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Congress ally Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, after threatening Hindus, now threatens journalist during an interview: Watch

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Congress ally Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, after threatening Hindus, now threatens journalist during an interview: Watch

Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, Congress’ latest favourite Maulana who has bayed for Hindu blood in the recent past has now threatened a TV anchor because he failed to answer some tough questions posed to him. In an interview with News18 India TV anchor Aman Chopra, Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan threatened to cause bodily harm simply because he was unable to answer the questions posed to him.

In the interview, anchor Aman Chopra asks him about the support Maulana Tauqeer has extended to Congress. The Maulana first says that if a woman (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) is coming out and saying that she is a woman and she can fight (Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon), then she should be supported by her ‘brothers’. Interestingly, his daughter-in-law had recently slammed the Congress party for accepting Maulana Tauqeer Raza’s support and questioned the party’s stand on women’s issues. She had said that the Maulana could not fight for her rights and therefore, it calls into question Congress’ commitment to women’s issues when they ally with individuals like Raza.

In turn, Aman Chopra asks him about his speeches against Hindus and asks him why he needs Congress’ support to fight against Hindus.

Tauqeer Raza Khan, replying to Aman Chopra, says that he was only talking about the ones involved in the Dharma Sansad and said that if Hindus come out to murder 20 lakh Muslims, then it would certainly not be possible to control the Muslims. In response to this, Aman Chopra asks him who was murdered by the Hindus and why he does not talk about people like Kamlesh Tiwari, who were brutally murdered due to religious hatred.

Interestingly, Tauqeer Raza Khan goes on a strange rant saying that even Aman Chopra knows who “really” killed Kamlesh Tiwari to “blame” the Muslims. He further said, “bomb blasts are done by you people and the blame is put on the Muslim community”. In the ensuing rant, Maulana Tauqeer blamed Aman Chopra for promoting terrorism and exonerated the Muslim community of all terrorist activities, implying (without saying it explicitly) that it is the Hindu community who does terrorism and blames the Muslim community falsely. Through his rant, Aman Chopra kept asking if he meant it is the Hindus who do bomb blasts, to which, he got no specific answer while the Maulana kept saying, “you people do bomb blasts”.

After his monologue, Maulana Tauqeer Raza gets riled up and starts threatening Aman Chopra who was perhaps one of the first TV anchors to ask him tough questions about the hate against Hindus that he seems to spread on a fairly regular basis. He says, “Tameez se baat karo warna mooh tod denge” (talk properly or we will break your face).

After the threat of violence, Aman Chopra asks Maulana Tauqeer Raza if he was threatening to do to him what was done to Kamlesh Tiwari. In his defence, Maulana says that his speech is from the 7th of January, and if he had said something anti-national, why was a case not filed against him. He then says that if Congress has done some mistakes, then Aman Chopra should ask questions to the party, not use his statements to target Congress, which he is now supporting.

Earlier in January, Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, the prominent Muslim cleric and chief of the Ittihad-e-Millat Council party (IMC) was seen brazenly provoking Muslims against Hindus. While addressing a crowd of 20 lakh Muslims in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, the radical Islamist brazenly threatens Hindus in India that the day Muslims rage flares, they would have nowhere to escape.

“I see the anger within my Muslim youths and I am afraid that the day this anger bursts out, the day I lose control over them… I want to warn my Hindu brothers that I’m scared that the day my Muslim youths are forced to take the law into their hands, you will not find a place to hide anywhere in India”, said the Islamic leader, while displaying his extreme hate for the Hindus.

This brazen display of Hinduphobia by Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan isn’t new. In December last year, the radical Islamist had brazenly urged for a bloodbath in the country if CAA is not repealed. “We are Allah wale, what we say it happens, there will be blood bath Inshallah”, the Islamic leader had said while admonishing PM Modi for bringing in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan had also said that the terrorists killed in the Batla House encounter should be called ‘martyrs’. He had said that the Congress party had promised a probe into the case after coming to power in 2009. “Had there been a probe, the entire world would have known that those killed as terrorists should be given the martyr status”, he said.

Khan, who extended his support to the Congress party ahead of the UP Assembly Elections 2022, revealed that he had long-standing problems with the Congress party and that he had supported it in 2009 only for the Batla house case probe. “During 2009 elections, Congress had said to me that they would probe Batla House encounter if their govt is formed. They didn’t do it. Muslims will never forget this”, he had said. The statements by Maulana Tauqeer created a massive furore, however, no cognisance of his speeches have been taken thus far.

As Arvind Kejriwal tries to play politics using Manohar Parrikar’s name, watch what the late BJP leader had to say about the AAP chief’s politics

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As Arvind Kejriwal tries to play politics using Manohar Parrikar’s name, watch what the late BJP leader had to say about the AAP chief’s politics

As assembly elections in Goa are around the corner, opposition parties are attempting to resurrect the legacy of late and revered leader Manohar Parrikar for their political benefit. Manohar Parrikar’s elder son Utpal Parrikar is in the news over his ambition to contest the election from Panaji, which used to be his father’s turf. However, after Utpal was not nominated by BJP from that constituency, opposition parties like AAP and Shiv Sena have started attacking BJP accusing it of disrespecting the legacy of the former defence minister. It may be noted that Utpal was kept out of the candidate list released by Devendra Fadnavis – who is in charge of Goa.

Yesterday, Devendra Fadnavis released the list of 34 out of 40 candidates who will be contesting elections from the BJP. Sitting MLA Atanasio Monserrate, who left the Congress to join the BJP in 2019 is been seen retaining his constituency for the upcoming elections. When asked about the grievance of Utpal Parrikar over his candidature, Fadnavis claimed, “Late CM Manohar Parrikar’s family is part of our family. We offered him (Utpal) alternatives, he has refused the first one. Talks are on with him. We feel he should agree.”

Soon after the news of Utpal being dropped from BJP’s list spread, opposition leaders from Aam Admi Party and Shiv Sena have accused BJP of not giving Utpal his due. AAP leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal slammed the BJP for allegedly using the ‘Use and Throw’ policy with the Parrikar family. He wrote on Twitter, “Goans feel very sad that BJP has adopted use and throw policy even with Parrikar family. I have always respected Manohar Parrikar Ji. Utpal Ji is welcome to join and fight elections on AAP’s ticket.”

