Mohsin Ahmad, A Radicalised And Active Member Of ISIS Arrested From Delhi’s Batla House Ahead Of Independence Day
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August 2022
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• Mohsin Ahmad, A Radicalised And Active Member Of
ISIS Arrested From Delhi’s Batla House Ahead Of Independence Day
• Authorities Investigate Killings Of Muslim Men In
Albuquerque As Possibly Connected
Islamic Jihad Leader Killed In Gaza
• Terrorists Kill 32,000 Nigerian Muslims As MURIC
Counters US Lawmakers On Christian Persecution
• “Beijing To Support Dhaka On All Issues At
International Forums”
• More Resources Needed To Protect Arab Cultural
Treasures: Riyadh University Study
India
• Madras High Court Ruled That A Temple Was A Buddhist
Site - How Will This Impact Mosque-Temple Cases?
• Hamid Ansari—Secularism Critical for India; I’m
Worried About Our Future; Muslims Hurt by Prejudice
• With eye on 2024 polls, BJP plans to expand base
among Yadavs, Pasmanda Muslims
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North America
• IDF footage shows ‘beyond doubt’ that misfired
Islamic Jihad rocket killed children in Gaza
• 'Targeted killings': US police suspect murder of
four Muslim men are linked
• CAIR raises reward for information on recent killing
of Muslim men
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Africa
• Muslim-Muslim ticket critics may scuttle power
rotation to South, Adamawa APC warns
• Kenya’s Muslims: a divided community with little
political clout
• Respect rights of arrested northerners, they are
unarmed – Islamic group tells Amotekun
• Vice President of Ghana Hails National Chief Imam’s
Contributions to Education as he Commissions his Mosque and School
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South Asia
• Deadly Explosion in Western Kabul: IS-K Terrorist
Group Assumes Responsibility
• Taliban Calls on Immediate Cessation of ‘Brutal’
Israel Attacks on Gaza
• 12 Afghan Prisoners Released by UAE Return Home
• Call To Serve Muslim Detainee Halal Food At
Detention Centre In Japan
• UN Special Rapporteur Bennett Says Protecting
Afghans Duty of Taliban Defence Officials
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Arab world
• Saudi Tech Experts Bring Futuristic AI Technology
Closer To Reality
• Saudi Perfumier Scenting Global Business Success
Through Fragrance Workshops
• Saudi Arabia ‘condemns, denounces’ Israeli attacks
in Gaza
• Saudi ambassador to US visits Aramco Research Center
in Detroit
• Saudi authorities arrest people with drugs
• KSrelief distributes food aid to families in Yemen
and Pakistan
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Pakistan
• PTI Leaders Summoned As FIA Launches Funds Probe
• 2 Islamic savings schemes launched
• PML-Q sees no issue with Khan calling shots in
Punjab from Banigala
• CPO, deputy commissioner visit mosque in Lalkurti
• NA strength reduced to 336 as ECP issues new
delimitation lists
• No progress on establishment of Gandhara Heritage
Centre
• PTI asks court to suspend schedule of by-elections
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Mideast
• Israeli Airstrike Kills Second Top Islamic Jihad
Commander, Khaled Mansour, As Gaza Death
Toll Climbs
• Hundreds Of Israeli Settlers Break Into Al-Aqsa
Mosque Amid High Tensions
• Islamic Resistance To Keep Up Efforts To Liberate Palestine:
Iran Official
• Rocket Sirens Heard Near Jerusalem As Islamic Jihad
Vows To Avenge Slain Commander
• Iran targets its Baha’i community with arrests and
home demolitions
• Stalled Iran nuclear talks need compromises to
salvage it, warn diplomats
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Europe
• Jalsa Salana: Muslims From Across Wales Celebrate At
UK's Largest Islamic Convention
• New Preston mosque would be open to the whole
community, amid warning of ‘them and us’ attitude
• Muslim ‘Home Alone’ film to hit UK screens in aid of
charity
• UK cyclists who kill pedestrians face ‘death by
dangerous cycling’ law
• Rishi Sunak Attacks Liz Truss For 'Starry-Eyed
Boosterism' On The Economy
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Southeast Asia
• Zahid: Not Fair To Link Me To LCS Project, I Was Not
Defence Minister Then
• Sarawak Premier: Non-Muslims Must Have State Govt's
Protection To Achieve Complete Unity
• PM Ismail Sabri congratulates Joe Ee for
contributing two gold at the Commonwealth Games
• Loke says possible for DAP to work with Umno
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Mohsin Ahmad, A Radicalised And Active Member Of ISIS
Arrested From Delhi’s Batla House Ahead Of Independence Day
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by India News Desk
August 7, 2022
The National Investigation Agency on Saturday arrested
a man, identified as Mohsin Ahmed, a permanent resident of Patna, from Batla
House in New Delhi on charges of being an active member of the Islamic State.
