UN Head Calls On World Leaders To Condemn 'Antisemitism, Anti-Muslim Bigotry'
New
Age Islam News Bureau
15
October 2023
UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres
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• UN Head Calls On World Leaders To Condemn
'Antisemitism, Anti-Muslim Bigotry'
• Bareilly Cleric, President Of All India Muslim
Jamaat, Linked With Aala Hazrat Dargah, Asks People To Pray For Palestinians In
Gaza
• Iran’s Foreign Minister Warns Israel Could Suffer ‘A
Huge Earthquake’
• Islamic Resistance Wages More Attacks on Israeli
Targets in Lebanon’s Occupied Shebaa Farms
• Rohingya Face ‘Second Genocide’ As Violence Surges
In Bangladesh Refugee Camps
Europe
• "We Must Protect One Another": Jews And
Muslims Uniting For Peace In Manchester
• European Muslim Forum Calls For Prevention Of
Genocide In Palestine
• EU condemns Shia mosque bombing, says rights of all
groups must be protected
• Algeria: 16 Islamists Jailed for ‘Seeking Regime
Change’
• France raises alert level to highest after teacher
killed in Islamist attack
• France deploys 7,000 troops after The Louvre,
Versailles get bomb threats, teacher stabbed in ‘Islamist terror’
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India
• No Unauthorised Puja, Namaz At Public Places: Noida
Police Invokes Crpc Sec 144
• Traders’ Body of Karnataka Urges to Lift Ban on
Muslim Vendors in Temple Fairs for Dussehra Festival
• Allow Muslims To Pray In Vellore Jail Mosque: AIADMK
Leader
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Mideast
• Islamic Nations' Group Calls For 'Urgent,
Extraordinary' Meet As Situation In Gaza Escalates
• Hamas-Israel War: Surge In Hate Crimes Against Jews,
Muslims In London; Rishi Sunak Calls It ‘Disgusting’
• Maryland Muslim Leaders Say ‘Innocent Lives Deserve
To Be Protected’ In Gaza
• How does Iran fit into the war between Israel and
Hamas?
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Arab
World
• Saudi Arabia Calls Emergency OIC Meeting To Discuss
Gaza Escalation On Wednesday
• Diriyah Company partners with Saudi fashion label
Ramzen
• Saudi Arabia arrests 16,790 illegals in one week
• Saudi FM discusses Gaza situation with China’s Wang
Yi
• 12m trees to transform Kingdom’s parks
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South
Asia
• Afghanistan: UN Security Council Condemns ‘Heinous
Terrorist Attack’ On BaghlanMosque
• Taliban To Join China's Belt And Road Forum,
Elevating Ties
• Kabul Rejects Putin's Remarks About Threat Posed by
Afghanistan
• Gold worth over Rs 8cr smuggled through
Indo-Bangladesh border seized
• Military intelligence, city police arrest four
Bangladeshi nationals
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North
America
• Biden Stresses Civilian Protection Amid Gaza Seige,
Condemns Hamas
• US advises its citizens in Gaza to move closer to
Egypt's Rafah crossing
• WHO says evacuating Gaza patients effectively 'death
sentence'
• US sends second aircraft carrier to east
Mediterranean to deter Iran, Hezbollah
• Muslim film festival invites Edmontonians to 'feel
inspired'
• The Sick Alliance between the Left and Muslim
Extremists
• CLAIM: MSNBC has quietly pulled three Muslim journos
from the anchor chair since Hamas attack
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Africa
• Between State And Mosque: New Book Explores The
Turbulent History Of Islamic Politics In Mozambique
• Oyo Muslims Rally Support For Palestinians Amid Israel-Hamas
War
• “We’re bewildered” – Muslim group tackles Adeboye
over his stand on Israel/Hamas conflict
• Madagascar: Opposition candidates protest
"institutional coup"
• Sudan: Hope fades as war enters sixth month
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Southeast
Asia
• Malaysia, Indonesia Stress Importance Of Unimpeded
Humanitarian Corridor Into Gaza
• Johor court charges three men with trafficking more
than 4,000g of methamphetamine
• Fahmi: Efforts to reform creative industry will
continue
• State minister seeks federal funds to upgrade
Sarawak airports next year
• Mindef fine tuning involvement of armed forces
veterans in National Service Training
• Kit Siang backs Anwar’s offer for PAS to join
federal govt, with certain conditions
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Pakistan
• PPP Struggles To Find Backers For Senate Session
• Fazl Warns Against Any Attempt To Keep His Party Out
Of Politics
• Huge backlog overwhelms Islamabad’s justice system
• Sindh govt proposes MDCAT be held afresh on Nov 19
• Handover of 1,000 schools to NGO sparked teachers’
protests in Punjab
Compiled
by New Age Islam News Bureau
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UN Head Calls On World Leaders To Condemn 'Antisemitism,
Anti-Muslim Bigotry'
UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres
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October 14, 2023
by Jenny Goldsberry
The United Nations Secretary-General issued a
statement Saturday to condemn "bigotry" against Muslim and Jewish
people in hopes world leaders will follow.
Antonio Guterres posted a video statement to X,
formerly known as Twitter, regarding the Israel and Hamas conflict, which has
split heads of state globally. Immediately following Hamas firing missiles into
Israel, the leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Ukraine, India,
and the United States declared their support for Israel. Meanwhile, Qatar and
Saudi Arabia's heads of state promised support to Palestine.
“I call on all leaders to speak out against
antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, and hate speech of all kinds,” Guterres
said. “This is a time for the international community to come together around
protecting civilians and finding a lasting solution to this unending cycle of
death and destruction.”
Countries like the U.K., France, and the U.S. have
witnessed protests defending both Israel and Palestine. Hateful chants have
been captured on various videos throughout social media. As a result, France
has banned pro-Palestine protests in light of antisemitic sentiments shared in
previous demonstrations. London Metropolitan Police likewise reported 105
antisemitic incidents and 75 antisemitic offenses, an uptick that was almost 10
times greater than the year before
"There's been a quite frankly disgusting rise in
antisemitic incidents over the past few days; that's not right," Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters Friday. "We will absolutely not
tolerate people inciting hatred or violence or racist activity."
Within the halls of Congress, tensions have risen.
Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) claimed a sign posted outside his Washington office
declaring his support of Israel was stolen Thursday. According to Williams, the
sign, which depicted the Israeli flag and read: "I stand with
Israel," disappeared sometime Wednesday night. He first posted a photo of
the sign outside of his office in the Capitol earlier that day to X, formerly
known as Twitter.
Rep. Rashida Talib (D-MI) has a Palestinian flag
displayed outside her office. She now faces a censure resolution and an
appropriation amendment declaring that funds will not be used on any foreign
flags for display.
This most recent violence arose after Hamas fired
thousands of rockets and also sent dozens of fighters into Israel a week ago.
In light of the conflict between Hamas and Israel, some 2,900 have died, among
them 27 American citizens. There are also more likely to be among the 150 taken
hostage.
Israel last received rocket fire in January, when the
Islamic Jihad in Gaza fired two rockets toward Israel after a raid refugee camp
by Israeli troops resulted in seven Palestinian gunmen and two civilians
killed. These two rockets caused no casualties. Israel responded with air
strikes on Gaza at the time.
Source: Washington Examiner.Com
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Bareilly Cleric, President Of All India Muslim Jamaat, Linked With Aala Hazrat Dargah, Asks People To Pray For Palestinians In Gaza
Photo: Muslim Mirror
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October 15, 2023
Bareilly : Bareilly-based cleric Maulana Shahabuddin
Razvi, who is the President of All India Muslim Jamaat, an organisation linked
with Aala Hazrat Dargah, has urged “everyone to pray for the Palestinians in
Gaza as they are being continuously bombarded by Israel during its war with
Hamas”.
Razvi added that the culture and the teachings of
Islam are based on peace and teaches how to respect one another as human
beings, there is no place for violence and killings of civilians by anyone.
“Any mistreatment of women, children and the elderly
is strictly prohibited and condemned by Islam,” he said.
The cleric advised the people to maintain calm and
peace, and also appealed to the United Nations, the Indian government and
global players to act and intervene actively and immediately to halt the
hostilities.
“Relations between people of India and Palestine have
always been very deep, close and respectful. In fact, it is a well-known fact
that late president Yasser Arafat was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi,” Razvi
added. — IANS
Source: Muslim Mirror
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UN Head Calls On World Leaders To Condemn 'Antisemitism,
Anti-Muslim Bigotry'
UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres
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October 14, 2023
by Jenny Goldsberry
The United Nations Secretary-General issued a
statement Saturday to condemn "bigotry" against Muslim and Jewish
people in hopes world leaders will follow.
Antonio Guterres posted a video statement to X,
formerly known as Twitter, regarding the Israel and Hamas conflict, which has
split heads of state globally. Immediately following Hamas firing missiles into
Israel, the leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Ukraine,
India, and the United States declared their support for Israel. Meanwhile,
Qatar and Saudi Arabia's heads of state promised support to Palestine.
“I call on all leaders to speak out against
antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, and hate speech of all kinds,” Guterres
said. “This is a time for the international community to come together around
protecting civilians and finding a lasting solution to this unending cycle of
death and destruction.”
Countries like the U.K., France, and the U.S. have
witnessed protests defending both Israel and Palestine. Hateful chants have
been captured on various videos throughout social media. As a result, France
has banned pro-Palestine protests in light of antisemitic sentiments shared in
previous demonstrations. London Metropolitan Police likewise reported 105
antisemitic incidents and 75 antisemitic offenses, an uptick that was almost 10
times greater than the year before
"There's been a quite frankly disgusting rise in
antisemitic incidents over the past few days; that's not right," Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters Friday. "We will absolutely not
tolerate people inciting hatred or violence or racist activity."
Within the halls of Congress, tensions have risen.
Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) claimed a sign posted outside his Washington office
declaring his support of Israel was stolen Thursday. According to Williams, the
sign, which depicted the Israeli flag and read: "I stand with
Israel," disappeared sometime Wednesday night. He first posted a photo of
the sign outside of his office in the Capitol earlier that day to X, formerly
known as Twitter.
Rep. Rashida Talib (D-MI) has a Palestinian flag
displayed outside her office. She now faces a censure resolution and an
appropriation amendment declaring that funds will not be used on any foreign
flags for display.
This most recent violence arose after Hamas fired
thousands of rockets and also sent dozens of fighters into Israel a week ago.
In light of the conflict between Hamas and Israel, some 2,900 have died, among
them 27 American citizens. There are also more likely to be among the 150 taken
hostage.
Israel last received rocket fire in January, when the
Islamic Jihad in Gaza fired two rockets toward Israel after a raid refugee camp
by Israeli troops resulted in seven Palestinian gunmen and two civilians killed.
These two rockets caused no casualties. Israel responded with air strikes on
Gaza at the time.
Source: Washington Examiner.Com
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Warns Israel Could Suffer ‘A
Huge Earthquake’
Iranian Foreign Minister
Hossein Amirabdollahian, speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon,
on October 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP
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October 14, 2023
Iran’s Foreign Minister on Saturday called on Israel
to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts
of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle, and that would make Israel
suffer “a huge earthquake.”
Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters in Beirut that
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has taken all the scenarios of a war into
consideration and Israel should stop its attacks on Gaza as soon as possible.
Source: The Hindu
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Islamic Resistance Wages More Attacks on Israeli
Targets in Lebanon’s Occupied Shebaa Farms
Hezbollah Missile
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October 14, 2023
The Islamic Resistance fighters managed on Saturday
afternoon to attack an Israeli observation post in Lebanon’s Occupied Shebaa
Farms.
In a statement, the Resistance announced that Burkat
Al-Naqqar surveillance post was hit and that most of the site’s technical
equipment was destroyed.
The Islamic Resistance issued on Saturday a statement
which confirmed that its groups had attacked on the same day at 15:15 (Local
Time) the Israeli military outposts in Lebanon’s occupied Shebaa Farms.
According to Al-Manar reporter, the Israeli enemy had
fired around 300 shells at Shebaa outskirts.
Source: English.Almanar
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Rohingya Face ‘Second Genocide’ As Violence Surges In Bangladesh
Refugee Camps
Rohingya Face ‘Second
Genocide’ As Violence Surges In Bangladesh Refugee Camps
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Amy Sood
15 Oct, 2023
“At first, we only heard the gunfire at night. But
now, I have seen someone get shot in the daytime right in front of my eyes,”
said Fatimah, a 24-year-old Rohingya refugee living with her parents in Cox’s
Bazar, Bangladesh.
