‘Iddat Must For Convert Marrying Muslim Man’: Sindh High Court
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October 2022
• ‘Iddat Must For Convert Marrying Muslim Man’: Sindh
High Court
• Hollywood Actor: I'd Get Oscar Nomination 'If I
Played A Radical Islamic Paedophile Terrorist'
• Muslim Family To Be Among First To Get Puja Prasad
In Assam On The Auspicious Occasion Of Maha Ashthami
• Iran Protests Mahsa Amini’s Death: Majority Of
People Reject Compulsory Hijab And An Islamic Regime, Surveys Find
• London Muslims Slam Anti-Revolution Moves in Iran,
Desecration Of Islamic Values
Pakistan
• IHC approves Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail in case
linked to remarks against judge
• President upholds dismissal of Pemra DG in
harassment case
• PTI meets to finalise plan for long march
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North America
• Thousands March in Canada in Solidarity With Iran
Protests
• Brooklyn Museum's entire floor devoted to arts of
Asia and the Islamic World is now open
• American Prisoners Are Released From Venezuela and
Iran
• Trump calls on Brazilians to vote for Jair Bolsonaro
in presidential race
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India
• Row Erupts as 'Vande Mataram' to Replace 'Hello' in
Maha Govt Offices from Today
• Islamic Federation Of Tamil Nadu Launched In Coimbatore
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Mideast
• Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrollah Defends Islamic
Republic as Khamenei Stays Silent
• CIA's ‘weak’ websites led to capture execution of
assets in Iran, China
• Iran Launches New Strikes on Kurd Opposition in
Iraq: Official
• 6 Arab Israelis Arrested For Alleged IS Ties, Plans
To Attack Nazareth Muslim School
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Europe
• Anti-French anger grips Burkina Faso in wake of
second military coup
• UK PM Liz Truss says her government mishandled announcement
on tax cuts
• UK’s King Charles III Will Not Attend COP27 After
Truss ‘Objected’
• Blackburn travel firm operator offering Muslims and
Christians tours of holy sites
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Southeast Asia
• Indonesia Football Stampede: At Least 174 People
Dead After Police Use Tear Gas On Rioting Crowd
• PM must consult Cabinet before asking Agong to
dissolve Parliament as per Constitution, says Hamzah
• GE15: PAS to discuss dissolving state assemblies in
three states, says veep
• Minister: RM7.4m approved for eight Home Ministry
agency projects in Sabah
• Report: Muda will complement, not compete with
Pakatan’s Youth wings, says Syed Saddiq
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South Asia
• China’s 73rd National Day: Protest Erupts In
Bangladesh Against Chinese Oppression Of Uyghur Muslims
• Taliban Bans Use of Pakistani Currency in
Afghanistan
• Students in Northwestern Afghanistan Protest the
Explosion of Education Centre in Capital
• Kabul Witnesses Price Drop on Food Essentials: Afghanistan
Economy
• Survivors of Deadly Attack, Demonstrate in Kabul
Following Explosion at Education Center
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Arab world
• Saudi Arabia Launches Cybersecurity Awareness
Campaign To Ward Off Threats
• How Saudi Arabia intends to become a global hub for
gaming and esports
• Saudi culture minister participates in opening of
ALIPH in Mexico City
• Iconic carpet, chandelier at the Grand Mosque is a
big attraction for tourists
• Saudi Arabia’s KSRelief continues humanitarian
efforts in flood-hit Pakistan
• Global experts discuss economic, social impact of
Saudi coffee in Jazan forum
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Africa
• Soldiers, Officers Decorated For Gallantry Against
Boko Haram
• Borno holds first Independence parade after 12 years
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‘Iddat Must For Convert Marrying Muslim Man’: Sindh
High Court
Z Ali
October 01, 2022
HYDRABAD:
In a seminal judgment, the Sindh High Court (SHC)
Hyderabad Bench on Friday declared it mandatory for a non-Muslim woman
remarrying a Muslim man after converting to Islam to observe the 90-day Iddat
period.
The judgment, authored by Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro
of SHC's Hyderabad bench, also ruled that a woman convert will have to invite
her non-Muslim husband to embrace Islam and file a petition for dissolution of
marriage in a family court.
The verdict was given on a petition filed by Lalu
Tamachi whose wife Nagina, who bore him four children, converted to Islam and
tied the nuptial knot with Mazhar Hussain Khan. "Iddat is necessary after
the dissolution of marriage of any character," the bench ruled.
The order explained that the twin causes of Iddat were
to offer an opportunity to a non-Muslim husband of a woman convert to embrace
Islam and also to see if the woman is or becomes pregnant from her former
husband.
"If the husband in response to [the] offer
embraces Islam within the period of Iddat, the marriage shall continue. But if
he remains non-Muslim even after [the] expiry of Iddat, [then] the court may
pass a decree of termination of the marriage," reads the judgment.
The woman convert is supposed to file a petition in a
family court which will summon her husband to give him the opportunity to
change his religion following in the footsteps of his wife. The court will wait
till the expiry of Iddat before decreeing the termination.
The court referred to a 1997 litigation in the Lahore
High Court in which the petitioner, a Christian by faith, had challenge the
marriage of his wife with a Muslim man. The LHC had engaged three amicus
curiae, including Maulana Abdul Qadir Azad, Muhamamd Ismail Qureshi and
Advocate Abid Hassan Minto. The emphasis was laid on the question of observing
iddat.