It was ShivSena – the party which is trying its luck in Goa in an alliance with the NCP, which had earlier welcomed Utpal’s decision to contest with open arms. Reiterating this claim, Shivsena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said, “It’s up to Utpal Parrikar whether to contest the Goa Assembly elections or not. His family has a huge contribution in establishing BJP in Goa. We will support him if he contests elections independently.”

During his lifetime, Manohar Parrikar remained a name synonymous with Goan polity and identity. Often applauded for his simplicity and administerial capabilities, the man continued to work as a CM until his last breath for nine years. His formidable hold over people’s aspirations has kept him relevant in present-day politics as well. However, while Parrikar is not here to justify his stances, political leaders have used his legacy to score personal political goals – especially over the candidature of his son. While Kejriwal continues to target the BJP using his name, the Delhi CM has his own sharing of rantings against Parrikar when he was alive. In 2016, Kejriwal had demanded CBI enquiry against CM Parrikar over an alleged Rs. 35,000 crore illegal mining scam. While addressing a rally in Goa, Kejriwal had claimed, “Parrikar cheated you because he promised action against those involved in Goa’s Rs.35,000 crore illegal mining scam, but failed to deliver.”

While Manohar Parrikar and Arvind Kejriwal had striking similarities with their ‘Aam Aadmi’ personalities, they were poles apart when it came to understanding policy frameworks and in ways of administration. In a famous interview when the then Chief Minister of Goa was compared with Arvind Kejriwal for having a down-to-earth persona, Parrikar had many a remark on why he thought Kejriwal’s publicity as a common man’s leader was distinctly different from he has been throughout his life. While talking to Marathi News channel Zee 24 Taas, he spoke with Journalist Uday Nirgudkar about his ideas of simplicity, governance, challenges in administering Goa, his commitment to the BJP as an RSS member and why he has kept his family out of his politics.

Parrikar and Kejriwal’s ‘Aam Aadmi’ cult

Apart from Kejriwal’s attack on Parrikar alleging a major scam, the two never shared a bonhomie as leaders. In the interview, Nirgudkar highlighted what Parrikar and Kejriwal have in common; apart from their identity as leaders who lead ordinary lifestyles, at a certain time both were IITian Chief Ministers serving small states. Parrikar, after being called ‘Goa’s Aam Admi’ replied back saying, “I don’t agree with Kejriwal’s idea of simplicity. When you are a Chief Minister heading a state, simplicity as a leader and keeping a stronghold by using essential state amenities should go hand in hand.” He further explained,” To serve the people you need essential facilities provided by the government such as office, a car, a telephone, etc. You then need some assisting staff including a chauffeur, whom I take along during my travels. However, when I am on a personal tour, I strictly use my own vehicle but with the driver. I’ve realised that I have to be on duty 24×7, and hence I use all the essential state facilities to enhance my efficiency and decision-making ability.”

He added, “I’ll never stage a drama by using railways to showcase my simplicity as a leader. It never justifies the time for the journey. I always board a plane, but reserve a seat in the economy class to reduce the expenditure.” When asked where does his simplicity as a person stem from, he affirmed, “As an IITian I’ve enjoyed a great deal of fun in partying. But at the same time, being an RSS swayamsevak, I don’t believe in unnecessary extravaganza. When I invite delegations, leaders over a Chief Minister’s party, the expenditure is always on my account”

When asked by the journalist over never publicising his image of simplicity, he affirmed, “I believe as a principle, that there’s no need to advertise things you do with conviction. Secondly, the best publicity, if at all you want it, is through the experiences people have with you. Your behaviour as a leader says it all.”

Parrikar on AAP’s politics of freebies

Parrikar was firm that good governance could be laid down by increasing the state income while lowering the expenditure. We don’t believe in free handouts because it being ‘free’ itself depreciates its value, he states. he adds that his economic model saves the poor from market forces like inflation because poverty has been defined by the rate of consumption of resources in the state. “Giving momentary handouts also raises the budget and ultimately bankrupts the coffers of the state” he adds.

When asked about the ‘free’ politics of Delhi popularised by the AAP Government, Parrikar compared the scenario with a staged drama. He thought Kejriwal was putting up a face of ‘development’ while the state expenditure continued to unnecessarily increase. Talking about Kejriwal while taking this stand, he added, “Kejriwal lacks experience and that justifies his inability to govern the state.”

Parrikar on why he keeps family out of Politics

Parrikar was a strong opponent of employing cronyism, nepotism in his act of Governance. “I never let my party or family or relatives interfere while taking government decisions. People have tried to influence my son by offering him benefits in return for their connections with the power.” He adds, “The least I’ve allowed my son is to give people my appointment through my secretary. I never let him participate beyond this level.” I strived from the very first day to keep my family out of my politics, he affirms. This is in direct contrast with Utpal’s ambition for the ticket, as his father never let him use his politics as a way forward.

Concluding the interview he added, “I am an IITian and so is he(Kejriwal). I am happy with what I have in Goa” when asked about the probable expansion of AAP in Goa. Let alone Kejriwal’s allegations against Parrikar, the two never seem to have shared an amiable accord as leaders. Kejriwal’s use of Utpal’s ambition to secure the seat of Panaji is laden with political compulsions and posturing. By offering a ticket to the son of his opponent he continuously attacked, Kejriwal’s call of resurrecting Parrikar’s legacy doesn’t hold much water.

Amar Jawan Jyoti flame to be merged with National War Memorial flame on Friday

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Amar Jawan Jyoti flame to be merged with National War Memorial flame on Friday

In a historical move ahead of Republic Day on January 26th, the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at the India Gate lawns would be merged with the flame at the National War Memorial at a ceremony on Friday.

“The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate will be extinguished and merged with the flame at the National War Memorial on Friday in a ceremony,” an Indian Army officer informed news agency ANI. The ceremony to merge the two flames will be presided over by the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Air Marshal Balabadhra Radha Krishna.

The merger will end the fact that there are two memorial flames, one at the India Gate and the other at the national war memorial.

The main India Gate structure was built in 1921 by the British India govt, in memory of Indian soldiers who perished in World War I. The Amar Jawan Jyoti was added to it later in 1971, after India’s victory over Pakistan that had resulted in the liberation of Bangladesh. The flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti has been burning continuously for 50 years and will now be merged with the National War Memorial flame.

