'You Are Our Slaves Forever', “This Is Not Your Country; This Is The Country Of Hindus: Karnataka Woman Teacher Tells Muslim Students To 'Go To Pakistan'
New
Age Islam News Bureau
03
September 2023
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• 'You Are Our Slaves Forever', “This Is Not Your
Country; This Is The Country Of Hindus: Karnataka Woman Teacher Tells Muslim Students To 'Go To
Pakistan'
• From Mosques To Classrooms, Fight Against Drug
Addiction Among Youth Intensifies In Kashmir
• Palestinians Not to Allow Israeli Desecration of
Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Sanctity: Hamas
• Stop Harassing Isese Adherents, Soyinka Urges
Muslims
• It Is The Responsibility Of All Muslims To Cooperate
In Building The System In Afghanistan: Al-Hanafi
India
• Assam to table bill to ban polygamy in state
assembly, CM Sarma says, 'Will include issue of love jihad'
• Central agencies warn of Islamic terror modules,
sleeper cells in Tamil Nadu
• ASI seeks eight more weeks to complete Gyanvapi
mosque survey
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Mideast
• Imam Shot And Killed In KafrQara, Marking 166th
Death In Arab Community This Year in Israel
• Israeli Settlers Break Into Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque
Compound
• Leader condoles South Khorasan Friday prayer Imam on
death of his wife
• Arbaeen opportunity for digging into Imam Hussein's
jihad
• ‘No city like Istanbul’: UK Muslim cycling group
pedals to Türkiye
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Africa
• Seven Killed, Two Injured As Gunmen Attack Mosque In
Nigeria
• Soldiers, Police Comb Forests as Bandits Kill Seven
Worshippers in Kaduna Mosque
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South
Asia
• Enemies Of Afghanistan And Islam Cannot Tolerate
Country’s Freedom: Haqqani
• Pak Army Battered & Bruised Near Afghan Border;
15 Soldiers Killed In 3 Taliban-Linked Attacks
• Maharashtra: Bangladeshi national illegally living
in Nagpur arrested by ATS, had first posed as a Buddhist monk and then as a gym
trainer
• Won’t allow interference in our domestic affairs,
Mullah Baradar tells Iranian envoy
• Bangladesh: Defiant Sheikh Hasina Rebuffs Sanctions
Threats Ahead of Crucial Polls
• Mullah Baradar stresses cordial relations with
neighbours
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Southeast
Asia
• Amid Calls To Amend DAP’s Constitution, LokeSays
Unity Govt Components Committed To Defend Positions Of Islam And Malays
• Indonesia Presidential Candidate Picks Head Of Islamic
Party As Running Mate
• Anwar's role in aim proves his seriousness in
eradicating poverty, says Wan Azizah
• PM Anwar congratulates Tharman on being elected
Singapore’s new president
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Arab World
• Youthful, Gaming-Obsessed Saudi Arabia Seeks Home-Grown
Hit
• Saudi Trainees Competing In Singapore WorldInvent
Exhibit
• Saudi king, crown prince send condolences to South
African president over victims of Johannesburg blaze
• Saudi Energy Exhibit celebrates 60 years of ‘making
facts fun’
• KSrelief assistant supervisor meets South Sudan’s
minister
• Saudi Arabia arrests 15,351 illegals in one week
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North
America
• Ramaswamy Says His Differences With Trump ‘Very
Small’
• Biden surveys storm damage in Florida, without
DeSantis
• Chris Rock & Diplo Walk 6 Miles & Ride in
Back of Pickup Truck to Make it Out of Burning Man Festival
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Pakistan
• Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Leader Remanded In Police
Custody For Three Days
• Business as usual in Gilgit-Baltistan, insists
information minister
• International Organisation for Standardisation’s
warning to suspend Pakistan’s membership worries business community
• KP traders shutter markets, stage rallies against
inflation, power tariff increase
• Lawyers to observe strike in Peshawar tomorrow
• Bajaur peace body to extend struggle to all merged
areas
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Europe
• Plans For A Memorial To Queen Elizabeth II To Be
Unveiled In 2026 To Mark Her 100th Birthday
• Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confident 'inflation is
coming down' and on track to be halved this year
• For at least a day, all the world is
'Margaritaville' in homage to Jimmy Buffett
• Destroyed 22 Russian drones in Odesa, says Ukraine
air force
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'You Are Our Slaves Forever', “This Is Not Your
Country; This Is The Country Of Hindus: Karnataka Woman Teacher Tells Muslim Students To 'Go To
Pakistan'
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September 03, 2023
A Karnataka teacher who allegedly told two Muslim
students at a Shivamogga government school to “go to Pakistan” has been
transferred. The Karnataka Department of School Education and Literacy has
launched a departmental inquiry against the woman who has denied the
allegations.
