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Assalamualaikum, Dear friends, It is a great pleasure to announce the launch of my website www.shajiullahfirasat.com . I hope this endeavor will help me keep you informed about the happenings around the world especially the city we all love – Hyderabad. Apart from giving the news you actually want , I’ll try and explain what does it mean to you and me in the segment ‘Standpoint’. I’ll make sincere and constant efforts, as per my abilities to quench your literary thirst. My main focus through the segment ‘Musing’, will be to help you capture the essence of the meaningful Urdu poetry of the literary greats like Ghalib, Iqbal and Sahir. As my share of contribution to try and build a more civilized , unbiased and just society I’ll try to promote the values of forgiveness,tolerance and harmony, which I learned from the life of beloved Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (pbhh) and always believed in. I would like to than my Mumtaz college lecturer Ma’am Humera Sultana who is always there to supoort me and my friend Dr. Syed Faheem, without whose support it was not possible to realize the long cherished dream of mine to initiate an effort like this. I hope and trust that I’ll continue to enjoy your love, support and patronage I ‘ve been getting since many years for my others works. I can’t thank you enough for that. I assure you that I will live upto your expectations and my motto – ‘Will tell the truth – no matter what’ Need your prayers, Shaji Ullah Firasat.

A SENSATIONAL ESCAPE FROM MUMBAI COURT

In a sensational incident Afzal Usmani, an alledged bomb plotter has reportedly escaped after he was brought by cops to a Mumbai court for a hearing of his case. The police said he "disappeared" outside the court. A massive manhunt has been launched. Usmani was being brought from Taloja Jail in Navi Mumbai to the sessions Court in south Mumbai along with 22 others for framing of charges today. He is accused of transporting and planting explosives in the 2008 blasts in Ahmedabad and an attempted bombing in Surat the next day. Twenty blasts rocked Ahmedabad in Gujarat on July 26, 2008, within a few hours. More than 50 people died and over 200 were injured. The next day, 22 bombs were found planted across the Surat, 270 km from Ahmedabad. His brother, Faiz Usmani, had died after questioning by police in connection with the Mumbai blasts of 2011. The family alleged that he had been tortured, but a postmortem report ruled that he died of a heart attack.

BJP MLA ARRESTED FOR MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS

Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suresh Rana for allegedly making hate speech in connection with Muzaffarnagar riots. Rana had been attending Uttar Pradesh Assembly session for the last few days even as police officials had been waiting outside the building to arrest political leaders accused of making inflammatory speeches. The police arrested him from Samta Mulak Samaj Chowk in Lucknow after Rana came out of the Assembly building after the session got over at around 5 pm. He has been taken to the Gomti Nagar police station. Uttar Pradesh Police Inspector General (Law And Order) Rajkumar Vishwakarma said that Rana was arrested when he was on his way from the BJP office to Gomati Nagar area of Lucknow in a car. Arrest warrants were issued against 16 political leaders three days ago and Rana is the first one to be arrested. Earlier, BJP leader Uma Bharti had challenged the Samajwadi Party government saying that the state government should be ready to face the repercussions if any arrests were made without any investigations. Arrest warrants were issued against several UP politicians including BJP MLAs Sangeet Som, Bhartentu Singh, Suresh Rana, Bharatiya Kisan Union leaders Rakesh Tikait and Naresh Tikait, BSP MP Kadir Rana, BSP MLAs Noor Saleen Rana, Jameel Ahmed, Congress leader and former Muzaffarnagar MP Saeed-ur-Zama, Samajwadi Party's Rasheed Siddiqui and 16 other people.

WHO IS A TERRORIST ?

What is the definition of a terror attack? Is it the faith of the attackers that matters the most to declare an strike as terror attack ? There is a tendency especially in the western countries to look at things this way. We have seen this in the case of Washington Naval Yard shooting. We have seen in this in the case of a devastating attack by an ultra nationalist on a youth convention in Norway. Whereas the Boston Marathon bombing was declared as terrorist attack within no time, though the casualties were less compare to the other ones I mentioned. Was it because of the faith of the suspected Tsarnaev brothers ? For the Western world the Washington and Oslo attackers were not terrorists despite the severity of their crimes and the devastation they brought. For them they were 'insane' and 'mentally ill'. Logically speaking whoever kills innocent people randomly is insane and mentally ill. Either you call all such fanatics as insane or declare all of them as terrorists. Shun this double standard NOW.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE WHEN IT WAS TIME TO PRAY

( Shikwah - Stanza 11 ) آگیا عین لڑائی میں اگر وقت نماز قبلہ رو ہو کہ زمیں بوس ہوئی قوم حجاز ایک ہی صف میں کھڑے ہو گئے محمود و ایاز نہ کوئی بندہ رہا اور نہ کوئی بندہ نواز بندہ و صاحب و محتاج و غنی ایک ہوے تیری سرکار میں پہنچے تو سبھی ایک ہوے In the middle of the battle when it was time to pray, the nation of Hijaz knelt down to pray- facing the Qibla Both Mahmood and Ayaz stood in one row. No one remained a master or a slave. The slave and the master, the poor and the rich, all became one. All were equal when they stood in front of you.