Azad replied to the court that a woman after embracing
Islam should invite her husband to follow suit. The marriage will become
dissolved if the husband refuses. Subsequently, the woman will observe a
mandatory 90-day iddat before remarrying a Muslim man.
Qureshi wrote to the LHC that a marriage solemnized
during iddat would be considered Fasid [irregular] but not Batil [void]. The
irregular marriage would have to be regularized through a fresh Nikah after
completion of Iddat.
Minto while partly reiterating the same stance of Azad
said the dissolution of marriage should take place before a judge. "Iddat
is imposed to ascertain whether the woman is pregnant from her previous husband
so as to avoid confusion of parentage," Minto wrote. He doubted that any
criminal liability arose from Fasid [irregular] marriage.
On the basis of input from those jurists as well as
similar previous cases, the LHC concluded its order with three points. The
first pertained to informing the husband about conversion of faith followed by
inviting him to accept Islam. The third is mandatory observance of iddat for
three months or 90 days.
The LHC had also referred to Syed Ameer Ali's book
Muhammadan Law in which he has stated that in a non-Islamic country, a
non-Muslim woman converting to Islam should wait for three menstrual cycles
before her marriage could be dissolved.
The court directed the SHC's Registrar to circulate
the order to the judges of all the district and civil courts besides sending it
to the Sindh cabinet which may consider appropriate legislation.
In the instant case, Nagina left house of her husband
on January 15, 2022, and two days later on January 17 she converted to Islam.
The SHC noted that there is no evidence to suggest that she had apprised her
former husband of her conversion plan.
The bench also observed that the affidavit submitted
by the woman in which she claims inviting her husband to Islam was written in
English. Yet, neither the woman nor her ex-husband can read or understand
English. She appeared clueless about the content of the affidavit when she was
asked in the courtroom.
"There is no evidence that she ever happened to
meet with the petitioner [Tamachi] and made him offer [to embrace Islam],"
the judge stated. The woman also did not observe iddat.
The bench then raised the question about the status of
Murk's conversion and marriage because she failed to comply with all procedures
laid down in the law. However, the judge quickly referred to the LHC's order
and opinion of the amicus curiae which did not declare any criminal liability
and offered the salutation of a fresh nikkah after completion of iddat.
"Unfortunately, the recommendations of the apex
court have fallen on deaf ears and so far no legislation on such lines has ever
been considered," reads the judgment. Nevertheless, the bench said, the
Sindh Assembly has taken the first step in this regard by passing the Hindu
Marriage Act, 2018. Section 11 of the Act provides for termination of marriage
by a family court. Yet many questions remain unanswered in the Act, the court
said.
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Hollywood Actor: I'd Get Oscar Nomination 'If I Played
A Radical Islamic Paedophile Terrorist'
Sorbo, pictured in cinematic
classic Confessions Of A Prodigal Son, daydreaming about one day winning an
Oscar.
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By John Solomon
October 1, 2022
Kevin Sorbo won worldwide fame as a young actor
playing Hercules, but today as one of Hollywood's few openly conservative
actors he laments the industry's cancel culture and its embrace of dark,
radical and negative movies.
"It's unfortunate," he told the "Just
the News, Not Noise" television show in a recent interview. "I always
joke that if I played a radical Islamic paedophile terrorist in a movie, I get
nominated for an Academy Award. And that's really a weird world we're in right
now."
As Hollywood has drifted further left and away from
many mainstream families, Sorbo has created his own studio committed to
positive, family-friendly movies. He said the industry is missing a huge market
of 80 million fans by refusing to make more upbeat content.
"They're afraid — 'Oh my gosh, we'll get a
backlash from within the Hollywood elites if we do a movie that's got a
positive message,'" he said.
"It's so strange to me," he added. "I
wish they could answer that question: Why? What are you afraid of those 80
million homes out there that want that.
"You can poke fun and laugh at all the stupid
Christians for wanting movies with a good message in there. It's so weird. But
this is a battle that we have going on right now."
Conservatives in Hollywood have faced decades of
retribution and cancel culture, sometimes for the smallest of things. Comedian
and actor Tim Allen got backlash last month for making a simple joke about Joe
Biden not knowing the length of the "60 Minutes" news magazine.
"We do need more. I have actors come up to me on
the set over the last five, six years saying, 'Hey, thank you for being a voice
for us,'" he recalled. "And I said, 'Well, why don't you be a voice
for yourself?' But they're all afraid to come out of that conservative closet
because we're the ones getting bashed and attacked."
"I still have a career," he said. "Am I
doing big budget TV shows or movies anymore? Nope. But that's fine. I'm doing
the movies that I want to do."
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Muslim Family To Be Among First To Get Puja Prasad In
Assam On The Auspicious Occasion Of Maha Ashthami
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Oct 2, 2022
GUWAHATI: In a glowing example of communal harmony,
the centuries-old Devi Doul (Durga temple) in Assam’s Sivasagar district will
begin the festivities with the distribution of Prasad to an Ahom and a Muslim
family on the auspicious occasion of Maha Ashthami, resuming the age-old
practice after two years of Covid.
The Muslim family of Doullahs that will partake of the
prasad used to beat the traditional drums (nagara) in the temple once upon a
time, while the Borpatragohain family represented the Ahom community.
