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02 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com 60 die in Karachi, MQM threatens Zardari govt Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 140 killed in Hama Libyan rebels round up 63 of pro-Gaddafi cell Muslims feel vulnerable after Norway terror attack RSS leader denies reports of connection with 2007 Ajmer blasts World Uyghur Congress condemns China for Kashgar attacks Chinese police kill 2 suspects in extremist attack ISI chief Pasha makes trip to Beijing: Power play or summons? US talks to Pak for free movement of American diplomats In Afghanistan, Rage at Young Lovers Oslo attacker had plastic surgery to look 'more Aryan': report Indian Americans express alarm at Breivik's Hindutva nexus Violence continues in Pakistans Karachi; 200 killed in July Pak govt too weak to control Jihadi-infested areas

The man behind the anti-Shariah state law push Living the Ramadan in Malta Pakistan releases lashkar-e-jhangvi leader A Portrait of Abu Bakr bin Abdul Aziz al-Athri: Salafi-Jihads Emerging Internet I deologue Sudans Taha says country to apply Shariah, warns Al-Bashirs detractors Thrashed at Tihar for being Muslim? Dubai Cares launches girls education drive In an Oslo mosque, a special Ramzan begins after attacks

Somali refugees: No food to break Ramadan fast Hooligans attack Islamic center in north Serbia Yemen army raid kills 15 Al Qaeda militants

Suicide attack kills three guards in Afghanistan NATO airstrike kills 4 policemen in Afghanistan 23 wounded in church attack in north Iraq Chinese media highlights Pak angle, seeks action on terror No licence to any Indian channel: Pakistani minister Gaddafi seeks to hire PR firm to improve his bloody image A Flamboyant Friend Killed in Norway Is Mourned First on chest, second on head, that s how Osama bin Laden was killed Benazir Bhutto killing accused shines in secondary school examination Pak tries to placate China, offers help US considered tunneling to bin Laden: report Vigil up on Afghan border to nab Haqqani men Madam Qaida faces trial in Saudi Arabia Al-Qaida confirms militant s death in Algeria Wedding stopped as groom is woman Mohabbat-the-Taj - new attraction for tourists in Taj City

Egypt: Fundamentalist Muslims joining protests in force Ramadan 2011: Discovering the Culture and Traditions of the Holy Month Kelly Brook and the jihad seekers

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Norway gunman wants Japanese psychiatrist Ties with Pakistan biggest challenge for new foreign secy Kashmirs theatre of the oppressed scales new heights P. Chidambaram uses Hindu terror shield to offset blame Born in Hyderabad, 9/11 lawyer is made jurist in NJ Karachiites welcome Ramazan with religious zeal Royal pardon for 143 Bahraini convicts Jailed Norwegian attacker wants govt to resign U.S. Military Claims Success Curbing Attacks in Iraq with Iranian Weapons Al-Jazeera English launches in New York Deewaar 2: Salim vs Javed in Narendra Modi-starrer

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-------60 die in Karachi, MQM threatens Zardari govt Aug 02 2011 Karachi : Violence escalated further in Pakistan s biggest city where 34 people were killed in political and ethnic violence over the last 24 hours, and MQM lea der Altaf Hussain gave an ultimatum to the country s leadership to put an end to the bloodbath. As mayhem continued in the financial hub, reports said nearly 60 people have bee n killed since Friday in the city that has been in the grip of violence for the past few months. Thirty-four people lost their lives over the last 24 hours in the ongoing wave o f target killings, including five in overnight shooting incidents, a report in t he Express Tribune said. The worst hit was Surjani Town where unidentified gunmen set on fire few houses, shops and resorted to indiscriminate firing in which two persons were killed an d several injured. Police said violence quickly spread to other areas and as many as 20 people were killed in incidents of violence in Orangi, Surjani Town, Pak Colony, Landhi, Gu lshan-e-Iqbal, Korangi and other areas. In another incident, men armed with sophisticated weapons, attacked a factory wi th more than 1500 factory workers trapped inside. They also torched motorbikes w hile firing constantly. Security forces, who reached the site almost an hour after the attack could take complete control of the area after an hour. Four other people were also shot de ad in four separate incidents of the attacks in the city. In a statement from London, MQM chief Hussain said he was setting a 48-hour dead line before the government, threatening strong public retaliation if the situati on was not brought under control. "People would take on the task of defending th eir lives and belongings by taking the law into their own hands," Hussain said. He warned President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, that the government would be the sole responsible for repercussions if peace was not restored. Rattled by the never-ending cycle of violence, residents of a colony took to the streets, chanting slogans and torching vehicles on the way. MQM lawmaker Wasim Ahmed also accused elements backed by the Sindh government of trying to take over his party s stronghold. "We won t let anybody take over Kar achi," Ahmed told the National Assembly yesterday. Provincial Interior Minister Manzoor Wasan held a meeting with leaders of the le

ading political parties, including Mutthaida Qaumi Movement and Awami National P arty, following which he promised that peace would return in two months time. "The fact is there are criminal elements who have infiltrated into political par ties and are causing this violence. All parties have to cooperate with the gover nment in rooting out such elements. I assure you peace can be restored totally t o Karachi in two months time," the minister said. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/60-die-in-karachi-mqm-threatens-zardari-govt/8 26118/ -------Syrians mark bleak Ramadan after 140 killed in Hama Aug 2, 2011 AMMAN: Syrians began the Muslim Ramadan fast in sombre mood on Monday after troo ps stormed Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, in one of the bloodiest days of a fiv e-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Rights activists said 80 civilians were killed in Sunday s tank-backed assault o n the central Syrian city where Assad s father crushed an armed Muslim Brotherho od revolt 29 years ago by razing neighbourhoods and killing many thousands of pe ople. Tanks shelled a northeastern district of Hama on Monday, killing at least four c ivilians, two residents said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined an international outcry over the violence . "Chancellor Merkel condemns in the strongest of terms the Syrian government s ac tion against its own civilian population," government spokesman Christoph Steegm ans said. "(She) explicitly urges President Assad to halt the violence against his own peo ple immediately," he added. Security forces, dominated by Assad s minority Alawite sect, had besieged the Su nni Muslim city of 700,000 for nearly a month before Sunday s crackdown on the e ve of Ramadan, a holy month when Muslims fast in daylight hours. Many people flock to mosque prayers at night, occasions which protesters may use to launch more frequent protests. In a letter to the military, Assad reiterated that Syria was facing a foreign co nspiracy to sow sectarian strife designed to "tear Syria into small statelets th at compete to satisfy those who worked to slice them up". "All of Syria s honourable people are sure that we will emerge stronger from the crisis," Assad said. "They wanted to wreak sectarian strife that destroys everything. We managed to p revent sectarian strife and examine ourselves to find out the errors and treat t hem." The 1982 Hama massacre instilled such fear that few Syrians were ready to challe nge Assad family rule openly until this year, when many were inspired by the lar gely peaceful popular uprisings that toppled Arab autocrats in Egypt and Tunisia

. The Muslim Brotherhood accused the Alawite elite of waging sectarian warfare on Sunnis by attacking Hama. "SECTARIAN CLEANSING" "Syria is witnessing a war of sectarian cleansing. The reg ime has linked its open annihilation with the crescent of Ramadan. It is a war o n the identity and beliefs of the Syrian nation ... on Arab Muslim Syria," it sa id in a statement. The Syrian leadership blames "armed terrorist groups" for most killings during t he revolt, saying that more than 500 soldiers and security personnel have been k illed. The Syrian state news agency said the military entered Hama to purge armed group s that were terrorising citizens, an account dismissed as "nonsense" by a U.S. d iplomat in Damascus. The agency said eight police personnel were killed while "confronting armed terr orist groups" in Hama. Residents said tanks began pounding neighbourhoods of the city after attacking f rom several directions in a dawn assault. "The authorities think that somehow they can prolong their existence by engaging in full armed warfare on their own citizens," U.S. Press Attache J.J. Harder to ld Reuters. Footage posted on social media showed large parts of the city covered in smoke, and panic-stricken groups around dead or wounded people in the streets as gunfir e rang out. Reuters could not independently verify the content of the videos. Other footage purporting to be from the city of Homs showed crowds chanting: "Ha ma, we are with you until death, Deir al-Zor, we are with you until death." Residents said at least 11 civilians had been killed in a weekend crackdown in t he eastern province of Deir al-Zor. In Deir al-Zor city, gunfire echoed through empty streets after pre-dawn prayers . "Most people are in their houses, but we can hear shooting in the streets," a resident said. U.S. President Barack Obama said he was appalled by the Syrian government s "hor rifying" violence against its people in Hama and promised to work with others to isolate Assad. "Syria will be a better place when a democratic transition goes forward," Obama said in a statement. Several European countries condemned the Hama assault. Italy and Germany called for a U.N. Security Council meeting, but Britain ruled out any foreign military intervention. The council was expected to hold closed-door consultations on Monday, a spokesma n for Germany s U.N. mission said. NO FOREIGN INTERVENTION "We do want to see additional sanctions," British Foreig n Secretary William Hague told the BBC. "We want to see stronger international p ressure all round. Of course, to be effective, that can t just be pressure from Western nations, that includes from Arab nations, it includes from Turkey".

