Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan Defends RSS Chief's Remarks On Muslims, “They Must Abandon Their Boisterous Rhetoric Of Supremacy"
15
January 2023
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
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• Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan Defends RSS
Chief's Remarks On Muslims, “They Must Abandon Their Boisterous Rhetoric Of
Supremacy"
• Palestine, Al-Quds Still First Issues Of Islamic
World: Palestinian Resistance Groups
• Tens Of Thousands Of Israelis Protest Against
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Government
• Hate Speech Rises On Twitter In Its Largest Markets Outside The United States After Musk Takeover
• 'In Line With Islam' - Former PAS Leader Khairuddin
Praises Umno's 'Politics Of Peace'
India
• Four Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Men Sentenced To Seven-Year RI by National Investigation Agency, Bengaluru
• Row In Kerala Over Muslim League Leader's Remarks On LGBTQ, He Says, LGBTQ Is An Ugly Business Here
• Film exhibitor Manoj Desai on #BoycottPathaan: Both Hindus and Muslims will watch Shah Rukh Khan's film
• Owaisi targets Mohan Bhagwat after alleged attack on man at UP railway station
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Mideast
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad Mourning The Elimination
Of Two Of Its Operatives During An IDF Operation
• Iran summons British envoy to protest UK's
interference in its internal affairs
• Iran and Syria Set to Renew Long-Term Economic
Agreement
• Israel, Allies Can Still Convince Iran to Halt
Nuclear Program, Outgoing Military Chief Says
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Europe
• Sheikh Ekrema Sabri Head Of The Supreme Islamic
Council Warns Muslims About Dangers Surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque
• Medieval Muslim cemetery unearthed in Karabakh
• UK Condemns 'Barbaric' Execution Of British-Iranian
Alireza Akbari
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North America
• U.S. Supreme Court takes up religious freedom case
from PA
• An accomplished Pakistani diplomat, this Arlington
resident embraced American democracy
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Southeast Asia
• PM Anwar extends Pongal greetings to Tamil community
• Search for Umrah pilgrim missing in Mecca since
December continues, says family
• PJ cops: Dad held for allegedly threatening daughter
with meat cleaver over phone use
• MCMC Confirms Viral Azan Video Clip, Showing A Man
Perform AzanIn A Religious Ritual, Not From Malaysia
• Successful Malay/Muslims Urged To Volunteer To Help
Community
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Arab world
• Umm Al-Qura University To Organize The 22nd
Scientific Forum For Hajj, Umrah, And Visit Research
• General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs
Intensifies Efforts of Safety and Services During Rains
• Mufti Sultanate OfOman: Occupation Attacks In Al-Aqsa
Mosque Is Declaration Of War
• 32 Islamic State group suspects arrested in Iraqi
military ambushes
• Saudi Arabia’s volunteer portal attracts over
650,000 new helpers in 2022
• 16,000 held for labour, residency, border violations
across KSA
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South Asia
• Embracing Taliban Key To China’s Goals In Central
Asia, But Islamic State Won’t Let It Happen
• Ex-Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh Wants Ban On
Country’s Cricket Team For Posing With UN-Designated Terrorist Sirajuddin
Haqqani
• Donald Lu: US to cooperate with Bangladesh to
improve labour rights
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Africa
• Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Vote APC, Kiss Religious
Balance Goodbye – Omokri
• Moroccan imam Iquioussen deported from Belgium after
French legal battle
• Army orders remaining terrorists to surrender or
blame themselves
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Pakistan
• Centre’s Panel For Ex-Fata Funding Unconstitutional,
Insists KP Chief Minister
• ‘By And Large Peaceful’: Local Govt Elections Under
Way In Karachi, Hyderabad
• DSP among three martyred in audacious Peshawar
attack
• Punjab IGP orders ‘clean-up’ operation against
militants
• ATC reserves verdict in Naqeeb murder case
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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan Defends RSS Chief's
Remarks On Muslims, “They Must Abandon Their Boisterous Rhetoric Of
Supremacy"
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
14th January 2023
By PTI
ALIGARH: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on
Saturday sought to dispel certain misgivings emanating from a recent statement of
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, stressing that it only meant that no one has the right
to claim supremacy on the basis of his birth.
Khan said this while replying to a reporter's question
on the sidelines of a function organised by the Sir Syed Memorial Society At
the Aligarh Habitat Centre here.
He was asked about Bhagwat's comments in an interview
published in "Organiser" and "Panchjanya" that
"Muslims have nothing to fear in India, but they must abandon their
boisterous rhetoric of supremacy".
"Bhagwat only emphasised that our social
behaviour should be in resonance with the Constitution, which is based on
equality of all sections and does not believe in superiority or
inferiority," he added.
"There are social disparities in our society, but
equality is our cherished ideal and an aspiration that is deeply reflected in
the Constitution and is, in fact, one of the pillars of the Constitution,"
the Kerala governor said.
In the interview, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) chief had said, "The simple truth is this -- Hindustan should remain
Hindustan. There is no harm to the Muslims living in Bharat today. Islam has
nothing to fear. But at the same time, Muslims must abandon their boisterous
rhetoric of supremacy".
Replying to another question, Khan strongly denied
that Bhagwat had in any way implied that "Muslims should be relegated to
the status of second-class citizens in the country".
Referring to the reported threat of some Aligarh
Muslim University (AMU) students planning to stage a black-flag demonstration
against his visit to Aligarh, the Kerala governor said, "To the best of my
knowledge, there was no such protest against my visit to Aligarh on Saturday.
