What The Misidentification Of One Mausoleum And One Mosque In The Heart Of Delhi Says About Our Approach To Heritage
New
Age Islam News Bureau
21
July 2024
The so-called Afsarwala
Mosque, Gulbadan Begum’s Jami and an image of Gulbadan Begum, in green from a
detail from the 'Baburnama'. | This image has been created using a photographs
taken by the author of the so-called Afsarwala Mosque and of her personal copy
of Ruby Lal's 'Vagabond Princess'.
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• What The Misidentification Of One Mausoleum And One
Mosque In The Heart Of Delhi Says About Our Approach To Heritage
• The Return Of 'Razakars' To Bangladesh Political
Discourse After 53 Years
• France Races To Head Off Islamic State Group Threat
To Paris Olympics
• ‘Forbidden’: Religious Authorities Denounce
Perikatan MPs’ Move To Aim ‘Qunut Nazilah’ At Fellow Muslims
• Arab And Muslim Media On The Trump Shooting: Dark
Jokes, Darker Warnings
India
• RSS-Backed Muslim Outfit Welcomes 'Nameplate' Order
For Kanwar Yatra In UP
• On Kanwar Yatra Nameplates Order Row, Baba Ramdev
Says, “There Is No Need To Hide The Identity”
• Kanwar Yatra Order: Muslim, Hindu Owners Ask Staff
To Quit, Small Dhabas Fear Income Loss
• Ujjain Shop Owners Told To Display Names, Contact Numbers:
Not Targeting Muslims, Says Mayor
• BJP wants to finish rights of Muslims, Dalits:
Mehbooba Mufti on UP government’s Kanwar Yatra order
• Amit Shah's 'Love Jihad, Land Jihad' Jibe At
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren
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South
Asia
• Gate Dating 250 Years Old Discovered In Herat Grand
Mosque
• Over 8,58,000 Afghan Refugees Return Home From
Pakistan, Iran
• Global Community Seeks Positive Engagement with the
Islamic Emirate Amidst Growing Support
• Defence Department sets out compensation plan for
unlawful Afghanistan killings
• Blast in Afghanistan's Parwan, kills 2, injures 6
• Nearly 120 students from Assam return from
Bangladesh: official
• 186 more reach Meghalaya from war-torn Bangladesh
• Curfew extended in Bangladesh as top court set to
rule on job quotas that sparked deadly unrest
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Europe
• Why did Muslims in Birmingham turn away from Labour?
• Huge crowds turn out to pay final respects to Pir
Sahib
• Leeds riots: Police charge man with violent disorder
and arson after bus set on fire
• Oil-tainted lake a symptom, and symbol, of
Venezuela's collapse
• Ukrainian nationalist ex-lawmaker Iryna Farion shot
dead
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Southeast
Asia
• Malaysian students in Bangladesh relocated to Dhaka
High Commission amid safety concerns, may be evacuated if riots worsen
• Kedah MB Sanusi’s sedition trial over comments on
Selangor Sultan starts tomorrow
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North
America
• 'I Took A Bullet For Democracy': Donald Trump Holds
Rally After Assassination Attempt
• Xi Jinping sent me a 'beautiful note' after
assassination attempt: Donald Trump
• Trump campaign releases letter on his injury,
treatment after last week's assassination attempt
• Joe Biden 'tolerating treatment well', continuing
presidential duties: White House
• How Telegram Became The Mecca For Memecoin
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Africa
• ‘Economic Hardship’ Protest Is Against Islamic
Religion – Cleric Tells Katsina Youths
• Kano Muslim Scholars Coalition Rejects Street
Protests, Wants Jobs For Youths
• Islamic scholar advises President Tinubu to address
economic hardship urgently
• NAYEA hands over suspected burglar of Lafia mosque,
3 others to NSCDC
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Pakistan
• Imran Rules Out Talks With PPP For No-Trust Move
Against Govt
• Nawaz calls on SC to ‘rethink’ judgements
• Panel defers ‘N’ review petition as CJP seeks early
hearing
• PM urges UN to implement ruling against Israeli
actions
• Supreme Judicial Council moved for removal of CEC,
ECP members
• Courts urged to stop PTI social media activists
abduction
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Mideast
• Israel Is Reviewing a Proposal to Install a
“Moderate Muslim” Puppet Regime in Gaza
• Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claim to have fired
multiple ballistic missiles at Eilat
• Top rights official: Defending Iranians’ rights a
key duty of Islamic Republic
• Israeli Jets Bomb Sites in Yemen Linked to
Iran-Backed Houthis
• After surprise Tel Aviv attack, Houthi drone arsenal
comes under spotlight - analysis
• Netanyahu says Israel struck port used by Houthis
for Iranian weapon shipments
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Arab World
• King Salman Global Academy Spotlights India’s Role
In Promoting Arabic Language
• Mansouriya Directorate Commemorates Martyrdom Of Imam
Hussein
• Ansar Allah Political Bureau condemns Israeli
aggression against Yemen
• Heritage meets urban arts at Asir’s Al-Asabila
Palaces
• Saudi Arabia’s Beit Hail festival attracts over
68,000 visitors
• 19,817 residency and labour violators arrested
across KSA
• Saudi Arabia unveils Golden Pen fiction award with
$690,00 prize pool
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What The Misidentification Of One Mausoleum And One
Mosque In The Heart Of Delhi Says About Our Approach To Heritage
Parshati Dutta
21-07-2024
The so-called Afsarwala Mosque, Gulbadan Begum’s Jami
and an image of Gulbadan Begum, in green from a detail from the 'Baburnama'. |
This image has been created using a photographs taken by the author of the
so-called Afsarwala Mosque and of her personal copy of Ruby Lal's 'Vagabond
Princess'.
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To the south-west of Humayun’s tomb in Delhi stand two
domed Mughal monuments from the 16th century CE – one mausoleum and one mosque.
Few visitors to Humayun’s tomb venture in this direction, even though the
structures have recently been restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
Signboards, brochures, and web pages describe them as the Afsarwala complex, built
in honour of a nobleman, an Afsar.
Eminent scholars of Mughal architectural history such
as Ebba Koch and George Michell have subscribed to this nomenclature. So has
the respected art historian Subhash Parihar, who has written the only focussed
academic inquiry on the structures.
In his study published in Marg in 1998, Parihar
suggested that the word afsar was derived from the Turkic afshar, referring to
a Transcaucasian tribe, four elite members of which had been appointed by
Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp in 1544 to assist with Humayun’s scheme of
recapturing subcontinental India from the Suri dynasty. As only three of them
are known to have returned to their homeland, Parihar suggested that the
complex was likely to have been sponsored by the fourth, Abdul Fateh Sultan
Afshar.
While there certainly are plausible elements in this
theory, there is mounting evidence to suggest that it should be reassessed. It
seems likely that the Afsarwala complex was actually commissioned by a woman –
that it did not have a patron but a “matron”.
The sustained institutional endorsement of such
misattribution is a reflection of current politics where public funds are used
ineffectively, new research is not prioritised and structures of significance
are distanced from communities by failing to to describe their significance
accurately.
In addition, while heritage – particularly Mughal – is
routinely used to humiliate vulnerable minorities, the opportunities they offer
to correct their historic misperceptions are squandered.
Given contemporary codes of hierarchy and propriety,
it is not clear why a sub-imperial foreigner would be permitted to construct so
close to the Emperor’s tomb, and in a landscape that also includes buildings
erected by and at times entombing bodies of Mughal imperial women such as Haji
Begum, Mehr Bano, Bu Halima and perhaps also Maham Begum.
Second, if the mosque and tomb had been imagined
together as a complex and commissioned by the same individual, why do they
appear stylistically so disparate?
