All The Lancashire Mosques Taking Part In ‘Visit My Mosque Day’ To Find Out More About The Islamic Faith
04
September 2022
The Darussalam
Education Centre on Whalley New Road in Blackburn is taking part in the Visit
My Mosque project
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• All The Lancashire Mosques Taking Part In ‘Visit My
Mosque Day’ To Find Out More About The Islamic Faith
• India Awaits Access To Uzbek Islamic State Bomber
Azamov, Questionnaire Sent To Russia
• Inspiration From Prophet Muhammad’s (Pbuh) Household
Key to Islamic Republic’s Resilience
• 'Rohingya Community A Burden On Bangladesh,' Says PM
Sheikh Hasina
Europe
• Ukraine nuclear plant loses power line, Moscow makes
Europe sweat over gas
• UK ministers consider new law to 'wreck' indyref
campaign
• Tory MPs Plot To Bring Back Boris Johnson With Vote
This Winter To Sack Liz Truss
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India
• UP Government Set To Give Infrastructure Push To
Muslim-Dominated Areas And Blocks
• Uttar Pradesh: 'Muslim-Sounding Names' Of Wards
Changed In Gorakhpur's Draft Delimitation Order
• Muslim Family Allegedly Attacked in Uttarakhand Town
by Neighbours Over Property Case
• Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam, 299 Homes
Bulldozed; Residents Allege 'Muslims Targeted'
• Muslims 18.7% of prison population, down from 20.2%
a year ago: NCRB
• KCR should defend 4% Muslim quota: Shabbir Ali
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Mideast
• Palestinian Rights Activists Show Why The Muslim World’s
Struggle For Justice Is Best Served By Non-Violence
• 'Radical Decentralisation' Needed In Iran To Allow
Kurdish Communities To Benefit From Natural Resources, Study Argues
• Scores Of Israeli Settlers Break Into Jerusalem’s
Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Iran arrests 12 Baha'i people accused of spying for
Israel
• Russia demands Iran remove its militias from Western
Syria, amid increasing Israel airstrikes
• The latest effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal
• Iran denounces Herat mosque blast, promises to aid
Afghanistan in battle on terrorism
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South Asia
• OIC condemns deadly blast at mosque in Herat,
Afghanistan
• Taliban Deputy PM: Work on TAPI Project Soon Starts
in Northwest Afghanistan
• How Global Economic Instability Is Hurting
Bangladesh, Until Recently An Asian Tiger In The Making
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Arab world
• Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Joins UNESCO Global Network Of Learning
Cities
• Saudi Arabia provides prosthetic services in Yemen
• Egypt condemns deadly mosque attack in western Afghanistan
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North America
• ISNA Convention In Rosemont Is Nation's Largest
Gathering, Networking Event For Muslim Community
• American Nun Rescued By US Forces After Being Held
Hostage For 5 Months In Burkina Faso
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Africa
• NAF Fighter Jets Kill 49 Boko Haram Terrorists In
Borno
• Benue leaders vow resistance against proposed
Miyetti Allah vigilante group
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Pakistan
• Govt Decides To Get PM’s Flood Relief Fund Audited,
Make Its Report Public
• Balochistan CM seeks immediate assistance for flood
relief
• JI emir urges political leadership to focus on flood
relief efforts
• Mohenjo Daro may be removed from world heritage
list, warns official
• Alvi under fire for diluting his political ceasefire
remarks
• K-Electric should not collect advance tax from
mosques: FTO
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Southeast Asia
• Law Minister: Govt Still Studying Implications Of
Separating Powers Of AG And Public Prosecutor
• Johor govt to upgrade infrastructure to attract more
investors, says MB
• Report: Jailed Najib undergoing medical tests in
hospital
• Zuraida: PBM to formalise its Sabah leadership
during national congress on Oct 1
• Anwar calls police treatment of Rafizi in naval
ships scandal probe intimidation
Compiled
by New Age Islam News Bureau
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All the Lancashire mosques taking part in ‘Visit My
Mosque Day’ To Find Out More About The Islamic Faith
The Darussalam
Education Centre on Whalley New Road in Blackburn is taking part in the Visit
My Mosque project
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By Shuiab Khan
3rd September 2022
A variety of events have been arranged this weekend
(September 3 and 4) for anyone wanting to find out more about the Islamic faith
and the role mosques play in the lives of people on a day-to-day basis.