There were some social media posts to this effect on Friday, but that did not
take place".
Earlier, addressing the function to commemorate the
birth anniversary of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, Khan
said he had a special bond with the late leader since 1977, when he was elected
as a Janata Party MLA from Bulandshahr district and Singh was the health
minister of Uttar Pradesh in the first Janata Party government in the state.
"Kalyan Singh was not just an important political
leader of his time but his main achievement was that he was looked upon as a
champion of the downtrodden section of the society who always sought to remove
social disparities," Khan said.
Source: Deccan Herald
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Palestine, Al-Quds Still First Issues Of Islamic
World: Palestinian Resistance Groups
Jan 15, 2023
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a meeting with the representatives of Palestinian
Resistance groups in Syria stressed that Palestine and the holy al-Quds are
still the first issues of the Islamic world.
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During his visit to Damascus, the Iranian top diplomat
held a meeting with a group of officials and prominent members of various Palestinian
Resistance groups on Saturday night.
Considering the holding of such a meeting with the
presence of Palestinian Resistance groups representatives in the Syrian capital
as a great unity in support of Palestine, Amir Abdollahian stated that until
the Palestinian government is formed throughout the historical land of
Palestine, Palestine will continue to be the first issue of the Islamic world,
he added.
Saying that the US and its allies through the past
years have used different plans against Palestine, Amir-Abdollahian praised the
Palestinian nation and Resistance groups for foiling their plots.
"Operation Sword al-Quds proved that the
Resistance and Palestine are alive," the top Iranian diplomat continued,
adding that even the World Cup showed that Palestine is alive and the
normalization of Arab-Israeli relations is not worth a penny.
Referring to the formation of a new government in the
Occupied Palestinian territories, Amir-Abdollhian cited, "In Occupied
Palestine, changing names and faces does not change anything, but the officials
of the Zionist regime move from one extremist to another, which its cause is
the dense security and social crises in Israel." He added that these
extremists will cause greater cohesion between the Resistance and the Palestinian
nation.
Referring to his recent meetings with Seyyed Hassan
Nasrallah and Ziad al-Nakhaleh, the Iranian foreign minister stressed that the
Resistance is enjoying the best situation.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Amir-Abdollahian touched
upon the recent conspiracies of the West against Iran and said that some
parties tried to weaken the Islamic Republic of Iran by benefiting from the
recent riots with interventions but the wise nation of Iran foiled their plots.
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Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government
15 January 2023
Israel Politics. Picture: PA
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Tens of thousands of Israelis have protested plans by
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the legal system
and weaken the Supreme Court — a step that critics say will destroy the
country’s democratic system of checks and balances.
The protest presented an early challenge to Mr
Netanyahu and his ultranationalist national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir,
who has ordered police to take tough action if protesters block roads or
display Palestinian flags.
Israeli media, citing police, said the crowd at Tel
Aviv’s Habima Square swelled to at least 80,000 people, despite cool, rainy
weather.
Protesters, many covered by umbrellas, held Israeli
flags and signs saying “Criminal Government”, “The End of Democracy” and other
slogans.
“They are trying to destroy the checks and balances of
the Israeli democracy. This will not work,” said Asaf Steinberg, a protester
from the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya.
In office for just over two weeks, his government,
which is comprised by ultra-Orthodox and far-right nationalist parties, has
launched proposals to weaken the Supreme Court by giving parliament the power
to overturn court decisions with a simple majority vote.
Israeli lawyers hold signs during a protest against
the government’s plans to overhaul the country’s legal system outside the
District Court in Tel Aviv
Critics say will the proposed changes will weaken the
country’s judiciary and imperil its democratic system of checks and balances
(Oded Balilty/AP)
Israeli opposition leaders, former attorney generals
and the president of Israel’s Supreme Court have all spoken out against the
plan.
The legal changes could help Mr Netanyahu, who is on
trial for corruption, evade conviction, or even make his trial disappear
entirely.
Israeli media quoted police as saying officers had
been instructed to be “very sensitive” and allow the protest to proceed
peacefully, but they also vowed a tough response to any vandalism or violent
behavior.
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Hate Speech Rises On Twitter In Its Largest
Markets Outside The United States After
Musk Takeover
By Gerry Shih
January 14, 2023
More than 75 percent of Twitter's 280 million daily
users live outside North America. The cuts in its moderation efforts have hit
them hardest. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)
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SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk’s overhaul of Twitter has
been accompanied by an increase in digital harassment of religious and ethnic
minorities in some of its largest markets outside the United States — and it’s
beginning to wreak havoc in the physical world as well, according to current
and former employees and experts studying the issue.
Musk has fired or accepted resignations from about
three-fourths of Twitter’s employees since his $44 billion takeover at the end
of October. He has also terminated thousands of contractors who were monitoring
the site for slurs and threats.
Those cuts went deepest outside North America, where
more than 75 percent of the company’s 280 million daily users live and where
Twitter already had fewer moderators who understood local languages and
cultural references and where the political landscape could be chaotic and
prone to violence.
Musk also welcomed back thousands of banned accounts,
including many suspended for promoting hate or violence, even as he has
personally has tweeted misinformation and interacted with far-right accounts.
Sensing an opportunity, if not a welcome, political operatives and
attention-seeking profiteers have rushed to fill the vacuum that the drop in
moderation efforts has left, employees said.
