked For Taking Prayer Breaks
• Pakistan Reviewing Legal Options In Qandeel Baloch
Murder Case, Says Parliamentary Secretary for Law
India
• Muslim Teen 'Bashed Up' By Police In Karnataka For
Entering Classroom Clad In A Skull Cap And 'Creating Ruckus
• India: Deepak Kumar Bose Family Is Caretakers Of
Mosque For Over 50 Years
• Allahabad HC Junks Contempt Plea Against
Loudspeakers In Mosques, Temples
• Dalits, Muslims "Living In Fear" Under BJP
Rule: Mayawati At UP Rally
• Jaishankar meets Iranian FM in Munich to push Afghan
coop & Chabahar connectivity
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Mideast
• Turkish Theologian: The Quran Does Not Accept The
Conversion Of Hagia Sophia Into A Mosque
• Iran Regime Plans To Enrich Itself By Seizing Baha’i
Properties, Says NGO
• Israel Decides Against Jerusalem Barriers During
Ramadan Following Clashes Last Year
• Turkish Cypriot leader receives Organization of
Islamic Cooperation delegation
• When it comes to oil prices, bank on demand not Iran
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Arab world
• Men Wearing Shorts Is Not Violation Of Public
Decorum Except In Mosques, Govt Offices
• WWE superstars show Saudi students how to wrestle
with bullying
• Saudi Arabia to hold a number of events over three
days to celebrate the first Founding Day
• Saudi minister hold talks in Ecuador as part of
South American tour
• Qassim’s Aloqailat Museum highlights Saudi
industrial heritage at Made in Saudi expo
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Europe
• Ricky Gervais is 'ready to shock' with rape, gay and
Muslim jokes for 'adrenaline rush'
• Islamic Centre group offering food, phones and
support to Lanarkshire residents in need
• Ukraine crisis: Russia 'planning biggest war in
Europe since 1945', PM warns - as loud explosions heard in Donetsk
• Macron urges Iran to agree to a nuclear deal
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Pakistan
• Sindh CM attributes rise in Karachi street crimes to
'financial situation' of country
• Sanaullah says opposition in touch with more govt
lawmakers than needed for no-trust move
• PTI feeling the heat from opposition overtures to
Tareen
• Protest against PTI workers’ killing continues in
Quetta
• Corps commander attends tribal jirga in Pishin
• Chief justice forms three more committees for
chamber hearings
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South Asia
• 95% Of People In Afghanistan Do Not Have Enough To
Eat: WFP
• Deputy of AB: The IEA is Committed to Development of
Islamic Banking In-Country
• More EU countries keen for direct shipping with Ctg
port
• 3 years of Churihatta blaze: Back in trade stained
with blood
• 10 SC lawyers urge HC to examine termination of ACC
official Sharif
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Southeast Asia
• Former Religious Affairs Minister Mujahid Calls For
Family Law Reforms After Latest Unilateral Conversion Row
• Abang Jo: ‘Premier’ designation not for me but to
differentiate Sarawak from other states
• Challenges ahead for Malaysia’s proposed tobacco
sales ban to those born after 2005
• Johor polls: All candidates can use govt official
media to introduce themselves, says Annuar Musa
• Anwar has 90-minute meeting with TMJ, Johor development
among matters discussed
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North America
• FBI: Dearborn Mosque Fire Suspect Was Not Motivated
By Politics Or Religion
• Art Inspired By Attack Victim Yumnah Afzaal Helps
Heal 'Deep Wound' For City's Muslims
• Brad Pitt had to ‘step in’ after Scott Eastwood told
Shia LeBeouf to ‘f—k off’ on movie set
• Halal financing program helping Alberta Muslims
become homeowners
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Africa
• 2023: Muslim Group optimistic Igbo presidency will
stop Biafra agitation
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Governor Arif Mohammed Khan Has Moved Out Of Islam By
Offering Prayers At The Lord Ayyappa Temple: Sunni Leader Abdul Hameed Faizi
Ambalakkadavu
Kerala Governor Arif
Mohammed (Photo | EPS)
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By MP Prashanth
20th February 2022
KOZHIKODE: Sunni leader Abdul Hameed Faizi
Ambalakkadavu has said Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has ‘opened the door out of
Islam’ by offering prayers at the Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala as a
believer. In a YouTube video, Ambalakkadavu said the governor’s remarks on
hijab should not be regarded as a comment by a Muslim. Ambalakkadavu is the
working secretary of the Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS), the feeder organisation
of the Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyyathul Ulema.
