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The Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has summoned ameeting
of the Parliamentary Committee of the PPP and itsallied parties
today, Geo News reported. The meeting willreview governments
economic agenda, the progress of the com-mittee constituted for
consultations with various political par-ties and the
implementation status of 10 points agenda given bythe PML(N). In a
statement, Prime Minister Gilani said thatPPP has come into power
with peoples mandate and it hasroots in all the four provinces, AJK
and Gilgit-Baltistan. ThePrime Minister said that following
Mohtarma Benazir BhuttoShaheeds philosophy and vision, the partly
has initiated theprocess of dialogue with all political parties in
the country forresolution of national challenges like terrorism and
economiccrisis. He further said that the country is encountering
seriouspolitical and economic challenges due to international
economicrecession and terrorism. These issues can only be
resolved
through national consensus. He declared that the national
sov-ereignty, integrity and security would not be bargained at
anycost. Prime Minister Gilani directed all the elected
representa-tives of PPP, office bearers and ticket holders to start
playingtheir pivotal role in resolution of peoples problems in
theirrespective constituencies. Regarding coalition government
inPunjab, the Prime Minister said that the PPP joined the
Punjabcoalition government with the objective of promoting politics
ofreconciliation. However, the Punjab PPP will shortly review
theemerging political situation in the Province. He further said
thatthe politics of PPP is based on national reconciliation,
suprema-cy of democratic institutions and resolutions of
fundamentalissues faced by the people. The country cannot afford
the poli-tics of polarization at this moment. The Prime Minister
saidthat after tomorrows meeting the Parliament would be takeninto
confidence on major political and economic issues.
A US man held in Pakistan over the shootings of two men inLahore
was secretly working for the CIA at the time, reportsquoting
unnamed US officials state. Raymond Allen Davis,36, was working as
a CIA contractor for the US consulate inLahore, the officials say.
Mr. Davis is being held in jail pend-ing a decision on his
diplomatic status. The former soldiershot two men he says were
trying to rob him. The incidenthas soured US-Pakistan relations.
Correspondents say thePakistan government is under tremendous
domestic pressure
to put Mr. Davis on trial despite US assertions that he
hasdiplomatic immunity. Mr. Davis is charged with two counts
-murder and possession of illegal weapons. Hundreds ofPakistanis
have taken part in street demonstrations. The USState Department on
Monday repeated the administration'sstance that Mr. Davis was an
accredited member of the tech-nical and administrative staff of the
US Embassy inIslamabad. They said the Pakistani government had
beeninformed of his status in January 2010 and that Pakistan
isviolating its international obligations by continuing to holdhim.
Mr. Davis was working as a "protective officer," Reutersnews agency
quoted sources as saying. US media outlets,including the New York
Times, the Washington Post and theAssociated Press, said they had
held off publicizing detailsabout Mr. Davis' employment status
while the US tried toimprove his security situation. But on Sunday,
the UK'sGuardian newspaper disclosed Mr. Davis' relationship
withthe CIA.Source: BBC News
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is back to homeRahat Fateh Ali Khan flew
home from India after paying afine of $33,216 for carrying large
quantities of cash out ofthe country, an embassy official
said.Khan, 37, was charged at the weekend with carrying unde-clared
foreign currency in violation of Indias ForeignExchange Management
Act and customs rules.He is rated as one of the top singers. He
said his detentionwas due to lack of his knowledge relating to
Indian CustomLaws. However, he showed agreement to revisit India
condi-tioning that if hosts invite him with respect. Rahat is
rated
as a one of the top playback singers of in Bollywood and
hasseveral hit numbers to his credit. He won the Filmfare Awardfor
Best Male Playback Singer this year for 'Dil To BachchaHai Ji' from
the movie 'Ishqiya' and his first Bollywood hitwas 'Laagi Tumse
Mann Ki Lagan' from the film 'Paap'.To aquestion, he dismissed
impression of being made a target inIndia unlike Adnan Sami Khan.
Later, he thanked AbdulRehman Malik and Pakistani High Commission
in India onbeing helpful in troubled hours.
Gen Kayani meets US military leadersChief of Army Staff General
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met here on
Wednesday with US military leaders to discuss regional
securityissues and explore new ways to better coordinate military
opera-tions.The meeting was attended by US Chairman of the
JointChiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen; US Central
CommandCommander, General James Mattis; US Special
OperationsCommand Commander, Admiral Eric Olson and General
DavidPetraeus, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan.I was
pleased to have the opportunity to discuss with Americanofficers
the progress we have made fighting extremists in ourcountry and to
offer them my thoughts about how our two sidesmight better
cooperate, said Kayani.Pakistan's soldiers have fought bravely and
accomplished much
at great cost. We must honour those sacrifices by making sureour
military operations are understood.General Kayani was accompanied
by Major General Javed Iqbal,Director General of Military
Operations and BrigadierMuhammad Saeed.The two sides provided
operational updates and also discussedthe need for greater
infrastructure development, cross-bordercommunication and
information sharing.Though American commanders consult frequently
with GeneralKayani, this was only the third time they have gathered
togetherin this manner, since August 2008.Source: Geo
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With the B.C. Liberals set to elect their new leader onSaturday,
a new poll says Christy Clark still has the highestlevel of support
among party candidates but her competi-tors have gained a lot of
ground. The VisionCritical/Angus Reid poll, conducted for The Globe
andMail and CTV, found 67 per cent of respondents whovoted for the
Liberals in the 2009 provincial electionthought Ms. Clark would be
a good choice to replace out-going Premier Gordon Campbell.
Fifty-one per cent ofLiberal respondents said Kevin Falcon would be
a goodchoice, while 46 per cent said the same of George Abbottand
Mike de Jong. While the numbers might across asgood news for Ms.
Clarks campaign, Mario Canseco, vice-president of communications
for Vision Critical/AngusReid, said thats not necessarily the case.
Theres not a lotof momentum there. Her level amongst B.C. Liberals
isroughly the same one that she had in December, Mr.Canseco said in
an interview. Its the momentum for theother candidates thats really
impressive. Kevin Falcon isup by six points among B.C. Liberal
respondents. AndAbbott and de Jong are up 12 points. The online
pollsurveyed 811 B.C. adults who are Angus Reid forum pan-
elists. It was conducted from Feb. 15 to Feb. 17 and has amargin
of error of 3.5 percentage points. Amongst allrespondents not just
Liberals Ms. Clark had 42 percent support, down four points since
December. Mr.Abbott moved up five points to 30 per cent, and Mr.
deJong gained three to reach 26 per cent. Mr. Falcon lost onepoint,
dropping to 27 per cent. The poll also found thegoverning Liberals
have gained ground on the oppositionNew Democrats since Mr.
Campbell announced he wouldstep down. Mr. Canseco said 41 per cent
of respondentssaid they intended to vote for the Liberals in the
nextprovincial election, compared to 38 per cent for the
NDP.However, that three-point gap fell within the polls marginof
error. The December poll had the two parties in a virtu-al tie at
38 per cent each. Mr. Canseco said voters whopreviously appeared
ready to leave the Liberals havereturned to the party fold since
Mr. Campbell muchmaligned for his introduction of the harmonized
sales tax said he would resign. In the middle of last year,
espe-cially after the HST came into place, the retention rate
forthe Liberals was close to 50 per cent, which is awful.
Yourebasically only holding on to half the voters in the last
elec-
tion, he said, addingthe leadership campaignhas helped voters
recon-nect with the party.Norman Ruff, a politicalscientist and
professoremeritus with theUniversity of Victoria,agreed that
Mr.Campbells impendingdeparture has been aboon for his party. Ithas
defused much of the deep hostility towards theLiberals, he said. In
the NDP leadership race, the pollfound Mike Farnworth has the
highest level of support.Fifty-nine per cent of NDP voters and 42
per cent of allrespondents said he would be a good choice to
replaceCarole James as party leader. Adrian Dix received
endorse-ment from 45 per cent of NDP voters and 27 per cent ofall
respondents. Whats interesting about Farnworth isheres a guy who
conceivably would be moving the NDPcloser to the centre. Theres
this discussion that this isgoing to be very detrimental to the
NDP, that the base isgoing to be unhappy, Mr. Canseco said. But hes
at 59per cent among NDP voters so I think its more a questionof can
this person really lead us to victory even if he mightnot be as
left-wing as we would want. The NDP willchoose their leader on
April 17.Source: Globe and Mail
Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched Canada Korea foundation
on Feb 21 at Hilton Hotel in Burnaby. The PMwas briefly in town and
attended events in Vancouver and Victoria. Photo by M. Pirzada
Bahrain frees political prisoners
Gaddafi defiant asstate teeters
Clarks lead over BC Liberal leadership rivals shrinks, poll
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Issue 278 - Rabi ul Awaal 21, 1432 / February 25, 20115 i n t e
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Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, clings to power in the face
ofmass protests demanding his resignation, as parts of the
country's statestructure appear to be disintegrating around him.
