Sharia
panchayat boycotts 5 Muslims for being 'infidels'
Militants blow up girls' school in northwest
Pakistan
Saudi money used in terror: Aghan official
Fears for rights of Afghan women over peace
talks
Israelis shot people in the forehead, says Pakistani
journalist
Deported activists recount Israeli ‘piracy’
Obama speaks to Turkish PM Erdogan over Israeli
raid
Under fire for attacking aid flotilla, Israel drags India, Pak into
row
Jordan to receive 121 flotilla activists freed by
Israel
Young couple killed in the name of honour
Five of a family sentenced to death
Six killed, several injured Lyari firing
How to Stop the Ground Zero Mega-mosque
Iran denounces European 'intolerance' over
burqa
In Pak, anxious wait for celebrity anchor; Rehman Malik says ‘good
news’ expected
Twin blasts rock Kabul, Karzai unhurt
We can’t help you now, SC to Afzal Guru
Twenty insurgents killed in fresh Orakzai
offensive
For Yazid, jihad in Kashmir must for all Muslims
No Evidence To Nail Bhatkal?
Taliban try to kill Hafiz Saeed
Pune blast: Court rejects bail plea of Bhatkal
Muslim population 'rising 10 times faster than rest of
society'
Indian-origin aid worker on ship attacked by
Israel
Israel begins deporting Gaza aid flotilla
activists
NYC attack suspect Shahzad a 'hybrid terrorist'
Violence mars Afghanistan peace meeting in
Kabul
Troops kill five Palestinians
New aid boat fresh challenge to Israel
Osama a 'frequent flyer' in BA magazine
Qaida boss who vowed more 26/11s killed by US
drone
Danish soldier killed, five hurt in Afghanistan:
Military
Girl dies after dad throws acid on her
Iran failed to comply with global obligations on
N-programme’
Israel on guard for next Gaza aid ship
Troops re-capture Afghan district from Taliban
India, Pakistan resolve Baglihar issue
Women raise voice against violence
Emirati women’s emotions find vent in photographs Afshan Ahmed
Crown Prince Sultan receives freed Saudi prisoners from
Qatar
The 'peaceful' Jihad in America
Muslim Veil Bans and European Rationalism
Fighting in central Somalia kills 24: Rights
group
Legendary theatre actress Uzra Butt dead at
93
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Father tries to kill Muslim girl for affair with a
Hindu
By Akash Vashishtha
Jun 2, 2010
HONOUR killing is spreading its tentacles across the country. In a
failed bid, though, the father and the brother of a Muslim girl allegedly tried
to kill her for falling in love with a Hindu boy.
The 17- year- old girl was allegedly attacked with acid, strangulated
and then pushed into a canal by the duo in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar
Pradesh on Tuesday.
The police said Gulistan, a resident of Charora locality, had an
affair with Ravindra Kumar, who stayed nearby.
Around 10 days ago, the couple fled their homes following prolonged
resistance by their families, sources said.
The lovers were traced by their families, who launched a joint search
for them.
Gulistan and Ravindra were then brought back, the police
said.
The girl and the boy stayed with their families in Charora for about
10 days.
Gulistan’s father Asgar and brother assured her they would get her
married to Ravindra. She was told they would take her to Delhi to shop for her
wedding.
On Tuesday morning, they hired an Ambassador on the same pretext.
When they reached the outskirts of the town, Gulistan’s father and brother
dragged her out of the taxi.
When she resisted, the two allegedly threw acid on her face and
strangulated her with a rope.
When the girl fell unconscious, they presumed her to be dead and fled
the spot after throwing her in the fast- flowing Ganga
canal.
“ The water seemed to have washed off the acid from the girl’s body.
She revived somehow and started screaming. On hearing her shrieks, the locals
gathered at the spot and rescued her from the canal. The girl was lying along
the inner lining of the canal,” a police officer said.
She was rushed to the district government hospital where she is
battling for life. Senior superintendent of police of Bulandshahr, Neelesh
Kumar, said: “ The girl’s wounds are critical. We have arrested her father.” “
Asgar told us he was fed up of his daughter’s activities and that her
misdemeanors had brought immense shame to his family. He said Gulistan was
previously involved with several men. Asgar said he had told his daughter to
mend her ways many times, but she failed to comply,” Kumar
said.
“ He said there was no other alternative to save the family’s honour.
So he threw acid on her face and threw her into the canal after strangulating
her. Asgar pleaded helplessness,” the senior superintendent of police
added.
When asked about the brother’s involvement, Kumar said: “ From
initial investigations, the victim’s brother seems to be involved in the case.
But his role is being probed.”
Mail Today
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Sharia panchayat boycotts 5 Muslims for being
'infidels'
Mohammed Wajihuddin
Jun 2, 2010
MUMBAI: Has Talibanism breached the solid wall which guarded Indian
Islam for centuries? If the diktat issued by a Sharia panchayat comprising a
dozen or so clerics in the Muslim-majority town of Malegaon last week is any
indication, it seems to have.
