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Pakistan's
Musharraf, military ruler who allied with the US and promoted moderate Islam,
dies aged 79
05
Feb 2023
FILE
PHOTO: Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf gestures during a news
conference in Dubai, on Mar 23, 2013. (Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Abu Omar)
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ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf, 79, has died after a prolonged
illness at a hospital in Dubai after spending years in self-imposed exile,
Pakistani local media reported on Sunday (Feb 5).
Musharraf,
the four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing
power in a bloodless coup in 1999, oversaw rapid economic growth and attempted
to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.
He
enjoyed strong support for many years, though his greatest threat was al Qaeda
and other militant groups who tried to kill him at least three times.
But
his heavy-handed use of the military to quell dissent as well as his continued
backing of the United States in its fight against al Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban
ultimately led to his downfall.
Born
in New Delhi in 1943, Musharraf was four years old when his parents joined the
mass exodus by Muslims to the newly created state of Pakistan. His father
served in the foreign ministry, while his mother was a teacher and the family
subscribed to a moderate, tolerant brand of Islam.
He
joined the army at the age of 18 and went on to lead an elite commando unit
before rising to become its chief. He took power by ousting the then-prime
minister, Nawaz Sharif, who had tried to sack him for greenlighting an
operation to invade Indian-held areas of Kashmir, bringing Pakistan and India
to the brink of war.
In
his early years in government, Musharraf won plaudits internationally for his
reformist efforts, pushing through legislation to protect the rights of women
and allowing private news channels to operate for the first time.
His
penchant for cigars and imported whisky and his calls for Muslims to adopt a
lifestyle of "enlightened moderation" increased his appeal in the
West in the aftermath of the Sep 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
He
became one of Washington’s most important allies after the attacks, allowing US
forces to operate armed drones from secret bases on Pakistani soil that killed
thousands and ordering domestic troops into the country’s lawless tribal areas
along the Afghanistan frontier for the first time in Pakistan’s history.
That
helped legitimise his rule overseas but also helped plunge Pakistan into a
bloody war against local extremist militant groups.
In
a 2006 memoir, he took credit for saving Pakistan from American wrath saying
the country had been warned it needed to be “prepared to be bombed back to the
Stone Age” if it did not ally itself with Washington.
Musharraf
also successfully lobbied then-President George W. Bush to pour money into the
Pakistani military. Still, the army's allegiances were never unambiguous: Its
powerful intelligence services cut deals with the Taliban and al Qaeda, and
bolstered an insurgency fighting US troops in Afghanistan.
At
a regional summit in 2002, less than three years after launching the military
operation against India, Musharraf shocked the world when, after finishing a
speech, he suddenly moved towards Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to
shake hands and offered to talk peace.
Analysts
say the issue of Kashmir – which remains the most potent point of contention
between India and Pakistan – was close to being solved during the Musharraf
era. But the peace process was derailed soon after his rule.
Under
Musharraf, foreign investment flourished and Pakistan saw annual economic
growth of as much as 7.5 per cent - which remains the highest level in nearly
three decades, according to World Bank data.
In
2006, Musharraf ordered military action that killed a tribal head from the
province Balochistan, laying the foundations of an armed insurgency that rages
to this day.
The
next year, more than a hundred students calling for the imposition of Sharia
law were killed after Musharraf shunned negotiations and ordered troops to
storm a mosque in Islamabad. That led to the birth of a new militant group,
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, which has since killed tens of thousands in suicide
bombings and brazen assaults.
Later
in 2007, a suicide attack that assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto
triggered waves of violence. His efforts to strong-arm the judiciary also led
to protests and a besieged Musharraf postponed elections and declared a state
of emergency.
In
2008, the country's first democratic elections in 11 years were held.
Musharraf's party lost and facing impeachment by parliament he resigned from
the presidency and fled to London.
He
returned to Pakistan in 2013 to run for a seat in parliament but was
immediately disqualified. He was allowed to leave for Dubai in 2016.
In
2019, a court sentenced him to death in absentia for the 2007 imposition of
emergency rule but the verdict was later overturned.
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Zeeshan
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05-02-2023
After
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Hindu organisations, held a Hindu Jan AakroshMorch in Mumbai on January 29,
amid calls for laws against religious conversions, the bogey of ‘love jihad’
conspiracies, and an economic boycott of Muslims.
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Al-Aqsa
Mosque preacher: "Peace" with Zionist enemy is humiliation
05/February/2023
Al-Aqsa
Mosque preacher: "Peace" with Zionist enemy is humiliation
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Al-AQSA
February 05. 2023 (Saba) - The preacher of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh
Muhammad Hussein, considered "peace" with the Zionist enemy is
"humiliation and shame".
According
to what was reported by Palestinian news agencies on Friday, Sheikh Hussein
called on the Palestinian people not to pay attention to the positions of the
losers' normalization with the Zionist enemy.
Sheikh
Muhammad called on the Almoravids to be keen on the right and preserve Al-Aqsa
Mosque and the holy sites.
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Did
Qatar bribe Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to not fight the Taliban?
February
5, 2023
The
Taliban interim government in Afghanistan (Pic. Courtesy
Twitter/@suhailshaheen1)
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In
a major revelation, Italy’s State-run TV network Tg1 has reported that Qatar
allegedly paid the then Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, $110 million to not
fight the Taliban militants.
The
State-run network also says that Qatar paid $51 million to Marshal Abdul Rashid
Dostum– commander and warlord, and $61 million to Atta Mohammad Noor–former
governor of Balkh province for not resisting the Taliban. The money was
allegedly paid in Kabul by a Qatari representative.
To
buttress its investigation, Tg1 published various documents on Thursday to
prove that the money was allegedly received by the three Afghan leaders one
month before Ghani’s government fell without offering resistance to the Taliban
forces.
Afghanistan’s
Khaama Press reports that the investigation says representatives of Ghani,
Dostum and Noor received the money from a representative of Qatar after signing
the documents on 7 July 2021.
