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court also noted that child marriages have been regarded as a human right
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Marriage
of Muslims is not excluded from POCSO Act, rules Kerala HC
Nov
20, 2022
The
court also noted that child marriages have been regarded as a human right
violation.
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Kerala
High Court has held that marriage between Muslims under personal law is not
excluded from the sweep of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act.
Court
also ruled that if one of the parties to the marriage is a minor, irrespective
of the validity or otherwise of the marriage, offences under the POCSO Act will
apply.
The
Single Bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas further observed, "The POCSO
Act is a special statute enacted specifically for the protection of children
from sexual offences. Sexual exploitation of every nature against a child is
treated as an offence. Marriage is not excluded from the sweep of the statute.
"The
POCSO Act is a special enactment. The advances and progress achieved in
societal thinking have resulted in the enactment. This special statute was
enacted based on principles arising out of jurisprudence relating to child
abuse. The child abuse jurisprudence evolved out of the need to protect the
vulnerable, the gullible and the innocent child. The legislative intent to
protect the child from sexual predators hovering over them under different
labels, including that of marriage, is explicitly evident from the statutory
provisions," he further observed.
"A
child marriage compromises the growth of the child to her full potential. It is
the bane of society. The legislative intent reflected through the POCSO Act is
to prohibit physical relationships with a child, even under the cover of
marriage. This is the intent of society, too, for a statute is, as is often
said, the expression or reflection of the will of the people. In the
accomplishment of the said intent, the POCSO Act has defined the word 'child'
in section 2(d) as 'any person below the age of 18 years," the court
observed.
"Personal
laws and customary laws are both laws. Section 42A intends to override such
laws also. Therefore it cannot be gainsaid that after the coming into force of
the POCSO Act, penetrative sexual intercourse with a child, even if it is under
the guise of marriage, is an offence," the court added.
Court
held this while dismissing a bail petition of a 31-year-old Muslim man who is
accused of kidnapping and raping a minor girl. He contended that he had validly
married the girl in March 2021 under the personal laws applicable to them.
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‘Condemn
recent terrorist acts in Iran too’: Tehran criticises world's ‘silence'
Nov
19, 2022
Iran
Anti-Hijab Protests: A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman
Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death.(AP)
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Iran
on Saturday criticised the "silence" of the international community
in the face of acts of violence in the country during protests sparked by Mahsa
Amini's death in custody.
The
Islamic republic has been rocked by protests since the September 16 death of
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, after her arrest for an alleged
breach of Iran's dress rules for women.
On
Saturday Iran's foreign ministry hit out at the "deliberate silence of
foreign promoters of chaos and violence in Iran in the face of... terrorist
operations in several Iranian cities".
"It
is the duty of the international community and international assemblies to
condemn the recent terrorist acts in Iran and not to provide a safe haven for
extremists," it said in a statement.
On
Wednesday, 10 people including a woman, two children and a security officer
were killed in two separate attacks in the cities of Izeh and Isfahan,
according to state media and a hospital source.
Two
members of Iran's pro-government Basij paramilitary force were stabbed to death
in the northeastern city of Mashhad while trying to intervene against
"rioters", according to state news agency IRNA.
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‘Scotland
must stop being in denial about Islamophobia’: Leading Scots Muslims warn of
growing hostility in classrooms, workplaces and on the streets
By
Stephen Stewart
November
20, 2022
Zara
Mohammed, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, photographed in
Glasgow
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Scotland
is in denial about anti-Islamic prejudice, with slow progress being made to
combat hateful abuse and discrimination, influential Scots Muslims warn today.
Omar
Afzal, of the Scottish Association of Mosques, said more must be done to tackle
the issue and the misconception that anti-Islamic hate is not a problem north
of the border.
He
spoke out during Islamophobia Awareness Month, a national campaign aiming to
raise awareness and highlight the positive contributions of British Muslims,
and criticised the decision of the UK Government to abandon an attempt to
define Islamophobia.
Afzal,
whose concerns were backed by both the Muslim Councils of Britain and Scotland,
said: “Tackling denial is very important. To wilfully choose not to define the
problem is a form of outright denial that Islamophobia even exists.
“This
revelation comes despite new Home Office hate-crime statistics, published last
month, showing that 42% of religious hate crime offences in England and Wales
were targeted against Muslims.
“The
report of the Inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland smashed the idea of
Scottish exceptionalism – a type of denial that recognises Islamophobia exists
but believes it’s not as prevalent or pervasive here. The report shows how
deep-rooted, structural and systemic discrimination against Scottish Muslims is
and how it manifests itself in everyday life.”
The
report, which surveyed 447 people and organisations across the country,
identified key trends, with more than three-quarters of Muslim respondents
feeling Islamophobia is becoming worse, rising to 82% of people in Glasgow.
One
respondent said: “We feel the environment has become more and more hostile for
our communities. Brexit most definitely has not helped. It has given a bigger
voice to those who hate and even an excuse to promote their hate.
“All
black and minority ethnic communities are suffering. Under reporting of hate
crime is a major issue. Communities need reassurance that help is available,
and perpetrators will be dealt with by the law.”
People
reported experiencing Islamophobia at work, school, college or university, in
the street, in public buildings such as a shop or restaurant or on public
transport.
Afzal,
who specialises in advocacy and community representation for Muslims in
Scotland, said: “Some 83% of Muslim respondents reported having experienced
Islamophobia directly, 75% saying Islamophobia was an everyday issue and more
than half had changed their behaviour as a result of Islamophobia or in fear of
it.
“Worryingly,
only 22% of respondents, who had faced Islamophobia actually came forward to
report it. Very often, this is out of fear of the repercussions, such as being
frozen out in their workplace or singled out in schools.”
