Democratic Party Officials Call Out Hindutva Groups As “Domestic Branches” Of “Foreign Hate Groups”, Seek FBI, CIA Probe
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September 2022
Teaneck Democrat Municipal
Committee says HAF, VHPA, and SEWA International are “domestic branches” of
“foreign hate groups”
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• Democratic Party Officials Call Out Hindutva Groups
As “Domestic Branches” Of “Foreign Hate Groups”, Seek FBI, CIA Probe
• Inter-Religion Bonhomie: Kept In Gurudwara For 75
Yrs, A Manuscript Of Quran Handed Over To Mosque
• Religious Diplomacy Key In Promoting ’Common
Values,’ Says Muslim World League Chief
• Indonesia Works To Weaken Radical Islam Through
Education Realize "Unity In Diversity"
• Radical Islamist Group Armed With Pistols, Clubs,
And Stones Attacks Shia Procession In Pakistan, 13 Injured
North America
• Islamic State claims first attacks inside Benin
• America's Christian majority is on track to end
• First Mosque Opens In Troy, But Legal Battle With
City Continues
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India
• U.P.’S Lone Muslim Minister, Danish Azad Ansari,
Says Survey Will Connect Madrasas With Government Schemes
• Muslim Prisoners Beard Was Forcefully Clean-Shaved
In Madhya Pradesh Jail During Inspection
• Tension in Sankarankoil as BJP puts up Modi posters
near mosque
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Arab world
• Organization of Islamic Cooperation Chief To Meet
Key Officials At 77th UNGA Session
• Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs Meets with the
Mufti of Kazakhstan
• One-year prison sentence, SR3,000 fine for violators
of Saudi flag law
• Sky’s the limit as private pilot courses take off in
Saudi Arabia
• Hall 4 play showcases acting talents of youth on the
autism spectrum in Saudi Arabia
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Southeast Asia
• Amanah MPs, assemblymen who go against party
decisions to automatically lose membership
• Johor will play a decisive role in deciding who wins
GE15, says PKR’s Rafizi
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Pakistan
• State’s responsivity — to project soft power of
Islam
• Graft cases against leaders of ruling coalition lose
steam
• 30 booked for Chehlum procession attack in Sialkot
• Sindh govt plans to demolish MQM’s Azizabad headquarters
• Imran to address gathering in Muzaffarabad on Sept
29
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Mideast
• Moroccan Muslims Reviving Jewish Heritage In Former
Jewish Neighbourhoods
• Scores of Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Iranians Mourn Arbaeen of Imam Hossein (AS) Across
Country
• Arbaeen shows unity among Muslims: president Raisi
• Iran’s Leader hosts mourning ceremony for Imam
Hussein on Arba’een
• Iran's Chabahar port crucial for landlocked
Afghanistan's foreign trade
• No dollars for food imports from Iran, Afghanistan
• Over 50,000 Afghan refugees deported from Iran in
past months
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South Asia
• China Calls on US to Release Afghan Frozen Asset in
‘Full at Once’
• Taliban Condemns US forming Swiss-based Trust for
Afghan Frozen Funds
• Bangladesh eyes 100 billion USD export earnings by
2026
• Former Guantanamo prisoner and popular Taliban
fighter is injured in Panjshir war
• Karzai breaks silence, condemns brutal killings in
Panjshir province
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Europe
• British Muslim Charity Breaks World Record For Most
Blood Donations In A Day
• UK: Amidst Hindu-Muslim tension in Leicester, police
appeal for calm
• UK Man, Muhammad Khan, Charged With Public Order
Offense Over Queen Elizabeth Coffin Incident
• King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla’s
relationship over the years – a timeline
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Africa
• Insurgency: Maintain Winning Tempo, Don’t Give
Breathing Space – Islamic Group Tells Security Agencies
• ‘29 insurgents’ killed as ISWAP, Boko Haram clash in
Borno
• North-East govs: Our role in Boko Haram decimation
Compiled
by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Democratic Party Officials Call Out Hindutva Groups As
“Domestic Branches” Of “Foreign Hate Groups”, Seek FBI, CIA Probe
Teaneck Democrat Municipal
Committee says HAF, VHPA, and SEWA International are “domestic branches” of
“foreign hate groups”
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Anwar Iqbal
September 18, 2022
WASHINGTON: A Democratic Party unit in a New Jersey
town has passed a resolution calling out the US-based Hindutva outfits as
“domestic branches” of “foreign hate groups”.
The resolution named several right-wing Hindu groups —
such as the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of
America (VHPA), SEWA International, Infinity Foundation and Ekal Vidyalaya
Foundation — among the outfits that practise Hindu supremacism in the United
States.
Passed by the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee
(TDMC) this week, the resolution urged US senators and congressmen from New
Jersey, and Governor Phil Murphy, to ask the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to “step up” research on these
“foreign hate groups that enjoy “tax-exempt status” in the United States.
“Hindu nationalist organisations have infiltrated all
levels of politics and were highly effective in blocking US House Resolution
417 which was a congressional attempt to warn against the Hindu nationalist
movement,” TDMC said.
House Resolution 417 — brought in 2013 in the US
Congress — sought to continue denying a US visa to Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, which was sponsored by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
The resolution also called on India to protect the rights and freedoms of
religious minorities and asked the US government to include the matter as part
of the bilateral strategic dialogue.
The TDMC resolution noted that “most local American
elected officials remain unaware and unprepared to deal with the Hindu
extremists”.
