'We Take Such Actions Very Seriously': India Slams Organisation of Islamic Cooperation For Inviting Hurriyat Chief To Pakistan Meet
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March 2022
Chairman of the All Parties
Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, delivers a speech in Srinagar
on March 15, 2019. (AFP)
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• 'We Take Such Actions Very Seriously': India Slams
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation For Inviting Hurriyat Chief To Pakistan
Meet
• Turkey Calls for Recognition of the Taliban’s
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
• China Launches Investigation Into Official Who
Promoted Respect for Islam
• Didsbury Mosque 'Turned A Blind Eye' To Islamist
Extremism Before The Manchester Arena Terror Attack
India
• Hate Peddled Against Kashmiri Muslims Has Made Our
Students Vulnerable: Omar Abdullah
• Nana Patekar: Both Hindus and Muslims belong here,
divisions not desirable
• Aligarh Mosque Covered Ahead Of Holi & Shab-E-Barat
• Karnataka Mulls Re-Exam For Some Muslim Students Who
Could Not Attend Classes Over The Hijab Row
• Several Muslim-Run Establishments Stay Shut To
Protest Against The High Court Order On The Hijab Row
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Mideast
• Islamic World Observes Laylat Al-Barat, Holy Night
Of Forgiveness And Salvation
• Hamas, Islamic Jihad Call for Intensified Resistance
in Occupied Territories
• Israeli settlers and police storm Jerusalem's
al-Aqsa mosque on Purim
• When Iran counterstrikes’ Mossad in secret war
• Barbaric hostage diplomacy counterproductive for
Iran
• US Navy veteran jailed in Iran sues for $1 billion,
alleges torture
• 4 East Jerusalem residents charged with Hamas ties,
planning attacks during Ramadan
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South Asia
• Islamist Mob Vandalizes ISKCON Temple In Dhaka; 3
Injured
• Russia Has Lost 7,000 Soldiers In Ukraine In 20
Days, More Than America Lost In 20 Years In Afghanistan & Iraq: US
• Afghanistan Officially Bans All Foreign TV Series
• Ukraine crisis: Why silent on civilian deaths in
Iraq, Afghanistan, China asks West
• Decoding Afghanistan’s colourful headgear culture
• ‘Flashback’: Ukraine war revives painful memories
for Afghans
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Europe
• University of Otago Shares Painting Gifted to
Christchurch Muslim Community
• UK revokes Russian news channel RT's broadcast
license
• Police Storm Hezbollah-Controlled Mosque In Germany
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North America
• Council On American-Islamic Relations To Co-Sponsor
A Job And Resource Fair Hosted By Dar • Us Salaam And Islamic Relief USA For
Newly-Arrived Afghan Families
• Islamic Prenuptial Agreements in American Courts
• ICCC in Parsippany Holds Welcoming Ramadan Ceremony
that Attracts over 500 People
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Pakistan
• Speakers Call For Wider Outreach Of Islamic Finance
And Its Literacy In A Summit Hosted By International Islamic University Islamabad
• 10,000 Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Volunteers To
Protect Islamabad Marchers
• Judges Not In Touch With Science Cannot Produce
Jurisprudence, Says SC's Justice Mansoor
• Rs1m fine imposed on lawyer for vilifying LHC chief
justice
• Nothing to do with no-trust motion, says ECP
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Southeast Asia
• As Possible Marcos Presidency Looms, Muslim Senate
Bet Says: Remember Jabidah Massacre
• PM Ismail Sabri: Malaysia filed application to annul
Final Award in relation to claims by Sulu Sultan’s heirs
• Buoyed by election victories, Zahid tells grassroots
Umno is back from the dead
• Dismissing Pakatan as an imposter, Zahid says Umno
is the real reformist
• Guan Eng: Zahid surprised at lack of defections from
DAP, comes from the camaraderie within its members
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Arab world
• Emirates Red Crescent's Ramadan Programmes Benefit
Over 7 Million People In Yemen
• Meta research reveals trends and behaviours of UAE
consumers during Ramadan
• Co-operative societies cut food prices in Dubai and
Sharjah in Ramadan drive
• Qatar consistently among top 10 in Islamic finance
globally
• Bahraini Islamic banking sector to grow driven by
public demand
• Kuwaiti Islamic banks post 4th best growth rate in
financing operations
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Africa
• Child Upbringing In Focus As Institute Graduates
More Young Qur’an Memorisers In Ibadan
• Sanusi, Other Experts Dissect Islamic Financial
System At The Companion’s ‘National Discourse’
• The refugee trapped between Ukraine war and a
Nigerian loan shark
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'We Take Such Actions Very Seriously': India Slams Organisation of Islamic Cooperation For Inviting Hurriyat Chief To Pakistan Meet
Chairman of the All Parties
Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, delivers a speech in Srinagar
on March 15, 2019. (AFP)
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Press Trust of India
March 18, 2022
New Delhi: India on Thursday hit out at the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for inviting the chairman of the All
Parties Hurriyat Conference to attend its foreign ministerial meeting in
Islamabad next week.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
said New Delhi does not expect the OIC to encourage actors and organisations
engaged in terrorism and anti-India activities.