The teacher, identified as Manjula Devi, allegedly
told the two Class 5 students at the Tipu Nagar School, “This is not your
country; this is the country of Hindus. You should go to Pakistan. You are our
slaves forever.”
A. Nazrullah, the president of Janata Dal (Secular)
minority wing in Shivamogga, who lodged a complaint with Shivamogga Deputy
Director of Public Instruction (DDPI), told Hindustan Times, “We were shocked
after the children told us about the incident.”
Shivamogga DDPI Parameshwarappa C.R. Told The Indian
Express, “We received the complaint on Thursday. Action was initiated against
the teacher based on a preliminary inquiry by the block education officer.”
This comes less than two weeks after a viral video
from a school in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar showed a teacher Forcing
students to slap their eight-year-old Muslim classmate. Following the August 24
incident, the state police filed a case against the teacher, identified as
Tripta Tyagi, and the school was shut down.
In another incident oan August 27, four students at a
Delhi school alleged that their teacher asked them why their families did not
go to Pakistan during the Partition. Based on complaints lodged by their family
members, Delhi Police had registered a case against Hema Gulati, a teacher at
Government Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in Gandhi Nagar area.
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From Mosques To Classrooms, Fight Against Drug
Addiction Among Youth Intensifies In Kashmir
Dr. Muzaffar Khan, a
clinical psychologist, addresses a religious congregation about drug abuse at
the Magam Imambara in north Kashmir in August 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement
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PEERZADA ASHIQ
September 03, 2023
Religious centres and educational institutions are
assuming a new role in Kashmir by doubling up as counselling and testing
centres to curb the fast-spreading menace of drugs. These rare interventions
come as the Valley is battling a drug addiction crisis; over 10 lakh people
were officially designated drug addicts by the Jammu and Kashmir administration
this year.
Otherwise restricted for the clergy, the pulpit at
MagamImambara in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, where Shia Muslims organise large
religious congregations, recently saw Muzaffar Khan, a clinical psychologist
who heads the Drug De-Addiction and Rehabilitation Centre in Srinagar, reach
out to people to join the fight against drugs.
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Palestinians Not to Allow Israeli Desecration of
Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Sanctity: Hamas
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September, 02, 2023
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Hamas resistance movement
underlined that the Palestinian nation will not allow Israel to desecrate the
sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy city of al-Quds.
The resistance group warned against any incursions by
illegal Israeli settlers and the regime's troops against the al-Aqsa Mosque's
compound.
“The Palestinian nation will not allow the Zionist
enemy to violate the al-Aqsa Mosque ('s sanctity)," Hamas spokesman Hazem
Qassem told a rally held in support of the mosque in western Gaza on Friday.
"Any encroachment on and invasion of the al-Aqsa
Mosque during the (upcoming) Jewish holidays is tantamount to opening the door
to an all-out war on all fronts," Qassem said.
According to an agreement signed between Israel and
the Jordanian government in the wake of Tel Aviv’s occupation of East al-Quds
in 1967, non-Muslim worship at the compound, which is Islam's third-holiest
site, is prohibited.
Qassem said Israeli troops and illegal settlers would
have no security as long as the regime keeps up its aggression and illegal
construction activities upon the Palestinian land.
He said no one was capable of stopping Palestinians'
resistance operations in the occupied West Bank, which have witnessed a surge
in retaliation against the regime's incessant and regularly deadly violations
against Palestinians.
The remarks came a day after the latest of the operations
that took place in the West Bank city of Ramallah, killing an Israeli soldier
and wounding several others.
And a day earlier, Palestinian resistance fighters set
off an explosive device in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, injuring four
Israeli forces.
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Stop Harassing Isese Adherents, Soyinka Urges Muslims
Prof. Wole Soyinka
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2nd September 2023
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said
nothing will diminish the Isese tradition, adding that it has come to stay.
Isese Day, which was celebrated in states in the
South-West, had been a subject of controversy, especially in Ilorin, Kwara
State, where an Osun priestess, Yeye Ajesikemi Olatunji, who had planned to
celebrate the day on August 20, was verbally attacked and asked by the Emir of
Ilorin, Ibrahim Kolapo Gambari Dan, and other Muslim adherents not to
commemorate the day.
The Emir’s spokesman, Mallam Abdulazeez Arowona, in a
statement, noted that there had never been a time in history when what he
described as “idolatry activities” were carried out in the Ilorin Emirate.
Recall that a popular Ilorin Isese devotee and
activist Adegbola Abdulazeez, also known as Talolorun (Who is God), who was at
the forefront of the fight for Isese recognition in the state, was arrested and
detained for alleged defamation.
But, speaking during his presentation, the Professor
of English Literature, spoke against Talolorun’s detention, adding that nobody
deserved to be detained and put in a dungeon for issues bordering around
belief.