“We cannot escape this situation. And nobody is
protecting us from these dangers,” she added, requesting to go only by her
first name for fear of reprisals.
The massive camps in Bangladesh, which house almost a
million Rohingyas, have seen escalating gang violence, resulting in the deaths
of at least 55 people as of August.
The ongoing violence – both by state and non-state
actors – exacerbates the plight of the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority
who largely fled Myanmar in 2017 to escape a military crackdown, described by
the US State Department as a “genocide”.
Bangladesh took them in, in huge numbers, but they are
now seen as a burden – unable to live and work freely outside their temporary
homes in the camps, where they live in squalid conditions, worsened by
supercharged climate events such as typhoons.
“We are fully exposed to gangs who are fighting with
arms in the congested camps,” he said. “A lot of innocent people, including
children and elderly people, are dying in the crossfire.”
His elder brother was taken by a group last month,
beaten bloody for two days and left with bruises and cigarette burns on his
body, Khan said, adding that his own online activism has made his family a
frequent target of the gangs.
In September 2021, MohibUllah, a well-known Rohingya
community leader, was gunned down while speaking at a refugee gathering. His
family accused ARSA of his death, and activists say they have seen an uptick in
violence, abductions, and killings since then. Bangladesh said in January it had
deployed more than 2,000 APBn officers to improve security in the refugee
camps.
“The main problem in the camps now is the lawlessness
and insecurity being caused by these different factions of Rohingya armed
groups who are fighting for supremacy,” said Chris Lewa of the Arakan Project,
which provides support to Rohingya refugees.
These restrictions range from physical barriers such
as barbed wire fences constructed around camps and strict curfews to the use of
force, harassment and extortion to curb movement. The study reported
restrictions on the use of smartphones or laptops.
The report was based on 241 surveys and 54 in-depth
interviews with refugee respondents from 30 camps in Cox’s Bazar district, and
included four interviews with police officers that corroborated the survey
results.
Sixty-five per cent of the respondents said they
believed the restrictions on movement they faced in Bangladesh were worse than
what they had experienced in Myanmar.
Women are especially at risk of becoming victims of
abuse and trafficking due to the lax security in the camps, according to
researcher Andrew Riley, who spoke on behalf of Youth Congress Rohingya
representatives as they did not want to be identified out of fear of government
reprisals.
The extreme restrictions that are imposed by the
police tasked with guarding the camps, coupled with the violence many refugees
now face from armed gangs, have left the Rohingya completely helpless,
according to John Quinley III, director of international rights group Fortify Rights,
which focuses on Myanmar in particular.
“You have a situation where there are dangers from
non-state actors but also a state authority that is repressing refugees, so the
Rohingya have very little hope in their ability to access any kind of protection
or justice,” he said.
Ever year, thousands of Rohingya risk their lives
trying to escape the camp’s dire conditions, travelling in rickety boats in the
vain hope of reaching safe harbour in Malaysia or Indonesia. Scores have died
en route.
Riley, speaking on behalf of Youth Congress Rohingya,
said it might be possible get some accountability from Bangladesh on this
matter if humanitarian agencies – and the United Nations’ refugee agency in
particular – stated their limitations in protecting refugees.
“Not stating that limitation gives Bangladesh a
rationale to say that the needs of these refugees are being met in the camps,
and we can keep them locked in there,” he said.
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India
No Unauthorised Puja, Namaz At Public Places: Noida
Police Invokes Crpc Sec 144
October 15, 2023
Noida : Restrictions under CrPC section 144 would be
in place across Noida and Greater Noida from October 15 to 31, banning unauthorised
assemblies of more than five people and processions, among others, the Gautam
Buddh Nagar police ordered Saturday.
Namaz, or puja or any other religious activity would
not be allowed at public places unless permitted by the police, according to
the order issued ahead of Navratri.
The order stated that religious activities, including
puja and namaz, would not be allowed at any controversial place where
traditionally they have not been performed, nor should anyone encourage others
to do so.
“No one would insult the religious texts of other
faiths. No one would place religious flags, posters, or banners at the walls of
religious places nor would they support anyone in doing this,” the order
stated.
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Traders’ Body of Karnataka Urges to Lift Ban on Muslim
Vendors in Temple Fairs for Dussehra Festival
The Wire Staff
15-10-2023
New Delhi: A traders’ association in coastal Karnataka
has urged district authorities to allow Muslim vendors to participate in temple
fairs during the upcoming festive season of Dasara.
Last year, many shrines had banned Muslim vendors from
these fairs at the behest of Sangh Parivar groups. The Dakshina Kannada and
Udupi Districts Religious Fair Businessmen’s Coordination Committee, which
includes members from various religious backgrounds, is making this appeal, the
Telegraph reported.
The committee has complained that Muslim vendors have
been banned even from the government-run Mangaladevi Temple in Mangalore,
Dakshina Kannada.
It added that several shrines had banned Muslims from
bidding for stalls even in public spaces near the temples ahead of religious
festivals in summer last year and later during Dasara.
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Allow Muslims To Pray In Vellore Jail Mosque: AIADMK
Leader
15th October 2023
VELLORE: Following TNIE’s report regarding the mosque
inside Vellore central jail being out of bounds for inmates, AIADMK leader
EdappadiPalaniswami condemned the DMK government on Saturday for prohibiting
Muslim inmates from accessing the mosque.
In an official release, Palaniswami stated that
prisons are not just meant for punishing inmates but also for their rehabilitation.
“During the past 29 months, there have been numerous reports of the prisoners
being subjected to torture inside prisons. Recently, newspaper stories have
surfaced stating that inmates are being denied their religious rights.”Every
prisoner, regardless of their religious beliefs, has the right to worship, he
said.
Source: New Indian Express
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Europe
"We Must Protect One Another": Jews And
Muslims Uniting For Peace In Manchester
By Paul Britton
15 OCT 2023
Each from different faiths, they look to elevate the
things that unite us above the forces that would divide us. And now, with the
outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, the work of Greater Manchester's interfaith
leaders has never been more relevant.
Jewish and Muslim leaders alike, they've spoken out
passionately to communities, through the Manchester Evening News, as the
conflict and loss of life in the Middle East continues.
As people dedicated to peace, they have urged
residents across the city region, thousands of miles away from Israel, to keep
talking to each other - stressing that Manchester is greater because those of
different religious, political and emotional persuasions all share their lives
here together.