In a shocking incident which reeks of Talibani fundamentalism and the
regressive approach of the Khap Panchayat in parts of India, the Malegaon Sharia
panchayat last Friday summarily "ex-communicated" five Muslims for allegedly
being "apostates and infidels". Islamic scholars and liberal thinkers insist
that such a unilateral decision has no standing, especially as Islam doesn't
recognise priesthood and the practice of ex-communication is non-existent,
unlike in Christianity.
The clerics declared that the five — Fareedul Abedin, Sharief
Cookerwalla, Yunus Trolleywalla, Iqbal Engineer and Yusuf Dalalthey — were no
longer Muslims after hearing many who testified that the "accused", among other
things, believed in and preached ideas and beliefs which went against Islam. One
of the charges against them is that they refuted Prophet Mohammed's divine ride,
also called Meraj.
"Their activities had created huge embarrassment. We invited all five
to present their side of the story but only one of them, Abedin, turned up. We
pronounced them out of Islam, as reliable witnesses testified against them,"
said Mufti Ismail, local MLA and head of the Jamiautul Ulema in
Malegaon.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6001090.cms?prtpage=1
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Militants blow up girls' school in northwest
Pakistan
Jun 2, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Pro-Taliban militants blew up a girls’ primary school and
a health centre in the restive Mohmand tribal region in northwest Pakistan on
Tuesday, officials said.
The militants laid explosive materials around the girls’ primary
school and a rural health centre in Khushal Kale area of Mohmand Agency and blew
them up.
Local residents said three explosions had rocked the area. There were
no reports of casualties
The Taliban, who are opposed to the education of girls, have blown up
hundreds of girls' schools across Pakistan's volatile tribal belt over the past
two years.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Militants-blow-up-girls-school-in-northwest-Pakistan/articleshow/6000115.cms
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Saudi money used in terror: Aghan official
Jun 02 2010
London : Millions of dollars from Saudi donors routed to Afghanistan
through Pakistan’s tribal areas, have fuelled terrorism in the country during
the last four years, Afghan financial intelligence unit has
claimed.
The funds, totalling more than £920 million, entered from Pakistan
where they are converted into rupees or dollars, the favoured currency for
terrorist operations, the Afghan financial intelligence unit FinTraca has
claimed.
“We can trace it back as far as an entry point in Waziristan,” said
Mohammed Mustafa Massoudi, the DG of Fintraca in Kabul. “Why would anyone want
to put such money into Waziristan? Only one reason —
terrorism”.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/saudi-money-used-in-terror-aghan-official/628159/
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Fears for rights of Afghan women over peace
talks
2 June 2010
A three day national peace conference has begun in the Afghan
capital, Kabul, but the 1600 delegates have already received death threats from
the Taliban.
Rocket attacks and gunfire, close to the meeting, coincided with
President Hamid Karzai's opening speech.
The aim of the talks is to create a framework for any future
negotiations with the militants.
A lot is resting on these talks and there are plenty of worries.
There are fears from human rights groups that the gains made in the past nine
years may be jeopardised if there is a deal at the peace
gathering.
Some think that the rights of women may be
eroded.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10211946.stm
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Israelis shot people in the forehead, says Pakistani
journalist
June 2, 2010
A Pakistani journalist who was captured during a naval attack on the
Gaza-bound aid flotilla said today that Israeli soldiers were shooting people in
cold blood.
Talat Hussain, one of the 124 people arriving in Jordan following
their release by the Israeli authorities, said the commandos "shot people in the
forehead".
"I witnessed myself the first Israeli assault on the ship. There was
no weapon on the ship," Hussain told Aaj news channel by phone from
Jordan.
"Scuffles broke out when the Israelis tried to arrest people. After
that people threw at the Israelis whatever they got hold of. Four people were
shot in the forehead in front of me. I witnessed four people dying," said
Hussain, executive director and anchor of Aaj Television.
He said he would provide a video of the whole episode and further
details later in his television programme.
Full report at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_israelis-shot-people-in-the-forehead-says-pakistani-journalist_1391011
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Deported activists recount Israeli ‘piracy’
Jun 2, 2010
PASSENGERS on board the aid ships seized by Israeli authorities who
were deported to their countries on Tuesday recounted the horrors of the
raid.
They included a Turkish woman who had brought her one- year- old baby
on the voyage.
Nilufer Cetin said she agreed to be extradited from Israel after
being warned jail conditions there would be “ too harsh” for the
baby.
She and her son had been on the Turkish- flagged Mavi Marmara ship.
Cetin said she and her baby, the youngest passenger on board, had stayed in
their cabin’s bathroom during the raid. Cetin’s husband, Ekrem, is the ship’s
engineer and is still being held by Israeli authorities.
Full report at: Mail Today
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Obama speaks to Turkish PM Erdogan over Israeli
raid
Jun 2, 2010
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama spoke with Turkish Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday to express his condolences for those killed
in an Israeli raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza, the White House said.
