NDA In 18th Lok Sabha Is ‘Minority-Mukt’ With No Muslim, Christian Or Sikh MPs
New
Age Islam News Bureau
09
June 2024
A meeting of NDA MPs
underway at Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi, Friday | ANI
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• NDA In 18th Lok Sabha Is ‘Minority-Mukt’ With No
Muslim, Christian Or Sikh MPs
• Pro-Hamas, Pro-Hezbollah Protesters Cheer ‘Jihad’ At
Anti-Israel Rally In Washington DC
• ‘Bodies Scattered On Streets’: Israel Kills 210 In
Central Gaza Attacks
• The Muslim Vote Pledges Not To Endorse Any Labour Or
Tory Candidates
• Suspected Islamists Kill At Least 38 In Attack On
Eastern Congo Villages
India
• TDP Backs Muslim Quota In Andhra Pradesh
• ‘Un-Islamic, Unethical’: Video Of ‘Tourists Having Alcohol On Dal
Lake’ Sparks Outrage In Srinagar
• We never thought it would happen to us: Lynched men’s
kin
• Narendra Modi's Swearing-In Ceremony: Bangladesh PM
Hasina, Seychelles Vice President Afif Arrive In Delhi
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North
America
• Muslim Schools Caught Up In France's Fight Against
Islamism
• Police searching for suspect who allegedly yelled
anti-Muslim comments, assaulted female subway rider
• CAIR Welcomes Md. County’s New Policy Permitting
Consolidated Friday Prayers for Muslim Incarcerees
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Mideast
• Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza, as attacks
nearby kill at least 93 Palestinians
• Palestine requests UN Security Council session over
Israeli attacks on Gaza
• Iran's Judiciary Alleges Activist, Hossein
Shanbehzadeh, Has Ties To Israeli Spy
Agency, Mossad
• Regional meeting on Afghanistan held in Iran
• Car bombing kills two pro-Iran fighters in Syria:
monitor
• Iran’s Peculiar Election: Where Competition Is a
Criminal Offense
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Europe
• The Release of Hamid Noury Encourages the Mullahs’
Regime to Continue Its Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
• Muslim Convert Battles Labour’s ‘Pro-Israel’ MP Jess
Phillips
• Uzbekistan’s Islamic Authority Retracted Fatwa
Against Cryptocurrency, Issues Apology
• World War II veteran, 100, marries sweetheart, 96,
in France after D-Day events
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Africa
• 20 Killed In Gruesome Attack by Suspected Boko Haram
Terrorists in Niger State
• Rep says 3,000 rams, N250 million donated to Zamfara
Muslims
• NGO ship recovers bodies of 11 migrants in
Mediterranean
• War with Israel would deepen Lebanon's myriad crises
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Arab World
• Saudi Arabia's Islamic Arts Biennale Reveals 2025
Opening Date
• Saudi Clears Mecca Of Over 300,000 Unregistered
Pilgrims Ahead Of Hajj
• Islamic Jihad condemns crime of Zionist enemy in
Nuseirat camp
• KSrelief continues food security projects across
several countries
• Pilgrims prepare to depart Madinah for Makkah
• Smart robot service launched in Madinah to assist
pilgrims
• Saudi Arabia committed to cooperate in global
efforts to protect marine resources, says climate affairs envoy
• Saudi authorities arrest 21 Hajj permit violators
• Hajj pilgrims advised to take precautions against
scorching heat
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Pakistan
• IHC Registrar Raises Objection To Bushra’s Plea In
Iddat Case
• Punjab defamation law challenged hours after its
approval
• First Student From Balochistan Elected As Oxford
Union President
• CM Gandapur dares Centre to levy new taxes on KP
• Normalcy returns to Chaman after days of violence
• No grudge against anyone, says Nawaz
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Southeast
Asia
• Prabowo Subianto in Favour of Sending Gaza Evacuees
to Indonesian Islamic Boarding Schools
• Interfaith group wants action against preacher over
covert Islamic conversion
• Foreign Minister Mohamad to lead Malaysian
delegation to high-level conference on Gaza in Jordan
• MA63: Cabinet needs to finalise different
jurisdictions for Federal, Sabah, Sarawak, says DPM Fadillah
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South
Asia
• Islamic Emirate Seeks to Create More Investment
Opportunities for National and International Investors: Delawar
• Joint Statement between the People’s Republic of
China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Panjshir Students Participate in Islamic Emirate
Knowledge Program
• Kazemi Qomi: Taliban diplomat severely dealt with
for torturing Iranian photographer
• Kazemi Qomi: Iran’s advice to Taliban shouldn’t be
seen as interference
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NDA In 18th Lok Sabha Is ‘Minority-Mukt’ With No
Muslim, Christian Or Sikh MPs
SHANKER ARNIMESH
09 June, 2024
A meeting of NDA MPs underway at Samvidhan Sadan in
New Delhi, Friday | ANI
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New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form the government for a third
time. But the NDA, with a combined strength of 293 Lok Sabha MPs, does not have
a single MP from the Christian, Muslim or Sikh communities.
It does, however, have a Buddhist MP in former Union
minister Kiren Rijiju who defeated Congress’s Nabam Tuki to retain his
parliamentary seat of Arunachal West.
While 33.2 percent of NDA MPs are from Upper Castes,
15.7 percent from Intermediate Castes and 26.2 percent from Other Backward
Castes, none are from the Muslim, Christian or Sikh communities, according to
an analysis in The Hindustan Times.
At the same time, the analysis by political scientist
Gilles Verniers reveals that Muslims account for 7.9 percent, Sikhs for 5
percent and Christians for 3.5 percent of the 235 MPs of the INDIA bloc.
The analysis also shows that Upper Castes,
Intermediary Castes and OBCs make up 12.4 percent, 11.9 percent and 30.7 percent
of INDIA bloc’s strength in the Lower House.
Of the 24 Muslim MPs elected to the 18th Lok Sabha, 21
are from the INDIA bloc. These include seven from the Congress, five from the
Trinamool Congress (TMC), four from the Samajwadi Party (SP), three from the
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and two from the Jammu and Kashmir National
Conference (NC).
The remaining three Muslim MPs include All India
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and five-time MP from Hyderabad
Asaduddin Owaisi and two Independents — Abdul Rashid Sheikh or ‘Engineer
Rashid’ in Baramulla and Mohmad Haneefa in Ladakh.
According to an analysis by The Indian Express, 11
major parties fielded a total of 82 Muslim candidates of whom 16 won. Of the
82, five were fielded by NDA constituents, including one by the BJP.
BJP’s only Muslim candidate Dr Abdul Salam came in
third, after E.T. Mohammed Basheer of the IUML and V. Vaseef of the CPI(M), in
Kerala’s Malappuram Lok Sabha seat. Salam received only 85,361 votes as against
Basheer’s 6.44 lakh and Vaseef’s 3.43 lakh votes.
