ஒரு சிறுவனை கற்பழித்துதுண்டு துண்டாய் வெட்டிய ஐந்து சவுதி இளைஞர்களது கழுத்து சீவப்பட்டது
Khaled bin Humaid al-Sahli, Ali bin Ahmad Ayyashi, Jazi bin Semayel al-Meraashi, Hani al-Ofi and Aesh al-Mohammadi
என்ற ஐந்து சவுதி அரேபிய இளைஞர்களும் ஒரு சிறுவனை கடத்திச் சென்று மாறி மாறி கற்பழித்து பின்னர் அந்த சிறுவனை துண்டு துண்டாய் வெட்டிக்கொன்றனர்.
நசிவுக்கலாச்சாரத்தில் வன்முறை கலாச்சாரத்தில் சிக்கி தவிக்கும் இந்த சவுதி அரேபிய இளைஞர்கள் வன்முறை மார்க்கம் விட்டு அமைதி மார்க்கமான இந்துமதம் வந்திருந்தால் இந்த சாவை அனுபவிக்க வேண்டியிருக்காது
அந்த சிறுவனின் ஆன்மா சாந்தி அடைவதாக
Five Saudis executed for raping and killing boy
7 hours ago
RIYADH (AFP) — Five Saudi men were beheaded by the sword on Wednesday for raping and killing a young boy, in one of the highest number of executions in a single day in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
Khaled bin Humaid al-Sahli, Ali bin Ahmad Ayyashi, Jazi bin Semayel al-Meraashi, Hani al-Ofi and Aesh al-Mohammadi were executed in the Muslim holy city of Medina, it said in a statement cited by the official SPA news agency.
The five had been found guilty of "forcibly abducting a young boy, raping him, and jointly killing him by stabbing him with a knife and decapitating him," the ministry said.
The five, who threw the head and body of their victim in a stream in a valley, also stole cars, drank alcohol and used drugs, it added.
Saudi Arabia has executed 137 people so far this year, including six people on a single day last August when five Pakistanis and a Nigerian were put to death for drug smuggling and armed robbery.
The previous highest number of executions in a year was 113 for the whole of 2000. Last year 37 people were executed.
Executions are usually carried out in public in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia, which applies a strict form of sharia, or Islamic law.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking can all carry the death penalty in the oil-rich kingdom.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
புது இறைதூதரை ஹமாஸ் சுட்டது.
தன்னை புதிய இறைதூதர் என்று சொல்லிக்கொண்ட ஒருவரை ஹமாஸ் அமைப்பு காலில் சுட்டது.
அவரது வீட்டில் குண்டுகள் வீசி எறியப்பட்டன.
Hamas Shoots Man Claiming to be Muslim Messiah
A Gaza man incurred the anger of a Hamas-affiliated preacher in Gaza Tuesday by claiming to be the Mahdi, or Muslim redeemer. The man went to the Imam to seek his endorsement and instruct him to tell Muslims to follow his instructions.
The Imam reacted by summoning armed Hamas men, who arrived and told the self-proclaimed redeemer to take back his claims. When the man continued to insist that he was the Mahdi, police shot him in the foot and then released him.
Another Maan report says a Gaza family was attacked Monday after refusing to allow Hamas terrorists to paint pro-Hamas slogans on the walls of their home. Several hours following the refusal, the house was attacked, with two grenades thrown at the building. The house was damaged, but none of the residents were hurt.
அவரது வீட்டில் குண்டுகள் வீசி எறியப்பட்டன.
Hamas Shoots Man Claiming to be Muslim Messiah
A Gaza man incurred the anger of a Hamas-affiliated preacher in Gaza Tuesday by claiming to be the Mahdi, or Muslim redeemer. The man went to the Imam to seek his endorsement and instruct him to tell Muslims to follow his instructions.
The Imam reacted by summoning armed Hamas men, who arrived and told the self-proclaimed redeemer to take back his claims. When the man continued to insist that he was the Mahdi, police shot him in the foot and then released him.
Another Maan report says a Gaza family was attacked Monday after refusing to allow Hamas terrorists to paint pro-Hamas slogans on the walls of their home. Several hours following the refusal, the house was attacked, with two grenades thrown at the building. The house was damaged, but none of the residents were hurt.
அரசியலில் இந்துமதத்தை உபயோகப்படுத்துவதற்கு வாசுதேவ பாண்டியர் எதிர்ப்பு
டிரினிடாட் அரசியல் தலைவர் வாசுதேவ பாண்டியர் (பாசுதேவ் பாண்டே) இந்து மத தலைவர்கள் எதிர்கட்சி பிரச்சாரத்துக்கு உபயோகப்படுத்தப்படுவதை கண்டித்துள்ளார்.
Panday attacks Hindu pundits, Maha Sabha
By Clint Chan Tack Wednesday, October 31 2007
click on pic to zoom inUNC POLITICAL Leader Basdeo Panday stunned a huge crowd of UNC Alliance (UNCA) supporters assembled in Penal Junction into silence on Monday night when he launched a full-scale attack against the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) for allegedly using Hindu pundits to threaten teachers employed at Maha Sabha schools to support the Congress of the People (COP) in next Monday’s General Election. However SDMS General Secretary Sat Maharaj yesterday rejected Panday’s charges, countering that Hindu pundits and teachers in the Maha Sabha’s schools were free to vote for whoever they wished in the election.
Panday told the huge crowd of UNC A supporters, clad in their trademark orange jerseys, in Penal Junction that he was becoming increasingly disturbed about reports that certain top Maha Sabha officials were allegedly “using certain pundits and threatening their teachers at the Maha Sabha schools to support the Corpse (COP).” His statement came 24 hours after he told UNCA supporters in Bonne Aventure Junction, Gasparillo that the COP and not the ruling PNM was “the real enemy” in the election.
Saying that Hindus have never allowed their religion to interfere with politics, Panday punched the air with his right fist and declared: “All I have to say is pundits, you are the leaders of the Hindu community. I appeal to you do not betray your trust. Do not continue to live in fear. If you do not respect yourselves how can you expect the people to respect you.
The Hindu community has much to thank you for. Do not deceive your people. Hindus have never been used. That’s all I ask. Stand up to whoever is trying to force you! Put your hand in the air and say I stand tall!” His cry evoked wild cheers, flag waving and tassa drumming amongst the UNC A’s “Orange Revolution” followers.
Panday then told teachers working in Maha Sabha schools “not to demean yourself” by allowing anyone to persuade them how they should vote next Monday. “God comes first and guru comes after. You are the people who you come second to their God. Live up to the honour that your religion has bestowed on you. I say to all teachers in the Hindu schools, stand tall!” Panday declared, evoking more cheers from UNC A supporters. The UNC leader claimed the political support which the COP was receiving from the Maha Sabha reminded him of the opposition he faced from the religious group when he unsuccessfully contested the 1995 General Election. “I went to Couva North (in the 1976 General Election) because Simboonath Capildeo, the secretary of the Maha Sabha was fighting Couva North and the fellas tell me no safe seat for you Panday. Go and fight the big man himself. I beat him in 1976!” Panday quipped.
He condemned Maharaj for breaking the Workers and Farmers Party’s boycott of the 1971 General Election, called because of the use of voting machines in the 1995 General Election, and helping the PNM to win that election when he failed to win the Oropouche seat. Panday claimed that history was repeating itself in this election. “Sat went up for elections and got his tail cut. Now he hiding behind the Duck (COP Political Leader Winston Dookeran) but he will still get his tail cut,” Panday declared.
Maharaj yesterday confirmed that he unsuccessfully contested the 1966 election but said Panday’s comments on this subject were totally irrelevant to the politics of today.
Panday was furious that COP Political Leader Winston Dookeran participated in Divali celebrations which were organised by the COP at Parvati Girls Hindu College in Debe on Sunday.“All I want to say to Winston is do not disrespect my religion!” the UNC leader thundered and he was cheered again by the UNC A faithful.
Maharaj told Newsday that the Maha Sabha will not be intimidated by Panday into commanding Hindu pundits and the teachers in Maha Sabha schools to vote for any single political party in the election.
“We are not running a regiment here (in the Maha Sabha). They (pundits and teachers) are free to vote for whoever they choose,” Maharaj said.
Maharaj said the only thing he agreed with Panday on was that Opposition votes should not be split, adding that “the votes should go to the COP.”
He countered Panday’s charges by saying the UNC leader’s utterances were indicative of the “old immorality of politics” and it was time for Panday to leave politics for good. “We (Maha Sabha) for the first time in 30 years are taking a stand. Hindus have shifted away from him (Panday),” Maharaj declared. Maharaj wondered how could Panday possibly believe members of the Hindu community could support the UNC A in good conscience with Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj back in the fold and knowing that the former attorney-general was the one who brought down the UNC government in 2001. The SDMS general secretary said Panday and UNC A chairman Jack Warner’s report about their trip to South Africa last Thursday is a further indictment against the UNCA with six days to go before election day.
Maharaj revealed that Pundit Jaggernath Siewram Maharaj who spoke on the UNCA’s platform in Bonne Aventure Junction on Sunday was “a part-time pundit” and not an executive member of the SDMS.
He explained that Siewram Maharaj claimed that pundits were supporting UNC A “by the hundreds” because his immediate boss at State oil company Petrotrin is incumbent Couva South MP Kelvin Ramnath who returned last week from Canada after undergoing heart surgery. Maharaj said the Maha Sabha has no intention of disciplining Siewram Maharaj for his utterances because while a few pundits support the PNM and UNC A, “the majority” are backing the COP.
He reminded the UNC A that only the Teaching Service Commission has the power by law to hire or fire any teacher in this country. Asked whether it was wise for the Maha Sabha to become so heavily involved in national politics at this time, Maharaj said: “The secular and the sacred are inseparable.”
Panday attacks Hindu pundits, Maha Sabha
By Clint Chan Tack Wednesday, October 31 2007
click on pic to zoom inUNC POLITICAL Leader Basdeo Panday stunned a huge crowd of UNC Alliance (UNCA) supporters assembled in Penal Junction into silence on Monday night when he launched a full-scale attack against the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) for allegedly using Hindu pundits to threaten teachers employed at Maha Sabha schools to support the Congress of the People (COP) in next Monday’s General Election. However SDMS General Secretary Sat Maharaj yesterday rejected Panday’s charges, countering that Hindu pundits and teachers in the Maha Sabha’s schools were free to vote for whoever they wished in the election.
Panday told the huge crowd of UNC A supporters, clad in their trademark orange jerseys, in Penal Junction that he was becoming increasingly disturbed about reports that certain top Maha Sabha officials were allegedly “using certain pundits and threatening their teachers at the Maha Sabha schools to support the Corpse (COP).” His statement came 24 hours after he told UNCA supporters in Bonne Aventure Junction, Gasparillo that the COP and not the ruling PNM was “the real enemy” in the election.
Saying that Hindus have never allowed their religion to interfere with politics, Panday punched the air with his right fist and declared: “All I have to say is pundits, you are the leaders of the Hindu community. I appeal to you do not betray your trust. Do not continue to live in fear. If you do not respect yourselves how can you expect the people to respect you.
The Hindu community has much to thank you for. Do not deceive your people. Hindus have never been used. That’s all I ask. Stand up to whoever is trying to force you! Put your hand in the air and say I stand tall!” His cry evoked wild cheers, flag waving and tassa drumming amongst the UNC A’s “Orange Revolution” followers.
Panday then told teachers working in Maha Sabha schools “not to demean yourself” by allowing anyone to persuade them how they should vote next Monday. “God comes first and guru comes after. You are the people who you come second to their God. Live up to the honour that your religion has bestowed on you. I say to all teachers in the Hindu schools, stand tall!” Panday declared, evoking more cheers from UNC A supporters. The UNC leader claimed the political support which the COP was receiving from the Maha Sabha reminded him of the opposition he faced from the religious group when he unsuccessfully contested the 1995 General Election. “I went to Couva North (in the 1976 General Election) because Simboonath Capildeo, the secretary of the Maha Sabha was fighting Couva North and the fellas tell me no safe seat for you Panday. Go and fight the big man himself. I beat him in 1976!” Panday quipped.
He condemned Maharaj for breaking the Workers and Farmers Party’s boycott of the 1971 General Election, called because of the use of voting machines in the 1995 General Election, and helping the PNM to win that election when he failed to win the Oropouche seat. Panday claimed that history was repeating itself in this election. “Sat went up for elections and got his tail cut. Now he hiding behind the Duck (COP Political Leader Winston Dookeran) but he will still get his tail cut,” Panday declared.
Maharaj yesterday confirmed that he unsuccessfully contested the 1966 election but said Panday’s comments on this subject were totally irrelevant to the politics of today.
Panday was furious that COP Political Leader Winston Dookeran participated in Divali celebrations which were organised by the COP at Parvati Girls Hindu College in Debe on Sunday.“All I want to say to Winston is do not disrespect my religion!” the UNC leader thundered and he was cheered again by the UNC A faithful.
Maharaj told Newsday that the Maha Sabha will not be intimidated by Panday into commanding Hindu pundits and the teachers in Maha Sabha schools to vote for any single political party in the election.
“We are not running a regiment here (in the Maha Sabha). They (pundits and teachers) are free to vote for whoever they choose,” Maharaj said.
Maharaj said the only thing he agreed with Panday on was that Opposition votes should not be split, adding that “the votes should go to the COP.”
He countered Panday’s charges by saying the UNC leader’s utterances were indicative of the “old immorality of politics” and it was time for Panday to leave politics for good. “We (Maha Sabha) for the first time in 30 years are taking a stand. Hindus have shifted away from him (Panday),” Maharaj declared. Maharaj wondered how could Panday possibly believe members of the Hindu community could support the UNC A in good conscience with Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj back in the fold and knowing that the former attorney-general was the one who brought down the UNC government in 2001. The SDMS general secretary said Panday and UNC A chairman Jack Warner’s report about their trip to South Africa last Thursday is a further indictment against the UNCA with six days to go before election day.
Maharaj revealed that Pundit Jaggernath Siewram Maharaj who spoke on the UNCA’s platform in Bonne Aventure Junction on Sunday was “a part-time pundit” and not an executive member of the SDMS.
He explained that Siewram Maharaj claimed that pundits were supporting UNC A “by the hundreds” because his immediate boss at State oil company Petrotrin is incumbent Couva South MP Kelvin Ramnath who returned last week from Canada after undergoing heart surgery. Maharaj said the Maha Sabha has no intention of disciplining Siewram Maharaj for his utterances because while a few pundits support the PNM and UNC A, “the majority” are backing the COP.
He reminded the UNC A that only the Teaching Service Commission has the power by law to hire or fire any teacher in this country. Asked whether it was wise for the Maha Sabha to become so heavily involved in national politics at this time, Maharaj said: “The secular and the sacred are inseparable.”
நக்ஸ்லைட்டுகளை தேடுவதை கண்டித்து நக்ஸல்கள் ரயில் தண்டவாளங்கள் தகர்ப்பு
ஏழைகளுக்கு ரயில் வசதி இல்லை என்றுதான் இந்த நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் ரயில் தண்டவாளங்களை தகர்ப்பார்கள்.
தற்போது, ஜார்க்கண்டில் நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் 16பேரை படுகொலை செய்ததை ஒட்டி போலிஸார் நக்ஸலைட்டுகளள தேடி வருவதை கண்டித்து இப்போது ரயில் தண்டவாளங்களை தகர்த்துள்ளார்கள்.
Maoists blast on Bihar railway track
30 Oct 2007, 1705 hrs IST,PTI
PATNA: CPM guerrillas on Tuesday detonated a bomb on the railway track in Bihar's Begusarai district, resulting in disruption of train traffic for over seven hours on the Barauni-Katihar section.
The Maoists, who have called a bandh in Bihar and Jharkhand to protest police action against their cadres, used a timer device to detonate the blast near Tilrath station twisting the track, officer in-charge of Barauni government railway police O A Khan said.
A three feet crater was created due the impact of the explosion.
Khan said railway protection force personnel also recovered a live can bomb from tracks near Nawada halt and a country-made bomb from a platform at Barauni railway station.
One person has been taken into custody in connection with the seizure of the bomb at Barauni station, he said.
The banned outfit has called the bandh to protest police action against their cadres following the killing of 18 persons, including a son of former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi by the Maoists on October 27.
தற்போது, ஜார்க்கண்டில் நக்ஸலைட்டுகள் 16பேரை படுகொலை செய்ததை ஒட்டி போலிஸார் நக்ஸலைட்டுகளள தேடி வருவதை கண்டித்து இப்போது ரயில் தண்டவாளங்களை தகர்த்துள்ளார்கள்.
Maoists blast on Bihar railway track
30 Oct 2007, 1705 hrs IST,PTI
PATNA: CPM guerrillas on Tuesday detonated a bomb on the railway track in Bihar's Begusarai district, resulting in disruption of train traffic for over seven hours on the Barauni-Katihar section.
The Maoists, who have called a bandh in Bihar and Jharkhand to protest police action against their cadres, used a timer device to detonate the blast near Tilrath station twisting the track, officer in-charge of Barauni government railway police O A Khan said.
A three feet crater was created due the impact of the explosion.
Khan said railway protection force personnel also recovered a live can bomb from tracks near Nawada halt and a country-made bomb from a platform at Barauni railway station.
One person has been taken into custody in connection with the seizure of the bomb at Barauni station, he said.
The banned outfit has called the bandh to protest police action against their cadres following the killing of 18 persons, including a son of former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi by the Maoists on October 27.
பாலுறவு வெறிபிடித்த சவுதி இளைஞர்கள்.
சவுதி அரேபிய இளைஞர்கள் இளைஞிகளின் செல்போன்களில் 70 சதவீதம் வெறும் பாலுறவு சமாச்சாரங்களாக இருக்கின்றன என்று சவுதி அரேபிய பேராசிரியர் செய்த ஆய்வு தெரிவிக்கிறது.
88 சதவீத பெண்கள் புளூடூத் மூலம் பாலுறவு பலாத்காரமாக தொந்தரவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்கள் என்றும் ஆராய்ச்சி தெரிவிக்கிறது.
Pornographic Material on Saudi Teenagers Phones
Filed Under: Various
A new study published by Professor Abd Allah El Rasheed showed that 70% of the materials on Saudi Arabian teenager’s mobile phones are pornographic materials! Obviously in a country where Islam is dominant religion and where there are strict traditions and values this is atrocious. The study then focused on men arrested for harassing women by the ‘Amr Be Al Marof Wal Nahy An El Monkar’ group and their mobile phones. These men’s phones further proved the study.
In addition to this, the study showed that 88% of Saudi Arabian women say they have been harassed via Bluetooth! Obviously it is very hard for the country to curb this pandemic as there it is extremely difficult to catch those who spread these materials using Bluetooth. I also imagine it’s hard to completely ban Bluetooth in Saudi Arabia as it is also a great tool to share pictures of family members and clips of the Holy Quran for example!