Led by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Visit My
Mosque aims to promote better outreach and engagement work between mosques and
local communities.
A number of mosques in Blackburn, Burnley, Preston and
Nelson have announced they will join more than 200 mosques across the UK by
hosting the open day events.
Molana Rafiq Sufi, Chair of Lancashire Council of
Mosques (LCM) said: “We support the Visit My Mosque initiative each year as it
helps people from across our communities can get more understanding of Islam
and their Muslim neighbours.
In Burnley people can visit the Ibrahim Masjid, off
Elm Street, and the UKIM Madina Masjid, in Manchester Road, Nelson is also
taking part.
Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain,
Zara Mohammed, said: “Now in its seventh year, Visit My Mosque continues to see
Mosques across the UK open their doors to local communities, providing a space
in which conversation, understanding and friendship can develop, whilst also
helping challenge misconceptions around Islam and Muslims.
“With such a diverse range of Mosques taking part,
each with their own unique story, and history, I am confident this weekend will
provide guests of all faiths and none with a fantastic opportunity to connect
with local Muslim communities, and gain a deeper sense of who Muslims are, what
their sacred spaces mean to them and the positive contributions of Muslim
communities to British society.
Source: Lancashire Telegraph
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India Awaits Access To Uzbek Islamic State Bomber
Azamov, Questionnaire Sent To Russia
Uzbek Islamic State bomber
Azamoz. (PTI)
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By Shishir Gupta
Sep 04, 2022
Indian security agencies have sent a questionnaire to
their Russian counterparts, the Federal Security Service (FSB), seeking
extensive details about detained Uzbek Islamic State bomber Azamoz even as
reports indicate that his associate Kyrgyz national has apparently been killed
in Turkey after he abandoned his India mission. The FSB announced the detention
of 30-year-old Azamov on August 22, 2022, while discreetly tipping off Indian
agencies in late July.
While Indian agencies in touch with their Russian and
Uzbek counterparts to gain physical access to Azamov, no forward movement has
been recorded till now and the replies to the questionnaire are still awaited.
Radicalized online and trained by Islamic State in Turkey, Azamov was tasked to
avenge the apparent insult to Prophet by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Another
Kyrgyz national was also prepared for the same task via Moscow but the Islamic
State terrorist went back to Turkey with latest reports indicating that he was
killed.
Although reports from Moscow indicate that Azamov was
to be given his Indian contact once he landed in the country, the Indian
security agencies are hunting to unearth the radicals of the Islamic State and
their handlers in West Asian countries like Turkey, Qatar, and Kuwait. The
Islamic State espouses Wahabbi Islam and is opposed to Deobandi Taliban and
Salafi Al Qaida terrorist groups. Since 2014, the Islamic State is competing
with Al Qaida and Taliban to become the global leader of religious extremism.
The situation becomes more complex in West Asia with
the presence of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which has an international
media channel in its support, and has support groups in various parts of the
country including India. The spotlight on Nupur Sharma was brought by the
Muslim Brotherhood-dominated countries of Qatar, Kuwait, and Turkey with help
of their Indian affiliates. Countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE have banned the
Brotherhood, which is the key sponsor of terror against Israel through the
Hamas group.
After the remarks by Nupur Sharma, the Indian security
agencies have activated their networks to pick up any terror attack planning or
plans to target any Indian VVIP. It is in this context that the questioning of
Azamov by Indian agencies is critical to spotlight on Islamic State network and
overground supporters in India.
Source: The Wire
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Inspiration From Prophet Muhammad’s (Pbuh) Household
Key to Islamic Republic’s Resilience
Inspiration From Ahl al-Bayt
Key to Islamic Republic’s Resilience
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September 03, 2022
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali
Khamenei highlighted the inspiration coming from Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH)
Household as the key to the resilience of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Those sparkling stars taught us with their
theoretical knowledge and practical conduct how to move on the course of dear
Islam by being resourceful and acting on the Quran,” he said in an address to a
meeting of the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly on Saturday, Leader.ir reported.