After a long wait and failure of previous governments, the Narendra Modi government had finally constructed the National War Memorial near the India Gate complex, which was inaugurated in 2019.

Ever since the opening of the national war memorial, all military ceremonial events have been shifted to it from India Gate. For example, on every Republic Day, the Prime Minister, the President, and the three service staff chiefs used to a place wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti and pay homage to the dead and unknown soldiers.

However, from 2020 onward, the wreath is placed at the National War Memorial instead of Amar Jawan Jyoti. The service chiefs also visit the new memorial on their respective Service Days to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers.

TOI gives a ‘secular’ spin to tragedy where student ends life after missionary school in TN pressurised her to convert to Christianity

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TOI gives a ‘secular’ spin to tragedy where student ends life after missionary school in TN pressurised her to convert to Christianity

Earlier in the day, it was reported how M Lavanya, a student of standard 12th in Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, Thirukattupali in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, killed herself after she was allegedly tortured by her school authorities for refusing to convert to Christianity.

As per reports, when Lavanya refused to get converted, the school administration cancelled her leave application for Pongal Celebrations and forced her to do chores like cleaning toilets of the school, cooking and washing dishes. Completely dejected by the mental trauma being exerted on her for the last 5 years by the government-funded Christian missionary school she was attending, the young girl consumed pesticides used in the school garden to terminate her life.

Like other media houses, the Times of India also reported about the aforementioned incident, but with a completely different twist. The media outlet attempted to trivialise the entire incident through an article published in both its print and the digital edition on January 20 titled: “Forced to clean room, girl ends life”.

The archived version of the digital edition of the Times of India report can be viewed here.

The SS of the report published by TOI on January 20 in its print edition

In order to give the tragedy a ‘secular’ spin, TOI has completely overlooked the religious conversion angle in both the headline and its report.

The SS of the report published by TOI on January 20 in its digital edition

At first glance, the headline of the TOI article reveals how dire the situation is. It attempts to imply that the girl committed suicide for something as insignificant as being forced to complete some mundane tasks. Through the headline itself, the media house has effectively shifted the blame for the horrific tragedy on the victim rather than the school authorities by leaving out the primary angle- forced religious conversion by a Christian school, from the headline of its report.

Further, not even once, neither in the headline nor in the entire body of the report, the news outlet mentioned that the girl was being forced to convert to Christianity. Despite the girl mentioning that she was forced to convert to Christianity in her dying declaration video, the Times of India chose to brush off the matter under the carpet.

In fact, TOI has been so careful that it has not even once mentioned the name of the school in its reports. It has called the school a ‘government-aided higher secondary school in Michaelpatti village near Thirukattupalli in Thanjavur district’, omitting the name Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School. Obviously, the purpose of not mentioning the name of the school is clearly to ‘secularise’ the incident in its coverage.

TOI – repeat offender of ‘secularising’ crimes

This kind of mischievous reporting is very well expected from the Times of India which has in the past too, resorted to ‘secularising’ crimes by attempting to give a Hindu spin to the crime.

In its leftist and general anti-Hindu bias, while reporting the incident where an occult practitioner and his friends had brutally gang-raped a 15-year-old girl from the Gajraula town of Amroha in the Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh in July last year, the Times of India not only attempted to hide the religious identity of the three rape accused by hiding their names in the headline of their report but also give a Hindu spin to the crime by referring to the occult practitioner as a ‘Tantrik’.

In 2018, Time of India reported that a ‘godman’ forced his male devotees into ‘unnatural sex’ in Maharashtra. As per the report, one Asif Noori was the culprit, but TOI had tweeted the same report, using the image of a sketch of a sadhu to mislead its readers. In another case, TOI used the word ‘Swami’ and ‘baba’, other Hindus terms, for a rapist who actually belonged to the Muslim community.

The practice rather hypocritical, because the same media organisations actually go hyper with religious identifications when the victim and accused religions are reversed.

12th standard girl ends life after missionary school in Tamil Nadu allegedly pressurised her to convert to Christianity

Speaking about the unfortunate suicide of the student of standard 12th in Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, Thirukattupali in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, OpIndia reported earlier in the day, how because of the constant pressure being exerted on her to convert to Christianity, M Lavanya had consumed pesticides used in the school garden to end her life.

A video of Lavanya’s call for help was published on social media where she was seen in an unconscious situation talking about her torture. The video, originally in Tamil (translated by The Commune) says, “My name is Lavanya. They (school) had asked my parents in my presence if they can convert me to Christianity and help her for further studies. Since I didn’t accept, they kept scolding me.” She also named one Rachael Mary who had allegedly tortured her.

Taking cognizance of the incident, Hindu organisations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Hindu Munnani and political outfit Indu Makkal Katchi have raised voices for demanding justice to Lavanya and against the predatory proselytization of Hindus.

Data show FDI inflow into India has not come down, govt says a record number of investment deals signed in the year

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Data show FDI inflow into India has not come down, govt says a record number of investment deals signed in the year

Foreign Direct Investment inflow into India came down by 26% in the year 2021, according to UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Investment Trends Monitor report published by UNCTAD on Wednesday said that the decline in FDI inflow was largely due to the absence of any large M&A deal like the last year.

The report says that the second wave of Covid-19 had a major impact on overall economic activities in India, including FDI inflows.

However, the report of 26% decline in FDI inflow can be misleading, as it is based on calendar year (January to December) data, while India uses the April-March period as the financial year. And according to the latest data by the govt, there has not been much decline in FDI inflow to the country so far.

While UNCTAD’s Investment Trends Monitor says FDI inflow into India declined by 26% in 2021, the official figures for the financial year 2021-22 will come out only after March 2022. The figures will be different, because of the difference in financial years used.

According to govt of India data, FDI inflows in the first six months of FY 2021-22 was $42.9 billion. And reportedly, the figure had reached $48.5 billion by October. This amount is similar to the amount for the period April-October 2020, therefore, it can be expected that the amount will not come down much, and can in fact go up if some major deals take place in the next two months. The total FDI inflow in the previous year was $82 billion, and with $48.5 billion already reached by October, it can be reasonably expected that the inflow will not come down, and can go up.