In
2018, a group of MPs and peers drew up a working definition of anti-Muslim
hate, stating the absence of one was allowing Islamophobia to “increase in
society to devastating effect”.
Describing
Islamophobia as a “type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness”, the
definition was accepted by Labour and other opposition parties but rejected by
the Conservative government.
An
expert adviser to the UK Government was hired but his work was reportedly
halted after Boris Johnson became prime minister. Afzal said limited progress
was being made in Scotland. He said: “All of Scotland’s political parties,
including the Scottish Conservatives, adopted the preeminent all-party
parliamentary group’s definition of Islamophobia in 2019.
“Last
month, the SNP passed a resolution by councillor Danish Ashraf for the Scottish
Government to adopt the definition too. Pam Gosal MSP presented a motion in the
Scottish Parliament recognising Islamophobia Awareness Month and vocal support
from across the political spectrum is important in tackling denial.”
Zara
Mohammed, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, echoed concern
and highlighted a recent petrol bomb attack on an immigration processing centre
in Kent and other worrying incidents in public life. She said: “Muslims are
facing increased hostility and a growing number of attacks. Just recently, we
witnessed a terror attack in Dover in which the terrorist stated he wanted ‘to
obliterate Muslim children’.
“We
have seen at the most senior level of government, cabinet minister at the time
Nusrat Ghani alleging her Muslimness was the reason for her sacking from
government.
“An
individual was made a knight despite likening the placing of a Christian girl
into Muslim foster care to child abuse, claiming that Muslims have sympathy
with terrorists and saying Muslims are not like us, and are even ‘resistant to
the traditional process of integration’.
“Whilst
doing little on Islamophobia, the government said it would develop its
Islamophobia definition because it rejected the widely accepted and
community-endorsed one. But even this has been shelved.
“There
is much still to do to overcome the deep-seated and structural issues of
Islamophobia in our public spaces as well as our political and civic
establishment.”
The
Muslim Council of Scotland agreed that Islamophobia was a pressing issue.
Fariha Thomas, of the Muslim Council of Scotland, said: “Scotland is home to
more than 76,737 Muslims, the majority of whom are second or third-generation
Scots, others who are converts or newer arrivals, but who are proud to be part
of Scotland and actively involved in all aspects of Scottish life.
“Sadly,
for most of us, hate speech and other forms of discrimination based on our
being Muslim is a frequent occurrence, with Muslim women being particularly
targeted for example, by having head scarves pulled off, accompanied by threats
and abuse.
“While
we know that most Scots are welcoming and supportive, we never know when we
leave our homes when we may come up against Islamophobic abuse or violence.
“Our
experience, backed up by research, has also shown that structural Islamophobia
exists, leading, for example, to adverse discrimination against Muslims
applying for jobs.
“A
Muslim name means being less likely to get an interview and wearing a head
covering means being less likely to be offered a job.”
The
UK Government said: “We remain committed to a zero-tolerance approach to
anti-Muslim hatred in any form and will continue to combat discrimination and
intolerance.”
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Islamic
Jihad to (Saba): International injustice to Palestinian people stands behind
large number of Jabalia fire's victims
19/November/2022
Islamic
Jihad to (Saba): International injustice to Palestinian people stands behind
large number of Jabalia fire's victims
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GAZA
November 19. 2022 (Saba)- The leader of the Islamic Jihad movement in
Palestine, D. Jamil Elyan that the international and global injustice to the
Palestinian people stands behind the large number of victims of the fire that
occurred the day before yesterday in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees
in the northern Gaza Strip.
D.
Alyan said in a special statement to the Yemeni news agency (Saba), that
"this unjust world, which forced the burnt (Abu Raya) family to flee from
its original village inside the occupied territories in 1948 to the Gaza Strip
and the camps of misery and diaspora, is responsible for this calamity."
He
added, "We offer our condolences to our people, our nation, and the (Abu
Raya) family for this great loss, as we miss 21 Palestinian citizens who died
in a huge fire caused by the international blockade that uprooted the
Palestinian people from their land."
He
continued, saying: "Palestinian grievance is the responsibility of the
international community to protect the Palestinians and return them to their
occupied lands until this problem ends, and we hold the Zionist enemy besieging
the Gaza Strip responsible for this heinous crime."
The
leader of the Islamic Jihad movement pointed out that as long as there is an
occupation and as long as there is a siege that has been going on for more than
15 years of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian people will continue to pay the
bill for injustice.
Yesterday,
the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip mourned the bodies of the martyrs of the
"Abu Raya" family who died in the fire, in a new tragedy added to the
tragedies of the Palestinian people who suffer from killing, oppression and
almost daily abuse at the hands of the Zionist enemy and its settlers.
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Bangladesh
urges Indian Ocean nations to work together to promote blue economy
UNB
November
20, 2022
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Foreign
Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday called for developing a cooperative mechanism
among the littoral states of the Indian Ocean to promote collaboration for
reaping maximum benefits of the blue
economy.
"Bangladesh
believes that the regional vision for the blue economy must be supported by a
balanced integration of the economic, social and environmental elements of
development," he told the IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) Business
Forum Leadership Summit at a city hotel.
Momen
said optimal use of the marine resources – categorized as blue economy- has
been recognized as one of the key components of sustainable development.
Chairman
of the Indian Ocean Rim Business Forum Sheikh Fazle Fahim and Secretary-General
IORA Ambassador Salman Al Farisi also spoke.
Bangladesh,
as the current chair of IORA, is going to host the 22nd meeting of the Council
of Ministers (COM) under the theme “Harnessing the opportunities of the Indian
Ocean sustainability for inclusive development” on November 24.
"I
believe the council will definitely take note of the suggestions of this
business forum regarding the recovery from the impact of pandemic," Momen
said.
