Hindu Man Offers A Small Commercial Space In Old Gurgaon To The Muslim Community For Friday Prayers
New Age Islam News Bureau
17 November 2021
(Express Archive)
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• Pakistan, The Mentor To The Taliban Is Responsible
For The Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis In Afghanistan: Arabic Media Outlet
• Since The Taliban's Takeover Of Afghanistan, Islamist
Group Has Ramped Up Attacks Leaving Islamabad Scrambling To Reach A Peace Deal
• UK Home Secretary Priti Patel Apologises For UK
Report Falsely Calling Muslim Man 'Hate Preacher'
• Facebook Shutters Pakistani Hacker Group That
Targeted Afghans
India
• India slams Pakistan at UNSC, asks it to vacate
illegally occupied areas of J&K
• Gujarat Riots: Punish The Guilty, Zakia Jafri, wife
of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri Tells Supreme Court
• On "Vaccine Hesitancy In Muslim Areas",
Government Will Take The Help Of Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan
• Mehbooba Mufti: BJP govt creating rift between
Hindus, Muslims
• Moral policing: Muslim student, his female friend
attacked in K’taka; 6 held
• India allows reopening of Kartarpur Corridor from
Wednesday
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Arab World
• Expo 2020 Dubai: Israel interfaith delegation to UAE
attends tolerance event
• Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb: Al-Azhar exerting great
effort to combat extremism
• Syria’s Assad scraps top Muslim cleric post
• Attack on Syrian prison holding Iraqi Islamic State
captives raises concerns
• Syria reports Israel attack south of Damascus, no
casualties
• UAE free trade talks with India and Indonesia going
well: Minister says
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Pakistan
• A govt run on support isn’t called govt, says Fazl
• Taliban invited to next meeting of Afghanistan’s
neighbours
• Joint national response needed to tackle security
challenges: COAS
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Europe
• German Prosecutors charge Syrian man in alleged
extremist attack plan
• Two British MPs admit using offices for paid meeting
on Saudi detainees
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North America
• US judge rules Iraqi refugee held on murder claims
can be deported
• US President Biden, China’s Xi discuss how to
‘align’ stances on Iran nuclear issue
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South Asia
• Taliban Fought Against Occupation, They Deserved
This Victory: Russia’s Special Representative
• Taliban want to have ‘positive relations’ with all
countries: spokesperson
• Taliban arrest 11 IS suspects in central Daikundi
province
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Africa
• Islamic Group Defends Osinbajo On Reported
Christianisation Agenda
• Haftar Orders Arrest Of Sabha Security Director For
Appearing With Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi
• Libyan General Khalifa Haftar says to run for
president
• 721 candidates registered so far for Libya's Dec. 24
parliamentary elections
• Libyan warlord Haftar announces bid to run for
president
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Southeast Asia
• Indonesia’s Top Religious Council: Cryptocurrency Is
Unlawful For Muslims
• Even China has banned gambling, says PAS backbencher
• Penang Mufti urges Kedah MB to embrace ‘Keluarga
Malaysia’ after latter links state to 4D outlets
• PAS needs to sober up, face Keluarga Malaysia
reality
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Mideast
• Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Killed 130 Houthis In 24
Hours
• Palestinian father seeks justice for daughters
killed by Israel
• President’s Envoy: Iran to Remain beside Afghan
People
• Iran urges Azerbaijan, Armenia to exercise
restraint, avoid violence amid new border clashes
• President Rayeesi: Iran Ready to Finalize Documents
of Long-Term Cooperation with Russia
• Iran Condemns Terrorist Attack in Burkina Faso
• Iran ‘absolutely serious’ about nuclear talks, Raisi
tells Putin
• Iran MPs reject President Raisi’s proposed education
minister for second time
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Hindu Man Offers A Small Commercial Space In Old
Gurgaon To The Muslim Community For Friday Prayers
(Express Archive)
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Nov 17, 2021
GURUGRAM: Amid opposition in some parts of the city to
Namaz being offered in public places, a local resident who is a Hindu has come
forward to offer a small commercial space he owns in Old Gurgaon to the Muslim
community for Friday prayers.
Akshhay Rao, a wildlife tour organiser who owns
several shops at the mechanic market, said most of his tenants are Muslims and
were facing problems offering Friday prayers. He said he had made available one
of his vacant shops, which can accommodate 15-20 people. “I have not done
anything special. It is not the first time I have offered my place for Namaz; I
had done so a few years ago too,” said Rao.
Rao told TOI he was born and brought up in Gurgaon and
had never seen a communal dispute. “I was disturbed after reading reports about
Namaz being disrupted. My aim was to let our Muslim brothers know that it’s
only a handful of people who are causing this. We have been living together
peacefully and will continue to preserve and maintain our social harmony,” he
said.
District administration officials said they have not
included any private land in the list of the places for Friday prayers and no
one has yet formally approached them to offer their private land or space for
Namaz.
Muslim groups welcomed Rao’s “gracious” offer but said
they are yet to receive a formal proposal. At the same time, they said private
spaces were unlikely to be a solution because there have been instances in the
past of neighbours raising objections.
Shahzad Khan of Muslim Ekta Manch said they had met a
district administration official on Friday for restoring Namaz in Sector 12A.
“Two years ago, our mosque was sealed in Sheetla Mata Colony. We have been
requesting to open it and clear encroachments from Waqf Board land to provide
adequate space to offer namaz,” said Khan. Altaf Ahmad, co-founder of Gurgaon
Muslim Council, said Rao’s offer was “a true example of brotherhood”.
Like Khan, he also stressed the number of namaz sites,
now reduced, is insufficient for the city’s Muslim community.
The number of sites for offering namaz in the city has
come down by nearly half. While 37 spots had been identified in 2018 after the
first round of protests over the issue, 20 public places were earmarked for
Friday prayers at the beginning of November by a government committee in
consultation with community representatives. The sites were reduced after weeks
of protests by right-wing outfits and some locals, first in Sector 47 and then
at Sector 12A, against the use of public spaces for namaz.
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Pakistan,
The Mentor To The Taliban Is Responsible For The Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis In
Afghanistan: Arabic Media Outlet
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Nov
16, 2021
KABUL:
Pakistan, the creator, organizer and mentor to the Taliban is responsible for
the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to an Arabic media
outlet.
According
to a news piece published in Al Arabiya Post, Pakistan is using the recognition
card as a tool to leverage aid to the Afghan people.
Taliban
which controls the country has been unable to provide care for Afghan people.
The United Nations had warned that almost half of the population of Afghanistan
will face a hunger crisis between the present time and March next year, Al
Arabiya Post reported.
It
further said that things are getting worse on the humanitarian front.
The
latest report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA) on Afghanistan shows concern about "conditional
humanitarianism" or attempts to "leverage" humanitarian
assistance for political purposes.
Apart
from it, protection and safety risks to people including women, children and
people with a disability, also reaching record highs.
Violence
perpetrated by the Taliban over the years has been recognised by the Afghan
people and small pockets of popular resistance have cropped up. This is a
natural outcome of the twenty years of change that Afghanistan witnessed since
2001.
Meanwhile,
IFFRAS data shows that more than 95 per cent of Afghans do not have enough food
to eat.
For
Pakistan, which nurtured, organised and supported the Taliban right from its
inception, there is a big responsibility towards the Afghan people.
According
to Al Arabiya Post, if Pakistan is serious about helping the Afghan people, it
must allow passage of humanitarian aid across its territory from India. India
has proposed to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat via the land route.
Violence
perpetrated by the Taliban over the years has been recognised by the Afghan
people and small pockets of popular resistance have cropped up. This is a
natural outcome of the twenty years of change that Afghanistan witnessed since
2001, Al Arabiya Post reported further.
Source:
Times of India
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Since
The Taliban's Takeover Of Afghanistan, Islamist Group Has Ramped Up Attacks
Leaving Islamabad Scrambling To Reach A Peace Deal
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Nov
15, 2021
PESHAWAR:
Since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, Pakistan's offshoot of the
hardline Islamist group has ramped up attacks on its side of the border,
leaving Islamabad scrambling to reach a peace deal.
Active
in the remote tribal areas of Pakistan, experts say the militant group has been
emboldened by the Taliban's successful ousting of world superpower the United
States from Afghanistan.
Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP) -- a separate movement which shares a common history with the
Afghan Taliban -- plunged the country into a period of horrific violence after
forming in 2007.
Also
made up mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, it carried out hundreds of suicide bomb
attacks and kidnappings across the country, seizing control of border regions
and imposing a radical version of Islamic law in territory where it held sway.
It
was a TTP gunman who opened fire on schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in her native
Swat Valley, before she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The
group was also linked to the assassination of former prime minister Benazir
Bhutto.
But
it wasn't until a gun massacre of nearly 150 children at a Peshawar school in
2014 that the military finally crushed the movement and forced its fighters to
retreat into Afghanistan.
Now,
nearly a decade later and with the Afghanstan Taliban back in control in Kabul,
Pakistan is trying to quell a TTP comeback.
"The
(fighters) feel more comfortable after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, they
can now move freely in Afghanistan," a TTP fighter told AFP on condition
of anonymity.