Since the exit of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s term in July
2022, Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers has had no one from the Muslim
community. Naqvi served as the minister for minority affairs from 2014 till
2022.
As for the Christian community, the BJP’s only
Christian candidate in Kerala, Anil Antony came in third in Pathanamthitta
seat, after Anto Antony of the Congress and Dr T.M. Thomas Issac of the CPI(M).
Anil is the son of veteran Congressman and former defence
minister A.K. Antony. His loss in Pathanamthitta was despite the Believers
Eastern Church — reportedly facing an Income Tax probe since 2020 — declaring
support for him in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP did, however, manage to win its first Lok
Sabha seat in Kerala. Actor Suresh Gopi won the Thrissur seat for the party by
defeating CPI’s V.S. Sunilkumar and K. Muraleedharan of the Congress by a
margin of more than 74,000 votes.
Kerala BJP general secretary George Kurian told
ThePrint that the Christian community “backed” the party in several seats
including Thrissur. “We got 30 percent of the Christian vote in Thrissur and
10-12 percent in many other seats. We even did well in Trivandrum.”
Asked about his take on why the Congress-led United Democratic
Front (UDF) did well in Kerala, Kurian said, “Like the Sabarimala issue
consolidated the Hindu vote in 2019, this time Muslim consolidation in favour
of the Congress made a difference.”
Besides Kerala, the BJP and its allies also suffered a
setback in Christian-dominated states in the Northeast, in particular Nagaland
and Meghalaya. Without naming Christians, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa
Sarma, who is also convener of the BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance
(NEDA), even claimed that “a particular religion” had voted against NDA
constituents in these states.
For the NDA, the only exception in the Northeast was
Arunachal Pradesh where it not only won the state’s two Lok Sabha seats but
also returned to power in the assembly elections held simultaneously.
A Manipur BJP leader told ThePrint, “Even our strong
state minister (Basanta Kumar Singh) could not win the election since both
tribal and Christian voters were upset. Our allies too suffered losses in
Meghalaya and Nagaland. We were neither able to sense this resentment among the
Christians nor go for course correction.”
John Barla who was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019
from West Bengal’s Alipurduars seat was the only Christian minister in Modi’s
Council of Ministers. He served as Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of
Minority Affairs from 2021 till this year.
This time, the BJP fielded six Sikh candidates in
Punjab: Preneet Kaur in Patiala; Parampal Kaur Sidhu in Bathinda; Ravneet Singh
Bittu in Ludhiana; Taranjeet Singh Sandhu in Amritsar; Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi
in Firozpur; and Manjit Singh Manna in Khadoor Sahib.
This was the first time since 1998 that the party
contested a Lok Sabha election in Punjab without being in a pre-poll alliance
with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Even outside of Punjab, BJP’s Sikh candidate S.S.
Ahluwalia was defeated by Shatrughan Sinha of the TMC in West Bengal’s Asansol.
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Pro-Hamas, Pro-Hezbollah Protesters Cheer ‘Jihad’ At
Anti-Israel Rally In Washington DC
09-06-2024
Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate near the White
House in Washington, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah demonstrators staged an
anti-Israel protest near the White House on Saturday, calling for “jihad” and
voicing anger at US President Joe Biden’s management of Israel’s war against Hamas
in Gaza.
Thousands of protesters chanting “From DC to
Palestine, we are the red line” held a long banner scribbled with the names of
Palestinians killed in the ongoing fighting in Gaza, which was sparked by
Hamas’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel.
Reports on social media appeared to show masked
demonstrators chanting slogans urging Hamas’s military wing to “kill another
soldier now” and calling on Hezbollah to “kill another Zionist now.” Protesters
also held signs calling for “Intifada,” a reference to periods of deadly
Palestinian terror attacks against Israeli civilians in the late 1980s and
early 1990s and again in the early 2000s.
One video posted to X showed a man with a Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine headband burning the American flag, while
other protesters appeared to be wearing green Hamas headbands.
The protesters — almost all wearing red clothing —
held Palestinian flags and signs saying “Biden’s red line was a lie” and
“Bombing children is not self-defence.”
The White House said in May that a deadly Israeli
strike on Rafah that targeted two senior Hamas operatives did not cross a “red
line” that Biden had seemingly set two months earlier when asked about a
potential major military operation in the southern Gazan city.
The White House stepped up security with an additional
anti-scale perimeter fence ahead of the demonstration, which saw chartered
buses ferrying in people from as far afield as Maine and Florida.
Advocacy and activist groups like CODEPINK and the
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the demonstration marked
eight months since Israel began its military offensive in Gaza against Hamas
following the terror group’s October 7 onslaught.
On its website, CAIR said the rallies marked “eight
months of slaughter and starvation in Gaza and demand that President Biden
enforce his red line on Rafah by ending US support for the Israeli government’s
genocide,” without mentioning Hamas or the terror group’s attack that initiated
the war.
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests began
immediately after Hamas’s October 7 massacre — which saw thousands terrorists
burst across the border by land, air and sea, killing some 1,200 people and
seizing 251 hostages, mostly civilians — even before Israel’s military response
kicked into high gear.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than
36,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the
fighting so far. Of these, some 24,000 fatalities have been identified at
hospitals or through self-reporting by families, with the rest of the figure
based on Hamas “media sources.” The tolls, which cannot be verified, include
some 15,000 terror operatives Israel says it has killed in battle. Israel also
says it killed some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.
A total of 295 IDF soldiers and one police officer
have been killed during the ground offensive against Hamas and amid operations
along the Gaza border. A civilian Defense Ministry contractor was also killed
in the Strip.
Meanwhile Saturday, thousands of pro-Palestinian and
anti-Israel demonstrators marched through central London to the British
parliament, calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza war.
Chants of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will
be free” could be heard from the crowd, according to the British Daily Mail
newspaper. The phrase has been used by Palestinian nationalist movements for
decades, including by Hamas, and pro-Palestinian activists say it is a call for
liberation. Israel and Jewish groups view it as advocating Israel’s destruction.
The demonstration, organized by the Palestine
Solidarity Campaign (PSC), also passed a pro-Israel counterprotest that
featured portraits of some of the hostages seized by Hamas on October 7.
Anti-Israel protesters hold placards as they gather in
front of Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock’s bell ‘Big
Ben’ at the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, central
London, on June 8, 2024 at the end of National March for Gaza. (Justin
Tallis/AFP)
The protests came as Israeli forces rescued four of
the hostages alive from a Gaza refugee camp on Saturday morning, in a daring
operation.
Biden last week announced what he described as an
Israeli proposal for a hostage-ceasefire deal. Hamas has not yet formally
responded to the proposal, but officials in the terror group have reiterated
their insistence that any agreement must guarantee an end to the war, a demand
Israel has repeatedly ruled out.
