UP CM: Those Who Talk About Jihad Should Remember, India Is The Land Of Lord Ram And Lord Krishna
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Age Islam News Bureau
05
May 2024
Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath at an election rally in
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• UP CM: Those Who Talk About Jihad Should Remember,
India Is The Land Of Lord Ram And Lord Krishna
• BJP’s Online Video, “Beware.. Beware.. Beware..!”
Sparks Outrage For ‘Demonising Muslims’
• Muslim Cleric, Head of Indonesian Ulema Council,
Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
• Hearing Into British Army’s Afghanistan ‘War Crime’
Likely Delayed By One Year: Guardian
• Sadiq Khan’s Win ‘Bucks Trend’ Of Muslim Voters
Rejecting Labour Over Gaza, Say Party Figures
India
• After Karnataka BJP Posts Video Targeting Muslims,
Congress Files ECI Complaint: ‘Wantonly Provoke Rioting And Promote Enmity’
• Uddhav’s Sena Gains Strong Muslim Support
• Muslim cleric arrested in Surat for plot to kill
right-wing leader, had handlers in Pak, Nepal
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Southeast
Asia
• Malaysia Stresses Unity And Action On Ummah Issues
At 15th Islamic Summit
• In gathering of Najib loyalists, Zahid hints at
'another way' to free Najib besides the court
• Proposal for each leader to look after a village to
be tabled at Cabinet meeting, says PM Anwar
• PM Anwar visits Northern Zone Madani Rakyat 2024
programme in Penang
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South
Asia
• China Declares Its Readiness To Enhance Cooperation
With Islamic Countries
• The Glories Of China’s Oldest Mosque, Guangzhou’s
Huaisheng Mosque, And Its Doubtful Origin Story
• Protests enter second day in Darayim, Badakhshan,
Afghanistan
• Bangladesh's RMG Sustainability Council meets to
address concerns
• Tripura: 16 Bangladeshi nationals including five
minors held in Dhalai district
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Europe
• Reclaim our streets!’ Suella Braverman issues dire
election warning: ‘There’s no time’
• Georgian protesters against 'Russia-style' media law
mark Orthodox Easter with candlelight vigil
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North
America
• Trump: Paris And London Are 'No Longer Recognizable'
Because They 'Opened Their Doors To Jihad'
• After US, University Protests Spread Worldwide In
Solidarity With Palestine
• Trump vows to fight 'anti-White feeling' in US
• 'Canada is a rule-of-law country': Trudeau after
arrest of 3 Indians in Nijjar murder case
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Pakistan
• 10 ‘Terrorists’ Killed In KP, Balochistan Encounters
• SC Judge Seeks Early Hearing Of Civilians’ Military
Trial Cases
• PTI opposes change in judges’ tenure, calls it
‘person-specific’
• JI may not give blanket support to opposition drive
• Three Provinces Get New Governors As Per
Power-Sharing Formula
• May 9 perpetrators now talking about talks with
establishment: Defence Minister Asif
• Gwadar to play key role in Pakistan’s economic
development, says maritime minister
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Mideast
• War On Gaza Tops Agenda Of 15th Organization Of
Islamic Cooperation Summit
• Turkish Foreign Minister Urges Global Muslim Unity
In Support Of Palestinians
• OIC chief calls for Islamic states coop. against
Israel
• Islamic Jihad commander who led Oct. 7 assault on
Sufa killed in Rafah strike — IDF
• Iranian hackers pose as journalists to push backdoor
malware
• Iran's Frustrated Attempts to Become a Regional
Transit Hub
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Arab World
• Riyadh Forum To Explore Role Of Translation In
Promoting Saudi Identity
• Saudi Arabia, Turkey And Pakistan Discuss Enhancing
Defence Cooperation
• King Salman issues royal decree to appoint
investigative lieutenants at Public Prosecution
• Saudi foreign minister reaffirms support for
Palestine at OIC forum in Gambia
• Saudi Yoga Committee teams up with ministry for
community wellness initiative
• Kingdom mourns death of pioneering Saudi poet Prince
Badr bin Abdul Mohsen
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Africa
• MNJTF Escalates Efforts to Stamp Out Boko Haram
Remnants in Lake Chad Basin
• 30 Boko Haram Victims Undergo Trauma Healing In Adamawa
• Al-Koni meets Shukri on the sidelines of the 15th
summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Gambia.
• Growing concern as DRC prosecutors open judicial
inquiry against Cardinal
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Australia
• ‘It’s Shocking’: Perth Muslim Community Concerned
About Islamophobia After Radicalised Teen Stabbing
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UP CM: Those Who Talk About
Jihad Should Remember, India Is The Land Of Lord Ram And Lord Krishna
Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath at an election rally in
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May 5, 2024
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Saturday said that those who talk about ‘jihad’ are tarnishing
democracy and they should remember that India is the land of Lord Ram and Lord
Krishna.
Adityanath was addressing a
public meeting in Farrukhabad in support of sitting BJP MP Mukesh Rajput, who
is seeking re-election from the Lok Sabha constituency. His remarks came days
after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Maria Alam, the niece of senior Congress
leader Salman Khurshid, called for “vote jihad” in favour of Naval Kishore
Shakya, the INDIA bloc candidate from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha seat of Uttar
Pradesh.
According to a statement
issued by the BJP, Adityanath said the people of the SP and the Congress are
trying to create divisions on religious lines. “This is a conspiracy to
Islamise India. Under this, they talk about vote jihad. There is no jihad in
voting, we have to vote for the strongest democracy in the world so that our
rights are protected,” he said.
Addressing a public meeting
in Kaimganj earlier this week, Alam said “vote jihad” was necessary in the
current situation for the minority community to oust the BJP government.
Attacking opposition
parties, Adityanath said, “Those who robbed the rights of the poor… have
started remembering jihad. They should know that the land of India belongs to
Ram and Krishna and not jihad.” “You have seen India before and after 2014.
India before 2014 had lost confidence in the world and was plagued by terrorism
and Naxalism. The poor were not able to get benefits of government schemes,” he
said.
Addressing a public meeting
in Bidhuna in Auraiya to seek votes for sitting Kannauj MP and BJP candidate
Subrat Pathak, Adityanath said Lord Ram played Holi in Ayodhya recently and
“such a magnificent event would not have been possible under SP, BSP and
Congress governments which questioned the existence of Lord Ram”.
Targeting the UPA
government, he said terror attacks had become a “routine affair” in the country
during its tenure. “The Samajwadi Party, which backed the UPA government, went
to the extent of withdrawing cases against terrorists. In response, the court
had rebuked the SP, saying that if they were discussing withdrawal of cases
today, they might honour them with Padma Awards tomorrow,” the chief minister
said.