"They
have no fear of US drone strikes. And they can meet and communicate
easily."
The
TTP claimed 32 attacks in August, 37 in September and 24 in October -- the
highest monthly totals for at least five years, according to their own
published data.
Across
all of 2020, when the United States first pledged to start withdrawing its
troops from Afghanistan, it claimed 149 assaults -- three times more than in
2019.
The
renewed confidence became apparent in October when the group's leader Noor Wali
Mehsud came out of hiding and was photographed shaking hands with residents and
speaking in public -- something unimaginable just a few months ago.
More
than a dozen Islamist factions have since July 2020 rallied under his
leadership.
In
an attempt to improve the TTP's image and distinguish them from the Islamic
State's extremism, Mehsud has largely taken the group in a new direction --
sparing civilians and ordering attacks only on security and law enforcement
officials.
Recent
attacks have been far less deadly than the mass casualty bombings that once
terrorised the country.
For
Islamabad, part of the strategy to keep the threat of the TTP at bay is by
accommodating them.
Past
midway in his first term, Prime Minister Khan is keen to shore up support from
Pakistan's conservative base, and rapprochement with groups such as the TTP
will appeal to rural voters even while angering the military.
Khan
announced in October that the government was in talks with the TTP for the
first time since 2014, facilitated by Afghanistan's new leaders.
Both
sides have announced a truce until at least December 9, while they hammer out
an agreement.
"Those
people who want to come back and respect our law and constitution, we would
like to give them a second chance," said Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan's
information minister.
Neither
side has openly divulged details about the negotiating points.
The
release of about 100 TTP fighters was a key demand for the militants to agree
to a ceasefire, a source from the group told AFP.
The
fighters are also appealing to be able to come out of hiding and return to the
tribal areas. But without the support of elders -- hundreds of whom have been
killed over the years -- any deal risks being meaningless.
"It
will be difficult for them to return without laying down arms because they have
enemies there, they have killed people," Baadshah, a tribal elder, told
AFP in Peshawar.
"They
have grudges against the Taliban. But they are ready to accept them unwillingly
if it solves the problem," he added.
Chaudhry
has said those affected by the bloody insurgency would be included in talks.
Made
up of multiple factions, some of which also swore allegiance to Al-Qaeda, the
TTP remains a distinct group from Afghanistan's Taliban.
The
TTP has some 4,000 to 6,000 fighters, down from 20,000 at its peak, according
to estimates from the Pakistani authorities.
Their
top leadership was wiped out by military operations backed by US drone strikes
after 2014.
A
Pakistan official who asked not to be named told AFP that the TTP is "not
the same group as it was eight years ago".
The
current negotiations were taking place with young fighters and "third tier
leaders", he added.
Still,
peace talks between the two sides have angered many within Pakistan, who
remember the brutal attacks on schools, hotels, churches and markets which
killed around 70,000 people.
Its
fighters are not openly roaming as before, "but people can feel their
presence", especially at night, an elder of the Mehsud tribe told AFP.
In
his traditional and religious district of South Waziristan, "most people
love the Afghan Taliban because what they do is in the name of Islam", he
said.
But
many fear that the TTP's return will open a new era of violence.
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Times of India
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UK
Home Secretary Priti Patel Apologises For UK Report Falsely Calling Muslim Man
'Hate Preacher'
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel's (pictured) legal
counsel issued an apology to Dr Salman Butt on Monday [Getty]
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16
Nov 2021
UK
Home Secretary Priti Patel apologised on Monday to a Muslim man who was falsely
described as a "hate preacher" by the Home Office.
The
apology was issued at the High Court in London, following a lengthy libel
action pursued by Islam21c news website chief Dr Salman Butt.
"The
government accepts that it was wholly false to allege that Dr Butt is an
extremist hate preacher who legitimises terrorism and therefore someone from
whose influence students should be protected," said the Home Secretary’s
legal counsel, Aidan Eardley, in court on Monday.
"It
is sorry for the harm caused to him and in particular for the fact that the
allegation was made and maintained for so long."
Dr
Butt launched a claim of libel and breach of data protection laws after being
named in a 2015 Home Office press release on tackling extremism in
universities.
The
release, entitled "PM’s Extremism Taskforce: tackling extremism in
universities and colleges top of the agenda", related to the government's
controversial Prevent anti-radicalisation scheme. Critics of the scheme say it
unfairly targets British Muslims and creates a climate of fear and suspicion.
Butt's
lawyer, Hugh Tomlinson QC, told the High Court that his client was given no
prior warning or chance to respond to the allegations, which were "widely
republished in the UK media".
The
Home Office initially responded to the libel claim with an 'honest opinion'
defence, however, has now apologised to Dr Butt and will remove his name from
the press release.
"The
most shocking thing about this claim is that the home secretary defended it
over five years, even though it was accepted that the very serious allegations
were not true. It was only after documents revealed that it was a mistake to
include Dr Butt's name in the publication that she was forced to conclude the
proceedings and pay a very substantial sum in compensation to Dr Butt,"
said lawyer Tamsin Allen.
Dr
Butt hailed the legal victory as signalling the end of the government's
discourse on extremism.
"This
long battle has uncovered many shocking revelations along the way. One of the
clearest lessons of this case in particular is just how baseless the notion of
'extremism' - and therefore 'counter-extremism' -actually is," Dr Butt
said in a statement published by Islam21C.
"I
believe the discourse of extremism is dead. More and more people are realising
that it is a nebulous term used by the powerful to silence any thoughts, ideas
or speech they do not like or cannot challenge without coercion. It is the
'heresy' of today.”
Source:
The New Arab
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Facebook
Shutters Pakistani Hacker Group That Targeted Afghans
Pak group targeted people connected to previous
Afghan government, military, and law enforcement
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Michael
Hernandez
16.11.2021
WASHINGTON
Facebook's
parent company said Tuesday that the social media firm has taken action against
a Pakistani hacker group that targeted people who were affiliated with
Afghanistan's former government in its final days.
The
Pakistani hacker group SideCopy "targeted people who were connected to the
previous Afghan government, military, and law enforcement in Kabul" as the
Taliban pressed its offensive that led to the government's collapse in August,
Facebook parent company Meta said in a blog post. SideCopy was removed in
August.
"Given
the ongoing crisis and the government collapse at the time, we moved quickly to
complete the investigation and take action to protect people on our platform,
share our findings with industry peers, law enforcement and researchers, and
alert those who we believe were targeted," wrote Facebook's cyber chiefs
Mike Dvilyanski and David Agranovich.
SideCopy's
campaign against former Afghan government officials was well-organized,
sophisticated and designed to hide those behind it, they wrote. It ramped up
between April and August, and primarily operated by sharing links that would
take users to websites that hosted malware.
The
group also created fake accounts, primarily posing as young women to lure
potential targets into downloading malicious chat apps or clicking on links,
and set up fake app stores to fool users into clicking on seemingly-legitimate
websites to give up their Facebook credentials.
Some
of the "trojanized" chat apps included: HappyChat, HangOn, ChatOut,
TrendBanter, SmartSnap and TeleChat.
Meta
separately announced it took action against "three distinct hacker groups
with links to the Syrian government," including a group known as the
Syrian Electronic Army, which was tied to Syria’s Air Force Intelligence; and
APT-C-37, a hacker organization that targeted opposition groups.
The
social media company said it also took action against a network that
"targeted minority groups, activists, opposition, Kurdish journalists,
activists," members of the YPG, and the Syria Civil Defense or White
Helmets. That group was not given a specific name, but Meta maintained its
activity was linked to "individuals associated with the Syrian
government."
The
Syrian Electronic Army was taken down in October after Meta "found that
this threat actor has been subsumed into the Syrian government forces in recent
years, with this latest activity linked to Syria’s Air Force
Intelligence." The group targeted users through "social engineering
tactics" aimed at getting them to click on malicious links or download
malicious software.
APT-C-37
was also taken down in October. Meta did not specify when the third group was
removed.
Source:
Anadolu Agency
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India
India slams Pakistan at UNSC asks it to vacate illegally occupied areas of J&K
Nov
17, 2021
NEW
YORK: Underlining that Pakistan has misused platforms provided by the UN to
propagate falls and malicious propaganda against New Delhi, India at United
Nations Security Council slammed Islamabad for raking up the Kashmir issue and
called upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas of Jammu and Kashmir under
its illegal occupation.
"I
would like to categorical about India's position, the entire Union Territory of
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were, are and will always be an integral and inalienable
part of India. This includes the areas that are under the illegal occupation of
Pakistan. We call upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its
illegal occupation," Dr Kajal Bhat, Counsellor at India's Permanent
Mission to the UN, said on Tuesday (local time).
"I
am constrained to take the floor once again to respond to some frivolous
remarks made by the representative of Pakistan earlier today," Bhat said
before beginning her response at UNSC.
Stressing
that this is not the first time that the representative of Pakistan has misused
platforms provided by the UN to propagate falls and malicious propaganda
against India, Bhat said that Pakistan's representatives "sought in vain
to divert the world's attention from the sad state of his country, where the
terrorist enjoy free pass by the lives of ordinary people especially those
belonging to the minority communities are turned upside down."