The arrest was made following searches at his premises among other locations in
a case registered by the NIA regarding “online and on-ground activities of the
ISIS” on June 25.
“Accused Mohsin Ahmad is a radicalised and active
member of ISIS. He has been arrested for his involvement in collection of funds
for ISIS from sympathisers in India as well as abroad. He was sending these
funds to Syria and other places in form of cryptocurrency in order to further
the activities of ISIS,” the NIA said in a statement issued on Sunday.
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Authorities Investigate Killings Of Muslim Men In Albuquerque
As Possibly Connected
Albuquerque police spokesman
Gilbert Gallegos addresses the media Saturday about the slayings of four Muslim
men since November. (KOB) (KOB)
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By Patricio Chile
August 07, 2022
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Saturday
she will send additional state police to Albuquerque after the fourth murder of
a Muslim man in the city in recent months.
"I am angered and saddened that this is happening
in New Mexico, a place that prides itself on diversity of culture and thought.
This is not who we are," said Lujan Grisham in a press statement.
The governor's office said additional state police
will be on patrol in the city and they are working in close coordination with
the Albuquerque Police Department and the FBI to provide necessary support.
"We will not stop in our pursuit of justice for
the victims and their families and are bringing every resource to bear to
apprehend the killer or killers — and we WILL find them," the governor
said. "In addition, we will continue to do everything we can to support to
the Muslim community during this difficult time."
The Albuquerque Police Department did not identify the
man killed Friday night. The man, believed to be in his 20s, is Muslim and a
native of South Asia, they said.
Police are investigating whether the killing is
connected to the Monday shooting death of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain as well as
the murder of Aftab Hussein on July 26 and Mohammad Ahmadi in November 2021.
Police on Thursday said they determined a connection
between the shooting deaths of Hussain, 27, and Hussein, 41 -- both from
Pakistan. Ahmadi, 62, was a Muslim man from Afghanistan who was killed outside
a business he ran with his brother, police say.
"We've never gone through anything like this
before," Ahmad Assed, president of the Islamic Center of New Mexico, said
at a press conference Saturday, according to ABC affiliate KOAT in Albuquerque.
"This is really a surreal time for us. We're in fear of the safety of our
children, our families."
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Terrorists Kill 32,000 Nigerian Muslims As MURIC
Counters US Lawmakers On Christian Persecution
Boko Haram
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By Sulaimon Salau
07 August 2022
Statistics released by the Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC) has revealed that about 32,000 Muslims were killed by terrorists within
three years in Nigeria.
This figure, according to the Director, MURIC, Prof.
Ishaq Akintola, indicated that more Muslims were being killed in Nigeria than
Christians. He spoke last Thursday at a press conference held in Lagos.
Akintola therefore faults claims emanating from
Christian leaders in Nigeria that Christians are the only ones being killed in
the country.
Akintola, in reaction to the request by five US
senators for Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, to re-designate Nigeria
as a country of particular concern (CPC), said they are misled by false
stories.
In December 2020, the US listed Nigeria among
countries blacklisted for “violating religious freedom” under the CPC
designation. However, in November 2021, Nigeria was removed from the list.
Citing the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo,
Ondo State and the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu
Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, the senators wrote to Blinken, saying
there is no “demonstrable improvement in the country’s religious freedom
conditions.”
Irked by this development, Akintola accused the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of claiming that only Christians are
being killed in Nigeria and of lobbying US politicians until the five senators
wrote to Blinken.
He said: “They exposed their bad intention towards
their Muslim neighbours when they did not stop at lying within the boarders of
Nigeria but went as far as the United States of America to pour venom on their
compatriots and demarket their own country in a most unpatriotic and
uncharitable manner.”
He said to claim that the federal government is
failing to protect the religious freedom of Christian citizens is a “shameless
attempt to upturn the facts of history,” adding that millions of Muslims have
faced harassment in southern Nigeria.
“Boko Haram in particular has killed, maimed and
displaced more Muslims than Christians, more Muslim clerics and more Muslim
traditional rulers have been killed or kidnapped than Christians,” he said.
“Most importantly, more Muslim majority states are
under siege by these terrorists than Christian majority states while more
Nigerian Muslims have been impoverished by insecurity than Christians.
Insecurity in Nigeria has had greater impact on Muslims more than Christians
but our Christian neighbours are standing history on its head.
“The US should not encourage Nigerian Christians who
are entangled in a cobweb of entitlement syndrome. Christian leaders are taking
advantage of the precarious security situation in Nigeria which has been
compounded by the Libya factor.”
Akintola challenged the US senators to provide the
source of their claim that 4,000 Christians were killed in Nigeria as at 2021,
adding that Christian leaders are simply capitalising on the enormity of the
security challenge facing Nigeria.
“We are asking where this statistics came from. We are
asking who counted the 4,650 dead bodies, where, when and how? While it is true
that Nigeria has had serious security challenges in the past two years (2021
and 2022), it has been tough for all citizens. “Muslims, Christians and
animists have faced daunting security challenges, but it is the Muslims in the
North who have been killed the most and kidnapped in their hundreds.
