Friday, October 2, 2009

What do Muslim women want?

http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/features/10/01/what-do-muslim-women-want/

JNMC Triumphant in Pulse 2009, Brought 14 Prizes Home





In the 37th Annual South East Asian Socio-cultural Meet ‘Pulse 2009’, the victorious JNMC brought 14 prizes home.

Literary
Scintillating Debate by
Ayesha Asrarul Haque grabbed the first prize for best speaker under English debate category, while the first prize in English Elocution went to Jayesh Khaddar. The second prize for English Elocution also went to Neetika Sharma of AMU.

Cultural
In the cultural events, Saransh Bansal mesmerized the judges and audience to grab the first prize for Western Instrumental and third prize for Indian Classical Instrument.
Western Duet was humbled by who Nabeel Firoz won the second prize. Nabeel Firoz again won the second prize under Band Performance. Under the Classical Light Duet event, Neha Agarwal and Nabeel Firoz won third prize.

Sports
Indefatigable Pranav Mishra shared Gold in mixed doubles in Table Tennis while Neetika Sharma and Pawan Kumar won Silver in Mixed Doubles in Lawn Tennis. Neetika Sharma won Silver in singles in Lawn Tennis and Anmol Gupta won silver in doubles in Table Tennis. Ahmad Mamoon Karimi and Seema Rizvi won silver in 400 meter sprint and chess respectively.


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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Vice Chancellor Will Visit Perinthalamanna in Malappuram For AMU Land Acquistion

The Vice Chancellor  Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis will visit Perinthalamanna in Malappuram For AMU Land Acquistion.on September 29, 2009.
He is accompanied by a five member team constituting Prof. Pervez Mustajab, Controller of Examinations and Officer on Special Duty (Development), Prof. Ekram Husain,
former Dean, faculty of Engineering and Technology, Prof. Javed Akhtar, Dean
Faculty of Management Studies and Research and Prof. N. A. K. Durrani, Media
Advisor.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Post Mortem Of Medico Legal Cases Now In JNMC Aligarh

Post mortem of medico legal cases will now be performed at JNMC Aligarh Muslim University. For this very purpose a meeting of Aligarh District Administration officials and  concerned authorities of JNMC was held. 
Just after the clearance from the state the procedures wil be undertaken in JNMC. The Chief Medical Officer, Malkhan Singh District Hospital will carry the rest of the proceedings of the application process.
The  senior officials of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and district administration consisting of Senior Superintendent of Police, Aligarh, Additional District Magistrate (City), Aligarh, Chief Medical Superintendent Malkhan Singh District Hospital, Aligarh, Prof. Abrar Hasan, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, JNMC, Deputy Chief Medical Superintendent, Malkhan Singh District Hospital, Aligarh, Chief Medical Officer, Malkhan Singh District Hospital, Aligarh, Prof. Shamim Jahan Rizvi, Chairman, Department of Forensic Medicine, JNMC, Dr. Asad Reyaz Khan, Deputy Medical Superintendent, JNMCH and Dr. Naseem Alam, Casualty Medical Officer, JNMCH participated in the meeting. Prof. M. Ashraf Malik, Principal, JNMC and Chief Medical Superintendent, JNMCH presided over the meeting.

Can Western Feminism Save Muslim Women

By: Dr. Asad U Khan
The oppression of women is a global phenomenon and so it is reasonable
to say that it is a global concern. The desire by western feminists to
show concern and enter in the foray for Muslim women appears
reasonable and not imperialistic as suggested by some.
Recently a Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussain was fined $200, later
sent to prison for wearing pants at a public place. The punishment for
this crime according to Sudan's sharia laws includes public flogging
of women.
Andrew Brown in Guardian News Paper questioned why the Pakistani and
Bangladeshi Muslim women in the UK are the poorest and least employed;
is this because of racism, or religion or some combination of both.
The Quilliam Foundation of the UK in their survey rejected that
religion or racism were the causes for this disparity. The reasons
given by women were cultural and family traditions of being
stay-at-home mothers.
In Europe, Burqa furor scrambles; especially French politics according
to Steven Erlanger. The French discomfort with organized religion date
backs to the French revolution against the church. The Muslim women's
dress code reminds them of the repression of women of that era.
President Nicolas Sarkozy has joined the call to ban the Burqa in the
French Republic. He also thinks that Muslim women's head scarf is an
issue of liberty and the dignity of women.
For many French Muslims the entire discussion is an embarrassment and
an incitement to racial and religious hatred. The argument to ban the
head scarf in the name of' 'cultural integration' is often expressed
as open hostility towards the non-Judeo-Christian immigrants.
Throughout Europe there has been loud and at times, a racist debate
about Muslim women, should they be allowed to wear the head dress
while at work etc., and various bans have been enacted in several
jurisdictions.
In Germany, 8 of the 16 federal states have laws against head scarves.
In Sweden, Nyamko Sabuni, the Minister for Integration and Equality
wants all girls checked for evidence of female circumcision, and
criminalize arranged marriages. The Minister Sabuni who is from
African descent wants Muslim immigrants to integrate, and Muslim girls
to grow like other children in Sweden.
For the western feminist to assume that the Muslim head scarf is the
symbol of oppression is unfair and simplistic. The head scarf carries
a different meaning for each Muslim woman. The primary and common
motive for the scarf is the expression of modesty, but it also
represents many different things such as their Muslim identity,
cultural independence and empowerment
One important lesson learned from the history of the civil rights
movement is that whenever there was an expansion in racial, sexual,
political rights and liberties it was because the people themselves
struggled against them to win their rights.
Muslim society has to come to grip that most of the issues facing
Muslim women are cultural and not part of the Islamic faith; these
include the wearing of the head scarf or Burqa, sex segregation,
killing of women for the supposed honour of the family etc.
Muslim women face multiple human rights issues and they need guidance
and support from their community leaders and western feminist sisters,
but these issues can be only addressed from inside and a solution
cannot be imposed from the outside.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Nithish Kumar for 100 Acres AMU Campus in BIhar

Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar sent a letter to AMU Vice Chancellor about providing land for AMU campus in Bihar. He states that he is ready for 100 acres of land to open AMU campus in Kishanganj Distt. of Bihar, FREE OF COST.

NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar accused Shri Nitish Kumar of playing dirty politics as the AMU centre was initially proposed in Katihar Distt. of Bihar.

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Nitish offers free land for AMU campus
Nitish is doing dirty politics by opening AMU centre': NCP