Basanta Gogoi, secretary of the temple development
board, said, “It gives us immense pleasure to revive the medieval-era tradition
of communal harmony that the Covid-19 pandemic had put the brakes on. Though
the celebrations were allowed albeit with some restrictions last year, we had
to do away with prasad distribution to the two renowned families of Sivasagar
altogether in 2020.”
This practice is believed to have been first adopted
during the reign of Ahom kings in the medieval period. The temple management
said though there is no written history of this tradition, there are records
with the temple management that read the “prasad of harmony” was received by
the family of Konseng Borpatragohain, the first Borpatragohain- one of the
three great Gohains (counsellors) in the Ahom kingdom created by Suhungmung
Dihingia Raja in the year 1527.
Along with her family, Tosmia Doullah, daughter of
Monirud Doullah, who died of Covid last year, will go to the Devi Doul ceremony
this Maha Ashtami to revive the tradition. Tosmia is enthusiastic as she will
go down in history as the one who bore witness to the revival of the tradition.
“My father’s demise was unexpected and came as a shock to us. Being the
seniormost member of the family, I will have to take the lead role in the
ceremony to uphold the tradition,” Tosmia told TOI from Dhai Ali in Sivasagar.
However, Jiten Borpatragohain, a retired college
teacher, who is from the 18th generation of Konseng Borpatragohain, said the
Doullahs joined them later, which marked the beginning of a new chapter of
harmony in Sivasagar. Known for Hindu-Muslim unity, Sivasagar remained
undisturbed even in the trouble-torn times of Babri demolition.
“During the rule of Siva Singha, Ahoms endorsed Hindu
religion in large numbers. But our Borpatragohain family was a follower of
Shakta cult and devoted to Devi Durga. Our ancestors used to get prasad at home
on Ashtami since the early 18 th century, mostly in the form of a goat
sacrificed to the goddess on Maha Ashtami,” he said.
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Iran Protests Mahsa Amini’s Death: Majority Of People
Reject Compulsory Hijab And An Islamic Regime, Surveys Find
Iran Anti-hijab protest.
Protests have erupted across Iran in recent days after Amini, a 22-year-old
woman, died while being held by the morality police for violating the country's
strictly enforced Islamic dress code. (AP)
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By Pooyan Tamimi Arab
October 2, 2022
A young woman’s death in custody in Iran on September
16 has sparked nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini’s fatal injuries resulted from
an arrest and beating by the country’s hijab police, which enforces the
mandatory and “correct” way of wearing the hijab. The protesters have caught
the world’s attention by chanting what sounds like a revolutionary slogan:
“zan, zendegi, azadi” (woman, life, freedom). Other slogans target the regime:
“An Islamic Republic, we don’t want, we don’t want.”
Despite the scale of recurring protests in Iran, some
people still cast doubt on the idea that these events have mass support in this
vast and populous country. So, how extensive is Iranians’ discontent with the
mandatory hijab and the regime that imposed it after the 1979 Islamic
Revolution?
Between 2019 and 2022, we at GAMAAN – Group for
Analysing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran – conducted innovative online surveys
that ensured anonymity to potentially fearful respondents. The process has been
a cat-and-mouse game, with the regime blocking a major survey application in
Iran and targeting at least one of our surveys with bots, not to mention the
challenge of gathering data from pro-regime respondents.
Our surveys went viral, resulting in raw samples
ranging from 20,000 to more than 100,000 respondents. After weighting the data
for five demographic variables and one political variable, we could replicate
external data such as employment rates, household income distribution levels,
and the languages people spoke at home.
Moreover, we found a match between our data and other
institutes’ data (gathered through conventional survey methods) for politically
non-sensitive questions, while also finding a large discrepancy on politically
sensitive topics such as religion (see the tables in the 2020 survey report on
religion, the 2021 report on international relations, and the 2022 report on
political systems). The success of these tests indicates, to put it simply,
that our survey results show what Iranians of all social layers, including people
who support the regime, really think.
Our 2020 religion survey confirmed that a secular
shift is taking place in Iran. While more than 90% of respondents said they had
been raised in a believing and/or practising religious family, around half
indicated they had become non-religious in their lifetime. Meanwhile 72%
explicitly opposed the mandatory hijab.
When we broke down the data, we found – as we expected
– that women, the youngest generation and university-educated people living in
cities were the groups most opposed to the mandatory hijab. We also found that
the majority of men, people living in rural areas, people over the age of 50,
and those without higher education opposed the mandatory hijab. This opposition
is, then, indeed nationwide.
Conflicts over the mandatory hijab were divided
primarily along political and religious lines. Around half of those who said
they believed in the practice of wearing the hijab for religious reasons were
also explicitly in favour of using state power to enforce it, while only around
a quarter explicitly rejected enforcement.
Iranian women who identify as practising Muslims have
also expressed anguish over the arbitrary and extreme violence committed by the
Islamic Republic against women. While some try to maintain a delicate balance
between religious belief and politics, many will continue to abandon religion
altogether. The latter do not only criticise the Islamic government but also
Islamic ideals of piety in themselves: while 23% of the target population
affirmed the religious role the hijab played for them in 2020, 57% said they
did not have a religious belief in wearing the headscarf.
These secular attitudes help explain why women are
publicly burning the hijab and chanting against the very idea of an Islamic regime.