The resolution claimed that US-based right-wing Hindu
groups had “direct and indirect ties to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the
right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary organisation in India whose ideology
are part of Nazism and European fascism.”
The resolution urged New Jersey Senators Bob Menendez
and Cory Booker and Congressman Josh Gottheimer to “revise the Visa Waiver
Programme Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 to address
foreign violent extremists with speaking engagements in the US”.
In 2005, Modi, then the chief minister of Gujarat,
applied for a US visa but his request was turned down because of his failure to
halt the 2002 riots that killed about 2,000 Muslims and destroyed livelihoods
and homes in the Indian state. In 2016, the Obama administration used waiver
facilities to restore his visa.
The TDMC resolution noted that “extremists who
routinely spew venomous hate towards minorities [in India] are invited to speak
at large events and temples in the United States”.
The resolution pointed out that Sambit Patra, a
“controversial” spokesperson of India’s ruling Hindu supremacist Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), “served as Grand Marshall” at a parade held in Edison and
Woodbridge towns on Aug 14 to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s freedom.
“A bulldozer, which has been weaponised against
minorities” in India, was part of the New Jersey parade with “giant pictures”
of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as ‘Daddy Bulldozer’.
The resolution also pointed out that Hindu extremists
sent “one million emails, death threats and rape threats to US academic
scholars, like Rutgers [University] professor Audrey Truschke, and their
families when 50 universities supported [a] conference titled ‘Dismantling
Hindutva’ [in 2021]”.
The resolution said US lawmakers must help pass US
House Resolution 1196 that urges the US Department of State to designate India
as a Country of Particular Concern, as recommended by the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom.
“Americans need to understand that the RSS’s roots
stem from the same place as Italian fascism and German Nazism,” TDMC member
Daniel Rosenblum, who voted for the resolution, told Indian American Muslim
Council (IAMC), which was among the first to report the passing of the
resolution.
Margot Fisher, another TDMC member, said: “People are
confusing the teachings of Gandhi with Hindu nationalism and they are not the
same.”
In recent weeks, several human rights organisations —
such as Black Lives Matter, American Muslims for Democracy, and Hindus for
Human Rights — led a campaign to raise awareness among elected officials in New
Jersey about the dangers of Islamophobic Hindu supremacism.
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Inter-Religion Bonhomie: Kept In Gurudwara For 75 Yrs,
A Manuscript Of Quran Handed Over To Mosque
The manuscript of the Quran
being handed over to members of the Muslim community at Buttaran village in
Jalandhar. Tribune photo
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Deepkamal Kaur
Sep 18, 2022
In an exceptional case of inter-religion bonhomie,
members of a Gurudwara committee of Buttaran village and other residents on
Thursday handed over a manuscript of the Quran, which had been in their safe
custody since Partition, to the caretakers of a mosque.
Elderly people in the village said three Muslim
families used to live in the vicinity of the one-room Gurudwara before
Partition. Since they were to migrate to Pakistan, they handed over the holy
book to the then custodian of the Gurudwara to ensure its safety. Since then,
the Gurudwara had been maintaining it, keeping it wrapped in a cloth along with
other holy scriptures and ensuring full respect to it.
When the mosque custodians came on Thursday, we
requested them to read out its details as we cannot read Urdu. They told us
that this handwritten copy had been readied in 1938. —Gurmel Singh, Granthi
About four years ago, when Gurmel Singh joined as the
Granthi of the Gurudwara, he proposed to the villagers that the holy book
should be safely handed over to the Muslim community. “We used to open it only
when villagers or other visitors who knew about it requested us for its
Darshan. Though someone in Lahore had penned it in pre-Independence times, it
is still in a good condition. We initially thought that we could hand it over
to some Gujjar families in the village but then someone suggested that the old
Imam Nasir mosque in Jalandhar city was the most appropriate place where it
could be kept,” said the Granthi.
He said, “I, along with Gurudwara committee members
and some villagers, went to the Imam Nasir mosque and met Maulana Mohammad
Adnan Jamai there. He told us to bring it to them, but then someone suggested
that the Maulvi should be invited to the gurdwara to receive it. When the
mosque custodians came yesterday, we requested them to read out its details as
we cannot read Urdu. They told us that this handwritten copy had been readied
in 1938. They happily took it with them.”
The Granthi said, “The occasion was special for me. It
gives me such a huge sense of satisfaction that the Quran has reached where it
ideally should have been. I am thankful to the Almighty for having chosen me
for this holy cause.”
The gurdwara members also presented a siropa to the
special guests. Among those present on the occasion were gurdwara president
Kulvir Singh, former president Mohinder Singh, Maulana Shamshad and Maulana
Kaleem Siddiqui.
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Religious Diplomacy Key In Promoting ’Common Values,’
Says Muslim World League Chief
MWL Secretary-General Dr.
Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa addresses in the opening session of the
congress. (Supplied)
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ARAB NEWS
September 17, 2022
RIYADH: The closing statement of the Kazakhstan
Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, attended by more than
100 delegations of influential international religious leaders, has praised the
contents of the historic Makkah Document.
The document was signed by senior muftis, scholars and
thinkers of the Islamic world in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, home of the Grand
Mosque, affirming its importance in promoting peace, dialogue, cooperation and
mutual respect for the good of the world.
Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general
of the Muslim World League, had assigned Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Zayd, deputy
secretary-general of MWL, to represent the league in the congress.