This problem is not only present in Saudi Arabia, it occurs everywhere in the world and I have seen it in nearly every Arab country I have visited.
By Karim
88 சதவீத பெண்கள் புளூடூத் மூலம் பாலுறவு பலாத்காரமாக தொந்தரவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்கள் என்றும் ஆராய்ச்சி தெரிவிக்கிறது.
Pornographic Material on Saudi Teenagers Phones
Filed Under: Various
A new study published by Professor Abd Allah El Rasheed showed that 70% of the materials on Saudi Arabian teenager’s mobile phones are pornographic materials! Obviously in a country where Islam is dominant religion and where there are strict traditions and values this is atrocious. The study then focused on men arrested for harassing women by the ‘Amr Be Al Marof Wal Nahy An El Monkar’ group and their mobile phones. These men’s phones further proved the study.
In addition to this, the study showed that 88% of Saudi Arabian women say they have been harassed via Bluetooth! Obviously it is very hard for the country to curb this pandemic as there it is extremely difficult to catch those who spread these materials using Bluetooth. I also imagine it’s hard to completely ban Bluetooth in Saudi Arabia as it is also a great tool to share pictures of family members and clips of the Holy Quran for example!
This problem is not only present in Saudi Arabia, it occurs everywhere in the world and I have seen it in nearly every Arab country I have visited.
By Karim
குண்டுவெடிப்பின் பின்னர், பாகிஸ்தான் செல்போன் விற்பனையாளர்கள் ரிங்டோன் விற்பனையை நிறுத்தினர்
ஏராளமான செல்போன் கடைகள் வெடிகுண்டு வைத்து இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகளால் தாக்கபப்ட்ட பின்னால், அடங்கி ஒடுங்கி,செல்போன் கடைகள் இனிமேல் ரிங்டோன் விற்பனை கிடையாது,அப்படி யாரும் விற்றால் அவர் மீது 10000 ரூபாய் பைன் என்று அறிவித்துள்ளார்கள்.
Bajaur cell-phone shop owners ban ringtones, announce Rs 10,000 fine
Staff Report
KHAR: Owners of shops dealing in cellular phones in Bajuar Agency on Tuesday declared a ban on the “un-Islamic practice” of downloading and storing ring-tones, and announced a Rs 10,000 fine for violators.
Cellular phone shop owners in Bajaur took this decision at a meeting held in Khar, the agency headquarters.
This follows in the wake of militants bombing a cellular phone market a few days ago in Inayat Kalay, around seven kilometres from Khar. The market housed 30 shops dealing in cellular phones.
Two months ago, unknown militants issued threatening letters to shop owners in the market in Inayat Kalay, warning them to shut down their “un-Islamic businesses” or face bomb atttacks.
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Bajaur cell-phone shop owners ban ringtones, announce Rs 10,000 fine
Staff Report
KHAR: Owners of shops dealing in cellular phones in Bajuar Agency on Tuesday declared a ban on the “un-Islamic practice” of downloading and storing ring-tones, and announced a Rs 10,000 fine for violators.
Cellular phone shop owners in Bajaur took this decision at a meeting held in Khar, the agency headquarters.
This follows in the wake of militants bombing a cellular phone market a few days ago in Inayat Kalay, around seven kilometres from Khar. The market housed 30 shops dealing in cellular phones.
Two months ago, unknown militants issued threatening letters to shop owners in the market in Inayat Kalay, warning them to shut down their “un-Islamic businesses” or face bomb atttacks.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
லண்டனில் 30000க்கும் மேல் கலந்துகொண்ட மாபெரும் தீபாவளி கொண்டாட்டம்
லண்டனில் 30000க்கும் மேல் கலந்துகொண்ட மாபெரும் தீபாவளி கொண்டாட்டத்தில் மேயர் கென் லிவிங்ஸ்டன், தீபாவளி லண்டனிலுள்ள் அனைவருக்குமான பொது கொண்டாட்டம் என்று அறிவித்துள்ளார்.
அனைவரும் வருக
இந்துமதத்தின் அருள் பெருக
Thousands attended Diwali event
In Pictures: Diwali celebrations
Tens of thousands of people attended this years Diwali celebrations in Trafalgar Square.
Up to 30,000 people were at Diwali on the Square on Sunday, which included folk dance, Sikh martial arts, food stalls and henna painting.
The free event was organised by London's mayor and ended with thousands of mini lamps lit on the square.
The celebrations end the three-month India Now season in London, which highlighted Indian culture.
The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said: "Diwali is an important occasion for London's Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, and represents the power of good to triumph over evil, a theme that has relevance for all of London's communities."
அனைவரும் வருக
இந்துமதத்தின் அருள் பெருக
Thousands attended Diwali event
In Pictures: Diwali celebrations
Tens of thousands of people attended this years Diwali celebrations in Trafalgar Square.
Up to 30,000 people were at Diwali on the Square on Sunday, which included folk dance, Sikh martial arts, food stalls and henna painting.
The free event was organised by London's mayor and ended with thousands of mini lamps lit on the square.
The celebrations end the three-month India Now season in London, which highlighted Indian culture.
The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said: "Diwali is an important occasion for London's Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, and represents the power of good to triumph over evil, a theme that has relevance for all of London's communities."
அமெரிக்க பாராளுமன்றம் தீபாவளியை அமெரிக்க கொண்டாட்டமாக அறிவித்தது
அமெரிக்க பாராளுமன்றம் தீபாவளியை அமெரிக்க கொண்டாட்டமாக அறிவித்தது
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
பரவட்டும் இந்துமதத்தின் ஆன்மீக ஒளி
அழியட்டும் அறியாமையின் இருள்.
US government acknowledges Indian festival India
30/10/2007, 12:25:18
The US House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan resolution recognising the significance of the Indian festival of Diwali.
Perhaps the most widely celebrated festival of the Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, Diwali is marked by nearly two million people in the United States.
The festival on November 9, marks the values of kinship, knowledge and goodness, and signifies the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.
வாழ்க வளமுடன்
பரவட்டும் இந்துமதத்தின் ஆன்மீக ஒளி
அழியட்டும் அறியாமையின் இருள்.
US government acknowledges Indian festival India
30/10/2007, 12:25:18
The US House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan resolution recognising the significance of the Indian festival of Diwali.
Perhaps the most widely celebrated festival of the Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, Diwali is marked by nearly two million people in the United States.
The festival on November 9, marks the values of kinship, knowledge and goodness, and signifies the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.
தென்னாப்பிரிக்க இந்து குழந்தைகளிடம் உளறும் கிறிஸ்துவ ஆசிரியர்கள்
இந்தியாவிலும், கிறிஸ்துவ பள்ளிக்கூடங்களில், பால்பவுடருக்காகவும், காசுக்காகவும் கிறிஸ்துவமதம் மாறிய இந்துக்கள், இந்துமதத்தை கேவலமாக பேச ஊக்குவிக்கப்படுகிறார்கள்.
இது தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவிலும் நடக்கிறது.
New ‘hell-bound Hindus’ row at nose-ring school
Suthentira Govender Published:Oct 28, 2007
SA Dharma Sabha head complains to Human Rights Commission after teacher allegedly insulted pupils
A Durban school that was recently at the centre of a nose-ring saga is embroiled in another religious row after Hindus were allegedly told by a teacher that they were bound for hell.
Durban Girls’ High School in Glenwood has been in the public eye for the past three years since a former pupil, Sunali Pillay, and her mother, Navi, legally challenged the institution for refusing to allow her to wear a nose ring.
This month, the Constitutional Court found that the school’s governing body had discriminated unfairly against her and ordered that its code of conduct be reviewed to accommodate religious and cultural practices.
Now a new controversy has erupted after concerned parents complained that a teacher had allegedly ridiculed Hinduism.
The parents approached Kamal Maharaj, editor of the Hindu Vishwa Shakti newspaper, and Ram Maharaj, head of the SA Dharma Sabha, who is a member of the parliamentary education portfolio committee.
A parent who asked not to be identified said she was outraged when she learnt that a teacher who was discussing religion with a group of girls told them that “those who did not believe in Jesus will go to hell and those who prayed to Jesus would go to heaven”.
“When a child said she was Hindu, she was told because she’s Hindu, she will go to hell. The teacher told her she would pray for her,” said the parent.
She also claimed the teacher said Hindus, in particular, were destined for hell because of their “idol worship”.
“After the discussion, a pupil told Hindu pupils that they were the people who came back as cows.
“I am shocked by these remarks. They are propagating Christianity and attacking other religions, which is unacceptable.”
Anne Martin, the school’s principal, said her initial investigation into the complaints revealed that “discussions took place between the teachers and the learners informally”.
“The educators clarified to the Hindu learners the Christian point of view when the learners had queried this with the teachers,” said Martin.
She said the comment about “reincarnation as cows is regretted and is the opinion of a single learner, seemingly speaking insensitively from a basis of a lack of knowledge and ignorance”.
“At no time would this school support any derogatory statement about any learner’s religion or beliefs. We endeavour to correct misconceptions when they are brought to our attention and teach tolerance and respect for another’s views.
“Our parents are encouraged to raise these issues with the governing body and school as a first approach to finding common ground,” said Martin.
Kamal Maharaj said schools were places of learning, not centres of indoctrination or propaganda.
“Schools should not be used to promote sectarian thinking, party politics or religious propaganda,” he said.
“Teachers are regarded as role models, and children tend to emulate them. It’s unacceptable that religion has been used to discriminate against others.
“The children were traumatised by the remarks. We are going to take this issue to the highest authorities.”
Ram Maharaj, who submitted a complaint to the Human Rights Commission this week, said: “These allegations are a flagrant violation of our Constitution, as well as the current national education policy, which promotes inter-faith understanding, harmony and nation-building.”
He called for a full-scale investigation into the allegations.
“After due process is followed, effective measures must be implemented so that never again will a child be persecuted or insulted for his or her religious and cultural beliefs and traditions.
“Hindus are in a state of renaissance. No more are we servile and docile, but strong, proud and assertive. While we Hindus respect all religions, we expect respect in return. We will not tolerate intolerance.
“The alleged remarks are unwarranted and venomous. It is particularly insensitive, offensive and traumatising during this period of Diwali.
“Schools can’t be reduced to happy hunting grounds to wean converts.”
Jody Kollapen, head of the Human Rights Commission, said: “School is a place where we should advance the values of tolerance and understanding.
“Any attempt to create a hierarchy of religion that suggests one God is more powerful than the other, to undermine people’s faith and belief, certainly would run contrary to the spirit of our Constitution.
“The commission would view such conduct in a strong light. But we will have to investigate this complaint thoroughly before drawing any conclusions.”
இது தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவிலும் நடக்கிறது.
New ‘hell-bound Hindus’ row at nose-ring school
Suthentira Govender Published:Oct 28, 2007
SA Dharma Sabha head complains to Human Rights Commission after teacher allegedly insulted pupils
A Durban school that was recently at the centre of a nose-ring saga is embroiled in another religious row after Hindus were allegedly told by a teacher that they were bound for hell.
Durban Girls’ High School in Glenwood has been in the public eye for the past three years since a former pupil, Sunali Pillay, and her mother, Navi, legally challenged the institution for refusing to allow her to wear a nose ring.
This month, the Constitutional Court found that the school’s governing body had discriminated unfairly against her and ordered that its code of conduct be reviewed to accommodate religious and cultural practices.
Now a new controversy has erupted after concerned parents complained that a teacher had allegedly ridiculed Hinduism.
The parents approached Kamal Maharaj, editor of the Hindu Vishwa Shakti newspaper, and Ram Maharaj, head of the SA Dharma Sabha, who is a member of the parliamentary education portfolio committee.
A parent who asked not to be identified said she was outraged when she learnt that a teacher who was discussing religion with a group of girls told them that “those who did not believe in Jesus will go to hell and those who prayed to Jesus would go to heaven”.
“When a child said she was Hindu, she was told because she’s Hindu, she will go to hell. The teacher told her she would pray for her,” said the parent.
She also claimed the teacher said Hindus, in particular, were destined for hell because of their “idol worship”.
“After the discussion, a pupil told Hindu pupils that they were the people who came back as cows.
“I am shocked by these remarks. They are propagating Christianity and attacking other religions, which is unacceptable.”
Anne Martin, the school’s principal, said her initial investigation into the complaints revealed that “discussions took place between the teachers and the learners informally”.
“The educators clarified to the Hindu learners the Christian point of view when the learners had queried this with the teachers,” said Martin.
She said the comment about “reincarnation as cows is regretted and is the opinion of a single learner, seemingly speaking insensitively from a basis of a lack of knowledge and ignorance”.
“At no time would this school support any derogatory statement about any learner’s religion or beliefs. We endeavour to correct misconceptions when they are brought to our attention and teach tolerance and respect for another’s views.
“Our parents are encouraged to raise these issues with the governing body and school as a first approach to finding common ground,” said Martin.
Kamal Maharaj said schools were places of learning, not centres of indoctrination or propaganda.
“Schools should not be used to promote sectarian thinking, party politics or religious propaganda,” he said.
“Teachers are regarded as role models, and children tend to emulate them. It’s unacceptable that religion has been used to discriminate against others.
“The children were traumatised by the remarks. We are going to take this issue to the highest authorities.”
Ram Maharaj, who submitted a complaint to the Human Rights Commission this week, said: “These allegations are a flagrant violation of our Constitution, as well as the current national education policy, which promotes inter-faith understanding, harmony and nation-building.”
He called for a full-scale investigation into the allegations.
“After due process is followed, effective measures must be implemented so that never again will a child be persecuted or insulted for his or her religious and cultural beliefs and traditions.
“Hindus are in a state of renaissance. No more are we servile and docile, but strong, proud and assertive. While we Hindus respect all religions, we expect respect in return. We will not tolerate intolerance.
“The alleged remarks are unwarranted and venomous. It is particularly insensitive, offensive and traumatising during this period of Diwali.
“Schools can’t be reduced to happy hunting grounds to wean converts.”
Jody Kollapen, head of the Human Rights Commission, said: “School is a place where we should advance the values of tolerance and understanding.
“Any attempt to create a hierarchy of religion that suggests one God is more powerful than the other, to undermine people’s faith and belief, certainly would run contrary to the spirit of our Constitution.
“The commission would view such conduct in a strong light. But we will have to investigate this complaint thoroughly before drawing any conclusions.”
முஷாரப் வீட்டுக்கு அருகே தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரி வெடித்து 7 பேர் பலி
முஷாரப் வீட்டுக்கு அருகே தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரி வெடித்து 7 பேர் பலியானார்கள்.
Bomb 1/4-mile from Musharraf's HQ kills 7
By ANJUM NAVEED, Associated Press Writer
Tue Oct 30, 9:03 AM ET
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A suicide attacker set off a bomb at a checkpoint a quarter-mile from the military headquarters where President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was staying Tuesday, killing seven people, police said.
The blast will likely feed fears for the country's stability just as it prepares for crucial parliamentary elections and faces a growing threat from Islamic militants.
The man walked up to the checkpoint in the city of Rawalpindi a quarter-mile from Army House. Musharraf was safely inside at the time, his spokesman Rashid Qureshi said.
Police said three of their officers and four civilians were killed along with the lone assailant. Fourteen policemen and four civilians were wounded, he said.
"When police officers asked him to halt, the attacker got panicked. And as the police tried to capture him, he blew himself up," city police chief Saud Aziz told The Associated Press. "Our officers died to protect the citizens of Pakistan."
The attack left the area around the checkpoint, which guards a road leading to Army House and the residences of several top generals, strewn with flesh and torn clothing.
An Associated Press photographer saw emergency workers remove the body of an elderly man killed as he was riding by on a bicycle.
Police said women and children aboard a passing minibus were also among the dead and wounded. Television footage showed schoolbags abandoned on the seats of the vehicle, whose windows were blown out.
Investigators cordoned off the area to retrieve evidence. A policeman climbed an overhanging tree to dislodge part of the bomber's severed head.
Fortified army posts at the checkpoint and the nearby gate to the residence of Gen. Tariq Majid, the army's No. 3 commander, were scarred with shrapnel and spattered with blood.
While there was no claim of responsibility, Pakistan has been rocked by a string of suicide bombings mostly blamed on Islamic extremists.
An attack on the homecoming parade of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Oct. 18 in the southern city of Karachi killed more than 140 people.
In Rawalpindi, a garrison city just south of the capital Islamabad, two blasts on Sept. 4 killed 25 people and wounded more than 60, many of them on a Defense Ministry bus.
Despite the violence, Bhutto announced plans to travel to Rawalpindi on Nov. 9 but said she would not hold processions.
"There are two options," Bhutto told reporters while visiting some of those wounded in the Karachi bombing. "Either we have to sit home due to this (threat), or keep contacting people. And I will continue to go to the masses, but address them at a public meeting."
Pakistan has suffered a surge in suicide attacks since Musharraf's decision in July to crack down on militants tightening their grip on areas along the Afghan frontier.
U.S. officials warn the area has become a haven for Taliban militants fighting in Afghanistan and that al-Qaida may be using it to plot fresh attacks on the West.
Last week, Pakistan sent troops to tackle supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric in the northwestern district of Swat. Officials say four days of violence in the once-peaceful mountain region has left around 100 people dead.
Musharraf, who has survived at least three attempts on his life, is widely expected to join forces with Bhutto in a U.S.-friendly alliance, provided her party fares well in January parliamentary elections.
Both are stressing the need for moderates to pool their strength to defeat extremism and terrorism — making them prime targets for Islamic hard-liners who deride them as U.S. stooges.
Extremists are trying hard to secure a "big catch," said Sheikh Rashid, a senior Cabinet minister and close political ally of Musharraf: "This is a very critical time and critical situation."
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Associated Press writer Munir Ahmad in Islamabad contributed to this report.
Bomb 1/4-mile from Musharraf's HQ kills 7
By ANJUM NAVEED, Associated Press Writer
Tue Oct 30, 9:03 AM ET
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A suicide attacker set off a bomb at a checkpoint a quarter-mile from the military headquarters where President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was staying Tuesday, killing seven people, police said.
The blast will likely feed fears for the country's stability just as it prepares for crucial parliamentary elections and faces a growing threat from Islamic militants.
The man walked up to the checkpoint in the city of Rawalpindi a quarter-mile from Army House. Musharraf was safely inside at the time, his spokesman Rashid Qureshi said.
Police said three of their officers and four civilians were killed along with the lone assailant. Fourteen policemen and four civilians were wounded, he said.
"When police officers asked him to halt, the attacker got panicked. And as the police tried to capture him, he blew himself up," city police chief Saud Aziz told The Associated Press. "Our officers died to protect the citizens of Pakistan."
The attack left the area around the checkpoint, which guards a road leading to Army House and the residences of several top generals, strewn with flesh and torn clothing.
An Associated Press photographer saw emergency workers remove the body of an elderly man killed as he was riding by on a bicycle.