Moreover, sources in the union govt say that FDI has not come down. Govt also denied the suggestion that no large deal took place in the year, saying that a record number of deals were signed in the current financial year. Therefore, the govt expresses confidence that FDI inflow to the country will remain on track.

Total FDI inflow to India has been rising every year since 2014, which had witnessed a dip in 2013. In fact, the inflow has gone up by 128% from 2014 to 2021, which means FDI into the country has more than doubled in the first seven years of Modi government.

Financial YearTotal FDI Inflow (US $ Billion)
2011-1246.6
2012-1334.3
2013-1436.0
2014-1545.1
2015-1655.6
2016-1760.2
2017-1861.0
2018-1962.0
2019-2074.4
2020-2182.0
2021-22 (Upto September 2021)42.9

The total FDI inflow in 2014 was $36 billion, which had reached $82 billion by 2021. The amount was $46.6 billion in 2012, which had come down to $34.3 billion in 2013. The figure has been continuously rising every year after 2014, showing increasing confidence of global businesses in India.

Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka remain the top three recipients of FDI into the country.

Daughter-in-law of Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan questions Congress, says he could not fight for his own family and only BJP stands for women’s right

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Daughter-in-law of Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan questions Congress, says he could not fight for his own family and only BJP stands for women’s right

Two days after Congress inducted the hate-monger Islamic cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan of the famous Ala Hazrat family into the party ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Nida Khan, Tauqeer Raza Khan deceased’s brother’s daughter in law, has strongly hit out at the grand old party for endorsing her uncle. She has chastised the head of the Ittihad-e-Millat Council for his hypocrisy on the issue of women’s rights.

Speaking to the media, Nida Khan, the triple talaq crusader, called Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s election campaign- ‘Ladki hoon, Lad Sakti hoon’ a political gimmick. Slamming Tauqeer Raza Khan for his duplicity and trickery, Nida Khan said that her ex-husband’s uncle has been openly extending support to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s ‘Ladki hoon, Lad Sakti hoon’ campaign but in reality, he has no respect for women.

Nida Khan criticises the Congress and Tauqeer Raza Khan for masquerading as crusaders for women’s rights.

She said that she came across a few of Tauqeer Raza Khan’s interviews where he has been making tall claims about women empowerment and women rights and extending support to this mindfully crafted political stunt adopted by Congress to woo voters ahead of the UP polls. Talking about the atrocities perpetuated at her by the Ala Hazrat family, Nida Khan added that if Tauqeer Raza Khan had been such a staunch supporter of women’s rights, he would have taken stock of the situation in his own backyard.

“He was unhindered when his own daughter-in-law was struggling and fighting for her rights and justice, and now he is speaking out about women’s rights and endorsing the Congress party’s campaign. How can a man speak about the rights of other women if he hasn’t been able to deliver justice to his own daughter-in-law? This is all a ruse to deceive voters ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections,” claimed Nida Khan.

Nida Khan and her ex-husband Sheeran Raza Khan of the Ala Hazrat family

‘Go wherever you want, the CM is in our pocket’, Khan opens up about her struggles when Samajwadi Party was at the helm in UP

She further spoke about the long-standing struggle she faced since 2016, when she filed a case against her husband, Sheeran Raza Khan, accusing him of beating her after she failed to meet his family’s demands for dowry. Nida Khan described how no police station would file her complaint since her family was a powerful family with political ties to the Samajwadi Party, which was in power in Uttar Pradesh at the time. “I was told… go wherever you like, to whichever police station you deem fit but you can not harm us. The CM is in our pocket,” recalled Nida Khan, adding that she was not provided with any help for any police station, as they had stated. Whatever assistance she received at the time came through the courts.

“Things are different now. Today we needn’t approach the court. There are many cases filed against them and it’s all through the police stations”, she said.

It may be noted that Tauqeer Raza Khan served as a minister in the Samajwadi Party’s cabinet in Uttar Pradesh when the party was in power.

Nida Khan describes the BJP as the real fighter for women’s rights

Nida Khan, the Bareilly triple talaq victim, went on to say that the BJP is the only political party that has truly fought for women’s rights. She praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government for empathising with Muslim women in India and banning triple talaq.

Nida Khan grabbed headlines when she went to the Supreme Court to challenge the triple talaq given by her husband.

Muslim clerics issue fatwa to stone Nida Khan

It may be recalled that in July 2018, a group of Muslim clerics, All India Faizan-e-Madina Council from Bareilly had issued a fatwa against the activists Nida Khan and Farhat Naqvi and announced a cash reward of Rs. 11,876 for anybody who chops her hair. Nida Khan had then revealed that she was threatened to leave the country in the next three days or she will be stoned.

The fresh threat to Nida Khan had come after the Bareilly court had declared the instant triple talaq given to Nida Khan by her husband Sheeran is invalid. The court had also rejected his petition seeking a stay on the domestic violence case filed against him by Khan.

Nida Khan, sharing her story said that she was married in February 2015. Her parents married her off to the Ala Hazrat family as it was a very reputed one and obviously, her parents thought that it would be of the progressive mindset. Nida Khan recalled how the family actually turned out to be extremely regressive and orthodox. She was barred from pursuing her post-graduation. The family informed her that they are opposed to the women of their house pursuing further education. Further, she was beaten and threatened after she failed to meet his family’s demands for dowry. She was also forced to sleep, consummate the marriage with her father-in-law and brother-in-law, under the Islamic practice of ‘Nikah Halala’, so that her husband could marry her again. 

Who is Tauqeer Raza Khan

Tauqeer Raza Khan, who was earlier booked for derogatory comments against PM Narendra Modi and reportedly issuing threats against the Hindu community, is Nida Khan’s ex-husband Sheeran Raza Khan’s late father’s younger brother. He leads a political party called the Ittehad-e-Millat Council and was a minister in the Samajwadi Party government.

It is important to note that Congress had allied with Maulana Tauqeer Raza also in 2009 despite his habits of issuing threats to anyone he thought was insulting Islam. The party had in 2009 announced that the All India Ittihad-e-Millat Council has agreed to support Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, and in return, the council would have a seat-sharing arrangement with the Congress in 2012 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

It was reported that the Maulana belongs to the Barelvi sect which is close to Congress. At that time, Maulana had claimed that he was allying with Congress because he felt the need to strengthen the ‘secular forces’ in the country.

