Javed Akhtar gets death threat for criticising Deoband fatwa against working women
Opting
for insurance un-Islamic: Darul Uloom Deoband
Stop frequent fatwas: Clerics to Deoband
Muslim bodies plan campaign against fatwa
25 killed in double bomb attack at football match in
Iraq
Iranian Activist Wins Award for Advancing
Liberty
‘A cop said my beard got me here
Filmmakers in Indonesia Share Women’s Stories about Life under
Islamic Law
Indonesian militants ‘planned to kill Barack Obama’
Delhi serial blasts: Chargesheet filed against 2
suspects
Militants regrouping in PoK to cross over to
India
Anti-Islamic sentiments surface in wake of restrictions on
veils
Burqa debate stokes passion in N. Africa
French Burqa ban could face legal challenge
Same-gotra marriage legal, court had ruled 65 years
ago
Sohrabuddin case: Fearing for life, Prajapati wrote thrice to
judge
LeTs Gulf network far wider: Intel agencies
Campaign against Eid diktat
Digvijay blasts Hindutva hardliners
LeT’s Gulf arm funded 26/11, Bangalore
blasts?
This woman wages a lone battle against
khaps
Next big terrorist attack on US will be postmarked ‘Pakistan’: CIA
analyst
Spanish judge who indicted Osama, Pinochet
suspended
Shahzad used hawala system to fund terror
plot
3 Pakistanis held in US for giving money to
Shahzad
Pak woman to marry fiancé on death row
Days before Mecca Masjid anniversary, masked bikers fire at Hyderabad
picket, kill constable
Pakistani Taliban a terrorist organisation:
Holder
Progress made on Iran sanctions: US
Qaeda Vows Blood-Soaked Days Ahead
Pak detainee admits he aided NY bomber
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan says ‘America will
burn’
Sri Lanka seeks increase in Haj pilgrim
quota
Israeli Soldiers Continue To Use Children As Human
Shields
Keep `outsiders’ out of J&K census: Separatists
Compiled by Asit Kumar
Photo: Lyricist and Rajya Sabha member Javed Akhtar
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Javed Akhtar gets death threat for criticising Deoband
fatwa
May 15, 2010
Lyricist and Rajya Sabha member Javed Akhtar on Saturday lodged a
case with the Mumbai police after he received an e-mail threat for criticising a
fatwa banning women working with men.
In the complaint, Akhtar said that he received an email in which it
was stated that the countdown to his end has begun. The email also dared Akhtar
to try to save himself if he could.
On Tuesday, the Darul Uloom Deoband, in a Talibanesque fatwa, decreed
that it is 'haram' and illegal according to the Sharia for a family to accept a
woman's earnings.
Clerics at the world's second largest Sunni Muslim seminary said the
decree flowed from the fact that the Sharia prohibited the proximity of men and
women at the workplace.
The e-mail taunted Akhtar, claiming he is a Muslim only in name and
is actually a Jewish agent. Reportedly,
the e-mail signed by one Aneesul Islam accuses Akhtar of hurting Muslim
sentiments with his comments.
The email said Akhtar could ignore the Ulema's orders if he wished,
but he should not have said the fatwa was irrelevant.
The threat to Akhtar comes on the heels of a group of clerics
criticising his anti-fatwa comments.
The clerics said that since Akhtar was not an authority on Islam, he
should not comment on Islamic affairs.
Akhtar had opposed the Darul Uloom Deoband's fatwa and apparently
described muftis as insane.
http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/may/15/javed-akhtar-gets-death-threat-for-criticising-deoband-fatwa.htm
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Opting for insurance un-Islamic: Darul Uloom
Deoband
May 15, 2010
LUCKNOW: After its fatwa that working in banks is un-Islamic, the
Darul Uloom Deoband has now declared that opting for an insurance policy too
went against the tenets of Islam.
The "insurance policy is unlawful as it is based on interest and
gambling," claimed the fatwa issued by the country's largest Islamic seminary.
The edict issued by Darul Ifta department of Darul Uloom seminary was
in response to a query whether it is lawful to take an insurance policy in the
light of the sharia.
