Never-Say-Die Attitude Of The Hate-Mongers: ‘Thook Jihad’ (Spit Jihad) Weapon from Hindutva’s Arsenal Of Islamophobia Revived After A Year
New
Age Islam News Bureau
21
November 2021
Pinky Chaudhury, the leader of the Hindu Raksha Dal which has been filing complaints of 'Thook Jihad' of late, surrendering to the police following the Jantar Mantar hate rally Photo: Twitter video screengrab
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• Islamophobia Awareness Month Calls For Change On UK
Anti-Muslim Hate
• Adil al-Kalbani, Former Mecca Imam Appears In Saudi
Combat Games Promo; Sparks Outrage
• Jailed Kazakh Islamic State Widow ‘Optimistic’ About
Future
• Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi Stresses Need for Libyans to
Participate in Elections
India
• 'No Plans to Allow Namaz': Gurudwara Chief Does
U-Turn under Right-wing Pressure
• Due to Gurupurb Muslims Themselves Refused, Final
Decision On Namaz Next Week: Gurgaon Gurudwara
• How The Legacy Of Bhopal’s Muslim Rulers Is Being
Erased By Dislocating Experiences Of
Mutual Solidarities
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Europe
• Chief Imam of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque says Muslims
Seek To Open Prayer Rooms In Subways, Malls
• PM Johnson: UK “Must Try to Engage" with
Islamic Emirate
• Britain’s expected ban on Hamas puts spotlight on
Muslim Brotherhood activities
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Arab world
• Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Body Holding
Meeting To Address Human Rights Issues
• Prophet’s Holy Mosque Open For Prayers Without An
Appointment Or Permit: Officials
• Thousands Of Residency, Labour, Border Violators
Arrested Across Saudi Arabia
• Saudi specialists help transform clever ideas into
commercial successes
• Revolutionary type 2 diabetes pill introduced in
Saudi Arabia
• Saudi aid agency continues relief work in Pakistan,
Yemen, Jordan
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North America
• Muslim charitable funds not a source for fighting
climate change
• A Peaceful, Happy Holiday Season For US Muslims, Too
• US teen cleared of protester deaths says
self-defence ‘not illegal’
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Africa
• Muhammadu Buhari Should Declare Boko Haram, Others
As Terrorist Organisations
• Religious intolerance: ‘Boko Haram, ISWAP, bandits
killing Christians’ – CAN chides US govt
• Nigerian Shia cleric: Takfir Main Challenge on Path
of Muslim Unity
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Mideast
• Turkish President Erdogan’s Islamist Supremacy
Threatens Christian Minorities In Turkey
• United Nations Passes Resolution In Favour Of
Palestinians’ Sovereignty Over Their Natural Resources
• Arsenal accused of ending footballer Elneny’s
contract over supporting Palestine
• 45.000 of Palestinians perform Friday prayer at Aqsa
Mosque
• Iranians boo Khamenei at protest and disavow Hamas
in Gaza
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South Asia
• Beijing's Brutal Clampdown On Muslim Uighurs: Filmed
By Brave Activist Guan Guan, Who Documented Slogans Including 'Reform Through
Labour'
• United Kingdom must engage with Taliban in
Afghanistan: Boris Johnson
• UAE reopens its embassy in Kabul
• Nearly 3,000 drug addicts taken to hospitals in
Kabul: Taliban
• Taliban intends to pay three months salaries of
government employees
• President, PM pay tribute to martyred armed forces
members
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Southeast Asia
• Annuar Musa Downplays Sexual Harassment In
Entertainment Industry, Says No Need To Magnify Issues
• Ahmad Zahid: BN open to talks with other parties to
form Melaka govt if it falls short of majority
• Friday Prayers Held In Brunei After 3-Month Hiatus
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Pakistan
• International Expo Of Islamic Arts Opens In Pakistan
With Iran’s Participation
• Panchayat Accused Of Delaying Construction On Hindu Cremation
Ground Plot In Islamabad
• New legislation tightens establishment’s grip on
parliament, says Fazl
• Right to use of force should only rest with the
state: experts
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Never-Say-Die Attitude Of The Hate-Mongers: ‘Thook Jihad’ (Spit Jihad) Weapon from Hindutva’s Arsenal Of
Islamophobia Revived After A Year
Pinky Chaudhury, the leader
of the Hindu Raksha Dal which has been filing complaints of 'Thook Jihad' of
late, surrendering to the police following the Jantar Mantar hate rally Photo:
Twitter video screengrab
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Alishan Jafri
20-11-2021
On November 15, 2021, a seven-second video of a Muslim
eatery worker from Loni, Ghaziabad, was widely circulated on social media. It
was shared by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and right-wing media
handles like Kreately, who used it as ‘proof’ of something called #ThookJihad
(‘thook’ is literally ‘spit’).
The next day, Aman Chopra, anchor of the news channel
News18, held a debate based on this video in which he made blatantly
Islamophobic statements and talked about ‘Riwaz-E-Thook’ (a purported ‘tradition
of spitting’), suggesting a sinister conspiracy by Muslim street food workers
against Hindus via the contamination of food.
Strangely, on November 18, the show and the tweets
were quietly taken off YouTube and Twitter by the anchor and the news channel.
Since independent fact-checkers and the news website News laundry have already
done a detailed takedown of the show, which is filled with anti-Muslim hatred
and misinformation, the focus of this report is only on that seven-second video
and the Hindu Raksha Dal (HRD) men who shot it.
