Gyanvapi Mosque Survey Day 3 Concludes; ASI Team Discovers Remains Of Fragmented Idols
New
Age Islam News Bureau
06
August 2023
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An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the
banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi (AP)
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• Gyanvapi Mosque Survey Day 3 Concludes; ASI Team
Discovers Remains Of Fragmented Idols
• Voting Is A ‘Jihad’ When Other Races Are Threatening
Muslims’ Political Force, Hadi Says Ahead Of State Polls in Malaysia
• Iran Prepares Stringent Hijab Law With Imprisonment
Up To 10 Years And Artificial Intelligence Surveillance For Violations
• Acting Defence Minister, Yaqoob Mujahid, Says Going
to Fight Abroad 'Not Jihad'
• Saudi Arabia: Worshippers Advised Against Sleeping
At Islam’s Holiest Site
India
• Haryana: Muslim Residents Of Nuh Accuse State
Government Of Selective Bulldozer Justice
• Varanasi Court Grants ASI Four-Week Extension For
Gyanvapi Mosque Survey
• Two held for throwing petrol bomb at mosque in
Faridabad
• HC Order Is Surprising & Unfortunate: All India
Muslim Personal Law Board On Gyanvapi Survey
• Flattening of shanties of Muslim migrants in
Haryana: 'Were notices sent as required by law? asks TMC
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Southeast
Asia
• MIB vital in strengthening Islamic, cultural values,
says State Mufti
• Replace worn JalurGemilang, demonstrate love for
Malaysia, says Hajiji
• Survey: Seven in 10 from Selangor swing seats
satisfied with Anwar, will choose him as PM again
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Mideast
• The Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Pursues
European Submission for "World Day Against Islamophobia"
• Tel Aviv terrorist was Islamic Jihad operative from
Jenin
• Hezbollah Secretary General Welcomes Senior Scholar
Delegation from Islamic Republic
• Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group denies it was
behind the killing of an Islamic State leader
• Iranian Boxer JavadVafaei-Sani Gets An Execution
Order For Taking Part In Fuel Price Rise Protest
• Iran's envoy says to prioritize economic cooperation
with Saudi Arabia
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South
Asia
• Bangladesh-India Relation Written In Blood:
Information Minister Hasan Mahmood
• Assam police apprehend member of Bangladeshi
terrorist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team
• Eight killed as boat capsizes in Bangladesh
• Bangladesh: Dengue death toll exceeds 300, caseload
nears 64k this year
• Delegation Of Bangladesh’s Awami League To Visit
India At BJP’s Invitation
• Bangladesh boosting GCC ties ahead of expected
ministerial meeting
• Afghan students pin hopes on ICCR for their
scholarships’
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Arab
world
• Saudi Arabia concludes participation in 2023 Jerash
festival in Jordan
• Ambassador Al-Wasil meets Saudi Arabia’s geospatial
chief in New York
• Saudi Arabia arrests 13,939 illegals in one week
• 10-Point Peace Formula Presented At Ukraine Crisis
Talks In Jeddah
• Saudi authorities foil drug-smuggling attempts
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Europe
• Sweden Seeks To Improve Ties With Muslim World Amid
Backlash Over Quran Burnings
• Annual Shia procession to take place in Blackburn
• Russia spreading false claims about Qur’an burnings
to harm Nato bid, says Sweden
• Experts warn UK is ‘flying blind’ with Covid cases
expected to surge in autumn
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Pakistan
• Govt Celebrates, PTI Rues Toshakhana Verdict
• PPP will have to take a stand if polls are delayed,
says Khursheed Shah
• Cops guarding vaccinators attacked in Quetta again
• Navy decommissions historic warship after 30 years
of service
• KP witnesses few street protests as PTI workers stay
‘silent’ over Imran’s arrest
• 4 CTD men held for kidnap, murder of doctor over
‘honour’ in Jhang
• Waziristan official injured in ‘militant’ attack
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North
America
• Missouri Man Sentenced To Nearly 16 Years In Prison
For Setting Fire That Destroyed Islamic Centre In 2020
• U.S., British Contingents Leave World Scout Jamboree
Amid South Korea Heatwave
• Muslim Teen Charged In Gay Man’s Fatal Stabbing At Brooklyn
Gas Station: ‘Clearly A Hate Crime’
• After Trump's post, prosecutors seek protective
order
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Africa
• Muslims And Traditionalists at War in Ilorin
• Deadline for Niger coup leaders to restore democracy
arrives
• Niger junta seeks Wagner support as ECOWAS deadline
approaches
• Tunisia union leaders demand action on migration and
economy
• Police foil bandit attacks on station, Muslim
faithful in Zamfara
• Niger coup: Is France to blame for instability in
West Africa?
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Gyanvapi Mosque Survey Day 3 Concludes; ASI Team
Discovers Remains Of Fragmented Idols
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banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi (AP)
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06 Aug 2023
Lawyer Sudhir Tripathi, representing the Hindu side,
said that they have discovered remains of fragmented idols amidst the debris
during the ongoing survey conducted by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI)
at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.
He stated that they have discovered remains of
fragmented idols amidst the debris and expressed hope that more idols will be
recovered during the course of the survey, PTI reported.
He mentioned that the survey primarily targeted the
Wuzu Khana (ablution area) and the prayer space for Muslims. The survey, which
lasted for the entire day, concluded at 5 pm, and the ASI team departed from
the mosque complex.
On Saturday, the scientific survey to ascertain
whether the 17th-century masjid was built over a pre-existing Hindu temple
structure resumed. The ASI team paused the survey around noon, permitting
Muslims to pray in the mosque, and resumed it at 2:30 pm.
The Varanasi court has directed the ASI to submit the
survey report by September 2. The government counsel had previously requested a
four-week extension for the ASI to complete the survey and submit the report.
