In Florida, Wayne Sapp set fire to a copy of Holy Qur'an

Hindustan Times

Mumbai, March 24, 2011

First Published: 02:05 IST(24/3/2011)

Last Updated: 02:06 IST(24/3/2011)

Communities condemn Florida pastor’s act

Even as the city’s Muslim community refrained from reacting to the burning of a copy of the Quran on Sunday by a pastor in Florida, Catholic organisations came forth with strong statements of condemnation.
“The Indian Christian community unanimously condemns this irrational action. It is imperative for the US to take stern action against it,” said Abraham Mathai, president of the Indian Christian Voice and vice-chairman of the State Minorities Commission.  On March 20, Pastor Wayne Sapp set fire to a copy of the Quran. In July 2010, another pastor, Terry Jones, had threatened to burn a copy of the holy book on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack.
City-based Muslim priest Maulana Mehmood Daryabadi said. “We have been pained and are talking to the community to remain calm.”

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New World Order

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran and India need to help spread justice in the world as the duo share humane perspectives on international affairs.

“Currently, the formation of a new world order is of prime importance and it is upon the independent countries to prevent the same old oppressive order from insinuating itself into a new form,” the website of the Iranian president's office quoted him as saying in a meeting with India's National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon in Tehran on Monday.
Ahmadinejad underlined the role of Iran's and India's cultural background and said the issue of culture will significantly contribute to the new world order.
The Iranian chief executive also called for further cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi.
For his part, the Indian official lauded his country's relations with the Islamic Republic and emphasized India's willingness "to establish all-out strategic relations with Iran.”
Iran is India's second-largest oil supplier after Saudi Arabia, with New Delhi importing 12 million barrels of Iranian crude on a monthly basis.
Trade volume between Iran and India reached almost $13 billion in 2007 after business between the two countries jumped by 80 percent.
India imported 21.3 million tons of crude oil from Iran from March 21, 2009 to March 21, 2010. (Source: PressTV)

A Masjid in Kerala being built by a Hindu Businessman

A Qatar-based Hindu businessman is building a Masjid in India’s Kerala state with the aim of promoting communal harmony.
According to CK Menon, the mosque in Kozhikode will be the first to be built in the state by a Hindu in over 1,200 years.
C K Menon said, Qatari daily Gulf Times reports on Monday said: Construction is going on. The Masjid will be ready in two to three months. Over 400 people can offer prayers in that Masjid at a time.
He said: So far the Cheraman Masjid, constructed in the late eighth century by Chera ruler Rama Varma Kulashekhara, is the first and only Masjid  built by any Hindu in Kerala.
Menon, who is chairman and managing director of the Doha-headquartered Behzad Group of Companies, said he had taken approval from Muslim scholars and religious leaders for building the Masjid.
Menon, who was awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman in 2006 and Padma Shri in 2009 for social service said: I have already taken letters from Muslim religious leaders and scholars. They are fine with it. God is one and people should respect and work for the promotion of other religions also.
Menon said he plans to build a church in Kerala. He added: Once the mosque is ready, I will start work on the church. We have already identified the land but final decision is not taken yet.
Menon, whose company operates in 13 countries, mainly in the Middle East, emphasized the need to promote the culture of philanthropy in India.
Menon said: Some people are already doing that, but a lot more needs to be done. Businesses are making money because of the common people. Every businessperson must give back to society a certain proportion of their earnings. He added that he spended nearly 3% of his earnings philanthropic activities.

Source : Gulfnews

Protest of Jannatul Baqee Demolition in Malad, Mumbai

There was a procession protesting the demolition of Jannatul Baqee by Muslims at Malad Malony on last Sunday evening. There was a huge turnout. Speaker after speaker gave a very lively speech venting their ire on the Saudi regime who is preventing to re-build a Rauza at Jannatul Baqee graveyard in Madina which was razed by the Wahhabis in 1925.

Prominent Olama and Zakereen attended this protest procession from different parts of the Mumbai City. For more than 10 years this programme is going on in Malad.

They demanded that the tombs should be urgently build under which there were graves of the 4 holy Imams and the beloved daughter of the Holy Prophet of Islam (pbuhp) Hadhrat Fatema Zahra (s.a.). In Jannatul Baqee there are graves of historical personalities of Islam; Ummul Baneen, Martyrs of Ohod, Wives of the holy Prophets and number of Ashaab (followers of the Prophet).

In the end the gathering prayed for the early re-appearance of Imam-e-Zamaana (a.s.) so that he can fill this world with Justice and Equity.

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Holy Ramadhan starts on Saturday

The holy month of Ramadhan for the Muqallideen of marhum Ayatullah Abul Qaasim alKhoei starts on Saturday.

For other Maraaj'e followers it depends upon the sighting of the new moon.

Ask your local aalim for further clarification or call Hujjatul Islam Maulana Sayed Hasnain Kararvi, who will be leading namaaz at Zainabia Imambada for the holy month of Ramadhan. Also, he will be delivering speech daily at 6.15 pm at Zainabia.

For more query call 022 2346 1019 & 022 2341 3227 for Maulana saheb himself from 02.30 pm till 6.00 pm.

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