Quoting the details from the news on the governor’s
visit to Sabarimala, Ambalakkadavu said Arif Muhammad Khan has observed all the
rituals followed by a faithful Hindu. “As an Indian citizen, he has every right
to believe a religion of his choice and to follow the rites,” he said.
“Governor’s name will create an impression that he is
a Muslim by faith. He has the name of Prophet Muhammad and Arif is the term
that refers to a person who knows Allah very closely,” Ambalakkadavu said. He
said Khan has shifted political loyalty many times for personal benefits.
“During the time of Sharia controversy in 1985, he was
the leader of the Congress. But he joined the anti-Muslim group that was
against Sharia. Later he aligned with the Janata Dal,” Ambalakkadavu said.
He said the governor is deriding Islam hoping that it
would fetch him new positions in the BJP.
“It’s a stipulation in Islam that if a Muslim visits the place of
worship of other religions, follows their customs and dons their attire, he is
out of Islam,” the Sunni said. “It is an unquestionable fact that if one
questions the basic tenets of Islam, he will be out of the religion. I am not
saying that Arif Muhammad Khan has become a non-Muslim or Kafir. It is up to
the religious scholars to pronounce fatwas. I am only referring to laws in
Islam,” he said.
Ambalakkadavu said there should not be any confusion
about whether Khan, who remarks on hijab and Sharia, is an Islamic scholar or
not. His actions are not that of a person within Islam, but of a man who has
opened the door out of the religion, he said. It may be recalled that Khan had
said that the hijab was not an integral part of the Islamic faith.
Source: New Indian Express
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'Hindus for Human Rights , A US-Based Civil Society
Organisation, Will Continue Lobbying Against India's Treatment Of Muslims'
Sunita Viswanath, executive
director of Hindus for Human Rights
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Karan Thapar
20-02-2022
In a forceful and passionate interview, where both her
anger and anguish are clearly visible, Sunita Viswanath, the executive director
of Hindus for Human Rights, a US-based civil society organisation, says that
her organisation will “certainly intensify and escalate” efforts to lobby the
US Congress and Biden Administration to speak out against Hindutva and India’s
treatment of minorities and Muslims in particular.
Sunita Viswanath says the Modi government stands for
“a fascist India” and added that it’s important for Hindus to combat Hindutva.
“The majority community must wake up,” she said. “The fact that Hindus are
silent is alarming and dangerous…if Hindus don’t participate, it’s impossible
to fight Hindutva.”
In a 30-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire,
Sunita Viswanath explained why her organisation played a lead role, alongside
16 other civil society organisations in the US, in lobbying the US Congress
against the treatment of Muslims and minorities in India on January 12 and 26.
She said she did this because “the world needs to understand something is wrong
in India… India is on a very dangerous path”.
Speaking further about the two Congressional briefings
on India’s treatment of Muslims which she organised, she said: “We are US
citizens. We have the power to influence and move US lawmakers and the Biden
Administration to speak out.” She added, “It hasn’t happened enough.”
Sunita Viswanath has firmly rejected claims made by
the external affairs Ministry’s spokesman, Arindam Bagchi, that the event
organisers are biased against India. She said: “India talks of bias? I would
say allegations of bias are itself bias.” She said her organisation has a moral
duty “to raise awareness of deteriorating democracy and human rights in India”.
She added: “We are concerned because we deeply love India.”
She also said she was speaking out in defence of true
Hinduism, a religion she loves, which would not condone or accept the othering
of Muslims.
Sunita Viswanath specifically attacked and criticised
MEA spokesman, Arindam Bagchi, for giving the impression that the Congressional
briefings were organised only by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and
deliberately ignoring the fact 16 other organisations were involved. Her own,
Hindus for Human Rights, played a key role. She firmly rejected claims that
IAMC is prejudiced and anti-Indian. She said of them: “They are our close
partners. We trust them. We have a close partnership. They are not
anti-Indian.”
Sunita Viswanath clarified that the invitation to
former vice-president Hamid Ansari to speak at the US Congressional briefing
was extended by her organisation, Hindus for Human Rights: “I personally phoned
Hamid Ansari,” she said. “Our video team went to his home to do the recording.”
She said he is “an elderly statesman” adding “he is grace and dignity
personified”.
Sunita Viswanath firmly rejected insinuations made by
Arindam Bagchi that Ansari spoke with bias against India. She said he spoke in
a truthful and balanced way.
The above is a paraphrased precis of Sunita
Viswanath’s interview with Karan Thapar for The Wire. Please watch the full
interview for a better and complete understanding of Sunita Viswanath’s
standpoint. She has spoken with great passion and forcefulness. A precis cannot
convey either the depth of her emotions or the detail of her answers.
