Iran Police Crackdown On Headscarf Violators; “Removing Hijab Is Considered A Crime Within The Framework Of The Law”
16 April 2023
Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the
implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.
(REUTERS)
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• Iran Police Crackdown On Headscarf Violators; “Removing
Hijab Is Considered A Crime Within The Framework Of The Law”
• Taliban Bans Video Games, Music, Foreign
FilmsBranding Them As un-Islamic In Afghan Cityof Herat
• Muslims Turning The Tide In The School Culture Wars;
Stuyvesant High School, New York City
Cancels Single-Sex Swim Lessons
• Islamic Cleric, Christian Politician Advocate
Religious Tolerance At Ajadi Ramadan Lecture
• Indonesian Islamic Organization Expects
Indonesia-China Relations to Set Groundwork for Peace
Mideast
• Iranian Official Blames School Poisonings on
Students
• Iranian FM Spokesman Condemns Desecration Of Holy
Quran In Denmark During Ramadan
• Jerusalem's Islamic And Christian Holy Sites Are A
Red Line: President Abbas
• Iran successfully tests anti-tank guided missile:
Media
• Pakistan, Iran Agree to Boost Trade, Energy
Cooperation
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South Asia
• Dhaka: Students and Youth Protest During Mangal
Shovajatra, Bangladesh's New Year Event
• ICB Islamic Bank suffers losses in January-March
quarter
• Roundup: China's position paper conducive to peace
and development in Afghanistan, experts say
• Homelessness to hope: How Ashrayan project is
enabling Bangladesh’s inclusive growth
• BGMEA calls on all stakeholders to continue supporting
development of Bangladesh apparel industry
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North America
• Interfaith community welcomes the new Muslim Mosque
in Woodland
• 'Almost Like Shopping For Christmas': Muslim
Community Gathers For Pre-Eid Bazaar
• UVA Dine makes adjustments to better accommodate
students observing Ramadan
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Africa
• Al-Sunni is following the preparations of the United
Nations in New York to support the upcoming elections.
• “He was not seen anywhere in Mecca” – Sowore speaks
on Tinubu’s whereabouts
• Muslim Students' Association offered free meals to
help students trying to balance exams with Ramadan
• Pray for Nigeria, Sultan urges Muslims
• Sustain Lessons Of Ramadan As Eid-El-Fitr Beckons,
Muslims Urged
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Southeast Asia
• Terengganu Health Dept issues 222 compound notices
to Ramadan bazaar traders for various offences
• What Happens To Leftovers From Ramadan Bazaars? It
All Starts As Soon As Maghrib ‘Azan’ Goes Out
• Mat Sabu: All depts, agencies under Agriculture and
Food ministry on alert amid current hot spell
• Registered schools eligible for water tariff rebate
from Penang Water Supply Corp, says CM
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Arab World
• Qatar Foundation’s Siraj Uses Storytelling,
Animation To Teach Children About Islamic Values
• Al-Murtada reveals third & final batch of Ramadan
deal for prisoners swap
• Around 30,000 People Visit Prophet’s Mosque
Exhibitions during First 20 Days of Ramadan
• Ministry of Tourism Increases Inspection Tours of
Lodging Facilities throughout Month of Ramadan in Makkah and Madinah
• Winners of MoECC Ramadan football tournament crowned
• Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project for Development
of Historical Mosques to Renovate Al-Rumaila Mosque
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Europe
• Animal Rights Protesters Delay UK's Grand National
Horse Race, 118 Arrested
• Unions Split As RCN Rejects NHS Pay Deal But UNISON
Backs Offer
• Defying protests, Macron signs France pension law
raising retirement age to 64
• More Than 6,000 Personnel To Take Part In King
Charles III's Coronation
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India
• Kanpur Man Arrested For Driving His Lover To Suicide
After She Refused To Embrace Islam
• Muslim children more anaemic, stunted than any other
community in Rajasthan: Asaduddin Owaisi
• Know Your City: Ahmedabad’s Sidi Saiyyed mosque and
its intricate ‘jaali’ work
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Pakistan
• Balochistan Assembly Passes Resolution Strongly
Condemning Israeli Attacks On Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Ramadan Unifies Islamic Ummah In Belief, Thought
& Practice: ‘Paigham-e-Ramadan’
• KP Governor lauds religious scholars for preserving
Islamic ideology in Pakistan
• PTI constitutes 3-member committee for dialogue on
political crisis
• JI chief meets Imran, Shehbaz to end impasse
• Mufti Shakoor dies in traffic accident
• Does Gulzar Imam’s arrest mean much?
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Iran Police Crackdown On Headscarf Violators;
“Removing Hijab Is Considered A Crime Within The Framework Of The Law”
April 15, 2023
Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the
implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.
(REUTERS)
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TEHRAN: Police in Iran said on Saturday they have
implemented a plan to deal with women who violate the country’s dress code.
The number of women defying the dress code that
headscarves must be worn in public has increased since a protest movement
triggered by the death in custody last year of Kurdish-Iranian MahsaAmini, 22,
for allegedly flouting it.
A statement on the police website on Saturday said
action would be taken “from today” over violations in public places, in cars
and other “sites where hijab is sometimes removed.”
“Removing hijab is considered a crime, and the police
deal with social anomalies within the framework of the law,” the statement
quoted Security Police chief Hassan Mofakhami as saying.
A wave of civil protest swept the Islamic republic
after Amini’s death last Sept. 16, three days after her arrest by the morality
police.
Thousands of people were arrested, hundreds killed —
including members of the security forces — and four people executed because of
the civil unrest following Amini’s death, with Iran labelling the protests as
foreign-instigated “riots.”
He said in such cases a warning would be issued, but
“if the warning is repeated, the closure of the business will be on the
agenda.”
Car owners would also receive a warning text if any
passengers violated the dress code, and their vehicles would be seized if the
offense was repeated.