“To claim that the Nigerian Government is failing to
protect the religious freedom of its Christian citizens is a shameless attempt
to upturn the facts of history. Millions of Muslims live under duress,
intimidation and harassment in Southern Nigeria where Christian governors and
government officials openly dehumanise Muslims and deprive them of their
Allah-given fundamental human rights.
“Female Muslim students are locked out of schools
merely for manifesting their Islamic faith by using hijab. Eminently qualified
Muslims are denied employment unless they converted to Christianity. Political
appointments are anathema for Muslims in Southern Nigeria under Christian
governors.
“It must be noted that only one state has a Muslim
governor out of the seventeen states in Southern Nigeria and Muslims live under
religious apartheid in all the 16 states controlled by Christians. So, which
government are the US senators referring to as violators of religious freedom?
We assume that a critical, holistic and comprehensive assessment will be
objective here. Selective appraisal will do justice and fairness no good.
“Those who speak of blasphemy laws also need to
contextualise their assertion. Which blasphemy law and which government?
Federal or state? Just like in the US, Nigerian states have their own legal
peculiarities based on the heterogeneity of our polity. It will be unfair and
even naïve of the US senators to judge the Federal Government of Nigeria by the
actions or legislations of any of its states. Yet Christian leaders who take
such reports to US politicians know the truth of the matter. They are just
being deliberately malicious by not putting information in its proper
perspective,” he stated.
Akintola said the fact remains that 90 per cent of the
victims of Boko Haram and ISWAP are Muslims and the operations of these
terrorist groups are mainly restricted to the North where Muslims are in the
majority. Therefore, Muslims constitute majority of the victims of violence in
Nigeria. No data can dispute that even if it is from a satellite operating on
Jupiter,” he said.
“Boko Haram killed 37,500 persons from 2015 to 2018.
Of this figure, 32,000 were Muslims, while 5,500 were Christians. This means
that 85 per cent of those killed were Muslims. Mosques have been bombed or
burnt. Imams, Shaykhs and emirs have been abducted and killed. But CAN still
wants to deceive the world by claiming that it is Christians alone who are
being killed in Nigeria.
“The reason killing of Christians appears more
pronounced is due to difference in burial culture. Nigerian Christians display
bodies of their victims and may even delay their burial for days, if not
months, while Muslims bury their victims almost immediately without any fuss.
It is photo trick and camera magic that egg on emotions.
“Terrorists are destroying mosques and killing the
Muslim worshippers inside in their hundreds. Yet Nigerian Christian leaders say
only churches are being attacked. It is absolutely absurd and
incomprehensible,” he said.
The MURIC director also referenced reports of
Christians launching “premeditated and well-coordinated attacks on Muslims on
several occasions” and mentioned several examples including attacks on Fulani
herders in the South-East.
He cited a case whereby more than 200 Muslims were
mercilessly massacred and their dead bodies eaten up in a cannibal feast in
Jos, Plateau State on August 29, 2011, while Christian Jarawas and Sayawas
killed more than 400 Hausa-Fulani Muslims in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State,
between June and July, 2001. About 22,000 Muslims were displaced and till
today, the Christians of Tafawa Balewa have not allowed a single Muslim to
enter the city.
He also cited a situation whereby five buses loaded
with Muslims returning to Ondo State were blockaded at Rukuba, Jos in Plateau
State by the notorious Irigwe Christian militia group resulting in the killing
of 22 innocent Muslims while 16 were seriously wounded, and many other cases.
He, however, said there are still good Christians in
Nigeria and appealed to them to “disregard CAN’s false allegation and
incitement.”
According to him, “attack on churches and mosques as
well as schools, buses and trains explains the ‘crowd mentality’ of Nigerian
terrorists’. They are attacking such places not for religious reasons but in
order to kidnap as many people as possible for ransom. They are targeting
places where people assemble in large number. When bandits stop a train or a
vehicle, or when they enter a village, they don’t ask about anyone’s religion.
They just pack as many people as they can conveniently take away.”
Akintola added that Nigerian Muslims do not support
criminal groups. “They do not represent us. We reject them. True Muslims
respect humanity. We are prepared to peacefully coexist with our Christian
neighbours and we have done so for decades before the marauding Boko Haram
gangs came barely fifteen years ago. They do not have our consent,”
“We as Muslims are committed to peaceful coexistence
but on the basis of equality and fairness, without intimidation or harassment
and definitely without blackmail. We cherish human dignity and we have respect
for human life,” he stated.
Last year, the President General of the Nigerian
Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji
Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, condemned the killing of a group of innocent Muslims
who were returning from Bauchi to Akure, Ondo State.
In another development, Sultan described the killing
of Harira, her unborn child and four children as, “senseless and barbaric,
maintaining that the recurring heartless and calamitous unprovoked killings and
maiming in Anambra and other parts of the country are condemnable.”