He described the teachings of Prophet Muhammad’s
(PBUH) Household as a complete collection of what individuals and communities
need, stressing that Muslim societies are in serious need of Ahl al-Bayt
knowledge today.
“The world assembly needs to fulfill this heavy duty
[of disseminating Ahl-al-Bayt knowledge] by careful and proper planning and use
of reasonable methods and influential means,” he said.
The Leader then pointed to the Islamic Republic’s
raised flag in opposition to arrogance, saying the followers of Ahl al-Bayt and
world Shias are proud to see an Islamic government resisting domineering powers
and foiling many of their plots.
The Islamic Republic’s flag is one of justice and
spirituality, according to Ayatollah Khamenei, and it is natural for it to face
hostility by hegemonic powers, including the United States on top of the global
arrogance front, whose beliefs and practices are rooted in the material world,
money and force.
Encouraging other countries to stand up to bullying is
among other reasons for the anger and hostility of domineering powers, he said.
Thwarting the US criminal schemes in various
countries, such as the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, have
triggered them to start campaigns of promoting anti-Iran and anti-Shia
sentiment and to accuse Iran of interfering in other countries’ affairs, the
Leader noted.
He stressed that Iran does not interfere in the
affairs of other countries and such allegations by hegemons stem from their
desperation and inability to prevent the progress of the Islamic Republic.
Ayatollah Khamenei later said the Muslim world is able
to force the global arrogance back given its spiritual and material capacities.
Islamic teachings, reliance on God, a hopeful outlook
and the concept of savior are among spiritual benefits of the Muslim world, he
said, while natural material capacities for progress are also abundant in
Islamic lands, an example of which is oil and gas whose importance has become
globally known today.
The Leader later emphasized that the establishment of
the Ahl al-Bayt assembly was not aimed at opposition and enmity with non-Shias
and the group has always cooperated with non-Shia groups who move on the right
track.
“We have always invited all Muslim countries to
disregard issues such as ‘Shia and Sunni’, ‘Arab and non-Arab’, and other such
divisions, and to act based on the principles [of Islam],” he said.
Inspired by the Quran, The late Founder of the Islamic
Revolution, Imam Khomeini, taught everyone to put all unreal divisions among
Islamic communities aside and recognize only one dividing line between the
Muslim world and the world of disbelief and arrogance, the Leader said.
“The present policy of the arrogance is highlighting
differences and unreal divisions in the Muslim world,” he said, calling for
vigilance against US plots for warmongering between Muslim groups.
Based on the same approach, Ayatollah Khamenei said,
the Islamic Republic placed the issue of Palestine on top of its agenda from
the first day and continues to sticks with the same policy today.
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'Rohingya community a burden on Bangladesh,' says PM
Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina. | LudovicMarin/AFP
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Sep 04, 2022
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh
to kick start four-day visit to India. Recently, PM Hasina raised concern over
Rohingya settlement and said that Rohingya refugees are a big burden on
Bangladesh.
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Europe
Ukraine nuclear plant loses power line, Moscow makes
Europe sweat over gas
By Tom Balmforth
September 4, 2022
KYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A nuclear power plant on the
front line of the Ukraine war again lost external power, U.N. inspectors said
on Saturday, fuelling fears of disaster while Moscow kept its main gas pipeline
to Germany shut to hurt economies of Kyiv's friends in the West.
The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest, had its last
remaining main external power line cut off, although a reserve line continued
supplying electricity to the grid, the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) said. read more
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UK ministers consider new law to 'wreck' indyref campaign
By Alan Young
3rd September 2022
The Sunday Times reports that the UK government is
planning to act in the event that the Supreme Court rules later this year that
SNP plans to stage indyref2 without UK consent are unlawful.
The newspaper said the plan would require evidence for
more than a year that at least 60 per cent of voters want a new referendum on
independence before the UK Government would even consider it.
Source: Scotsman
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Tory MPs plot to bring back Boris Johnson with vote
this winter to sack Liz Truss
By Nigel Nelson
3 Sep 2022
Disgraced Boris Johnson could return to No10 in an
astonishing plot hatched by warring Tory MPs.
Twelve plan to submit no-confidence letters in Liz
Truss – set to become new PM on Monday – and want a leadership vote by
Christmas.
