Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind : “India And Not Arabia Is The Birth Place Of Islam”, India is Our Home No Matter However Dilapidated It Might Be
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February 2023
Islam Oldest Religion,
Originated in India: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Chief Mahmood Madani © Provided by Zee
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• Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind : “India And Not Arabia Is The
Birth Place Of Islam”, India is Our Home No Matter However Dilapidated It Might
Be
• Quran Desecrator’s Murder Unconstitutional,
Un-Islamic, Says Pak PM’s Representative For Interfaith Harmony
• Another Minnesota College Censors Art To Prevent
'Non-Consensual Viewing' By Muslim Students
• NAF Super Tucano Kills Scores Of Boko Haram
Terrorists In Sambisa Forest
• Malaysia’s ‘Sin Industries’ Such As Gambling And
Alcohol Sales Plan For Rising Islamic Conservatism Ahead Of State Polls
India
• After Rally Against ‘Love Jihad’, Sakal Hindu Samaj
To Hold ‘Land Jihad’ Protest In Mumbai
Today
• Govt, Oppn Have Fiery Exchange In Rajya Sabha Over
‘Plight Of Minorities’
• CPI(M) leader raises hijab issue in Rajya Sabha,
points to Yogi Adityanath
• India Exposes Pak Connection Of Terrorists Based In
Afghanistan
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Pakistan
• 1 soldier martyred, 14 others injured in North
Waziristan terror attack
• PM calls out NAB for ‘double standards’
• Shahbaz Gill to be indicted in mutiny case on Feb 27
• Punjab CTD kills TTP man, arrests 11 others
• Suleman Shahbaz summoned in money laundering case
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North America
• “Democracy
For Iran”: Protesters Rally In Canada On
The Anniversary Of Iran's Islamic Revolution
• Hundreds gather in Chicago for Global Day of Action,
calling for liberation in Iran
• Newcastle mosque collects more than a 1,000 boxes of
aid for earthquake victims
• Inside Bin Laden's £6.2million eerie abandoned
mansion near Disney World
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Africa
• NAF bombs ‘scores of Boko Haram fighters converging’
in Borno
• Army kills seven terrorists, destroys four camps in
Sambisa Forest
• Is Islamic banking the next gold mine for Uganda?
• Polls: Okowa Advocates Total Rejection Of
Muslim-Muslim Ticket
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Southeast Asia
• Security guard, tahfiz student plead not guilty to
causing man’s death in Kota Baru
• Kit Siang calls for parliamentary reform to include
days for Opposition to set agenda
• Survey finds seven in 10 Malaysians will pick China
over US despite worry about its influence within Asean
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Mideast
• Prominent Iranian Dissidents Unite to Discuss
Democracy Movement
• Israeli Military Official Says Iran Might Send
Weapons To Syria Under The Guise Of Aid
• Huge Paris Rally Urges EU Terror Listing for Iran
Guards
• Iran: What has become of the 'revolution'?
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Arab world
• Costume Festival Visitors Dress Up As Anime, Horror
Characters At Boulevard Riyadh City
• KSRelief sends 11 trucks carrying aid to Syria,
continues relief operations in Turkiye
• Saudi Coffee Festival in Jazan brews up a cultural
carnival
• The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Provides
Quality Services for Worshippers
• KSRelief distributes 1,150 food parcels in Sudan
• Saudi authorities arrest 17k illegals in one week
• Saudi Arabia’s tourism appeal grows in India after
roadshow
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Europe
• European States Must Investigate Potential
Involvement In Crimes Against Humanity By Visiting Xinjiang Governor
• Man taken to hospital after disturbance outside
Islamic community centre
• White Horse Pub In Potter Street Set To Be
Transformed Into Islamic Community Centre
• The riot outside an asylum hotel underscores the
urgency of a fair migration system
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South Asia
• Pakistan Skips Moscow's Afghan Meeting 'Under
Western Pressure'
• Bangladesh: Ruling Awami League Nominates
Ex-Judicial Officer Mohammed Sahabuddin As Presidential Candidate
• Bangladeshi prisoner dies in Chennai hospital
• How long will Bangladesh ignore its maritime area
and continental shelf?
Compiled
by New Age Islam News Bureau
URL: https://newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/jamiat-ulama-hind-arabia-india/d/129086
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Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind : “India And Not Arabia Is The
Birth Place Of Islam”, India is Our Home No Matter However Dilapidated It Might
Be
Islam Oldest Religion,
Originated in India: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Chief Mahmood Madani © Provided by Zee
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ZIYA US SALAM
February 11, 2023
“India and not Arabia is the birth place of Islam,”
stated Maulana Mahmood Madani, stirring a fresh debate at the 34th general
session of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind in New Delhi on Saturday. “India is the
birthplace of Islam. The first prophet descended here. It is the homeland of
Muslims. To consider Islam as a foreign religion is historically incorrect and
completely baseless,” the Jamiat president asserted, adding, “India is the best
country for Muslims. It is like one’s house is the best place, no matter
however dilapidated it might be.”