She
also emphasised that member states are aware that Pakistan has an established
history and policy of harbouring, aiding and actively supporting terrorists.
"This
is the country that has been globally recognised as one openly supporting,
training, financing and arming terrorists as a matter of state policy,"
Bhat said.
India's
counsellor also underlined that Pakistan "holds the ignoble record of
hosting the largest number of terrorists proscribed by the UNSC".
Source:
Times of India
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Gujarat
Riots: Punish The Guilty, Zakia Jafri, wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan
Jafri Tells Supreme Court
R.
Balaji
17.11.21
Zakia
Jafri, wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri, has told the Supreme Court
that those responsible for the 2002 post-Godhra riots must be punished even if
the incident is nearly two decades old, accusing the public prosecutors and
defence lawyers of “collaborating” to ensure a clean chit for many of the
accused.
Continuing
his arguments for the fifth day, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for
Zakia, told a bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar that the accused cannot
be allowed to go scot free merely because of passage of time.
Sibal
assailed the apex court-appointed special investigation team’s alleged failure
to act on evidence, including that presented by the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC). “No democracy can accept it. No court can countenance it.
The message has to go (out), even if it is after a long time. Otherwise, it
will send a message that whatever we do… anything we want, nothing will happen
to us,” Sibal told the bench that included Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C.T.
Kumar.
The
court was dealing with a special leave petition filed by Zakia challenging the
clean chit given to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and others by the
R.K. Raghavan-headed SIT in the Gulbarg Society massacre in which Ehsan Jafri
died.
The
SIT had filed a closure report dated February 8, 2012, before the 11th
metropolitan magistrate of Ahmedabad, which was accepted by the trial court on
December 26, 2013. The trial court’s order was upheld by Gujarat High Court,
after which Zakia moved the Supreme Court.
Sibal
referred to purported taped conversations of Dilip Trivedi, a special public
prosecutor in many Gujarat riots-related matters, boasting about “managing the
cases”.
Sibal
alleged that the prosecution had collaborated with the defence and the accused,
as a result of which hundreds of accused had got acquitted.
“If
the defence collaborated with the PP, then why have a prosecution? When I said
collaborated, it was in this sense. He (Trivedi) is a PP and he is telling the
accused whom to engage. He is getting lawyers for the accused, coordinating
with other PPs. This is a farce of an investigation and what was the SIT
doing?” Sibal asked.
“There
was glaring evidence of collaboration. The political class became
collaborators. This is the startling story of collaboration with the accused,”
he submitted.
However,
Justice Khanwilkar pointed out that there were a number of cases where the
accused had been convicted on the basis of the investigations conducted by the
SIT.
“You
are attacking the manner of investigation done by the SIT. It is the same SIT
that had filed chargesheets in other cases and they were convicted. No such
grievance in those proceedings. If it was an allegation against the police
personnel then one can understand…. How can you say such things about the SIT
appointed by court? Collaboration is a strong term for an SIT constituted by
court,” the bench said.
Sibal
argued that the SIT had knowledge of the Tehelka sting tapes and their
authentication by the CBI, which was upheld by Gujarat High Court. Yet the
trial court did not rely on the tapes in the Gulbarg Society case, he said.
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On
"Vaccine Hesitancy In Muslim Areas", Government Will Take The Help Of
Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan
November
16, 2021
Jalna:
Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said there was hesitancy
about taking anti-coronavirus vaccines in Muslim-dominated areas, and the
government will take the help of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to convince
people to take the jab.
Maharashtra
is leading in terms of the number of vaccine shots administered, but in some
areas the pace of vaccination is low, Mr Tope said, speaking to reporters in
Jalna on Monday.
"There
is still some hesitancy in Muslim-dominated areas. We have decided to use
Salman Khan and religious leaders to convince the Muslim community to take the
vaccine," he said.
"Religious
leaders and film actors wield great influence and people listen to them,"
he added.
Over
10.25 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the state so far, and by
the end of November all eligible persons will have received at least the first
dose, the minister said.
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ND TV
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Mehbooba Mufti: BJP govt creating rift between Hindus, Muslims
Nov
17, 2021
People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti
on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of polarising people ahead
of the next year’s assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing
PDP workers at the party’s headquarters here on the penultimate day of her
six-day visit to Jammu, Mehbooba said, “The biggest problem confronting the
youth is unemployment, which the present government has failed to resolve.
Farmers have been agitating for more than a year, but there is no one to listen
to them. On the contrary, efforts are being made to polarise the people in the
name of Hindu and Muslim.”
“This
government only knows about Hindu-Muslim politics, which started from Tripura,
Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. This is the plan of this government to get
votes,” she added.
“Similar
attempts are being made here in Jammu to poison the society,” the PDP chief
said.
She
recalled how she grew up in Jammu in the house of a Hindu, but never felt any
difference between a Hindu and a Muslim.
Source:
Hindustan Times
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Moral
policing: Muslim student, his female friend attacked in K’taka; 6 held
16th
November 2021
Dakshina
Kannada: Six persons have been arrested in connection with a moral policing
case in the Surathkal town of Dakshina Kannada district, police said on
Tuesday.
The
incident happened on Monday late night, said the Surathkal police.
The
arrested persons have been identified as Prahlad, Prashanth, Guruprasad,
Prateesh, Bharath and Sukesh.
Mohammad
Yasin, BSc student of Mukka Srinivas college and his classmate, girl student
belonging to another religion, were the victims.
Police
said that Yasin was dropping the girl on his bike to her apartment at 10 p.m.
The accused persons, who spotted them near the apartment, stopped them and
inquired about the boy’s name, and assaulted him for dropping the girl. They
also threatened the girl and touched her inappropriately while assaulting
Yasin.
The
victim later lodged a complaint against the accused persons. The police are
investigating the matter.
Source:
Siasat Daily
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India
allows reopening of Kartarpur Corridor from Wednesday
November
16, 2021
India
gave the green light for thousands of Sikh pilgrims to cross the border into
Pakistan from Wednesday ahead of the birth anniversary of the religion’s
founder Guru Nanak.
The
Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free crossing allowing Indian Sikhs to visit the
temple in Pakistan where Guru Nanak passed away in 1539, first opened in 2019
for Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary but was closed last year because of the
pandemic.
India’s
Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the corridor will re-open from Wednesday
ahead of Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrations this Friday.
“In
a major decision, that will benefit large numbers of Sikh pilgrims, PM
@narendramodi govt has decided to re-open the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from
tomorrow,” he said on Twitter.
“I
am sure that [the] govt’s decision to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib corridor will further
boost the joy and happiness across the country,” Shah added.
A
Pakistani official source said the corridor had never been closed on the
Pakistan side, and that they were waiting for confirmation from Indian
authorities that the pilgrims would be allowed to cross.
Source:
Pakistan Today
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Arab World
Expo
2020 Dubai: Israel interfaith delegation to UAE attends tolerance event
17
November ,2021
Israel’s
first official interfaith delegation to the United Arab Emirates attended an
event at Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday, marking the start of Tolerance Week, the
official Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
“[The
delegation] thanked the UAE for its acceptance and tolerance,” WAM reported,
citing a press release issued by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the Bureau for World Jewish Affairs and World Religions.
The
event, titled “The Role of Religious Leaders in Tolerance Education,” included
speakers who were leaders representing five major religions: Jews, Muslims,
Christians, Druze and Bahai.
They
“shared their ideas on how to promote peace, coexistence and interreligious
dialogue at the event held at Israel Pavilion” of Expo 2020 Dubai.
The
speakers also discussed various aspects of tolerance education and dialogue
between peoples and religions with their UAE counterparts, as well as tools to
create bridges and fight extremism and prejudice, the news agency reported.
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Sheikh
Ahmed El-Tayyeb: Al-Azhar exerting great effort to combat extremism
November
17, 2021
In
a meeting in Cairo with the European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva
Johansson, El-Tayyeb discussed a number of Al-Azhar initiatives, including
Egyptian Family House, which works to combat intolerance locally, and the Young
Peacemakers Forum, which was attended by 25 young people from Europe and 25
from the Middle East to be ambassadors for world peace.
El-Tayyeb
and Johansson discussed efforts to prevent extremism and radicalism and to
promote co-existence between religions through interfaith dialogue.
The
grand imam stressed that religions are candidates for spreading a message of
peace provided that they are properly understood and that their leaders are
committed to this goal.
El-Tayyeb
also talked about the COP26 climate summit, which he hoped would bring more
firm recommendations and a greater response from the major industrialised
countries that bear the main responsibility for the problem of climate change.
El-Tayyeb
said the summit should have called for "a gradual and final halt to
[carbon] emissions" instead of the "gradual reduction of
emissions" called for in its final statement, which he described as an evasion
of the humanitarian responsibility on the shoulders of these countries.
For
her part, Johansson expressed her appreciation for the role played by Al-Azhar
in promoting interfaith dialogue and confronting extremism locally and
globally.