For them, the mandatory hijab is the Islamic Republic’s Berlin Wall.
This is backed up by our 2022 survey on political
systems, which showed that about 67% of the target population of literate
adults are against a political system governed by religious law. Again, women,
the youngest generation, and university-educated people living in cities are
the groups most opposed to the idea of an Islamic regime. The highest level of
support for an Islamic regime, at 35%, was expressed by people living in rural
areas.
Our longitudinal data on another question about
political orientations indicates that about 63% of the population are
proponents of either regime change or some sort of transition from the Islamic
Republic. Only 8% supported “reforms” within the framework of the Islamic
Republic.
Given these numbers, it shouldn’t surprise
commentators that among the most heard chants all over the country are calls
for the Islamic Republic to be brought down. The videos that ordinary Iranians
are desperately trying to show to the world are thus reflective of the social
reality in the country. The facts are that the majority opposes the compulsory
hijab and that people of all social layers do not want an Islamic Republic.The
Conversation
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London Muslims Slam Anti-Revolution Moves in Iran,
Desecration Of Islamic Values
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Agency
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Oct 2, 2022
The Muslim protesters, from different nations and
ethnic groups, were mainly youth, who gathered outside the UK Islamic Centre in
a spontaneous move.
They carried placards condemning rioters and enemies
of the revolution, waving flags reading the name of the third Shia Imam, Imam
Hossein (AS).
It came a week after a group of people opposed to the
revolution gathered outside the Iranian Embassy in London, attacking Arbaeen
mourners and removing Muslim women’s veils.
Massoud Shajareh, Head of Human Rights Islamic
Commission, told IRNA that the provocations by these people are Islamophobic,
and that they relate any Muslim person to Iran.
That’s while, he added, the protesters taking part in
the Saturday demonstration outside the UK Islamic Centre say that the rioters
have no right to show violence and disrespect for the religious ideals under
the pretext of the latest developments in Iran.
After the last week riots outside the Iranian Embassy,
London Police released images of 13 people involved in the unrest.
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Pakistan
IHC approves Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail in case
linked to remarks against judge
Tahir Naseer
October 2, 2022
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Sunday approved the
pre-arrest bail of PTI chief Imran Khan, a day after an arrest warrant was
issued for the former premier in connection with his controversial remarks
against Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zeba Chaudhry and other
officials at an August 20 public rally.
According to Islamabad police, after the Islamabad High
Court struck down terror charges from the case registered against Imran, the
case was transferred to a sessions court and the PTI chief had not obtained his
bail from there.
The police also said he had also not attended the last
court hearing on the matter and the warrant was issued to ensure his presence.
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President upholds dismissal of Pemra DG in harassment
case
Staff Reporter
October 2, 2022
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, while upholding the
decision of the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women
at Workplace, on Saturday awarded the major penalty of “dismissal from service”
to the Pemra director general (DG) and also enhanced the fine from Rs2 million
to Rs2.5 million.
He held that it had been established beyond any
reasonable doubt that the female employee was harassed by the accused with
verbal, vulgar, sexual and demeaning comments and demands.
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PTI meets to finalise plan for long march
Ikram Junaidi
October 2, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on
Saturday held a meeting to finalise arrangements for its much-hyped long march
amid reports that the former ruling party is likely to announce the date for
the protest in a week.
The meeting, chaired by party chief Imran Khan,
discussed the possibility of the use of violence by the government to stop the
protest and mulled over strategies as to how to deal with possible “brutality
and tyranny” similar to the May 25 events.
Sources said once the date of the march would be
announced, a number of strategies would be implemented simultaneously. It was
also decided that the party chapters in the federal capital and nearby areas
will be activated for the protest, as activists from these areas could stay for
longer periods in the city and spend more time in the protest.
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North America
Thousands March in Canada in Solidarity With Iran
Protests
October 01, 2022
OTTAWA, ONTARIO —
Several thousand people marched in Montreal and other
Canadian cities Saturday in solidarity with protests sparked by the death of
Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's notorious morality police.
A wave of street violence has rocked Iran since Amini,
22, died days after her arrest for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic
republic's strict dress code for women.
Protests were held across the country for a 15th
consecutive night on Friday despite a bloody crackdown that rights groups said
has left more than 75 people dead.
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Brooklyn Museum's entire floor devoted to arts of Asia
and the Islamic World is now open
02-10-2022
BROOKLYN, NY.- The new home for the Arts of Asia and
the Islamic World creates cross-cultural dialogue among collection areas and
highlights diverse aesthetic, creative, social, and intellectual
accomplishments across Asia and around the Mediterranean, from ancient times to
the present day. These newly renovated galleries on the Museum’s second floor
feature Asian and Islamic artworks in bespoke casework enhanced by
state-of-the-art lighting. The renovations create greater flexibility,
facilitating the rotation of installation objects to showcase a wider range of
materials.
Arts of South Asia and Arts of the Islamic World will
be the final galleries on the floor to reopen, marking the first time in ten
years that artworks from across these collections—which boast more than
seventeen thousand objects, including sculptures, textiles, paintings,
ceramics, drawings, prints, carvings, decorative arts, metalwork, and other
artifacts—will be on view. Previous openings include the Arts of Korea gallery
in 2017, the Arts of China and Arts of Japan galleries in 2019, the Arts of
Southeast Asia gallery in 2021, and the Arts of Buddhism and Arts of the
Himalayas galleries in 2022.