Police said women and children aboard a passing minibus were also among the dead and wounded. Television footage showed schoolbags abandoned on the seats of the vehicle, whose windows were blown out.
Investigators cordoned off the area to retrieve evidence. A policeman climbed an overhanging tree to dislodge part of the bomber's severed head.
Fortified army posts at the checkpoint and the nearby gate to the residence of Gen. Tariq Majid, the army's No. 3 commander, were scarred with shrapnel and spattered with blood.
While there was no claim of responsibility, Pakistan has been rocked by a string of suicide bombings mostly blamed on Islamic extremists.
An attack on the homecoming parade of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Oct. 18 in the southern city of Karachi killed more than 140 people.
In Rawalpindi, a garrison city just south of the capital Islamabad, two blasts on Sept. 4 killed 25 people and wounded more than 60, many of them on a Defense Ministry bus.
Despite the violence, Bhutto announced plans to travel to Rawalpindi on Nov. 9 but said she would not hold processions.
"There are two options," Bhutto told reporters while visiting some of those wounded in the Karachi bombing. "Either we have to sit home due to this (threat), or keep contacting people. And I will continue to go to the masses, but address them at a public meeting."
Pakistan has suffered a surge in suicide attacks since Musharraf's decision in July to crack down on militants tightening their grip on areas along the Afghan frontier.
U.S. officials warn the area has become a haven for Taliban militants fighting in Afghanistan and that al-Qaida may be using it to plot fresh attacks on the West.
Last week, Pakistan sent troops to tackle supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric in the northwestern district of Swat. Officials say four days of violence in the once-peaceful mountain region has left around 100 people dead.
Musharraf, who has survived at least three attempts on his life, is widely expected to join forces with Bhutto in a U.S.-friendly alliance, provided her party fares well in January parliamentary elections.
Both are stressing the need for moderates to pool their strength to defeat extremism and terrorism — making them prime targets for Islamic hard-liners who deride them as U.S. stooges.
Extremists are trying hard to secure a "big catch," said Sheikh Rashid, a senior Cabinet minister and close political ally of Musharraf: "This is a very critical time and critical situation."
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Associated Press writer Munir Ahmad in Islamabad contributed to this report.
அஜர்பெய்ஜானில் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாத செயல் முறியடிக்கப்பட்டது
அஜர்பெய்ஜானில் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடத்த இருந்த தாக்குதல் முறியடிக்கப்பட்டதாக அஜர்பெய்ஜான் அறிவித்துள்ளது.
இதுவும் ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸை சேர்ந்த முஸ்லீம்கள் நடத்தும் சதியாக இருக்கும் என்று தமிழ் இணைய அறிவுஜீவிகள் கருதுகிறார்களா என்று தெரியவில்லை.
Azerbaijan thwarts Islamist terror attack
Agencies in Baku
Tuesday October 30, 2007
The Guardian
Azerbaijan detained a group of militant Islamists who were preparing an armed attack near the US embassy in Baku, the former Soviet state's security ministry said yesterday.
The ministry said it had thwarted a plot to conduct a "large-scale, horrifying terror attack" against government structures and diplomatic missions in the Azerbaijan capital.
"Several people belonging to a Wahhabi group have been detained. They were planning terrorist attacks near the US embassy in Baku," a national security ministry spokesman, Arif Babayev, told Reuters. "Among them was an officer in the Azerbaijani army."
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Mr Babayev said that part of the group was detained at the weekend in the village of Mashtagi, near Baku, including the military officer, who had recently gone absent from his post.
"It was established that the group...had four Kalashnikov rifles, one Kalashnikov grenade launcher, 20 grenades, rounds and other automatic weapon parts," he said.
The ministry said in a statement reported by AP that one member of the group offered resistance to the arrest and was killed.
"That prevented a large-scale, horrifying terror attack that was being prepared by members of this group against several state structures in Baku and embassies and missions of the countries which are members of the international anti-terror coalition," the statement said.
Britain closed its diplomatic office in Baku because of the security concerns, and the US switched its embassy to limited operations, officials said. Both embassies said they could not comment on the nature of the threat and would give no further details.
Azerbaijan is an oil-producing, mainly Muslim republic of 8 million people on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, wedged between Iran, Turkey and Russia.
Authorities there have in the past arrested dozens of people suspected of links to Islamist militants, but the country has no history of militant violence against western targets.
Wahhabism originated in Saudi Arabia in the 18th century. It is rooted in the idea of restoring Islam's purity by purging it of foreign and corrupting influences.
Azerbaijan, which has a partnership deal with Nato, has been rumoured as a potential launching pad for US strikes against Iran after US military commanders inspected its airfields.
இதுவும் ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸை சேர்ந்த முஸ்லீம்கள் நடத்தும் சதியாக இருக்கும் என்று தமிழ் இணைய அறிவுஜீவிகள் கருதுகிறார்களா என்று தெரியவில்லை.
Azerbaijan thwarts Islamist terror attack
Agencies in Baku
Tuesday October 30, 2007
The Guardian
Azerbaijan detained a group of militant Islamists who were preparing an armed attack near the US embassy in Baku, the former Soviet state's security ministry said yesterday.
The ministry said it had thwarted a plot to conduct a "large-scale, horrifying terror attack" against government structures and diplomatic missions in the Azerbaijan capital.
"Several people belonging to a Wahhabi group have been detained. They were planning terrorist attacks near the US embassy in Baku," a national security ministry spokesman, Arif Babayev, told Reuters. "Among them was an officer in the Azerbaijani army."
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Mr Babayev said that part of the group was detained at the weekend in the village of Mashtagi, near Baku, including the military officer, who had recently gone absent from his post.
"It was established that the group...had four Kalashnikov rifles, one Kalashnikov grenade launcher, 20 grenades, rounds and other automatic weapon parts," he said.
The ministry said in a statement reported by AP that one member of the group offered resistance to the arrest and was killed.
"That prevented a large-scale, horrifying terror attack that was being prepared by members of this group against several state structures in Baku and embassies and missions of the countries which are members of the international anti-terror coalition," the statement said.
Britain closed its diplomatic office in Baku because of the security concerns, and the US switched its embassy to limited operations, officials said. Both embassies said they could not comment on the nature of the threat and would give no further details.
Azerbaijan is an oil-producing, mainly Muslim republic of 8 million people on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, wedged between Iran, Turkey and Russia.
Authorities there have in the past arrested dozens of people suspected of links to Islamist militants, but the country has no history of militant violence against western targets.
Wahhabism originated in Saudi Arabia in the 18th century. It is rooted in the idea of restoring Islam's purity by purging it of foreign and corrupting influences.
Azerbaijan, which has a partnership deal with Nato, has been rumoured as a potential launching pad for US strikes against Iran after US military commanders inspected its airfields.
இந்து என்றால் அனாதை இல்லத்தில் கூட இடம் கிடையாது - மதவெறியின் உச்சகட்டம்
பாகிஸ்தானில் மூன்று இந்து சிறார்கள், அவர்கள் இந்துக்கள் என்பதால், அனாதை இல்லங்களிலிருந்து துரத்தபப்ட்டுள்ளார்கள்.
இந்தியாவில் எத்தனையோ பணக்காரர்கள் இருந்து என்ன பயன்? பாகிஸ்தானில் இந்துக்களுக்கு ஒரு அனாதை இல்லம் கட்ட முடியாதா?
கேவலம்.
பணக்காரர்கள்தான் வேண்டாம். ஆயிரக்கணக்கான இந்து சேவை நிலையங்கள் இருக்கின்றன. ராமகிருஷ்ண மடம், விவேகானந்தமிஷன், மாதா அமிர்தானந்தமயி இயக்கம் என்று ஆயிரம் இருக்கின்றன.
அவைகளில் ஒன்றுகூட பாகிஸ்தானில் இயங்கவில்லையா? இயங்க விரும்பவில்லையா அலல்து இயங்க அனுமதி மறுக்கப்படுகிறதா?
3 minority kids declined admission by two shelters
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Narjis Zaidi
Rawalpindi
On the pretext of their religious identity, three minority children without parental care were declined admission by renowned civil society shelters for children in Rawalpindi.
After their admission was turned down, the children were moved to a government shelter for women in Islamabad where discrimination and indifference to children by civil society shelters was condemned by representatives of non-government organisations.
The NGO Management Committee of the Women Centre demanded children’s shelters to review their rules and frame policies in accordance with the constitution and the CRC.
The children affected by the discriminatory policy are Rukhsana, 13, Boota, 12, and Farzana, 9. Their mother died in 1999 when Farzana was one-year-old. Despite poverty and trauma of their mother’s death, the three minors lived with their father in Sahiwal and regularly attended a public school. However, after their father’s second marriage and his migration to Karachi, they had to be on their own. After a few months they joined their elder sister, who works as a domestic helper in Islamabad. The sister’s employers referred the children to two civil society shelters in Rawalpindi but were declined admission.
Shelters that turned down admission to the vulnerable minors are Apna Ghar and SOS Children’s Village, Rawalpindi. Apna Ghar is run by Anjuman-e-Faizul Islam and houses over 1,000 children without parental care. The charity for orphaned children declined admission to Boota because of his religious identity. “We cannot keep a non-Muslim child because this facility is essentially for Muslim male orphans.”
The reason for non-admissibility at the SOS Children’s Village, as stated by their administration, was the absence of necessary arrangement for imparting religious education to a non-Muslim child. Though the charity takes care of thousands of motherless children, support did not come through for Rukhsana and her younger siblings.
Indifference to a child in distress is cruel. Exercising the same choice on the basis of religious differences is a grave violation of human rights. The act was condemned by members of the Women Centre’s management committee. Nahida Mehboob Ilahi, deputy attorney general and current chairperson of Women’s Centre, said that the admission refusal is a violation of the Constitution of Pakistan. The constitution guarantees protection of rights for all children alike without determining their religious or ethnic identity. “They are children and their right to protection has priority over everything else,” she said quoting Article 25 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
Article 25 outlines equality before law and equal protection. Considering that the vast majority of children are placed amongst the weakest and most disadvantaged, what is required, has to go much beyond formal statements and costly media campaigns. It has to go past reports for the donor’s eyes and the assault of holy sermons for giving alms for the destitute and orphans.
“Violations of the basic rights of children is everyday business,” said General Secretary Women Aid Trust. She feared that these violations would go on unnoticed unless the execution of the constitutional guarantee on children’s right to protection is not in place. “Article 25 will only be a quotable quote unless the violation is seen as a crime.”
Back at the Women’s Centre, the children from Sahiwal are getting used to the shelter environment with eleven other children of different ages. “We miss our school,” they told this correspondent trying hard to prove that homelessness can be endured.
இந்தியாவில் எத்தனையோ பணக்காரர்கள் இருந்து என்ன பயன்? பாகிஸ்தானில் இந்துக்களுக்கு ஒரு அனாதை இல்லம் கட்ட முடியாதா?
கேவலம்.
பணக்காரர்கள்தான் வேண்டாம். ஆயிரக்கணக்கான இந்து சேவை நிலையங்கள் இருக்கின்றன. ராமகிருஷ்ண மடம், விவேகானந்தமிஷன், மாதா அமிர்தானந்தமயி இயக்கம் என்று ஆயிரம் இருக்கின்றன.
அவைகளில் ஒன்றுகூட பாகிஸ்தானில் இயங்கவில்லையா? இயங்க விரும்பவில்லையா அலல்து இயங்க அனுமதி மறுக்கப்படுகிறதா?
3 minority kids declined admission by two shelters
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Narjis Zaidi
Rawalpindi
On the pretext of their religious identity, three minority children without parental care were declined admission by renowned civil society shelters for children in Rawalpindi.
After their admission was turned down, the children were moved to a government shelter for women in Islamabad where discrimination and indifference to children by civil society shelters was condemned by representatives of non-government organisations.
The NGO Management Committee of the Women Centre demanded children’s shelters to review their rules and frame policies in accordance with the constitution and the CRC.
The children affected by the discriminatory policy are Rukhsana, 13, Boota, 12, and Farzana, 9. Their mother died in 1999 when Farzana was one-year-old. Despite poverty and trauma of their mother’s death, the three minors lived with their father in Sahiwal and regularly attended a public school. However, after their father’s second marriage and his migration to Karachi, they had to be on their own. After a few months they joined their elder sister, who works as a domestic helper in Islamabad. The sister’s employers referred the children to two civil society shelters in Rawalpindi but were declined admission.
Shelters that turned down admission to the vulnerable minors are Apna Ghar and SOS Children’s Village, Rawalpindi. Apna Ghar is run by Anjuman-e-Faizul Islam and houses over 1,000 children without parental care. The charity for orphaned children declined admission to Boota because of his religious identity. “We cannot keep a non-Muslim child because this facility is essentially for Muslim male orphans.”
The reason for non-admissibility at the SOS Children’s Village, as stated by their administration, was the absence of necessary arrangement for imparting religious education to a non-Muslim child. Though the charity takes care of thousands of motherless children, support did not come through for Rukhsana and her younger siblings.
Indifference to a child in distress is cruel. Exercising the same choice on the basis of religious differences is a grave violation of human rights. The act was condemned by members of the Women Centre’s management committee. Nahida Mehboob Ilahi, deputy attorney general and current chairperson of Women’s Centre, said that the admission refusal is a violation of the Constitution of Pakistan. The constitution guarantees protection of rights for all children alike without determining their religious or ethnic identity. “They are children and their right to protection has priority over everything else,” she said quoting Article 25 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
Article 25 outlines equality before law and equal protection. Considering that the vast majority of children are placed amongst the weakest and most disadvantaged, what is required, has to go much beyond formal statements and costly media campaigns. It has to go past reports for the donor’s eyes and the assault of holy sermons for giving alms for the destitute and orphans.
“Violations of the basic rights of children is everyday business,” said General Secretary Women Aid Trust. She feared that these violations would go on unnoticed unless the execution of the constitutional guarantee on children’s right to protection is not in place. “Article 25 will only be a quotable quote unless the violation is seen as a crime.”
Back at the Women’s Centre, the children from Sahiwal are getting used to the shelter environment with eleven other children of different ages. “We miss our school,” they told this correspondent trying hard to prove that homelessness can be endured.
சீதையின் அண்ணன் ராமன் - கலைஞரின் ஆகாசபுளுகு
வயதாக வயதாக கலைஞர் நினைவு தப்புக்கிறது. ஞாநிச்ல்வது போல ஓய்வெடுக்கலாம் என்று கருதுகிறென்.
தமிழ் மொழியை காக்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இளைஞர்களிடம் மங்கிவிட்டது:கருணாநிதி கவலை
சென்னை : ""தமிழ் மொழியை காக்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இன்றைய இளைஞர்களிடம் மங்கிவிட்டது,'' என்று முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி பேசினார்.
அகர முதல்வன் கலைஞரின் வரலாறு முதல் முறையாக கலைஞர் காவியம் என்ற பெயரில், கவிஞர் வாலியின் குரலில் படைத்த "சிடி'யின் வெளியீட்டு விழா, சென்னையில் நேற்று நடந்தது. இந்த விழாவிற்கு ஆர்.எம்.வீரப்பன் தலைமை தாங்கினார். கமல்ராஜ் வரவேற்றார். கலைஞர் காவியம் "சிடி'யை இசையமைப்பாளர் எம்.எஸ்.விஸ்வநாதன் வெளியிட, திரைப்பட தயாரிப்பாளர் ஏவி.எம். சரவணன் பெற்றுக் கொண்டார். விழா அரங்கத்தில் முதல்வர் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு கவிதை நடையில் வாலியின் குரலில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட "சிடி'யை, முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி 18 நிமிடம் ரசித்து பார்த்தார். விழாவில் எம்.எஸ்.விஸ்வநாதன், ஏவி.எம்.சரவணன், நடிகர்கள் சிவக்குமார், சத்யராஜ், இயக்குனர்கள் வசந்த், பாரதிராஜா, நடிகை ராதிகா சரத்குமார் ஆகியோர் பேசினர்.கவிஞர் வைரமுத்து பேசுகையில், ""நாங்கள் எழுத்தை சந்தையில் விற்றோம். ஆனால், நீங்கள் உங்கள் எழுத்தை சந்தைக்கு விற்காமல் சத்தியத்திற்கு மட்டும் எழுதினீர்கள். திரை உலகத்தில் உங்கள் எழுத்து, சந்தைப்படுத்தியிருந்தாலும் சத்தியத்தின் கோட்டை தாண்டவில்லை. முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி ஒவ்வொரு நிமிடத்தையும் நேசிக்கிறார். வாழ்க்கையை ரசிக்கிறார். அதனால், அவருக்கு முதுமை ஏற்படவில்லை. இயங்கிக் கொண்டிருப்பவருக்கு முதுமை என்பது வரம். இயங்காமல் இருப்பவருக்கு முதுமை ஒரு சாபம். 84 வயது கொண்ட உங்களுக்கு முதுமை எட்டவில்லை,'' என்றார்.