Johansson
said the Egyptian Family House is a model for coexistence, and stressed that
Europe also faces many challenges such as Islamophobia, the extreme right, and
increasing racism, as well as other problems that threaten the security and
stability of European societies and require concerted efforts to confront and
eliminate.
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Syria’s Assad scraps top Muslim cleric post
16
November ,2021
Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad has issued a decree eliminating the post of top
Muslim cleric for the country and expanding the powers of a government ministry
overseeing religious affairs.
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The
new decree, which state media said came into effect on Monday, effectively
forces Ahmed Badreddin Hassoun, appointed as grand mufti by Assad in 2004, into
retirement.
His
prerogatives will be folded into a council that falls under the ministry of
religious endowments, or waqf, which already oversees Islamic affairs in Syria,
the official SANA news agency said.
The
Council on Islamic Jurisprudence will from now on determine the lunar calendar
and make rulings on matters relating to religious rituals and rites, SANA said.
The
news agency did not elaborate on the reasons behind the move but it comes after
years of government efforts to expand state oversight of religious affairs.
In
2018, Assad issued a decree limiting the mufti’s term, previously unlimited, to
a renewable period of three years.
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Attack
on Syrian prison holding Iraqi Islamic State captives raises concerns
November
16, 2021
ERBIL,
Iraqi Kurdistan — Reports of a planned Nov. 8 attack on a detention facility
hosting thousands of alleged Islamic State operatives from Iraq and other
countries in northeastern Syria earlier this month have heightened concerns
about risks to regional stability and gains against the international terrorist
group.
The
Sinaa prison, which was apparently the intended target, holds several thousand
IS operatives and is known to only occasionally be subjected to sweep-up
operations by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF has
repeatedly lamented a lack of funding and personnel to do more than simply
allow the prisoners to effectively run their own affairs within the prison. The
attack is thought to have been planned to liberate prisoners held.
The
next day, the international coalition (CJTFOIR) tweeted about “joint success”
in an operation with the SDF in the Deir ez-Zor region, but did not go into
specifics.
On
Nov. 13, three Iraqi nationals including one woman were reportedly shot and
killed in al-Hol camp in Hasakah province in northeastern Syria. The camp is
run by the Kurdish-led administration and currently houses over 50,000 people,
roughly half of whom are Iraqis. Of the 78 people known to have been killed in the
camp this year, 58 were Iraqis and at least 10 were beheaded.
The
Sinaa prison is located in the Ghweiran neighborhood in the western part of the
city of Hasakah. The Hasakah region is located north of the Deir ez-Zor region.
Hasakah is inhabited by both Kurds and Arabs, while Deir ez-Zor is almost
entirely Arab.
The
regional capital of Deir ez-Zor is west of the Euphrates River and is under
Syrian government control. The Hasakah region as well as the eastern part of
Deir ez-Zor are under SDF control.
A
source from eastern Syria told Al-Monitor Nov. 13 that the Sinaa prison
continues to host many high-value Iraqi IS leaders, including several who had
had direct contact with former IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who reportedly
blew himself up in October 2019 after being cornered in a raid by US forces in
Syria’s northwest.
The
source claimed many of these Iraqi IS fighters and commanders had been involved
in al-Qaeda in Iraq before that, and thus have extensive networks and over a
decade of experience to draw on and to influence other detainees with.
He
also claimed that some Russian nationals who had been in SDF-run detention
facilities in northeastern Syria for allegedly being IS fighters had recently
been moved to Damascus “to ensure that they do not escape,” presumably after
negotiations with the Syrian government.
The
source spoke on condition of anonymity, but had met with Al-Monitor in previous
years and the information provided had later proven accurate.
The
Bas News website, which focuses on Kurdish areas, reported Nov. 9 that the
international coalition had transferred 15 IS leaders to a base it has a
presence on in Shaddadi, in Hasakah province but south of the city, and that
“the transfer process comes as a prelude to transferring the insurgents to
Iraq.”
The
media outlet cited unnamed sources as saying, “The CIA interrogated the
detained IS leaders inside Sinaa prison in Hasakah before they were transferred
to Shaddadi base.”
It
is unclear whether this alleged transfer and interrogation occurred before or
after the operation.
Security
issues are rampant at SDF detention facilities in northeastern Syria and the
Sinaa prison has reportedly experienced multiple, serious cases of rioting in
recent years. In early 2020, detainees reportedly "smashed all the CCTV
cameras and the internal doors.”
As
of the end of last year, the SDF reportedly were holding at least 10,000 IS
prisoners in approximately 14 detention centers. Most of the prisoners were
captured in early 2019 when the last territory held by the international
terrorist group was taken in an offensive by the SDF and the international
coalition.
Over
a thousand of the IS detainees are Iraqi nationals, though some 100 were
reportedly handed over to the Iraqi government earlier this year.
Many
of these Iraqi IS affiliates had been pushed across the border into eastern
Syria by Iraq’s western Anbar offensive in 2017. Iraq declared that IS had been
defeated in its territory in December 2017 after the last IS-held city in the
country, Rawa, was retaken in November of that year.
The
Washington-based Defense One website reported in February that the United
Kingdom planned to provide funding to “double in size the current facility at
Hasakah, a series of three converted school buildings that holds roughly 5,000
prisoners … which is overcrowded and effectively run by inmates internally.”
The
publication quoted Lt. Gen. Paul Calvert, commander of the US-led coalition to
defeat IS, as stressing, in relation to the massive prison in Hasakah, “If you
have a breakout up there, that's instant combat power that immediately goes
back into [IS].”
The
SDF has long warned that it cannot handle the current number of IS fighters in
its facilities without additional support.
Several
countries continue to come in for criticism over delaying or refusing to take
back their own citizens currently detained in northeastern Syria for alleged or
clear IS affiliation. Iraqis and Syrians account for the largest number of
detainees by far, however.
Some
accuse the SDF of using these detainees to try to extract concessions and
increase financial and other support from countries including the United
States.
The
SDF has also long been accused of arbitrary detention of local Arabs and of
corruption within both its prisons and camp facilities: allegedly releasing IS
affiliates who can pay large sums but refusing to release Arabs arrested for
unclear reasons — and with no apparent IS affiliation — unless bribes are paid.
The Kurdish-led administration has long denied these accusations.
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Syria
reports Israel attack south of Damascus, no casualties
17
November ,2021
Syria’s
state-run media said Israel carried out an attack on the country’s south early
Wednesday with two missiles targeting an empty house and causing no casualties
The
missiles came from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and aimed at the building
south of the capital Damascus, the state-run news agency SANA said. It said
Syria’s defense systems intercepted one of the incoming missiles. The attack
caused no losses, the agency said.
Israel
carries out raids on Syria mostly during nighttime. Wednesday’s raid occurred
shortly after midnight, SANA said.
Israel
has staged hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled Syria
over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
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UAE
free trade talks with India and Indonesia going well: Minister says
17
November ,2021
Free
trade talks between the United Arab Emirates and India and Indonesia, are
making good progress, the country’s trade minister said on Wednesday, a day
after starting similar talks with Israel.
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The
UAE said in September it would seek economic agreements with eight countries -
India, Britain, South Korea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, and Turkey as
part of a push to recover from the pandemic and in the face of increasing
economic competition from Saudi Arabia.
UAE
Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani Zeyoudi has previously said he hopes
to conclude some of these deals by the end of the year.
“We
are making excellent progress in our negotiations with India and Indonesia, and
hope that our discussions with Israel are equally productive,” he said in a
statement to Reuters.
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Pakistan
A
govt run on support isn’t called govt, says Fazl
Saleem
Shahid
November
17, 2021
QUETTA:
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, president of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and
chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), has said that the “government
is not running, it is being run” (chal nahin rahi, chalayi ja rahi hai).
“We
know who runs [the government] and who is being run. A government run on
support is not called government,” he said.
Speaking
at a press conference at the residence of Maulana Abdul Wasay, the provincial
emir of the JUI-F, here on Tuesday, Maulana Fazl said the government wanted all
(crucial) legislation to be passed before November 19. He said that the PDM
would challenge the legislation in court.
“Pressure
is being exerted on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) allies to vote for the
legislation in the joint sitting of parliament and on the opposition members
not to attend the session,” he added.
Alleges
PTI allies are being pressurised to vote for legislation
In
an apparent reference to the allegations levelled by former chief judge of the
apex court of Gilgit Baltistan Rana Mohammad Shamim about former chief justice
of Pakistan Saqib Nasir’s role in denial of bail to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif
and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, the JUI-F chief said the judges’ affidavits had
tarnished the image of the judicial system.
He
said that three to four judges had already submitted affidavits and called for
a judicial inquiry into the latest episode. “If such institutions are ‘set up’
then we can understand the reasons behind the statements of the judges,” he
added.
Replying
to a question, the Maulana said that the government “is not running, it is
being run. We know those who is running the government and who is being run. We
have a lot to say but we are reluctant to say anything in order to save the
country’s conditions from worsening.”
Maulana
Fazl said the government did not have a majority in parliament. “The PTI allies
are not ready to vote for the legislation. We have reports on who was taken to
a safe house,” he said. “Opposition members have been telephoned and told not
to attend the joint session of parliament. The government has a majority of
four to five votes by force and coercion.”
