Islamic Sharia Laws *Dismissal of Muslim student for sporting beard stayed<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1745> *
*School has violated constitutional guarantee: student “Sporting beard is an indispensable part of Islam” *A Bench consisting of Justices B.N. Agrawal and G.S. Singhvi stayed the dismissal order passed by the Nirmala Convent Higher Secondary School, a government-recognised minority institution, on an appeal by the student, Mohammad Salim. Earlier, on March 30, a Bench headed by Justice Markandey Katju rejected the student’s petition orally observing that secularism could not be overstretched and that “Talibanisation” of the country could not be permitted. Salim sought review of the plea stating the observations on “Talibanisation” caused incalculable damage to the country’s image and the judiciary, besides, hurting Muslim sentiments 7 Comments More...<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1745> Current affairs *‘Pakistan ISI chief and his Indian counterpart should meet’, says former Pakistan NSA Maj Gen (retd) Mahmud Ali Durrani<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1743> * Former Pakistan NSA Maj Gen (retd) *Mahmud Ali Durrani* was sacked for saying Ajmal Kasab the only surviving terrorist f the Mumbai attacks, is a Pakistani. In this interaction with The Indian Express Editor-In-Chief *Shekhar Gupta *on NDTV 24*7’s Walk the Talk, he says he picked up the phone after 26/11, spoke to NSA M K Narayanan, but could not get him the next time. Q. What led to your very unfortunate departure from the scene? I can’t go into too much detail. I don’t want to wash dirty linen in Delhi. What happened was that I made a statement on Kasab, and the prime minister took umbrage to that. Q. You made an honest statement. There was no point in hiding the fact, because the whole world knew it by then. Let me tell you one thing. Our agencies are blamed the most. But they said, ‘Sir, we need to tell the world. The world thinks we have something to hide, we are certain that he is a Pakistani’. Q. It was not a happy statement, it was embarrassing for Pakistan. I think we have to be upfront with each other. Yes, Kasab is a Pakistani and we are not proud of what he did, but this is a fact. Q. Was there a failure on the Pakistani side in preventing this? No. It’s a huge country and we have mega problems, particularly regarding terrorism. At that time, our total focus was on FATA and Swat. This thing happened not because of us, but in spite of us. I can assure you, had our intelligence any inkling about it, this would not have happened. And I say it as Mahmud Ali Durrani, ex-NSA. More...<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1743> Islam and the West *Palestine: No Temporary Nightmare<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1742> * More than 3,00,000 Jewish settlers live in the West Bank in 121 settlements while nearly 2,00,000 occupy parts of East Jerusalem, the supposed future capital of Palestine. The number includes economic settlers who find lower rents helpful. Just over the past month, Netanyahu's government presided over the eviction of Palestinian families from an East Jerusalem neighbourhood with support from the Israeli Supreme Court and handed over an old hotel building to settlers. Israeli courts routinely support Jewish claims on property going back to the Ottoman days but dismiss Palestinian tenancy rights. Since 1967, when Israel got control of East Jerusalem, it has expropriated 35 per cent of the land and built 50,000 housing units for Jews and only 600 for the Palestinians. For the record, most Palestinians can't buy property in the Jewish West Jerusalem but they can watch East Jerusalem slowly slip away. Pressure from Washington and the many admirers and friends of Israel seems ineffective against the runaway train the settler movement has become today. It fuses romance, religion and illogic into a dangerous mix, creating a cocktail that can intoxicate both the young and old. The settlers cite the Bible as their proof (some Israeli diplomats do too, for that matter), refer to the West Bank as Judea and Samaria and feel they have the divine right to all the land. -- *Seema Sirohi* More...<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1742> Urdu Section *Pakistani education following the West blindly<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1741> * By* **Kashif Hafeez Siddiqu**, *Daily Ummat, Karachi More..<http://newageislam.net/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1741> -- Asadullah Syed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. 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