It is believed that 116 hostages abducted by Hamas on
October 7 remain in Gaza — not all of them alive — after 105 civilians were
released from Hamas captivity during a weeklong truce in late November, and
four hostages were released prior to that. Seven hostages have been rescued by
troops alive, and the bodies of 19 hostages have also been recovered, including
three mistakenly killed by the military.
The IDF has confirmed the deaths of 41 of those still
held by Hamas, citing new intelligence and findings obtained by troops
operating in Gaza.
Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who
entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers
who were killed in 2014.
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‘Bodies scattered on streets’: Israel kills 210 in
central Gaza attacks
8 Jun 2024
The Israeli military is conducting intense assaults
across the Gaza Strip by air, land and sea, killing more than 210 people and
spreading fear among its war-weary displaced population.
Dozens of air raids hit the besieged territory on
Saturday, particularly in Deir el-Balah and Nuseirat in central Gaza, homes
west of the city of Rafah in the south and multiple areas in Gaza City to the
north.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said “large numbers” of
killed and wounded were arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the majority of
whom are children and women.
“Dozens of injured people are lying on the ground, and
medical teams are trying to save them with the basic medical capabilities they
have available,” it said, adding that it is short on medicine and food, and
that its main generator has stopped functioning due to a lack of fuel.
A statement released by the Gaza Government Media
Office said more than 210 people had been killed in the Israeli attacks on
Nuseirat and other parts of central Gaza.
Communications were affected amid the intense
bombardment, but reporting from inside the “overwhelmed” hospital via a
telephone call, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said the situation is tense, with
terrified people on the street not knowing where to turn.
“There are explosions happening every minute.
Ambulances are transferring the wounded to the hospital where we are trapped.
It’s chaos inside the hospital. There are children among the wounded,” she
said.
Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatric intensive care
doctor with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), described Al-Aqsa Hospital as a
“complete bloodbath”, adding that it looked “like a slaughterhouse”.
“The images and videos that I’ve received show
patients lying everywhere in pools of blood … their limbs have been blown off,”
she told Al Jazeera.
“That is what a massacre looks like,” she added. “It
means parents running around caring for their children who have blood running
from their head trying to find a medic to treat them. But it’s so chaotic and
there’s so many patients that is vastly outnumbering the healthcare ability to
care for them.”
In a short statement, the Israeli military said its
forces were “targeting terrorist infrastructure in the area of Nuseirat”. It
later announced its forces rescued four captives during the operation in
Nuseirat. The four, who were taken into Gaza after the Hamas-led attack in
southern Israel on October 7, were in “good medical condition”, the military
said.
Also in central Gaza, at least six Palestinians from
one family were killed by Israeli forces after they shelled their home in the
Bureij refugee camp in the morning.
Dozens of air raids targeted the southern areas of
Gaza City, with witnesses reporting that entire residential blocks were wiped
out, while gunships bombarded the area near its fishing port.
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reacted to
Saturday’s attacks by calling for an emergency UN Security Council session on
what he denounced as a “bloody massacre that was carried out by the Israeli
forces”.
The Israeli military is only intensifying its deadly
campaign in Gaza after an attack on Thursday killed about 40 people sheltering
at a United Nations-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, where some 6,000
displaced Palestinians were sheltering.
It claimed it killed 17 “terrorists” in that attack,
but the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said in a condemning
statement that the “school turned shelter” was targeted without any warning and
those responsible must be held to account.
Hamas accused the Israeli military of providing “false
information” about the 17, saying at least several of those announced killed
are still alive.
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The Muslim Vote pledges not to endorse any Labour or
Tory candidates
8th June 2024
Labour Party. Editorial credit: chrisdorney /
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The Muslim Vote organisation has announced that it
will not be endorsing any Labour or Tory candidates in the upcoming General
Election, but will instead take a “neutral stance” in certain constituencies
where pro-ceasefire candidates from the main parties are standing. The decision
comes after a backlash to TMV’s endorsement of several Labour MPs who backed a
Gaza ceasefire in last November’s parliamentary vote.
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Suspected Islamists kill at least 38 in attack on
eastern Congo villages
08 Jun 2024
File photo of people suspected to be involved in the
attempted coup in Congo wait for the beginning of their trial in Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of Congo June 6, 2024. ― Reuters pic
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 8 ― Suspected
Islamist rebels killed at least 38 people in an overnight attack on villages in
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, two district officials and a civil
society leader said today.
Local civil society leader Justin Kavalami blamed
members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for the attack. The ADF, alleged
to be behind another village assault that killed at least 16 people earlier
this week, originates from neighbouring Uganda.
Now based in eastern Congo, it has pledged allegiance
to Islamic State and mounts frequent attacks, further destabilising a region
where many militant groups are active.
Armed men used guns and machetes to attack residents
of villages in Beni territory, in North Kivu province, overnight on Friday,
local official Fabien Kakule told Reuters.
District official Leon Kakule Siviwe said the death
toll stood at 38 and said the recent surge in violence was due to the attackers
taking advantage of a low security presence.
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India
TDP Backs Muslim Quota In Andhra Pradesh
Jun 08, 2024
Nara Lokesh said a nation or a state cannot progress
if a particular section of the society lives in poverty.
TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh, the son of party
supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, said on Friday his party is committed to retaining
the 4 percent reservation granted to the Muslim community under the OBC list.
TDP's NDA ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party had attacked the governments in
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka for providing reservation on religious
grounds.
Nara Lokesh said a nation or a state cannot progress
if a particular section of the society lives in poverty. He said it is the
government's responsibility to expose the under-represented communities to
opportunities. He said the decision to grant reservation to Muslims wasn't
taken to appease anyone.
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‘Un-Islamic, Unethical’: Video Of ‘Tourists Having Alcohol On Dal
Lake’ Sparks Outrage In Srinagar
by Bashaarat Masood
June 9, 2024
A video purportedly showing tourists having alcohol
during a Shikara ride on Srinagar’s Dal lake has led to backlash from political
and religious leaders in the Valley.
“Strongly condemn the vulgar acts of tourists drinking
alcohol in a Shikara in Dal lake. Under the garb of ‘Kashmir badal raha hai’,
the government must remember that such behaviour is not acceptable here,”
National Conference’s chief spokesman Tanvir Sadiq said. “A modern society
doesn’t dance vulgarly in the streets or drink in public. These acts must end
under the guise of tourism.”
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We never thought it would happen to us: Lynched men’s
kin
Jun 9, 2024
SHAMLI/SAHARANPUR: Azma Qureshi, 33, is in shock like
many others in North Haqeeqat Nagar at Banat town in Shamli. Her husband
Tehseen (Guddu) Qureshi was among two labourers transporting cattle who were
lynched in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh on Friday. The third man is battling
for life.
“She was the last person to have spoken to Guddu, the
night before the incident. He told her they were leaving for Odisha. She has
gone quiet since the news was broken to us Friday. We had heard about lynchings
before, but never thought it would happen to us,” said Waseem, Guddu’s brother.