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“Beijing To Support Dhaka On All Issues At
International Forums”
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UNB, Dhaka
Aug 7, 2022
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today (August 7,
2022) said his country will continue supporting Bangladesh's development
journey, describing Dhaka as their "strategic development partner".
The Chinese foreign minister said this during a
courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gano
Bhaban in the capital, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told reporters after
the meeting.
"China will continue to support Bangladesh as a
strategic development partner," the press secretary quoted Wang Yi as
saying to the premier.
The Chinese foreign minister said Beijing will support
Dhaka on all issues at international forums too, according to the press
secretary.
At the meeting, the prime minister sought China's help
to resolve Rohingya issue, saying the displaced people are an extra burden for
Bangladesh.
In reply, the Chinese minister said his country
expects that the issue will be solved through the bilateral discussions between
Bangladesh and Myanmar. If it needs tripartite intervention over the issue,
China will play its role, he added.
The PM requested China to take measures for taking
back the Bangladeshi students, who had to leave China during the Covid-19
period and are yet to return to their campuses there to complete their studies.
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More Resources Needed To Protect Arab Cultural
Treasures: Riyadh University Study
The GameDev Zone interior,
buzzing with eager and curious Saudis looking to try the latest artificial
intelligence (AI) technologies in Riyadh. (Supplied)
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Arab News
August 06, 2022
JEDDAH: A Saudi university study has called for
efforts to combat terror groups to be stepped up as part of a campaign to
protect cultural heritage in Arab countries.
The study, carried out by Naif Arab University for Security
Sciences in Riyadh, highlighted the critical role national legislation plays in
safeguarding cultural treasures against the activities of extremists seeking to
damage historical monuments and archaeological sites.
Arab countries are home to world heritage, religions
and cultural treasures recognized throughout history. However, some have faced
threats from uncontrolled factors, such as wars and dealing in looted
antiquities, resulting in damage to historical monuments and archaeological
sites.
The NAUSS study noted that the Arab region — home to
the oldest human civilizations and the cradle of the world’s monotheistic
religions — possesses a unique cultural and civilization richness.
The paper also recommended taking advantage of
training offered by global partner organizations to develop the capabilities of
security forces and judicial agencies.
However, the policy analysis prepared by NAUSS’
Security Research Center, titled “The Reality and Prospects of Cultural
Heritage Protection in the Arab Region,” showed that some Arab countries face
challenges in carrying out an inventory and keeping track of their cultural
treasures.
Based on the study, NAUSS, the scientific body of the
Arab Interior Ministers Council, issued recommendations aimed at preserving
Arab heritage.
The most important is an increase in funding to
strengthen protection for cultural and heritage sites, as well as support for
Interpol efforts to track looted items and artifacts.
The paper also recommended taking advantage of
training offered by global partner organizations to develop the capabilities of
security forces and judicial agencies.
Other recommendations included greater investment in
conservation and security at archaeological sites, and increased coordination
with the World Customs Organization in efforts to prevent trafficking and
smuggling of antiquities.
In the diplomatic and judicial arena, the paper called
for increased Arab efforts to recover looted heritage items, stronger national
legislation to protect ancient sites, and ratification of international
agreements to protect heritage and antiquities.
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India
Madras High Court Ruled That A Temple Was A Buddhist
Site - How Will This Impact Mosque-Temple Cases?
Umang Poddar
07-08-2022
In July, a single judge of the Madras High Court
ordered that Thalaivetti Muniyappan temple in Salem district in Tamil Nadu be
removed from the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment
Department and given to the state’s archaeological department.
An archaeological survey of the shrine ordered by the
court in 2017 had concluded that an idol in the temple considered to be that of
the Hindu god Thalaivetti Muniappan was actually a figure of the Buddha.
Maintaining that “the mistaken identity cannot be allowed to continue”, the
court ordered that the “original status” of the idol be restored.
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Hamid Ansari—Secularism Critical for India; I’m
Worried About Our Future; Muslims Hurt by Prejudice
Karan Thapar
07-08-2022
In an interview where he speaks his mind without
recourse to euphemism, India’s former vice president has said secularism is
critical to the integrity of the country and its steady weakening is
endangering India’s future. Hamid Ansari has also said India’s 15% Muslim
population is hurt by the prejudice they face and feel they are being
ill-treated. He says he is worried about India’s future but he hopes that
things will change.
Ansari, who as vice president also served as chairman
of the Rajya Sabha for ten years, has said India’s parliament is failing in its
three key duties of scrutinising legislation, holding the government to account
and debating and discussing the critical issues of the day. He identified a few
key steps that must be taken to reinvigorate and revitalise parliament.