Seeking military action against Syria, even with U.N. authority, was "not a remo te possibility", he said. Russia and China have previously opposed any condemnation of Syria in the counci l, where they hold veto powers. The European Union plans to extend sanctions on Monday by imposing asset freezes and travel bans on five more Syrians. EU sanctions already target Assad and at least two dozen officials, as well as Syrian firms linked to the military. Turkey, one of Assad s main allies until the uprising, felt "great disappointmen t and sadness" over Sunday s death toll, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, blaming the use of tanks and heavy weapons for the high number of casualties. "Such a start to Ramadan for Syrians is not acceptable. We condemn the attack," Davutoglu said. "Our advice to Syrian officials has been the same all along: the promised reforms should be carried out right away." The Syrian human rights group Sawasiah put the civilian death toll in Hama at 80 . Some reports gave higher figures. Syrian authorities have expelled most independent journalists since the anti-Ass ad unrest began in March, making it difficult to verify reports of violence and casualties. Assad has increasingly relied on security services and army units dominated by A lawites, at the heart of power since a 1963 Baath Party coup, to suppress protes ts in Sunni-majority Syria. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Syrians-mark-bleak-Ramadanafter-80-killed-in-Hama/articleshow/9449169.cms -------Libyan rebels round up 63 of pro-Gaddafi cell Aug 2, 2011 Libyan rebels rounded up at least 63 people suspected of murdering their militar y chief and having links to Muammar Gaddafi, after an hours-long battle in their eastern stronghold of Benghazi. Security forces patrolled the streets overnight in a bid to track down more memb ers of the pro-Gaddafi group, a rebel spokesman said, as shoppers stocked up ahe ad of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. We caught about 38 and later on Monday more than 25, the spokesman, Mustafa al-Sag azly, told AFP late on Sunday. Some of them ran away and we are trying to catch them all over the city, he said. W e are arresting them. The arrests came hot on the heels of a five-hour raid by the rebel-backed Februa ry 17 brigade on a Benghazi factory, leaving four rebels and five Gaddafi loyali sts dead. Medics and rebels had said at least four rebel and 11 pro-Gaddafi fighters were killed in the fierce shootout, which erupted at around dawn on Monday during a r aid on the cell holed up at a licence plate-making factory.

Rebel spokesman Mahmud Shammam said the group had been rounded up for its role i n organising a prison break in Benghazi earlier in the week. The pro-Gaddafi cell had plans to plant car bombs in Benghazi, according to Mustaf a al-Sagazly, deputy chief of the February 17 brigade. He added the very same group, the Katiba Yussef Shakir, was suspected in the assas sination of General Abdel Fatah Yunis, a right-hand man to Gaddafi before his de fection to the rebel ranks. Ismail al-Salabi, who heads military operations for February 17, called the oper ation 100 percent successful and added the rebels seized TNT explosives and severa l pickup trucks equipped with machine guns. http://www.dailypioneer.com/357563/Libyan-rebels-round-up-63-of-pro-Gaddafi-cell .html -------Muslims feel vulnerable after Norway terror attack Aug 2, 2011 Oslo : Muslims and immigrants have been left feeling vulnerable after the July 2 2 shooting and bombing attacks in Norway. In Drammen, a port city in Norway s east, where 22 per cent of the population ar e immigrants, many people, especially Muslims, have told Sky News they are feeli ng vulnerable. The city, home to Pakistanis, Iraqis, Turks, Norwegians and Christians, represen ts everything Breivik despises - multiculturalism at the heart of Norwegian life . Councillor Yusuf Gilani, who grew up on the almost exclusively immigrant Fjell e state, said people are scared. "There was so much hate coming from one man and it was about us," he told Sky. He added: "People are asking are there other people like him? Some have been won dering if they should move away." The image of Norway has long been of a tolerant nation imbued with liberal value s. But like many places where the immigrant population has grown significantly t here are tensions over jobs, housing, a way of life. Nazim Rizvi, who runs a support group for women of Pakistani and Indian backgrou nd, said: "If people like Breivik would do what they did to make a point about u s, what would they actually do to us?" "Many who think like him (Breivik) have distanced themselves from what he did. B ut they have the same thoughts about us and that is frightening," she said. "And you have to wonder how big is the gap between a thought and an act," she ad ded. Nazim and other Muslims joined the marches over the last week, holding roses in the air in a very Norwegian show of strength.

And this weekend in Drammen, they invited others to join them in Muslim prayer i n remembrance of the dead. A minister of a local Norwegian church, Reverend Ivar Flaten, said: "This incide nt, this awful horrendous act will make us stronger because it was an attack on the we of Norway - all of us. He added: "We are shattered as a nation but we can now see that we can t say it is the problem of others. It is our problem, all of us and we have to deal with it". http://www.indianexpress.com/news/muslims-feel-vulnerable-after-norway-terror-at tack/825520/ -------RSS leader denies reports of connection with 2007 Ajmer blasts 2 August 2011 New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar ha s denied having links with 2007 Ajmer shrine blasts amid reports of his arrest. During a brief interaction with media persons here on Monday, Kumar said reports of his connection are an attempt to malign him and his outfit. "All is fraud, under a political conspiracy; don t believe on the injustice. If you would believe on the atrocities and injustice then it would be like murderin g the country s democracy hence it is political conspiracy under a fraud," said Kumar. According to media reports, Kumar is likely to be arrested for his involvement i n 2007 Ajmer shrine blasts. His name had earlier been mentioned in the charge sheet by probe body the Nation al Investigative Agency (NIA) which called his conduct suspicious. A bomb had exploded just after evening prayers on October 11, 2007, at the famed Sufi shrine of Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, resulting in the deaths of three and injuries to 17 others. http://in.news.yahoo.com/rss-leader-denies-reports-connection-2007-ajmer-blasts060100690.html -------World Uyghur Congress condemns China for Kashgar attacks Aug 2, 2011 The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) unequivocally condemns Chinese government polici es that have caused another outbreak of violence in East Turkestan. Without a su bstantial change to policies that discriminate against Uyghurs economically, cul turally and politically the prospect of stability in East Turkestan is remote. According to Chinese and overseas media reports, incidents of bloodshed on the s treets of Kashgar occurred between July 30 and 31, 2011. The tragic events over the weekend in Kashgar took place less than two weeks after a day of violence in the southern city of Hotan. Due to the tight control of information and the imp osition of a street curfew, the WUC is unable to confirm the accuracy of informa

tion from Chinese state media of events in Kashgar. The latest reports conflict in the number of dead and injured from the alleged series of attacks in Kashgar. Chinese state media has accused Uyghur individuals of carrying out the attacks. There is no doubt that without providing any substantive evidence, the Chinese government will accuse these individuals of links to international terror organi zations. Without independent verification of such accusations, the WUC must rema in skeptical. Full report at: http://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/?p=9640 -------Chinese police kill 2 suspects in extremist attack Aug 2, 2011 KASHGAR, China: Police in far western China shot dead two suspects sought for th eir alleged involvement in a deadly attack blamed on Muslim extremists trained i n Pakistan, the government said. The pair, identified as 29-year-old Memtieli Tiliwaldi and 34-year-old Turson Ha san, were discovered late Monday hiding in corn fields in a suburb of the Silk R oad city of Kashgar, where a pair of weekend attacks killed a total of 20 people , according to a notice posted on the Xinjiang regional government website. Police had issued arrest warrants and a reward of 100,000 yuan ($15,400) for inf ormation leading to their arrests. Authorities blamed militants trained in weapons and bomb making at camps in Paki stan run by the East Turkistan Islamic movement for Sunday s attack that left 11 dead, including seven suspected assailants. China says the group is allied with al-Qaida. The Kashgar government said a "group of armed terrorists" had stormed a restaura nt and killed the owner and a waiter before setting fire to the building. The su spects then ran out into the street and stabbed civilians at random, killing ano ther four people and wounding 12, the city said. Police fired at the suspects, k illing four on the scene while a fifth died later in a hospital. Full report at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Chinese-police-kill-2-suspects-in -extremist-attack/articleshow/9451712.cms -------ISI chief Pasha makes trip to Beijing: Power play or summons? Aug 02 2011 New Delhi : The reported visit of ISI chief Lt Gen. Shuja Pasha to Beijing start ing Monday comes amidst two very different story lines. One is the deterioration of relations between Washington and Rawalpindi. The other is the concern in Bei jing about Pakistans safe havens for Islamic extremists operating in Western Chin a. Reports in the Pakistani media on Pashas trip to Beijing have highlighted the fir st. Meanwhile, Chinese media has pointed a rare finger at Pakistans terror camps