One
of the documents says that Ajmal Ahmady, the then Central Bank Governor,
received $110 million on behalf of
former president Ghani.
Another
document allegedly shows that Mohammad FarhadAzimi, the then governor of Balkh
province, received $61 million on behalf of Noor from Qatar’s representative in
Kabul.
The
third document says that the former first deputy of the Supreme National
Reconciliation Council received $51 million from the Qatar representative on
behalf of Marshal Dostum. This document allegedly praised Dostum’s cooperation
in retreating from the northern provinces such as Fariyab and Jawzjan
provinces.
Khaama
Press says that the archive of Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows that
Qatari ambassador, Dr Mutlaq Al-Qahtani was in Kabul and had met with the then
president Ashraf Ghani at the presidential palace on 7 July 2021.
The
letters highlight that while money was given to the three Afghan leaders to
avoid resisting the Taliban fighters, for Dostum and Noor the money was
specifically meant to not fight against the Taliban in Northern Afghanistan.
Noor
too rejected the authenticity of the documents and claimed that the media
fabricated these documents in support of terror groups.
Italian
journalist Filippo Rossi conducted this investigation for the State-run TV
network Tg1. He claimed that the Afghan national forces were directed from
Kabul to retreat and not resist the Taliban.
Going
back to the action-packed days of July-August 2021, the world had observed with
shock and surprise how the US-trained Afghan National Defense Force had fallen
like a pack of cards to the Taliban militants. Even capital Kabul fell into
Taliban hands in a day with no opposition or resistance from the Afghan army.
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Saudi
Arabia creating cemeteries across the kingdom for non-Muslims
February
05, 2023
Ramadan
Al Sherbini
Illustrative
image.
Image
Credit: AFP file
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Cairo:
Saudi Arabia plans to create cemeteries for non-Muslims to facilitate a swift
burial process, a local newspaper has reported.
The
kingdom’s Ministry of Municipal, Village Affairs and Housing has directed
several affiliated municipalities to create places for non-Muslims to
facilitate the swift burial of the non-Muslim deceased instead of transferring
them to specific areas like the ones existing in the Red Sea city of Jeddah,
Okaz said.
The
ministry has set specifications for these tombs different from the ones
allocated for Muslims, the paper added, citing what it described as
well-informed sources.
Meanwhile,
officials at the municipality of Taif in western Saudi Arabia had met with
specialists at the Ministry of Health and discussed issues related to the
burial process and ways to make it comfortable for relatives of the deceased,
the report said.
To
this end, efforts include preparing tombs, and giving family of the dead person
a possible access to an immediate, electronic death certificate instead of the
certificates issued by the Ministry of Health hospitals.
Saudi
Arabia, a country of around 34.8 million people, is home to a large community
of migrant workers including followers of non-Islamic faiths.
In
a sign of tolerance, Saudi Arabia has recently allowed public display of
decorations and other festive features linked to Christmas, which was once
celebrated behind closed doors in the kingdom.
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The
European Commission has appointed a new Coordinator on combating anti-Muslim
hatred
February
5, 2023
The
European Commission has appointed Marion Lalisse as its new Coordinator on
combating anti-Muslim hatred. MsLalisse will work with Member States, European
institutions, civil society and academia to strengthen policy responses in the
field of anti-Muslim hatred. In her new
role, the Coordinator will be the main point of contact for organisations
working in this field in the EU.
Commissioner
for Equality, Helena Dalli, said: “I welcome MsLalisse, as the new Coordinator
on combating Anti-Muslim hatred, whose work will ensure responses to hatred, as
well as structural and individual discrimination against Muslims. We must fight
anti-Muslim hatred in all areas of life including education, employment and
social policy. We must also gather data about, monitor and tackle all instances
of anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination.”
MsLalisse
graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of
London), the College of Europe and University of Toulouse Le Mirail. She served
as deputy EU Ambassador to Yemen and Chargé d’Affairesa.i. and held different positions at the EU
Delegations to Ghana, Mauritania, Morocco and within the EU Aid Programme for
the Turkish-Cypriot community. An experienced EU civil servant, she has
significant experience in working closely with a wide range of civil society
organisations inside the EU and in the Muslim world. More information on the
activities of the European Commission’s coordinator on combating anti-Muslim
hatred can be found here.
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Musharraf
allied with the U.S. and promoted moderate Islam
February
5, 2023
ISLAMABAD,
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Pervez Musharraf, the four-star general who ruled Pakistan
for nearly a decade after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1999, oversaw
rapid economic growth and attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the
conservative Muslim country.
Musharraf,
79, died in hospital after a long illness after spending years in self-imposed
exile, Pakistan media reported on Sunday. He enjoyed strong support for many
years, his greatest threat al Qaeda and other militant Islamists who tried to
kill him at least three times.
But
his heavy-handed use of the military to quell dissent as well as his continued
backing of the United States in its fight against al Qaeda and the Afghan
Taliban ultimately led to his downfall.
Born
in New Delhi in 1943, Musharraf was four years old when his parents joined the
mass exodus by Muslims to the newly created state of Pakistan. His father
served in the foreign ministry, while his mother was a teacher and the family
subscribed to a moderate, tolerant brand of Islam.
He
joined the army at the age of 18, and went on to lead an elite commando unit
before rising to become its chief. He took power by ousting the then prime
minister, Nawaz Sharif, who had tried to sack him for greenlighting an
operation to invade Indian-held areas of Kashmir, bringing Pakistan and India
to the brink of war.
In
his early years in government, Musharraf won plaudits internationally for his
reformist efforts, pushing through legislation to protect the rights of women
and allowing private news channels to operate for the first time.