On Friday, the Supreme Court declined to issue a stay
on the Allahabad High Court's order regarding the ASI survey of the Gyanvapi
mosque, which the Muslim side believes will "reopen wounds of the
past." Nevertheless, the apex court instructed the ASI team not to employ
any invasive methods during the survey.
"The ASI team is conducting a survey in the
central dome of the mosque complex, where they have begun imaging and mapping.
The ASI team has entered the 'tehkhana' (basement), which is under the
possession of Vyas family, but has not entered the other basement,"
another lawyer from Hindu side Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi told reporters.
“We have apprehension that BJP-RSS will set a
narrative once the ASI report comes and that other issues like Babri masjid
will be brought to the fore," he said.
The masjid committee participated in the survey after
the Muslim side agreed to cooperate, complying with the Supreme Court's
decision. Initially, the Muslim side had boycotted the survey on Friday. The
first day of the survey lasted approximately seven hours, during which the ASI
team primarily documented the layout and captured images of structures within
the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.
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Voting Is A ‘Jihad’ When Other Races Are Threatening
Muslims’ Political Force, Hadi Says Ahead Of State Polls in Malaysia
Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang
claimed today that Muslims are obligated to vote as it is akin to “jihad” or a
holy struggle when other ethnic groups are threatening the political dominance
of the majority group in Malaysia. — Picture by Hari Anggara
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By Soo Wern Jun
06 Aug 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang claimed
today that Muslims are obligated to vote as it is akin to “jihad” or a holy
struggle when other ethnic groups are threatening the political dominance of
the majority group in Malaysia.
Ahead of the six state elections next week, the
president of the Islamist party PAS again exhorted Malay-Muslims to vote from
their own group in order to keep Muslims in power in the country,
“When Muslims are in a position where they have to
compete with other races that are clearly challenging the political force of
Muslims, then voting is a fardhu ‘ain jihad that becomes mandatory for every
Muslim to perform,” he wrote in an opinion piece.
“They are obliged to vote just by using a pencil,
rather than fighting with weapons. Except when the enemy comes to conquer by
force,” he added, saying that negligence in carrying out this duty of voting
can cause the loss of political power of Muslims and therefore resulting in
them being humiliated in this world and the hereafter.
“Fardhu ‘ain” refers to obligatory acts that must be
performed by each individual Muslim, rather than observing it as a community.
These usually include pillars of faith such as prayers and fasting, but can
also include charity and for some ensuring compliance with the Islamic code.
While “jihad” is popularly associated with war or
armed struggle, it can refer to any effort striving to conform to Islamic
teachings.
In the piece, he cited various Quranic verses and
hadith (quotes from Prophet Muhammad) to justify his argument that society must
be led by a Muslim, and it is a religious obligation for Muslims to ensure
this.
He also told his supporters that in the event that
malpractices happen within a government, changes must be made in the selection
of leaders.
Prior to this, Hadi had insisted that only
Malay-Muslims should lead, rule and administer a pluralistic society that
includes non-Muslims after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim asserted
that the stability of a government relies more on its policies rather than its
ethnic composition.
He later told non-Muslims to just let the majority
ethnic group continue to hold the reins of the country, and non-Muslims should
be grateful that they have been given “a place” in this country through the jus
soli citizenship policy that he claimed would not be afforded everywhere else.
Most recently, the PAS president said the unity
government is not fit to lead because it is “dominated” by minorities, a claim
that has been debunked several times.
Now part of an alliance with PerikatanNasional and
recently joining forces with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Hadi said his party is
willing to cooperate with anyone so long as Malaysia is led by Malays and
Muslims who perfectly follow the tenets of Islam.
Last month, the police said they are investigating
Hadi for remarks that allegedly touch on race, religion, and royalty — commonly
known as the 3R sensitivities. No update has been given so far on this
investigation.
Earlier this year, the “Social Media Monitoring of
Malaysia’s 15th General Elections” watchdog report found that PAS and Hadi were
found to be the most strident in inciting ethnic-based narratives on social
media in the lead-up to GE15.
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Iran Prepares Stringent Hijab Law With Imprisonment Up
To 10 Years And Artificial Intelligence Surveillance For Violations
Iran prepares stringent
hijab law
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Iranian authorities are preparing a new bill regarding
the dress code, especially with respect to the wearing of hijab, with more
stringent measures against violations. The draft law reportedly consists of 70
articles which include the proposal of long-term imprisonment for women who refuse
to wear hijab, according to a CNN report.
The bill also proposes strict penalties for
celebrities and businesses that violate the rules and also the implementation
of artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the violators of dress codes.
As per the new bill, Iranian morality police are
directed to create and strengthen artificial intelligence (AI)systems to
identify the ones who are breaching the dress code. The perpetrators of the
illegal behaviour will be caught using tools like fixed and even mobile
cameras, the report added.
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Acting Defence Minister, Yaqoob Mujahid, Says Going to
Fight Abroad 'Not Jihad'
Acting Minister of Defense,
Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid
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06-08-2023
Yaqoob Mujahid said in a speech to the Ministry of
Defence’s commanders and Mujahideen that if the Amir prevents the Mujahideen
from fighting but they still go to fight, then this battle is not Jihad.
"This is the Amir's [Islamic Emirate’s Leader]
order, and obedience is compulsory. If a person goes outside of Afghanistan
with the goal of Jihad, that person's Jihad is not called Jihad. If the Amir
prevents the Mujahideen from going to battle and they still do it, this is war,
not Jihad,” Yaqoob Mujahid said.
The acting Minister of Defense said that the members
of the Islamic Emirate should not commit an act that harms the achievements of
the acting government.