Of fear and favour: Why Hindu women seldom speak out on the atrocities unleashed upon them in grooming jihad

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Of fear and favour: Why Hindu women seldom speak out on the atrocities unleashed upon them in grooming jihad

Earlier this month I spent a five days in South Gujarat, specifically Surat and Bharuch where I got to speak to a young woman Pooja (name changed), who had been victim of grooming jihad herself when she was a minor. She put her faith in me and narrated her ordeal in hopes that her story will perhaps help other victims to get courage that there is still hope.

For me, Pooja was now not just someone I wrote a report on. My eyes welled up and when I gave her a hug as I left, I apologised to her. I was sorry that she had to go through this. That not only go through it once, but relive these moments every time she is asked to talk about it. It has been 7 years since she was abducted, forced to read namaz, enter into a nikah and eventually rescued.

She was all but 17. At 17, I was preparing for my 12th Board exams and hoping I get into the college I wanted. No 17-year-old should have go to go through what Pooja had to endure.

“Didi, main jab wapis aayi toh kuch din baad itna bura lag raha tha, jab bhi bahar niklo, sab dekh ke bolte the ki iske saath yeh hua, ki usko Musalman ladka le gaya tha, itna insult feel hota tha ki maine socha idhar rehna hi nahi aur wapis Dilshad ke saath jaane ka soch liya. Main nikli bhi thi ghar se lekin inhone wapis bacha liya. (Didi, when I returned I felt so bad, everyone kept looking at me as if I was at fault, and would keep discussing how I had to go through all this and how I was taken away by a Muslim boy. I felt so insulted that one day I thought I’d rather go back to Dilshad (abductor) anyway. I even left the house but they (activists) saved me)”, she told me through sobs.

Which is why today when one nameless, faceless, coward troll dismissed her as ‘paid Hindutva troll’, I was very upset.

Troll on Pooja (name changed)

Willis here with less than 50 followers found my 10 day old tweet and said that Pooja’s ordeal is ‘bullsh*t’ to him. “She’s clearly a paid Hindutva troll working for Modi’s government, just like you,” he said before making a personal attack on me.

Here is a girl, literally coming on record giving video testimony of what she had gone through and this fellow had the audacity to dismiss it.

Yes, love jihad does not exist because if it is jihad, it is not love and if it is by consenting adults out of free will, it is not jihad. However, when a young girl is abducted or lured into relationship by deceit (where Salman becomes Sonu or Arshad becomes Ajay), with eventual aim of religious conversion, the relationship is not love. Or when a ‘lover’ loves his/her religious duties more than ‘love’, it can’t be love either.

But it is not just this anonymous loser who does not believe in grooming jihad. Many ‘liberals’ and media houses have regularly dismissed the fact that Hindus could be and are victims of forced religious conversion.

Here are a few headlines of the ‘liberal’ media establishment.

The Wire article on ‘bogey of love jihad’ from July 2021

Apparently, ordeal of Hindu women who are abducted and forced to convert to Islam, eat beef, offer namaz, wear burqa is ‘hate filled menacing message on WhatsApp’.

NDTV being NDTV

NDTV in July last year ran a show claiming ‘so-called’ victims of love jihad debunk conspiracy. You see, NDTV claims it spoke to a woman who converted to Islam out of her own free will. There is no background of how the woman met the Muslim man she married after converting to Islam. It does not specify whether the man had hidden his religious identity or whether she was lured into relationship. All inter-religious marriages, obviously, are not grooming jihads. But there has to be an element of deceit and intention of subsequent religious conversion. On bringing in a random interfaith couple, one cannot dismiss the painful stories of lakhs of women.

NYTimes

Racist NYTimes also tried to make all Indians come across as intolerant religious bigots by spinning facts and trying to paint all interfaith relationships as ‘love jihad’ or grooming jihad.

On the other hand, all these media houses and ‘liberals’ never come forward to debunk all the fake ‘Jai Shri Ram’ hate crimes they are just too eager to report on. In July 2021, OpIndia listed out 20 incidents where ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan was misused to turn a random crime into a hate crime. Most of these were widely reported in mainstream media and many in international media to portray India’s ‘rising intolerance’ but when the same were debunked, they didn’t really show any enthusiasm to update their readers on how they erred.

As I have earlier said, Allahu Akbar is so dreaded for being the go-to chant of Islamists before blowing themselves, planes and other things off that the apologists desperately need something to defame Hinduism.

So when the popular vote and sentiment is against you, how do you expect more Hindus to speak up? Haven’t you seen how Hindus are mocked recently in a widely shared infographic for even expressing concerns about forced religious conversion and demography change and polarisation?

Caricature mocking Hindus’ fear of polarisation, forced conversions

This image was widely shared to mock Hindus who expressed apprehensions of persecution.

It is because of this that most Hindus do not speak up. Because they are mocked, ridiculed or worst (and quite often) not believed.

Like how Willis just said that Pooja was lying. He did go on to name call her and accuse her of being ‘paid’ to say that, but his first reaction was to dismiss it completely. That is also how an average ‘liberal’ behaves.

They will tell you you are a liar for being a victim of persecution. The mainstream sentiment which eventually influences popular opinion has called you a liar.

A few weeks back, we at OpIndia decided to do a follow up story of a real interfaith couple – a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl where the girl wasn’t asked to change her religion and never did the boy meet her pretending to be a Muslim – who were threatened by Muslim fundamentalists. They had to run away to a ‘safe place’. We wanted to bring their story out about their challenges since then.

We got in touch with them, but the boy said, “madam, rahne do please, mat chhapo kuchh. Abhi lagta hai woh log bhool gaye hain. Aap chhapoge toh kahin phir se woh humaare peechhe na pad jaayein.” They basically didn’t want their story to come out, as they feared for their safety. We couldn’t have put our traffic ahead of their lives, so we didn’t carry any story.

But essentially what happened – a victim was successfully silenced by those who claim they are ‘dara hua’. The stories don’t come out. The victims don’t speak. Some are not even alive to speak.

