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[1] From: "vichuva hari" <vichuva.hari@gmail.com Date: Sat Aug 11, Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Online petition for Sanjay Dutt! We need 15000+ signatures ASAP!! Anybody who uses religion to conduct terrorist activities should be tagged. Be it Hindu, Muslim or Christian or Buddhist or Sikh. If Hindus commit terror activities on innocent people, using the name of their religion to justify it-- then they are Hindu terrorists. There should be no doubt. But tight now Islamic terrorism is roiling the world. Jehad is straight out of the quran. Their religion is written all over their fight. So it is reasonable to call it Islamic terrorism ---------- [2] From: WebXpurt <webxpurt@yahoo.com Date: Sat Aug 11, 2007 Subject: Indian citizenship on sale --- CNN: IBN Indian citizenship on sale, and it's for cheap Divya Shah & Deepak Kumar SOURCE: CNN: IBN New Delhi: A terrorist could easily acquire foolproof Indian identity for a few thousand rupees, a CNN-IBN investigation has revealed. Source: http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-citizenship-on-sale-and-its-for-cheap/46601-3\ .html? xml ----------- [3] Park Of Pollution By K A Shaji http://countercurrents.org/shaji100807.htm The residents of a Dalit village in Kerala's Kanjikode industrial belt have been dying a silent death -------- [4] From: "Aditya Mishra" <aditya11@sbcglobal.net Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 Subject: Re: Feminist author attacked in India Subject: on Taslima (counterpunch. org - aug 10, 2007) On the Heels of Sir Salman Taslima and Her Technicolor Boat By FARZANA VERSEY Taslima Nasreen, like many contemporary Muslim writers, is trying to portray the victim of religion. The best manner in which to do so since Sir Salman(before he was knighted) showed the way is through the dark Islamic tunnel. Let the pot sizzle with some concern for the backward Muslim world. Take large doses of the Quran, the veil, the Prophet and carefully carve it into little bits for easy consumption. The problem is that Muslims are a bunch of fools. They imagine that most of these books will have an impact. They don't. On Thursday, a group of activists from the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) barged into her press conference and apparently roughed her up. Television channels showed us this unruly mob get into a scuffle and throw bouquets of flowers still covered in cellophane. Taslima in her blue saree stood aside. No channel showed us what transpired before. As always, they brought in a 'conservative' and he naturally said what conservatives do: she deserves it for constantly maligning the religion and the Prophet. The television anchor smiled and turned to the 'liberal' in the studio. This liberal has suddenly discovered she is a Muslim and the usual stuff about freedom of expression was dished out. I don't think Taslima or anyone should be physically attacked. What no one has bothered to find out, though, is that the organization that was involved is not a sanctioned Muslim outfit; not many Indian Muslims outside the city of Hyderabad have even heard about it. But, what is the message being sent out to the world? That not only are Muslims a bunch of uncouth fellows, they also beat up women. I can imagine the Western world nodding in agreement and saying, "We told you so." When Taslima Nasreen was not allowed to return to Bangladesh for fear for her life, she went to the West for a while. She could not adjust there, so she found solace in India. India that has been busy shunting out Bangladeshi immigrants became her temporary home. She did not have a word to say about the migrants who were being denied citizenship rights even though they have lived in India for 30 years or more. If Taslima is all about this major literary voice being stilled, why is it that very little analysis is being done of her writings? Why is she always in the news for a perspective other than one of literary or ethical significance? Even when she wrote an autobiographical account in which several writers and political figures were mentioned, not for their role in damaging society but for sleeping with her, she was harping on freedom of speech. How different is this attitude from one of those Hollywood satellite social climbers that claim their pound of tabloid mileage and money based entirely on having had a close encounter with a celebrity? She has imprisoned her own mind and then goes out crying for escape. Give her complete freedom and she won't know what to do with it. She has nothing much going for her. Lajja revealed what one always suspected since that day in July 1993 when a fatwa demanding her head was pronounced in Bangladesh - that she was wallowing in quasi-historical truths to suit her