Fears are growingthat Libya's state apparatus, once seen as a
powerful and coherent enti-ty, is facing collapse as key officials
quit the government, with somejoining the protesters, and as
international isolation mounts. Freshgunfire was reported in the
capital Tripoli on Wednesday, after Gaddaficalled on his supporters
to take back the streets from anti-governmentprotesters. The
fighting in Tripoli came as the opposition reportedlyseized control
of Misurata, according to the Associated Press. Speakingin a
televised address on Tuesday evening, Gaddafi vowed to fight onand
die a "martyr" on Libyan soil. He called on his supporters to
takeback the streets on Wednesday from protesters who are demanding
thathe step down. He also claimed that he had "not yet ordered the
use offorce", warning that "when I do, everything will burn".
Gaddafi, whotermed the protests an "armed rebellion", said that
security cordons setup by police and the military would be lifted
on Wednesday, telling hissupporters to "go out and fight
[anti-government protesters]". Heblamed the uprising in the country
on "Islamists", and warned that an"Islamic emirate" has already
been set up in Bayda and Derna, where hethreatened the use of
extreme force. "I am a fighter, a revolutionaryfrom tents ... I
will die as a martyr at the end," Gaddafi, who has been inpower for
41 years, said. Several hundred people held a pro-Gaddafirally in
central Tripoli on Tuesday night, cheering the Libyan leader ashe
made his speech. Demonstrators in the eastern city of
Benghazi,which is now controlled by anti-government protesters,
angrily threwshoes at a screen showing the address. While Gaddafi
has insisted thatthe country is stable, however, international
leaders have warned thatthe growing violence and increasing numbers
of government and mili-tary renouncement of Gaddafi's leadership
indicate that the state struc-ture is in critical danger. William
Hague, the British foreign minister,has said that there are "many
indications of the structure of the statecollapsing in Libya". "The
resignation of so many ambassadors anddiplomats, reports of
ministers changing sides within Libya itself, showsthe system is in
a very serious crisis," he said. Libyan diplomats acrossthe world
have either resigned in protest at the use of violence
againstcitizens, or renounced Gaddafi's leadership, saying that
they stand withthe protesters. Late on Tuesday night, General
Abdul-Fatah Younis, thecountry's interior minister, became the
latest government official tostand down, saying that he was
resigning to support what he termed asthe "February 17 revolution".
He urged the Libyan army to join thepeople and their "legitimate
demands". On Wednesday, Youssef Sawani,a senior aide to Saif
al-Islam Gaddafi, one of Muammer Gaddafi's sons,resigned from his
post "to express dismay against violence", Reutersreported.
Earlier, Mustapha Abdeljalil, the country's justice minister,had
resigned in protest at the "excessive use of violence" against
protest-ers, and diplomat's at Libya's mission to the United
Nations called onthe Libyan army to help remove "the tyrant Muammar
Gaddafi". Agroup of army officers has also issued a statement
urging soldiers to"join the people" and remove Gaddafi from
power.
Source: Al-Jazeera
At least 50 political prisoners have been released in Bahrain,
including 23 Shia activists accused of plot-ting to overthrow the
kingdom's al-Khalifa dynasty. The state also pardoned two others
abroad, includ-ing opposition leader Hassan Mashaima, an MP told
the AFP news agency. The move late on Tuesdaycomes after state
media reported that King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa had ordered the
release of prison-ers, a demand of protesters seeking an elected
government in the country. Ibrahim Mattar of the ShiaWefaq party
told the Reuters news agency it was a "positive move" but that
dozens still remain in jail."Allowing the people to protest and
releasing those people are positive moves," he said. But
Mohammedal-Tajir, a human rights lawyer representing some of the
detainees, said he was not sure that the releaseof prisoners would
be enough to satisfy protesters. "We are not sure even about the
number of thereleased detainees. We are expecting that more than
600 defendants were in jail and only some of thesehave been
released since last night, including the 23 Shia activists," said
al-Tajir. He said up to 200 mayhave been released since Tuesday
night, and that those freed were political prisoners or "clerics
who arenormally active in political or human rights issues". Shias
account for about 70 per cent of the popula-tion, but are a
minority in Bahrain's 40-seat parliament. The United States on
Tuesday welcomed thestate's announcement that it would begin
releasing prisoners and permit peaceful demonstrations. "Wecommend
the steps taken by King Hamad as well as Crown Prince Salman and
others to restore calm toBahrain, to allow peaceful demonstrations
to take place," PJ Crowley, the state department spokesman,said.
Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, added that the "steps
need to be followed by concreteactions and reform". "There is no
place for violence against peaceful protesters." But opposition
groupsare still waiting for the al-Khalifa family, which has ruled
Bahrain for 200 years, to accept the principle ofa constitutional
monarchy before agreeing to enter into dialogue. "The main point we
are waiting for isthe initiative for political reform. Until now
they didn't promise anything," Mattar said. "If they don'tsay it,
we are wasting our time." Earlier on Tuesday, tens of thousands of
people descended upon PearlRoundabout in Manama, the capital,
calling for the government's downfall, in the biggest rally in
morethan a week of protests. A total of seven people have been
killed and hundreds wounded in the coun-try's worst unrest since
the 1990s Source: Al-Jazeera
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Two Iranian naval ships have passed through Egypt's SuezCanal
into the Mediterranean Sea heading for Syria, a sourceat the canal
authority told the Reuters news agency. The shipsentered the canal
at 03:45 GMT on Tuesday and passed intothe Mediterranean at
13:30GMT, the Suez Canal Authoritysource said. "Their return is
expected to be on March 3," thesource said. The two vessels,
Alvand, a patrol frigate andKharg, a supply ship, are the first
naval vessels going throughthe canal since Iran's 1979 Islamic
revolution, after whichdiplomatic ties between Egypt and Iran were
strained.Egypt's ruling military council, facing its first
diplomaticchallenge since taking power on February 11, approved
the
vessels' passage through the canal. The Suez Canal cutsthrough
Egypt and allows shipping to pass from the MiddleEast to Europe and
vice versa without going around thesouthern tip of Africa. The
canal is a vital global trading routeand a major source of revenue
for the Egyptian authorities.Israel takes a "grave view" of the
passage of the ships. OnSunday, after a weekly meeting of his
cabinet, BinyaminNetanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, denounced
the ships'arrival in the region as an Iranian power play. And last
week,the prospect of the Suez crossing was described by
AvigdorLieberman, Israel's far-right foreign minister, as a
"provoca-tion" by Iran. But an Iranian diplomat said that: "This
will be
a routine visit, within international law, in line with the
co-operation between Iran and Syria, who have strategic ties."The
ships will spend a few days in Syrian ports for trainingpurposes,
having already visited several countries includingOman and Saudi
Arabia." The decision was a difficult one forEgypt's interim
government as Cairo is an ally of the US andhas a peace treaty with
Israel. However, Egypt's officialMENA news agency has reported that
the request for theships to transit the canal was granted because
they were notcarrying weapons or nuclear and chemical materials.
The1,500-tonne Alvand is normally armed with torpedoes andanti-ship
missiles, while the larger 33,000-tonne Kharg has acrew of 250 and
facilities for up to three helicopters, Iran'sofficial Fars news
agency said.Source: Al-Jazeera
Issue 278 - Rabi ul Awaal 21, 1432 / February 25, 20116 i n t e
r n a t i o n a l MIR A LETHEVancouver named world's
most liveable cityAlgeria repealsemergency law
India hands down Godhra verdict
For the fifth year in a row, Vancouver has been namedthe most
liveable city in the world. Still riding anOlympic high from
hosting the 2010 Winter Games,the city beat out Melbourne,
Australia and Vienna,Austria as the place where people would prefer
to live ifthey could choose anywhere in the world. Two
otherCanadian cities, Toronto and Calgary, also made theEconomist
Intelligence Unit's top 10 list at fourth andfifth respectively. At
the other end of the spectrum wasHarare, Zimbabwe, a once-beautiful
city that has lostits allure after three decades of Robert Mugabe's
rule.Vancouver took the top spot with a score of 98 per centbased
on rankings including health care, infrastructure,culture,
environment and education. The EconomistIntelligence Unit, a market
research department of TheEconomist magazine, surveyed 140 cities.