Al-Issa sent a recorded television speech in the
opening session of the congress, at the invitation of the Kazakh President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, along with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in
the presence of the Pope and international religious leaders.
In his speech, Al-Issa addressed the importance of
“common values,” stressing that religious diplomacy is an important and
influential tool in the context of promoting these values, as seen at the
conference, bearing common humanitarian goals.
He noted the importance of dialogue and civilized and
cultural communication, stressing that being far from each other has generated
anxiety and fear and created a gap that widens with time due to illusions and
doubts. He added that errors in perceptions and judgments have resulted in
dangerous negative effects throughout human history.
Al-Issa refuted the theses that hold religions
responsible for some conflicts and wars, declaring that most of the conflicts
and wars throughout human history were the result of ideas blamed on religions,
but in reality they only expressed the thoughts of their owners, and never
expressed true religion or any civilized culture.
Many Islamic leaders participating in the conference
described, in the final statement, the praise of Makkah Document as a great
recognition of the historical achievement of this document, which is a
significant turning point in contemporary Islamic history, due to its religious
and intellectual context that embraces all Islamic sects.
The Makkah Document was celebrated on a number of
international platforms for its religious and cultural diversity. It was also
adopted by Islamic countries at the meeting of foreign ministers in Niamey,
Niger, and it has been adopted in the training of imams in many Islamic
countries and countries that include Muslim communities. The sponsor of this
document was King Salman, who sponsored its international conference held in
Makkah in 2019, organized by the MWL, with the approval of about 1,200 muftis
and scholars and more than 4,500 Islamic thinkers.
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Indonesia Works To Weaken Radical Islam Through
Education Realize "Unity In Diversity"
Indonesia's International
Islamic University opened in 2021 in Depok, West Java. Around 100 students are
studying on the campus. (Photo by Koya Jibiki)
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Koya Jibiki
September 18, 2022
JAKARTA -- An inconspicuous yet important agenda for
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to educate moderate Muslims
is getting underway as the world's most populous Muslim nation aims to get
religious radicals under control and realize "unity in diversity."
The centrepiece of these efforts is the Indonesian
International Islamic University, the newest national university in the country,
which was established under a national strategic project led by Widodo, with
the aim of providing the highest quality of Islamic education in the world.
IIIU's campus, located in the city of Depok, on the
outskirts of Jakarta, is built on a tract of land measuring 142.5 hectares, 30%
of which is occupied by buildings, with the rest covered in lush plant growth.
Although the university is Islamic by name, "we
are open to [all] students. ... We respect diversity, without segregation by
race or religion," IIIU Rector Komaruddin Hidayat said in a recent
interview with Nikkei Asia.
The campus currently hosts four faculties: Islamic
studies, social sciences, economics and business, and education. The plan is to
add three more faculties in the future. It is currently a research-oriented
institution offering only master's and doctoral programs but plans to add
undergraduate programs.
The faculty of economics and business teaches general
economics, rather than teaching Shariah economics based on Islamic law. Professors
have been hired from the Middle East, Europe and the U.S., in addition to
Indonesia, and all classes are conducted in English or Arabic.
IIIU, whose faculties have a common aim of producing
moderate Muslims, also incorporates a broad range of research from Indonesia,
the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. in its programs. To provide balanced
views, it also offers classes on non-Islamic subjects.
While the university provides high-level education, it
has so far not proved easy for students to complete their classes. In the first
year of opening, 1,000 students applied but only about 100 enrolled, of whom 20
have already dropped out.
"The Middle East has played a central role in
Islamic education up to now," Hidayat said. "With the opening of this
university, we would like to make Indonesia an international hub" for
Islamic education.
Indonesia has in the past experienced a series of
tragedies resulting from terrorist acts by Islamic radicals. A 2002 terrorist
attack in the island resort of Bali by operatives of Jemaah Islamiyah, a group
based in Indonesia, killed more than 200 people. Domestic terrorist
organizations, inspired by international terrorist organizations such as the
Islamic State group and al-Qaida, have attacked government and other religious
facilities. In 2017, a Catholic church and police station in Surabaya were
attacked by Islamic State-affiliated suicide bombers, killing 13 people and
leaving many wounded.
The Widodo administration is increasing crackdowns on
Islamic radicals and at the same time working on programs to develop human
resources.
"We'd like to introduce democracy, which has
taken root in Indonesia, into education and spread moderate Islam, which
excludes extremism," Hidayat said.
Its particular focus is on integration of Pancasila,
or the five principles formulated by former Indonesian President Sukarno as a
state philosophy, into IIIU's education. The Pancasila, the national credo,
stipulates diversity in the country.
Efforts like Indonesia's to make Islam compatible with
democracy are rarely found in the Islamic world, where many countries are
regarded as being under authoritarian control by royal family members and
religious leaders.
"Islam has essentially respected other religions
and sought ways to coexist with them," said Hidayat, who specializes in
comparative religious studies. "The religion is highly compatible with
democracy, which respects minority positions."
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Radical Islamist Group Armed With Pistols, Clubs, And
Stones Attacks Shia Procession In Pakistan, 13 Injured
Shiite Muslims take part in
a procession marking Chehlum in Peshawar, Pakistan
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
The Shia procession was going to Imambargah
(congregation hall) in Sialkot, for the Chehlum of Imam Hussain when a group of
people armed with pistols, clubs, and stones attacked the mourners.