“It transcends religion since it calls to what is
innate to all sentient beings, those strange advocates of freedom who,
paradoxically, nonetheless persist in fashioning chains for themselves and for
their fellow beings.
“Isese liberates. It is an expression of the
collective human spirit, its enveloping, compassionate accommodation of human
experience, yet one that strives towards the seemingly inaccessible,
intuitively felt as an elevating dimension of one’s material estate.
“Isese is a path, not a destination, a seizure yet a
pursuit of what we experience as the inner quest for ultimate illumination.
Isese does not conclude, and neither does it exclude. It does not diminish,
rather, it enlarges. It teaches the community to embrace, explore, and adjust.
“Isese promotes, as foundational consciousness,
gratitude for, and sanctity of human life. It repudiates the supremacist claim
of any structure of spirituality over another. Content with the pursuit of
inner serenity, which is the climax of, and extraction from celebration, Isese
does not seek to exercise power. All true religions know that celebration is a
prelude to community equilibrium,” he said.
He stressed that there was never a time when he said
he displayed hate for any religion, adding that he stands only for equity,
fairness and justice.
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It Is The Responsibility Of All Muslims To Cooperate
In Building The System In Afghanistan: Al-Hanafi
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By Ariana News
September 3, 2023
Acting Minister of the Propagation of Virtue and the
Prevention of Vice, Mohammad Khalid al-Hanafi said in a meeting with the
delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that it is the
responsibility of all Muslims to cooperate in building the system in
Afghanistan.
According to a statement released by the ministry, in
this meeting, Al-Hanafi said that although they are from different countries,
they have one heart and are like brothers.
Al-Hanafi emphasized that vice have been well
prevented in Afghanistan and its people cooperate in every area as they did
during Jihad.
Based on the statement, the scholars in the meeting
considered the current situation in Afghanistan as a good opportunity and added
that it is a matter of pride that there is a ministry for the Propagation of
Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which is an important part of Islam.
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India
Assam to table bill to ban polygamy in state assembly,
CM Sarma says, 'Will include issue of love jihad'
03 Sep 2023
The Assam government is expected to present a bill in
the state assembly in December with the aim of prohibiting polygamy, which
involves marrying multiple spouses.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma addressed a
gathering of BJP alliance parties in Tinsukia on Saturday and informed the
media that the state government intends to conclude the process of finalizing
the polygamy ban bill within the next 45 days.
"A legal committee was formed to analyse whether
the state government can ban polygamy or not and we have received positive
thoughts. We also sought public opinions and suggestions on the proposed Bill
for banning polygamy. We have received a total of 149 suggestions in response
to our public notice. Out of these, 146 suggestions are in favour of the Bill
and they support to ban on polygamy. However, three suggestions have expressed
their opposition to banning polygamy. Our next phase is to draft the
Bill," CM Sarma said.
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Central agencies warn of Islamic terror modules,
sleeper cells in Tamil Nadu
03 SEP 2023
The raids conducted by the National Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Friday at the residence of a youth was following clear tips
from the central agencies regarding certain Islamic forces trying to develop
sleeper cells and terror modules in the state.
The central investigating agency had raided the
premises of the youth following information that he along with a few others
were involved in raising money and to brainwash Muslim youth and recruit them
into terror organisations.
This has sent shockwaves across the Home department of
Tamil Nadu which had swiftly ordered the elite 'Q' branch squad to conduct a
detailed probe about the youth, his accomplices, family, friends and relatives.
The central intelligence agencies had tipped off the
Tamil Nadu Home department on the possibilities of certain former activists of
the banned Islamist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI), were regrouping
themselves and working clandestinely in certain pockets of Tamil Nadu that
include Salem, Erode, Coimbatore, Theni, Ramanathapuram, Madurai and some areas
of Tirunelveli district.
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ASI seeks eight more weeks to complete Gyanvapi mosque
survey
03 SEP 2023
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has filed an
application in a Varanasi court, seeking eight more weeks' time for submitting
its report of the Gyanvapi mosque survey as the deadline for it ended on
September 2 even as the survey is still going on.
Srivastava said, "We prayed to the court to grant
further eight weeks' time to ASI for submitting report of the survey of
Gyanvapi mosque because the exercise is still going on."
"Our application was put up before the court of
additional district judge (first). The application was listed. The additional
district judge (first) directed to put the matter before the district judge for
hearing," Srivastava added.
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Mideast
Imam Shot And Killed In KafrQara, Marking 166th Death
In Arab Community This Year in Israel
By TOI STAFF
2 September 2023
An imam was shot and killed in KafrQara on Saturday,
two days after a double homicide in the Arab town.
According to the Abraham Initiatives, an anti-violence
advocacy group, Al-Latif’s death brought the number of Arabs violently killed
this year to 166, an all-time high and more than double the figure at the same
last year. Most of the victims were killed in shootings.
