Iftar Buffets Un-Islamic: Ramazan Buffets Buck Islam’s Advice For Moderation During Fasting Month, Perak Scholar Says
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April 2022
Muslims have their iftar
meal at a restaurant offering buffet in Kuantan April 12, 2022. — Bernama pic
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• Iftar Buffets Un-Islamic: Ramazan Buffets Buck
Islam’s Advice For Moderation During Fasting Month, Perak Scholar Says
• Hindus, Muslims To Take Out Tiranga Yatra In
Communal Riot-Hit Jahangirpuri
• Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Orders PUBG, TikTok Ban for
Leading Youths ‘Astray’
• Sisi Greets Pope Tawadros On Easter, Says Its
Coincidence With Ramazan Is Call For Adherence To Noble Religious Values
• Pakistani Speakers Stress On Continued Support For
Palestine Cause At Quds Conference
Southeast Asia
• Why No Effort To Get Fugitive Blogger Back For
Questioning? Guan Eng Asks After RPK’s Claims Against SRC Judge
• Malaysian State Islamic Religious Departments Asked
To Investigate ‘Taubah’ (Repentance)
Package
• ‘PASLeaks’ not unusual, no need to play up issue,
says Umno’s Annuar Musa
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India
• Delhi BJP Chief Wants Muslim Names Of 40 Villages
Changed
• The Crowds Are Back In Old Delhi For The First
Public Ramazan Celebration Since The Covid- •
19 Pandemic Began, And Life Has Returned To Its Streets
• Kashmiris mark martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali
(a.s.)
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South Asia
• Iran-Afghan Border Closes by Iran after Skirmishes
with Taliban
• 1,500 Afghans Given Humanitarian Assistance Donated
by China
• IEA’s PM Congratulates Pakistan’s Shahbaz Sharif on
His Election as PM
• As police identify Nahid’s killers, Dhaka College
students leaving hostels fearing raid
• How Rana Plaza tragedy shaped Bangladesh's mental
health
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Arab world
• Chinese Cultural Products Bring Joy To Muslims
During Ramazan, Says Egyptian Official
• KSrelief Distributes 1,300 Ramazan Food Baskets in
Tajikistan
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Pakistan
• Nawaz, Bilawal Renew Pledge To Implement Charter Of
Democracy
• Joint Action Committee Warns Of Countrywide Protest
For Recovery Of Missing Shia Persons
• ‘Muslim Devotional Poetry Of South Asia’ Honoured At
IBA Session
• Government College University Receives Rs20m
Donations For New Mosque, Islamic Centre At Main Campus
• 30 metro buses for Peshawar Mor-Islamabad airport
route to arrive next month
• PTI seeks scrutiny of 17 parties’ funds
• Several rumours later, Hamza yet to take oath
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Mideast
• Hamas: Palestinians Choose Resistance To Defend
Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Muslims, Non-Muslims Enjoying Ramazan Festivities In
Lebanon
• Iran's Cultural Counsellor in Italy holds a virtual
Quran exhibition
• Pilgrims in Najaf mourn martyrdom anniversary of
Imam Ali (a.s.)
• Imam Khamenei condoles families of martyrs in Afghan
terror attacks
• Ayatollah Sistani condemns terrorist attack in
Mazar-i-Sharif
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Africa
• Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamic extremist group claims
responsibility for bomb blast that kills at least 6
• Rite Foods Preaches Uprightness To Muslim Faithful
At Ramazan
• Tinubu, Ngige, Others Attend Aisha Buhari’s Ramazan
Iftar Dinner For 2023 Presidential Aspirants
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Europe
• Madeleine Mccann: Kate And Gerry Mccann Release
Statement After Christian Brueckner Declared Formal Suspect
• Police Federation appoints Liam Kelly as first
Catholic chairman
• Large fire at Dorset heathland ‘now surrounded and under
control’
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North America
• Volunteers Demonstrate Compassion Of Ramazan In
Indonesia: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
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Iftar Buffets Un-Islamic: Ramazan Buffets Buck Islam’s
Advice For Moderation During Fasting Month, Perak Scholar Says
Muslims have their iftar
meal at a restaurant offering buffet in Kuantan April 12, 2022. — Bernama pic
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BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID
24 Apr 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Perak Islamic Religious and
Malay Customs Council president Datuk Seri Mohd Annuar Zaini considers Iftar
buffets as “very un-Islamic”.