Guddu, 35, was the eldest among eight siblings and was
a father of four kids — the eldest six years old, youngest just six months.
There was grief and anger among locals at Lakhnoti in
Gangoh, Saharanpur, too, 50 km away. People, irrespective of caste and faith,
assembled at the house of Mohammad Dilshad, grandfather of Chand Miya Khan.
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Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony: Bangladesh PM
Hasina, Seychelles Vice President Afif arrive in Delhi
08.06.24
India on Friday announced that leaders of seven
countries from India's neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean region including
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi
on June 9.
Besides Hasina and Afif, the other leaders attending
the ceremony are Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Sri Lanka
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
and Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, according to the Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA).
"The visit of the leaders to attend the
swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his third consecutive
term is in keeping with the highest priority accorded by India to its
'Neighbourhood First' policy and 'SAGAR' vision," it said.
India has been cooperating with the countries of the
Indian Ocean region under the broader policy framework of SAGAR or Security and
Growth for all in the Region.
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North
America
Muslim schools caught up in France's fight against
Islamism
June 09, 2024
Last year, Sihame Denguir enrolled her teenage son and
daughter in France's largest Muslim private school, in the northern city of
Lille some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from their middle-class suburban Parisian
home.
The move meant financial sacrifices. Denguir, 41, now
pays fees at the partially state-subsidized Averroes school and rents a flat in
Lille for her children and their grandmother, who moved to care for them.
So she was dumbstruck in December when the school lost
government funding worth around two million euros a year on grounds it failed
to comply with secular principles enshrined in France's national education
guidelines.
"The high school has done so well," Denguir
told Reuters in a park near her home in Cergy, calling Averroes open-minded.
"It should be valued. It should be held up as an example."
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Police searching for suspect who allegedly yelled
anti-Muslim comments, assaulted female subway rider
Abby O'Brien
June 8, 2024
Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly
yelled anti-Muslim sentiments at and assaulted a female rider of Toronto’s
subway system last month.
A release(opens in a new tab) issued by the service on
Saturday said the incident took place on May 12 while on a subway train in the
area of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue West.
It was reported that the victim and her friend were
riding the subway when an unknown male yelled anti-Muslim comments at her. The
victim was then assaulted by the suspect, they said.
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CAIR Welcomes Md. County’s New Policy Permitting
Consolidated Friday Prayers for Muslim Incarcerees
Ibrahim Hooper
June 8, 2024
The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy
organization, today welcomed the Prince George’s County Department of
Corrections’ new policy authorizing incarcerated Muslims at the institution to
hold consolidated congregational Friday (Jum’ah) prayer services.
The development comes following many discussions and
negotiations by the Maryland Muslim Prisoner Project (MMPP), which was launched
in 2021 by Muslim chaplains serving prison populations, CAIR’s Maryland office,
the Prince George’s County Muslim Council (PGCMC) and ICNA Council for Social
Justice.
During a meeting last month, Prince George’s County
Department of Corrections Director Terrence Clark, Chief of Inmate Services
Division Dr. Gregory Bearstop and other corrections administrative staff met
with Muslim chaplains, CAIR and PGCMC to discuss implementing the new policy,
as well as other steps being taken to improve religious support services for
incarcerated Muslims at the Upper Marlboro facility. Muslims make up
approximately a quarter of the estimated 800 incarcerees at the facility.
“This progress marks the culmination of dedicated
teamwork and many meetings, discussions and actions,” said CAIR’s Maryland Director
Zainab Chaudry. “We thank Dr. Bearstop, Director Clark and all those who worked
through the bureaucracy and obstacles to help achieve this milestone. As an
organization rooted in faith, CAIR is deeply committed to ensuring that the
rights of all of our community members are protected. The work isn’t over, but
it’s gratifying and heartening to know that Muslims will now be able to fulfill
their religious obligation to offer jum’ah prayers in congregation at this
facility.”
“Religious accommodations for all detainees are an
integral part of their reform and successful return to the community at large,”
said Imam Buheira Abdus Sabur, who provides chaplain services to Muslims at the
correctional facility. “The recent changes in accommodations have filled detainees’
eyes with tears of joy as a result of the spiritual guidance they’ve received.
Religious services in detention facilities have statistically shown to curtail
acts of violence and have a considerably positive effect on mental health. They
lower the rate of recidivism. This is BIG news, although we still have a long
road to travel to ensure all detainees in the state of Maryland and across the
nation are provided with proper religious accommodations.”
“On behalf of the Maryland Muslim Prisoner Project, we
are very excited with the gradual progress that has been achieved,” said Imam
Talib Abdus Samad, who also provides chaplain services to Muslims at the
facility. “It has been a collaborative effort and many hours of dialogue.
History testifies to the benefits of spiritual development and its effect on
reform. Although the numbers of Muslim inmates are growing, the majority revert
after being detained. With the services being provided them, it will no doubt
help them begin to live a positive and productive lifestyle.”
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Mideast
Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza, as attacks
nearby kill at least 93 Palestinians
8 Jun 2024
Israeli special forces have freed four hostages held
in Nuseirat, central Gaza, as Israeli attacks and airstrikes in the same area
killed at least 93 Palestinians, including children, local medics said.
The rescue raid was the largest of the war, bringing three
men and a woman who were kidnapped at the Nova music festival back to Israel.
While Israelis celebrated the return of the hostages
on Saturday night, Palestinians in Gaza mourned dozens of dead, or watched over
loved ones in the overcrowded al-Aqsa martyrs’ hospital, the only one in the
area that is still partly functioning.
The bodies of nearly 100 Palestinians were brought to
the hospital along with more than 100 injured, spokesperson Khalil Degran told
the Associated Press. The agency’s reporters also counted dozens of bodies,
including that of a baby.
Degran later told the Associated Press that overall,
210 dead had been taken to al-Aqsa martyrs’ hospital and to al-Awda hospital,
saying he had spoken to the director there. Al-Awda’s numbers couldn’t
immediately be confirmed.
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, described
the Israeli attacks as a “bloody massacre” and called for an emergency UN
security council session.
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Palestine requests UN Security Council session over
Israeli attacks on Gaza
2024-06-08
Ramallah, June 9 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas has instructed Palestine's envoy to the UN to request an emergency
session of the UN Security Council to discuss the repercussions of the Israeli
attacks on the central Gaza Strip, the media reported. Abbas is engaged in
intensive diplomatic efforts with Arab and international stakeholders to
convene the emergency session, the aim of which is to address the "ongoing
Israeli aggression" against the Palestinian people and compel Israel to
comply with the resolutions of international legitimacy, the Palestinian
official news agency WAFA said on Saturday.
He emphasised the urgent need for international
intervention to halt the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and the
West Bank, adding that Israel continues to exploit "international silence
and US support" to "perpetrate crimes," according to the report.
On Saturday, at least 210 Palestinians were killed and
more than 400 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza, Xinhua news
agency reported.