His
penchant for cigars and imported whisky and his calls for Muslims to adopt a
lifestyle of "enlightened moderation" increased his appeal in the
West in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
He
became one of Washington’s most important allies after the attacks, allowing
U.S. forces to operate armed drones from secret bases on Pakistani soil that
killed thousands and ordering domestic troops into the country’s lawless tribal
areas along the Afghanistan frontier for the first time Pakistan’s history.
In
a 2006 memoir, he took credit for saving Pakistan from American wrath saying
the country had been warned it needed to be “prepared to be bombed back to the
Stone Age” if it did not ally itself with Washington.
Musharraf
also successfully lobbied then-President George W. Bush to pour money into the
Pakistani military. Still, the army's allegiances were never unambiguous: its
powerful intelligence services cut deals with the Taliban and al Qaeda, and
bolstered an insurgency fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
At
a regional summit in 2002, less than three years after launching the military
operation against India, Musharraf shocked the world when, after finishing a
speech, he suddenly moved towards Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to
shake hands and offered to talk peace.
Analysts
say the issue of Kashmir – which remains the most potent point of contention
between India and Pakistan – was close to being solved during the Musharraf
era. But the peace process was derailed soon after his rule.
Under
Musharraf, foreign investment flourished and Pakistan saw annual economic
growth of as much as 7.5% - which remains the highest level in nearly three
decades, according to World Bank data.
The
later years of his presidency were, however overshadowed, by his increasingly
authoritarian rule. In 2006, Musharraf ordered military action that killed a
tribal head from the province Balochistan, laying the foundations of an armed
insurgency that rages to this day.
The
next year, more than a hundred students calling for the imposition of Sharia
law were killed after Musharraf shunned negotiations and ordered troops to
storm a mosque in Islamabad. That led to the birth of a new militant group, Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan, which has since killed tens of thousands in suicide bombings and
brazen assaults.
Later
in 2007, a suicide attack that assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto,
triggered waves of violence. His efforts to strong arm the judiciary also led
to protests and a besieged Musharraf postponed elections and declared a state
of emergency.
In
2008, the country's first democratic elections in 11 years were held.
Musharraf's party lost and facing impeachment by parliament he resigned the presidency
and fled to London.
He
returned to Pakistan in 2013 to run for a seat in parliament but was
immediately disqualified. He was allowed to leave for Dubai in 2016.
In
2019, a court sentenced him to death in absentia for the 2007 imposition of
emergency rule but the verdict was later overturned.
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General
IS Ali: Sustaining the Heat on Boko Haram
by
Lawrence Audu
February
5, 2023
American
statesman, General Colin Powell was right in one of his writings on leadership
when he said: ” Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut
through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
This is also true of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor under
whose dynamic leadership we see a strong synergy of among service chiefs
working round the clock to surmount the security challenges the nation faces.
Top Commanders in the Armed Forces with impeccable track records have also at
different periods have been deployed to head critical missions with attendant
successes.
As
the nation continues to battle threats posed by non-state actors and criminal
elements, the military recently redeployed some senior field commanders across
all theatres in a bid to consolidate on the successes achieved. One of them is
Major General Ibrahim Sallau Ali who takes over from Major General Chris Musa
at the North East Joint Operations Theatre, Operation Hadin Kai as Theatre
Commander, in Maiduguri, Borno State.
By
now, the name Major General Ibrahim Ali would not come strange to many
following his exploits and experience in the Army and only recently as General
Officer Commanding the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army while at the same time,
Commander of the Joint Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven which Areas of
Responsibility span across Plateau, Bauchi and Kaduna states. That jurisdiction
has been the epicenter of one of the worst ethno-religious conflicts for more
than 20 years. Since September 7, 2001, when Jos lost its innocence following
the outbreak of violence in the one serene city, leaving thousands dead in its
wake, successive administrations over the years have pondered on the possible ways
of finding not just a lasting solution, but to ending the cycle of violence.
This continued until the Armed Forces of Nigeria considered the establishment
of Operation Safe Haven, a military task force set up to maintain peace in
Plateau State in 2010.
General
Ali, whose sojourn in Jos has been very impactful in changing the situation for
the better, deployed a non-kinetic/civil-military approach where necessary. We
now see a people more committed to peace than ever before with several sessions
of dialogues carried out in most of the affected communities to build
confidence, Civil Societies were from time to time called upon to engage
communities, while routine cultural festivals brought all peoples of diverse
faith, creed and ethnicity brought together to interact. In a bid to keep the
youth away from crime and violence, sports competitions were organized
frequently which served also as a talent recruitment avenue from where many
youths have found themselves living their dreams.
A
successful military onslaught led by troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau
and Kaduna States, under the Command of General Ali also led to the recovery of
517 small Arms and light weapons from bandits and criminal elements. All these
in addition to the arrest of countless criminals, rescue of kidnap victims as
well as nipping in the bud potential breakdown of law and order through
intelligence gathering.
Born
on 16 November 1970 in Nasarawa Kano State, Nigeria, General Ali started his
educational pursuit in 1974, at Lebanon Primary School Kano, before proceeding
to Saint Thomas Secondary School in 1980 also in Kano State. He began his
military career at the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of the 39th Regular
Course in 1987 and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from the
Nigerian Defence Academy in 1991. He was nominated in 1992, to complete his
cadet training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom.
He was a member of the Standard Military Course 922 at the Royal Military
Academy. At the end of his course, he was awarded the Silver Bugle for being
the best athlete among all the British and foreign cadets during the course.
Ibrahim was commissioned second lieutenant into the Nigerian Army Armoured
Corps in April 1993.
The
senior officer attended several military courses including; Young Officers’
Course Armour, Regimental Intelligence and Security Officers’ Course, Basic
Range Management Course, Anti-Tank Platoon Commanders’ Course amongst others
both home and abroad. Among the 12 graded courses attended by Major General
Ali, he was the best in order of merit in 7 and second best in 2 of the
courses. During his National Defence Course in 2014, he was awarded the
Inspector General of Police prize for writing the best research paper on Internal
Security Operations.