Mohd Annuar told news portal The Vibes that buffers
tend to be extravagant and often encourage wasting, which contravenes the
spirit that the holy month of Ramazan is meant to nurture discipline and
moderation.
“You [buffet operators] drag people to stay with entertainment
and music. They will stay and eat more food when they are encouraged to inject
life to mosques.
“When they start bringing children [to buffets], they
are teaching the wrong values and culture to the young ones,” he was quoted
saying in the news report posted today.
The criticism was directed towards caterers that offer
buffets for breaking fast, usually at a fee of a few hundred ringgit. These
fees often include charges for entertainment.
Mohd Annuar called the buffet charges exorbitant and
believed that restaurant owners and hotels take advantage of the cravings that
come after a long day of fasting.
Malaysians have been known to waste food past reports
on the issue have shown, with festive seasons usually seeing a major rise in
food leftovers being dumped.
In a 2016 report published by the Solid Waste and
Public Cleansing Corporation, 200,000 tonnes of food went straight into the
rubbish bin every fasting month.
The news portal also cited a 2019 WWF-Malaysia report
that showed 16,668 tonnes of food nationwide were wasted on a daily basis the
year before, and suggesting this amount could be used to feed 12 million
people.
Islamic Development Department director-general Datuk
Hakimah Mohd Yusoff also advised Muslims to eat in moderation in order to stay
healthy.
“The existence of the Ramazan buffet has also helped
to boost the country’s economy as well as provide opportunities for the Muslim
community to break fast at locations [which serve food] that suit their taste,”
she told The Vibes.
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Hindus, Muslims To Take Out Tiranga Yatra In Communal
Riot-Hit Jahangirpuri
Hindus, Muslims To Take Out Tiranga Yatra In Communal
Riot-Hit Jahangirpuri
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IANS
April 24, 2022
Members from both the Hindu and Muslim community will
take out a Tiranga Yatra on Sunday at the communal violence-hit Jahangirpuri
area of the national capital.
The area is still under heavy security cover, however,
the permission to take out the proposed Yatra at 6 p.m. has been granted by the
Delhi Police.
“A total of 50 people – 25 Hindus and 25 Muslims — are
allowed to take part in the Yatra,” sources said, adding that the Yatra will
begin from Kusal Chowk and then move towards Block B, BC market, mosque,
temple, G block, Kusal Chowk, Bhumi Ghat and culminate at Azad Chowk.
On Saturday evening, representatives of the local
peace committee, Aman Committee, met and hugged each other on cameras, spreading
the message of brotherhood between both the communities.
Aman Committees were set up in the 1980s so that all
religious celebrations in the national capital take place without one community
hurting another’s sentiments.
Severe communal clashes erupted at the Jahangirpuri
area on April 16 during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in which nine people,
including eight policemen, were injured.
The police has till now arrested 25 people and
apprehended two juveniles, while one of the arrested person’s relatives was
bound down for injuring a police Inspector by pelting stones at him.
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Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan Orders PUBG, TikTok Ban for Leading Youths ‘Astray’
Photo: TweakTown
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By Arif Ahmadi
23 Apr 2022
Kabul, Afghanistan – In one of the latest cabinet
meetings Thursday, Islamic Emirate has ordered the Ministry of Communication
and Information Technology (MCIT) to ban access to online game Player Unknown’s
Battlegrounds (BUBG) and the video-sharing app TikTok, saying the younger
generation is being led astray by these platforms.
Since in power, the Taliban government has banned
playing music, broadcasting international drama series, and use of neckties –
yet PUBG and TikTok app in its latest – to prevent the so-called immoral
contents.
“The cabinet ordered the blocking of access to PUBG
and Tik Tok applications, which leads astray the younger generation, and also
to prevent the publication of a channel that publishes immoral programs,” said
Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, as TOLOnew
quoted.
After taking control over the country last year, the
Taliban promised a softer approach to government; but has increasingly
curtailed freedoms especially for women as girls school remain suspended since
the beginning of new calendar in March.
The group is known for their severe version of
Islamist rule that characterized their first stint in government between 1996
and 2001, where use of borqa (locally known as chadari) among older generation
could be seem up to these days across the country.
While the current government tends to avoid
“misleading” content younger generations, blocking two of the famous online
platforms, Kabul youths have different views on online game PUBG and
video-sharing app TikTok.