The
PDM chief said that if there was no regard for law, it would mean that the
country was being run under oppression.
He
said that under the present government, people should not expect smooth supply
of gas and electricity and reduction in prices of petrol.
He
said that contacts with the Pakistan Peoples Party did not mean a serious
process of its return to the PDM had started. “Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari came to
visit me. We have never stopped anyone from coming to our house.” Maulana Fazl
said that he did not know about the meetings of Shehbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz
with the military leadership.
He
said that the government did not give the people even the “right to cry”. Prime
Minister Imran Khan had no vision, no thinking and no philosophy, he said.
Those who had campaigned for the PTI [in 2018 elections] were worried today, he
added.
“People
are finding it hard to feed their children; they are committing suicide but
incompetent rulers are using every possible tactic to prolong their rule and
enslaving 220 million people of Pakistan.”
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Taliban
invited to next meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours
November
17, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday the Afghan Taliban would
be invited to the third ministerial meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours.
Mr
Qureshi, at a meeting of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said:
“Afghanistan’s interim government will also be invited to the next meeting of
Afghanistan’s neighbours.”
Pakistan
had worked out a new mechanism for consultations among Afghanistan’s neighbours
on the developments in the war-ravaged country after the Taliban takeover in
mid-August. The format includes China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan, besides Russia. The inaugural meeting was held in Islamabad on
September 8, while the second meeting was hosted by Iran on October 27.
FM
Qureshi tells Senate panel Islamabad’s strategy is to maintain constructive
engagement with Kabul
The
Taliban were not invited to either of the meetings because the new regime
lacked international recognition. The participants of the second meeting had in
their joint communique called on the “international community to remain
positively engaged with Afghanistan and develop a long-term roadmap to advance
the agenda of political engagement, economic integration and regional
connectivity”.
The
next meeting will take place in China. Although dates have not been finalised,
it is likely to be held early next year.
Though
the Taliban are still not recognised, countries around the world are
increasingly engaging with the new government. Besides, several foreign
ministers visited Kabul over the past several weeks and representatives of the
extended troika on Afghanistan — China, Pakistan, the United States and Russia
— met Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on the sidelines of their
meeting in Islamabad last week.
Mr
Muttaqi had later, while speaking at a think tank on Friday, said that de facto
recognition for the Taliban was already there and hoped that de jure acceptance
would follow soon.
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Joint
national response needed to tackle security challenges: COAS
November
16, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has stressed upon the need
for a joint national response to tackle national security challenges, said the
military’s media wing on Tuesday.
He
said this while addressing the participants of 23rd National Security Workshop
at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, according to the Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR).
The
participants were given comprehensive briefing on overall security situation
and challenges being faced by Pakistan. Later, the ISPR said, an interactive
session was held with the army chief.
“Pakistan
has emerged stronger from the war against terrorism as a resilient nation, and
now it is our collective responsibility to work wholeheartedly for the progress
and prosperity of our nation,” Gen Qamar was quoted as saying.
The
COAS emphasised that army was focused on maintaining its operational
preparedness and ensuring security of the country against all threats.
National
Security Workshop is an annual event held at the National Defence University in
Islamabad.
Representatives
from all segments of society, including parliamentarians attended the seminar,
said the official statement.
Last
week, the top military leadership, including COAS Gen Qamar and Director
General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed briefed
lawmakers of the Senate and the National Assembly on matters pertaining to
national security, foreign affairs, as well as internal and external challenges
faced by the county.
An
official statement released after the meeting stated that the Parliamentary
Committee on National Security met under the chairmanship of National Assembly
Speaker Asad Qaiser at the Parliament House.
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Europe
German
Prosecutors charge Syrian man in alleged extremist attack plan
16
November ,2021
A
Syrian man who allegedly supported ISIS group’s ideology has been charged with
making preparations for an attack in Germany, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The
suspect, who was identified only as Abdullah H. in keeping with German privacy
rules, was charged at a Berlin court with preparing a serious act of violence
and terror financing. He was arrested in November 2019 in another case, which
prosecutors gave no details of.
Federal
prosecutors said that he decided by June 2019 to carry out an attack in Germany
that would be on a similar scale to previous ISIS attacks in Europe. They said
his aim was to kill or wound as many people as possible.
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Two
British MPs admit using offices for paid meeting on Saudi detainees
16
November ,2021
Two
British Members of Parliament have admitted to being paid to appear on an
online panel discussion on political prisoners in Saudi Arabia while using
their Commons offices.
The
incident took place last November when Liberal Democrat Layla Moran and
Conservative Crispin Blunt were paid £3,000 and £6,000 respectively by law firm
Bindmans LLP to appear in what they described as an “evidence session” to hear
from human rights organizations and family members of detained Saudi Arabian
political prisoners.
“With
MPs from other parties, I worked on the detention of political prisoners in
Saudi Arabia with Bindmans. I deeply regret that I ‘zoomed’ in for one meeting
from my office in Parliament when Covid restrictions were in place. I take full
responsibility for this and it will not happen again,” Moran said in a
statement carried by the BBC.
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North America
US
judge rules Iraqi refugee held on murder claims can be deported
17
November ,2021
An
Iraqi refugee initially accused of committing a killing for the ISIS group
before coming to the US is eligible to be deported because he lied on his
immigration papers, a federal judge decided Tuesday.
Assistant
Chief Immigration Judge Tara Naselow-Nahas ruled that Omar Abdulsattar Ameen
lied when he was filling out his refugee application to gain entry into the
United States. Among other things, she found he wasn’t being truthful when he
said he had never interacted with, knew, or had involvement with various
terrorist groups, including the ISIS in Iraq.
But
she rejected other allegations, including that he provided support, engaged in
terrorist activity, participated in harming another person, or misrepresented
that he was a member of such a group.
Naselow-Nahas
found that Ameen interacted with a cousin “who is clearly a member of an armed
terrorist group.” She also found the government proved that he lied when he
said his father had been fatally shot and that his brother had been kidnapped.
He
should be deported to Iraq, or if not there to his last home of Turkey, the
judge said, based on the government’s recommendation.
Attorneys
for Ameen say he faces likely execution if he is returned to Iraq.
Another
federal judge in Sacramento in April refused to allow his extradition. US
Magistrate Judge Edmund Brennan said that cellphone evidence shows Ameen was in
Turkey at the time of the slaying in 2014.
Federal
authorities have tried since 2018 to return Ameen to Iraq under a treaty with
that nation, and he was quickly seized by immigration authorities after
Brennan’s ruling. Ameen will continue to fight deportation, and he will seek to
be released on bond, said his lawyer, Siobhan Waldron.
He
can now object that he faces too much danger to be deported, even though he was
found to be eligible. He will go before Naselow-Nahas for a week of hearings
set for late January and early February, and if she rules against him can seek
review by the Board of Immigration Appeals and then the 9th US Circuit Court of
Appeals.
“The
fight is far from over,” Waldron said. She contended that “this is all based on
unfounded rumors.”
FBI
investigators testified over days of intermittent hearings scattered over
several months that Ameen told inconsistent stories under questioning, and that
close family members also have ties to terrorist groups. Ameen has argued he
felt under duress during the interviews out of fear for his family.
Federal
prosecutors said he returned to Iraq that same month and killed a police
officer in the town of Rawah after it fell to the ISIS group. Ameen arrived in
the United States five months later to be resettled as a refugee in the
Sacramento, California, area.
The
Iraqi government said Ameen was part of a four-vehicle ISIS caravan that opened
fire on the home of the Rawah police officer. Iraqi documents said Ameen then
fired a fatal shot into Ihsan Abdulhafiz Jasim’s chest as he lay on the ground.
ISIS later claimed responsibility for the slaying on social media.
The
Department of Homeland Security alleged that Ameen kept his membership in two
terrorist groups secret when he applied for refugee status, and again when he
later applied for a green card.
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US
President Biden, China’s Xi discuss how to ‘align’ stances on Iran nuclear
issue
16
November ,2021
US
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping talked about how they
might harmonize their positions ahead of the Nov. 29 resumption of indirect
US-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a top US official said
on Tuesday.
Officials
from Iran and the six nations that struck the pact - Britain, China, France,
Germany, Russia and the US - will meet in Vienna to see if Tehran and
Washington can agree to resume compliance with the deal under which Iran curbed
its nuclear program to gain relief from US, EU and UN sanctions.
In
2018 then-President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the pact among the major
powers known as the P5+1 and Iran and restored harsh US sanctions, prompting
Tehran to begin violating its nuclear restrictions about a year later.
“The
two presidents had the chance to talk about how we can align our perspectives
heading into that (Nov. 29) meeting so that the P5+1 is united in dealing with
Iran and trying to pave the way for a return to the (deal),” White House
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a virtual think tank
appearance.
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South Asia
Taliban
Fought Against Occupation, They Deserved This Victory: Russia’s Special
Representative
17
Nov 2021
Russia’s
special representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said that the Taliban had
higher morale against the NATO and the US forces and they were fighting for
independence and against occupation thus, they deserved this victory.