Source: Economic Times
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With Eye on 2024 Polls, BJP Plans to Expand Base Among
Yadavs, Pasmanda Muslims & Other Stories
By: News Desk
AUGUST 07, 2022
The maiden launch of India’s brand new rocket is
keeping the country in suspense as to its fate on Sunday morning. Hoping to
celebrate in advance the country’s 75th anniversary of Independence in style
the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its freshly minted
rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle - Developmental Flight (SSLV-D1).
On its first developmental flight, the SSLV-D1 carried
an earth observation satellite-02 (EOS-02), formerly known as Microsatellite-2,
weighing about 145 kg and the eight kg AZAADISAT built by 750 students of
government schools facilitated by SpaceKidz India.
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North America
IDF footage shows ‘beyond doubt’ that misfired Islamic
Jihad rocket killed children in Gaza
August 7, 2022
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday night released
footage it claims shows a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket misfiring and
causing an explosion in a residential area of Jabalya that reportedly killed
numerous people, including four children.
The rocket was launched at 6:51 p.m. local time,
according to the IDF, and was detected by the military’s ballistic missile
defense center. PIJ is experiencing an average of 20% misfired rockets,
according to the military.
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'Targeted killings': US police suspect murder of four
Muslim men are linked
07-08-2022
Police in the US state of New Mexico have said they
are investigating the murders of three Muslim men that they suspect are related
to a fourth homicide from last year.
"Investigators believe Friday's murder may be
connected to three recent murders of Muslim men also from South Asia," the
statement said on Saturday.
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CAIR raises reward for information on recent killing
of Muslim men
Tommy Lopez
August 7, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police say another Muslim man was
shot and killed overnight, and APD believes his murder is connected to three
other homicides since November.
In light of all these killings, KOB 4 reached out to
the Council on American Islamic Relations to get some insight on how these killings
are being responded to by the Muslim community at large.
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Africa
Muslim-Muslim ticket critics may scuttle power
rotation to South, Adamawa APC warns
By Onimsi Alao, Yola
Aug 7, 2022
The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressive
Congress (APC) has warned advocates of rotation of the presidency to the South
that critics of APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket may scuttle that possibility.
The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal,
urged southerners in particular not to be misled into helping to keep the
presidency in the North by contributing to the failure of the APC presidential
candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Source: The Nation Onlineng
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Kenya’s Muslims: a divided community with little
political clout
August 7, 2022
Kenyan Muslims played a part in the push to repeal
repressive political laws in the country in the early 1990s. But Muslims, who
account for 11% of the population, have yet to enjoy the fruits of their
activist labour.
This is because they remain divided. Their division –
due both to internal and external factors – means they aren’t a political power
bloc big enough for the elites who run the country to seek their support as a
community. In Kenya, political and economic power rests with the large ethnic
groups.
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Respect rights of arrested northerners, they are
unarmed – Islamic group tells Amotekun
By Don Silas
August 7, 2022
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the South West
security outfit, Amotekun, to respect the fundamental human rights of Northern
travellers arrested a few days ago.
MURIC also called on the authorities of Amotekun to
apply professional decorum in the issue and to let the rule of law prevail.
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Vice President
of Ghana Hails National Chief Imam’s Contributions to Education as he
Commissions his Mosque and School
August 7, 2022
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has
described the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu as "a gift
to the nation from God" who has contributed immensely to education and
national development
Dr. Bawumia eulogised the 103-year-old Sheikh
Sharubutu on Friday August 5, when he commissioned the Sheikh Sharubutu
Mosque - a magnificent edifice built by
the National Chief Imam, as well as an Islamic School beside it, in Joma
Ablekuma.
Source: Africa-Newsroom
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South Asia
Deadly Explosion in Western Kabul: IS-K Terrorist
Group Assumes Responsibility
By Saqalain Eqbal
07 Aug 2022
The Pol-e-Sokhta area of Kabul’s police district 6 was
the site of the explosion, which happened at 03:30 local time, on Saturday.
Witnesses on the site claimed that the explosion targeted the Shi’ite mourners
for Muharram.
The Taliban spokesman for Kabul Police Office, Khalid
Zadran, stated that two people were killed and 22 others were injured as a
consequence of the blast.
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Taliban Calls on Immediate Cessation of ‘Brutal’
Israel Attacks on Gaza
By Saqalain Eqbal
06 Aug 2022
According to the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry statement,
the international community should prevent Israel’s attack on “innocent” and
“defenseless” Muslims of the Gaza enclave of Palestine.
Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the spokesperson in a tweet, on
Saturday, outlined the Taliban’s stance on the immediate halt to Israeli attacks.
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12 Afghan Prisoners Released by UAE Return Home
By Saqalain Eqbal
06 Aug 2022
Taliban-run, state-controlled Bakhtar News Agency
reported on Saturday that the Taliban Deputy Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani
Baradar, visited the prisoners who recently returned to Kabul.
According to a statement made by his office, Mullah
Baradar told them in a meeting that he was pleased they had been released and
promised to provide them employment opportunities in the country.