Making a fervent pitch for equal treatment of all
citizens, Mr. Madani said, “India belongs to all of us equally. India is our
country. It belongs as much to [PM] Narendra Modi and [RSS chief] Mohan Bhagwat
as Mahmood [Madani]. Neither is Mahmood an inch ahead of them, nor are they an
inch ahead of Mahmood.”
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Quran Desecrator’s Murder Unconstitutional,
Un-Islamic, Says Pak PM’s Representative For Interfaith Harmony
Prime Minister’s Special
Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir
Mehmood Ashrafi
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February 12, 2023
ISLAMABAD
- Prime Minister’s Special
Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir
Mehmood Ashrafi on Saturday termed the murder of an accused who desecrated the
Holy Quran in Warburton Nankana Sahib unconstitutional and un-Islamic. He, in a
video message, said as per media reports, desecrator of the Holy Quran who was
under police custody of Warburton, Nankana Sahib, had been killed after attacking
the police station by a group of unruly mob. Ashrafi who is also the Chairman
of Pakistan Ulema Council condemned the brutal incident in the strongest terms
and said taking law into one’s hand was not acceptable anyway in the presence
of certain laws pertaining to the desecration and blasphemy of Islamic
sanctities and values to punish the accused in the country. He said if someone
had committed a crime, it was court’s jurisdiction to penalize the accused, it
was none of the group, party or individual’s discretion power to announce
sentence against anyone. He urged the Punjab government to put culprits
involved in this heinous crime behind the bars and proposed that their trials
should be conducted in the Anti-Terrorism Court. He said it was a shameful act
in the eyes of Ulema and Mashaykh of all schools of thought as it had brought a
bad name for the country in the comity of nations.
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Another Minnesota College Censors Art To Prevent
'Non-Consensual Viewing' By Muslim Students
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By Greg Piper
February 11, 2023
Two liberal arts schools six minutes from each other
in St. Paul, Minn., have explicitly subordinated Islam-related academic and
artistic freedom to the feelings of Muslim students in recent months, alarming
faculty both nationwide and closer to home.
Macalester College temporarily shut down and then
added curtains to an art exhibit depicting partially exposed figures in hijabs and
niqabs "to prevent unintentional or non-consensual viewing" after
Muslim students complained, the administration said in an email Feb. 6
excerpted by Minnesota immigrant news nonprofit Sahan Journal.
Hamline University reversed its pledge to renew adjunct
art history professor Erika Lopez Prater's contract after she showed students
Muslim-commissioned depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, saying "respect
for the observant Muslim students in that classroom should have superseded
academic freedom."
Prater spoke at the Jan. 27 opening of Macalester's
"Woman Life Freedom" art exhibit by Portland State University art
professor Taravat Talepasand, saying it "responsibly" demonstrates
how to deal with supposedly blasphemous subject matter.
While Salem State University also put curtains around
an anti-Donald Trump exhibit in 2016, Macalester's rationale appears to be
original in the history of campus art censorship, according to the Foundation
for Individual Rights and Expression.
"It's a comically bad lesson to teach
students" that words and images they encounter are "an exercise of
their own consent," FIRE Director of Targeted Advocacy Sarah McLaughlin
wrote in a blog post Thursday. Its invocation against an exhibit that
"protests the violation of women's rights is an added layer of
absurdity."
It is "deeply problematic" that both
institutions' statements are "trafficking in this language of harm and
hurt," history professor Amna Khalid of Minnesota's Carleton College, who
helped build support for Prater, told Just the News Friday.
"Should that become the basis of college
policies? At some point this turns into a farce," Khalid said, noting she
has received similar "questions about my pedagogical strategy or how I
present material."
As a Muslim, Khalid worries that colleges are taking
the "more conservative brand of Islam" as "representative of all
Muslims" and possibly setting the stage for worse Islamophobia.
Two weeks before the Macalester blowup, Khalid
moderated a campus panel on "Teaching Islam and Islamic Art in the Age of
Inclusion," which she said drew around 250 attendees. While she let the
Carleton Muslim Students Association make a statement at the opening, Khalid
declined its request to serve on the panel, which featured Carleton, Macalester
and University of Minnesota faculty.
The broader threat is the commercialization of
diversity, equity and inclusion — "DEI Inc." — which has
"unavoidable tensions" with academic freedom that "PR-driven
wishful thinking" can't erase, Khalid wrote in The Chronicle of Higher
Education Feb. 6.
The two controversies diverge in important ways,
likely making Macalester less vulnerable than Prater to reputational and legal
fallout.
Macalester didn't portray Muslims as a monolith or
make sweeping statements about what Islam forbids. During a "short
pause" of Talepasand's exhibit over the weekend, it sought out
"multiple perspectives from Muslim communities on campus" before
settling on a content warning and curtains, later replaced by purple
construction paper and frosted windows.
Hamline called Prater's pedagogical decision, which
was previewed in the syllabus and in that day's class, "undeniably ...
Islamophobic," and it hosted a "community conversation" where a
local Muslim leader compared Prater's lesson to "pedophilia art."