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Saudi Arabia: Worshippers Advised Against Sleeping At Islam’s
Holiest Site
Worshippers gather at the
Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Image Credit: The General
Presidency for Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques
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Ramadan Al Sherbini
Cairo: Saudi authorities have urged Umrah pilgrims not
to sleep at the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site in Mecca, to head off
congestion in the place as more Muslims are heading to the kingdom to perform
lesser pilgrimage.
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has told Umrah pilgrims
and visitors to the site to avoid reclining and sleeping at the mosque, home to
the Holy Kaaba.
“The Guest of Allah, we hope you’ll shun reclining or
lying, particularly in the corridors, prayer places, the tracks of emergency
carts or those designated for the physically disabled,” the minister said in a
post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The ministry had earlier exhorted the worshippers to
shun jostling and crowding at the Grand Mosque. The faithful are also urged to
give priority to women and the elderly at the site.
The season began after the end of the annual Islamic
Hajj pilgrimage that around 1.8 million Muslims attended for the first time in
three years after pandemic-related restrictions were lifted.
Muslims holding different types of entry visas such as
the personal, visit and tourist visas are allowed to undertake Umrah and visit
Al Rawda Al Sharifa, where the tomb of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
is located at the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina after booking an e-appointment.
Saudi authorities have extended the Umrah visa from 30
days to 90 and allowed holders to enter the kingdom via all land, air and sea
outlets and leave from any airport.
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India
Haryana: Muslim residents of Nuh accuse state
government of selective bulldozer justice
Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
06.08.23
The demolition drive in Nuh district of Haryana, which
witnessed large-scale communal violence early this week, continued for a third
day with scores of houses, shops and makeshift structures being pulled down
amid allegations from the minority community that they were being targeted to
appease the “Hindutva groups responsible for the conflagration”.
“The owners of some illegal structures were also
involved in the violence during the (Bajrang Dal-Vishwa Hindu Parishad)
procession on Monday. The drive will continue,” a police officer said.
A Muslim resident of Nuh said that instead of taking
action against the armed members of the Bajrang Dal and the VHP who had shouted
provocative slogans during the procession, the police had adopted a
pick-and-choose policy in carrying out the demolition drive.
“The authorities have started this bulldozer justice
by demolishing homes and shops belonging to Muslims only. Why have they not
demolished a single home of those responsible for the violence and who openly
brandished weapons at the rally?” he told The Telegraph, requesting anonymity.
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Varanasi Court Grants ASI Four-Week Extension For
Gyanvapi Mosque Survey
05 AUG 2023
Varanasi's local court has granted the Archeological
Survey of India (ASI) a crucial four-week extension to conduct a scientific
survey inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, with the deadline set for September
2. The ASI's survey aims to ascertain whether the 17th-century masjid was built
over the remains of a pre-existing Hindu temple, stirring a historical debate
that has long divided communities, according to Hindustan Times.
The survey commenced on Friday, but the ASI team
temporarily suspended their activities around noon to allow Muslims to offer
prayers in the mosque. At 2:30 pm, the survey resumed as per schedule. The
court has reserved the matter for further hearing on September 2, indicating
the significance of the findings to be presented.
Earlier, on August 3, the Allahabad high court
dismissed the plea from the Muslim side that the survey might harm the mosque's
structure, upholding the continuation of the survey. The Supreme Court, on
August 4, affirmed this decision and instructed the use of non-invasive methods
during the operation.
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Two held for throwing petrol bomb at mosque in
Faridabad
August 6, 2023
Two men involved in allegedly throwing a petrol bomb
at a mosque in Faridabad’s Kaili village have been arrested and remanded to
police custody for six days, police said.
A country-made pistol, five live cartridges, a
country-made revolver, a sword, and 13 petrol-filled bottles were recovered
from their possession, Faridabad police spokesperson Sube Singh said.
The incident took place In the early hours of August
3. Around midnight, police were patrolling when they received information that
some anti-social elements had thrown a petrol bomb at the mosque.
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HC order is surprising & unfortunate: All India
Muslim Personal Law Board on Gyanvapi survey
Aug 06, 2023
The communique quotes Dr SQR Ilyas, AIMPLB
spokesperson, as saying that the HC decision was against the law and principle
of secularism.
LUCKNOW The Allahabad High Court order to allow an
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey of Gyanvapi premises is surprising
and unfortunate, said the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in a
press statement on Saturday. It added that AIMPLB, along with the Muslims of
the country, are deeply disappointed with the order.
The communique quotes Dr SQR Ilyas, AIMPLB
spokesperson, as saying that the HC decision was against the law and principle
of secularism. It was expected that the Supreme Court would interfere in the
matter as it is related to giving an opinion contrary to the existing religious
character of the religious place, especially when the SC has already explained
the ambit of the Places of Worship Act of 1991 in its Babri Masjid judgment.
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Flattening of shanties of Muslim migrants in Haryana:
'Were notices sent as required by law? asks TMC
06th August 2023
By Online Desk
TMC leader and Rajya Sabha member SaketGokhale has
raised the issue of bulldozers flattening the shanties of migrant workers
following the Nuh violence in Haryana.
Gokhale questioned why were these demolitions done
during a curfew and how come the government realized that these are
"illegal encroachments" only after the recent violence. Were any
notices sent as required by law? he asked.
He further questioned that if the people living in the
shanties were "illegal immigrants," how did the sub-divisional
magistrate of Nuh identify and determine that? How many cases under Passport
Act, 1967 have been registered?
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Southeast
Asia
MIB vital in strengthening Islamic, cultural values,
says State Mufti
August 6, 2023
State Mufti PehinDatu Seri Maharaja DatoPaduka Seri
Setia (Dr) Ustaz Haji Awang Abdul Aziz bin Juned highlighted the importance of
Malay Islamic Monarchy (MIB) in strengthening Islamic and cultural values as
well as the role of a dialogue in raising questions and finding the correct
answers.