At a media briefing, he said India takes very serious
view of such actions which are aimed at subverting the country's unity and
violating its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
It is highly unfortunate that the OIC continues to be
guided by a single member's political agenda rather than focusing on important
development activities, Bagchi said in an indirect reference to Pakistan.
"We have repeatedly called upon the OIC to
refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit the platform for comments on
India's internal affairs," he said.
Bagchi was replying to a question on reports about the
OIC inviting the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference to attend the
meeting of the grouping's Council of Foreign Ministers on 22 and 23 March in
Islamabad.
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Turkey Calls for Recognition of the Taliban’s Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan
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Institutute for Near East Policy
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by Aaron Y. Zelin
Mar 17, 2022
Since the Taliban took over Kabul last August, the
group has sought international recognition for its Islamic Emirate in
Afghanistan. When Taliban forces first held the country from 1996 to 2001, only
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates recognized their rule.
Today, no government has officially done so.
On March 13, however, Turkish foreign minister Mevlut
Cavusoglu told the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that humanitarian aid on its own
cannot adequately address Afghanistan’s problems, and that countries should
offer diplomatic recognition of the Islamic Emirate as well—the first time a
foreign political leader has publicly called for this step. The remark was
delivered in the context of Turkey and Qatar reportedly nearing a deal with the
Taliban to run the international airports in Kabul and other cities.
The Antalya forum also provided the Taliban with
opportunities to demonstrate the thawing of its international isolation
first-hand. Its foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with Turkish president
Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the event—the second leader to host him since he
visited Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan last November. In addition, the
group held side meetings with the foreign ministers of Bahrain, Finland,
Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Qatar, Somalia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela, along
with U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West.
The developments at Antalya were the culmination of
several months’ worth of intensive Taliban diplomacy. As of March 17, the group
had publicly announced 135 diplomatic meetings since taking over, with several
of them occurring in multilateral settings. Turkey was involved in 22 of those
meetings, the most of any country.
Besides Qatar—whose close relations with the Taliban
are partly due to Doha’s role in facilitating the U.S. withdrawal
agreement—Turkey has been the country most engaged in working with the group.
This relationship began in earnest last October, when Cavusoglu invited a
Taliban delegation to Ankara for discussions on bilateral relations, trade,
humanitarian aid, refugees, and aviation. The visitors also met with the head
of Turkey’s Diyanet religious institution, as well as delegations from the
ulama (Islamic scholars), the Turkish Red Crescent, and the Disaster and
Emergency Management Authority, indicating that religious solidarity would join
humanitarian assistance as an important aspect of the budding relationship.
One of the key conduits for deepening these relations
has been Turkish ambassador Cihad Erginay, who stated in January, “When
everyone left and closed their diplomatic missions, we stayed in Afghanistan to
help the Afghans.” Two months later, Turkey expanded its in-country diplomatic
corps by opening consular services in Mazar-e Sharif.
Turkey has also delivered the most humanitarian aid to
Afghanistan, reaching at least thirteen of the country’s thirty-four provinces.
This assistance extends beyond the government level, with several key Turkish
NGOs delivering aid as well: Red Crescent, the Humanitarian Relief Fund (IHH),
Heyder Helping and Solidarity Association, Besir Association, Hayrat Yardim,
International Blue Crescent, and the Turkish Maarif Foundation. Beyond
immediate relief, IHH has engaged the Taliban on projects such as strengthening
agricultural cooperation and building an orphanage in Ghazni province.
Similarly, the Maarif Foundation has opened a few Afghan-Turkish schools and
aims to add more soon.
The Turkish government is likewise looking to boost
the education sector. Earlier this month, Ambassador Erginay met with the
Taliban’s minister of higher education, Abdul Baqi Haqqani; they were joined by
the embassy’s advisor for education affairs and the head of the Turkish
Education Foundation. During a follow-on meeting with members of the foundation
and the president of Kabul University, Haqqani called on Turkey to help
standardize religious and modern sciences curricula as the leader of the Islamic
umma (nation). Ankara has also promised to help establish a maternity ward at
Aliabad Teaching Hospital and an online teaching program at Afghan
International University.
On the commercial front, the Taliban has engaged with
delegations from the Turkish Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s
Association (MUSIAD) and the Afghan-Turkish Businessmen’s Union. Both
organizations have expressed a desire to invest in Afghanistan.