Millions of Muslims in India opt for insurance policies which is a
contract that pledges payment of an amount to a person assured or his nominee
against losses or perils.
"The clerics who issue fatwas should also explain the context in
which it is being issued to avoid any confusion," Maulana Afroz Mujtaba, a
Delhi-based cleric, said.
Meanwhile, leading Islamic body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind's spokesman Abdul
Hameed Nomani said that fatwas should not be generalised and they should be seen
in the context in which they have been issued.
"People must read between the lines and not generalise the fatwas,"
Nomani said.
Earlier, Darul Uloom had declared the job of writing and calculating
interest based work in banks and insurance companies as un-Islamic. The fatwa
was in response to whether Muslims can do job in bank or insurance company.
The recent fatwas have drawn flak from many clerics and progressive
leaders.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Opting-for-insurance-un-Islamic-Darul-Uloom-Deoband/articleshow/5933218.cms
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Stop frequent fatwas: Clerics to Darul
May 15, 2010
Lucknow: No more fatwas at the drop of a hat,please. This is the
terse message of a few clerics and common Muslims in Lucknow to Islamic seminary
Darul Uloom,Deoband,in Saharanpur.Its obvious that the fatwas issued by Darul
Ifta have turned off many in Muslim society who find the diktats
distasteful.
First,it was the issue of Muslim women in jobs and earning.Then,there
was one against earning from investments in the stock market.The latest one
advises Muslims to leave bank jobs and stop dealing in liquor.Each one of these
fatwas has unleashed a
controversy.Whats the need of issuing fatwas on every other
question.And then why leave it on the internet to create a controversy asked
leading Shia cleric Maulana Yasoof Abbas.It should be limited and not appear to
be a sweeping statement on the entire Muslim community, he said,adding,If as
muftis,its their duty to issue fatwa,then,as Muslims,its their responsibility to
ensure that fatwas do not show Muslims in bad light. The in-charge of the
Firangi Mehel Darul Ifta in Lucknow,Maulana Khalid Rasheed,says,Fatwas are an
interpretation of Islamic teachings from a certified scholar.These are meant for
a specific situation limited to an individual,
not for the rest of the community to follow. Maulana Khalid,who is a
member of the executive committee of All-India Muslim Personal Law
Board,said,Suppose a Muslim woman has no option but to work in an office for her
livelihood and survival.What would their ban on Muslim women in jobs lead to
Imtiyaz Ali,a local businessman,said,People at Deoband should
consider the fact that their fatwa did not create controversies
earlier.Something must be wrong for all this to be happening now.
Times of India
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Muslim bodies plan campaign against fatwa
S Balakrishnan
May 15, 2010
Mumbai: A national campaign will be launched against the fatwa issued
recently by the Darul-Uloom,Deoband,which prohibits Muslims from celebrating Eid
Miladun Nabi or the Prophets birthday.In a statement issued here at a press
conference on Friday,Maulana Mansoor Ali of the All India Sunni Jamiatul Ulema
and Mohammed Saeed Noorie of the Raza Academy said this fatwa has been rejected
outright by the Muslim masses.
They alleged that the Dar-ul-Uloom,the Wahhabis and the Ahle Hadees
have been asking Muslims not to celebrate his birthday.These sects are free to
stay away from the celebrations of the birthday.But they cannot impose their
views on the rest of the community, Noorie stated.
Full report at:
Times of India
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25 killed in double bomb attack at football match in
Iraq
May 15, 2010
MOSUL: A double bomb attack at a football match in northern Iraq,
which was unprotected by security forces, killed 25 people on Friday in the
second incident this week to cause mass casualties.
The explosion, which also left 120 people wounded according to
hospital officials, occurred at around 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) in Tal Afar, 380
kilometres (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a police officer told AFP.
Eyewitnesses said around 250 people were watching the game when the
attackers struck and that no police or soldiers were on duty.
"We heard a loud explosion and the people behind me shielded me from
the shrapnel," said spectator Hussein Nashad, 29.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5932829.cms?prtpage=1
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Iranian Activist Wins Award for Advancing
Liberty
Ravi Khanna
May 15, 2010
Iranian opposition activist Akbar Ganji has won the Milton Friedman
Award for Advancing Liberty, named after the famous American economist, now
deceased.
