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Top Stories from the News section
AFGHANISTAN: Avalanches, floods wreak havoc
09-02-2010
Avalanches on a highway north of Kabul killed at least 15 and injured 55 on 8-9 February, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
India: Scared by Sena, Karan Johar meets Mumbai top cop
09-02-2010
Despite the verbal battle between Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan and Shiv Sena activists coming to an end, Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar is taking no chances ahead of the release of his film My Name is Khan and has met Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan.
Pakistan’s Naseem becomes fastest woman in South Asia
09-02-2010
Pakistan’s Naseem Akhtar created history by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-metre sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games.
Palestine: Female activist kidnapped by Israeli army
09-02-2010
Israeli army kidnapped on Monday Montaha Taweel, 45, an activist in defending the rights of the Palestinian detainees, and the wife of Al Biereh mayor.
Pakistan: 12 soldiers killed in South Waziristan
09-02-2010
12 soldiers were killed while two others were injured in a clash with militants during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency.
Latest Press Release
January 28, 2010
UCL Islamic Society database to be shared with other intelligence agencies
Anti terror police have told the University College London (UCL) Islamic Society (ISoc) that they would share their database of members with other intelligence agency if they were requested to do so, The Muslim News has exclusively learnt.
Top Stories from the Newspaper
Editorial - Proscriptive discrimination
Issue 249 - January 29, 2010
“In our democracy, only actions can be illegal, not beliefs,” Home Secretary Alan Johnson said in defending the controversial decision to proscribe Islam4UK and al-Muhajiroun as terrorist groups. “Anyone living in a democracy has to accept that freedom of speech gives people the right to say things that others find offensive,” Johnson said.
Editorial - Appeasing Israeli war crimes
Issue 249 - January 29, 2010
The British Government is doing itself no credit by seeking to appease Israel over the issuing of arrest warrants against its military and political leaders for war crimes, including those evidenced by the UN-sponsored Goldstone report.
Editorial - For Muslim students Database protection is no protection under Terror laws
Issue 249 - January 29, 2010
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, personal information should only be obtained for “specified purposes” and not used in an incompatible manner. It should be “adequate relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were collected.” The data should also “not be kept longer than is needed for its intended purpose” and be processed “in accordance with the rights of the individual which the information concerns.”
Debt, double-standards and domination, Haiti’s earthquake fallouts
Issue 249 - January 29, 2010
The full extent of the damage caused by the earthquake which hit Haiti on January 12 is still being assessed, but officials say they anticipate the death toll to reach 200,000.
UCL Islamic Society database to be shared with other intelligence agencies
Issue 249 - January 29, 2010
Anti terror police have told the University College London (UCL) Islamic Society (ISoc) that they would share their database of members with other intelligence agency if they were requested to do so.
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