The video shows a skullcap-wearing worker at a ‘Muslim
hotel’ baking chapatis in a tandoor and alleged that this worker had spat on
the chapatis. Amit Prajapati, state chief of the HRD, told The Wire, “This is
not a communal conflict. The food at the eatery is eaten by both Muslims and
Hindus. We do not want people to fall prey to any disease during this epidemic
(sic). When a worker of the Hindu Raksha Dal passed by, he saw this person
repeatedly spitting in rotis and made a video of him. Later, when our workers
went to the hotel at about 5 pm, he misbehaved with them, so we called the
police. The police took him into custody.”
Sumit Sood, the HRD worker who uploaded the video of
the incident, said in the video: “This is for those Hindus who come and eat
with these pigs [Muslims]. You come and eat their spit daily. The more you
boycott these mullahs, the better. To all my brothers [this is a message] to
not eat with these pigs. They feed you filth.”
In the background of the video is the eatery in
question, which appears to have been vandalised. The Muslim man in the video is
now in jail, based on a criminal complaint filed by Sood and other members of
the HRD.
Strangely, this is not the first time that a member of
the HRD has passed by street-side eatery in the area and spotted a Muslim man
spitting on rotis.
This video, posted by members of the HRD in October
shows a mob chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ outside a shop near Bhatia Chowk and
pushing a man, perhaps a worker, after a Muslim man purportedly committed
‘thook jihad’. The first information report (FIR) filed by Sisodiya alleged
that two other eateries in the neighbourhood were part of the ‘thook jihad’
conspiracy. Coincidentally, News18 had also shared this video, describing how
the HRD workers’ protest led to the arrest of a man named Tamizuddin.
Pinky Chaudhury, chief of the HRD, along with Sood had
posted this video on their social media handles a month before Sood found
himself in the same circumstances with another Muslim man in the town.
Both the videos say that when men related to the HRD
saw a Muslim chapati-maker commit what they call ‘thook jihad’ and intervened,
Muslim men allegedly abused and attacked them, leading the Hindutva men to call
the police.
“Jai Shri Ram to all my brothers. I have been saying
this (sic) for a long time that no Hindu should eat at Muslim eateries because
they want to defile our faith…Boycott these people with a Jihadi mind-set,”
Chaudhury wrote on Facebook, sharing a News18 report on the incident.
On Tuesday, November 16, a large ‘Hanuman Chalisa
protest’ was organised by members of the HRD near the Shiv Mandir in the area
to stop meat eateries from “hurting Hindu sentiments”.
“The people working there misbehave with the devotees
and throw leftovers of chicken, so we have demanded that the administration
close the shops,” Prajapati told The Wire.
Sood called upon Hindus to attend the reading in large
numbers to send a strong message to vidharmis (a derogatory term for Muslims
and Christians, meaning traitors of the Hindu religion). Last month, The Wire
had covered the group’s vigilante drive to shut down meat shops in Bulandshahr
during Navratri, a campaign endorsed by Sisodiya, the complainant in the
Tamizuddin case.
Interestingly, one of the panellists on Chopra’s
November 15 TV debate was former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, who
had been arrested in August, 2021 in connection with the Jantar Mantar hate
rally in which calls to economically cripple and kill Muslims were made.
“In thook jihadiyon ko ya toh maa baap sikha rahe hai
ya koi school mein jaa rahe hai (These thook jihadis are either being taught
all this by their parents or at their schools),” Upadhyay said on the show. He
even suggested that Muslim men may be mixing other body fluids in the food they
prepare, Newslaundry reported.
The men who happened to be present at the two
different spots in less than a month in Ghaziabad’s Loni where ‘thook jihad’
was committed are all HRD workers. Their leader, Chaudhury, had been arrested
along with Upadhyay after the Jantar Mantar hate rally in August. The other accused
in the hate rally case have also been involved in a sustained campaign to
boycott Muslims for the last two years.
The Wire has covered the boycott campaign extensively.
In June, 2021, a Muslim man was assaulted in Uttam Nagar by an armed mob
allegedly chanting Jai Shri Ram during protests by the same group against rehdi
(street vendor) jihad and fruit jihad. Hindutva supporters had organised a
Hanuman Chalisa protest against Muslim fruit sellers there as well.
At the Jantar Mantar rally, open calls had been made
to target Muslim businesses and pamphlets against the community were
circulated. “No matter who comes to power, we will not allow Muslims to rise.
We are in the process of awakening our youth. We will get mullahs out of graves
and finish them from their roots. Wait for April 2, you will see we will create
a situation where Muslims have to either convert to Hinduism or they will be
sent to Pakistan,” Chaudhury had said at the Jantar Mantar rally.
Chaudhury also claimed responsibility for the attack
on JNU students on January 5, 2020. On several occasions, he threatened
genocidal violence against Muslims. He had announced a bounty on the head of
Amanatullah Khan, a member of the Delhi legislative assembly from the Aam Aadmi
Party. He admitted on live TV that it was his men who had raised genocidal
slogans at the August 8 Jantar Mantar protest. Meanwhile, he spewed more hate
against Islam, the Quran and Muslims on the shows that hosted him. In the
Jantar Mantar case, he only surrendered to the police 20 days after absconding,
on September 1.
In 2020, one Naushad was arrested for ‘thook jihad’ by
the Uttar Pradesh police in Meerut on the complaint of Hindu Jagran Manch
leader Sachin Sirohi. Naushad had first been assaulted by members of the group
and then arrested under the National Security Act (NSA). Later, the NSA charges
were dropped and he was released on bail. However, all chapati shops refused to
hire him, fearing a backlash. Naushad has always denied spitting in the food,
but he spent three months in jail. In 2020, following the Tablighi Jamaat
episode, many Muslims were targeted and accused of spreading the COVID-19
virus.