Recently I saw one ‘Muslim journalist’ (her own phrase to describe herself), who is a victim of ‘bulli bai’ app, who has already written three articles on various publications explaining her trauma how she was put on ‘auction’. Being a woman, I can understand the trauma of your pics being used online and you being subjected to humiliation, but I couldn’t stop noticing how this victim, victim of a virtual crime, has already put out three stories, and dozens of derivatives stories on those would be followed up in the mainstream media, while the Hindu victims of real hate crime were either dead or scared to death to speak up.

Voices of victims like Pooja are shouted down – that is how lopsided narratives get. Pooja not only had to endure the trauma, but she now also has to live through the humiliation of being called a liar because popular narrative is so built that does not even accept her ordeal.

India’s jet engine dilemma: A call for action

Chiranjeevi Bhat
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India’s jet engine dilemma: A call for action

One of India’s enduring challenges in military and civil aviation has been the inability of Indian industry and research agencies to design and produce an indigenous jet engine. Indian civil aviation industry fully imports its aircraft, and the lack of an indigenous engine stymies any attempt by institutions like NAL and HAL from being able to bring out even a small jet-powered civilian plane. In military aviation, the same saga continues, with the much-hyped and then much-maligned indigenous Kaveri jet engine being separated from the Tejas fighter jet program and then left to die a slow death. Our indigenous program to build fighter jets is having to make to do with foreign engines, which themselves are only doled out to us rather miserly by the US.

The fact remains that the GE F404 Engine used by Tejas is insufficient to power the aircraft, reducing its payload and range. Similarly, the GE F414 engine planned for Tejas Mark-II is similarly underpowered to meet all the requirements of IAF in the medium-weight fighter class of 15–18-ton range to enable a 5-ton combat payload and a combat range of 600 km on internal fuel. Even the AMCA/TEDBF planned/fantasized about, are all slated to be powered by GE F414, which would limit the size and payload as well as range of the fighter jets by design. So, why is India forced to compromise its expensive and extremely important fighter jet program with underpowered engines? Why cannot India successfully build its own engines?

The answer to the above question lies in the fact that jet engine technology has been more closely guarded by nations and their corporations than even nuclear reactor know-how. Jet engines are famously complex machinery, containing at least 30,000 moving and static parts, requiring high-end metallurgy research as well as a very high degree of precision and skill in forging, casting and machining. Once designed and put together, jet engines require extensive testing in wind tunnels and subsequently on flying testbeds, having to clock hundreds and thousands of hours to understand the fatigue characteristics as well as degradation of each individual part, among a hundred other studies. India lacks an ecosystem that is competent to design and build such systems as yet and therefore understandably is way behind other countries who have manufactured their jet engines. 

India’s fighter jet building program hinges on the success of the Tejas contract with HAL. The contracts for 40 Mark-1 and 83 Mark-1A jets are expected to deliver by 2027 a total of 123 Jets worth 6 fighter squadrons and 1 training squadron. These shall finally replace 6 of the 8 MiG-21 fighter squadrons, even if at least 3-4 years after the retirement of the last MiG-21 squadron. The Mark-2 LCA project is expected to use an F-414 IN engine from the GE stable and has already cleared the Comprehensive Design Review stage. Since no indigenous engine can be readied for powering the Mark-2 until 2035, The LCA Mark-2 project shall proceed with the F 414 In engine of GE.

The LCA Mark-2 is supposed to replace the Mirage 2000 (3 squadrons), the MiG-29s (5- squadrons) and the Jaguar strike aircraft (6 squadrons) and the 2 remaining MiG-21 Bis squadrons. So, it is logical that out of the 16 squadrons retiring by no later than 2035, the Indian defence ministry will be able to find the need to order at least 8-10 of LCA Mark-II are ordered (150-180 planes) and the rest is made up by the AMCA production line when it starts in 2030 (another 8 squadrons worth of planes is proposed presently).

This would bring the total strength of IAF to 39 fighter squadrons by the year 2040. The Mark-2 LCA is being planned for production by HAL from 2028 onwards and if they produce at least 1.5 squadrons worth of planes a year, it will take at least 2034 till the last LCA Mark-2 is produced. India is looking for a 110 KN class engine (dry thrust) for its AMCA mark-II by 2035 which is the earliest it plans to get an indigenous engine into its planes. However, such a long timeline casts a doubt on the objective since 110 KN engines are already deemed as underpowered for 5th generation planes, which are powered by at least 130 -140 KN (dry thrust) rated engines (F-22, F-35 and Su-57).

Therefore, our dream project of a desi engine will only underpower our AMCA fighter, preventing it from meeting the fullest requirements of the IAF when it enters service. Such an under-designing of capability at even the design stage is baffling and smacks of a lack of enough thought or belief towards engine indigenization. India has to make at least a 130 KN (dry thrust) engine, either indigenously or as a licensed assembly and design the AMCA or any other plane it deems fit, with this engine in mind, considering the high-power requirement of 5th generation fighters.

110 KN or 130 KN, how are we going to make an indigenous engine when we don’t even make a single kind of jet engine in our country?

India has to innovate here. We have to entrust this project to private Indian and foreign companies with 100% FDI automatically allowed in the design and production of a jet engine. India should set aside at least $ 500 million for the 130 KN engine project. All jet engine manufacturers or consortia should be allowed to bid, with a detailed design and test program submitted to win a design contract. India should award at least 2 design contracts of equal amount to the top 2 entities and a time frame of 24 months should be given with amounts released in a staggered manner based on the progress of the design and testing contract.

At every stage of design review and testing, IAF and ADA/GTRE officials should inspect and recommend changes if any. At the end of the 24-month period, India should carry out a complete cost analysis of the two projects, to evaluate the lowest bidder who shall be given 60% of the contract to build engines while the other bidder should be given 40 % of the contract. Any export of the engines could be allowed with the permission of the government. The SQR for the engines should be limited to power ratings (dry and wet), specific fuel consumption, length and radius dimensions each stage, temperature/ compression ratio limitations and minimum power take-off from the alternator, minimum service life, maximum mean time between overhaul/ breakdown and integrated life cycle cost.