விழாவில் முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி பேசியதாவது: வாலி எனது காவியத்தை எழுத நீண்ட காலமாக அனுமதி கேட்டார். நான் இப்போது வேண்டாம், பிறகு பார்த்துக் கொள்ளலாம் என்று தடுத்து நிறுத்தினேன். என்னை அழைத்தால் நான் எப்படியாவது தடுப்பேன் என்பதால், என்னை அழைக்காமல் விழா ஏற்பாடுகளை வாலி செய்தார். காதல் திருமணம் செய்து கொள்ளும் உள்ளங்களைப் போல இந்த நிகழ்ச்சி அமைந்துவிட்டது. நான் இல்லாமல் விழா நடத்த திட்டம் தீட்டினார். கடைசியில் சம்மதம் தெரிவித்து, நானே விழாவில் கலந்து கொண்டேன். வாலி அழைத்ததால் வந்தேன். சுக்ரீவன் அழைத்தால் வந்திருக்க மாட்டேன். ஏனென்றால், சுக்ரீவன் சுயநலத்திற்காக ராமனிடம் நட்பு கொண்டான். இதை நான் சொல்லவில்லை; ராஜாஜி எழுதியுள்ளார். "வாலியை ராமர் கொன்றது நியாயமில்லை' என்றும் ராஜாஜி எழுதினார். இதை நான் சொன்னால் தலை, கை கால்களை வெட்டுவேன் என்று வட மாநில பயில்வான்கள் சொல்கின்றனர். என்னுடைய 16 வயதிலேயே திருவாரூரில் பல மிரட்டல்களை சந்தித்துள்ளேன். வீரமணி பேசும் போது, என்னைப் பற்றி எழுதும் போது வாலி சரியாக எழுத வேண்டும் என்று சொன்னார். வாலி, ராமரைப் பற்றி தவறாக எழுதலாம். வீரமணி கேட்டால் அந்த ராமர், வால்மீகி எழுதிய ராமாயணம் என்று கூறலாம் அல்லது துளசிதாசர் எழுதிய ராமாயணம் என்றும் சொல்லலாம். வால்மீகி எழுதிய ராமாயணத்தில் சீதை ராமனின் மனைவி. துளசிதாசர் எழுதிய ராமாயணத்தில் சீதைக்கு ராமன் அண்ணன். இதை வாலியை சாட்சியாக வைத்து சொல்கிறேன். காரியத்தில் தவறிருந்தால், சுட்டிக் காட்டும் திறமை வீரமணிக்கு உண்டு. இதுதான் சரியான ராமாயணம் என்று வாதாடும் உரிமை வாலிக்கு உண்டு. நாம் படித்து அறியாத பழைய புராணங்களைப் பற்றி என்ன வேண்டுமானாலும் பேசலாம். விஞ்ஞான உலகில் தவறுகளை செய்துவிட்டு தப்பிக்க முடியாது. ஏனென்றால், நாளை இளைஞர்கள் கேள்வி கேட்பார்கள். அதற்கு பதில் சொல்லியாக வேண்டும். நான் இளமையில் ஆதிக்க இந்தி மொழியை எதிர்த்து போராடினேன். அப்போது தமிழை காப்பாற்ற வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இளைஞர்களுக்கு இருந்தது. ஆனால், இன்றைக்கு தமிழ் மொழியை காக்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இளைஞர்கள் மத்தியில் மங்கிவிட்டது.இவ்வாறு கருணாநிதி பேசினார்.வாலி பேசுகையில், ""எனது உயிரை காப்பாற்றியவர் கருணாநிதி. அவரை பற்றி நான் பாடாவிட்டால், என் நாக்கு இருப்பதில் அர்த்தமில்லை. என் பேச்சும், மூச்சும் இருக்கும் வரை அவரை போற்றிப் பாட வேண்டும். வீரமணி, நல்லக்கண்ணு, பாரதிராஜா ஆகியோர் சொன்னது போல கருணாநிதி மிக உயர்ந்த மனிதர். மனிதநேயம் கடைப்பிடிப்பவர். தனது இளமைப் பருவம் முதல் கொள்கைக்காக வாழ்ந்து வருபவர். எனக்கு இருக்கும் எல்லா புகழும் கருணாநிதிக்கே உரியது,'' என்றார்.
தமிழ் மொழியை காக்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இளைஞர்களிடம் மங்கிவிட்டது:கருணாநிதி கவலை
சென்னை : ""தமிழ் மொழியை காக்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இன்றைய இளைஞர்களிடம் மங்கிவிட்டது,'' என்று முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி பேசினார்.
அகர முதல்வன் கலைஞரின் வரலாறு முதல் முறையாக கலைஞர் காவியம் என்ற பெயரில், கவிஞர் வாலியின் குரலில் படைத்த "சிடி'யின் வெளியீட்டு விழா, சென்னையில் நேற்று நடந்தது. இந்த விழாவிற்கு ஆர்.எம்.வீரப்பன் தலைமை தாங்கினார். கமல்ராஜ் வரவேற்றார். கலைஞர் காவியம் "சிடி'யை இசையமைப்பாளர் எம்.எஸ்.விஸ்வநாதன் வெளியிட, திரைப்பட தயாரிப்பாளர் ஏவி.எம். சரவணன் பெற்றுக் கொண்டார். விழா அரங்கத்தில் முதல்வர் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு கவிதை நடையில் வாலியின் குரலில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட "சிடி'யை, முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி 18 நிமிடம் ரசித்து பார்த்தார். விழாவில் எம்.எஸ்.விஸ்வநாதன், ஏவி.எம்.சரவணன், நடிகர்கள் சிவக்குமார், சத்யராஜ், இயக்குனர்கள் வசந்த், பாரதிராஜா, நடிகை ராதிகா சரத்குமார் ஆகியோர் பேசினர்.கவிஞர் வைரமுத்து பேசுகையில், ""நாங்கள் எழுத்தை சந்தையில் விற்றோம். ஆனால், நீங்கள் உங்கள் எழுத்தை சந்தைக்கு விற்காமல் சத்தியத்திற்கு மட்டும் எழுதினீர்கள். திரை உலகத்தில் உங்கள் எழுத்து, சந்தைப்படுத்தியிருந்தாலும் சத்தியத்தின் கோட்டை தாண்டவில்லை. முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி ஒவ்வொரு நிமிடத்தையும் நேசிக்கிறார். வாழ்க்கையை ரசிக்கிறார். அதனால், அவருக்கு முதுமை ஏற்படவில்லை. இயங்கிக் கொண்டிருப்பவருக்கு முதுமை என்பது வரம். இயங்காமல் இருப்பவருக்கு முதுமை ஒரு சாபம். 84 வயது கொண்ட உங்களுக்கு முதுமை எட்டவில்லை,'' என்றார்.
விழாவில் முதல்வர் கருணாநிதி பேசியதாவது: வாலி எனது காவியத்தை எழுத நீண்ட காலமாக அனுமதி கேட்டார். நான் இப்போது வேண்டாம், பிறகு பார்த்துக் கொள்ளலாம் என்று தடுத்து நிறுத்தினேன். என்னை அழைத்தால் நான் எப்படியாவது தடுப்பேன் என்பதால், என்னை அழைக்காமல் விழா ஏற்பாடுகளை வாலி செய்தார். காதல் திருமணம் செய்து கொள்ளும் உள்ளங்களைப் போல இந்த நிகழ்ச்சி அமைந்துவிட்டது. நான் இல்லாமல் விழா நடத்த திட்டம் தீட்டினார். கடைசியில் சம்மதம் தெரிவித்து, நானே விழாவில் கலந்து கொண்டேன். வாலி அழைத்ததால் வந்தேன். சுக்ரீவன் அழைத்தால் வந்திருக்க மாட்டேன். ஏனென்றால், சுக்ரீவன் சுயநலத்திற்காக ராமனிடம் நட்பு கொண்டான். இதை நான் சொல்லவில்லை; ராஜாஜி எழுதியுள்ளார். "வாலியை ராமர் கொன்றது நியாயமில்லை' என்றும் ராஜாஜி எழுதினார். இதை நான் சொன்னால் தலை, கை கால்களை வெட்டுவேன் என்று வட மாநில பயில்வான்கள் சொல்கின்றனர். என்னுடைய 16 வயதிலேயே திருவாரூரில் பல மிரட்டல்களை சந்தித்துள்ளேன். வீரமணி பேசும் போது, என்னைப் பற்றி எழுதும் போது வாலி சரியாக எழுத வேண்டும் என்று சொன்னார். வாலி, ராமரைப் பற்றி தவறாக எழுதலாம். வீரமணி கேட்டால் அந்த ராமர், வால்மீகி எழுதிய ராமாயணம் என்று கூறலாம் அல்லது துளசிதாசர் எழுதிய ராமாயணம் என்றும் சொல்லலாம். வால்மீகி எழுதிய ராமாயணத்தில் சீதை ராமனின் மனைவி. துளசிதாசர் எழுதிய ராமாயணத்தில் சீதைக்கு ராமன் அண்ணன். இதை வாலியை சாட்சியாக வைத்து சொல்கிறேன். காரியத்தில் தவறிருந்தால், சுட்டிக் காட்டும் திறமை வீரமணிக்கு உண்டு. இதுதான் சரியான ராமாயணம் என்று வாதாடும் உரிமை வாலிக்கு உண்டு. நாம் படித்து அறியாத பழைய புராணங்களைப் பற்றி என்ன வேண்டுமானாலும் பேசலாம். விஞ்ஞான உலகில் தவறுகளை செய்துவிட்டு தப்பிக்க முடியாது. ஏனென்றால், நாளை இளைஞர்கள் கேள்வி கேட்பார்கள். அதற்கு பதில் சொல்லியாக வேண்டும். நான் இளமையில் ஆதிக்க இந்தி மொழியை எதிர்த்து போராடினேன். அப்போது தமிழை காப்பாற்ற வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இளைஞர்களுக்கு இருந்தது. ஆனால், இன்றைக்கு தமிழ் மொழியை காக்க வேண்டும் என்ற உணர்வு இளைஞர்கள் மத்தியில் மங்கிவிட்டது.இவ்வாறு கருணாநிதி பேசினார்.வாலி பேசுகையில், ""எனது உயிரை காப்பாற்றியவர் கருணாநிதி. அவரை பற்றி நான் பாடாவிட்டால், என் நாக்கு இருப்பதில் அர்த்தமில்லை. என் பேச்சும், மூச்சும் இருக்கும் வரை அவரை போற்றிப் பாட வேண்டும். வீரமணி, நல்லக்கண்ணு, பாரதிராஜா ஆகியோர் சொன்னது போல கருணாநிதி மிக உயர்ந்த மனிதர். மனிதநேயம் கடைப்பிடிப்பவர். தனது இளமைப் பருவம் முதல் கொள்கைக்காக வாழ்ந்து வருபவர். எனக்கு இருக்கும் எல்லா புகழும் கருணாநிதிக்கே உரியது,'' என்றார்.
எனக்கு 72 கன்னிப்பெண்கள் கிடைப்பார்கள்- பாலி பயங்கரவாதி சந்தோஷம்
Last embrace? Families visit defiant Bali killers
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Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi with his daughter Khaulah and mother.
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Olivia Rondonuwu
October 30, 2007
THE families of the three death row Bali bombers have paid what could be their last visit to their island prison before the trio face execution.
The so-called smiling assassin Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, senior Jemaah Islamiah figure Mukhlas (aka Ali Ghufron) and Imam Samudra are on death row for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub blasts that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
The three have exhausted all legal avenues for appeal and only now have the option to appeal for a presidential pardon, something they have said they will not do.
The families of the terrorists visited Batu Prison, on Nusakambangan Island, dubbed Indonesian's "Alcatraz", for four hours yesterday.
Their lawyer, Achmad Michdan, said the children of Amrozi and Samudra started to cry when they saw their fathers for the first time in more than a year.
"Mukhlas said the family don't need to be saddened by the execution because what they have done is something they truly believe is right," Mr Michdan said.
Amrozi was even more defiant. "People ask me, why am I smiling? I am happy because I will be united with 72 angels in heaven," said Amrozi in an interview.
"In the past I have killed many with my bombs. I have been tested by spending time in this prison, but if you make infidels angry you will (be) rewarded. And soon I will enjoy the fruit of my deeds, if I get executed, God willing."
The convicts' wives, draped in black burqas, brought small lunch boxes containing their husbands' favourite dishes, which they ate inside a prison meeting room.
Indonesian authorities are moving forward in their preparations for the executions, but Bali prosecutors are still awaiting the arrival of the original court document dismissing their final appeals before the execution plans are finalised.
"If the Denpasar District Court clerk has received the copy and informs us, we are ready to go in one or two days," a source at the Bali prosecutors office said.
The prosecutors and the clerk must inform the bombers of the death verdict and their family and ask if they want to use the option of the presidential pardon.
But according to Indonesia's new Attorney-General, Hendarman Supandji, the convicts and the families have one month to answer. He has said that even if the bombers say they do not want to apply for a pardon he will wait at least a month before the final all-clear in case they change their minds.
Amrozi and Mukhlas' brother, Khozin, told journalists yesterday that the family had not thought about whether they would ask for a presidential pardon.
The fate of the three death-row bombers is starkly different to that of Amrozi and Mukhlas' brother Ali Imron, who along with Mubarok, another convicted Bali bomber, feasted on kebabs at a Ramadan party hosted by the head of Indonesia anti-terror unit earlier this month.
Mubarok said he and Ali Imron had realised "what we did was wrong". The pair are serving life terms over the bombings.
AAP
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Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi with his daughter Khaulah and mother.
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Olivia Rondonuwu
October 30, 2007
THE families of the three death row Bali bombers have paid what could be their last visit to their island prison before the trio face execution.
The so-called smiling assassin Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, senior Jemaah Islamiah figure Mukhlas (aka Ali Ghufron) and Imam Samudra are on death row for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub blasts that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
The three have exhausted all legal avenues for appeal and only now have the option to appeal for a presidential pardon, something they have said they will not do.
The families of the terrorists visited Batu Prison, on Nusakambangan Island, dubbed Indonesian's "Alcatraz", for four hours yesterday.
Their lawyer, Achmad Michdan, said the children of Amrozi and Samudra started to cry when they saw their fathers for the first time in more than a year.
"Mukhlas said the family don't need to be saddened by the execution because what they have done is something they truly believe is right," Mr Michdan said.
Amrozi was even more defiant. "People ask me, why am I smiling? I am happy because I will be united with 72 angels in heaven," said Amrozi in an interview.
"In the past I have killed many with my bombs. I have been tested by spending time in this prison, but if you make infidels angry you will (be) rewarded. And soon I will enjoy the fruit of my deeds, if I get executed, God willing."
The convicts' wives, draped in black burqas, brought small lunch boxes containing their husbands' favourite dishes, which they ate inside a prison meeting room.
Indonesian authorities are moving forward in their preparations for the executions, but Bali prosecutors are still awaiting the arrival of the original court document dismissing their final appeals before the execution plans are finalised.
"If the Denpasar District Court clerk has received the copy and informs us, we are ready to go in one or two days," a source at the Bali prosecutors office said.
The prosecutors and the clerk must inform the bombers of the death verdict and their family and ask if they want to use the option of the presidential pardon.
But according to Indonesia's new Attorney-General, Hendarman Supandji, the convicts and the families have one month to answer. He has said that even if the bombers say they do not want to apply for a pardon he will wait at least a month before the final all-clear in case they change their minds.
Amrozi and Mukhlas' brother, Khozin, told journalists yesterday that the family had not thought about whether they would ask for a presidential pardon.
The fate of the three death-row bombers is starkly different to that of Amrozi and Mukhlas' brother Ali Imron, who along with Mubarok, another convicted Bali bomber, feasted on kebabs at a Ramadan party hosted by the head of Indonesia anti-terror unit earlier this month.
Mubarok said he and Ali Imron had realised "what we did was wrong". The pair are serving life terms over the bombings.
AAP
பாகிஸ்தானில் மருத்துவமனையிலிருந்து கிறிஸ்துவர்களை தாலிபான் கடத்தல்
கிறிஸ்துவம் போதிப்பதை நிறுத்திவிட்டு இஸ்லாமை தழுவ வேண்டும் என்ற கோரிக்கையுடன் பல கிறிஸ்துவர்களையும் கிறிஸ்துவ போதகர்களையும் தாலிபான்கள் தாக்கி வருகின்ற்னர்.
அதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக இரண்டு கிறிஸ்துவர்களை பாகிஸ்தான் மருத்துவமனையிலிருந்து கடத்திச் சென்றுள்ளனர்.
இந்த வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தினர் தங்கள் வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தை விட்டுவிட்டு அமைதிமார்க்கமான இந்துமதம் சேர விரும்புவோம்.
Two Christians kidnapped from a hospital in Pakistan
27 Oct 2007, 2200 hrs IST,PTI
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ISLAMABAD: Suspected pro-Taliban militants kidnapped two Christians from a hospital in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a news report has said.
Masked men kidnapped the two Christian sanitation workers from the Miranshah Headquarters Hospital in North Waziristan on Friday, eyewitnesses said. Naeem Masih and Shahbaz Masih were abducted "right from the main gate of the hospital", the Daily Times quoted witnesses as saying. Around 1,000 Christians live in Miranshah.
Two Christians were kidnapped five months ago but were later released. Local Taliban are suspected to be involved in the incidents though no group has so far claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. Christian residents of Hadyara village on the outskirts of Lahore were attacked earlier this month by men who also stormed the New Apostolic Church, established before the partition of the Indian sub-continent.
They had complained to the authorities that their church could be razed by Muslims angry that Christian prayers were aired by loudspeakers.
Members of the minority community had said that announcements were made through mosque loudspeakers asking Muslims from nearby villages to be ready for a "final attack". Other announcements urged businesses and farmers not to allow Christians on to their properties.
Islamist militants in Pakistan have regularly threatened to kill Christian clerics in Southern Punjab's Khanewal district if they did not "embrace Islam and stop preaching Christianity." Demanding equal opportunities "as promised" by Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, minority organisations in August had sought a ban on forced conversions and repeal of the stringent blasphemy laws in the Islamic country.
அதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக இரண்டு கிறிஸ்துவர்களை பாகிஸ்தான் மருத்துவமனையிலிருந்து கடத்திச் சென்றுள்ளனர்.
இந்த வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தினர் தங்கள் வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தை விட்டுவிட்டு அமைதிமார்க்கமான இந்துமதம் சேர விரும்புவோம்.
Two Christians kidnapped from a hospital in Pakistan
27 Oct 2007, 2200 hrs IST,PTI
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ISLAMABAD: Suspected pro-Taliban militants kidnapped two Christians from a hospital in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a news report has said.
Masked men kidnapped the two Christian sanitation workers from the Miranshah Headquarters Hospital in North Waziristan on Friday, eyewitnesses said. Naeem Masih and Shahbaz Masih were abducted "right from the main gate of the hospital", the Daily Times quoted witnesses as saying. Around 1,000 Christians live in Miranshah.
Two Christians were kidnapped five months ago but were later released. Local Taliban are suspected to be involved in the incidents though no group has so far claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. Christian residents of Hadyara village on the outskirts of Lahore were attacked earlier this month by men who also stormed the New Apostolic Church, established before the partition of the Indian sub-continent.
They had complained to the authorities that their church could be razed by Muslims angry that Christian prayers were aired by loudspeakers.
Members of the minority community had said that announcements were made through mosque loudspeakers asking Muslims from nearby villages to be ready for a "final attack". Other announcements urged businesses and farmers not to allow Christians on to their properties.
Islamist militants in Pakistan have regularly threatened to kill Christian clerics in Southern Punjab's Khanewal district if they did not "embrace Islam and stop preaching Christianity." Demanding equal opportunities "as promised" by Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, minority organisations in August had sought a ban on forced conversions and repeal of the stringent blasphemy laws in the Islamic country.
சிறுமியுடன் விருப்பத்துடன் உறவு கொண்டாலும் அது கற்பழிப்பே. - தீர்ப்பு
இக்பால் என்பவர் ஒரு சிறுமியுடன் அவரது அனுமதியுடன் உறவு கொண்டார். அந்த உடலுறவு அந்த சிறுமியின் விருப்பத்துடன் நட்ந்திருந்தாலும் அது கற்பழிப்பே என்று நீதிபதிகள் தீர்ப்பு கூறினர்.
சரியான தீர்ப்பு.
"மைனர் பெண்ணின் விருப்பத்துடன் உடலுறவு கொண்டாலும் கற்பழிப்பே'
நன்றி தினமலர்
புதுடில்லி : மைனர் பெண்ணுடன், அந்த பெண்ணின் விருப்பத்துடன் உடலுறவு கொண்டாலும் அது கற்பழிப்பாகவே கருதப்படும் என சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்துள்ளது.