Exclusively
speaking with Newsweek in Moscow Zamir Kabulov said that Russia wants Afghanistan
to be a normal state and have peace with itself and its neighbors but expressed
concerns about the terrorism and drug coming out of Afghanistan.
Zamir
Kabulov said that they are closely monitoring the actions of the Taliban and
respect their governance but added that it does not mean that Russia accepts
that.
“I
had visited Kabul when Taliban first came to power in the 90s and I see the
Kabul through TV channels now, I see there is a big difference in the Taliban
of this and of the 90s. There are at least 10 provinces where girls go to
schools, TV channels are operational and there are analysts from both the
Taliban and those who oppose. This is slow development but hopeful.” Said
Kabulov.
The
special representative also appreciated the efforts of the Taliban against ISIS
in Afghanistan and said that they are fighting against an international threat
and the Taliban are doing it better than the previous Afghan government funded
by the US.
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Taliban
want to have ‘positive relations’ with all countries: spokesperson
November
16, 2021
The
Taliban on Tuesday said that they want to have “positive relations” with all
countries, including the United States, and urged the United Nations (UN) to
recognise the new regime in Kabul.
In
a series of tweets, Taliban Spokesperson Suhail Shaheen said that the takeover
of Kabul by the Taliban “opened up a new phase” of investments and joint
ventures in Afghanistan.
The
spokesperson further said that the Taliban regime is complying with the Doha
agreement and the government would not let international terrorist outfits
operate on its soil.
He
claimed the Taliban have the support of the Afghan nation and have established
their writ across Afghanistan, adding that the Taliban “represent people’s
aspirations”.
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Pakistan Today
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Taliban
arrest 11 IS suspects in central Daikundi province
Nov
17, 2021
The
Taliban`s officials in central Daikundi province said that they arrested 11
people who are suspected to be affiliates of ISIS-K, the terror group which
recently speeded its attacks in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of
it, reported local media.
The
officials said that the suspects are from Helmand, Ghazni, and Urozgan
provinces but added that further investigations have been started, said Khaama
Press.Weapons of the suspects have been seized by the Taliban.
A
few days back, the Taliban arrested ten ISIS-K affiliates and killed three more
during large-scale operations in Kandahar province.The four hideouts of the
ISIS-K have been eliminated in the province, according to the Taliban`s
officials in Kandahar province.
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Africa
Islamic
group defends Osinbajo on reported Christianisation agenda
November
17, 2021
By
John Owen Nwachukwu
The
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has waded into the controversy surrounding the
recent allegation of christianisation levelled against Vice President, Yemi
Osinbajo.
The
group, in a statement signed by its director, Prof Ishaq Akintola and made
available to DAILY POST on Wednesday said the allegations were fake.
It
related what it knows about the Vice President and insisted on truth, fairness
and objectivity.
Recall
that a certain document had appeared last week alleging christianisation agenda
on the part of Osinbajo.
But
MURIC said it has refused to believe everything it hears or read in these days
of fake news.
The
Muslim rights group said it has carried out its investigation and was surprised
by certain facts they found about the VP’s office and his dealings with
Muslims.
“Blackmail,
character assassination, fake news and disinformation are not in the character
of Muslims,” MURIC said.
“During
our investigation, we stumbled on an article written by a female Muslim
presidential aide in the VP’s office. The article, which surfaced recently on
social media, affirmed the presence of 18 Muslim officials in Osinbajo’s
office.
“The
onus is on those who accused the VP of christianisation to prove that some or
all of those Muslim names in the VP’s office were fabricated to convince
Nigerian Muslims that the VP is either a hater or an oppressor of Muslims,” the
group said.
The
group said it has, however confirmed by itself that some of the names listed as
Muslims working in the VP’s office are not fictional, adding that the most
senior staff working with Osinbajo, a senior pastor with the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, is a Muslim.
“…Mr.
Abdul Rahman Ipaye, a Muslim and a former commissioner in Lagos State who was
mentioned in the article as the highest staff in the VP’s office is, indeed, a
bona fide staff of Osinbajo.”
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Haftar
orders arrest of Sabha security director for appearing with Saif Al-Islam
Gaddafi
November
16, 2021
The
Chief of Sabha security directorate Mohammed Besher said the pro-Haftar
Operation Dignity Room in south Libya issued an arrest warrant of him after he
had appeared with Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi when the latter was submitting his
elections candidacy in the city.
Besher
told Fawasel news agency that his job entails security of the polling stations
in Sabha, but he didn't protect or provide security for Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi,
saying the Sabha security directorate has nothing to do with personal security
of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and doesn't know who protects him as he came to the
HNEC center as a Libyan national without any capacity.
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Libyan
General Khalifa Haftar says to run for president
16
November ,2021
Libyan
National Army commander Khalifa Haftar will run in Libya’s presidential
elections due next month, he announced in a televised speech on Tuesday.
“Elections
are the only way out of the severe crisis that our country has plunged into,”
said Haftar, who was expected to formally register later Tuesday at the
election center in Benghazi.
Haftar
waged a war on factions in the west after the country split in 2014, including
a 14-month offensive to capture Tripoli which was repelled by the
internationally recognized government.
Haftar’s
decision to run will anger many in Tripoli and western regions who say no vote in
areas he holds can be fair.
The
election is meant as a milestone in the political process to knit Libya back
together after a decade of chaos that spiraled out of the 2011 NATO-backed
uprising that ousted former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi.
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721
candidates registered so far for Libya's Dec. 24 parliamentary elections
Walid
Abdullah
16.11.2021
TRIPOLI,
Libya
A
total of 721 candidates have so far registered to run in Libya’s Dec. 24
parliamentary elections, the country’s electoral commission said on Tuesday.
This
list came in a daily report issued by the commission on its Facebook page
regarding the registration process, which will continue through Nov. 22.
Early
on Tuesday, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar announced a bid to seek the
presidency. To date putschist Haftar has been an impediment to the country's
democratic processes.
Libya’s
presidential and parliamentary elections are set to take place on Dec. 24 under
an UN-sponsored agreement reached by Libyan political rivals at meetings in
Tunisia last November.
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Anadolu Agency
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Libyan warlord Haftar announces bid to run for president
Walid
Abdullah
16.11.2021
TRIPOLI,
Libya
Libyan
warlord Khalifa Haftar on Tuesday announced he will run in the country’s
upcoming presidential elections.
In
a televised speech, Haftar said the elections are the only way out of the
Libyan crisis.
"I
declare my candidacy for the presidential elections, not because I am seeking
for authority but because I want to lead our people towards glory, progress and
prosperity," Haftar said.
Haftar
is a controversial figure in the Libyan political scene, who is backed by
regional powers, including Egypt, France and Russia.
Haftar's
self-proclaimed "Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army” has
contributed greatly to the decade-long turmoil in Libya after leading a
14-month military offensive, with the support of foreign powers, to
unsuccessfully topple the internationally recognized Government of National
Accord (GNA) in the west.
Mass
graves in Libya’s southwestern city of Tarhuna, a former stronghold for Haftar,
continue to be discovered since the warlord’s defeat in June 2020 with hundreds
of bodies exhumed.
Having
helped former strongman Muammar Gaddafi come to power in 1969, Haftar fell out
with his boss in the late 1980s and sought asylum in the US.
Haftar
reappeared in the Libyan political scene during the 2011 uprising that led to
Gaddafi’s ouster and subsequent death.
He
joined the Libyan opposition and made the eastern city of Benghazi his base and
stronghold.
Despite
the February agreement that paved the way for a unity government in Libya,
Haftar still acts independently of the legitimate government and leads an armed
militia that controls vast areas in the east.
On
September 22, Haftar assigned his forces' chief-of-staff to take his military
post temporarily for three months to prepare himself for running for elections.
Libya’s
presidential and parliamentary elections are set to take place on Dec. 24 under
an UN-sponsored agreement reached by Libyan political rivals during meetings in
Tunisia on Nov. 15, 2020.
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Anadolu Agency
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Southeast Asia
Indonesia’s
top religious council: Cryptocurrency is Unlawful for Muslims
November
16, 2021
The
Indonesian Ulema Council, a top body of Islamic scholars, said Thursday
cryptocurrency as a means of payment and a commodity to trade is unlawful for
Muslims in that country that has the world’s largest Muslim population,
according to multiple reports, a ruling that could affect Muslims’ financial
decisions in that country though the council does not have legal powers.
According
to Fortune, the council advises Indonesia's government, including its finance
ministry, on finance and banking matters for Muslims—around 87% of Indonesians
follow Islam.
The
council’s head of religious decrees, Asrorun Niam Sholeh, said crypto has
elements of uncertainty and harm, which forbids it as a payment option under
Sharia law, Reuters reports.
Asrorun
added the use of digital tokens as a commodity to trade is also forbidden,
citing their lack of a clear value and physical structure.
Crypto
is traded and invested in Indonesia’s commodities and futures market.
Asrorun
left room for change, saying the council could approve cryptocurrency if
modifications are made to comply with Sharia law, according to Bloomberg.
Total
crypto transactions in Indonesia totaled 370 trillion rupiah, or $25.96
billion, between January and May this year, according to Indonesia’s trade
ministry.