Both are cited in Prater's lawsuit against the school,
which she refiled Thursday minus breach-of-contract claims while keeping
"religious discrimination, defamation, retaliation, and intentional
infliction of emotional distress," her lawyer David Redden told Sahan
Journal.
Prater had agreed to Hamline's motion for transfer to
federal court so she could voluntarily dismiss and refile in the same state
court "where the case belongs" because it was the "faster of the
available options," Redden said.
What the disputes share is racial and cultural clashes
under the surface of differing interpretations of Islam. The artists have
Persian backgrounds, while the Muslim students who led both cancel campaigns
are black, and the state's Muslim population is disproportionately
Somali-American, including Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.
"This is NOT a question of support for Iranian
Women," petition creator Ikran Noor, who wears a hijab on campus, wrote on
Instagram. (The petition cannot be viewed without her approval.)
Noor told the Journal she simply wanted Macalester to
remove the more explicit works. Her Instagram post ties the
"objectification, fetishization and overt sexualization of Hijabis"
to "the rise of sexual assault against Muslim women."
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NAF Super Tucano Kills Scores Of Boko Haram Terrorists
In Sambisa Forest
Nigerian soldiers.
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by Francis Okoye
12-02-2023
Strikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Tucano
fighter jets have killed scores of Boko
Haram terrorists during their meeting in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
The bombardment of the terrorists came on the heels of
the inter-rivalry clash between the two groups which left scores of them
killed.
Sources in the Lake Chad region confirmed the military
exploits against the terrorists saying the latest offensive was carried out on
Friday in Gaizuwa in Bama local government area of Borno State.
The sources disclosed that on receiving credible
intelligence information that Boko Haram terrorists were converging for a
meeting in Gaizuwa on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest, 2 NAF Super Tukano aircraft under Operation
Hadin Kai were scrambled to carry out strikes on the targets.
They said on reaching overhead the targets, the pilots
observed a gathering of more than 100 terrorists with dozens of them on
motorcycles.
Using a mix of bombs and rockets, the aircraft carried
out series of strikes and scored devastating hits on the targets, killing
scores of them and leaving some
survivors scrambling for their lives.
It was gathered that scores of the terrorists are currently on the run following
the offensive, while some of the surviving fighters and their families who
escaped the onslaught were forced to lay down their arms and surrendered to the
troops of 21 Amoured Brigade, Bama.
In a related development, at least six members of the Islamic State of
West African Province (ISWAP) have been killed by their rival Boko Haram group
in a fresh reprisal clash in Burmari village of Konduga local government.
It was gathered that the Boko Haram terrorists who had
been at the receiving end in the long week multiple clashes, ambushed the ISWAP
fighters who were determined to decimate them from some of their acclaimed
strong holds.
Competent sources disclosed that in the deadly fight
that ensued, the Boko Haram overpowered the rival faction, killing six of them
and recovering three of their motorcycles while some of them were
reportedly injured.
The ISWAP had earlier attacked the convoy of the Boko
Haram’s newly appointed Amir Jaysh,
Alhaji Ali Hajja Fusam, and killed 15 of his fighters including one Abu Zara, a
Naqib, and seized a gun truck from him in Gulmari, forcing the Boko Haram to
withdraw.
On Wednesday,
the terrorists clashed at Kuwa Nguro and
Ngoldiri villages located in the axis of
Timbuktu triangle in Damboa,
Borno State, leading to the death of scores of fighters.
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Malaysia’s ‘Sin Industries’ Such As Gambling And
Alcohol Sales Plan For Rising Islamic Conservatism Ahead Of State Polls
Zunaira Saieed
12-02-2023
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s so-called sin industries are
making contingency plans to guard their earnings, amid fears that upcoming
state elections could shift policies to favour Muslim conservatives, and
curtail activities such as gambling and alcohol sales.
Fuelling such concerns are the electoral gains made by
Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) in the November general election, in which it won
43 seats and became the largest party in federal Parliament. While the Islamist
party, together with its allies in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition,
remains in federal opposition, a repeat performance at state elections could
see it leading more state governments.
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India
After Rally Against ‘Love Jihad’, Sakal Hindu Samaj To
Hold ‘Land Jihad’ Protest In Mumbai
Today
By: Express News Service
February 12, 2023
After a rally against ‘love jihad’ in the city, the
Sakal Hindu Samaj, an umbrella body of Hindu right-wing organisations, plans to
hold a rally against ‘land jihad’ in Mumbai on Sunday.
The Sakal Hindu Samaj has planned the rally on Sunday
at Aarey Colony check-post in Marol in the western suburbs to protest against a
burial ground (kabristan) next to a Ram temple.
While exhorting people to participate in the rally in
large numbers, a poster of Sakal Hindu Samaj said, “A kabristan next to Ram
temple will not be allowed. We have to protest and disallow such a burial
ground.”
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Govt, oppn have fiery exchange in Rajya Sabha over
‘plight of minorities’
Feb 11, 2023
NEW DELHI: The governing BJP and opposition parties
had a vehement exchange on the plight of Muslims in the country in the Rajya
Sabha on Friday during a debate on a private member’s resolution, calling for
implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations and enactment of a
legislation for prevention of atrocities against minorities.