That has changed the tenor of the site in its No. 2
market, Japan, where nearly 59 million are estimated to use the site, and made
it more fraught in India (nearly 24 million users) and Brazil (nearly 20
million), the third and fourth largest markets, according to current and former
staff and researchers. Musk cut virtually all staff in Brazil, allowing an
unmoderated surge in misinformation that helped fuel this month’s attacks on
the country’s government center.
Even in the better-moderated English-speaking world,
the tone of Twitter has become rougher, say those tasked with monitoring the
site. Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, who worked at
Twitter from 2014 to 2016, told The Washington Post that the platform had
already been like a “sewer” in her country before Musk let some of the worst
users back on.
“You can’t expect them not to behave like sewer rats,
and you probably should expect that further pestilence is going to expand to
the user base,” said Inman Grant, who has written the company twice and
reminded it that she can order abusive material to be taken down. “It’s becoming
a cesspool.”
Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said he
has been taken aback by vitriolic attacks on a campaign to persuade more
indigenous people to register to vote ahead of a referendum expected next year
on whether the legislature should have an advisory council of native people.
“We’re watching it very closely. This has been a dry run for what we might see
when that referendum occurs,” he said.
Tweets from Sydney-area accounts using two of the most
common gay slurs doubled in volume over the last three weeks of November,
according to Timothy Graham, a digital media expert at the Queensland
University of Technology.
“It is reasonable to argue that Elon Musk’s
disintegration of the Twitter safety team and major cuts to moderation is
influencing these trends,” Graham said. “At the least, it strongly suggests
that Elon’s claims about hate speech reduction are overblown. If anything, the
trend is increasing.”
Entire teams monitoring Asian countries, including
Japan, are now gone or nearly so, including those responsible for local
curation, trust and safety, and legal issues.
Twitter employees in Singapore and elsewhere in Asia
worked on misinformation beyond the immediate region, monitoring content on
everything including the war in Ukraine, protests in Iran and major elections
in markets where Twitter has less presence. The teams were expanding efforts to
identify and remove Russian misinformation around the Ukraine war when their
computers were turned off Nov. 4.
“The people who were in the U.S., because of their
location, were primarily dealing with the U.S. Outside, we were taking on
everything else. There was already that neglect underlying in the company, and
now it has been exacerbated,” a former employee who worked on misinformation in
the Asia-Pacific region said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss
internal matters.
India was a particular focus for Twitter moderation
before the layoffs because it was a priority market and because political
misinformation there was rife, along with legitimate protest. Moderation for
that country has fallen precipitously with staff cuts.
In the past, employees could report any misinformation
or hate speech, while curation teams would de-emphasize hashtags that were
especially partisan or invited hatred of minority groups.
One former Twitter employee said a Nov. 18 post
written by provocateur Suresh Chavhanke would have “definitely” been taken down
previously for violating platform’s policy.
The media entrepreneur and militant Hindu nationalist
shared a wedding invitation for an interfaith couple that was to take place two
days later at an event hall in the Mumbai suburbs — just weeks after the murder
of a Hindu woman from the same neighborhood, allegedly by her Muslim boyfriend,
made national news.
“How is this still happening even after the
heart-rending crime?” Chavhanke demanded to know. He added the hashtag
#lovejihad_ActOfTerrorism — a reference to a popular but false claim in India
that Muslim men were broadly waging religious war by seducing Hindu women.
The post from Chavhanke racked up more than 5,700
retweets and 10,000 likes, with some of his followers urging local residents to
stop the wedding. Activists tried to report his post by tagging and emailing
Twitter employees, to no avail. The couple’s relatives were inundated with
phone calls, the event hall proprietor told the media outlet Newslaundry. By
evening, the families had called off the wedding.
Chavhanke has gone further since then, posting on
Twitter a new email address and phone number for tipsters across India to
report interfaith relationships.
Alt News and SM Hoax Slayer, two Indian fact-checking
and social media advocacy groups, said they tried to alert Twitter through
emails about Chavhanke’s post trolling the interfaith wedding. Nothing
happened.
“There has to be somebody there to make a
determination about takedowns. I’m not sure if they have the bandwidth,” said
Pratik Sinha, the co-founder of Alt News.
Current and former employees in India said they
worried about both moderation team cuts and the departure of lesser-known teams
that improved the platform, including by debunking disinformation.
During a fraught 2021 election in India’s biggest state,
Uttar Pradesh, one employee said Twitter’s content curation team promoted
Indian fact-checkers who debunked fake posts alleging ballot box tampering.
That team hasn’t posted anything related to India
recently, though forged photos again became an issue in the closely watched
Gujarat state elections.
In Japan, Twitter’s largest market outside the United
States, staff cuts and other changes have produced a different feel to the
service without inflaming passions.
In the past, a small team curated topics of interest
and promoted them, which made Twitter an important resource for people to
discuss serious issues anonymously. That produced more varied takes on
political and cultural issues than did the relatively uniform news media.
But with the news curation team gone, trending topics
that are surfaced automatically are less about political events and more about
entertainment topics, a review of posts found.
Users said topics that disappeared from their
timelines in recent weeks included the divisive issue of the U.S. military’s
presence in Okinawa and socially sensitive topics like infertility and
feminism.
Users reported that they no longer see tweets about
issues such as human rights or criticism of the administration of Shinzo Abe, a
polarizing political leader who was assassinated in July.
Source: Washington Post
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'In Line With Islam' - Former PAS Leader Khairuddin
Praises Umno's 'Politics Of Peace'
Yasmin Ramlan
Jan 15, 2023
Former PAS leader Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, who is
now an Umno member, has praised his new party for advocating politics of peace
despite being attacked with various accusations.