Turkey, a key ally of the United States, has reacted angrily to
Monday's raid in which nine people were killed when Israeli commandos stormed
the ship. It had been trying to break an Israeli blockade on Gaza.
The White House said in his telephone call with Erdogan, Obama had
reiterated the United States' support for "a credible, impartial, and
transparent investigation of the facts surrounding this tragedy."
"The president affirmed the importance of finding better ways to
provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza without undermining
Israel's security," the White House said in a statement.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Obama-speaks-to-Turkish-PM-Erdogan-over-Israeli-raid/articleshow/6001256.cms
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Under fire for attacking aid flotilla, Israel drags India, Pak into
row
Jun 2, 2010
JERUSALEM: In an unusual step, Israel, which is facing global
criticism for attacking an aid flotilla, has said violent incidents in countries
like India and Pakistan in the past one month which claimed 500 lives have been
"ignored" while it is being condemned for its "unmistakably defensive actions".
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman "reminded" the UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that in the past month alone 500 people were
killed in various incidents in Thailand, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and India,
a Foreign Ministry statement said.
"While the international community remained silent and passive, and
generally ignored the occurences, Israel is being condemned for unmistakably
defensive actions," a Foreign Ministry statement quoted Lieberman as saying.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Under-fire-for-attacking-aid-flotilla-Israel-drags-India-Pak-into-row/articleshow/6003195.cms
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Jordan to receive 121 flotilla activists freed by
Israel
By ABDUL JALIL MUSTAFA
Jun 2, 2010
AMMAN: Israel on Tuesday night released 121 activists held during the
attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla and the Jordanian authorities were last
night conducting arrangements for receiving them on the King Hussein crossing
point between Jordan and the West Bank, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman
Faisal Malkawi.
"We have been told by Jordanian ambassador in Tel Aviv Ali Al-Ayed
that Israel has freed 121 flotilla activists who belong to Jordan and 11 other
countries which do not have diplomatic ties with Israel,” Malkawi
said.
”The ministry is making arrangements at King Hussein crossing point
(50 km West of Amman) for welcoming them” he said.
Full report at:
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/gazableeds/article60040.ece
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Young couple killed in the name of honour
June 02, 2010
A newly-married couple who came from Swat to Karachi for shelter was
killed in the name of honor; a case was reported at the Peerabad police
station.
Twenty-two-year-old Yousuf Khan and an unknown twenty year old girl
were shot dead in the Peerabad police limits. SHO Rahim Khan said that on
Tuesday evening, information was received that the bodies of a young couple were
lying inside a small house situated in Muslimabad No-1. He alongwith his staff
rushed towards the spot and found that a young boy and girl were lying dead on
the floor and were brutally killed by unidentified people.
SHO Khan said that the police had recorded the statement of the
residents who narrated the couple hailed from Swat and had reached Karachi on
early Tuesday morning and had rented the house in the area.
Full report at:
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=242626
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Five of a family sentenced to death
02 Jun, 2010
SARGODHA: A special anti-terrorist court in Sargodha on Wednesday
sentenced to death five of a family in a triple murder
case.
The court also announced a penalty of two lakh rupees each for three
sisters Tasneem, Kishwar and Saba, and their brother Noman and their relative
Shazia.
The five were accused of killing one woman Tasleem Wahid and her two
sons Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Hammad.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-five+of+a+family+sentenced+to+death--bi-06
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Six killed, several injured Lyari firing
02 Jun, 2010
KARACHI: At least six people were killed and several injured during a
firing incident between two rival gangs in Karachi’s Lyari area, on
Wednesday.
The firing in the area started on Tuesday evening and was still
continuing in the area.
Police and Rangers were called in to control the situation, while the
injured had been rushed to the Civil Hospital.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/04-lyari-firing-2-dead-qs-11
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How to Stop the Ground Zero Mega-mosque
By Alyssa A. Lappen
2 June 2010
Expose Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s history, his statements in Arabic,
and his organization’s appallingly incomplete tax filings. Manhattan Community
Board 1 gave their nod of approval to construction of a highly contested,
15-story mega-mosque at the former Park Place Burlington Coat Factory — 600 feet
from Ground Zero.
But this is hardly a final word on the matter.
New York City community boards function as mere advisory bodies, with
no authority to make legally binding decisions for or against any proposed New
York City structure. And while a motion to postpone the vote was defeated, the
approval hardly represented resounding community support: only one board member
voted no, but ten members abstained.
Full report at:
http://europenews.dk/en/node/32600
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Iran denounces European 'intolerance' over
burqa
2 June 2010
BRUSSELS — Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday
denounced European "intolerance" towards the Islamic veil, as France and Belgium
move towards banning the burqa in public.
"We think this is an example of the intolerance that exists in
Europe" regarding Muslims, Mottaki told a press conference during a visit to
Brussels.