“Not only TikTok, but on all social networks we can
learn life skills, we can learn languages and we can learn a lot of Islamic
subjects, so it cannot be a reasonable reason to block access to these
applications because it leads the young astray,” said Alexander Najib, as local
media quoted.
However, not all younger generation agree with such a
perspective, as another resident Tahir Ayoubi said, “young people can entertain
themselves in other ways through drawing, painting and art. My personal opinion
is that TikTok should be banned.”
PUBG, an abbreviated term for Player Unknown’s
Battlegrounds, is an online shooting game created by a South Korean developer
gain popularity among online players.
Meanwhile, TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a video-focused
social networking service owned by Chinese company ByteDance Ltd. It hosts a
variety of short-form user videos, from genres like pranks, stunts, tricks,
jokes, dance, and entertainment with durations from 15 seconds to ten minutes.
The number of internet users in Afghanistan has grown
rapidly in recent years along with its youth population, marking about nine
million users currently.
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Sisi Greets Pope Tawadros On Easter, Says Its
Coincidence With Ramazan Is Call For Adherence To Noble Religious Values
File photo: A still image of
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi with Pope Tawadros II pope of Alexandria and
patriarch of the See of St. Mark as he speaks during the Christmas mass at
Nativity of the Christ Cathedral, January 2022. Photo courtesy of ON Facebook
page.
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Ahram
23 Apr 2022
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi sent a
greeting message to Pope Tawadros II – head of the Coptic Orthodox Church –
ahead of Easter Sunday, saying its coincidence with the holy month of Ramazan
is a call for adherence to noble religious values.
“Easter’s coincidence with the holy Ramazan month on
the land of Egypt, the cradle of monotheistic religions, is a call for
adherence to the noble religious values that call for strengthening cohesion
and enhancing the spirit of solidarity and harmony,” state news agency MENA
cited El-Sisi as saying in the message.
The president also prayed to God during these “blessed
days in which the fasts and prayers of the masses of Muslim and Christian
Egyptians converge” to bring continued goodness and development to Egypt,
protect the country and citizens, and perpetuate security and prosperity in
Egypt.
The president also sent similar messages greeting
Egyptian Copts abroad on Easter through the country’s embassies and consulates
worldwide.
Pope Tawadros II arrived Saturday night at St. Mark's
Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to lead the Orthodox Easter Sunday Mass, which falls
this year on 24 April. A large number of attendees are attending the mass amid
strict coronavirus measures.
Last week, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb
congratulated Pope Tawadros II and the Christian people in Egypt in a phone
call, saying bonds between Muslim and Christian people in Egypt “stem from the
right understanding” of religion.
During the phone call, Pope Tawadros also hailed the
relations binding the leaders and people of the church with the scholars of
Al-Azhar, saying that these relations are a reflection of cooperation and ties
between the two ancient institutions in all fields.
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Pakistani Speakers Stress On Continued Support For Palestine
Cause At Quds Conference
Photo: Islamic Republic News Agency
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April 24, 2022
Source: IRNA
Condemning the recent crimes of the Zionist regime in
Al-Quds, a number of Pakistani politicians and thinkers said helping
Palestinian people against Zionist aggression and liberation of َAl-Quds depends only on the unity and solidarity of
Muslims.
The conference titled "Quds, Axis and Center of
Unity" organized by the Palestine Foundation of Pakistan was held in
Islamabad on Friday attended by important political, religious and social
figures.
Speakers strongly condemned the Zionist occupation
forces' attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque in recent days, and called on the
international organizations, especially the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
and the Arab League, to take practical steps beyond issuing statements and
rhetoric to stop this aggression.
"In today's world, Palestine and the Middle East
are two critical points for war," said Senator Talha Mahmood, Pakistan's
Minister for States and Frontier Regions.
Allama Raja Nasser Abbas Jafari, Secretary General of
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan (MWM) said the US and compromising rulers in
the region in collusion with Israel were in clear violation of international
law, including Security Council resolutions.
He stressed that the Islamic world must play a serious
role in resolving the issues facing it, especially in reducing tensions in the
Middle East, resolving the crisis in Syria, Yemen and Palestine.
The religious leader of Pakistan added that Israel is
a usurper regime and of course it has failed, so its conspiracy to cooperate
with some Arabs to weaken the axis of resistance is doomed to failure.
Nayyar Hussain Bukhari Secretary General of Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP) and former Chairman Senate said not only words are enough
to resolve the Palestinian conflict, but we must take practical measures. The
United Nations, especially the Arab League, must fulfill its responsibilities
to Palestine and to prevent human rights abuses by Israel.