WHAT ASAD OWAISI IS DOING IN PAKISTAN !

MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi and other Indian MPs today participated in a function held in Islamabad the capital city of Pakistan. The participants of the program stressed on the need to promote peace and harmony between the two neighbouring countries. The leader of the Indian parliamentary delegation Mani Shankar Aiyar suggested both the countries to adopt a common peace anthem and said India and Pakistan should fight the terrorism together and this war against terror should start from Islamabad instead of white house. The members of the delegation termed TV anchors of both the countries as the biggest enemies of peace. The hyderabad mp and others are expected to meet the Pakistan Prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday. A 14-member Indian parliamentary delegation is touring Pakistan capital on a two-day visit as part of the Track-2 dialogue process. This is Asad Owaisi's second visit to neighbouring country in recent past. He met Qasim Riziwi's daughter and visited Minhaj ul Quran's office during his last visit there. The Indian MPs will meet their Pakistani counterparts and would hold discussions on a number of issues including bilateral trade and water among others. They will be here for the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians Dialogue-V, organised by Pakistani think tank PILDAT. PILDAT had also organised the visit of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to Pakistan last year. The delegation also includes Mani Shankar Aiyar, D Raja and Kirti Azad K C Tyagi of JD(U), and D P Tripathy of NCP. Ramaswamy R Iyer, former Water Resources Secretary will also be part of the delegation. Advisor to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz will host a lunch for the Indian parliamentarians.

DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOU ?

It is good to see so many people especially the youths are coming forward for a common cause. I wonder if any one of them can come forward and offer her a dignified life. It needs a lot of courage. DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOU ?

WON'T LIVE IN INDIA IF MODI BECOMES PM : WRITER

Gynanpith awardee and acclaimed Kannada writer Dr UR Ananthamurthy has said he will not live in a country with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister, triggering angry reactions from BJP which said he was free to leave India. As a controversy broke out over his strident anti-Modi remark, Ananthamurthy on Thursday stood his ground and said the Gujarat chief minister would create fear among people if he becomes Prime Minister. "I would not want to live in a country where Modi is the Prime Minister," he said at an event in Bangalore recently. Against the backdrop of vitriolic attacks against him from the BJP and its sympathisers for his remarks, Ananthamurthy said, "He (Modi) will create fear and if a fearsome man is sitting there, people will just bow down to him because a bully creates cowards." The country needs to build a citizenry who are not afraid and a governance where people do not follow a leader slavishly, he told reporters. Furious at Ananthamurthy's remarks, BJP and supporters of the BJP's prime ministerial candidate dubbed him "parasite like" alleging he swayed according to political climate, having supported Congress and JDS in the past and "currying" favours with the government of the day. BJP MP Ananthkumar Hegde and several local party leaders said he was free to leave the country. Several writers, including Baragur Ramachandrappa and K Marulasiddappa, have come out in support of Ananthamurthy while some others such as noted scholar Dr Chidananda Murthy flayed him. Ananthamurthy said there was dignity attached to Prime Minister's post when Pandit Nehru and Narasimha Rao assumed the charge, but this will wane away if Modi becomes PM. "We had people like Nehru who could write a book in jail --Discovery of India, a great book even today. Rao was a great scholar too. There was some dignity for the Prime Minister's post, but that dignity will go (if Modi becomes PM), he said. On BJP leaders' attacks on him, Ananthamurthy said he had been critical of Indira Gandhi and Nehru in the past but was never abused as much as the saffron party did. "If I say something and I am abused so much by a gang of people, imagine when they are in power what will happen," he said. Ananthamurthy said the BJP has always criticised him because he did not buy the RSS Hindu philosophy. "They are a fascist party and don't understand Hinduism. It is a great religion," he said. On UPA government, he said it is not anti-people but was corrupt and should be punished. "But the way out is not choosing a man like Modi," he said.