These and other developments indicate that the formal
legal step of granting the Taliban de jure recognition is only a matter of time
for some countries—at least a few such announcements can be expected in the
near to medium term. Unlike the first time the group was in power, it is now
far more connected to the international system. Thirty-four countries have
shown some level of engagement with Taliban authorities, and de facto
recognition—that is, acknowledging a new regime via noncommittal acts, without
making it eligible for a seat at the United Nations—has become an accepted reality.
To be sure, Western countries will be more reticent to
offer formal recognition anytime soon given the first Islamic Emirate’s hostile
track record, which included hosting al-Qaeda and allowing Afghanistan to
become a staging ground for the 9/11 attacks and other terrorist operations.
Yet transactional humanitarian assistance and diplomatic engagement from the
West will likely grow over time.
For the United States, the biggest question is whether
the Taliban will fulfill its pledge to prevent any actors inside Afghanistan
from launching terrorist attacks abroad. According to the 2022 Annual Threat
Assessment issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
senior al-Qaeda leaders currently “lack an operational presence in
Afghanistan.” Yet Washington should continue tracking this issue closely even
if it seems manageable at the moment.
U.S. officials should also stay abreast of Turkey’s
leading role in rehabilitating the Taliban’s image and integrating the group
into the international system. This entails continued dialogue with Ankara
about the progress it is making on this front, so that the U.S. government
remains fully informed about the Taliban’s activities as a nascent governing
entity.
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China Launches Investigation Into Official Who
Promoted Respect for Islam
Wang Zhengwei is a Chinese politician, economist, and
expert on Islamic affairs.
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By Josh Chin
March 17, 2022
TAIPEI—China’s Communist Party has authorized a
corruption inquiry into a senior official who was previously an influential
advocate of Muslim culture, according to people familiar with the matter, in a
signal of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s resolve to push ahead with the country’s
aggressive ethnic assimilation efforts.
Wang Zhengwei, a member of China’s Muslim Hui minority
and currently a vice chairman of China’s top political advisory body, the
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress, is under investigation by the
party’s internal disciplinary watchdogs for abuse of power and corruption, the
people said.
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Didsbury Mosque 'Turned A Blind Eye' To Islamist Extremism
Before The Manchester Arena Terror Attack
Didsbury Mosque (Image:
Manchester Evening News)
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By John Scheerhout
18 MAR 2022
The mosque attended by Manchester Arena suicide bomber
Salman Abedi 'preferred to turn a blind eye' to Islamist extremism rather than
tackle it head on, families of those who died in the 2017 terror attack have
said.
Didsbury Mosque 'buried its head in the sand',
sidelined a liberal imam who spoke out against violent jihad and still to this
day has not published a condemnation of violence on its website, according to
their QC.
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi, who murdered 22 innocents
when he detonated a huge improvised device in his backpack at the end of an
Ariana Grande concert, and his jailed brother, Hashem Abedi, attended the
mosque on Burton Road in west Didsbury as youngsters and their father, Ramadan
Abedi, performed the call to prayer.
Ismail Abedi, the elder brother, volunteered in the
mosque's Arabic school - and their mother taught there briefly. As the public
inquiry into the atrocity drew to a close this week, the mosque was slammed by
John Cooper QC, who represents the biggest group of bereaved families.
It has emerged counter terror police tried to engage
with mosques in south Manchester in a bid to get imams to discourage young men
from travelling to Syria to fight.
But the response of Didsbury Mosque in April 2016 was
'less positive' than the others, the head of Counter Terrorism Policing North
West Dominic Scally has told the inquiry. He clarified: "The other mosques
responded to police contact in a more positive fashion; in particular, we had
more frequent contact with the other mosques and contact with a broader range
of more senior members of those mosques."
Source: Manchester Evening News
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India
Hate peddled against Kashmiri Muslims has made our
students vulnerable: Omar Abdullah
Peerzada Ashiq
MARCH 18, 2022
Former Chief Minister and National Conference (NC)
vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday expressed fears that young students from
Kashmir may be targeted across the country due to hate peddled against the
entire ‘Kashmiri nation’, while making reference to recent Bollywood movie The
Kashmir Files.
“If any student is attacked or harmed in any State in
India, the Centre and that State government have to take the blame for it. A
perception is being created that all Kashmiri Muslims do not stand other
faiths. I fear that the hatred propagated may have consequences for young
Kashmiri students studying outside, who are just in their 20s and were not even
born in 1990. They are being made vulnerable,” Mr. Abdullah said on the death
anniversary of senior NC leader Wali Mohammad Itoo, who was assassinated in
1990 by gunmen.