Vancouverdeserves to be at the top of the list, but it can just
aseasily be knocked off, said Tourism Vancouver presi-dent Rick
Antonson. "This is something we can never,ever take for granted,"
he said. "It's something as aVancouver resident it's wonderful
since you have yourown set of glasses to look through. Given what
thismeans to visitors, this means the city has all the
rightattributes. But being able to sustain something like thatis a
constant watch. It has to be top of mind that we donot let
something like that slip." Vancouver Mayor
Gregor Robertson was also pleased with the ranking,which
Vancouver first earned in 2007 before his VisionVancouver party
came to power. The city's problemswith the Olympic Village, its
battle to end street home-lessness and a persistent drug trade all
appeared tohave little impact on the ranking. Only petty crime
wasan issue. Eight of the 10 top spots went to cities inCanada,
Australia, and New Zealand, with Vienna com-ing third and Helsinki,
Finland sixth. "Vancouverremains at the top of the ranking, a
position that canonly have been cemented by the successful hosting
ofthe 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, whichprovided a boost
to the infrastructure and culture andenvironment categories," the
report summary said."Only petty crime presents any difficulties
forVancouver, although this would be a shortfall of anysuch
location," it said. Jon Copestake, the report's edi-tor, said
mid-sized cities in developed countries thathave low population
densities generally scored wellbecause they had cultural and
infrastructure benefitsbut also had fewer issues with crime and
congestion.Pittsburgh was the top U.S. city, in 29th place,
justahead of Honolulu, while Los Angeles moved up threeplaces to
44th and New York held onto the 56th spot.London moved up one place
to 53rd while Paris camein at number 16. The top Asian city was
Osaka atnumber 12, tying Geneva, Switzerland and beating outthe
Japanese capital of Tokyo, which came in at 18.Hong Kong was at 31
but Beijing, capital of the world'smost populous nation and No. 2
economy, straggled inat 72. At the other end of the list, African
and Asiannations made up the bottom of the survey's rankings.Many
of those are subsumed in political turmoil,poverty and war.
"Conflict is responsible for many ofthe poorest performing scores,"
the report said, point-ing to issues such as violence, crime, civil
insurgencyand war.
Source: Vancouver Sun
An Indian court has found 31 people guilty of the 2002 Godhra
train burning, which killed 59 Hindu pilgrimsand sparked religious
violence that left 2,000 people dead. The court in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat, also acquitted 63people of participating in the attack,
following a trial that ended in September 2010, after lasting for
nearly nineyears. Prerna Suri, Al Jazeera's correspondent New
Delhi, said: "This has been a very long drawn out process, afew men
have actually died in custody waiting for this verdict. "It is
expected that this verdict will be appealed.Families of the accused
say they will take this to the Supreme Court and the Higher Court
as well. The train fireat Godhra station in the western state of
Gujarat triggered some of the worst religious violence in India
sinceindependence. Hindus blamed Muslims for the blaze, leading
protesters to seek revenge by rampaging throughMuslims
neighbourhoods in three days of bloodshed. Muslims have always
denied setting the train ablaze. Morethan 1,000 people, most of
them Muslim, were killed in the violence that engulfed the state
until May of thatyear. Tuesday's conviction supports Hindu claims
that the attack on the Sabarmati Express was a planned attack.But
the opposition and media have accused the state government,
controlled by the Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), of not doing
enough to stop the violence and possibly even stoking it. In 2007,
Chandrasinh Parmar, for-mer local chief of the BJP, was sentenced
to life in prison for his roles in the murder of Muslim men and the
rap-ing of Muslim women during the riots. A national enquiry into
the fire concluded the fire was an accident, butother official
investigations have differed in their findings. "The court has
accepted the conspiracy theory. It wasnot an accident," special
public prosecutor JM Panchal said. Extra police officers were on
duty across Gujarat onTuesday to prevent any outbreak of communal
violence in the wake of the verdicts, and local authorities
havebanned television stations and newspapers from broadcasting or
printing the graphic images taken during theriots to avoid stirring
up religious tensions. The court is expected to hand down jail
sentences on Friday.
Algeria's cabinet has adopted an order to lift a 19-year-old
stateof emergency in a concession designed to avoid the tide
ofuprisings sweeping the Arab world, but protesters said themeasure
did not go far enough. A draft law approved by thecabinet would
repeal the emergency law as soon as it is pub-lished in the
government's official journal, the official AlgeriePresse Service
reported on Wednesday. Ending the emergencypowers was one of the
demands voiced by opposition groupswhich have been staging weekly
protests in the Algerian capitalthat sought to emulate uprisings in
Egypt and neighbouringTunisia. "The lifting of the state of
emergency is still positivebut it's not enough," Mustafa Bouchachi,
chairman of theAlgerian Human Rights League and one of the
organisers of theprotests, said on Tuesday. "We need a real opening
up for polit-ical, media and social activities so that the people
can experi-ence democracy for themselves," he told the Reuters
newsagency. The emergency measures, long lambasted by
interna-tional human rights groups, have barred peaceful protests,
lim-ited constitutionally granted political freedoms and allowed
forwhat many described as arbitrary detentions. PresidentAbdelaziz
Bouteflika, who is 73, is likely to remain under pres-sure - both
from protesters and from inside the ruling establish-ment - to
deliver more change and to explain to the public whathe plans to
do. Algeria is a major energy exporter which pumpsgas via pipelines
under the Mediterranean to Spain and France.The state of emergency
was imposed at the beginning of thecountry's decade-long civil war,
which pitted the Armed IslamicGroup (GIA) against a
military-dominated government thatrefused to abide by the results
of a 1991 election, widelybelieved to have been won by the Islamic
Salvation Front (FIS).Tens of thousands of people have died in the
ensuing conflict.However, in the past few years the violence has
subsided andgovernment critics have alleged the emergency rules are
beingused to repress political freedoms. The emergency powers
willnot be lifted until the order adopted by the cabinet is
publishedin the official gazette, which is likely to happen by the
end ofFebruary. The state of emergency was implemented for the
soleneeds of the anti-terrorist fight," Algeria's official APS
newsagency quoted Bouteflika as saying at the cabinet
meeting.Bouteflika had announced earlier this month that the
emer-gency rules would be lifted soon. Tuesday's decision will
havefew practical implications: new rules were also adopted
whichwill allow the military to continue involving itself in
domesticsecurity, as it had done under the emergency powers.
Theemergency rules banned protest marches in the capital,
butBouteflika said earlier this month this restriction would
remainin force indefinitely. The other measures adopted by the
gov-ernment on Tuesday focused on tackling unemployment,
whichofficial figures put at about 10 per cent but is much
higheramong the young. The government also approved a package
ofmeasures aimed at reducing unemployment, which is one of
thebiggest grievances of ordinary people in Algeria.Source:
Al-Jazeera
Iranian navy ships exit Suez Canal
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overview of the worldthrough articles and images. Over theyears, we
have literally covered over onethousands events from all
communities inefforts to keep up with our slogan,
Bringing Harmony to all the communi-ties. We are also proud that
when Non-Muslims read Miracle Newspaper, they
learn more about Islam, the local andinternational Muslim
community.Feb 23, 2001 was a remarkable day for theBC Muslim
community when Mr. NusratHussain launched his first MuslimNewspaper
on biweekly basis. His familysand his day and night struggle gave a
voiceto the community.Although I was new to BC, I had been
pre-viously involved in community events andsent reports to Mr.
Nusrat Hussain for theMiracle but June 24th 2002 was a miracu-lous
day in my life when Allah SWT choseme to join this ship as a
ManagingDirector through some indications shownin a dream. In 2002,
Miracle Media GroupInc. was formed.From 2001 to 2006, a lot of ups
and downscame in the life of Miracle, many of whichhurt the
business financially. The Miraclegot attention at national and
internationallevel during some of these crises.Despite full-time
dedication of Mr. Nusratand me, this paper was not enough to
pro-vide the bread and butter for our families.At that time, Mr.
Nusrat Hussain, founderof Miracle, handed me over the
responsi-bility to run this show alone. Thanks Mr.
Hussain! I have been since trying to nour-ish your baby, The
Miracle, to this day, Feb23, 2011. How successful my entire teamand
I have been in achieving this tasks?Well, the Miracles readers are
the bestjudges.I will not be honest if I do not appreciatethe
efforts of Hon. Chief and Urdu editorMr. Mohammad Rafiq, Khadija,
Misbah,Sabeeh, Shahrukh, and the remarkable dayand night efforts of
our graphic designer.Keep up the good work not only for theMiracle,
but for all the community.I thank everyone who took the time
andsent their messages at Miracles 10thAnniversary, including Prime
MinisterStephen Harper, Opposition leaders fromLiberals and NDP,
Mayor of Surrey,Counsel General of Pakistan,
associations,advertisers and well-wishing individualsfrom the
community.Feel free to comment on this colorful issueas your
concerns and suggestions are high-ly appreciated for improving our
quality infuture.
Jazaakumu Allahu Khairan.
Quite sadly, most of the non Muslimmedia is either too naive or
too preju-diced to appreciate the final Divine mes-sage elaborated
in the noble Quranrevealed for the benefit of the entirehumankind.