Just like his colleagues of the HRD who keep stumbling
upon instances of ‘thook jihad’, Sirohi and his men claim the ability to spot
‘love jihad’ as they walk the streets. On one occasion, they found “a love
jihadi harassing a Hindu woman” while they were walking down a street. The man
was assaulted and the woman was forced to hit him with her shoes while the
vigilantes filmed the act. Later, the woman filed a police complaint against
the Hindutva men for the violence.
On November 19, Jeet Vashisht, another member of the
Hindu Jagran Manch, uploaded a video of himself harassing and manhandling a worker
at a Muslim biryani stall. In the video, he accused the worker of urinating in
the food, a charge the man repeatedly denied. Later in the video, he accused
another man of food contamination and threatened to call the police on the
biryani stall. Last month, The Wire had covered Vashisht and his group forcibly
shutting down meat shops and non-vegetarian eateries during a vigilante drive
on Navratri.
On condition of anonymity, a worker at a popular
non-vegetarian eatery in Delhi told The Wire, “Nobody spits in the food or
chapatis. Sometimes a cook blows extra dry flour on the bread so that it can be
stuck properly inside the tandoor. These videos are false stories meant to
spread hatred.”
A roti shop owner in Lucknow said, “I don’t want to
explain anything. You can come and record a video to know the process. This is
a laughable accusation.”
A tweet posted by the Ghaziabad police said about the
November 15 incident: “A social media video of a man spitting on roti before
putting it in the tandoor has gone viral.” The tweet included a video of a
police officer saying: “During the investigation, it was found out that the
video was of the Muslim hotel which is located near the Bathlana flyover in the
Loni police station area. The suspect was apprehended and will be questioned
further. Police will take appropriate legal action to ensure that no one’s
feelings are hurt in the future.”
Retired Indian Police Service officer and author N.C.
Asthana told The Wire that similar allegations of contamination of various food
items had been raised in the past also, especially since the pandemic began and
not one of them had been found to be true or successfully prosecuted, thereby
proving that the rumours and the visuals were spread with the purpose of
disturbing communal harmony.
“That this bogey has been raised again proves the
never-say-die attitude of the hate-mongers. The nation cannot allow this sort
of absurdly malicious vigilantism,” Asthana said.
He questioned how the police can ascertain and
attribute the motive of promoting enmity between two communities on just the
basis of a complainant’s version of the story.
“Can a video clip which is a few seconds long and does
not show the impugned act clearly be held to be credible information for the
purpose of registering a case? If someone merely did as much as to sneeze and
was caught on camera sneezing, it could again be alleged that he purposefully
did not clean his hands to promote enmity. Obviously, there is no end to this
sort of stupidity,” he added.
Source: The Wire
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Islamophobia Awareness Month Calls For Change On UK Anti-Muslim
Hate
Women are common targets of
Islamophobic hate [JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images-file photo]
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Nick McAlpin
20 November, 2021
Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) is aiming to combat
the deepening crisis of anti-Muslim hate in the UK this November. The annual
campaign, which the NGO Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) cofounded nine
years ago, has made Time for Change its 2021 theme, seeking concrete
improvements.
Events this year include reading groups, talks and
exhibitions hosted by Muslim organisations, plus companies, local councils,
university students' unions and more.
It comes amid serious racism and Islamophobia allegations
made in Parliament on Tuesday by former Yorkshire County Cricket Club spin
bowler Azeem Rafiq, 30, rocking the game and the nation.
"So, I'm coming back from school. I must be about
11," said East London Mosque (ELM) programmes chief Sufia Alam, now 49,
recounting a violent Islamophobic attack from her Yorkshire childhood.
"One of my fellow students, he was from a couple
of years above us… He called me the P-word… and spat on my face," said
Alam, who also leads the Maryam Centre – the women's wing at ELM, which is
Britain's largest mosque.
The UK's Home Office last month found 45 percent of
religious hate crime in England and Wales was aimed at Muslims during the year
ending March 2021.
MEND CEO Azhar Qayum said: "Close to 50 percent
of… religiously motivated hate crime directed at, you know, 4.8 percent of the
population is quite a serious thing."
He raised the 2013 Birmingham stabbing murder of
Mohammed Saleem, 82, by a man who subsequently placed bombs close to three
mosques.
There was also the 2017 terror attack in Finsbury
Park, London, where far-right extremist Darren Osborne used a van to "mow
down worshippers" outside the Muslim Welfare House Mosque, killing one and
wounding nine others, Qayum noted.
Qayum explained discrimination is key, citing a 2017
BBC experiment that found a prospective employee called "Mohamed" was
three times less likely to secure a job interview than one named
"Adam".
He said employers are being asked to consider
"name-blind applications" and ways of creating a more "Muslim-friendly
environment", for example, through flexible hours during Ramadan, when
Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
"I think it's really important because if we look
at even the research I've done, you can see there's a[n] intersectionality
between ethnicity, race," he said.
"I did some research with people who were not
Muslim, they were perceived to be Muslim – Sikhs, Hindus, even Jewish people…
they all suffered Islamophobic hate crimes because of who they were perceived
to be. So, this idea that race and ethnicity can't be linked is kind of a
misnomer."
Qayum said Muslims should be protected by race
relations law – as Sikhs and Jews are – and demonstrated how Muslims are
treated as a racial group.
"You might have a white woman who becomes Muslim.
And the day before she becomes Muslim, or starts wearing her hijab, she will
have all of the privileges that come with being white.
"But donning that hijab will remove so much of
that privilege that she will be treated very similarly to any other Muslim
woman and will then start receiving similar types of prejudice in a very
racialised way."