The former secretary of the PAS syura ulama council
said Umno remained calm, especially during GE15 which saw the party end up as
part of the new government.
Source: Malay Siakini
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Mideast
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Mourning The Elimination Of
Two Of Its Operatives During An IDF Operation
Dalit Halevi
Jan 14, 2023
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organization is
mourning the elimination of two of its operatives during an IDF operation in
the village of Jaba in northern Samaria. The two terrorists are Amjad
A'dnanKhalilia, the head of the organization's ordinance unit, and Wa'iz A-Din
Basim Hamarah.
The two terrorists opened fire from a moving vehicle
at IDF soldiers operating near Jenin overnight Friday. The soldiers returned
fire and eliminated the two terrorists. The IDF stated that non of the soldiers
were injured.
According to a statement released by the Jihad, the
two were shot in their vehicle in the early morning hours on Saturday while on
a "Jihadist mission to harm the occupation forces on the main route
between the village of Fundokomdia and Jaba."
Source: Israel National News
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Iran summons British envoy to protest UK's
interference in its internal affairs
2023-01-15
Tehran, Jan 15 (IANS) The Iranian Foreign Ministry has
summoned British Ambassador Simon Shercliff to protest the UK's
"unconventional interference" in Iran's internal affairs.
The director general of the Western Europe Department
of the Iranian Foreign Ministry delivered to Shercliff Iran's protest against
the UK's "acts of sabotage against the Islamic republic of Iran's national
security," the ministry said in a statement on its website, Xinhua News
Agency reported.
The meeting came as former Iranian Deputy Defense
Minister Alireza Akbari was executed on Saturday on the charge of
"espionage for the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service
(SIS)."
Source: In.Investing
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Iran and Syria Set to Renew Long-Term Economic
Agreement
January 14, 2023
DAMASCUS, SYRIA —
Syria and key ally Iran agreed Saturday to renew an
economic strategic arrangement between the two countries as Damascus prepares
to welcome Iran's president in the near future.
Since Syria's uprising turned into civil conflict in
2011, Tehran has sent thousands of Iran-backed fighters to help President
Bashar Assad stay in power amid fighting that killed hundreds of thousands of
civilians and displaced millions.
Iran has also been a critical economic lifeline for
Syria, delivering fuel and credit lines worth billions of dollars to help
Damascus offset crippling Western-led sanctions. Syria's economy across both
government and opposition-held areas has hit an all-time low over the past
decade, with spiraling inflation, a currency plunge, and rampant power cuts.
Source: Voa News
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Israel, Allies Can Still Convince Iran to Halt Nuclear
Program, Outgoing Military Chief Says
Amos Harel
Jan 15, 2023
Eighteen months ago, under unsubtle pressure from the
previous government, the military again accelerated its preparations for a
possible conflict with Iran – one that might include an assault on the Islamic
Republic's nuclear sites. In the background, an argument broke out between
then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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India
Four Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Men Sentenced To
Seven-Year RI by National Investigation Agency, Bengaluru
15th January 2023
BENGALURU: The Special Court for National
Investigation Agency (NIA), Bengaluru on Friday convicted four members of the
proscribed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to seven-year rigorous
imprisonment and fine.
They have been convicted in four terror-related cases
under Sections 120B, 395, 452, 397, 399, 458, 468 and 471 of IPC for criminal
conspiracy, dacoity, house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or
wrongful restrain, housebreaking, forgery and fraudulently or dishonestly using
as genuine any document or electronic record along with Sections 17, 18, 20
& 23 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 and section 25
(1) of Arms Act.
The four — KadorKazi alias MijanurRahaman, Mustafizur
Rahman alias Tuhin from Birbhum District, West Bengal (WB), Adil Sheikh alias
Asadullah and Abdul Karim alias Korim SK from Murshidabad district, WB — have
been convicted. One of the cases was regarding the seizure of huge quantities
of electrical and electronic items, tools, chemical apparatus, containers etc
used for fabrication of bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from the
hideout of JMB in Bengaluru.
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Row In Kerala Over Muslim League Leader's Remarks On
LGBTQ, He Says, LGBTQ Is An Ugly Business Here
15th January 2023
By Express News Service
KANNUR: Muslim League leader and former MLA K M Shaji
courted controversy as he ridiculed LGBTQ people in his E Ahammed commemoration
speech organised by the Muslim League Kannur Mandalam committee on Saturday. In
his speech, he said that LGBTQ is an ugly business here. “LGBTQ is the worst form of homosexuality and
attempts are on to give colour to this,” he said in his speech.
“When you hear LGBTQ, don’t think it is something very
big. It is an ugly business. Those who indulge in this are promoting
homosexuality. Now, attempts are on to give some colour to this,” Shaji said.
“Even the usage of the word LGBTQ is dangerous. The people behind this campaign
are trying to create chaos in society,” he said.
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Film exhibitor Manoj Desai on #BoycottPathaan: Both
Hindus and Muslims will watch Shah Rukh Khan's film
By - ETimes.in
Jan 15, 2023
The trailer of Pathaan was released recently and it
received a tremendous response from fans all around the globe. However, the
film has had its share of controversies when its first song Besharam Rang was
released. Deepika Padukone's saffron bikini hurt the sentiments of religious
groups and there were calls for boycott of the film unless the saffron bikini
scene was edited out. The saffron brigade misinterpreted the lyrics, took
offense and asserted that such an ‘insult to the saffron colour will not be
tolerated’. SC lawyer Vineet Jindal filed a complaint with I&B Ministry
citing the song hurts religious sentiments of Hindus.