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Top Islamic Assembly In Palestine Describes Israel’s Measures
In Occupied Jerusalem As Ethnic Cleansing
A meeting of the Supreme
Fatwa Council in Jerusalem.
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19/February/2022
JERUSALEM, Saturday, February 19, 2022 (WAFA) – The
top Islamic assembly in Palestine, the Supreme Fatwa Council, today condemned
Israeli government aggression in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as
ethnic cleansing.
It said in a statement following a meeting in
Jerusalem headed by its chairman, the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian
Territories, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, that the Israeli occupiers have escalated
their attacks against the Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood
in occupied Jerusalem, including settlers throwing stones at homes, insulting
and provoking residents, spraying them with pepper gas, closing streets and
alleys, and attacking those who are in the neighborhood.
The Council said that “this aggression is an ethnic
cleansing process against the indigenous population to replace them with
settlers by the force of arms with the aim of evacuating it from its residents,
Judaizing the occupied city of Jerusalem through plans to seize property and
thousands of dunums of land, and displace thousands of Palestinians.”
The Fatwa Council also condemned Israeli violations
against religious sites, including in the al-Haram al-Sharif (Al-Aqsa Mosque)
compound by denying the Waqf department, which oversees the Mosque, the right
to do restoration work to prevent water leaks and other problems.
It called on Muslims to be present at Al-Aqsa Mosque
at all times to protect it while at the same time denouncing the Israeli
settlers’ provocative storming of the third holiest Muslim site, which it said
aims at creating new facts on the ground.
“These authorities are continuing their aggression
against our people, their holy places, their land and their property, with the
aim of emptying the Holy City of its indigenous inhabitants through hideous
racist aggression,” said the Islamic Council, calling on domestic and
international organizations to intervene to stop what it described as “crimes
against the Palestinians,” criticizing the world silence toward these acts,
which gave the occupation the green light to continue and escalate its
aggression.
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Metropolitan Police Chiefs Plunged Into New Racism Row
After Muslim Officers Mocked For Taking Prayer Breaks
The Metropolitan Police
officers complained they were subjected to Islamophobic abuse at their station
canteen as they went to a mosque
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By Abul Taher
20 February 2022
Britain's biggest police force has been plunged into a
new racism row after at least three Muslim officers made a formal complaint
against their bosses.
The Metropolitan Police officers complained they were
subjected to Islamophobic abuse at their station canteen as they went to a
mosque.
When a Muslim police officer at the same station
failed to take part in a voluntary team-building exercise on religious grounds,
he claims he was ordered to wash police cars as an act of humiliation. When he
refused, his sergeant posted a complaint note on his employment file.
The Metropolitan Police officers complained they were
subjected to Islamophobic abuse at their station canteen as they went to a
mosque
In addition, a ‘health and safety’ rule was brought in
at the North London station requiring Muslim officers to put their names on a
board if they took a prayer break, even if it was in the building’s multi-faith
prayer room.
The MoS understands the PCSOs made the complaint in
the presence of members of the Association of Muslim Police and the
Metropolitan Black Police Association, which are supporting them. It has
emerged just days after Met Commissioner Cressida Dick resigned after London
Mayor Sadiq Khan lost confidence in the way she dealt with racism in the force.
In the first incident, which is said to have occurred
around October, a sergeant let three officers visit a mosque for Friday
prayers. But they were reportedly mocked by a PC, who said it was an excuse to
‘skive off’. The PC said he wished he was a Muslim or a Jew so he could take
time off duty as well.
Weeks later, a Muslim PCSO at the same station was
asked to join a voluntary team-building exercise, involving weight training, on
a Sunday. The officer declined on religious grounds as it would make him sweaty
– a state in which he could not pray. He claims the sergeant did not accept
this reason and told him to wash police cars. The officer refused as PCSOs
never clean cars as they do not use them.
The third complaint relates to Muslim officers performing
their ritual daily prayers. Sources said Muslim officers were always allowed to
pray at a local mosque or in the station prayer room. The Met declined to
comment last night.
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Pakistan Reviewing Legal Options In Qandeel Baloch
Murder Case, Says Parliamentary Secretary for Law
Qandeel Baloch and Her
Killer Brother
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Dawn.com
February 19, 2022
Parliamentary Secretary for Law Maleeka Bokhari on
Saturday said that the state was "reviewing options" in the light of
laws and Supreme Court judgements in the murder case of social media star
Qandeel Baloch, whose brother was acquitted by the Lahore High Court (LHC)
earlier this week.