Source: Mirror.Co.Uk
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India
UP government set to give infrastructure push to
Muslim-dominated areas and blocks
Sep 4, 2022
LUCKNOW: Be it the impact of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's call for Pasmanda (dalit and backward) Muslim outreach or the Yogi
Adityanath government's reworked strategy, the state government has identified
Muslim-dominated areas and blocks to focus on infrastructure development.
As the BJP as well as CM Yogi Adityanath are torchbearers
of Hindutva, the focus on minority-dominated areas for infrastructure
development is being seen as a major shift in the party's strategy.
Source: Times Of India
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Uttar Pradesh: 'Muslim-Sounding Names' Of Wards
Changed In Gorakhpur's Draft Delimitation Order
Press Trust of India
September 04, 2022
Gorakhpur: A draft delimitation order issued by the
Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation has changed “Muslim-sounding names” of around a
dozen wards, prompting a sharp reaction from leaders of the Samajwadi Party and
the Congress.
The changing of names was part of the delimitation
exercise, under which the number of wards went up to 80 in Gorakhpur, with
several of these named after iconic personalities and freedom fighters.
Source: First Post
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Muslim Family Allegedly Attacked in Uttarakhand Town
by Neighbours Over Property Case
Sumedha Pal
04-09-2022
New Delhi: A Muslim family in Uttarakhand’s Jhabrera
town have alleged communally targeted violence over a dispute with their
neighbours.
On the evening of August 29, a mob allegedly attacked
Parvez Ahmad’s family, causing injuries to his family members and others. They
also vandalised a gym belonging to Ahmad’s younger brother. Ahmad’s family
claims the mob consisted of their neighbours and several unknown persons with
links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Source: The Wire
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Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam, 299 Homes Bulldozed;
Residents Allege 'Muslims Targeted'
By: Preety Priyadarshinee
SEPTEMBER 04, 2022
Assam saw one of the biggest eviction drives on
Saturday in Sialmari in Sonitpur district. Homes of 299 families were
bulldozed, authorities claimed that the houses were built on government land
citing that as the reason for Bulldozer action.
According to reports, a solar plant is expected to be
built on the 330 acres that is being cleared in the district’s Chitalmari area
with bulldozers and demolition workers working in full swing.
Source: News18
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Muslims 18.7% of prison population, down from 20.2% a
year ago: NCRB
Sep 4, 2022
NEW DELHI: The share of Muslims in India’s total
prison population — comprising convicts, undertrials, detenues and others — has
declined to 18.7% in 2021 from 20.2% in 2020, while the percentage of Hindus
rose to 73.6% from 72.8% over the same period, according to the latest
all-India prison statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB).
As on December 31, 2021, the percentage of Sikhs in
the country’s prison population increased to 4.2% from 3.4% at the end of 2020;
while that of Christians fell marginally to 2.5% from 2.6% in the relevant time
period. In absolute terms, too, there has been a rather sharp rise in the
number of Sikh prisoners, from 15,807 on December 31, 2020 to 22,100 on
December 31, 2021.
Source: Times Of India
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KCR should defend 4% Muslim quota: Shabbir Ali
Sep 4, 2022
HYDERABAD: Former Congress minister Mohammed Ali
Shabbir demanded that the state Government engage a team of senior lawyers to
fight the case of 4 per cent Muslim reservation, which is likely to come up for
hearing from September 13 in the Supreme Court.
On Saturday, Shabbir Ali said he had a detailed
discussion with Supreme Court senior counsel and former Union minister Salman
Khursheed at his office in New Delhi on the issue.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
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Mideast
Palestinian rights activists show why the Muslim
world’s struggle for justice is best served by non-violence
Chandra Muzaffar
4 Sep, 2022
Islam’s deep affinity for peace is perhaps best
illustrated by the fact that the word “Islam” implies peace through engaged
surrender to God, to the Divine Will.
There are a number of passages in the Koran that
demonstrate its commitment to peace, especially the peaceful resolution of
disputes. The Prophet Mohammed’s life and struggle also offer numerous
instances of his inclination towards peace. It is well known that he even
delayed the conquest of Mecca, much to the chagrin of his followers, to
minimise violence and bloodshed.