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Iran's Judiciary Alleges Activist, Hossein
Shanbehzadeh, Has Ties To Israeli Spy
Agency, Mossad
June 08, 2024
Following the arrest of Hossein Shanbehzadeh, a
literary editor, activist and former political prisoner, the prosecutor accused
him of having "ties with high-ranking Mossad officers."
Jalal Afaghi, the prosecutor in the northwestern city
of Ardabil, made the accusation without directly naming Shanbehzadeh. Afaghi
said the detained individual stands accused of "spying for high-ranking
Mossad officers," "insulting religious sanctities," and
"committing numerous acts of blasphemy."
Without providing any evidence, the Ardabil prosecutor
asserted that Shanbehzadeh had "contact with high-ranking Mossad officers
via social media."
After news broke of the editor's arrest on Tuesday,
his family voiced concern about the allegations leveled against him. The
Shanbehzadeh family said Thursday in a statement they were concerned for his
well-being because of the seriousness of the charges he is facing.
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Regional meeting on Afghanistan held in Iran
2024-06-08
Tehran, June 9 (IANS) The second meeting of the
regional contact group for Afghanistan was held in the Iranian capital Tehran,
the media reported. Special representatives of Iran, China, Russia and Pakistan
attended the meeting held at the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Institute for Political
and International Studies on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA report
said.
In a message sent to the meeting, Iranian caretaker
Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said that the US should release Afghanistan's
assets, which had previously been frozen, Xinhua news agency reported.
He added nearly three years had elapsed since the US
troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country was still struggling to solve
outstanding problems in economy and development.
Bagheri Kani noted that although Afghanistan's
caretaker government had managed to attain achievements in tackling certain
challenges, the freezing of the country's assets had hindered post-war
recovery.
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Car bombing kills two pro-Iran fighters in Syria:
monitor
AFP
June 08, 2024
BEIRUT: A car bombing killed two pro-Iran fighters in
the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday, a war monitor said.
An explosive device went off in an SUV near the
Iranian cultural center, killing two Iran-backed fighters, said the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
Government forces and Iran-backed groups imposed a
security cordon around the site of the attack, said the Observatory, a
Britain-based organization with a network of sources on the ground in the war-torn
country.
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Iran’s Peculiar Election: Where Competition Is a
Criminal Offense
09-06-2024
Behrouz Turani
The Iranian snap presidential election on June 28 is
marked by a series of oddities unfolding before the eyes of indifferent voters.
On Thursday, June 6, former populist President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, a well-known candidate, made an appearance at Tehran's bustling
traditional Bazaar. It is one of the best locations to demonstrate that large
crowds can gather around a candidate—or anyone else, for that matter.
A video surfaced on social media showing Ahmadinejad
amidst a crowd, where a woman approached him, grabbed his hand, and remarked,
"You were not that handsome when you were president. You look more
beautiful now!" Such a comment would typically land the woman in the back
of a Morality Police van, facing club-wielding policewomen in head-to-toe black
chadors ready to beat the passion out of her. However, things are different
during election times.
Nonetheless, there are things no one can joke with.
Guardian Council Secretary, 97-year-old Ahmad Jannati warned on live state TV
that "No one shall dare to tell us to endorse or not to endorse any
candidate's qualifications." This comes while speaking about the 2013
presidential election in Iran, former Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said
that he went to the Guardian Council and told its members to disqualify former
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, once the number two man in Iran, who was a
candidate in that year.
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Europe
The Release of Hamid Noury Encourages the Mullahs’
Regime to Continue Its Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
8th June 2024
The Swedish Ministry of Justice announced in a press
release that the Swedish government intends to propose a law to the country’s
parliament that would allow foreign prisoners in Sweden to serve the remainder
of their sentences in their own countries.
The Swedish Minister of Justice stated that foreign
nationals “should serve their sentences in their own countries as far as
possible.” According to the Ministry of Justice’s announcement, this law will
come into effect on July 1, 2025.
It appears that similar to the Belgian government that
released the terrorist diplomat Assadollah Assadi, the Swedish government is
also yielding to the blackmail and hostage-taking tactics of the criminal
mullahs to pave the way for the release of Hamid Noury, who is currently
serving a final life sentence.
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Muslim convert battles Labour’s ‘pro-Israel’ MP Jess
Phillips
By RobCarter
8th June 2024
A pro-Palestine Muslim convert, Jody McIntyre, is
battling Labour’s Jess Phillips for the key Birmingham seat in Yardley.
Phillips, who once said she would “knife Corbyn in the
front”, could face a humiliating defeat as local Muslims look set to rebel
against her over her alleged affiliation to Labour Friends of Israel lobby
group.
McIntyre hopes to capitalise on widespread anger over
Labour’s stance on Gaza. Saying he hopes to “punish Labour” in Birmingham.
Robert Carter reports from Yardley.
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Uzbekistan’s Islamic Authority Retracted Fatwa Against
Cryptocurrency, Issues Apology
8th June 2024
Uzbekistan’s highest Islamic authority has revoked a
fatwa against cryptocurrency, blaming “carelessness” for its appearance online
and saying it is still studying the issue.
This declaration, which stated that cryptocurrency
trading violated Sharia law, was mistakenly released on social media due to an
oversight.
The Fatwa Center of the Spiritual Directorate of
Uzbekistan’s Muslims had originally said in a June 3 post on its website that
cryptocurrencies do not meet Shari’a law standards for money.
The body’s Fatwa Center cited volatility in
cryptocurrency prices and “signs of gambling” in crypto culture as a basis for
deeming it haram, i.e. forbidden by Islamic law.
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World War II veteran, 100, marries sweetheart, 96, in
France after D-Day events
Jun 9, 2024
CARETAN: It might have been the longest wait but on
Saturday 100-year-old American World War II veteran Harold Terens married his
96-year-old fiancee in Normandy, just days after being honoured on the 80th
anniversary of the D-Day landings in northwestern France.
To the sounds of "I will always love you",
"Ave Maria" and bagpipes, Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin
said "I do" in the town of Carentan-les-Marais at a ceremony attended
by dozens of guests, some wearing military uniforms.
To top off an extraordinary day, the newly wedded
couple then attended the state banquet at the Elysee Palace in Paris thrown by
President Emmanuel Macron in honour of visiting US leader Joe Biden.
"I waited 96 years to find the right man and now
I have a wedding like only a queen and king can have," Swerlin said before
the ceremony in Normandy.
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Africa
20 Killed In Gruesome Attack by Suspected Boko Haram
Terrorists in Niger State
9th Jun, 2024
No fewer than 20 people have been reported killed in
one of a series of attacks by suspected Boko Haram terrorists that began on
Thursday in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State.
The Senator representing Niger East district, Sani
Musa, has described the gruesome murder of the 20 harmless villagers as
barbaric, heartless and inhuman.
“This is my darkest moment as the representative of
the people of Niger East Senatorial district. I am very helpless at the moment.
My people, including men, women and children.