Activists of a radical Islamist group attacked a Shia
procession in Pakistan's Punjab province, leaving at least 13 people injured,
police said on Sunday.
According to an FIR, the Shia procession was going to
Imambargah (congregation hall) in Sialkot, about 130kms from Lahore, in
connection with the Chehlum of Imam Hussain on Saturday when a group of people
armed with pistols, clubs and stones attacked the mourners.
The Chehlum is a Shia religious observance that
commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad,
who was martyred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram.
A senior police officer told PTI on Sunday that
tensions had been simmering over the past few days in the area between the
Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and Shia activists over the route of the
procession.
"The TLP local leaders wanted that the Shia
procession should not pass in front of their mosque cum seminary. The local
Shias were determined to go to Imambargah by the same route they take every
year," the officer said on condition of anonymity.
"Police officers had held talks with both sects
and apparently the TLP leaders agreed that they would not object to the
procession route," the officer said.
However, a group of TLP activists came out of their
seminary on the Alam Chowk of Shahabpura (Sialkot) and attacked the Shia
mourners.
"Thirteen people, all of them belonging to the
Shia community suffered injuries. The condition of a couple of them is stated
to be critical as they had head injuries," the officer said.
Sialkot Police chief Faisal Kamran said the police
force reached the spot after learning about the incident. However, the
attackers managed to flee.
"Police force has been deployed in the area to
control law and order. Besides police teams have been constituted for the
arrest of the suspects," he said.
Video clips, shared on social media, showed a good
number of people holding clubs and weapons opening fire and attacking the Shia
procession participants.
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North America
Islamic State claims first attacks inside Benin
September 17, 2022
Through its weekly Al-Naba newsletter earlier this
week, the Islamic State officially claimed its first two operations inside
Benin. The attacks now join the chorus of strikes committed inside the littoral
West African country by its main regional competitor, al Qaeda’s Group for
Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM).
On Thursday, the Islamic State retroactively took
credit for two assaults inside Benin’s northern Alibori Department, which
borders both Burkina Faso and Niger. In its first claim, the Islamic State said
its men were responsible for an ambush on Beninese troops near the town of Alfa
Kawoura on July 1, reportedly killing four soldiers. This incident does not seem
to correlate to any known reported attack.
However, in its second claim, it stated its men
carried out the July 2 attack in Benin’s northern Parc W that killed two
Beninese soldiers. The jihadist group also released a graphic photo showing the
two killed troops. For both assaults, the Islamic State said its Sahel
Province, which is more colloquially known as the Islamic State in the Greater
Sahara (ISGS), were responsible.
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America's Christian majority is on track to end
September 17, 2022
MICHAEL LEVITT
Eliza Campbell had spent her entire life as a
practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She was born in Utah, a state in which the majority of
residents belong to the church, and attended Brigham Young University, a
private institution owned and operated by the church.
"It's part of your whole professional network,
your whole emotional community," she said. "Basically, it touches
every facet of your life."
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First mosque opens in Troy, but legal battle with city
continues
Jennifer Chambers
18-09-2022
Members of a mosque and Troy's elected officials are
meeting Saturday afternoon for a ribbon cutting at the Adam Community Center,
but a federal lawsuit between the parties remains unsettled after a four-year
legal battle.
Amy Doukoure, staff attorney for CAIR-MI, said on
Saturday, lawsuits by her organization and the Justice Department remain open
and the two sides continue to disagree over monetary damages.
"We were able to get a certificate of
occupancy," Doukoure said. "They can use it as is as a place of
worship and banquet hall. There are bigger plans in the future to create a more
comprehensive community center."
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India
U.P.’S Lone Muslim Minister, Danish Azad Ansari, Says
Survey Will Connect Madrasas With Government Schemes
The Hindu Bureau
SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
The lone Muslim face in the Uttar Pradesh Government
and Minister of State for Minority Affairs, Danish Azad Ansari, on Saturday
alleged that Opposition parties in the State were indulging in false propaganda
on the ongoing survey of madrasas in the State, and the focus of the survey is
to connect madrasas with government welfare schemes.
“No madrasa will be closed or bulldozers used on
madrasas. In the survey, there is no talk of bulldozers or closing down
madrasas. These propagandas are orchestrated by the opposition as the Muslim
community is drawn towards the BJP government,” Mr. Ansari said, speaking to
media persons in Barabanki.
“After the survey, we will connect the madrasas with
government schemes like ‘ Nai Roshni, Nai Udaan’ of the Minority Welfare
Department, and we want students to get exposure to modern and technical
education along with religious education,” he said. He further alleged that
Opposition parties in the State had used the Muslim community as a vote bank in
the past and now, as the community was progressing, “these groups are not
likening it”.
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Muslim Prisoners Beard Was Forcefully Clean-Shaved In
Madhya Pradesh Jail During Inspection
18-09-2022
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Five Muslims youths who were
sent to jail under Section 151 of CrPC, have said that they were forcefully
shaved in the jail in Rajgarh.
'Jailer told us this is not Pakistan but India. You
cannot sport beard in the jail,' they
were quoted in the memorandum their families handed over to Rajgarh district
collector Harsh Dixit, demanding action against jailer for insulting Islam.