“We are thrilled for the long-awaited conclusion of
this project,” says Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator, Asian
Art, Brooklyn Museum. “The new installation encourages a rich and nuanced
understanding of the collections’ diversity and encyclopedic scope, ranging
from Japanese guardian figures to Indian miniature paintings, from Chinese cloisonné
altarpieces to Korean celadons. All objects were chosen and interpreted with an
eye toward deepening understandings of the many facets of Asian cultural
heritage. Future rotations of artworks will reintroduce different elements of
our fantastic collections to our visitors.”
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American Prisoners Are Released From Venezuela and
Iran
By Michael D. Shear
Oct. 1, 2022
WASHINGTON — Seven Americans who had been held captive
in Venezuela for years were on their way home Saturday after President Biden
agreed to grant clemency to two nephews of Cilia Flores, Venezuela’s first
lady, officials said. The men had been sentenced in 2017 to 18 years in prison
for conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the United States.
At the same time, Iran on Saturday released Siamak
Namazi, a 51-year-old dual-national Iranian American businessman who had been
jailed since 2015, on a temporary furlough and lifted the travel ban on his
father, Baquer Namazi, an 85-year-old former official for the United Nations,
according to the family’s lawyer.
Together, the announcements regarding Venezuela and
Iran represented one of the largest mass releases of Americans detained abroad
in recent memory, though one American official said the timing was
coincidental. For Mr. Biden, freeing seven Americans, some of whom had been
held for years in Venezuelan prison, was part of an aggressive push to
accelerate such homecomings — an effort that has drawn some criticism for the
president’s willingness to exchange convicted criminals.
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Trump calls on Brazilians to vote for Jair Bolsonaro
in presidential race
Servet Gunerigok
02.10.2022
Former US President Donald Trump said Saturday he is
endorsing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Sunday's presidential election.
Trump encouraged Brazilians to vote for the incumbent
president against his rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a video posted by
Bolsonaro on Twitter.
"To the people of Brazil, you have a great
opportunity to reelect a fantastic leader, a fantastic man, one of the great
presidents of any country in the world. President Bolsonaro," said the
former US president.
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India
Row Erupts as 'Vande Mataram' to Replace 'Hello' in
Maha Govt Offices from Today
By: Jessica Jani
OCTOBER 02, 2022
The Maharashtra government on Saturday issued a
Government Resolution (GR) directing government employees to answer the phone
with “Vande Mataram" instead of “hello" when receiving calls from
citizens or government officials, and also while addressing staff, speaking to
citizens or making public announcements.
The campaign will be launched across the state on
Sunday, October 2, the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and
as part of Amrit Mahotsav. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Cultural
Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungatiwar will launch the campaign from Wardha on
Sunday at 10:30am.
The campaign roused controversy as Samajwadi Party
leader Abu Azmi on Sunday said that the state had always had a ‘Jai Maharashtra’
greeting since Bal Thackeray’s time, and this new campaign was only introduced
to polarise Muslims, who he said cannot say ‘Vande Mataram’ as it is against
their faith.
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Islamic Federation Of Tamil Nadu Launched In
Coimbatore
OCTOBER 01, 2022
The members were from Social Democratic Party of
India, Islamic Law Research Council, and a few other organisations.
M. Rahamathullah, the interim chief coordinator of
IFTN said, the organisation was formed as an NGO with five objectives such as
making education facilities available to all, recovery of the properties that
belong to the Waqf Board which are illegally occupied, arbitration and
mediation centre for Muslims who face problems in marriage, creation of a bank
to give loans without interest, and a law university for the benefit of students.
He also stated that the federation would be registered
under the Society Registration Act and India Trusts Act, which aimed to secure
the socio-economic interest of Muslims. Denying the allegations that they have
connections with the banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI), he said
“all our activities are properly informed, and intelligence officials are also
part of WhatsApp groups that we have created.”
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Mideast
Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrollah Defends Islamic Republic
as Khamenei Stays Silent
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Even as the two-week silence of Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the face of Iran’s ongoing protests, has caused
widespread speculation, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah has come out in
support of the Islamic Republic.
Referring to the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini,
after being arrested by the morality police, Hassan Nasrollah said in this
speech: "The death of an Iranian lady in a situation whose dimensions are
still unclear became controversial. The West began to get involved, while more
than 50 people were killed elsewhere."
He went on to criticize reports on the recent protests
and added: "Dozens, if not hundreds, of television and cyber accounts
started to provoke the people of Iran, because Iran, which is the heart of the
resistance axis [against the West] is the main target."
Source: Iran Wire
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CIA's ‘weak’ websites led to capture execution of
assets in Iran, China
Oct 01, 2022
A spokesperson of the CIA said the agency takes it
obligations to protect the people work with it extremely seriously, and many of
them do bravely at personal risk. The notion that the agency would not work as
hard as possible to safeguard them is false, the spokesperson added.
A flaw in the ‘covert’ websites of the Central
Intelligence Agency compromised the US spy agency's assets in countries like
Iran and China, according to a report by security researchers. The researchers
claimed that the internet security flaw led to the deaths of more than two
dozen US assets in China in 2011 and 2012 while other assets in Iran were
either executed or imprisoned by the regime.