He continued: "She's no longer seen as white, but
[is] now seen as part of the Other by [the]… minority of people who perpetrate
this type of… prejudice."
Despite the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British
Muslims putting the principle of Islamophobia being a type of racism forward in
its 2019 definition, the UK Government has so far failed to either adopt this
or set out an official understanding of its own.
"What is the aftercare? How long does the process
take? Is the victim constantly contacted? And what happens to the perpetrator,
you know, in… terms of the sentencing?" Awan asked.
He noted the punishments given for Islamophobia appear
lenient, and said conspiracy theories – especially given coronavirus – plus
false media stereotypes, for instance of Muslims as terror supporters, are key
drivers of anti-Muslim bigotry.
ELM's Alam said Islam became a target for bigots
following the 11 September terror attacks in 2001. She also raised visibility
as a concern.
This makes women more susceptible to abuse, for
instance when hijabs are pulled down. Anxious this may happen to them, some
university students involved in a 2017 community listening effort reported
wearing additional pins on their hijabs, Alam said.
"You're a woman – you get discriminated [against]
in that way. And then you're a Muslim, and you're a visible Muslim, and you're
brown or Black or Asian or [a] migrant," Alam explained, describing this
perspective as "intersectionality".
"You're not a jihadi bride, are you?" a
journalist attending the mosque once asked a white woman convert to Islam,
making her cry, Alam said.
The Maryam Centre leader explained: "Now, she's a
white woman with a hijab on and she's… getting that as well. So, it is the fear
of Islam isn't it, as well? It's not just the colour of the skin."
Many women won't report the bigotry they face, she
said. The barriers they face include fear surrounding the media's reaction, not
wanting to endure the legal process and sexist victim blaming from other
Muslims.
"Muslims are not just demonised, but [there are]
policies that are openly quite racist and quite openly targeting them, for
example. Whether it's at airports and ports, whether it's in schools and [the]
education system. And I think, again, the trigger to all of this is quite often
linking people's ethnicity and their faith to terrorism."
He said policies including the UK Government's Prevent
Strategy, a widely criticised counterextremism effort, "haven't helped
because they've demonised, scapegoated and stigmatised, alienated a whole
community".
There are "trigger events", like terrorism
and grooming scandals that some attempt to link with Islam. These cause upticks
in online prejudice, Awan said, which in turn seeps into offline reality.
Cricket's Azeem Rafiq testified about the Islamophobia
and other racism he says he's experienced in the sport to the House of Commons'
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee this month.
He said he'd been "pinned down" and
"red wine got poured down [his] throat" at his local club when he was
15. Consuming alcohol is forbidden in Islam.
Rafiq, who debuted for Yorkshire's men's team aged 17
in 2008, also alleged: "Pretty early on, me and other people from [an]
Asian background… [had] comments such as, 'You lot sit over there, near the
toilets', 'elephant washers'".
"It was so great seeing that the select committee
asked those questions, had those reactions, and it was like, it's almost
validating the pain that we went through as well," Alam explained.
Source: English.Alaraby
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Adil al-Kalbani, Former Mecca Imam Appears In Saudi
Combat Games Promo; Sparks Outrage
Al Kalbani appeared in a
military uniform as he led a battle in a promotional clip for the famous
virtual game “Field Combat”, which will be one of the activities of the Riyadh
season.
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The New Arab Staff
20 November, 2021
A former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca has been
widely criticised after appearing in a promotional video clip for a combat game
event as part of the Riyadh Season 2021.
Adil al-Kalbani appeared in a video posted to Twitter
on Thursday by Saudi Arabia's Entertainment Authority chief, Turki Al Sheikh,
promoting the "adventurous" 'Combat Field' event, which will run
until 16 March next year.
The 62-year-old appeared dressed in military uniform
and leading a battle in the video, which has gathered over 5 million views in
less than 24 hours.
Many social media users slammed the cleric's
participation in the video, calling him a "clown" and accusing him of
supporting "corruption".
"I am not against entertainment... but I am
against randomness, stupidity and the lack of separation between religion and
public life," one twitter user said.
While others held that "righteous"
individuals would not "accept such actions in support of the people of
falsehood and corruption".
There were also those who didn't understand the
controversy, with one Twitter user saying "[the uproar] made me feel like
he committed blasphemy".
In response to the video shared by Al-Sheikh,
Al-Kalbani joked: "Do you think I can go to Hollywood?", to which the
authority chair responded he could "do anything".
Source: english.alaraby
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Jailed Kazakh Islamic State Widow ‘Optimistic’ About
Future
"The reaction from
society [toward me] was mostly positive," says Sabinella Ayazbaeva.
"For example, I never heard anyone call me a terrorist. But some of my old
friends are afraid of being in touch with me again."
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By Yelena Veber
November 20, 2021
QARAGHANDY, Kazakhstan -- Aigerim dreams of becoming a
nurse, learning a new language, helping her parents financially and -- most
importantly -- raising her three children.
But those dreams have been put on hold for six years
until the 28-year-old Kazakh widow completes her prison term for being
affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
Aigerim, who didn’t want to give her full name, is
among some 600 family members of Kazakh IS fighters that the government in Nur-Sultan
has repatriated from Syria since 2019.
But Aigerim was separated from her children soon after
their return from the Al-Hawl refugee camp in May 2019, she told RFE/RL at a
women’s prison in the Qaraghandy region.
“Unlike the other returnees, we were not placed in the
special rehabilitation center for IS families,” Aigerim said. “After a health
checkup I was sent for interrogation, but at that point I still didn’t know
that I was going to face a trial.”
Aigerim was convicted of membership in a terrorist
organization and for recruiting others to the group among other
terrorism-related charges. She was then sentenced to seven and a half years in
prison.