Indeed, Islam is a universalreligion and is believed by twenty
fivepercent of the total world population, yetit is discussed in
the negative territory bysome from the main stream media world-wide
- leading to the birth of illegitimatepublic opinion about the
Muslims.However, any misleading public opiniondoesnt really enjoy
credibility.Certainly, biased journalism does nothingbut poison the
raw minds of many result-ing in Islamophobia. Such a negativetrend
is injurious to the interests ofMuslim culture and religion. In
order tosay or write about Islam or the Muslims,one has to be
relevantly qualified to eval-uate to reach a logical conclusion.Its
been a bitter reality that the nonMuslim media has been giving
misjudg-ment without in-depth knowledge aboutthe practicality of
Islam. Main culprithere seems to be the inadequate presenceof
Muslim media in this arena. Despitethe mischievous elements in the
media,an honest reporting can play crucial rolein the formation of
logical public opin-ion.Therefore, conveying only relevant andtrue
information to the interested publicis the responsibility of Muslim
electronicand print media. Although, the code ofethics must be
strictly followed by theMuslim or non Muslim Print orElectronic
media, yet, some media indi-
viduals are not sincere enough when rep-resenting the Muslims
for a number ofreasons - including ignorance, discrimi-nation, poor
knowledge of Islam, or theirtotal disability of interpreting
Islamicteachings in the proper context.Whether it is radio,
television, newspaperor internet, the media has the capacity
ofconnecting and bridging communities.Beyond doubt, internet is
gold mine ofaccessibility enriching the minds positive-ly or
negatively - depending on what youreally look for through face
book, twitter,blogs, emails, and the list goes on and on.Muslim
media should strive harder andharder to achieve the goal of
nationbuilding based on truth but avoiding theevil input.On the
contrary, when the media is biasedand focused only on
commercialization, itbecomes irritating for intelligent audi-ence.
Ironically, most of the peoplebecome addicted to watching TV
withoutrealizing that time is money which theyare wasting
unnecessarily. The worriedMuslims are really concerned about
theirobligation towards the society they live in.Yet, there are
quite a few areas needing animmediate attention for introducing
dras-tic changes so that the roadblocks areremoved. This would let
the deprivedpeople move forward to live among nonMuslims with
equality.Several communities of different ethnici-ties have their
own media to safeguardtheir interests. Similarly, the Muslims
arelooking for a decent way out of the ongo-ing frustrating
situation. They are becom-ing active more than ever and getting
closer to helping the main stream media,which is absolutely a
good beginning inthe right direction.And, it seems as if the
journalisticmonopoly is on the verge of gradual ero-sion sending
signals to the Muslim com-munity to serve the entire humanity
byshowing only the true pictures of eventsaround them. Fortunately,
the Muslimmedia of today has genuine encourage-ment to become more
and more assertivewith an improved degree of confidence.In other
words they are more involvedand getting closer to be competitive
evenin the commercially focused media mar-ket soon.Better late than
never, the Muslims arecomfortable to troubleshoot the unfriend-ly
status quo through their own electronicand print media. They are
catching upgradually and hopefully would be able toget rid of
Islamophobia among NorthAmerican audience. Of course, onlyMuslim
print or electronic media is in thebest position to publish or
broadcastinformation or other news pertaining totheir own
community. In other words, itis a challenge for the Muslim Media
topresent only the true image of Islam as areligion of peace,
tolerance and justice.In addition to Print media, a dailyMuslim
presence in the broadcast mediaand the internet would correct the
antiIslam feelings among the non Muslimcommunities of North America
and else-where. Once Muslim media is in full forceon daily basis,
the Muslim youth woulddefinitely be encouraged to benefit,
pre-serve and strengthen their Islamic identi-
ty. It is about time to build bridges ofunderstanding with
everyone around.Through such Muslim media, construc-tive interfaith
dialogues can be aired tooon regular basis.Thankfully, several
media people ofintegrity understand the essence of jour-nalism. The
Islamic Society of NorthAmerica (ISNA) publishes IslamicHorizons,
Islamic Circle of NorthAmerica (ICNA) publishes The Messageand
there are many other publications bydifferent mosques. Also, there
areMonthly, Bi Weekly or Weekly NewsPapers and several other
publications byMuslim Students' Associations.A daily basis Muslim
TV, radio broadcast-ing, and any publication in English lan-guage
is the urgent need of the Muslimcommunity in North
America.Apparently, the mainstream media hasbeen unable to address
the issues of dif-ferent communities equally.The Muslim community
deserves equalityand justice, especially when it comes tothe
unattended or mishandled issues. Inorder to maintain Muslim
identity, theMuslim electronic or print media have toplay its role
to protect the communityfrom division. The Muslim media alsoneed to
do more for giving non-Muslimsa positive view about Islam.
Waan laysa lil insaniilla ma saaa
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By Imam Dr. Zijad DelicThe following is a transcript of a
lecturedelivered by Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwiof Oxford University,
on the role of womenscholars in preserving and
transmittingprophetic tradition (Hadith) in Islam. Theoriginal
transcript has been edited byImam Zaid Shakir to enhance
readability.The Female Scholars of Islam O Mankind! Fear your Lord
who has creat-ed you from a single soul, and from it Hecreated its
mate; and from them both, Hebrought forth multitudes of men
andwomen. Be mindful of Allah throughWhom you demand your mutual
(rights),and revere the wombs that bore you.Surely, Allah is ever
watching over you. (4:1) From the very beginning of the humansaga,
Allah makes it quite clear that menand women are equal beings
created fromone single soul, sharing the same fatherand mother, and
subservient unto the sameLord. The verse mentioned above came tothe
Messenger of Allah, peace upon him, ata time when women were being
humiliatedand tortured. Allah says: and when thefemale child,
buried alive, will be asked: Forwhat sin was she killed. (81:8-9)
This is inrefers to an ancient practice of the Arabs(and even some
modern societies throughabortion) who would kill their female
chil-dren from fear of being humiliated in thecommunity, or out
fear that they wouldnot have the means to provide for them.Islam
came to eradicate these ignorantpractices, amongst others, and
after twen-ty-three years of prophetic teachings it hadconferred
unto women a status that waspreviously unthinkable.The first
revelation: Read in the name ofyour Lord who created (96:1) left
theProphet, peace upon him, severely shaken,for he could not
comprehend such anevent happening to an unlettered,orphaned, desert
Arab. It is related that hewas consoled by Khadijah, May Allah
bepleased with her, who believed in him andcomforted him in a time
of great need anddistress. She was the backbone of his
initialefforts for the advancement of the newfaith, and a noble
business woman of highlineage.After three years of secrecy he was
orderedby Allah to call his own family to the faith.He, peace upon
him, gathered his familyand openly called upon the tribe ofHashim
and the tribe of Abdul Muttalib tobelieve in his message. Towards
the end ofthe narration of this event, he, peace uponhim,
specifically says to Abbas b. AbdulMuttalib, May Allah be pleased
with him:I cannot benefit you on the Day ofJudgment. He uttered the
same statementto his aunt, Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttaliband to his
daughter, Fatima, May Allah bepleased with both of them. He added:
Askme of my wealth in this world, but on theDay of Judgment I
cannot avail you in anyway. In this address the Prophet, peaceupon
him, specifically named two womenand one man, demonstrating that
womenpossess independent religious responsibili-ty that has no
connection to their gender.This independence in faith is
exemplifiedby the fact that the wives of Noah and Lot,peace upon
them, both rejected faith.Hence, the Quran affirms that even
thewife of a Prophet is free to believe or disbe-lieve.
Furthermore, Umm Habiba became abeliever while her father, Abu
Sufyan, MayAllah be pleased with them both, was a
staunch opponent of the Prophet, peaceupon him. He possessed
neither the powernor priviledge to influence her independ-ent
choice. At the second Pledge of Aqabah,a covenant that involved
specific politicaland strategic obligations, the Prophet,peace upon
him, took an oath from bothmen and women. He was not content tohave
women confined to their houses,totally divorced from any
involvement inpublic affairs.The Quran, the most sacred and
importantsource in Islam, was memorized by manyof the companions.