"We hope that European leaders will reflect on the subject, we attach
great importance to the rights of religious minorities," he stressed, adding "we
consider the moves in some western countries as worrying for Muslim
nations."
Full report at:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gH-1l0PLKvqx2IxaJ5-es5cgTPpg
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In Pak, anxious wait for celebrity anchor; Rehman Malik says ‘good
news’ expected
Ruchika Talwar
Jun 02 2010
New Delhi : Journalists at a major TV station in Pakistan have been
anxiously following news of the aftermath of the Israeli raid on the so-called
Freedom Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea. Syed Talat Hussain, the celebrity
anchor of Aaj TV, was on board one of the ships when Israeli commandos
swooped.
Late Tuesday, the Aai TV website was displaying Pakistan Interior
Minister Rehman Malik’s statement that “good news” was expected by “today
evening”, alongside a picture of the journalist with the legend, ‘Team Aaj
awaits Talat Hussain’s return’.
Hussain, Executive Director, News and Current Affairs at Aaj and host
of Live With Talat show, is considered close to the ISI and the Pakistani
establishment. He and a colleague were ‘embedded’ with pro-Palestinian activists
on an aid ship headed for blockaded Gaza.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/In-Pak--anxious-wait-for-celebrity-anchor--Rehman-Malik-says--good-news--expected/628147
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Twin blasts rock Kabul, Karzai unhurt
Jun 2, 2010
KABUL: Two explosions rocked the Afghanistan capital on Wednesday as
President Hamid Karzai opened a "jirga" or peace assembly.
The National Consultative Peace Jirga was aimed at ending conflicts
and ensuring peace in the militancy-hit country, Xinhua reported.
Around 1,600 people including tribal chieftains, parliamentarians,
social and political figures as well as government officials gathered under a
giant tent in Kabul to discuss the ways and means on how to enhance the
government-initiated reconciliation process with the Taliban.
DPA adds: Hamid Karzai was not hurt in the incident.
The Taliban are boycotting the jirga, which they said was aimed at
safeguarding the interests of the US and other NATO members.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Twin-blasts-rock-Kabul-Karzai-unhurt/articleshow/6002116.cms
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We cant help you now,SC to Afzal Guru
Dhananjay Mahapatra
Jun 2, 2010
New Delhi: Fed up with the number of petitions and letters received
by it from Parliament attack case convict Mohammad Afzal Guru,the Supreme Court
has tersely told him not to waste his time and energy by communicating with the
apex court for relief and told him to petition the
government.
Afzal,whose death sentence was upheld by the apex court on August
4,2005,had since moved a review and curative petition seeking re-appreciation of
evidence in the Parliament attack case.Both the petitions were dismissed by the
Supreme Court the review in September 2006 and the curative in January
2007.
However,he wrote a letter requesting the SC to direct the authorities
to shift him from Tihar Jail to Srinagar central jail which would facilitate his
meeting with family members who were finding it difficult to travel to Delhi.His
counsel had also claimed he had written a letter seeking early decision on the
mercy petition pending with the President.
Full report at: The Times of India
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Twenty insurgents killed in fresh Orakzai
offensive
02 Jun, 2010
PESHAWAR: Security forces on Wednesday claimed killing 20 militants
in a fresh attack on insurgents in the Orakzai tribal region after the army had
declared victory over militants.
Sources said 10 militants were killed when security forces bombed and
destroyed six insurgent hideouts.
Separately, troops targeted suspected hideouts in the upper region of
the agency and killed 10 militants. One soldier died during a clash with the
militants.
Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani had on Tuesday
visited the Orakzai tribal region and had congratulated the troops on the
success of the army operation in the region.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-
twenty+insurgents+killed+in+fresh+orakzai+offensive--bi-05
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For Yazid,jihad in Kashmir must for all Muslims
Jun 2, 2010
Islamabad: Mustafa Abu al-Yazid,al-Qaidas operational commander in
Afghanistan,Pakistan and India who was killed in a US drone strike last
month,was believed to have had a hand in everything from al-Qaidas finances to
its operational planning.
The Punjabi Taliban in North Waziristan tribal region were also
controlled by Yazid.Informed sources said he was the chief planner of terrorist
acts in Pakistani cities in the past two years.The al-Qaida statement described
Yazid as a martyr and claimed he was killed in a convoy of martyrs on the road
with his wife and three daughters and his granddaughter,men,women and
children,neighbours and loved ones.It heaped praise on him as the commander of
its experienced leaders,master of masters,prince of financial
princes,distinguished sheikh,and triumphant hero Mustafa Abu Yazid,the
commander-in-chief of al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
Full report at: The Times of India
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No Evidence To Nail Bhatkal?
Dippy Vankani
Jun 02 2010
A week after the arrest of Abdul Samad Bhatkal from Mangalore, the
Anti-Terrorism Squad has not managed to find any substantial evidence against
him to nail him in the Pune blast case. Ironically, when he was arrested, he was
touted as a “prize catch” in the Pune blast, but on Tuesday, the ATS in its
remand application filed in court
has mentioned that they did not need his custody in the case.