The octagonal tomb is clad entirely in stone,
ornamented by marble inlay and sparse yet refined red sandstone carving. The
triple-bayed mosque, on the other hand, relies on more modest decorative
features in painted stucco. It is likely that a band of blue ceramic tiles also
ran along the parapet of the mosque originally – a common element in Akbar-era
architectural vocabulary.
That is indicated by the hand-painted aquatint of the
site that emerged from the studio of the British artists Thomas and William
Daniell in 1801. Their print also suggests that the structure was originally
provided with 18 guldastas (floral finials, usually in the form of a miniature
minaret) articulating its corners, of which only one partially remains.
The same image also shows a low wall projecting
perpendicularly from the mosque’s facade to spatially segregate it from the
tomb. This once again reinforces the possibility of the units of the complex as
being built independently.
The Tomb and Mosque as depicted by the Daniells in
View at Delhi, Near the Mausoleum of the Emperor Humaioon, Plate 19 of Oriental
Scenery Part 3. Credit: Thomas Daniell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Within the tomb, cenotaphs (empty tombs in honour of a
person whose remains are actually buried in another place, typically below the
plinth at ground level for Mughals) and epigraphic records strengthen the
assertion that these structures had female sponsors. It is likely that the
primary cenotaph commemorates a woman because it is finished on top with a flat
takhti (tablet) and not the raised qalamdan (pen-case) usually reserved for
men.
Based on the numbers 974 that appears within the text
and is, as per Islamic funerary tradition, the Hijri calendar date marking the
death, she is someone who died in between 1566-’67 in the Common Era.
From this date, the materiality and stylistic
expression of the tomb, and its proximity to that of Humayun, it may be deduced
that this was erected for an imperial matriarch of his generation. Although the
exact identity of the deceased remains to be established, she was probably
close both in relationship and rank with the matron of the mosque adjacent to
it. Considerably more information is available about the mosque and its
matronage.
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The Return Of 'Razakars' To Bangladesh Political
Discourse After 53 Years
by Samiran Mishra
July 21, 2024
The protests, which began late last month, reached a
boiling point earlier this week.
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New Delhi: Violence in Bangladesh has left over 130
dead as students demand reforms to a quota system governing the allocation of
government jobs in the country. The protests intensified following Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina's controversial remarks, where she labelled the
protestors as "Razakars". This term, historically loaded and carrying
a negative connotation, harks back to the East Pakistani volunteer force that
opposed the creation of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation during its 1971 War of
Independence.
The protests, which began late last month, reached a
boiling point earlier this week when student activists at Dhaka University, the
largest university in the country, engaged in violent clashes with police and
counter-protesters aligned with the ruling Awami League.
The controversial quota system reserves up to 30 per
cent of government jobs for family members of veterans who fought in
Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. Protesters argue that
this system is discriminatory and disproportionately benefits supporters of
Prime Minister Hasina's Awami League party. They advocate for a merit-based
system to replace the existing quota. Prime Minister Hasina's fiery remarks at
a public gathering ignited further protests.
"If not the grandchildren of the freedom
fighters, then who will get quota benefits? The grandchildren of the
'Razakars'?" the Bangladeshi PM asked. "This is my question. I want
to ask the people of the nation. If the protesters don't comply, I can do
nothing. They can continue their protest. If protesters damage properties or
attack cops, the law will take its course. We can't help."
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France races to head off Islamic State group threat to
Paris Olympics
Jul 20, 2024
Qatari and French officers patrol on horseback down a
street in central Paris on Friday, a week ahead of the opening ceremony for the
Summer Olympics. | AFP-JIJI
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PARIS – Tajik journalist Temur Varki received a
disquieting call from Paris police in late March, days after Islamic State
group militants from his homeland allegedly carried out a massacre in Moscow.
The two officers questioned him about France's tiny
community of immigrants from Tajikistan, an impoverished former Soviet republic
in Central Asia.
"Who do you know? How many? Where?" Varki
recalled the officers asking, with one of them speaking Russian, a commonly
used language across Central Asia. Varki, a political refugee in France who has
worked for outlets including the BBC, told the police callers he knew a handful
of Tajiks in the country, mainly fellow emigres and dissidents.
Ahead of the Paris Olympics that begin on Friday,
French security services have been racing to address an intelligence blind spot
and forge deeper ties with Tajiks and other Central Asians in the country,
according to more than a dozen people with knowledge of the drive. They include
current and former intelligence officials, police, diplomats and Central Asian
migrants who have been contacted by authorities.
The outreach comes in the wake of two major attacks this
year that authorities say were carried out by Tajik members of ISIS-K, a
resurgent wing of Islamic State named after the historical region of Khorasan
that included parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
A double suicide bombing in Iran on Jan. 3 killed
about 100 people at a memorial ceremony for slain Revolutionary Guards
commander Qassem Soleimani, while the Moscow tragedy on March 22 saw gunmen
open fire at concertgoers at Crocus City Hall, killing more than 130 people.
French authorities say they have already foiled one
Islamist attack tied to the Olympics, with the arrest in late May of an
18-year-old Chechen man suspected of planning a suicide mission on behalf of
the Islamic State group at Saint-Etienne's soccer stadium, where France, the United
States and Ukraine will play.
With its complex colonial past, lingering anti-Muslim
sentiment and historic involvement in Middle Eastern and African wars, France
has long been a target of Islamist attacks. Last month, Paris police Chief
Laurent Nunez said, "Islamist terrorism remains our main concern" at
the Olympics, though authorities say there have been no direct threats against
the Games.
Tajikistan, plagued by civil war in the 1990s, is the
poorest of the former Soviet republics. It relies on remittances from migrants
— mainly in Russia — for nearly half of its economic output.
Poor, isolated young men among the Tajik diaspora have
proven to be an attractive recruiting pool for ISIS-K, according to many
security experts. Yet French intelligence has few Central Asian assets, an
intelligence source said, and finds their small, tight-knit communities hard to
penetrate. According to France's Tajik Association, there are around 30 Tajik
families living in the country.
The intelligence source, who requested anonymity to
discuss security matters, said ISIS-K represented a relatively new threat, with
recruiters-cum-handlers who are based abroad able to remotely radicalize and
activate Central Asians in France to carry out attacks on French soil.
As evidence, the source pointed to the case of a Tajik
man who was arrested in 2022 for plotting an attack in Strasbourg. The source
said the man was acting under instruction from ISIS-K handlers based abroad.
A second security source said France had identified a
dozen ISIS-K handlers, based in countries around Afghanistan who have a strong
online presence and try to convince young men in European countries who are
interested in joining up with the group overseas to instead carry out domestic
attacks.
The handlers then connect the recruits with people who
can provide fake IDs and weapons on the ground in the country involved,
according to the source, in a process that can take just a few weeks.
The two police officers who spoke to Varki declined to
comment. Paris police referred questions to the French interior ministry, which
declined to comment.
Along with Varki, reporters spoke to two other Tajiks
and one Uzbek based in France who had been contacted by police and questioned
about their communities.
Nadejda Atayeva, an Uzbek human rights activist in the
northwestern city of Le Mans, said she gave officials Varki's phone number
after meeting with them at police HQ in Paris.
"I was asked for contacts of Tajiks I trust. I
was told that they wanted to talk to Tajiks to get their opinion on the events
in Moscow," she said. Sebastien Peyrouse, a French academic who has
briefed French and U.S. security agencies on Central Asian militancy, said
Paris may have been slow to react to the potential Tajik threat.
"France has focused much more on radicalized
people coming from the Middle East, from Algeria, from northern Africa, than
from Central Asia," he said. "I think France was pretty surprised by
what happened in Moscow and it could be a little bit late."