He said this during the inauguration of the 15th
Borneo-Kalimantan Regional Dialogue organised by the Brunei Darussalam
Association of Writers (ASTERAWANI) in collaboration with the Language and
Literature Bureau (DBP), the Secretariat of the Malay Islamic Monarchy Supreme
Council and the PUTRA Seni Group recently.
The dialogue, themed ‘Malay Islamic Monarchy
strengthening Islamic literature and regional cultural values’, was held at
BalaiSarmayuda, DBP in Berakas.
Source: Borneobulletin.Com.Bn
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Replace worn JalurGemilang, demonstrate love for
Malaysia, says Hajiji
06 Aug 2023
TUARAN, Aug 6 — Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji
Noor called for the people in the state to display their love for the country
by flying the JalurGemilang and replacing the worn flags with new ones at their
respective premises to welcome the National Day celebration.
He said as Malaysians, they ought to feel proud to do
so, particularly during the National Month and Fly the JalurGemilang campaign,
as this is the best time for them to demonstrate their patriotism and sow the
spirit of unity among the people of varied ethnic backgrounds and religious
beliefs.
“Therefore, let’s work together to nurture the feeling
in the community so that the people looked up highly to and respect the JalurGemilang
as the country’s symbol and identity,” he said in his speech at the
district-level 2023 JalurGemilang Merdeka Kembara programme here today.
He said the theme for this year’s National Day,
“Malaysia Madani: TekadPerpaduanPenuhiHarapan” (Malaysia Madani: Determination
of Unity Fulfils Hope) was apt as racial unity and tolerance had been the
pillar in preserving the country’s independence.
He said in a pluralistic country like Malaysia, unity
among the various races and ethnicities needs to be continuously nurtured and
protected because it is the only way to achieve progressive economic growth and
political stability.
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Survey: Seven in 10 from Selangor swing seats
satisfied with Anwar, will choose him as PM again
By Soo Wern Jun
06 Aug 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — Local pollster Endeavor-MGC
(EMGC) has found that 73 per cent from marginal state seats in Selangor were
satisfied with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s overall performance as prime
minister.
Of the respondents, 52 per cent have expressed that
the PakatanHarapan (PH) chairman is the most suitable candidate for prime
minister, while 26 per cent said they were not satisfied while one per cent
said they were unsure.
For comparison, just 18 per cent of respondents chose
PerikatanNasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as their choice of a
prime minister.
Source: Malay Mail
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Mideast
The Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Pursues
European Submission for "World Day Against Islamophobia"
Giulio Meotti
Aug 6, 2023
Giulio Meottiis an Italian journalist with Il Foglio
and writes a twice-weekly column for ArutzSheva. He is the author of 20 books,
including "A New Shoah", that researched the personal stories of
Israel's terror victims, published by Encounter. His writing has appeared in
publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Gatestone Institute and Die
Weltwoche. He is also a Middle East Forum Writing Fellow.
When she died in 2007, Oriana Fallaci was on trial in
Bergamo, Italy. A judge had seen fit to send the writer to trial on charges of.
"Contempt for the Islamic religion". The magistrate had argued that
some sentences in her books are "unequivocally offensive to Islam".
An arrest warrant was also issued from Switzerland. If my friend Oriana were
alive today, perhaps we would see her with shackles on her wrists.
During the period when the Saudi Supreme Court (which
is not really a supreme court, but more a congregation of imams) gave the green
light to a thousand lashes and ten years in prison for the liberal blogger Raif
Badawi, guilty of having "offended Islam," a delegation of United
Nations bureaucrats landed in Jeddah to promote an "international
conference on religious freedom". No, this is not a joke.
Leading the UN criminals was Joachim Rücker himself,
president of the Human Rights Council, photographed smiling alongside the
guardians of Wahhabi Islam in a white tunic. There was also HeinerBielefeldt,
envoy of the United Nations for religious freedom, a scholar specializing in
the works of Immanuel Kant, who must have seen applications of Kant's belief in
good will and the shared ability of human beings to reason in the whip that
makes the infidel's back bleed.
Source: israel national news
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Tel Aviv terrorist was Islamic Jihad operative from
Jenin
Aug 5, 2023
The Police Commissioner arrived at the scene of the
attack at the corner of Nachalat Binyamin and Montefiore streets in Tel Aviv,
and said that the terrorist who opened fire on a municipal patrolman of the Tel
Aviv Municipality is a 22-year-old resident of the Jenin area.
The terrorist, Kamel Abu Bakr, lived in the village of
Rummanah, and for the past two years lived in Jenin. He was taken alive to the
Ichilov Hospital, where the doctors pronounced him dead.
Abu Bakr was a key activist in Jenin within the terrorist
organization "Jenin Brigade," which is identified with the military
wing of the Islamic Jihad, and is considered a wanted man in Israel.
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Hezbollah Secretary General Welcomes Senior Scholar
Delegation from Islamic Republic
August 5, 2023
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah
hosted a senior scholar delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran in
presence of the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mujtaba Amani.
The delegation included the Supreme Leader’s
representative in Ardabil province, Sayyed Hasan Ameli, and a number of the
members of the Constitution Experts’ Council.
Source: English.Almanar.Com.Lb
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Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group denies it was
behind the killing of an Islamic State leader
5 August 2023
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s main insurgent al-Qaida-linked
group denied it was behind the killing of the Islamic State group's leader in
the country’s northwest saying it would have otherwise claimed responsibility.
The security arm of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, made
the announcement Friday night, a day after IS blamed the Syrian insurgent group
for the death of its little-known leader, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini
al-Qurayshi, who headed the extremist organization since November.
He said HTS would continue to fight “evil acts” by IS
in rebel-held parts of Syria, adding that had his group been behind
al-Qurayshi’s death “we would have given the good news to Muslims and announced
it directly.”