In late March, the head of the judiciary,
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said “removing hijab amounts to enmity toward
values and people who commit such abnormality will be punished.”
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Taliban Bans Video Games, Music, Foreign Films
Branding Them As un-Islamic In Afghan City of Herat
16 Apr, 2023
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Kabul: The Taliban-led Afghan government has banned
video games, foreign films and music in the western city of Herat, branding
them as un-Islamic, the media reported.
The ban imposed by the Ministry for the Promotion of
Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which came without warning, has forced more than
400 businesses in Herat to close, RFE/RL reported.
It followed crackdowns on other forms of leisure and
entertainment that clash with the Taliban's extremist interpretation of Islamic
Shari'a law.
In October 2022, the group shut cafes offering hookahs
-- the smoking of which is a popular pastime among Afghan men -- across the
country.
Earlier in May, the Taliban banned men and women from
eating together in Herat's restaurants and shut down women-owned and women-run
restaurants in the city, RFE/RL reported.
The impact of Taliban restrictions on businesses is
conspicuous in Herat, an ancient centre of cultural and intellectual life in
the Muslim world that lies at a strategic crossroads leading to Iran and
Turkmenistan.
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Muslims Turning The Tide In The School Culture Wars;
Stuyvesant High School, New York City
Cancels Single-Sex Swim Lessons
By BETSY McCAUGHY
16-04-2023
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In a slap to Muslim girls at Stuyvesant High School,
the school is cancelling single-sex swim lessons, even though swim instruction
is required to graduate. That forces the girls to choose between preserving
their modesty and getting a diploma.
Count on Muslim families to fight back and likely
prevail. Nationwide, Muslims are taking up the battle in schools to protect
traditional religious values, including modesty.
Move over, Roman Catholics, evangelical Christians and
conservative Jews. Reinforcements have arrived, and they’re turning the tide.
Even in the Ivy League. After weeks of protests by
female Muslim students, Yale University is switching its campus housing policy
for the coming academic year to offer single-gender dorms and bathrooms.
From Michigan to Virginia, Muslim parents are showing
up at local school board meetings to oppose graphic sex education and gender
fluidity indoctrination. Their engagement is impacting politics. More Muslims
are voting Republican, concluding that the Democratic Party is trampling
Islamist values.
In Dearborn, Michigan, left-wing Democratic Rep.
Rashida Tlaib opposed the Muslim parents in her district protesting sexually
explicit materials in school.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration continues its
lurch to the extreme left. President Joe Biden’s Department of Education
announced double-barreled rule changes last week, one favoring transgender
athletes in elementary and middle school, and the other revoking a Trump-era
commitment by the department to protect religious clubs and associations on
college campuses. Flipping the bird to people of faith twice in a single week.
Sexual modesty is a core value in Islam. Muslims
observe a dress code and guard against physical contact between sexes once
students reach adolescence.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects an
employee’s right to practice religion in the workplace, but there is no
comparable statutory protection for students. Muslims are waging the battle one
campus demonstration and school board meeting at a time, often winning.
Muslims are powerful at Yale. In 2021, undergrads
elected a Muslim woman to be student body president. And on March 10, Yale
acceded to demands from the Muslim Student Association, Orthodox Jews at Yale
and other religious groups to provide single-sex campus housing. Muslim women
students had protested that with men in the bathroom, they couldn’t even remove
their hijab.
Modesty is the issue at Stuyvesant High School, too.
Brian Moran, assistant principal of physical education, told the student
newspaper that the girls’ single-sex swim classes clashed with other scheduling
priorities. He made it sound like a mere scheduling inconvenience was
justification enough for the change, and told the girls to wear full-body
burkinis. Sorry, but those still cling to the body when wet.
New York City’s Board of Education website promises
trans students “alternative arrangements” for anyone with “a need or desire for
increased privacy.” Why should Muslim students get less? One in every 10
students in the city’s school system is Muslim.
Last September, Muslim women at Syracuse University
waged a battle for swim time without men in the college pool and won a
concession that starts next fall.
In Utah, the Muslim Civic League worked with the Sikh
and Jewish communities to pass a state law in February allowing school athletes
to wear turbans, hijabs and modest pants and tops in competition instead of the
regulation form fitting uniforms.
Luna Banuri, the league’s executive director, said:
“All faiths have modesty standards. We believe this affects multiple
communities.” Maryland and Illinois recently passed similar laws.
In Bethel, Ohio, a coalition of Muslim and Christian
parents are suing to preserve single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms and halt a
rule change that would allow biological boys to use the girls’ facilities.
Most Muslims still vote Democratic, but the shift is
beginning. According to a Wall Street Journal exit poll, 28% voted Republican
in the 2022 midterms, a double-digit increase over the 2018 midterms.
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Islamic Cleric, Christian Politician Advocate
Religious Tolerance At Ajadi Ramadan Lecture
By: Ayo Esan
April 16, 2023
Renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Buhari Omo
Musa and the Managing Director of Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited and the New
Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) gubernatorial candidate in Ogun State, Ambassador
Olufemi AjadiOguntoyinbo, have advocated for religious tolerance among
Nigerians, irrespective of their beliefs and ethics affiliations, for peaceful
coexistence.
They stated this during the maiden edition of the
Ramadan lecture organised by Ambassador Olufemi AjadiOguntoyinbo through his
NGO, Ajadi Movement, at the weekend, at Ibafo, Ogun state.
Delivering his sermon, Buhari Omo Musa said there
might be little difference in the doctrine of Islam and Christianity but both
pray and worship the same God, hence, the need to tolerate one another for
peaceful coexistence in the country.
The renowned Islamic preacher noted that religious
sentiment has eaten deep into the society, which is not in the best interest of
the country and the way forward for Nigerians.
He urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the peaceful
coexistence, love and unity of the country, which has almost eluded the country
due to personal and political gains.