Source: khaama Press
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Call To Serve Muslim Detainee Halal Food At Detention
Centre In Japan
By MAIKO ITO
August 7, 2022
NAGOYA--Supporters of foreign nationals incarcerated
at immigration detention centres are calling on the authorities to review the
food menu for Muslims following the case of a man who lost significant weight
due to his lack of access to halal dishes.
Akemi Mano, a resident of Tsuyama, Aichi Prefecture,
who works to provide support for foreign nationals staying in Japan, said the
detainee told her during a recent interview that he had lost 10 kilograms over
two months.
Source: The Daily Star
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UN Special Rapporteur Bennett Says Protecting Afghans
Duty of Taliban Defense Officials
By Saqalain Eqbal
06 Aug 2022
The “dreadful attack on civilians in crowded Hazara
market W[est] Kabul, continuing pattern of crimes claimed by ISIS,” the UN
senior official wrote on his Twitter handle on Friday.
He extended his sympathy to the victims’ families and
expressed his concern for them. He also wished the injured a speedy recovery.
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Arab world
Saudi tech experts bring futuristic AI technology
closer to reality
NADA ALTURKI
August 06, 2022
RIYADH: Saudi technology experts are putting the
latest developments in artificial intelligence into the hands of gamers
attending a major international festival in the Kingdom.
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra)
has partnered with the Saudi Esports Federation for the Gamers8 event taking
place in Riyadh to showcase the most recent advances in augmented and virtual
reality technologies.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi perfumier scenting global business success
through fragrance workshops
RAHAF JAMBI
August 06, 2022
RIYADH: A Saudi perfumier is scenting the sweet smell
of business success running workshops on how to make fragrances.
Wid Jamjoom has dabbled with chemistry and cosmetics
since childhood and now has more than 20 years of experience in the
perfume-blending field.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi Arabia ‘condemns, denounces’ Israeli attacks in
Gaza
ARAB NEWS
August 06, 2022
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday condemned and
denounced an attack carried out by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza
Strip, Saudi Press Agency reported.
Israel’s military warned deadly air strikes against
Palestinian militants in Gaza could last a week, as cross-border fire
reverberated for a second day in the worst escalation since last year’s war.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi ambassador to US visits Aramco Research Center
in Detroit
ARAB NEWS
August 06, 2022
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the US
Princess Reema Bandar visited the Aramco Research Center in Detroit, Michigan,
US, on Saturday.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi authorities arrest people with drugs
ARAB NEWS
August 06, 2022
JEDDAH: The Road Safety Patrols have launched a
crackdown against individuals involved in possession of illegal substances in
Asir region.
The patrols arrested a Pakistani resident in Uhud
Rufaida in possession of 16,200 tablets that he was hiding in the car he was
driving.
Source: Arab News
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KSrelief distributes food aid to families in Yemen and
Pakistan
LAMA ALHAMAWI
August 06, 2022
RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief
Center (KSrelief) distributed 1,277 food packages and 6,000 cartons of dates to
families in need in Pakistan and Yemen on Saturday.
As part of the Kingdom’s humanitarian aid projects in
Pakistan, volunteers distributed food packages to those in need — including
widows, orphans and individuals with special needs — in Swat, Shangla, Buner,
and Deer Al-Olya in the Khayber Pakhtunkhwa province, helping 8,939
individuals.
Source: Arab News
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Pakistan
PTI leaders summoned as FIA launches funds probe
Muqaddam Khan
August 7, 2022
KARACHI / SWABI: Just a day after the Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA) constituted a panel to supervise teams in its
respective zones investigation into the matter pertaining to the Election
Commission of Pakistan (ECP) order in Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI)
prohibited funding case, the agency’s provincial chapters summoned senior
leaders of the party for next week to join the inquiry.
The FIA had on Friday constituted a five-member team
to supervise inquiry teams of the agency’s respective zones probing into the
prohibited funding case. Headed by its Director Muhammad Athar Waheed, the
monitoring team would be responsible for coordination with and guiding the
respective inquiry teams in each zone, according to a notification issued by
the agency’s economic crimes wing director. Its members would be FIA’s
Additional Director Khalid Anees, Deputy Director Khawaja Hammad, Chaudhry Ijaz
Ahmed and Assistant Director Ijaz Ahmed Sheikh.
Source: Dawn
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2 Islamic savings schemes launched
Amin Ahmed
August 7, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National
Savings (CDNS) will launch two Shariah-compliant schemes — Sarwa Islamic
Savings Account (SISA) and Sarwa Islamic Term Account (SITA) — from next month.
The CDNS has established an Islamic window named Rafa
National Savings (RNS) whose role is to provide different Shariah-compliant
investment accounts under Sarwa Islamic Savings Account Rules 2019. These
rules have already been approved by the federal cabinet, and the operation of
this scheme will be allowed from all national savings centres.