Her brother Mohammad Waseem was arrested and later
sentenced to life in prison by a trial court for strangling her, brazenly
telling the press he had no remorse for the slaying because her behaviour was
"intolerable".
In a tweet today, Bokhari said, "The state is
undertaking a review of legal options in the Qandeel Baloch case in light of
law & SC judgments."
Terming "honour killings" a black mark on
society, she said the law had been amended to "ensure murderer[s] of women
— whether a celebrity or ordinary woman — does not walk free".
Meanwhile, the National Commission on the Status of
Women (NCSW) has also announced plans to appeal the verdict before the Supreme
Court on Wednesday.
Sardar Mahboob, Waseem's layer, confirmed to Dawn on
Monday that his client had been acquitted after serving less than six years in
prison.
He said that the trial court had "wrongly
exercised its power" and sentenced Waseem under the Pakistan Penal Code's
Section 311, dealing with fasad-fil-arz (mischief on earth), even though he had
been pardoned by the deceased's heirs.
Mahboob went on to say that the trial court had
convicted Waseem on the basis of his confession. He added that all the
prosecution witnesses were police officials which was not admissible under the
law.
The case became the most high profile "honour killing"
of recent years — where women are dealt lethal punishment by male relatives for
purportedly bringing "shame" to the reputation of a family.
Under a recent law change, perpetrators are no longer
able to seek forgiveness from the victim's family — sometimes their own family
— and to have their sentences commuted.
However, whether or not a murder is defined as a crime
of honour is left to the judge's discretion, meaning killers can theoretically
claim a different motive and still be pardoned.
In Baloch's case, her parents initially insisted their
son would be given no absolution. But they later changed their minds and said
they wanted him to be forgiven. But the trial court had disregarded this and
went ahead with the sentence.
Source: Dawn
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India
Muslim Teen 'Bashed Up' By Police In Karnataka For
Entering Classroom Clad In A Skull Cap And 'Creating Ruckus
20th February 2022
By Express News Service
BAGALKOT: The activists of Popular Front of India
(PFI), an Islamic outfit, accused the Terdal Police of assaulting a 19-year-old
student for wearing a skull cap inside the college premises on Saturday.
The incident, which took place in the Government First
Grade Degree College, came to light after a PFI cadre tweeted about the alleged
police attack on the 19-year-old student Naveed Hassan, who has since been
hospitalized in Jamkhandi.
Source: New Indian Express
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India: Deepak Kumar Bose Family Is Caretakers Of
Mosque For Over 50 Years
By ANI
19 Feb 2022
In a tale that speaks of communal harmony in West
Bengal’s North 24 Parganas, a Hindu family has been for the last 50 years
acting as caretakers of the Amanati Masjid in Barasat.
Deepak Kumar Bose, a senior citizen and his son Partha
Sarathi Bose of Barasat have been setting an example of Hindu-Muslim unity in
today’s world.
The Bose family renovated the mosque named Amanati
Masjid and for the last 50 years, Deepak Bose visits the mosque every day as a
caretaker. He also cleans its corridors to ensure that people from the Muslim
community are comfortable during their prayers. The mosque is situated in the
Nabopalli area which is dominated by the Hindus.
Source: khaleej Times
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Allahabad HC junks contempt plea against loudspeakers
in mosques, temples
Feb 20, 2022
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court dismissed a
contempt petition regarding usage of loudspeakers in temples as well as in
mosques, observing that the time of filing of the petition indicates that it is
a sponsored litigation so as to affect the communal harmony of the Uttar
Pradesh state keeping in mind the state elections.
Source: Times OfIndia
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Dalits, Muslims "Living In Fear" Under BJP
Rule: Mayawati At UP Rally
Press Trust of India
February 19, 2022
Ambedkarnagar (UP): BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday
alleged that people, especially those belonging to minority communities, are
living in fear under the BJP government and promised that her party will work
to ensure social justice to all if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing a rally, the former chief minister also
accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) of working against the interests of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Source: Ndtv.Com
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Jaishankar meets Iranian FM in Munich to push Afghan
coop & Chabahar connectivity
By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
Feb 20, 2022
Foreign minister S Jaishankar met with his Iranian
counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on the side lines of Munich Security
Conference– their third meeting since August as the two countries look to firm
up cooperation on Afghanistan and boost economic cooperation.
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Mideast
Turkish Theologian: The Quran Does Not Accept The
Conversion Of Hagia Sophia Into A Mosque
Feb 19, 2022
The Turkish theologian, Mustafa Islamoglou, by rocking
the boat of the official political position of the state, spoke about the
conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque and the meaning of conquest in a show
of the Turkish service of Deutsche Welle.