General
Ali also held several positions in the Army which include, Commander, Rapid
Deployment Force under the ECOWAS Monitoring Group Task Force ECOMOG in
Monrovia, Liberia and in Sierra Leone, Platoon Commander, 5 Battalion. The
operational terrain of the Northeast would not be strange to the new Theatre
Commander who has also served in Operation FLUSH OUT 1 Multinational Joint Task
Force in BagaBorno state and Acting Commander Sector 2 Operation LAFIYA DOLE in
Yobe State. From his experiences General Ali is a war-tested General who has
not only seen real-time combat, but excelled in the battle.
As
General Ibrahim Ali takes Command in the Northeast Theater of Operations, there
is no doubt that he would hit the ground running to continue from where his
predecessor, General CG Musa stopped. General Musa who now Commands Infantry
Corps of the Nigerian Army in all fairness will be remembered as one of the
most successful TCs, under whose Command Troops welfare was given adequate priority
with high morale as the troops went about rooting out insurgents from their
hiding. Many terrorists surrendered to troops while many kidnapped victims
including a number of Chibok girls were rescued during his time.
Expectedly,
on assumption of office, the Theatre Commander has begun expanding on the
existing synergies with visits to units and formations within his Area of
Responsibility where he commended the Air Component for the crucial roles being
played in support of the operation and requested for its sustenance in order to
record more successes in the fight against the insurgents while paying special
tribute to Fallen Heroes at the Memorial Wall.
The visits which were also extended to other critical stakeholders
including traditional institutions provided the opportunity to seek royal
blessings and support of the traditional institution in order to win the hearts
and minds of the locals in the ongoing Operations in the Northeast.
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Pakistan
Death
toll of Peshawar mosque blast revised down to 84: police
February
4, 2023
Peshawar
police on Saturday revised down the death toll of the January 30 mosque blast
to 84 after taking out names that were repeated in the martyrs list.
On
Monday, a powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in Peshawar’s Red Zone
area where between 300 and 400 people — mostly police officers — had gathered
for prayers. The suicide blast blew away the wall of the prayer hall and an
inner roof.
The
outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had initially claimed responsibility for
the attack. It later distanced itself from it but sources earlier indicated
that it might have been the handiwork of some local faction of the outlawed
group.
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Get
ready to court arrest, Imran tells PTI workers
Zulqernain
Tahir
February
5, 2023
LAHORE:
Apparently running out of options to press the PML-N-led government to hold
elections in two provinces and stop it from ‘political victimisation’, Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday announced a ‘Jail Bharo
Tehreek’ (court arrest drive).
At
the same time, the PTI has told the Shehbaz Sharif administration that it may
attend the Feb 7 multi-party conference (MPC) on militancy, provided the
government stops victimising its leaders forthwith and gives a date for
elections in Punjab and Khyber Paktunkhwa.
The
ousted premier in a televised address from his Zaman Park residence here on
Saturday explained why he announced the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’.
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Army
chief lands in UK on five-day visit
A
Correspondent
February
5, 2023
LONDON:
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Muneer arrived here on Saturday on
a five-day visit.
The
COAS will attend meetings on defence-related issues, being held between
February 5 and 9.
Gen
Muneer is in London to attend a conference at Wilton Park, an executive agency
created by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office to foster open
dialogue between governments.
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Shehbaz
and Fazl talk tactics, consider election prospects
Syed
Irfan Raza
February
5, 2023
ISLAMABAD:
As Imran Khan continues to put pressure on the government to give a date for
general elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Prime Minister Shehbaz
Sharif and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman
met on Saturday to chalk out a strategy regarding the upcoming elections in
both provinces, as well as the National Assembly seats vacated by their rivals.
According
to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), PM Shehbaz and the PDM chief took stock
of the overall political situation and also discussed issues of mutual
interest.
When
contacted, a senior PDM leader told Dawn that the meeting was “quite
significant” as the two leaders “agreed to contest elections” on vacant NA
seats, which are likely to be held next month. The coalition leader said it
will be decided within a few days whether the PDM would field joint candidates
or the parties would prefer to contest the polls individually. The source said
that as per the schedule for by-polls, candidates could submit their nomination
papers from Feb 4 to Feb 6.
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Islamabad
police issue sketch of F9 Park rape suspect
Shakeel
Qarar
February
5, 2023
Islamabad
police on Sunday issued a sketch of one of the suspects involved in the rape of
a woman in the capital’s F-9 Park on Thursday night, days after a case was filed
against two unidentified men.
A
first information report (FIR) had been filed under Section 376 (punishment for
rape) at the capital’s Margalla police station at 11:40pm on Thursday, hours
after they raped the woman “at gunpoint”.
According
to police spokesperson Jawad Taqi, the sketch has been prepared with the help
of the details provided by the victim and it would be matched with the CCTV
footage of the park premises.
The
details mentioned in the sketch profile include that the suspect was five feet and
10 inches tall while his age was around 35 years. It further said the suspect
had a dusky complexion.
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India
'We
Are Not at War': Muslim Leaders Keen on Continuing Dialogue With RSS
FEBRUARY
05, 2023
The
Muslim organizations feel that the dialogue with the RSS should continue and
there should be an early resolution of the issues leading to conflict between
the two communities.
Jamat
e Islami Hind, whose representative met RSS leaders, said, “we are of the
opinion that the dialogue should continue with the RSS as they hold influence
on the government."
Another
Muslim intellectual who once met these leaders said on condition of anonymity
that on the cow slaughter issue the community should come up with a detailed response
as Muslims are not involved in the cases and it has now become a business
issue. He said that issue is likely to be discussed at the Sunday meeting of
the All India Muslim Personal Law Board in Lucknow.