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Tension in Sankarankoil as BJP puts up Modi posters
near mosque
Sudhakar P.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Tension prevailed for a while near a mosque in
Sankarankoil in Tenkasi district on Saturday as BJP functionaries erected
banners near a mosque in connection with the birthday of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
When the youth wing members of the BJP erected a few
banners carrying the photos of Mr. Modi near the mosque on Sankarankovil —
Kazhugumalai Road on Saturday wishing Mr. Modi on his 72 nd birthday, members
of a few Muslim outfits opposed it.
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Arab world
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Chief To Meet Key
Officials At 77th UNGA Session
ARAB NEWS
September 18, 2022
JEDDAH: The secretary-general of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation, Hissein Brahim Taha, led a high-level delegation on
Saturday to participate in the work of the 77th session of the UN General
Assembly.
The OIC chief is expected to hold bilateral meetings
with leaders and presidents of member states and officials of regional and
international organizations, on the side-lines
the UNGA session.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs Meets with the Mufti
of Kazakhstan
17 Sep, 2022
Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh, met
at his guest residence in the Kazakhstani capital of Nur-Sultan today with the
Mufti of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sheikh Nauryzbai Kazhy Taganuly.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the visit
of Al Al-Sheikh to the World and Traditional Religions Leaders Congress.
The meeting reviewed areas of cooperation and issues
of mutual concern, particularly those related to the service of the Islamic
action of joint interest.
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One-year prison sentence, SR3,000 fine for violators
of Saudi flag law
GHADI JOUDAH
September 17, 2022
RIYADH: As the 92nd Saudi National Day approaches, the
Ministry of Commerce has clarified the regulations regarding the use of the
Kingdom’s flag.
The ministry has warned that those found guilty of
“showing disrespect” to the national flag in public will be jailed for one year
and/or receive a fine of up to SR3,000 (just under $800).
The ministry confirmed that it is prohibited for
“individuals and commercial establishments” to use the Kingdom’s flag — a white
sword on a green background and white Arabic writing which translates as “There
is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah” — or the state
emblem — two swords and a palm tree — or pictures of leaders and officials and
their names in commercial dealings, including “publications, goods and
products, media bulletins, special gifts and others.”
Source: Arab News
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Sky’s the limit as private pilot courses take off in
Saudi Arabia
GEORGE CHARLES DARLEY
September 17, 2022
RIYADH: The phrase “private aviation” conjures up
images of billionaires in Lear jets hopping between Monte Carlo and the Bahamas
— but entry into this world is surprisingly affordable and accessible,
particularly in Saudi Arabia.
The proliferation of private aviation academies in the
Kingdom has opened the way for ordinary men and women to obtain a private pilot
license (PPL) in a matter of a few months — allowing you to fly for sport and
recreation with a couple of passengers, but not for commercial gain.
Capt. Abubakar Mohamed, the chief ground instructor at
Rabigh Wings Aviation Academy located just north of Jeddah, explained the
procedure.
Source: Arab News
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Hall 4 play showcases acting talents of youth on the
autism spectrum in Saudi Arabia
GHADI JOUDAH
September 17, 2022
RIYADH: Youth on the autism spectrum in Saudi Arabia
are showcasing their talents through a range of initiatives including the Hall
4 play, which took place on Friday in Riyadh.
The Charitable Society of Autism Families partnered
with the Theater and Performing Arts Commission to host the Hall 4 play, which
runs until Sunday at the Al-Rayyan Complex Theater of the Technical and
Vocational Training Corp.
The opening of Hall 4 was attended by Prince Saud bin
Abdulaziz Al-Farhan, chairman of Charitable Society of Autism Families, and
Princess Samira bint Abdullah Al-Farhan, board member of SAF. (AN photo by Huda
Bashatah)
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Southeast Asia
Amanah MPs, assemblymen who go against party decisions
to automatically lose membership
18 Sep 2022
SEREMBAN, Sept 18 — Amanah today passed a motion to
amend its constitution so that any of its Member of Parliament or assemblyman
who goes against the decisions of the party or Whip will automatically lose
their membership in the party.
The motion which was moved by a delegate and seconded
by another received the approval of the majority of the delegates attending the
party's National Convention 2022 here.
Federal Territories Amanah vice chairman Ahmad Zamri
As'ad Khuzaimi when moving the motion said the amendment can be made by
including a new clause, namely Clause 6.3, in Amanah's constitution.
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Johor will play a decisive role in deciding who wins
GE15, says PKR’s Rafizi
By Ben Tan
18 Sep 2022
JOHOR BARU, Sept 18 — Johor will be the state that
determines whether Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN) or Perikatan
Nasional (PN) clinches the 15th general election (GE15), said PKR’s Rafizi
Ramli.
“In Malaysia, the state with the most parliamentary
constituencies is Sarawak with 31 seats. Johor comes second with 26 seats,
followed by Sabah with 25 seats.
“For any political party, be it PKR, Umno, BN, Bersatu
(Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) or PN, no coalition in this country can form a
government if it does not win Johor’s parliamentary seats,” said Rafizi during
the southern zone Ayuh Malaysia Truck Tour at the Johor Baru parliament service
centre grounds here last night.
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Pakistan
State’s responsivity — to project soft power of Islam
Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan
September 18, 2022
People always perceive things differently, and if
interpretation can be termed an art of understanding and explaining things in
different ways then why blame each other for interpreting things differently.