Moving the resolution, Abdul Wahab of the Indian Union
Muslim League (IUML) demanded the constitution of a joint parliamentary
committee (JPC) or a judicial commission headed by a retired Supreme Court
judge “to study the evictions that have been carried out as a form of
collective and arbitrary punishment” against the Muslim minority and low-income
communities.
Source: Times Of India
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India exposes Pak connection of terrorists based in
Afghanistan
T. Brajesh
February 11, 2023
NEW DELHI: India has ramped up global cooperation to
tackle terror organizations such as Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM) and ISIL-K in Afghanistan. India has shared documents with the
international community to establish that Pakistan continues to be behind JeM
and LeT there. National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval’s recent meetings
with his counterparts in Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States were
part of this campaign which will see a more aggressive push on the part of
diplomatic and security officials from India, sources told The Sunday Guardian.
During a meeting in Moscow last week, Doval urged the global community to
increase cooperation so as to tackle the terror organizations like LeT and JeM
that are active in Afghanistan, with the Taliban taking no action against them.
Sources said Doval and other officials accompanying him expressed concern over
Pakistan’s backing to these organizations. In a clear reference to Pakistan,
Doval said at the Moscow meet that no country should be allowed to use Afghan
territory to export terrorism and radicalisation. While participating in a
multilateral meeting on Afghanistan in the Russian capital, Doval stressed the
need for intensified intelligence and security cooperation to tackle these
terror outfits. Sources told The Sunday Guardian that Doval had raised these
points during his meeting with his counterpart in the US, Jake Sullivan and US
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley. Similarly, NSA Doval
also discussed the threat of terror from Afghanistan during his brief meeting
with his UK counterpart, Tim Barrow and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Diplomatic sources said that India would be discussing
Afghan-based terror issues during the high-level meetings to be held in March in
Delhi. The meetings of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) NSAs, G20
Foreign Ministers and Quad Foreign Ministers would focus on how to deal with
the menace of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan apart from other issues.
“Pakistan’s support to LeT and JeM, despite the country facing a massive
financial crisis, would obviously be discussed during bilateral talks here,”
sources said. “We have documents ready with us that prove Pakistan’s support to
LeT and JeM which are using Afghan soil for anti-India activities,” sources
added.
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Pakistan
1 soldier martyred, 14 others injured in North
Waziristan terror attack
February 12, 2023
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: One security forces personnel
embraced martyrdom and 14 others, including civilians, sustained wounds when a
convoy of security forces came under attack in Mir Ali sub-division of the
North Waziristan district on Saturday.
Local officials said a convoy of security forces and
employees of the Marri Petroleum Company was on its way from North Waziristan
to Bannu when a rickshaw struck the forces’ vehicle in the Khajori area of the
sub-division.
“This rickshaw was parked on the roadside in the
middle of parked vehicles when it suddenly appeared and struck a vehicle of the
security forces,” a local official said.
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PM calls out NAB for ‘double standards’
Zulqernain Tahir
February 12, 2023
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday
took a swipe at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over its purported
‘double standards’ and said the accountability watchdog had targeted ‘innocent
people’ during the tenure of his predecessor, former premier Imran Khan.
“I wish no one goes to NAB’s dungeon (jail)…not even
my enemy,” said the prime minister — who was detained by NAB in a graft case in
2018 — while addressing the ground-breaking ceremony of Bab-i-Pakistan and the
infrastructure up-gradation of Walton Road in the provincial capital.
The premier said the accountability watchdog “murdered
justice” and “innocent people” were victimised in the name of corruption
charges.
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Shahbaz Gill to be indicted in mutiny case on Feb 27
Malik Asad
February 12, 2023
ISLAMABAD: A local court of Islamabad on Saturday
dismissed the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in a
case registered against him for inciting mutiny in the armed forces.
Additional district and sessions judge Tahir Abbas
Sipra also decided to indict Gill and director news of a private TV channel
Ammad Yousuf on Feb 27. Both Mr Gill and Mr Yousuf appeared before the court.
The counsel for the PTI leader, Shaharyar Tariq,
argued on the appeal, seeking his acquittal in the case. He said the case could
not have been registered without prior permission of the federal or respective
provincial government.
Source: Dawn
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Punjab CTD kills TTP man, arrests 11 others
Staff Reporter
February 12, 2023
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed
on Saturday to have killed a suspected terrorist allegedly belonging to the
banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an encounter and arrested 11 other
members of banned outfits from different cities during intelligence-based
operations (IBOs) across Punjab.
According to a spokesperson, the Punjab CTD conducted
26 IBOs in different districts of the province to counter the menace of
terrorism and interrogated 26 suspects.
During these IBOs, one suspected TTP terrorist, Irfan
Ullah, was killed and 11 others belonging to the banned organisations were
arrested.
