Anti-terrorism conferences to spread Islamic teachings: Arshad

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net

New Delhi : The anti-terrorism conferences being organized in the country by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) or other Muslim organizations are not meant to clean the image of the Muslim community or madrasas, said Maulana Arshad Madani, ex-president, JUH on 10th May.

Rather, these conferences are just to spread the Islamic teachings of peace and brotherhood and also to expose hands that are hell-bent to tarnish the image of Islam and the Muslim community, said he who has been instrumental behind these conferences after the 25th February national anti-terrorism conference organized by Darul Uloom Deoband.

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Book review: Unveiling the Hidden History of Women Ulema

Book Review- Banat-e Islam Ki Dini Wa Ilmi Khidmat ('The Religious and Intellectual Contributions of Muslim Women') by Yoginder Sikand

Books in English and Urdu on Muslim history rarely, if ever, mention the role and contribution of numerous remarkable Muslim women scholars. Yet, as the author of this fascinating monograph, the late Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916-1996), points out, early Muslim history records many such women, several of whose names are mentioned in contemporary Arab chronicles. Indeed, he asserts, many of these texts had separate chapters devoted to such women. Some early Arab Muslim writers even penned separate books dealing with women scholars.

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CPI-M calls for CBI probe into professor's death

Submitted by aftababedin on Sun, 09/03/2006 - 16:19.

Bhopal, Sep 3 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into a professor's death during campus violence in Ujjain last week.

H.S. Sabharwal, a teacher at Ujjains' Madhav College, suffered a fatal rib injury Aug 26 - allegedly after being attacked by a group of student leaders who were protesting the postponement of students' union elections following charges of irregularities.

CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said here that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should not have described the professor's death as an accident before the inquiry ended.

Addressing a public meeting, Karat said the state government had taken an "inappropriate stand" on the incident.

"A CBI probe should be conducted into the matter," he added.

Madhya Pradesh Industries and Commerce Minister Babulal Gaur, however, dismissed suggestions that Chouhan's statements describing the death as an "accident" would affect the probe by the state's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

"A probe would not have been launched if Chouhan wanted to influence it. Statements don't affect probes and law takes its own course," he said.

Describing the violence that led to the professor's death as a result of "mismanagement", Gaur said it could have been avoided had the administration, police and college authorities acted with diligence.

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