Let there be disagreements and dissents but let them remain small and not grow
larger than our egos. That way, maybe having different perceptions and in turn
believing in different realities may become not a vice but a great virtue of
the society. Historically, the growth and development of all grand human
struggles and their profound consequences wouldn’t have resulted if men had not
chosen to perceive things differently. Not the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates of
recent years but the Greeks and the Romans, the Europeans, the Mongols, the
Ottomans and the Ataturks of yester years all perceived the world around them
differently.
Different perceptions build different realities and
difference in perception not only split friends, families and communities at a
larger scale, these differences take the form of extreme polarisation and
splits even the countries. For a decade or two, our society has been consumed
with the disease of extreme polarisation and that is sickening us to the core.
Our problem was not to find who is the best to rule the country but how best
the country could be ruled. In trying to find the answer to the former, the
latter has become a joke.
Even the best of the geniuses has their blind spots so
there never is going to be a perfect ruler and his or her interpretation of a
given situation or a problem will always remain open to questioning and debate.
This is simple if I am professing this in one of my university classes but
situating the same concept in politics becomes a monumental job. But our
students of today are the policymakers and politicians of tomorrow and there
lies the hope of infiltrating their minds and bridging an intellectual gap with
a wish that such plain logic will help them stand up and face the great
responsibility of running the affairs of this country in much different and
better ways in future.
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Graft cases against leaders of ruling coalition lose
steam
Zulqernain Tahir
September 18, 2022
LAHORE: As under the newly amended accountability
laws, courts have started sending back corruption references — involving an
amount less than Rs500 million — to the anti-graft watchdog, with its new chief
apparently in no hurry to forward them to a relevant forum for action, the
corruption cases such as Ramzan Sugar Mills virtually stand closed, at least
for the time being, Dawn has learnt.
Almost all such references were against those linked
with the incumbent coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a
source in the federal government disclosed on Saturday.
A former prosecutor general believes referring the
cases back to National Accountability Bureau does not mean ‘crime is not
committed’ and the fact that there were dozens of such cases cannot be ignored.
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30 booked for Chehlum procession attack in Sialkot
The Newspaper's Correspondent
September 18, 2022
NAROWAL: The Sialkot police registered a first
information report (FIR) under sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) against
30 people for an alleged attack on the main Chehlum procession.
According to the FIR registered with the Hajipura
Police Station, dozens of devotees were going to the Shahabpura Road to participate
in the main procession of the Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS).
A group of people armed with iron rods and weapons
tried to forcibly stop the pilgrims near the Alam Chowk of Shahabpura. The
armed men pelted the pilgrims with stones and opened fire on them.
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Sindh govt plans to demolish MQM’s Azizabad
headquarters
Azfar-ul-Ashfaque
September 18, 2022
KARACHI: The provincial authorities are all set to
demolish the sealed Khurshid Memorial Complex, the headquarters of the Muttahida
Qaumi Movement-Pakistan near Nine Zero in Azizabad, on the grounds that it was
allegedly built on an amenity plot, it emerged on Saturday.
The temporary headquarters of the MQM-P, which is a
coalition partner to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government at the Centre,
is currently housed in a multi-storey building in Bahadurabad. The party had
been asking the current and former governments as well as certain quarters to
return its sealed offices and allow it to continue its normal political activities.
On the instructions of Central Deputy Commissioner
Taha Saleem, who is also the administrator of District Municipal
Corporation-Central, a letter dated Sept 16 was written to the Karachi
Development Authority (KDA) by the additional DC regarding “restoration of
parks and amenity plots in the light of orders of the Supreme Court”.
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Imran to address gathering in Muzaffarabad on Sept 29
Tariq Naqash
September 18, 2022
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman
and former prime minister Imran Khan will address a ‘mammoth gathering’ in the
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) capital later this month in his first public
appearance in the territory after last year’s election campaign.
Adviser for information Chaudhry Rafique Nayyar said
the ruling PTI’s parliamentary party had decided at its meeting, presided over
by party’s regional president and prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, to hold
the public meeting in K.H. Khurshid mini stadium in the heart of Muzaffarabad on
Sept 29 “to renew the unflinching affiliation of the Kashmiris with their
ambassador”.
Early this month,PM Ilyas had announced at a public
meeting in Bagh that Mr Khanwould soon be invited to address a “huge jalsa” at
the place of his choosing in Azad Kashmir.
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Mideast
Moroccan Muslims Reviving Jewish Heritage In Former
Jewish Neighbourhoods
09.17.22
Moroccans now living in the mellahs – historic urban
neighbourhoods in Moroccan cities that were once thriving Jewish quarters – do
not know anything about the people who lived there before them. These
neighborhoods later became small, mostly poor ghettos, with little to no
connection to Jews today.
But a new program might change this. “Rebuilding Our
Homes” is a multi-year US Agency for International Development-supported New
Partnership Initiative of the American Sephardi Federation and Mimouna
Association. It aims to revive the prosperous Jewish life in the historic urban
areas in Fez, Essaouira and Rabat, by teaching their current residents about
local history, and helping to make them part of the rich heritage of the place.
“We make the residents of these neighborhoods take
part in preserving the place by letting them document and upload photos of old
Jewish houses to our archive, and teaching them Hebrew,” explained Jason
Guberman, executive director of the American Sephardi Federation.
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Scores of Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque
18/September/2022
JERUSALEM, September 18, 2022 (WAFA) – Scores of
Israeli settlers escorted by police today broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque
compound in occupied Jerusalem and performed rituals throughout 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.