The research carried out by security experts at the
University of Toronto's Citizen Lab also said that the flaw could have been
detected by an amateur sleuth, British website The Guardian reported. The
security experts began probe following a tip from a Reuters journalist.
Source: Hindustan Times
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Iran Launches New Strikes on Kurd Opposition in Iraq:
Official
OCTOBER 02, 2022
Iran launched artillery and drone strikes Saturday
targeting Kurdish militants in Iraq’s north, an Iranian Kurdish official told
AFP, days after cross-border attacks killed 14 people.
Tehran has accused Kurdish armed groups based in
Iraq’s Kurdistan region of stoking a wave of unrest that has rocked the Islamic
republic since Mahsa Amini, a Kurd, died in custody last month.
“The Iranian forces launched artillery fire and drone
strikes" on bases used by exiled Iranian group Komala in the Mount Halgurd
area, near the Iranian border, said Atta Nasser, an official from Komala.
Source: News18
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6 Arab Israelis arrested for alleged IS ties, plans to
attack Nazareth Muslim school
By EMANUEL FABIAN
02-10-2022
The Shin Bet security agency announced Sunday that in
recent weeks six Arab men were arrested for alleged affiliation with the
Islamic State terror group and plans to commit terror attacks.
According to the Shin Bet, the men, all from Nazareth
in northern Israel, sought to attack a Muslim school in the Arab-majority city
because it “worked in the way of the ‘infidels.'”
The security agency said the group also planned to
attack a busy bus stop in northern Israel, a police station in Nazareth, a
forest where Jewish Israelis often visit, and other areas.
Source: Times Of Israel
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Europe
Anti-French anger grips Burkina Faso in wake of second
military coup
by:Amanda Morrow
02/10/2022
Self-declared coup leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has
accused old junta leader President Paul-Henri Damiba – the man he toppled on
Friday – of planning a counter-offensive.
Traoré also accused the French army of hiding Damiba
at one of its military bases – a charge that France quickly refuted.
“We formally deny involvement in the events unfolding
in Burkina Faso," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Source: Rfi.Fr
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UK PM Liz Truss says her government mishandled
announcement on tax cuts
02 October ,2022
Liz Truss acknowledged her UK government mishandled
the announcement on cutting taxes which triggered a week of turmoil in
financial markets, while insisting her approach is the correct one.
She also said the decision to remove the highest rate
of income tax was taken by Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng and not
put to her Cabinet.
“I do accept we should have laid the ground better;
I’ve learned from that,” Truss told the BBC in Birmingham, where the ruling
Conservative Party’s annual conference begins on Sunday. “I think we made the
right decision to borrow more this winter to deal with the extraordinary
circumstances we face.”
Source: English.Alarabiya
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UK’s King Charles III will not attend COP27 after
Truss ‘objected’
02 October ,2022
King Charles III will not travel to next month’s COP27
climate summit in Egypt after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss “objected” to the
avid environmentalist attending, a report late Saturday said.
Britain’s new monarch, who took the throne when his
mother Queen Elizabeth II died last month, had intended to deliver a speech at
the November 6-18 gathering, the Sunday Times reported.
But the plan has been axed after Truss -- who was only
appointed prime minister by the late queen two days before she died -- opposed
it during a personal audience with Charles at Buckingham Palace last month.
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Blackburn travel firm operator offering Muslims and
Christians tours of holy sites
By Shuiab Khan
02-10-2022
A Blackburn man who launched travel tours to Palestine
said there been a growing interest to view the holy sites in the territory.
Mohammed Shafiq, who runs First Qibla Tours, said
following the pandemic he had seen many travellers opting to travel to
Palestine because of rising costs elsewhere.
He said: “We have certainly seen people within the
Muslim community coming to us saying they were looking to go on the Hajj
(annual pilgrimage) but were unable to this year due to the rising costs.
Source: Lancashire Telegraph
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Southeast Asia
Indonesia football stampede: At least 174 people dead
after police use tear gas on rioting crowd
By Jaymi McCann
October 2, 2022
At least 174 people have been killed at a stampede
after police used tear gas to dispel crowds at an Indonesian football match on
Saturday.
Thousands of supporters of Arema, known as “Aremania,”
reacted by throwing bottles and other objects at players and officials. Fans
flooded the Kanjuruhan Stadium pitch in protest and demanded that Arema
management explain why, after 23 years of undefeated home games, this match
ended in a loss, witnesses said.
The rioting spread outside the stadium where at least
five police vehicles were toppled and set ablaze amid the chaos. Riot police
responded by firing tear gas, including toward the stadium’s stands, causing
panic among the crowd. Tear gas is banned at football stadiums by FIFA.
Source: Inews.Co.Uk
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PM must consult Cabinet before asking Agong to
dissolve Parliament as per Constitution, says Hamzah
By Zarrah Morden
02 Oct 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The decision to dissolve
Parliament to pave the way for a general election (GE15) must take into account
the views of those in the Cabinet, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu)
secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin reportedly said.
The Federal Constitution states that the prime
minister may advise that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong dissolve Parliament after
consulting his Cabinet colleagues, the home minister said during a press
conference after the Sabah zone “Demi Kita Negara Townhall Programme” at
Kompleks Sukan Likas, according to Sinar Harian.
“People say that there’s no need (for Cabinet
discussions) as it wasn’t done on previous occasions. But that was when Barisan
Nasional (BN) was dominant and the only party in government. Now there are many
different parties in government.