கேரளாவில் திருச்சூர் மாவட்டத்தைச் சேர்ந்த இக்பால் என்பவர், மைனர் பெண் ஒருவரை அவரது விருப்பத்துடன், கோவைக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்று விட்டார். அந்த பெண்ணுடன், அவரது விருப்பத்தை பெற்று உடலுறவும் வைத்து கொண்டார். இந்த வழக்கை விசாரித்த செஷன்ஸ் கோர்ட், மைனர் பெண்ணை கற்பழித்த குற்றத்துக்காக அவருக்கு மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை விதித்தது. இத்துடன் மைனர் பெண்ணை வேறு இடத்துக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்ற குற்றத்துக்காக இந்திய தண்டனை சட்டத்தின் 366 ஏ பிரிவின் கீழ் இரண்டு ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனையையும் பிறப்பித்தது. இந்த தண்டனையை கேரள ஐகோர்ட்டும் உறுதி செய்தது."மைனர் பெண்ணை வேறு இடத்துக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்று மற்றொரு நபருடன் உடலுறவு வைத்து கொள்ள வலுக்கட்டாயப் படுத்தினால் 10 ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை அளிக்க வேண்டும், அபராதமும் விதிக்க வேண்டும்' என கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.இந்த சிறை தண்டனையை எதிர்த்து இக்பால், சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட்டில் அப்பீல் மனு தாக்கல் செய்தார். இந்த வழக்கை நீதிபதிகள் அர்ஜித் பசாயத் மற்றும் பி.சாந்தசிவம் ஆகியோர் அடங்கிய பெஞ்ச் விசாரணை செய்தது. நீதிபதிகள் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு வருமாறு:இந்த வழக்கில் தொடர்புடைய 14 வயதுக்கு உட்பட்ட மைனர் பெண் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவருடன் விருப்பத்தின் பேரிலேயே சென்றுள் ளார். மேலும், குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவரை தவிர வேறு ஒருவருடன் உடலுறவு வைத்து கொள்ள அந்த பெண் வலுக்கட்டாயப்படுத்தப்படவில்லை. எனவே, 366 ஏ பிரிவின் கீழ் தண் டனை அளிக்க வழியில்லை. அதே நேரத்தில் மைனர் பெண்ணுடன், அந்த பெண்ணின் விருப்பத்துடன் உடலுறவு கொண்டாலும், அது கற்பழிப்பாகவே கருதப்படும். எனவே, இந்திய தண்டனை சட்டம் 376 பிரிவின் கீழ் தண்டனை அளித்து இருப்பது சரியான உத்தரவே.இவ்வாறு நீதிபதிகள் தங்கள் உத்தரவில் கூறியுள்ளனர்.
சரியான தீர்ப்பு.
"மைனர் பெண்ணின் விருப்பத்துடன் உடலுறவு கொண்டாலும் கற்பழிப்பே'
நன்றி தினமலர்
புதுடில்லி : மைனர் பெண்ணுடன், அந்த பெண்ணின் விருப்பத்துடன் உடலுறவு கொண்டாலும் அது கற்பழிப்பாகவே கருதப்படும் என சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்துள்ளது.
கேரளாவில் திருச்சூர் மாவட்டத்தைச் சேர்ந்த இக்பால் என்பவர், மைனர் பெண் ஒருவரை அவரது விருப்பத்துடன், கோவைக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்று விட்டார். அந்த பெண்ணுடன், அவரது விருப்பத்தை பெற்று உடலுறவும் வைத்து கொண்டார். இந்த வழக்கை விசாரித்த செஷன்ஸ் கோர்ட், மைனர் பெண்ணை கற்பழித்த குற்றத்துக்காக அவருக்கு மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை விதித்தது. இத்துடன் மைனர் பெண்ணை வேறு இடத்துக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்ற குற்றத்துக்காக இந்திய தண்டனை சட்டத்தின் 366 ஏ பிரிவின் கீழ் இரண்டு ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனையையும் பிறப்பித்தது. இந்த தண்டனையை கேரள ஐகோர்ட்டும் உறுதி செய்தது."மைனர் பெண்ணை வேறு இடத்துக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்று மற்றொரு நபருடன் உடலுறவு வைத்து கொள்ள வலுக்கட்டாயப் படுத்தினால் 10 ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை அளிக்க வேண்டும், அபராதமும் விதிக்க வேண்டும்' என கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.இந்த சிறை தண்டனையை எதிர்த்து இக்பால், சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட்டில் அப்பீல் மனு தாக்கல் செய்தார். இந்த வழக்கை நீதிபதிகள் அர்ஜித் பசாயத் மற்றும் பி.சாந்தசிவம் ஆகியோர் அடங்கிய பெஞ்ச் விசாரணை செய்தது. நீதிபதிகள் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு வருமாறு:இந்த வழக்கில் தொடர்புடைய 14 வயதுக்கு உட்பட்ட மைனர் பெண் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவருடன் விருப்பத்தின் பேரிலேயே சென்றுள் ளார். மேலும், குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவரை தவிர வேறு ஒருவருடன் உடலுறவு வைத்து கொள்ள அந்த பெண் வலுக்கட்டாயப்படுத்தப்படவில்லை. எனவே, 366 ஏ பிரிவின் கீழ் தண் டனை அளிக்க வழியில்லை. அதே நேரத்தில் மைனர் பெண்ணுடன், அந்த பெண்ணின் விருப்பத்துடன் உடலுறவு கொண்டாலும், அது கற்பழிப்பாகவே கருதப்படும். எனவே, இந்திய தண்டனை சட்டம் 376 பிரிவின் கீழ் தண்டனை அளித்து இருப்பது சரியான உத்தரவே.இவ்வாறு நீதிபதிகள் தங்கள் உத்தரவில் கூறியுள்ளனர்.
Monday, October 29, 2007
சைக்கிளிலேயே சுவனம் - கூடவே 28 பேர்கள்
பைசைக்கிளில் வந்த ஒரு ஈராக்கிய தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரி கூட 28 பேர்களுக்கு சுவனம் தருவதற்காக குண்டு வெடித்து செத்ததில் 28 பேர்களுடன் சுவனம் சென்றடைந்தார்.
Suicide bomber kills 28 at Iraqi police base
By Ross Colvin
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 28 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at their base north of Baghdad on Monday, police said, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.
The bomber entered the base in the volatile Diyala province and blew himself up amidst members of a rapid reaction force, said Major-General Ghanim al-Quraishi, the Diyala police chief.
A shopkeeper whose store is close to the base told Reuters he had seen a man riding a bicycle slip through a gap in the concrete wall surrounding the compound and heard a huge blast seconds later that threw a cloud of dust into the air.
"I saw many bodies covered in blood. Some were dying, some had arms and legs blown off," said store-owner Ali Shahine.
At least 20 people were wounded in the attack, including a woman and a child, police said.
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the Baquba bombing, but it bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda, which has often used suicide bombers in attacks on Iraqi security forces to devastating effect.
The base is in the city of Baquba, capital of Diyala province, a religiously and ethnically mixed region where al Qaeda and other Sunni Arab insurgent groups as well as Shi'ite Muslim militias operate.
In other violence, a car bomb in a residential area in the northern Iraqi town of Siniya demolished two homes and killed four people and wounded 11, police and health officials said.
AL QAEDA THREAT
Al Qaeda has vowed to step up attacks on the security forces as well as Sunni Arab tribal leaders and Sunni insurgents who have allied themselves with U.S. forces in Diyala, one of Iraq's most dangerous provinces, to root out the Sunni Islamist group.
U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major offensive against al Qaeda in Diyala in June, regaining control of Baquba and forcing many of the group's fighters to flee northwards, to Salahuddin and Nineveh provinces to regroup.
The U.S. military has fostered the creation of what it calls "concerned citizens' groups" in Diyala. These are modelled on tribal police units first formed in western Anbar, where tribal chiefs have joined forces with U.S. forces to oust al Qaeda.
They include militants from Sunni nationalist insurgent groups such as the 1920 Revolution Brigades, which have distanced themselves from al Qaeda's hardline interpretation of Islam and indiscriminate killings of civilians.
Gunmen kidnapped 10 members of one of Diyala's tribal group fighting al Qaeda as they were returning to their hometown from Baghdad on Sunday, relatives said.
Baquba's police chief was among 26 people killed last month when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque compound as local Shi'ite and Sunni Arab leaders held reconciliation talks.
The U.S. military has poured 30,000 extra troops into Iraq as part of President George W. Bush's new Iraq strategy to create a more stable security environment for the country's feuding leaders to reconcile their warring sects.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in sectarian violence between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs since February 2006, when bombers blew up a revered Shi'ite shrine in the town of Samarra, north of Baghdad.
The second-ranking U.S. general in Iraq, Lieutenant-General Raymond Odierno, said last week that the U.S.-led crackdown had succeeded in reducing violence to its lowest levels since January 2006.
(Additional reporting by Aseel Kami in Baghdad)
Copyright © 2007 Reuters
Suicide bomber kills 28 at Iraqi police base
By Ross Colvin
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 28 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at their base north of Baghdad on Monday, police said, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.
The bomber entered the base in the volatile Diyala province and blew himself up amidst members of a rapid reaction force, said Major-General Ghanim al-Quraishi, the Diyala police chief.
A shopkeeper whose store is close to the base told Reuters he had seen a man riding a bicycle slip through a gap in the concrete wall surrounding the compound and heard a huge blast seconds later that threw a cloud of dust into the air.
"I saw many bodies covered in blood. Some were dying, some had arms and legs blown off," said store-owner Ali Shahine.
At least 20 people were wounded in the attack, including a woman and a child, police said.
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the Baquba bombing, but it bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda, which has often used suicide bombers in attacks on Iraqi security forces to devastating effect.
The base is in the city of Baquba, capital of Diyala province, a religiously and ethnically mixed region where al Qaeda and other Sunni Arab insurgent groups as well as Shi'ite Muslim militias operate.
In other violence, a car bomb in a residential area in the northern Iraqi town of Siniya demolished two homes and killed four people and wounded 11, police and health officials said.
AL QAEDA THREAT
Al Qaeda has vowed to step up attacks on the security forces as well as Sunni Arab tribal leaders and Sunni insurgents who have allied themselves with U.S. forces in Diyala, one of Iraq's most dangerous provinces, to root out the Sunni Islamist group.
U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major offensive against al Qaeda in Diyala in June, regaining control of Baquba and forcing many of the group's fighters to flee northwards, to Salahuddin and Nineveh provinces to regroup.
The U.S. military has fostered the creation of what it calls "concerned citizens' groups" in Diyala. These are modelled on tribal police units first formed in western Anbar, where tribal chiefs have joined forces with U.S. forces to oust al Qaeda.
They include militants from Sunni nationalist insurgent groups such as the 1920 Revolution Brigades, which have distanced themselves from al Qaeda's hardline interpretation of Islam and indiscriminate killings of civilians.
Gunmen kidnapped 10 members of one of Diyala's tribal group fighting al Qaeda as they were returning to their hometown from Baghdad on Sunday, relatives said.
Baquba's police chief was among 26 people killed last month when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque compound as local Shi'ite and Sunni Arab leaders held reconciliation talks.
The U.S. military has poured 30,000 extra troops into Iraq as part of President George W. Bush's new Iraq strategy to create a more stable security environment for the country's feuding leaders to reconcile their warring sects.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in sectarian violence between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs since February 2006, when bombers blew up a revered Shi'ite shrine in the town of Samarra, north of Baghdad.
The second-ranking U.S. general in Iraq, Lieutenant-General Raymond Odierno, said last week that the U.S.-led crackdown had succeeded in reducing violence to its lowest levels since January 2006.
(Additional reporting by Aseel Kami in Baghdad)
Copyright © 2007 Reuters
புது இறைதூதருக்கு எதிராக போலீஸில் குற்றச்சாட்டு
அகமது முஸாடெக் என்ற புதிய இறைதூதருக்கு எதிராக முஸ்லீம் அலையன்ஸ் என்ற அமைப்பினர் போலீஸில் புகார் செய்துள்ளனர்.
அல் கியாதா அல் இஸ்லாமியா என்ற மதத்தை ஆரம்பிக்கும்படி அல்லா தன்னிடம் கூறியுள்ளார் என்றும், முகம்மதுவுக்கு பதிலாக தன்னை அனுப்பியுள்ளார் என்றும் இந்த புதிய இறைதூதர் கூறிவருகிறார்.
நாற்பது நாட்கள் தியானம் (அல்பாவா இல்லையா என்று தெரியவில்லை) செய்தபின்னால் தன்னை இறைதூதராக அல்லா நியமித்துள்ளார் என்பதை அறிந்ததாகவும் கூறுகிறார்.
Groups to report 'new prophet' to police
BANDUNG: The Muslim Alliance (Alumi) of West Java said it will file a report with the National Police on Monday against sect leader Ahmad Musadek because he has claimed himself a prophet replacing Prophet Muhammad.
"We have entrusted the Muslim Lawyers Team to file the report," Ikhsan Setiadi Latief, the alliance secretary general told detik.com Saturday.
"Hopefully, this legal action can deter other heretical groups as well."
Ahmad Musadek heads the Al Qiyadah al Islamiyah sect, already considered as heretical by the Indonesian Ulema Council.
He claimed he was a prophet after 40 days of meditation.
Alumi, which consists of 46 Muslim organizations has accused Ahmad and his sect for blasphemy against Islam. -- JP
அல் கியாதா அல் இஸ்லாமியா என்ற மதத்தை ஆரம்பிக்கும்படி அல்லா தன்னிடம் கூறியுள்ளார் என்றும், முகம்மதுவுக்கு பதிலாக தன்னை அனுப்பியுள்ளார் என்றும் இந்த புதிய இறைதூதர் கூறிவருகிறார்.
நாற்பது நாட்கள் தியானம் (அல்பாவா இல்லையா என்று தெரியவில்லை) செய்தபின்னால் தன்னை இறைதூதராக அல்லா நியமித்துள்ளார் என்பதை அறிந்ததாகவும் கூறுகிறார்.
Groups to report 'new prophet' to police
BANDUNG: The Muslim Alliance (Alumi) of West Java said it will file a report with the National Police on Monday against sect leader Ahmad Musadek because he has claimed himself a prophet replacing Prophet Muhammad.
"We have entrusted the Muslim Lawyers Team to file the report," Ikhsan Setiadi Latief, the alliance secretary general told detik.com Saturday.
"Hopefully, this legal action can deter other heretical groups as well."
Ahmad Musadek heads the Al Qiyadah al Islamiyah sect, already considered as heretical by the Indonesian Ulema Council.
He claimed he was a prophet after 40 days of meditation.
Alumi, which consists of 46 Muslim organizations has accused Ahmad and his sect for blasphemy against Islam. -- JP
Saturday, October 27, 2007
ஜார்க்கண்ட் முன்னாள் முதல்வர் பாபுலால் மராண்டியின் மகன் கம்யுனிஸ்ட் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் கொலை
நக்ஸல் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் பயங்கரவாதிகள் கிரித் மாவட்டத்தை தாக்கி அங்கு 16 பேரை கொலை செய்துள்ளனர்.
இதில் முன்னாள் ஜார்க்கண்ட் முதல்வர் பாபுலால் மராண்டியின் மகன் அனூப் மராண்டியும் கொலையுண்டார்
அவருக்கும் மக்களுக்கும் என் அஞ்சலிகள்
Naxal attack kills 16
10/27/2007 7:29:41 AM
Around 16 people have been reported killed and 4 seriously injured in a naxal attack in Giridih district of Jharkhand.
Around 16 people have been reported killed and 4 seriously injured in a naxal attack in Giridih district of Jharkhand. Former CM Babulal Marandi's younger son -- Anoop Marandi -- has also been killed in the attack.
The incident occured during a cultural programme on Friday (Oct 27) night when around 30 naxals attacked and opened indiscriminate fire on the gathering.
Police are camping in the area to keep the situation under control as the chances of public agitation against the incident is high.
The situation in Jharkhand is deteriorating as the naxal menace in Jharkhand has grown considerably. Leaders like Babulal had received threat from naxals in the past. In the year 2006, an entire train was hijacked by naxals.
Meanwhile, former CM Babulal Marandi, who was on his way to the spot to assess the situation, spoke to TIMES Now and said that the entire state is gripped by the naxal menace and neither the centre nor the state has any policy on the issue.
இதில் முன்னாள் ஜார்க்கண்ட் முதல்வர் பாபுலால் மராண்டியின் மகன் அனூப் மராண்டியும் கொலையுண்டார்
அவருக்கும் மக்களுக்கும் என் அஞ்சலிகள்
Naxal attack kills 16
10/27/2007 7:29:41 AM
Around 16 people have been reported killed and 4 seriously injured in a naxal attack in Giridih district of Jharkhand.
Around 16 people have been reported killed and 4 seriously injured in a naxal attack in Giridih district of Jharkhand. Former CM Babulal Marandi's younger son -- Anoop Marandi -- has also been killed in the attack.
The incident occured during a cultural programme on Friday (Oct 27) night when around 30 naxals attacked and opened indiscriminate fire on the gathering.
Police are camping in the area to keep the situation under control as the chances of public agitation against the incident is high.
The situation in Jharkhand is deteriorating as the naxal menace in Jharkhand has grown considerably. Leaders like Babulal had received threat from naxals in the past. In the year 2006, an entire train was hijacked by naxals.
Meanwhile, former CM Babulal Marandi, who was on his way to the spot to assess the situation, spoke to TIMES Now and said that the entire state is gripped by the naxal menace and neither the centre nor the state has any policy on the issue.
அமெரிக்க பாராளுமன்றம் தீபாவளியை அங்கீகரிக்க பிரேரணை
தீபாவளியை அமெரிக்காவில் ஒரு அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட விடுமுறை தினமாக ஆக்க பிரேரணையை அமெரிக்க பாராளுமன்றம் ஒப்புக்கொண்டுள்ளது.
Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:22:02 AM (IST) Washington: US Congress may Formally Recognise Diwali
Aziz Haniffa in Washington/Rediff
Washington, Oct 25: The House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a legislation to recognise the religious and historical significance of Diwali. The legislation was introduced by Congressman Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, on the urging of the Hindu American Foundation.
Now the Rules Committee has to schedule a date for the full House to take up this legislation on the floor and vote to formally recognise Diwali. The festival of lights marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year, but is also celebrated widely by Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains.
Wilson told rediff.com, "I am grateful that my fellow members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee chose to show their support for the people of India and the Indian American community by passing this important resolution."
He added, "The Diwali festival is celebrated by nearly two million people here in the United States and by millions around the world. It is an opportunity for the Congress to acknowledge the shared values of kinship, knowledge and goodness celebrated during the five day festival."
Wilson said he looked forward to the consideration of his resolution by the full House of Representatives. He pledged, "I will continue to support the strong and growing partnership between India and the United States."