“It is an action that the Quran does not accept,” he
mentioned, while commenting on the appearance of the head of Turkey’s Religious
Affairs, Ali Erbas, in Hagia Sophia, holding a sword, Islamoglu referred to an
heretical interpretation of the concept of conquest.
Source: Orthodox Times
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Iran regime plans to enrich itself by seizing Baha’i
properties, says NGO
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
The Baha’i International Community (BIC) has announced
last week that Iran’s regime is seeking to increase its wealth by confiscating
Baha’i properties.
“The seizure by the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order
[EIKO] of Baha’i properties is a novel and very worrying development for
Iranian Baha’is,” said Diane Ala’i, representative of the BIC to the United
Nations in Geneva. “This development demonstrates that the highest levels of
Iran’s leadership are orchestrating the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran.”
The BIC wrote, “A Revolutionary Court in the province
of Semnan has ordered that properties belonging to six Baha’is should be
transferred to EIKO. Semnan Province manager for EIKO Mr. Hamid Ahmadi,
initiated the action to secure a court order for the confiscations.”
Source: Jpost.Com
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Israel Decides Against Jerusalem Barriers During
Ramadan Following Clashes Last Year
Josh Breiner
Feb. 20, 2022
Police have decided not to place crowd-control
barriers opposite the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City during the Muslim
holiday month of Ramadan, after heavy clashes erupted over the barriers during
the holiday last year.
Source: Haaretz
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Turkish Cypriot leader receives Organization of
Islamic Cooperation delegation
Ahmet Gencturk
19.02.2022
Northern Cyprus’ president on Saturday received a
delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the capital
Lefkosa, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Presidency said in a
statement.
“The Turkish Cypriot people are as sovereign as the
Greek Cypriot side because we are co-owners of this island which is our
inherent right,” Ersin Tatar told the delegation from the OIC Independent
Permanent Human Rights Commission led by Haci Ali Acikgul, the senior human
rights official at the Turkish Justice Ministry.
Reiterating that it was the Greek Cypriot
administration which rejected the UN’s Annan plan in 2004 while the Turkish
Cypriots accepted it, he said: “Despite this outcome, the Greek Cypriot side
was admitted to the EU, while Turkish Cypriots were left out in the cold.”
Source: AA.Com
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When it comes to oil prices, bank on demand not Iran
MICHAEL GLACKIN
February 19, 2022
LONDON: Speculation, according to Henry Ford, was a
means of “making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of
supplying goods and services”. His comment came to mind last week while
watching the gyrations of the oil price.
At the start of last week, the market was abuzz with
speculation that the US and Iran were close to resurrecting Tehran's 2015
nuclear deal with world powers. Speculation that the deal could be revived sent
oil prices lower, despite geopolitical tensions in Ukraine. Then, a few days
later, speculation that a deal was less likely helped drive the price of oil to
a seven-year high.
A rapprochement on the nuclear deal, which former US
President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned in 2018, would remove sanctions on
Iranian oil exports, potentially offering some relief to an increasingly tight
market.
Source: Arab News
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Arab world
Men wearing shorts is not violation of public decorum
except in mosques, govt offices
February 19, 2022
RIYADH — Men wearing shorts in public won’t be
considered a violation of public decorum in Saudi Arabia except in mosques and
government offices, a new amendment to the public decency violations schedule
revealed.
The decision came after Minister of Interior Prince
Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Naif issued recently a ministerial decision calling for
the amendment of the public decorum regulation in accordance with the
provisions of Articles 7 and 9 of the regulations.
Source: Saudigazette
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WWE superstars show Saudi students how to wrestle with
bullying
AMEERA ABID
February 19, 2022
JEDDAH: WWE superstars on Friday showed Saudi students
how to wrestle with bullying as part of their “Be A Star” campaign.
Around 60 girls and boys, from grades three to nine
from Dar Al-Fikr School in Jeddah, got the chance to learn about loneliness and
struggles from some of the toughest-looking people in the world.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi Arabia to hold a number of events over three
days to celebrate the first Founding Day
ARAB NEWS
February 20, 2022
RIYADH: Cities across Saudi Arabia are set to host the
largest traditional cultural show simulating human struggle since the founding
of the Saudi state and the development it has gained throughout its luminous
history full of achievements.
The show, which will be held from Feb. 22 to 24 to
commemorate Founding Day, will present visitors with a cultural celebration of
traditional Saudi garments and costumes, and the aroma of traditional Saudi
coffee, as the Kingdom’s history unfolds before their eyes, organizers said.
King Salman had issued a royal decree designating Feb.