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Iranian Boxer JavadVafaei-Sani Gets An Execution Order
For Taking Part In Fuel Price Rise Protest
Aug 05, 2023
Iran has drawn criticism from human rights groups from
around the world over its decision to execute the Iranian boxing champion
JavadVafaei-Sani. The 27-year-old boxer was arrested in early 2020 for taking
part in a nationwide protest in 2019 which was sparked by sudden rise in the
price of fuel. The boxer was accused of incitement and deliberate destruction
of government buildings Sani was also accused of having connections with the
outlawed opposition.
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Iran's envoy says to prioritize economic cooperation
with Saudi Arabia
06-Aug-2023
Iran's newly appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
AlirezaEnayati said expansion of bilateral economic cooperation will be the
priority of his mission.
He made the remarks in an interview with Iran's IRIB
news agency published Saturday, in which he commented on the latest
developments regarding the resumption of operations of the Iranian embassy.
Enayati, who will soon be dispatched to Riyadh to
begin his mission, said among the embassy's future priorities are increasing
the presence and activities of the Iranian private sector in Saudi Arabia,
supporting joint investments, signing a customs agreement, and expanding
bilateral cooperation in maritime transportation.
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South
Asia
Bangladesh-India relation written in blood:
Information Minister Hasan Mahmood
KALLOL BHATTACHERJEE
August 06, 2023
Bangladesh’s relation with India is not comparable to
any other bilateral ties, Dhaka’s Information Minister Hasan Mahmood told The
Hindu on August 5. Mr Mahmood’s remarks came hours after the Bharatiya Janata
Party announced that he and four other leading members of the Awami League will
be visiting India from August 6 to 9 as part of “KNOW BJP” initiative for
external outreach of the party.
“Bangladesh-India relation is not comparable to any
other bilateral relation that Bangladesh has with other countries as our
relation is written in blood. Our visit is a constructive gesture from the BJP
to the Awami League,” Mr. Mahmood said, speaking over the phone. He had
recently hit the headlines on July 28 after declaring that any setback to the
Awami League in the upcoming election in Bangladesh could hit the country’s
ties with India.
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Assam police apprehend member of Bangladeshi terrorist
outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team
5 AUGUST 23
Guwahati: Assam police on Saturday apprehended a
member of the Bangladeshi terrorist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in
Dhubri district, informed the officials.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also said
that the ABT module member was apprehended early this morning from a remote
area called Nayeralga under Bilasipara Police Station by a team led by Dhubri
police.
Earlier in October last year, Assam police arrested 4
persons linked with the Bangladeshi terrorist organization Ansarullah Bangla
Team and Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent from Assam’s Nalbari and Tamulpur
districts.
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Eight killed as boat capsizes in Bangladesh
2023-08-06
Dhaka, Aug 6 (IANS) At least eight people died after a
boat carrying 46 people capsized in a tributary of Padma river in Bangladesh's
Munshiganj district, local authorities said. The incident occurred around 8
p.m. on Saturday when the boat capsized following a collision with a sand-laden
vessel in the river, about 30 km away from capital Dhaka.
"The bodies of three women, three children and
two men have so far been retrieved with the help of locals," Rafi Al
Faruk, a duty officer of the fire service and civil defence headquarters, told
Xinhua.
The official said most of the passengers were able to
swim ashore after the incident as the boat sank close to the river bank and at
least four people have been rescued.
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Bangladesh: Dengue death toll exceeds 300, caseload
nears 64k this year
2023-08-06
Dhaka, Aug 6 (IANS) Bangladesh reported 10 more deaths
and 2,495 dengue cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 303 and
the total number of infections to 63,968, Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS) said.The South Asian country experienced its highest spike in
dengue cases last month, with 43,854 new infections and 204 deaths, Xinhua news
agency reported quoting the DGHS.
The June-September monsoon period is the season of
dengue fever in Bangladesh, which is considered a high-risk nation prone to
mosquito-borne diseases.
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Delegation of Bangladesh’s Awami League to visit India
at BJP’s invitation
By Rezaul H Laskar
Aug 05, 2023
The five-member delegation, led by Awami League
presidium member and agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque, includes party joint
secretary general and information and broadcasting minister Hasan Mahmud, party
organising secretary Sujit Roy Nandi and two women MPs
A delegation of Bangladesh’s Awami League party is set
to arrive in New Delhi on Sunday for meetings with top leaders of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and ministers, months ahead of a crucial general election in
the neighbouring country.
The five-member delegation, led by Awami League
presidium member and agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque, will visit India at
the BJP’s invitation. The delegation includes party joint secretary general and
information and broadcasting minister Hasan Mahmud, party organising secretary
Sujit Roy Nandi and two women MPs.
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Bangladesh boosting GCC ties ahead of expected
ministerial meeting
SHEHAB SUMON
August 05, 2023
Dhaka: Bangladesh is working to boost its relations
with the Gulf Cooperation Council and is preparing to hold ministerial-level
talks with the bloc, the South Asian nation’s envoy to Riyadh told Arab News on
Saturday.
Bangladesh and the GCC — an intergovernmental economic
union of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, headquartered
in Riyadh — signed a memorandum establishing a framework for cooperation in
November last year.
The deal was reached on the sidelines of the Manama
Dialogue regional security conference in Bahrain by Bangladeshi Foreign
Minister A.K. Abdul Momen and former GCC secretary general Dr. NayemFalah
Al-Hajraf.
“We have been trying to boost cooperation with GCC. In
this context, we signed an MoU with the GCC in November. This MoU has a
baseline on the ways to move forward,” Bangladeshi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Javed Patwary told Arab News.
To move the cooperation forward, the envoy met this
week the GCC’s new chief, Jasem Al-Budaiwi, who took office earlier this year. The
two discussed holding a ministerial-level meeting in September.
