Duraimurugan denies making funny remarks against Cong leaders

Updated on Wednesday, March 02, 2011, 14:10
PTI
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minister and senior DMK leader Duraimurugan, a member of the party's poll panel involved in seat-sharing talks with Congress, on Wednesday denied reports that he had made some remarks which had infuriated Congress leaders.

"A section of media has reported as if I made some funny remarks (on Congress' demand for increased seats) during the (second round of) seat-sharing talks with Congress following which they got furious. There is no truth in this and no such incident took place," the law minister said in a statement here.

He said members of the Congress delegation were also "well-aware" of it and added that no person other than the delegation members were present during the parleys.

The Congress is represented by senior leaders, including Union Ministers P Chidambaram and G K Vasan, while the DMK panel comprises of party Treasurer and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin and Duraimurugan among others.

"Section of media is writing conjured up stories which are just figment of their imagination. They are doing so only to create confusion in the alliance to please AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa. But their efforts will not fructify," he said.

Duraimurugan said he was issuing the clarification in order to scotch doubts in readers' minds whether such reports were true.

Cortesy: PTI 

Seat sharing between Cong, DMK to be finalised tonight

Updated on Wednesday, March 02, 2011, 20:55

Seat sharing between Congress and DMK for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections is expected to be finalised tonight during a meeting between AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad and DMK supremo and state Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. 

Congress sources said Azad has left for Chennai from Mumbai and would hold talks with Karunanidhi amid indications that the party could settle for around 60 seats for the elections scheduled for April 13. 

Congress had began the negotiations with a demand of 80 plus out of the 234 seats in the state. 

Azad, along with other members of the party panel to finalise seat sharing in the state, had met Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday. 

The two parties are now finalising the seat sharing at breakneck speed after yesterday's announcement of the election schedule and rival AIADMK having formalised its tie-ups. 

There are only 17 days left for the filing of nominations to begin and the poll schedule announced by the Election Commission has given parties lesser time for campaigning as compared to earlier elections. 

The DMK has completed the seat sharing exercise with minor allies like PMK, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, IUML and Movendar Munnetra Kazhagam. 

PTI 

Postpone polls, urge Tamil Nadu parties

Chennai: Various political parties in Tamil Nadu, including the ruling DMK, Wednesday objected to the assembly election schedule announced by the Election Commission (EC) and sought its postponement. 

The parties opposed the present poll schedule citing short time for campaigning, school examinations, festivals and the one-month gap between voting and counting. 

The EC Tuesday fixed April 13 for the single-phase poll in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and May 13 for counting of votes.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, in his letter to party cadres, wondered about the reason for the long gap between the polling date and counting. 

Stating that his government was not consulted on the poll schedule, Karunanidhi said the term of the current assembly ends May 16 thereby leaving just three days for government formation. 

G Ramakrishnan, state secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), said: "The chief election commissioner earlier announced that the poll date will be fixed taking into account school exams and the festivals. It seems he did not take these aspects into consideration." 

He said in a statement here that the campaigning will distract around 900,000 students preparing for their Class 10 final examinations.

The Class 10 state board exams are to begin March 28 and end April 11. 

Bharatiya Janata Party's state chief Pon Radhakrishnan told IANS: "World over Tamilians celebrate Tamil New Year April 14 and people will be busy preparing for the festival at least a week in advance. April 13 is not an apt date for the polls." 

According to him, the one-month gap between voting and counting was unwarranted. 

He said that it would be ideal if the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry elections were held along with polls in West Bengal, where six-phased voting is to be held between April 18 and May 10. 

At a time when political parties were still apprehensive about electronic voting machines and their tamper-proof qualities, the one-month gap between voting and declaration of results was not a right decision, he added. 

The election schedule, however, appeared alright to DMDK chief Vijayakant who, while pointing out that "13" is the number for evil spirits, hoped the number (April 13) would be helpful in removing the evil spirits of corruption and inflation in Tamil Nadu. 

IANS

Haj forms available from March 16

  2/3/2011 2:32:52 PM

PTI

Srinagar: Application forms for the annual Haj pilgrimage will be available from March 16, Jammu and Kashmir government said here.

"The application forms for the Haj will be issued from March 16," an official spokesman said. He said that the forms would be available at Haj House Bemina.