“I accept that I’m guilty,” Aigerim said. “But what I
did was out of my ignorance. I trusted things I heard from some people on the
Internet. I acknowledge my mistakes.”
Aigerim said she developed an interest in Islam at the
age of 14 and began wearing the hijab while attending a local mosque. Aigerim’s
mother disapproved of her new lifestyle but her father was supportive.
At 16, Aigerim met a religiously conservative young
man and married him in an Islamic ceremony at the mosque. The couple had two
children and Aigerim dropped out of school.
Aigerim's husband forced her to wear the all-covering
niqab and forced her to cut off her relationship with her parents, calling them
infidels, she recalled.
They parted ways in 2014 and just months later,
Aigerim met an Uzbek man on social media. The man proposed to her and said he
would provide a secure life for Aigerim and her children.
Aigerim’s new husband told her they should live in the
so-called caliphate in IS-controlled parts of Syria. Aigerim admits going to
Syria on her own free will.
“He said the situation is good there, it’s a Muslim
country, everything is halal, and I agreed to go,” Aigerim said. “We crossed
the [Turkish-Syrian] border easily, along with many other families, all
foreigners. It was in 2015.”
In Syria, Aigerim found out that her husband had long
been working for IS recruiting new members from Central Asia for the terrorist
group.
Aigerim didn’t say whether it bothered her but she
recalls being angry when she found out that her husband had another wife whom
he planned to relocate to Syria, too.
Feeling “isolated and lonely,” Aigerim said she asked
her sister in Kazakhstan to join her in Syria. Her sister was detained by
Kazakh security services before she was able to leave Kazakhstan. Asking her
sister to come to Syria would lead to Aigerim being charged with “recruiting”
IS members.
Aigerim says she left her husband in Syria and
divorced him through an IS court while pregnant with his child. IS moved her to
a dormitory for widows and single women where she gave birth to her third
child.
Aigerim eventually married another man who was an IS
fighter from Turkey. She described him as disillusioned and someone who
regretted joining IS and planned to escape. But he was killed in an air strike
in 2019 when the IS was on the brink of collapse.
Aigerim and her children spent several more months in
Syria, experiencing hunger and illnesses before they were detained by Kurdish
forces and placed in the camp at Al-Hawl.
Aigerim now spends most of her time reading in the
prison library. She has also enrolled in a school in prison to complete her
education.
As part of a deradicalization program for returnees
from Syria, Aigerim attends regular meetings with theologists, psychologists,
and other specialists assigned by the government.
She writes to her parents and children, and makes
plans for a better future for the family. Aigerim is optimistic about her
future, which she says will involve working and studying.
Kazakhstan has repatriated 607 women and children from
Syria and a further 14 children from Iraq. The Central Asian country says it
will try to bring home the remaining Kazakh citizens that are still in Syrian
camps. Their exact number is unknown.
The mainly-Muslim nation has been praised for its
efforts to rehabilitate the women and children traumatized by there IS
experiences and help them reintegrate into society.
There are misgivings among many Kazakhs who see IS
family members as a potential security threat and disapprove of the
government’s decision to bring them back.
Source: Rferl
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original story:
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Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi Stresses Need for Libyans to
Participate in Elections
By Ahmad El-Assasy
November 21, 2021
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi
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On Saturday, the candidate for the presidential
elections, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, renewed a call on Libyans to receive their
electoral cards.
In a post on his Facebook account, Gaddafi added that,
“in order for Libya to restore its national sovereignty and free will, preserve
its unity, and move towards building and making up for its losses, hurry up to
receive your electoral cards and do not miss the opportunity.”
Last Wednesday, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of
long-time leader Moammar Gaddafi, called on citizens to turn up to the
elections “with responsibility necessitated by the gravity of the stage.” He
urged them to head to the offices of the High National Election Commission
(HNEC) to receive their electoral cards, to be able to participate in the
upcoming elections.
In a speech addressed to the Libyan people, he said:
“Libya stands at the gates of a historic station, and in front of a fateful
entitlement that will help us get out of the crisis experienced by the
country.” He confirmed that Libya is in urgent need of close cooperation
between its people, and stressed the need for popular participation for the
success of the elections.
“I extend this invitation to all of you who share the
dream of saving Libya from the yoke of war and chaos and restoring stability,
peace, prosperity, fraternal coexistence, and communal harmony. I call on you
and all those who believe in the comprehensive national reconciliation project
to turn to the electoral process with the responsibility required by the
gravity of the stage, starting with heading to the HNEC offices in your regions
and cities to receive your electoral cards, without which you will not be able
to participate and take decisions,” he added.
“Your electoral cards are available at the present
time in the HNEC offices. It is your passport to pass to the polls towards
participating in independent national decision-making, to enhance the
legitimacy of the new political institutions that you will elect to advance our
country, rehabilitate and rebuild it, and take the decisions it needs to return
it to its first place among countries. I hope that your response will be broad
and your interaction positive and aware of the nation’s interest and your love
for it,” he concluded.
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India
'No Plans to Allow Namaz': Gurudwara Chief Does
U-Turn under Rightwing Pressure
The Wire Staff
21-11-2021
New Delhi: A day after it was reported that the Sikh
community in Gurgaon had offered space to Muslims in Gurdwaras so that they can
offer Namaz amidst pitched rightwing opposition in certain areas, Indian
Express has reported that Muslims chose not to do so out of consideration for
the fact that the Gurdwara had allegedly come under pressure from rightwing
groups.