Veteran film exhibitor and owner of G7 multiplex in
Bandra, Manoj Desai has said in an interview that this #BoycottPathaan trend is
nothing but some kind of propaganda. He further affirmed to Bollywood Hungama
that an equal number of Hindus and Muslims will watch Shah Rukh Khan's film.
Meanwhile, the trailer of Pathaan was showcased in
Dubai on Saturday. SRK's fan clubs shared some videos and pictures from the
location in which the the actor was heard saying, "Party rakhoge to
mehmannavazikeliyePathaan to ayega aur sathmeinpathaakebhilayega."
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Owaisi targets Mohan Bhagwat after alleged attack on
man at UP railway station
BySnehashish Roy
Jan 14, 2023
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday targeted Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat after a video was widely shared on social media that
showed a man being beaten at a railway station in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, AIMIM
leader Shaukat Ali had also shared a video clip linked to incident where the
man, who is reportedly a trader, alleged that he was assaulted by a mob, and
was forced to take his clothes off and chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
"He was forced to strip his clothes off and chant
JSR slogans. RSS's Mohan mentioned about "Hazaar Saal Ki Jung". Is
this another proof of the same war @Uppolice @rpfnr_ Should take strict action
on this," Owaisi wrote on Twitter in a post, roughly translated from
Hindi.
The man in the clip, who said he was a Muslim, spoke
about the incident in the video shared by the AIMIM leaders. He said he had
boarded a train from Delhi, which was headed towards Moradabad. “When the train
stopped at the Hapur station (in UP), few people started pushing and shoving
and it was crowded there. At the same time, someone shouted ‘he is a thief',
and people around me started beating. They also forced me to chant ‘Jai Shree
Ram’ but I denied,” he added. The video of the incident could not be
independently verified by Hindustan Times.
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Europe
Sheikh Ekrema Sabri Head Of The Supreme Islamic
Council Warns Muslims About Dangers Surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque
January 14, 2023
Sheikh Ekrema Sabri on Friday warned Muslims around
the world about the dangers surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque amidst repeated raids
supported by the Israeli government, Al-Watan Voice reported.
"Pre-planned Judaisation schemes are being
implemented step by step and stage by stage," Sheikh Sabri asserted during
Friday Khutba, calling for Muslims around the world to recognise these dangers.
Sheikh Sabri reiterated that the Palestinian people:
"Will never give up any particle of the soil of Al-Aqsa Mosque because it
is part of our religion and faith, and it is the common connection among two
billion Muslims around the world."
Source: Middleeast Monitor
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Medieval Muslim cemetery unearthed in Karabakh
15 January 2023
A Muslim medieval cemetery has been unearthed in
Arakul village, Khojavand District by the Azerbaijani Institute of Archeology,
Ethnography, and Anthropology, Azernews reports.
On October 15, 2022, employees of Caspian Geomatic LLC
operating in the village gave information about the discovery of human remains
to the Institute of Archaeology, Ethnography, and Anthropology of ANAS. Vusal
Hasanov, an employee of the Khojavand-Fuzuli archaeological expedition,
inspected the area together with the representatives of the relevant
institutions as instructed by ANAS. The discovered human remains are located in
the north of Arakul village of Khojavand District on the hills.
Source: Azer News
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UK condemns 'barbaric' execution of British-Iranian
Alireza Akbari
15-Jan-2023
The UK has described the execution by Iran of
British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari a "barbaric" act, and imposed
sanctions on the country's prosecutor general in response.
The Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency had earlier
reported the execution of the former Iranian deputy defense minister who had
been sentenced to death on charges of spying for the UK.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly also tweeted:
"This barbaric act deserves condemnation in the strongest possible terms.
This will not stand unchallenged."
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North America
U.S. Supreme Court takes up religious freedom case
from PA
JANUARY 14, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/CNN) -- The Supreme Court agreed
Friday to take up the case of a former US Postal Service worker from
Pennsylvania who wants the justices to revisit a decades-old test for
determining whether employers can deny religious accommodation requests.
Conservatives have long sought to throw out the
standard set in 1977, arguing it sets too low a bar for employers to meet when
denying requests by religious adherents. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas
and Neil Gorsuch have recently said the court should revisit the 1977 decision.
In the 1977 case, Trans World Airlines, Inc. v.
Hardison, the court determined that employers could deny a reasonable
accommodation request made by an employee under Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act and based on their sincerely held religious beliefs if the accommodation
results in an "undue hardship" on the employer.
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An accomplished Pakistani diplomat, this Arlington
resident embraced American democracy
BY RICHARD J. GONZALES
JANUARY 14, 2023
After Arlington Latinos and Asians requested the city
name streets for their leaders, city staff recommended in the 2018 Collins
Street and Pioneer Parkway Design Guidelines the installation of honorary
street sign toppers to recognize for Asian, Muslim, and Latino heroes. To
promote a section of Pioneer Parkway that boasted ethnically diverse
businesses, the city re-branded the parkway from Center Street to State Highway
360 as International Corridor. Aftab Siddiqui, a political activist, visited
Arlington mosques to discuss name suggestions. They deliberated on “Jerusalem,”
“Muhammad,” and “Syed Ahsani” at several community meetings. They choose the
latter and submitted signatures to confirm their agreement. Syed Ali Ahsani,
Ahsani’s son, said his father had a desire to see the world. After passing
civil service exams, his father joined the Pakistan Foreign Service in 1952.