The pilgrims who had been applying for the last three years and were not selected through draw of lots have been asked to register their claims with the State Haj committee by or before March 15, he said. No claim shall be entertained after the expiry of the said date, he said. (PTI)

Plea for allowing mercy killing

 2/3/2011 6:15:06 PM

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea for mercy killing of a Mumbai nurse on Wednesday. She has been living a vegetative existence in the hospital for the last 37 years after she was violently attacked by a hospital sweeper who also sexually abused her.

A bench of justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra reserved the verdict after hearing detailed arguments by various parties on the question of allowing euthanasia for nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug, who slipped into coma after the brutal attack on her at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital.

Several counsel who made submissions on the controversial issue of permitting mercy killing includedAttorney General G E Vahanvati, amicus curiae T R Andhyarujina, Ballabh Sisodia for the hospital and Shekhar Naphade appearing for the petitioner and author Pinky Virani, who had sought permission for Aruna's mercy killing.

Courtesy:News24online

A World without Islam:By Graham E Fuller : Book Review

When Graham E. Fuller imagines what the world would be like if Islam had never existed, he sees pretty much the same world we live in today.  Fuller believes that the current East vs. West conflict would exist even if religious differences had not been used over the centuries to motivate the common man to fight for his own particular version of heaven.  He, in fact, sees numerous factors, none of them having anything to do with Islam, which would have led to the tensions between the West and the Middle East.

   

Fuller cites “economic interests, geopolitical interests, power struggles between regional empires, ethnic struggles, nationalisms, even severe clashes within Christianity itself” (between the churches of Rome and Constantinople) as important factors.  A World without Islamexplores these conflicts, many of which actually predate the birth of Islam, as Fuller tries to explain how we arrived in this post-911 world.

  The author recognizes that Islam serves as “a flag or banner” behind which millions of people unite, but he believes that, if not behind Islam, the same people would unite under some other “flag.”  Islam, to Fuller’s mind, happens to serve that purpose better than any of today’s alternatives.

A World without Islam begins with a chapter devoted to reminding the reader just how closely related are the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.  Despite the obvious differences between the three, each is a monotheistic faith recognizing the input of the prophet Abraham.

  As Fuller sees it, much of the antagonism between the religions is caused by the way politicians stress differences for their own purposes.  Fuller goes on to explore the early conflict between Rome’s Western Christianity and that of Constantinople’s Eastern Christianity, a dispute he views as having been one of the early building blocks in the tensions between East and West still felt today.

  

After a chapter on the Great Crusades (1095-1272), wars that were often as much about expanding Western territory and influence as they were about wresting the Holy Land from Islamic control, Fuller moves on to Islam’s relationship with three of the West’s natural rivals: India, China and Russia.  As the author points out, these seemingly natural allies against Western expansion have not always had an easy relationship within the borders of those three countries.  

UN suspends Libya from Human Rights Council

Written by Breaking News Online Team

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 10:50

Breaking News! After the US imposed sanctions on Libyan government, the United Nations General Assembly hassuspended the country from its Human Rights Council for the continuous attacks by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi on pro-democracy protesters. Concerning over the human rights situation in the political and social unrest Libya, the UN decided to suspend the rights of Libyan members in the Human Rights Council. For the first time the UN has suspended a country from the General Assembly of the Human Rights Council. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said that the move is a big blow to 41-year rule of Gaddafi. The leader must step down as his regime has failed to protect his own citizens in the country.  As the Libyan strongman Gaddafi seems adamant saying his people love him and neither he will quit the power nor the country, the anti-government protesters are being killed brutally. The situation is getting worst day by day in the country. Last week, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva had decided to suspend Libya’s membership from the 47-nation body in the wake of human right violations in Gaddafi's regime. Along with the US, the UK has also banned the assets belonging to Gaddafi, his family and his loyalists in the country condemning the attacks on the protesters.

CartoonSpeaks:Khadafi More Blood in Libya:

Here's my new cartoon about Libyan President Moammar Khadafi, who has not stepped-down amid protests for his resignation and turned to violence to defend his power. Fighting so far has claimed over 1,000 lives, and as both sides dig in, it doesn't seem as though the conflict will end quickly... or with an end to the bloodshed.