Ahead of the prayers on Friday, November 19, Sherdil
Singh Sidhu, who heads the Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha at Gurugram’s Sabzi
Mandi had said that five Gurdwaras at Sadar Bazar, Sector 39, Sector 46, Model
Town and Jacobpura had been offered to members of the Muslim community for
Namaz.
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Due to Gurupurb Muslims Themselves Refused, Final
Decision On Namaz Next Week: Gurgaon Gurudwara
November 20, 2021
Gurgaon: A day after the Gurudwara Singh Sabha Committee
of Gurgaon announced that it was opening its doors to Muslims for them to offer
Friday Namaz at its premises, Friday prayers by Muslims were not offered at any
Gurdwara in the Millennium City.
The Gurudwara committee in a statement on Friday stated
that due to the Gurupurab celebrations, Muslims themselves refused to offer
Friday Namaz to avoid any conflict.
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How The Legacy Of Bhopal’s Muslim Rulers Is Being
Erased By Dislocating Experiences Of
Mutual Solidarities
by Anshu Saluja
November 21, 2021
Acts of naming and renaming have become important to
political calculations, with cities, localities and landmarks being renamed in
recent times. Allahabad has been changed to Prayagraj and Faizabad gave way to
Ayodhya. This trend is not limited to a single state. Recently, on a visit to
Bhopal, the Prime Minister inaugurated the refurbished Habibganj Railway
Station and “dedicated it to the nation”. It was also renamed as Rani Kamlapati
Station, after a Gond queen who reigned in the area in the 18th century. While
floating this new name, the BJP leadership has been quick to proclaim her as
“the last Hindu ruler of Bhopal”.
This is not an isolated attempt to rewrite Bhopal’s
history along communal lines, and efface the role and legacy of its Muslim
rulers. Local leaders, including MLAs and municipal corporators, have made
repeated attempts to rename Bhopal as Bhojpal, after Bhoj, a Parmar king who
ruled over the Malwa region in the 11th century, whom they regard as the
original founder of the city. In these narratives, the exploits of figures such
as Bhoj and Kamlapati are privileged, while the developments that took place
under Dost Muhammad Khan, who founded the state of Bhopal in the 18th century,
and his successors are pushed aside.
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Europe
Chief Imam of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque says Muslims
Seek To Open Prayer Rooms In Subways, Malls
November 21, 2021
Chief Imam of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque says Muslims
in the Russian capital seek to open prayer rooms in subway stations and
shopping centres.
These rooms will help Muslims perform their daily
prayers without causing any inconvenience to others, said Ildar Alyautdinov,
Arabic service of Sputnik reported.
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PM Johnson: UK “Must Try to Engage" with Islamic
Emirate
By Giti Rahimi
20-11-2021
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Britain must
engage with the current Afghan government to tackle the existing crisis in the
country.
“Afghanistan looks like hell on earth” she said. MP
Champion asked Johnson “how and when” will aid that has been pledged by the UK
be provided to the people of Afghanistan.
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Britain’s expected ban on Hamas puts spotlight on
Muslim Brotherhood activities
20/11/2021
LONDON--Britain’s decision to ban the Hamas movement
raises the question of whether there is an intent in London to re-examine the
overall role of the Muslim Brotherhood organisation to which the militant
Palestinian group belongs, analysts say.
The United Kingdom is considered to be a historic
incubator and key centre for Brotherhood advocacy and political and media
activism.
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Arab world
Organization of Islamic Cooperation body holding
meeting to address human rights issues
SPA
November 21, 2021
JEDDAH: The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission
of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is hosting its 18th ordinary session
in Jeddah on Sunday.
The five-day session will be attended by
representatives of both member and observer states of the organization,
including national human rights institutions, and specialists from
international and regional organizations.
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Prophet’s Holy Mosque open for prayers without an
appointment or permit: Officials
Ismaeel Naar,
20 November ,2021
Officials in Saudi Arabia have announced that permits
and appointments are no longer needed for visitors wishing to pray at the
Prophet’s Holy Mosque in Medina, according to the Kingdom’s Ministry of Hajj
and Umrah.
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Thosands of residency, labor, border violators
arrested across Saudi Arabia
SPA
November 21, 2021
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested almost 14,000
people in one week for breaching residency, work, and border security
regulations, an official report has revealed.
Source: Arab News
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Saudi specialists help transform clever ideas into
commercial successes
AMEERA ABID
November 21, 2021
JEDDAH: Six Saudis with big ideas aim to help
innovators and entrepreneurs bridge the gap between initial concept and the
commercialization of products in Saudi Arabia, with the goal of transforming
the sector in the Kingdom.
Sarah Algheithy, Hussam Al-Nammary, Sami Barnawi,
Sadeq Alnemer, Ismail Alrawi and Ali Alsudairi founded Sustainable Innovations
in 2017. The business focuses on solving problems for clients by offering
holistic in-house solutions. Their shared passion for the work, along with
their technical, mechanical and business expertise, provided the foundation for
their company to create its own products and provide start-to-finish product
development services.
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Revolutionary type 2 diabetes pill introduced in Saudi
Arabia
NADA HAMEED
November 20, 2021
JEDDAH: In Saudi Arabia, one in five people are
diagnosed with the chronic progressive disease type 2 diabetes. This figure is
double the global rate, meaning that the disease represents a serious public
health issue for the Kingdom.
If ignored, the disease can cause serious medical
complications. The usual treatment for controlling blood sugar is regular
insulin injections.
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Saudi aid agency continues relief work in Pakistan,
Yemen, Jordan
SPA
November 20, 2021
BALOCHISTAN: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and
Relief Center recently distributed 3,926 winter bags to those affected by the
earthquake in the Harnai district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province,
benefiting 25,578 people.