He appealed to political leaders in the country at
various levels to keep working for continued peace, unity and progress in the country,
arguing that, “no one can lead without a united and peaceful country”.
Also speaking to journalists at the lecture, Ajadi, a
Christian and frontline politician in Ogun state, said he organised the Ramadan
lecture to demonstrate one of the leadership traits of not being sentimental
about religion.
The NNPP guber candidate in Ogun state disclosed that
he had lived most of his life with Muslims to the extent that the love,
accorded him, made him learn Arabic studies.
“But of recent, even within religions, you will see
that we have factions. We should not allow religion to disintegrate us instead
of uniting us. Religion should not be an instrument of disintegration but of
harmony and peace. Religion is given to man by God for our edification and not
otherwise.
“We really need to pray for our dear country. Years
back, this country was not like this. Now people, for their personal or
political gains, have decided to tour along a religious line, which is
dangerous and really sad. I am a Christian, lived with Muslims, I attended
Quranic school, we never knew differences in religion.
“We were together and played together. Your best
friend could be a Christian if you are a Muslim or Muslim if you are a
Christian. Even we have both religions as members of the same family. So, we
need to tolerate each other for the betterment of this entity call Nigeria”.
Ajadi also used the occasion to launch multi-million
naira musical instruments for the benefit of upcoming musicians at an avoidable
and subsidizing rate.
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Indonesian Islamic Organization Expects
Indonesia-China Relations to Set Groundwork for Peace
16 April 2023
ndonesian Islamic Organization Friendship Institute
(LPOI) Head Said Aqil Siradj and the Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia, Lu Kang,
at a public discussion on civilization and mass iftar at Al-Tsaqafah Pesantren
(Islamic Boarding School) in South Jakarta on Friday (April 14, 2023).
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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia-China relations must
become the foundation for world peace and realizing a better world order,
according to Indonesian Islamic Organization Friendship Institute (LPOI) Head
Said Aqil Siradj.
"Indonesia-China relations are expected to
support world peace toward a better, civilized, and mutually beneficial global
order," he said during a public discussion and mass iftar with the Chinese
Ambassador to Indonesia, Lu Kang, at Al-TsaqafahPesantren (Islamic Boarding
School) on Friday (April 14, 2023).
Siradj, who served as the head of Nahdlatul Ulama from
2010 to 2021, said that given their strong historical and spiritual ties, the
relations between Indonesia and China must be bolstered to realize a better
future for all.
To achieve the goal, Indonesia and China must
strengthen their collaboration, interconnection, and convergence, as well as
relations and brotherhood between their people, the cleric added.
He also highlighted the need for enhancing business
relations and collaboration between Indonesia and China in the education
sector.
"We also need to strengthen inter-government
partnership with a futuristic vision to ensure Indonesia and China can unite in
cooperation as inseparable as two sides of the same coin," he said.
Indonesia and China's strategic positions in
geopolitical, geoeconomic, and geostrategic aspects could be the main capital
for realizing a common movement to script a better future, the LPOI head
stressed.
"In the future, the stakeholders of the two
nations must be interconnected individually or collectively so that we can
together tackle all threats and attacks that have or will occur," Siradj
said.
The cleric further said that as a developed country
with superiority in various global aspects, China could lead Asia to realize a
better and outstanding civilization.
On the same occasion, Siradj also conveyed the LPOI
and Indonesian Religious Organizations’ Friendship Institute’s (LPOK’s)
appreciation of the Chinese government’s initiative to mediate the thawing of
relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Mideast
Iranian Official Blames School Poisonings on Students
April 15, 2023
Dozens of schools in several provinces of Iran have
been targeted by gas and chemical attacks that began in November, but now two
officials in President Ebrahim Raisi's government are asserting the spate of
school poisonings was "the mischief of the students."
"The few cases of poisoning that occurred in
[the] girls' schools were very limited. The mischief of some students was to
close the classes," Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi, deputy minister of the
Interior Ministry, said Saturday.
"In the statements of the Ministry of Interior
regarding the recent events in some schools, everything has been explained, and
with the beginning of the school year, all the schools are active, and all the
students are studying," he added.
However, VOA's Persian service observed credible
reports of incidents in 14 cities on April 14. Those reports, which VOA cannot
independently verify because it is barred from reporting in Iran, came from the
cities of Amol, Borujerd, Ganaveh, Isfahan, Kamyaran, Karaj, Kermanshah,
Mashhad, Oshnavieh, Shahin Shahr, Tabriz, Tehran, Urmia and Zanjan.
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Iranian FM Spokesman Condemns Desecration Of Holy
Quran In Denmark During Ramadan
16 April 2023
Tehran (ISNA) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the repeated desecration of the Holy Quran in
Denmark.
Kanaani said this sacrilegious act that was done at
the hands of an extremist group in the holy month of Ramadan, in which the
Quran was revealed, constituted an affront to the divine religion of Islam and
a gross insult to all world Muslims.
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Jerusalem's Islamic and Christian holy sites are a red
line: President Abbas
15/April/2023
RAMALLAH, Saturday, April 15, 2023 (WAFA) – President
Mahmoud Abbas affirmed today that Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy
sites are a red line, and that the Palestinian people and leadership will not
tolerate Israel's attacks on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the
Holy Sepulcher.
"The attacks that we saw today on our people
celebrating Holy Saturday in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied
Jerusalem, as well as the preceding attacks on worshipers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque
and the desecration of its courtyards, are condemned and rejected," said
the President during a Ramadan Iftar banquet at the presidential headquarters
in Ramallah.
He said these Israeli attacks "reveal the
dishonesty of the [Israeli] occupation, which claims to allow freedom of
worship in the holy places."
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Iran successfully tests anti-tank guided missile:
Media
2023-04-16
Tehran, April 16 (IANS) Iran's Islamic Revolution
Guards Corps (IRGC) has successfully tested its newest top-attack anti-tank
guided missile, state media reported.