22 as Founding Day, to recognize the foundation of the First Saudi State in
1727 by Imam Mohammed bin Saud.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi minister hold talks in Ecuador as part of South
American tour
ARAB NEWS
February 20, 2022
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir met with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguin
in the capital, Quito, on Saturday, during his official visit to South American
country.
The two sides reviewed relations between the two
countries and ways to develop them to broader levels in various fields, the
Kingdom’s foreign ministry said.
Source: Arab News
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Qassim’s Aloqailat Museum highlights Saudi industrial
heritage at Made in Saudi expo
RAHAF JAMBI
February 19, 2022
RIYADH: Unlike other companies that displayed the
latest technology at Riyadh’s recent Made in Saudi exhibition, the Aloqailat
Museum showed visitors the history and origins of the country’s industry.
The museum, which was established 22 years ago in
Qassim, took visitors on a journey to the past about Saudi culture and how
trading used to be done.
Source: Arab News
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Europe
Ricky Gervais is 'ready to shock' with rape, gay and
Muslim jokes for 'adrenaline rush'
By Ed Gleave
19 FEB 2022
Ricky Gervais is ready to shock when he goes back on
tour.
He has written new material on taboo subjects,
including near-the-knuckle jokes about dwarfs, the disabled, Muslims and gay
people.
Source: Arab News
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Islamic Centre group offering food, phones and support
to Lanarkshire residents in need
ByIan Bunting
19 FEB 2022
A Lanarkshire group has supported the hungry and
people with mental health issues as parts of its aim to "try and build
better and stronger communities".
Friends of Airdrie and Coatbridge Islamic Centre
(FACIC) work closely with local residents to ensure everyone "knows that
help is here".
Source: Arab News
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Ukraine crisis: Russia 'planning biggest war in Europe
since 1945', PM warns - as loud explosions heard in Donetsk
Connor Sephton
20 February 2022
Intelligence suggests Russia is planning "the
biggest war in Europe since 1945", Boris Johnson has warned.
The prime minister said "all the signs are that
the plan has already in some senses begun" - telling the BBC that evidence
indicates the Kremlin's intent is to invade Ukraine and encircle Kyiv.
"People need to understand the sheer cost in
human life that could entail - not just for Ukrainians but for Russians,"
Mr Johnson said at the Munich security conference.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has also warned that the
West needs to stop Moscow in its tracks - and speaking to The Mail on Sunday,
expressed fears that Vladimir Putin "will not stop at Ukraine".
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Macron urges Iran to agree to a nuclear deal
FEB 20 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his
Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday, urging him to agree to a deal to
revive a 2015 nuclear agreement, the Elysee said.
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Pakistan
Sindh CM attributes rise in Karachi street crimes to
'financial situation' of country
Dawn.com
February 19, 2022
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday
attributed the rise in street crimes in Karachi to the current financial
situation of the country.
Talking to the media in Karachi, the chief minister
was questioned about the worsening crime situation of the city, which he termed
as "concerning". Explaining the possible reasons for the rise in
crime, he said in many instances, those involved in such incidents who were
"forced" to resort to such actions due to economic conditions.
"One reason for the rise in street crime is
absolutely clear that it is the [present] financial situation [of the country].
But no one is seeking excuses and despite this, the responsibility is ours and
we will fulfil it."
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Sanaullah says opposition in touch with more govt
lawmakers than needed for no-trust move
Dawn.com
February 19, 2022
PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah on Saturday
claimed that the opposition was in touch with "more than enough"
government lawmakers required to "abolish" Prime Minister Imran
Khan's vote of confidence in the parliament.
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the opposition
alliance of which Sanaullah's party is also a member, is currently planning to
move a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, who had won his vote of
confidence from the National Assembly last year by securing 178 votes — six
more than required.
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PTI feeling the heat from opposition overtures to
Tareen
Zulqernain Tahir
February 20, 2022
LAHORE: The Imran Khan government appears to be
jittery about Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) disgruntled leader Jehangir Khan
Tareen’s purported meetings with the opposition amid their efforts to oust the
premier.
On the other hand, the nine-party Pakistan Democratic
Movement (PDM) alliance, as well as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have
agreed to bring a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan but
are not currently considering a similar move regarding Punjab Chief Minister
Usman Buzdar, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser or Senate Chairman Sadiq
Sanjrani.
Though some government functionaries are playing down
Mr Tareen’s supposedly clandestine meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif, a source privy to the development says the
government is indeed wary of ongoing activities in the opposition’s camp,
especially the flurry around Mr Tareen.