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BJP’s Online Video,
“Beware.. Beware.. Beware..!” Sparks Outrage For ‘Demonising Muslims’
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A social media post by the
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka unit on Saturday triggered outrage online,
with critics attacking it for “demonising Muslims”.
The animated video captioned
“Beware.. Beware.. Beware..!” in Kannada, featured caricatures of Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah placing an egg
with “Muslims” written on it in a nest alongside three eggs marked as “SC
[Scheduled Castes], ST [Scheduled Tribes] and OBC [Other Backward Classes]”.
The video showed Gandhi
feeding “funds” only to the bird, shown wearing a skullcap, as it hatches out
of the “Muslim” egg. The bird pushes away the fledgings that hatched out of the
other three eggs, followed by laughter.
The video posted on social
media platform X as part of the Lok Sabha elections campaign triggered widespread
criticism on the social media platform.
Actor Prakash Raj called the
BJP’s post “shameless”. Raj said that “inclusive [and] peace loving Karnataka
and our country” will teach the Hindutva party a “befitting lesson.. for your
disgusting.. hate spreading.. communal politics..”.
Professor Nitasha Kaul, a
British academic of Indian origin, wrote on X that the video was “a
straightforward 1930s Germany-style cartoon”, referring to the propaganda by
Nazi Germany during the period. “One of many violations of electoral conduct
rules,” the professor of politics at the University of Westminster said.
The Model Code of Conduct is
a set of guidelines issued by the poll panel for political parties and
candidates to follow during poll campaigns. It sets guardrails for speech,
among other things.
Sumanth Raman, an analyst
and political commentator, similarly called the BJP’s post “shameful”. “If this
is not a violation of the Election Code of Conduct then the code itself needs
to be scrapped,” he wrote on X.
If this is not a violation
of the Election Code of Conduct then the code itself needs to be scrapped.
Shameful. #Elections2024 #ElectionCommission https://t.co/jXQmDe2B42
On Sunday, the Congress
filed a complaint against BJP National President JP Nadda, the Hindutva party’s
information technology department in-charge Amit Malviya and BJP’s state unit
chief BY Vijayendra. The Congress alleged that the video posed by the BJP
intimidated members of the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes not to vote for
a particular candidate with an intention to create feelings of enmity, hatred
and ill-will against the communities, ANI reported.
It also alleged that the
BJP’s video had violated the poll code by portraying the Congress as favouring
a particular religion and suppressing members of Schedule Castes and Scheduled
Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.
Congress leader Manickam
Tagore had said on Saturday that the “blatant demonisation of minorities by
[the] ruling BJP is unacceptable”. “The [Election Commission] must wake up to
its responsibility and address the divisive tactics of the BJP,” the MP from
Tamil Nadu said on social media. “Unity, not division, should be the goal for a
thriving democracy.”
“It [Election Commission]
has been reduced to a joke – a cruel joke that is supervising and encouraging
the complete destruction of a fair electoral process built over decades,”
Gokhale said in a social media post. “Shame is an understatement. This election
officially has no rules left anymore for BJP or Modi.”
“This all started with PM
[Narendra Modi],” wrote Soz on Saturday, referring to comments made by the
prime minister in recent weeks. “The criminal silence of [the Election
Commission] is formalising our [minorities’] second class status. I appeal to
all Indians to teach BJP a lesson for this treasonous behaviour!”
Modi, at a poll rally in
Rajasthan on April 21, claimed that the Congress would survey and seize private
wealth, including the mangalsutras of married Hindu women, and redistribute it
among “infiltrators” and “those who have more children”, an apparent reference
to the Muslim community.
The Congress’ manifesto
neither refers to confiscation of private property, nor to mangalsutras. Modi’s
claim was a distortion of a speech in 2006 by Congress leader Manmohan Singh,
the prime minister at the time. Singh had spoken about the need to uplift all
disadvantaged communities, not just the religious minorities. Moreover, the
Modi government has repeatedly told Parliament that it has no data on illegal
immigrants.
Modi’s comments received
widespread condemnation and complaints from the Opposition and civil society
groups. Rights groups said that Modi’s remarks violated section 125 of the 1951
Representation of the People Act, which prohibits promoting enmity between
groups, and violates the poll code.
On April 23, Modi
incorrectly claimed that in Karnataka, the Congress had instituted reservations
on the basis of religion – for Muslims – through illegal means. “Through a
single notification, it included all Muslim communities in the OBC [Other
Backward Classes] quota,” he alleged. “The Congress snatched away a big part of
OBC reservations and gave it on the basis of religion.”
In 1962, the Congress
government in Karnataka had included certain castes of Muslim communities in
the Other Backward Classes list, not on the basis of religion, but on the basis
of social and economic backwardness. It was the government of the Janata Dal
(Secular) – now a BJP ally – that had extended the quotas to all Muslim
communities in 1994.
Karnataka is just one of 14
states and Union territories where Muslim communities are included in the Other
Backward Classes list. This includes Gujarat, where Modi was chief minister.
On Tuesday, the BJP had
posted an animation video on its Instagram account pushing Modi’s claim that
the Congress would redistribute the private wealth of Indians to Muslims if it
comes to power in the Lok Sabha polls. “If the Congress party comes to power,
it will snatch all the money and wealth of non-Muslims and distribute it to Muslims
– their favourite community!” the video said.
A day later, the video had
been taken down. It is unclear if it was removed by the BJP or by Instagram
after users reported it as hate speech.
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Muslim Cleric, Head of
Indonesian Ulema Council, Reaffirms Ban on Interfaith Marriage
Ban
on Interfaith Marriage in Indonesia
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The Jakarta Globe
May 5, 2024
Jakarta. A prominent leader
of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has reiterated the prohibition against
Muslims marrying people of different faiths.
Muhammad Cholil Nafis, head
of the MUI’s Islamic Teachings and Brotherhood Division, said Islam strictly
prohibits its adherents from marrying non-Muslims, although there exist varying
interpretations regarding Muslim men marrying women of different faiths.
In a statement recently
shared on the social media platform X, Nafis addressed reports of a celebrity
marriage between RizkyFebian, a Muslim, and his girlfriend Mahalini, who was
born into Hinduism, a religion followed by the majority of Balinese natives.
"Muslim scholars have
reached a consensus that a Muslim woman is forbidden from marrying a non-Muslim
man, while opinions differ regarding the marriage of a Muslim man to a
non-Muslim woman -- some consider it permissible, while others disagree,"
Cholil explained.
However, regardless of these
differences, leaders and clerics from the MUI, Nahdlatul Ulama, and
Muhammadiyah have unanimously agreed that either case of marriage is
incompatible with Islamic principles, he added.
Rizky and Mahalini have
publicly disclosed their romantic relationship since early 2022. Their
engagement took place on May 7 last year, and the official wedding ceremony in
Jakarta on Tuesday will mark their anniversary.