His assignments took him to Cairo, Rome, Kabul, Beirut, and Calcutta. Rising in
diplomatic ranks, he served as ambassador to Brazil, Sudan, and Ghana. His
international affairs experiences motivated Ahsani to establish the Pakistan
Foreign Service Academy, serving as director 1981-1988. After retiring, he
moved to Arlington in 1988 to be closer to his children, who had studied and
moved to the United States. His daughter Rumina Ahsani was studying at the
University of Texas at Arlington at the time of his arrival. After living in
authoritarian countries, he cherished the rights and freedoms the United States
offered its citizens. He said, “I feel very excited. America is a great
democracy because of the Constitution. It has great laws. It has freedom of
press. It is good for the advancement of all people.” Get unlimited digital
access Try 1 month for $1 CLAIM OFFER Syed Ahsani and his wife Sajida Ahsani
attend a foreign policy conference at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
& Museum in College Station, Texas. Courtesy To obtain his medical
clearance for U.S. citizenship, he visited Dr. Inayat Lalani, a Fort Worth
general surgeon. Lalani, founder of the Muslim Caucus in the Democratic Party,
encouraged Ahsani to harness his diplomatic expertise and political skills in
local political activism. On visiting his son in California, Ahsani met Agha
Saeed, PhD, founder of the American Muslim Alliance, whose purpose was to
provide civic education and leadership training to American Muslims with the
goal of electing Muslims to political offices. As president of the of American
Muslim Alliance Southwest chapter, Ahsani worked tirelessly to encourage DFW
Muslims to learn the American political election process, to vote, and to run
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Alliance and worked closely with Ahsani and his family to encourage civic
involvement at mosques. Despite his former ambas
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Southeast Asia
PM Anwar extends Ponggal greetings to Tamil community
15 Jan 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim has extended Ponggal greetings to the Tamil community in Malaysia,
celebrating the festival today.
“In addition, this auspicious day for the Hindu is
also a symbol and a catalyst to reject old practices or attitudes and promote
change and create a new shift,” he said.
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Search for umrah pilgrim missing in Mecca since
December continues, says family
15 Jan 2023
BATU PAHAT, Jan 15 — Efforts to find a missing teacher
Musthafa Kamal Abdullah, 49, who went missing while performing the umrah
pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, more than a month ago, continue, said his
eldest son, Muhammad Nabil Musthafa.
He will be accompanied by his younger brother, Muaz,
17, and several friends of his father, to continue searching for Musthafa, as
his family, including their mother, Zurina Muhammad @ Shamsuddin, 49, are
confident that their father is still alive.
“I personally will be distributing posters of our
‘babah’ (father) when I am in Mecca. I will be performing umrah too and I hope
the efforts will lead us to him.
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PJ cops: Dad held for allegedly threatening daughter
with meat cleaver over phone use
15 Jan 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Police arrested a local man on
suspicion of assaulting and threatening to kill his 15-year-old daughter.
Petaling Jaya district police chief, ACP Fakhrudin
Abdul Hamid, said that the 58-year-old suspect, who worked as a restaurant
assistant, was arrested in Subang Valley, Selangor, at 10.30pm, Friday (January
13) after the teenager lodged a report at 1.18pm on the same day.
“Preliminary investigations found that the suspect had
threatened to use a meat cleaver and hit the victim with a belt,” he said in a
statement today.
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MCMC Confirms Viral Azan Video Clip, Showing A Man
Perform Azan In A Religious Ritual, Not From Malaysia
15 Jan 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The Malaysian Communications
and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has confirmed that a viral video clip, lasting
two minutes 27 seconds, showing a man perform azan (Islamic call to prayer) in
a religious ritual, is not from Malaysia.
MCMC said that checks conducted found that the video
originated from abroad and was re-transmitted as if took place in Malaysia.
“The MCMC stresses that such videos are seen as
threatening content, and can create uneasiness between communities of various
races and religions in this country,” MCMC said in a statement today.
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Successful Malay/Muslims urged to volunteer to help
community
Zhaki Abdullah
JAN 15, 2023
SINGAPORE - Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
MasagosZulkifli has urged more successful members of the Malay/Muslim community
to volunteer in order to contribute to the community.
This should involve not just professionals providing
assistance in their areas of expertise – such as lawyers providing legal advice
– but also talking to residents to get a better understanding of the issues
they face, said Mr Masagos, who is also Social and Family Development Minister.
The M3 platform – a tie-up between self-help group
Mendaki, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore and the People’s
Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council – has given many an
opportunity to give back, he said.
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Arab world
Umm Al-Qura University To Organize The 22nd Scientific
Forum For Hajj, Umrah, And Visit Research
14 Jan, 2023
Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and in the presence of Prince Khaled
Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,
Governor of Makkah Region, the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah
Research, affiliated to Umm Al-Qura University, is organizing the 22nd Scientific
Forum for Hajj, Umrah and Visit Research, on the 29th of Jumada II - Rajab 1,
1444 AH, at the university’s King Abdulaziz Historical Hall, under the slogan
"Towards a Distinguished Experience to Serve the Guests of AlRahman."
Dean of the Institute, Suleiman Al-Amr, said that the
forum will be held with the participation of specialized academic researchers,
representatives of government agencies, the private sector, and the third
sector, and aims to highlight the most important experiences and efforts to
provide distinguished services to the pilgrims, and to provide the scientific
platform for publication, in addition to providing a scientific environment to
exchange experiences, expertise, and lessons learned, and to encourage
innovation and scientific research in services for the Hajj and Umrah sector.