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Suleman Shahbaz summoned in money laundering case
Wajih Ahmad Sheikh
February 12, 2023
LAHORE: A special judge (central-I) on Saturday
summoned Suleman Shahbaz, the younger son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and
another as accused to face trial in a money laundering case.
Presiding Judge Bakht Fakhar Bahzad observed how the
acquittal applications filed by Suleman and Tahir Naqvi could be entertained
when they had not been summoned as accused persons in the case.
Taking a bird’s-eye view of the case record, the judge
observed that the investigating officer recorded the statements of 113
witnesses who supported the story of the prosecution.
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North America
“Democracy For Iran”:
Protesters Rally In Canada On The Anniversary Of Iran's Islamic
Revolution
Blair Crawford
Feb 11, 2023
Chanting “Democracy for Iran,” about 300 people
rallied in Ottawa on Saturday as part of worldwide demonstrations marking the
44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and calling for an end to that
country’s repressive regime.
Under fluttering red, white and green Iranian flags,
and holding signs commemorating Mahsa Amini, the Iranian woman who died last
September after her arrest in Tehran, the protesters denounced the regime and
its leader, Ali Khameni.
“The message is that we don’t want the Islamic
Republic in Iran,” said Kaveh Shakouri of the Woman Life Freedom group in
Ottawa and organizer of Saturday’s demonstration.
Protests against the regime have been steadily growing
since Amini’s death after she was arrested by Iran’s morality police for
wearing her hijab improperly. Amini, a minority Kurd, was taken to a
“re-education centre” where she was allegedly tortured and beaten.
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Hundreds gather in Chicago for Global Day of Action,
calling for liberation in Iran
BY ASAL REZAEI
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Iranians from all over the Midwest
came together in Chicago Saturday as part of a Global Day of Action.
Hundreds of people from Indiana, Michigan, Iowa,
Minnesota, Kentucky, and Wisconsin gathered at Congress Plaza downtown. Many
held signs calling for an end to executions in Iran, while others read,
"We stand united."
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Newcastle mosque collects more than a 1,000 boxes of
aid for earthquake victims
11 February 2023
Aid for victims of the Turkey Syria earthquake is
continuing to be collected in Newcastle.
The Turkish Community Mosque on Grainger Park Road has
received enough donations to fill more than 1000 boxes.
Much of the collection will be taken to airports in
other parts of the country over the next few days and flown out to Turkey.
People have donated such things as blankets, warm
clothes, children's items and food.
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Inside Bin Laden's £6.2million eerie abandoned mansion
near Disney World
By Liam Buckley
11 FEB 2023
An urban explorer shared a glimpse of what it's like
inside an eerie abandoned mansion near Disney World that was once owned by the
world's most notorious terrorist.
It has seen multiple owners throughout the years due
to its seven-bathrooms and sprawling estate - including the President of
Tupperware.
But its most famous owner is the Bin-Ladens -
specifically Khalil Bin Laden, the brother of terrorist Osama Bin Laden, who
has over 50 siblings.
In 1980 Khalil Bin Laden, the brother of Bin Laden,
purchased the $1.6million (£1.3million) mansion for his wife through his
company Desert Bear, Mirror reports.
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Africa
NAF bombs ‘scores of Boko Haram fighters converging’
in Borno
by Samad Uthman
February 11 2023
Scores of Boko Haram insurgents have been killed after
two Super Tucano jets, operated by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) under Operation
Hadin Kai, bombed their camps in Borno state.
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication
focused on the Lake Chad region, said the military had intelligence suggesting
that the terrorists were converging for a meeting in Gaizuwa on the fringes of
the Sambisa Forest.
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Army kills seven terrorists, destroys four camps in
Sambisa Forest
By Njadvara Musa
12 February 2023
Troops of the 21-Armoured Brigade, Bama, Operation
Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have
killed seven Boko Haram terrorists in four communities of Bama local council in
Borno State.
The feat came barely 24 hours after the Super Tucano
fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) killed 27 terrorists in the
Sambisa Forest. The insurgents were neutralised on Friday while meeting at two
hideout camps.
Yesterday, the joint military operations cleared and
destroyed the terrorists’ hideout camps in each of the four villages located on
the fringes of Sambisa Forest.
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Polls: Okowa Advocates Total Rejection Of
Muslim-Muslim Ticket
By Okorohohi Michael
Feb 11, 2023
WARRI – Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta State, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa,
has called for total rejection of Muslim-Muslim ticket in the forthcoming
Presidential election to mitigate religious intolerance and ensure unity in the
country.
He made the call at the PDP’s Presidential rally on
Saturday in Umuahia, and urged the South-East people to stick with the party
for Nigeria’s recovery and good governance.
Okowa charged Abia citizens to work hard for the
party’s victory, pointing out that Nigerians had embraced PDP “and those in
South East cannot afford to be in opposition anymore”.
“We know that the South East has suffered a lot under
the APC and that is why Atiku said he would unite Nigerians and ensure that
every part of the country is carried along.
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Southeast Asia
Security guard, tahfiz student plead not guilty to
causing man’s death in Kota Baru
12 Feb 2023
KOTA BARU, Feb 12 — A security guard and a tahfiz
student were charged in the Sessions Court here today with causing the death of
a man, last month.