The killings in KafrQara follow several other recent
shootings that claimed multiple lives, including a quadruple homicide last
month in Abu Snan, and came after two people were shot dead in separate
incidents Thursday.
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Israeli settlers break into Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque
compound
03/September/2023
JERUSALEM, Sunday, September 3, 2023 (WAFA) – Scores
of Jewish extremists today stormed the Muslim holy place, Al-Aqsa Mosque
compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, under heavy protection from the Israeli
police.
Eyewitnesses said the extremists, divided into groups,
stormed the compound, took provocative tours in its yards, and performed
Talmudic rituals there.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is subjected to almost daily incursions
by Israeli settlers, except on Saturday and Sunday, which are done under the
heavy guard of the Israeli police in an attempt to divide the mosque spatially
and temporally between Muslims and Jews.
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Leader condoles South Khorasan Friday prayer Imam on
death of his wife
September 2, 2023
TEHRAN - In a message on Saturday, Leader of the
Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed condolences on the passing
of the wife of SeyyedAlireza Ebadi, the Friday prayer imam of South Khorasan
province.
“In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the
Merciful. Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimin Mr Aliereza Ebadi (may his blessings be
continuous), I offer my condolences on the passing of your dear wife and ask
Allah Almighty for patience and reward for all the bereaved relatives and
forgiveness and divine mercy for your late wife,” said the message sent by the
Leader’s office.
Ebadi, 84, used to be an official in the Islamic
Republic's Army. He has also served twice as parliamentarian getting elected in
1996 and 2004. The cleric, who is considered the Leader’s representative in the
province, is an influential figure who has always been outspoken about any
injustice taking place in the province. He was an open dissident of Ali Akbar
Parvizi, the former governor of Birjand who made headlines for controversial
remarks that had been deemed “anti-Islamic”.
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Arbaeen opportunity for digging into Imam Hussein's
jihad
Sep 2, 2023
Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution,
made the comments in response to a group of students and graduates of one of
the schools in Tehran who had asked him in a letter to give them some advice
about how they could benefit more from their upcoming trip to join pilgrimage
procession en route to Imam Hussain’s shrine in Karbala.
During this holy walk, don’t miss the opportunity to
pay attention and invoke [Imam Hussein], as well as the opportunity to reflect
and think about the jihad of the Master of the Martyrs (pbuh), his goal, and
the blessings God bestowed on his great sacrifice. The goal of every believer
should be his [Imam Hussain’s] goal.
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‘No city like Istanbul’: UK Muslim cycling group
pedals to Türkiye
SedaSevencan
02.09.2023
For nearly four exhausting days, a group of dedicated
cyclists pedaled all the way from Bulgarian capital Sofia with one goal in
mind: reaching their beloved destination Istanbul.
Battling fatigue and enduring extreme weather
conditions, they pushed themselves to the limit. As they finally pedaled into
Istanbul’s iconic Sultanahmet Square, their hearts raced with excitement.
There are many ways to help people and make the world
better. Some travel to remote corners of the globe to provide healing and care
to the sick, others choose to pedal for days and cover countless kilometers
along challenging and rugged roads.
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Africa
Seven killed, two injured as gunmen attack mosque in
Nigeria
SEPTEMBER 03, 2023
At least seven people were killed and two others were
injured in an attack on a mosque by armed men in Nigeria's northwest Kaduna
state, police said on Saturday.
The attack took place in the remote Saya village of
the Ikara local government area of the state, as worshippers gathered for
prayer, Kaduna police spokesman Mansur Haruna said.
Gangs of heavily armed men have wreaked havoc across
Nigerias northwest in the past three years, kidnapping thousands, killing
hundreds and making it unsafe in some areas to travel by road or to farm.
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Soldiers, Police Comb Forests as Bandits Kill Seven
Worshippers in Kaduna Mosque
John Shiklam in Kaduna
03-09-2023
A combined unit of military and other security
personnel have besieged forests in Kaduna State in search of bandits who
pretended to be members of the Ikara community and killed seven Muslim
worshippers in a mosque.
This is as the police authorities in the state have
blamed the members of the Ikara community for not alerting security personnel
of the presence of strange persons in their community, who were seen in the
market and other places by the Ikara natives before they struck.
Five of the victims were gunned down in the mosque,
while the remaining two other victims were killed at different locations within
the area.
The incident happened around 8p.m. when the villagers
were performing Isha’i (Sunset) prayers at a local mosque, according to local
sources.
A resident of the village, Dan Asabe, said two other
villagers who sustained gunshot wounds were rushed to the hospital for
treatment.
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South
Asia
Enemies of Afghanistan and Islam cannot tolerate
country’s freedom: Haqqani
September 2, 2023
Acting Minister of Interior Affairs Sirajuddin Haqqani
says the enemies of Islam and the country cannot tolerate Afghanistan’s freedom
and are trying to launch a conspiracy against the Islamic system.