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'Radical decentralisation' needed in Iran to allow
Kurdish communities to benefit from natural resources, study argues
by University of Exeter
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
A radical decentralisation of politics and
decision-making in Iran is needed to allow Kurdish communities to benefit from
natural resources, experts have argued.
But deforestation, exploitation of the environment and
the irregular and unconsidered extraction of gold and aluminium has resulted in
environmental and health issues among the Kurdish people as well as droughts
and water shortages.
Source: Phys.Org
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Scores of Israeli settlers break into Jerusalem’s
Al-Aqsa Mosque
04/September/2022
JERUSALEM, Sunday, September 4, 2022 (WAFA) – Scores
of Israeli settlers escorted by police today broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque
compound in occupied Jerusalem and performed rituals in its courtyards,
according to witnesses.
The Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, in charge of
the holy site, said scores of Israeli settlers entered the compound through the
Moroccan Gate in groups and performed rituals and Talmudic prayers there under
the protection of Israeli police officers.
Source: English.Wafa
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Iran arrests 12 Baha'i people accused of spying for
Israel
By MAARIV ONLINE
SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
Twelve members of the Baha'i faith were arrested on
suspicion of spying for Israel in Iran's northern Mazandaran province, Iranian
news agency IRNA reported on Saturday night.
According to the report, two of the heads of the
organization were trained at the World House of Justice, located in the Baha'i
Center in Haifa, and set up a spy cell with other members of the organization
throughout the northern district.
Source: Jpost
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Russia demands Iran remove its militias from Western
Syria, amid increasing Israel airstrikes
September 3, 2022
Russia has demanded that Iran remove its forces and
militias from areas in western Syria in order to avoid further airstrikes from
neighbouring Israel, according to a report by Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.
Citing a source reportedly close to the Syrian regime
of Bashar al-Assad, the outlet reported that in a meeting on Wednesday between
three Russian officials and their Iranian counterparts at the Hama military
airport, Moscow "demanded that the Iranians evacuate" their military
positions near Hama and the coastal city of Tartous.
Source: Middleeast Monitor
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The latest effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal
MICHELE KELEMEN
September 3, 2022
New developments emerged this week in negotiations
between the U.S. and Iran over reviving the nuclear weapons agreement abandoned
by the Trump administration.
The Biden administration and other world powers have
now spent a year and a half trying to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement with
Iran. The Trump administration abandoned the deal, prompting Iran to ramp up
back once again its nuclear activity. In the last week, there's been a new
flurry of activity around the talks, as NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.
Source: Middleeast Monitor
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Iran denounces Herat mosque blast, promises to aid
Afghanistan in battle on terrorism
September 3, 2022
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for the Foreign
Ministry, slammed the assault on Guzargah Mosque worshippers in a statement on
Friday.
Kanaani said, “The government of the Islamic Republic
of Iran will stand by Afghanistan and its oppressed people in the fight against
the evil phenomenon of extremism, violence, and terrorism,” expressing worry
over the ongoing terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.
Source: Tehran Times
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South Asia
OIC condemns deadly blast at mosque in Herat,
Afghanistan
04-09-2022
JEDDAH, 4th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The General
Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly
condemned the bloody explosion that rocked, on Friday, 2 September 2022, the
Guzargah mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan.
The atrocious blast reportedly has left dozens of
civilians dead and scores more wounded in the attack.
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Taliban Deputy PM: Work on TAPI Project Soon Starts in
Northwest Afghanistan
By Saqalain Eqbal
03 Sep 2022
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul
Ghani Baradar, during a meeting with scholars, tribal elders, domestic
investors, and local businessmen in Herat province, said that work on the TAPI
project will soon begin in Herat province in northwest Afghanistan.
According to the Taliban-run Bakhtar state news
agency, the Taliban official told the people of Herat in a meeting on Friday,
September 2, that the province will benefit from the TAPI project’s impending
start of construction.
Source: khaama Press
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How global economic instability is hurting Bangladesh,
until recently an Asian tiger in the making
Golam Rasul
04-09-2022
Bangladesh had been performing exceptionally well
before the Covid-19 pandemic. The economy had expanded, the per capita gross
domestic product had increased, reserves of the dollar had grown, inflation was
low and poverty levels were decreasing.