He described the Zionist regime's suppression of the
Palestinians and its invasion of Al-Quds as cruel and added it is time for us
to end "our differences and help resolve the Palestinian question".
Saber Abu Maryam, Secretary General of Palestine
Foundation of Pakistan praised Imam Khomeini's historic move to declare the
last Friday of Ramazan as International Quds Day, saying Imam gave a new spirit
to the liberation movements of the oppressed nations of the world, including
the liberation of Palestine and the struggle against the Zionist enemy were
blown.
Criticizing the actions of some countries in the
region and the Arab world to establish relations with the illegitimate Zionist
regime, he added "Conspiracies to create a Greater Israel and a Greater
Middle East have failed miserably.
At the end of the seminar, the participants passed a
resolution calling on the Pakistani government to officially observe the last
Friday of the holy month of Ramazan as International Quds Day.
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Southeast Asia
Why no effort to get fugitive blogger back for
questioning? Guan Eng asks after RPK’s claims against SRC judge
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
24 Apr 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng
today questioned the authorities over what he perceived as a lack of effort to
bring fugitive Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin back for investigation
over his many questionable allegations published online.
Instead, the Bagan MP noted the Malaysian
Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) swift investigation into the blogger’s
recent allegation on the purportedly “unexplained wealth” of a judge who had
tried and found former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak guilty of multiple
counts of misusing RM42 million belonging to government-owned SRC International
Sdn Bhd.
Source: Malay Mail
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Malaysian State Islamic Religious Departments Asked To
Investigate ‘Taubah’ (Repentance)
Package
04- 24- 2022
BUKIT GANTANG: The state Islamic religious departments
have been asked to investigate the emergence of social media sites that offer a
‘taubat’ (repentance) package at RM20, said Minister in the Prime Minister's
Department (Religious Affairs), Datuk Idris Ahmad.
“To repent, and have to pay for the purpose, is not
right, and if we do not have adequate knowledge we will be easily deceived by
others.
Source: The Sundaily
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‘PASLeaks’ not unusual, no need to play up issue, says
Umno’s Annuar Musa
23 Apr 2022
ALOR SETAR, April 23 ― Ketereh Umno division chief Tan
Sri Annuar Musa has described the ‘PASLeaks’ document which allegedly contained
a secret plan to bring down Umno leaders as not unusual and, therefore
something not needed to be played up.
Annuar, who is also Ketereh MP, said based on his
understanding after going through the document, they were only notes by PAS
leaders in establishing facts and views of other political party leaders.
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India
Delhi BJP chief wants Muslim names of 40 villages
changed
Apr 23, 2022
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, who is
leading his party's 'bulldozer' campaign against encroachment by
"Rohingyas and Bangladeshis", on Saturday announced his plan for
changing Muslim names of 40 villages in the national capital.
In a press conference here, Gupta said that the party
will send a proposal to Kejriwal government for changing the names of 40
villages in the city that symbolise a period of "slavery".
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The crowds are back in old Delhi for the first public Ramazan
celebration since the Covid-19 pandemic began, and life has returned to its
streets
Rakesh Kumar
4 Apr, 2022
In the mosque’s courtyard, devotees are trying to find
space, even though iftar – the breaking of the day-long fast observed by
Muslims during Ramazan (a holy month of fasting) – is still 90 minutes away.
Families gather around spreads of food and juices laid
out on the ground, waiting for the signal to end their fast. A few pray as
children charge around, women chop fruit and youngsters take selfies.
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Kashmiris mark martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali
(a.s.)
April 24, 2022
The martyrdom anniversary of the first Shia Imam, Ali
ibn Abi Talib - the cousin and son in law of the Prophet of Islam - was
observed across the world with tremendous religious fervor. Mourners in
Indian-controlled Kashmir held processions to pay tribute to one of the most
revered figures of Islam and the intimate associate of the Holy Prophet.
The speakers highlighted the lofty character of the
Holy Imam and recalled his immense contribution to Islam. The participants said
the entire life of Imam Ali is an example not only for Muslims but for the
humanity at large. They praised Imam Ali for his unwavering loyalty to the Holy
Prophet and the cause of Islam and Islamic unity. They said the Imam selflessly
relinquished his right for the sake of unity of Muslims and to safeguard the
principles of Islam.