He
said there is a need for a sustained dialogue among business leaders, scholars,
practitioners and policy makers to identify and deliberate on various economic
challenges confronting the region, identify mechanisms to address those and
evolve new frameworks for co-operation with the regional countries.
IORA
has evolved into an important regional group spanning the Indian Ocean through
sustained dialogue and cooperation and now is playing as a key driving force to
ensure development, peace and stability in the region, Momen said.
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Al
Qaeda urges Muslims to shun World Cup, stops short of threats
November
20, 2022
CAIRO,
Nov 19 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's regional branch urged Muslims around the world to
shun the soccer World Cup in Qatar, though it stopped short of threatening
attacks or promoting violence in connection with the event, according to a
statement reported by a monitoring group.
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Malaysia
gets a hung parliament for the first time; Islamic party makes major gains
November
20, 2022
For
the first time in history, Malaysia has a hung Parliament in a tightly-contested
election, which also witnessed the opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition
emerging as the front-runner.
The
PH coalition, led by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, won 83 out of 220 seats
but failed to get a majority to form the government.
The
ruling party Malay-based Perikatan Nasional, or National Alliance led by former
premier Muhyiddin Yassin, came second with 73 seats. It rode on the strong show
by its ally Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), which has touted shariah or
Islamic law.
The
PAS more than doubled its haul to 43 seats, making it the single largest party
in the country. Religion is a serious factor in Malaysia, where the Muslim
ethnic-Malay population make up the majority and the ethnic Chinese and Indians
the minorities.
Interestingly,
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition —
dominated by his United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party — suffered a
major setback with just 30 seats in its kitty. Another party which bit the dust
was former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's coalition.
With
no party gaining majority, the political uncertainty prevailing in the country
could worsen amid economic crisis and inflation. This could also mean that
Malaysia’s constitutional monarch may choose the Prime Minister.
Anwar
told a news conference that he has the support in writing from lawmakers to
obtain a simple majority and willsubmit the same to the country's king
Al-Sultan Abdullah. "We have obtained the majority, which means more than
111," he was quoted by AP.
If
that is to happen, it will be a comeback of sorts for Anwar who was once the
heir apparent to the premiership before being jailed after sodomy conviction
and then reemerging as the opposition leader.
Muhyiddin
too has claimed he has the numbers to form the government, stating that he
received a letter from the palace indicating his bloc may have been given
preference to form a government over Anwar. He said he was confident he could
form a stable government and is willing to work with anyone except the PH.
Meanwhile,
UMNO leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said in a statement that his alliance has
accepted the results and expressed willingness to set aside differences to
ensure a stable government.
Though
Anwar, 75, won in northern Perak state his daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar lost to a
PAS candidate in the family’s longtime stronghold in Penang state.
Though
there are 222 seats in Malaysia, elections were held only to 220 seats. Polling
for one seat has been postponed after the death of a candidate and another due
to bad weather.
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UNDP,
Islamic Relief sign MoU to support flood-affected victims in Sindh
November
20, 2022
ISLAMABAD - United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and Islamic Relief has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
support the flood-affected communities in Sindh. The partnership will create
income opportunities for households affected by the floods and support the
construction of community infrastructures, said a press release issued here.
The devastating floods in Pakistan have affected 33 million people. Recently
launched Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) highlighted that millions have
become homeless, livelihoods are heavily impacted, and critical infrastructure
has been wiped out. Estimates of total damages and losses are around $30
billion. Floods have particularly impacted the poorest and most vulnerable
districts. The poverty rates for many flood-affected districts in Sindh and
Balochistan, two of the most impacted provinces, were even higher. Before the
floods, households in calamity-hit communities showed an average poverty rate of
more than 31 percent, well above the national average of 21.9 percent. In
response, UNDP and Islamic Relief will help communities with cash for work
opportunities. An initial target of 10,000 cash-forwork hours will be set, with
an increased focus on the inclusion of women. Simultaneously, rehabilitation
schemes will also be identified in the selected districts that can be started
immediately. Speaking at the signing ceremony, UNDP Pakistan Resident
Representative Knut Ostby highlights, “Aligned with UNDP’s Flood Recovery
Vision, through this partnership, we aim to revive livelihoods and rehabilitate
critical infrastructure in impacted districts of Sindh.” “The scale of
devastation has been unprecedented for which no one was prepared. Islamic
Relief strongly believes that collaborations and partnerships are vital in this
hour of need to reach the most in need before another crisis emerges. Our
strong community connections are helping us to reach the most in need,” said
Asif Sherazi, Country Director of Islamic Relief Pakistan. This collaboration
is an extension of UNDP and Islamic Relief’s global and regional partnership in
reaching and building resilience in conflict-affected areas.
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Military
airstrikes kill 16 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno
By
Njadvara Musa
20
November 2022
A
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Tucano fighter jet has killed 16 Boko Haram
terrorists in Banki border area of Bama Council in Borno State.
The
neutralisation of insurgents on November 16 and 17, 2022 followed
intelligence-led aerial and ground-coordinated military operations by troops in
the border areas with Cameroon.
A
counter-insurgency expert, in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, yesterday,
in Maiduguri, disclosed “Boko Haram has suffered another devastating loss of
its foot soldiers in the coordinated joint military operations in the border
areas of Banki.”
According
to him, the neutralised terrorists had been hibernating in the Chongolo and
Tangalanga border communities with Cameroon, 134 kilometres east of Maiduguri,
the state capital.
On
how the terrorists were killed, he said: “The bombs from the detailed attack
Super Tucano Aircraft accurately hit on the target,” adding that this led to
the obliteration of 16 of the terrorists and their motorcycles.
He
added that the operation was conducted pursuant to credible intelligence
reports indicating that the settlement was one of the locations being used by
the fighters.
“The
terrorists used the settlements as their staging locations to attack nearby
military bases and soft targets in Banki border areas with Cameroon,” he said.