Collectively, they have urged people to be there for
each other and continue to support one another, preaching the importance of
dialogue, respect and mutual empathy.
Rabbi Warren Elf MBE, a father-of-five from north
Manchester, is co-chair of Faith Network for Manchester. The forum runs
projects, conferences and workshops to bring those of different faiths together
- and combat common misunderstandings between them - to foster greater cohesion
and harmony among all who live here.
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European Muslim Forum calls for prevention of genocide
in Palestine
GulsumIncekaya
15.10.2023
The European Muslim Forum urged the international
community to prevent Israel's genocide against Palestinians through all
available legal means.
Members of the European Muslim Forum met online with
participants from Europe to discuss developments in Palestine in a meeting
attended by Lauren Booth, a member of the Muslim Women's Council, Mahmoud
Habbas, advisor to the Palestinian Presidency's Religious Affairs, Anna Stamou,
a member of the Greek Muslim Association, Mufti RomasJakubauskas of the
Lithuanian Sunni Muslim Faith Center, Turkish MP DoganBekin and others.
The current situation in Palestine was discussed and
actions that could be taken in Europe and the Islamic world were debated. The
distortion of events by Western media was also condemned.
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EU condemns Shia mosque bombing, says rights of all
groups must be protected
By Amu TV
15-10-2023
The incident happened at the Imam Zaman mosque in
Pul-e-Khumri on Friday, October 13, when a suicide bomber stormed the mosque.
Seven people were killed and at least 15 were wounded.
The European Union said in a statement on Saturday
that it “condemns in the strongest possible terms the suicide attack on a Shia
Mosque in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan province targeting worshippers during Friday
prayers and killing at least seven of them.”
“Attacks that deliberately target civilians are
violations of fundamental human rights and international humanitarian law. The
human rights of all Afghans, including the right to life and the rights of all
ethnic and religious communities, have to be protected and respected,” the EU’s
statement read.
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Algeria: 16 Islamists Jailed for ‘Seeking Regime
Change’
15 October 2023
Asharq Al Awsat
Algerian activists and lawyers said 16 members of the
banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) have been remanded in custody after an
investigating judge charged them with terrorism and attempts to overthrow the
government by unconstitutional means.
Earlier this month, several FIS members were detained
after they issued a statement criticizing a “political deadlock” in Algeria,
which security forces said was a “threat” to the country.
The FIS members were then subject to a security
investigation. The judge who questioned them ordered their detention pending
investigation. At the start of the campaign, four FIS members were detained but
the arrests ended with 16 members.
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France raises alert level to highest after teacher
killed in Islamist attack
Oct 14, 2023
A 20-year-old man fatally stabbed a teacher and
gravely wounded two other people in an attack at a school in the northern
France city of Arras on Friday (13 October) that President Emmanuel Macron
condemned as “barbaric Islamic terrorism.”
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said France was now
on its highest state of alert and that the Arras attack bore a link to events
in the Middle East, where Israel is conducting a military offensive to root out
Hamas fighters after their deadly rampage.
Visiting the site of the attack, Macron paid his
respects to the dead teacher, Dominique Bernard, whose body still lay under a
cover surrounded by a pool of blood.
“(He) stepped in and undoubtedly saved a lot of lives
himself,” Macron said. “Our choice is made not to give in to terror, not to let
anything divide us.”
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France deploys 7,000 troops after The Louvre,
Versailles get bomb threats, teacher stabbed in ‘Islamist terror’
By Rich Calder
Oct. 14, 2023
The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace
evacuated tourists and staff Saturday in response to bomb threats, as the
French government deployed thousands of solidiers to increase security a day
after a French teacher was stabbed by a suspected Islamist terrorist.
Written bomb threats send to Paris police led to
alarms evacuating visitors and staff from the Louvre and the underground
shopping center beneath its pyramid.
The royal Palace of Versailles was also evacuated
after threats. One of Paris’s biggest train stations, Gare de Lyon, was also
emptied after a possible explosive was found. afternoon local time due to a
bomb threat, according to reports.
Prosecutors said the alleged assailant was a former
student at Gambetta-Carnot school in the northern city of Arras and repeatedly
shouted “Allahuakbar,” or “God is great,” during the attack.
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Mideast
Islamic nations' group calls for 'urgent,
extraordinary' meet as situation in Gaza escalates
15th October 2023
By Online Desk
A top Islamic nations group has called an "urgent
extraordinary meeting" in Saudi Arabia to discuss the escalating military
situation in Gaza.
Saudi Arabia has convened an emergency meeting of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) foreign ministers to address the
"military escalation" and "threat to defenceless civilians in
Gaza".
“At the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
which chairs the current session of the Islamic Summit and the Executive
Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the organisation’s
executive committee is convening an urgent open-ended extraordinary meeting at
the ministerial level, to address the escalating military situation in Gaza and
its environs as well as the deteriorating conditions that endanger the lives of
civilians and the overall security and stability of the region,” the OIC said
in a statement on its website.
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Hamas-Israel war: Surge in hate crimes against Jews,
Muslims in London; Rishi Sunak calls it ‘disgusting’
15 Oct 2023
By SounakMukhopadhyay
London has witnessed an escalation in antisemitic
incidents amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Data from the Metropolitan Police
reveals that antisemitic incidents surged from 14 to 105, and offences from 12
to 75, between September 30 and October 13, compared to the same period last
year.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the trend
“disgusting" and weighed in on the issue during his visit to Sweden. He
conveyed that adequate funds had been allocated for fortifying Jewish
establishments, emphasising that the UK would not tolerate any form of
intimidation or threats against its Jewish communities, the BBC reported. He
informed that high-level meetings were in progress to ensure safety measures
were robust.
The Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Met Police,
Laurence Taylor, revealed that instances of Islamophobia had also gone up,
though not as substantially as antisemitic incidents. He described incidents
that included intimidation outside synagogues and inappropriate playing of
German military music.
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Maryland Muslim leaders say ‘innocent lives deserve to
be protected’ in Gaza
Penelope Blackwell
10/14/2023
As a teen who lived under Israel’s military occupation
during his formative years, Aref Ramadan described his move from Gaza to
Maryland in 1983 as lonely yet necessary.