Dubbed Sadid-365, the missile is an anti-armour
projectile with a range of 8 kilometre, which is capable of destroying
different armoured military vehicles, Tasnim quoted Ali Kouhestani, the head of
the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the IRGC Ground Force,
as saying on Saturday.
He stressed that Sadid-365 is an optically-guided
missile capable of hitting targets with pinpoint accuracy, Xinhua news agency
reported.
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Pakistan, Iran Agree to Boost Trade, Energy
Cooperation
By NigarBayramli
April 15, 2023
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistani Prime
Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed their readiness to expand economic and
energy ties.
In a telephone conversation, Raisi referred to the
friendly and long-standing relationship between Tehran and Islamabad and hoped
to develop bilateral ties further, the official website of the Iranian
president reported on April 13.
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South Asia
Dhaka: Students and Youth Protest During Mangal
Shovajatra, Bangladesh's New Year Event
15 Apr 2023
Dhaka: With the wish to spread harmony among all and
Rabindranath Tagore's song 'BarishodhoraMajheShantir Bari' as the theme, the
Bengali New Year's procession was held at Dhaka University in Bangladesh.
On Friday (April 14), the Mangal Shovajatra was taken
out from the Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University at nine in the morning. The
procession ended at the Shahbagh junction and returned to the campus.
Fahim Ahmed Chowdhury, general secretary of the
Democratic Student Council, one of the alliance partners of the student union,
said that the Mangal procession started as part of the cultural protest against
the former dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
"The dictatorial Ershad government fell 30 years
ago. But the country is still not free from autocracy. A new fascist regime is
upon us. We have been raising the issue of people's rights since the march to
the present day as part of the cultural protest against the fascist
regime."
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ICB Islamic Bank suffers losses in January-March
quarter
Apr 16, 2023
ICB Islamic Bank Limited posted a Tk 10.64 crore loss
in the first quarter of 2023.
Thus, the bank reported earnings per share of Tk 0.16
negative for the January-March quarter against Tk 0.13, also in negative, for
the same three-month period of 2022, according to the un-audited financial statements.
The net operating cash flow per share improved to Tk
0.27 in January-March against a negative Tk 0.29 in the same quarter a year
ago.
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Roundup: China's position paper conducive to peace and
development in Afghanistan, experts say
2023-04-15
BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Being in line with the
interests of the Afghan people and the expectations of the international
community, China's position paper on the Afghan issue will help Afghanistan
achieve peace and development at an early date, as well as play a positive and
constructive role in maintaining regional prosperity and stability, said
experts.
In the position paper released on Wednesday, China
expressed support for prudent governance and reconstruction of Afghanistan and
its counter-terrorism efforts. It also urged the United States to live up to
its commitments to and responsibilities for Afghanistan and called for
international and regional coordination on the Afghan issue.
Afghan Taliban appreciates and welcomes China's
release of the position paper on Afghanistan, and respects China's sovereignty
and territorial integrity, said Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign
minister of the Afghan interim government, who thanked China for its long-term
political support to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan understands China's security concerns,
will never allow any forces to use the Afghan territory to harm China's
national interests, and will spare no efforts to protect the safety of Chinese
institutions and citizens in Afghanistan, Muttaqi said on Thursday during a
meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang in
Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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Homelessness to hope: How Ashrayan project is enabling
Bangladesh’s inclusive growth
Sahidul Hasan Khokon
Apr 15, 2023
By Sahidul Hasan Khokon: Moksedul, a brick kiln
labourer, was given birth to in someone else's house. His son, too, was
welcomed in a house that did not belong to Moksedul. For 30 long years,
Mokseful waited for a house that he can call his own. His long-desired wish has
been fulfilled at last, after he has been allotted a semi-furnished house under
his own name. All modern facilities, including electricity and drinking water,
are available in the house. Moksedul is on cloud nine after receiving this gift
from Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said he can live very well
with his family now.
Sixty-five-year-old Piara Begum is a resident of
Patharghata in Barguna, the southernmost town of the country, built on the
shores of the Bay of Bengal. Thirty years ago, her family was lost in the
river. Afterwards, she would build a house on the bank of the river. After
marriage, her husband did not have any property or house and the couple
continued to live on the banks of the river. But 16 years ago, her husband died
of cancer. As she had no children, Begum was left to her own devices.
Finally, Piara Begum's misery has come to an end after
she is allotted a house built by the Bangladesh government on the occasion of
‘Mujib centenary’ under the ‘Ashrayan' scheme.
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BGMEA calls on all stakeholders to continue supporting
development of Bangladesh apparel industry
15-April-2023
Seeking collaboration and support from all the
stakeholders concerned to help the Bangladesh garment industry stay on course
and keep the momentum of sustainable and responsible business practices
continuing, the President of the apex garment makers’ body of BGMEA (Bangladesh
Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association), Faruque Hassan underlined the
industry was now preparing for the next growth phase.
The BGMEA chair maintained this during a recent
meeting, attended by the buyers, foreign diplomats (posted in Dhaka), and heads
of financial institutions.
“We are giving more importance to product and market
diversification, value addition, technology upgradation, innovation,
circularity,” reportedly opined Faruque Hassan while adding the industry was
looking forward to working more closely with the stakeholders in these areas.
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North America
Interfaith community welcomes the new Muslim Mosque in
Woodland
April 15, 2023
With completion scheduled to conclude sometime in
2023, a new banner in front of the new site of the Muslim Mosque in Woodland,
located on the northeast corner of East Street at Oak Avenue, is now visible.
Faith representatives joined city Mayor Victoria
Fernandez, City Manager Ken Hiatt and Deputy Police Chief Anthony Cucchi on
Saturday, March 18, as members of the Muslim community opened their doors for a
tour of the largely completed Mosque. The tour was capped by the hanging of the
banner.