On a trip to Paktia, Haqqani with some members of the
cabinet of the Islamic Emirate met with some residents of this province and
asked them to be united in supporting the Islamic system.
“The enemies of our religion and country cannot take
away our freedom and now they are plotting and warning the system, but our
belief is firm and our struggle is pure and we are united,” said Haqqani in an
opening ceremony of a religious center.
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Pak Army Battered & Bruised Near Afghan Border; 15
Soldiers Killed In 3 Taliban-Linked Attacks
Sep 02, 2023
Three Pakistani soldiers and two militants were killed
in separate shootouts alongside the border with Afghanistan. Pakistani Soldiers
launched an operation against militants in Miran Shah and Tirah Valley.
Militant attacks on Pakistani forces have increased over the past few months.
Two days ago, nine soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a suicide attack in
Bannu. Watch the video for more.
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Maharashtra: Bangladeshi national illegally living in
Nagpur arrested by ATS, had first posed as a Buddhist monk and then as a gym
trainer
2 September, 2023
On Friday, 1st September 2023, the Maharashtra
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a Bangladeshi individual in Nagpur. He had
been living in India unlawfully for over ten years, initially under the guise
of a Buddhist monk and later as a gym trainer. Additionally, he was involved in
an illegal activity aimed at assisting fellow Bangladeshis in fraudulently
acquiring Indian passports.
PalashBipanBaruva, a 40-year-old suspect, was
apprehended by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday. Subsequent investigations
revealed that he had surreptitiously entered India, assuming the identity of a
Buddhist monk, and subsequently shifted roles to become a gym trainer in
Nagpur. He lived in the vicinity of the Pivali River, in the Teka area of north
Nagpur.
An official from Kapil Nagar police station said, “The
ATS uncovered Baruva’s illegal activities when two Bangladeshi nationals,
Maitri Baruva and AnkonBaruva, were apprehended at the Rajiv Gandhi
International Airport in Hyderabad while trying to board flights to foreign
countries using Indian passports.”
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Won’t allow interference in our domestic affairs,
Mullah Baradar tells Iranian envoy
September 2, 2023
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the economic deputy of the
prime minister, said in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador in Kabul Hassan
KazemiQomi on Saturday that Afghanistan does not interfere in the domestic
affairs of any country and does not allow anyone to interfere in its internal affairs.
According to a statement released by Baradar’s office,
the two sides discussed political and economic issues and bilateral cooperation
in various sectors.
Mullah Baradar said that after decades of war, an
independent and unified system has been established in Afghanistan, and that
political and economic relations have expanded, especially with neighboring
countries.
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Bangladesh: Defiant Sheikh Hasina Rebuffs Sanctions
Threats Ahead of Crucial Polls
By: Rohit
SEPTEMBER 03, 2023
In an apparent reference to the United States,
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rebuffed sanctions threats ahead of
general elections, asserting that nothing could be gained by threatening to
oust her government and imposing visa restrictions.
“Let me tell you clearly, this is our soil, we
liberated the country under the leadership of the Father of the Nation, you
cannot achieve anything by threatening us. People of Bangladesh know how to
realize their rights,” she was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune newspaper.
She made the remarks while speaking at a rally in the capital city of Dhaka.
PM Hasina said that there are many people who became
nervous seeing the opposition’s anti-government movement or imposition of
sanctions and visa sanction threats. “There are many who do not see democracy
in the country, they wanted to salvage democracy,” she said without naming any
country.
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Mullah Baradar stresses cordial relations with
neighbours
Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat
2 Sep 2023
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Acting PM’s Economic Affair Aide
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradr has urged strengthening of cordial relationships with
the neighbouring countries, according to a statement on Saturday.
During a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to
Afghanistan Hassan KazimiQomi Baradar stressed that neighbouring countries
should not allow the deterioration of already strong and cordial relationship
with Afghanistan, his office said in a statement.
“Afghanistan never interfere in the internal affairs
of other countries and will not allow other nations to middle in the internal
affairs of Afghanistan, after decades of conflict a united and independent
system has been established in Afghanistan and political and economic
relationship with regional countries had been expanded,” he said.
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Southeast
Asia
Amid calls to amend DAP’s constitution, Loke says
unity govt components committed to defend positions of Islam and Malays
By ShathanaKasinathan
03 Sep 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — DAP Secretary-General Anthony
Loke has reportedly downplayed calls for DAP to amend its party constitution to
remove parts referring to secularism and a “Malaysian Malaysia”.
In a report by the English daily The Star, Loke
emphasised that DAP and other members of the federal government coalition have
already agreed to uphold and defend the Federal Constitution which includes the
positions of Islam as the religion of the federation, Malay as the national
language, the Malay Rulers, and those of the Malays and Bumiputera.