For years, human rights
activists and academics have criticized the government for the absence of
legislation on interfaith marriage.
Under current state law, a
marriage is recognized only if conducted in accordance with religious laws and
teachings. This means that couples of different religions cannot marry each
other unless one party converts to the religion of their future spouse.
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Hearing Into British Army’s Afghanistan
‘War Crime’ Likely Delayed By One Year: Guardian
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By Fidel Rahmati
May 4, 2024
The Guardian, a British
newspaper says that the handling of the “war crimes” case involving the British
Army in Afghanistan might be delayed until 2025.
The Guardian, relying on a
written statement from legal counsel, reports severe complaints from
prosecutors regarding the Ministry of Defence’s failure to provide relevant
documents.
Lawyer Pierce Daggart, in a
letter, condemns the current situation as the Ministry of Defence’s utmost
failure in fulfilling its responsibilities.
The Guardian highlights that
even with additional legal assistants and specialized software, document
submission might extend until October or November, delaying hearings on the
suspicious killings of 80 Afghans until March 2025.
The case of Afghan civilian
killings by British Special Forces stands as one of the most significant war
crime cases in Afghanistan, spanning from 2010 to 2013.
The government reveals that
around 80 individuals were involved in this case, with 10 additional lawyers
recently added to expedite the investigations.
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Sadiq Khan’s Win ‘Bucks
Trend’ Of Muslim Voters Rejecting Labour Over Gaza, Say Party Figures
Khan
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Sadiq Khan’s election
victory as London mayor has “bucked the trend” of Muslim voters turning away
from Labour over the party’s stance on the war in Gaza, party figures said.
The 53-year-old won a third
term as the capital’s mayor on Saturday, without seeming to have lost the
support of large numbers of Muslim voters – unlike Labour candidates elsewhere
in England last week.
But Labour candidates
elsewhere in England last week saw a significant loss of Muslim voters. Richard
Parker became West Midlands mayor after a knife-edge contest with Andy Street,
but it would have been much easier for the Labour man had substantial numbers
of voters not backed an independent candidate whose campaign focused on Gaza.
AkhmedYakoob, a criminal
defence lawyer, came third with 42,923 votes in Birmingham alone, where Parker
saw a major decline on Labour’s 2021 vote.
“We faced a campaign of
nonstop negativity, but I couldn’t be more proud that we answered
fear-mongering with facts, hate with hope and attempts to divide with efforts
to unite,” Khan said in his victory speech.
He also thanked his family
and told them: “Some of the stuff on social media, the protests at my home, the
threats – it’s upsetting, it’s frightening and it’s wrong. I’m truly sorry for
putting you through this.”
Labour supporters had been
concerned that the mayor might suffer a Gaza backlash, opposition in outer
London to the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), and a switch from proportional
representation to first-past-the-post, even though a YouGov poll last week put
Khan on 47%, well ahead of Susan Hall, on 25%.
After the votes were
counted, Ulez appeared to have had little effect, but the mayor did well in the
two constituencies with higher numbers of Muslim voters.
In North East, which
includes Waltham Forest, Khan got 127,455 votes compared with 111,359 first
preferences in 2021, while in City and East, which includes Newham and Tower
Hamlets, the turnout fell by 30,000, but Khan had nearly 10,000 more votes than
first preferences in 2021.
The emphatic win ran counter
to reporting by the BBC and other media outlets, who had claimed the race was
close. Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation thinktank,
wrote on X on Saturday: “1pm BBC news still reporting ‘evidence that London
closer than expected’ despite literally zero evidence – now or at any point
over the last 24hrs.” “Should have been a VERY high evidence bar for thinking
this was close,” he added.
Khan was among the earliest
Labour figures to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, in contrast to the Labour
leader, who was hit by several defections and resignations after he said last
October that Israel had “the right” to withhold power and water from Gaza.
There was a furious reaction
from those on the left, which has continued to simmer. At the most recent
Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in London last month, the most obvious
political placards were demonic cut-outs of Starmer and deputy leader Angela
Rayner, dubbed Starmer for Genocide and Angela of Death.
Ali Milani, the national
chair of the Labour Muslim Network and a former Labour councillor who stood
against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge in 2021, said that many Muslim voters had
felt betrayed by Labour’s stance on Gaza.
“This is something I’ve been
warning about for months and it’s no longer polls and speculation – it’s
real-life votes,” he said. “Whether it’s Oldham or Bolton, Birmingham or
Elswick in Newcastle, there’s no question now there’s a serious problem.
“Sadiq is bucking the trend
and there’s a reason for that. He was very early in calling for a ceasefire. He
is now supporting a suspension of arms sales, as long as it’s clear that
international law has been breached. So he did what we should have done and
reaped the electoral rewards for that.
“Unfortunately, and it pains
me to say it, Muslims don’t think that the Labour party broadly values
Palestinian and Muslim lives as equal to others. And nothing encapsulates that
better than the message we’ve been sent around the country in other seats and
constituencies and mayoralties.”
At last week’s polls, this
translated into a 17.9% drop in the Labour vote in areas where more than a
fifth of people identified as Muslim, according to Professor Will Jennings of
Southampton University.
Although Labour gained
control of eight councils, it lost seats and lost control of Oldham council in
Greater Manchester. It failed to regain Oxford, lost ground in Blackburn with
Darwen and Bradford, while the Workers Party of Britain, founded by George
Galloway, unseated Manchester council’s deputy leader Luthfur Rahman.
A Momentum spokesperson said
the defeats should be “a wake-up call for the Labour leadership” and said
Starmer should call for a suspension of arms sales to Israel. It said: “Any
party which takes its core vote for granted risks disaster sooner or later.
When the going gets tough, Labour will need to rally its base – but from
climate to Gaza, Keir Starmer couldn’t seem less interested.”
Sunder Katwala, director of
British Future, said there had been a bigger impact on Labour’s vote during the
local elections than had been showing up in national polling, but there might
not be much effect on its chances in a general election.
“Labour’s general election
plan is going very well, according to these local election results, because
it’s advancing in lots of places where Labour isn’t strong,” he said.
However, since council wards
were a fraction of the size of constituencies, they could be more easily
dominated by particular groups than parliamentary constituencies. “There are a
few hundred council seats where the Muslim voter group is the majority of a
council ward. But that’s true of only three Westminster constituencies,” he
said.
Katwala added that Palestine
was unusually prominent compared with other foreign policy issues among voters’
concerns, but that there was no single bloc of Muslim voters. “People
exaggerate the number of Muslim voters and the way they vote in a bloc,” he
said. “These results look quite like the post-Iraq impact of 2005. It was not
that Muslims were voting as a bloc, but that Muslim votes were breaking up much
more than ever before.”
