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[1] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 Subject: Murderous and Shameful Attack on Taslima Nasreen Kudos to the Muslim Intellectual Forum for coming out boldly and unequivocally against the murderous attack on Taslima. The attack reminds me of a similar attack launched by the Hindutva goons on Medha Patkar and Mallika Sarabhai on April 7 2002 within the hallowed preccincts of the Sabarmati Ashram while participating in a citizens' meet for communal amity against the backdrop of the state-sponsored anti-Muslim carnage in Gujarat. (BTW, Feroze, one of the signatories here, had also been present. Played a critical role in fending off the first wave of the attack - by Amit Thakkar barbarously pulling Medha out of the meeting place by her hair. Taslima, as it appears, was a bit more fortunate.) It does not require one to agree with the statement in its entirety to appreciate the position enunciated here that "in a secular democracy and a free society, we need to tolerate dissent and the freedom of conscience". This is a cardinal principle that must be upheld at any cost and under all circumstances. Sukla --- In india-unity@yahoogroups.com, yogi sikand <ysikand@... wrote: MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL FORUM 404/B, Sneh Sarovar, off Marol Military road, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 072 PRESS STATEMENT ------ [2] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 Subject: Nehru's memorable dawn of independence speech Nehru's memorable dawn of independence speech http://www.khabrein.info/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=4289&Itemid=88 Nehru taking oath as Indian PM on Aug. 15 1947New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The following is the historic 'tryst with destiny' speech Jawaharlal Nehru gave in the midnight hours of Aug 14, 1947, announcing the dawn of India's freedom to the world: --------- [3] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 Subject: Taslima issue exposes politicians' hypocrisy http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx? id=NEWEN20070022229&ch=8/11/2007%201:12:00%20AM Taslima issue exposes politicians' hypocrisy Friday, August 10, 2007 The attack on exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has exposed deep-rooted hypocrisy with regard to fundamentalist protests against creative freedom in India. Political condemnation has been not as vocal against the Muslim political party Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen's (MIM) attack on Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. Though she stays in exile from her country in Kolkata, even the Left government had banned one of her books. Fundamentalism at its worst, ironically elected representatives of India's democracy saying they may be MLAs but are Muslims first. Three months ago a fine arts student in Baroda was jailed and his works vandalized by Sangh Parivar activists for painting what they saw as blasphemous images of Hindu deities. But here's the difference, the Baroda incident led a nation wide outpouring of outrage at this moral policing by Hindu fundamentalists, as busloads of human rights activists and celebrities converged at the MS University in Baroda to support the student. In Taslima's case the activists are either yet to mobilise support for the beleaguered writer and protest against similar attempts at censorship by Muslim activists or don't feel as strongly as they did for the Baroda student. Brazenly unapologetic A day after the MIM an ally of the UPA has been brazenly unapologetic about its attack and the MLAs have been let out on bail in what seems to be tacit support of the state government. The Congress has been guarded in its reaction uncertain about how strongly they should condemn the act. ''Writers have other subjects to write. Why just religion?'' asked Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chief Minister, Jammu & Kashmir. And the Samajwadi party has gone a step further saying the MLAs were right, not surprising in a party where a minister announced a Rs 50 crore fatwa against a Danish cartoonist for allegedly blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed. ''I will ask the government to get her visa revoked. She should be thrown out of the country,'' said Shahid Aqla, Samajwadi Party. Many would see this as political doublespeak on issues of freedom of speech and expression but perhaps no one understands the need to clamp down on Muslim radicals better than the Muslim community itself. ''Those who think that their action is justified because she vilified Islam have actually done more harm,'' said Shabana Azmi, actor. -------- [4] From: justindia <raj.justindia@gmail.com Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 Subject: Taslima issue -- Reactions of Politicians And Human Rights Organisations - NDTV. com http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx? id=NEWEN20070022229&ch=8/11/2007\ %201:12:00%20AM <http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx? id=NEWEN20070022229&ch=8/11/200\ 