Source: The Hindu
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Nana Patekar: Both Hindus and Muslims belong here,
divisions not desirable
By - PTI
Mar 18, 2022
Veteran actor Nana Patekar on Thursday said both the
Hindus and Muslims belong to India and divisions in society are not desirable.
He was replying to reporters' questions about the film 'The Kashmir Files' on
the sidelines of an event here.
Source: Times Of India
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Aligarh mosque covered ahead of Holi &
Shab-e-Barat
Mar 18, 2022
AGRA: In a bid to prevent any "untoward
incidents" on Holi, which is also the day Friday prayers will be offered
along with the Shab e-Barat celebrations, the district administration on
Wednesday night covered the decades-old Sabji Mandi mosque with a tarpaulin in
"communally-sensitive" Aligarh and deployed additional police force
in the town.
Authorities said the step was taken as a
"precautionary measure". Four years ago, chief minister Yogi
Adityanath had directed all district officials to cover religious places in
order to "avoid colour being thrown on them". Such incidents in the
past had led to tensions between the two communities. Though this particular
mosque in Sabji Mandi, which has a mixed population in terms of religion, has
been kept covered on Holi since 2019, the administration and police are taking
extra precautions this year as Shab-e-Barat and Friday prayers are on the same
day.
Source: Times Of India
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Karnataka Mulls Re-Exam For Some Muslim Students Who
Could Not Attend Classes Over The Hijab Row
Mar 18, 2022
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government is likely to
consider giving those Muslim students who could not attend classes over the
hijab row another chance to appear for practical and preparatory exams.
Replying to the request by BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat to
give one more chance for students to write exams, law and parliamentary affairs
minister JC Madhuswamy said the government would consider allowing those who
boycotted exams before the high court gave its interim order on hijab.
"We'll take a call after consulting the CM," he said. He said the
government cannot give another chance to those who continued to skip exams
after the HC's interim order. "It is like defying the HC order and giving
them another opportunity is not possible. This is my opinion," Madhuswamy
said.
Source: Times Of India
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Several Muslim-Run Establishments Stay Shut To Protest
Against The High Court Order On The Hijab Row
Special Correspondent
MARCH 17, 2022
In response to a bandh call by Muslim organisations to
protest against the High Court order on the hijab row, shops and commercial
establishments run by Muslim proprietors remained closed on Thursday in some
parts of Karnataka, including in Mangaluru, Udupi, and Bengaluru. The day
passed off peacefully.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant went on
rounds in the Kadugondanahalli, D.J. Halli, J.C. Nagar, and R.T. Nagar police
station limits and supervised security arrangements.
Source: The Hindu
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Mideast
Islamic World Observes Laylat Al-Barat, Holy Night Of
Forgiveness And Salvation
BY DAILY SABAH
MAR 17, 2022
Muslims across the globe on Thursday observed Laylat
al-Barat, or the "Night of Barat," Islam’s night of forgiveness and
salvation.
Although these nights aren’t marked by public holidays
in Turkey, the minarets of mosques across the country are illuminated and
special prayers are recited for the occasion.
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad Call for Intensified Resistance
in Occupied Territories
2022-March-17
TEHRAN (FNA)- Leaders of resistance movements called
on the Palestinian people in the occupied territories to step up their
resistance against Israel, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its acts of
aggression against Palestinians.
The secretary general of the Islamic Jihad movement
and deputy head of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas' political bureau
made the appeal during a meeting in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Wednesday,
where they discussed the ongoing Israeli
aggression against Palestinians, their land and holy sites, presstv reported.
Source: Fars News.
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Israeli settlers and police storm Jerusalem's al-Aqsa
mosque on Purim
By MEE staff
17 March 2022
Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa compound in
occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday morning to mark the Jewish holiday of
Purim, local media reported.
Online footage from al-Aqsa mosque shows dozens of
Israeli settlers, one of them wearing a white monk dress, praying silently in
al-Aqsa esplanade while escorted and protected by Israeli police.
Source: Middle East Eye
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When Iran counterstrikes Mossad in secret war
By YONAH JEREMY BOB
MARCH 17, 2022
Although the focus in recent years has been a list of
allegedly astounding Mossad operational successes against Iran and Hamas
weapons scientists, the spy agency is not perfect and is made out of flesh and
blood like everyone else.
Tehran claimed that a series of missile strikes killed
and injured around a dozen Mossad agents at an alleged facility in Erbil, Iraq,
giving specific numbers and details about how the alleged agents were
subsequently evacuated.