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After Karnataka BJP posts
video targeting Muslims, Congress files ECI complaint: ‘wantonly provoke
rioting and promote enmity’
May 5, 2024
Days ahead of the second
phase of voting in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha elections on May 7, the state
unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) posted an animated video on a social
media platform targeting Muslims and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah.
Karnataka Congress on Sunday
filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in connection
with the video, which was posted by the BJP on X on May 4.
The 17-second clip,
captioned “Beware.. Beware.. Beware..!” in Kannada, shows Rahul Gandhi and
Siddaramaiah placing a large egg labelled ‘Muslims’ in a nest along with ‘SC’,
‘ST’ and ‘OBC’ eggs. After an explosion sound, a large hatchling with a skull
cup and beard is shown staring at the three other hatchlings. The video then
shows Gandhi feeding all the ‘funds’ to the large hatchling, which grows bigger
and pushes out the other three from the nest.
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Uddhav’s Sena gains strong
Muslim support
BY RADHESHYAM JADHAV
May 05, 2024
DharashivAs Shiv Sena chief
Uddhav Thackeray took the stage at a massive rally in the city recently renamed
Dharashiv, formerly known as Osmanabad, a striking and unprecedented scene
unfolded.
The rally on Saturday saw a
remarkable shift in its audience demographics. Amidst the sea of attendees, a
significant number of Muslims proudly waved the flaming torch—the election
symbol of Uddhav Thackeray’s party. Draped in saffron gamchas around their
necks, they cheered passionately, marking a dramatic departure from the typical
composition of Shiv Sena gatherings. The energy was electric, the air thick
with the promise of new alliances, as Uddhav Thackeray’s voice resonated
through the crowd, bridging divides with his words.
“They (BJP) instigate
Hindu-Muslim riots as elections draw near. Muslim brothers come to me saying
that I am their last hope. I tell them about my avowed Hindutva ideology. They
find my version of Hindutva acceptable. My Hindutva is about lighting the
chulha in every home, unlike the BJP’s, which is about setting homes ablaze in
riots,” he stated, drawing cheers from the crowd.
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Muslim cleric arrested in
Surat for plot to kill right-wing leader, had handlers in Pak, Nepal
May 5, 2024
A 27-year-old man was
arrested in Surat on Friday over an alleged plot to kill the leader of a
right-wing organisation. Identified as Maulvi AbubakrTimol, the accused was
also part of a conspiracy — along with his handlers from Pakistan and Nepal —
to threaten the chief editor of Sudarshan television channel, BJP’s Telangana
MLA Raja Singh and the party’s former spokesperson Nupur Sharma, said police.
The Muslim cleric allegedly
plotted to kill Sanatan Sangh national chairman Updesh Rana. He has been
accused of making over 15 calls to Rana and had threatened to kill him like
Kamlesh Tiwari, Uttar Pradesh-based president of Hindu Samaj Party, who was
murdered in 2019 in Lucknow. His handlers in Nepal and Pakistan had assured to
pay him Rs. 1 crore “if he eliminated Rana”, said a police officer of the Surat
Crime Branch.
Chat records showed Timol
wanted to kill Rana soon in order to disturb communal harmony during the
ongoing general elections, officials said, adding that Surat Police were taking
the help of other agencies to find out if they had more targets in mind.
Sudarshan channel’s chief
editor Suresh Chauhan, BJP’s former national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and
BJP’s Telangana MLA Raja Singh were among other people who the accused planned
to target by sending threats, officials added.
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Southeast
Asia
Malaysia stresses unity and
action on ummah issues at 15th Islamic Summit
05 May 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 —
Malaysia has urged unity and action among Muslim countries to address key
issues that are affecting the Ummah worldwide.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri
Mohamad Hasan, in delivering the country’s statement at the 15th Islamic
Summit, had highlighted the plight of the Palestinian people and Israel’s
illegal occupation, and had called for immediate action to address the
escalating tensions in the Middle East.
“While we appreciate the
maximum restraint by all parties concerned, the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) must work with the international community to address the
root cause of the problem, that is, Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine
for more than seven decades,” he said.
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In gathering of Najib
loyalists, Zahid hints at 'another way' to free Najib besides the court
By Muhammad Yusry
05 May 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Umno
president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today vowed to keep his promise to free
his former boss Datuk Seri Najib Razak, saying that there is “another way” to
get his predecessor out from prison besides the judicial process.
Speaking to the Friends of
Najib Club which is also known as N87, the deputy prime minister however
refused to elaborate to the supporters of the disgraced former prime minister —
citing the presence of the media at the event.
“This is our struggle,
whatever the situation of our figure, and friend we must fight for his fate,”
he told the club in its biennial general meeting here.
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Proposal for each leader to
look after a village to be tabled at Cabinet meeting, says PM Anwar
05 May 2024
BUKIT MERTAJAM, May 5 —
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has suggested that every leader in the
country, including the prime minister, be responsible for looking after a
village to have first-hand knowledge of the problems faced by these villages.
Speaking at the ‘Kenduri
Rakyat AidilfitriPerpaduan’ at GaleriPejuangCherokTok Kun in Bukit Mertajam
today, he said that the proposal would involve the Cabinet Ministers, top
government leaders and government-related companies.
“It will start in CherokTok
Kun. (I) Anwar Ibrahim will take care of CherokTok Kun in Bukit Mertajam. How I
will do it... I will call all the community representatives in the village and
they must tell me all the problems they face here.
“(For example, let me know)
about the jobless, marginalised, hardcore poor, whose houses are dilapidated,
then (about) drug problems, crime issues, need for TVET (Technical and
Vocational Education and Training) and all that the villagers discuss and tell
them directly to the one who is responsible,” he said.
Anwar described the proposal
as the best way to resolve problems faced in the villages, in addition to
district and government officers continuing to carry out their duties.
He is confident that the
proposal, which will be tried out for the first time, would facilitate the
streamlining of allocation given by the Federal Government, with the
cooperation of village heads or representatives.
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PM Anwar visits Northern
Zone Madani Rakyat 2024 programme in Penang
05 May 2024
GEORGE TOWN, May 5 — Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visited the Northern Zone Madani Rakyat 2024
programme at TapakPesta Sungai Nibong here, which will come to a close today.
Accompanied by Transport
Minister Anthony Loke and Penang Chief Minister Chow KonYeow, the prime
minister spent about 30 minutes mingling and taking pictures with officials and
visitors at the event.
Anwar also took a moment to
sign a mural, before posing together with Loke and Chow at a decorated trishaw
display near the main stage.
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South
Asia
China declares its readiness
to enhance cooperation with Islamic countries
04/May/2024
BEIJING May 04. 2024 (Saba)
- Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Saturday his country's readiness to
enhance cooperation with Islamic countries.