After the Battle ofYamama, where a large number of thosememorizers
were killed, Umar, May Allahbe pleased with him, advised Abu Bakr
toissue a standardized edition of the entireQuran in the dialect of
Qureish, whoseprotection he vouchsafed. Abu Bakr, MayAllah be
pleased with him, issued such anedition. After his death it passed
into theprotection of Umar, May Allah be pleasedwith him, and after
his passing, it was givento Hafsah bint Umar, may Allah be
pleasedwith her, to be carefully guarded and pre-served. During the
caliphate of Uthman,May Allah be pleased with him, it wasnoticed
that divergent and erroneousrecitations of the Quran were
emergingamong the newly converted non-Arab peo-ple in places like
Armenia and Azerbaijan.Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him,then
borrowed the edition of the Quran inHafsahs protection, may Allah
be pleasedwith her, to make six standardized copiesto send to the
major political and culturalcenters in the Islamic realm. He
ordered allnon-standardized editions to be burned. Itis clear here
that no one questionedHafsahs trustworthiness, May Allah bepleased
with her, as to rather she hadaltered the edition vouchsafed to her
in anyway.In the time of the Companions, the ques-tion never arose
concerning the validity oflearning directly from women. If we
wereto consider, for example, the books ofprophetic tradition
(Hadith), in everychapter you will find women narrating aswell as
men. Imam Hakim Naisapuri states:One fourth of our religion depends
on thenarrations of women. Were it not for thosenarrations, we
would losea quarter of our religion.For example, Abu
Hanifahconsiders there to be fourunits of supererogatoryprayer
before the obligato-ry noon prayer, whereasthe remaining Imams
saythat there are only two.The latter depend on thenarration of
Abdullah b.Umar, may Allah bepleased with him, whileAbu Hanifah
relies onUmm Habiba, may Allahbe pleased with her, andthe other
wives of theProphet, peace upon him.Abu Hanifah argues thatsince
the prophet, peaceupon him, used to praysupererogatory prayers
inhis house, the narration ofhis wives, may Allah bepleased with
them, isstronger.Similarly, major events,such as the beginning
of
the call to the prophetic office, were specif-ically narrated by
women. Ayesha alonenarrates the tradition detailing the
circum-stances of the first revelation, as recordedby Imam Bukhari,
immediately after theHadith mentioning that actions are judgedbased
on the intention accompanyingthem.To give similar examples, we all
know thatperforming ablution is essential for thevalidity of Ritual
Prayer (Salat). A femalecompanion, Rubiyya bint Muawidh b.Afrah,
may Allah have mercy on her, whosefamily members died in the Battle
ofUhud, was a great narrator of Hadith. Hernarrations can be found
in Bukhari,Muslim, Ibn Majah, and other compila-tions. She narrated
how the Prophet, peaceupon him, performed ablution after actual-ly
witnessing his performance of the purifi-catory ritual. The
companions would go tolearn from her despite the fact that AbuBakr,
Umar, Uthman, Ali, Muadh b. Jabal,and Abdullah b. Masood, may Allah
bepleased with them, were all present inMadinah. She was regarded
as the expert inthe performance of ablution. Her studentsincluded
the likes of Abdullah b. Abbas,may Allah be pleased with him and
hisfather, the great Quranic exegete, and alsoa member of the
family of the Prophet,peace and blessing of Allah upon him. Henever
asked: Why should I learn from herwhen I am from the family of the
Prophetand great exegete? The same is true for AliZain ul-Abideen,
the great grandson of theProphet, peace upon him, and a
greatscholar himself. Their philosophy was to goto whoever
possessed knowledge, irrespec-tive of their gender.Interestingly,
there is no single Hadithwhich has been rejected from a woman
onaccount of her being a fabricating liar.Imam Dhahabi affirms:
There are manymen who have fabricated Hadith. However,no woman in
the history of Islam has beenaccused of fabrication. In light of
this, ifthe intellectual integrity of anyone shouldbe questioned,
it should be that of men.Women have always truthfully
conveyedreligious knowledge.Amrah bint Abdur Rahman was amongstthe
greatest of the female Successors, the
generation that came after that of the com-panions of the
Prophet, peace upon him.She was a jurist, a mufti, and a Hadith
spe-cialist. The great Caliph Umar b. AbdulAziz used to say: If you
want to learnHadith go to Amrah. Imam Zuhri, who iscredited with
compiling the first systemati-cally edited compilation of Hadith
used tosay: Go to Amrah, she is the vast vessel ofHadith.During
that time, the Judge of Madinahruled in a case involving a
Christian thieffrom Syria who had stolen something. Thejudge had
ordered that his hand to be sev-ered. When Amrah bint Abdur
Rahmanheard of this decision, she immediately toldone of her
students to go tell the judge thathe cannot severe the mans hand
becausehe had stolen something whose value wasless than a single
gold coin (Dinaar). Assoon as he heard what Amrah had said,
heordered that the man be released,unharmed. He did not question
herauthority, nor did he seek a second opinionfrom other scholars,
who were quitenumerous in Madinah at the time. Theyincluded the
likes of Said b. Al Musayyib.This incident is recorded in the
Muwatta ofImaam Malik, and this ruling is also hisopinion in such
cases.To be continued in Next issue...
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Volume 1, Book 3, Number 59: Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said, "Amongst thetrees, there is a tree, the
leavesof which do not fall and is likea Muslim. Tell me the name
ofthat tree." Everybody started
thinking about the trees of thedesert areas. And I thought ofthe
date-palm tree. The othersthen asked, "Please inform us
what is that tree, O Allah'sApostle?" He replied, "It is the
date-palm tree."
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2011)
The Miracles journey in the last ten yearshas been filled with
many milestones. Someof them marked exciting and upliftingmoments
while a few may be arbitrarilyremembered as
disappointments.Nevertheless, each moment provided uswith an
opportunity to learn and improve,and only solidified our belief in
this news-papers role in the community. While wefaced many
challenges in public and pri-vate, we have chosen a selected few
eventsthat raised our confidence in ourselves andin our community
and hence, set thecourse of direction for the newspapersfuture.
This may be a trip down the memo-ry lane for a lot of our readers
and adver-tisers who have been with the newspaperfrom Day 1 and
supported us unconditionally.
February 23, 2001: The first issue of TheMiracle is published in
Lower Mainlandby Mr. Nusrat Hussain. The issue is blackand white
and 16 pages. It holds distinctionof being the first Muslim
biweekly commu-nity newspaper in British Columbia. Thesecond issue
of the Miracle is in two-colorand after tremendous response from
thecommunity, the Miracle is printed in colorstarting in fourth
issue on April 13, 2001.
May 2002: A fundraising dinner for the
Miracle is held by Mr. Nusrat Hussain.
June 24, 2002: Mr. Mohammad Naseer
Pirzada joins the Miracle as the ManagingDirector and a business
partner.
Aug 14, 2002: The Miracle hosts the firstever Miracle Muslim
Youth awards to rec-ognize the successes of Muslim students in
secondary education, Islamic educationand Athletics in Elks
Community HallBurnaby.
Sep 11, 2002: On the first anniversary ofthe 9/11 tragedy, The
Miracle publishes aspecial magazine featuring interviews
ofAmbassadors of Muslim countries inOttawa. The interviews are
conducted byMr. Nusrat Hussain in person and show-case the views of
the Muslim countries post9/11.
Oct 27, 2002: The Miracle holds first com-munity forum ahead of
civic elections in itsoffice in Surrey, where candidates forMayor,
Councillors and School trustee are
invited.
Feb 23, 2003: On the second anniversary,the Miracle hosts its
first ever writers andadvertisers appreciation awards.
ThenDeputy-Premier and MLA, Christie Clarkis the guest of honour at
the event whereadvertisers and writers for the Miracle
areappreciated.
Aug 14, 2003: The Second Miracle Youth
Awards are handed out in a ceremony atCrystal Hall in Surrey to
recognize studentsfor their academic, religious, social andsports
achievements.
2003: Urdu Section is added and becomes apermanent feature of
the Miracle newspa-per.
2004: Delta police dismisses hate crimecharges asked by Canadian
Jewish Congressagainst The Miracle Media Group Inc.
afterpublication of controversial article byEdgar D. Steele in Dec
2003.
2003-2004: The Miracle is briefly run asweekly newspaper but due
to financialrestraints, the frequency is reverted back
tobiweekly.
Aug 14, 2004: The Third Annual MiracleMuslim Youth awards
recognize the suc-cesses of students at Crystal at York,
Surrey.
August 14, 2005: The fourth annual
Miracle youth Awards take place at NorthDelta Secondary School
and Miracle MediaGroup presents a stage play KashmirHamara Ha.
2005: The Miracle invites Members ofLegislature Assembly
candidates for localby-election at Miracle office to meet
thecommunity.
Nov, 2005: Following a devastating earth
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The Miracle On Behalf Of PakistanisThanks The Indian
Community
he Miracle team on 26th Oct. visited the three Indian radio
stations; Radio India, Radioher-e-Punjab and Radio Rim Jhim and
awarded plaques as a token of thanks from theakistani
community.
Mr. Sukhvinder Singh Badh Ms. Sushma DattMr. Maninder Gill
W i t h T h e M i r a c l e M e m e n t o
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quake in Pakistan, Miracle arranges aforum in its office to meet
doctors andcommunity members and discuss the cur-rent situation of
Pakistan. The Miraclealso presents appreciation plaques to mem-bers
of Indian Media who fundraised forthe relief efforts.