for the recent attacks in Xinjiang. The spin in Rawalpindi is that Pasha will launch a new strategic dialogue with Chi na as part of the effort to reduce Rawalpindis traditional dependence on the US. If Pak Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani wants to play the China card against Washington, his inability to deliver on Beijings terror concerns would be a limi tation on his power play. Full report at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/isi-chief-pasha-makes-trip-to-beijing-power-pl ay-or-summons/825782/ -------US talks to Pak for free movement of American diplomats Aug 02 2011 Washington : US has said it is in talks with Pakistan over the free movement of its diplomats in that country, following reports that US Ambassador Cameron Munt er was stopped at Islamabad Airport over travel permit issues. "The issue is the right of our diplomats to freely travel," State Department spo kesman Mark Toner told reporters. "We have met with Pakistani officials on this matter both in Washington and in I slamabad, and we believe it can be resolved," Toner said. US Ambassador Cameron Munter was reportedly stopped at Islamabad airport on Sund ay by officials enforcing a rule that required all foreign diplomats to have a " no-objection certificate" for travelling outside Islamabad. "In fact, I just learned today that diplomats were able to travel between Islama bad and Peshawar. And I would just say, speaking on a broader level, that we re working cooperatively with the government of Pakistan to resolve the issue," Toner said. "We obviously raised our concerns. We feel that we re making progress towards re solving the issue," he said. The US official, however, refused to respond to questions on whether America had threatened to place similar restrictions on the movement of Pakistani diplomats here. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/us-talks-to-pak-for-free-movement-of-americandiplomats/826003/ -------In Afghanistan, Rage at Young Lovers By JACK HEALY Aug 2, 2011 HERAT, Afghanistan The two teenagers met inside an ice cream factory through dar ting glances before roll call, murmured hellos as supervisors looked away and, f inally, a phone number folded up and tossed discreetly onto the workroom floor.

It was the beginning of arranged marriages and f different ethnicities the heart. The results

an Afghan love story that flouted dominant traditions of close family scrutiny, a romance between two teenagers o that tested a villages tolerance for more modern whims of were delivered with brutal speed.

This month, a group of men spotted the couple riding together in a car, yanked t hem into the road and began to interrogate the boy and girl. Why were they toget her? What right had they? An angry crowd of 300 surged around them, calling them adulterers and demanding that they be stoned to death or hanged. When security forces swooped in and rescued the couple, the mobs anger exploded. They overwhelmed the local police, set fire to cars and stormed a police station six miles from the center of Herat, raising questions about the strength of law in a corner of western Afghanistan and in one of the first cities that has made the formal transition to Afghan-led security. Full report at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/world/asia/31herat.html?src=me&ref=world -------Oslo attacker had plastic surgery to look more Aryan : report Aug 2, 2011 London : The Norwegian terrorist who killed over 90 people in two recent attacks in Oslo, had plastic surgery to make him look more Aryan, an intelligence offic ial has claimed. Anders Behring Breivik has the blond hair, blue eyes and strong features that ar e associated with the race. Janne Kristiansen, the head of Norway s intelligence agency the PST, however, cl aimed that Breivik s look was not natural. You do not have that Aryan look naturally in Norway, the Daily Mail quoted her, as saying. Hitler would have had him on posters. He has the perfect, classic Aryan face. He must have had a facelift, she added. This revelation fits with the reminiscences of an old schoolfriend, who has said that Breivik talked about having plastic surgery a decade ago, a time when he h ad befriended a group of people obsessed with their bodies. I remember we were at a party, and he told me he had had his nose and chin operat ed on by a plastic surgeon in America, the paper quoted the friend, as saying. The revelation comes at a time when the full extent of Breivik s British connect ions is becoming clear, as it emerged that some UK suppliers provided him key eq uipment that helped him to build his arsenal of weapons and explosives. Breivik used eBay traders across the world, including Britain to get weapons for the shooting spree in Utoya island and chemicals for the Oslo bomb blast. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/oslo-attacker-had-plastic-surgery-to-look-more -aryan-report/825473/

-------Indian Americans express alarm at Breivik s Hindutva nexus Aug 2, 2011 New Delhi: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has expressed its shock and horror at the senseless and vicious massacre in Oslo, Norway, by Anders Behring Breivik, a right wing extremist. IAMC also expressed deep concern at the claime d ideological connections between Norway s and India s fascist right wing partie s. "The Indian American Muslim Council, and the Indian Muslims of America extend ou r condolences and sympathies to the families of the innocent victims of this gre at tragedy, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the great people of Norway in th is time of crisis," said Shaheen Khateeb, President, IAMC. The IAMC is also deeply concerned about the claimed ideological connections betw een Norway s and India s fascist right wing parties. Brevik devoted 102 pages of his manifesto hailing India s rightwing Hindu groups, and claimed that the fasc ist Hindutva groups were identical to those of his own Justiciar Knights. Breivi k considers the Hindutva groups as a critical partner in a universal struggle to end democratically elected governments all over the world. "It is essential tha t the European and Indian resistance movements learn from each other and coopera te as much as possible. Our goals are more or less identical," wrote Brevik. Full report at: http://twocircles.net/2011aug01/indian_americans_express_alarm_breiviks_hindutva _ -------Violence continues in Pakistans Karachi; 200 killed in July Aug 2, 2011 KARACHI: Deadly civil strife continued on Monday from the weekend in Pakistans co mmercial hub of Karachi despite efforts by officials to quell the violence in th e city that is home to the countrys main port, stock exchange and central bank. Police said 17 people were killed in the city since Sunday morning in fighting l inked to ethnic and religious tension, adding that about 200 people were killed in the city in July alone one of the deadliest months in about two decades. Most of the areas affected in the latest violence are home to ethnic Pashtuns as well as Muhajirs, the descendents of Urdu-speaking refugees who fled India to s ettle in Karachi in 1947 following the sub-continents partition. Street thugs and ethnic gangs have been used by political parties over the years as foot soldiers in a city-wide turf war in Karachi, which contributes 68 perce nt of Pakistans tax revenues. There is no question about the fact that the violence is politically and ethnical ly motivated, so the solution has to be political too, said a senior police offic ial, requesting not to be named. Full report at: http://arabnews.com/world/article481166.ece

-------Pak govt too weak to control jihadi-infested areas

Saibal Dasgupta Aug 2, 2011 BEIJING: With the Kashgar government blaming terrorists trained in Pakistan for the violence in Muslim-dominated western province of Xinjiang, Indian government sources in Beijing said they were closely watching the situation as the local a uthorities would not issue sensitive statements on Pakistan without Beijing s go -ahead. It is clearly a sign that China was reviewing its equations with Islamab ad and working on new ways of dealing with the terror problem on its borders. China has for years avoided pointing the accusing finger at Pakistan, despite cl ear evidence that the separatist movement in Xinjiang is fuelled by ideological and arms support of terrorists based in Pakistan. Terrorists, captured after a bomb attack in Kashgar, admitted that one of their group leaders had been trained in making explosives and firearms at camps in Pak istan before he sneaked back into China, Kashgar authorities claimed on their of ficial website. These terrorists represent the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which has a subs tantial presence in Xinjiang. The police said they had killed five of the terror ists representing the movement. Full report at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Pak-govt-too-weak-to-control-jiha di-infested-areas/articleshow/9449295.cms -------The man behind the anti-sharia state law push By Liz Goodwin Aug 2, 2011 The New York Times Andrea Elliot tracked down the man behind a spate of state l aws banning the use of sharia, or Islamic law, in U.S. courthouses. Fifty-six year-old David Yerushalmi, a Hasidic Jewish lawyer living in Crown Hei ghts, Brooklyn, worked with conservative political activists in drafting the mod el legislation that Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana have enacted to ban sharia . Yerushalmi represents the controversial "Atlas Shrugs" blogger Pamela Geller, an d received funding from Frank Gaffney, who runs the blog "Jihad Watch" and the t hink tank the Center for Security Policy. Yerushalmi authored Gaffney s report, "Shariah: The Threat to America," that sparked conservative interest in the topi c, and is also the Center for Security Policy s chief counsel. A federal judge temporarily blocked Oklahoma s law after a Muslim civil rights g roup sued, saying the legislation violates Muslims freedom of religion. The lea d plaintiff in the suit, Muneer Awad--who directs the Oklahoma chapter of the Co uncil on American-Islamic Relations--argued that his will would not be recognize

d under the new law, because he mentions Islamic principles in it, while Christi an and Jewish wills would not face the same treatment. According to Elliot, Yerushalmi met with federal security and finance officials in 2008, who found his concerns about the threat of sharia unconvincing. "If you can t move policy at the federal level, well, where do you go?" Yershalmi said. "You go to the states." Interestingly, all three state statutes make corporations exempt from their bans on sharia or foreign law, since business lobbyists expressed concern that corpo rations would be unable to form contracts with foreign businesses as a result. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/man-behind-anti-sharia-state-law-push-130845 197.html -------Living the Ramadan in Malta Elaine Attard Aug 2, 2011 The Ramadan, a period of fasting for Muslims, begins with the start of a new moo n today. It will continue for a month until the next new moon is sighted accordi ng to the Muslim lunar calendar. The Ramadan is a month of celebration but also a month of discipline and self-control. What does it mean for Muslims living in Malta? What challenges do they encounter when living in a country which is predo minantly Catholic? Imam Mohammed El Sadi told The Malta Independent that Muslims in Malta and all o ver the world are longingly waiting for the Ramadan and they welcome it with gre at joy because for them, it is the month of divine forgiveness. He explained that Prophet Mohammed said, Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan out o f sincere faith and expectation of reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven. He also said there are two occasions of pleasure for the fastin g person: one at the time of breaking his fast and the other when he meets his L ord. Fasting the proper way in Malta is not easy because the majority of the people a re enjoying their normal lifestyle, eating and drinking normally - so the tempta tion is attractive, the Imam continued; therefore the sacrifice is a greater cha llenge for them. Full report at: http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=129749 -------PAKISTAN RELEASES LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI LEADER Aug 2, 2011 Pakistans Supreme Court has released Malik Mohammed Ishaq on bail, a key figure i n the Sunni sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), after 14 years in prison ( AFP, July 14). Ishaq is believed to have masterminded the deadly attack on the S ri Lankan cricket team on March 3, 2009 near Lahores Muammar Gaddafi stadium while behind bars. Ishaq was released on approximately $12,000 bail from Kot Lakhpat