Mohamad Sabri Yusoff, 33, and the 17-year-old
teenager, pleaded not guilty after the charges against them were read before
Judge Mohd Zul Zakiqudin Zulkifli.
According to the charge sheet, both of them were
charged with the intention of causing bodily harm to Mohd Syhakahalaf Akram
Mohd Zakuwan, 28, at Tok Guru Pulau Melaka Mosque, here, at 6.55 pm on Jan 29.
Source: Malay Mail
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Kit Siang calls for parliamentary reform to include
days for Opposition to set agenda
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
Sunday, 12 Feb 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang today
called on the new government to earmark days where the Opposition will decide
the order of business to be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat as part of broader
parliamentary reform promised by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Ahead of the 15th Parliament term that officially
starts tomorrow, the former federal lawmaker suggested two days be set aside
for the Opposition to lead the discussion when the Dewan Rakyat has long
sittings, and one day for shorter sittings.
“First, there must be Parliamentary reform to enable
the Malaysian Parliament to play its full role in the system of government as
envisioned in the Malaysian Constitution — the doctrine of separation of powers
among the Executive, Parliament and the Judiciary.
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Survey finds seven in 10 Malaysians will pick China
over US despite worry about its influence within Asean
By Zarrah Morden
12 Feb 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Malaysians see China as the
strongest economic, political and strategic influence in South-east Asia and
are worried about the Asian giant’s growing clout, but would pick it over the
United States, according to a regional survey.
The Asean Studies Centre (ASC) at the ISEAS-Yusof
Ishak Institute in Singapore found 65.3 per cent of Malaysians identified China
as the most influential economic power within the Asean bloc compared to the
regional average of 59.9 per cent.
Another 35.5 per cent of Malaysians see China as
having the most political and strategic influence in the region, the ASC said
in “The State of Southeast Asia 2023 Survey Report” released yesterday.
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Mideast
Prominent Iranian Dissidents Unite to Discuss
Democracy Movement
February 11, 2023
WASHINGTON — Condemnation of the Islamic Republic's
violent suppression of freedom drew together eight noted Iranian dissidents who
gathered to determine how they could more effectively advance their quest to
counter what they see as a brutal government marking 44 years of rule after the
1979 Islamic revolution in the country.
The prominent exiles converged Friday at Georgetown
University in Washington for a forum, "The Future of the Iranian Democracy
Movement," and each offered a pointed message about how to proceed.
Iran has been shaken by nationwide unrest after the
death in September of a young Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, after she was
detained by authorities allegedly for failure to follow a stringent Islamic
dress code for women.
"The Islamic Republic has survived because of our
differences, and we should put our differences aside until we come to the
polling booth," Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi said in a video message.
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Israeli Military Official Says Iran Might Send Weapons
To Syria Under The Guise Of Aid
By Bhagyasree Sengupta
12th February, 2023
An Israeli military official warned Iran against
sending weapons to Syria in the guise of earthquake-related aid, making it
clear that Israel will be ready to retaliate. Syria was hit by devastating
series of earthquakes earlier this week, leading to the death of thousands of
people in the country. While Turkey, which was hit the most by the tragedy is
getting support from the International communities, the delivery of
humanitarian aid to Syria has become difficult, due to the current political
climate in the country. In the midst of all the chaos, an Israeli security
official expressed his concerns about the fact that Tehran can use this
catastrophic event, as an opportunity to militarise Syria, Fox News reported.
The official claim is that Iran can use the earthquake
as a guise to funnel arms to the terrorist group Hezbollah. According to Fox
News, Tehran has backed the terrorist group since its inception in the early
1980s. "There is information indicating that Iran will take advantage of
the tragic situation in Syria and, under the cover of humanitarian aid, will
send weapons and equipment to Hezbollah," the Israeli officer who chose to
remain anonymous, told the Saudi news outlet, Elaph on Wednesday. “Israel
stands ready to strike any equipment or weapons anywhere inside Syrian
territory,” he added.
Source: Republic World
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Huge Paris Rally Urges EU Terror Listing for Iran
Guards
Feb 11, 2023
PARIS — Thousands of Europe-based Iranians — including
relatives of victims of repression in the Islamic republic, lawmakers and
campaigners — on Saturday urged the European Union at a rally in Paris to list
Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terror group.
Speakers at the rally at Place Vauban in the heart of
the French capital insisted that such a listing for the Guards was the biggest
contribution EU ministers could make to help the protest movement that erupted
in September.
The demonstrators chanted the slogan of the protest
movement "Woman. Life. Freedom" and one of its anthems the song
"Bella Ciao" as well as slogans against the Islamic republic.
"The main goal is to make EU ministers finally
hear the voices of the Iranians," Swedish MP Alireza Akhondi, a prominent
voice in the campaign, told AFP on the sidelines of the rally before giving an
impassioned speech in Persian.
Source: Bbc.Com
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Iran: What has become of the 'revolution'?