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ASSEMBLY POLL 2011 DETAILS

STATE                 CONSTITTUENCIES    VOTERS   POLLING DATE

TAMIL NADU     234                                     4.50 Cr.      WED. APRIL 13

PUDUCHERRY     30                                      8 LAKH     WED. APRIL 13

KERALA               140                                      2.29 Cr.      WED. APRIL 13

ASSAM                  126                                      1.81 Cr        APRIL 4 &11

WEST BENGAL   294                                      5.6   Cr         APRIL 18, 23, 27 & MAY 3,7,10

Poll counting (Results) May 13 Friday.

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Tamil Nadu

Location: Southern India
Capital: Chennai
No. of districts: 32
Ruling Party: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
Chief Minister: M Karunanidhi
Governor: Surjit Singh Barnala
Official Language:Tamil 

          

Kerala

Location: Southern India
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (commonly known as known as Trivandrum)
No. of districts: 14
Ruling Party: Left Democratic Front
Chief Minister: V.S. Achuthanandan
Governor: R.S. Gavai
Official Language:Malayalam 

West Bengal

Location: Eastern India
Capital: Kolkata
No. of districts: 19
Ruling Party: Left Front
Chief Minister: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Governor: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Official Language: Bengali

Assam

Location: North Eastern India
Capital: Dispur
No. of districts: 27
Ruling Party: Indian National Congress
Chief Minister: Tarun Gogoi
Governor: Shri Shiv Charan Mathur
Official Language: Assamese

(Update:2009)

Pakistan's only Christian cabinet member assassinated

Shahbaz Bhatti, the minority affairs minister, is the second top official to be killed after opposing a blasphemy law.

By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times

March 2, 2011, 3:40 a.m.

Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan —

Gunmen killed Pakistan’s only Christian cabinet member Wednesday in a hail of bullets outside his house in Islamabad, the second assassination this year of a top Pakistani official who had opposed the country's controversial blasphemy law.

The assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the country's minority affairs minister, underscored the reach of extremism in a Muslim, nuclear-armed country founded on the principles of minority inclusion, as well as the government's inability to protect its minorities.

Bhatti was an outspoken opponent of Pakistan's blasphemy law, which makes it a crime to utter any derogatory remarks about, or insult in any way, the prophet Muhammad, the Koran or Islam. Critics of the law say it can be exploited as a means to settle scores against adversaries or persecute minorities.

Ali Dayan Hasan, South Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch, called Bhatti's slaying "a grave setback for the struggle for tolerance, pluralism and respect for human rights in Pakistan."

Bhatti was leaving for work when the midmorning attack took place. Witnesses and police said three or four gunmen in a white Suzuki car drove up and sprayed Bhatti's black sedan with bullets. The attack lasted several minutes, and witnesses said more than 50 shots were fired.

Before escaping, the gunmen scattered pamphlets on the wet pavement that stated Bhatti was assassinated because of his opposition to the country's blasphemy law. The pamphlets said the Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda were responsible for the slaying.

The driver survived and rushed Bhatti to Shifa Hospital, just minutes away from the minister's house, but he died before reaching the hospital, authorities and witnesses said.

Wajid Durrani, inspector general for Islamabad police, said the federal government had assigned a squad of bodyguards to protect Bhatti, but the minister did not have the guards with him at the time of the attack.

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On Jan. 4, Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer was assassinated in Islamabad by Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, a 26-year-old police commando assigned to guard him. Qadri admitted killing Taseer because of Taseer's opposition to the blasphemy law. When he appeared in court, lawyers showered him with flower petals and kissed his cheeks, a reaction that caused many liberals in Pakistani society to worry that support for extremism had begun to seep into mainstream society.

Robinson Asghar, a close friend of Bhatti's, said Bhatti had repeatedly asked the federal government for a bulletproof car after the Taseer assassination, but was never given one. Asghar, whose office is across the street from Bhatti's house, rushed out of his building when he heard gunfire and found Bhatti slumped in the rear seat of the car, covered in blood.

