Samastha Shariat Protection Convention in Mangaluru on Dec 9
Mangaluru, Dec 7: Under the slogan 'Join hands for protection of constitutional rights', Samasta Shariat Protection Committee organised Shariat Protection Rally and convention at the Nehru Stadium here on December 9, Convention reception Committee convener UK Abdul Azeez Darimi said.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, he said that the Constitution has entitled the right to the people of all religions to live as per their religion in the biggest ever democratic and secular country like India. But in recent days, efforts were on to neglect the importance of the Constitution and interfere in religious aspects, which dangerous to the very existence of the democracy. Decision on triple talaq and homosexuality were the clear indication of snatching religious freedom. This convention was organized to educate the people on such issues and protect the values of democracy, he said.
Those who oppose triple talaq norms should be given opportunity to move the court instead of interfering in the religious matter like triple talaq. Snatching of religious freedom might pave way for western culture. Law and order problem could be created if the government involved in religious issues. So, there was a need to educate people regarding the issue, he said.
Rally from Dr BR Ambedkar circle
On December 9 at 2.30 pm, the rally would be flagged off from Dr. BR Ambedkar Circle in the city. In the convention, Samasta president Sayyid Jifri Muthukoya Thangal, General secretary Shaikhuna Jamia Professor Ali Kutty Musliyar, Shaikhuna MT Ustad, Sayyid Siddiq Ali Shihab Thangal, Syed Ali Thangal Kumbol, Khazi Twaka Ahmed Musliyar, Syed Zainul Abidin Thangal, Shaikhuna Mithabail Usthad, Shaikhuna Khasim Ustad, Advocate Onampilly Muhammed Faizi, Abdussamad Pookkottur, Hazrat Nazeer Azhari and others would be present.
Central Committee general secretary Muhammad Haneef Haji Bandar, Reception committee treasurer Haji Abdul Razaq, Khateeb Sadakathullah Faizi of Central Juma Masjid, Madrasa Management Dakshina Kannada District Haji I Moidinabba, Former mayor K Ashraf, Central Juma Masjid treasurer Syed Ahmed Basha Thangal, Musthafa Haji Kempi of Uppinangadi Malik Deenar Juma Masjid, Gurupura Range Madrasa Management president Noushad Haji Suralpadi, Darunnoor Education Centre secretary Riyazuddin Bandar, Central Education Board member Rasheed Haji Parladka, Madrasa Management general secretary Rafeeq Haji Kodaje, Hakeem Partippadi, Iqbal Mulki, Ibrahim Konaje and others were present at the press conference.
Holiday to Madrasa Students on Sunday
The Dakshina Kannada District Madrasa Management has called for the prayer for the departed Ulama-Umaras on the first Sunday (December 9) of Rabiul Akhir. As the teachers and senior students would take part in the convention to be held on December 9, holiday was declared for classes, Management president I Moidinabba Haji said.
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3 US troops killed, 5 seriously wounded during Iran attacks, military says
Washington (AP): Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the US attacks on Iran, the military said Sunday, marking the first American casualties in a major offensive that has sparked retaliation from the Islamic Republic.
US Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, announced the deaths in a post on X but did not say when and where they occurred. The statement said “several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions” and were going to return to duty.
Central Command described the situation “as fluid” and said it would withhold the identities of the service members who were killed for 24 hours after their families were notified.
The US military also denied Iranian claims that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was struck with ballistic missiles, saying on X that the “missiles launched didn't even come close.”
President Donald Trump had warned that American troops could be killed or injured in the operation.
“The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties,” the Republican president said in a video address released early Saturday. “That often happens in war. But we're doing this not for now. We're doing this for the future.”
Following the US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other leaders, Iran's counterattacks have struck US bases in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has threatened to launch its “most intense offensive operation” ever targeting Israeli and American military installations.
Before the strikes, Trump had built up the largest US military presence in the Middle East in decades. The arrival of the Lincoln and three accompanying guided-missile destroyers at the end of January bolstered the number of warships in the region.
The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and four accompanying destroyers later were dispatched from the Caribbean Sea to head to the Middle East.
The Ford was part of the US raid in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro, who was brought to New York to face drug trafficking charges. The operation in January claimed no American lives but left seven US troops with gunshot wounds and shrapnel-related injuries.
One of those injured received the Medal of Honor during Trump's State of the Union address last week. Trump said Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover piloted the lead CH-47 Chinook helicopter that descended on the “heavily protected military fortress” where Maduro was staying.
Trump has launched several military operations during his second term, including strikes on members of the Islamic State group in Syria in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two US troops and an American civilian interpreter in December.
The US military has also struck IS forces in Nigeria, after Trump accused the West African country's government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians.