A DIFFERENT BEAUTY PAGEANT IN INDONESIA

JAKARTA — The finale of a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women is being held in the Indonesian capital, in a riposte to the Miss World contest in Bali that has drawn fierce opposition from Islamic radicals. Twenty contestants will show off the latest Islamic fashion trends in the Muslimah World pageant and will also take part in other activities, such as reciting the Koran, aimed at demonstrating their piety. “We’re just trying to show the world that Islam is beautiful,” said Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola, a 21-year-old contestant from Nigeria, one of six countries represented at the pageant. “We are free and the hijab (Muslim headscarf) is our pride.” The contestants — who can only enter the competition if they wear a headscarf — have undergone three days of “spiritual training” in the run-up to the final in Jakarta, waking up before dawn to pray together and sharpen their Koranic reading skills. Organizers say they want to show Muslim women there is an alternative to the idea of beauty put forward by the British-run Miss World pageant, and also want to show that opposition to the pageant can be expressed non-violently. Organizer Eka Shanti, who founded the pageant three years ago after losing her job as TV news anchor for refusing to remove her headscarf, bills the contest as “Islam’s answer to Miss World.” “This year we deliberately held our event just before the Miss World final to show that there are alternative role models for Muslim women,” she told AFP. It is a starkly different approach to the groups of Islamic radicals who have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest Miss World, denouncing the contest as “pornography” and burning effigies of the organizers. Despite a pledge by organizers to drop the famous bikini round for the pageant in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, radical anger was not appeased and the protest movement snowballed. The government finally bowed to the mounting pressure and ordered the whole three-week pageant be moved to Hindu-majority Bali, where it opened on September 8. Later rounds and the final, on September 28, had originally been scheduled to be held in and around Jakarta, where there is considerable hardline influence. While beauty is very much at the heart of Muslimah World — contestants’ height and weight is shown on the pageant’s website and it is sponsored by a halal make-up brand — the contestants’ piety is also a big factor. More than 500 contestants competed in online rounds to get to the final in Indonesia, one of which involved the contenders comparing stories of how they came to wear the headscarf. On Wednesday night, contestants will retell these stories and answer questions from judges at the final in a Jakarta shopping mall, and the 20 finalists will be whittled down to four before a winner is crowned. “What I will be looking for is strength of personality — someone with a vision for the future, who gives back to their community and shows that beauty is not just about bodies,” said Jameyah Sheriff, an education expert from Malaysia who is on the judging panel. Shanti said the contest was first held in 2011 and was then only open to Indonesians but it proved so popular that it was opened up to international entrants. Read more: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/126215/muslim-beauty-pageant-challenges-miss-world#ixzz2fKJlidjo Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook

BANK LOANS TO GO UP

Mumbai: The country's largest lender, State Bank of India, today increased its base rate, or the minimum rate of lending, to 9.80 per cent, a day ahead of the RBI's policy review. "State Bank of India has revised the base rate by 0.10 per cent from 9.70 per cent per annum to 9.80 per cent," it said in a statement. Retail term deposit rates have been revised upward, it said. SBI is the first major state-run bank to hike lending rates after short-term rates rose as a result of the Reserve Bank of India's liquidity tightening moves announced in July. The decision comes on the eve of the mid-quarter review of the monetary policy. According to watchers, new RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been given some room to take an accommodative stance after the US Federal Reserve surprisingly delayed the tapering of liquidity infusion. SBI also increased the spreads on auto and home loans by as much as 0.20 per cent, which will affect new borrowers. Home and auto loan borrowers typically pay a margin, or a spread, above the base rate, which is arrived at as per the risk and quantum of borrowing. The bank has hiked rates for loans under the benchmark prime lending rate, an older system of computing interest rates, to 14.55 per cent from 14.45 per cent. The lending rate hikes are effective from today, it added. A senior bank official said the decision to increase rates was taken by the asset liability committee, which met late last evening. "There has been an increase in our cost of funds and the pressure will only increase further as we enter the festive season, which increases the requirement for liquidity," the official told PTI. New housing loans under Rs 30 lakh will come at 10.10 per cent as against 9.95 per cent earlier, while interest rates on auto loans will go up to 10.75 per cent, the official said.

STAY ORDER ON COMPENSATION TO RELEASED MUSLIM YOUTHS RECALLED

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday recalled its stay order on the compensation given to 70 Muslim youngsters wrongly arrested in connection with Mecca Masjid blast and other terror related cases. The Andhra High Court had on Tuesday cancelled the compensation given to them and asked the state government to recover money from them. The high court also made these Muslim youngsters respondents in the case and directed them to file their reply in two weeks. The High Court, while setting aside a 2011 state government order offering compensation to 70 Muslim youngsters who were wrongly detained and later acquitted in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, said on Tuesday that there was no legal basis for it. The High Court while the passing the verdict said the government went beyond its jurisdiction while awarding the compensation. The order was passed in response to a citizen's petition which challenged the government's authority to pay such compensation. The complainants were free to file a civil case for compensation, the High Court said. A large number of Muslims youths had alleged that they were tortured in custody. In 2011, on the recommendation of the National Minorities Commission, the state government had offered Rs 20,000 to 50 Muslim youngsters and Rs 3 lakh each to 20 others who were arrested and allegedly tortured in police custody. The state government also decided to implement the recommendations made by the National Commission of Minorities to undo the injustices done to these youths. Fourteen people were killed and 118 injured in the blasts and subsequent police firing on agitators. As most of the amount has already been disbursed, the state government said that it will file an appeal.

And they bowed down to say ‘there is only one God’

SHIKWAH STANZA 10 کون سی قوم فقط تیری طلب گار ہوئی ؟ اور تیرے لئے زحمت کش پیکار ہوئی ؟ کس کی شمشیر جہاں گیر جہاں دار ہوئی ؟ کس کی تکبیر سے دنیا تیری بیدار ہوئی ؟ کس کی ہیبت سے صنم سہمے ہوۓ رہتے تھے ؟ منہ کے بل گر کے ہو الله احد کہتے تھے Which was the nation that longed just for you? And bore the sufferings of the war for you? Whose sword had conquered and ruled the world ? Whose ‘takbeer’ had awoken the world? Whose fearsome reputation had terrified the idol worshipers? And they bowed down to say ‘there is only one God’