Four decades later, the tensions between Israel and
Palestinians have boiled over after gunmen from Hamas, the militant group that
governs Gaza but that many countries consider a terrorist organization,
massacred 1,300 people in southern Israel last weekend. The victims ranged from
military personnel to concert-goers and families in their cars and homes.
Israel has responded with airstrikes on the sealed-off
Gaza Strip, and Ramadan said that at least 20 members of his family are among
the roughly 1,800 Palestinians that the Palestinian Health Ministry says had
been killed as of Friday. Israel has ordered 1.1 million people to evacuate to
the southern part of the narrow seaside strip. And Ramadan, one of 16 siblings,
said the weeklong war has left his family scattered across its largest refugee
camp, the Jabalia camp.
“There is no safety in Gaza. I feel defenseless
knowing something might happen and I have no power to stop it — there is
nothing I can do to help,” said Ramadan, a founder of the Palestinian Community
of Metro DC.
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How does Iran fit into the war between Israel and
Hamas?
By Ellen Ioanes
Oct 14, 2023
Speculation around Iran’s involvement in Hamas’s
gruesome attack on Israel has been rampant over the past week — along with
questions about whether the Islamic Republic or any of its regional proxies
will get involved in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Iran has denied involvement in planning the attack,
but the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the slaughter
in a televised address Tuesday. “We kiss the hands of those who planned the
attack on the Zionist regime,” Khamenei said. “The Zionist regime’s own actions
are to blame for this disaster.” Hamas, for its part, has claimed sole
responsibility for the attack on October 7, in which militants killed an
estimated 1,200 Israelis, mainly civilians, injured upward of 3,000, and took
as many as 150 hostages.
Though Iran and Israel have been in conflict since the
1979 Iranian revolution, there has never been outright war between the two.
However, Iran does support proxies in the region, including Hezbollah, the Shia
militant group in southern Lebanon, which could opt to join the conflict,
though thus far it’s not clear that the group has made any concrete moves in
that direction. (Rockets were fired from southern Lebanon this week toward what
is now northern Israel, though it’s not clear at this point whether they were
launched by Hezbollah or another group.)
Iran does provide material support to Hamas as well as
training and money, experts told Vox, as does Hezbollah. Proxy groups — armed
groups affiliated with a state actor — like the Fatemiyoun Brigade in Syria and
the Badr Organization in Iraq, as well as the Houthis in Yemen, work more in
concert with the Iranian regime, but it would be incorrect to automatically put
the blame for Saturday’s attack right at the regime’s doorstep.
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Arab
World
Saudi Arabia calls emergency OIC meeting to discuss
Gaza escalation on Wednesday
ARAB NEWS
October 14, 2023
JEDDAH: At the invitation of Saudi Arabia, the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold an emergency meeting in Jeddah on
Wednesday to discuss the violence in Gaza, following an eight-day war that has
left thousands dead and injured.
The Kingdom, which is chairman of the Islamic Summit
at its current session and chairman of the OIC’s executive committee, called
for the “open-ended” ministerial meeting to discuss the military escalation in
Gaza and its surroundings, and the worsening situation that threatens civilians
and regional security and stability.
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Diriyah Company partners with Saudi fashion label
Ramzen
ARAB NEWS
October 14, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi fashion label Ramzen — founded by
designer Abdulrahman Al-Romaizan — presented its collection of evening wear for
men and women inspired by Diriyah this week.
The collection is a result of Ramzen’s partnership
with Diriyah Company. The latter was launched by the Public Investment Fund in
2022 to oversee the Diriyah Project, which aims to turn Diriyah into one of the
most important heritage, cultural and entertainment destinations in the world.
The partnership between Diriyah Company and Ramzen
represents “a shared commitment to promoting local talent, fostering
innovation, and strengthening the position of Saudi Arabia as a global fashion
hub,” according to a press release.
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Saudi Arabia arrests 16,790 illegals in one week
ARAB NEWS
October 14, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested 16,790 people in
one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulations, the
Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
According to an official report, a total of 10,177
people were arrested for violations of residency laws, while 4,523 were held
over illegal border crossing attempts and a further 2,090 for labor-related
issues.
The report showed that among the 709 people arrested
for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 63 percent were Yemeni, 34 percent
Ethiopian, and 3 percent were of other nationalities.
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Saudi FM discusses Gaza situation with China’s Wang Yi
ARAB NEWS
October 14, 2023
RIYADH: Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin
Farhan spoke on the phone on Saturday with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi,
Saudi Press Agency reported.
During the call, they discussed the latest
developments in the situation in Gaza and its surroundings, and the
international efforts made in this regard.
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12m trees to transform Kingdom’s parks
HEBSHI ALSHAMMARI
October 14, 2023
RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and
Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli has launched an initiative to revitalize 100
natural parks across the Kingdom, covering more than 225,000 hectares in its
initial phase.
The initiative involves planting more than 12 million
wild trees and shrubs in the targeted areas, fostering environmental
sustainability and enhancing quality of life, aligning with the goals of Saudi
Vision 2030 and the Saudi Green Initiative.
The Kingdom’s National Center for Vegetation Cover
Development and Combating Desertification oversees various tasks within the
initiative, including raising awareness about the significance of natural
parks.
The center emphasizes the need for park preservation,
protection, monitoring and data collection, as well as creating planting maps
for local trees and shrubs such as acacia, wild sidr and haloxylon.
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South
Asia
Afghanistan: UN Security Council condemns ‘heinous
terrorist attack’ on Baghlan mosque
By Amu TV
15-10-2023
The UN Security Council has strongly condemned
Friday’s “heinous terrorist attack” by Daesh against a Shia mosque in
Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan,
reaffirming the need for all States “to combat by all means” threats to
international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the members of the
UN Security Council (UNSC) said that “terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and
security in Afghanistan, as well as in the world.”
The members also emphasized the need to hold
perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of “these reprehensible acts
of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice.”
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Taliban To Join China's Belt And Road Forum, Elevating
Ties
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar
October 14, 2023
KABUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Taliban will attend China's
Belt and Road Forum next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, underscoring
Beijing's growing official ties with the administration, despite its lack of
formal recognition by any government.
Taliban officials and ministers have at times
travelled to regional meetings, mostly those focussed on Afghanistan, but the
Belt and Road Forum is among the highest-profile multilateral summits it has
been invited to attend.
The forum in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday marks
the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's ambitious global infrastructure
and energy initiative, billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to boost
global trade.