Dec 31, 2006: Miracle Founder and ChiefEditor Mr. Nusrat says
goodbye theMiracle Media and hands over Miracle tothe Managing
Editor Mr. MohammadNaseer Pirzada. The Urdu Editor, Mr.Mohammad
Rafiq is asked to take theresponsibilities as the honourable
chief
editor of the Miracle, which he graciouslyaccepts.
Mar 17, 2007: The Miracle arranges thefirst Tilawat, Hamd and
Naat RasoolMaqbool competition for kids and adultsin Pakistan
House, Surrey.
2007: The Miracle launches series of spe-cial editions including
Canada DayEdition, Eid-ul-Fitr Edition, Pakistan-IndiaIndependence
Day Edition and Eid-ul-Adha Edition in the year. These
editionswould become regular in the future years.
Oct 2008: A special Election Edition of theMiracle is published
to raise awarenessabout federal elections and voting.
August 14, 2009: The Miracle appreciatesits writers and advisors
in an awards cere-mony at first Pakistani Festival in HollandPark,
Surrey.
Oct 31, 2010: Miracle Media Inc. organizesfirst ever tribute to
Legendary PakistaniSinger Mehdi Hassan as a talent hunt
com-petition. Pakistani Consul General, Moin-ul-Haq distributes the
awards in PakistanHouse, Surrey.
Feb 23, 2010: At its 9th Anniversary,Miracle launches the new
format of its
front page. The newspaper is launched at
the second Hamd o Naat Rasool Maqboolcompetition for all age
groups in AfghanChopan Restaurant, Surrey. Prizes are dis-tributed
among the winners of
competition and appreciation awards are
also given to Miracle sponsors.
January 2010: The Miracle joins infundraising efforts for Haiti
Earthquakerelief.
July Aug 2010: The Miracle joins infundraising efforts for flood
relief inPakistan through radio thons and newspa-per.
Sep, 2010: The Miracle publishes its largestEid edition of 64
pages at the occasion ofEid-ul-Fitr.
We Look forward to building many morepleasant memories in the
years to come,InshaAllah.
The Miracles ten years journey (Feb 2010 Feb 2011)
Special Memories The Miracle had the honor of meeting and
photographing a number of com-munity members who are no longer with
us. Some of these photos are beingreprinted from the Miracles photo
archives.
Mr. Riasat Ali Khan Mr. Ijaz Alam Mr. Fakir M. Khan
Mr. Zahid Laique Mr. Abdul Qayyum Sheikh Mr. Ghulam Mohammad
Mr. M. Rafi Khan Dr. Sharif Ahmed Mr. Malik M. Afzal
Mr. Asghar HussainMr. Mohammad RafiqMr. Qalandar Khan
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Masjid Anwar e Medina, SurreyEid Milad un-Nabi (SAW) Celebrated
around town
On Feb 18, Eid Milad-Un- Nabi(SAW)was celebrated with great
respect andhonor in Masjid Anwar-e-MadinaSurrey. Maulana. Hafiz
Salim PatilQadri Khan (Edmonton) was the mas-ter of ceremony and
conducted theprogram successfully. The programstarted with the
recitation of the HolyQuran. Afterwards, there was a Naat-e-rasool
Maqbool (SAW) session, start-ing with local Naat Khawans andguest
Natt Khawns included Mr. Ch.Abdul Hameed from Edmonton, Mr.Waheed
Murat (UK) and Mr. NahimRabni (Birmingham, UK) who recitedbeautiful
Naats. Hafiz Patil describedthe meaning of the poetry of Hzt.Ahmed
Raza, in which he expressed hislove for Prophet Mohammad (saw).
He
also delivered the Seerat un Nabi (saw)in both English and Urdu
languagewith poetry.The guest speaker Sheikh MunawarAteeq Rizvi
(Birmingham, UK) deliv-ered a dynamic speech on belovedProphet
Muhammad (PBUH) refer-encing the Quran and Sunnah. In thelight of
93. Surah Ad-Duha (TheForenoon - After Sunrise) in whichAllah (SWT)
said that "By theforenoon (after sun-rise);,And by thenight when it
is still (or darkens);,YourLord (O Muhammad ()) has neitherforsaken
you nor hated you.,Andindeed the Hereafter is better for youthan
the present (life of thisworld).,And verily, your Lord will giveyou
(all i.e. good) so that you shall be
well-pleased............He explained thelevel of love of our
beloved prophetMohammed (SAW) and Allah (SWT).Hafiz Saleem thanked
all the guestsand community members who joinedthis spiritual
gathering. At the end,Darood o Salam and Duaa were recitedand
dinnerwas servedto all theattendees.
On Sunday February 20 (17th Rabi-ul-Awwal), the Az-Zahraa
Islamic Centrecelebrated Milad-un-Nabi with a vari-ety program
beginning with recitationof Holy Quran by Saeed Al-Muqaili.This was
followed by a speech on theteachings of the Holy Prophet
(saw)around knowledge by Sr. Laya
Behbahani . The young reciters per-formed a beautiful Nasheed in
Englishentitled His Name is Muhammed.The keynote lecture was then
deliveredby Shaykh Murtaza Bachoo, followedby presentation from
students ofMadrasah Az-Zahraa, announcementsfrom the youths on some
upcoming
projects, and closing with beautifulQasida by Miracles own
NaseerPirzada. The vote of thanks was deliv-ered by Az-Zahraa
President Dr. AkberMithani was followed by Maghribsalaat and a
delicious dinner.
Az-Zahraa Islamic Center,Richmonnd
Maulana Naumani participated inMilaad-un-Nabi Celebrations
in
CaliforniaMany organizations of Union City, CA jointly
cele-brated the grand Millad-Un-Nabi celebrations 2011in Sangha
hall Union City, CA.In which many speakers were invited. After
theQuran and Naat recitation the Chief Guest AmeerSunni Dawate
Islami Maulana Shakir Rizvi (India)and Maulana Abdul Lateef Naumani
(BC) deliveredthe spiritual speeches. They delivered theirs
speecheson the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) life history, andHis
teachings in the light of Quran and Sunnah.
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The Miracle will continue serving the communityfor a long time
to come- InshaAllah. : Sq L (R) Nusrat Husain
Exclusive INTERVIEW with Founder of The Miracle Newspaper
Squadron Leader (R) Nusrat Husain is nota stranger to the Muslim
community. In2001, he started the First MuslimNewspaper on a
bi-weekly basis in BritishColumbia. Currently, he is in the
Real-estate business with Royal Group. On theoccasion of the 10th
anniversary of theMiracle, the managing editor MohammadNaseer
Pirzada found it fitting to share thethoughts of the newspapers
foundingChief Editor with the readers and share hisexperience
during the infancy of the news-paper. Here is what he had to
say:
The Miracle (M. Pirzada) TM: This is aunique event for me to
take an interviewwith the former chief editor and founder
of The Miracle Newspaper.
TM: First of all, for those new to theMiracle family of readers,
please tell us alittle about yourself, when you immigrat-ed to
Canada and your career in Pakistanbefore immigration? Mr. Nusrat
Hussain: Pirzada Saheb, thankyou for interviewing me for the paper
Iraised from scratch and nourished it like myown child before
handing you the responsi-bility in 2006. I am glad that after 10
yearsthe paper is still serving our community.Coming to your
question, I served PakistanAir Force as a fighter pilot, Air
TrafficController, Administration Officer andIntelligence Officer
for about 16 years. Itook premature retirement by foregoing my25%
of pension benefits in 1990. In 1992, Ijoined Bahrain Amiri Air
Force as an AirTraffic Control Officer and served them for4 years
before arriving in Canada in 1997. Iam married and have four
children.
TM: Did you pursue career opportunitiesin your own profession
before diving intothe world of journalism? How did the ideaof
starting a newspaper come in yourmind? Mr. Hussain: Well; to cut a
long story short,initially I pursued my career of Air
TrafficController with NAV Canada. Too muchbureaucracy is involved
in the process ofhiring an Air Traffic Controller from coun-tries
like Pakistan. During the course of theselection, I was so dejected
by the approachof people involved with hiring that I suf-fered a
heart attack in 1998.Looking at my wife and children (who werevery
young at the time) I thought of lettingit go and look for something
else in life. Inorder to run the daily affairs, I had to
dosomething, so I took over the job of a secu-rity guard. Later, I
became the supervisorand started teaching security as anInstructor.