Russian intelligence still has the best oversight of
Central Asian militant networks, despite failing to prevent the Crocus City
Hall attack, said Edward Lemon, a Tajikistan expert who regularly briefs
Western spy agencies.
Yet intelligence-sharing between Russia and France
about Islamic State and other militant groups has been drastically reduced
since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, French Defense Minister Sebastien
Lecornu said in April this year.
Two U.S. State Department officials coordinating
Olympics security for Team USA told Reuters they were confident in France's
preparations. Without going into specifics, they said French efforts to build
deeper ties with its Tajik population reflected a common counterterrorism
practice to learn more about possible threatening actors within the community.
The main Tajik militant risk in Europe comes from
about a dozen radicalized men who fought in Syria and have slowly filtered back
into the continent via Ukraine following the decline of Islamic State in the
Middle East, according to Lemon and other two other Central Asia experts
interviewed.
Last year, German authorities arrested seven Central
Asians living in the country on suspicion of founding a terrorist organization.
The Turkmen, Tajik and Kyrgyz nationals entered Germany from Ukraine shortly
after the Russian invasion in early 2022, prosecutors said. They are currently
in jail awaiting trial.
Lemon estimated there were tens of thousands of Tajiks
living in Europe, mainly concentrated in Poland and Germany. Most are political
refugees who arrived roughly a decade ago after Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon
designated two opposition movements — Group 24 and the Islamic Renaissance
Party — as extremist and terrorist organizations. Rakhmon, an ally of Russia,
has ruled Tajikistan for 30 years.
Varki, an outspoken Rakhmon critic, said he had sought
asylum in France in 2016 because he loved French culture and literature. He
said he had never spoken with French security services until the police called
him in March.
"They asked me what I knew," said Sadriddin.
He added that he was eager to help but told them: "I do not know Tajiks
with a radical opinion."
A former U.S. spy, speaking on condition of anonymity
to discuss his time working with French security services on Central Asian
issues, said French counterintelligence was generally very well regarded. But
he said pressuring Tajiks for information could backfire by stigmatizing them,
making them less likely to want to flag risky individuals.
"This community-building relationship should have
been done years ago. If it's with a counterterrorism mindset, then it's a
recipe for failure," he said. "If France decides to put too much
pressure on that diaspora, it might create the very threat that they are trying
to eliminate for the Olympics."
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‘Forbidden’: Religious authorities denounce Perikatan
MPs’ move to aim ‘Qunut Nazilah’ at fellow Muslims
By Malay Mail
21 Jul 2024
Perikatan Nasional federal lawmakers are seen in
Parliament on July 18, 2024. — Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Islam forbids Muslims from
reciting the “Qunut Nazilah” against their religious brethren as the prayer
calls for their destruction, said Terengganu Mufti Datuk Mohamad Sabri Haron.
He said the purpose of the prayer could be seen from
the times Prophet Muhammad recited the verse, such as during the Battle of
Ahzab.
“Islam prohibits the recitation of the Qunut Nazilah
prayer for fellow Muslims, regardless of political differences or differing
views on matters,” he was quoted as saying by Sinar Harian today.
Earlier this week, Perikatan Nasional MPs made a show
of reciting the “Qunut Nazilah” in Dewan Rakyat, ostensibly to protest the
suspension of Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal for questioning a
proposed Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd deal.
They claimed they did so to show solidarity with
Palestinians locked in war with Israelis, but the juxtaposition with a social
media video featuring the “Qunut Nazilah” and urging its use to pray for the
downfall of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his administration led
to suspicions over their motive.
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Arab and Muslim media on the Trump shooting: Dark
jokes, darker warnings
By MOHAMMAD ALI SALIH
JULY 21, 2024
Former US President Donald Trump attends the
Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States on
July 18, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Editorials in many major newspapers in Arab and Muslim
countries were relatively restrained in addressing the attempted assassination
of Donald Trump, mostly focusing on the well-known problem of violence in
America. Social media comments, however, were another story, often reflecting
the widespread view of Trump as an enemy of Muslims — if not of Islam in
general.
There were two widely shared theories: One proposed a
mo’amara (Arabic for conspiracy) in which Iran, the most anti-American nation
in the region, was behind the assassination attempt. Indeed, statements from
top American intelligence experts that they were expecting “something” from
Iran, although they didn’t cite anything specific, were seen as further
evidence.
The second involved masrahiya (Arabic for a staged
event). In the 1999 film “Al-Walad Mahroos,” Adel Imam, an Egyptian actor known
throughout the Arab world, played a security guard who is shot protecting a
political candidate during an assassination attempt, but survives. The guard
then exploits his injuries to gain sympathy and a level of popularity rivaling
that of the candidate himself.
That popular comedy is often cited in Arabic-language
social media as an analogy explaining Trump's apparent increase in popularity
after the assassination attempt.
Many Muslims seemed convinced that Trump had staged
the Pennsylvania incident: One commenter stated that since Trump was
“al-Shaitan” (Satan or the devil), he was clearly capable of doing that.
As noted above, more serious commentary was found in
some major newspapers, most of it about rising political violence in America, a
country often seen as eager to enforce its standards on others.
One example came in an editorial in the National, an
English-language paper in the United Arab Emirates: “The attempt on Trump’s
life marks an odious moment in America’s darkening political cycle … The
country has witnessed an unacceptable rise in political violence in recent
years.”
The Gulf Times of Qatar was even more direct: “As ugly
as it may sound, the attempt to assassinate Trump is somewhat normal, in the
sense that it is consistent with a widespread pattern of recourse to brute
force in American life.”
A columnist in Saudi Arabia's Asharq Al-Awsat sought
to connect recent events to historical lessons many Americans seem eager to
avoid: “Violence in America started with the annihilation of the original
population by the White invaders … later, the importation of African slaves in
bottom of ships as if they were animals.”
Many commenters on Arab and Islamic social media
launched personal attacks on Trump, particularly focused on the “Muslim ban” from
the beginning of his presidential term.
Curiously enough, some Muslim commenters had
apparently paid attention to comments made by evangelicals at the Republican
National Convention in Milwaukee, used to make their point that Trump and his
party are opposed to Islam. Commenters noted that Trump was described as a
Christian martyr, who had been falsely accused and convicted just as Jesus was.
Everything shows Trump’s hate of Muslims. May Allah
cause his hate to unite us, the Muslims, and wake us up from our present
miseries.
Funny, the Jews enjoy the support of Christian
Americans, not knowing the Christians want Israel to disappear, so Jesus Christ
returns.
There were also many far more sober comments,
suggesting that since Trump seems closer to regaining the White House after the
assassination attempt, Muslims should expect another travel ban and other forms
of U.S. government persecution.
JD Vance joked that the U.K. might become the first
“truly Islamist” country with nuclear weapons. This provoked many angry
responses from Muslim social media.
One comment on the Arabic-language site Elaf site
cited Trump’s 2016 campaign promise to “get rid of radical terrorist Islam from
the face of the earth.” A comment on Al Jazeera's Arabic site recalled Trump's
proposal to institute an “ideological test” for Muslim immigrants and visitors
to the U.S. A third comment, on the site Al-Itihad, observed that “the
Americans, looking for an enemy after the fall of the Soviet Union, targeted
Islam.”
Trump's infamous "Muslim ban” of 2017 was
officially titled Executive Order 13769, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign
Terrorist Entry into the United States.” It had numerous legal and logistical
problems and never went into full effect. A revised order was issued and the
list of countries affected kept changing; there were intergovernmental quarrels
along with protests from U.S. allies in the Muslim world. President Biden
revoked the entire package as soon as he took office in 2021, with Secretary of
State Antony Blinken declaring that the entire affair was “a stain on our
national conscience.”