Shabnam von Hein
12 February, 2023
Everything is under control, Islamic Republic
officials insist, in public. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei even decided to pardon tens
of thousands of prisoners, including many who were thrown in jail during the
anti-government protests.
There is no official information on the number of
demonstrators being held in the country's overflowing jails. However, human
rights organisations say that by mid-December more than 18,000 people had been
arrested for taking part in the protests across the country. More than 500
protesters have been killed, including at least 63 minors. Many, if not most,
were shot in the head. The latest wave of demonstrations was sparked by the
death in mid-September of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in police
custody.
Despite the violent suppression of the protests, they
continued for at least 100 days, according to a 44-page analysis by the
prominent sociologist Saeed Madani. His report was smuggled out of prison last
week and published on social networks. Madani, a 61-year-old professor from
Tehran University, was arrested in May 2022 for saying, in an interview about
protests against inflation and food shortages that were taking place at the
time: "These protests are directed against the whole political system, and
they are recurrent."
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Arab world
Costume Festival visitors dress up as anime, horror
characters at Boulevard Riyadh City
ARAB NEWS
February 11, 2023
RIYADH: Boulevard Riyadh City recently hosted the
largest Costume Festival of its kind in the Kingdom, attracting fans of anime,
Marvel films and popular series to the venue, dressed up as their favorite
characters from the likes of “Squid Game,” “Spiderman,” “Batman,” and “Peaky
Blinders.”
The festival featured traveling performances inspired
by horror and drama series, as well as booths dedicated to horror and fantasy
makeup.
Source: Arab News
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KSRelief sends 11 trucks carrying aid to Syria,
continues relief operations in Turkiye
ARAB NEWS
February 12, 2023
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and
Relief Center (KSRelief) sent 11 trucks carrying aid to earthquake-hit areas in
northern Syria on Saturday.
The trucks, which crossed through Khusn Al-Zaitoun
port, carried 104 tons of food and shelter materials to be distributed to the
victims of the natural disaster, state agency SPA wrote.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi Coffee Festival in Jazan brews up a cultural
carnival
ARAB NEWS
February 11, 2023
JEDDAH: The 10th Saudi Coffee Festival opened in Jazan
on Saturday. The 10-day festival has been organized by the Ministry of
Environment, Water and Agriculture.
Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s largest consumers
of coffee and achieving self-sufficiency in its production is a goal of Saudi
Vision 2030.
The festival is a major marketing outlet for the
premium Saudi coffee bean known as Khawlani, which comes from the Jazan region.
Coffee is an important tourist attraction for the area, putting the spotlight
on one of the Kingdom’s most mountainous regions and its culture and
traditions.
Source: Arab News
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The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Provides
Quality Services for Worshippers
11 Feb, 2023
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand
Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has been providing several quality services for
the comfort of Umrah performers and visitors, it was reported today.
Among the services extended Friday, for example, 2,300
brochures were distributed, digital guidance was provided to 22,000 people, and
123,000 were helped while performing the rituals.
According to a report issued by the Presidency, some
2,550 people benefited from help while circumambulating; on the other hand,
130,000 litres of disinfectant were consumed, 2,560 litres of perfume sprayed,
32,600 litres of carpet sterilisers and 2,550 litres of hand antiseptics were
used, robots used 2,800 litres of sterilisers to clean various items, 2,800
litres of biocare were used to sterilise other items, and 32,500 litres of
sterilisers were used to clean different surfaces.
Source: Al Riyadh Daily
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KSRelief distributes 1,150 food parcels in Sudan
ARAB NEWS
February 12, 2023
RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief
Center (KSRelief) continues with the distribution of food and shelter aid to
those affected by floods as well as the neediest families in Sudan.
The Saudi charity distributed on Friday 1,150 food
baskets in the Kadugli district of South Kordofan state, benefiting 6,472
people.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi authorities arrest 17k illegals in one week
ARAB NEWS
February 11, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested almost 17,000
people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security
regulations, according to an official report.
From Feb. 2 to 8, a total of 10,059 people were
arrested for violations of residency rules, while 4,176 were held over illegal
border crossing attempts, and a further 2,546 for labor-related issues.
The report showed that among the 542 people arrested
for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 43 percent were Yemeni, 55 percent
Ethiopian, and 2 percent were of other nationalities.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi Arabia’s tourism appeal grows in India after
roadshow
SANJAY KUMAR
February 11, 2023
NEW DELHI: A successful India roadshow organized by
the Saudi Tourism Authority has boosted the Kingdom’s appeal in the country,
with travel industry leaders forecasting it could soon compete with Dubai as a
preferred destination for visitors.
Since the beginning of February, the STA has been
taking part in a series of travel and trade events across India, including the
One World Travel Market in Mumbai and the South Asian Travel and Tourism
Exchange, which ran from Thursday to Saturday in Noida, in the Indian capital
region.
At the SATTE, Asia’s leading platform for the tourism
and hospitality industry, the STA established a huge pavilion promoting not
only the traditional religious tourism destinations such as Makkah and Madinah,
but also the Kingdom’s ancient sites and futuristic projects.