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Afghan students pin hopes on ICCR for their
scholarships’
by Devanshi Srivastava
August 6, 2023
A student from southern Afghanistan, who just
completed his MBA degree from a university in Pune, goes to a Sai Baba temple,
near his house every night for food. He has neither financial support from his
family, which is “stuck” in his Taliban-ruled home country, nor does he have
permission to work in India with his student visa.
But lack of money is not his primary concern. It is
the prospect of discontinuing studies and having to go back to the political
turmoil of Afghanistan. Ever since he graduated in July, he has been
desperately hoping for an announcement of scholarships for Afghan students by
the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) that would pave the way for
him to continue his studies and extend his visa.
“There is no hope, no job opportunity, nor any future
in Afghanistan,” said the student. “Ignorance is ruling the country and one of
the ways to fight that is education. That is why, we are looking up to the
Government of India as a friend and request them to provide scholarships to
Afghan students.”
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Arab
world
Saudi Arabia concludes participation in 2023 Jerash
festival in Jordan
ARAB NEWS
August 06, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has concluded its participation
in the 37th Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts in Jordan, which was held from
July 26 to Aug. 5, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
Represented by three cultural commissions, the Kingdom
actively participated in the festival, which has been held annually in the
ancient city of Jerash in northern Jordan since 1981.
The CEO of the Theater and Performing Arts Commission,
Sultan Al-Bazie, expressed satisfaction with the achievements of the Saudi
participation in the event.
Source: Arab News
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Ambassador Al-Wasil meets Saudi Arabia’s geospatial
chief in New York
ARAB NEWS
August 05, 2023
NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to
the UN Abdulaziz Al-Wasil recently met Dr. Mohammed Yahya Al-Sayel, president
of the Kingdom’s General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information in New
York.
Al-Sayel, who is also the chairman of the Arab
Committee of UN Experts for Geospatial Information Management, was accompanied
by the representative of the private sector on the board of directors of GASGI.
Their meeting was held on the sidelines of the
Kingdom’s delegation’s participation in the 13th session of the UN Committee of
Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management.
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Saudi Arabia arrests 13,939 illegals in one week
ARAB NEWS
August 05, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested 13,939 people in
one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulations,
according to an official report.
From July 27 to Aug. 2, a total of 7,894 people were
arrested for violations of residency laws, while 3,839 were held over illegal
border crossing attempts and a further 2,206 for labor-related issues.
The report showed that among the 933 people arrested
for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 41 percent were Yemeni, 58 percent
Ethiopian, and 1 percent were of other nationalities.
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10-Point Peace Formula Presented At Ukraine Crisis
Talks In Jeddah
ARAB NEWS
August 05, 2023
JEDDAH: Ukraine has proposed its widely-expected
10-point peace formula at talks in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, according to
reports.
Senior officials from some 40 countries including the
US, China and India met in Jeddah for discussions that Ukraine and its allies
hope will lead to agreement on key principles for a peaceful end to Russia’s
war in Ukraine.
The two-day meeting is part of a diplomatic push by
Ukraine to build support beyond its core Western backers by reaching out to
Global South countries to help reach a solution to the conflict, which has hit
the global economy.
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Saudi authorities foil drug-smuggling attempts
ARAB NEWS
August 05, 2023
Jeddah: Saudi authorities have arrested several
suspects and seized large quantities of illegal drugs in operations carried out
across the Kingdom.
Additionally, two Pakistani residents were arrested in
Jeddah for trafficking methamphetamine, a narcotic substance commonly referred
to as “shabu.”
During the operation, authorities confiscated various
incriminating items from the suspect’s possession, including communication
devices, firearms and other weapons.
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Europe
Sweden seeks to improve ties with Muslim world amid
backlash over Quran burnings
BurakBir
05.08.2023
Sweden wants to strengthen relations with Muslim
countries, the Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said, as the country
drew criticism over the repeated desecration of the Quran in the country.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry on Saturday said
that Billstrom had a conversation with more than 20 ambassadors of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states in the capital
Stockholm on Friday.
"Restoring trust and confidence takes time. I
will devote a substantial part of this electoral period to strengthening
relationships with Muslim countries," Billstrom added.
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Annual Shia procession to take place in Blackburn
By Shuiab Khan
06-08-2023
People will gather at Shia Islamic Centre around 1pm
today (August 6) at the corner of Addison Street and Preston New Road.
The march is organised and marshalled by volunteers
and sees the procession make its way down Addison Street, Devonport Road and
Montague Street and back towards the mosque.
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Russia spreading false claims about Qur’an burnings to
harm Nato bid, says Sweden
6 August 2023
The Swedish authorities have accused Russia of trying
to influence how Qur’an burnings are viewed around the world through
disinformation campaigns written in Arabic. It is believed to be part of an
attempt to disrupt Sweden’s Nato membership process, which is still waiting for
approval by Turkey and Hungary.
Sweden’s psychological defence agency, part of the
Ministry of Defence, said that the Russian state-controlled media outlets RT
and Sputnik had published a series of articles in Arabic, falsely claiming that
the Swedish government supported Qur’an burning. Since the end of June, the
authorities have logged about a million similar posts in Arabic and other
languages. The warning from the agency – a cold war-era body brought back last
year to fight foreign disinformation as tensions with Russia escalated –
follows another burning in a spate of such desecrations in Sweden.
Two Iraqi men, Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem, who
have been involved in previous incidents, were permitted to burn a Qur’an
outside parliament, prompting outrage and further intensifying the diplomatic
crisis between Sweden and Muslim countries around the world.
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Experts warn UK is ‘flying blind’ with Covid cases
expected to surge in autumn
By Sami Quadri
06-08-2023
Experts have warned that the UK is “flying blind” with
Covid-19 cases expected to surge this autumn.
The latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency
(UKHSA) show that Covid cases increased by 45 per cent in a week, accounting
for about one in 20 respiratory infections.
Christina Pagel, a professor of operational research
at University College London, said a new wave could hit the UK over the coming
months.
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Pakistan
Govt celebrates, PTI rues Toshakhana verdict
IkramJunaidi
August 6, 2023
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N and PTI deserters on Saturday
hailed the verdict against former PM Imran Khan in Toshakhana case, whereas the
PTI termed it a decision of a “kangaroo court”.
The Supreme Court Bar Association expressed its
reservations and termed the decision against principles of fairness, natural
justice and due process of law.
Speaking at a news conference, Federal Minister for
Information Marriyum Aurangzeb dismissed speculations that there was a
political motive behind the arrest and conviction of the PTI chairman, stating
the verdict had come after a one-year investigation.
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PPP will have to take a stand if polls are delayed,
says Khursheed Shah
Nadir Guramani
August 6, 2023
Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed
Shah has said that the PPP will have to “take a stand” if general elections
were now delayed.
The government has announced that assemblies will be
dissolved on August 9, following which elections should be held within 90 days
of the end of the assemblies’ tenure.
However, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said during an
interview earlier this week that elections would be held on the basis of the
latest census, while the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has already
expressed its inability to hold polls on the basis of the new population count
within the stipulated time as it will have to conduct a fresh delimitation of
constituencies in this case.
A day earlier, the Council of Common Interests (CCI)
approved the results of the 2023 digital census, making it almost certain that
general elections may not be held this year as a fresh delimitation, which may
take months, has now become compulsory.
Although some of the ruling allies, including the
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), earlier opposed holding the next general
elections under the fresh census, its silence in the CCI meeting has raised
questions.
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Cops guarding vaccinators attacked in Quetta again
Saleem Shahid
August 6, 2023
QUETTA: Police personnel escorting polio vaccination
team survived an armed attack during the last leg of immunisation campaign in
KilliQambrani, a neighbourhood on Quetta’s outskirts, on Saturday.
This was the third attack on police officials guarding
polio vaccinators during the past one week. The other two had claimed three
lives.
“Police personnel, who were guarding the polio team,
were alert in the wake of Monday’s shooting on police in NawanKilli area,” a
senior police officer said, adding that polio workers also remained safe.
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Navy decommissions historic warship after 30 years of
service
Shazia Hasan
August 6, 2023
KARACHI: Pakistan Navy (PN) decommissioned its last Type-21
class ship PNS Tariq in a ceremony held at the PN Dockyard here on Saturday.
Before that the ship was acquired by PN from the Royal
Navy. Its original name was HMS Ambuscade, which also has the distinction of
participating in the Falkland War.
Foreign Affairs Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was
the chief guest. Upon arrival on board PNS Tariq he was received by Chief of
the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Amjad Khan Niazi.
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KP witnesses few street protests as PTI workers stay
‘silent’ over Imran’s arrest
Dawn Report
August 6, 2023
PESHAWAR: Amid massive police deployment, the Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa largely remained “silent” over
the arrest of their leader and former prime minister, Imran Khan, following his
conviction in a corruption case.
Soon after the PTI chairman was held by the police in
Lahore after being sentenced by a court over the unauthorised sale of
Toshakhana gifts, authorities deployed large contingents of police equipped
with anti-riot gear along with prison vans on main streets in various districts
to thwart possible demonstrations.
Following the arrest of Imran on May 9, the PTI
workers staged violent demonstrations across the province leading to a crackdown
on them by the police and other law-enforcement agencies.
The local PTI leaders in the province have either
joined the PTI-Parliamentarians launched by former chief minister Pervez
Khattak or gone underground to prevent arrest over the May 9 violence.
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4 CTD Men Held For Kidnap, Murder Of Doctor Over
‘Honour’ In Jhang
Tariq Saeed Birmani
August 6, 2023
TOBA TEK SINGH: Police have arrested four officials of
the Faisalabad Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), allegedly for kidnap and
murder of a doctor, the owner of a private hospital at Waryamwala, Shorkot
tehsil of Jhang district, over an “honour” issue, recovering the victim’s body
from Trimmu-Sidhnai Link Canal.
In the kidnapping FIR earlier registered by Waryamwala
police under section 365 of the Pakistan Penal Code, complainant Rafiq said his
son Dr Muhammad Umar was present at his Amna Medicare Hospital located in Oadh
Plaza at Waryamwala when four men in a car arrived there and told the security
guard on duty that one of them was sick and needs treatment.
However, after entering the hospital’s building, they
overpowered the security guard and forced him to knock at the door of Dr Umar’s
office. As soon as Dr Umar opened the door, the intruders overpowered him and
bundled him into their car and sped away. Before leaving the hospital, they
tied up the guard with ropes and locked him in a room.
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Waziristan official injured in ‘militant’ attack
August 6, 2023
PESHAWAR: The additional deputy commissioner, relief,
North Waziristan tribal district sustained injuries in a militant attack,
according to a statement issued by the association of the Provincial Management
Service here on Saturday.
“The government is required to provide foolproof
security to the officers, who are serving in the field, especially in a
volatile region of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Area,” the statement
said.
The association reiterated its demand of creating a
district regulatory force so as to ensure the implementation of the regulations
imposed by the government in letter and spirit and also to provide minimal
level of security to the officers working in a hostile law and order situation.
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North
America
Missouri man sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison
for setting fire that destroyed Islamic Center in 2020
By MallikaKallingal
August 5, 2023
A Missouri man has been sentenced to nearly 16 years
in prison for starting a fire that destroyed a mosque in 2020, according to a
release from the US Department of Justice.
Nicholas John Proffitt had pleaded guilty to using
fire to damage religious property and to using fire in the commission of a
federal felony, the release said.