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General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs
Intensifies Efforts of Safety and Services During Rains
14 Jan, 2023
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand
Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, represented by the General Presidency's Agency
for Services and Environmental Protection, has strengthened its efforts during
the rains over the Grand Mosque, as the agency recruited more than (200)
supervisors who participated in supervising more than (4000) male and female
workers.
Undersecretary of the General Presidency for Services
and Environmental Protection, Eng. Ahmed bin Omar Bal'amish, stated that Tawaf
area, prayer places, entrances and exits were prepared as soon as the rain
stopped in just a quarter of an hour, and the Presidency intensified its
efforts to remove the effects of the rain that fell Saturday over the Grand
Mosque in order to preserve the safety of the worshipers, Umrah performers and
visitors to the Grand Mosque so as to perform their rituals easily and
smoothly.
He pointed out that approximately (500) machines and
equipment in have been used to remove the rains impacts from the Tawaf area,
the outer squares and the roof of the Grand Mosque.
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Mufti Sultanate of Oman: Occupation attacks in Al-Aqsa
mosque is declaration of war
14/January/2023
MUSCAT January 14 .2023 (Saba) - The Grand Mufti of
the Sultanate of Oman Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili, saw the far-right
enemy government's direction to occupy the Al-Aqsa mosque, the continued
aggression against him and the violation of his inviolability and the narrowing
on worshippers as a declaration of war and disregard for the feelings of the
Islamic Nation in east and west of the earth.
According to the Palestine Agency today, the Mufti
said in a statement on Saturday: "The Islamic nation must all stand
together in the face of this aggression, and to support with all force the
Palestinian resistance attached to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. "
He added: As I have said more than once is a religion
in the neck of the entire Islamic Ummah, it will not be exonerated until it is
fully performed undiminished, the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque is similar to the Holy
Mosque, and to it was the Messenger of Allah's Mohammed "peace be upon
him", and it was the first qiblah for Muslims.
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32 Islamic State group suspects arrested in Iraqi
military ambushes
14 January, 2023
Iraqi authorities said on Saturday that they ambushed
Islamic State (IS) group members, detaining dozens across several provinces
which have recently seen a spike in militant activity.
The Iraqi National Security Service said in a
statement that 32 suspects were detained after security operations in five
governorates, including Anbar, Nineveh, Kirkuk, Diyala and around the capital
Baghdad.
Iraq’s military intelligence also said on Saturday
that it captured a top female official in IS's Diwan al-Hisbah (morality
police) unit near the town of Al-Hawija.
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Saudi Arabia’s volunteer portal attracts over 650,000
new helpers in 2022
ARAB NEWS
January 14, 2023
JEDDAH: A total of 658,036 people carried out 5.4
million voluntary jobs last year via the government’s new National Volunteer
Portal.
Run by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social
Development, the platform has set a target to attract 1 million volunteers as
part of the broader ambitions of Saudi Vision 2030.
More than 65 million people have already benefited
from the scheme, which last year saw volunteers donate a combined 40 million
hours of their time.
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16,000 held for labor, residency, border violations
across KSA
ARAB NEWS
January 15, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested almost 16,000
people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security
regulations, according to an official report.
From Jan. 5 to 11, a total of 8,732 people were
arrested for violations of residency rules, while 4,180 were held over illegal
border crossing attempts, and a further 2,822 for labor-related issues.
The report showed that among the 620 people arrested
for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 65 percent were Yemeni, 30 percent
Ethiopian, and 5 percent were of other nationalities.
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South Asia
Embracing Taliban Key To China’s Goals In Central
Asia, But Islamic State Won’t Let It Happen
Praveen Swami
15 January, 2023
Large garbage bags had been used to cover up the
magnificent tau tau — funeral effigies — standing over the swimming pool to
avoid offending the guests. “The statues made it very obvious who the guy and
who the gal are,” the president of the energy giant Unocal, Marty Miller,
gingerly explained. The shrouding had been mandated by a consultant hired to
make sure cultural miscommunication did not end up sabotaging the $4.5 billion
pipeline deal the oil tycoon hoped to seal over dinner that evening in 1997.
The dinner went well: A photograph records the beaming
madrasa-educated Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil posing in
front of a lit-up Christmas tree at Miller’s mansion in Sugar Land, Texas.
Earlier this week, just days after China and the Taliban
announced a $540 million deal to prospect for oil in Afghanistan’s Amu Darya
basin, Islamic State terrorists attacked the foreign ministry in Kabul. The
murderous suicide bombing took place just as a delegation from Beijing was due
to meet foreign ministry officials to discuss the oil agreement.
The second major attack on Chinese targets in Kabul in
just weeks, this incident has served as a notice that the superpower’s
ambitions for energy pipelines cutting across Central and South Asia might
prove to be pipe dreams.
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Ex-Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh wants ban on
country’s cricket team for posing with UN-designated terrorist Sirajuddin
Haqqani
15 January, 2023
On Friday (January 13), former Afghan Vice-President
Amrullah Saleh called for a ban on the country’s cricket team over a picture of
Afghan cricketers gleefully posing with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the chief of the
Islamic terror outfit Haqqani Network.
In a tweet, he stated, “Afghan people were shocked to
see their cricket team smilingly pose in a picture with (the) boss of suicide
terrorists HQN chief & dine with him & remain silent on all injustices
including erasing of girls from education.”
The development comes after a picture of Afghan
cricketers, posing with UN-designated terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani went viral
on social media. In a tweet, human rights activist Saleem Javed shared the
picture and wrote, “Afghan cricketers are angry over Australian team’s refusal
to play with them.”