Source: PressTV
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South Asia
Iran-Afghan Border Closes by Iran after Skirmishes
with Taliban
By Najibullah Lalzoy
24 Apr 2022
The main crossing point between Afghanistan and Iran
in the western province of Herat closed on Saturday, April 23, 2022, after
skirmishes between border guards of the two countries.
The Taliban in the Islam Qala district of Herat
province purportedly wanted to pave a road that was obstructed by the Iranian
forces in the border zone.
Source: khaama Press
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1,500 Afghans Given Humanitarian Assistance Donated by
China
By Najibullah Lalzoy
24 Apr 2022
Kabul, Afghanistan- the Ministry of Refugees and
Repatriates of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan distributed China-donated
humanitarian assistance to 1,500 Afghans in Kabul on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters at the scene, the acting
Minister of Refugees and Repatriates Khalilurahman Haqqani said the process
will continue in the future as well.
Source: khaama Press
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IEA’s PM Congratulates Pakistan’s Shahbaz Sharif on
His Election as PM
By Najibullah Lalzoy
23 Apr 2022
The interim Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund in an official letter congratulated
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif on holding the office of the
premiership.
Muhammad Hassan Akhund expressed hope that Sharif’s
election as head of the state of Pakistan will ensure friendly relations
between the two countries.
Source: khaama Press
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As police identify Nahid’s killers, Dhaka College
students leaving hostels fearing raid
Star Digital Report
Apr 24, 2022
Police have identified some students of Dhaka College
for their alleged involvement with the murder of Nahid Mia, who was killed
during the students-traders clashes in New Market area on April 19.
After the news broke out, many students started
leaving Dhaka College hostels fearing that police may raid any time to nab the
culprits.
Source: The Daily Star
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How Rana Plaza tragedy shaped Bangladesh's mental
health
Fabiha Afifa
Apr 24, 2022
A man holding on to a woman. Her back arched; a tear
of blood streaming down his cheek. Both ashened by the debris of a collapsed
Rana Plaza.
I still remember the shock, the heartbreak I
experienced when I first saw the picture. Photographer Taslima Akhter had taken
the photo and it was everywhere – on the covers of newspapers, magazine
centrefolds, blaring TV screens.
Source: The Daily Star
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Arab world
Chinese Cultural Products Bring Joy To Muslims During Ramazan,
Says Egyptian Official
April 24, 2022
CAIRO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese exports are among
the cultural industries that bring joy to Egyptians and Muslims in the Middle
East during the holy fasting month of Ramazan, Diaa Helmy, secretary general of
the Egyptian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, has said.
During a recent interview with Xinhua, Helmy, also an
expert on Chinese affairs, praised the increase in Chinese exports of Ramazan-related
cultural products to Egypt, such as lanterns and toys that spread the festive
atmosphere of the holy month.
Source: En.People
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KSrelief Distributes 1,300 Ramazan Food Baskets in
Tajikistan
23 Apr, 2022
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center
(KSrelief) has distributed 1,300 food baskets in the Republic of Tajikistan, as
part of the Ramazan "Eatam" initiative.
Source: English.Ahram
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Pakistan
Nawaz, Bilawal renew pledge to implement Charter of
Democracy
Amir Wasim
April 24, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Supreme leader of the Pakistan Muslim
League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in their meetings in London have agreed to implement the
left-out clauses of the Charter of Democracy (CoD), signed by the two parties
some 16 years ago and to finalise a roadmap for the future with the consensus
of all democratic forces.
According to a statement issued by the PPP on Saturday,
both Mr Sharif and Mr Bhutto-Zardari had discussed “ways forward” after a
constitutional victory for democracy, the rule of law and supremacy of
parliament”.
Source: Dawn
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Joint Action Committee Warns Of Countrywide Protest
For Recovery Of Missing Shia Persons
By Our Correspondent
April 24, 2022
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) for Shia missing
persons and families of enforced disappearance on Saturday warned of a
countrywide protest if their loved ones were not recovered.
Speaking at a joint press conference at the central
procession of Youm-e-Ali (RA) in Karachi on Saturday, Shia leaders Allama Ahmed
Iqbal Rizvi, Allama Aqeel, Allama Haider Abbas Abidi, Allama Razi Haider and
Allama Nazir Abbas Naqvi expressed grave concern over the non-recovery of their
loved ones, and alleged that the state institutions were not serious about
their recovery.