Further, the application did not mention anything about his involvement in the
German Bakery blast in Pune.
Interestingly, on the day of his arrest, even Union home minister P.
Chidambaram had congratulated the ATS on making the first arrest in the Pune
blast case. However, the enthusiasm seems to have ebbed. A couple of days
earlier, Mr Chidambaram sidestepped questions on Samad and urged “caution”. What
made Samad such a controversial figure right from the onset was the fact that
both the Indian Mujahideen founders Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal are originally from
Bhatkal town in Karnataka.
Full report at:
http://www.asianage.com/india/no-evidence-nail-bhatkal-864
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Taliban try to kill Hafiz Saeed
Imitiaz Ahmed
Jun 2, 2010
A plan to kill Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, leader of the banned
organization the Jamaat-ul-Dawa (JD), was foiled when worshippers apprehended
what they called a suspicious-looking person at a Jamaat-ul-Dawa mosque, the
Express TV reported on Tuesday evening. The person was allegedly intent on mon-
itoring Saeed's activities and security measures taken to protect
him.
The senior superintendent of police at Civil Lines Haider Ashraf said
that on Friday worshippers had caught a man wearing a commando jacket and acting
suspiciously at Jamiatul Qadsia, a Jamaat-ul- Dawa mosque.
Ashraf said the suspect was pretending to be a member of the
Jamaat-ul-Dawa. When people asked him to prove his identity he could not come up
with a satisfactory answer, and the worshippers detained
him.
Full report at: Hindustan Times
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Pune blast: Court rejects bail plea of Bhatkal
Jun 02 2010
Mumbai : A local court today rejected the bail plea of Abdul Samad
Bhatkal, a prime suspect in the Pune German Bakery blast, saying that since the
probe was on, it would not be safe to release him.
23-year-old Samad sought bail soon after he was remanded in judicial
custody till June 14 by Metropolitan Magistrate M V Morale in connection with a
2009 arms seizure case.
He wanted bail on the grounds that there were no serious allegations
against him, and that three other accused, who were arrested in the arms case
last year, were already out on bail.
The court rejected the bail application stating that investigations
were still in progress and releasing the accused now would not be
safe.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which had arrested Samad
from Mangalore, did not seek his further custody and told the court that he may
be remanded in judicial custody.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pune-blast-court-rejects-bail-plea-of-bhatkal/627808/
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Muslim population 'rising 10 times faster than rest of
society'
June 2, 2010
The Muslim population in Britain has grown by more than 500,000 to
2.4 million in just four years, according to official research collated for The
Times.
The population multiplied 10 times faster than the rest of society,
the research by the Office for National Statistics reveals. In the same period
the number of Christians in the country fell by more than 2
million.
Experts said that the increase was attributable to immigration, a
higher birthrate and conversions to Islam during the period of 2004-2008, when
the data was gathered. They said that it also suggested a growing willingness
among believers to describe themselves as Muslims because the western reaction
to war and terrorism had strengthened their sense of
identity.
Full report at:
http://forums.islamicawakening.com/f18/muslim-population-rising-10-times-faster-than-rest-society-35754/
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Indian-origin aid worker on ship attacked by
Israel
Jun 2, 2010
LONDON: An Indian-origin British aid worker is on the ship that was
part of the Gaza-bound flotilla attacked by Israel. His family, anxiously
waiting for news about his whereabouts, says it was as though their worst
nightmares were coming true.
Hours before the troops moved in on Monday, Ismail Adam Patel, an
optician based in the Oadby area of Leicester, posted a video on YouTube
describing how they were surrounded by Israeli navy forces.
He can be seen standing on deck with a lifejacket and saying: "At the
moment, we can see three frigates and a helicopter is hovering overhead, despite
the fact we are in international waters, some 100 miles from the shores of
Israel. We call upon everybody in Britain to help us to raise the alarm and get
our government to intervene."
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Indians-Abroad/Indian-origin-aid-worker-on-ship-attacked-by-Israel/articleshow/6002572.cms
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Israel begins deporting Gaza aid flotilla
activists
Jun 2, 2010
JERUSALEM: Israel began deporting all the foreign activists detained
during a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, as international pressure
mounted for a full investigation of the incident.
Pro-Palestinian activists behind the aid convoy meanwhile vowed to
renew their bid to break the Israeli blockade and deliver their cargoes to the
Palestinian territory in the coming days.
"All foreign nationals who were on board the fleet and were arrested
will be deported from Tuesday night," said a statement from the office of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The operation was expected to be completed within 48 hours, it added.