Iranian opposition activist and journalist, Akbar Ganji, received the
award in Washington Thursday night.
Ganji spent six years in top security Evin Prison for exposing the
Islamic government's alleged involvement in the murder of five Iranian
dissidents. He was released in 2006 and left Iran.
But the protests against President Ahmadinejad's controversial
re-election last year, inspired activists like Ganji to further oppose the Islamic government in
Tehran.
Full report at:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Iranian-Activist-Wins-Award-for-Advancing-Liberty-93816724.html
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`A cop said my beard got me here
Astha Saxena and Suhas Munshi
May 15, 2010
Dressed in a traditional Muslim attire, 50-year-old madarsa teacher
Noor-ul-Huda walked out of Tihar jail on Friday evening with a grim
face.
It was his appearance -- a beard, a white kurta pyjama and a skull
cap -- that led to him spending almost 60 hours in jail, facing a volley of
questions on his background and education.
Huda was offloaded from an Emirates flight and later arrest- ed when
an NRI woman on the adjacent seat heard him say “15-20 minute mein jahaj udne
wala hai“.
This can be translated both as “the plane will take off in 15- 20
minutes“ and “the plane will blow up in 15-20 minutes“.
Huda was on his way to deliv- er a religious lecture in Dubai when he
was arrested on Wednesday.
Full report at:
Hindustan Times
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Filmmakers in Indonesia Share Women's Stories About Life Under
Islamic Law
Sara Schonhardt
May 15, 2010
Customers browse for Muslim headscarves at a shop in a mall in
Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 22, 2010
Islamic law has been raising questions in Indonesia, a
Muslim-majority nation where some provinces are adopting regulations based on
Sharia, or Islamic, principles. Human rights groups, however, warn that the laws
often are enforced unfairly, particularly for women. Filmmakers in Indonesia
have recently released documentaries to show the effects Islamic law has on
women.
The film opens with shots of a market, where mannequins in
tight-fitting T-shirts contrast with girls in long skirts and headscarves. The
sight is common in Aceh Province, which gained the right to implement Sharia law
as a part of a peace accord with the Indonesian
government.
Full report at:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Filmmakers-in-Indonesia-Share-Womens-Stories-About-Life-Under-Islamic-Law-93262079.html
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Indonesian militants 'planned to kill Barack
Obama'
By Barney Henderson in Kuala Lumpur
May 15, 2010
Indonesian militants plotted to kill Barack Obama during a state
visit, kill their own president and launch a series of Mumbai-style attacks on
foreigners, according to officials.
Police sources said the group planned to kill Barack Obama on his
visit to Indonesia next month Photo: AP
The group hatched an intricate plot to trigger a swathe of high
profile attacks in Jakarta on August 17th, Indonesia's independence day,
assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and declare an Islamic state
ruled by Sharia law on the same day in a jihadi coup.
"They planned to target the
Indonesian president, state officials and foreign guests," national Police Chief
Bambang Hendarso Danuri said at a press conference.
Full report at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/7725108/Indonesian-militants-planned-to-kill-Barack-Obama.html
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Delhi serial blasts: Chargesheet filed against 2
suspects
May 15, 2010
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Saturday filed a chargesheet against
two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists accused of involvement in the 2008
Delhi serial blasts.
The chargesheet against Salman Ahmad and Mohammed Shahzad was
submitted in a sealed cover to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja. The
court will take it up May 20.
Baweja May 5 allowed police 10 days' time to file a chargesheet
against Shahzad and Salman, arrested in February and March this year
respectively.
Out of the 14 arrested, Shahzad, Salman and Hakim are in Tihar jail
here. Nine other accused arrested in this case are at present in a Gujarat jail
for investigations into their alleged roles in serial blasts in Ahmedabad. A
series of bomb blasts rocked the capital Sep 13, 2008, killing 26 people and
leaving 135 others injured.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Delhi/Delhi-serial-blasts-Chargesheet-filed-against-2-suspects/articleshow/5934887.cms
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Militants regrouping in PoK to cross over to
India
May 15, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Militants have regrouped in large numbers in
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and are crossing the Line of Control to sneak into the
Indian side of the Himalayan region, local residents and political leaders have
said.