Now Trump hopes to bring the ban back, eight years
later. As part of his promise to act as a dictator on "day one" of
his administration, he has told supporters he would immediately begin
“ideological screening” for all immigrants and bar those who sympathize with
Hamas and Muslim extremists.
Many Pakistani social media posters, writing in
English, said they expected further punitive measures from Trump in a second term.
Several remembered this Trump tweet from 2018: “The United States has foolishly
given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and
they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as
fools … No more!”
Commenters also noted recent remarks by Sen. JD Vance,
Trump’s running mate, who suggested that under the newly-elected Labour Party
government, the U.K. might become the first “truly Islamist” country with
nuclear weapons. Vance's supposed joke, presumably intended as a critique of
immigration, provoked many angry responses, both in Britain and the Muslim
world. More moderate commenters simply observed that the Ohio senator had been
chosen to continue Trump’s anti-Muslim policies into the next generation.
Some commenters also reflected on the apparent rise of
Christian nationalism in America, noting that two-thirds of white evangelical
Christians saw Trump as an ally in advancing their agenda and that new laws in
Louisiana and Oklahoma, respectively, mandated posting the Ten Commandments in
classrooms and teaching Bible lessons in public schools.
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India
RSS-backed Muslim outfit welcomes 'nameplate' order
for Kanwar Yatra in UP
Ram Kinkar Singh
Jul 21, 2024
As soon as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath made it mandatory for eatery and stall owners on Kanwar routes
across UP to put 'nameplates', voices of protest were heard at many places.
In an emergency meeting called by RSS-backed Muslim
Rashtriya Manch (MRM) on Saturday, it was decided that the Muslim community
would welcome the Kanwariyas with open hearts.
The meeting saw nationwide participation via an online
platform, gathering representatives from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal,
North East, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.
Prominent speakers at the meeting included activists,
officers, educationists, doctors, and social workers, all committed to adhering
to the guidelines of Yogi Adityanath.
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On Kanwar Yatra Nameplates Order Row, Baba Ramdev
Says, “There Is No Need To Hide The Identity”
21 Jul 2024
Yog Guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday took a jibe at
opposition parties condemning the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government's Kanwar
Yatra order to ask shop owners to display their names and numbers, saying
“there is no need to hide the identity”.
“If Ramdev has no problem in revealing his identity,
then why should Rahman have a problem in revealing his identity? Everyone
should be proud of their name,” he told media persons in Haridwar.
“There is no need to hide the name, only purity is
required in work. If our work is pure, it does not matter if we are Hindu,
Muslim or from any other community...,” Ramdev added.
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Kanwar Yatra order: Muslim, Hindu owners ask staff to
quit, small dhabas fear income loss
21 July 2024
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh: For the past seven
years, Brijesh Pal, a daily wager, would work at a roadside dhaba in Khatauli
area of Muzaffarnagar during the two months of Shravan to help his Muslim owner
manage the heavy footfall of customers, mai...
This year, however, his employer, Mohammad Arsalan,
asked him to look for other jobs as he cannot afford to hire extra staff,
expecting that his earnings will take a hit due to the Uttar Pradesh
government's orders to owners of hotels, restaurants, f...
After the Muzaffarnagar Police issued the order, the
Uttar Pradesh government on Friday extended the controversial order across the
state. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said similar instructions
are already in place in his state as w...
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Ujjain shop owners told to display names, contact
numbers: Not targeting Muslims, says mayor
21 July 2024
Bhopal: The BJP-ruled Ujjain Municipal Corporation has
directed shop owners to display their names and mobile numbers outside their
establishments in the ancient city, a directive coming on the heels of a
similar order by the BJP government in UP for...
Violators will have to pay a Rs 2,000 fine for the
first offence and Rs 5,000 if they defy this order for the second time, Ujjain
Mayor Mukesh Tatwal said on Saturday.
Ujjain, the hometown of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Mohan Yadav, is known for its sacred Mahakal temple, attracting devotees from
around the globe, especially during the Savaan month, which starts on Monday.
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BJP wants to finish rights of Muslims, Dalits:
Mehbooba Mufti on UP government’s Kanwar Yatra order
ByAshiq Hussain
Jul 20, 2024
The Uttar Pradesh government’s order making it
mandatory for eateries on the Kanwar Yatra routes to display the name of owners
has prompted a sharp reaction from Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba
Mufti, who on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) government — accusing it of wanting to finish the rights of Muslims,
Dalits and other backward groups.
Mufti, during a party function in Srinagar, said the
country’s Constitution gives equal rights to all, adding, “There is no
discrimination on the basis of name or religion. Our Constitution is just to
all. The BJP government is tearing to shreds the same Constitution.”
The former chief minister said Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi was right in calling the BJP’s alleged intention “finish the
constitution” were they to cross 400 seats in the recently held Lok Sabha
elections.
“But they did not learn their lesson. From 300 seats,
they came down to 240, but still they are not learning and are going against
the constitution. They are doing such practice which is creating discord in the
country,” she said, adding that the people who voted for them in the election
may have also gotten the hint that they wanted to “finish” the Constitution.
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Amit Shah's 'Love Jihad, Land Jihad' Jibe At Jharkhand
Chief Minister Hemant Soren
By: Sahil Sinha
Jul 20, 2024
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday launched an
attack against Hemant Soren, alleging that Jharkhand's tribal Chief Minister
was instrumental behind "love jihad" and "land jihad" in
the state due to his "vote bank and appeasement policy". Shah said
that Soren's policies have led to demographic changes in the tribal state.
"A tribal Chief Minister, instead of worrying
about the tribals, is disturbing the balance of land and population by doing
'land jihad' and 'love jihad'. Thousands of infiltrators marry tribal girls,
get certificates, and buy land. The tribal population is going to decrease in
the coming days, it has decreased even now," Amit Shah said while
addressing party workers at Prabhat Tara Ground in Ranchi.
Furthermore, the Home Minister also said that if the
BJP forms the next government in Jharkhand, it will release a 'White Paper' on
demography to protect tribal lands and rights.
"You form the government of BJP and we will
secure the land, demography and reservation of our tribals by bringing a white
paper," he said, noting that the party won in 52 of 81 Assembly segments
in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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South
Asia
Gate dating 250 years old discovered in Herat Grand
Mosque
July 20, 2024
HERAT: A 250-year-old historical gate has been
discovered in the Grand Mosque of the western province of Herat, the provincial
Information and Culture Department said in a statement the other day. Officer
of the Preservation of Historical Monuments of the Provincial Information and
Culture, Mohammad Sediq Mir said that the gate was discovered from the mosque’s
depart and dated back to 250 years old. Sediq stated that the gate was
installed before the current gates of the mosque, was registered, and is now
kept in the gallery of the mosque, according to the statement. Meanwhile, the
Director of the provincial information and culture Mawlavi Ahmadullah Muttaqi
emphasized safeguarding the historical monuments and relics and said that the
discovered gate will be preserved in its old form in the gallery of the mosque.
Mawlavi Muttaqi also asked the citizens to actively contribute to the
protection of the historical monuments in the province. The Kabul Times
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Over 8,58,000 Afghan refugees return home from
Pakistan, Iran
20-07-2024
Kabul, July 20 (IANS) A total of 858,170 Afghan
refugees returned home from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran from April to June,
according to the Afghanistan office of the International Organization for
Migration (IOM).The IOM Afghanistan also said in a post on its X account on
Friday that more than 5,30,000 people also made outbound trips from Afghanistan
during the second quarter of this year, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Global Community Seeks Positive Engagement with the
Islamic Emirate Amidst Growing Support
2024-07-21
KABUL (BNA): In a recent interview with the TASS news agency,
the Russian ambassador in Kabul highlighted the warm relations between
Afghanistan and Russia, emphasizing the positive ties between Russia and the
Islamic Emirate.