“DAP has never asked any party to amend its
constitution. Each party has its own principles and ideology, but what is
important is that when we formed the unity government, we agreed to work
together in maintaining several key parameters,” he was quoted as saying.
Loke also reiterated that BarisanNasional (BN)
Chairman and Umno President Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi himself has
previously acknowledged and accepted DAP’s stance before bringing BN into the
unity government pact.
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Indonesia presidential candidate picks head of Islamic
party as running mate
By Ananda Teresia
September 2, 2023
JAKARTA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Former Jakarta Governor
AniesBaswedan on Saturday named the chairman of Indonesia's largest Islamic
party as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election, a move aimed at
boosting his popularity in this Muslim majority country.
Opinion polls have forecast the election to be a close
race between Central Java Governor GanjarPranowo and Defence Minister
PrabowoSubianto, who have both received the support of the current president,
Joko Widodo.
Anies, however, has been falling behind. His vice
presidential pick, Muhaimin Iskandar, leads the National Awakening Party (PKB),
which has strong ties with Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul
Ulama (NU), that boasts 40 million members.
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Anwar's role in aim proves his seriousness in
eradicating poverty, says Wan Azizah
03 Sep 2023
JOHOR BARU, Sept 3 — The role of Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Anwar Ibrahim in helping to develop Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM), clearly
shows that efforts to eradicate poverty had been his priority for a long time.
The prime minister's wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan
Ismail said Anwar must also be proud that AIM now has over 300,000 female
friends nationwide, thereby helping many in the group to escape the shackle of
poverty as well as succeed as entrepreneurs.
"I have grown to be a part of AIM from the
beginning when Anwar began his efforts, I know his struggle in trying to
eradicate poverty and ensure that our children's education comes first.
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PM Anwar congratulates Tharman on being elected
Singapore’s new president
03 Sep 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim has congratulated Singapore’s former senior minister Tharman
Shanmugaratnam over his victory in the island republic’s presidential election
on Friday.
He also prayed that bilateral relations and
cooperation between Malaysia and Singapore remain intact in a family spirit
that will benefit the people of both nations.
“Congratulations to Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the new
president of the Republic of Singapore!,” he said in a social media post today.
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Arab
World
Youthful, Gaming-Obsessed Saudi Arabia Seeks
Home-Grown Hit
September 03, 2023
RIYADH: Young Saudis wander through a museum of video
game history stretching from the original Pac-Man to PlayStation 5, a project
intended to inspire them to create their own blockbuster titles.
The display of consoles and arcade machines from the
past half-century is part of Gamers8, an eight-week festival of eSports
tournaments in the capital Riyadh, with a prize pool totalling $45 million.
Last year, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced
a $38 billion investment strategy for the kingdom’s Savvy Games Group owned by
the Public Investment Fund.
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Saudi Trainees Competing In Singapore WorldInvent
Exhibit
ARAB NEWS
September 02, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Technical and Vocational
Training Corp. will join the 34th World Invent Singapore 22+23, an
international exhibition for inventions, innovation and technology from Sept.
4-6.
The corporation will enable 10 trainees from different
regions of the Kingdom to take part in the event as part of efforts to foster a
culture of innovation.
Ahmed Al-Fuhaid, governor of the Technical and
Vocational Training Corp., said that the corporation prioritizes innovation and
nurturing talented individuals, guided by “our leaders who strongly support
innovators.”
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Saudi king, crown prince send condolences to South
African president over victims of Johannesburg blaze
ARAB NEWS
September 03, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman sent a message of
condolences and sympathy to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for the
victims of a fire that broke out in the business district of Johannesburg, the
state-run SPA news agency reported on Saturday.
The king said: “We learned of the news of the fire
that occurred in the commercial district of the city of Johannesburg, and the
deaths and injuries that resulted from it, and as we share with Your Excellency
the pain of this tragedy.”
He added: “We send to you, to the families of the deceased,
and to your friendly people, our warmest condolences and sincere sympathy,
wishing the injured a speedy recovery.”
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Saudi Energy Exhibit celebrates 60 years of ‘making
facts fun’
JASMINE BAGER
September 02, 2023
DHAHRAN: The Energy Exhibit, formerly the Oil Exhibit,
celebrates its 60th anniversary this year as one of the Kingdom’s premier
attractions, a space dedicated to making “facts fun” — and all without asking
visitors to pay a penny to enter.
For the past six decades, the exhibit has showcased
the knowledge and techniques behind the extraction of oil and related energy
resources in Saudi Arabia, attracting thousands of visitors, ranging from young
students to world leaders, every year.
At its headquarters, located on top of the Dammam
field where oil was discovered in the Kingdom in 1938, the exhibit offers 40
programs throughout the year — a perfect juxtaposition of the old and the new.