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India
MP
police arrest Islamic religious teacher for alleged forced conversion of man
By
HT Correspondent
Nov
19, 2022
The
complainant Akshay Gaur, 23, on Thursday filed a police complaint at Moghat
police station in Khandwa alleging that the cleric tried to brainwash him and
lured him for conversion.
The
Islamic teacher identified as Aminuddin Qadri was arrested for hurting
religious sentiments and under relevant sections of Madhya Pradesh Freedom of
Religion Act, said police.
“Akshay
Gaur, a civil engineer filed a complaint with us saying six months ago he met a
Qadri in a park. Seeing him upset sitting alone the Qadri took him to a mosque
and lured him to convert. Akshay alleged that the Qadri misguided him about his
religion and said he will get everything if he converts into a Muslim,” Khandwa
superintendent of police Vivek Singh said.
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BJP
accuses Congress of 'appeasement' after grand old party MLA says 'only Muslims
can save party'
FP
Staff
November
20, 2022
New
Delhi: The BJP on Sunday accused the Congress of minority appeasement after a
video of grand old party MLA Chandanji Thakor stating that only “Muslims can
save the party” surfaced on social media.
Terming
the Congress the new Muslim League, BJP leader Amit Malviya tweeted, “Chandanji
Thakor, Congress candidate in Gujarat elections, is saying that only Muslim
society can save this country, and if someone can save the Congress party, it
can only be a Muslim party… On one hand Rahul Gandhi pretends to go to temple
during elections, on the other hand his party has become the new Muslim
League.”
Addressing
a gathering in poll-bound Gujarat, Thakor, Congress candidate from Sidhpur, in
the viral clip is heard saying, “We gave the votes (to BJP) to do something new
but they pushed the entire country to depth, and if anyone can save the country
then it is the Muslim community, and if anyone can save the congress, only
Muslims can do that.”
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Islamic
preacher Zakir Naik travels to Qatar to give 'religious lectures' ahead of FIFA
World Cup
Munish
Chandra Pandey
Nov
20, 2022
By
Munish Chandra Pandey: Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who
faces charges of money laundering and hate speech in India, has reportedly gone
to Qatar from Malaysia ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Naik, who is wanted by
the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the National Investigative Agency (NIA),
is expected to give religious lectures there ahead of the tournament.
Faisal
Alhajri, a TV presenter at the Qatari state-owned sports channel Alkass, wrote
on Twitter, "Preacher Sheikh Zakir Naik is in Qatar during the World Cup
and will give many religious lectures throughout the World Cup." (sic)
Zakir
Naik is one of India's most wanted fugitives and is facing multiple charges
like money laundering and terror-related activities.
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Bangladeshi
youth walks from Dhaka to Darjeeling
Kousik
Sen
20.11.22
Saiful
Islam, a 25-year-old youth hailing from Comilla district of Bangladesh, is walking
from Dhaka to Darjeeling to impart awareness on nature conservation, personal
hygiene and health care.
Saiful,
a graduate, will cover around 800km by foot.
On
Friday, he reached Raiganj where he spoke with people and apprised them about
the need to keep oneself healthy and also work to conserve nature.
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Gujarat
Assembly polls: Assam CM says Mehrauli killing a case of 'love jihad', pitches
for PM Modi in 2024
PTI
NOV
19 2022
Assam
Chief Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the horrific murder
of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala is a case
of "love jihad".
He
also said someone like Aaftab will be born in every city if the country does
not get a powerful leader and a government that respects India like one's
mother. Poonawala allegedly strangled Walkar on May 18 in their Delhi flat and
sawed her body in...
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Ponniyin
Selvan’s Chola king didn’t see Islam as foreign, made a Muslim a temple
superintendent
SUDALAIMUTHU
PALANIAPPAN
20
November, 2022
Mani
Ratnam’s big-budget global hit film Ponniyin Selvan Part – 1, based on the
novel of the same name by Kalki Krishnamurthy, deals with the Chola king
Rajaraja I before he ascended the throne in 985 CE. Digging into the history of
the king’s capital in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur reveals a fluid religious culture
thriving a millennium ago.
Historical
facts, sometimes, can be more interesting than historical fiction. Consider the
situation today when non-Hindus are not permitted to enter most Hindu temples.
They are not allowed to be members of administrations of Hindu religious
charities. And now there is also a growing movement to discourage the
involvement of non-Hindus in Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam.
Considering
that both Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam have the Cauvery delta as the base,
it’s a surprise that in Thanjavur, a Muslim was superintending the dancers and
musicians at the Brihadisvara Temple in the 11th century. Later, he was an
important imperial official, who ensured that grants to temples were properly
issued. His artistic qualification is described in the inscriptions of Rajendra
I with the title ‘Kandhiruvapperaraiyaṉ’, which literally
means ‘great king of classical music’. In turn, he made donations for Thanjavur
temple activities. Clearly, the fields of religion, performing arts, and
government administration in the 11th-century Tamil region were far more open
than today.
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Mideast
Iran
arrests 5 terrorists linked to killing of Shia cleric
Nov
20, 2022
TEHRAN,
Nov. 20 (MNA) – Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced that 5 perpetrators of
the assassination of Martyr Sajjad Shahraki, a Shia cleric and Friday prayer
leader of a mosque in Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan Province have been
arrested.
According
to the statement released by the ministry on Saturday, intelligence forces
managed to arrest five perpetrators linked to the martyrdom of Martyre
Shahraki.
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Charring
public property never means democracy: senior Sunni cleric
November
19, 2022
Mamousta
Fayeq-Rostami, the Friday prayer leader of the Kurdish city of Sanandaj, said
Islam forbids all forms of violence and that the murders and acts of sabotage
committed during the riots are incompatible with the holy faith.