"This is something our minority community never deserved," Asghar said. "This event today has brought shame upon the whole nation."

alex.rodriguez@latimes.com

Copyright © 2011, Los Angeles Times

Fear of Friday the 13th. Triskaidekaphobia

By Shafee Ahmed Ko

I found  this piece of article in  "Yahoo India Answer Blog" on June 13 2008 which fell on Friday. Most of the orthodox people are afraid to initiate effort in order to  accomplish their targets as they consider the day as an inauspicious. This piece of work was commented by me, appears here as bottom line.

 In Tamil Nadu,Puducherry,Kereala the poll  will be held on Wednesday, 13 April 2011, and the counting  will begin  on Friday 13th.May 2011. The orthodox genre may  be gripped with obsession, and following lines will alleviate and will be of much relief: 

            

Triakaidekaphobia  is the fear of the number 13. And today is Friday the 13^th; a day burdened with wicked omens, especially for the Triskaidekaphobics, whose haunted souls have a crippling fear of the unthinkable evil that looms between 12 and 14. So if you get fired from your job today, or smash up your car, you know what to blame it on. An excuse for explaining our inabilities perhaps.

The fifth day of the week and the number 13, both have ominous reputations since prehistoric times. Some people won’t go to work; eat out; many wouldn’t think of setting a wedding on this date. Multistory buildings and hotels have no 13th floor. Airplanes have no 13th aisle. Except the 13th aisle is sitting right behind the 12th, just labeled as 14 to trick you into tranquility or maybe a good laugh at your expense! So,where does it come from the fear of 13? What is that made the number unlucky?  Does a mere number really have the power to wreak havoc in our lives? Or is it an easy way to downsize the screw-ups we ourselves are guilty of? If your dread of 13 begins to take over your life, you should seek professional help, says Bonebright. But that can wait until Monday I guess.

Yahoo! India Answers Team

1. This is nothing but compulsive obssession. A morbid fear that is linked with some catastrophes which co-incidently happened with the no 13. Those who are very much gripped with such phobias should do their routine chores on which the fear. The great result will be very much fruiteful. Slowly the fear will vanish. If any one fears snake, first try with rubber snakes,live-like,and with those non poisonous snake. My little child had a fear of cats. She was so wary about the cat. I bought cat toys,very bushy. The child started cajoled and fondled daily. The I brought the real cat. She started playing with it.
   Those who fear No.13, should do more things on this particular day. Conducting marriages, if any invoice sequences after 12, never skip to 14,be rigid to make an invoice on No.14. Ask for room no 13, a seat in flight No.13,wait for the consequence. Everything will be fine. It is unwanted and unnecessary fear that haunts such obsessive people.

   
   
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Poll dates - WB, TN, Assam, Kerala, Pondicherry

New Delhi, Mar 1: The poll dates for the five crucial states - West Bengal, Tamil Nadu , Assam, Kerala, Pondicherry have been declared on Tuesday, Mar 1. Indian political parties have so far eagerly waited for the dates. It seems that the crucial elections in the above mentioned five states will have a great impact on Indian political scenario.

The Election Commission (EC) has declared all poll dates. West Bengal will go for a six phase election which will begin from Apr 18, 2011. The six dates which have been decided for West Bengal's election are - Apr 18, Apr 23, Apr 27, May 3, May 7 and May 10.

Kerala will hold one phase poll and that is on Apr 13. The election dates for both Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry have been fixed to be held on Apr 13, 2011. However, Assam will face two phase poll and that are on Apr 4 and Apr 11, 2011.

The Election commissioner S Y Qureshi, during a press conference on Tuesday, Mar 1, declared the dates and also announced the date of votes counting and that is - May 13, 2011.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has tried her best to overwhelm the people of West Bengal and that is very much clear from her Railway Budget 2011. The chief minister of the state Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee is also trying to hold its position.

In Tamil Nadu, Opposition leader Jayalalitha is also a strong contender to mar the reign of DMK supremo and chief minister of the state M Karunanidhi.


Courtesy:One India News 

List of those sentenced in Godhra case

Tue, Mar 1 2011 

 IANS,

Ahmedabad : Of the 31 people convicted in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case, 11 have been sentenced to death and 20 to life imprisonment.

Those sentenced to death are:

Ismail Sujela alias Haji Bilal, Razak Kurkur, Ramzani Binyamin Behra, Jabbir Binyamin Behra, Mehboob Hassan alias Latiko, Siraj Bala, Irfan Kalandar, Irfan Patadia, Hassan Lalu, Mehboob Chanda and Salim Zarda.