He has been sentenced to 191 months in prison,
followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $551,217.91 in
restitution, according to court documents.
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U.S., British contingents leave World Scout Jamboree
amid South Korea heatwave
By Patrick Hilsman
AUG. 5, 2023
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S., British and Singaporean
contingents say they have left the World Scout Jamboree campsite in South Korea
as a sweltering heatwave blanketed the country on Saturday.
About 43,000 scouts from 158 countries gathered for
the event but the soaring temperatures resulted in at least 600 teenagers
requiring medical treatment as of Thursday, officials said.
Temperatures rose past 100 degrees Fahrenheit in some
South Korean regions as the most significant heatwave to hit the country in
four years took its toll.
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Muslim teen charged in gay man’s fatal stabbing at
Brooklyn gas station: ‘Clearly a hate crime’
By Valentina Jaramillo
August 5, 2023
The 17-year-old who fatally stabbed dancer O’Shae
Sibley at a Mobil Station in Coney Island was slapped with murder and murder as
a hate crime charges over “anti-gay” and “anti-black” statements, officials
announced at a press conference Saturday.
With a group of Muslim leaders standing behind him,
Mayor Adams said the murder was “clearly a hate crime,” but added “hate from
the Muslim community against the LGBT community is not true.”
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After Trump's post, prosecutors seek protective order
Aug 6, 2023
WASHINGTON: Prosecutors have asked a US judge to limit
information Donald Trump can publicly discuss regarding the latest indictments
against him, citing a threatening post by the ex-president which his campaign
defended Saturday as "political speech." The new development came
just hours after Trump defied a judge who had warned him not to discuss the
case with any potential witnesses. "If you go after me, I'm coming after
you!" Trump posted Friday on Truth Social.afp
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Africa
Muslims And Traditionalists at War in Ilorin
By:MichaelJimoh
August 6, 2023
Like a pre-match show off between prize fighters, two
combatants are squaring up for an epic battle over a river in Ilorin Emirate.
Last week, some Muslim clerics quick marched to a river bank at Yemoja
community where they prevented Olokun devotees from carrying out their
religious obligations despite Constitutional guarantees of freedom of worship
for all Nigerians. On their part, the traditional worshippers did not take the
Muslim threat lightly. They responded in kind, both of them chest-thumping about
deploying every available arsenal at their disposal for a fight to the finish.
THEWILL examines the feud for the soul of a city’s loyalty to its traditional
past and pressure to maintain the status quo as one with a solid Islamic
foundation. Michael Jimoh reports…
One rainy day last week, scores of heavily turbaned
men massed around a popular river of the same name in Yemoja community about
sixty-one kilometres from Ilorin capital of Kwara state. They had responded to
a video making the rounds that devotees of Olokun goddess of the river were
presently at that location performing sacrifices as part of their devotional.
To the last man, the Islamic invaders had come to stop
what they considered pagan and idol worship, although they ought to have known
better not to interfere with the religious proclivities of others as stipulated
in the Nigerian Constitution.
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Deadline for Niger coup leaders to restore democracy
arrives
By Philip Andrew
06-08-2023
Leaders of Niger's military coup face a deadline of 6
August to release and reinstate the democratically elected President Mohamed
Bazoum.
The cut-off date was set by the regional bloc known as
ECOWAS and if demands are not met it may face foreign military intervention.
It was first reported that ECOWAS was refusing to
consider military intervention and to focus on sanctions. But later, the bloc's
military leaders said they had drawn up a plan for an armed invasion if the
coup leaders didn't back down.
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Niger junta seeks Wagner support as ECOWAS deadline
approaches
By Philip Andrew
06-08-2023
Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the
Russian mercenary group Wagner as a deadline approaches for it to release the
country’s ousted president.
Niger’s junta faces a 6 August deadline set by the
regional bloc known as ECOWAS to release and reinstate the democratically
elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who has described himself as a hostage.
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Tunisia union leaders demand action on migration and
economy
By Philip Andrew
The head of Tunisia's largest trade union has demanded
Western nations do more to support migrants who are continuing to arrive in
Libya after Tunisian authorities began a mass expulsion in early July.
"They colonised Africa and other countries for
many years. It is about time to implement real development so people can live
in dignity and prosperity in their countries."
Around 250 UGTT members had gathered in Sfax to
commemorate the death of activists in 1947, during the French protectorate in
Tunisia.
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Police foil bandit attacks on station, Muslim faithful
in Zamfara
August 5, 2023
The police command in Zamfara said its operatives
repelled bandits who attacked the Divisional Police Station in Zurmi Local
Government Area of the state.
Abubakar said police operatives attached to the police
station acted on credible intelligence that a group of armed bandits was
planning to carry out the attack.
“As a result of this, one of the bandits was
neutralised while the others escaped to the bushes spilling blood on their
paths because of the wounds they sustained.
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Niger coup: Is France to blame for instability in West
Africa?
By Leonard Mbulle-Nziege
06-08-2023
Niger has become the latest country in West Africa
where the army has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and
Chad - all former French colonies. Since 1990, a striking 78% of the 27 coups
in sub-Saharan Africa have occurred in Francophone states leading some
commentators to ask whether France - or the legacy of French colonialism - is
to blame?
Many of the coup plotters would certainly like us to
think so. Colonel AbdoulayeMaiga, who was named prime minister by the military
junta in Mali in September 2022, launched a scathing attack on France.
Criticising "neocolonialist, condescending,
paternalist and vengeful policies", Mr Maiga alleged that France had
"disowned universal moral values" and stabbed Mali "in the
back".
Anti-French vitriol has also flourished in Burkina
Faso, where the military government ended a long-standing accord that allowed
French troops to operate in the country in February, giving France one month to
remove its forces.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66406137
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