Addressing
worshippers, he continued, “Democracy and freedom are important principles in
Islam, but the interpretation of freedom and democracy is not anarchy. Burning
people’s property is not democracy, rather, these actions are against the
religion and are the opposite of democracy.”
Since
Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died in a hospital on September 16,
three days after collapsing at a police station, protests supported by foreign
governments have erupted in many Iranian cities. Amini's death was attributed
by an inquiry to her illness rather than to alleged police abuse.
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Iran
Soldiers Open Fire On Protestor's Family, Seize Body: Report
November
19, 2022
Paris:
Iranian Revolutionary Guards opened fire on family members mourning a dead
protester and seized his body from hospital, as clashes raged around the
country overnight, a rights group said Saturday.
The
country's clerical leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing its biggest
challenge since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in two months of protests
sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.
The
authorities have responded with a crackdown that Olso-based group Iran Human
Rights says left dead at least 342 people, half a dozen already sentenced to
death and thousands more arrested.
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"Enemies
Have Been Defeated": Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei As Protests Rage
November
19, 2022
Dubai:
Protests raged on at Iranian universities and in some cities on Saturday as
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the country's "enemies"
may try to mobilise workers after failing to topple the Islamic government in
more than two months of unrest.
One
of the boldest challenges to Iran's clerical leaders in decades, the protests
have been gaining steam, frustrating authorities who have blamed Iran's foreign
enemies and their agents for orchestrating the disturbances.
"Until
this hour, thank God, the enemies have been defeated. But the enemies have a
new trick every day, and with today's defeat, they may target different classes
such as workers and women," state television quoted Khamenei as saying.
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Foreign
military presence threatens regional energy security: Iran
2022-11-19
Tehran,
Nov 20 (IANS) The presence of foreign military forces has threatened energy
security in the regional waters, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein
Amir-Abdollahian said on Saturday.
A
large number of foreign unmanned vessels currently moving in the waters of the
Persian Gulf and Oman have doubled the security problems of the region, Iran's
official news agency IRNA quoted Amir-Abdollahian as saying at a joint press
conference with his visiting Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Hamad al-Busaidi,
Xinhua news agency reported.
Iran
considers the presence of foreign forces as a threat to regional peace and
stability, which countries of the region have the ability to maintain, he
added.
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Europe
Manston:
Man staying at migrant processing centre dies in Kent hospital
By
Robert Dex
20-11-2022
A
man staying at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent has died in
hospital after becoming unwell, the Home Office has said.
It
is understood he arrived in the UK as part of a small boat crossing on November
12 and is believed to have been taken ill on Friday evening.
A
Home Office spokesperson said: “We can confirm a person staying at Manston has
died this morning in hospital after becoming unwell. We wish to express our
heartfelt condolences to all those affected.
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Standard.Co.Uk
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Scotland
Weather: Search resumes in Aberdeenshire for woman swept into River Don amid
heavy rain
By
Katrine Bussey
20-11-2022
Officers
from Police Scotland, alongside Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the
coastguard, have resumed efforts to locate the missing woman.
They
had been called to the River Don at Monymusk in Aberdeenshire on Friday
afternoon after a report of someone in difficulty. It is understood she had
been attempting to rescue a dog when she got into difficulty.
The
search had to be stood down on Friday night, but has now started again.
Inspector Rory Campbell from Police Scotland said: “Officers, along with
colleagues from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Coastguard, have
resumed searches in the area where the woman was last seen.”
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Standard.Co.Uk
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Gove
demands action from councils and housing providers after Awaab Ishak death
By
Dominic McGrath
20-11-2022
Housing
Secretary Michael Gove has written to every English council leader and social
housing provider as he warned that deaths like that of two-year-old Awaab Ishak
must “never be allowed to happen again”.
An
inquest into the death of Awaab prompted an outcry this week after it found he
died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the
one-bedroom housing association flat where he lived with his parents, Faisal
Abdullah and Aisha Amin, in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
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Standard.Co.Uk
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UK
considering Swiss-style links with EU, says report
NOVEMBER
19, 2022
LONDON
— Senior figures in British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government are
reportedly considering putting the U.K. on the road to a Swiss-style
relationship with the EU. The Sunday Times reports that the move could take
place over the next decade as the government eyes up a closer relationship with
the EU that avoids the current barriers to trade. Any such shift, only a few
years after Boris Johnson secured a deal with the EU after years of
back-and-forth negotiations, would likely inflame backbench Tory Brexiteers.
Downing Street sources rejected the report but the Times suggested that behind
closed doors some in government have indicated that the pursuit of a
frictionless trading relationship with the bloc requires moving to a
Swiss-style arrangement over the next 10 years. According to the paper, this
would not extend to a return to freedom of movement. Get unlimited digital
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to run government departments. However, there have been renewed hopes in recent
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and the EU after years of tensions. A Swiss-style veterinary agreement has been
one of the options mooted by some on the EU side as a solution t
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Ukraine
war: U.K. PM Sunak makes surprise trip to Kyiv, promises125 anti-aircraft guns
By
John Leicester
November
19, 2022
British
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other
air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday– his first– to
Ukraine’s snow-blanketed war-time capital for talks with Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The
air-defense package, which Britain valued at 50 million pounds ($60 million),
comes as Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s power grid and other key
infrastructure from the air, causing widespread blackouts for millions of
Ukrainians as the frigid cold of winter draws near.
The
package includes radar and other technology to counter Iran-supplied exploding
drones that Russia has used against Ukrainian targets. It comes on top of a
delivery of more than 1,000 anti-air missiles that Britain announced earlier
this month.