A key co-sponsor of the resolution, New York Democrat Congressman Joe Crowley told rediff.com, "This legislation underscores the sincere appreciation and respect Congress holds for the Indian American community of the United tates."
"As the representative of one of the largest Indian American communities in the nation, I am proud to celebrate Diwali with my constituents and people of Indian ancestry around the world," added the former co-chair of the India Caucus.
An elated Ishani Chowdhury, executive director of HAF, declared, "It is a matter of pride and satisfaction that House Resolution 747, proposed by Congressman Wilson, has passed through the Foreign Affairs Committee, and now goes to the full floor."
She said, "I am proud that the Hindu American Foundation worked hard over the past two years in bringing this resolution to the floor, and thank all the Congressmen and their staff who have worked diligently on making it happen."
Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:22:02 AM (IST) Washington: US Congress may Formally Recognise Diwali
Aziz Haniffa in Washington/Rediff
Washington, Oct 25: The House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a legislation to recognise the religious and historical significance of Diwali. The legislation was introduced by Congressman Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, on the urging of the Hindu American Foundation.
Now the Rules Committee has to schedule a date for the full House to take up this legislation on the floor and vote to formally recognise Diwali. The festival of lights marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year, but is also celebrated widely by Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains.
Wilson told rediff.com, "I am grateful that my fellow members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee chose to show their support for the people of India and the Indian American community by passing this important resolution."
He added, "The Diwali festival is celebrated by nearly two million people here in the United States and by millions around the world. It is an opportunity for the Congress to acknowledge the shared values of kinship, knowledge and goodness celebrated during the five day festival."
Wilson said he looked forward to the consideration of his resolution by the full House of Representatives. He pledged, "I will continue to support the strong and growing partnership between India and the United States."
A key co-sponsor of the resolution, New York Democrat Congressman Joe Crowley told rediff.com, "This legislation underscores the sincere appreciation and respect Congress holds for the Indian American community of the United tates."
"As the representative of one of the largest Indian American communities in the nation, I am proud to celebrate Diwali with my constituents and people of Indian ancestry around the world," added the former co-chair of the India Caucus.
An elated Ishani Chowdhury, executive director of HAF, declared, "It is a matter of pride and satisfaction that House Resolution 747, proposed by Congressman Wilson, has passed through the Foreign Affairs Committee, and now goes to the full floor."
She said, "I am proud that the Hindu American Foundation worked hard over the past two years in bringing this resolution to the floor, and thank all the Congressmen and their staff who have worked diligently on making it happen."
கேரளா SFI குண்டர்களால் எஸ்.ஐ பலி-
கேரளாவில் எஸ்.எஃப்.ஐ என்ற சிபிஎம் மாணவர் குண்டர்கள் மோதியதில் எஸ்.ஐ இலியாஸ் என்ற போலீஸ் அதிகாரி பலியானார்.
இது ஏ.பி.வி.பி மாணவர் இயக்கமும் SFI குண்டர்களும் மோதியதால், போலீஸ் அதிகாரி பலியானார் என்று பத்திரிக்கைகள் எழுதியுள்ளன.
திட்டமிட்டு, இதனை ஏ.பி.வி.பி மாணவர் இயக்கத்தினர் மீது பழி சுமத்த ஆளும் சிபிஎம் அரசு முயற்சி செய்யும் என்று தாராளமாக எதிர்பார்க்கலாம்.
Changanassery incident: College to remain close for an indefinite period
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Changanassery, Friday, 26 October: The Principal of Changanassery NSS College has announced that the college would remain close for an indefinite time, followin ..........
Changanassery, Friday, 26 October: The Principal of Changanassery NSS College has announced that the college would remain close for an indefinite time, following the incident today morning. One policeman was killed and several others injured when the students unions clashed with each other following elections in College.
The dead identified as ASI Eliyas sccumbed to injuries when he was caught in the middle of the scuffle between ABVP and SFI at the NSS Hindu College in Changanassery. The Home Minister has asked IG Vincent Paul to visit the College tomorrow; meanwhile the DGP has informed that four culprits have been arrested in connection with the incident, among which four are directly involved.Later in the search operations, police recovered armaments from the college campus. Police also conducted raid at RSS and BMS offices.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan visited the injured policemen who are admitted to Changanassery Medical Mission Hospital. He has announced immediate compensation of Rs 6 lakhs for the family of ASI.
The BJP and UDF has called for a hartal tomorrow in Changanassery taluk to protest against the mishap. And the LDF will observe hartal at Kottayam tomorrow
இது ஏ.பி.வி.பி மாணவர் இயக்கமும் SFI குண்டர்களும் மோதியதால், போலீஸ் அதிகாரி பலியானார் என்று பத்திரிக்கைகள் எழுதியுள்ளன.
திட்டமிட்டு, இதனை ஏ.பி.வி.பி மாணவர் இயக்கத்தினர் மீது பழி சுமத்த ஆளும் சிபிஎம் அரசு முயற்சி செய்யும் என்று தாராளமாக எதிர்பார்க்கலாம்.
Changanassery incident: College to remain close for an indefinite period
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Changanassery, Friday, 26 October: The Principal of Changanassery NSS College has announced that the college would remain close for an indefinite time, followin ..........
Changanassery, Friday, 26 October: The Principal of Changanassery NSS College has announced that the college would remain close for an indefinite time, following the incident today morning. One policeman was killed and several others injured when the students unions clashed with each other following elections in College.
The dead identified as ASI Eliyas sccumbed to injuries when he was caught in the middle of the scuffle between ABVP and SFI at the NSS Hindu College in Changanassery. The Home Minister has asked IG Vincent Paul to visit the College tomorrow; meanwhile the DGP has informed that four culprits have been arrested in connection with the incident, among which four are directly involved.Later in the search operations, police recovered armaments from the college campus. Police also conducted raid at RSS and BMS offices.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan visited the injured policemen who are admitted to Changanassery Medical Mission Hospital. He has announced immediate compensation of Rs 6 lakhs for the family of ASI.
The BJP and UDF has called for a hartal tomorrow in Changanassery taluk to protest against the mishap. And the LDF will observe hartal at Kottayam tomorrow
கிறிஸ்துவத்தால் தென்னமெரிக்காவில் எய்ட்ஸ் வேகமாக பரவுகிறது
தென் அமெரிக்காவில் வெகுவேகமாக எய்ட்ஸ் பரவுவதற்கு கிறிஸ்துவமே காரணம் என்ற் ஐ.நா குறை கூறியுள்ளது.
ஆணுரை அணிவதை கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்துவம் தடைசெய்வதால், ஏராளமானவர்கள் ஆணுரை கிடைக்காததாலும், ஆணுரை அணிய தடை இருப்பதாலும், பாதுகாப்பற்ற செக்ஸ் காரணமாக ஏராளமானவர்கள் எய்ட்ஸ நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட போப்பாண்டவர் காரணமாகியுள்ளார் என்று கூறியுள்ளனர்
Catholic condom ban helping AIDS spread in Latam: U.N.
Tue Oct 23, 2:31 AM ET
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The rapid spread in Latin America of the virus that causes AIDS is made worse by the Roman Catholic Church's stand against using condoms, a U.N. official said on Monday.
Some 1.7 million people across Latin America are infected with the HIV virus or full-blown AIDS, and the epidemic is spreading swiftly with up to 410,000 new cases in 2006, up from as many as 320,000 new cases in 2004, according the UN AIDS program, UNAIDS.
"In Latin America the use of condoms has been demonized, but if they were used in every relation I guarantee the epidemic would be resolved in the region," said Alberto Stella, the UNAIDS Coordinator for Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The Catholic Church, which holds sway in Latin America despite the rise in evangelical churches, opposes all forms of contraception and instead promotes abstinence as a way to avoid spreading AIDS.
"The fact young people start to be sexually active between 15 and 19 without sex education contributes to the spreading of the virus, as well as the fact that the evidence shows abstinence is not working," Stella told Reuters.
Latin America is home to nearly half the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, but the Church's position on premarital sex and contraception often clashes with modern values. Brazil, the region's largest Catholic nation, regularly distributes free condoms to try and bring down HIV infection rates.
ஆணுரை அணிவதை கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்துவம் தடைசெய்வதால், ஏராளமானவர்கள் ஆணுரை கிடைக்காததாலும், ஆணுரை அணிய தடை இருப்பதாலும், பாதுகாப்பற்ற செக்ஸ் காரணமாக ஏராளமானவர்கள் எய்ட்ஸ நோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட போப்பாண்டவர் காரணமாகியுள்ளார் என்று கூறியுள்ளனர்
Catholic condom ban helping AIDS spread in Latam: U.N.
Tue Oct 23, 2:31 AM ET
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The rapid spread in Latin America of the virus that causes AIDS is made worse by the Roman Catholic Church's stand against using condoms, a U.N. official said on Monday.
Some 1.7 million people across Latin America are infected with the HIV virus or full-blown AIDS, and the epidemic is spreading swiftly with up to 410,000 new cases in 2006, up from as many as 320,000 new cases in 2004, according the UN AIDS program, UNAIDS.
"In Latin America the use of condoms has been demonized, but if they were used in every relation I guarantee the epidemic would be resolved in the region," said Alberto Stella, the UNAIDS Coordinator for Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The Catholic Church, which holds sway in Latin America despite the rise in evangelical churches, opposes all forms of contraception and instead promotes abstinence as a way to avoid spreading AIDS.
"The fact young people start to be sexually active between 15 and 19 without sex education contributes to the spreading of the virus, as well as the fact that the evidence shows abstinence is not working," Stella told Reuters.
Latin America is home to nearly half the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, but the Church's position on premarital sex and contraception often clashes with modern values. Brazil, the region's largest Catholic nation, regularly distributes free condoms to try and bring down HIV infection rates.
Friday, October 26, 2007
ஆர் எஸ் எஸ் ஊழியர் பாஷா அன்சாரி ஆகியோர் உட்பட 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள்
ஆர் எஸ் எஸ் தலைவர்கள் பாஷா அன்சாரி ஆகியோர் உட்பட 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஏதோ பிரச்னையிலிருந்து திசை திருப்ப ஆர் எஸ் எஸ் ஊழியர்களான இவர்கள் கோவையில் குண்டு வைத்தார்கள். கூடவே ஏராளமான முஸ்லீம் ஆர் எஸ் எஸ் ஊழியர்களும் இந்த குண்டு வழக்கில் கைதாகி சிறை தண்டனை அனுபவித்து தற்போது ஆயுள் தண்டனை பெற்றுள்ளார்கள்.
(இப்படி எழுதினாத்தான் நம்மளை அறிவுஜிவின்னு சொல்லி கைதட்டுவாங்களாமே?)
நன்றி தினமலர்
கோவை குண்டுவெடிப்பு வழக்கில் தண்டனை அறிவிப்பு முடிந்தது : 158 குற்றவாளிகளில் 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள்
கோவை : கோவை தொடர் குண்டுவெடிப்பு வழக்கில் குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்ட அனைவருக்கும் தண்டனை அறிவிப்பு முடிந்து விட்டது. 158 குற்றவாளிகளில் 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
கோவையில் கடந்த 1998ம் ஆண்டு பிப்ரவரி 14ம் தேதி நடந்த தொடர் குண்டுவெடிப்பில் 58 பேர் பலியானார்கள். 200க்கும் அதிகமானோர் படுகாயங்களுடன் உயிர் தப்பினார்கள். இந்த பயங்கர தாக்குதல் குறித்த வழக்கு கோவை மத்திய சிறை வளாகத்தில் இயங்கி வரும் தனிக்கோர்ட்டில் நடந்து வந்தது.
இந்த வழக்கில் மொத்தம் 158 பேர் மீதான குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டு இருந்தது. அவர்களுக்கு கடந்த ஒன்றரை மாதங்களாக பல்வேறு கட்டங்களாக தண்டனைகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது. தனிக்கோர்ட் நீதிபதி உத்ரபதி தண்டனைகளை அறிவித்து வந்தார். நேற்று வரை 153 பேருக்கு தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது.
மீதமுள்ள 5 பேர் மற்றும் அப்ரூவருக்கு இன்று தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்படும் என்று தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அதன்படி உஜிபுல் ரகுமான், முகமது அலி, முஜிபூர் ரகுமான் ஆகியோருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனையும், பக்ருதின் அலி அகமது, சாகுல் அமீது ஆகியோருக்கு தலா 13 ஆண்டுகள் கடுங்காவல் தண்டனையும் விதிக்கப்பட்டது.
இந்த வழக்கில் முக்கிய குற்றவாளியாக கருதப்பட்ட அல்-உம்மா நிறுவனர் பாஷா, பொதுச்செயலாளர் அன்சாரி உள்பட 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் பாஷாவின் குடும்பத்தை சேர்ந்த நான்கு பேருக்கு இந்த வழக்கில் தண்டனை கிடைத்துள்ளது.
இந்த வழக்கில் அப்ரூவராக மாறிய வெடிமருந்து வியாபாரி ரியாசுல் ரகுமான் வழக்கில் இருந்து முற்றிலும் விடுதலை செய்யப்படுவதாக நீதிபதி உத்ரபதி அறிவித்தார். இவரோடு சேர்ந்து இவ்வழக்கில் மொத்தம் 88 பேர் இதுவரை விடுவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். இவர்களில் மதானி உள்ளிட்ட 8 பேர் நிரபராதிகள் என அறிவிக்கப்படனர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. மற்றவர்கள் தண்டனை காலத்தை ஏற்கனவே சிறையில் கழித்து விட்டதால் விடுவிக்கப்பட்டு விட்டனர்.
அனைவருக்கும் தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டதைத் தொடர்ந்து வரும் திங்கட்கிழமை அனைவருக்கும் தீர்ப்பு நகல் வழங்கப்படும் என்று நீதிபதி தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
(இப்படி எழுதினாத்தான் நம்மளை அறிவுஜிவின்னு சொல்லி கைதட்டுவாங்களாமே?)
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கோவை குண்டுவெடிப்பு வழக்கில் தண்டனை அறிவிப்பு முடிந்தது : 158 குற்றவாளிகளில் 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள்
கோவை : கோவை தொடர் குண்டுவெடிப்பு வழக்கில் குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்ட அனைவருக்கும் தண்டனை அறிவிப்பு முடிந்து விட்டது. 158 குற்றவாளிகளில் 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
கோவையில் கடந்த 1998ம் ஆண்டு பிப்ரவரி 14ம் தேதி நடந்த தொடர் குண்டுவெடிப்பில் 58 பேர் பலியானார்கள். 200க்கும் அதிகமானோர் படுகாயங்களுடன் உயிர் தப்பினார்கள். இந்த பயங்கர தாக்குதல் குறித்த வழக்கு கோவை மத்திய சிறை வளாகத்தில் இயங்கி வரும் தனிக்கோர்ட்டில் நடந்து வந்தது.
இந்த வழக்கில் மொத்தம் 158 பேர் மீதான குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டு இருந்தது. அவர்களுக்கு கடந்த ஒன்றரை மாதங்களாக பல்வேறு கட்டங்களாக தண்டனைகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது. தனிக்கோர்ட் நீதிபதி உத்ரபதி தண்டனைகளை அறிவித்து வந்தார். நேற்று வரை 153 பேருக்கு தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது.
மீதமுள்ள 5 பேர் மற்றும் அப்ரூவருக்கு இன்று தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்படும் என்று தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அதன்படி உஜிபுல் ரகுமான், முகமது அலி, முஜிபூர் ரகுமான் ஆகியோருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனையும், பக்ருதின் அலி அகமது, சாகுல் அமீது ஆகியோருக்கு தலா 13 ஆண்டுகள் கடுங்காவல் தண்டனையும் விதிக்கப்பட்டது.
இந்த வழக்கில் முக்கிய குற்றவாளியாக கருதப்பட்ட அல்-உம்மா நிறுவனர் பாஷா, பொதுச்செயலாளர் அன்சாரி உள்பட 43 பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் பாஷாவின் குடும்பத்தை சேர்ந்த நான்கு பேருக்கு இந்த வழக்கில் தண்டனை கிடைத்துள்ளது.
இந்த வழக்கில் அப்ரூவராக மாறிய வெடிமருந்து வியாபாரி ரியாசுல் ரகுமான் வழக்கில் இருந்து முற்றிலும் விடுதலை செய்யப்படுவதாக நீதிபதி உத்ரபதி அறிவித்தார். இவரோடு சேர்ந்து இவ்வழக்கில் மொத்தம் 88 பேர் இதுவரை விடுவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். இவர்களில் மதானி உள்ளிட்ட 8 பேர் நிரபராதிகள் என அறிவிக்கப்படனர் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. மற்றவர்கள் தண்டனை காலத்தை ஏற்கனவே சிறையில் கழித்து விட்டதால் விடுவிக்கப்பட்டு விட்டனர்.
அனைவருக்கும் தண்டனை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டதைத் தொடர்ந்து வரும் திங்கட்கிழமை அனைவருக்கும் தீர்ப்பு நகல் வழங்கப்படும் என்று நீதிபதி தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
பாகிஸ்தான் துருப்புகள் மீது இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்குதல் 30 பேர் பலி
பாகிஸ்தான் துருப்புகள் மீது இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்குதல் நடத்தியதில் 30 பேர் பலியானார்கள்.
30 dead in Pakistan blast
1 day ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.
The attack in scenic Swat valley in the North West Frontier Province was the latest in a wave of violence targeting the military since government troops stormed the Al-Qaeda-linked Red Mosque in Islamabad in July.
The blast comes just one day after Pakistan deployed more than 2,000 military troops to the area to bolster efforts to stem the rising violence, which is linked to pro-Taliban militants.
The truck -- carrying paramilitary soldiers and packed with ammunition -- was travelling on a road outside the valley's main city of Mingora when the explosion occurred, the security official said.
"Thirty people were killed in the explosion including 17 paramilitary soldiers. The damage was high because the truck was packed with ammunition," the official, who asked not to be named, told AFP.
Swat mayor Fazlur Rehman said most of the dead were paramilitary soldiers.
"At least 30 people have died and most of the bodies are completely burned, they are beyond recognition," Rehman said.
"The blast was so powerful that it destroyed 10 shops and hit a three-wheeler (rickshaw) killing all passengers inside it," he added.
The government said 20 people were dead but warned the figure may go up.
"Some injured are in critical condition and the death toll may rise," interior ministry spokesman Javed Cheema said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Security sources said a suicide bomber had detonated his explosives near the truck, but Cheema said the vehicle's cargo could have triggered the explosion.
"The nature of the blast is not clear and it is being ascertained. There was ammunition in the truck which caused the damage," Cheema told AFP.
Most of the attacks in Pakistan since the Red Mosque raid have been suicide blasts that have killed more than 400 people, according to an AFP tally.