The witnesses to the horror, who declined to give
their names out of fear of the terrorists, said the young men were beheaded for
refusing to join the Boko Haram terror group.
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Rep says 3,000 rams, N250 million donated to Zamfara
Muslims
JUNE 9, 2024
Aminu Jaji (APC-Zamfara) has purchased 3000 rams for
distribution to his constituents and the All Progressives Congress (APC)
executives, members and vulnerable households in the state.
According to the statement, Mr Jaji, the chairman of
the House Committee on Ecological Funds, has also earmarked N250 million for
distribution to individuals, orphans, and vulnerable groups across the state as
Eid-el-Kabir welfare packages.
“This is an annual gesture aimed to assist the Muslim
faithful, especially the APC members and less-privileged families, to perform
sacrifices and celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir festival in a happy mood.
“The beneficiaries also include state, local
government, and ward executives of the party, party elders, prominent persons
in the state, and former political office holders.
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NGO ship recovers bodies of 11 migrants in
Mediterranean
09-06-2024
The Doctors Without Borders NGO rescue ship, Geo
Barents, recovered the bodies of 11 people on Friday who died at sea while
attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
According to an MSF post on X on Friday afternoon the
GeoBarents received an alert from the crew on board of the SeaBird, the Sea
Watch NGO rescue plane, who spotted bodies of people floating at sea.
"Yesterday, the Geo Barents, after carrying out
two rescue operations of a small fiberglass boat and a dinghy with 109 people
on board, recovered the dead bodies of eleven people at sea, thanks also to the
support of the Sea Watch, Sea Bird," said Fulvia Conte, MSF rescue
operations coordinator onboard of Geo Barents.
According to the International Organization for
Migration (IOM), between 1st January and 1st June 2024, 282 people died
attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean area.
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War with Israel would deepen Lebanon's myriad crises
Jun 8, 2024
BEIRUT: The conflict between Hezbollah and Israel is unfolding
against a backdrop of deep financial and political crises in Lebanon, adding to
the risks for the fragile country should hostilities spiral into full-blown
war.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading
fire since the onset of the Gaza war in October. Both sides say they are
prepared for possible escalation as mediators struggle to secure a Gaza
ceasefire.
Though the conflict has been relatively contained so
far, it is weighing heavily on a country where five years of domestic crises have
hollowed out the state.
Caused by decades of profligate spending and
corruption by the ruling elite, the meltdown sank the currency, impoverished
swathes of people, paralysed banks, and fuelled the biggest wave of emigration
since the 1975-90 civil war.
The World Bank has described it as one of the sharpest
depressions of modern times. Lebanon's economy shrank from $55 billion in 2018
to $31.7 billion in 2020. The government has yet to enact reforms needed for
recovery.
The lingering impact of the crisis was captured in a
World Bank report in May which found poverty had more than tripled in Lebanon
over the past decade, reaching 44 per cent of the population.
It found that one in three Lebanese was
poverty-stricken in 2022 in five surveyed governorates, including Beirut. While
new Beirut restaurants serve the rich, the World Bank report said three out of
five households had cut back on food spending.
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World
Saudi Arabia's Islamic Arts Biennale reveals 2025
opening date
Hayley Skirka
Jun 09, 2024
Saudi Arabia's second Islamic Arts Biennale will open
on January 25, 2025, organisers have revealed.
The only biennale dedicated to the arts of Islamic
civilisation will return to the Western Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz
International Airport in Jeddah for a four-month period until May 25, the
Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced on Sunday.
Consisting of five galleries, the 2025 Islamic Arts
Biennale will include a curated exhibition combing the work of contemporary
artists and historical objects in a vast outdoor space.
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Saudi clears Mecca of over 300,000 unregistered
pilgrims ahead of hajj
June 9, 2024
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that security forces had
cleared hundreds of thousands of unregistered pilgrims from Mecca ahead of the
hajj which begins next week.
Crowd management is a major concern during the annual
pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of
Islam which drew more than 1.8 million Muslims last year, according to official
figures.
Those turned away in recent days from the holy city,
home to the Grand Mosque, include 153,998 foreigners who travelled from abroad
on tourist visas rather than the required hajj visas, the official Saudi Press
Agency said.
In addition Saudi authorities have rounded up 171,587
others who are based in Saudi Arabia but are not residents of Mecca and did not
have hajj permits, SPA said.
Source: Macau Business
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Islamic Jihad condemns crime of Zionist enemy in
Nuseirat camp
08/June/2024
GAZA June 8. 2024 (Saba) - The Islamic Jihad Movement
in Palestine considered that "the war crime that shames humanity, which
was committed by the criminal Nazi Zionist entity in the Nuseirat camp and
areas in the central region of the Gaza Strip, which led to the rise of
hundreds of martyrs and wounded and the destruction of buildings over the heads
of children, women and refugee civilians, confirms that the criminality of this
entity crosses all values and boundaries, and that the existence of the entity
itself is a disgrace to humanity."
The movement said in a statement today, Saturday:
"If the entity came out, after eight months of humiliation that it tasted
in the streets of Gaza at the hands of the heroic mujahideen, to boast that it
was able to recover a few prisoners out of more than a hundred prisoners who are
still in the hands of the heroes of the resistance, this is nothing but an
expression of the extent of its military, field and political inability."
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KSrelief continues food security projects across
several countries
ARAB NEWS
June 09, 2024
RIYADH: KSrelief has distributed 201 food parcels and
201 medical kits the city of Maarat Misrin in the Idlib countryside of
northwestern Syria as the Saudi aid group’s humanitarian activities continue.
Similarly, KSrelief distributed 200 food baskets to
most needy families in Sharkaya village of Hajar Lamis province in Chad. Around
1,200 benefited from the initiative. Also in the same country, 700 food parcels
were handed out in the city of N’Djamena.
Also in Sudan, 500 bags of personal care supplies were
distributed to the most needy and displaced families in Kabushi of Shendi
locality, Nile River State, which benefited 2,875 individuals.
Source: Arab News
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Pilgrims prepare to depart Madinah for Makkah
ARAB NEWS
June 09, 2024
MADINAH: As the Hajj season approaches, pilgrims from
around the world gathered in Madinah, preparing to make their journey to the
Holy House of God in Makkah.
The Prophet’s Mosque was a hub of activity, where
pilgrims read the Qur’an, and performed prayers.
The spiritual journey from Madinah to Makkah marks a
significant milestone in the Hajj rituals, with pilgrims eagerly looking
forward to fulfilling their religious duties.
Source: Arab News
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Smart robot service launched in Madinah to assist
pilgrims
ARAB NEWS
June 09, 2024
A smart robot service has been launched in Madinah to
assist pilgrims visiting the Prophet’s Mosque.
The robot, a project from the Ministry of Health
branch in Madinah province, is positioned at the courtyard next to the
Prophet’s Mosque.