Fuad Al-Therman, a senior manager with Saudi Aramco
and former director of King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, told Arab News
that in the early years of the project, the visit for many students was a
“transformative moment in their lives and the inspiration for what to pursue in
the future.”
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KSrelief assistant supervisor meets South Sudan’s
minister
ARAB NEWS
September 02, 2023
RIYADH: Ahmed Al-Baiz, KSrelief’s assistant supervisor
general for operations and programs, met with South Sudan’s Minister of
Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Prevention Albino AkolAtakMayom in Riyadh,
the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
The two men discussed various humanitarian and relief
concerns and explored avenues through which to enhance them.
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Saudi Arabia arrests 15,351 illegals in one week
ARAB NEWS
September 02, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested 15,351 people in
one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulations,
according to an official report.
A total of 9,124 people were arrested for violations
of residency laws, while 4,284 were held over illegal border crossing attempts
and a further 1,943 for labor-related issues.
The report showed that among the 579 people arrested
for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 54 percent were Yemeni, 44 percent
Ethiopian, and 2 percent were of other nationalities.
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North
America
Ramaswamy says his differences with Trump ‘very small’
Sep 3, 2023
WASHINGTON: Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy has acknowledged
that there were some “very small” differences between him and former US
president Donald Trump but they were “deeply aligned” on policy issues,
“90-plus per cent of the way” as the two fight it out for the Republican
Party’s presidential nomination in 2024.
Speaking to Fox News on Friday about his policy
differences with Trump, his fellow Republican rival in the race for the party’s
nomination next year, Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur, said
he and Trump were “the two Americafirst’ candidates” in the race.
“I think we have an opportunity to reunite this
country around our shared ideals, and that will allow me to take the America
First agenda even further than Trump did, by building on what I think is a very
good foundation that he laid,” The Hill newspaper quoted Ramaswamy as saying on
Fox News.
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Biden surveys storm damage in Florida, without DeSantis
03 September 2023
BY JEFF MASON
US President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday
to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and comfort victims of the
storm, but he did not meet with Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential
rival, who opted not to come.
Biden, who praised DeSantis during the visit, said he
was not disappointed by the Republican governor's absence and said DeSantis had
helped plan the trip.
DeSantis' spokesperson said on Friday the governor had
no plans to meet Biden, saying "the security preparations alone that would
go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery
efforts."
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Chris Rock & Diplo Walk 6 Miles & Ride in Back
of Pickup Truck to Make it Out of Burning Man Festival
02 SEPTEMBER 2023
Chris Rock and Diplo have officially made it out of
Burning Man Festival.
Earlier on Saturday (September 2) it was confirmed
that Chris, 58, was one of thousands who were affected by a “shelter in place”
order due to horrible storms in the area of the annual event.
He offered fans safe at home some insight into the
situation on the ground, revealing that both the bathroom and food situations
were not looking great. He also shared a video revealing just how bad the mud
was at the venue thanks to the downpour.
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Pakistan
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Leader Remanded In Police
Custody For Three Days
Staff Reporter
September 3, 2023
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court (ATC) on Saturday
remanded in police custody the provincial president of the opposition Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Haleem Adil Sheikh, in a case pertaining to allegedly
subjecting a DSP to torture and setting his official vehicle on fire.
On Saturday, the investigating officer (IO) of the
case produced him before the administrative judge of the ATCs to seek his
physical remand for questioning.
The IO submitted that DSP Jumma Din, being the
complainant, alleged that Haleem Adil Sheikh along with retired captain Jameel
Ahmed, Akram Cheema and 14 unknown PTI workers had physically tortured him,
dragged him out of his official mobile van and set it ablaze, while his
personal belongings were also snatched on May 10 in Karachi.
The senior PTI leadership, including 11 former
lawmakers, had been booked in around four cases of resorting to arson and
violence during protests on May 9.
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Business as usual in Gilgit-Baltistan, insists
information minister
September 3, 2023
Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Sunday
morning that the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) home department had released a statement
clarifying that the situation in the region was “completely peaceful”.
On Saturday, the GB government, which has been dealing
with a tense situation for over a week, had dismissed reports of army
deployment as baseless, saying it had requisitioned the services of Pakistan
Army and civil armed forces to maintain law and order only for the chehlum of
Imam Hussain falling next week
However, mobile internet service had been suspended
across the region by the authorities till further orders. The decision came
after two clerics from different schools of thought made insensitive remarks
over the past few days, hurting the feelings of the respective communities.
In a post on social media platform X (formerly
Twitter), Solangi quoted the statement released by the GB home department which
clarified that reports regarding the deployment of Pakistan Army were
“completely baseless”.
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International Organisation for Standardisation’s
warning to suspend Pakistan’s membership worries business community
Kalbe Ali
September 3, 2023
ISLAMABAD: The business community has expressed
concerns over the warning issued by the International Organisation for
Standardisation (ISO) to suspend Pakistan’s membership, as this could lead to
serious image issue for all goods and services originating in Pakistan.