But since mid-2021, global commodity prices,
especially of oil, have begun to rise. This was intensified by the Russian
invasion of Ukraine in March.
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Arab world
Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu joins UNESCO Global Network of
Learning Cities
MOHAMMED AL-KINANI
September 03, 2022
JEDDAH: Yanbu Industrial City has been recognized by
the UN’s top cultural body for its commitment to lifelong learning for its
residents.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) recently announced Yanbu Industrial City’s admittance
into its Global Network of Learning Cities.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi Arabia provides prosthetic services in Yemen
SPA
September 04, 2022
TAIZ: A Saudi-backed prosthetics center in Yemen has
provided help to hundreds of people in the war-torn country.
The project, supported by the King Salman Humanitarian
Aid and Relief Center, offers physical therapy and other services to assist
those who have lost limbs to reintegrate into society.
Source: Arab News
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Egypt condemns deadly mosque attack in western
Afghanistan
Ahram Online
3 Sep 2022
The statement offered Egypt's deepest condolences to
victims' families and wished a speedy recovery for the injured.
The blast occurred on Friday during noon prayers,
killing at least 18 people and injured 23 others, according to news reports.
Source: Alriyadh Daily
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North America
ISNA Convention in Rosemont is nation's largest
gathering, networking event for Muslim community
By Maher Kawash via
September 4, 2022
ROSEMONT, Ill. (WLS) -- A long time tradition for the
Muslim community makes a grand return to Rosemont after two years of virtually
gathering during the pandemic.
The Islamic Society of North America is bringing in
thousands of people from different states and countries for its 59th annual
convention.
Source: Abc7chicago.Com
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American nun rescued by US forces after being held
hostage for 5 months in Burkina Faso
By Anugrah Kumar
04-09-2022
An 83-year-old American nun, who was kidnapped by
gunmen in northern Burkina Faso in April, has been rescued. Many believe her
release was part of a U.S. forces’ special operations rescue mission.
Sister Suellen Tennyson, who is from Louisiana and
belongs to the Order of the Marianites of the Holy Cross, was released earlier
this week, her Order confirmed.
Source: Christian Post
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Africa
NAF fighter Jets kill 49 Boko haram terrorists in
Borno
04-09-2022
The Air Task Force Operation Hadin Kai has killed no
less than 49 Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest hideouts in Borno state.
The airstrikes were conducted by the Nigerian Air
Force with two Super Tucano fighter jets targeting the terrorists’ camps.
Source: Tvc News
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Benue leaders vow resistance against proposed Miyetti
Allah vigilante group
By Peter Duru
September 3, 2022
The leaders of the three main socio-cultural
organizations in Benue State, under the auspices of the Mdzough U Tiv, MUT,
Ochetoha K’Idoma, OKI and Omi Ny’Igede, ONI, have vowed to resist the Miyetti
Allah’s plot to create its vigilante group in the state.
The leaders maintained that a group whose members had
allegedly unleashed mayhem in Benue state leading to the gruesome murder of
thousands of the people as well as the displacement of close to two million
farmers would never be allowed the leverage to establish a purported vigilante
to be used as weapon for further annihilation of the people of the state.
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Pakistan
Govt decides to get PM’s Flood Relief Fund audited, make
its report public
Staff Reporter
September 4, 2022ISLAMABAD: The government has decided
to get the “Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund” audited by the Accountant
General Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) and an international-repute audit firm, Prime
Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced through his Twitter handle on Saturday.
“In order to ensure transparency and as per my
promise, the government of Pakistan has decided to get PM’s Flood Relief Fund
audited by AGPR & a firm of global standing,” he tweeted.
Source: Dawn
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Balochistan CM seeks immediate assistance for flood
relief
Saleem Shahid
September 4, 2022
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos
Bizenjo on Saturday said the province immediately needed financial help to
rehabilitate flood-affected citizens as the devastation has drawn the province
20 years back.
Chairing a meeting on Saturday, the chief minister
said unprecedented rains and floods have broken the back of people, depriving
them of their entire life’s savings.