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Donald Lu: US to cooperate with Bangladesh to improve
labour rights
January 15, 2023
The United States is "committed" to
continued cooperation with Bangladesh in its efforts to improve labour rights,
visiting US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu said on Sunday.
The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and
Central Asian Affairs had a meeting over dinner with Foreign Minister AK Abdul
Momen at his residence on Saturday night.
Key issues of bilateral relations were discussed
during Lu's over one-hour stay at the foreign minister's official residence, a
diplomatic source told UNB.
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Africa
Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Vote APC, Kiss Religious Balance
Goodbye – Omokri
By Richard Ogunsile
January 15th, 2023
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has cautioned
Nigerians against supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) single-faith
ticket in the 2023 presidential election.
Recall that the ruling APC is running a Muslim-Muslim
ticket with the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and
former Governor of Borno State, KashimShettima.
Naija News reports that despite all opposition by some
concerned citizens, including religious leaders and international bodies, the
APC has continued to strive in its campaign activities for the Tinubu-Shettima
presidency.
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Moroccan imam Iquioussen deported from Belgium after
French legal battle
By Philip Andrew Churm
15-01-2023
A Moroccan imam accused of "inciting hatred and
discrimination" has been deported by Belgium where he had taken refuge
after being expelled by France last summer.
Hassan Iquioussen, a preacher from northern France was
flown back to Casablanca on Friday after the Moroccan consulate in Liege issued
a pass on Thursday.
Last July French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin
announced his expulsion, accusing him of inciting hatred and discrimination and
conveying a vision of Islam contrary to the values of the Republic.
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Army orders remaining terrorists to surrender or blame
themselves
January 15, 2023
By NdahiMarama
The Nigerian Army has ordered the remnants of the Boko
Haram/ ISWAP terrorists still in their hideouts waging war against the country
in the North-East to surrender and lay down their arms like the over 83,000 of
their members and families that had surrendered to troops in Borno or face the
firepower of the armed forces and blame themselves.
The Theatre Commander of Operation HadinKai, Maj. Gen Christopher Musa gave the order
yesterday during the Nigerian Army Social Activities 2022 held at the Maimalari
Cantonment ground in Maiduguri, Borno
State Capital.
Musa said though the year 2022 was riddled with
challenges, the Northeast recorded
unprecedented peace through the gallant efforts of the military in decimating
terrorists.
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Pakistan
Centre’s panel for ex-Fata funding unconstitutional,
insists KP chief minister
Bureau Repor
January 15, 2023
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood
Khan on Saturday lashed out at the federal government for forming a committee
to disburse development funds in tribal districts and insisted that the move
was unconstitutional.
Addressing the oath-taking ceremony for the
newly-elected cabinet and governing body of the Peshawar Press Club here, the
chief minister said the steering committee notified by the federal government
for the disbursement of development funds to tribal districts had no legal
standing and was unconstitutional after the enactment of the 25th Constitutional
Amendment.
He said the appointment of a civil servant as that
committee’s chairman and the provincial governor as its member was
incomprehensible.
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‘By and large peaceful’: Local govt elections under
way in Karachi, Hyderabad
Imtiaz Ali
January 15, 2023
The long-awaited second phase of local government
elections in Sindh is under way in 16 districts today (Sunday), including
Karachi and Hyderabad.
Polling began at 8am and will continue till 5pm.
Television reports showed turnout being low amid single-digit morning
temperatures. Turnout improved as the day progressed.
Three hours into the vote, Jamaat-i-Islami’s Hafiz
Naeemur Rehman spoke to reporters in Karachi, where he expressed satisfaction
over the “by and large peaceful” security situation.
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DSP among three martyred in audacious Peshawar attack
Umer Farooq
January 15, 2023
PESHAWAR: A senior police officer along with two
constables embraced martyrdom in a midnight militant attack, which officials
believe is the first of its kind where modern gadgets were used to target
police, on Sarband police station on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sardar Hussain and his
gunmen Irshad Khan and Jahanzeb embraced martyrdom in the gun attack on Sarband
police station on the outskirts of Peshawar.
While the attackers fled in the dark, hours later two
militants believed to be involved in the assault were gunned down in the
Sarband area in an exchange of fire with the personnel of the counter-terrorism
department of police.
Source: Dawn
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Punjab IGP orders ‘clean-up’ operation against
militants
Dawn Report
January 15, 2023
LAHORE / DERA GHAZI KHAN: Punjab Inspector General of
Police (IGP) Amir Zulfiqar Khan has ordered a clean-up operation against
militants and other criminals involved in attacks on police check posts in
different cities of south Punjab.
He was holding a meeting at the Dera Ghazi Khan
regional police officer (RPO) office after a head constable was martyred in an
attack on a check post at Taunsa on Saturday.
Additional IGs of south Punjab, Special Branch,
Counter Terrorism Department, Punjab operations, DG Khan DPO and other officers
were present.
Source: Dawn
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ATC reserves verdict in Naqeeb murder case
Naeem Sahoutara
January 15, 2023
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Saturday reserved
its verdict till Jan 23 in the high-profile Naqeebullah Mehsud killing case.
Former SSP Rao Anwar along with his around two-dozen
subordinates has been charged with killing Naqeeb and three others dubbing them
as militants linked to banned outfits in a staged encounter on Jan 13, 2018.
On Saturday, the ATC-XVI judge, who conducted the
trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, reserved his verdict
after recording evidence and final arguments from both sides.
Source: Dawn
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