The militants have regrouped and launched jehadi activities in the
Neelum valley on the Pakistani side of the LoC, local politician Arif Shahid
said. Local residents and Shahid said the militants were not from PoK.
"Jihadi activities have been restarted during the last few weeks,"
said Shahid, the secretary general of the All Parties National Alliance.
"Most of the activities are concentrated in the Neelum valley along
the LoC," Shahid told the BBC.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Militants-regrouping-in-PoK-to-cross-over-to-India/articleshow/5934467.cms
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Anti-Islamic sentiments surface in wake of restrictions on
veils
By Edward Cody
May 15, 2010
BRUSSELS -- Since she started wearing a full Islamic veil six weeks
ago, Selma said, she has been stared at, frowned at, muttered to, mocked as a
"ghost" and forced by a policeman to lift her veil to show her
face.
"In Belgium, it is forbidden to carry your religious convictions to
their logical conclusion," the 22-year-old Brussels woman said, speaking on the
condition that her full name not be used to avoid trouble for her
family.
These are uneasy times for the estimated 15 million Muslims of
Western Europe, not only for fundamentalists such as Selma, but also for the
vast majority who want to find their place as Muslims without confronting the
Christian and secular traditions of the continent they have adopted as
home.
Full report at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051405282.html
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Burqa debate stokes passion in N. Africa
May 15, 2010
ALGIERS/RABAT: A French proposal to ban full-face veils has stoked
debate in Europe and also provoked strong reactions across the Mediterranean in
North Africa, where many of France’s Muslims trace their
origins.
Former French colonies Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia are still tied to
France by history, language and migration, so their views on the “burqa” issue
could have a direct influence on how Muslims inside France react to a
ban.
People in North Africa are split between those who see the proposed
ban — a version of which has already been approved by Belgium’s lower house of
Parliament — as an attack on Islam, and those who applaud Europe for defending
secular values.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article53704.ece
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French Burqa ban could face legal challenge
May 15, 2010
PARIS: France’s top legal advisory body has once again raised
questions over the legal viability of a bill to ban full Muslim veils in public,
just days before it is put before the cabinet.
The government is expected to present legislation next week to outlaw
face-covering veils on the grounds that they are demeaning to women, even though
experts have warned that such a prohibition could violate religious freedom.
The Council of State, which advises on the preparation of new laws
and orders, earlier this year said introducing such a ban would threaten rights
guaranteed under both the constitution and the European Convention on Human
Rights.
The Paris dailyLe Figaro reported on Friday the advisory body had
again come to the same conclusion after a meeting with government officials on
Wednesday.
Full report at:
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=239327
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Same-gotra marriage legal, court had ruled 65 years
ago
RONOJOY SEN
May 15, 2010
NEW DELHI: The sustained effort by aggressive khap panchayats and
their influential political backers to force leading political parties to have a
rethink on same gotra marriages is patently illegal. Sixty-five years ago, in
1945, the issue was settled by the Bombay High Court which categorically
declared same gotra marriages were legal. And that's been the law of the land
since.
In wake of the khap panchayat's defiance of the law, not only have
top politicians like Om Prakash Chautala and Naveen Jindal caved in - no doubt
to retain the political support of these medieval organisations - but national
parties like BJP, too, have been wavering. The BJP on Thursday talked about
building a "consensus" on the issue, indicating there was scope for modifying
the legal view on same-gotra marriages. Even the Congress is said to be keeping
its cards close to the chest.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Same-gotra-marriage-legal-court-had-ruled-65-years-ago/articleshow/5932546.cms
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Sohrabuddin case: Fearing for life, Prajapati wrote thrice to
judge
May 15, 2010
JAIPUR: Even before Tulsiram Prajapati was killed by Gujarat police
in an alleged encounter on December 28, 2006 in Banaskantha, he had written at
least three letters to district judge Udaipur foretelling his possible
stage-managed murder.
He had also alleged that during a remand period, Gujarat cops had
administered an injection laced with some fatal substance on him after which he
fell unconscious at least once and felt weak most of the time. TOI is in
possession of his letters.