Early on Wednesday, an Israeli government official told AFP that a
first group of around 50 Turkish nationals were headed to Ben Gurion airport
near Tel Aviv, from where they would be deported.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Israel-begins-deporting-Gaza-aid-flotilla-activists/articleshow/6001675.cms
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NYC attack suspect Shahzad a 'hybrid terrorist'
Jun 2, 2010
NEW YORK: Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American Times Square bombing
suspect, is being labelled as a "hybrid terrorist", someone who acted alone in
the US but drew inspiration from outside extremist forces like the Taliban.
There may be other such radicalised Americans who are waiting for a
chance to attack the country, CBS News reported.
"In one sense, Shahzad was a lone wolf, with evidence suggesting that
he alone bought, assembled and delivered his botched IED," it said.
But, it is also clear that Shahzad had some help, "drawing
inspiration, financial support and bomb training from the Pakistani Taliban,"
the report said, citing unnamed sources.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/NYC-attack-suspect-Shahzad-a-hybrid-terrorist/articleshow/6001641.cms
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Violence mars Afghanistan peace meeting in
Kabul
2 June 2010
Suspected militants have tried to attack a peace meeting of tribal
elders being opened in Kabul by President Hamid Karzai.
Three rockets landed close to the venue. Officials said two attackers
were killed and one captured.
Mr Karzai is aiming to use the three-day "peace jirga" to enlist
support for his plan to offer economic incentives to reformed Taliban
militants.
Taliban chiefs have dismissed the talks and threatened delegates with
death.
Mr Karzai's opening speech was interrupted by the sound of explosions
and gunfire some distance away.
He told the delegates: "Someone is trying with a rocket perhaps...
Don't worry about it, let's proceed."
Full report at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10211026.stm
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Troops kill five Palestinians
Jun 2, 2010
ISRAELI troops on Tuesday shot dead two Palestinian gunmen who
infiltrated southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, even as three others died in
missile fire.
“Two infiltrators were identified near Nirim,” an army spokesperson
said, referring to an Israeli area not far from the Gazan city of Khan Yunis.
Witnesses on the Gaza side confirmed an exchange of fire followed by Israeli
shelling, and a press photographer saw an Israeli helicopter firing
missiles.
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New aid boat fresh challenge to Israel
Jun 2, 2010
JERUSALEM: Pro-Palestinian activists sent another boat to challenge
Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a day after a botched raid on an
aid flotilla ended with Israeli soldiers killing nine activists. This came even
as the Security Council issued a statement condemning the deadly raid and
demanding an impartial investigation into the incident.
The raid provoked ferocious international condemnation of Israel,
raised questions at home, and appeared likely to increase pressure to end the
blockade that has deepened the poverty of the 1.5 million Palestinians living in
the strip. The pro-Palestinian flotilla had been headed to Gaza with tens of
thousands of tons of aid that Israel bans from Gaza.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/New-aid-boat-fresh-challenge-to-Israel/articleshow/6000788.cms
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Osama a 'frequent flyer' in BA magazine
Jun 2, 2010
LONDON: In an embarrassing turn of events, a staff magazine of
British Airways carried a front-page photo of Osama bin Laden, labelling him as
a frequent flyer with the airlines.
BA's in-house Heathrow newspaper LHR News showed a photo illustrating
a scheme to let passengers receive their boarding pass via their iPhones. The
photo shows a smiling check-in steward greeting a happy passenger while another
holds his iPhone up to the camera. A close-up shows a white boarding pass
bearing the name Bin Laden/Osama.
To compound BA's embarrassment, the pass also classes the world's
most wanted terrorist as a "frequent flyer". The gaffe doesn't end there
—Osama's seat is 7C, which would put him firmly in First Class.
A BA spokesman said there was no malicious intent behind the front
page of the magazine.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/UK/Osama-a-frequent-flyer-in-BA-magazine-/articleshow/6000794.cms
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Qaida boss who vowed more 26/11s killed by US
drone
Omer Farooq Khan
Jun 2, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Al-Qaida's number three leader, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid
al-Misri, who was the organization's operations head in South and Central Asia
including Afghanistan, and who had threatened India with more 26/11-type
attacks, has been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region,
according to a statement released by al-Qaida.
Egypt-born Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid (55), better
known as Mustafa Abu al-Yazid al-Misri, was killed along with his wife and three
children on May 25 in a drone strike in Datta Khel area, 25km north of Miranshah
town of North Waziristan, confirmed a Pakistani intelligence official. Yazid is
said to be the seniormost al-Qaida leader to be killed in the US air campaign to
date. Earlier reports of his death have been proved wrong and this is the first
time al-Qaida has acknowledged such a claim.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Qaida-boss-who-vowed-more-26/11s-killed-by-US-drone/articleshow/6000575.cms
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Danish soldier killed, five hurt in Afghanistan:
Military
Jun 2, 2010
COPENHAGEN: One Danish soldier was killed and five others injured,
one of them seriously, in two separate incidents in the southern Helmand
province in Afghanistan, the Danish military said Tuesday.
"A roadside bomb killed one soldier and wounded two, and later
another roadside bomb wounded three soldiers," the military said in a statement.