The development comes amid calls by far-right Temple
Mount organizations urging their members and supporters to break into the holy
site en masse on September 29 on the occasion of the Jewish New Year.
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Iranians Mourn Arbaeen of Imam Hossein (AS) Across
Country
2022-September-17
Millions of people from all walks of life, who could
not travel to Iraq, took to the streets across Iran to pay homage to Imam
Hossein (AS), the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
This year, the event has assumed added significance as
it comes after two years marked by the COVID-19 pandemic protocols that place
restrictions on gatherings.
Arbaeen is best known for the Arbaeen march, where
pilgrims travel long distances, stretching for tens of kilometres, on foot to
get to Imam Hossein (AS)'s shrine in Karbala.
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Arbaeen shows unity among Muslims: president Raeisi
Sep 17, 2022
President Raeisi on the sidelines of a ceremony
attended by a huge crowd of people in Imam Hussein Square in the east of the
capital on Saturday morning in commemoration of Arbaeen, which marks forty days
after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS).
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Iran’s Leader hosts mourning ceremony for Imam Hussein
on Arba’een
By IFP Editorial Staff
September 17, 2022
During the ceremony on Saturday, which was joined by a
group of Iranian students, Ayatollah Khamenei said the Arba’een ceremonies were
held with more grandeur this compared to “any other period in history.”
The Leader said the “miraculous” Arba’een walk, which
takes place annually in the lead-up to the occasion, was a symbol of the divine
will to “keep the flag of Islam and Ahlul Bayt (the family of Prophet Muhammad)
raised.”
Ayatollah Khamenei added that the Arba’een pilgrimage
had also turned into a symbol of convergence among the faithful and the huge
gathering of justice-seekers.
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Iran's Chabahar port crucial for landlocked
Afghanistan's foreign trade
September 17, 2022
Landlocked Afghanistan faces many issues related to
trade as it has to cross Iran or Pakistan to reach water ports as the seaports
accelerate the rate of international trade and act as an inhibitor in trade
cost.
Mirza Ahmad Ebrahimi, a PhD research scholar writing
in Khaama Press in an op-ed page analysed Afghanistan's two options, Chabahar
or Karachi seaport.
Chabahar seaport via Iran was found to be the utmost
sustainable one as a trade route. To connect Afghanistan with Iran's Zabul
province for smoothing and accelerating goods movement, the Delaram-Zaranj
Highway with a 218 km roadway in the Nimruz province was designed and
constructed by the government of India at the request of Afghanistan and cost
USD 175 million.
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No dollars for food imports from Iran, Afghanistan
Shahid Iqbal
September 18, 2022
KARACHI: The food importers, especially vegetables,
from Afghanistan and Iran have been relying on the grey market to make payments
since they are not allowed to buy dollars from banks or exchange companies,
Dawn has learnt.
The country has been facing an acute shortage of
tomatoes, onions, potatoes, etc after floods destroyed crops pushing up prices
to unprecedented levels across the country.
This situation has forced the government to
immediately allow imports of these foodstuffs from neighbouring countries to
bridge the supply and demand gap but it has not made any arrangements for the
provision of greenbacks to make payments against these imports.
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Over 50,000 Afghan refugees deported from Iran in past
months
17 September, 2022
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 17 (ANI): Over 50,000
Afghan refugees were deported from Iran in the past month, the country’s
Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) confirmed on Friday.
According to the ministry officials, the acting Afghan
Minister and the Iranian ambassador, Bahadur Aminian, discussed the situation
of Afghan refugees on Thursday, reported TOLO News.
An official of the MoRR, Basit Ansari said, “The
Minister of Refugee Affairs from Afghanistan was present at this meeting, and
it was stressed that the neighbouring countries, especially Iran, should help
in creating job opportunities for those Afghans returning to Afghanistan.”
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South Asia
China Calls on US to Release Afghan Frozen Asset in
‘Full at Once’
By Arif Ahmadi
17 Sep 2022
KABUL, Afghanistan – Following the establishment of a
foundation for managing $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan funds, China called on
the US government to fully release the country’s assets and lift all unilateral
sanctions against Afghanistan.
The remarks came days after the US government
announced the creation of a foundation based in Switzerland that will use the
money help address the unfolding economic and humanitarian crisis in
Afghanistan, which is roughly half of the total asset.
Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, said that America should take the majority of the
responsibility for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
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Taliban Condemns US forming Swiss-based Trust for
Afghan Frozen Funds
By Arif Ahmadi
17 Sep 2022
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban’s foreign affairs
ministry on Thursday condemned the United States’ decision to transfer Afghan
central bank reserves into a Swiss-based trust, according to sources, saying it
was against international norms.
On Wednesday, the Biden administration moved to
establish a foundation for managing $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan funds,
skirting Taliban in their efforts to having hands on what is known to be the
last shot to stabilize country’s economy.
The U.S. decision “to transfer a part of the reserves
of the Central Bank of Afghanistan to Switzerland and use it for targeted
disbursement without any input by Afghanistan as unacceptable and a violation
of international norms,” spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a statement,
as Reuters quoted.
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Bangladesh eyes 100 billion USD export earnings by
2026
Stock Market News
2022-09-18
Dhaka, Sep 18 (IANS) Bangladesh has embarked on a high
growth path with an aim to double its export earnings in just four years,
country's Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said.