Prajapati had alleged that the police of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and Maharashtra had connived to eliminate him.
Only 14 days after writing the last letter, Prajapati was killed in
an alleged encounter on December 28, 2006, before CID (Crime) probing the
Sohrabuddin Sheikh's fake encounter case could record his statement. Prajapati
is said to be the only eye-witness in the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin and his
wife Kauserbi.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sohrabuddin-case-Fearing-for-life-Prajapati-wrote-thrice-to-judge/articleshow/5932834.cms
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LeTs Gulf network far wider: Intel agencies
Josy Joseph
May 15, 2010
New Delhi: Early this week,home minister P Chidambaram suggested that
India needed to redefine cross-border terrorism since it was not just from
Pakistan but extends beyond to the Middle-East.
Officials in the security establishment said the home ministers
reference to Middle-East wasnt just an off-the-cuff remark but a reflection of
recent realisation about the sprawling operations of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and its
sympathisers in the Gulf region.
Terror operatives in the Gulf have had a far more significant role in
orchestrating several of the recent terror attacks than what was known until
recently,sources in the security establishment said.They funded the serial
blasts in Bangalore in 2008 and assisted the escape of its mastermind
Tadiyantavide Naseer to Bangladesh,and probably had a significant role in the
26/11 attacks.More noticeably,most of the intercepts of terror communications in
recent times too show intricate links to the Gulf region.
Full report at:
Times of India
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Campaign against Eid diktat
May 15, 2010
A national campaign will be launched against the fatwa issued
recently by the Dar-ul-Uloom, Deoband, which prohibits Muslims from celebrating
Eid Miladun Nabi or the Propet's birthday.
Maulana Mansoor Ali of All India Sunni Jamiatul Ulema and Mohammed
Saeed Noorie of Raza Academy told a press conference her on Friday that this
fatwa has been rejected outright by Muslims.
They alleged Dar-ul-Uloom, Wahhabis and Ahle Hadees have been asking
Muslims not to celebrate his birthday.
"These sects are free to stay away from the celebrations of the
birthday. But they cannot impose their views on the rest of the community,"
Noorie stated.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Campaign-against-Eid-diktat/articleshow/5933168.cms
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Digvijay blasts Hindutva hardliners
May 15, 2010
NEW DELHI: Using Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik's boast of causing
riots for cash as a backdrop, Congress on Friday sharpened its attack on
hardline Hindutva outfits blaming them for blasts around the country over the
past few years. Party general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters that since
2002, a number of explosions had been caused by such rabid saffron forces at
sensitive places.
In this context, he recalled the blasts at Ajmer, Hyderabad's Mecca
Masjid and the Samjhauta Express.
Accusing Karnataka chief minister B S Yedyurappa of being in tune
with the Ram Sene, Singh said, "He does not have the courage to arrest
Muthalik." He alleged that the BJP would not hesitate to create a communal
divide to come to power in a state.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Digvijay-blasts-Hindutva-hardliners/articleshow/5933125.cms
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LeT's Gulf arm funded 26/11, Bangalore blasts?
Josy Joseph
May 15, 2010
NEW DELHI: Early this week, home minister P Chidambaram suggested
that India needed to redefine cross-border terrorism since it was not just from
Pakistan but "extends beyond to the Middle East". Officials in the security
establishment said the home minister's reference to Middle East wasn't just an
off-the-cuff remark but a reflection of recent realization about the sprawling
operations of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its sympathizers in the Gulf region.
Terror operatives in the Gulf have had a far more significant role in
orchestrating several of the recent terror attacks than what was known until
recently, sources in the security establishment said. They funded the serial
blasts in Bangalore in 2008 and assisted the escape of its mastermind
Tadiyantavide Naseer to Bangladesh, and probably had a significant role in the
26/11 attacks. More noticeably, most of the intercepts of terror communications
in recent times too show intricate links to the Gulf region.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/LeTs-Gulf-arm-funded-26/11-Bangalore-blasts/articleshow/5932847.cms
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This woman wages a lone battle against khaps
Sukhbir Siwach
May 15, 2010
CHANDIGARH: Top politicians kowtow to them. The police watch from a
distance when they hold their mahapanchayats. Lovers shiver at their mention.