Those awarded life imprisonment are:

Suleman Ahmed Hussain alias Tiger, Abdul Rehman Abdul Majid Dhantiya alias Kankatto, Kasim Abdul Sattar alias Kasim Biriyani Ghanchi, Irfan Siraj Pado Ghanchi, Anwar Mohammed Mehd alias Lala Shaikh, Siddik alias Matunga Abdullah Badam, Mehbub Yakub Mitha alias Popa, Soheb Yusuf Ahmed Kalandar, Shaukat Bhano Farook Abdul Sattar Pataliya, Siddik Mohammad Mora, Abdul Sattar Ibrahim Gaddi Asla, Abdul Rauf Abdul Majid Isa alias Dhesli alias Kamli, Yunus Abdullah alias Ghadiyali, Ibrahim Abdul Razak Abadul Sattar Samol alias Bhano, Bilal Abdullah Ismail Badam Ghanchi, Farook Haji Bhuriyo Abdul Sattar Ibrahim Musalman, Ayub Abdul Gani Ismail Pataliya, Shaukat Abdullah Maulvi Ismail Badam, Mohammed Hanif alias Hani Abdullah Maulvi Ismail Badam and Shaukat Yusuf Ismail Mohan alias Bibino.

Godhra case: 11 get death, 20 to serve life term

IANS

Ahmedabad Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011

A special court on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to 11 persons convicted for the 2002 Godhra carnage. Twenty other convicts were sentenced to life in prison.

Last week, the court accepted the prosecution’s contention that a conspiracy was hatched to set ablaze coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002, which killed 59 people. The court had held 31 persons guilty for the incident.

Special public prosecutor JM Panchal, who sought death for all the convicts, argued that the Godhra incident was not comparable to any other criminal case in history. Thus, he argued, it fit into the ‘rarest of the rare’ category specified by the apex court for capital punishment.

Finer details like grounds on which punishment was determined for each convict are not clear yet. “The court has delivered its verdict and its observation will only be known after the full text of the judgment is made available to the accused on Thursday,” Panchal said.

Man's heart saved by his own stem cells

 By Denise Dador
Thursday,February 03, 2011
LOS ANGELES( KABC) -- -- For the first time in the United States, one man's heart has been saved by his own stem cells. It's an amazing medical breakthrough. The science behind the technique made it possible for a man to literally save his own life through his stem cells.

John Christy is the first person in the U.S. to have his own bone marrow stem cells injected into his heart to save his heart.

"All you're doing is giving back to yourself something you already have," said Christy.

This Vietnam veteran was suffering from severe coronary artery disease.
"I was just thinking, 'You're getting old, you're just tiring out and getting weary bones.' I felt tingling. My legs had been swelling a little bit," said Christy.

In one procedure, cardiothoracic surgeon Joseph Woo at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is taking science from bench to bedside. After five years of research in animals, he is now retrieving stem cells from Christy's bone marrow and using them to grow blood vessels around the heart.

"They form brand new micro blood vessels and deliver blood flow to the heart muscle," said Woo.

He has started the first U.S. trial where stem cells are harvested during surgery, prepped and then re-inserted back into the patient's own heart.

Results for Christy were seen almost immediately.

"I noticed two days after my surgery, I had much more 'umph,'" said Christy.

It's the same process that saved 76-year-old Christina McDonald, only it wasn't arteries in her heart that were damaged. McDonald's problem was in her legs.

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"Sort of like a charley-horse where the muscles stiffen up," said McDonald.

The arteries in her leg were clogged with plaque, putting her at risk for heart attack, stroke and amputation. Traditionally, doctors treat it with stunts, angioplasties or bypasses. But now they're using stem cells.

"We basically take stem cells from their hips to help grow blood vessels. It creates new, smaller blood vessels that give blood supply to the limb," said Dr. Randall Franz, a vascular surgeon at Grant Medical Center.

It worked for McDonald. Three months later, her pain is gone.

The same goes for Christy. His only wish is that science was working faster. He lost his wife to heart disease one year ago.” I wish that she could have had this," said Christy.

A similar procedure is being done in Europe. The difference is Woo does his in one short surgery.

In Europe, it takes at least two procedures, weeks apart.