convenience. She had ended her 13-day saga with false hope, "Let us go away. to India," she made her character Sudhomoy Dutta, the sturdy secularist and patriot, say. Does she imagine that India is some sort of Utopia? A few months ago, she had been ranting against Pakistan's "tyrannical" yoke, quite forgetting that she lived in a different country. Of course, since she wants to make India her home, this is the best she could do. She felt that all talk of pan-Islamic or Muslim unity was essentially a myth, and nothing had shattered it more convincingly than the breakaway of East Pakistan from its parent unit in the west. If there is no unity in the Islamic world - and most of us have been long saying so - then on what basis does she paint the whole Islamic world with the same brush? There are pockets of fanatics and she has had to deal with some. I have to belabor the point that a fatwa is an opinion by an individual or a group; it is not a sanctioned edict. If it were so, then all those who have fatwas on their heads would have been killed by now and not managed to write their life stories or create magic realism in Manhattan. The only reason Taslima prefers India, specifically Kolkata, is the language. This is ironical. East Pakistan moved out of the 'tyranny' of West Pakistan largely due to the language issue. Now, she is speaking out against parochialism and perpetrating it herself. What is she trying to prove? Her 'humanitarianism', which hangs round her neck like an albatross, weighty, but drawing sufficient attention to her prized position? Or is she just another writer with perfect timing and a sharp marketing sense? Take the reference to a sentence in her first book: "Most of Suranjan's friends were Muslim. None of them thought he was Hindu." What does this mean? Was she trying to say that a religious person could not have friends from another community? Is faith designed to make you inhuman? Then Marxists should be the most human and humane people on earth, and she herself would have written about communal harmony in the purest sense instead of sprinkling stereotypes from Bollywood movies. If she scratched herself, she would be faced with a truth she refuses to acknowledge: She is so insecure that she feels the need to deny her antecedents. Were it restricted to a personal position it would have been all right, but she uses characters insidiously to make generalizations only in order to anoint herself as a progressive. Shrewdly, she has selected a time when Islamic or fringe Muslim societies are going through a phase when the red alert sounds every time their names get mentioned. She has a nice bandwagon to ride on. -------- [5] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com Date: Sat Aug 11, 2007 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Turn of phrase -semantics of faith Catholic Church and its each and every outfit is in deep trouble day by day in Kerala. Deepika is a Catholic Church owned news paper today it owned by a person named Faris Abubaker. A man who owes crores of money without any legal formality is described as a man to be hate by Chief Minster is the pet of few catholic bishops and the Church? Illegally collected money is not a taboo to the church? Faris Abobaker spend more than 20 crore in Deepika News paper but does any Bishop knows where he collected this money? In another incident Murder of Sister Abhaya 15years old case finding some edge in recent CBI enquiry was not at all an issue to the Church why? This is the same catholic church everyday crying in the name of attack on Priests and Noune in different parts of the country. One side Bishops are engaged in Making huge profits out of Professional collges and they are continuously keeping the case against the govt. in court to achive the right to collect the money they like as FEE. Other side Appointing a Teacher and Admission to a student in their institutions are based on the donation amount. Poor Christians and other backwards have no choice. No Merit. regi Item Two Kerala, Media and Ministers From the Hindu, Cochin, 6 August 2007 "Each Media organisation has its own politics, agenda, whipping boys and blue eyed boys. The financial dealings of many were not transparent, though they pretend to be fighting against corruption. Some journalists are becoming part of a Media Mafia." - Kerala Cooperation Minister Mr. G Sudhakaran explaining away Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan's acidic comment against the Editor of Deepika newspaper, Mr. M A Pharis who he called "A hate man." ------------- [6] From: khushi Comics <kidskhushi@yahoo.com Date: Sat Aug 11, 2007 Subject: new comics uploaed on www. kidskhushi. com Hi New comics uploaded on www. kidskhushi. com. regards Team Khushi --------- [7] From: justindia <raj.justindia@gmail.com Date: Sat Aug 11, 2007 Subject: Nigerian Lands in Jail for Helping 60-Year-Old Woman in Riyadh *Nigerian Lands in Jail for Helping 60-Year-Old Woman in Riyadh* Javid Hassan & Raid Qusti, Arab News http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=99378&d=6&m=8&y=2007 RIYADH, 6 August 2007 ? A new convert to Islam, fired with zeal to do a righteous act, had no idea that he would pay a heavy price for helping a sick woman, one that has landed him 50 days and counting behind bars. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice found him guilty for committing a crime: Being in the presence of a woman who is not a relative (a so-called "illegal state of seclusion"). Arab News tried several times to contact Ahmed Al-Jardan, spokesman for the commission, but phone calls were not returned. A written fax sent to the commission's main center asking for comment was also ignored. Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal, a Nigerian student of Islamic studies at Badiya Islamic Center in Riyadh, learned that his neighbor, a 63-year-old woman, was indisposed and needed medical attention. So he took her to various hospitals in Riyadh, including the Riyadh Medical Complex at Shumaisy, all of which refused to treat her. It was only after the intervention of Sheikh Fawaz, director of Badiya Islamic Center, that the Badiya Hospital admitted the case. Despite the charitable act Mohammed ended up in detention, accused of immoral behavior because he was neither married nor related by blood to the elderly woman. Speaking to Arab News on phone from his cell in the Malaz prison, Mohammed said that after the woman received treatment and after he returned to Riyadh after three days in the Western Region, he was arrested after checking up on the woman's health. In the woman's apartment were three other women related to her. "I was glad to note that the lady was making steady progress," he said. "While we were chatting, there was a knock on the door. When this lady opened the door, four or five Saudis, whom I had seen outside the building before, barged in. They accused me of being alone with the woman unrelated to me and suspected my intention behind this visit to her apartment." Mohammed said the Saudis identified themselves as members of the commission and took him and the three women into custody and later to Malaz prison. Mohammed says that the commission members also confiscated the money he had in his possession (SR2,750), in addition to his laptop and other personal items. Mohammed said he tried to contact Shaikh Fawaz to help corroborate his story, but Fawaz is currently hospitalized for a major operation. The judge managed to contact Fawaz in the hospital who backed up the claims by the accused. "The judge asked me what I wanted," said Mohammed. "I told him I want to return to Nigeria." But before Mohammad can go anywhere, he has to figure out why he is in prison and how to get out. Mohammed, who embraced Islam recently, said he was unable to understand the reason behind his continued detention. "I wanted to do a good thing for a woman who was sick, and this is what I get in return," he said. "I lost the support of my family in Nigeria, where my wife and children are upset with me ? and here I am languishing in prison." ---------- [8] THIS IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION / ACTION Dear All, ACMI is happy to share the following information with all of you. On 26th July, the Ministry of Health and FW , GOI had organised a panel discussion on amendments to Mental Health Act in which i was one of the participants. The panel was also shared by Psychiatrits from Govt and Private sector besides a legal expert. The problems faced by the various stakeholders were brought out openly and I hope the Ministry will take this forward without much delay. Probably, the Minsitry may not have much of a choice to act or not to act in view of the ratification of UN Convention on Disabilities( see attachment) pending before the Cabinet. This was unfortunately not discussed though I had touched upon it in my presentation. Time was a major constraint. On 27th/ 28th July, NCEDP, Delhi had organised two day consultations on the UN Convention. Mr. Ashish Kumar, DG of Disabilities in MSJE, GOI was one of the main speakers. Ms. Abha Saxena, Advocacy Manager, ACMI was one of the panelists highlighting the challenges of implementaion of the UN C for MI citizens of India and the role that the stakeholders like all of us can and should play. The most critical part of the Convention is Art. 12 . 