But, if the dreaded khap panchayats in Haryana's badlands fear anyone, it's a
50-year-old woman — a former international volleyball player — who is
contemptuous of their diktats.
Three decades ago, when three girls from rural Haryana could not join
Jagmati Sangwan to represent India in volleyball for Asiad because they were
married off by their parents, it marked a turning point in her career: the
beginning of a long struggle against oppression of women.
It pained her when India returned with a bronze as she believed the
three girls would have got the country gold. What rankled her more was the fate
of numerous girls in Haryana whose cause she then took up with a gusto.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-woman-wages-a-lone-battle-against-khaps/articleshow/5932833.cms
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Next big terrorist attack on US will be postmarked 'Pakistan': CIA
analyst
May 15, 2010
WASHINGTON: A former CIA analyst, who helped President Barack Obama
formulate his Pakistan-Afghanistan policy, sees "a very serious possibility that
the next mass casualty terrorist attack on the United States will be postmarked
Pakistan."
"What we're seeing going on in Pakistan now is a very dangerous
phenomenon," says Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, in an
interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington think tank.
"The ideology of al Qaida, the ideology of global Islamic jihad that
all jihadists should focus on the United States as the ultimate enemy, is
gaining ground with groups beyond al Qaida," said Riedel, who chaired a special
interagency committee last year to develop Obama's Af-Pak policy.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Next-big-terrorist-attack-on-US-will-be-postmarked-Pakistan-CIA-analyst/articleshow/5933520.cms
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Spanish judge who indicted Osama, Pinochet
suspended
May 15, 2010
MADRID: The crusading Spanish judge who indicted Augusto Pinochet and
Osama bin Laden was suspended on Friday for allegedly overstepping his
jurisdiction in a probe of one of Spain's biggest cases -- atrocities committed
during and after the nation's ruinous civil war.
The punishment could effectively end Judge Baltasar Garzon's career.
The decision was made unanimously by a judicial oversight board
called the General Council of the Judiciary after an emergency meeting about
Garzon, said its spokeswoman, Gabriela Bravo.
Supporters chanted, cheered and clapped later as Garzon emerged from
the nearby National Court, where he works. He hugged co-workers and appeared to
be holding back tears before getting into a bulletproof limousine and riding
away.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Europe/Spanish-judge-who-indicted-Osama-Pinochet-suspended/articleshow/5931925.cms
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Shahzad used hawala system to fund terror plot
May 15, 2010
New York : South Asians often use an informal network of brokers,
called "hawala," to transfer money over long distances when it is too
inconvenient or dangerous to send cash by courier.
The centuries-old system is used to move billions of dollars in and
out of countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia – often to the chagrin
of U.S. law enforcement.
A law enforcement official said that terror suspect Faisal Shahzad is
believed to have tapped into such a network to help fund a plot to detonate a
car bomb in Times Square. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because
the investigation is ongoing.
Authorities say three men helped get money to Shahzad although they
might not have known how the money was going to be used.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shahzad-used-hawala-system-to-fund-terror-plot/618867/
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3 Pakistanis held in US for giving money to
Shahzad
S Rajagopalan
May 15, 2010
US federal agents have arrested three Pakistanis in coordinated raids
in several cities for arranging funds for Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani American
in custody for the bid to bomb Times Square.
American officials also spoke of the arrest of one person in Pakistan
with connections to the Pakistani Taliban, who acted as an accomplice of Shahzad
during his five-month visit to the country for training in bomb-making.
The three Pakistanis rounded up in the US raids are being held for
immigration violations and have not been charged with any terrorism-related
crimes, pending further investigations to establish if they knew the funds were
meant to commit a terrorist act.
Full report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/256046/3-Pakistanis-held-in-US-for-giving-money-to-Shahzad.html
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Pak woman to marry fiance on death row
May 15, 2010
A court has allowed a woman to marry her fiance who is currently on
death row in a prison in this eastern Pakistani city and directed authorities to
make arrangements for the wedding. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore
High Court has accepted Laiba Saher’s plea to be allowed to marry her fiance,
Muhammad Attique, who was given the death sentence and is incarcerated in Kot
Lakhpat jail.