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Protest against PTI workers’ killing continues in
Quetta
Saleem Shahid
February 20, 2022
QUETTA: Protesters led by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf
parliamentary leader Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind continued their sit-in in front
of the Balochistan Assembly on a second consecutive day, demanding arrest of
those behind the killing of three party workers in Kachhi district.
The protesters have established camps in front of the
Balochistan Assembly building, carrying banners and placards inscribed with
their demands.
They chanted slogans against the government for not
arresting the suspects, , including former Balochistan finance minister Mir
Asim Kurd Gallo, nominated in an FIR.
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Corps commander attends tribal jirga in Pishin
Staff Correspondent
February 20, 2022
QUETTA: Commander of the 12 Corps Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali
has said that peace will be maintained in the border areas at all costs as it
has been restored after considerable sacrifices were rendered by the security
forces.
Restoration of peace attained with the cooperation of
tribal people in the border areas has paved way for development activity in the
region, he said.
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Chief justice forms three more committees for chamber
hearings
Staff Reporter
February 20, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata
Bandial constituted three more committees on Saturday to take up different
appeals by litigants in judge’s chambers, according to a circular issued on
Saturday.
The CJP will head the first committee, which will take
up appeals moved by litigants against the registrar’s order of returning
petitions, etc and then order placing the same before the five most senior
judges of the apex court.
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South Asia
95% of people in Afghanistan do not have enough to
eat: WFP
February 20, 2022
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) says 95
percent of people in Afghanistan “do not have enough to eat,” as the United
States has frozen Afghan government assets worth billions of dollars and
international sanctions against the ruling Taliban have plunged the Asian
country into a full-blown economic crisis.
On Saturday, the WFP Asia Pacific warned on its
official Twitter account that “hunger continues rising in Afghanistan” and that
“95% of the population don't have enough to eat.”
Source: PressTV
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Deputy of AB: The IEA is Committed to Development of
Islamic Banking In-Country
2022-02-19
KABUL (BNA) Chaired by Noor Ahmad Aga Deputy of Da
Afghanistan Bank. The meeting of the Board of Sharia Supervision of Da
Afghanistan Bank held today.
In this meeting, the first deputy of Da Afghanistan
Bank said “the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is committed to the growth and
development of Islamic banking in the country and in this favor will not
refrain from any efforts and cooperation with the Board of Sharia Supervision.
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More EU countries keen for direct shipping with Ctg
port
Dwaipayan Barua
Feb 20, 2022
The prospect of direct container shipping from
Chittagong Port to European destinations is widening as at least four more
countries have expressed interest in directly transporting goods by sea from Chattogram
to Europe.
After an Italian shipping company launched direct
services between Chattogram and Italy earlier this month, Portugal, Slovenia,
the Netherlands and Denmark have shown interest to follow suit.
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3 years of Churihatta blaze: Back in trade stained
with blood
Shaheen Mollah
Feb 20, 2022
On this day three years ago, 71 people lost their
lives in a devastating explosion originating from chemicals illegally stored in
Wahed Mansion in Old Dhaka.
But the tragedy doesn't seem to have weighed enough on
the consciences of the owners of the building in Chawkbazar's Churihatta; they
have recently rented out the basement parking lot as a plastic toy warehouse --
also a fire hazard.
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10 SC lawyers urge HC to examine termination of ACC
official Sharif
Star Digital Report
Feb 20, 2022
Ten Supreme Court lawyers, led by Mohammad Shishir
Manir, today sent a letter to the High Court and Supreme Court registrar
general, requesting them to examine the termination of Anti-Corruption
Commission's official Sharif Uddin from service.
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Southeast Asia
Former religious affairs minister Mujahid calls for
family law reforms after latest unilateral conversion row
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
20 Feb 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Malaysia needs to reform its
family laws after the latest case involving a Hindu single mother and her three
children who were unilaterally converted in Perlis, former religious affairs
minister Datuk Seri Mujahid Yusof Rawa said.
“But, ultimately, these laws must be compassionate,
especially in the case of child custody when a parent converts. That is in the
spirit of Islam.
“Or else, we will always hear of children being
converted by their convert father without the mother’s consent. This paints a
negative image of Islam, which prides itself on compassion and the love of the
mother,” the Parit Buntar MP was reported saying.
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Abang Jo: ‘Premier’ designation not for me but to
differentiate Sarawak from other states
20 Feb 2022
MIRI, Feb 20 — The change of the designation of the
Sarawak Chief Minister to Premier is not a self-glorification move, said Chief
Minister Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
“The state government is in the view that the
designation of the (Sarawak) head of government has to be different in style,
compared with other states in the federation.