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Kabul Rejects Putin's Remarks About Threat Posed by Afghanistan
By Fatema Adeeb
October 14, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin on threats coming
from Afghanistan, saying they are baseless.
The Islamic Emirate's spokesperson, Zabihullah
Mujahid, said that Afghanistan's territory is secure and that no terrorist
organization is present here to pose a threat to other nations.
"According to us, the statements made by the
President of Russia may be based on incorrect information because Afghanistan
has not been a threat to any country during the past two years,” Mujahid said.
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Gold worth over Rs 8cr smuggled through Indo-Bangladesh
border seized
Oct 15, 2023
VARANASI: In a joint action, Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence (DRI) and police arrested two smugglers with a consignment of over
13 kg gold worth Rs 8.45 crore in Sarroi area of Bhadohi district late on
Friday.
SP Bhadohi Meenakshi Katyayan said acting on
intelligence inputs, DRI officials sought cooperation from district police to
intercept the gold smugglers on Friday. Later, a joint team of Bhadohi and
Aurai police was formed to carry out the operation with DRI, she said, adding
that borders of the district were sealed and a massive checking drive was
launched at night.
During this operation, the joint team succeeded in
locating the SUV in Sarroi area. Seeing the cops, the gold smugglers ran away
towards the jungle along Morwa river leaving the vehicle on the spot. The cops
seized the SUV and launched a combing operation.
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Military intelligence, city police arrest four
Bangladeshi nationals
By Nadeem Inamdar
Oct 15, 2023
The police have arrested four of them based on
intelligence input on their illegal stay and preparation of bogus documents through
fraudulent means
In a joint operation, Military Intelligence, Southern
Command, and Hadapsar police have booked as many as 11 Bangladeshi nationals
for illegal stay and preparing forged government documents like Aadhaar and PAN
cards. The police have arrested four of them based on intelligence input on
their illegal stay and preparation of bogus documents through fraudulent means.
According to the military intelligence officer, the
raid took place around 11.30 on Friday night where the four persons were
apprehended and placed under arrest by the city police. Assistant Police
Inspector (API) PravinAbdgiri who lodged the case stated Nizam Rahimali Shaikh,
Babu Mohsin Mandal, Kamrul Roshan Mandal, and Sagar Alam Shaikh were found to
have been illegally staying in the country by obtaining fake PAN cards,
election card, and Aadhaar card. Besides them, other persons, Ali Babu Mandal,
Mariam Kamrul Mandal, Qasim Kamrul Mandal, Alam Shaikh, and Shahinoor Alam
Shaikh were found to be staying illegally in the Adarshnagar area of Hadapsar.
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North
America
Biden stresses civilian protection amid Gaza seige,
condemns Hamas
Oct 15, 2023
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Saturday
underscored US support for efforts to protect civilians amid an Israeli siege
and bombardment of Gaza, while condemning Hamas and saying the Islamist group
does not represent Palestinian aspirations for "self-determination."
Biden's comments during calls with Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas came
as Israel appeared poised for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in
Gaza.
More than one million people in the northern part of
the crowded enclave have been ordered to flee ahead of the expected assault, an
exodus that aid groups said would set off a humanitarian disaster.
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US advises its citizens in Gaza to move closer to
Egypt's Rafah crossing
Oct 15, 2023
RIYADH: The US government on Saturday advised its
citizens in Gaza to move south toward the Rafah border crossing with Egypt to
be ready for its possible reopening after a Hamas attack in Israel drew Israeli
military retaliation in the densely populated coastal enclave.
Washington worked with Egypt, Israel and Qatar to try
to open the Rafah crossing for limited hours on Saturday afternoon to allow
Palestinian-Americans to leave, a senior State Department official told
reporters travelling with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
But it was unclear whether Palestinian Islamist group
Hamas, which controls Gaza, would allow access to the crossing, or whether any
US citizens were able to exit, the official said later. It was not immediately
known whether the United States would make another attempt to get Rafah opened
on Sunday.
"We have informed US citizens in Gaza with whom
we are in contact that if they assess it to be safe, they may wish to move
closer to the Rafah border crossing," a US State Department spokesperson
said. "There may be very little notice if the crossing opens and it may only
open for a limited time."
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WHO says evacuating Gaza patients effectively 'death
sentence'
Oct 15, 2023
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Saturday
that forcing thousands of hospital patients to evacuate to already overflowing
hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip could be "tantamount to a death
sentence".
Israel has warned Palestinians to evacuate northern
Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week after the
deadliest attack in Israel's history.
"WHO strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders
for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2,000 inpatients in
northern Gaza," the UN health agency said in a statement.
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Muslim film festival invites Edmontonians to 'feel
inspired'
Brittany Ekelund
Oct. 15, 2023
The red carpet rolled out in downtown Edmonton for the
return of the Mosquers.
The annual short film festival kicked off Friday,
bringing Muslim film, spoken word, comedy and even calligraphy to the Winspear
Centre.
The Mosquers (a combination of Muslim and Oscars) were
started in 2007 by a group of University of Alberta students aiming to combat
misconceptions about Muslims.
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The Sick Alliance between the Left and Muslim
Extremists
By Charles Lipson
15-10-2023
The virulent anti-Israel protests across America and
Europe throw a glaring light on the bizarre alliance between left-wing
activists and militant Muslims. That odd combination has been the bedrock of
political activism at universities and in the streets for years. It began in
universities, where it now dominates political discourse, threatens Jewish
students, and intimidates anyone brave enough to voice their dissent. We can
now see how it has spread far beyond the campus.
The left supports gay rights and gay marriage.
Militant Muslims toss gays off buildings. None would dare hold a public march
in Pakistan, Iran, or Saudi Arabia.
These beliefs are not marginal for either group. They
are foundational, and they are profoundly opposed to each other. Still, the two
groups have formed a long-standing alliance. How do they deal with these
profound differences? And why are they allied?
They deal with differences very simply: They never
mention them when they act jointly, primarily against Israel and its supporters
across the world. They have joined together to form a more powerful coalition
against shared enemies. They would destroy that partnership by raising issues
where they differ.
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CLAIM: MSNBC has quietly pulled three Muslim journos
from the anchor chair since Hamas attack
FuzzyChimp
October 14, 2023
We've been reporting on MSNBC's brave attempts to
carefully provide even-handed coverage between the Israelis and those who
murdered people in their beds, shot teenagers in the back at a concert,
murdered babies, raped women, and kidnapped families.