The ISO has warned to suspend the membership of
Pakistan Quality Standards Control Authority (PSQCA) if the annual subscription
pending since 2022 was not cleared.
Responding to a query by Dawn, Vice President and
in-charge of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)
capital office Aminullah Beg said such slackness by the authorities had to be
taken as a serious crime.
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KP traders shutter markets, stage rallies against
inflation, power tariff increase
September 3, 2023
PESHAWAR: Traders on Saturday observed a shutter down
strike and took to the streets across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against inflation and
power tariff hike.
Business remained suspended in Peshawar’s markets due
to the strike of traders, who staged rallies against inflated power bills and
rising prices of essential goods and petroleum products.
They marched in Hayatabad, Saddar, Shaheen Bazaar,
Meena Bazaar, Pepal Mandi, Chowk Yadgar, Charsadda Road, University Road, Mocha
Lara, Bazaar Dalgaran and other areas before converging on the Qissa Khwani
Bazaar.
Led by Haji Sharafat Ali Mubarak and Nisarullah Khan,
traders set up a protest camp in Saddar Bazaar to “ensure” closure of major
markets.
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Lawyers to observe strike in Peshawar tomorrow
September 3, 2023
PESHAWAR: The lawyers staged a protest demonstration
here on Saturday against exorbitant electricity and gas bills and escalating
prices of essential commodities, including petroleum products, and announced
that they would observe a strike on the issue tomorrow (Monday).
The Peshawar Bar Association held a general body
meeting with its president, Ishfaq Ahmad Khalil, in the chair.
The participants included members of the association,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council and Peshawar High Court Bar Association.
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Bajaur peace body to extend struggle to all merged
areas
September 3, 2023
BAJAUR: All Bajaur Peace Action Committee leaders on
Saturday decided to extend their movement to all the merged districts for
restoration of normalcy in the region.
The leaders of the committee, including political and
social activists, religious, trade leaders and elders, made the announcement
during a meeting chaired by the body’s chairman Maulana Abdur Rasheed, the emir
of JUI-F’s local chapter.
PPP provincial leader Sayed Akhunzada Chattan, ANP
district president Gul Afzal Khan, JI vice-chief Maulana Waheed Gul, PML-N
district president Malik Gul Kareem Khan, PPP district president Haji Sher
Bahadar, ANP’s provincial working committee member Sheikh Jan Zada and others
addressed the meeting.
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Europe
Plans for a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II to be
unveiled in 2026 to mark her 100th birthday
Sep 3, 2023
LONDON: An independent body will unveil plans for a
permanent memorial to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 2026, to mark what would
have been the late monarch's 100th birthday, the government said Sunday.
The Cabinet Office said Robin Janvrin, Elizabeth's
former private secretary, has been appointed as chairman of the Queen Elizabeth
memorial committee to consider proposals for a "fitting tribute" to
Britain's longest-reigning monarch following her death in September 2022.
Janvrin and other officials on the committee will
consider Elizabeth's life of public service and the causes she supported, and
recommend plans for a national legacy program in the late queen's honor.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confident 'inflation is coming
down' and on track to be halved this year
3 September 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is confident his plan to reduce
rising prices is working and will soon ease the financial strain on UK
households.
Ahead of parliament returning on Monday, Mr Hunt
acknowledged that many households across the country are still struggling
financially.
Inflation has eased back to 6.8% from a recent
eye-watering peak of 11.1% last October, but is still far from the Bank of
England's 2% target.
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For at least a day, all the world is 'Margaritaville'
in homage to Jimmy Buffett
Sep 3, 2023
KEY WEST: All the world was "Margaritaville"
on Saturday, from Key West to New York City and beyond, as legions of fans
mourned the passing of beach-bum balladeer Jimmy Buffett at the age of 76.
"Everybody equates that song with our city,"
said Clayton Lopez, a Key West city commissioner. "I mean, when you say
Margaritaville, you're talking about the city of Key West."
The community planned a remembrance Sunday along Duval
Street, home to some of Key West's most well-known eateries and music venues,
including the Chart Room, a dive bar where Buffett sang early in his career.
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Destroyed 22 Russian drones in Odesa, says Ukraine air
force
Sep 3, 2023
KYIV: Ukraine's air force said early on Sunday it had
destroyed 22 Russian drones in an overnight attack on the southern Odesa
region.
Russia "launched several waves of attacks by
'Shahed-136/131' (unmanned aerial vehicles) from the south and southeast",
Ukraine's Air Force wrote on Telegram.
A total of 25 Iranian-made Shahed attack drones had
been launched and "22 of them were destroyed by... the Air Force in
cooperation with the air defence of other components of the Defense Forces of
Ukraine", it said.
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