By assisting companies in designing an engine, India can also allow companies to innovate without risk, enabling smaller players a chance to shine. Moreover, new ventures with Indian private companies can also take off, with smaller foreign partners, apart from the big three of Rolls Royce, Pratt and Whitney and General Electric. It shall also allow joint ventures like Turbo Union, smaller European firms and Japanese IHI etc. to innovate in a mutually beneficial manner in conjunction with an Indian firm. 

If design contracts are awarded by end of 2022, we can obtain a successful test of one or two proto-type engines by 2026 and by 2028, production can begin. The reason for such a short timeline is that no company can build a greenfield engine of this rating unless working over 10-15 years. Therefore, the proposed engine would be an up-gradation or an up-rating of an existing engine thereby requiring lesser time. This shall allow India to start the production of AMCA/ TEDBF design with 130 KN engines right off the start. 

Another modus is to get hold of an indigenous jet engine by entering into a joint venture with countries with similar programs. Japan is presently in the advanced stages of developing a compact Military Jet Engine that is already tested and is designed to output 180 KN in production variants. The IHI XF-9 design is very new and innovative and considering the good relations India enjoys with Japan, an offer to invest in research and production of components for the XF-9 can reduce costs for both and also help lay hands on an advanced engine pretty quickly for both countries.

India could in fact use this as a fallback for engine design just in case the indigenous jet engine proposal is delayed or fails. Either way, a new design that is tailormade for 6th generation warfighter requirements can help India quickly leapfrog the Chinese in Engine design. A jet engine of 180 KN (wet) at one of the highest fuel efficiencies currently available in jet engines can help evolve the AMCA into not just a nimble and expanded version of LCA but can allow for larger wings, longer fuselage, higher thrust to weight ratio and conversion into a Naval version with only a few modifications. India should therefore forget the attempts at trying to coax Rolls Royce and Safran into giving us underpowered engine models or footing the cost of their development and instead concentrate on the Japanese project, which is already in the prototype testing stage.

A third model is to again use diplomacy to gain access for India to use the GE F136 / XA100 models which are developed to the prototype stage. The F136 project was abandoned after Pentagon selected the F135 of Pratt and Whitney to be the sole propulsion for the F-35. Now with a new engine contract looming, GE has shifted onto a higher gear through its adaptive Engine technology which it has used to make the GE XA100 prototypes, which have recorded a maximum thrust of 200 KN already. Both the models can be pursued through diplomatic means and if controlled production is allowed in India by GE (who already partner India’s indigenous jet fighter program for propulsion) for either of the two engines, India can quickly beat the lead times and also offer GE crucial user operational data, which it can use for further research, either by itself or jointly with India.

While there shall be the need for development costs for either of the two models, India can share such costs with GE and jointly sell the engine in a new JV for the same on the lines of the ITU RB-199 Engine that powers the Tornado Jet. This is also a time-saving measure, wherein India can start production no later than 2026 for the selected jet engine. This method however requires a lot of diplomatic heavy lifting to convince the US into parting with a sensitive technology and India may have to accept curbs on sales / further development for now in order to gain access to either of the two Engines, which are sufficient to power our indigenous jet fighter development into the 2050s. 

India has to make quick and judicious decisions regarding obtaining access to jet engine technology or at least the jet engine to safeguard its airpower indigenization plan. Lack of a jet engine can cause us to fail miserably and can ensure all plans of AMCA, TEDBF/ORCA etc remain on paper only. All the above three models have a cost and involve trade-offs. But all three models could ensure India has a workable military jet engine powerful enough and reliable enough to base our 5th and 6th generation fighter projects and also learn during the entire cycle of development. A spin-off of these projects could be the propulsion for our unmanned systems which all over the world are getting increasingly bigger and more complicated. The day of AI-powered UCAV is not far away. India has to right now sort out propulsion issues so that it can concentrate on the electronics and the software aspect of jet fighter/ UCAV designing.

IIT Delhi slammed for inviting habitual fake news peddler Ashok Swain to speak on politics, postpones event citing Covid

OpIndia Staff
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IIT Delhi slammed for inviting habitual fake news peddler Ashok Swain to speak on politics, postpones event citing Covid

Ashok Swain, a Twitter user who is known for his serial fake news peddling and Hinduphobia had to face a downturn after IIT Delhi postponed its online literature festival ‘literati’ scheduled for January 23, after inviting Swain to speak. This is probably after IIT Delhi faced wide criticism on social media for inviting Left propagandists and habitual fake news peddlers to speak.

Netizens were seen criticising the institute for its panel selection at the scheduled ‘literati’ fest. Users called IIT Delhi as another ‘Urban Naxal hub’ like JNU and said that a government-funded institution inviting such fake news peddlers is ‘shameful’.

Many social media users had criticised IIT Delhi for inviting only Left propagandists to speak at the event.

Ashok Swain taking to Twitter on Thursday informed that the event had been cancelled citing COVID reasons. “I was invited to the IIT-Delhi’s annual literary fest panel to discuss what it means to be political this Sunday? Unsurprisingly, the Hindu right-wing yesterday started a campaign against my invitation. Today, the ‘online’ event got postponed in the name of Covid”, he tweeted.

He further said that he was surprised to get the invitation from IIT Delhi. In its annual lecture series, the IITD had scheduled a session of ‘Political Stance and Identity’ with Ajay Gudavarthy, Ashok Swain and Kawalpreet Kaur, which apparently got cancelled.

On Instagram, the IITD handle for the ‘Literati’ event had shared that their scheduled program has been ‘postponed indefinitely’. They said that many of their team members have been affected by the pandemic.

Swain is a serial fake news peddler

It is pertinent to note that Ashok Swain, who claims to be a Professor of ‘Peace and Conflict Research’ at Uppsala University has a history of spreading lies, fake news and blatant Hinduphobia. He had in 2018, claimed that the NDA government was triggering conflict between India and Pakistan to gain electoral points. These claims of his were also picked up by Pakistani media for absolving Pakistan of the ghastly terrorist attack in Pulwama.

Swain had proudly tweeted that his tweets got the ‘Prime Time Attention in Pakistan’.

Reports mention that Ashok Swain had in past also spread fake news about a Muslim boy alleging that he was set on fire by ‘Hindutva beasts’ for not chanting Jai Shri Ram, despite the police clarifying that it was a fake news. He often peddles blatant fake news that is already debunked and never acknowledges it. He had even indulged in cyberbullying of a teenage Hindu girl who was selected for a NASA internship.