ASAD OWAISI IN PAKISTAN

A 14-member Indian parliamentary delegation, including MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi reached Pakistan capital Islamabad tonight on a two-day visit as part of the Track-2 dialogue process. This is Asad Owaisi's second visit to neighbouring country in recent past. He met Qasim Riziwi's daughter and visited Minhaj ul Quran's office during his last visit there. The Indian MPs will meet their Pakistani counterparts and would hold discussions on a number of issues including bilateral trade and water among others. They will be here for the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians Dialogue-V, organised by Pakistani think tank PILDAT. PILDAT had also organised the visit of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to Pakistan last year. The delegation also includes Mani Shankar Aiyar, D Raja and Kirti Azad K C Tyagi of JD(U), and D P Tripathy of NCP. Ramaswamy R Iyer, former Water Resources Secretary will also be part of the delegation. Advisor to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz will host a lunch for the Indian parliamentarians.

IT HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA !

At last won the battle to reach the office. The whole city was standstill. Had to struggle a lot to reach here. We are living in a country where faiths and blind faiths are more important than the basics of a civilized society. I wonder what could happen in medical emergencies on a day like this when you can not even walk with ease on city roads forget about the thought of fast moving ambulances. If I were to decide I would have banned all religious processions irrespective of any faith. Your faith should not stand in the way of a patient's journey to hospital or other routine commuters as such. But the question here is who will bell the cats ?

SHIKWA STANZA 9

توہی کہہ دے کہ اکھاڑہ در خیبر کس نے؟ شہر قیصر کا جو تھا اس کو کیا سر کس نے؟ توڑے مخلوق خدا وندوں کے پیکر کس نے؟ کاٹ کر رکھ دیے کفار کے لشکر کس نے ؟ کس نے ٹھنڈا کیا آتشکدہ ایراں کو ؟ کس نے پھر زندہ کیا تذکرہ یزداں کو ؟ Tell us who broke the gate of the mighty fort of Khyber? Who conquered Constantine, the city of Cesar? Who broke the idols of false gods? Who destroyed the infidel armies? Who extinguished the blaze in the fire temples of Iran? Who revived worship of 'The Merciful'?

AP GOVERNMENT TO CHALLENGE HC ORDER ON COMPENSATION TO MUSLIMS YOUTHS ?

The Andhra Pradesh government is likely to challenge in the Supreme Court a high court verdict striking down the state's order awarding "compensation" to 70 Muslim youths, allegedly "implicated" in the Mecca Masjid bomb blasts case. "The Chief Minister will discuss the issue with the Advocate General and take a decision on filing an appeal in the Supreme Court," a source in the Chief Minister's Office said. The Minorities Welfare Department, which issued the order on December 6, 2011, awarding Rs 70 lakh as compensation to 70 youths, has taken up the issue with the Law Department following the High Court verdict delivered yesterday, official sources said. "The Chief Minister will discuss the issue with the Advocate General and take a decision on filing an appeal in the Supreme Court," a source in the Chief Minister's Office said. "The compensation was awarded based on the recommendations of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). The issue was also discussed in the state Assembly in 2010-11," a senior official in the Minorities Welfare Department said. The NCM had recommended payment of compensation to the 70 youths by deducting the amount from the salaries of policemen responsible for implicating the youths in criminal cases in the aftermath of the Mecca Masjid blasts in 2007. Minorities Welfare Department of the state government, in its order on December 6, 2011, sanctioned a sum of Rs 70 lakh "towards expenditure to be incurred in connection with Confidence Building Measures and compensation" for 20 cases affected in the blasts in 2007. Of the 70 youths, 20 got Rs 3 lakh each while the rest were given Rs 20,000 each, according to official sources. The state government paid the money from its own coffers without deducting it from the policemen's salaries as directed by the NCM, attracting criticism from the High Court. "Under which law did the government pay the compensation," the High Court division bench, headed by Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice KC Bhanu, questioned and asserted that the government could not act on its own in such matters. In December 2010, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy promised in the state Assembly, following a request by Majlis leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, that the state government would not only withdraw police cases against the youth but also pay compensation for their rehabilitation. The Government Order (on compensation) was issued a year later in December 2011 which now stands annulled by the High Court. Andhra Pradesh Minority Welfare Minister Mohammed Ahmadullah told PTI, "We respect the high court orders. The Chief Minister (N Kiran Kumar Reddy) held a meeting on the matter today. The High Court judgement copy did not come. The Chief Minister decided that a final decision will be taken after studying the judgment, and as per law." He recalled that the compensation was paid after minority MLAs represented to the chief minister in the Assembly seeking justice to the victims.

ASAD OWAISI NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO MUZAFFARNAGAR

MIM Supremo Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi Has been stopped on the way to Muzzafarnagar District when he wanted to proceed with Relief Material for those affected by the Communal Violence last week. He is awaiting orders from District Magistrate which is expected to come on Saturday . In a tweet MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi confirmed this " @asadowaisi: I have been stopped by DM Muzaffarnagar as I wanted to provide relief material to people DM will let me know by Saturday when I can come i will be arranging a doctors team medicine for affected people in camps irrespective of religion will wait for DM consent hope peace prevails " (Courtesy Tahir Khan)

AABROO OR BE AABROO ?