Source: Dawn
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PML-Q sees no issue with Khan calling shots in Punjab
from Banigala
Waseem Ashraf Butt
August 7, 2022
GUJRAT: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaaf (PTI)
Chairman Imran Khan practically wants to run the Punjab government led by
Parvez Elahi from Islamabad, the PML-Q does not have any issue with the senior
coalition partner’s strategy of issuing directions in important matters.
Well places sources told Dawn that the lists carrying
names of officers mainly in administration, police and other important posts
for transfer and posting are being sent to the Punjab CM office from Banigala
residence of the former prime minister who reportedly wants to repeat the Usman
Buzdar model.
Source: Dawn
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CPO, deputy commissioner visit mosque in Lalkurti
By APP
August 07, 2022
Rawalpindi: City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi, Syed
Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tahir Farooq, here on
Saturday visited Jamia Mosque Muhammadi, Lalkurti and held meeting with members
of peace committee, Anjuman-e-Tajran and Ulema-e-Karam.
Ulema and representatives of Anjuman-e-Tajran
appreciated steps being taken by City Police Officer (Rawalpindi) to ensure
peace during Muharram.
Source: The News
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NA strength reduced to 336 as ECP issues new
delimitation lists
Iftikhar A. Khan
August 7, 2022
ISLAMABAD: A key legal hitch in the way of next
general elections has been removed as the polls watchdog issued final lists of
national and provincial assembly constituencies, bringing down the total number
of National Assembly seats from the existing 342 to 336.
Under the 25th Amendment, the erstwhile Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) were merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province. The amendment abolished 12 NA seats of Fata and allocated six seats
to KP on the basis of population. As a result, the number of general seats in
the lower house of parliament came down to 266 from 272.
Source: Dawn
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No progress on establishment of Gandhara Heritage
Centre
Kashif Abbasi
August 7, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has
failed to set up the Gandhara Heritage and Culture and Convention Centre at the
F-9 Citizen Club in the light of its board decision, as the building is still
being used as a mass vaccination centre.
Officials told Dawn that last year the CDA board had
decided to establish the centre in Citizen Club and sent a proposal to the
federal cabinet which was approved. However, the civic agency is yet to take
steps for establishing the centre.
Source: Dawn
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PTI asks court to suspend schedule of by-elections
Malik Asad
August 7, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has
requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to suspend the schedule for
by-elections till final disposal of another petition that seeks court direction
to the National Assembly Speaker and Election Commission of Pakistan to approve
resignations of and denotify all the 123 MNAs belonging to the party.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan earlier announced that he
would contest the by-elections on all the nine seats. The ECP only a day ago
announced that by-elections would be held on nine seats of the National
Assembly as the seats fell vacant after acceptance of their resignation by the
NA Speaker and their de-notification by the commission.
Source: Dawn
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Mideast
Israeli Airstrike Kills Second Top Islamic Jihad
Commander, Khaled Mansour, As Gaza Death
Toll Climbs
7 August 2022
An Israeli airstrike killed a senior commander in the
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, according to the group, which has
seen its second leader to be slain amid an escalating cross-border conflict.
The killing late on Saturday of Khaled Mansour, who
led the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad’s operations in the southern Gaza Strip,
came a day after another Israeli strike killed the militant’s commander in the
north.
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Hundreds of Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque
amid high tensions
07/August/2022
JERUSALEM, Sunday, August 07, 2022 (WAFA) – Hundreds
of Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli police broke today into the Al-Aqsa
Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem and performed rituals across its
courtyards, according to witnesses. The provocative tours are still going on
until this moment.
This comes amid calls by so-called Temple Mount
groups, who seek to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque and replace it with a Jewish temple,
on their followers to be present at the Muslim holy place today to mark the
Tisha B’av holiday, a day of fasting marking the alleged destruction of the two
Jewish temples more than two thousand years ago.
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Islamic resistance to keep up efforts to liberate
Palestine: Iran official
Aug 7, 2022
Mohammad Sadegh Fazli, Assistant Foreign Minister of
Iran and General Director of the West Asia and North Africa Department of the
Iranian Foreign Ministry, tweeted on Sunday that the Zionists’ cruelty and
crime do not have any limits.
Fazli pointed out to recent fatal attack on the Gaza
Strip committed by the Zionist regime, noting that as a result of a terrorist
attack on Gaza 9 people were martyred and 48 Palestinians were injured.
Source: En.Irna.Ir
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Rocket sirens heard near Jerusalem as Islamic Jihad
vows to avenge slain commander
08.07.22
PIJ confirmed Mansour's killing Sunday morning shortly
before the attack and vowed that "his blood will ignite the campaign to
defend Jerusalem" as tensions around the capital are expected to run high
on Sunday due to Tisha B'Av — a day marking the destruction of both ancient
Jewish temples.
"The Zionist aggression in the city of Rafah
killed him... Khaled Mansour's blood will ignite the campaign to defend
Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque, to which settlers will break in today," the
group said in a statement.