However, the judge did not allow Saher to take a wedding band inside
the jail.
He directed the prison’s superintendent to arrange for a nikha khwan
(marriage registrar) to conduct the wedding. Saher was engaged to Attique in her
childhood.
She told the judge that she wanted to marry Attique but the jail
authorities were not allowing her to do so.
Full report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/255980/Pak-woman-to-marry-fiance-on-death-row.html
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Days before Mecca Masjid anniversary, masked bikers fire at Hyderabad
picket, kill constable
May 15 2010
Hyderabad : Three masked men on a motorcycle opened unprovoked fire
at a police picket in Hyderabad’s old city this evening, killing a Constable.
Soon afterwards, rumours — which proved unfounded — of a terrorist attack swept
through other parts of the city, triggering panic.
Police sources said they suspected the banned SIMI in the attack,
timed to create panic ahead of the third anniversary of the Mecca Masjid bombing
on May 18. A constable of the Andhra Pradesh Home Guards had been killed in a
similar attack around the same time last year.
Friday’s attack took place at Khilawat, close to Volga Café in the
Shah Ali Banda neighbourhood, in the Hussaini Alam police station area.
Constables at the picket returned fire, but the assailants escaped, said
Hyderabad Police Commissioner A K Khan. The dead policeman has been identified
as Constable Ramesh Kumar from Chittoor district, belonging to the 11th
Batallion of the AP State Police.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/days-before-mecca-masjid-anniversary-masked-bikers-fire-at-hyderabad-picket-kill-constable/619232/
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Pakistani Taliban a terrorist organisation:
Holder
May 15, 2010
Washington : The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a terrorist
organisation, even if it has not been officially designated yet, a top US
official has told his lawmakers.
The US now says that the Pakistani Taliban was responsible for the
failed Times Square bomb attempt on May 1, in which a Pakistani-American, Faisal
Shahzad, 30, has been arrested by federal authorities.
Following this, several US lawmakers have urged Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton to designate Pakistani Taliban a foreign terrorist
organisation.
The State Department has said that it is actively considering it and
it is only a matter of completing the legal formalities.
"As I say, if not technically designated, they (Pakistani Taliban)
are certainly a terrorist organisation," US Attorney General Eric Holder told
Congressmen in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
yesterday.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pakistani-taliban-a-terrorist-organisation-holder/618794/
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Progress made on Iran sanctions: US
May 15, 2010
United Nations : The US has claimed progress in imposing sanctions
against Iran for its nuclear programme, saying it is engaging with China and
Russia on the issue for an early UN Security Council
resolution.
"We've had very constructive and cooperative working relationships
with China and Russia," said Susan Rice, US's envoy to the UN "I think we're
making progress."
The P5 and Germany have been meeting regularly in New York to draft a
resolution that will impose a fourth round of sanctions against Iran for alleged
violations of the NPT.
The US and other Western country suspect that Tehran is using its
nuclear programme to make a bomb while Iran insists that its activities are
peaceful.
"We're working intensively and the pace of our efforts are driven by
the urgency we attach to an early and meaningful Security Council resolution,"
Rice said, noting the US also maintained the right to impose sanctions
unilaterally or bilaterally.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/progress-made-on-iran-sanctions-us/618882/
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Qaeda Vows Blood-Soaked Days Ahead
Kumar Chellappan
May 15, 2010
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s new leader warned Shia on Friday that “dark days
soaked with blood” lie ahead and that a new campaign of attacks was under
way.
The warning comes just days after Iraq was wracked by the worst
attack this year, a series of coordinated bombings and assassinations that
killed 119 people — most of them Shia and members of the security forces —
across 10 cities.
The Iraqi insurgent umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq, named
al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman as its new minister of war, replacing the
Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri, killed in a US-Iraqi military strike on a safe
house in April.
Full report at:
http://www.asianage.com/international/qaeda-vows-blood-soaked-days-ahead-169
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Pak detainee admits he aided NY bomber
May 15 2010
Islamabad/New York, May 14: A Pakistani man detained in Pakistan has
told interrogators that he is an accomplice of the man arrested over planting a
bomb in New York’s Times Square, The Washington Post reported on
Thursday.