Being judgemental about someone's personal preferences is the last thing I would do in my life, but I have some serious questions about this issue. These questions were there in my mind from the beginning, but I never bothered to ask. Now that I'm being taunted continuously for not raising this issue through my writings and facing sarcastic tone in the allegations of political affiliation, I choose to ask the following questions on this much talked about issue. I ll be the happiest person if anyone can answer them to my satisfaction and clear the air. Here they are..... 1 - Why did she reach that level of comfort with him where he could make her drink some intoxicating substance ? 2 - How could he manage to shift her when she was not in her senses in the broad daylight from a college campus where hundreds of other students were there ? 3 - How is it possible that she could not get a chance to raise the alarm for such a long time ? 4 - why didn't she take the help of neighbours despite living in more than one flat in reasonably populated areas for sufficient periods ? 5 - How could he manage to shift her from one place to another without being noticed by other apartment inmates ? 6 - Was the escape from the clutches of a habitual drunkard so difficult ? 7 - Was he accompanying her all the time in these 17 months and never left her alone ? 8 - Isn't this appears to be a case of consensual relationship when think logically ? 9 - Is she now raising hue and cry after grapes turned sour and dreams shattered ? 10 - Why didn't they earlier pursue the missing complaint so vigorously ? These are few questions I m unable to digest. Please help me understand. I hope my apprehensions will prove wrong.

DAUGHTERS RAPED IN FRONT OF MOTHERS IN MUZAFFARNAGAR

Kanghala/Shamli: Rape and sexual assaults are the usual phenomenon in almost all cases of communal clashes, and the recent violence in Muzaffarnagar and its surrounding areas were no exceptions. Scores of women, including minor girls, were raped, gang-raped and sexually assaulted in Lisarh, Lank, Bahawadi, Hasanpur, Mohammadpur, Baghpat and many other small villages of Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and Panipat districts of Uttar Pradesh. The rape took place when the people were leaving their villages to save their lives and honour, say victims. Thousands of people, who moved out of their native places fearing for their lives, feel safe and secure in Kairana, Kandhala and other small towns. They refuse to return to their heartland in despair as they fear more violence and threat to their life. Daily Bhaskar reporters visited the relief camp organised by local residents in Kairana and Kandhala where they were shocked to learn that women, including young girls, were held captive for days. They were allegedly gang-raped by the people belonging to the Jat community who attacked on their houses and threatened them to leave the village or face dire consequences. A mother of three girls says, "Four women of my family, including my three daughters (age 17, 18 and 21 years), were held captive by 10-13 rioters and gang-raped in front of me. I was forced to see the shameful and brutal act." "Two of my daighters have been released and the other two are still missing", she says. Ther daughters were not the sole victims. Scores of other women were assaulted, raped, killed and burned to death by the barbarians who were once their neighbours. Another sixteen-year-old was also became a victim of rape and sexual assault by the same rioters. She said that she was held captive for about 2 hours when she was trying to flee the village after rumour spread that they were about to be attacked by people belonging to other community. The assaulters abducted her and raped her as she was fleeing her home. The attackers fled the spot when security forces arrived. Asked if she could recall the name or face of anyone of the attackers, the girl says that one of the attackers was Rajendra, son of Hari Kishan- main leader of Khap Panchayat of the Jat community. She even remembers the horrific words uttered by the assaulters, “Soni soni ladkiyon ke sindur bhar denge, aur bakiyon ko kaat denge (we will marry the beautiful ones and cut into pieces the others).” Another 25-year old victim of sexual assault, from Lisarh village, claimed that she was gang-raped by 5-7 men on the night of September 8- the day after a Khap Mahapanchayat was held at Nagla Mandaur on September 7. She identifies two of her assaulters as Subhash, son of Ilamnd and Ankit, son of Daria. She alleges that the head of her village, Ajit was behind the entire tragedy. He ensured them security and asked them not to leave the village. But as the night descended, he asked his men to attack them. Helpless and tormented they ran to police for protection. "Police thane wale ne kaha ki hum to apne ki sahayta karenge, tum Musalmano ki nahi (We will only save and help our people (Jat and Hindus), not you Muslims)," she revealed. Surprisingly, Shamli District DIG (law and order) Raghubir Lal told Daily Bhaskar that they are running short of policemen. “We don’t have sufficient number of officers and constables to tackle a clash of this nature,” he said. The DIG's comment raised further questions over the security preparedness of the state to handle volatile situations. The story is same for over 1.25 lakh victims lodged in various relief camps in different district of Western Uttar Pradesh. The anger against the state administration to control the riots and sheer negligence of the government has left the victims seething with anger. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was shown black flags when he visited the riot-affected villages of Kawal and relief camp in Kandhla on Sunday. The angry people shouted against the UP chief minister and complained that Uttar Pradesh is on the verge of being permanently divided on communal lines, if stern action is not taken against the men who incited the carnage.

OUR SYSTEM IS A JOKE !

CBN says his total assets are worth Rs. 42 lakh only ! Can a single person in his senses believes this ? I don't think so. They make a mockery of our system. Whenever they want.