Xi wrote in a speech to the
15th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the text of which was
broadcast on Chinese television: “China is ready to continue cooperation with
Islamic countries in order to preserve traditional friendship, enhance mutual
political trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation and expand trade exchanges,”
noting that his country and Islamic countries have supported Recent years each
other on issues affecting fundamental interests and mutual concerns.
He pointed out that the two
parties achieved fruitful results in bilateral cooperation, improving friendly
relations, and creating a model for these relations.
The Organization of Islamic
Cooperation is holding the fifteenth session of the Islamic Summit Conference
in Banjul, the capital of Gambia, today and will last for two days.
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The glories of China’s
oldest mosque, Guangzhou’s Huaisheng Mosque, and its doubtful origin story
5 May, 2024
A Hong Kong friend recently
asked me about Islam, and if the Chinese names for Islam, Hui Jiao and Yisilan
Jiao in Mandarin, meant different things. I’m not an expert on Islam, but I
know what the Five Pillars of Islam are, and that halal food isn’t simply “pork
free”.
I told him that Hui Jiao
literally meant “the religion of the Hui people”, the largest Muslim community
in China with 11.4 million people. It’s an old name but it excludes the other
adherents of Islam within the Chinese nation today, such as the Kazakh, Tajik,
Uygur, Uzbek, and several other peoples, not to mention the rest of the 1.9
billion Muslims around the world.
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Protests enter second day in
Darayim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
By Fidel Rahmati
May 4, 2024
Residents claim the Taliban
took five community leaders under the pretext of discussing protesters’
demands, but their fate remains unknown. Residents express concern over the
detention of these five community leaders.
Anti-Taliban protests in
Darayim, Badakhshan, began on Friday, May 3rd; according to Badakhshan
residents, after initial protests, Taliban members resorted to shooting at the
people to suppress them, resulting in at least one fatality.
According to the report,
demonstrations began when Taliban members entered the house area under the name
of destroying poppy fields but instead “molested women in their homes.”
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Bangladesh's RMG
Sustainability Council meets to address concerns
05 May '24
The meeting, held recently,
also welcomed representatives from RSC-enlisted garment factories, along with
senior officials and case handlers even as discussions revolved around RSC’s
ongoing activities and progress, particularly in implementing remedial measures
to uphold workplace safety standards.
Chaired by BGMEA president
S.M. Mannan (Kochi), the meeting was attended by BGMEA senior vice president
Khandoker Rafiqul Islam, vice president Arshad Jamal (Dipu), vice president (Finance)
Md. Nasir Uddin, vice president and RSC director Miran Ali, vice president
Abdullah HilRakib, vice president Rakibul Alam Chowdhury, directors Anowar
Hossain (Manik), Mesbah Uddin Khan, Md. Mohiuddin Rubel, Barrister Shehrin
Salam Oishee, Md. Nurul Islam, and Saifuddin SiddiquieSagar.
Attendees actively engaged
in discussions, addressing various queries related to RSC initiatives,
underlining the council’s steadfast commitment to fostering a culture of safety
and compliance within Bangladesh’s readymade garment industry.
The BGMEA president praised
RMG entrepreneurs for their substantial investments in enhancing workplace
safety, positioning Bangladesh as a global leader in safe and sustainable
practices within the industry even as he reiterated the RMG sector’s dedication
to maintaining the momentum of safety advancements achieved over the past 11
years.
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Tripura: 16 Bangladeshi
nationals including five minors held in Dhalai district
Tanmoy Chakraborty
May 05, 2024
Tripura Police have arrested
16 Bangladeshi nationals, including five children, in two separate locations of
Dhalai District in the state.
Speaking on the issue,
Dhalai District Superintendent of Police, Avinas Rai, told India Today NE that
based on secret information, the Police of Gandacherra Police Station in Dhalai
District had detained 11 Bangladeshi nationals, including three children, from
Mas Kumbhir Para.
“Based on secret
information, we have detained 11 Bangladeshi people, including four children.
We have seized tickets, Covid vaccination documents from the Bangladesh
government, and some Bangladeshi currency.
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Europe
‘Reclaim our streets!’
Suella Braverman issues dire election warning: ‘There’s no time’
By Ben Chapman
05/05/2024
Ex-Home Secretary Suella
Braverman says Rishi Sunak must urgently change course to stand any chance of
winning the general election.
Braverman, who has been a
critic of the Prime Minister, told GB News it is now too late to change leader,
but urged him to make radical changes.
“What he needs to do to
salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the problem, these
terrible results, and quickly and urgently change course.
“He needs to make sure that
there are meaningful tax cuts that people can feel and benefit from, put a cap
on legal migration, leave the ECHR so we stop the boats, and reclaim our
streets back from the extremists.
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Georgian protesters against
'Russia-style' media law mark Orthodox Easter with candlelight vigil
May 5, 2024
TBILISI: Several thousand
Georgians marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament on
Saturday evening as daily protests continue against a proposed law that critics
see as a threat to media freedom and the country's aspirations to join the
European Union.
The proposed bill would
require media, non-governmental organizations and other nonprofits to register
as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power" if they receive more
than 20% of their funding from abroad.
Protesters and the Georgian
opposition denounce it as "the Russian law," saying Moscow uses
similar legislation to stigmatize independent journalists and those critical of
the Kremlin.
Demonstrators crowded along
a broad avenue in Tbilisi late Saturday, clutching Georgian and EU flags, as a
small choir sang Easter songs and activists bustled about distributing food,
including hand-painted eggs and traditional Easter cakes.
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North
America
Trump: Paris and London are
'no longer recognizable' because they 'opened their doors to jihad'
By Natalia Mittelstadt
05-05-2024
Former President Donald
Trump said during a Wisconsin campaign rally that Paris and London are "no
longer recognizable" because they "opened their doors to jihad."
“We’ve seen what happened
when Europe opened their doors to jihad,” Trump said. “Look at Paris, look at
London — they’re no longer recognizable.”
He added that he was “going
to get myself into a lot of trouble with the folks in Paris and the folks in
London, but you know what, that’s the fact. They are no longer recognizable and
we can’t let that happen to our country.”
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After US, university
protests spread worldwide in solidarity with Palestine
May 5, 2024
NEW DELHI: Student protests
against the Israeli military assault on Gaza have spread to several countries
following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, according to
an AFP report.
Student activists have
organized protests at various universities, setting up temporary encampments on
campus grounds. The protesters are calling for their schools to sever
connections with universities in Israel and businesses that financially benefit
from the ongoing conflict.
The students have expressed
their views through these demonstrations, insisting that their educational
institutions should not maintain relationships with entities linked to the
Israeli-Palestinian dispute. They argue that such ties are inappropriate and
that universities should take a stand against the conflict by disassociating
themselves from organizations that profit from it.
