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#1 ATTACK ON NUNS IN KERALA: HC denies bail to accused New Indian Express, October 16, 2004, Saturday Olavanna: HC denies bail to accused KOCHI: The High Court of Kerala on Friday denied bail to Shiju, who had been arrested in connection with the attack on the nuns belonging to the congregation of the Missionaries of Charity at Olavanna in Kozhikode district on September 25. The prosecution opposed his bail application, contending that granting of bail to him would adversely affect the identification parade to be held soon. http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20041016031335&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0&</A ------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 KERALA: CONVERSION DEBATE RANGES ON New Indian Express, October 13, 2004, Wednesday Conversion debate rages on KOZHIKODE: Divergent views on religious conversion were aired at the two different discussions held in the city by the National Development Front (NDF) and the pro-Sangh Parivar Forum for Development Thought. While NDF leader P. Koya held the view that conversion is a basic human right, Dr C.I. Isaac, who presented the topic at the Forum function, said conversion will lead to social tension. Gopinathan Pillai, father of Pranesh Kumar Pillai alias Javed, who was shot dead by Gujarat Police along with three other suspected terrorists, and Javed??™s son Siddique were present at the NDF seminar. Pillai said there has been pressure from various quarters to change the Muslim name of his grandson to a Hindu name. ???But I want my grandson to grow as a Muslim since his father and mother were Muslims,??? he said. Fr Geo Payyapally, O. Abdulla, Mukundan C. Menon, Brother Reni George, Dr M.S. Jayaprakash, Adv C.J. Jose and Adv K.M. Ashraf also spoke. NDF division convener P.T. Ahamed presided. Dr Isaac, on the other hand, said conversion is not just a change of religion, but a demolition of the country??™s cultural heritage. Conversion is done under the cover of relief work. The belief that only my religion is correct is dangerous, he said. P. Balakrishnan presided. O. Abdulla, Yuva Morcha State president K. Surendran and others spoke. http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20041013003649&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0&aDate=10%2F13%2F2004 ------------------------------------------------------------ New Indian Express, October 12, 2004, Tuesday Seminar on religious conversions on Tuesday KOZHIKODE: The city will witness two discussions on religious conversion on Tuesday - one conducted by the National Development Front (NDF) and the other by the Forum for Development Studies. BJP leader V. Muraleedharan, CPM district secretary V.V. Dakshinamoorthy, O. Abdulla, Fr. A. Adappoor, RSS state saha karyavahak P. Gopalankutty and Dr. C.I. Isaac, Head, Department of History, CMS College, Kottayam, will address the event organised by the Forum for Development Studies, at Hotel Alakapuri auditorium at 5.30 p.m. NDF supreme council member P. Koya will present the topic "Religious Conversion is Fundamental Right" at the seminar to be held at the Vyapara Bhavan, at 4 p.m. Fr. Geo Payyappalli, Mukundan C. Menon, Bro. Reni George, Dr. M.S. Jayaprakash, O. Abdulla and Adv. K.M. Ashraf will take part in the discussions. NDF district convener P.T. Ahamed will preside. http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20041012033315&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0&aDate=10%2F12%2F2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------- #3 #1 SUPERSTITION/OBSCURANTISM: AP: Two Lynched On Suspicion Of Witchcraft 1) Two lynched on suspicion of witchcraft Nizamabad, Oct. 15: Villagers killed two persons suspecting them to be practising witchcraft at Andhra Nagar of Nandipet mandal on Thursday night. The dead were identified as Aggi Ramulu, 65 and Sreenu, 26. The two died after villagers assaulted them with sticks. (Deccan Chronicle, October 16, 2004, Saturday) http://www.deccan.com/Region/RegionNews.asp?#Two lynched on suspicion of witchcraft ------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Villagers attack ???sorcerers??™; two die NIZAMABAD: Two persons died and another was seriously injured after residents of NTR Colony, under Nandipet police station limits in the district, attacked them for ???practising black magic??™ on Thursday night. (New Indian Express, October 16, 2004, Saturday) http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20041016011633&Page=A&Title=Southern+News+%2D+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0& Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) 3, Rams' Cottage Ambalathumukku Pettah Thiruvananthapuram-695024 Kerala South India Ph.: 0471-2476262 www.humanrightsindia.com www.humanrightskerala.com |
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