Prophet Muhammed's message is the best reply to RSS: Mahendra Kumar
Real Hindus will have problems with Sangh Parivar
Mangaluru, Feb 1: “Muslims who don’t understand the teachings of Quran, turn into terrorist after they are brain washed by the anti-social elements, similarly in Hindus, people who don’t know what actual Hinduism, hate people of other religion” Social activist Mahendra Kumar KR on Friday said while taking a dig at Sangh Parivar.
He was speaking at the townhall here at the valedictory function of the campaign themed ‘Understanding the Prophet of mankind’. The campaign was aimed at spreading the message of Prophet Muhammed, the last messenger of Islam between November 30, 2018 to February 1, 2019.
“Youth of the country has to stand up against these Fringe elements who are damaging the image of the country. The Sangh Parivar is openly endorsing and supporting the murderer of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation. One can imagine the situation of the country where a organisation is misleading its youth by supporting the murderer of the biggest patriot”.
“The RSS has been inculcating the intoxication of religion and is playing with the minds of the youth of the country” Mahendra Kumar further said.
Mahendra Kumar further lauded the efforts of Muslim community in organising programmes to promote peace and harmony in the society while also adding that such programmes and campaigns are the answers to Sangh Parivar.
“They (Sangh Parivar) idolise Swami Vivekananda, but he never taught or asked people to hate other religion and its followers, he always advocated the mutual understanding among religions and stressed upon the fact that hatred will take people nowhere” Mahendra Kumar added.
Folk scholar KL Kundantaya said that Prophet Muhammed was the ‘link between the God and the mankind’. “Following the teachings of Prophet Muhammed is the need of the hour” Kundataya added.
Varthabharathi Editor-in-Chief Abdussalam Puthige who presided over the event, also spoke on the occasion. UNIWEF Karnataka president Rafiuddin Kudroli delivered valedictory address.
UNIWEF state secretary Khalid UK, members Atheeq, Syed, Thanvir and others were among present during the event.
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Iran reimposes restrictions on Strait of Hormuz, accusing US of violating deal to reopen it
Cairo (AP): Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping.
Iran's joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.” It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
The announcement came the morning after US President Donald Trump said that even after Iran announced the strait's reopening on Friday, the American blockade “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the US, including on its nuclear programme.
The conflict over the chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy after oil prices began to fall again on Friday on hopes the US and Iran were drawing closer to an agreement. Roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes through the strait, and further limits would squeeze already constrained supply, driving prices higher once again.
Control over the strait has proven to be one of Iran's main points of leverage and prompted the United States to deploy forces and initiate a blockade on Iranian ports as part of an effort to force Iran to accept a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire to end almost seven weeks of war that has raged between Israel, the US and Iran.
Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels after a 10-day truce was announced between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. But after Trump said the blockade would continue, top Iranian officials said his announcement violated last week's ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US and warned the strait would not stay open if the US blockade remained in effect.
A data firm, Kpler, said movement through the strait remained confined to corridors requiring Iran's approval.
US forces have sent 21 ships back to Iran since the blockade began on Monday, US Central Command said on X.
Truce in Lebanon could help US-Iran peace efforts
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The ceasefire in Lebanon could clear one major obstacle to an agreement. But it was unclear to what extent Hezbollah would abide by a deal it did not play a role in negotiating, and which will leave Israeli troops occupying a stretch of southern Lebanon.
Trump said in another post that Israel is “prohibited” by the US from further strikes on Lebanon and that “enough is enough” in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
The State Department said the prohibition applies only to offensive attacks and not to actions taken in self-defence.
Shortly before Trump's post, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel agreed to the ceasefire in Lebanon “at the request of my friend President Trump,” but that the campaign against Hezbollah is not complete.
He claimed Israel had destroyed about 90 per cent of Hezbollah's missile and rocket stockpiles and added that Israeli forces “have not finished yet” with the dismantling of the group.
In Beirut, displaced families began moving toward southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs despite warnings by officials not to return to their homes until it became clear whether the ceasefire would hold.
The Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon reported sporadic artillery shelling in some parts of southern Lebanon in the hours after the ceasefire took effect.
An end to Israel's war with Hezbollah was a key demand of Iranian negotiators, who previously accused Israel of breaking last week's ceasefire with strikes on Lebanon. Israel had said that the deal did not cover Lebanon.
The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, more than 2,290 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen US service members have also been killed.