Source: The News
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‘Muslim devotional poetry of South Asia’ honoured at
IBA session
By Our Correspondent
April 24, 2022
The Department of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts,
School of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Business Administration,
Karachi, organised a session titled ‘Muslim Devotional Poetry of South Asia’,
on the main campus.
The event featured recitation of naats written in
Urdu, Persian, Sindhi and Punjabi. The IBA faculty and students recited
devotional verses of renowned Sindhi poet Maulvi Ahmad Mallah and famous Urdu
and Persian poets, including Mir Taqi Mir and Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib.
Source: The News
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Government College University Receives Rs20m Donations
For New Mosque, Islamic Centre At Main Campus
Apr 24, 2022
LAHORE – The Government College University (GCU),
Lahore received donations of about Rs20 million from its alumni, staff,
philanthropists and students for the establishment of a new mosque and an
Islamic centre at its main campus. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Asghar Zaidi hosted
an iftar dinner on Friday where philanthropists pledged around five million
rupees more for the mosque, while donations of almost fifteen million rupees
had already been received by the University, said a press release issued here
on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Zaidi said that
the construction of this grand Islamic Centre and Mosque would cost a total of
Rs100 million. He said the Mosque and Islamic Centre would have three floors
where a library, conference room and auditorium would be built besides a large
prayer room.
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30 metro buses for Peshawar Mor-Islamabad airport
route to arrive next month
Kalbe Ali
April 24, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Buses for the Peshawar Mor-Islamabad
International Airport metro bus service have finally been dispatched from China
and are expected to reach the federal capital by the middle of next month.
To speed up the service, CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed has
increased the number of officers in the team entrusted to operate the bus
service.
Source: Dawn
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PTI seeks scrutiny of 17 parties’ funds
Malik Asad
April 24, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The PTI moved the Islamabad High Court on
Saturday seeking scrutiny of the funds of at least 17 major political parties,
including the PML-N and PPP.
The petition, filed by PTI Additional
Secretary-General Amir Mahmood Kiyani through Anwar Mansoor Khan, came days
after the Election Commission of Pakistan, in line with an IHC order, decided
to conduct daily hearings on the foreign funding case. In its order, the IHC
had directed the ECP to conclude the case within 30 days.
Source: Dawn
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Several rumours later, Hamza yet to take oath
Mansoor Malik
April 24, 2022
LAHORE: Rumours that Punjab Chief Minister-elect Hamza
Shehbaz will take the oath at the Governor House on Saturday died down in the
afternoon when the president tweeted that the prime minister’s summary
regarding the Lahore High Court order is under consideration.
Since the high court “expected” the president to nominate
any person to administer the oath to Hamza, several rumours were rife on TV
channels on Saturday — from President Dr Arif Alvi himself visiting Lahore to
the Senate chairman reaching the Punjab capital for the purpose.
Source: Dawn
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Mideast
Hamas: Palestinians choose resistance to defend
Al-Aqsa Mosque
April 24, 2022
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement
spokesperson said that the gathering of the Palestinian people in Al-Quds and
Al-Aqsa Mosque shows their belief in the option of resistance to liberate their
land and sanctuaries.
Al-Quds and the Al-Aqsa Mosque have been witnessing
the worst clashes in the past year between Zionist militias and Palestinian
worshipers since Friday (April 15th). At least 160 Palestinians were injured,
and more than 400 others were detained in the clashes.
Source: Iran Press
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Muslims, non-Muslims enjoying Ramazan festivities in
Lebanon
Apr 24, 2022
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Since Ramazan, like Christmas,
is regarded as a national occasion in Lebanon; its festivities are enjoyed and
celebrated by all Muslims and non-Muslims in the country.
Muslims from around the world observe Ramazan, the
ninth month of the Islamic calendar, in their unique ways. Every community
welcomes the holy month with its distinctive traditions and practices.
Source: Mehr News
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Iran's Cultural Counselor in Italy holds a virtual
Quran exhibition
April 24, 2022
Cultural counselor of Iran's embassy in Italy is
holding an online exhibition of Quranic art during Ramazan.
In the exhibition, 95 works of prominent Iranian
artists in calligraphy, Illumination, and text and explanations in Italian have
been prepared.
Source: Iran Press
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Pilgrims in Najaf mourn martyrdom anniversary of Imam
Ali (a.s.)
April 24, 2022
Mourning rituals were held at the holy shrine of Imam
Ali (AS) in Najaf, Iraq, on the eve of the first Imam’s (AS) martyrdom
anniversary.