Big
Number
232.3
million. That’s the approximate number of Muslims in Indonesia, where nearly
nine in ten of its population is Muslim, according to the U.S. Department of
State. Indonesia has the world’s fourth-largest population and the 10th largest
economy by purchasing power parity, according to the World Bank.
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Even
China has banned gambling, says PAS backbencher
Predeep
Nambiar
November
16, 2021
ALOR
SETAR: A PAS backbencher today asked those who oppose the state’s 4D ban to
look at China, where gambling has been outlawed for the past 70-odd years for
its social ills.
Hanif
Ghazali (PAS-Tanjung Dawai) took to task those who said gambling was part of
Chinese culture, saying one could look at how China had placed curbs on such
activities since 1949.
Today,
he said, China only allowed gambling at weddings, birthdays and other smaller
events, and at gaming centres in the special autonomous regions of Macau and
Hong Kong.
With
the flourishing of Filipino online gambling websites, Beijing had also reached
out to the Philippines, pleading with it to end the online gambling menace.
Defending
the Kedah government’s decision not to renew the business licences of 4D
outlets, Hanif said that as a Muslim, one must support the ban on all forms of
betting and gaming to obey Islamic teachings.
“Can
you imagine what gambling can do to the family institution?” he asked during
the debate on the 2022 Supply Bill in the state assembly.
“The
breadwinner is forced to borrow money from moneylenders, while his wife has to
pawn her belongings to clear the debts from gambling.”
Hanif
also supported the state’s move to curb alcohol sales in certain areas, saying
the restrictions should extend to Langkawi.
He
said the curbs could help reduce the high rate of road accidents involving
drunk tourists on the island, conveyed to him by residents during his regular
preaching trips there.
“Alcohol
is so freely available (in Langkawi) that teenage, schooling children can buy
them,” he said.
He
cited a World Health Organization report stating that Malaysians were the 11th
highest consumers of alcohol, spending RM1.5 billion on drinks yearly.
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Penang
Mufti urges Kedah MB to embrace ‘Keluarga Malaysia’ after latter links state to
4D outlets
15
Nov 2021
BY
OPALYN MOK
GEORGE
TOWN, November 15 — Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor should
speak in ways consistent with the prime minister’s “Keluarga Malaysia” concept,
said Penang Mufti Datuk Seri Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor.
He
said Muhammad Sanusi, as the leader of a state within Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri
Yaakob’s ruling coalition, should strive to display the maturity that would
help others to understand the PM’s concept on inclusivity.
“As
a ‘brother’, I would like to advise the Kedah MB to be more careful when
issuing statements,” he said today.
He
also said the Kedah MB must strive to protect the image of his office, after
Sanusi announced yesterday that he told local authorities not to renew the
business licenses of 4D gaming outlets in the state.
Wan
Salim also reminded Muhammad Sanusi that he was the head of a state government,
and not simply a village leader whose influence and power were limited.
“He
should try not to issue statements that could cause controversy with other
state leaders, especially with the neighbouring state, but should be working
towards building a good relationship with all parties,” he said.
Wan
Salim was responding to the Kedah lawmaker’s recent statement on the banning of
shops selling numbers forecast lottery draws in the northern state and telling
would-be patrons to visit Penang if they wanted to participate in the
forecasts.
“His
statement linking 4D lottery gambling to Penang is disappointing and
unreasonable,” he said.
He
said the fact that Muhammad Sanusi linked gambling to Penang is considered an
insult to the Islamic religious institutions in this state that was committed
to strengthening the position of Islam in Penang.
He
reminded the Kedah MB that Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah
Ri’ayatuddin Al- Mustafa Billah Shah was the head of Islam for all states
without a Malay ruler, which included Penang.
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PAS
needs to sober up, face Keluarga Malaysia reality
K.
Parkaran
November
16, 2021
After
a sobering resolution to the Timah whisky controversy, we are immediately faced
with another divisive debate involving a practice that is forbidden to Muslims.
The
PAS-led Kedah government’s decision to effectively ban the operations of all
4-D outlets in the state has brought much anger and a public debate which is
not healthy for a multi-religious country, especially when the prime minister
is pushing for a united Keluarga Malaysia (Malaysian Family).
I
am not one who will promote gambling or alcohol consumption as a national or a
community culture because I have seen many families being torn apart and
marriages broken because of these habits. But let’s not stereotype behaviour
and habits according to race or religion.
In
its battle to “clean” the nation, maybe PAS should also include the devastating
effect that drug abuse has on Malaysian youth and the rate of corruption that
has caused Malaysia to feature in the global headlines.
Having
said that, can PAS provide the statistics to show that the gambling problem has
gone beyond control in Malaysia? For every gambler or drinker that anyone can
point out, I will show 10 teetotallers and those who abhor gambling.
Let
me be clear here that defending one’s basic right to do something according to
the law is not tantamount to condoning any form of addiction.
We
must defend the right of an individual to carry out legal activities with all
the legislated controls in place. Everyone knows Islam forbids these practices
and the relevant laws are firmly in place to ensure Muslims stay clear of
activities that are “haram”.
I
don’t see why any authority, which survives on revenues from gaming and
entertainment taxes, wants to stop a business which is licensed by the federal
government.
It’s
funny that Kedah chooses to ban a business which openly bars Muslims. I was
told once that the true test of a Muslim is to live among others in a society
and stay away from practices that are not allowed by Islam.
Tens
of thousands of people are engaged by the gaming companies, keeping a large
number of Malaysians gainfully employed. The money they earn is from hard work,
and not something that comes easy. What they get are not like the handouts that
many survive on.
It
would be naïve to think that Kedah’s action will stop people from gambling in
one form or another. It is an open secret that the illegal four-digit lottery
is thriving online and that Malaysians indulge in these activities, even
lottery draws in Singapore and Cambodia.
Legalisation
of gambling will not only help to reduce black money transactions but it will
also generate a good amount of revenue for the federal coffers. Once gambling
is banned, the money goes to the criminal syndicates.
I
agree with PAS that the states it rules, like Terengganu and Kelantan, do not
have legalised gambling but I am not sure if there are those in the state who
do not do so online, which is quite widespread.
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Mideast
Saudi-led
coalition says it killed 130 Houthis in 24 hours
16.11.2021
SANAA,
Yemen
The
Saudi Arabian-led Arab coalition in Yemen announced Tuesday that it killed 130
Houthi militants in military operations in the past 24 hours.
But
the Houthi rebel group said only 12 of its fighters were killed.
"We
carried out 27 targeting operations to vehicles and militants of the Houthi
militia in the provinces of Marib and al-Bayda (central Yemen) during the past
24 hours," the Kingdom’s official SPA news agency cited a statement by the
coalition.
Operations
"destroyed 16 military vehicles and eliminated 130 Houthi terrorist
militants" and it “carried out four operations in Yemen’s western coast to
support the coastal forces and protect civilians.”
The
Houthi-run Saba news agency quoted an unnamed security source who said, “12 of
its fighters, most of them were holding officer ranks, were killed by coalition
warplanes."
“The
fighters were killed on a number of fronts and were buried in the capital
Sanaa,” the source said.
Since
February, the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have stepped up attacks to take
control of oil-rich Marib province, one of the most important strongholds of
the legitimate government and home to the headquarters of Yemen’s Defense
Ministry.
Yemen
has been engulfed by violence and instability since 2014, when Houthi rebels
captured much of the country, including the capital, Sanaa.
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Palestinian
father seeks justice for daughters killed by Israel
Abdel
Raouf Arnaout
16.11.2021
JERUSALEM
Thirteen
years have passed since Palestinian Ezz El-Din Abu El-Aish lost his three
daughters to an Israeli tank shell that struck their house in Jabalia camp,
north of Gaza City.
Other
family members living in the same house were also wounded by Israeli army fire
during a three-week offensive on the Gaza Strip that began on Dec. 27, 2008.
The
Israeli onslaught, known as Operation Cast Lead, resulted in the massacre of
about 1,400 Palestinians and thousands injured.
The
grieving father has sued the Israeli authorities over the death of his three
girls; Bisan, Mayar, and Aya, who were aged 21, 15, and 13 years old
respectively.
Abu
El-Eish, who is a medical doctor, demands Israel make an official apology and
that it bears full responsibility for the murders.
He
also demands that the self-proclaimed Jewish state gives him financial
compensations that he intends to use to fund a college in honor of his
daughters.
On
Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court examined a civil lawsuit filed by the
Palestinian father, but it has not yet issued a verdict.
Abu
El-Eish has since relocated to Canada alongside other surviving family members.
Heartbreaking
Abu
El-Eish traveled to Israel to attend the Monday court proceedings at the
Supreme Court, Israel’s highest judicial body.
"This
is the room after the tragedy,” Abu El-Eish, who was holding a picture of his
demolished house, told reporters while pointing to the room where his daughters
perished. “Personally, I don't want anyone to go through what I went
through," he said.
“During
the Israeli assault, my daughters were studying (at night) using candles
because there was no electricity,” Abu El-Eish recalled.