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‘Inept
police, over-zealous prosecutors’: Chidambaram on Sharjeel Imam court order
By:
Express News Service
February
5, 2023
Senior
Congress leader P Chidambaram said Sunday that Jamia Millia Islamia student Sharjeel
Imam and 10 others, who were accused of perpetrating violence which broke out
near Jamia Millia Islamia University in 2019, were made scapegoats, and lauded
the trial court for pushing back against the “abuse of the law” and upholding
liberty.
In
a series of tweets, the former home minister said, “A Delhi trial court has
held that Sharjeel Imam and 10 others were made “scapegoats” in a case
connected with incidents of violence in Jamia Millia Islamia in 2019. Was there
even prima facie evidence against the accused? The Court’s conclusion:
unequivocal no.”
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Supreme
Court Must End 'Daily Abuse Of Law', Says P Chidambaram After Delhi Court
Discharges Sharjeel Imam
05
FEB 2023
A
day after a Delhi court discharged activist Sharjeel Imam in a 2019 case,
senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the Supreme Court should
put an end to this "daily abuse of the law".
A
Delhi court here on Saturday discharged 11 people, including student activists
Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who participated in anti-CAA protests, in the 2019
Jamia Nagar violence case. The court said the 11 discharged persons were made
"scapegoats" by police and that dissent has to be encouraged, not stifled.
He
said, "The Court's conclusion: unequivocal no. Some accused have been
lodged in jail for nearly three years. Some got bail after many months.This is
pre-trial incarceration," the former home minister said.
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94%
acquittal rate under Haryana’s cow slaughter law in Muslim-dominated Nuh
February
05, 2023
ASHOK
KUMAR
Of
the 69 cases decided by the Nuh district and sessions court under Haryana’s law
against cow slaughter in the second half of 2022, only four have ended in
conviction, an acquittal rate of 94%.
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Mideast
Muslim
countries should find new ways to neutralize sanctions: Omani MP
February
4, 2023
The
Omani MP, Mansour al-Hejri, said all Muslim countries should reach economic
stability.
He
made the remarks on the 17th summit of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC
Member States (PUIC), according to Iran’s parliamentary news agency ICANA.
“In
our era, the development of relations, especially in the economic field,
between Islamic countries is very important in any field,” al-Hejri said.
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Iranian
lawmakers renew allegiance to ideals of Islamic Rev.
Feb
5, 2023
Mohammad
Bagher Ghalibaf and a group of Iranian lawmakers on Sunday morning attended the
mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini (RA).
The
ceremony was held concurrent with the 10-Day Fajr celebrations that mark the
44th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
On
February 1, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic
Republic returned to Iran after 15 years in exile.
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Israeli
forces arrest senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist
February
5, 2023
Israeli
forces arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative in Samaria
overnight Saturday, according to Israeli and Palestinian media reports.
Khader
Adnan was one of several Palestinians detained by Israeli security forces on
suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities, said the reports. He was
arrested in his hometown of Arrabe, according to Wafa.
The
IDF said in a statement that numerous arrests had been made in
counter-terrorism operations throughout Judea and Samaria, but did not name the
suspects.
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Sunni
Leader In Iran Slams Government Policies Amid New Restrictions
05-02-2023
Iran’s
most prominent Sunni leader Mawlana Abdolhamid has criticized the government
for not allowing criticism, while officials are planning more hijab
enforcement.
In
his Friday Prayer sermon in Zahedan, Abdolhamid called for freedom of speech
and suggested that the Islamic Republic government should begin to include
qualified secular individuals in its institutions.
The
Sunni leader has become an outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic since
nationwide protests broke out last September, and specially after security
forces killed more than 80 civilians in the city on September 30.
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South
Asia
Road
accident kills 2, injures 9 in Afghanistan
by
Abdul Rahman
5th
February 2023
Kabul:
Two commuters were killed and nine others injured in a road crash in
Afghanistan’s Samangan province, provincial traffic police said on Sunday.
The
accident took place late Saturday in the Daulatabad area of Hazrat Sultan
district when a car collided with another vehicle coming from the opposite
direction, killing two travelers on the spot and injuring nine others with some
in critical condition, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Seven
members of family killed in Afghanistan's Balkh province
2023-02-04
Kabul,
Feb 4 (IANS) Seven members of a family were mysteriously killed in
Afghanistan's Balkh province, a statement of the provincial police office said
on Saturday.
The
gruesome incident took place in Jarqala village of Chamtal district late on
Friday. The victims, including women, children and men are civilians and
members of the same family, the statement said, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Without
providing more details, the statement said that an investigation had been
initiated into the case.
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Afghanistan
shows China’s deficits
By
Sadiq Amini
Feb
05, 2023
China
is the most populous country on the planet, with the second-largest economy and
a growing military strength, all of which contribute to the perception that
China is a challenger to the US for global leadership.
After
the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban in
August 2021, many assumed that China would seek to fill the ensuing power
vacuum.
China’s
engagement with Afghanistan has essentially been driven by short-term and
narrow considerations, rather than a well thought through plan.
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Minister:
We are going to get something very good
February
5, 2023
Expatriates'
Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Sunday said Malaysia
indicated a significant change in terms of hiring Bangladeshi workers making
the recruitment process much easier and transparent.
“I
believe we are going to get something very good,” he told reporters after his
meeting with Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
Appreciating
the level of sincerity shown by the Malaysian minister, the expatriates'
minister said they have discussed all the relevant issues fruitfully.
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Sri
Lanka: MoS Muraleedharan, Bangladesh Foreign Minister discuss areas of mutual
interest
5
February, 2023
Colombo
[Sri Lanka], February 5 (ANI): Union Minister of State (MoS) for External
Affairs V Muraleedharan on Saturday held a meeting with Bangladesh Minister of
Foreign Affairs AK Abdul Momen and held discussions on areas of mutual
interest.