First, MSNBC described the mass murder as a 'very big
gift to Benjamin Netanyahu'. Then, the network engaged in victim blaming while
the bodies were still warm. Most recently, they've hosted guests who have
suggested the solution is for Israel to give in to the demands of the
terrorists. It was so bad that the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt went on-air on
MSNBC's Morning Joe and blasted the network for their ridiculous coverage.
Now claims have surfaced that MSNBC is squelching
their biggest three Muslim personalities in response to backlash over the
coverage.
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Africa
Between state and mosque: new book explores the
turbulent history of Islamic politics in Mozambique
October 15, 2023
Mozambique is a multi-religious southern African
nation with excellent relations between faiths. Relations between Muslims and
the state have been good too. But the situation became more complicated in 2017
when a bloody jihadist insurgency broke out in the north. Eric Morier-Genoud
has published extensively on politics and religion in Mozambique. His latest
book, Towards Jihad? Muslims and Politics in Postcolonial Mozambique, looks at
the historical relationship between Islam and politics in the country. He
fielded some questions from The Conversation Africa.
Islam has a very old presence in Mozambique. It is
estimated to have arrived within the first century of the start of the faith,
with Arab, Ottoman and Persian traders. It settled at once during and after the
8th century among new Swahili networks, cultures and societies that developed
on the east African coast between Somalia and what is today Mozambique.
Expansion of the Islamic faith inland was slow and
only made significant progress in the 19th and 20th centuries. This was the
time when European colonial powers occupied Africa, building new infrastructure
such as roads and railways that helped the spread of different faiths.
At independence in 1975, Muslims represented 15% of
the population of Mozambique. The latest census indicates it stood at 19% in
2017. Today Muslims live mostly on the coast and in the north of the country. A
majority of the population of Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces are Muslim, as
are 40% of the population of Nampula province.
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Oyo muslims rally support for Palestinians amid
Israel-Hamas war
By Moyosore Salami
15 October 2023
Oyo State Muslim Community, in collaboration with
various Islamic organisations, has voiced its concern regarding the ongoing
Israel-Hamas conflict, lamenting the suffering Palestinians are experiencing as
a result of the crisis.
“Justice for Palestinians is Justice for Humanity”,
“Those Who Support Israel Are The People of Ignorance and No Conscience”,
“Israel is Engaging in Genocide Power of the Word, Where Are Thou?”, and
“United Nations Stop Being Biased Stop Being Evil, Allow Palestine to Breathe”
at the Oja Oba Central Mosque.
The Director, International Institute for Human
Heritage, Atta Abdulrasheed, while expressing solidarity with Palestine, said
that the Palestinians have exhibited remarkable resilience, steadfastly
resisting colonisation efforts by the Israeli government. He urged the United
Nations (UN) to take action that will address the ongoing crisis.
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“We’re bewildered” – Muslim group tackles Adeboye over
his stand on Israel/Hamas conflict
Goodness Adaoyiche
October 14, 2023
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has criticized the
general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch
Adeboye over his stand on the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine in Gaza.
Politics Nigeria reports that Pastor Adeboye had
earlier declared support for Israel in the ongoing war between the Zionist
nation and Palestine.
But the executive director, Professor Ishaq Akintola,
in a statement issued on Saturday, noted that, instead of praying for Israel
specifically, Pastor Adeboye should rather pray for the whole world.
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Madagascar: Opposition candidates protest
"institutional coup"
By RédactionAfricanews
15-10-2023
In Madagascar, proponents of a coalition consisting of
11 opposition contenders in the presidential election came together for a
protest in Antananarivo, while supporters of incumbent president and candidate
AndryRajoelina assembled to show their support for him.
"We are here to support candidate Rajoelina, who
is number 3. I support him because he has built a lot of infrastructure. And on
top of that, they care about young people and the most disadvantaged."
The Malagasy opposition, which has been protesting for
over two weeks against what they have dubbed an institutional coup d'état ahead
of next month's presidential election, vowed to keep up the pressure in the
streets. The High Constitutional Court had rejected three appeals calling for
Rajoelina's candidacy to be invalidated for not having Malagasy nationality,
whom according to June press reports had become a naturalized French citizen in
2014.
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Sudan: Hope fades as war enters sixth month
By RédactionAfricanews
15-10-2023
Six months since conflict broke out, Sudan's brutal
war continues to inflict immeasurable suffering: endangering lives, displacing
millions from their homes, and causing deaths even in areas far from
frontlines.
"The war continues mercilessly. We wake up every
day hoping that a solution or agreement or ceasefire will be reached.
Unfortunately, this hope fades day by day," decries Rashid Mohamed Ahmed,
resident of Omdourman.
More than 9,000 deaths, 5.6 million displaced people
and refugees, cholera and deindustrialisation, the war that broke out between
general Al-Burhane and Mohamed HamdaneDaglo has brought Sudan to its knees and
ravaged its capital Khartoum.
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Southeast
Asia
Malaysia, Indonesia stress importance of unimpeded
humanitarian corridor into Gaza
15 Oct 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Malaysia and Indonesia
emphasised the significance of an unimpeded humanitarian corridor into Gaza to
immediately address the impending humanitarian disaster.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir said he
discussed the matter with his Indonesian counterpart RetnoMarsudi during a
phone call.
“We also spoke about the role that Asean could play in
this regard, as well as the upcoming Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),” Zambry said on X,
on Sunday.
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Johor court charges three men with trafficking more
than 4,000g of methamphetamine
15 Oct 2023
JOHOR BARU, Oct 15 — Three friends were charged in the
Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 4,712 grams of methamphetamine
early this month.
The charge against Chin Kai Xian, 40; Chan Yi Hui, 33;
and a Bangladeshi, Shahinur, 41, was read out before Magistrate
HidayatulSyuhadaShamsudin, but no plea was recorded from them as the case is
under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The three men are jointly charged with trafficking the
drug at JalanSetiaTropika 1/8, Taman SetiaTropika here at 2.30am last October
4.
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Fahmi: Efforts to reform creative industry will
continue
15 Oct 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Efforts to reform the creative
industry will continue, said Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.
In a post on the social media platform X (formerly
known as Twitter) today, he said some views from arts practitioners have been
translated through Budget 2024 and that this was just the beginning.