The first bomb exploded just after noon (0730 GMT), striking a
vehicle carrying Danish soldiers near a patrol base in Bridzar, about six
kilometres (four miles) northeast of the town of Gereshk, the statement said.
"The fallen soldier was killed on the spot," it said, adding that two
slightly wounded soldiers in that incident had been taken by helicopter to a
field hospital in Camp Bastion.
Full report at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South-Asia/Danish-soldier-killed-five-hurt-in-Afghanistan-Military/articleshow/6000646.cms
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Girl dies after dad throws acid on her
Jun 2, 2010
Lucknow: In yet another case of honour killing in western Uttar
Pradesh,an 18-year-old girl died of burns on Tuesday after her father allegedly
threw acid on her when she refused to leave her lover.
The girls father,Asgar,was arrested on the basis of her initial
statement.But in her dying statement given before a magistrate she said she
poured acid on her body to commit suicide as she was fed up with her
life.
Gulistan,a resident of Chaurara village in Bulandshahr district,was
in love with a boy living nearby.The police,however,could not identify the
boy.Fifty-year-old Asgar and his son were opposed to her
relationship.
Full report at: The Times of India
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Iran failed to comply with global obligations on
N-programme’
Jun 2, 2010
The United States said that a UN agency report showed “Iran’s
continued failure to comply with its international obligations and its sustained
lack of cooperation” with the UN on its nuclear programme.
National Security Council spokesman Michael Hammer reacted to
portions of a restricted UN report which revealed on Monday that Iran had
produced at least 5.7 kilos of higher-enriched uranium.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in the restricted
report that it “remains concerned about the possible existence in Iran of past
or current undisclosed nuclear related activities, involving military-related
organisations.”
Full report at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/259711/%E2%80%98Iran-failed-to-comply-with-global-obligations-on-N-programme%E2%80%99.html
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Israel on guard for next Gaza aid ship
Jun 02 2010
Nicosia/Jerusalem : Activists vowed on Tuesday to try to break the
Israeli blockade of Gaza with another ship and an Israeli officer pledged to
halt it, setting the stage for a fresh confrontation after Monday’s deadly
clash.
The MV Rachel Corrie, a converted merchant ship bought by
pro-Palestinian activists and named after an American woman killed in the Gaza
Strip in 2003, set off on Monday from Malta, organisers said. It was carrying 15
activists including a northern Irish Nobel Peace laureate. “We are an initiative
to break Israel’s blockade of 1.5 million people in Gaza. Our mission has not
changed and this is not going to be the last flotilla,” Free Gaza Movement
activist Greta Berlin, based in Cyprus, said.
Full report at:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/israel-on-guard-for-next-gaza-aid-ship/628151/
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Troops re-capture Afghan district from Taliban
2 June 2010
KABUL - Afghan commandos and NATO troops recaptured a remote district
near the Pakistan border overrun by the Taliban last week, NATO and the
government said Tuesday.
The militants seized the district of Bargi Matal in rugged Nuristan
province on Saturday, driving out Afghan security forces after days of fierce
fighting.
On Monday, NATO jets bombed the troubled region in what NATO’s
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said was an operation in support
of its Afghan counterparts.
On Tuesday, the defence ministry said the district had been
recaptured.
“In a joint operation of ANA (Afghan National Army) commando unit and
coalition forces last night at 21:50 hours (1720 GMT) the Bargi Matal district
of Nuristan province was captured by government forces,” it
said.
Full report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/June/international_June69.xml§ion=international&col=
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India, Pakistan resolve Baglihar issue
Gargi Parsai
Jun 02 2010
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have resolved at the meeting of the
Permanent Indus Water Commission here the issue of water flows in the Chenab
river being affected during the initial filling of the Baglihar dam in 2008.
Pakistan has decided not to raise the matter further.
However, the differences on the design of the 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo hydel
project on the Indus river in Leh district remained at the end of the third day
of talks here on Tuesday. The matter will be discussed further in the next round
of talks to be held in Pakistan this or the next month. “We have resolved the
differences on the initial filling of the Baglihar dam (in Doda district in
Jammu and Kashmir) in 2008 in a spirit of cooperation and goodwill,” Pakistan's
Indus Commissioner Jamait Ali Shah, who heads the country's delegation, told The
Hindu here in an interview.
Full report at:
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/06/02/stories/2010060260170100.htm
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Women raise voice against violence
02 Jun, 2010
LARKANA, June 1: A rally was taken out on Tuesday by the activists of
human rights and women rights over rising cases of violence against women in
upper Sindh. They appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take a suo-motu
notice as the government was not much concerned in improving their lot.
Participants were particularly horrified over the flourishing trend
of karo-kari and called on the government to take additional measures in
bringing an end to current hostility against the weaker sex.
Carrying placards and raising slogans, participants gathered at the
press club and called for stopping this tyranny immediately.