The Swat valley was once one of Pakistan's premier tourist attractions, but the area in the conservative province bordering Afghanistan has become a stronghold of banned group Tahreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM).
The group, led by radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, has close ties to pro-Taliban fighters who have been mounting attacks on government officials and security forces in the area.
A doctor at a local hospital said 10 bodies had been brought in so far, along with 35 wounded. "Some of the bodies are charred," Nisar Khan told AFP.
The truck caught fire immediately after the explosion in Nawakilli area on the outskirts of Mingora, and firefighters struggled to contain the blaze, senior police officer Akbar Ali said.
The military said Wednesday that it had deployed the extra troops to the Swat valley in a bid to improve law and order in the troubled region.
A local government official also warned Wednesday that 400 militants under Fazlullah's command had been attacking local security forces.
Local home secretary Badshah Gul Wazir told a news conference in the provincial capital Peshawar that the TNSM group was also trying to seize control of dozens of villages.
TNSM was banned by President Pervez Musharraf in 2002 after it sent more than 10,000 volunteers to fight in Afghanistan against US forces who led an invasion to oust the country's hardline Taliban regime.
Hundreds of Taliban militants fled back over the Afghan border into Pakistan's nearby tribal areas after the fall of the extremists in 2001.
30 dead in Pakistan blast
1 day ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.
The attack in scenic Swat valley in the North West Frontier Province was the latest in a wave of violence targeting the military since government troops stormed the Al-Qaeda-linked Red Mosque in Islamabad in July.
The blast comes just one day after Pakistan deployed more than 2,000 military troops to the area to bolster efforts to stem the rising violence, which is linked to pro-Taliban militants.
The truck -- carrying paramilitary soldiers and packed with ammunition -- was travelling on a road outside the valley's main city of Mingora when the explosion occurred, the security official said.
"Thirty people were killed in the explosion including 17 paramilitary soldiers. The damage was high because the truck was packed with ammunition," the official, who asked not to be named, told AFP.
Swat mayor Fazlur Rehman said most of the dead were paramilitary soldiers.
"At least 30 people have died and most of the bodies are completely burned, they are beyond recognition," Rehman said.
"The blast was so powerful that it destroyed 10 shops and hit a three-wheeler (rickshaw) killing all passengers inside it," he added.
The government said 20 people were dead but warned the figure may go up.
"Some injured are in critical condition and the death toll may rise," interior ministry spokesman Javed Cheema said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Security sources said a suicide bomber had detonated his explosives near the truck, but Cheema said the vehicle's cargo could have triggered the explosion.
"The nature of the blast is not clear and it is being ascertained. There was ammunition in the truck which caused the damage," Cheema told AFP.
Most of the attacks in Pakistan since the Red Mosque raid have been suicide blasts that have killed more than 400 people, according to an AFP tally.
The Swat valley was once one of Pakistan's premier tourist attractions, but the area in the conservative province bordering Afghanistan has become a stronghold of banned group Tahreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM).
The group, led by radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, has close ties to pro-Taliban fighters who have been mounting attacks on government officials and security forces in the area.
A doctor at a local hospital said 10 bodies had been brought in so far, along with 35 wounded. "Some of the bodies are charred," Nisar Khan told AFP.
The truck caught fire immediately after the explosion in Nawakilli area on the outskirts of Mingora, and firefighters struggled to contain the blaze, senior police officer Akbar Ali said.
The military said Wednesday that it had deployed the extra troops to the Swat valley in a bid to improve law and order in the troubled region.
A local government official also warned Wednesday that 400 militants under Fazlullah's command had been attacking local security forces.
Local home secretary Badshah Gul Wazir told a news conference in the provincial capital Peshawar that the TNSM group was also trying to seize control of dozens of villages.
TNSM was banned by President Pervez Musharraf in 2002 after it sent more than 10,000 volunteers to fight in Afghanistan against US forces who led an invasion to oust the country's hardline Taliban regime.
Hundreds of Taliban militants fled back over the Afghan border into Pakistan's nearby tribal areas after the fall of the extremists in 2001.
வடமேற்கு பாகிஸ்தானில் பெரும் போர்
பாஜுல்லா என்ற முஸ்லீம் இமாமின் துருப்புகளுக்கும் பாகிஸ்தான் போர் வீரர்களுக்கும் கடும் போர் நடைபெறுகிறது.
இதுவரை பலர் மரணமடைந்துள்ளதாக தெரிகிறது. 2500க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பாகிஸ்தான் துருப்புகள் இங்கு போரிடுவதாக பாகிஸ்தான் தரப்பிலிருந்து தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டாலும் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகம் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.
Pakistan Forces Attack Cleric Stronghold
By RIAZ KHAN – 5 hours ago
SWAT, Pakistan (AP) — Paramilitary troops battled supporters of a radical cleric in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least one in a fierce fight with heavy weapons near the scene of a suicide attack that killed 20 people the day before, witnesses said.
Militants kidnapped eight police officers and paramilitary troops from a minibus they halted on the outskirts of the district, police said, adding that rescue efforts were under way. Three civilian passengers were let go.
The clash in the village of Imam Dheri erupted when security forces backed by helicopters attacked a stronghold of Maulana Fazlullah, a cleric who leads a banned pro-Taliban group that sent thousands of volunteers to fight across the border in Afghanistan during the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
Militants fought back and the two sides traded fire with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and other weapons across the rushing Swat River, witnesses said. Hundreds of residents fled, local shop-owner Rahman Khan said.
Residents said they saw four helicopters hovering over the area and heard loud explosions from heavy weapons fire. Mohammed Zubair, 35, said he saw one of the helicopters firing rockets near Fazlullah's house.
The security forces launched their assault by attacking a building where Fazlullah had been appearing in recent days to urge followers of his Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law to target the army, police and other security forces, said Muhib Ullah, a police official in the nearby town of Mingora, the main town in Swat district. Swat is about 30 miles north of the city of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, and has been one of Pakistan's main tourist destinations because of its mountain scenery.
An aide to Fazlullah said one of his fighters was killed and four were wounded in the fighting.
"God willing, casualties on their side (security forces) will be more," Fazlullah's aide, Sirajuddin, told The Associated Press by telephone from Imam Dheri. He uses only one name.
"We are sitting in our homes and mosque ... we are defending ourselves. We have carried out retaliation," he said. "We have enough heavy weapons."
Violence has been on the rise, and official control decreasing, throughout the conservative region near the border with Afghanistan where militants linked to the Taliban and al-Qaida increasingly hold sway. The rise of militancy in the region has shaken the authority of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the war on terror.
Sirajuddin said the cleric's supporters would fight to the death. He said Fazlullah had abandoned his stronghold and gone into hiding.
Fazlullah announced in an FM radio broadcast on Wednesday that he was shifting to the neighboring mountainous district of Kohistan, according to a resident who heard the broadcast.
Near the scene of Friday's clashes, militants fired at a helicopter carrying a senior army officer but missed and the helicopter safely landed, according to a local police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad declined to comment on the fighting, saying only that some 2,500 paramilitary troops deployed in Swat to combat Fazlullah's supporters, but the army had also sent forces which are being kept in reserve in case they are needed by local authorities.
On Thursday, a suicide car bomber hit a truck carrying Frontier Constabulary paramilitary troops through a crowded area of Mingora, killing 19 soldiers and a civilian, and wounding 35 people.
A spokesman denied the cleric's involvement in the bombing, saying he wanted peace in the region and only wanted to impose Islamic law.
The Mingora blast came a week after the bloody assassination attempt in the southern city of Karachi on ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who plans to start traveling elsewhere in Pakistan on Saturday.
Bhutto has blamed Islamic militants for last week's attack on her convoy that killed 143 people, but also accused elements in the government and security services of complicity in assassination plots, demanding international experts be called in to help in the investigation. The government has rejected such a move.
Associated Press writers Munir Ahmad and Sadaqat Jan in Islamabad, and Zarar Khan in Karachi contributed to this report.
இதுவரை பலர் மரணமடைந்துள்ளதாக தெரிகிறது. 2500க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பாகிஸ்தான் துருப்புகள் இங்கு போரிடுவதாக பாகிஸ்தான் தரப்பிலிருந்து தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டாலும் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகம் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.
Pakistan Forces Attack Cleric Stronghold
By RIAZ KHAN – 5 hours ago
SWAT, Pakistan (AP) — Paramilitary troops battled supporters of a radical cleric in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least one in a fierce fight with heavy weapons near the scene of a suicide attack that killed 20 people the day before, witnesses said.
Militants kidnapped eight police officers and paramilitary troops from a minibus they halted on the outskirts of the district, police said, adding that rescue efforts were under way. Three civilian passengers were let go.
The clash in the village of Imam Dheri erupted when security forces backed by helicopters attacked a stronghold of Maulana Fazlullah, a cleric who leads a banned pro-Taliban group that sent thousands of volunteers to fight across the border in Afghanistan during the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
Militants fought back and the two sides traded fire with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and other weapons across the rushing Swat River, witnesses said. Hundreds of residents fled, local shop-owner Rahman Khan said.
Residents said they saw four helicopters hovering over the area and heard loud explosions from heavy weapons fire. Mohammed Zubair, 35, said he saw one of the helicopters firing rockets near Fazlullah's house.
The security forces launched their assault by attacking a building where Fazlullah had been appearing in recent days to urge followers of his Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law to target the army, police and other security forces, said Muhib Ullah, a police official in the nearby town of Mingora, the main town in Swat district. Swat is about 30 miles north of the city of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, and has been one of Pakistan's main tourist destinations because of its mountain scenery.
An aide to Fazlullah said one of his fighters was killed and four were wounded in the fighting.
"God willing, casualties on their side (security forces) will be more," Fazlullah's aide, Sirajuddin, told The Associated Press by telephone from Imam Dheri. He uses only one name.
"We are sitting in our homes and mosque ... we are defending ourselves. We have carried out retaliation," he said. "We have enough heavy weapons."
Violence has been on the rise, and official control decreasing, throughout the conservative region near the border with Afghanistan where militants linked to the Taliban and al-Qaida increasingly hold sway. The rise of militancy in the region has shaken the authority of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the war on terror.
Sirajuddin said the cleric's supporters would fight to the death. He said Fazlullah had abandoned his stronghold and gone into hiding.
Fazlullah announced in an FM radio broadcast on Wednesday that he was shifting to the neighboring mountainous district of Kohistan, according to a resident who heard the broadcast.
Near the scene of Friday's clashes, militants fired at a helicopter carrying a senior army officer but missed and the helicopter safely landed, according to a local police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad declined to comment on the fighting, saying only that some 2,500 paramilitary troops deployed in Swat to combat Fazlullah's supporters, but the army had also sent forces which are being kept in reserve in case they are needed by local authorities.
On Thursday, a suicide car bomber hit a truck carrying Frontier Constabulary paramilitary troops through a crowded area of Mingora, killing 19 soldiers and a civilian, and wounding 35 people.
A spokesman denied the cleric's involvement in the bombing, saying he wanted peace in the region and only wanted to impose Islamic law.
The Mingora blast came a week after the bloody assassination attempt in the southern city of Karachi on ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who plans to start traveling elsewhere in Pakistan on Saturday.
Bhutto has blamed Islamic militants for last week's attack on her convoy that killed 143 people, but also accused elements in the government and security services of complicity in assassination plots, demanding international experts be called in to help in the investigation. The government has rejected such a move.
Associated Press writers Munir Ahmad and Sadaqat Jan in Islamabad, and Zarar Khan in Karachi contributed to this report.
பெல்ஜியத்தில் துருக்கர்கள் கலவரம்- ஏராளமான கார்கள் எரிப்பு
துருக்கிய ராணுவத்தினரை குர்துகள் கொன்றதாக தகவல் வந்ததால், பெல்ஜியத்தில் வாழும் துருக்கியர்கள் கலவரத்தில் இறங்கினார்கள். ஏராளமான பெல்ஜிய கார்கள் எரிக்கப்பட்டன. போலீஸார் இந்த கலவரத்தையும் கூட்டத்தையும் கட்டுப்படுத்த திணறினார்கள்.
பெல்ஜியத்தில் வாழும் குர்துகளின் வீடுகள் கடைகள் குறிவைத்து தாக்கப்பட்டன.
இதே நேரத்தில் ஆம்ஸ்டர்டாமில் ஏராளமான முஸ்லீம் இளைஞர்கள் அங்குள்ள கார்களை வேறு காரணத்துக்காக கொளுத்திக்கொண்டுள்ளனர்
ஏராளமான ஆம்ஸ்டர்டாம் சிறுவர்கள் கத்தியால் குத்தப்பட்டுள்ள்னர்
Turks Set Cars Alight in Brussels
From the desk of Paul Belien on Wed, 2007-10-24 23:21
Tonight (Wednesday evening) heavy rioting erupted in Turkish quarters of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Buses and trams were attacked. Several cars were torched and shops destroyed. Police forces were unable to restore law and order in the boroughs of Sint-Joost-ten-Node and Schaarbeek where since last Sunday the animosity among Turks is running high. Turkish flags are omnipresent. In some streets the Turkish crescent and star adorns almost every house.
The Turks’ anger was provoked by rising tension with Kurds along the Iraqi-Turkish border and by the debate in the American Congress about the Turkish genocide of the Armenians in 1915. On Sunday night Turkish youths in Sint-Joost destroyed the pub of Peter Petrossian, an ethnic Armenian who had to flee for his life. Apparently, some Turks think that by attacking the Armenians in Brussels they can convince the world that the Turks never committed a genocide of the Armenians.
Tonight the youths attacked Kurdish shops. They also set fire to several cars.
Belgium’s Muslim population consists mainly of Moroccans and Turks. In the past rioting Muslim youths were mostly Moroccans. The Turkish community is controlled by the Turkish embassy. The latter used to restrain the Turkish population so as not to upset the Belgian authorities and thwart Turkey’s chances of EU admission. This policy seems to have changed recently. In Antwerp, too, Turkish youths demonstrated tonight.
The events in Brussels indicate that in admitting large numbers of immigrants Belgium has also imported the ethnic quarrels of the Middle East.
Meanwhile in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, Moroccan youths have been burning cars for more than a week now. Today a 15-year old Amsterdam schoolboy was stabbed by youths. The boy survived the attack but is seriously wounded. On 11 October a 16-year old Amsterdam boy was stabbed to death in school. On 4 September a similar incident occurred in the Belgian city of Ghent where a 14-year old Belgian boy fought for his life after being stabbed in the throat by two immigrant youths from his school.
பெல்ஜியத்தில் வாழும் குர்துகளின் வீடுகள் கடைகள் குறிவைத்து தாக்கப்பட்டன.
இதே நேரத்தில் ஆம்ஸ்டர்டாமில் ஏராளமான முஸ்லீம் இளைஞர்கள் அங்குள்ள கார்களை வேறு காரணத்துக்காக கொளுத்திக்கொண்டுள்ளனர்
ஏராளமான ஆம்ஸ்டர்டாம் சிறுவர்கள் கத்தியால் குத்தப்பட்டுள்ள்னர்
Turks Set Cars Alight in Brussels
From the desk of Paul Belien on Wed, 2007-10-24 23:21
Tonight (Wednesday evening) heavy rioting erupted in Turkish quarters of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Buses and trams were attacked. Several cars were torched and shops destroyed. Police forces were unable to restore law and order in the boroughs of Sint-Joost-ten-Node and Schaarbeek where since last Sunday the animosity among Turks is running high. Turkish flags are omnipresent. In some streets the Turkish crescent and star adorns almost every house.
The Turks’ anger was provoked by rising tension with Kurds along the Iraqi-Turkish border and by the debate in the American Congress about the Turkish genocide of the Armenians in 1915. On Sunday night Turkish youths in Sint-Joost destroyed the pub of Peter Petrossian, an ethnic Armenian who had to flee for his life. Apparently, some Turks think that by attacking the Armenians in Brussels they can convince the world that the Turks never committed a genocide of the Armenians.
Tonight the youths attacked Kurdish shops. They also set fire to several cars.
Belgium’s Muslim population consists mainly of Moroccans and Turks. In the past rioting Muslim youths were mostly Moroccans. The Turkish community is controlled by the Turkish embassy. The latter used to restrain the Turkish population so as not to upset the Belgian authorities and thwart Turkey’s chances of EU admission. This policy seems to have changed recently. In Antwerp, too, Turkish youths demonstrated tonight.
The events in Brussels indicate that in admitting large numbers of immigrants Belgium has also imported the ethnic quarrels of the Middle East.
Meanwhile in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, Moroccan youths have been burning cars for more than a week now. Today a 15-year old Amsterdam schoolboy was stabbed by youths. The boy survived the attack but is seriously wounded. On 11 October a 16-year old Amsterdam boy was stabbed to death in school. On 4 September a similar incident occurred in the Belgian city of Ghent where a 14-year old Belgian boy fought for his life after being stabbed in the throat by two immigrant youths from his school.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் தீர்ப்பு: திருமணத்தை பதிவு செய்ய முஸ்லீம்கள் எதிர்ப்பு
சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் எல்லா திருமணங்களும் கட்டாயமாக பதிவு செய்யப்பட வேண்டும் என்று ஆணையிட்டிருக்கிறது.
தற்போது இந்து திருமணங்கள் மட்டுமே கட்டாயமாக பதிவு செய்யப்படவேண்டியதாக உள்ளன.
முஸ்லீம்களும் திருமணத்தை பதிவு செய்யவேண்டும் என்பது ஒரு பகுதி முஸ்லீம்களிடையே எதிர்ப்பை உருவாக்கியிருக்கிறது.
இதில் ஷியா பிரிவினர் திருமண பதிவை ஆதரிக்கிறார்கள்.
Muslims oppose SC's order on registration of marriages
Sify Correspondent | Thursday, 25 October , 2007, 17:35
New Delhi: The Supreme Court's latest order asking all states and union territories to make marriages registrations compulsory for followers of all religions has created a political controversy.
While the Opposition BJP welcomed the Apex Court's order on Thursday, the Congress party heading the ruling United Progressive Alliance was cautious in its reaction by saying, "It will study the implication of the court's verdict.”
Meanwhile the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has objected to the Supreme Court's order, which asked all states and union territories to introduce legislation, making registration of marriage compulsory in all communities within three months.
A bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat on Thursday asked governments to file a compliance report and an affidavit after the deadline. The court passed the order after noting that several states had made registration of marriage compulsory only for Hindus.
The BJP, which has been campaigning for a common civil code saw the court's order as a vindication of its stand. "We have all along demanded that law should be uniform for members of every community and faith," said BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad.
However, Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi was cautious in reacting to the court's latest order. "It was for the government to respond to the order. As a political party we can only say that the court's order should be respected and complied with," he said.
Striking a somewhat different note, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AMPLB) member Khalid Rashid described it as "unwanted hindrance". "Marriages in Islam are a religious affair completely. If registration is made compulsory it will bring unwanted hindrances in the solemnization of nikaahs (marriage)," he said, asking the court and governments to make registration voluntary and not compulsory.