jail in Lahore whereby he was greeted by hundreds of supporters who showered him with rose petals (AP, July 14). Ishaq has, even while behind bars, managed to m aintain a working relationship with the Pakistani state. It has come to light th at when a cell of suicide bombers from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attac ked the Pakistani Armys General Headquarters (GHQ) in October 2009, Ishaq was sum moned from his cell and flown in a military aircraft to Rawalpindialong with thre e other major jihadi leaders in an attempt to negotiate with the TTP attackers who were holding an estimated 42 men hostage (The News International [Islamabad] , July 15). Ishaqs release may become a serious strain on Pakistani-Sri Lankan re lations. The Pakistani military establishment has particularly close bilateral r elations with their counterparts in Colombo who tilted toward Pakistan after the disastrous Indian Peacekeeping Force era in Tamil-majority northern Sri Lanka f rom 1987-1990 sullied Indo-Sri Lankan ties. Following Ishaqs release, three other men accused of being involved in the LeJ attack near the Liberty roundabout wer e also freed on bail by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore (Colombo Page, July 1 6). Full report at: Jamestown Foundation -------A Portrait of Abu Bakr bin Abdul Aziz al-Athri: Salafi-Jihads Emerging Internet I deologue Murad Batal al-Shishani Aug 2, 2011 In mid-June 2010, the brother-in-law of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), Abu Qudama al-Hami, [1] posted a lengthy article on seve ral jihadi web forums stating that a London-based Jordanian jihadi called Muhamm ad Eid al-Rifaii (a.k.a. Abu Hammam; Abu Essa) is using the pseudonym Abu Hammam B akar al-Athri to defend senior Salafi-jihadi ideologue Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi. [ 2] Since 2008, al-Hami has launched a campaign accusing al-Maqdisi of deviating from the path of Salafi-jihadi ideologys core message. [3] In the same article, al-Hami claimed that al-Rifaii is the founder of the famous jihadi web forum Shmoukh al-Islam. He reminded readers of al-Rifaiis jihadi histor y and described him as takfiri (empowered to excommunicate fellow Muslims) since the days when al-Rifaii declared himself as a Caliph in Peshawar, Pakistan in th e early 1990s. It is likely that al-Hami made these accusations due to his incre asing enmity towards al-Maqdisi and his school of jihadi thought. Additionally, it seems that al-Hami confused as al-Rifaiis kunya (an Arabic honorific taken on f rom ones child) with Abu Hammam. An informed source told Jamestown that al-Athri and al-Rifaii are indeed different men and that al-Hami targeted his rage at the wrong man. Full report at: Jamestown Foundation -------Sudans Taha says country to apply Shariah, warns Al-Bashirs detractors Aug 2, 2011 KHARTOUM Sudans vice-president Ali Osman Mohamed Taha has revealed preparations t o enforce Islamic Shariah laws in the rump of the country after South Sudan broke away last month. Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir (L) talks to his second Vice President Ali Osm

an Taha (R) upon the firsts arrival from Qatar, on March 31, 2011 at Khartoum air port (Getty Images) Taha, addressing a public rally in Al-Hilaliah area south of the capital Khartou m on Saturday afternoon, said that Islamic laws would be applied in the country, especially against those rejecting it and detractors of President Al-Bashir. We will cleave with a sword those who have overstepped their limits and acted ins olently against the Sudanese people, their president or Shari3ah, Taha told the cr owd. He warned against plots being hatched by Sudans ambushers, threatening them with de feat. The Vice-president went on to downplay the impact of South Sudan secession , saying that the split makes Sudans stronger not weaker. It is not clear who the vice-president meant to threaten but Tahas highly rhetori cal and strongly worded statements mark a shift from his normally mild statement s. His call for applying Shariah coincides with growing calls by conservative and Mu slim fundamentalist groups for the establishment of an Islamic constitution in t he country following the split of South Sudan. http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-s-Taha-says-country-to-apply,39702 -------Thrashed at Tihar for being Muslim? Anurag Jadli Aug 2, 2011 Two inmates claim some fellow prisoners brutally beat them up at the behest of d eputy superintendent. Matter in Delhi minorities commission It s occupied by many celebrities these days, but the place does have its shar e of problems. A group of inmates at Tihar Jail have claimed that some other pri soners, at the behest of the deputy superintendent, brutally beat them up recent ly. The complainant, Khalil Ahmed, has been booked under the Maharashtra Control Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for a non-bailable offence, and is in the high-risk ward of Tihar Jail. The issue has gained importance because the assaulted priso ners are accusing jail authorities of targeting them on communal lines. The attack Ahmed alleged that on May 3, notorious criminal Ajay, along with a few other inm ates, broke the lock of his ward, over-powered the jail staff and attacked him. Ahmed said the assailants were armed with blades and other sharp-edged weapons. His advocate Arvind Kumar told MiD DAY that a case in this regard has been regis tered at Hari Nagar police station. Full report at: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/aug/010811-news-delhi-Thrashedat-Tihar-for-being-Muslim.htm -------Dubai Cares launches girls education drive Farhana Chowdhury

2 August 2011 Dubai Cares, the philanthropic organisation, will address the importance of educ ation for girls in developing countries as part of an annual Ramadan initiative. Titled Girls Education Campaign 2011, the month-long project aims to raise monetary funds and awareness through channels and activities. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)s Gl obal Monitoring Report 2007 on education showed that 42 million females in count ries around the world are unable to attend school due to several cultural and fi nancial reasons. It is a known fact that the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of a country goes up whe n a girl gets educated, but we have a lot of cultures and traditions around the world where communities reject or refuse to send their girls to school. We (Duba i Cares) have running programmes related to girls education, that we launched thr ee years ago in Pakistan and Yemen, but this year we wanted to promote it furthe r and spread the awareness to the local community. Hopefully by the end of this Ramadan the public would understand the importance of this issue and help out wi th their support, said Tariq Al Gurg, CEO of Dubai Cares. Full report at: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2011/August/t heuae_August44.xml&section=theuae -------In an Oslo mosque, a special Ramzan begins after attacks 2 August 2011 OSLO: Shortly before 10:00 pm the sun finally sets on Oslo, allowing Muslims gat hered at the Minhal-ul-Quran mosque to break the first day of fasting for Ramzan , held this year in the shadow of the deadly July 22 attacks. After breaking the fast with a fruit salad and dates, before praying together fo r a few minutes, around 15 men the women are gathered elsewhere sit down for a s econd serving, spread out on a tablecloth laid directly on the Pakistani mosques soft carpet. There is a special atmosphere, explains Methab Asfar, who heads the Islamic Counci l, an umbrella organisation for Muslim groups across Norway.

These terrorist acts have brought people closer together. We are not talking abou t us and them, were talking about us, he says in Norwegian, dipping a piece of naan d in a delicious chana, a special Pakistani stew made of spicy chickpeas. Full report at: http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/02/in-an-oslo-mosque-a-special-ramzan-begins-after-a ttacks.html -------Somali refugees: No food to break Ramadan fast Aug 2, 2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Muslims around the world mark sundown during the holy month of Ramadan with extravagant dinners to break their daily fasts. That kind of nig httime celebration is unthinkable this year for most Somalis, who already are su ffering empty stomachs during the worst famine in a generation. Tens of thousands of Somalis already have fled starvation to the worlds largest r efugee camp in neighboring Kenya, where Mohamed Mohamud Abdulle said people cant fast without food to console the soul at sundown. Today is the worst day I ever faced. All my family are hungry and I have nothing to feed them, Abdulle said on Monday, the first day of the Muslim holy month. I fe el the hunger that forced me from my home has doubled here. Somalis fleeing famine say they simply dont have enough food to prepare a traditi onal feast to end a day of fasting. Refugees say they have been unintentionally fasting for weeks or months, but without the end-of-day meal to regain their str ength. I cannot fast because I cannot get food to break it and eat before the morning, sa id Nur Ahmed, a father of six at a camp for internally displaced people in Mogad ishu called Badbado. Ahmeds wife died last year during childbirth, he said. Full report at: http://arabnews.com/world/article481344.ece -------Hooligans attack Islamic center in north Serbia Aug 2, 2011 BELGRADE, Serbia: Police say assailants have smashed an Islamic centers windows i n a city in northern Serbia. Police say five attackers used wooden poles to smash the entrance door and anoth er window on the center in Novi Sad early Monday. Local Muslim religious leader Mirza Murati says the attack was an act of vandalis m and attack on all Muslims. He says we thought this was behind us, but Muslims still feel insecure. Police say a search for the attackers is under way. Serbia has seen a rise in far-right extremism since the ethnic wars of the 1990s. Extremists have attacked foreigners, ethnic minorities and gays. http://arabnews.com/world/article481246.ece -------Yemen army raid kills 15 Al Qaeda militants Aug 2, 2011 At least 15 suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed in army air raids in and ar ound the restive city of Zinjibar in southern Yemen, security and local official s said on Monday.