V
Muraleedharan held the meeting with AK Abdul Momen in Colombo during his visit
to attend the 75th Independence Celebrations of Sri Lanka. He tweeted, “Met FM
of Bangladesh H.E. @AKAbdulMomen at Colombo during my visit to attend the 75th
Independence Day celebrations of Sri Lanka. Held discussions on areas of mutual
interest.”
During
his visit to Colombo, V Muraleedharan also met with Nepal’s Foreign Minister
Bimala Rai Paudyal. He tweeted, “During my visit to Colombo to attend the 75th
Independence Day celebrations, had the opportunity to meet FM of Nepal H.E.
@bimalarp. Discussed areas of mutual interest.”
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Arab
world
Muslim
Council of Elders commemorate signing of historic Document on Human Fraternity
Tala
Michel Issa
05
February ,2023
The
Muslim Council of Elders commemorated the singing of the historic ‘Document on
Human Fraternity’ on Saturday, marking its four-year anniversary since it was
signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb.
The
Document, signed in Abu Dhabi on February 4, 2019, in the presence of the
United Arab Emirates’ then-Prime Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed intended to
create a lasting legacy of tolerance and understanding that is reflected in the
annual International Day of Human Fraternity worldwide.
“The
International Day of Human Fraternity is a great opportunity to uphold the
values of love, coexistence and reproachment and to maintain unity and
solidarity in the face of intolerance, chaotic hatred, isolationism and
extremism,” said the Grand Imam Dr. al-Tayeb.
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Conference
of Regional Chief Imams reaffirms commitment to unite for development
5
February 2023
The
Conference of Regional Chief Imams has reaffirmed their commitment to unite to
address the developing challenges facing the Muslim Ummah in Ghana.
The
Imams “seek to do this by coming together to formulate a systematic approach in
managing the developmental needs of the Ummah” as part of their religious
obligation.
In
an eight-point communique issued after the two-day extraordinary general
meeting in Sunyani in the Bono Region, the conference said they “recognise the
potential in the Ummah that stands to be harnessed through righteous leadership
and deeds of all”.
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Kuwait
Airways plans to expand its network with 20 new routes in 2023
ARAB
NEWS
February
05, 202
RIYADH:
Kuwait Airways plans to launch 20 new destinations in 2023, including a number
of new cities to its winter schedule, as the airlines moves towards
diversifying its network around the world, revealed the company’s top official.
"The
company is preparing accurate studies on the feasibility of these markets and
destinations, as well as the extent of customer demand for them,” said Shorouk
Al-Awadhi, director of Distribution and Network Planning at Kuwait Airways.
The
airline will operate its flights, starting in June to Budapest in Hungary with
two flights per week to Malaga in Spain, three flights per week to Sarajevo in
Bosnia, and two flights per week to Mykonos in Greece.
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How
centuries of Middle Eastern influence shaped Indian architecture
SANJAY
KUMAR
February
05, 2023
NEW
DELHI: Middle Eastern influence on Indian architecture is most famously
represented by the iconic Taj Mahal, but the mausoleum is not the only fine
example of the unique style that throughout centuries developed into a blend of
Arab, Persian and indigenous designs.
The
earliest examples of Islamic architecture to survive in the Indian subcontinent
date from the late years of the 12th century, but the cultural influence of
Islamic art had already been present there since the Arabs conquered the Sindh
region — now in Pakistan — in 712.
As
Muslims came to India, new features and architectural techniques were
introduced in building design, including the use of the arch and dome, the
construction of which was further refined by the Hindu craftsmen who long
before had mastered the art of stonework.
The
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in the QutbMinar complex in Delhi is the earliest
surviving mosque in India. Its construction began in 1192, under Qutb-ud-din
Aibak, a Turkic general, who later became the first ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi.
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No
one-size-fits-all solution to achieving net zero, says Saudi energy
minister
GHADI
JOUDAH
February
05, 2023
RIYADH:
As the world pushes to achieve net zero, there is no one path or a defined
one-size solution that fits all, said Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz
bin Salman during an energy event in Riyadh.
“There
are many pathways that get us there ... pathways that take into account
national circumstances, economic development, and solutions that are local,
national, regional, and global,” the minister said during his inaugural speech
at the 44th International Association for Energy Economics conference.
The
energy event, which is being held for the first time in the Middle East and
North Africa region in Saudi Arabia with the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies
and Research Center and Saudi Association for Energy Economics, will run from
Feb. 4 to 9.
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Arab News
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16k
held for labor, residency, border violations in Saudi Arabia
ARAB
NEWS
February
05, 2023
RIYADH:
Saudi authorities arrested more than 16,000 people in one week for breaching
residency, work and border security regulations, according to an official
report.
From
Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, a total of 9,343 people were arrested for violations of
residency rules, while 4,107 were held over illegal border crossing attempts,
and a further 2,838 for labor-related issues.
The
report showed that among the 488 people arrested for trying to enter the
Kingdom illegally, 63 percent were Yemeni, 30 percent Ethiopian, and 7 percent
were of other nationalities.
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Europe
IC:
The Contract with the State of BiH and the Islamic Community is being blocked
February
4, 2023
For
a long time, the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been manipulating the
content of the contract between the Islamic Community and the state, announced
the Public Relations Office of the Islamic Community.
The
statement states that numerous media, politicians and analysts contribute to
this phenomenon, out of their own interests and for various motives,
manipulating and distorting the facts, and presenting the contract of the
Islamic community as exclusivity in relation to the religious communities with
which the contract has already been signed, as is done by the president SNSD
Milorad Dodik.
“For
the sake of truth, we consider it necessary to recall that the Catholic and
Orthodox churches have signed an agreement with the state in which the state
body is obliged to inform the church that an investigation is being conducted
against a church person. In Article 8, paragraph 1, of the Basic Agreement
between the Holy See and Bosnia and Herzegovina states: “In the case of a
judicial investigation of a cleric, religious or religious because of possible
criminal acts provided for by the criminal law, the judicial authorities of
Bosnia and Herzegovina will notify the competent church authorities
beforehand.” The same provision was requested by the Islamic community, which
is challenged by it, but the churches are not challenged”, according to the
statement of the Public Relations Office of the Islamic Community, reported by
the Mina agency.