Source: Ndtv
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Barbaric hostage diplomacy counterproductive for Iran
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM
March 18, 2022
To the delight of all, UK national Nazanin
Zaghari-Ratcliffe has finally been released after six years of detention on the
most bogus of charges in Iran. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday
confirmed that London had paid £400 million ($525 million) of “legitimate debt”
to Tehran and received assurances that it would only be used for humanitarian
purposes. The debt originated in the 1970s, when the shah of Iran paid for
1,500 British tanks but, before he could take delivery, was ousted by the current
regime, which subsequently became the biggest exporter of terror around the
globe.
The UK government rightly decided that the delivery of
cutting-edge military equipment to such a regime was not responsible. But the
mullahs never gave up on getting their refund and resorted to their
well-practiced policy of hostage diplomacy. Such hostage taking has been part
of the Islamic Republic’s “diplomatic” arsenal from its very foundation in
1979, starting with the notorious Iran hostage crisis, which saw the new regime
in Tehran hold dozens of American diplomatic personnel for more than a year.
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US Navy veteran jailed in Iran sues for $1 billion,
alleges torture
Mar 18, 2022
A US Navy veteran who was jailed in Iran for nearly
two years sued the Iranian government on Thursday for $1 billion, alleging that
he was kidnapped, held hostage and tortured.
The federal lawsuit describes in unsparing detail the
“prolonged and continuous" abuse that Michael White says he suffered
behind bars, including being beaten and punched, whipped on his feet, deprived
of food and drink, and pressured to falsely confess that he was a spy for the
US government.
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4 East Jerusalem residents charged with Hamas ties,
planning attacks during Ramadan
By EMANUEL FABIAN
18-03-2022
Four residents of East Jerusalem were indicted Friday
over alleged ties to Hamas, with police prosecutors charging some to have
planned attacks in the coming month after conducting weapons training and
meetings with terror group officials in Turkey.
Following a lengthy joint investigation with the Shin
Bet security agency, police said three of the suspects — a family from Sur
Baher — were detained upon their entry to Israel last month.
A fourth suspect — a resident of Beit Hanina — was
also arrested, with 500,000 NIS (approximately $155,000) in cash, vehicles, and
other assets seized, as well as the freezing of bank accounts belonging to a
charitable organization.
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South Asia
Islamist mob vandalizes ISKCON temple in Dhaka; 3
injured
18th March 2022
A mob of over 200 people attacked devotees and
vandalized the ISKCON Radhakanta Temple in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on
Thursday. “Last evening when devotees were preparing for Gaura Purnima
celebration, a mob of 200 people entered the premises of Shri Radhakanta Temple
in Dhaka and started vandalizing it,” Radharamn Das, Vice-President ISKCON
Kolkata told ANI.
“Three of our devotees were injured in the scuffle.
Fortunately, they called Police and were able to drive away miscreants from the
temple premises,” he said. Das said that the attack is a matter of grave
concern and appealed to the Bangladesh government to take stringent action and
provide security to Hindu minorities in the country.
Source: Newsx
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Russia has lost 7,000 soldiers in Ukraine in 20 days,
more than America lost in 20 years in Afghanistan & Iraq: US
Mar 17, 2022
WASHINGTON: Russia has lost more than 7,000 soldiers
in 20 days in Ukraine, roughly the same number of United States troops killed
in 20 years in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to American intelligence
estimates being dished out amid an emerging replay of Washington's proxy war that
trapped the former Soviet Union in Afghanistan between 1978 and 1988.
The alleged fatalities, on top an estimated 21,000
wounded casualties, means nearly 20 per cent of the 150,000 invading Russian
force is out of commission in a disastrous mission that the US leaders are
saying will be further aggravated with accelerated supply of lethal American
weapons to Ukraine.
Source: Times Of India
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Afghanistan officially bans all foreign TV series
Mar 18, 2022
The Taliban has officially banned the broadcast of all
foreign TV series in Afghanistan, Sputnik reported citing a person familiar
with the situation.
"The Taliban clearly said to stop showing any
foreign TV series translated into Dari or Pashto [official languages of
Afghanistan]," a participant of the meeting of Afghan broadcasters, held
on Thursday, said, according to the Russian News Agency.
Source: Hindustan Times
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Ukraine crisis: Why silent on civilian deaths in Iraq,
Afghanistan, China asks West
Ananth Krishnan
MARCH 18, 2022
China has questioned the silence of the West on
civilian casualties in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while defending its
stance on the Ukraine issue amid growing concern over civilian casualties as a
result of the Russian invasion.
Asked about Beijing declining to explicitly oppose the
Russian invasion and whether it agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden’s
description of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a “war criminal”, Foreign
Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said “the U.S., NATO and some Western media
are very hypocritical.”
Source: The Hindu
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Decoding Afghanistan’s colourful headgear culture
18 Mar 2022
At the crossroads of Central and South Asia,
Afghanistan has for centuries been a meeting place for cultures and
ethnicities, as evidenced in the striking assortment of headgear worn by its
people.