Across the nation,
approximately 2,000 individuals have been arrested during demonstrations that
evoke memories of the Vietnam War era, according to US media reports. Law
enforcement has aggressively disbanded numerous student sit-ins at various
institutions, such as New York University and the University of California, Los
Angeles. President Joe Biden finally addressed the demonstrations breaking the
period of silence amid election season, asserting that "order must
prevail".
In the past few days, law
enforcement has taken action to break up numerous student sit-ins by force,
such as the one at New York University, which was done at the behest of the university's
administration.
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Trump vows to fight
'anti-White feeling' in US
May 5, 2024
Washington: Donald Trump's
pledge to fight what he calls "anti-White feeling" in the US will
likely embolden allies who seek to dismantle government and corporate programs
created to battle racism and boost diversity in American life. "I think
there is a definite anti-White feeling in this country," Trump told Time
in an interview published on Tuesday. "I don't think it would be a very
tough thing to address, frankly. But I think the laws are very unfair right
now." Trump did not specify examples of anti-White bias nor policy
prescriptions in the interview.
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'Canada is a rule-of-law
country': Trudeau after arrest of 3 Indians in Nijjar murder case
May 5, 2024
NEW DELHI: Canadian PM
Justin Trudeau said on Saturday that Canada is a "rule-of-law
country" following the arrest of three Indian nationals in a case linked
to killing of pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated a
terrorist by India.
"This is important
because Canada is a rule-of-law country with a strong and independent justice
system, as well as a fundamental commitment to protecting all its
citizens," Trudeau said.
"As the RCMP stated,
the investigation remains ongoing, as does a separate and distinct
investigation not limited to the involvement of the three people arrested
yesterday," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) quoted Trudeau as
saying.
Speaking at an event
celebrating Sikh heritage and culture, Trudeau said, "Every Canadian has
the fundamental right to live safely and free from discrimination and threats
of violence in Canada."
Following Trudeau's charges
in September last year of the "potential" participation of Indian
agents in the killing of Khalistan leader Nijjar, relations between India and
Canada came under strain.
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Pakistan
10 ‘terrorists’ killed in
KP, Balochistan encounters
May 5, 2024
PESHAWAR / QUETTA: Police
and security forces killed at least 10 alleged terrorists in separate
exchanges of fire in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas, on Saturday.
The military’s media wing
said six terrorists were gunned down and their hideouts were busted in an
intelligence-based operation carried out by security forces in North Waziristan
district of KP, while the counter-terrorism department (CTD) of
Balochistan said four terrorists were hunted down and killed after they
fired at a police vehicle on Quetta-Sibi Road late in night.
A statement issued by the
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) read the security forces carried out
the operation, following the reported presence of terrorists in the area.
During an intense exchange of fire with security forces, six terrorists were
killed, it added.
According to the ISPR, those
killed during the operation had remained actively involved in targeted killings
of civilians in the area and numerous militant activities against security
forces. Sanitisation operation is being conducted in the area, it stated.
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SC judge seeks early hearing
of civilians’ military trial cases
Nasir Iqbal
May 5, 2024
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shahid
Waheed, a senior judge of the Supreme Court, has highlighted the need for early
hearing of the military court cases since the issues highlighted in the case
involve lives and liberties of citizens.
“All these cases be set down
for hearing as soon as possible because the questions involved therein concern
the lives and liberties of citizens,” Justice Waheed wrote in his additional
note which was part of the five-page SC order released on Saturday.
The order pertains to the
April 24 hearing of a set of Intra-Court Appeals (ICA) against the Oct 23
unanimous ruling of declaring as illegal the military trials of civilians.
A six-judge bench, headed by
Justice Aminuddin Khan, ordered on April 24 that the ICAs be placed before a
three-judge committee set up under Section 2 of the SC (Practice and Procedure)
Act, 2023 by the SC registrar for consideration of the reasons advanced by the
defence counsel for the constitution of a larger bench.
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PTI opposes change in
judges’ tenure, calls it ‘person-specific’
Ikram Junaidi
May 5, 2024
ISLAMABAD: The PTI has said
it will oppose any amendment to the Constitution that would modify the tenure
of judges, calling such changes “person-specific” to benefit the incumbent
chief justice.
In a statement, a PTI
spokesperson accused CJP Qazi Faez Isa of being the “main facilitator” in the
scheme of “snatching” the party’s electoral symbol and “stealing its public
mandate”.
Any such constitutional
amendment would be “resisted tooth and nail”, the statement said, and called
the changes “nothing but a bribe” for the incumbent CJP.
While there was no clarity
yet on the issue, media reports have claimed that the government was mulling
changes to the Constitution to fix the tenure of the chief justice.
Currently, judges of the
Supreme Court, including the chief justice, retire after attaining the age of
superannuation, i.e. 65 years, as stipulated in Article 179 of the
Constitution.
While giving his opinion on
the reports of constitutional amendment the other day, Law Minister Azam Nazeer
Tarar said he “will not vehemently turn down the proposals related to the tenure
of the chief justice”.
The PTI spokesperson said
the “planned” constitutional amendment was the current government’s “reward”
to CJP Isa for his alleged role in the cases faced by PTI leaders and the
party. “The behaviour of [Chief Justice] Isa during the entire period of his
tenure as chief justice was very regrettable and reprehensible with respect to
the supremacy of the Constitution and upholding the rule of law.”
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JI may not give blanket
support to opposition drive
Ahmad Fraz Khan
May 5, 2024
LAHORE: A delegation of
Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Aien (movement for protection of constitution), led by its
president Mahmood Khan Achakzai, on Saturday met newly-elected Jamaat-i-Islami
emir Naeemur Rehman and won a “limited” support for the new movement.
According to some insiders,
Jamaat won’t join the movement nor give it blanket support. It will respond on
the basis of each issue, lending support to the opposition only where it thinks
it should and, above all, if the JI Shura allows.
“The current consensus
between JI and those who came to the JI headquarters here on Saturday revolves
around Form-45 rigging, nothing more,” explains a Jamaat leader.
“Since [Naeemur] Rehman has
taken up the issue more vociferously than even PTI, Jamaat’s old guards are
reluctant to follow this single-point agenda. However, the JI emir, being newly
elected, has some ‘honeymoon margin’ and Jamaat is following him. There may
soon be some reality check.
The JI, however, is all for
the protection of the constitution, but without turning it into an issue of any
other political bargain as some parties are trying to do,“ he explained.
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Three Provinces Get New
Governors As Per Power-Sharing Formula
Amir Wasim
May 5, 2024
ISLAMABAD: President Asif
Ali Zardari on Saturday formally approved the appointment of governors for
Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as per the power-sharing formula
agreed upon by the parties in the ruling coalition, headed by the PML-N, after
the Feb 8 general elections.