A report by the Saudi Press Agency said the service
“aims to display and broadcast awareness and educational messages and health
advice for the safety and awareness of pilgrims in more than 96 languages of
the world.”
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Saudi Arabia committed to cooperate in global efforts
to protect marine resources, says climate affairs envoy
ARAB NEWS
June 09, 2024
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s climate envoy, Adel Al-Jubeir,
on Saturday said the Kingdom is committed to cooperate with the international community
in enhancing efforts to protect oceans and marine resources.
Al-Jubeir, who is also minister of state for foreign
affairs and a member of the Council of Ministers, reaffirmed the Kingdom’s
commitment in a speech at Ocean Action: Immersed in Change, a high-level event
in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The San Jose gathering of country representatives,
scientists and international experts, is to prepare for the 3rd UN Ocean
Conference, to be held in France in 2025. Participants debated issues including
the capacity of the ocean to absorb carbon dioxide, the need for sustainable
fishing and tackling marine pollution.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi authorities arrest 21 Hajj permit violators
ARAB NEWS
June 09, 2024
RIYADH: Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested 21
violators of Hajj regulations at the entrances to Makkah after they tried to
enter without a valid Hajj permit, the state news agency SPA reported on
Saturday.
The seasonal administrative committees of the General
Directorate of Passports issued 21 administrative decisions against them, which
included: a prison sentence for a period of 15 days for each violator, and a
fine of SR10,000 ($2,666).
The expatriate violators will then be deported and
prevented from entering the Kingdom according to the legally specified periods
after the execution of the sentence, while three vehicles used in their
transportation have also been confiscated.
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Hajj pilgrims advised to take precautions against
scorching heat
HAIFA ALSHAMMARI
June 08, 2024
RIYADH: Millions of Muslims from across the world have
arrived to perform Hajj in Makkah during the hottest season of the year in the
Kingdom, leading to concerns regarding the challenges that may await them in
the days to come.
Unpredictable weather can affect the health and safety
of pilgrims, especially the elderly. A primary concern is the extreme heat. As
global temperatures continue to rise, heat waves in the region have become more
frequent and intense every year.
Last year, temperatures in Makkah ranged between 43-45
degrees Celsius during Hajj, affecting the health of pilgrims, particularly the
elderly, who are vulnerable to heat-related problems such as heat stroke and
dehydration.
Ayman bin Salem Ghulam, CEO of the Saudi National
Center for Meteorology, recently told a press conference in Makkah that maximum
temperatures at the holy sites were expected to reach between 45-48 degrees
Celsius in the afternoons.
Many elderly pilgrims have underlying medical
conditions that can be triggered by heat, making them even more susceptible to
health complications.
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Pakistan
IHC registrar raises objection to Bushra’s plea in
Iddat case
Malik Asad
June 9, 2024
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) registrar
has raised objections on a petition filed by Bushra Bibi, the wife of ex-PM
Imran Khan, to suspend her sentence in the Iddat case and release her on bail.
In the application, Ms Bibi contended that her
sentence was unsustainable due to “weak evidence” and contradictions in the
prosecution’s case.
The petition said Ms Bibi was convicted in a
“politically motivated case” and has been kept in the Adiala Jail where
conditions were “pathetic”.
Objecting to the petition, the IHC registrar’s office
reasoned that the petitioner did not challenge any order of the lower court,
and an identical matter was already pending before the trial court. The
petitioner could not seek similar relief from two different courts, it said.
Source: Dawn
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Punjab defamation law challenged hours after its
approval
Wajih Ahmad Sheikh
June 9, 2024
LAHORE: The controversial legislation about defamation
which imposes curbs on press freedom became a provincial law on Saturday after
acting Governor Malik Ahmad Khan — a PML-N member — gave his assent to the bill
in the absence of PPP-nominated Governor Sardar Saleem Haider, who had embarked
on leave after assuring “consultations” on the Punjab Defamation Act 2024.
The law, which had already drawn much flak from
journalists, civil society organisations, as well as the opposition, however,
soon landed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) after a joint petition was filed by
two journalists challenging its legality.
The petition asked the high court to strike down the
defamation law, saying it violated the fundamental rights of citizens protected
in the Constitution. Journalists Riaz Ahmad Raja and Jaffar Ahmad Yar, who
moved the pela, said that in the presence of two legal instruments i.e. the
Defamation Ordinance 2002 and the Punjab Defamation Act 2012, it would have been
better to amend the existing laws rather than coming up with a whole new
legislation.
According to the petition, the law provides initiation
of defamation claims without any proof, which is a clear violation of Article
10-A (fair trial) of the Constitution.
The petition argued that it was ridiculous and
unconstitutional to allow a person to bring a claim of defamation without any
proof.
It stated that the law provided two different
procedures to hear claims against private individuals and public office holders,
which raised questions on the fairness, impartiality, and equality clauses of
the Constitution.
It further said that removing the impugned Act from
the umbrella of the law of evidence enabled the special tribunal constituted
under this law to hold “summary trials”, which would be a clear negation of the
right to a fair trial.
According to the petition, a trial on the basis of
affidavits filed by the litigant parties, as is the practice in family law
cases, cannot be seen as a fair trial since the defamation law entails penal
consequences. The petition asked the court to declare that the impugned law is
against the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution.
Source: Dawn
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First student from Balochistan elected as Oxford Union
president
June 9, 2024
LONDON: In a historic first, Israr Kakar, a student
from Balochistan, has been elected as president of the Oxford Union.
He is the third Pakistani and first from Balochistan
to hold this prestigious position. The Oxford Union, founded in 1823, is one of
the oldest and most esteemed debating societies in the world.
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CM Gandapur dares Centre to levy new taxes on KP
Fazal Khaliq
June 9, 2024
SWAT: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin
Gandapur has vowed not to let the federal government impose any new tax on the
province as long as he is in power.
The CM made these remarks while addressing a gathering
of the grand opposition alliance Tehreek-i-Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan in Mingora,
Swat.
While addressing the federal government, the CM said:
“You have formed the government but you don’t have the mandate, or the street
power or any moral authority.”
Source: Dawn
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Normalcy returns to Chaman after days of violence
Saleem Shahid
June 9, 2024
QUETTA: The situation in Chaman began to normalise on
Saturday following three days of violent protests and clashes between
demonstrators and security forces, which resulted in several arrests, and
injuries on both sides.
Although protesters continued their sit-in on the
Chaman-Kandahar highway near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, no violence was
reported throughout the day.
Sources said that protesters, representing various
parties in an alliance, gathered in large numbers near the FC headquarters,
where they have been demonstrating for the past eight months.
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No grudge against anyone, says Nawaz
Syed Irfan Raza
June 9, 2024
ISLAMABAD: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Saturday
claimed he was not considering taking revenge on anyone, pointing out that
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan was the main hurdle in
political reconciliation and harmony across the country.
While presiding over a second parliamentary party
meeting after regaining party office, the PML-N president also lauded the
efforts of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz
Sharif for what he called sharp reduction in the prices of essential items.