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‘Putin
promised not to kill Zelensky’, recalls ex-Israel PM Naftali Bennett
Feb
05, 2023
A
former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of
Russia's war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not
to kill his Ukrainian counterpart.
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Pope
Francis Wraps Up South Sudan Trip, Urges End to 'Blind Fury' of Violence
February
05, 2023
JUBA,
SOUTH SUDAN — Pope Francis wound up a peace mission to South Sudan on Sunday
urging the people to make themselves immune to the "venom of hatred"
to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of
bloody ethnic conflicts.
Francis
presided at an open-air Mass on the grounds of a mausoleum for South Sudan's
liberation hero John Garang, who died in a helicopter crash in 2005 before the
predominantly Christian country broke away from Muslim Sudan in 2011.
The
86-year-old pope wove his homily around the themes that have dominated his trip
to the world's newest nation - reconciliation and mutual forgiveness for past
wrongs.
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UK's
shortest-serving PM Liz Truss blames 'economic orthodoxy' for No 10 exit
Neil
Murphy
Feb
05, 2023
Former
UK prime minister Liz Truss on Sunday said she had no "realistic
chance" to fulfil her radical tax-cutting agenda because the “powerful
economic establishment" was behind her Downing Street downfall.
Ms
Truss made the comments in a lengthy newspaper article, which marked her first
foray into politics since the abrupt end to her leadership in October.
Ms
Truss lasted only 49 days in No 10 before she was forced to resign after she
and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng attempted to push through a £45 billion
package of unfunded tax cuts, over which the markets panicked and the pound
tanked.
"I
am not claiming to be blameless in what happened, but fundamentally I was not
given a realistic chance to enact my policies by a very powerful economic
establishment, coupled with a lack of political support," she wrote in The
Sunday Telegraph.
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North
America
Shaw
University closed its mosque in 2020. Its Muslim congregation wants it back
open.
BY
AARON SÁNCHEZ-GUERRA
FEBRUARY
04, 2023
When
people walked into the mosque on Shaw University’s campus in years past, it was
as if they could feel the Muslim prayer of “Oh God, open the doors of mercy to
us,” Zainab Qaabidh says. “When you walked inside of this masjid, you felt like
you received God’s mercy,” said Qaabidh, board member of the King Khalid
Mosque. “It was a sense of serenity and peace and family.” But it was stripped
away from the members of the mosque, or masjid, that has been open since 1983
on the edge of downtown Raleigh on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Shaw
University and the mosque’s board voluntarily closed the King Khalid Mosque in
March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the university hasn’t opened it to
the public since. Over 50 people braved a cold Saturday morning and afternoon
to protest the continuing closure outside of the university’s International
Studies Center where the mosque is housed. Get unlimited digital access Try 1
month for $1 CLAIM OFFER Families with children held many signs that included
messages of “Open our mosque now” and “My faith matters.” A man sang verses of
the Quran in Arabic through a microphone as cars passed by near the university
and the Raleigh skyline. “We are still not allowed to have this building
accessed by the Muslim community at large, despite the Shaw University chapel
being open to the public,” said Nigel Edwards, an attorney for the mosque’s
governing board, in an interview. “To have this discrimination occur at the
hands of a university at the forefront of the civil rights movement is
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primarily African-American, he said, with many members having migrated from
countries such as Palestine, Gambia, Algeria, Morocco and other Arabic
countries. University leaders say that only Shaw students can access the
mosque, citing the pandemic as the s
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Ilhan
Omar | The other voice
SAMPATH
G.
February
05, 2023
Ilhan
Omar, 40, a Democrat who represents Minnesota’s fifth Congressional District in
the U.S. House of Representatives, was removed from the House Foreign Affairs
Committee on charges of having made anti-Semitic and anti-American remarks. The
House witnessed a contentious debate during which Ms. Omar made the case that
she was being targeted for identity — of being a Muslim, an immigrant, and a
person of colour. The debate, Ms. Omar said, was not about alleged
anti-Semitism but “about who gets to be American” and “what opinions do we have
to have to be counted as Americans”.
But
House representatives voted along party lines and the Republican-sponsored
resolution was passed 218-211. The move against Ms. Omar — a former refugee
from Somalia and one of just two Muslim women in Congress — sparked strong condemnation
and charges of bigotry from the Democrats.
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Africa
ABUSUFIAN:
Hustler Fund should consider Muslims
February
05, 2023
While
the government continues to hype the success of the Hustler Fund, a key constituency
continues to miss out on this initiative meant to uplift the economic standards
of millions of Kenyans.
More
than Sh14 billion shillings has so far been borrowed from the kitty, which
forms a key plank in the fulfilment of President William Ruto’s election pledge
on wealth creation. Beneficiaries are provided state-backed loans of up to
Sh50,000 at an annual interest rate of eight per cent.
With
interest forming a key part of the Hustler Fund, Muslims have generally been
left out in this economic empowerment programme as Islam forbids its adherents
to involve in interest based transactions.
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Rotterdam
Winner CyrielleRaingou on Cameroon Documentary ‘Le Spectre de Boko Haram’: ‘My
Mission Isn’t Over’
By
Marta Balaga
Feb
5, 2023
It
has been a long road for Cameroon’s CyrielleRaingou, the director of
documentary “Le Spectre de Boko Haram,” about children growing up surrounded by
terrorist organization Boko Haram, winner of the Intl. Film Festival Rotterdam’s
Tiger Award.
Initially
following a different protagonist, Raingou decided to scrap the entire project
in order to, she says, tell the story she wanted to tell.
“It
was very, very hard. I dedicated three years of my life to that and spent all
my development funds. But it just wasn’t right! I was really depressed at that
moment. Still, I knew I had to stick to that decision.”