He included a newspaper article titled ‘InisiatifBelanjawan
2024 rancakpeluangpekerjaan’ (Budget 2024 initiative boosts job opportunities)
showing Seniman president Rozaidi Abdul Jamil or Zed Zaidi thanking Fahmi and
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for listening to and fulfilling the implementation
of everything proposed by arts activists.
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State minister seeks federal funds to upgrade Sarawak
airports next year
By SulokTawie
15 Oct 2023
KUCHING, Oct 15 — Sarawak state Transport Minister
Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin today welcomed the federal government’s RM209 million
allocation for rural air services covering Sarawak and Sabah in Budget 2924.
But Lee urged the federal government to consider extra
funds to upgrade the Kuching Airport (MIA) and the Miri Airport, pointing out
that these were also key international gateways that had long surpassed their
maximum capacity five million and two million passengers annually.
“Therefore, I would like to appeal to the transport
minister to bring the matter up to the prime minister so the allocations can be
included in the Budget 2024 to enable the two projects to be carried out next
year,” he said in a statement.
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Mindef fine tuning involvement of armed forces
veterans in National Service Training
15 Oct 2023
ALOR GAJAH, Oct 15 — The Ministry of Defence (Mindef)
is fine-tuning various aspects in the move to revive the National Service
Training Programme (PLKN), including the number of veterans of the Malaysian
Armed Forces (ATM) to be involved.
Deputy Minister of Defence AdlyZahari said the
ministry was also identifying the ATM veterans with the potential to be
involved in the programme, thus providing them with job opportunities.
“We have not decided the number of veterans to be
involved... we are looking at the (ATM veterans) structure and the
compatibility of their experience for PLKN.
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Kit Siang backs Anwar’s offer for PAS to join federal
govt, with certain conditions
By ShathanaKasinathan
15 Oct 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Former federal lawmaker Lim Kit
Siang today expressed his support of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s
olive branch to political adversary PAS to boost Malaysia’s political stability
and post-pandemic economic recovery.
I personally welcome Anwar’s preparedness to accept
PAS as part of unity government subject to policy conditions,” Lim said in a
statement.
The first is for PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi
Awang to retract and apologise for his “wild and preposterous allegations”
against the DAP politician.
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Pakistan
PPP struggles to find backers for Senate session
Iftikhar A. Khan
October 15, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Despite the controversial rejection of two
successive requisitions to summon the Senate session in the recent past, the
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been making efforts for the past five days to
seek required support for the requisition of a Senate session — this time to
discuss the unfolding situation in Gaza.
So far, its efforts have failed to yield the required
number of signatures. The support of 26 members is required for the requisition
and the PPP so far has 23 signatures, including of the JI lawmaker. Informed
sources told Dawn that the PPP was short of just three signatures to be able to
do what it failed to do twice.
Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-i-Islami is the only senator
from a party other than the PPP to have signed the requisition. They said two
senators from Awami National Party (ANP), who withdrew their signatures last
time, conveyed to the PPP that they “have talked to their leadership and have
expressed readiness to sign the requisition”, which will take the number of 25
— just one short of the 26 required to request a session.
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Fazl warns against any attempt to keep his party out
of politics
October 15, 2023
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief
Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said that his party would resist any attempt
of keeping it out of politics.
Addressing Mufti Mehmood Conference in provincial
capital, he said that they wanted to proceed towards elections and strengthen
democracy in the country. Without naming anyone, he said warned those, who were
trying to “fraudulently keep them out of parliament.”
“Today I am making this announcement that if you do
not allow us inside the parliament, we will not allow you to come out of
parliament,” he said.
The JUI-F chief said that his party always stood for
politics of reason and dialogue; however, it would not succumb to any excess.
He said that they wanted Pakistan to progress and did not want to create
political instability in the country, leading to scaring of investors and capital
flight.
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Huge backlog overwhelms Islamabad’s justice system
Malik Asad
October 15, 2023
ISLAMABAD: The pendency of criminal cases in the
federal capital has exceeded 18,000, with a majority of the suspects going
scot-free as a result of archaic laws, weak prosecution, and flawed
investigation.
According to court statistics, currently, 9,369
criminal cases are pending with the Sessions Division (West) of Islamabad
whereas the total pendency of Sessions Division East is 8,660. The total number
of pending cases in Islamabad is 18,029.
The sessions courts convicted suspects in 1143 cases
during the current year; however, in 661 cases the convicts got acquitted
through appellate forums, mainly because the prosecution in the trial courts
was weak.
Source: Dawn.Com
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Sindh govt proposes MDCAT be held afresh on Nov 19
Faiza Ilyas
October 15, 2023
KARACHI: Ending days of speculations that followed the
Sindh government’s decision to hold afresh the Medical and Dental College
Admission Test (MDCAT) 2023, interim Health Minister Dr Saad Khalid Niaz said
on Saturday that the provincial government proposed Nov 19 as the date for
re-conducting the exam for which aspiring candidates would not be charged any fee.
“November 19 has been proposed to the Pakistan Medical
and Dental Council [PMDC] as the date for holding the paper afresh. The same
date is suggested [to the PMDC] by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government,” he told
a press conference here at the Karachi Press Club.
Recently, the caretaker chief minister had announced
that the MDCAT held would be organised afresh through the Dow University of
Health Sciences (DUHS). The decision was taken in the light of an inquiry
committee’s report that revealed that the Sept 10 paper, organised by Jinnah
Sindh Medical University (JSMU), was leaked four to five hours before the test
began. Over 40,000 students had appeared in the entry test.
Source: Dawn.Com
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Handover of 1,000 schools to NGO sparked teachers’
protests in Punjab
Imran Gabol
October 15, 2023
LAHORE: Thousands of teachers across Punjab are
resisting the caretaker government’s decision to privatise 1,000 public schools
in Punjab and amend the pension regulations.
By holding protests and strikes in the major cites as
well as the districts, they are demanding the government revoke its decision to
hand over the schools to the Muslim Hands Pakistan, a non-governmental
organisation (NGO).
In response, the caretaker government, formed to hold
general elections, has launched a crackdown, arresting hundreds of protesters.
The main operation occurred in Lahore on Oct 12 where the teachers from across
Punjab had gathered along with other government employees to hold a sit-in
outside the Civil Secretariat to force the government to change its decision.
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