The Mosque has been under construction since the
groundbreaking in May 2019. The current Woodland Mosque & Islamic Center is
still located on North Street near East Street and is basically a converted
home. The new Mosque is scheduled to be completed within the year.
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'Almost like shopping for Christmas': Muslim community
gathers for pre-Eid bazaar
Dan Vadeboncoeur
April 16, 2023
Manitoba's Muslim community gathered this weekend for
an afternoon of shopping, celebration, and preparation for an upcoming holiday.
The Pre-Eid Bazaar took place Saturday at the Winnipeg
Grand Mosque, 2445 Waverly Street. Local Muslim-owned businesses sold clothing,
jewellery, and food while attendees perused the marketplace.
"The community is eager to get together, to
celebrate, to talk about Ramadan and the celebration of Eid," said Ruheen
Aziz with the Manitoba Islamic Association (MIA).
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UVA Dine makes adjustments to better accommodate
students observing Ramadan
By Jacob Phillips
Apr. 16, 2023
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A program at the
University of Virginia is making some changes to help accommodate students
participating in Ramadan.
“I think on just a basic level, it’s something that
the students need,” Muslim Student Association President MuaazLuqman said. “I
think it’s a responsibility of the university, especially one as large and as
privileged in so many natures such as the University of Virginia.”
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Africa
Al-Sunni is following the preparations of the United
Nations in New York to support the upcoming elections.
2023-04-15
New York, April 15, 2023 (LANA) - The representative
of Libya, Ambassador "Taher Al-Sunni", met at the headquarters of the
permanent Libyan mission to the United Nations in New York, the team of the
United Nations Election Support Department and the United Nations Department of
Political Affairs and Peacekeeping, within the framework of the Libyan
mission's follow-up to the United Nations' preparations to support the upcoming
elections.
It also comes in response to the national unity
government's request to send the UN team to assess needs and the Security
Council's recent support for this request.
The mission stated that the UN team provided an
overview of their work and preparations to send the needs assessment team to
Libya during the coming period, where the discussion took place on technical
and logistical matters and ways to secure the elections in cooperation with the
High Elections Commission and the concerned Libyan state institutions.
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“He was not seen anywhere in Mecca” – Sowore speaks on
Tinubu’s whereabouts
Adeola Bodunrin
April 15, 2023
Omoyele Sowore, a presidential candidate in the 2019
and 2023 elections, on Saturday said contrary to claims by some of his
handlers, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect of Nigeria, was not seen
anywhere in Mecca, Saudi Arabia recently.
POLITICS NIGERIA recalls that in March, after the 2023
presidential election, the president-elect travelled to Europe, precisely
Paris, France. He was expected to visit Saudi Arabia before coming back to
Nigeria.
Although some blogs have claimed that the incoming
president, 71, travelled abroad for medical attention, the All Progressives
Congress (APC) spokesperson, Felix Morka, said earlier this week that Tinubu is
only away from Nigeria “to rest”.
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Muslim Students' Association offered free meals to
help students trying to balance exams with Ramadan
Apr 15, 2023
The university centre on Memorial University's campus
is busy with students picking up takeout meals.
It's been like this for a week now. Most — but not all
of the students — are Muslim, getting ready for their iftar meal, the breaking
of the daily dawn-to-dusk fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
This year, the fasting, the prayer, the public service
— all staples of Ramadan — are competing with the students' rush to prepare
for, and finish, final assignments and exams.
"But y'know what? They also look relieved,
because they don't have to make food at home," she said. "So they're
like 'OK, I can come here, get my food, and I don't have to worry.'"
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Pray for Nigeria, Sultan urges Muslims
By Sulaimon Salau
16 April 2023
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama’atuNasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammadu
Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to use the last ten days of the holy
month of Ramadan to pray for the country’s well-being, stability, security,
development and economic propensity.
JNI, in a statement issued by its Secretary General,
Dr Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, said the last ten days come with the most sacred of
nights, the ‘night of majesty’, better than a thousand nights.
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Sustain lessons of Ramadan as Eid-el-fitr beckons,
muslims urged
By Guardian Nigeria
16 April 2023
As Nigerian Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr
this week, marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting, Muslim clerics
have stressed the need for the faithful to consolidate the lessons learnt
during the period. They have also reminded political leaders to discharge their
constitutional obligation of governance, which is welfare and security of the
citizenry.
The National Missioner/Chief Imam of Ar-Rahmat
Islamiyyah Association of Nigeria, Ikeja, Lagos, Sheikh Ishaq Adebayo Tejidini,
who acknowledged the fact that the period of Ramadan indeed offered so much for
the Muslim faithful, appealed to every Muslim who participated in this year’s
Ramadan not to go back to evil any more, but should sustain the faith and fear
of God they received during Ramadan.
In his words: “There’s no doubt, we learnt so much
during the period. The period is indeed a spiritual aspect of our life, which
comes only once in a year. And every true Muslim must have benefitted from this
spiritual obligation, which we embarked for 29 or 30 days abstaining from
eating, drinking and fleshly desires, all this is to impact the spiritual
aspect of life and if truly it is observed as it is supposed to be, by now
every Muslim must have achieved many things from it and what that means, is
that, as Muslims our faith and fear of God have increased. He continued: “For
instance, a wealthy Muslim who has everything will witness how the poor people
are managing and what they are going through because they have food and drink
but can’t eat it, or drink it, as they want throughout that period. I think
such adherents who deny themselves from bodily pleasures have increased their
faith, unless the person is not sincere with his or her spiritual life. So in a
nutshell, your faith and fear of God should be
“Then, looking at the impact of this on Nigerians, I
think is that since it is a spiritual obligation from Almighty Allah even those
who are not Muslims they respect the period and truly the air of that spiritual
reward is blowing on everybody who cares. They would know that during this
period, things have changed for good. During this period, evil is reduced
because Allah’s injunctions are being adhered to. That is the impact it has on
Nigerians as a whole.”