Fifteen people were killed in Sundays raids, including a local leader of the netw ork, Nader Shadadi, said a security official, while another 17 were wounded. A local official said one of the air strikes hit a roadblock set up by Al Qaeda ne ar Al-Wahda stadium east of Zinjibar, which has mostly fallen into the grip of Q aeda-linked extremists. An armoured troop carrier, captured by the militants in fighting with the army, was destroyed in another raid, the official added. Two other raids targeted the militants positions in the agricultural area of Kham ila, eight kilometres south of Zinjibar, and in the town of Al-Amudiya to the no rth, local officials said. At least 42 people were killed in violence which rocked several towns across the southern province of Abyan on Friday. Militants of the Partisans of Sharia (Islamic law), which is suspected of links to Al Qaeda, seized control of much o f Zinjibar in May. Thousands of residents have since been displaced by fighting. http://www.dailypioneer.com/357562/Yemen-army-raid-kills-15-Al-Qaeda-militants.h tml -------Suicide attack kills three guards in Afghanistan Aug 2, 2011 KUNDUZ: Three guards from a private security company were killed Tuesday after a team of suicide bombers attacked the firms offices in northern Afghanistan, loca l officials said. The attack, which triggered a firefight with security forces, happened in the ci ty of Kunduz and also injured nine civilians and a policeman, said provincial sp okesman Mahboobullah Shahedi. One suicide bomber on Tuesday morning detonated a car bomb at the entrance to th e office, allowing the other two to get inside, Shahedi said. Three guards were killed, nine civilians were injured and one policeman was injur ed in the blast and fighting, he said. The local deputy police chief, Abdul Rahman Aqtash, said the fighting had finish ed after the two remaining bombers detonated themselves inside the offices in qu ick succession. He confirmed the death toll given by Shahedi and explained that the nine wounded civilians were residents of a nearby house who were hurt by the initial car bom b blast. The north of Afghanistan has traditionally been seen as more secure than south a nd east of the country, which have suffered much of the worst violence in the ne ar decade-long Taliban-led insurgency. But a string of violent episodes in recent months, including Mays killing of nort hern Afghanistans influential police commander in the province of Takhar, which b orders Kunduz, have raised fears about the areas stability.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/02/suicide-attack-kills-three-guards-in-afghanistan. html -------NATO airstrike kills 4 policemen in Afghanistan Aug 2, 2011 KABUL: The governor of a province in northeastern Afghanistan said on Monday a N ATO airstrike killed four police officers at a checkpoint in the remote, mountai nous region. Jamaluddin Badar said the strike took place late on Sunday in the Wama district of Nuristan province, a lawless, rugged area near the border with Pakistan. He s aid coalition forces detained 12 police officers following the airstrike. However, the NATO-led coalition denied they were police. A spokesman for the Int ernational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it believed a total of three me n had been killed in a group that were not police but who had obtained police un iforms. He added that one of the men was wearing womens clothes and they had connections to terrorists. Mistaken airstrikes and night-raids are the leading cause of tension between the US-led coalition and the Afghan government. President Hamid Karzai has demanded that the coalition take steps to ensure that airstrikes do not cause accidental deaths. The UN said in its midyear report that airstrikes conducted by the US-l ed coalition remained the leading cause of civilian deaths by pro-government for ces. Full report at: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\08\02\story_2-8-2011_pg7_26 -------23 wounded in church attack in north Iraq 2 August 2011 A car bomb outside a Christian church wounded 23 people, police said, as securit y forces found and disabled vehicles packed with explosives outside two other pa rishes in northern Iraq. The bombing and the two averted attacks in the northern city of Kirkuk signal co ntinued violence against Iraqi Christians, nearly 1 million of whom have fled si nce the war began in 2003. The terrorists want to make us flee Iraq, but they will fail, said the Rev. Haithe m Akram, the priest of one of the churches that was targeted. We are staying in o ur country. The Iraqi Christians are easy targets because they do not have milit ias to protect them. The terrorists want to terrorize us, but they will fail. The assault began at 6 a.m., when the car blew up outside the Syrian Catholic ch urch, severely damaging the church and nearby houses, said police Col. Taha Sala heddin.

The parishs leader, the Rev. Imad Yalda, was the only person inside at the time o f the blast and was wounded. The 22 other wounded were people whose nearby homes were hit by the blast, said Kirkuk police chief Maj. Gen. Jamal Tahir. Following the blast at the Syrian Catholic church, police discovered two more ca r bombs parked outside the Christian Anglican church and the Mar Gourgis church, both in downtown Kirkuk. Full report at: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2011/Augu st/middleeast_August41.xml&section=middleeast -------Chinese media highlights Pak angle, seeks action on terror Aug 2, 2011 BEIJING: China s official media on Tuesday prominently highlighted the Kashgar g overnment s statement indicting Pakistan-trained militants in violence in the ci ty, while demanding stern action to deal with terrorism. For the first time, China blamed Uygur "militants" trained in Pakistan for the d eadly violence in its restive Xinjiang province which left at least 22 people de ad in the last two days. Xinjiang shares a border with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and China blames t he separatist East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) for fomenting trouble in th e province. Following China s statement, Pakistan, a close ally, said it would extend "full cooperation" to Beijing in countering the rebels of the ETIM. In an editorial titled Fight against terrorism , the China Daily quoted the loc al government s statement, saying a preliminary probe found that the East Turkis tan Islamic Movement was behind the explosion at the weekend. "The leaders of the group learned terrorist techniques in ETIM camps in Pakistan before they penetrated into Xinjiang," it said, calling for stepping up fight a gainst terrorism and demanding a crackdown on separatists. Full report at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Chinese-media-highlights-Pak-angl e-seeks-action-on-terror/articleshow/9454797.cms -------No licence to any Indian channel: Pakistani minister Aug 2, 2011 ISLAMABAD: No licence has been issued to any Indian or Indian content channels, a Pakistani minister has clarified. Minister for information and broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday informed the National Assembly said the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (P EMRA) has not issued any license to Indian or Indian content channels.

At present, 23 private entertainment satellite TV channels are telecasting India n programmes, Associated Press of Pakistan quoted her as saying. She said that 10 percent foreign content is allowed to all private TV channels u nder the provision of terms and conditions of the license. The minister added that PTV had acquired the terrestrial rights for the telecast of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in Pakistan. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/No-licence-to-any-Indian-chann el-Pakistani-minister/articleshow/9453352.cms -------Gaddafi seeks to hire PR firm to improve his bloody image Aug 2, 2011 IT might be the most difficult PR job in New York. As his country is ripped apart by a bloody civil war and rebels fight to topple him, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is trying to hire a public relations firm t o improve his image. In a bizarre email scouting for candidates, the countrys ministry of information also claims the NATO strikes were caused by a P. R. attack - rather than the slau ghter of innocent protesters. To fight back, Gaddafi is looking for a spin doctor to issue daily press briefin gs on his moral and legal claims to power, as hundreds die trying to end his 42- y ear regime. Ali Darwish, of the Libyan ministry of information, sent the pitch to agencies i n New York City and London earlier this month, asking for representatives to pre sent our just and fair case to the world. He wrote: We have good moral, political and legal logic supporting our position as the legitimate, sovereign and popula r government of Libya. We also have proofs in written, audio and video forms to t ake our case forward. He also attempts to blame the NATO air strikes on negative PR. He wrote: Libya has been under an unjustified media and P. R. attack which l ed to NATOs military involvement. The email suggests the government is keen to con ceal the plan, the New York Post reports. It continued: We can formalise any deal with your organisation through a third p arty to help move things forward fast. According to an official at the Libyan Mis sion in New York, the email is legitimate. Dia Abubaker Alhutmany said: The government is trying to have the support of peo ple outside the country. Ronn Torossian, of public relations firm 5WPR said: I hi ghly doubt any PR firm will positively respond to this request. Mail Today -------A Flamboyant Friend Killed in Norway Is Mourned By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ Aug 2, 2011