Source: Arab News
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Europe
European states must investigate potential involvement
in crimes against humanity by visiting Xinjiang governor
February 11, 2023
Responding to news that the governor of China’s
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), Erkin Tuniyaz, is due to meet
officials from the UK government, the European Union (EU) and EU member states
on a visit in the coming days, Amnesty International’s China Researcher Alkan
Akad said:
“As governor of Xinjiang, Erkin Tuniyaz will have a
leading role and be intimately aware of the Chinese government’s massive and
systematic abuses targeting Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim communities
living in the region. These include torture, persecution and mass imprisonment,
which the UN, Amnesty International and others have found may constitute crimes
against humanity.
“A visit to Europe, where he will reportedly meet
officials from the UK government, the EU and EU member states, will undoubtedly
be used for propaganda purposes by the authorities in Beijing who have
repeatedly attempted to hide or whitewash the ongoing grave crimes under
international law and other human rights violations they have committed in
Xinjiang.
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Man taken to hospital after disturbance outside
Islamic community centre
By Tara Fitzpatrick
12-02-2023
A man was taken to hospital following a disturbance
outside Scotstoun Islamic Community Centre on Friday.
Multiple police vehicles and a police van were called
to the scene around 1pm following reports of a disturbance outside the centre
on Burnham Road.
The incident resulted in traffic tail backs onto South
Street and Dumbarton Road.
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White Horse pub in Potter Street set to be transformed
into Islamic Community Centre
12th Feb 2023
A RUN down pub on the edge of Harlow is set to be
transformed into a Muslim Community Centre.
The White Horse pub in Potter Street was put up for
sale and then bought last year.
YH understands that members of the Bangladeshi
community have purchased it as a replacement for their centre in Northbrooks.
Source: Yourhar Low
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The riot outside an asylum hotel underscores the
urgency of a fair migration system
12-02-2023
Nothing can justify the thuggish behaviour of a mob
outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Knowsley, Merseyside, on Friday night.
Demonstrators who threw missiles at police and set a police van on fire should
be dealt with severely if caught, and further disturbances deterred by
preventive policing in future.
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South Asia
Pakistan skips Moscow's Afghan meeting 'under Western
pressure'
By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
Feb 11, 2023
Pakistan may have skipped the national security
advisor (NSA) level regional dialogue on Afghanistan convened in Moscow on February
8 under Western pressure, said people familiar with the matter.
The unprecedented absence of Pakistan, a “key player”
in Afghanistan, has raised eyebrows as it comes days after its foreign minister
Bilawal Bhutto’s Moscow trip aimed at seeking an energy deal with Russia.
Pakistan had earlier committed to attend the meeting on Afghanistan but pulled
out subseq ..
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Bangladesh: Ruling Awami League nominates ex-judicial
officer Mohammed Sahabuddin as presidential candidate
Feb 12, 2023
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh's ruling Awami League nominated
former judicial officer Mohammed Sahabuddin as its presidential candidate,
party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on Sunday.
Accompanied by an Awami League delegation led by
general secretary and minister Obaidul Quader, Md Shahabuddin filed his
nomination at the Election Commission.
The nomination process ends at 4pm on Sunday while the
election is scheduled to take place on February 19, if any other candidate
files nomination.
Source: Times Of India
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Bangladeshi prisoner dies in Chennai hospital
February 11, 2023
A Bangladeshi prisoner, who was arrested for not
possessing necessary travel documents last January, died in the Government
Stanley Hospital on Saturday.
Sources said Mohammed Alam Sheik, 45, was arrested by
the Central Crime Branch of the city police along with other associates for
possessing fake passport, cheating, forgery and other offences. They were
interned from January 16. Sheik complained of stomach pain on February and was
treated at the hospital block of the prison. He was later shifted to the
Government Stanley Hospital and became unconscious on Saturday.
Source: The Hindu
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How long will Bangladesh ignore its maritime area and
continental shelf?
Dr Abdullah Al Arif
12 February, 2023
During the early 2010s, Bangladesh frequently appeared
in the global media thanks to the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Delimitation
Cases. Bangladesh litigated against Myanmar at the International Tribunal for
the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) and India at the Permanent Court of Arbitration
(PCA).
I was doing my second master's at South Asian
University, New Delhi, around the same time. Since my major was international
law and I chose to write my dissertation on the law of the sea, I closely
followed the news and press releases to keep myself updated on those cases. It
was only then I realised that despite the global attention Bangladesh was able
to attract because of its maritime boundary litigations, there was a lack of
engagement with the topic among academe and the civil society in Bangladesh.
About a decade later, in the early 2020s, the
Bangladesh Parliament enacted two laws regulating marine fisheries and maritime
zones. The 2020 Marine Fisheries Act replaced the former Marine Fisheries
Ordinance of 1983, and the 2021 Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones (Amendment)
Act revised the provisions of the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act of
1974.
The former laws had become obsolete, and stakeholders
urged successive governments to upgrade them. The incumbent finally responded
to these calls, took necessary initiatives, and passed the amended laws.
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