7%201:12:00%20AM Swati Maheshwari Friday, August 10, 2007 (New Delhi) The attack on exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has exposed deep-rooted hypocrisy with regard to fundamentalist protests against creative freedom in India. Political condemnation has been not as vocal against the Muslim political party Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen's (MIM) attack on Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. Though she stays in exile from her country in Kolkata, even the Left government had banned one of her books. Fundamentalism at its worst, ironically elected representatives of India's democracy saying they may be MLAs but are Muslims first. Three months ago a fine arts student in Baroda was jailed and his works vandalized by Sangh Parivar activists for painting what they saw as blasphemous images of Hindu deities. But here's the difference, the Baroda incident led a nation wide outpouring of outrage at this moral policing by Hindu fundamentalists, as busloads of human rights activists and celebrities converged at the MS University in Baroda to support the student. In Taslima's case the activists are either yet to mobilise support for the beleaguered writer and protest against similar attempts at censorship by Muslim activists or don't feel as strongly as they did for the Baroda student. Brazenly unapologetic A day after the MIM an ally of the UPA has been brazenly unapologetic about its attack and the MLAs have been let out on bail in what seems to be tacit support of the state government. The Congress has been guarded in its reaction uncertain about how strongly they should condemn the act. ''Writers have other subjects to write. Why just religion?'' asked Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chief Minister, Jammu & Kashmir. And the Samajwadi party has gone a step further saying the MLAs were right, not surprising in a party where a minister announced a Rs 50 crore fatwa against a Danish cartoonist for allegedly blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed. ''I will ask the government to get her visa revoked. She should be thrown out of the country,'' said Shahid Aqla, Samajwadi Party. Many would see this as political doublespeak on issues of freedom of speech and expression but perhaps no one understands the need to clamp down on Muslim radicals better than the Muslim community itself. ''Those who think that their action is justified because she vilified Islam have actually done more harm,'' said Shabana Azmi, actor. Action against perpetrators of such attacks would perhaps set the record straight about secularism, not just lip service to it. --------- [5] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 Subject: Case against Taslima now , attakers roam free Andhra government trying to save MLA's Case against Taslima now , attakers roam free Victim of a murderous attack by MIM activists on Thursday, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen was made an accused on Saturday in a case filed by the MLA who threatened to kill her if she dared to enter the city again. Taslima's attackers, including three MLAs, are free on bail. The Panjagutta police have registered the case against her on a complaint filed by MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi "under section 153(A) of IPC for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion etc and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony." The MLA alleged at the book release function in Hyderabad, that Taslima gave a speech critical of the Prophet and Islam and hurt the sentiments of Muslims. But, Dr N Innaiah, noted writer and Taslima's host in the city called the allegation "blatantly false and baseless". "There was no mention of Islam or Prophet in her speech. She confined herself to the novel Shodh whose Telugu translation she launched at the function." He said Taslima would have lodged a complaint had the police not rushed her with such haste to the airport and put her on a flight back to Kolkata. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx? id=3a658d3e-2172-4ff2-b50\ e-4cd7db0e1e32&MatchID1=4502&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1122&Pri\ maryID=4502&Headline=Case+against+Taslima+now ----------- [6] Magic Seeds By Harsh Dobhal http://countercurrents.org/harsh110807.htm A farmers' collective revives traditional farming systems and hundreds of varieties of grains and pulses ----------- [7] From: rkurian@bgl.vsnl.net.in Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 Subject: China's Threat to the Dollar is REAL... China's Threat To The Dollar Is Real By Paul Craig Roberts http://countercurrents.org/roberts110807.htm The Chinese made no threats. To the contrary, one of the officials said, ?China doesn?t want any undesirable phenomenon in the global financial order.? The Chinese message is different. The message is that Washington does not have hegemony over Chinese policy, and if matters go from push to shove, Washington can expect financial turmoil |
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