Building on this growing trend, India’s Foreign
Minister, S. Jaishankar, has expressed the need for expanded and improved
relations with the Islamic Emirate. Additionally, Bloomberg reported that
European countries, including Italy, are actively considering establishing
diplomatic relations with the Islamic Emirate and reopening their embassies in
Kabul.
The political success of the Islamic Emirate in Doha
has prompted the global community to make a request, urging that Afghanistan’s
territory should not be used against any other country. Remarkably, over the
past nearly three years, there have been no incidents originating from
Afghanistan, demonstrating the Islamic Emirate’s commitment to this condition.
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Defence Department sets out compensation plan for
unlawful Afghanistan killings
21-07-2024
The Australian government has laid out how it will
compensate the families of people found to have been unlawfully killed or
abused by Australian special forces in Afghanistan.
A landmark inquiry into Australian special forces in
Afghanistan finds evidence of the "murder" of 39 prisoners, farmers
or other civilians and recommends 19 soldiers be investigated by police.
Compensation was one of the recommendations from the
damning 2020 Brereton report, which found "credible information" that
Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel were involved in serious crimes,
including the "murder" of 39 prisoners and civilians between 2005 and
2016.
In regulations quietly published on Thursday, it shows
a new Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Advocate will assess a claim if the
Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), Admiral David Johnston, refers it to them
based on a series of criteria.
That includes that the claim must relate to someone
who is "reasonably likely" to be the victim of assault or property
damage or a family member of someone unlawfully killed.
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Blast in Afghanistan's Parwan, kills 2, injures 6
Jul 20, 2024
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – At least two people were
killed and six others injured in a blast in east Afghanistan's Parwan province,
Fazal Reem Maskin Yar, spokesman of the provincial police department, said on
Saturday.
The incident took place in an iron market in Charikar
City, the provincial capital of Parwan on Saturday afternoon, the official
said, according to Xinhua.
Afghanistan is one of the most landmine-contaminated
countries in the world, where unexploded ordnances and landmines left over from
the past four decades of wars, claim a huge amount of lives, mostly children.
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Nearly 120 students from Assam return from Bangladesh:
official
21.07.24
Nearly 120 students hailing from Assam have returned
from Bangladesh, which has been rocked by violent protests, over the last few
days, a senior official said on Sunday.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Ajay Tewari told PTI
that the Assam students have so far entered India through Integrated Check
Posts at Sutarkandi in Karimganj district and Dawki in Meghalaya.
"In the Northeast, students and other people are
entering through the ICPs in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. Till Saturday night,
76 students who hail from Assam entered from Dawki while another 41 students
from Sutarkandi," he said.
He also said that students from Barak Valley are
mostly coming through Sutarkandi, while those belonging to the Brahmaputra
Valley have entered through Dawki.
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186 more reach Meghalaya from war-torn Bangladesh
By David Laitphlang
Jul 21, 2024
Dawki: A total of 186 people stranded in violence-hit
Bangladesh have safely crossed into India via the Dawki Integrated Check Post
(ICP) in Meghalaya’s West Jaiñtia Hills district, officials said on Saturday.
According to Meghalaya government officials, 200
Indian students studying in Bangladesh, including 39 from Meghalaya, crossed
over from Bangladesh into India through the Sonamura border.
Sonamura is a town located in the Sipahijala district
of the northeastern Indian state of Tripura. It is situated near the border
with Bangladesh, making it a key location for cross-border movement between the
two countries.
Among those who crossed over on the latest count, 98
were from Nepal and 88 were from India, including eight students from
Meghalaya, authorities confirmed. These individuals were among the many seeking
safety due to the escalating violence in Bangladesh.
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Curfew extended in Bangladesh as top court set to rule
on job quotas that sparked deadly unrest
Jul 21, 2024
Bangladeshi authorities extended a curfew across the
country on Sunday as the nation's top court was expected to rule on a civil
service hiring quota that has led to days of deadly clashes between police and
protesters, killing scores of people.
The nationwide demonstrations - called for mainly by
student groups - began weeks ago to protest a quota system that reserves up to
30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war
of independence in 1971. Violence erupted Tuesday, with the Daily Prothom Alo
newspaper on Saturday reporting the death of at least 103 people so far.
During the week, police fired tear gas and rubber
bullets and hurled smoke grenades to scatter stone-throwing protesters who
filled the streets and university campuses. Sporadic clashes in some parts of
Dhaka, the capital, were reported on Saturday but it was not immediately clear
whether there were any fatalities.
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Europe
Why did Muslims in Birmingham turn away from Labour?
By Simon Gilbert
21-07-2024
An obvious police presence, chants of ‘shame on you’
and threats to remove members of the public.
This wasn’t a protest. This was supposed to be a
standard general election declaration - where the most eye-catching thing you
can usually hope to see is a glimpse of a candidate dressed as a bin or wearing
a baked bean balaclava.
On a night Labour was cruising to victory nationally,
huge Labour majorities in the second city were being slashed, and even
overcome, by independents.
The scenes at the ICC were the culmination of six
weeks of campaigning described as “gruesome” by Labour’s Yardley MP Jess
Phillips.
Graphic showing that nearly 90,000 votes were cast for
pro-Gaza candidaes across the West Midlands, with 70,000 of those in
Birmingham, and 13,303 in Perry Barr where the candidate was elected
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Huge crowds turn out to pay final respects to Pir
Sahib
By Michael Broomhead
20th July 2024
Pir Syed Mahroof Hussain Shah Arif Qadri Naushahi -
affectionately known as Pir Sahib - recently died aged 88 following a prolonged
illness.
He went on to become a pioneer of the Masajid
movement, which began in Bradford, and inspired the development of mosques
throughout the UK and Europe.
In Bradford, Pir Sahib was instrumental in
establishing Jamyiat-Tabligh-ul-Islam, an organisation that oversees the
development and management of 18 mosques and supplementary schools.
Mohammed Ajeeb, a former Lord Mayor of Bradford, told
the Telegraph & Argus outside Bradford Central Mosque: "He was a man
who was always very kind, compassionate and wise.
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Leeds riots: Police charge man with violent disorder
and arson after bus set on fire
Alexander Butler
21-07-2024
A man has been charged after a double decker bus was
set on fire when riots erupted on the streets of Leeds earlier this week.
Iustin Dobre, 37, of Harehills, Leeds, has been
charged with violent disorder and arson reckless as to endanger life and will
appear in court on Monday.
Police confirmed no one was injured during the riot
and have urged people with information to come forward as investigations are
carried out.
It comes after West Yorkshire Police made five arrests
following the riots– with the force defending its decision to pull back its
officers in the face of hostile crowds.
Police said the rioting broke out as officers
responded to reports of social workers experiencing hostility when dealing with
a child protection issue.
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Oil-tainted lake a symptom, and symbol, of Venezuela's
collapse
Jul 21, 2024
MARACAIBO: A putrid smell hangs over the black-stained
shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where an oil slick is emblematic of the
steep decline in the country's once-enviable petroleum industry.
Here, much like elsewhere in what was once Latin
America's richest country, economic hardship drives much of the discussion
ahead of July 28 elections, in which President Nicolas Maduro will seek a third
six-year term.
"We suffer. Fishing from the shore is no longer
possible because of the oil," fisherman Yordi Vicuna, 34, told AFP, adding
that catches have fallen tenfold.
He said nets must constantly be washed or replaced
after being soiled by oil that leaks from decayed pipes which the government
cannot afford to fix.