A large number of pilgrims attended the mourning
ceremonies and also recitation of Al-Iftitah Supplication, according to the
Astan (custodianship) of the holy shrine.
Source: IQNA
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Imam Khamenei condoles families of martyrs in Afghan
terror attacks
April 24, 2022
The message of condolence of the Leader of the Islamic
Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was conveyed to the families of the
martyrs of the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.
The Deputy Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in Kabul and the accompanying delegation met with the families of the martyrs
of the recent terrorist incidents in Afghanistan and conveyed the message of
condolences and sympathy from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic
Republic to them.
Source: Mehr
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Ayatollah Sistani condemns terrorist attack in
Mazar-i-Sharif
April 24, 2022
Office of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani in a
statement on Friday condemned ISIS criminal massacre of fasting worshippers in
Mazar-i-Sharif, asking security forces there be alert to prevent similar
events.
“The ISIS terrorist group has once again created
another horrendous crime in which innocent worshippers in Sedokkan Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif
of Afghanistan were targeted and a large number of them laid in their blood
mixed with dust,” reads the statement.
Source: IRNA
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Africa
Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamic extremist group claims
responsibility for bomb blast that kills at least 6
By—Omar Faruk
Apr 23, 2022
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A bomb blast by Somalia’s
Islamic extremist rebels hit a popular seaside restaurant in Somalia’s capital,
Mogadishu, killing at least six people, ambulance service officials say.
The explosion was detonated by a suicide bomber who
had been denied access inside the restaurant where the Somali Police
Commissioner and several lawmakers were having dinner, Somali Police Spokesman
Maj. Abdifatah Aden Hassan announced at a press conference Saturday.
Source: Pbs
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Rite Foods preaches uprightness to Muslim faithful at Ramazan
April 24, 2022
Rite Foods, a truly world-class and proudly Nigerian
food and beverage company, has continued in its consumer-centric approach to
celebrating with the Muslim faithful as they observe the Ramazan fasting in
fulfilment of the fourth pillar of Islam.
The market leader with its 13 variants of Bigi
carbonated soft drink (CSD) and table water, Rite sausages, and Fearless energy
drink urged the Islamic believers to always uphold the virtues of the religion,
with a firm commitment to its teachings as they keep to its obligations in the
holy month.
Source: Vanguardngr
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Tinubu, Ngige, Others Attend Aisha Buhari’s Ramazan
Iftar Dinner For 2023 Presidential Aspirants
By Oladipo Abiola
23 April 2022
The event which was scheduled to kick off by 6.30pm
already had some of the guests arriving by 6.20pm.
Some of the presidential aspirants who arrived early
and were on seat when the event started include the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Minister of Labour and
Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi) and Bauchi
State counterpart, Bala Mohammed.
Source: Naija News
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Europe
Madeleine McCann: Kate and Gerry McCann release
statement after Christian Brueckner declared formal suspect
By Gary Flockhar
23-04-2022
In a message posted on the Official Find Madeleine
Campaign Facebook page on Friday, Kate and Gerry McCann wrote: “Even though the
possibility may be slim, we have not given up hope that Madeleine is still
alive and we will be reunited with her”.
It comes a day after convicted sex offender Christian
Brueckner, 44, was declared an official suspect by Portuguese authorities.
Source: Scotsman
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Police Federation appoints Liam Kelly as first
Catholic chairman
JOHN MANLEY
23 April, 2022
THE Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) has
appointed Liam Kelly as its new chairman.
Mr Kelly, who is understood to be the first Catholic
officer to hold the position, succeeds Mark Lindsay next month.
Source: Irish News
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Large fire at Dorset heathland ‘now surrounded and
under control’
By Benjamin Cooper
24-04-2022
Firefighters have said a large blaze driven by strong
winds at a heathland in Dorset is now under control.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service said
the incident, which it was initially called to on Saturday afternoon, at
Canford Heath in Poole was “now surrounded and under control”.
Source: Standard
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North America
Volunteers demonstrate compassion of Ramazan in
Indonesia: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
24 April 2022
Humanitarian Aid
Millions of volunteers in Indonesia have given their
time and expertise to help build a fairer and more inclusive society according
to Valerie Julliand, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the country.
As Indonesia celebrates Ramazan, Ms Julliand and Toily
Kurbanov, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers explain* why
volunteerism encapsulates the generosity and compassion of the Muslim holy
month.
Source: News.Un
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