The style of a cap or turban confers status and
standing on its wearer, and also signifies what part of the country they come
from or which ethnic group they belong to.
Source: Aljazeera
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‘Flashback’: Ukraine war revives painful memories for
Afghans
By Brian Osgood
17 Mar 2022
Los Angeles, California, US – Since Russia launched
its invasion of Ukraine last month, the world has been gripped by images of
buildings reduced to rubble, millions of civilians fleeing their homes in
search of refuge, and acts of defiant resistance.
“Everything with Ukraine is a flashback for us,” Zahra
Nawroz, who was six years old and living with her family in Kabul when the
Soviets invaded in December 1979, told Al Jazeera in a phone interview.
Source: Aljazeera
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Europe
University of Otago Shares Painting Gifted to
Christchurch Muslim Community
17 March 2022
The University of Otago, Christchurch, has shared a
painting with staff and students – artwork which was gifted by the campus to
the local Muslim community at a special March 15 2019 remembrance service held
two years ago.
The painting, Ngā Roimata Aroha (Tears of Love), by
artist Awhi Puketapu (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tamaterā) was gifted
as a means of expressing the solidarity of campus staff with the Muslim
community in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks.
Source: Otago
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UK revokes Russian news channel RT's broadcast license
Ahmet Gürhan Kartal
18.03.2022
British broadcast regulator Ofcom announced on Friday
that it has revoked Russian news channel RT’s license to broadcast in the UK
"with immediate effect."
"We have done so on the basis that we do not
consider RT’s licensee, ANO TV Novosti, fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast
licence," a statement from the watchdog said.
Source: The Guardian
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Police storm Hezbollah-controlled mosque in Germany
Israel National News
18.03.22
Police in the western German city of Münster on
Thursday stormed the Hezbollah-controlled Imam-Mahdi mosque and its affiliated
center because intelligence determined that the mosque and its center are
pursuing violations of the constitution, JPost reported, citing the Bild
newspaper.
According to the report, the German authorities raided
the apartments of two leaders of the association “Fatime Versammlung,” which is
affiliated with the Imam-Mahdi mosque. A search also took place of a location
in Delmenhorst, where Hezbollah also has activities.
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North America
Council On American-Islamic Relations To Co-Sponsor A
Job And Resource Fair Hosted By Dar Us Salaam And Islamic Relief USA For
Newly-Arrived Afghan Families
Ismail Allison
March 17, 2022
(BALTIMORE, MD, 3/17/2022) – On Saturday, March 19,
the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations will
co-sponsor a job and resource fair hosted by Dar Us Salaam and Islamic Relief
USA for newly-arrived Afghan families.
CONTACT: Dar Us Salaam Program Manager Sr. Marnice
Williams, marnice.williams@darussalaam.org, 301-982-2061×125 Office,
301-660-5330 Work Mobile; CAIR Office in Maryland Director Zainab Chaudry,
zchaudry@cair.com, 410-971-6062
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Islamic Prenuptial Agreements in American Courts
EUGENE VOLOKH
3.17.2022
From Parbeen v. Bari, decided yesterday by the Florida
Court of Appeal (Fourth District), in an opinion by Judge Alan Forst, joined by
Chief Judge Burton Conner and Judge Jeffrey Kuntz:
This case concerns a prenuptial agreement made by the
parties on September 14, 2015, and its impact on their subsequent divorce. In
lieu of a conventional prenuptial agreement, the parties opted instead to enter
a type of traditional Islamic prenuptial contract known as a "Mahr."
Although the agreement was entered into in Bangladesh, neither party claims
that it should be interpreted under the secular laws of that nation.
Source: Reason
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ICCC in Parsippany Holds Welcoming Ramadan Ceremony
that Attracts over 500 People
By TAPINTO STAFF
March 17, 2022
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Islamic Community Cultural Center
in Parsippany had its "Welcoming Ramadan" ceremony on Saturday, March
12th.
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Pakistan
Speakers Call For Wider Outreach Of Islamic Finance
And Its Literacy In A Summit Hosted By International Islamic University
Islamabad
By News desk
March 18, 2022
Speakers of an Islamic Financial Literacy summit
hosted by International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) here on Thursday,
opined that there is a sheer need of promoting the Islamic finance with an
increased outreach to a wider segment of society. They recommended that instead
of long term finance to the new entrepreneurs and SMEs equity must be promoted.
The summit was organized by Faculty of Management
Sciences (FMS) and Iqbal International Institute for Research and dialogue
(IRD) at Faisal Masjid campus on “Islamic Financial Literacy summit: A way
forward to financial inclusion and sustainable economic development.”