HAMAR, Norway Like veteran soldiers of an operation gone wrong, about a dozen sl eep-deprived young people gathered on a beach of this small lakeside town to rem inisce about the comrade they left behind. They were survivors of the July 22 massacre on the island of Utoya, and each had a story of hiding in toilets, jumping out windows or playing dead in order to s urvive. But all made it back here to their serene hometown; all, that is, except for Ismail Haji Ahmed, better known here as the dancer Isma Brown. He was one of at least 69 mostly young people killed on Utoya. Police have ident ified all of the victims and have begun returning them to their hometowns for bu rial. And for many survivors, the full weight of the tragedy has hit home only w hen they see the bodies of their friends come back in coffins. When I saw Ismails body at the hospital it became real, said Semir Vranesi, 17, a f riend of his who survived on Utoya by hiding behind a large rock for an hour and a half until help arrived. I saw Ismail dead, and it was true. I was thinking th at it could have been me, and my family standing around. It was like being stabb ed in the heart. A tall, spidery 19-year-old, with almond-brown skin and an ever-changing hairdo, Mr. Ahmed injected a flamboyance into this staid Nordic city that was clearly m issing on a recent visit. Full report at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/world/europe/02norway.html?ref=world -------First on chest, second on head, that s how Osama bin Laden was killed Aug 2, 2011 NEW YORK: The US Navy SEALs pumped two 5.56-mm bullets to kill an unarmed al-Qai da chief in Pakistan s garrison city Abbottabad, a media report said on Monday, providing new insight into the covert operation. "There was never any question of detaining or capturing him -- it wasn t a split -second decision. No one wanted detainees," a special-operations officer in the raid was quoted as saying by The New Yorker magazine. Six US helicopters - two MH-60 Black Hawk and four MH-47 Chinooks - were involve d in the May 2 special operation to kill bin Laden, the weekly reported in its l atest edition. "The first round, a 5.56-mm bullet, struck bin Laden in the chest. As he fell ba ckward, the SEAL fired a second round into his head, just above his left eye," t he report said while detailing the blow-by-blow account of the special operation . On his radio, The SEAL personnel who shot the al-Qaida mastermind, reported, "Fo r God and country--Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo." After a pause, he added, "Gero nimo E.K.I.A."--"enemy killed in action." The comprehensive report on the nearly 40 minute raid on 54-year-old Osama s hid e out said that the climax began when a SEAL personnel stepped into Osama s bedr oom and trained the infrared laser of his M4 on his chest. Bin Laden, who was wearing a tan shalwar kameez and a prayer cap on his head, fr

oze; he was unarmed, the report said, while adding Osama s two wives tried to pr otect him by placing themselves as human shields. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/First-on-chest-second-on-headthats-how-Osama-bin-Laden-was-killed/articleshow/9446326.cms -------Bhutto killing accused shines in secondary school examination Aug 2, 2011 ISLAMABAD: One of the accused in the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prem ier Benazir Bhutto has come out with flying colours in secondary school certific ate examination, securing third position while writing the exam from a Rawalpind i jail. Abdul Rasheed Ahmed alias Abdul Rahim Tarbi, one of the five accused in the case , secured 848 marks out of a total of 1,050 in the test conducted by the Board o f Intermediate and Secondary Education of Rawalpindi, according to results annou nced on Monday. Ahmed is currently being held in Adiala Jail along with four other accused. He is a resident of a village at Batagram in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Ahmed was studying in a madrassa in Akora Khattak when he was arrested with thre e others in connection with a terrorist attack at Kamra in Punjab in January 200 8. Aitzaz Shah, another accused in the Bhutto assassination case, too is studying i n the third grade of Islamic education. "The jail administration provided teachers and other facilities to (Ahmed) after he expressed his willingness to complete his studies," said Mohisn Raffique, su perintendent of Adiala Jail. The jail administration will reward Ahmed for his achievement, he said. Bhutto was killed by a suicide bomber shortly after addressing an election rally in Rawalpindi in December 2007. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Bhutto-killing-accused-shinesin-secondary-school-examination/articleshow/9453678.cms -------Pak tries to placate China, offers help Omer Farooq Khan Aug 2, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Hours after Beijing officially blamed Sunday s violence in Muslim-dom inated Xinjiang province on Pakistan, Islamabad rushed to mollify its "all-weath er friend" saying it pledges full cooperation to China on fighting terrorism. Violence swept through the city of Kashgar near China s border with Pakistan on Sunday and the local government said in its official website that the terror mas terminds had received explosives and firearms training at Pakistan-based camps o

f the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). The attack coincided with a visit to China by the ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja P asha. All incidents of terrorism are deplorable, Pakistan foreign ministry spokesperso n Tehmina Janjua said in Islamabad. "Pakistan is confident that the patriotic people of the Xinjiang Autonomous Regi on of the People s Republic of China and, in particular, Kashgar as well as the Chinese government, will succeed in frustrating evil designs of the terrorists a nd separatists, who constitute an evil force." "If China takes up the issue officially with Pakistan, it will fully cooperate," Dr Hasan Askari, a defence analyst, said. He said the government of China will not publicly denounce Pakistan.The East Tur kestan Islamic Movement, also known as the Turkestan Islamic Movement, was found ed in the early 1990s to create an independent state of East Turkestan as well a s to convert Chinese to Islam. In the late 1990s, ETIM group s infrastructure tan and started bombing er with Pakistan. Hasan leader Hasan Mahsum moved his headquarters to Kabul. The was crippled after US forces began operating in Afghanis al-Qaida bases in the mountainous regions along the bord Mahsum was reportedly killed in those attacks.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-tries-to-placate-China-off ers-help/articleshow/9449253.cms -------US considered tunneling to bin Laden: report Aug 2, 2011 NEW YORK: US commanders of the raid on Osama bin Laden considered a more down-to -earth way of entering his compound than swooping in by helicopter, a report sai d on Tuesday. The short-lived idea would have avoided ground troops having to sneak through th e nearby town of Abbottabad as they penetrated the walled house where the Al-Qae da leader was hiding, The New Yorker reported. Planners also had to consider the possibility that their quarry might himself ha ve tunnels ready for an escape. In the end, though, they determined from satellite photos that the water table w as probably just below the surface of the surrounding flat land and that tunneli ng was highly unlikely to be successful. A less exotic option for striking bin Laden was to bomb from the sky. The New Yo rker article detailed how then secretary of defense Robert Gates preferred a str ike by B-2 Spirit bombers to sending in troops. However, to be sure of destroying the house and any fortified bunker underneath would require such a massive bombardment that it would result in Abbottabad feel ing "the equivalent of an earthquake," James Cartwright, the then vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told The New Yorker. President Barack Obama disliked that idea and said the helicopter raid should go

ahead. The spectacular incursion by the United States into a supposedly allied country s territory and the row over bin Laden s longtime presence there triggered a cri sis in US-Pakistani relations. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-considered-tunneling-to-bin-Laden -report/articleshow/9451199.cms -------Vigil up on Afghan border to nab Haqqani men Aug 2, 2011 KABUL: American and allied forces in Afghanistan are strengthening a layered def ence along the border with Pakistan to seize Haqqani network militants as they t ry to make their way to Kabul to carry out spectacular attacks, according to sen ior military officers. Commanders continue to debate whether Pakistan is unable - or unwilling - to eli minate the safe haven within its borders used by the Haqqani network, a powerful insurgent group that US officials say is nurtured by Pakistani security and int elligence officers to maintain influence in Afghanistan. After Adm Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the Af ghanistan-Pakistan border area, he flew back to Kabul where he praised the strat egy to thicken defences from the border toward Kabul to make it more difficult f or Haqqani operatives to use rugged mountain passes as a "jet stream" to feed in militants for attacks. "And it is more difficult," Mullen said. Adm Mullen, who has sought to restore relations with Pakistan damaged by the uni lateral US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, acknowledged US frustrations with t he pace that Pakistani security forces have moved to cleanse their border region s of militants. "It has to be addressed," he said. "The leadership in Pakistan understands that. " During a three-day visit to Afghanistan, Mullen also met with commanders and tro ops across the south and southwest, a focus of the troop surge ordered by Americ an president Barrack Obama. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Vigil-up-on-Afghan-border-to -nab-Haqqani-men/articleshow/9449194.cms -------Madam Qaida faces trial in Saudi Arabia Aug 2, 2011 DUBAI: A Saudi court has opened the trial of a woman terror mastermind dubbed Ma dam al-Qaida". The 47-year-old Haila al-Qusayyer, alleged to be a terror financier, who was giv en the name of Madam al-Qaida is the first woman in the kingdom to be charged of involvement in terrorist activities, the Arab News reported today. Al-Qusayyer is charged with of being an al-Qaeda member, harbouring wanted crimi

nals and recruiting members for the dreaded terror outfit. She is also accused of carrying weapons to be used in terror campaigns and forgi ng identity papers to enable militants to travel abroad. Al-Qusayyer s main task was to allegedly collect money from the organisation and to market their ideology. The judge hearing the case has given the "female bin Laden" time till after Rama dan to rSespond to the charge. Al-Qusayyer had been married to two al-Qaeda militants -- Abdul Kareem Al-Homaid and Muhammad Suleiman Al-Wakeel. Al-Wakeel was killed in a security operation i n 2004. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Madam-Qaida-faces-trial-inSaudi-Arabia/articleshow/9449049.cms -------Al-Qaida confirms militant s death in Algeria Aug 2, 2011 WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb has posted a video eulogy of a prominent ext remist, Abdelkahar Belhadj, who was reported killed in Algeria last week, the SI TE monitoring service said on Tuesday. Algerian officials said last week that Belhadj was killed with two other people July 25 as they were driving a car laden with explosives to Algiers. The car exploded when police tried to stop the vehicle and then opened fired, th e officials said. In the 10 minute, 30 second video posted Monday on jihadist websites, AQIM s med ia official, Salah Abu Muhammad, confirmed that Belhadj was killed, according to SITE. Belhadj was the son of Ali Belhadj, the former president of the Islamic Salvatio n Front party in Algeria. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Al-Qaida-confirms-militan ts-death-in-Algeria/articleshow/9449340.cms -------Wedding stopped as groom is woman Aug 2, 2011 INDONESIA: An Islamic wedding was stopped after the groom turned out to be a wom an. Family and friends were already at the couple s nuptials in Indonesia, western J ava - where same sex marriages are illegal - when the discovery was made after s uspicions were raised because the groom had not brought the relevant documents. Local police chief Krisnandi said: "The suspicion became bigger as her heavy voi ce suddenly changed into a female one."