To sustain the lessons, the Chief Imam noted that the
devil is powerful and can deceive anybody who is not spiritually alert.
Tejidini said: “We should know that the devil is powerful and can deceive
anybody who is not spiritually alert, and so every Muslim should make up his or
her mind not to go back to those evil things Allah has enabled us to overcome
during the Ramadan period. Adherents of the faith should try to be a good
person from now on, otherwise if you go back to those evil things you have
abandoned during the period in question, it will not profit your spiritual life
and that is not the desire of Allah for any true Muslim. And I pray and hope
that majority of us who have participated in this year’s Ramadan will not go
back to evil any more. It reduces evil from the minds of the people most
especially those who practise that spiritual aspect of it sincerely. I’m a
Muslim is not a mere worship or lip service, it must reflect in your actions as
well.”
Musa said: “Islam is a religion for all times. All the
acts of worship during Ramadan including fasting should be continued on a
voluntary basis in the other months of the year. It is noteworthy that many
political leaders fulfilled their covenant with Allah during Ramadan. Some even
embarked on the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). They should keep their promises to the
people.”
He added that, “Allah says, “O believers, Honour your
obligations” (Quran 5:1). The poor and the needy who have been honoured and
supported within the fasting month should not be abandoned after Ramadan. There
should be strategic plans to permanently lift the vulnerable out of poverty.
Mosques and other worship centres should be able to partner with government and
philanthropists in the identification and care for the downtrodden.
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Southeast Asia
Terengganu Health Dept issues 222 compound notices to
Ramadan bazaar traders for various offences
16 Apr 2023
KUALA TERENGGANU, April 16 — The Terengganu Health
Department (JKNT) has issued a total of 222 compound notices against food
traders at Ramadan bazaars statewide, from the first day of Ramadan until April
14.
State Local Government, Housing, Health and
Environment Committee chairman, Datuk Dr Alias Razak, said that compound
notices totalling RM24,800 involve various offences, including not wearing an
apron, not maintaining personal hygiene and not attending food handler training
as required.
He said that other offences include employing food
handlers without training and typhoid injections, and others which violate the
Food Hygiene Regulations 2009 and the Food Act 1983 (Act 281).
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What happens to leftovers from Ramadan bazaars? It all
starts as soon as Maghrib ‘azan’ goes out
By ShahrinAizatNoorshahrizam
16 Apr 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — During Ramadan, the “azan” or
call to prayer at dusk during the Maghrib time indicates the time for Muslims
to break their day-long fast.
Part of a nationwide programme called Malaysia Save
Food Programme (MySaveFood), the group called Gema Youth Organisation Malaysia
would collect unsold items in Ramadan bazaars every Maghrib — ready to
redistribute various types of excess food and drinks to the less fortunate
including the homeless, low-income families, low-cost flats and mosques.
“Since we have been doing this for three years
straight, the traders already expected us and it made the process a lot
easier,” said Adamsyam Daniel Syamsyawal, who heads the collection team for the
Kampung Baru bazaar here.
“The traders already know that we are coming so they
put their unsold items, nicely packed, on a table, so we can just say thank you
and put the food or drink in our tote bags,” he said as he wiped off the sweat
on his forehead.
When Malay Mail caught up with them last week, the
team made of 15 to 20 Gema volunteers were converging at Restoran Rose, an
Indonesian diner which was more than happy to allow them to use it as a
temporary headquarters.
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Mat Sabu: All depts, agencies under Agriculture and
Food ministry on alert amid current hot spell
16 Apr 2023
KLANG, April 16 — All departments and agencies under
the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry are monitoring the current hot spell
that is expected to affect the country’s agriculture sector.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu, said the
country’s agricultural stock is still under control, and the ministry would
ensure an adequate supply of daily necessities.
“Our officers, such as at the Federal Agricultural
Marketing Authority (Fama), the Farmers Organisation Authority and the
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, are monitoring the
situation from time to time to ensure that our stocks are available and
sufficient,” he told reporters after launching the AgroMadani Sales Programme
at Kampung Johan Setia here today.
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Registered schools eligible for water tariff rebate
from Penang Water Supply Corp, says CM
16 Apr 2023
GEORGE TOWN, April 16 — Penang Water Supply
Corporation (PBAPP) has been directed to offer water tariff rebate for
non-domestic consumption to registered schools in the state.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said all registered
government, private, international schools, colleges, religious schools and
kindergartens may apply for the rebate.
“The 30 per cent rebate for schools, categorised under
non-domestic consumers, is for six months from April to September this year.
“School administrators must apply for the rebate from
PBAPP before September 30. Applications are open from today and the form can be
downloaded from PBAPP website (https://pba.com.my/penang-water-tariffs/),” he
said in a statement today.
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Arab World
Qatar Foundation’s Siraj Uses Storytelling, Animation
To Teach Children About Islamic Values
16 Apr 202
Doha: This Ramadan, Qatar Foundation is screening a
series of special episodes of Siraj, its 3D edutainment TV series, that are religiously
significant and offer an engaging way for children to learn Islamic values and
morals.
Sulaiman Timbo Bah, Community Engagement and Outreach
Coordinator at MinareteinCenter (Education City Mosque), helped review the
religious content of Siraj. “In this digital age, with technology and the
internet being a big part of our lives, it is essential to have a program like
Siraj for our children. It is a much-needed initiative that provides them with
an opportunity to learn moral and ethical values.
“The programme’s series on the Prophets and their
teachings provides an excellent opportunity to instil values that are essential
for children’s overall growth and development. Each episode focuses on a
specific ethical or moral value, such as patience and courage, from an Islamic
perspective. It is a great way to teach children about the attributes of the
Prophets and how to emulate them in their lives. Although Islam provides us
with a wealth of resources, I believe that some of these resources lack the element
of fun. That’s where we come in. We aim to unpack these values and stories in a
way that’s both enjoyable and informative for children.”