Much of Venezuela's economic collapse -- fueled partly
by a sharp international drop in oil prices after 2014 -- has happened under
the watch of Maduro, who has been in office since 2013.
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Ukrainian nationalist ex-lawmaker Iryna Farion shot
dead
Jul 21, 2024
Iryna Farion, a former Ukrainian nationalist
politician known for speaking out in defense of the Ukrainian language and
against the use of Russian, has been shot dead in Lviv, Interior Minister Ihor
Klymenko announced in the early hours of Saturday.
"The main theories currently under consideration
are personal animosity, social and political activities of Ms Farion. We do not
rule out the possibility that it was a contract killing," Klymenko wrote
on the Telegram messaging service.
"Iryna Farion, who dreamed of the 'complete
elimination' of the Russian-speaking population, has been eliminated,"
Simonyan said in a post on Telegram.
Russian President Vladimir Putin cited the defense of
Ukraine's Russian-speaking and ethnic Russian population as one of Moscow's war
aims when he launched the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Southeast
Asia
Malaysian students in Bangladesh relocated to Dhaka
High Commission amid safety concerns, may be evacuated if riots worsen
By Malay Mail
21 Jul 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Concerns for the safety of
Malaysian students in Bangladesh have prompted proactive measures from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ensuring their welfare remains paramount.
In response to the ongoing unrest, Malaysian students
affected by the situation have been safely relocated to the High Commission
building in Dhaka.
“The safety and well-being of Malaysians abroad,
especially our students, are our utmost priority,” Wisma Putra said in a
statement this afternoon.
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Kedah MB Sanusi’s sedition trial over comments on
Selangor Sultan starts tomorrow
21 Jul 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The hearing of Kedah Menteri
Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor sedition case, involving two charges
over his remarks about the appointment of the Selangor menteri besar and the
setting up of the unity government, is scheduled to begin tomorrow at the Shah
Alam High Court.
On July 18, 2023, the Jeneri assemblyman pleaded not
guilty in the Selayang Sessions Court to the two charges and the case was
transferred to the Shah Alam High Court last February 1 for trial.
Muhammad Sanusi had also submitted a representation to
the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) to strike out the two charges against
him, but it was dismissed.
On both charges, Muhammad Sanusi was alleged to have
uttered seditious words regarding the appointment of the Selangor menteri besar
and the establishment of the unity government at a political talk at Simpang 4,
Taman Selayang Mutiara-Kampung Bendahara, Gombak near here at 11pm on July 11
last year.
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North
America
'I took a bullet for democracy': Donald Trump holds
rally after assassination attempt
Jul 21, 2024
Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail,
holding his first rally since surviving an assassination attempt last week. The
former president chose Michigan, a crucial battleground state, to make his
comeback alongside his newly selected running mate, Ohio senator J D Vance.
The event took place exactly one week after the
shocking incident in Pennsylvania, where a gunman opened fire, leaving Trump
with a minor injury to his ear, one person dead, and two others wounded.
As he took the stage, Trump expressed his gratitude,
saying, "Very special thanks to Americans nationwide, including all of you
here today for your extraordinary outpouring of love and support in the wake of
the horrific last Saturday evening." The crowd responded with chants of
"Fight, fight, fight!" as Trump stood before them, his ear bandage
now replaced with a skin-colored one.
Vance, who joined Trump for their first joint
appearance since being nominated at the Republican National Convention in
Milwaukee, remarked on the incredible turnout despite the recent assassination
attempt.
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Xi Jinping sent me a 'beautiful note' after
assassination attempt: Donald Trump
Jul 21, 2024
Former US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent him a note after he sustained a gunshot wound
to his ear during an assassination attempt last week.
"(Xi) wrote me a beautiful note the other day
when he heard about what happened," Trump told a crowd in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, during his first campaign rally since narrowly escaping the July 13
assassination attempt.
Trump mentioned Xi's letter while discussing his
economic policy toward China during his presidency, adding, "I got along
very well with President Xi."
On Thursday, Trump accepted the Republican Party's
nomination to be its candidate in the November 5 presidential election.
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Trump campaign releases letter on his injury,
treatment after last week's assassination attempt
Jul 21, 2024
NEW YORK: Donald Trump's campaign released an update
on the former president's health Saturday, one week after he survived an
attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The memo, from Texas representative Ronny Jackson, a
staunch supporter who served as Trump's White House physician, offers new
details on the nature of the GOP nominee's injuries and the treatment he
received in the immediate aftermath of the attack.
It is the most thorough accounting to date of the former
president's condition since the night of the shooting, which also left one
rally-goer dead and injured two others.
According to Jackson, Trump sustained a gunshot wound
to the right ear that came "less than a quarter of an inch from entering
his head, and struck the top of his right ear."
The bullet track, he said, "produced a 2 cm wide
wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. There was
initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper
ear."
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Joe Biden 'tolerating treatment well', continuing
presidential duties: White House
Jul 21, 2024
US President Joe Biden has been 'tolerating' treatment
well and is continuing with the presidential duties after getting infected with
Covid-19, White House doctor said.
"The president continues to tolerate treatment
well and will continue PAXLOVID (anti-Covid pill) as planned. He continues to
perform all of his presidential duties," Dr Kevin C O'Connor said.
"President Biden completed his sixth dose of
PAXLOVID this morning. He is still experiencing a loose, non-productive cough
and hoarseness, but his symptoms continue to improve steadily," he said.
The doctor said that his pulse, blood pressure,
respiratory rate, and temperature are all within normal limits. His oxygen
saturation remains excellent while breathing room air, and his lungs continue
to be clear.
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How Telegram Became The Mecca For Memecoin
by Abisola Iremide
July 20th, 2024
One of the fondest memories of the 2022 crypto boom is
the vibrant Discord crypto community. Not only was it the most popular social
messaging platform of choice for crypto projects and ideas, but it was also a
beehive of activity with millions of daily active users as well. While the platform hosted legit crypto projects
with sky-high valuations, it was also the haven for crypto scammers.
But as the crypto winter began, the once flourishing
app teeming with millions of crypto investors and enthusiasts began to lose its
aura. Everything soon appeared to be coming to a halt as a growing number of
servers lay dormant, choked with spam, and devoid of human interaction,
signaling a potential downturn.
Today, with the crypto market experiencing a rebound,
the social media preference is now in favor of Telegram, boasting almost a
billion users and serving vibrant crypto communities peopled by millions of
meme-coin fans and crypto investors.
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Africa
‘Economic Hardship’ Protest Is Against Islamic
Religion – Cleric Tells Katsina Youths
July 20, 2024
Sheikh Yakubu Musa, the Chairman of Jama’atu Izalatil
Bid’ah Wa’kamatus Sunnah in Katsina, has called on youths in the state to avoid
participating in the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship.
Addressing the Muslim faithful after Friday prayers at
Al-Sanawiyya Mosque in Katsina, he stated that protests are against Islamic
teachings.
Sheikh Musa, however, acknowledged the economic
hardships but argued that protests would not resolve the issues and might
worsen the situation.
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Kano Muslim Scholars Coalition Rejects Street
Protests, Wants Jobs For Youths
July 20, 2024
By:Abdullahi Yusuf
July 20, (THEWILL) – The Coalition of Ulama and
Islamic Organisations in Kano State has urged the Federal Government and State
Governments to urgently introduce emergency youth skills training, empowerment
and support programmes to check street protests in the country.
According to him, the Coalition decried street
protests, unrest and anarchy and called for prayers for peace to prevail in the
country.
He said the Coalition held a meeting and reviewed the
state of the nation with particular reference to the prevailing hardships
largely caused by hyperinflation in the country.