Woo says any patient who is a candidate for coronary bypass surgery is a good candidate for his stem-cell transplant.

  

Retold by  Dr.KKA Hussain Ali, MD.,

Former Joint Director of Medical Services,Erode,TN,South India
Source:abclocal.go.com

A Faizur Rahman: A Reformist amongst Controversialists.

By Shafee Ahmed Ko

I often introduce a person, a wonderful being of nature, whose moods and thoughts ebb and flow with the current of his creativity in writing and delivering speeches, especially when it comes to subjects related to religious harmony, and tolerance.

His excursion of thoughts with a satisfying journey of artistic expression is his own,and nothing but a gift of nature, just as an artist plays with hues and brushes.

Read on to know more about this insightful writer and social activist.

A.Faizur Rahman is a practicing civil engineer with more than eighteen years of experience. He owns “HAUTE HOMES”, a company, which apart from specializing in turnkey contracts, constructs promotes residential apartments in Chennai. Also, he is a well-known peace activist and a scholar of comparative religion.

EDUCATION

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from the Gulbarga University, Karnataka.

ACTIVITIES

He expresses his views through articles on gender and religio-political issues in various mainstream and renowned dailies such as The Hindu, The Hindustan Times,The Indian Express, The New Indian Express, Daily Times (Pakistan) and as well in Muslim dailies, magazines and portals such as The Milli Gazette, The Islamic Voice, and Twocircles.net.

Some of his articles like, “Making Sense of Sarkozy’s Veil Threat”, "Why Hedonistic Polygyny is against Islam” and “Sorry, Wife-beating is UnIslamic” that were published in The Hindu generated a hot debate in Muslim circles with many Muslim women voicing their vibrant support for his progressive analysis of Islam.

 His efforts to wipe out gender-bias among the Muslims are tireless, and sincere.

His article on the Ayodhya issue, published in The Indian Express (Mumbai) titled The Big Saffron Roadblock was on the list of “The Most Viewed Opinions” for several days on the Yahoo News website. Most recently, he wrote two articles in Daily Times (Pakistan) titled "Is blasphemy a capital crime in Islam?"and

Understanding David Cameron’s Munich speech which may be accessed on the Internet.

He is one of the most sought after erudite speakers at various forums on Islam, and other religions. In June 2008, a prominent Catholic Church (St. Louis Church) in Chennai, invited him to speak on Islam which was reported prominently in the English media.

In January 2009, the Stella Maris College invited him to address its students on Islam. In June 2010 ActionAid India invited Faizur Rahman to talk on the socio-economic conditions of Indian Muslims. On all such occasions Faiz highlighted the relevance of Islam in society today.

In February 2010, the Vermont (USA) based SIT Graduate Institute invited Faizur Rahman to Katmandu through the US Embassy for a 10-day “Peace building and Conflict Resolution” program. In September the same year, Srimathi Sundaravalli Memorial School, Chennai, managed by a Hindu Trust, invited Faizur Rahman to delever a talk on the significance of Ramazan. While he spoke on Islam, the management, teaching staff and students as well, were the spell bound. They expressed their intention to learn the facts and reality of Islam.

In October 2010 Faizur Rahman addressed the Rajaji Centre for Public Affairs on the

topic Ayodhya: What Next?

Faizur Rahman leads life as a humble reformist amongst strong controversialists. Be it religion, politics or current affairs, he believes in truth and nothing but truth.

His fluent references against dogmas and extremist doctrines make one to understand easily how to differentiate darkness from light. But he always stands modest, but strictly off from heresy. He is loved by every one, both young and old and commands respect from different communities just as among the members of his own community.

Memberships:

He is the Founder Secretary General of “FORUM FOR THE PROMOTION OF MODERATE THOUGHT AMONG MUSLIMS” which intellectually counters all forms of religious extremism among Muslims. Faizur Rahaman is also an executive committee member of HARMONY INDIA an organisation (headed by Mr. N. Ram, the Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu ) that promotes secularism and communal harmony. He is a Life member, Anjuman-e-Himayath-e-Islam, an orphanage and co-author Living in Harmony a course on value education published by the Oxford University Press.

As a sensible man Faizur Rahman finds sufficient good company, and it’s the company that is the most benefited.