According to Bah, when the content was created, they
focused on using language that is simple and accessible to young audiences, and
also tried to imagine how viewers would perceive the stories, as some of them
require certain background knowledge to fully appreciate and understand the
lessons.
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Al-Murtada reveals third & final batch of Ramadan
deal for prisoners swap
16/April/2023
SANA'A April 16. 2023 (Saba)- The head of the National
Committee for Prisoners Affairs, Abdul Qadir Al-Murtada, revealed on Saturday
that the third and final batch of the Ramadan deal for the prisoners swap will
arrive on Sunday.
Al-Murtada said in a tweet on the social networking
site "Twitter": "Tomorrow, Sunday, we will receive at Sana'a
International Airport the third and final batch of the "Ramadan deal"
for 105 of our prisoners in Marib prisons."
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Around 30,000 People Visit Prophet’s Mosque
Exhibitions during First 20 Days of Ramadan
15 Apr, 2023
The General Presidency for Exhibitions and Museums
Affairs has reported that during the first twenty days of Ramadan, the number
of visitors to the Prophet's Mosque Building Exhibitions has reached 20,500,
with 28 VIP delegations and five media coverage events.
The figures revealed that 4,017 visitors attended the
Prophet's Sunnah exhibition along with 19 delegations, while the exhibition of
Manuscripts of the Prophet's Mosque had 4,276 visitors and 26 delegations.
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Ministry of Tourism Increases Inspection Tours of
Lodging Facilities throughout Month of Ramadan in Makkah and Madinah
15 Apr, 2023
The Ministry of Tourism has intensified its inspection
campaigns of lodging facilities and travel service providers in Makkah and
Madinah to ensure the quality of services offered to Umrah performers and
visitors, and to address complaints directly during the holy month of Ramadan.
With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the
Ministry has confirmed an increase in the work capacity of the operating rooms
it has set up, especially for this purpose in Makkah and Madinah. This has led
to an increase in inspection tours, which have exceeded 2,057 thus far, within
the framework of the Ministry's commitment to verifying and ensuring that the
level of inspection is raised.
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Winners of MoECC Ramadan football tournament crowned
APRIL 15, 2023
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC)
has concluded its first Ramadan football tournament, crowning the winners at
Aspire Zone Foundation in the presence of HE the Minister of Environment and
Climate Change Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser al-Thani, alongside a number of
ministry officials and employees and a large gathering of fans.
The Public Relations Department team emerged the
champions after winning the final 4-2, with the Financial Affairs Department
finishing second.
Accordingly, HE Sheikh Dr Faleh honoured the top three
teams and the distinguished players and referees of the final and third-place
play-off.
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Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project for Development of
Historical Mosques to Renovate Al-Rumaila Mosque
15 Apr, 2023
The Al-Rumaila Mosque, built over 100 years ago in the
Al-Dhahirahneighborhood of Riyadh, will undergo renovation as part of the
second phase of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project for Development of
Historical Mosques. The mosque is considered one of the oldest historical
mosques and was built in an area with palm trees planted during the 13th
century AH.
The renovation aims to restore the mosque's religious
and cultural role and preserve its old architectural style by utilizing
sustainable environmental methods and natural elements.
The Al-Rumaila Mosque will be rehabilitated according
to the original Najdi style, increasing its area from 1184.69 square meters to
1555.92 square meters, with a capacity to accommodate 657 worshipers. The
mosque represents a model of the urban style of ancient mosques in Riyadh. Its
development will combine antiquity and beauty to transfer the historical legacy
from previous centuries to the future.
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Europe
Animal rights protesters delay UK's Grand National
horse race, 118 arrested
Apr 16, 2023
By Reuters: The start of the annual Grand National
horse race was briefly delayed on Saturday after a large group of animal rights
protesters forced their way into the Aintree grounds to disrupt one of the
highest-profile sporting events in Britain.
Police said they had arrested 118 people on suspicion
of offences including criminal damage and causing public nuisance after
protesters sought to scale the perimeter fence and access the track to prevent
the 40 horses from starting the race.
Officers were seen pinning some protesters in pink
tops to the ground while others were pulled from ladders. Television footage
showed a few protesters making it on to the track and trying to attach
themselves to a fence, before being dragged away by officers.
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Unions split as RCN rejects NHS pay deal but UNISON
backs offer
Katie Neame
Royal College of Nursing members have voted to reject
a pay deal from the government, after UNISON members in the NHS voted in favour
of the offer – with the nursing union announcing a further 48-hour walkout
later this month.
The RCN revealed this evening that its members have
voted to reject the government’s deal, with 54% voting against the offer on a
61% turnout. UNISON announced earlier today that its members had voted to
accept, with almost three-quarters voting in favour of the deal on a turnout of
53%.
The government’s pay deal includes a one-off payment
of 2% of members’ salaries plus a Covid recovery bonus of 4% for the financial
year 2022/23, along with a 5% pay increase for 2023/24.
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Defying protests, Macron signs France pension law raising
retirement age to 64
By BAPTISTE PACE
16-04-2023
PARIS (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron signed
his unpopular pension reform into law on Saturday, prompting accusations from
unions and the left that he was showing “contempt” for those behind a
three-month protest movement.
The amendments became law after the text was published
before dawn in France’s official journal, with the livid opposition claiming
that Macron had moved to smuggle it through under cover of night.
The publication came just hours after the approval on
Friday by the Constitutional Council of the essence of the legislation,
including the headline change of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.
The standoff with unions and the left has become the
biggest challenge of the second mandate of Macron, who will now address France
on the crisis on Monday evening, the Elysee presidential palace said.
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More than 6,000 personnel to take part in King Charles
III's coronation
16th April 2023
More than 6,000 men and women of the UK Armed Forces
will take part in the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on
Saturday 6 May.