Source: Malay Mail
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GE15: PAS to discuss dissolving state assemblies in
three states, says veep
02 Oct 2022
BACHOK, Oct 2 — PAS will hold discussions with the top
leadership soon on the dissolution of the state legislature (DUN) in the three
states it leads, namely Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.
PAS vice-president Senator Datuk Idris Ahmad said the
talks would be held following the announcement of Umno Supreme Council which
met on Friday to dissolve Parliament soon to make way for the 15th general
election (GE15) this year.
“We will discuss it soon because it is the party’s
decision that determines whether they will be dissolved simultaneously with
Parliament or not,” he told reporters after officiating the closing ceremony of
“Ijtimak Pondok Se-Malaysia at Pusat Pengajian Pondok Yayasan Islam Kelantan
(YIK), Kandis, here. yesterday.
Source: Malay Mail
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Minister: RM7.4m approved for eight Home Ministry
agency projects in Sabah
02 Oct 2022
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 2 — Some RM7.4 million has been
approved through the Second Rolling Plan of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) to
implement eight repair and upgrade projects of agencies under the Home Ministry
in Sabah, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.
He said the project involved repairs and replacement
of elevators of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) complex, repair work at the
Sabah police contingent headquarters, PDRM offices and housing, facility
repairs as well as upgrade and maintenance of detention centres.
Others include upgrading works of the State RELA
training centre, generator set at the Henry Gurney School in Keningau and the
Tawau maritime jetty as well slope remedial works at Tongod police station.
Source: Malay Mail
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Report: Muda will complement, not compete with
Pakatan’s Youth wings, says Syed Saddiq
By Zarrah Morden
02 Oct 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The inclusion of youth-led Malaysian
United Democratic Alliance (Muda) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition could
prompt PH parties to field more young candidates, Muda president Syed Saddiq
Syed Abdul Rahman reportedly said.
He told online news portal Free Malaysia Today that
his party was not out to seize seats from DAP, PKR and Amanah but instead
complement the PH coalition’s Youth wings.
“We are hoping all Opposition parties will start
fielding a lot more young and fresh candidates,” he was quoted as saying,
adding that prior to the current situation, only a small number of seats had
been reserved for younger candidates.
Source: Malay Mail
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South Asia
China’s 73rd National Day: Protest erupts in
Bangladesh against Chinese oppression of Uyghur Muslims
1 October, 2022
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 1 (ANI): As the Chinese
government is celebrating its 73rd ‘National Day’, protests erupted in
Bangladesh against the persecution of Uyghur Muslims by the Chinese government,
debt trapping Dhaka through various projects and ill-treatment of Bangladeshi
workers who are working on different Chinese projects.
This condemnation of the Chinese government at
international platforms and in different countries via protests comes in the
wake of a UN report highlighting “serious human rights abuses” — and
potentially crimes against humanity — committed by the Chinese government in
Xinjiang.
The report has bolstered international efforts to put
pressure on Beijing to change its policies toward the region’s Muslim minority.
Source: The Print
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Taliban Bans Use of Pakistani Currency in Afghanistan
By Saqalain Eqbal
01 Oct 2022
According to a letter that Khaama Press has obtained,
the Taliban Intelligence Agency’s Anti-Money Laundering Branch declared to the
Association of Money Exchange Dealers, that the use of Pakistani Rupees in
financial transactions in Afghanistan has been “completely banned.”
The letter, which was released on Saturday, October 1,
states that all financial transactions, including but not limited to transfers,
trade, and currency exchange, are disallowed.
Source: khaama Press
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Students in Northwestern Afghanistan Protest the
Explosion of Education Center in Capital
By Saqalain Eqbal
02 Oct 2022
The demonstrators swarmed the streets of Herat
province chanting and screaming “Stop Genocide” and “Education our right”
without taking a breath, on Sunday, October 2.
Earlier on Saturday, many young girls protested in
Kabul, including some who had survived the Kaaj explosion. However, in addition
to beating the protesters, the Taliban forces also fired aerial shots to
disperse the crowd.
Concerned about the repression of demonstrators, the
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated that women’s
protests in Kabul, which demand greater protection from their communities, were
once more met with increased violence.
Source: khaama Press
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Kabul Witnesses Price Drop on Food Essentials:
Afghanistan Economy
By Arif Ahmadi
01 Oct 2022
Kabul, Afghanistan – Kabul witnesses a slight drop on
prices of food products – including rice, flours, and oil among others – which
over the past months have seen its highest due to the political uncertainty and
economic collapse.
The country’s overall economy since the takeover last
August has been affect, where residents suffered great economic loss and
poverty across Afghanistan. But the slight drop on prices have sparked joy
among locals.
“They (the caretaker of Afghanistan) should provide
employment opportunities for the people, so they can buy rice, flour and oil,”
said Abdulhasib, another resident of Kabul.
Source: khaama Press
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Survivors of Deadly Attack, Demonstrate in Kabul
Following Explosion at Education Center
By Saqalain Eqbal
01 Oct 2022
Around 10 in the morning on Saturday, October 1, some
students in Kabul began to demonstrate against the attack on an educational
facility, in which some of the explosion attack survivors reportedly took part.
According to the reports, the Taliban suppressed the
students’ protest using violence. The Taliban reportedly used rifle butts and
shafts as well as electric duty gears to disperse the students and beat the
protestors.