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Iran targets its Baha’i community with arrests and
home demolitions
by Farnaz Fassihi
August 6, 2022
Iran has begun a sweeping crackdown on its Baha’i
community, a long-persecuted religious minority, arresting dozens of people and
destroying property belonging to members of the group, according to accounts
this week from the government, residents and rights groups.
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said in a statement
Monday that an unspecified number of people from the Baha’i community had been
arrested, accusing them of being spies with links to Israel and of propagating
the Baha’i faith by “infiltrating various educational sectors across the
country, including kindergartens.”
Source: Indian Express
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Stalled Iran nuclear talks need compromises to salvage
it, warn diplomats
August 7, 2022
Diplomats involved in talks to salvage the stalled
Iran nuclear deal in Vienna warned against too many demands being made and not
enough compromises.
E3 officials, as the representatives from Germany,
France and Britain are known, warned Iran earlier that the text that has been
negotiated would not be dismantled, only discussed anew.
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Europe
Jalsa Salana: Muslims from across Wales celebrate at
UK's largest Islamic Convention
7 August 2022
Muslims from around Wales have joined others from
across the UK for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic at
the UK's longest running Islamic convention.
The convention, known as Jalsa Salana, has attracted
around five hundred Muslims from around Wales to come together and connect with
others from across the nations.
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New Preston mosque would be open to the whole
community, amid warning of ‘them and us’ attitude
By Paul Faulkner
7th August 2022
The planned place of worship would also be
“progressive” and open for women to pray within its walls - although it is
thought unlikely that many would take advantage of the opportunity.
Details of how the Brick Veil Mosque would operate
were presented on Friday during the fourth day of the inquiry, which will help
determine whether the facility is ultimately allowed to be built on land alongside
the Broughton roundabout.
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Muslim ‘Home Alone’ film to hit UK screens in aid of
charity
ARAB NEWS
August 06, 2022
LONDON: A film dubbed the “Muslim version of ‘Home
Alone’” is set to appear in UK cinemas in aid of international charity Penny
Appeal’s campaign on behalf of orphans.
The critically acclaimed “Super Hijabi,” which stars a
Muslim girl wearing a hijab, will be screened in five British cities — London,
Bradford, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow — from Aug. 19-29.
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UK cyclists who kill pedestrians face ‘death by
dangerous cycling’ law
By Asher McShane
6 August 2022
Mr Shapps said the law is needed to "impress on
cyclists the real harm they can cause when speed is combined with lack of
care".
It comes four years after the Government ran a
consultation on proposals for new offences of causing death or serious injury
while cycling.
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Rishi Sunak Attacks Liz Truss For 'Starry-Eyed
Boosterism' On The Economy
PA Media
07/08/2022
Rishi Sunak has contrasted his “clear-eyed realism”
with the “starry-eyed boosterism” of his Tory leadership rival Liz Truss, while
she vowed to use a September emergency budget to “immediately” cut taxes.
The two candidates vying to replace Boris Johnson as
prime minister continued to clash over their plans for the economy after the
Bank of England warned this week that the UK would fall into the longest
recession since the financial crisis, with inflation set to soar to more than
13%.
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Southeast Asia
Zahid: Not fair to link me to LCS project, I was not
defence minister then
By Yiswaree Palansamy
07 Aug 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
has denied any involvement in the alleged financial improprieties regarding the
Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) project, saying that he was not defence minister at
the time the project was awarded.
The LCS project is the largest procurement in the
history of the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) with a total cost of RM9 billion.
The said contract began in 2013 with a ten-year time frame and six LCS ships
were expected to be built and delivered to the country by the end of 2023.
Source: Malay Mail
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Sarawak premier: Non-Muslims must have state govt's
protection to achieve complete unity
By Sulok Tawie
07 Aug 2022
KUCHING, Aug 7 — Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg
today stressed that the state government will protect non-Muslims and care for
them to achieve togetherness and inclusion.
He said as an example the Sarawak government has
channeled aid to non-Muslims through the Unit for Other Religions (UNIFOR) on
the basis that non-Muslims also need the protection and care of the state
government.
Source: Malay Mail
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PM Ismail Sabri congratulates Joe Ee for contributing
two gold at the Commonwealth Games
06 Aug 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail
Sabri Yaakob has congratulated national rhythmic gymnast Ng Joe Ee on her
success in garnering two gold medals at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
today.
"Ng Joe Ee just 16 years old had made the nation
proud with two gold medals. You are the pride of Keluarga Malaysia,” he said in
a tweet today.
Source: Malay Mail
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Loke says possible for DAP to work with Umno
By Soo Wern Jun
07 Aug 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — DAP secretary-general Anthony
Loke has not ruled out a collaboration with Umno deeming this as ‘anything is
possible in politics’.
“I will not rule out anything because what is
important is that we (all parties) must be agenda based,” he said in a FMT
report adding that DAP was open to working with any party pursuing the same
agendas.
Source: Malay Mail
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