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Arab
world
MCE
Secretary-General and Prefect of Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious
Dialogue discuss Muslim-Christian dialogue
20-11-2022
VATICAN,
20th November, 2022 (WAM) – Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders
(MCE) Mohamed Abdelsalam met with His Eminence Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso
Guixot, Prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
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Settlers
attack two mosques in Hebron, vandalize furniture
19/November/2022
HEBRON,
Saturday, November 19, 2022 (WAFA) – Extremist Israeli settlers today attacked
two mosques and shattered their windows today during an attack on Bab al-Zawiya
neighborhood in the city of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank.
WAFA
correspondent said heavily armed Israeli settlers guarded by army attacked the
two mosques as they held a provocative rally through the neighborhood, while
shouting profanities and racist slogans at Palestinian residents.
Earlier
this evening, several Palestinians sustained injuries in an attack by Israeli
settlers on the neighborhood of Tel Rumeida in the city. The settlers pelted
stones and empty bottles at homes and physically assaulted and beat up
Palestinian residents, injuring some of them.
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HRH
Saudi Crown Prince receives members of Islamic Central Council of Thailand at
his residence in Bangkok
19
Nov, 2022
HRH
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, and Prime Minister of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia received today, at his residence in the Thai
capital, Bangkok, members of the Islamic Central Council of Thailand.
The
head of the Islamic Central Council praised the Kingdom’s role in serving the
Islamic nation and defending its causes, while HRH the Crown Prince praised the
center's role in spreading Islamic culture and serving the issues of the Muslim
nation.
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Saudi
crown prince arrives in Doha for World Cup opening
ARAB
NEWS
November
20, 2022
RIYADH:
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Qatar early Sunday to attend
the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, had earlier sent an invitation to
the Saudi crown prince to attend the historic event, according to Saudi Press
Agency (SPA).
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Philippines
lauds Saudi move to compensate unpaid Filipino migrant workers
ELLIE
ABEN
November
19, 2022
MANILA:
The Philippines has lauded Saudi Arabia’s commitment to compensate some 10,000
unpaid Filipino migrant workers, which was announced after a meeting between
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
More
than 700,000 Filipinos live in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom is the most popular
destination for overseas Filipino workers, followed by the UAE and Kuwait.
Marcos
and the crown prince met for the first time on the sidelines of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leader’s meeting in Thailand on Friday, during
which the Kingdom announced that it has set aside SR2 billion ($532 million) to
pay the overdue salaries of thousands of Filipinos working overseas.
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Saudi
Arabia arrests 16,340 illegals in one week
SPA
November
20, 2022
RIYADH:
Saudi authorities arrested 16,340 people in one week for breaching residency,
work and border security regulations, according to an official report.
From
Nov. 10 to 16, a total of 9,526 people were arrested for violations of
residency rules, while 4,335 were held over illegal border crossing attempts,
and a further 2,479 for labor-related issues.
The
report showed that among the 520 people arrested for trying to enter the
Kingdom illegally, 36 percent were Yemeni, 62 percent Ethiopian, and 2 percent
were of other nationalities.
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Arab News
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South
Asia
‘The
Taliban Have Not Lived Up to Their Commitments to the Afghan People
By
Saqalain Eqbal
November
19, 2022
15
months after the Taliban took control of the country, the situation in
Afghanistan is “critical,” according to Fergus Eckersley, the UK Coordinator at
the UN, who made this statement during a UN Arria formula Security Council
meeting held on Thursday, November 17.
Eckersley
drew attention to the Taliban’s persistent widespread infringement of
fundamental human rights, particularly the group’s “systematic oppression” of
women and girls, and he advocated a unified international response.
The
British official stated that the UK is the second largest donor to the UN’s
Humanitarian Response plan and that the UK supports UN Security Council
Resolution 2615, which ensures that the provision of essential relief is not impeded
by sanctions.
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Car
Collision in Northern Afghanistan Kills and Injures 10 People
By
Saqalain Eqbal
November
20, 2022
The
incident, according to the Taliban officials, took place on Saturday evening,
November 19, in the Kila Gai area of Baghlan’s Dushi district.
According
to Sher Ahmad Burhani, spokesman for the Taliban police chief in Baghlan
province, a Corolla car crashed with a Vitz-type vehicle, killing three people
and injuring seven others.
The
province’s traffic officials were cited by the Taliban security officials as
saying that speeding and careless driving were the primary factors that led to
the accident.
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Pakistan
Commits to Continuing to Support Pakistan-Built Hospitals in Afghanistan
By
Saqalain Eqbal
November
19, 2022
The
Pakistani official wrote in a string of tweets on Saturday, November 19, that
he has met with Qalandar Ebad, the Taliban Minister of Public Health in an extraordinary
meeting of the Afghanistan Inter-governmental Coordination Cell (AICC).
According
to the tweets, the Pakistani official gave the Taliban side assurance that
Pakistan would cooperate with the Afghan people in the healthcare sector,
notably by continuing to provide financial support for the three hospitals
Pakistan has built in Afghanistan.
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Computer
Science Student Killed and Set on Fire in Afghan Capital
By
Saqalain Eqbal
November
19, 2022
The
victim, Soroush Mohammadi, a computer science student, went missing four days
prior to the discovery of his burned remains, according to the sources.
Sources
said that his lifeless, burnt body was discovered on Thursday, the 17th of
November, behind the Omid-e-Sabz residential settlement in western Kabul.
The
information that is currently known indicates that Soroush Mohammadi was
brutally murdered and the perpetrators tried to dispose of the body by setting
the body afire.
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2
TTP Commanders Mysteriously Killed in Afghanistan
By
Saqalain Eqbal
November
19, 2022
A
TTP commander’s body was reportedly found in a water canal on November 17
according to a source in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan who spoke to
the Afghan Islamic Press.
Saifullah
Babuji, a Pakistani Taliban commander whose body was discovered, was a resident
of Malakand in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and was known to be close
with Amir Mufti Mazloum, the TTP’s deputy.