With one of the largest humanitarian aid budgets in
the world, KSrelief has been working in 76 countries, and after Yemen,
Palestine, Syria and Somalia, Pakistan is the biggest beneficiary of the
organization’s humanitarian operations.
In Yemen, KSrelief is aiding people in the Aden, Marib,
Al-Jawf, Al-Mahra and Hadramaut governorates by delivering tons of food and
equipment in 22 trucks in one week.
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North America
Muslim charitable funds not a source for fighting
climate change
Rafat Khan
Nov. 20, 2021
While it is true that Zakat, a kind of charity in
which 2.5 per cent of one’s annual income is given to those in need, a vast
majority of the Muslim population living in their countries are very poor, and
there is no compulsion for them to give Zakat.
They are the recipients of Zakat.
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A Peaceful, Happy Holiday Season For US Muslims, Too
By Arab News
November 20, 2021
The US holiday season is defined by tradition,
gratitude and family. It is a period to reflect on the blessings of life,
celebrate communally with our neighbours, and spread the gifts of love and
charity. No other time of year reminds us so strongly of our common faith and
common fate.
But I am deeply concerned as Thanksgiving arrives over
the next few days, with Chanukah and Christmas following soon after. For an
already scarred America faces an extremist threat.
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US teen cleared of protester deaths says self-defence
‘not illegal’
By AFP
21-11-2021
WASHINGTON — Kyle Rittenhouse, the US teen acquitted
after fatally shooting two men during protests and riots against police
brutality in Wisconsin last year, said self-defense is “not illegal” after
being cleared, as the verdict reverberated across America.
On Friday, a jury found the 18-year-old Rittenhouse
not guilty of reckless and intentional homicide and other charges stemming from
the August 2020 shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Africa
Muhammadu Buhari Should Declare Boko Haram, Others As
Terrorist Organisations
Author Babatope Okeowo Akure
November 21, 2021
The President and General Overseer of United Apostolic
Church of Christ, Dr. James Bayo Owoyemi, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari
to declare Boko Haram and bandits terrorising the Northern part of the country
as terrorist organisations.
Owoyemi, who was in Akure, the Ondo State capital for
the annual convention of the Church, said any organisation responsible for the
killing of innocent people and displacing millions of Nigerians are terrorists,
even if the Federal government has not declared them as such.
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Religious intolerance: ‘Boko Haram, ISWAP, bandits
killing Christians’ – CAN chides US govt
By Wale Odunsi
November 21, 2021
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked
the United States Government to provide the data used to delist Nigeria from
‘Countries of Particular Concern’ regarding freedom of religion.
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Nigerian Shia cleric: Takfir Main Challenge on Path of
Muslim Unity
November 20, 2021
Sheikh Mohammad Saleh al-Thani, the secretary general
of the Rasool Azam (PBUH) Foundation in Kano, Nigeria, underlined the
significance of unity in the Islamic world.
He said those who invite Muslims to get united act
very judiciously and prudently because discord in today’s world is the biggest
threat to all Islamic denominations.
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Mideast
Turkish President Erdogan’s Islamist Supremacy
Threatens Christian Minorities In Turkey
Nov 20 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s move to
convert the Hagia Sophia cathedral into a mosque is part of his goal of
dismantling Atatürk's secularist legacy and reasserting Islam's supremacy over
Christianity in Turkey, Anne-Christine Hoff, an assistant professor of English
at Jarvis Christian College in Hawkins, Texas, wrote in an article for Middle
East Forum.
Built in 537 CE by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, the Hagia Sophia was hugely significant for
Eastern Christendom and has maintained its importance for the Greek-Orthodox
Church. It was converted into a mosque following the Ottoman conquest of
Istanbul in 1453.
“The Hagia Sophia is a symbol for the Islamic world
and the symbol of Istanbul's conquest,” Hoff cited the head of the Anatolia Youth
Association as saying. "Without it, the conquest is incomplete, [and] we
have failed to honour Sultan Mehmet's trust."
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United Nations passes resolution in favor of Palestinians’
sovereignty over their natural resources
November 20, 2021
The United Nations has overwhelmingly adopted a
resolution, which grants Palestinians permanent sovereignty over their natural
resources in the Israeli-occupied territories, including al-Quds.
On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Committee of
the UN General Assembly, also known as the Second Committee, endorsed a draft
resolution entitled “Permanent Sovereignty of the Palestinian People in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East al-Quds, and of the Arab
population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources” by 157-7
votes, with 14 abstentions, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
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Arsenal accused of ending footballer Elneny’s contract
over supporting Palestine
November 21, 2021
UK's Arsenal has been accused by fans of footballer
Mohamed Elneny of terminating his contract over his support for Palestine.
Rai Al-Youm reported on Friday that the stated reason
for the termination of Elneny's contract was that his team's coach, Mikel
Arteta, no longer wanted him on the team.
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45.000 of Palestinians perform Friday prayer at Aqsa
Mosque
November 20, 2021
Thousands of Palestinians from 1948 Occupied
Palestine, al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the West Bank performed the Friday prayer at
the holy Aqsa Mosque in Occupied al-Quds.
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Iranians boo Khamenei at protest and disavow Hamas in
Gaza
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
The massive protest unfolding in the Iranian city of
Isfahan on Friday against worsening economic conditions and water shortages
contained boos against the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and opposition
to Iran's pro-Palestinian policies in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The London-based news organization Iran International
showed video footage of Iranians expressing disgust with the rule of Khamenei
and the clerics who govern over the theocratic state.