The president approved the
appointment of Sardar Saleem Haider as the governor of Punjab, Faisal Karim
Kundi as KP governor and Sardar Jafar Khan Mandokhail as Balochistan governor,
according to an official announcement from the presidency.
Mr Haider, who belongs to
Rawalpindi, will replace PML-N’s Balighur Rehman in Punjab and Mr Kundi
hailing from Dera Ismail Khan will take over the charge in KP from Haji Ghulam
Ali of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl).
After the appointment of
three new governors, all eyes are now on Sindh where Kamran Tessori of the
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has been functioning as the governor.
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May 9 perpetrators now
talking about talks with establishment: Defence Minister Asif
May 5, 2024
SIALKOT: Defence Minister
Khawaja Asif stated on Saturday that those who attacked sensitive
installations on May 9 are now considering holding talks with the military.
Addressing a press
conference at his residence, he said that the Corps Commander’s House in
Lahore, Mianwali Air Base, and GHQ Rawalpindi were attacked as part of a
planned conspiracy involving a political party.
Mr Asif noted: “Throughout
our history, there have been differences between political parties and the
establishment, but it was the first time that a political party expressed its
anger after a vote of no-confidence was passed against it.”
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Gwadar to play key role in
Pakistan’s economic development, says maritime minister
Behram Baloch
May 5, 2024
GWADAR: Federal Minister
for Maritime Affairs Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh has said that Gwadar will play a key
role in the economic development not only of Balochistan but also Pakistan in
the near future, improving the standard of living of the people of coastal
areas of Makran.
Mr Sheikh, who arrived in
Gwadar on a three-day visit, expressed these views while attending an important
meeting, in which development projects and future planning for the development
of Gwadar were discussed and some important decisions were made.
He showed great interest in
Gwadar and its related mega-projects, stating the federal government is taking
all possible steps to resolve the issues faced by the coastal district.
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Mideast
War on Gaza tops agenda of
15th Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit
05-05-2024
The 15th summit of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) started on Saturday in the Gambian
capital Banjul.
World leaders from the 57
member countries of the OIC and beyond are expected to attend, said the OIC in
a statement ahead of the summit. Representing Türkiye at the event is
HakanFidan, the country's foreign minister.
It added that the summit
aims to strengthen unity “in collectively addressing the pressing challenges
facing the Ummah (Muslim community) and expanding cooperation and solidarity
among member countries in the pursuit of our shared goals as enshrined in the
charter.”
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Turkish foreign minister
urges global Muslim unity in support of Palestinians
Mehmet Sah Yilmaz
05.05.2024
Turkish Foreign Minister
HakanFidan on Saturday said resistance against Israeli occupation is no longer
a war between Israel and Palestine but a struggle between oppressors and the
oppressed worldwide, according to diplomatic sources.
Speaking at the 15th Summit
of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Banjul, the capital of
Gambia, Fidan stressed that none of the members had the right to resolve their
differences over the "blood of the Palestinians."
Pointing out that Israel has
escaped accountability, Fidan said it is the duty of the entire global Muslim
community to close ranks to defend Palestinians.
He underlined that Muslim
countries must prove their unity and that they could achieve results through
diplomatic and, when needed, coercive means.
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OIC chief calls for Islamic
states coop. against Israel
May 5, 2024
HisseinBrahim Taha made the
call in a meeting with Iranian Foreign
Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on the sidelines of the 15th OIC summit in
Gambia on Saturday night.
During the meeting, the top
Iranian diplomat thanked the OIC for holding the summit, stressing the need for
the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to form a
unit to monitor Israeli crimes and conduct international investigations about
it to try the criminal leaders of the Zionist regime.
Taha, for his part, said
that the OIC is determined to pursue the Israeli regime's aggression case,
saying that the organization's General Secretariat is fully ready to cooperate
with Iran.
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Islamic Jihad commander who
led Oct. 7 assault on Sufa killed in Rafah strike — IDF
By EMANUEL FABIAN
05-05-2024
A senior Palestinian Islamic
Jihad commander who led the terror group’s elite forces into Israel during the
October 7 massacre was killed in an Israeli airstrike Saturday, defense
officials said.
Iman Zareb, a senior figure
in the Iran-backed group’s Rafah Brigade, was killed along with two other
Islamic Jihad fighters in an Israeli bombardment on a “hideout apartment” in
Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet Security Service said in a joint
statement.
According to Israel, Zareb
had been leading efforts in recent days to prepare Islamic Jihad fighters to
confront Israeli forces once they launch an expected push into the southern
Gaza city of Rafah, considered to be the Hamas terror group’s last major
redoubt.
Israel has repeatedly
indicated it could launch the offensive imminently should talks for a truce and
hostage deal talks break down.
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Iranian hackers pose as
journalists to push backdoor malware
By Bill Toulas
May 4, 2024
The Iranian state-backed
threat actor tracked as APT42 is employing social engineering attacks,
including posing as journalists, to breach corporate networks and cloud
environments of Western and Middle Eastern targets.
APT42 was first documented
by Mandiant in September 2022, who reported that the threat actors were active
since 2015, having carried out at least 30 operations in 14 countries.
The espionage group, which
is believed to be affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO), has been observed targeting
non-governmental organizations, media outlets, educational institutes,
activists, and legal services.
APT42 attacks rely on social
engineering and spear-phishing, with the ultimate goal of infecting targets'
devices with custom backdoors, allowing the threat actors to gain initial
access to the organizations' networks.
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Arab
World
Riyadh forum to explore role
of translation in promoting Saudi identity
ARAB NEWS
May 04, 2024
RIYADH: The College of
Languages at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh will host a
conference titled “Translating the Saudi identity through other languages and
cultures” on May 15.
The event, carrying the
slogan “We translate our identity,” will take place at the Department of
Conferences and Seminars, and is sponsored by Saudi Minister of Education
Yousef Al-Benyan.
It will focus on sharing the
Kingdom’s cultural, historical, literary and intellectual heritage with a
global audience, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The conference will attract
researchers and enthusiasts interested in Saudi identity and its translation
for foreign cultures. Students specializing in national identity and
translation will take part, alongside representatives from sectors focused on
translating Saudi identity, including ministries, agencies and companies.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey And
Pakistan Discuss Enhancing Defence Cooperation
ARAB NEWS
May 04, 2024
ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia,
Turkiye and Pakistan’s tripartite committee held its third meeting recently in
Istanbul to discuss ways to enhance defence cooperation.
Saudi Assistant Minister of
Defence Talal bin Abdullah Al-Otaibi, Turkish Deputy Minister of National
Defense Bilal Durdali, and Lt. Gen Mohammed Owais from Pakistan were among the
officials present at the meeting, the Defence Ministry said in a report on Saturday.