BAIL PLEA OF THE ACCUSED IN AKBAR OWAISI ATTACK CASE REJECTED

Justice B Chandra Kumar of the AP High Court on Monday dismissed the bail petition of Awad Bin Younus Yafai one of the accused in the case of assault on MIM legislature Akbaruddin Owaisi. Mr. Vinod Kumar Deshpande, public prosecutor opposing the bail, said that the bail granted to the petitioner by the High Court earlier was cancelled by the Supreme Court. He contended that the once the Apex Court canceled the bail granted by the High Court , judicial propriety mandates that the petitioner has to again move his bail before it. Agreeing with the contention , the judge dismissed the bail plea.

TAKE BACK THE COMPENSATION GIVEN TO MUSLIM YOUTHS ' ORDERS AP HIGH COURT

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday set side an order of the state government issued to pay compensation to certain persons of Muslim Community who were arrested in connection with bomb blast in Mecca Masjid of the city and later acquitted from the case. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice KC Bhanu was dealing with a Public Interest Litigation by S Venkatesh Goud of city challenging a memo of the state government to award compensation to Muslim youth. The bench directed that the government should recover the compensation from the persons who have already paid and no to make any further disbursement. Maintaining that the decision of the government was unauthorised and not justifiable, the bench said that government has to maintain restrain while taking such decisions. The bench ruled that the government has no authority or the jurisdiction to pay compensation for payment of such compensation. The bench made it clear that merely on the ground of their acquittal or discharge from the case, the compensation cannot be awarded. The bench pointed out that instead of helping the poor persons on the streets, it was not correct for the government to pat compensation without any basis of law. It may be recalled that after bomb blast in Mecca Masjid on May 18, 2007, the police suspect the hands of the Muslim youth of the city and took custody of several youth from the Old City. As the probe of the Central Bureau of Investigation exposed the involvement of Hindu militants in the blasts in Mecca Masjid and Ajmer Dargah, the local youth were discharged from the case. The state government has decided to pay compensation to them as there was no involvement of the local youth in the case and also recommendations made by the National Commission of Minorities to the state government to undo the injustices done to these youths. The government has decided that Rs 3 lakhs to each for 20 persons and Rs 20, 000 per each to 50 youths who were also taken in to custody by the Hyderabad police and tortured.

SHIKWAH STANZA 8

تل نہ سکتے تھے اگر جنگ میں اڑ جاتےتھے پاؤں شیروں کے بھی میداں سے اکھڑ جاتے تھے تجھ سے سر کش ہوا کوئی تو بگڑ جاتے تھے تیغ کیا چیز ہے ہم توپ سے لڑ جاتے تھے نقش توحید کا ہر دل پہ بٹھایا ہم نے زیر خنجر بھی یہ پیغام سنایا ہم نے We never turned our backs on the battle field. The great warlords of the enemies would run away. Blasphemers had to face our ire. It was not just swords; we didn't care for the canons. We imprinted the message of the oneness of God on every heart. We conveyed this message even under the dagger.

NO MORE NEWS READING AT AIR !

It was a different day for me at the Radio Station. I went there yesterday as any other Sunday but didn't read the news, a job I was doing since close to one and half decade. I am pleased to inform you that I m bestowed with an honour to edit news (not just Urdu) at The State Broadcaster. I would like to thank the AIR officials for the trust reposed in me. Would leave no stone unturned to meet their expectations.

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY

I'm overwhelmed with gratitude and moved by the expectations people have from me. My mailbox is flooded with the queries like why I have not said anything about SM. I take this grilling as your love and hope associated with me. Friends I too have something to complain about. I would like to point out that this particular issue was first raised by Urdu news papers including Etemaad more than a week ago (On Sept 7), but then nobody moved as you hardly care about what Urdu news papers write. It is regrettable to note that most of us are not able to read Urdu though we claim it to be our mother tongue. We proudly say 'we don't know how to read Urdu'. Now that an English news paper has reported it, we all started chanting the chorus 'we want justice and hang the culprit'. A case is registered few days ago much before you woke up and started this hue and cry. The law will take its own course. As far my views on rapes are concerned, all rapists should be STONED TO DEATH within no time.

"HANG THE RAPIST" : ASAD OWAISI

Hyderabad MP and MIM president Asaduddin owaisi today demanded to hang the culprit allegedly involved in the sexual exploitation of a Muslim girl in Hyderabad. Addressing a seminar in Hyderabad he said death penalty should be awarded to this person who sexuality assaulted the girl for months, as done in the Delhi gang rape and murder case. Mr. Owaisi lamented that women are being treated like an object in India as a result of which the crimes against fairer sex are on the rise. "Delhi has turned into the rape capital", he opined while referring to the frequent incidents of crimes against women in the national capital. MIM Supremo said alienation from the the religious teachings causing new evils in the Muslim society.