The paper cited US officials as saying the suspect’s arrest had not
been previously disclosed, and that he has provided an “independent stream” of
evidence linking the Pakistani Taliban to the failed attack and admitted to
helping Faisal Shahzad travel to remote tribal areas for
training.
“What they said has been corroborated by other evidence,” a senior
law enforcement source told the Post. A US intelligence official told the
newspaper that the suspect “is believed to have a connection to the TTP
(Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan),” an abbreviation for the Pakistani
Tailban.
Full report at:
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/international/pak-detainee-admits-he-aided-ny-bomber-755
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan says ‘America will
burn’
15 May, 2010
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban warned the US on Friday that it will
soon “burn” while calling for Pakistan’s rulers to be overthrown for following
“America’s agenda”. The US is convinced that the Pakistani Taliban allied with
al Qaeda and operating out of northwestern Pakistani border regions were behind
an attempted car bomb attack in New York’s Times Square on May 1. The Pakistani
Taliban claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing. If confirmed, it would
be the first time their members were involved in an attempted attack in the
West. Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq, in a video message obtained by
Reuters, repeated a claim of responsibility, saying: “The movement proved what
America could not have even imagined. It was just an explosive-laden vehicle
which did not explode,” he said. reuters
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\15\story_15-5-2010_pg1_6
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Sri Lanka seeks increase in Haj pilgrim quota
By MD RASOOLDEEN
May 15, 2010
RIYADH: Sri Lanka asked the Kingdom on Thursday to increase its Haj
pilgrim quota. The appeal was made by a high-level Lankan delegation led by Sri
Lanka’s Haj Affairs Minister Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fowzie, Western Province Gov.
Alavi Mowlana and Islamic Affairs Director Y.L.M. Navavi.
Mowlana hailed the efforts of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King
Abdullah for offering a wide range of services to foreign pilgrims who visit the
holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. Sri Lankan Ambassador Ahmed A. Jawad and
Consul General Sabarullah Khan also took part in Thursday's negotiations. A new
agreement is expected to be signed by Fowzi and Saudi Arabia’s Haj Minister
Fouad Al-Farsy in Jeddah on Monday.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article53784.ece
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Israeli Soldiers Continue To Use Children As Human
Shields
By Palestine Monitor
May 15, 2010
Child organisation DCI-Palestine has documented two new cases of
children used as human shields by Israeli soldiers during military
operations.
In the old city of Nablus, while searching her house, Dua’a (16) was
ordered by Israeli troops to open closets and lift beds, while the soldiers
remained metres away: "They moved three metres backward towards the door while
aiming their weapons at me… They ordered me to search the closets and other
items in the room."
Sabri (14) was forced to walk in front of Israeli soldiers while
stones were being hurled at them, during protests on the Palestinian Prisoner’s
Day: "They were hiding behind me so I could cover them from the stones. They
were shouting and saying in Hebrew 'Throw! Throw!’ to the young men who were
throwing stones." According to an article published by Maan News Agency, the
Israeli army said it would investigate the allegations.
Full report at:
http://www.countercurrents.org/pmonitor140510.htm
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Keep `outsiders' out of J&K census:
Separatists
May 15, 2010
Separatist leaders in Jammu
and Kashmir are using the issue of census operations starting on Saturday to
create the same fear that was seen during the Amarnath land row in
2008.
Leaders such as Syed Ali Shah Geelani have warned cen- sus officers
against including people not having state-subject status under Article 370 of
the Constitution. “You (employees) are expected to list only state subjects,“
Geelani said.
When land was allotted for Amarnath pilgrims in 2008, sep- aratists
whipped up anxiety among people that Hindus from outside the state would settle
in the Himalayan heights. The allotment order, issued by the state, had to be
rescinded.
The same game is being sought to be replayed. Though it is the census
officers' job to include all those who have been living in the state for the
past six months, separatists think the overwhelming Muslim- majority character
of the state will be lost if that is done.
Full report at:
Hindustan Times
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Sultan Shahin
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Musilm clergies can decide on religious issues.Musilm world is a different one.
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