1, 2 3 and 4 emphasizing the equality of legal capacity of MI persons on par with other disabled persons. In this respect, I request the Professional bodies like the IPS to work out a formula for indicating the equation between mental capacity and legal capacity like the brilliant IDEAS tool devised for Disability Certificates. If the UN C is not interpreted from generals to specifics , it is likely to create more threats than rights for MI persons. It is important to appreciate the Constitutional principle that once the President of India ratifies it on the recommendation of the Cabinet, the Parliament will have to legislate upon it for implementation by ensuring that the existing legsilations are not in conflict. Many of the laws for MI may perhaps be in conflict. Hence the need to hasten. By way of conclusion , I wish to add that ACMI has initiated legal research under an eminent SC advocate assisted by two advocates -with wide exposure to disability legislations and UNC - to evaluate the compatibility between UN C and the MH Act. The Report is likely to be ready very soon. As stakeholders, it is our responsibility to initiate debates, deliberations and awareness programs so that we are not left behind or caught unawares. Currently other disability groups including the MR associations are organizing such programs . regards nirmala Dr. Nirmala Srinivasan, Ashoka Fellow Director and Trustee, Action For Mental Illness Bangalore CellNo. 9886031659 ---------- [9] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com Date: Sat Aug 11, 2007 Subject: India at 60 is a model for universal brotherhood: Maulana Parekh India at 60 is a model for universal brotherhood: Maulana Parekh http://www.khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=4244&Itemid=8\ 8 By Shyam Pandharipande Nagpur, Aug 11: "India is great in many ways but its greatest uniqueness lies in the fact that it is a confluence of almost all the world's religions and, for that reason, a potential model for universal brotherhood," says Padma Bhushan award winner Maulana Abdul Karim Parekh. -------- [10] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com Date: Sat Aug 11, 2007 Subject: Muslim ulama and activists criticize attack on Taslima Nasreen Muslim ulama and activists criticize attack on Taslima Nasreen By Khabrein Staff Reporter, http://www.khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=4242&Itemid=8\ 8 Muslim ulama and activists have criticized the attack on controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen by Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen activists in Hyderabad Thursday. Several Muslim ulama and activists have come forward to criticize the attack on Taslima saying that despite the fact that Taslima?s writings are sacrilegious but the attack on her by some Muslims cannot be justified. ---------- [11] URGENT CALL TO AMBEDKARITES, The struggle like Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had taken to ensure the safety and reservation of Indian Dalits, the Dalits of Nepal are strugging right now with the demand of Dalit reservation. One fourth of Nepal 24 million population is Dalits, whose fundamental rights are violated the worse without any constitutional protection. Now in the process of reformation, taking place in Nepal, Dalit leaders and Dalit activists are demanding 20% reservation for Dalits in Nepal. Now all the Ambedkarites in India got to stand up and support the cost of Dalit brothers and sisters in Nepal in their struggle of demand like Pune Pact. Our Dalit political leaders' support will make the differences in Nepal. Nepal needs Pune Pact situtation like, which was in India for Indian Dalits. Thank you Madhu Chandra National Secretary All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations Dr. Joseph D'souza, International President of Dalit Freedom Network has also submitted to Interim Government of Nepal. http://www.madhuchandra.org/ URGENT CALL TO AMBEDKARITES, The struggle like Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had taken to ensure the safety and reservation of Indian Dalits, the Dalits of Nepal are strugging right now with the demand of Dalit reservation. One fourth of Nepal 24 million population is Dalits, whose fundamental rights are violated the worse without any constitutional protection. Now in the process of reformation, taking place in Nepal, Dalit leaders and Dalit activists are demanding 20% reservation for Dalits in Nepal. Now all the Ambedkarites in India got to stand up and support the cost of Dalit brothers and sisters in Nepal in their struggle of demand like Pune Pact. Our Dalit political leaders' support will make the differences in Nepal. Nepal needs Pune Pact situtation like, which was in India for Indian Dalits. Thank you Madhu Chandra National Secretary All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations Dr. Joseph D'souza, International President of Dalit Freedom Network has also submitted to Interim Government of Nepal. http://www.madhuchandra.org/ |
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