However, the bride s parents acted quickly and convinced her ex-boyfriend to mar ry her instead. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/mad-mad-world/Wedding-stopped-as-groomis-woman/articleshow/9444169.cms -------Mohabbat-the-Taj - new attraction for tourists in Taj City

Aug 2, 2011 Agra : Millions travel here every year to see Taj Mahal. Now there is another at traction for the visitors - " Mohabbat-the-Taj , a play depicting the immortal l ove of Mughal Emperor Shajahan and his wife Mumtaj Mahal. A brain child of Ashok Oswal, the 80-minute show opened here Sunday at the Kalak riti Auditorium, which is especially built for the show. "Through this 80-minute imultaneous translation o integrate traditional aser beams," Oswal, who presentation in an international class auditorium with s facilities in eight different languages, we have tried t media with modern-day state of the art technology, and l is the producer of the show, told IANS.

"Eighty artistes perform live," he added saying his project will prove to be a b ig boon for tourism here. Bollywood sound engineer Satish Gupta, who has directed the show, teamed up with artistes from theatre and film backgrounds. Yashraj Sharma plays Mughal emperor Shah Jehan and Divya Srivastav portrays Mumtaz Mahal. Bollywood actress Aruna Irani, who was the chief guest at the inaugural show, sa id: "The show truly is the best. It had been beautifully showcased." http://twocircles.net/2011aug01/mohabbatthetaj_new_attraction_tourists_taj_city. html? -------Egypt: Fundamentalist Muslims joining protests in force By June Kellum Aug 2, 2011 Hundreds of policemen from Egypts interim military government violently dispersed protesters in Cairos Tahrir Square Monday. Thousands of demonstrators were in the square when police arrived in armored tru cks and began dismantling tents and the iron and barbwire barriers demonstrators had erected to block the squares entrances, according to Egyptian media. After police fired into the air to disband protesters, the security forces began beating those who refused to leave, reported The Egyptian Gazette. Protesters r esponded by throwing sticks and rocks at police. AP reported that the police swung electric batons and shouted God is great as they chased protesters. There were reports of injuries but no fatalities. About 25 people were arrested and security forces confiscated some cameras, incl

uding a memory card from an Ahram Online correspondent, the news agency said. The protest disbandment was watched by cheering storeowners whose businesses hav e been hurt by continued protests over the past month. Slow Pace of Reform Full report at: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/egyptian-police-forcibly-remove-tahrir-pro testers-59847.html -------Ramadan 2011: Discovering the Culture and Traditions of the Holy Month By Molly Corum Aug 2, 2011 Monday, August 1 marks the first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. This month, Muslims in the Middle East and around the world will gathe r together to fast, pray, connect with family and friends, and re-evaluate their lives in light of Islamic guidance. During the Holy Month of Ramadan, believers are expected to follow Sharia law, w ith fasting from sun up to sun down for 30 days. This fast is intended to help i nstill patience, self-sacrifice, spiritual cleansing, enlightenment and submissi veness to God. Ramadan is an especially important month in the Islamic calendar as it is believed to be the month when the first verses of the Qur an were revea led to the prophet Muhammad, thus bestowing the revelations of God on mankind. Ramadan begins on Hilal (the crescent), which usually falls a day after the new moon. As the Islamic calendar is lunar, Ramadan is not celebrated during the sam e time every year. the holiday will move backwards in the year so that within 36 years, it will be celebrated on every day of the year. After the sun has risen on the first day, practitioners use the daylight as a chance to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice humility and control. This control exten ds beyond fasting- Muslims must refrain from spreading gossip or lies, looking a t unholy things, visiting obscene places, thinking irreligious thoughts and doin g unkind things to anyone. Sexual intercourse is also prohibited during the mont h as this is also thought of as a way to resist temptation. The aim of fasting i s to redirect the mind and spirit away from worldly activities and focus on clea nsing the soul while paying homage to God. Full report at: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/190373/20110801/ramadan-quran-recitation-fasting -islam-muslims-mosque-prayer-charity.htm -------Kelly Brook and the jihad seekers By Richard Littlejohn 2nd August 2011 They must be the first teenage boys in history to take offence at the sight of a scantily-clad Playboy model.

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Most young men would salivate over a poster of a voluptuous Kelly Brook pouting provocatively while thrusting her ample bosom in their direction. But when Mohammed Hasnath and Muhammed Tahir encountered the image of the model/ actress/whatever on the side of a bus shelter in East London they were horrified . The sight of Miss Brook dressed as an angel in a Lynx deodorant advert was too m uch for their religious sensibilities. So they painted a burka over her. They sa id it was a sin for a woman be uncovered in public. This poster was just one of a number the pair defaced on decency grounds. At Tha mes Magistrates Court, in Tower Hamlets, they admitted six counts of criminal da mage, were ordered to pay 283 each and given a 12-month conditional discharge. Hasnath and Tahir, both 18, told police that the way the women had been photogra phed was against their religion. Hasnath said: If someone was to look at our wife or mother or daughter with a bad intention, we would not like it, so we were ju st trying to do good. There will be some sympathy for them and not just from other Muslims. Plenty of people, especially those with young children, are uncomfortable with the prolife ration of sexually-explicit advertising in public spaces. Full report at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2021309/Kelly-Brook-jihad-seekers-allo wance.html# -------Norway gunman wants Japanese psychiatrist 2 August 2011 The man behind the deadly twin attacks in Norway on July 22 wants a Japanese ps ychiatrist to carry out his psychological evaluation, his lawyer was quoted as s aying. My client has expressed a wish for a Japanese expert. This wish has to do with th e concept of honour. He believes that a Japanese person will understand him bett er than someone from Europe, defence lawyer Geir Lippestad told financial daily D agens Naeringsliv. Two Norwegian psychiatrists have been tasked with evaluating the mental state of 32-year-old rightwing extremist and confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik. They are set to make their recommendation by November 1 of whether he is sane en ough to be tried for the attacks that killed 77 people and injured dozens of oth ers. He has not said anything to me about refusing to talk to them, Lippestad stressed in the Dagens Naeringsliv interview. Thomas Hegghammer, a Norwegian expert on terrorism and Islamic extremism, told A FP in a recent interview that Behring Breiviks 1,500-page manifesto detailing his crusade against a Muslim invasion of Europe, showed he was fascinated by the Japane se and Korean cultures.

Full report at: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/A ugust/international_August75.xml&section=international -------Ties with Pakistan biggest challenge for new foreign secy By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury Aug 2, 2011 CONSTRUCTIVE cooperation in the immediate neighbourhood would be the principal ch allenge of Ranjan Mathai, who took over as Indias new foreign secretary on Monday . Soon after taking charge, Mathai said he had been given the mandate to restore t rust and confidence in India- Pakistan ties days after the talks between the two countries foreign ministers. This cautious approach makes it evident that despite resumption of dialogue betw een the neighbours, the path to peace is fraught with difficulties, with no conc rete progress in the 26/ 11 trial and the terror infrastructure in Pakistan stil l remaining intact. Dealing with this will be the biggest challenge for Mathai, who has not served i n any of the neighbouring countries as envoy. His only brush with the countrys neighbourhood was handling the Bangladesh- Sri L anka- Myanmar- Maldives division as the joint secretary between 1995 and 98 and earlier a stint in Colombo. However, his experience in dealing with Bangladesh is expected to come handy whe n Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Dhaka on August 6- 7. Mathais maiden interaction with the media after assuming office expectedly focuse d on India- Pakistan ties. Full report at: Mail Today -------Kashmirs theatre of the oppressed scales new heights By Naseer Ganai Aug 2, 2011 SINCE the early days of human history, theatre has been a tool for bringing abou t social change. From Sophocles to Seneca, Shakespeare to Brecht, the theatre ha s served as an instrument to highlight peoples plight in the face of reality. Arshid Mushtaq decided to follow in the footsteps of these masters to come up wi th a work that takes a look at the life of the average Kashmiris. On Saturday, M ushtaq staged his play Wattepaed ( footprints), signalling a new beginning for t heatre in the state. It was the first play in Kashmiri history where the audience paid for their tick ets. The play, which was steeped in symbolism, presented the audience with a gli