He said he had no political vengeance and grudge
against anyone, even those who had attempted to keep him out of power in the
past. “I am not the person who takes political revenge,” Nawaz Sharif said.
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Southeast
Asia
Prabowo Subianto in Favor of Sending Gaza Evacuees to
Indonesian Islamic Boarding Schools
9 June 2024
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Defense Minister and
President-elect Prabowo Subianto said he welcomed the suggestion of former East
Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa to send 1,000 Gaza evacuees to Islamic
boarding schools (pesantrens).
"I will report it to Mr. President
(Jokowi)," he told journalists on Friday, June 7, 2024, in response to the
former East Java governor's idea of providing the Gaza evacuees with education
and treatment at pesantrens in East Java.
Earlier, at the recent IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in
Singapore, Prabowo Subianto said President Joko Widodo a.k.a. Jokowi had urged
him to evacuate around 1,000 Palestinians injured by Israeli attacks in the
Gaza Strip to Indonesia.
Prabowo Subianto said several public figures from West
Java have also expressed their readiness to receive the Gaza evacuees and send
them to pesantrens in the province to be educated and treated well there.
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Interfaith group wants action against preacher over
covert Islamic conversion
Jun 9, 2024
The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism,
Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has called on the
government to act against controversial religious preacher Firdaus Wong over a
video where he advised a man on how to handle requests from teenagers to
embrace Islam.
The group said any covert plan to convert minors to
Islam was immoral, illegal and unconstitutional.
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Foreign Minister Mohamad to lead Malaysian delegation
to high-level conference on Gaza in Jordan
09 Jun 2024
PUTRAJAYA, June 9 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri
Mohamad Hasan will lead a Malaysian delegation to the high-level conference,
“Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza”, which will be held in
Jordan on June 11.
The Foreign Ministry, in a statement today, said
Malaysia’s participation is at the invitation of Jordan’s King Abdullah II,
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and United Nations Secretary-General
António Guterres.
It said the participation is testament to Malaysia’s
unwavering efforts in ensuring an unimpeded access of humanitarian assistance
to the Palestinians.
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MA63: Cabinet needs to finalise different
jurisdictions for Federal, Sabah, Sarawak, says DPM Fadillah
09 Jun 2024
KUCHING, June 9 — Several differing interpretations
about jurisdictions, including those regarding borders and land, in Sabah,
Sarawak and the federal level need to be finalised by the Cabinet, Deputy Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
The Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister
said the matter has been discussed in the technical committee meeting under the
Malaysia Agreement 1963 Implementation Action Council that he chaired on May
28.
“(Different) interpretations relating to jurisdiction
of waters, including our continental shelves, meaning where our borders are...
so Sarawak’s interpretation is that we have our own laws and state borders
before Malaysia was founded.
“There are different legal views at the Federal level
and interpretation at the state level (Sabah and Sarawak), so this matter must
be brought to the Cabinet to determine its direction... there are some matters
that we agree to disagree,” he told reporters after officiating the Dragon Boat
Festival celebrations here today.
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South
Asia
Islamic Emirate Seeks to Create More Investment
Opportunities for National and International Investors: Delawar
2024-06-08
KABUB (BNA): Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar, the Acting
Minister of Mines and Petroleum, expressed the Islamic Emirate’s commitment to
providing favorable opportunities for both national and international
investors.
In a meeting, attended by Mustafa Zakir, the head of
Asmari Group, and his delegation, focused on exploring investment prospects in
Afghanistan’s mining sector, mainly in the oil and gas industry.
During the meeting, the representatives from Asmari
Group conveyed their keen interest in investing in the country’s mineral
resources, particularly in the oil and gas field.
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Joint Statement between the People’s Republic of China
and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2024-06-09
1.At the invitation of H.E. Li Qiang, Premier of the
State Council of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif,
Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan paid an official visit to
China from June 4 to June 8, 2024.
2.During the visit, H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the
People’s Republic of China met with Prime Minister Sharif. Prime Minister
Sharif held talks with Premier Li Qiang of the State Council, and met with H.E.
Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s
Congress. The two sides had candid and in-depth exchanges of views on the
entire spectrum of bilateral relations as well as regional situation and
international landscape and reached extensive consensus on further
strengthening the China-Pakistan All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership
and promoting practical cooperation in various areas, and on international and
regional issues of mutual interest.
3.The two sides agreed that China and Pakistan are
All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partners and ironclad friends, and the two countries
have always understood, trusted and supported each other. Since the
establishment of diplomatic ties 73 years ago, China-Pakistan relations have
stood the test of changing international environment and have been as solid as
a rock, and as unshakable as a mountain. The Chinese side reiterated that the
China-Pakistan relationship is a priority in its foreign relations. The
Pakistani side underscored that the Pakistan-China relationship is the
cornerstone of its foreign policy. The two sides enjoy unbreakable strategic
mutual trust, fruitful practical cooperation in various fields, and maintain
close coordination on international and regional affairs. The two sides would
continue to view the relationship between China and Pakistan from a strategic
height and a long-term perspective, take effective measures to safeguard the
common interests of China and Pakistan, promote socio-
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Panjshir Students Participate in Islamic Emirate
Knowledge Program
2024-06-08
KABUL(BNA): The Islamic Emirate Knowledge program
organized for one day in Panjshir by the Departments of Education and
Information and Culture in Bazarak district of the province.
The program, which aimed to test students’ knowledge
about the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, was held at the central mosque of
Bazarak. The event attracted the participation of local officials and hundreds
of enthusiastic contestants.
The head of Panjshir’s Education Department stated
that the purpose of this program is to provide a better and more comprehensive
understanding of the IEA.
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Kazemi Qomi: Taliban diplomat severely dealt with for
torturing Iranian photographer
By Fidel Rahmati
June 9, 2024
Kazemi Qomi explained the beating and torture of an
Iranian photographer by a Taliban diplomat at the Afghan consulate in Mashhad.
Iran’s special representative said the offender was
severely dealt with, stating that the employee had to leave, and this action
was taken.
According to the Iranian media outlets, reported that
a Taliban diplomat dragged an Iranian photographer into the Afghan consulate in
Mashhad and tortured her.
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Kazemi Qomi: Iran’s advice to Taliban shouldn’t be
seen as interference
By Fidel Rahmati
June 9, 2024
Kazemi Qomi says advocating for a government with
diverse groups and “righteous individuals” doesn’t mean interfering in
Afghanistan’s affairs.
Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan added
that Iran supports constructive initiatives to improve Afghanistan’s situation.
According to ISNA, he stated at a press conference
after the Afghanistan Contact Group meeting that political recommendations to
the Taliban are “well-intentioned, not interference.”
The second Contact Group meeting on Afghanistan
included Iran, Pakistan, China, and Russia. Qomi emphasized Afghanistan’s
importance and concerns regarding terrorism.
Source: khaama Press
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