Another
TTP commander named Zakirain’s body was reportedly discovered in the province
of Paktia, in eastern Afghanistan, according to the Afghan Islamic Press.
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Bangladesh:
Hindu home attacked, idol vandalised by leader of youth wing of ruling Awami
League par
20
November, 2022
On
Friday (November 18) morning, the residence of a Hindu family was attacked and
their puja mandap was vandalised in the Kostapara area in Bhuanpur Upazila in
Tangail district in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
As
per reports, the home belonged to local Hindu resident Subhas Ghosh. About 10
members of his family were injured during the attack and at least 4 out of them
were admitted to the Bhuanpur Upazila Health Complex for medical treatment.
Those
hospitalised in the aftermath of the attack were identified as Ratan, Nikhil,
Ashok, and Shanto Ghosh. On the other hand, the accused was identified as
Khorshed Bepari.
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North
America
Elon
Musk reactivates Donald Trump’s Twitter account but former US president vows
not to return
Sheila
Dang
November
20 2022
Donald
Trump says he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority
voted in favour of reinstating the former US President, who was banned from the
social media service for inciting violence, in a poll organized by new owner
Elon Musk.
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Twitter account, which had over 88 million followers before he was banned on
January 8, 2021, began accumulating followers and had nearly 100,000 followers
by 10pm ET Saturday. Some users initially reported being unable to follow the
reinstated account on Saturday evening.
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Expected
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Vows to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar From House
Committee
Ben
Samuels
Nov
20, 2022
LAS
VEGAS—House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, the likely next House speaker, on
Saturday vowed to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from her seat on the House Foreign
Affairs Committee over her previous criticisms of Israel.
Addressing
the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual meeting, the California congressman told
the crowd that he would take the move as a punitive action based on her
personal criticism, as well. When the crowd booed the mere mention of her name,
he said "that's a rightful boo.”
“I
remember what she said about me. I remember what she said about Israel. I
remember what she said about the relationship,” he said “I remembered it so
much, I promised you last year she would no longer be on foreign affairs. I’m
keeping that promise.”
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Readers
sound off on long rap sheets, Thanksgiving plans and a murder in Cabo
By
Voice of the People
Nov
20, 2022
Stamford,
Conn.: I was hit with outrage and disbelief when I read your Nov. 17 article,
“Pickpocket with 60 arrests nabbed in fare-beating try at downtown station.”
Sometimes the smaller headlines speak the loudest and this one is a doozie. I
hope that Gov. Hochul and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (photo) read
the Daily News because if they do, I can’t see how they can possibly continue
to support bail reform or a continued limp approach to law enforcement.
This
case turns the revolving door of justice into a gyroscope at the expense of
law-abiding New Yorkers who deserve better from their government. The career
criminal you described has been hard at work as a thief for nearly 40 years
and, most disturbing, after eight brief stints behind bars, when he was finally
charged with an offense that had teeth, his three-year jail sentence — still
far too short — turned into one year behind bars and a year of parole that
ended in 2021.
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Southeast
Asia
‘I
suffered a fatwa’ – Jason Azzopardi says PN wanted him to resign
by
Matthew Vella
19
November 2022
The
former Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi has accused Opposition leader Bernard
Grech of “placing him under a fatwa”, and that under his leadership the party
tried to encourage him to resign or not contest the 2022 election.
Azzopardi,
speaking to Andrew Azzopardi on 103FM, said a member from the PN’s strategy
group had approached him in 2021, requesting him to resign his seat “so that
the party can advance in the polls... winning 15,000 votes just like that.”
“I
could have thrown this person right out the balcony window,” Azzopardi said.
“They told me I was a burden, toxic, a dead-weight, that the PN would advance
in the polls if I stand down.”
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Malta Today
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Agong
wants political leaders to provide numbers, PM nominees by 2pm tomorrow
By
Radzi Razak
20
Nov 2022
KUALA
LUMPUR, Nov 20 — With Malaysia’s Parliament hung, the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong
today ordered coalition and party leaders to notify Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan
Sri Azhar Azizan Harun of their numbers to form a new government by 2pm
tomorrow.
He
also told them to state clearly their respective prime minister candidates,
Comptroller of the Istana Negara Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said in a
statement this afternoon as the post-election impasse continued.
“The
head of the political parties and the head of the coalition of political
parties will be asked by Tan Sri Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat to state their
respective agreements and to submit the name of a member of the Dewan Rakyat
who has the trust of the majority of members, and to nominate a candidate to be
the prime minister of Malaysia before 2pm on Monday, November 21, 2022.
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Sultan
Nazrin grants audience to Perak EC director
20
Nov 2022
IPOH,
Nov 20 — The Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah today granted an audience to
State Election Commission (EC) director Mohd Nazri Ismail at Istana Kinta for a
briefing on the results of the 15th General Election (GE15).
Mohd
Nazri arrived at the palace at 10.23am and also present were State Secretary
Datuk Ahmad Suaidi Abdul Rahim and State Legal Adviser Datuk Azmir Shah Zainal
Abidin.
Yesterday,
Perak Perikatan Nasional (PN) deputy chairman Razman Zakaria was reported to
have said that the coalition would discuss with Barisan Nasional (BN)
pertaining to the formation of a state government.
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Johor
MB Onn Hafiz tells Zahid to step down as Umno, BN chief as coalition ‘has
fallen’
By
Ashley Yeong
20
Nov 2022
KUALA
LUMPUR, Nov 20 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi should resign immediately from
leading the Barisan Nasional (BN) and its anchor party now that Umno has
fallen, Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said today.
“Umno
has fallen. Umno and BN only won nine parliamentary seats in Johor and failed
to win a single seat in Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Melaka, Kelantan, and
Terengganu," he said in a statement on Facebook.