During the meeting, he said, the Islamic scholars
noted the unstable and excessive rise in costs of basic foodstuff and
excruciating poverty and urged Governments to address the situation.
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Islamic scholar advises President Tinubu to address
economic hardship urgently
July 20, 2024
By Ifeanyi Nwannah
A former Commissioner for Religious Affairs in Zamfara
State, Sheikh Tukur Sani Jangebe has called on President Bola Ahamad Tunibu to
find a lasting solution to the present economic hardship in the country.
“The economic hardship if allowed to continue the way
it is may leave so many Nigerians frustrated which may result in a breakdown of
law and order,” he cautioned.
The Islamic cleric advised the federal government not
to treat the issue of food security and abject poverty with a mere wave of
hand.
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NAYEA hands over suspected burglar of Lafia mosque, 3
others to NSCDC
By Chris Johnso
July 20, 2024
The Nasarawa Youth Empowerment Agency (NAYEA) has
handed over Dauda Mohammed, a suspect who allegedly burgled mosques in Lafia,
to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for further
investigation and appropriate action.
Mohammed was apprehended by operatives of the
state-owned security outfit alongside three other suspects who purchased the
stolen items from him.
Likita reiterated the Agency’s commitment to collaborating
with the country’s security agencies to ensure a crime-free Nasarawa State.
“We are committed to ensuring the safety and security
of all citizens in Nasarawa State, and we will continue to work tirelessly to
prevent criminal activities and bring perpetrators to justice,” Likita stated.
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Pakistan
Imran rules out talks with PPP for no-trust move
against govt
Malik Asad
July 21, 2024
RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan has ruled
out talks with PPP to topple the government through a no-confidence motion in
the National Assembly.
While talking to journalists after the hearing of the
190 million pounds corruption reference on Saturday, the PTI founder called the
PPP — which is part of the ruling coalition led by the PML-N — “a product of
Form-47”.
“I should talk with the PPP for no-confidence motion
if I intend to form a government,” Mr Khan said, and ruled out any such move as
“holding of free and fair elections were the only solution to bring the country
out of the crisis”.
While talking about the government’s plan to ban PTI,
he said the move was tantamount to “slaughtering the democracy”. “The PTI is
already under siege. What more does the government want to do?”
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Nawaz calls on SC to ‘rethink’ judgements
Zulqernain Tahir
July 21, 2024
LAHORE: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Saturday
urged the Supreme Court judges to reconsider their decisions to better serve
the public.
Speaking during a Punjab government meeting on the
solar programme alongside his daughter, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Mr
Sharif referred to the apex court’s ruling in the reserved seats case, urging
the judiciary to focus on the welfare of the masses.
The former prime minister recalled the Supreme Court’s
role in the Panama Papers case in 2017, which led to his removal from office
after PTI leader Imran Khan filed a petition.
“A man (Imran Khan) roaming the roads was invited to
the Supreme Court for justice, which ultimately led to my ousting. Why was this
injustice done to the country?” Mr Sharif questioned.
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PM urges UN to implement ruling against Israeli
actions
July 21, 2024
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday
welcomed the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Israel’s
illegal actions in Palestinian territories.
“The ICJ ruling that Israel must end its occupation
& illegal settlements is vindication of the legitimate struggle of the
brave Palestinian people,” said a post on PM’s official X account.
He urged the international community and United
Nations to implement the ruling, ensuring Palestinian self-determination
through a two-state solution in line with relevant UN resolutions. “Proud that
Pakistan contributed to the case, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to
the Palestinian cause,” he added.
The UN’s top court on Friday ruled that Israel’s
decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory was “illegal” and needed to
end as soon as possible.
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Supreme Judicial Council moved for removal of CEC, ECP
members
Nasir Iqbal
July 21, 2024
ISLAMABAD: A complaint was filed before the Supreme
Judicial Council (SJC) on Saturday seeking the removal of Chief Election
Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and four members of the Election Commission
of Pakistan (ECP).
The complaint has been filed by Haleem Adil Sheikh,
retired Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi and MPA Mohammad Shabbir through
Barrister Ali Tahir stating that an inquiry be commenced and the complaint
be disposed ofexpeditiously.
The complaint alleged that the July 12 order of the
Supreme Court has held that the ECP used powers in violation of the
Constitution with malice and made a skewed interpretation of the Jan 13
judgement of denying election symbol of ‘bat’ to the PTI.
Thus, ECP members misconducted themselves in law, the
complaint stated, adding that voters had been deprived of the most fundamental
right to participate in the governance of the state through their chosen
representatives.
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Courts urged to stop PTI social media activists
abduction
July 21, 2024
LAHORE:The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has launched a
social media campaign seeking attention of the superior courts towards
abductions of its social media activists and their close relatives across the
country.
The party has posted pictures of its 10 social media
activists, including its international media coordinator Ahmed Waqas Janjua who
was picked up in wee hours of Saturday from his residence in Islamabad. Mr
Janjua has also been a media adviser of PTI founder Imran Khan.
“The judiciary has a job to do, and that is to prevent
Pakistan from becoming a lawless territory,” the PTI tweeted from its official
X handle and urged the judiciary to protect Pakistan and its citizens.
PTI leader Syed Zulfi Bukhari tweeted that Janjua and
three other social media activists were abducted early Saturday morning. During
the past two weeks, he stated, there had been a serious crackdown on party’s
social media activists.
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Mideast
Israel Is Reviewing a Proposal to Install a “Moderate
Muslim” Puppet Regime in Gaza
By Yaniv Cogan
July 20, 2024
On Thursday, the Israeli Knesset voted overwhelmingly
to thwart any effort to establish an independent Palestinian state and, in
effect, doubled down on Israel’s longstanding project of confining Palestinians
in increasingly isolated and uninhabitable ghettos. Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear he opposes any ceasefire with Hamas that does
not allow for him to continue his military campaign in Gaza and has worked to sabotage
a negotiated end to the war.
At the same time, the Israeli government has been
entertaining dystopian and fundamentally unrealistic “post-war” plans for
governing Gaza—either through occupation, or, as one influential paper
suggests, installing a “moderate Muslim” puppet regime.
Israeli security officials praised the recent academic
paper recommending the elimination of democracy in Gaza and the rebuilding of
Gazan society into a “moderate Muslim entity” in the mold of the United Arab
Emirates and Saudi Arabia. In the plan are several ideas for entirely remaking
Gazan society, including razing refugee camps, banning “every existing”
schoolbook, and establishing total control of the media. The proposal also
calls for the elimination of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and
shutting down the social and humanitarian programs run by Hamas and replacing
them with an alternative Israeli-controlled structure.
“We, at the [Israeli] National Security Council, have
read [this] excellent document,” its director Tzachi Hanegbi told i24 News in a
recent interview, “and at the end of the day we, the decision makers, will have
to take into account this analysis, because it’s a brilliant analysis.”
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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claim to have fired
multiple ballistic missiles at Eilat
EMANUEL FABIAN
21-07-2024
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claim to have fired
“multiple” ballistic missiles toward Israel.
The rebel group says they launched the missiles toward
Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat.
Earlier this morning, the IDF said a ballistic missile
launched by the Houthis from Yemen was intercepted by Israel’s long-range Arrow
3 defense system.
According to the military, the surface-to-surface
missile was intercepted outside of Israeli airspace. The Arrow 3 system is
designed to take out ballistic missiles while they are still outside of the
atmosphere.
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Top rights official: Defending Iranians’ rights a key
duty of Islamic Republic
Jul 20, 2024
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s top human rights official Kazem
Gharibabadi has said that upholding the rights of Iranian nationals abroad is
among the important duties of the Islamic Republic.
Gharibabadi, the secretary of Iran’s High Council for
Human Rights, made the comment on Saturday during a meeting with Bashir Biazar,
the Iranian national who was detained in France last month.