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South Asia
Beijing's Brutal Clampdown On Muslim Uighurs: Filmed
By Brave Activist Guan Guan, Who Documented Slogans Including 'Reform Through
Labour'
By IAN BIRELL
20 November 2021
As he strolled along the street in the Chinese city of
Urumqi, trying his best to look like a tourist, Guan Guan’s heart was in his
mouth. He knew this was not a place often visited by holidaymakers – and a
camera hidden on his backpack was secretly filming the Communist regime’s
internment camps.
The brave young man was on a covert mission: to expose
to the world the hideous network of re-education camps, detention centres and
prisons at the centre of Beijing’s brutal clampdown on Muslim minorities,
especially the Uighurs, in Xinjiang province.
He knew that if caught by police, he would face
terrible punishment for daring to reveal fresh evidence about the regime’s
genocidal atrocities – which include holding an estimated two million people in
such horrifying centres.
Guan had cycled around the region two years ago and
heard about the camps, along with the banning of Uighur language in schools and
use of slave labour. After discovering foreign journalists were barred from
carrying out investigations, he decided to return to document the repression.
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United Kingdom must engage with Taliban in
Afghanistan: Boris Johnson
By Najibullah Lalzoy
21 Nov 2021
United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said
that his country must engage with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to tackle
current humanitarian situation in the country.
Responding question of UK lawmaker in parliament,
Boris Johnson said that they have no other option but to engage with the
Taliban in order to assist the overcoming of crisis in Afghanistan.
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UAE reopens its embassy in Kabul
By Najibullah Lalzoy
21 Nov 2021
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that UAE reopened
its embassy in Kabul on Saturday, November 20 after almost all embassies closed
following the collapse of the previous Afghan government.
A spokesman of the Taliban Ahmadullah Wasiq said that
the reopening of the UAE’s embassy is a step forward for positive changes and
added that it will further strengthen bilateral relations.
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Nearly 3,000 drug addicts taken to hospitals in Kabul:
Taliban
By Najibullah Lalzoy
20 Nov 2021
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has announced that they
have taken up to 2,718 drug addicts to the hospitals of Kabul where they will
get treatment.
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Taliban intends to pay three months salaries of
government employees
By Najibullah Lalzoy
20 Nov 2021
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has announced on
Saturday, November 20 that the salaries of the past three months of all
government employees will be paid.
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President, PM pay tribute to martyred armed forces
members
UNB, Dhaka
November 21, 2021
President Mohammad Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina today paid homage to the martyred members of the armed forces on
the occasion of Armed Forces Day 2021.
The President, who is also the Supreme Commander of
the Armed Forces, and the Prime Minister separately placed wreaths at the altar
of Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) at Dhaka Cantonment in the morning.
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Southeast Asia
Annuar Musa downplays sexual harassment in
entertainment industry, says no need to magnify issues
BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
21 Nov 2021
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Communication and Multimedia
Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said making issues bigger than it seems to be was
unnecessary on sexual harassment in entertainment industry.
According to Mingguan Malaysia, he said that industry
players should prioritise positive things over isolated issues that allegedly
occurred.
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Ahmad Zahid: BN open to talks with other parties to
form Melaka govt if it falls short of majority
BY BEN TAN
20 Nov 2021
MELAKA, Nov 20 ― Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk
Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the coalition is willing to negotiate with other
parties to form the new Melaka state government, if it cannot do so on its own.
“At the same time, discussions must be rooted in a
mutual understanding that Melaka’s political stability comes first,” said Ahmad
Zahid during his visit to the BN Command Centre in Ayer Keroh here today.
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Friday Prayers held in Brunei after 3-month hiatus
November 20, 2021
Muslims in Brunei returned to mosque to hold Friday
prayers yesterday after some three months.
Muslims returned to mosques for the first Friday
prayers in over three months yesterday, while continuing to observe social
distancing and other guidelines from the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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Pakistan
International expo of Islamic Arts opens in Pakistan
with Iran’s participation
Journalist ID: 2053
Nov 20, 2021
The International Exhibition jointly hosted by the
Alhamra Arts Council and Cultural Center of Iran opened with the presence of
cultural representatives from Iran, Turkey, and Pakistani officials.
Jafar Ronas, Director of Iranian Culture Center, Olash
Ortadas, the cultural representative of Turkey, and Pakistani officials and
officials of artistic and cultural institutions attended the opening ceremony
of the exhibition.
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Panchayat Accused Of Delaying Construction On Hindu
Cremation Ground Plot In Islamabad
Kalbe Ali
November 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: After outcry on social media on the
cancellation of a plot meant for the Hindu cremation ground and community
centre, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) revised its statement in the
Islamabad High Court (IHC), saying only those plots had been cancelled which
were lying idle and that construction work was underway on the land allotted to
the Hindu community.
On the other hand, the Islamabad Hindu Panchayat (IHP)
has failed to build a boundary wall around the H-9 cremation ground even though
the CDA issued permission for it almost a year ago.
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New legislation tightens establishment’s grip on
parliament, says Fazl
Bureau Report
November 21, 2021
PESHAWAR: President of the opposition Pakistan
Democratic Movement Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said the establishment
had tightened its grip on parliament through new legislation by a joint session
of the National Assembly and Senate.
“We don’t want a state institution like the army to be
discussed in public meetings, but it depends on your [establishment’s]
actions,” he said.
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Right to use of force should only rest with the state:
experts
Ikram Junaidi
November 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The right to use of force should only rest
with the state and ensuring rule of law, civic education, equality of citizens
and youth and women’s engagement are vital to end extremism and terrorism in
the country.
These views were expressed by experts in a two-day
regional consultation on ‘Promoting soft approaches in countering terrorism and
extremism in Pakistan’ organised by Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
at a local hotel.
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