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Subject: EP Issue 24 Augsut 2011
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Dear Brother/ Sister,

Here are the links for important articles published in our weekly 'The Eastern Post" current issue (24th August, 2011). You can read it and also forward it to your friends if you find this to be useful. We welcome your suggestions and views. You can also send your write ups to us for publication. .

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A.   Basit Ismail

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Editor 

 

Editorial

Anti Corruption Movement, Anna and Muslims

Let us all pray that this movement does not get surrendered in the hands of political or communal elements and becomes successful in its goal of lessening the corruption from our beloved nation. Jai Hind!

http://theeasternpost.org/show_news.php?ofPage=1&headLine=Anti-Corruption-Movement,-Anna-and-Muslims

 

Cover Story

ANNA HAZARAE: CAN HE FREE INDIA FROM CORRUPTION?

By: Khaleelur Rehman

The vices of the capitalist system: the principles of individualism, lack of reverence and nonexistence of any sense of eventual accountability - these are too essential and intensely disturbing for policy makers in the west to tackle…..

http://theeasternpost.org/more_cover.php?id=95

 

 

Exclusive

Dr. Swamy, Friends and Limits of Freedom of Expression

By Ram Puniyani

 It is not a very easy task to decide as to where the freedom of expression ends and Hate speech begins…..

http://theeasternpost.org/show_news.php?ofPage=3&headLine=Dr.-Swamy,-Friends-and-Limits-of-Freedom-of-Expression

 

 

Allama Mashriqi - A Giant Among Men

By Nasim Yousuf, Historian

Mashriqi left behind a lasting legacy of combating injustice, communalism, and sectarianism. He worked all his life for unity, discipline, and fostering a peaceful co-existence among people, regardless of religion, class, color or creed. 

http://theeasternpost.org/show_news.php?ofPage=3&id=2216&headLine=Allama-Mashriqi-%EF%BF%BD-A-Giant-Among-Men

 

 

International Affairs

Whither Gaddafi And Libya?

FRANKLIN LAMB writes directly from Tripoli, Libya

Tripoli - The large gold framed portrait of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi that adorned the wall behind the reception desk of my hotel since it opened many years ago has vanished…………..

http://theeasternpost.org/show_news.php?ofPage=4&headLine=Whither-Gaddafi-And-Libya?

 

National Affairs

Will You Fail Anna?

By Neha Chamaria

If not, you are failing the man who wants our nation to be a better place. For, the true change will only be when each one of us vows to change ourselves. Otherwise, the candle you lit at Park Street could have been better used to light up a home for a few hours in a far-off dingy village that still lives without electricity.

http://theeasternpost.org/show_news.php?ofPage=5&headLine=Will-You-Fail-Anna?

 

West Bengal Affair

Is Paschim Banga a new name?

By SHAHERYAR HOSSAIN

Is Paschim Banga a new name? Is it just a translation of West Bengal? Is Paschim Banga a tongue twister for Non-Bengalis? ......All these questions struck the minds of the Paschim Bongis when our new Chief Minister gave her consent to rename the state. 

http://theeasternpost.org/show_news.php?ofPage=6&headLine=Is-Paschim-Banga-a-new-name?

 

 

 

Highlight

ZAKAT: The Path to Make a Community Financially Stronger

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. It has been mentioned, along with daily Prayers (Salaat), over seventy times in the Quran. Allah's word commanding ".....and establish regular Salaat and give regular Zakat....." are referred to in many parts of the Quran. From this we can conclude that after Salaat, Zakat is the most important act in Islam. 

http://theeasternpost.org/show_news.php?ofPage=20&headLine=ZAKAT:-The-Path-to-Make-a-Community-Financially-Stronger

 

 

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