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Exclusive:
How official bungling, negligence, complacency, collusion made Boko Haram a
terrifying force — Buratai
05-02-2023
A
former Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (retd),
has fingered official bungling, negligence, complacency and collusion as
reasons Boko Haram terrorist group became a terrifying force in Nigeria’s
North-East.
Buratai
also said connivance with the proponents and leaders of Boko Haram for selfish
reasons was responsible for the failure to tackle the terrorist group.
The
army chief who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2015, barely
two months after the Nigerian leader was first sworn into office, and served
until January 2021, one and a half years into the President’s second term, also
said he is now a democrat and an All Progressives Congress (APC) member, saying
Nigerians, having tried the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 16 years, should
give APC the benefit of the doubt for another eight years.
According
to him, when the President took power in May 2015, he was resolute to
extinguish Boko Haram terrorism and restore peace in Nigeria but the nightmare
continued.
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New
Naira Notes: Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram find it hard to buy food –
Ndume
by
Tribune Online
February
5, 2023
Chairman
Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has said troops on the
front lines fighting Boko Haram and other security challenges in the country
are mostly affected by the cashless policy and new naira redesign.
At
a press briefing in Maiduguri on Saturday, Senator Ndume stated that efforts to
get the new naira notes by the troops on the front lines is a big distraction
to most of the military operations in the country.
He
noted that troops who live far from where banking services are not available
were experiencing hardship dumping the old notes and obtaining the new ones as
there are lots of long queues in the banking hall as well as ATM booths across
the country.
Source:
Tribune Onlineng
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Southeast
Asia
Muslim
converts join religious programme
Rokiah
Mahmud
February
5, 2023
A
programme dubbed ‘KhairatTa’limMualaf’ with Muslim converts was held at Kampong
Batu Apoi Mosque in the Temburong District on Friday.
Themed,
‘Refining prayers according to MazhabSyafie’, it was an activity under the
Religious Teachers University College of Seri Begawan (KUPU SB) religious programme.
The programme commenced after Maghrib prayer with a tazkirah by KUPU SB Student
Affairs Dean Dr Haji Mohammad Shahrol Azmi bin Haji Abdul Muluk.
Source:
Borneobulletin
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Mosque
elects new takmir committee
Lyna
Mohamad
February
5, 2023
The
Kampong Batu Marang Mosque Takmir Committee recently held a ceremony at the
mosque to dissolve the 2021-2023 committee members and appoint new 2023-2025
takmir committee members.
Takmir
Advisor Pengiran Haji Merali bin Pengiran Ismail, Mosque Affairs Officer and
Chief Imam as Chairman of Takmir Saiful Rizal bin Haji Abdul Ghafar, Imam of
Kampong Batu Marang Mosque and Deputy Chairman 1 Muhammad SharineHadiman bin
Sahari, takmir committee members, the congregation and Kampong Batu Marang
residents attended the event.
Source:
Borneobulletin
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Datu
Omar Ali claims group that took Sulu dispute to court not legal heir
5
Feb 2023
KOTA
KINABALU, Feb 5 — An individual claiming to be the heir of the Sulu sultanate
disagrees with the actions of a group of individuals in taking the Sulu dispute
to the Spanish Constitutional Court because they are not the legal heirs.
Datu
Omar Ali DatuBachtiyal opined that the action of the group of individuals in
bringing the dispute and arbitration process to the Spanish Constitutional
Court was incorrect and illegal.
“In
my opinion, it is not valid because we know that (the facts about the heirs)
are mixed up, and if we really study (their status) is doubtful so this
(status) is not true for me,” he told Bernama recently.
He
said the Sulu dispute could be properly negotiated with all parties and the
arbitration process carried out through peaceful discussions without any
contention.
Source:
Malay Mail
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Some
Sulu claim individuals played role in Tanduo tragedy, sultanate heir says
05
Feb 2023
KOTA
KINABALU, Feb 5 — There were individuals among those involved in the Sulu
dispute and claims who allegedly played a role in the Lahad Datu incursion,
Datu Omar Ali DatuBachtiyal, who claims to be the rightful heir to the
Sultanate of Sulu revealed.
Datu
Omar Ali, 64, claimed that before the Tanduo tragedy unfolded, around 2008 and
2009, he was approached by Esmail Kiram II, who claimed to be the Sultan of
Sulu, to join in the fight to claim Sabah from Malaysia, but he (Omar) firmly
refused.
Without
naming who among the group of Sulu dispute claimants were with Esmail, who died
in 2015, in planning the incursion, Datu Omar Ali admitted to being shocked
after they went ahead with the plan several years later.
“We
knew later from news reports (of the incursion). I myself had been asked to be
part of the Tanduo (incursion) but I declined,” he told Bernama recently.
Source:
Malay Mail
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PM
Anwar undergoes health check-up at IJN
05
Feb 2023
KUALA
LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that he underwent
a health check-up at the National Heart Institute (IJN) here, this morning.
He
said the doctor confirmed that his health was in good condition.
“I
immediately resumed my duties with the staff,” he said in a Facebook post
today.
Source:
Malay Mail
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Thaipusam:
Sultan of Johor's presence shows racial tolerance, says exco
05
Feb 2023
JOHOR
BARU, Feb 5 — The presence of the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan
Iskandar at a vegetarian luncheon in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration
at the Arulmigu Sri Balasubramaniar temple, Skudai here, demonstrates the
practice of racial and cultural tolerance in the state.
State
Health and Unity Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said the guidelines issued
by the Palace and the Johor Islamic Religious Council (MAINJ) were clear and he
hoped that there would be no more confusion and speculation related to
religious sentiments.
“As
the head of Islam in the state, His Highness has attended the luncheon in
conjunction with Thaipusam and this can be emulated by everyone,” he told
reporters at the luncheon here today.
Source:
Malay Mail
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