Rubina Chandio, Program Coordinator and others including Jamila
Seelro, Ghaffar Pandrani, Musrat Mastoi, Hajul Seelro, and Saleh Khoso led the
rally.
Full report at:
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/women-raise-voice-against-violence-260
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Emirati women’s emotions find vent in photographs Afshan
Ahmed
2 June 2010
DUBAI — Their pictures speak a thousand emotions…, emotions that are
an Emirati woman’s closely guarded secret.
A damsel who refuses to acknowledge the injustice being inflicted by
her loved one, a woman who relives her childhood everyday and a girl’s
insecurities about the future will be exposed in a photography exhibition
organised by the communication students of the Dubai Women’s College
today.
Private(ly), which opens at the Gallery of Light, DUCTAC at the Mall
of the Emirates at 7pm, artistically explores the concealed feelings of the
local woman and her struggle to break free.
“We do not often see Emirati women display their most private
emotions verbally,” said Shammi Samano, co-curator of the
exhibition.
Full report at:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/June/theuae_June27.xml§ion=theuae
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Crown Prince Sultan receives freed Saudi prisoners from
Qatar
Jun 2, 2010
JEDDAH: Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense
and aviation, received on Tuesday Saudi citizens who were released from prison
in Qatar last week. The crown prince received the prisoners at his palace in
Jeddah.
The prisoners were released following a pardon issued by the Qatari
authorities in line with a request by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King
Abdullah.
The citizens were accompanied by the chief of the Al-Ghafran tribe,
Ali bin Saleh Abu Laylah, and former Umdah, Nassir Al-Arq, during their visit to
the crown prince.
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article60082.ece
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The 'peaceful' Jihad in America
By ANDREW C. McCARTHY
June 2, 2010
Most Americans don't realize that jihad is about much more than
terrorism.
Even the terrorists don't blow up buildings for the sake of blowing
up buildings. There is method in their madness.
Jihad is not mindless mass-murder, nor is it a syrupy "internal
struggle to become a better person." No, jihad is the mission to establish and
spread sharia.
The installation of Allah's law, believed by Muslims to be a divine
injunction, is the necessary precondition to the creation of Islamic societies.
While it can, and often is, waged forcibly, Islamists don't resort to violence
(or, at least, to more violence) where surrenders, appeasements and
capitulations are available.
Full report at:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_peaceful_jihad_in_america_hgjgc0sPoO59nXSZbTIVaO
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Muslim Veil Bans and European Rationalism
June 2, 2010
The struggle to preserve secular values is coming to a head in
Europe, where a sudden surge in anti-fundamentalist Muslim sentiment has
resulted in a crackdown on the full Muslim veil. Numerous jurisdictions across
the continent have instituted or attempted to institute bans in an effort to
stem what they see as a radical form of Islam which conflicts with the
fundamental values of dignity and equality which European democracies stand for.
Do these veil bans reflect a general fear of Islam, or a fear of a
fundamentalist form of the religion which oppresses women? It seems to be a
combination of both, but it is easy to understand the European apprehension
towards the more radical elements of Islam.
Full report at:
http://blog.themonastery.org/2010/05/muslim-veil-bans-and-european-rationalism/
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Fighting in central Somalia kills 24: Rights
group
June 2, 2010
Fighting in two central Somali towns left least 24 people dead and 50
wounded as rebels clashed with a pro-government militia, a rights group said on
Wednesday.
The moderate Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca group that is aligned with
president Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's weak UN-backed administration fought with al
Shabaab insurgents in Marergur and Gadon towns in the Galgadud region on
Tuesday.
"At least 24 people died and 50 more were wounded, mostly combatants,
in the long hours of fighting," said Ali Yasin Gedi, vice chairman of the
Mogadishu-based Elman rights group.
"Civilians fled to bush areas, some were barefoot with no
belongings."
Western security agencies say Somalia -- a failed state that has been
torn by civil war for nearly two decades -- has become a haven for militants
including foreign jihadists, who are using it to plot attacks in the region and
beyond.
Full report at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_fighting-in-central-somalia-kills-24-rights-group_1391022
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Legendary theatre actress Uzra Butt dead at 93
Jun 2, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Legendary theatre personality Uzra Butt, sister of Indian
actress Zohra Sehgal, has died in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore at the
age of 93.
Butt, whose last performance on stage was in 2008, had been ailing
and bed-ridden for some time, her friends said. She celebrated her 93rd birthday
with friends and family on May 22.
Born in 1917 in Rampur, India, Butt began her stage career as a
dancer with Uday Shankar's ballet company in 1937 and went on to become the
leading lady of the famous Prithvi Theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.
She also taught dance before joining the Indian People's Theatre
Association in 1944 as an actress. She acted in Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' play
'Zubaida' in Bombay and appeared as a leading lady opposite Pirthviraj Kapoor in
the productions of Prithvi Theatre.
Full report
at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Legendary-theatre-actress-Uzra-Butt-dead-at-93/articleshow/5999385.cms
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