“They
had a goal. Their goal was to succeed, to learn, and to become the bearers of a
humanitarian message. These are the children I taught and raised."
The
bereaved father said his daughters are victims, vowing to “keep them alive” and
not allow anyone else to “kill them again” by ensuring that they get justice.
The
court session was attended by a number of peace activists and Arab deputies,
including Ayman Odeh, Ahmed Al-Tibi, and Osama Al-Saadi.
In
a Twitter post, Al-Tibi described Abu El-Eish’s account of his daughters as
“heartbreaking”.
For
his part, Odeh tweeted saying that Abu El-Eish “seeks not revenge” but that
Israel “bears responsibility for the killing.”
“There
is nothing more humane and more painful than a bereaved father who seeks
justice for his daughters," he added.
Justice
In
March 2017, the Israeli Central Court in the southern city of Beersheba
reviewed the case but rejected it. As a result, Abu El-Eish decided to file a
petition with the Supreme Court. But the court has postponed its sessions due
to the coronavirus pandemic.
Abu
El-Eish said he is resolved to seek justice for his daughters through all
available “civilized, peaceful, legal and moral means”.
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President’s
Envoy: Iran to Remain beside Afghan People
2021-November-16
Iran
and Afghanistan enjoy strong age-old relations, Kazzemi Qomi said during the
meeting in Kabul on Tuesday.
“The
Islamic Republic of Iran will always stand by the Afghan people,” he added.
Muttaqi,
for his part, referred to the problems that Afghanistan is facing these days,
and expressed the hope that these problems would be resolved soon.
Kazzemi
Qomi arrived in Kabul on Monday for a three-day visit to hold talks with
Taliban authorities.
After
meeting with a number of senior Taliban officials on Monday, he underlined that
the US was defeated in Afghanistan and is now trying to support the ISIL
terrorist group to compensate for its failures in the region.
"The
aggressor country that ruled Afghanistan for the past 20 years is now trying to
reinforce Takfiri Groups in Afghanistan after its defeat," the Iranian
envoy told reporters in the Afghan capital.
He
added that the purpose of his visit to Kabul was to discuss interim government,
political, economic, security, and Afghan refugee issues.
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Iran urges Azerbaijan, Armenia to exercise restraint, avoid violence amid new
border clashes
November
17, 2021
Iran
has voiced concern over the latest border clashes between Azerbaijan and
Armenia, urging the two neighbors to exercise restraint and resort to dialogue
to resolve differences.
“As
in the past, the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to help the two sides settle
differences and establish stability and peace in the region," Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday.
He
added that all countries should respect internationally recognized borders and
called on Baku and Yerevan to patch up differences through dialogue and
peaceful channels.
The
spokesperson warned that the ongoing challenges would pose a danger to the
gradual process to the promotion of regional peace and progress.
Armenia
and Azerbaijan on Tuesday accused each other of initiating fighting along their
shared border amid renewed border clashes between the arch foes a year after
their war over contested territory.
Russia’s
Interfax news agency cited Armenia’s parliament as saying that 15 Armenian
soldiers had died in clashes on the country’s border with Azerbaijan. The
parliament added that 12 of their soldiers had been captured by Azerbaijan.
On
the other side, the Azeri Defense Ministry also spoke of a tense situation on
the border with Armenia and said a military operation was underway to repel
large-scale “provocations.”
Russian
media reported on Tuesday that Armenia had asked Moscow to help defend its
territorial sovereignty against attacks by Azerbaijani forces.
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President
Rayeesi: Iran Ready to Finalize Documents of Long-Term Cooperation with Russia
2021-November-16
"We
are ready to finalize the comprehensive document of long-term cooperation
between the two countries so that the process of further enhancing relations
and cooperation between Iran and Russia can be implemented quickly,"
Rayeesi said on Tuesday, stressing Iran’s willingness to further develop trade
and economic relations with Russia.
He
also pointed to the common positions of the two countries on bilateral,
regional and international issues, saying, "Countering unilateralism and
consolidating multilateralism are among the similarities of the two
countries."
The
Iranian President stressed the need for joint cooperation between the two
countries on regional issues, adding, "Continued presence of foreigners in
Syria is against the will of the Syrian people and government because it
threatens the stability and security of the country."
Rayeesi
also pointed to the developments in Afghanistan, saying that the presence of
ISIL terrorist group in the country is dangerous to the region.
"The
Islamic Republic of Iran believes in the establishment of an inclusive
government with the presence of all ethnic and political groups," he
noted, adding that the formation of such a government can guarantee the
security of the country.
He
lauded Russia's stance in supporting Iran's nuclear rights and the need to lift
all sanctions imposed on the Iranians, and said his administration is quite
serious in nuclear talks for lifting all sanctions against the Iranian people.
The
President also welcomed Russia's initiative for stability and peace in the
Caucasus region.
"Any
change in geopolitics and borders of the regional countries is not
acceptable," the two sides stressed.
Rayeesi
further hailed the assistance of the President and the Russian government in
Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Putin,
for his part, said that Moscow supports Tehran's proposals in drafting a new
document on long-term cooperation between the two countries, adding, "We
are determined to finalize and implement it as soon as possible."
Moscow
attaches great importance to improving the level of economic relations and
finalizing joint investment programs with Iran, he stressed.
Putin
also pointed to the cooperation of the two countries in regional issues,
specially Syria, saying that the two countries should continue their close
cooperation in various regional areas.
He
voiced support for the rights of the Iranian people in the nuclear issue, and
expressed the hope that in future negotiations, the parties would have sufficient
political will to resolve the issues in talks.
Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said last week that the US needs to
revise its policy of draconian sanctions against the Islamic Republic so as to
help revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), three years after the US ditched the
historic accord and tried to kill it.
“The
utmost must be done so that the negotiations ensure the restoration of what’s
known as the ‘factory settings’ of the JCPOA,” Ryabkov said on Thursday.
“Political
will is now required. From the US side, it is important to prove and
demonstrate in practice that the sanctions policy, which has been carried out
over the recent years is being reviewed and the Iranian side is given the
opportunity to reap those economic advantages that are included in the package
of agreements that lies at the heart of the JCPOA,” the Russian diplomat said.
The
JCPOA was inked by Iran and six world powers in 2015, under which Tehran agreed
to put limits on certain aspects of its nuclear activities in exchange for the
removal of international sanctions imposed against the country.
In
2018, however, the US exited the nuclear pact and began to unilaterally
implement what it called the maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic
Republic, effectively depriving Iran of the deal’s benefits by forcing third
parties to stop trade with Iran.
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Iran
Condemns Terrorist Attack in Burkina Faso
2021-November-16
Khatibzadeh
extended condolences to the government and people of Burkina Faso and the
families of the victims.
The
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman also sympathized with the bereaved families
of the victims of the terrorist attack.
Khatibzadeh,
meantime, voiced Iran's readiness to cooperate with Burkina Faso.
At
least 32 people, including 28 military police officers and four civilians, were
killed in an attack on a gendarmerie post in northern Burkina Faso, the
government said on Monday, raising its earlier death toll of 20.
The
government's statement said the toll was provisional as of Monday afternoon.
The attack is the deadliest suffered by Burkina Faso troops since an insurgency
by Takfiri militants took off in 2017.
President
Roch Kabore decreed three days of national mourning for the victims of the
attack, which took place on Sunday morning near a gold mine in Inata and came
two days after another raid in the area killed seven police.
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Iran
‘absolutely serious’ about nuclear talks, Raisi tells Putin
16
November ,2021
Iran
is “absolutely serious” about nuclear talks expected to resume late this month,
its President Ebrahim Raisi told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a
phone call Tuesday.
“The
Islamic Republic of Iran is absolutely serious about the negotiations and we
are equally serious about our people’s rights to have sanctions lifted,” Raisi
said, according to a statement published on the presidency’s website.
His
remarks come one day after Tehran invited the head of the International Atomic
Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, to visit and meet Iran’s foreign minister, after
the UN official expressed concern over lack of contact with Iranian officials.
Nuclear
talks, which have been on hold since Raisi’s election in June, are set to
resume in Vienna on November 29 in a bid to revive a 2015 deal that offered
Tehran relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear activity.
The
deal was torpedoed when the US unilaterally pulled out of it in 2018 under the
administration of president Donald Trump.
The
other parties to the deal – Russia, China, Germany, Britain and France – will
participate in the Vienna talks in the presence of European negotiator Enrique
Mora.
The
US will meanwhile take part in the negotiations indirectly.
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Iran
MPs reject President Raisi’s proposed education minister for second time
16
November ,2021
Iran’s
hardline-dominated parliament on Tuesday rejected conservative President
Ebrahim Raisi’s proposed education minister for a second time since he formed
his cabinet in August.
Masoud
Fayazi failed to win a vote of confidence, losing 140 to 115 after critics said
he lacked sufficient experience in education and was ill-equipped to run a
large ministry which has faced teacher protests over pay.
“In
your research publications, nothing can be seen except Islamic jurisprudence
... then how do you introduce yourself as an expert on managing
kindergartens?,” said lawmaker Ahmad Moharamzadeh before the vote in a
parliamentary session broadcast live on state radio.
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