It started giving me the money torun my expenses, but I was not
enjoying thework.Mr. Nisar Butt must be well-known to thosein
Vancouver from a long-time, he used torun a computer school, and
provided mewith the idea of starting a newspaper. Atthat time we
did not have our media to rep-resent the views and issues of our
communi-ty. I held a degree in Journalism fromPakistan and a
diploma in Journalism fromUSA with no practical experience in
thefield. The idea of Mr. Butt appealed to meand I decided to
embark on the venture. Imust admit that he helped and shared withme
his business experience in the earlierestablishment of the
Miracle.
TM: Did you discuss this idea with the
local Pakistani Community and others?Did you receive any support
from them, interms of moral and financial support as Iam often
reminded by community mem-bers that they had a hand in
supportingthe Miracle in the beginning? Mr. Hussain: I initially
discussed the ideawith late Ijaz Chaudhry, late Maulana RajaInayat
Ullah, Mr. Aftab Alam and Mr. ShamsJilani. Mr. Mahmood Awan, Mr.
IqbalCheema, late Riasat Ali Khan and manyother prominent members
of the communi-ty encouraged the effort. Yes, all of themwere very
supportive and they extendedtheir unconditional moral support
andfinancial-- by advertising their businesses inthe newspaper. Mr.
Sid Ali of Soccer Plusfrom Abbottsford, Mrs. Sajida Shah of
B.C.Frozen Foods, Mr. Sabir Pannun of PaylessTravel, Mr. Arshad Ali
of Barney Pizza, Mr.Shahid Chaudhry of Al-Jannat, Shaista
HalalMeat, Mr. Shahid Hussain of 777 Pizza, Mr.Zarar Butt of
Calgary Sweets were all firstadvertisers of the Miracle and there
are somany others that are not on the top of myhead now. It will
not be fair if I do not men-tion my gratitude to Senator Mubina
Jafar,Mr. Lutfur Reman Khan, MLA JohnNaurani, MP Joe Pescisolido,
MP GurmantGrewal and many more. I owe them all bigthanks and
apologize to the many namesnot taken here, but they all
contributedtowards the financial support by advertising.All of them
rightly have the legitimate claimof my support. I cannot forget
that; regard-less of our later differences on issues, I shallalways
remain grateful to them.
TM: How did you decide on the name"The Miracle" for the
newspaper?Mr. Hussain: The idea of the Miracle cameto my mind from
the miracle of splittingthe moon by Prophet Mohammed (Peace beUpon
Him). Our initial masthead carried asplit moon, but it could not
graphicallydepict the idea. It was changed to the pres-ent moon in
C of the Miracle by our thengraphic designer. I must take the time
tomention that Mr. Shams Jilani endorsed thename of The
Miracle.
TM: Can you tell us a little about how theFirst edition of
Miracle was prepared andthe response from the local community? Mr.
Hussain: There was a Malaysian youngman by the name of Razi. He had
somegraphic designing experience. It was afterthe hard work of many
long nights of work-ing together with him that the first copy ofthe
Miracle was produced in Black andWhite. The response of the
community wastremendous. I could see the happiness andjoy on the
faces of ordinary communitymembers who felt proud of the
newspaperand some of them would call me TheMiracle Man. The
response was pleasing forme and it was because of such
encourage-ment that I continued the project and thethird or fourth
issue turned out to be incolor. Urdu pages were introduced at a
laterstage.
TM: You served as the chief Editor from2001 to 2006. What did
you like mostabout being an editor? Mr. Hussain: It is difficult to
point out onesingle factor of liking for being an editor; itis the
entire work that contributes towardsthe joy of being an editorI
guess.However, I enjoyed the liberty of writing thetruth regardless
of pressure, consequences,preferences and dislikes of any. I
offended
many, but none from thecommunity did ever chal-lenge the truth
contained inthe newspaper. I also enjoyedprinting the letters of
ouropponents without any prej-udice.
TM: What did you enjoyworking with the "Miracleteam"? Mr.
Hussain: The Miracleteam started from my homewhere my wife and
childrencontributed in every aspectof the production of TheMiracle.
Later, we had youand your family and Rafique Saheb and PuriSaheb as
very active supporter. The Miracleteam consisted of a group of
committedpeople who believed in the work they per-formed. They
carried the courage to listen tothe truth and stay knitted in times
ofanguish. Ladies and Gentlemen of theMiracle team; it was a
privilege to work withyou all.
TM: What's your definition of news,what's news to you? News is
anything inthe public interest? Mr. Hussain: I am taken back to my
jour-nalism class where we were taught that if adog bites a man
then it is not news, if a manbites a dog then it is news. Some
argue thatthe word news is taken from north, east,west and south.
In my humble opinion,news means the information about happen-ings
of interest in all four directions aroundyou. With the concept of
global village theinterest is extended to the entire world. Weall
desire to be informed about activities ofour concern. By publishing
news of concern,the paper also provides thought provokingprocess in
the minds of readers and that ishow people form educated
opinions.However, I submit that accuracy is the mostimportant
ingredient of any news item.
TM: What was the most interesting orcontroversial article or
interview, whichyou believe had a big impact on theMiracle? Mr.
Hussain: I am sure you are well awareof the response as you were on
board at thetime. Yes, publishing of the article of EdgarJ. Steel
was the most controversial and inter-esting (if you want to call)
article of theMiracle. It had a big impact not on the pub-lishers
alone, but the entire Muslim commu-nity as The Miracle came under
spot lightand was discussed beyond the borders ofCanada. It exposed
the strengths and weak-nesses of the two communitiesJews
andMuslims. Being an optimistic, I can statewith comfort that the
article initiated aneffort of an effective dialogue of
under-standing between the two communities ofMuslims and Jewish
people. Out of the con-flict, Rabi David Mivasair and Imam
FoudDrami emerged as two persons of intellect. Ikeep reading about
their positive efforts. Itmight surprise the readers that there
wereintellectuals from the Jewish community;who without agreeing
with the article, sym-pathized with our right of publishing
thearticle as Freedom of Speech.
TM: Due to business crisis, and the factthat this small business
could not supporttwo incomes, you pulled out your namefrom this
newspaper in 2006. At the time,what were your thoughts about the
futureof the newspaper without your direct
involvement? Did youthink it would be man-ageable for a single
per-son? Mr. Hussain: You knowthat I was never a wisebusiness
person- that wasyour domain. With busi-ness kicking in, the
libertyof stating the stark truthflies out. Truth is like adouble
edged sword, itcuts either ways andharms your business. Forthe
success of businessone has to take into
account the interests, preferences and dis-likes of the people
supporting you. I lostthat interest in writing, in addition, the
cri-sis asked by you contributed to my decisionof quitting and
handing over to you forrunning the business and publishing
thenewspaper.In our association of few years, I had keenlyobserved
you and your familys involvementin the paper. I was sure then and
the timehas proved true that the Miracle team wasthe most
appropriate choice to keep thepaper in print.Let me disclose today
that there were atleast two prominent community memberswho were
interested in buying my share atthat time. Knowing them and knowing
theteam, I refused. I was convinced that form-ing a new team
required time that wouldnegatively contribute towards the
survivalof the paper. I always believed that it isimportant to
sacrifice your personal interestin the larger community interest.
This wasmy time to put my belief into practice.
TM: Do you still read the MiracleNewspaper and what are your
commentson changes in format, articles and Urdusection? What do you
feel that the Miraclecan do more in the future? Mr.Hussain: In all
honesty; reading theMiracle might not be on regular basis, butof
course I always read it whenever I get ahand on it. With on line
provision it ismore accessible. I am positive that theMiracle team
has managed a fine work bybalancing business and journalism. It
isimperative for the business to succeed ifpaper has to
survive.Urdu section was there before too and theteam under the
guidance of Rafique Saheband the prudent Advisory board has
cer-tainly managed a fine work. The Miraclewill continue serving
the community for along time to come- InshaAllah.
TM: Any thing else you want to share withthe Miracle readers?
Mr. Hussain: I wish the best for all theMiracle readers and Happy
10thAnniversary to the Miracle team. Life is agift of Allah and we
should enjoy everymoment bestowed upon us. Learn to pro-tect your
rights and not to walk away withthe rights of others.Patience is
virtue that helps us in under-standing and living with others in a
diverseenvironment such as that of Canada.Dont forget the home land
we come fromand remember the adopted home land ofour choice. Let us
work together to makethis world a happy place worth living for
us,our children and the children of their chil-dren. God bless you
all and thank you againfor interviewing me.Long Live The
Miracle.
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FROM THE DESK OF THE CONSUL GENERALMESSAGE FOR THE MIRACLE
Shuja Alam Consul General of Pakistan My team at the Consulate
General extends its heartiest congratulations tothe Miracle Media
Group for completing its ten years inBritish Columbia.The Miracle
has come a long way in the last ten years andhas established itself
as an important voice of the commu-nity in Greater Vancouver area.