mpse of their trials and tribulations. It brought laughter and tears from the audience and in the end, a standing ovati on for director Mushtaq and the actors, drawn from Kashmiri Muslims and Pandits. The play used traditional Kashmiri theatre form Bhand Pather to highlight prese nt day realities. Bhand Pather is a blend of song, dance and drama where mytholo gical legends are incorporated with contemporary social satire. The play centers around three boys living in a Kashmiri village during the reign of a king. The boys, all labourers, were killed by the kings army in a jungle du ring an encounter. The men killed the boys to lay their hands on a cash reward. What followed seemed to be symptomatic of the situation prevailing in the Valley these days. Full report at: Mail Today -------P. Chidambaram uses Hindu terror shield to offset blame By Aman Sharma Aug 2, 2011 HOME minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said BJP had stepped up its attacks on hi m in the 2G scam in conjunction with the pace of investigations in the right- wi ng terror cases. Chidambaram also suggested that many BJP leaders had told him in private that th ey didnt believe in the charges that the Opposition party was otherwise levelling against him in the 2G case. When asked about the BJP allegations that he was clubbing unrelated issues of th e 2G scam and the right- wing terror probes in order to offset the BJP offensive , he said: Well, I am not sure they are entirely unrelated. It is clear that the step- up in the attacks ( by the BJP) is running parallel to the pace of the in vestigations ( into the right- wing terror probes). Chidambarams remarks on Monday come exactly a week after he had said that the BJP was targeting him because he was seriously pursuing terror cases in which fundamentalist elements linked to the RSS were involved. Full report at: Mail Today -------Born in Hyderabad, 9/11 lawyer is made jurist in NJ Aug 02 2011 Paterson : After the 9/11 attacks, more than 1,100 Arabs and Muslims, most of th em from New York and New Jersey, were rounded up as the FBI searched for terrori sts. In few places was the spotlight as white-hot as in Paterson, New Jersey, where a s many as six of the September 11 hijackers spent time before the attacks. As ag ents went knocking on doors, many Muslims were cowering terrified of being throw n in jail for crimes they knew nothing about. A young, soft-spoken Muslim immigration attorney named Sohail Mohammed represent

ed many people rounded up in New Jersey in post-9/11 dragnet. Along the way, the Indian-American attorney gained the friendship of top law enforcement officials for his efforts to build bridges between the Muslim community and law enforceme nt. He won over one official whose favour would prove crucial: the US attorney f or New Jersey, Chris Christie. Christie, now the states governor, nominated Moham med to a Superior Court judgeship. Mohammed was sworn into office last week, bec oming New Jerseys second Muslim judge. Mohammed, born in Hyderabad, India, is als o the states first Indian-American judge. Full report at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/born-in-hyderabad-9-11-lawyer-is-made-jurist-i n-nj/825769/ -------Karachiites welcome Ramazan with religious zeal Aug 2, 2011 KARACHI: Karachiites welcomed the holy month of Ramazan with religious zeal and enthusiasm. In this regard, various religious parties, welfare organisations and individuals made arrangements for Tarawih prayers. Sindh home department also deployed the personnel of law enforcement agencies (L EAs) within the limits of mosques and other sensitive areas. Karachi Electric Su pply Company (KESC) had already announced to continue power supply during Sehar and Iftar timings besides deciding to curtail the time period of load shedding b y three and a half hours to four and a half hours, while market giants took Rama zan as an opportunity to double their profit ratio for minting money as the majo rity of commodity prices have been raised. The prices of dairy products, fruits, particularly dates, pulses and other daily use items have been increased, while relevant authorities were seen silent spectators as contrary to former practice s, magistrates are still deprived of special powers to curb inflation. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\08\02\story_2-8-2011_pg7_20 -------Royal pardon for 143 Bahraini convicts 2 August 2011 MANAMA A total of 143 convicts were pardoned on Sunday by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as part of the celebrations of the holy month of Ramadan. Th e inmates were convicted in various cases. The royal pardon marks the advent of the Holy month of Ramadan, in line with the Kings keenness to offer the pardoned convicts an opportunity to reintegrate them selves with the society and participate in the march of progress and constructio n of the nation.? shamada@khaleejtimes.com http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2011/Augu st/middleeast_August24.xml&section=middleeast -------Jailed Norwegian attacker wants govt to resign Aug 02 2011

Oslo : The confessed killer in Norway s twin terror attacks that claimed 77 live s has presented a long list of unrealistic demands, including the resignation of the government and that his mental condition be investigated by Japanese spec ialists, his defense lawyer said Tuesday. Geir Lippestad said his client Brevik has two lists of demands. One consists of requests common among inmates such as for cigarettes and civilian clothing. The other is unrealistic, far, far from the real world and shows he doesn t know how society works, Lippestad said by telephone. Lippestad said 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik links this second list to his willingness to share information about two other alleged terrorist cells that Br eivik has mentioned during questioning. They are completely impossible to fulfill, Lippestad said, adding that although Br eivik has agreed to be examined by local psychiatrists, he also wants to be inve stigated by Japanese specialists. Full report at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jailed-norwegian-attacker-wants-govt-to-resign /826111/ -------U.S. Military Claims Success Curbing Attacks in Iraq With Iranian Weapons By THOM SHANKER Aug 2, 2011 MOSUL, Iraq Attacks by insurgents using what American analysts say are advanced Iranian weapons have dropped significantly over the last few weeks, senior Ameri can military officials said Monday, citing a two-track campaign of allied raids on Iranian-backed militants and official Iraqi protests to Tehran. Powerful roadside bombs that can puncture armored vehicles and lethal rockets fi red at American military positions have caused a noticeable increase in violence this summer, including the highest number of American combat fatalities in thre e years. Top American officials say Iran is supplying the weapons in order to cl aim credit for driving out the withdrawing American forces. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the military and diplomatic offensive for the first time on Monday, as he arrived in Iraq for consultations with commanders and to press the Iraqi government for a quick dec ision on whether it would request an enduring American military commitment beyon d the end of the year. He said the rise in attacks had prompted the United States to urge the Iraqi lea dership to take steps that we felt needed to be taken to address this significant uptick of violence, particularly the violence supported by Iran. Full report at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/world/middleeast/02mullen.html?hpw -------Al-Jazeera English launches in New York

2 August 2011 NEW YORK- Further popularized and legitimized by the Arab Spring, Al-Jazeera Eng lish has incrementally expanded its presence in the US broadcast market, and Sun day revealed its biggest move to date. Al-Jazeera English is now available to Time Warner subscribers in New York City and will soon be available to Verizon FiOS subscribers in the Big Apple as well, the New York Times reported. The network is available via satellite across the country, but only on televisio n in specific markets like Washington D.C. and Houston. While this is only secures the eyeballs of one more American city and by sublett ing space on a small channel it is New York City, which is just over a month awa y from commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Yet it also happens to be the city in which it is most popular. Full report at: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/Aug ust/international_August47.xml&section=international&col= -------Deewaar 2: Salim vs Javed in Narendra Modi-starrer Aug 2, 2011 AHMEDABAD: They haven t spoken to each other for the last 30 years. Nobody reall y knows why Bollywood s blockbuster pair separated after scripting hits like Sh olay and Deewaar . Now, they find themselves on opposite sides in this Narendr a Modi blockbuster. Javed Akhtar has long been a critic of the Gujarat chief minister, one of the fe w intellectuals who have not softened their stance on him for his complicity in the Gujarat riots of 2002. His estranged partner, Salim Khan, has been going aro und supporting the idea that Muslims should make peace with Modi and be partners in development. Out of the duo, Salim was said to be the master of the plot -he always had the b ig picture; Javed was the one who used to do the detailing, putting in the nuts and bolts and dialogues in the script.While Salim wrote intermittently after the pair split, Javed continued with his writing even more intensively, dabbling of ten with activism. In 2007, Javed moved the Supreme Court seeking a probe by a special investigatio n team into the alleged fake encounters in Gujarat claiming that innocent people , particularly Muslims, were being targeted as terrorists. Earlier, in April 200 5, soon after Modi was denied a US visa, Javed had shot off a letter to Modi, co mplaining about the inclusion of his statement on the visa denial issue in a com pilation brought out by the Gujarat government. Akhtar had threatened legal action and wondered why he, often been labelled a p seudo secularist ,was being used to lend credibility to Modi. On the sidelines o f a function in Mumbai less than a year back, at a gathering of leading luminari es of the city,Modi spent more than an hour talking to Salim about his keeness t o initiate a dialogue with even those Muslims who refuse to forgive him.

Full report at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Deewaar-2-Salim-vs-Javed-in-Narendra-Mo di-starrer/articleshow/9450252.cms URL: http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamicWorldNews_1.aspx?ArticleID=516 4