Following the violent riots in the United States in the name of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement last year, Swain had called for similar riots and violence in India for the so-called “extra-judicial killings” of Muslims in the country. He had demanded to replicate the ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests in the United States and Canada in the name of ‘Muslim Lives Matter’ in India.

Qatar based Eid Charity, accused by US of assisting Al Qaeda, sent almost ₹60 crore to India for Muslims, finds study by think tank

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Qatar based Eid Charity, accused by US of assisting Al Qaeda, sent almost ₹60 crore to India for Muslims, finds study by think tank

Usanas Foundation, an India-based geopolitics and security think-tank, recently dug deep into the network of Wahhabi organisations’ network in India and their role in the radicalisation and spread of terrorism in the country. In a report published in the Sunday Guardian, the think tank’s founder and head of research explained how Qatar-based Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association, also referred to as Eid Charity, has been funding millions of dollars to organisations associated with the Wahhabi school of thought since 2008-2009.

Eid Charity sent $7.82 million to India

The Middle East Forum, which is a Philadelphia-based organisation, recently came across a massive cache of documents related to the Eid Charity. The organisation found over 1,200 transactions made to India either directly via Eid Charity or contributions by individuals. It suggested that a total of approx USD 7.82 million, or roughly Rs 58.25 crore, were sent to eight organisations in India. The money was allegedly used for projects directly linked to the Muslim community, including building supporting mosques, building hand pumps and more.

The Eid Charity faced global scrutiny in 2013 when the US Department of Treasury named Abd Al-Rahman al-Nu’aymi, one of the founders of Eid Charity, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGTs). The US Treasury sanctioned him for providing financial and material assistance to al-Qaeda and its affiliate terrorist organisations in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Somalia. Donations made by Eid Charity and its affiliate organisations are under investigation in several countries, including the US.

Salafi Charitable Trust Narikkuni – the top beneficiary of Eid Charity’s funds to India

The documents further revealed that Salafi Charitable Trust Narikkuni, which is a Kerala-based organisation, received the largest chunk of the funds. Records suggest that between 2008 to 2017, this organisation received USD 4.9 million. This particular organisation is being run by another Qatar-based charity group, RAF or Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Al Thani Foundation for Humanitarian Services. A royal family member of Qatar is behind RAF. It is noteworthy that Arab Nations had banned RAF in 2017 for its involvement in funding terrorist organisations. RAF has serious charges against it, including providing funds to terrorist group al-Qaeda’s affiliate groups al-Nusra in Syria and providing weapons to Muslim-Brotherhood-backed militants in Sudan.

The investigation showed that the money received by Salafi Charitable Trust was mainly meant for financial support to the poor Muslim population. A portion of the money was also used to promote and distribute Hijab. Dr Hussain Madavoor, who is Kerala’s one of the most prominent religious leaders and vice president of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM), one of the largest faith-based organisations, serves as chairman at Salafi Charitable Trust as well.

In 2018, Salafi’s chairman, Dr Madavoor, posted a video message on Facebook. In his address, he extended support to Peace Education Foundation and its founder and MD, M.M. Akbar. Notably, Peace Education Foundation has been under security agencies’ radar since 2016. It was revealed that several people who were radicalised and joined ISIS were associated with this organisation.

Akbar, who is known for his controversial statements, is often called “Zakir Naik of Kerala”. In 2018, he was arrested while trying to fly to Qatar on the charges of radicalising school children using inflammatory content in the schools funded by his organisation.

Abdul Rashid Abdullah, mastermind of ISIS Kerala module and former employee of Peace Foundation, had released an audio message in which he claimed several teachers and parents of Peace Schools support ISIS. He further alleged the organisation tried to hide the identity of two of its former employees who had joined ISIS-KP in Afghanistan.

Usanas Foundation said in the report that during the investigation, they found Eid Charity also funded an organisation named Peace Education Centre. Most of the money received by this organisation was meant to support an orphanage. However, Usanas could not establish a link between Peace Education Foundation and Peace Education Foundation. However, it added if the two organisations are linked, “it would be the most direct evidence of Eid Charity funding organisations in India that are alleged to be involved in radicalisation activities.”

Symposium Educational Charitable Society – Ghost charity of Uttar Pradesh

The second organisation that received the maximum funding from Eid Charity in India was of Symposium Educational Charitable Society. It received around $2.01 million. However, when Usanas Foundation tried to trace down the organisation, there was no information available about it in the public domain. The majority of the funds were transferred for the projects running in the Siddharthnagar district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

A large chunk of that money was sent to Al-Farooq Group, which is based in Iowa, district Siddharthnagar, UP. Al-Farooq Group is known for its dismissive stand against Sufi Islam which is quite popular in India. Itwa is known for organisations that propagate fundamentalist Wahhabi interpretations that are intolerant towards the non-Wahhabi Muslim community.

Eid Charity’s beneficiary Al Safa’s criminal history

The next organisation on the list is Al Safa Educational, Industrial and Islamic Charitable Society. Maulana Sheikh Meraj Rabbani, a controversial religious leader, runs this organisation. He was arrested in 2010 for hate speech against Muslim communities that follow Barelvis and Sufis. He was also involved in the Heera Gold fraud case, which was a Ponzi scheme. He had urged people to invest in the scheme.

The investigation also revealed that the funds were transferred using ghost individuals and shell organisations in order to escape the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies and tax regulatory bodies. For example, they were not able to trace Al-Habib Educational and Charitable Foundation and Relevance Charitable Foundation existence.

Qatar is possibly on the verge of falling in the FATF grey list

Usanas Foundation said in its report that the authorities in Qatar may fall under the FATF grey list if they do not take aggressive steps to avoid the situation. Its strong allies, Turkey and Pakistan, are already on the grey list for their involvement in terror funding. As international investigation agencies are investigating several Qatar citizens for the terror funding, Qatar may follow suit. Recently, it was reported that Qatar was on track to become the ninth Middle East and North Africa (MENA) country to complete the latest FATF assessments. Among the eight MENA countries that have completed the FATF assessment, Morocco and Jordan found a place in the grey list that means these countries post high risk in terms of foreign investment.

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