“One of the most important duties of the High Council
for Human Rights is to defend the rights of the Iranian nationals wherever they
are in the world,” the official said.
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Israeli Jets Bomb Sites in Yemen Linked to Iran-Backed
Houthis
By Aaron Boxerman
July 20, 2024
Israeli fighter jets bombed a port in Yemen controlled
by the Iran-backed Houthi militia on Saturday in retaliation for the group’s
deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv a day earlier. It was the first time Israel has
publicly struck the group following months of escalating Houthi attacks.
The airstrikes targeted a power station as well as gas
and oil depots in the area of the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, according to a
Houthi spokesman and two regional officials, who spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Israel said it had struck sites used for military
purposes, although Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesman,
said that Israel had attacked some “dual use” targets that have both civilian
and military functions.
Admiral Hagari said the operation was “one of the farthest
and longest ever conducted by the Israeli air force.” He called the port a
major supply stop for Iran to funnel weapons to its Houthi allies in Yemen, who
have fired over 200 missiles and drones at Israel over the past several months.
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After surprise Tel Aviv attack, Houthi drone arsenal
comes under spotlight - analysis
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
JULY 20, 2024
The Iranian-backed Houthis have been using drones for
a decade, beginning during the civil war in Yemen. When Saudi Arabia intervened
in Yemen to prevent the Houthis taking over Aden and other key parts of the
country in 2015, the Iranian backing for them increased. This helped them
develop a large arsenal of drones.
The Houthis chose to develop drones, because this was
a cheap way to create a kind of instant air force. They don’t have any
resources, and their power comes from their relatively impoverished supporters
in the mountains of Yemen.
With Iranian support, however, they built an
impressive arsenal of missiles and drones. They used these to terrorize Saudi
Arabia after 2015. They used kamikaze drones, for instance, to attack air
defense radars.
But the Qasef had an initial range of around 160
kilometers and was about three meters long. It also had a three-meter wingspan.
With its warhead, the kamikaze drone weighs up to 90 kilograms and flies at a
speed of around 320 kilometers per hour. The Qasef has a strange design, with long
wings at the back and short wings in the front. In this respect it has some
similarities to a cheap cruise missile.
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Netanyahu says Israel struck port used by Houthis for
Iranian weapon shipments
21 July 2024
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a
port struck by Israeli fighter jets in Yemen on Saturday was used as an entry
point for Houthi militia to receive Iranian weapons.
Netanyahu said the strike, some 1,800 km (1,120 miles)
from Israel's borders, was a reminder to enemies that there was no place that
Israel could not reach.
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Arab
World
King Salman Global Academy Spotlights India’s Role In
Promoting Arabic Language
SANJAY KUMAR
July 20, 2024
NEW DELHI: India plays a significant role in promoting
the Arabic language in the wake of growing commercial exchanges with Saudi
Arabia, the Kingdom’s top linguistic institution has said, as it conducted a
series of programs for Indian scholars and learners.
Students and lecturers from the Indian universities
and colleges that teach Arabic courses are taking part in training sessions,
workshops and competitions as part of the Arabic Language Month organized by
the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language.
The event, which aims to develop and improve the
teaching of Arabic for non-native speakers in the world’s most populous nation,
began online in late June and runs until July 26.
“India plays a significant role in promoting the
Arabic language, driven by a growing demand for learning Arabic within its vast
and diverse human, linguistic and cultural landscape,” KSGAAL Secretary-General
Dr. Abdullah bin Saleh Al-Washmi told Arab News on Friday.
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Mansouriya Directorate commemorates martyrdom of Imam
Hussein
20 Jul 2024
HODEIDA July 20. 2024 (Saba) - A speech event
organized in the Mansouriya District of Hodeida Governorate on the anniversary
of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.
At the event, the Director of the Directorate reviewed
the implications of commemorating Ashura to draw lessons from the courage and
sacrifices of Imam Hussein.
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Ansar Allah Political Bureau condemns Israeli
aggression against Yemen
20 Jul 2024
SANA'A July 20. 2024 (Saba) - The Political Bureau of
Ansar Allah strongly condemned the series of vicious raids carried out by the
Israeli enemy this evening on Yemen.
In a statement received by Saba on Saturday, Ansar
al-Allah politician denounced the Israeli aggression's targeting of oil storage
facilities in the port of Hodeida and the governorate's power station, which
resulted in the death of a number of martyrs and wounded civilians, and the
injury of others with burns.
It stressed that the Israeli aggression on Yemen comes
against the backdrop of Yemen's positions in support of the Palestinian people
in Gaza, who are subjected to genocide by the Israeli enemy.
It pointed out that the Israeli enemy's setting fire
to a civilian port will not restore deterrence to its collapsed forces, which
are in their weakest stages and are unable to achieve victory in a few
kilometers of Gaza.
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Heritage meets urban arts at Asir’s Al-Asabila Palaces
ARAB NEWS
July 20, 2024
RIYADH: The famous heritage palaces in the Asir region
have become tourist destinations, offering a rich blend of history and culture.
The Saudi Press Agency reported that these sites also
boost economic activity by creating job opportunities during the summer season.
The Al-Asabila Palaces, which are situated in Al-Namas
Governorate some 150 km south of Abha, have become a major attraction. Situated
in the heart of Al-Namas, these palaces now draw hundreds of visitors daily,
both tourists and locals, according to the SPA. Their popularity has surged
following their inauguration by Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, chairman
of the Asir Development Authority.
Visitors begin their tour of the palaces by shopping
in areas dedicated to traditional fashions, antiques, and gifts that showcase
the heritage and arts of the Asir region.
Tourist guide Saleh Al-Shehri told the SPA: “At the
beginning of the Saudi era the palaces served as the headquarters for various
government agencies, including the court, and as venues for national events.”
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Saudi Arabia’s Beit Hail festival attracts over 68,000
visitors
ARAB NEWS
July 20, 2024
RIYADH: The third Beit Hail heritage festival, themed
“Your Home Away From Home,” has attracted more than 68,000 visitors since its
opening at Aja Park earlier this month, Saudi Press Agency reported.
The 30-day event has drawn visitors of all ages from
the region and beyond, offering a showcase of local culture and traditions.
Visitors can also observe artisans creating prayer
beads, practicing Sadu weaving, crafting leather water bottles, and
demonstrating embroidery techniques.
Other showcased skills include hand-woven carpet
production, crochet, and the crafting of traditional wooden doors with
intricate plaster engravings typical of old Hail residences.
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19,817 residency and labor violators arrested across
KSA
SPA
July 20, 2024
RIYADH: In joint field campaigns across the Kingdom
from July 11 to July 17, 19,817 people were arrested for violating residency,
labor and border security laws.
This number included 12,436 violators of residency
laws, 4,881 violators of border-security regulations and 2,500 violators of
labor laws.
A total of 1,389 individuals were caught attempting to
enter the Kingdom, of whom 45 percent were Yemeni, 53 percent were Ethiopian
and 2 percent were of other nationalities. Additionally, 48 individuals were caught
attempting to exit the Kingdom illegally.
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Saudi Arabia unveils Golden Pen fiction award with
$690,00 prize pool
ARAB NEWS
July 20, 2024
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched an award for fiction
writing, with winners sharing total prizemoney of $690,000 and successful works
to be adapted into film.
Unveiling the Golden Pen Award for Novels on Saturday,
Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, said that the
competition will benefit Arab novelists and the regional film industry.
In a post on social media platform X, Alalshikh said
that the first and second-place winners of the grand prize will be awarded
$100,000 and $50,000, respectively, with their works being adapted into films
produced by the GEA.
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