Later on, more than 60 aircraft from the Royal Navy,
British Army and Royal Air Force will conduct a flypast over The Mall in
Central London.
The coming weeks will see military personnel busy in
rehearsals for a display of "pageantry, professionalism and pride" to
honour their new Commander-in-Chief, King Charles III, the Ministry of Defence
(MOD) said.
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India
Kanpur Man Arrested For Driving His Lover To Suicide
After She Refused To Embrace Islam
15th April 2023
KANPUR: A 24-year-old man has been arrested allegedly
for abetting a woman to commit suicide after she refused to convert her
religion and marry him, police said on Saturday.
According to police, the accused, Shahrukh, was in a
relationship with the victim, also 24, and had given her the option to either
convert or kill herself to avoid "social humiliation."
The woman hanged herself from a ceiling hook in her
house here on Wednesday, Assistant CP (Collectorganj) Tej Bahadur Singh said.
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Muslim children more anaemic, stunted than any other
community in Rajasthan: Asaduddin Owaisi
by Hamza Khan
April 16, 2023
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief
Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that more Muslim children are anaemic and
stunted than children from any other religious group in Rajasthan.
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Know Your City: Ahmedabad’s Sidi Saiyyed mosque and
its intricate ‘jaali’ work
by Leena Misra
April 15, 2023
In the heart of Ahmedabad, on the eastern end of the
Nehru bridge that opens into the old city, stands the Sidi Saiyyed mosque.
Considered a unique piece of Indo-Islamic architecture, the mosque has no dome
or minaret.
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Pakistan
Balochistan Assembly passes resolution strongly
condemning Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque
April 15, 2023
The session of Balochistan Provincial Assembly,
chaired by Deputy Speaker Sardar Babar Musakhail, was held in Quetta on
Saturday.
During the session, the Assembly unanimously passed a
resolution which strongly condemned the recent brutal attack on Masjid Al-Aqsa
by Israeli forces.
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Ramadan Unifies Islamic Ummah In Belief, Thought &
Practice: ‘Paigham-e-Ramadan’
April 15, 2023
Radio Pakistan's special transmission
‘Paigham-e-Ramadan’ is achieving milestones by attracting larger audience from
across the country as it is providing a platform for spiritual guidance,
education, and community building.
This special transmission can be accessed on all
social media platforms of Radio Pakistan including Radio Pakistan's Podcast.
People across the country can participate in the live
transmission by calling at 051-9208940 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
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KP Governor lauds religious scholars for preserving
Islamic ideology in Pakistan
April 15, 2023
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali has lauded
the role of scholars belonging to all schools of thought in preservation of
Islamic ideology in Pakistan.
Talking to a nine-member delegation of leading
scholars in Peshawar on Saturday, he said it is necessary to enlighten the
young generation about the Prophet's biography.
The Governor underlined the need of paying special
attention to religious studies along with contemporary education in all
educational institutions.
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PTI constitutes 3-member committee for dialogue on
political crisis
April 16, 2023
A day after Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq launched
a “consensus offensive” aimed at bringing the government and opposition closer,
the PTI on Sunday constituted a three-member committee to hold a dialogue “on
the ongoing political crisis in the country”.
According to a statement issued today, PTI leaders
Pervaiz Khattak, Ejaz Chaudhry, and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed will hold a dialogue
with Jamaat-i-Islami (JI).
The development comes after the JI chief held meetings
with PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at their
residences in Lahore.
During the meetings on Saturday, Haq suggested that a
committee should be set up to develop a larger consensus for holding elections
in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and eventually the whole country.
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JI chief meets Imran, Shehbaz to end impasse
Mansoor Malik
April 16, 2023
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq launched a
“consensus offensive” on Saturday, holding meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz
Sharif and PTI chief Imran Khan within a span of a few hours and reported
“positive response” from both sides to his initiative, aimed at bringing the
warring sides closer to holding talks on the issue of elections.
Mr Haq first called on PM Shehbaz, and later met Mr
Khan at their residences in Model Town and Zaman Park, respectively, a JI press
release said.
While party sources see the Zaman Park meeting as a
major development on the way to prospective consultations among the two
parties, Mr Khan said PTI is always ready for dialogue within the ambit of the
Constitution, just not with the corrupt and looters of national wealth.
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Mufti Shakoor dies in traffic accident
Ikram Junaidi
April 16, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and
a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) leader Mufti Abdul Shakoor died in a road
accident in the capital’s Red Zone area on Saturday evening.
According to the police, the minister, 55, was heading
towards Secretariat Chowk on Constitution Avenue when his car was hit by a
Hilux vehicle with five passengers on board.
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Does Gulzar Imam’s arrest mean much?
Imtiaz Gul
April 16, 2023
Pakistani authorities recently announced the arrest of
Gulzar Imam, the mastermind of the separatist militant organisation Baloch
National Army (BNA). His “arrest” came about through a sting operation that
was, according to official claims, spread over several geographical locations.
Authorities did not name the countries but we can assume the arrest happened
somewhere in Turkiye. BNA sources had claimed Imam went missing in November
last year.
Does this mean anything at all in the multi-pronged
insurgency that various Baloch insurgent groups, including BNA, are currently
engaged in? Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS) is the other alliance comprising the
Baloch Republican Army (BRA), Baloch Liberation Army (Bashirzeb Baloch
faction), Balochistan Liberation Front, and Baloch Republican Guards.
On July 25, 2020 BRAS had stitched up an operational
alliance with Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA), a Sindhi ethno-nationalist
militant group, followed by similar cooperation with TTP and ISKP in 2021-2022.
No surprise that Baloch groups now deploy suicide attacks as one of the tools
to inflict loss on the security apparatus in particular. Who Is Gulzar Imam ?
Gulzar Imam alias (Shambay), 45, belongs to the Panjgur-Parom area of
Balochistan.
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