Source: Pak Observer
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10,000 Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Volunteers To Protect
Islamabad Marchers
Bureau Report
March 18, 2022
PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl on Thursday
announced that it would send around 10,000 volunteers of its Ansarul Islam
force to Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to provide security to the
participants of the opposition’s march on March 25.
The JUI-F’s provincial council met here on Thursday
with Maulana Attaur Rehman in the chair and worked out the plan for the Islamabad
march, according to a statement issued by the JUI-F media cell.
Source: Dawn
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Judges not in touch with science cannot produce
jurisprudence, says SC's Justice Mansoor
Nasir Iqbal
March 18, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the
Supreme Court on Thursday observed that judges not in touch with science cannot
produce jurisprudence.
“As a judge, I feel this is a great judgement that has
opened the gates of science to walk into our courtrooms,” said Justice Shah
while giving a keynote speech at a report launch commemorating the one-year
anniversary of Safia Bano judgement, popularly known as schizophrenia verdict
on mentally ill death row prisoners.
Source: Dawn
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Rs1m fine imposed on lawyer for vilifying LHC chief
justice
Staff Reporter
March 18, 2022
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday imposed a
fine of Rs1 million on a lawyer for filing allegations against Chief Justice
Muhammad Ameer Bhatti in a petition challenging a decision of a special court
of anti-corruption.
Petitioner Advocate Ajmal Mahmood alleged the chief
justice used his office to manoeuvre proceedings before the anti-corruption
court in a case against women officials of the Punjab Women Development
Department.
Source: Dawn
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Nothing to do with no-trust motion, says ECP
Iftikhar A. Khan
March 18, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)
has made it clear that it has nothing to do with the election and no-trust
motion against the prime minister.
In a statement issued on Thursday, it also said that
its role in disqualifying a member of the National Assembly on the ground of
defection started only after it received a reference through the NA speaker.
Source: Dawn
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Southeast Asia
As Possible Marcos Presidency Looms, Muslim Senate Bet
Says: Remember Jabidah Massacre
Pia Ranada
MAR 18, 2022
MANILA, Philippines – On the 54th anniversary of the
infamous Jabidah massacre, a Marcos return to Malacañang appears likely, based
on recent voter preference surveys.
Muslim senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc appealed to
Filipino voters to remember that on March 18, 1968, exactly 54 years ago,
Muslim recruits were shot dead by the military in Corregidor during the
presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.
Source: Rappler
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PM Ismail Sabri: Malaysia filed application to annul
Final Award in relation to claims by Sulu Sultan’s heirs
18 Mar 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 ― To protect the sovereignty
and interests of Malaysia, the government has filed an application in the Court
of Arbitration in Paris to cancel the Final Award in relation to claims by
purported descendants of the Sulu Sultan, said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The prime minister said the application in the French
court was filed on March 3 to ensure that the award could not be enforced and
Malaysia need not have to pay the sum of US$14.9 billion (RM62.59 billion)
which was claimed.
Source: Malay Mail
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Buoyed by election victories, Zahid tells grassroots
Umno is back from the dead
BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID
18 Mar 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 ― Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
opened his party’s 2021 annual general assembly by declaring Umno as
battle-ready and has emerged from the ordeal of 2018’s humiliating defeat
stronger, as he urged members to prepare for the general election.
The Umno president asserted that the party’s
back-to-back electoral victories were the clearest indicator of a resurgent
public support, and that people continue to view the Malay nationalist outfit
as the best platform for economic and social progress despite efforts by rivals
to paint them as corrupt and obsolete.
Source: Malay Mail
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Dismissing Pakatan as an imposter, Zahid says Umno is the
real reformist
BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
18 Mar 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Umno president Datuk Seri
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said that Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) promise of bringing
reform agenda to the table while the coalition was in the driving seat of the
country’s administration, was mere chants and war cry on their way to grab
those top positions in the government.
“God willing, when we are back in power, there will be
no such thing as political vendetta,” he said during the party’s Umno General
Assembly 2021 at World Trade Center (WTC) here today.
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Guan Eng: Zahid surprised at lack of defections from
DAP, comes from the camaraderie within its members
BY ASHMAN ADAM
18 Mar 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 ― Umno president Datuk Seri
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi once praised DAP and its members for the lack of defections
throughout its political existence, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said.
In an exclusive interview with Malaysiakini on his 18
years as a leader in DAP, Lim shared a story of how Zahid had approached him in
Parliament and said “You won 42 seats and now you still have 42. Even Umno
cannot do this”, to which he attributed it to the strong sense of companionship
within DAP members.
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Arab world
Emirates Red Crescent's Ramadan programmes benefit
over 7 million people in Yemen
By Wam
18 Mar 2022
Around 7.035 million people have benefited from the
Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) Ramadan programmes in six Yemeni governorates,
including Shabwa, Hadhramaut, Taiz, Hodeidah, Aden and Socotra, according to an
ERC statement.