The meeting focused on joint
cooperation in defence, the transfer and localization of technology, and the
development of scientific research in accordance with Saudi Vision 2030, the
ministry stated.
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King Salman issues royal
decree to appoint investigative lieutenants at Public Prosecution
ARAB NEWS
May 04, 2024
RIYADH: King Salman issued a
royal decree on Saturday to appoint 261 investigative lieutenants at the
Ministry of Justice’s Public Prosecution, Saudi Press Agency reported.
Attorney General Sheikh Saud
bin Abdullah Al-Mujib thanked the king for the royal decree and said it
reflected the support provided by the King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman for the ministry and its departments, SPA added.
Al-Mujib praised the
commitment to advancing the development and prosperity of the justice ministry
in alignment with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
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Saudi foreign minister
reaffirms support for Palestine at OIC forum in Gambia
ARAB NEWS
May 04, 2024
BANJUL, The Gambia: Saudi
Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan reaffirmed on Saturday the
Kingdom’s call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, safe
humanitarian corridors, and the fulfillment of Palestinians’ legitimate rights,
including their right to self-determination and an independent state.
Prince Faisal, who was
speciaking at the 15th Islamic Summit Conference in The Gambia, also called for
restructuring, developing, and reforming the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) to tackle regional and international challenges.
During his address, he expressed
regret over the failure of the UN Security Council and the international
community to halt Israeli attacks on Palestinians.
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Saudi Yoga Committee teams
up with ministry for community wellness initiative
ARAB NEWS
May 04, 2024
RIYADH: The Saudi Yoga
Committee and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development on
Saturday signed an agreement to collaborate on promoting the benefits of yoga
in the community, with the aim of enhancing well-being and presenting the
activity as a way to improve quality of life.
Under the agreement, officials
said, employees will be encouraged to integrate yoga practices into their daily
routines, and workers in ministry-run care centers and shelters will be
provided with tools to help them manage stress, improve focus, and enhance
overall levels of physical and mental health.
They added that the
committee and the ministry are committed to creating harmonious and balanced
workplaces that prioritize the holistic well-being of employees and people they
work with, in line with the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030 national development
plan.
Source: Arab News
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Kingdom mourns death of
pioneering Saudi poet Prince Badr bin Abdul Mohsen
NADA HAMEED
May 04, 2024
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on
Saturday mourned the loss of poet and national literary icon Prince Badr bin
Abdul Mohsen, who died at the age of 75 in Paris after an illness.
The prince, affectionately
known as the “word engineer,” was a legendary figure in contemporary Saudi
poetry whose influence in the art form was felt across the country and the
wider Gulf region, where his eloquent verses and poignant prose left an
indelible mark on the people’s hearts and minds.
A pioneer in the
popularization of Saudi poetry among Arab audiences, Prince Badr’s verses were
immortalized in songs by many esteemed Arab artists, including Talal Maddah,
Mohammed Abdu, Kadim Al-Sahir and Assala. His patriotic words and songs struck
a deep chord with Saudis in particular, creating a strong bond between him and
the people of his nation.
Saudi and Arab officials and
celebrities expressed their sadness upon learning of the prince’s death on
Saturday, and acknowledged his significant contributions to literature and
culture.
Source: Arab News
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Africa
MNJTF Escalates Efforts to
Stamp Out Boko Haram Remnants in Lake Chad Basin
May 5, 2024
In a bid to root out the
lingering Boko Haram insurgents and ISWAP militants in specific areas across the
Lake Chad basin, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has ramped up its
operations.
In a statement by the Chief
of Military Public Information Lieutenant Colonel AbubakarAbdullahi said,
residents residing in North East Nigeria and the Far North of Cameroon can
anticipate an uptick in the presence of multinational troops and military
equipment in the region.
This strategic escalation he
said, aims to reinforce ongoing national initiatives and dismantle terrorist
strongholds within the MNJTF’s designated Areas of Operations.
Source: Vmtnews.Ng
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30 Boko Haram victims
undergo trauma healing in Adamawa
May 4, 2024
Ghumdia, alongside 29 other
trauma patients went through the six core trauma healing lessons during a
four-day intensive workshop in Yola, Adamawa State.
In 2014, at about 7:30pm,
the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists, armed with rifles and machetes, stormed the
family residence of Ghumdia in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and hacked
his father and two adult siblings down.
The then 14-year old little
Ghumdia, his mother and other female family members went through a sleepless
night anguishing the horrible murder of the family’s breadwinner.
Ghumdia, gave the tormenting
story at the “Trauma Healing Adamawa”, in Yola, the state capital, convened by
the Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSWN).
He narrated, “at about
7:30pm on the ill-fated day in Maiduguri, every family member was back home.
All were in the living room, except dad, who was relaxing outside in veranda
area, when armed terrorists barged into our compound, forced everybody out and
handcuffed every male.
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Al-Koni meets Shukri on the
sidelines of the 15th summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in
Gambia.
2024-05-04
Gambia, May 04, 2024 (LANA)
- Representative of the Presidential Council, Musa Al-Koni, met today,
Saturday, with Egyptian Foreign Minister SamehShokri, on the sidelines of the
15th summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the Gambian
capital, Banjul.
According to the
Presidential Council, the meeting discussed the latest developments in the
situation in Libya, and ways to develop joint cooperation relations between the
two brotherly countries in many fields.
During the meeting,
according to the Council, Al-Koni stressed the importance of the
recommendations that will come out of the summit to serve the Palestinian
cause.
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Growing concern as DRC
prosecutors open judicial inquiry against Cardinal
05-05-2024
There is growing concern
after prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo opened a judicial inquiry
against Cardinal FridolinAmbongo of Kinshasa for “seditious comments”.
Ambongo was accused of
“incitement” after speaking out against insecurity in the east of the country,
where the army is fighting the M23 rebels, during his Easter Mass..
Reactions to the
announcement of the judicial investigation against Ambongo have been swift with
both clergy, human rights groups, and opposition politicians rallying to his
defence.
Source: Africa News
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Australia
‘It’s Shocking’: Perth
Muslim Community Concerned About Islamophobia After Radicalised Teen Stabbing
By Rebecca Peppiatt
May 5, 2024
The Muslim community of
Perth has condemned the actions of a 16-year-old boy who is thought to have
converted to Islam and become radicalised before he stabbed a member of the
public in Willeton on Saturday night and was later shot dead by police.
Imam of Perth’s largest
mosque, the Nasir Mosque, Imam Syed Wadood Janud, told media on Sunday the
incident was particularly upsetting as they had lost a member of their mosque
in the Bondi stabbing incident three weeks ago.
“Sometimes the backlash can
be very harsh, and that’s why we want to reach out to the wider community. Our
mosques and doors are always open. Reach out to talk to us communicate and
communicate your concerns, and we were more than happy to hear any concerns that
the community would have.
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