BABU KHAN NO MORE - "EK SHAMA AUR BUJHI"

The minorities of Andhra Pradesh have lost a sympathizer in the demise of Basheeruddin Babu Khan. It is yet another shock for them in less than two months after the death of TDP leader Lal Jan Basha. The community is losing its stalwarts with frequent intervals and it is regrettable to note that we are not able to find their replacement or fill the vacuum created by their deaths. A true friend of the community he would always care for the upliftment of the people. A higlhy educated politician he was the founder member of Telugu Desam Party. He served in the cabinet of NTR and Chanda Babu Naidu. He resigned from the ministry to protest against the TDP's alliance with the communal BJP. May Allah accept his good deeds for the masses and grant him the highest place in Jannat.

SHIKWAH STANZA 7

ہم جو جیتے تھے تو جنگوں کی مصیبت کے لئے اور مرتے تھے ترے نام کی عظمت کے لئے تھی نہ کچھ تیغ زنی اپنی حکومت کے لئے سر بکف پھرتے تھے کیا دہر میں دولت کے لئے ؟ قوم اپنی جو زر و مال جہاں پر مرتی بت فروشی کے عوض بت شکنی کیوں کر تی ؟ We lived to bear the sufferings of the war, And died to uphold the greatness of your name The purpose of the wars we fought was not to gain power Did we wander in the world without caring for our lives for wealth ? If money was all that our nation wanted, Then why would we break the idols instead of selling them?

ZINDAGI KHUD BHI GUNAHON KI SAZA DETI HAI

"Advani to share stage with Modi". Hmm---- Poor chap, The octogenarian has left with no other choice but to give his 'Aashirvaad' to his own 'younger version'. Read a line sometime back which suits this situation 'Zindagi khud bhi gunahoon ki saza deti hai'.

SHIKWAH STANZA 6

تھے ہمیں ایک ترے معرکہ آراؤں میں خشکیوں میں کبھی لڑتے تھے کبھی دریاؤں میں دیں اذانیں کبھی یوروپ کے کلیساووں میں کبھی افریقہ کے تپتے ہوے صحراؤں میں شان آنکھوں میں نہ ججتی تھی جہانداروں کی کلمہ پڑھتے تھے ہم چھاؤں میں تلواروں کی We were the only ones who fought as your warriors Sometimes we fought on the plains and sometimes in rivers Sometimes we gave prayer calls in the churches of Europe Sometimes in the scorching deserts of Africa The world conquerors were not arrogant in their behaviour We read the kalima in the shade of swords

A 'MUSLIM ASARAM' ?

On the day when death sentence pronounced to 4 convicts of the much talked about Delhi Gangrape and Murder case, I woke up to learn that a a cleric and teacher who is associated with a renowned Madarsa for girls in the old city of Hyderabad was arrested for molesting a minor student .This reminded me of Asaram Bapu sexual assault case who is behind the bars these days for raping a minor girl at his ashram. Again when I reached the office to prepare and present my news 'Duniya Bhar Se' I came across a news report about an American Catholic Priest who was sentenced to 50 years for taking sexually explicit photos of several young girls, including a 2-year-old. Universal phenomenon ! Oh God ! What happened to these 'religious people' ?

THE MAN WHO GAVE A CORPORATE TOUCH TO URDU

I know him as an stage icon who gave a corporate touch to Urdu a victim of hostile political environment since partition. I appreciate him for his for endeavours to promote the language and theatre and have a lot of respect for him. Mohammad Ali Baig Hyderabad is a dear friend who never forgets to invite me for all his programs. Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation’s Internationally acclaimed Urdu play ‘Quli : Dilon Ka Shahzaada’ is being presented this evening at Chowmahalla Palace. Hope I can manage to attend. All the best to QABTF and Mr. Baig.

WHY MODI CAN NEVER BE THE PM ?

With much fanfare BJP today declared Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate ignoring stiff opposition from none other than a veteran like LK Advani.But I feel the long nurtured dream of a self confessed 'Hindu Nationalist' to be the Prime Minister of a diverse country like India will never be fulfilled. I strongly believe that the era of single party rule has become a thing of past.Coalition politics is here to stay in India. BJP is effectively left with only two alliance partners in the form of a 'reluctant' Shiv Sena and Akali Dal. Among them the latter will have to deal with the anti incumbency factor in Punjab. It ll not be an easy task for BJP to find and convince new partners to support a Modi led Government in Delhi in light of his track record especially 2002 anti Muslim riots allegedly engineered and supported by his Government. Such probable allies like Mulayam, Mayawati or Mamata will have their own compulsion when it comes to support 'Namo'. Keeping a good rapport with the minorities particularly Muslims will be more important for them than sharing power in Delhi risking their holds in their respective states. So 'Mitr' Modi should celebrate this occasion of the announcement of his candidature as much as he can as there won't be any such moment for him post 2014 LS polls. Keep in mind folks the red fort will never turn saffron.

SHIKWA STANZA 5

بس رہے تھے یہیں سلجوق بھی تورانی بھی اہل چیں چین میں ایران میں ساسانی بھی اسی معمورے میں آباد تھے یونانی بھی اسی دنیا میں یہودی بھی تھے نصرانی بھی پر تیرے نام پہ تلوار اٹھائی کس نے؟ بات جو بگڑی ہوئی تھی وہ بنائی کس نے ؟ The Seljuks and the Turanis were living here The chinese were living in China and the Sasanis in Iran The Greeks were also living in this world The Jews and the Christians were also there But, who took their swords out for you ? Who mended the messy ways ?

