Youths for Peace

How the young boy whose passion was once Yamaha motorcycle was now a category A++ militant? Musa fell out with the separatist leadership after he recently threatened them and said that militancy should not aim to create a new nation of Kashmir but for the supremacy of Islam….. One of the most wanted militants in the Kashmir Valley, the Islamic …

Today, on Ghazwatul Badr anniversary, social media campaigns, mostly in Urdu, are underfoot to promote a willful misinterpretation of the Islamic event in the Facebook pages and WhatsApp groups in Jammu & Kashmir in particular. Classical Islamic historiographers like Ibn Hisaham and Ibn Ishaq report that the Ghazwa-tul-Badr was the first Islamic military expedition which took place on the 17th …

Ayodhya, May 22, 2019: Setting an example of communal harmony, people cutting across religious lines, sat together to relish the Iftar meal in the premises of Shri Sita Ram temple in the holy month of Ramzan. Speaking to ANI, the priest of the temple Yugal Kishor said: “This is the third time we have organised an Iftar party. I will …

Three Hindu girls studying in a madarsa in a Muslim-dominated area of East Burdwan have scored over 90 per cent in the West Bengal High Madrasah Secondary Exam (Madhyamik standard), bolstering the Mamata Banerjee government’s efforts to help such institutions shine the light of education in backward areas. The results were declared last week in the midst of one of …

WordForPeace.com Edit Desk The ‘Hafta-e-Shahadat’, also known as ‘Hafta-e-Shuhada’ (the week of martyrs)—the anniversary of Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq or ‘Shaheed-e-Millat’—commenced from May 18 in the valley of Kashmir. The Awami Action Committee (AAC) has called for complete shutdown on May 21 to commemorate the occasion. On May 18, Saturday, the ‘Hafta-e-Shahadat’ commenced with the recitation of holy Qur’an at …

New Delhi, May 13, 2019 During the holy month of Ramazan, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind distributed 25000 K.G dates among displaced Rohingya Muslims encamped in  Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. At the initiative of Jamiat Ulama U.K Limited (United Kingdom), dates have been procured from the holy city of Medina and consigned to the Bangladesh for distribution. 5000 boxes containing dates have …

Pooja Kumari for WordForPeace.com रमज़ान का पवित्र महीना चल रहा है।  दया और करुणा के इस महीने का स्वागत करने के लिए हमें जो सबसे महत्वपूर्ण तैयारी करनी चाहिए, वह पर्यावरण संरक्षण पर कुरान का पालन है। रमज़ान में महीने भर का उपवास प्रकृति और पर्यावरण के साथ पूर्ण तालमेल में अपनी जीवन शैली को बदलने की क्षमता का प्रयास …

Mahfooz Alam for WordForPeace.com A workshop was organized by the Welfare Association for the Handicapped on May 5th, 2019, in which the office bearers of this association, activist and Divyang – attended, whose focal point was inclusive education and its implementation. On this occasion, the General Secretary of the association, Mr. Arif Husain, Chairman Mr. Mahfooz Alam, Treasurer Chairperson Mrs …

WordForPeace.com Edit Desk As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China had been blocking India’s attempts to secure designation against the JeM chief almost for a decade. But now with the removal of objection regarding Azhar’s listing, China seems to have given up its obsession with Azhar. However, one still wonders why the terror ideologue of Jaish-e-Mohammed …

For the sake of analysis, I find four interesting characteristics of the contemporary Muslim elite – its self-perception as a class, its imagination of Indian Islam, its caste background and its political openness. We must note that the Muslim elite is not at all homogeneous. They come from different regions; they are involved in different professions; and the cultural capital …