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Arab world
Saudi Arabia launches cybersecurity awareness campaign
to ward off threats
ARAB NEWS
October 02, 2022
RIYADH: The National Cybersecurity Authority launched
the National Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign which aims to promote the values
of preserving national security and raise awareness of cybersecurity.
The campaign, launched to coincide with Cybersecurity
Awareness Month, aims to achieve comprehensive cyber integration between
national authorities.
The NCA noted that the campaign includes physical and
digital events to raise awareness about cybersecurity, including 12 sessions
for national authorities, a mobile exhibition for awareness on cybersecurity in
four authorities’ headquarters, and an awareness-raising campaign called “La
Taftah Majalan.”
Source: Arab News
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How Saudi Arabia intends to become a global hub for
gaming and esports
RAWAN RADWAN
October 01, 2022
JEDDAH: The gaming and electronic sports industry is
growing rapidly in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC, with major investments
announced to support domestic game developers and world-class competitions
taking place in the region.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently
announced the Kingdom’s ambition to see 30 competitive games developed by firms
in the Kingdom by 2030 as part of the country’s national gaming and esports
strategy.
Last week, Savvy Games Group, a firm owned by Saudi
Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, unveiled investments worth SR142 billion
($37.8 billion) to transform the Kingdom into a global gaming hub with
world-class gaming companies.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi culture minister participates in opening of
ALIPH in Mexico City
SPA
October 02, 2022
MEXICO CITY: Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin
Abdullah bin Farhan has participated in the opening of the International
Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas, or ALIPH, in Mexico
City.
Titled “Culture for Peace,” ALIPH was held as part of
the activities of the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and
Sustainable Development.
They discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations and
work on building a package of initiatives between cultural institutions to
transfer expertise and introduce the cultures of Saudi Arabia and Niger to each other,
especially fashion, visual arts and music.
Source: Arab News
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Iconic carpet, chandelier at the Grand Mosque is a big
attraction for tourists
By: Saleh Al-Shaibany
01/October/2022
Muscat: Foreign tourists never stop coming to Oman to
get a chance to see the world’s second largest chandelier at the Sultan Qaboos
Grand Mosque in Ghubrah. The mosque also boasts the second biggest carpet in
the world ever woven for any other institution, private or public.
“Many of the visitors to the Grand Mosque are elated
on the first view of the beauty and magnificence of the chandelier and the
carpet,” Hafidh Al-Rawahy, Volunteer at the Islamic Information Centre in the
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, told Times of Oman.
The government of Oman commissioned Swarovski, a
famous Austrian-based crystal glass manufacturers, to design the chandelier. It
is hanging from the enormous dome of the mosque above the magnificent prayer
hall. The chandelier is eight meters in diameter and 14 meters high, weighing
about eight tonnes.
Source: Times Of Oman
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Saudi Arabia’s KSRelief continues humanitarian efforts
in flood-hit Pakistan
ARAB NEWS
October 02, 2022
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid
and Relief Center (KSRelief) is continuing its efforts to provide humanitarian
aid to flood-hit Pakistan, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday.
The team distributed 2,095 food baskets, 40 tents, and
400 mosquito nets in various provinces to 14,665 people on Friday, according to
SPA.
The aid comes within the Saudi Relief Land Bridge,
directed by King Salman, to support Pakistan and its people following the
disastrous floods that struck the country.
Source: Arab News
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Global experts discuss economic, social impact of
Saudi coffee in Jazan forum
LAMA ALHAMAWI
October 02, 2022
JAZAN: Experts from around the world have gathered in
Jazan for the Saudi Coffee Sustainability Forum, which got underway on
Saturday.
Organized by the Ministry of Culture and held at the
Grand Millennium Jazan, the two-day event will discuss the value chain of Saudi
coffee and its economic, social and environmental impact.
Among the speakers and guests are Dr. Bandar
Al-Rabiah, who heads the development impact department at the Agricultural
Development Fund, Dhafer bin Ayedh Al-Fahad, director of the Jazan Mountain
Development Authority, and Keren Kellard, a consultant at the National Center
for Social Studies in Riyadh.
Source: Arab News
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Africa
Soldiers, Officers Decorated For Gallantry Against
Boko Haram
BY HASSAN MUAZ
OCTOBER 2, 2022
Brigadier General Abdulsalam Abubakar, the Acting
Sector III Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole and Multinational Joint Task Force,
on Saturday decorated officers and soldiers for their gallantry in the fight
against insurgency.
Abubakar urged them to continue to do more in their
commitment to service to the nation, adding that their medal ceremony was
symbolic as it coincided with the nation’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.
While reminding the troops of the myriads of security
challenges bedeviling the nation with its consequential economic realities, he
charged all troops to remain steadfast, resilient and professional to surmount
all the glaring challenges.
Source: The Eagle Online
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Borno holds first Independence parade after 12 years
By Agency
Report
1st October 2022
Borno State government marked the 62nd Independence
Anniversary of Nigeria on Saturday with a parade, the first in 12 years since
the Boko Haram insurgency began.
Zulum, who was represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Usman
Kadafur, lauded the military and other security agencies for the uncommon
successes recorded in various operations against the insurgents.
The governor said that the successes in the terror
campaign enabled the state government to close all displaced persons’ camps in
Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas.
Source: Punchng.com
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