Source: Dawn
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JI emir urges political leadership to focus on flood
relief efforts
Staff Reporter
September 4, 2022
RAWALPINDI: Acting Emir of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI)
Liaquat Baloch on Saturday said the political leadership should help the flood
victims instead of locking horns with each other by organising a series of
public meetings.
He claimed the recent floods left more than 350
million people homeless besides destroying roads, bridges, schools, mosques,
hospitals, hotels and other infrastructure, something more horrible than the
2005 earthquake and 2010 floods.
Source: Dawn
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Mohenjo Daro may be removed from world heritage list,
warns official
M.B. Kalhoro
September 4, 2022
LARKANA: The department of archaeology has called for
urgent attention towards conservation and restoration work at Mohenjo Daro
apprehending that the site may be removed from the world heritage list if such
work was not carried out.
Sources said on Saturday that archaeological ruins of
Mohenjo Daro had received record rains, measured at 779.5mm, which continued
from Aug 16 to 26. It resulted in considerable damage to the site and partial
falling of several walls, including the protection wall of the stupa dome.
Source: Dawn
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Alvi under fire for diluting his political ceasefire
remarks
Iftikhar A. Khan
September 4, 2022
ISLAMABAD: A day after advising political parties to
halt political activities to focus on mitigating the suffering of flood-hit
people, President Arif Alvi on Saturday called for engaging public on national
issues, saying “politics and floods are not a zero sum situation”.
Clarifying his statement for mobilising the nation to
come to aid of the flood victims, President Alvi said political activities and
engaging the public in national discourse and issues confronted by the nation
was also important to motivate and encourage them to play their role in
mitigating the effects of the calamity faced by the nation.
Source: Dawn
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K-Electric should not collect advance tax from
mosques: FTO
Sohail Sarfraz
04-09-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has
declared that the M/s K-Electric Karachi is wrongly collecting advance income
tax from mosques.
According to an order issued by FTO Dr Asif Mahmood
Jan against the K-Electric in case number 2862/KHI/ST/2022, the complaint was
filed against the said company in terms of section 10(1) of the Federal Tax
Ombudsman Ordinance 2000 for charging and collecting sales tax and advance
income tax on Masajid through the electric bills since last two months.
Source: Brecorder
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Southeast Asia
Law minister: Govt still studying implications of
separating powers of AG and public prosecutor
04 Sep 2022
KUCHING, Sept 4 — The government is still studying the
implications of the proposed separation of powers between the Attorney-General
and the Public Prosecutor, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department
(Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
He said that although many other countries, including
Commonwealth countries, have done this, the proposal is not easy to implement.
Source: Malay Mail
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Johor govt to upgrade infrastructure to attract more
investors, says MB
04 Sep 2022
MUAR, 4 Sept — The Johor government will continue with
efforts to obtain allocation from the federal government to upgrade
infrastructure in the state to attract more investors, said Mentri Besar Datuk
Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
“Among the infrastructure that will be prioritised are
facilities involving roads, including highways, and water supply, to give
confidence to investors to come here, hence, indirectly creating employment
opportunities for the local people,” he said here today.
Source: Malay Mail
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Report: Jailed Najib undergoing medical tests in
hospital
By Debra Chong
04 Sep 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak who is
serving his 12-year jail sentence is currently hospitalised, Astro Awani
reported this afternoon.
The Malay news portal cited an unnamed aide to the convicted
former prime minister confirming the hospitalisation to be recent, without
disclosing which healthcare facility or the reason for admission.
Source: Malay Mail
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Zuraida: PBM to formalise its Sabah leadership during
national congress on Oct 1
04 Sep 2022
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 4 — Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM)
will be formalising its Sabah leadership during its annual national congress
that is scheduled to be held on Oct 1, this year.
The party president-designate Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin
told a press conference today that for now, the PBM state leadership is still
under a protem committee.
Source: Malay Mail
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Anwar calls police treatment of Rafizi in naval ships
scandal probe intimidation
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
04 Sep 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim today accused the police of harassing PKR deputy president Rafizi
Ramli, who is being investigated for his remarks against a minister in
connection with the RM9 billion littoral combat ships (LCS) procurement
scandal.
Anwar, MP for Port Dickson and current PKR president,
also described yesterday’s confiscation of Rafizi’s smartphone as “quite
excessive”.
Source: Malay Mail
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