The
younger Umno man said Ahmad Zahid should follow in his predecessor Datuk Seri
Najib Razak's footsteps of resigning, before its support base erodes further.
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Pakistan
Bilawal
asks protesting PTI to spare army chief’s selection week
Amir
Wasim
November
20, 2022
ISLAMABAD:
While questioning the venue and timing of the PTI’s long march, Pakistan
Peoples Party Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday
said it was former premier Imran Khan’s “last-ditch effort” to push the
institution of army away from its constitutional role towards an
unconstitutional role and appealed to the PTI chief to delay his protest till
the completion of the process of army chief’s appointment.
Also,
the PPP chairman, in response to a question regarding the possibility of
President Arif Alvi, who belongs to the PTI, creating hurdles in the army chief’s
appointment process, told a presser that this was the last chance for Mr Alvi
to let everything take place according to the law and Constitution after his
failed attempt to dissolve the assembly. “If he [the president] tries to create
an issue, he would have to face the consequences,” he declared.
“This
is my appeal to Khan Sahib to behave sensibly and delay the protest for a
couple of weeks so that the constitutional and legal process of the appointment
of the army chief can be completed and so that I cannot make an allegation that
you [Imran] are doing all this to make the appointment controversial,” the PPP
chairman declared while speaking at the hurriedly-called news conference at
Zardari House.
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Dawn
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Pak-Afghan
border at Chaman remains shut; no headway in official talks
Saleem
Shahid
November
20, 2022
QUETTA:
The Pakistan-Afghan border at Chaman, Balochistan, remained closed for another
day after a flag meeting at Friendship Gate between officials from both sides
failed to evolve a consensus over the reopening of the crossing.
On
Sunday, the border at Chaman had been closed for an indefinite period after an
armed suspect from the Afghan side opened fire on Pakistani security
personnel at Friendship Gate, resulting in the martyrdom of one soldier and
injuries to two.
During
the flag meeting, the Pakistani officials, including Chaman DC Abdul Hameed
Zehri, discussed with Afghan government officials the need for a “joint
mechanism” to put an end to incidents of violence at the border. Pakistan also
suggested joint interrogations by both sides to nab the accused involved in
Sunday’s shooting.
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Dawn
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Imran
to enter Rawalpindi days before ‘key decision’
Mansoor
Malik
November
20, 2022
LAHORE:
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday urged his
supporters to converge on Rawalpindi on Nov 26 for his long march that he is
expected to rejoin in person after recovering from the injuries he sustained in
a gun attack in Wazirabad earlier this month. For now, the march was suspended
in Rawat.
He
also appears to have had a change of heart for the military that he has
consistently blamed for ousting him from power, when he said if the establishment
wasn’t behind the regime change it should have played its role in stopping the
conspiracy.
Mr
Khan must have strategically chosen Nov 26 for entering the twin cities to
resume his long march as the next army chief would be inducted just a couple of
days after that when the tenure of the incumbent Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa ends on
the 29th.
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Dawn
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Gen
Bajwa terms ‘quality healthcare’ critical for troops’ morale
APP
November
20, 2022
RAWALPINDI:
As part of his farewell visits, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on
Saturday went to see various setups of the Army Medical Corps.
He
said quality healthcare for soldiers and their families was a cardinal feature
of the army’s welfare regime and critical for the morale of troops.
At
the Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, he was briefed by the CMH
commandant about the newly upgraded facilities. The army chief was shown the
control room that has been recently set up to impart training to doctors
through live surgery process at the academic centre.
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Dawn
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Africa
Military
airstrikes kill 16 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno
By
Njadvara Musa
20
November 2022
The
neutralisation of insurgents on November 16 and 17, 2022 followed
intelligence-led aerial and ground-coordinated military operations by troops in
the border areas with Cameroon.
A
counter-insurgency expert, in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, yesterday,
in Maiduguri, disclosed “Boko Haram has suffered another devastating loss of
its foot soldiers in the coordinated joint military operations in the border
areas of Banki.”
According
to him, the neutralised terrorists had been hibernating in the Chongolo and
Tangalanga border communities with Cameroon, 134 kilometres east of Maiduguri,
the state capital.
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Guardian.Ng
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How
the story of Africans descended from 15th century Chinese admiral Zheng He’s
sailors lives on
Shawn
Yuan
20
Nov, 2022
Tucked
into the labyrinth of narrow alleyways in Pate Island’s Siyu village, Mama
Baraka’s house itself isn’t much to see, with its cracking clay walls and
poorly lit rooms draped with mosquito nets.
But
one feature in this typical house on Pate, a tiny island off the coast of
Kenya, has brought curious observers from afar: a single porcelain bowl that
has been passed down through Mama’s family, an artefact that she says proves
her ancestors came from China, by boat, hundreds of years ago.
“We
have kept the bowl as a family treasure for generations,” says 75-year-old
Mama. “Ever since I was a kid, my grandparents would tell me that our family
was part Chinese and we should never forget our ancestry.”
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Researchers,
students explore port areas of Kidderpore and Metiabruz
DEBRAJ
MITRA
20.11.22
Since
the early days of colonial India, a pocket of the city has been the destination
for migrant labourers from different parts of the country, who brought with
them different social and cultural identities that helped make the melting pot
that Kolkata is.
On
Wednesday, some 50 people traversed through several nooks and corners of the
pocket, stopping by some landmark spots — some of them associated with Nawab
Wajid Ali Shah, exiled to Kolkata from Awadh by the British — and interacting
with the local residents, some of them descendants of the early migrants.
The
walk across the port areas of Kidderpore and Metiabruz was part of a workshop
organised by the Calcutta Research Group, in collaboration with the Know Your
Neighbour campaign.
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Telegraph India
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