Addressing a meeting with the Overseas Correspondents
Association of Bangladesh (OCAB) at the National Press Club in Dhaka on
Saturday, he said the government has planned an export target of 100 billion US
dollars by 2026.
"We're planning an export target of 80 billion US
dollars by 2024 and 100 billion US dollars in 2026," Xinhua news agency
reported quoting the minister.
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Former Guantanamo prisoner and popular Taliban fighter
is injured in Panjshir war
By Khaama Press
17 Sep 2022
The news spread widely in social media as a couple of
local news agencies covered the story of the former Guantanamo prisoner and the
popular Taliban commander for the Panjshir and Andarab war.
The Taliban has not yet showed any reaction to the
news and due to restrictions for access to information within the Taliban
administration, the media outlets are unable to verify and reaffirm sensitive
incidents via government sources.
Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir was one of the prisoners in
the U.S Guantanamo prison for several years after the US and NATO troops fought
Taliban in 2001.
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Karzai breaks silence, condemns brutal killings in
Panjshir province
By Khaama Press
17 Sep 2022
In a statement published by Karzai on Friday, he
condemned brutal killings in Panjshir province and said the continued bloodshed
must stop.
“The bitter past experience has clearly indicated that
bloodshed and war is never the solution, but it brings further ruin and
destruction”, former President Hamid Karzai has said on his Friday’s Facebook
page.
Karzai emphasized on stopping war and relying on
discussions and negotiations as the only way to reach a solution for the
Afghanistan humanitarian crisis.
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Europe
British Muslim charity breaks world record for most
blood donations in a day
Aina J Khan
Sat 17 Sep 2022
A British Muslim charity has broken the world record
for the largest number of blood donations in one day, months after the NHS
urged more donors to step forward.
The volunteer-run world record effort was led in
August by Who Is Hussain, a social justice charity that worked with NHS Blood
and Transplant, as well as the Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign, one of the
country’s oldest Muslim blood donation organisations.
As part of the campaign, called #GlobalBloodHeroes,
blood donation centres across the UK – and dozens of other centres in 27
countries including Argentina, Iraq, and Thailand – collected blood from more
than 37,000 people. Donations began at a centre in New Zealand and concluded in
the US.
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UK: Amidst Hindu-Muslim tension in Leicester, police
appeal for calm
Scroll Staff
18-09-2022
The Leicester Police on Saturday issued an appeal to
the public to maintain calm amid tension between Hindus and Muslims in the
city, the BBC reported.
The unrest in the British city began after an India
and Pakistan cricket match on August 28. So far, 27 persons have been arrested
in what the police have described as a “series of disturbances”.
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UK Man, Muhammad Khan, Charged With Public Order
Offense Over Queen Elizabeth Coffin Incident
Tala Michel Issa
18 September ,2022
A man in the United Kingdom has been charged with a
public order offense after allegedly leaving the queue of mourners in London to
approach the late Queen Elizabeth’s coffin on Friday, the BBC reported on
Sunday.
The 28-year-old man, identified by London’s
Metropolitan Police as Muhammad Khan from Tower Hamlets in east London, has
been charged under the Public Order Act.
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King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla’s
relationship over the years – a timeline
Jordan King
18 Sep 2022
A poignant photograph showed the couple walking
through the gates of Buckingham Palace on Friday.
When the King addressed the nation on Friday, he spoke
very lovingly about his ‘darling wife’s devotion’.
The pair have been married for 17 years but they have
had a very tumultuous relationship since the first day they met.
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Africa
Insurgency: Maintain winning tempo, don’t give
breathing space – Islamic group tells security agencies
September 18, 2022
By Don Silas
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Nigerian
security agencies to keep up the current tempo in the fight against insurgency
in the country.
MURIC observed that men of the Nigerian Army, the
Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) have turned on the heat on
insurgents, kidnappers, and other criminals in recent times, thereby putting
them on the run.
In a statement by the director of MURIC, Professor
Ishaq Akintola, on Sunday, the Islamic group urged Nigerian security agencies
not to give criminals breathing space.
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‘29 insurgents’ killed as ISWAP, Boko Haram clash in
Borno
September 18,2022
ISWAP is a faction of Boko Haram that left to form its
own group after leadership disagreement. Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram,
was reportedly killed in a clash with ISWAP in 2021.
Some ISWAP fighters led by “Ba’ana Chigori” were said
to have invaded a Boko Haram enclave in “Gaizuwa otherwise known as Gabchari,
Mantari and Mallum Masari”, which resulted in a fight that lasted for hours
into Saturday morning.
“The ISWAP overpowered the rival groups who were taken
unawares, and scores of them were killed while the surviving terrorists
retreated,” the officer was quoted as saying.
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North-East govs: Our role in Boko Haram decimation
September 18, 2022
By Opinion Nigeria
Chairman of the North-East Governors Forum (NEGF) and
governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, says since the
formation of the forum, its members have painstakingly discussed issues of
common interest which led to the decimation of Boko Haram and other criminally-
minded people through shared intelligence.
Zulum observed that the non-kinetic approach initiated
and adopted by the Forum with support of the Federal Government to address the
menace of Boko Haram insurgency has come a long way to opening up a corridor
for many members of the sect to lay down their arms.
Speaking at the opening of the 7th North East
Governors Forum in Gombe at the weekend, he said it is a matter of necessity
for governors of the sub-region to maintain a strong and unwavering position
towards addressing the menace of kidnapping that is fast becoming a new normal
across the country.
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