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Challenges ahead for Malaysia’s proposed tobacco sales
ban to those born after 2005
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
20 Feb 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — The government’s announcement
of a planned blanket ban on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to
those born after 2005 is a seemingly “puritan” goal and could prove challenging
if alternatives to said products are similarly outlawed, economists opined.
Last month, national news agency Bernama reported
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin as saying that the government plans to ban
tobacco products, including vape, for anyone born after 2005.
Like some other Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO)
countries, he said Malaysia hoped to pass the law this year, to spell the
generational end-game to smoking.
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Johor polls: All candidates can use govt official
media to introduce themselves, says Annuar Musa
20 Feb 2022
KLUANG, Feb — All candidates in the Johor state
election will be allowed to use government official media to introduce
themselves, Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said.
“We will allow as long as it does not go against the
role of official government media channels as they are responsible for
conveying information from the government.
“The ones contesting are the parties, nevertheless the
government is also responsible for enlivening the democratic process,” he told
reporters after presenting appointment letters to Keluarga Malaysia Central
Zone community leaders here tonight.
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Anwar has 90-minute meeting with TMJ, Johor
development among matters discussed
19 Feb 2022
PETALING JAYA, Feb 19 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim today had a 90-minute meeting with The Tunku Mahkota of Johor
(TMJ) Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim.
“One and a half hours with His Royal Highness
@HRHJohorII, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim,” Anwar posted on his official Twitter
account this evening.
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North America
FBI: Dearborn mosque fire suspect was not motivated by
politics or religion
Niraj Warikoo
Feb 19, 2022
Speaking inside a Dearborn mosque, the head of the FBI
Detroit office revealed that its investigation so far into a mosque fire and
police shooting last week has shown that the suspect was not motivated by
politics, ideology or religion.
Acting Special Agent in Charge of Detroit FBI Josh
Hauxhurst addressed congregants Saturday at Al-Huda Islamic Association, a
Muslim center on Warren Avenue that was set on fire one week ago. Officials
have identified the suspect in the fire as Ahmed Taqi, 37, of Dearborn, whom
police said died a few blocks away in Detroit after an exchange of fire with
Dearborn police.
"Taqi may be the only one who knows exactly why
he set the fire here at the mosque," Hauxhurst said to the crowd.
"However, based on evidence collected, interviews conducted to date and
law enforcement reports and prior contacts with Taqi, there is no indication
Taki was either politically or ideologically motivated. And there is no
indication at this point that he's acting as part of a group."
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Art inspired by attack victim Yumnah Afzaal helps heal
'deep wound' for city's Muslims
Andrew Lupton
Feb 19, 2022
Eight months after she and three members of her family
died in what police say was a hate-motivated attack in London, Ont., the legacy
of 15-year-old Yumnah Afzaal continues to inspire change.
On Saturday, a painting by artist Amer Sal Mohammed —
who works under the name Amer SM — was unveiled at the city's White Oaks Mall.
The artwork was inspired by a floor-to-ceiling mural that Yumnah painted in the
halls of the London Islamic School.
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Brad Pitt had to ‘step in’ after Scott Eastwood told
Shia LeBeouf to ‘f—k off’ on movie set
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
The actors went through rigorous boot camp training together
before filming even began. The training was meant to build the group’s sense of
comradery but it proved to do the opposite.
LeBeouf was personally offended during a scene where
Eastwood’s character spits on the tank their unit was stationed to protect.
According to Eastwood, Pit had to step in and defuse the confrontation before
an all-out brawl was about to break loose.
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Halal financing program helping Alberta Muslims become
homeowners
Feb 19, 2022
A new Albertan financing group is helping Muslims buy
homes while adhering to their faith.
Interest is forbidden in Islam, locking some religious
Canadians out of mortgages and banks. That means many faithful have been stuck
renting as they try to save up enough money to buy a home outright.
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Africa
2023: Muslim Group optimistic Igbo presidency will
stop Biafra agitation
By Abdulganiyu Alabi,Kaduna
20 February 2022
The United Muslim Ummah League (UMUL) has said
electing an Igbo, as president in 2023, will quell the agitations for Biafra
nation. The Muslim group, who urged Nigerians from the five geo-political zones
to support the Southeast for President of Nigeria, called on Enugu State
Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to contest for president, because he is a
unifier.
In a statement, its National Coordinator, Mallam
Abubakar Mustapha, noted that two of the three major tribes in Nigeria; Yoruba
and Hausa, had produced presidents. He also added it would be only fair for all
political parties to zone power to the Eastern region to avoid unnecessary
tension and agitation for secession ahead of the election.
Source: En.Abna24
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