Some 6.87 million people benefited from the Ramadan
Mir and Iftar project, while 165,000 people benefited from the Eid clothing
initiatives.
Source: khaleej Times
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Meta research reveals trends and behaviours of UAE
consumers during Ramadan
Sofia Serrano
Mar. 18, 2022
Ramadan is a global season of reflection and introspection,
with almost two billion people observing it globally, fasting daily and
connecting with friends and family. Gifting and shopping is a big part of the
Ramadan moment. As a result, many discoveries are taking place across borders
because of the shifts in people’s openness to exploring new things during
Ramadan.
To better understand the behaviours of people who
observe Ramadan and who shop for this season, Facebook IQ, Meta’s insights and
research division, in partnership with YouGov, a global public opinion and data
company, has unveiled findings of a study conducted during Ramadan 2021 titled
‘Ramadan and Eid Study’ with over 13,000 respondents across nine countries
including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Source: Campaignme
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Co-operative societies cut food prices in Dubai and
Sharjah in Ramadan drive
Salam Al Amir
Mar 18, 2022
Community-focused retail chains will serve up vital
support to shoppers during Ramadan by slashing the cost of tens of thousands of
food items by up to 90 per cent.
The Union Co-operative and Sharjah Co-op will cut
prices on close to 50,000 household essentials at dozens of branches in Dubai
and Sharjah.
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Qatar consistently among top 10 in Islamic finance
globally
By News desk
March 18, 2022
Qatar, which has QR528bn of Islamic finance assets,
has been consistently ranked among top 10 of the world’s leading Islamic
financial markets over the past 10 years, Minister of Commerce and Industry H E
Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim Al Thani said yesterday after inaugurating
the 8th Doha Islamic Finance Conference, which was held under the patronage of
the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin
Abdulaziz Al Thani.
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Bahraini Islamic banking sector to grow driven by public
demand
By News desk
March 18, 2022
Bahrain’s Islamic banking sector growth (including
Islamic windows) is expected to continue apace in 2022-2023, following strong
momentum in 2021, likely driven by the steadily rising public demand for
Islamic products and the expected improvement in the operating environment,
Fitch Ratings says.
This follows rising oil prices, higher real GDP
growth, easing of Covid-19-related restrictions and the expected rises in
interest or profit rates.
Source: Pak Observer
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Kuwaiti Islamic banks post 4th best growth rate in
financing operations
By News desk
March 18, 2022
According to the data issued by Moody’s Agency for
Investors Services from 2019 to the third quarter of 2021, shows the Kuwaiti
Islamic banks have recorded the fourth best growth rate in financing operations
in the world better than traditional banks during the Covid-19 pandemic,
reports Al-Rai daily.
In a recent report, the agency stated, Kuwait is the
fifth largest major market for Islamic finance in the world, while Saudi Arabia
still maintain its first position, pointing out that the adoption of the Public
Debt Law may enhance the issuance of sovereign sukuk, given the importance of
sukuk in the Gulf region.
Source: Pak Observer
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Africa
Child Upbringing In Focus As Institute Graduates More
Young Qur’an Memorisers In Ibadan
By Saheed Salawu
Mar 18, 2022
THE increasing moral decadence and alarming social
vices among the youth are attributable to waning good parenting in many homes.
A cleric and director of the Ali Institute of Qur’an
Memorisation (AIQM), Ibadan, Malam Ali Abdussalam, made this assertion at the
third haflah (graduation) of the institute held at Oba Akinbiyi Estate, Olunde,
Academy-Olomi, Ibadan.
Ali Institute for Qur’an Memorisation started five
years ago with students from every region of the country memorising the Qur’an
there. The institute has produced 900 Qur’an memorisers to date.
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Sanusi, Other Experts Dissect Islamic Financial System
At The Companion’s ‘National Discourse’
By Saheed Salawu
Mar 18, 2022
The approval of non-interest banking in Nigeria took a
lot of efforts and commitment, His Highness, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said.
Sanusi spoke recently at the fifth ‘National
Discourse’ of The Companion, an association of Muslim men in business and the
professions, held at the University of Lagos, Akoka.
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The refugee trapped between Ukraine war and a Nigerian
loan shark
By Carol Schaeffer
18 Mar 2022
Warsaw, Poland—Life in a refugee camp in Warsaw has
left Vera* (surname withheld) without much to do other than reflect on all the
war has cost her after she fled Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
After more than three years at a Ukrainian university,
she is left with little proof of her hard work and investment in her education
but also financial uncertainty back home in her native Nigeria.
Source: Aljazeera
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