THE RISE OF AN EVIL ?

What's happening in a political party today reminds me of a movie I watched on History Channel few years ago - Hitler: The Rise of Evil. It shows Adolf Hitler's rise and his early consolidation of power during the years after World War I and focuses on how the annoyed, politically divided and economically jolted state of German society after the war made that rise possible. Are we in the process of 'dictator in the making'? I hope not.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Hi friends, Yesterday I launched my google blog and it was an INSTANT HIT. Over 1600 page views in less than 12 hours ! OMG ! Isn't this great? Thanks all. A friend Syed Faheem volunteered to make a website for me. Working on this now. I hope it will meet your expectations. Need your prayers.

DUG A MOUNTAIN TO FIND A MOUSE !

We all might have heard an Urdu proverb 'khoda pahad nikla chuha'. This is what exactly happened tonight in a bank at Humayun Nagar, Hyderabad. A technical snag in the security alarm of a nationalised bank adjacent to Police Station create panic and put the cops on their toes. Later after hectic search and through enquiry,it was found to everyone's surprise that the movements of rats raised the security alarm. Isn't this a clear case of 'dug a mountain only to find the mouse'.

MOHAMMED PAHALWAN WANTS COMPROMISE ?

In a dramatic event supporters of Mohaamad Pahawalan, the alleged plotter of the attack on MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi reached party headquarter Darruslalam this afternoon and met Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi in an effort to make peace. According to sources MIM president received them well and held talks for over 30 minutes but he was not inclined to go for compromise. "I suffer great pain for whatever happened with my younger brother despite our best efforts to reconcile", senior owaisi reportedly told the delegation. Barrister Owaisi said the party will fight a legal battle to seek the justice. "The revenge was never in our minds", he clarified in presence of Akbaruddin Owaisi who was brutally attacked in a busy area of Barkas during his visit there over two years ago. The MIM President assured them that he ll leave no stone unturned for the deveoplment of Barkas area that comes under Chandrayangutta, a constituency represented by his younger sibling Akbar in the Assembly. Earlier this group of 25 to 30 persons led by the Imam of Jama Masjid Barkas suddenly reached Darussalam in 5 vehicles to surprise everyone present there. Upon reaching MIM headquarters they first held talks with Malakpet MLA Ahmed Balala for few minutes and insisted to meet the party president. Eight of the total 15 accused are lodged in Cherlapally jail following the Supreme Court striking down their special leave petition last year. In 2012, the SC while cancelling the bails petitions of the eight accused, made it clear that they were not entitled to get bail at all. On April 30, 2011 Mohammed Bin Omer Yafai and other members of his family had allegedly attacked Akbaruddin Owaisi. The Central Crime Station (CCS) registered a case of attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of arms. They also arrested accused Mohammed Bin Omer Yafai aka Mohammed Pahelwan, Younus Bin Omer Yafai, Hasan Bin Omer Yafai, Abdullah Bin Younus Yafai, Awadh Bin Younus Yafai, Afif Yafai, Saleh Wahlan, Saif, Bahadur Ali Khan aka Munawar Iqbal, Faisal Bin Ahmed and Fazal Bin Ahmed. The CCS sleuths filed a charge-sheet in the case along with forensic reports.

FLASH : Barkas delegation also met MIM Supremo Asaduddin Owaisi and held talks.

COMPROMISE ON THE CARDS ?

FLASH : Influential people from Barakas who are probably Mohammad Pahalwan supporters reached MIM headquarters Darussalam and held talks with Malakpet MLA Ahmed Balala.

SHIKWA - EXPLANATION OF 4TH STANZA

ہم سے پہلے تھا عجب تیرے جہاں کا منظر

کہیں مسجود تھے پتھر ، کہیں معبود شجر

خوگر پیکر محسوس تھی انساں کی نظر

مانتا پھر کوئی ان د یکھےخدا کو کیوں کر

تجھ کو معلوم ہے لیتا تھا کوئی نام تیرا ؟

قوت بازوے مسلم نے کیا کام تیرا

Before we came into being , your world was very weird and strange

Stones were being worshiped at some places and trees were regarded as gods in other parts

Human tendency then was to worship the things which can be seen.

Why would people accept a God that was not conspicous?  

Do you know someone who was there to take your name ?

It was the strength of Muslims which did your work

SHIKWA - EXPLANATION OF 3RD STANZA

تھی تو موجود ازل سے ہی تیری ذات قدیم

پھول تھا زیب چمن پر نہ پریشاں تھی شمیم

شرط انصاف ہے ائے صاحب الطاف عمیم

بوے گل پھیلتی کس طرح جو ہوتی نہ نسیم

ہم کو جمعیت خاطر یہ پریشانی تھی

ورنہ امت تیرے محبوب کی دیوانی تھی ؟

You have been present from the very beginning.

The flower was there in the garden, but the air was not bothered to spread its fragrance.

You are the one who is just and dispassionate in your decisions.

Tell us how the fragrance of flower would have spread had there been no air?

We were bothered for our own contentment

Else the nation of your beloved was fool?