Hefajat leader Mamunul had close links to a Pakistani militant group, police claim
Mamunul Haque. File photo
A Pakistani militant group had close links with Hefajat leader Mamunul Haque, police alleged today.
Mamunul and his brother-in-law Mufti Niamatullah made the connection during their visit to Pakistan in 2005, Harun-Or Rashid, deputy commissioner of Tejgaon Division police, said to reporters at his office today.
The duo stayed for around 45 days in Pakistan at the time and also collected a political manifesto which Mamunul later tried to apply to develop Hefajat.
DC Harun said they came to know about these after interrogating Mamunul, who is now on a seven-day remand in a case filed with Mohammadpur police station.
Khan was recently admitted to a hospital in New Delhi after testing positive for COVID-19.
“The great Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan breathed his last, late this evening. Doctors failed to revive his sinking heart. Pray for his maghfirat [penitence] and high station in Paradise. Amin,” Zafarul Islam, Khan’s eldest son, tweeted on Wednesday.
The author of more than 200 books, Khan has been honoured with several awards. This year, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour.
Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan was buried at noon today in Panjpeeran Qabristan near Basti Hazrat Nizamuddin. Buried in same qabristan are his mother Zaibunnisa n wife Sabi a Khatoon. Seen are his grandsons lifting his body to place in grave. Pl pray for his maghfirat. pic.twitter.com/LuPuEyIMRQ
Khan, 96, had been admitted to Delhi hospital and also tested positive for coronavirus
Eminent Islamic scholar and peace activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. PHOTO: Anadolu Agency/FILE
NEW DELHI:
Eminent Islamic scholar and peace activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan passed away Wednesday night, his family members said.
Khan, 96, has been recently admitted to a Delhi hospital and also tested positive for coronavirus.
On Twitter, Zafarul Islam, Khan’s eldest son, wrote: “The great Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan breathed his last, late this evening. Doctors failed to revive his sinking heart. Pray for his maghfirat [penitence] and high station in Paradise. Ameen.”
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Indian Islamic scholar and peace activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has died in the capital New Delhi after contracting novel coronavirus, his family members announced. He was 96.
Khan was recently admitted to a hospital in New Delhi after testing positive for Covid-19.
“The great Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan breathed his last, late this evening. Doctors failed to revive his sinking heart. Pray for his maghfirat [penitence] and high station in Paradise. Amin,” Zafarul Islam, Khan’s eldest son, tweeted on Wednesday, 21 April.
The author of more than 200 books, Khan has been honored with several awards. This year, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honor.
Social Distancing - Then, Now And Back Again? Reviving the ancient Art, not modern Science, of building boundaries
As if humanity is not completely overwhelmed by this term, a different though familiar practice of “Social Distancing” is currently being revisited by the faithful.
When the WHO prescribes social distancing, it refers to the practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance between people, in order to avoid infection during a pandemic.
In a reinterpretation with a logic of its own, recent trends seem to favour a falling back to the tried and tested practice of distancing: separation from neighbours and communities of social, religious or racial groups that are not classified as the “majority.”