It not only provides aforum for the community to express their
views and exploittheir creative skills but is widely read for its
objective cov-erage of local and international news and events.Our
best wishes to the Miracle Media Group for its contin-ued success
in the coming years.
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Dear Miracle Media Group Congratulations on ten years of
excellent service to the community. TheMiracle Newspaper is a vital
part of the communications people receive inthe Lower Mainland.
With your expertise and knowledge you give the com-munity a
perspective of the news that is both informative and unbiased.It is
tono one's surprise you have remained in business this long.
Once again I offer you my warmest congratulations andwish you
continued success in the media industry. I appre-ciate you long
standing commitment to Surrey and theLower Mainland. Keep up the
good work.
Sincerely,
Harry Bains, MLA (Surrey-Newton)
Miracle Media Group, Please accept my congratulations on your
10thAnniversary. The Miracle has provided in-depth coverage tothe
community and has done outstanding job reportingday-to-day news and
events. I wish you continued successwith your newspaper.MLA Sue
Hammell, Surrey-Green Timbers
Congratulations to the Miracle Media on the completion of 10
successful yearsserving as well as engaging the community and
promoting good causes through-out! Despite facing ups and downs in
the previous years; the administrationdeserves to be admired for
its continuous efforts in achieving the highest set stan-dards. The
Miracle is the first most read newspaper in the entire
PakistaniCommunity. Even with the advent of new electronic
media,print media is still doing well. I hope the Miracle can
maintainthe level of importance it has, by verifying the articles
prior topublishing and providing the highest quality of journalism.
Ibelieve it is also the responsibility of readers to promote
com-munity newspapers. I wish the very best and thanks to
Mr.Pirzada and his team in the coming years! Chaudhry Ijaz A.
Chatha- Surrey School Trustee
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It is with great pleasure that Iextend my warmest
congratula-tions on the occasion of your10th Anniversary. You are
aWonderful Newspaper and yourin-depth information of ourlocal
community activities havemade a special reputation in thehearts of
Muslims across LowerMainland BC. Again I send youmy heartfelt
congratulations forthe first 10 years and great suc-cess for the
next 100 years.
Ayyaz Shams Mortgage consultantA2Z Mortgage
Junaid IqbalReal Estate Consultant21 Century
Sabir ShahzadPresident & CEO Express Immigration &
Consulting Ltd
Well done and congratulations! !
Saqib Sheikh Century 21 - Coastal Realty Ltd.
On behalf of BombayCollection Ltd and myself Icongratulate
Miracle News ona successful journey over thepast 10 years and wish
you fur-ther success for at least anoth-er 100 yrs.As a
businessman, I've enjoyedmy dealings with Br. Pirzada,whom I found
to very caringyet very professional in all ourdealings. While
producing myadvertisement, I found Br.Pirzada truly cared about
myCompany, our message andour image. All work were donewith utmost
professionalismand in a timely manner. All ourexpectations were
fully metand the Miracle advertise-ments provided excellent
valuefor our money.I plan to continue doing busi-ness with Br.
Pirzada and to"highly" recommend "MiracleNews" to all my friends
andfamily.It seems the news print busi-ness is getting tougher by
theday with a new paper poppingup every other month, thoughnot all
are professionals, withpoor designs and poor cover-age of local
events. Some newspapers merely look like a printout off the
internet news. Withall this in mind, I would rec-ommend that at
least one totwo pagers be dedicated toeach major local
immigrantcommunity, such as Fiji Page,India Page, Bangladesh
Page,Arab Page, Palestine Page, etc.Once again Congratulationsand
long live "Miracle News".
Qamar AzadBombay Collections
Congratulations to the Miracleon your 10th Anniversary. Keepup
the good work and I look for-ward to many more editions overthe
years to come.
Imran AliReal Estate Advisor,Sutton Group Westcoast Realty
On behalf of the Falcon Travelteam, we would like to wish
theMiracle News team and especial-ly Mr. Pirzada, best wishes
onachieving the 10 year milestoneof serving our community! Miracle
News has been instru-mental in helping Falcon Travelestablish
itself as the leading VIPHajj and Umrah service providerin British
Columbia. We thankthem for their services and lookforward to
continuing this suc-cessful business relationship. Wewish Miracle
News and team thebest of luck in the future andlook forward to
another 10 yearsof success!
Fawad Kalsi, Operations Manager Falcon Travel, Western
Canada
Congratulations on the 10thanniversary of Miracle. I
ampersonally thankful to Miraclefor welcoming me when I
visitVancouver area during the EidMilad un Nabi (Peace be uponhim)
time. Miracle is a wonder-ful, useful and very
informativenewspaper. I always enjoyedreading it. May Allah bless
you.Thanks for your great work.
On behalf of the ExpressImmigration, I would like toextend my
best wishes on thisoccasion. Back in past there wasa market niche
for Pakistaniand Muslim reflection in theprint media, when
Miraclecame into existence. In myopinion you stand out fromothers
for being neutral andsetting standard for positivejournalism.
Congratulations.
Sumeet BainsBains Travel Ltd.
Congratulations on 10 GreatYears of Service to the
MuslimCommunity! Wishing you continued successin your next
years!
Mohammad ArshidBarney's Pizza
Very good job in the last tenyears. I hope you have wonder-ful
and successful years that areto come. May Allah bless you!
Dr Rahil Faruqi21st Dental Clinic
We at 21st Century DentalCentre congratulate the
MiracleNewspaper on its tenth anniver-sary. In addition, we hope
thatthe newspaper will continueinto the future, as it has
animportant journalistic role toplay. Best wishes to the entireteam
at the Miracle Newspaper.
Sajid Hameed Pakwan House
I would like to convey myheartiest Congratulations to theMiracle
team and their dedica-tion, and hard work. It is really aquality
paper and we can feelproud on its bi-weekly andbilingual
publication. Its thepride of Pakistani Communityin Lower Mainland.
Allah blessMiracle Newspaper, we wish itlong term success.
Soleman HashmiHashmi & Company
On behalf of all lawyers and staffat Hashmi & Company,
wewould like to take this opportu-nity to congratulate Mr. Pirzada
and "The MiracleMedia" for their 10th year ofpublication. This
exceptionalaccomplishment is a true reflec-tion of the hard work
and dedi-cation we've all witnessed fromthe Miracle team.Hashmi
& Company has had thehonor of working with theMiracle for some
time.Congratulations to the Miracleon this Milestone!We continue to
help Miraclereaders with their legal matters,specifically with ICBC
personalinjury claims. Once again, wewish the The Miracle all the
bestin the future, and look forwardto future publications!
Arif SheikhE-Shop
Congratulations to the Miraclefor completing 10 years of
publi-cation. I love reading the news-paper and wish the team
evenmore success in the future!
Ishtiaq Malik Pak Can Motors
I feel proud that Pak CanMotors ads publish in MiracleNewspaper
since many yearsand his managing editor careour business community
repu-tation in market to publishtheirs interviews and our goodwork
for community. It is veryinformative papers and its pop-ularity in
market is due to cov-erage of all community localevents.Only one
thing is not goodwhich Mr. Pirzada is alwaysbehind the invoices
after pub-lished our ads in Miracle. Hehas to improve his
recoverystyle; if he does not change thenultimate we advertisers
willchange our routine and sendMiracle ads cheque on time bymail or
by visa. Second Miraclerates are little bit higher thanthe new born
papers in themarket. May be it is due to theirbi-lingual services
since 10years and quality of paper.At the end good luck all
theMiracle team and our manage-ment wish for its much
betterbusiness and improvements.
Messages from Our Valuable Advertisers
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On behalf of
It is with great pleasure that I congratulatethe Miracle on its
10th Anniversary.
The Miracle was the first Muslim biweekly and bilingualnewspaper
to serve the Lower Mainland. The credit goes
to all those involved in the Miracle especiallyMr. Nusrat
Hussain, Mr. Naseer Pirzada and
Mr. Mohommad Rafiq as well as the Advisory Board.May Allah bless
them and help them in continuing
their hard work and dedication to honest journalism.
- Zarar Butt, Owner
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Happy Tenth AnniversaryMiracle!
I extend my heartiest congratula-tions to the founder,
manage-ment and editorial board of theMiracle newspaper. The
Miraclenewspaper started its journey inthe year 2001. I remember, I
metMr. Nusrat Hussain, the founderof The Miracle newspaper
inSurrey. At that time I was livingin Vancouver and I offered
myservices voluntarily to Mr. NusratHussain for the distribution
ofthe newspapers at thePakistani/Muslim business out-lets in
Vancouver. The newspaperhas made tremendous progressover the years
since its inceptionirrespective of the difficulties,crisis and
challenges. I am gladthat the new management underthe leadership of
Mr. NaseerPirzada over the period has real-ized the role,
significance, ethicsand sen