"We keep records of all marriages ourselves at our institutions and we don't think there is any need to compulsory registration, as this will bring problems, particularly in villages," he said.
Thursday's order took serious note of the fact that though the Supreme Court had directed all states and union territories to take steps for compulsory registration of marriages in an earlier order on February 14, 2006 only few states had complied with it.
Even in the states which took steps to comply with that order, registration of marriages was made compulsory for Hindus only, the court observed, making it clear that the three month deadline would not be extended any more.
Legal experts said even though non-registration of marriages would not make marriages void, the Supreme Court's order was a step toward formulation of a common civil code.
In its February 2006 order, the Supreme Court had taken note of the fact that most states and union territories had indicated that registration of marriages was highly desirable. "It has been pointed out that compulsory registration of marriage would be a step in the right direction for the prevention of child marriage still prevalent in many parts of the country," the court observed.
At present, registration of marriages is compulsory only in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh and the provision applies only for Hindus.
However, provisions have been made in states like Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Meghalaya for voluntary registration of Muslim marriages.
Thursday's order makes it clear that the provision for compulsory registration would now apply to all religions.
Parsis and Christians have laws in place to register marriages in their communities. Under the Indian Christian Marriages Act, 1872, entries are made in the marriage register of the church, soon after the ceremony, along with the signatures of the bridegroom, the bride, the officiating priest and witnesses. The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 makes registration necessary in the community.
தற்போது இந்து திருமணங்கள் மட்டுமே கட்டாயமாக பதிவு செய்யப்படவேண்டியதாக உள்ளன.
முஸ்லீம்களும் திருமணத்தை பதிவு செய்யவேண்டும் என்பது ஒரு பகுதி முஸ்லீம்களிடையே எதிர்ப்பை உருவாக்கியிருக்கிறது.
இதில் ஷியா பிரிவினர் திருமண பதிவை ஆதரிக்கிறார்கள்.
Muslims oppose SC's order on registration of marriages
Sify Correspondent | Thursday, 25 October , 2007, 17:35
New Delhi: The Supreme Court's latest order asking all states and union territories to make marriages registrations compulsory for followers of all religions has created a political controversy.
While the Opposition BJP welcomed the Apex Court's order on Thursday, the Congress party heading the ruling United Progressive Alliance was cautious in its reaction by saying, "It will study the implication of the court's verdict.”
Meanwhile the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has objected to the Supreme Court's order, which asked all states and union territories to introduce legislation, making registration of marriage compulsory in all communities within three months.
A bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat on Thursday asked governments to file a compliance report and an affidavit after the deadline. The court passed the order after noting that several states had made registration of marriage compulsory only for Hindus.
The BJP, which has been campaigning for a common civil code saw the court's order as a vindication of its stand. "We have all along demanded that law should be uniform for members of every community and faith," said BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad.
However, Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi was cautious in reacting to the court's latest order. "It was for the government to respond to the order. As a political party we can only say that the court's order should be respected and complied with," he said.
Striking a somewhat different note, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AMPLB) member Khalid Rashid described it as "unwanted hindrance". "Marriages in Islam are a religious affair completely. If registration is made compulsory it will bring unwanted hindrances in the solemnization of nikaahs (marriage)," he said, asking the court and governments to make registration voluntary and not compulsory.
"We keep records of all marriages ourselves at our institutions and we don't think there is any need to compulsory registration, as this will bring problems, particularly in villages," he said.
Thursday's order took serious note of the fact that though the Supreme Court had directed all states and union territories to take steps for compulsory registration of marriages in an earlier order on February 14, 2006 only few states had complied with it.
Even in the states which took steps to comply with that order, registration of marriages was made compulsory for Hindus only, the court observed, making it clear that the three month deadline would not be extended any more.
Legal experts said even though non-registration of marriages would not make marriages void, the Supreme Court's order was a step toward formulation of a common civil code.
In its February 2006 order, the Supreme Court had taken note of the fact that most states and union territories had indicated that registration of marriages was highly desirable. "It has been pointed out that compulsory registration of marriage would be a step in the right direction for the prevention of child marriage still prevalent in many parts of the country," the court observed.
At present, registration of marriages is compulsory only in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh and the provision applies only for Hindus.
However, provisions have been made in states like Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and Meghalaya for voluntary registration of Muslim marriages.
Thursday's order makes it clear that the provision for compulsory registration would now apply to all religions.
Parsis and Christians have laws in place to register marriages in their communities. Under the Indian Christian Marriages Act, 1872, entries are made in the marriage register of the church, soon after the ceremony, along with the signatures of the bridegroom, the bride, the officiating priest and witnesses. The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 makes registration necessary in the community.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
டார்பரில் இருக்கும் அமைதிப்படை மீது ஜிகாத் தொடுக்க பின்லாடர் அறைகூவல்
சூடானின் இஸ்லாமிய அரபு அரசாங்கத்து துருப்புகளும் அவர்களது கூலிப்படையான அரபு போராளிக்குழு ஜஞ்சாவீதும் டார்பரில் உள்ள கருப்பின மக்களை கொன்று குவித்து வருகின்றனர்.
உலக மக்கள் உரத்த குரலெடுத்து கோரியதன் காரணமாக ஆப்பிரிக்க யூனியனின் துருப்புகள் இங்கு அமைதி நிலைநாட்ட வந்திருக்கின்றன.
அந்த துருப்புகளை கொல்ல பின்லாடர் கோரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளார்
Bin Laden calls for jihad against Darfur peacekeepers
The Associated PressPublished: October 23, 2007
CAIRO, Egypt: Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden called for a holy war against a proposed peacekeeping force in Sudan's war torn region of Darfur in a message that appeared on jihadi Web sites Tuesday.
The audio recording was accompanied by a still picture and excerpts were aired by pan-Arab satellite news channel al-Jazeera on Monday. Bin Laden called on those living in the areas surrounding Darfur, particularly the Arabian peninsula, to drive out any foreign forces in the region.
"It is the duty of the people of Islam in the Sudan and its environs, especially the Arabian Peninsula, to perform jihad against the Crusader invaders and wage armed rebellion to remove those who let them in," he said, according to a transcript provided by IntelCenter which monitors jihadi Web sites.
Bin Laden's deputy, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawhiri, made a similar call for jihad in Darfur in a Sept. 20 video message.
In Tuesday's message, bin Laden referred to talks between Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir and Saudi officials to pressure him to agree to a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur. Those meetings took place in March and April of this year.
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In the sections of the message broadcast Monday, Bin Laden took the highly uncharacteristic step of admitting the movement had made mistakes and chiding in followers for not uniting their ranks -- a reference to the squabbles among the various insurgent groups in Iraq.
"Everybody can make a mistake, but the best of them are those who admit their mistakes," he said. "Mistakes have been made during holy wars but mujahideen have to correct their mistakes."
The Arab satellite station's decision to only air these critical parts of the video rather than the lengthy opening section which applauded insurgent victories in Iraq appeared to have angered the militants.
On one militant Web site that is a clearing house for extremist videos, it was announced the message would appear uncut and its entirety, as opposed to the way it was shown by al-Jazeera.
"The shameful and dissolute channel is seeking to support the Crusaders and the enemies," said an angry posting on the site. "The channel is the shame of the Islamic community.
The site then called on all of its supporters to reveal to the world the falsehoods and wickedness of the channel. In the past, al-Jazeera was the outlet of choice for al-Qaida videos.
The rest bin Laden's message applauded the insurgents in Iraq for a job well done and told them to remain steadfast in the face of the increase in coalition forces, singling out the fighters in Diyala in particular.
"You massacred the enemy and applied yourself to fighting them, until they became prisoners of their bases and the Green Zone, fearing danger. So continue to make the soldiers of unblief drink from the bitter cup of death."
Bin Laden also called on Arabs from around the region to join the fight in Iraq.
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Associated Press Writer Nadia Abou el-Magd contributed to this report
உலக மக்கள் உரத்த குரலெடுத்து கோரியதன் காரணமாக ஆப்பிரிக்க யூனியனின் துருப்புகள் இங்கு அமைதி நிலைநாட்ட வந்திருக்கின்றன.
அந்த துருப்புகளை கொல்ல பின்லாடர் கோரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளார்
Bin Laden calls for jihad against Darfur peacekeepers
The Associated PressPublished: October 23, 2007
CAIRO, Egypt: Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden called for a holy war against a proposed peacekeeping force in Sudan's war torn region of Darfur in a message that appeared on jihadi Web sites Tuesday.
The audio recording was accompanied by a still picture and excerpts were aired by pan-Arab satellite news channel al-Jazeera on Monday. Bin Laden called on those living in the areas surrounding Darfur, particularly the Arabian peninsula, to drive out any foreign forces in the region.
"It is the duty of the people of Islam in the Sudan and its environs, especially the Arabian Peninsula, to perform jihad against the Crusader invaders and wage armed rebellion to remove those who let them in," he said, according to a transcript provided by IntelCenter which monitors jihadi Web sites.
Bin Laden's deputy, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawhiri, made a similar call for jihad in Darfur in a Sept. 20 video message.
In Tuesday's message, bin Laden referred to talks between Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir and Saudi officials to pressure him to agree to a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur. Those meetings took place in March and April of this year.
Today in Africa & Middle East
2 reports assail U.S. State Dept. role on Iraq security
Bombs strike commuters southeast of Baghdad
New threat reported against Bhutto
In the sections of the message broadcast Monday, Bin Laden took the highly uncharacteristic step of admitting the movement had made mistakes and chiding in followers for not uniting their ranks -- a reference to the squabbles among the various insurgent groups in Iraq.
"Everybody can make a mistake, but the best of them are those who admit their mistakes," he said. "Mistakes have been made during holy wars but mujahideen have to correct their mistakes."
The Arab satellite station's decision to only air these critical parts of the video rather than the lengthy opening section which applauded insurgent victories in Iraq appeared to have angered the militants.
On one militant Web site that is a clearing house for extremist videos, it was announced the message would appear uncut and its entirety, as opposed to the way it was shown by al-Jazeera.
"The shameful and dissolute channel is seeking to support the Crusaders and the enemies," said an angry posting on the site. "The channel is the shame of the Islamic community.
The site then called on all of its supporters to reveal to the world the falsehoods and wickedness of the channel. In the past, al-Jazeera was the outlet of choice for al-Qaida videos.
The rest bin Laden's message applauded the insurgents in Iraq for a job well done and told them to remain steadfast in the face of the increase in coalition forces, singling out the fighters in Diyala in particular.
"You massacred the enemy and applied yourself to fighting them, until they became prisoners of their bases and the Green Zone, fearing danger. So continue to make the soldiers of unblief drink from the bitter cup of death."
Bin Laden also called on Arabs from around the region to join the fight in Iraq.
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Associated Press Writer Nadia Abou el-Magd contributed to this report
கோவை தொடர் குண்டு வெடிப்பு வழக்கு: முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு ஆயுள்தண்டனை
கோவை தொடர் குண்டு வெடிப்பு வழக்கு: பாஷாவுக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனை; முகமது அன்சாரிக்கு இரட்டை ஆயுள்
கோவை :கோவை குண்டு வெடிப்பு வழக்கில், சூஅல்உம்மா' நிறுவனர் பாஷாவுக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனையும் பொதுச் செயலர் அன்சாரிக்கு இரட்டை ஆயுள் தண்டனையும் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் 29 பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனையும் 4 பேருக்கு 10 ஆண்டு சிறைத்தண்டனையும் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
கடந்த 1998ம் ஆண்டு பிப்ரவரி 14ம் தேதி கோவையில் நடந்த தொடர் குண்டுவெடிப்பு சம்பவம் நாட்டையே உலுக்கியது
கோவை தொடர் குண்டு வெடிப்பு வழக்கில் சாதாரண குற்றச்சாட்டு நிரூபிக்கப்பட்ட 88 பேருக்கு நான்கு கட்டமாக தண்டனை விவரம் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. கூட்டுச்சதி, கொலை, குண்டு வைத்தல் உள்ளிட்ட குற்றச்சாட்டு நிரூபிக்கப்பட்ட, சூஅல்உம்மா' நிறுவனர் பாஷா, பொதுச் செயலர் அன்சாரி உள்ளிட்ட 35 பேருக்கான தண்டனை விவரத்தை இன்று காலை கோர்ட் அறிவித்தது.
காஜீதீன், நவாப்கான், முகமது பஷீர், உசீர், பாபு, முகமது அலிகான் குட்டி, சித்திக் அலி, ஜாகீர் உசேன், அப்துல் சலாம், தடாஅஸ்லாம், ஆட்டோ சிராஜ், சபூர் ரகுமான், அப்பாஸ், ஜப்ரூ, இஸ்மாயில், மக்கான் ஜாபர், முகமது அம்ஜத் அலி, அமானுல்லா, ஜஹாங்கீர், முகமது முத்து, சர்புதீன், ஹக்கீம், அபுதாகிர், ரபீக், நூர்முகமது, ஒசிர் பாஷா, இப்ராகிம், ஹக்கீம், ஹக்கீம் ஆகியோருக்கும் ஆயுள் தண்டனை வழங்கப்பட்டது. முகமது ஜமேசா, ஷாஜகான், பல்நாசர், அமானுல்லா ஆகியோருக்கு தலா 10 ஆண்டு தண்டனை வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
70 பேரில் 31 பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனையும், 4 பேருக்கு தலா 10 ஆண்டு சிறை தண்டனையும் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
முக்கிய குற்றவாளிகளுக்கு தண்டனை விவரம் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டதால் கோவையில் பாதுகாப்பு பலப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. கோர்ட்டை சுற்றியுள்ள பகுதியில் துப்பாக்கி ஏந்திய போலீஸ் பாதுகாப்பு போடப்பட்டுள்ளது. வாகனங்களும் வேறு பாதையில் திருப்பி விடப்பட்டுள்ளன.கோவை நகருக்குள் வரும் அனைத்து வாகனங்களும் தீவிர சோதனைக்கு பிறகே அனுமதிக்கப்படுகின்றன. 12 சோதனைச் சாவடிகளில் வாகனங்களின் பதிவு எண் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டு கண்காணிக்கப்படுகிறது; வீடியோ கேமராவிலும் பதிவு செய்யப்படுகிறது. அதிவிரைவுப்படை, தமிழ்நாடு சிறப்பு போலீஸ் படையினரும் கோவை நகர பாதுகாப்பு பணியில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர். கோவை புறநகர் பகுதிகளான மேட்டுப்பாளையம், மதுக்கரை, பொள்ளாச்சி, உடுமலை பகுதியிலும் பாதுகாப்பு பலப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது
கோவில்பட்டி அம்பேத்கர் சிலை அருகே காரில் வெடிகுண்டுகள் கடத்திய தீவிரவாதி ஹைதர் அலி கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்
காரில் வெடிகுண்டுகள் கடத்திய வழக்கு தீவிரவாதி ஹைதர் அலி கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்
துõத்துக்குடி :டிரைவரை கட்டிப்போட்டு காரில் வெடிகுண்டுகள் மற்றும் ஆயுதங்களை கடத்திய வழக்கில், தீவிரவாதி ஹைதர் அலி நேற்று கோவில்பட்டி கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்படுத்தப்பட்டார்.
கேரளாவைச் சேர்ந்த கார் டிரைவர் மதுசூதனன். கடந்த 92ம் ஆண்டு மதுசூதனன் காரை, அல்.உம்மா தீவிரவாதிகள் இமாம் அலி, ஹைதர் அலி, அப்துல் முதலீப், அப்துல் காதர், செனட் முகமது, ஜாகீர் உசேன் ஆகியோர் வாடகைக்கு அமர்த்தினர். மதுசூதனனை காரின் பின்பகுதியில் கயிற்றால் கட்டிப்போட்டு தீவிரவாதிகளில் ஒருவர் காரை ஓட்டினார். கோவில்பட்டி அம்பேத்கர் சிலை அருகே கார் சென்ற போது, ரோட்டோர பள்ளத்தில் கவிழ்ந்து விபத்திற்குள்ளானது. அதையடுத்து காரிலிருந்த தீவிரவாதிகள் தப்பியோடினர். உயிர்தப்பிய டிரைவர் மதுசூதனன், கோவில்பட்டி கிழக்கு போலீசில் புகார் செய்தார். காரிலிருந்து வெடிகுண்டுகள், ஆயுதங்களை போலீசார் கைப்பற்றினர். வழக்கு கோவில்பட்டி சப்.கோர்ட்டில் நடந்து வருகிறது. இமாம் அலி பெங்களூருவில் போலீசாரால் சுட்டுக்கொல்லப்பட்டார்.ஹைதர் அலி ஆஜர்: மதுரை மத்திய சிறையிலுள்ள தீவிரவாதி ஹைதர் அலி, நேற்று கோவில்பட்டி சப்.கோர்ட்டில் ஆஜர்படுத்தப்பட்டார். வழக்கை நவ.,13ம் தேதிக்கு நீதிபதி மஞ்சுளா ஒத்திவைத்தார்.
மதுரையில் அம்பேத்கர் சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலை-பெரும் பதற்றம், பஸ்கள் உடைப்பு
என் கடும் கண்டணத்தை பதிவு செய்கிறேன். பெருந்தலைவர் அம்பேத்கார் உருவச்சிலையை அவமரியாதை செய்தவர்கள் கடுமையாக தண்டிக்கப்படவேண்டியவர்கள்.
இந்த அவமரியாதையை எந்த இந்துக்களும் செய்திருக்கமாட்டார்கள் என்ற் உறுதியாக நம்புகிறேன்.
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மதுரையில் அம்பேத்கர் சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலை-பெரும் பதற்றம், பஸ்கள் உடைப்பு
செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை, அக்டோபர் 23, 2007
மதுரை: மதுரை அவனியாபுரத்தில் அம்பேத்கர் சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலை போடப்பட்டதால் பெரும் பதற்றம் நிலவுகிறது.
இப் பகுதியில் உள்ள மாநகராட்சி காலனியில் அம்பேத்கர் சிலை உள்ளது. இன்று காலை யாரோ விஷமிகள் இந்த சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலையை அணிவித்துள்ளனர்.
இதைப் பார்த்து அதிர்ச்சியும் ஆத்திரமும் அடைந்த அப் பகுதி மக்கள் பஸ்கள் மீது கல் வீச்சில் இறங்கினர். தவறு செய்தவர்களை கைது செய்யக் கோரி மறியலிலும் ஈடுபட்டனர்.
மூன்று அரசு பேருந்துகளின் கண்ணாடிகள் நொறுக்கப்பட்டன. ஒரு பள்ளி வேன் மற்றும் அப்பகுதியில் நின்று கொண்டிருந்த ஆட்டோ ரிக்ஷா ஆகியவற்றையும் அடித்து நொறுக்கினர்.
பள்ளி வேன் மீதும் கல் வீச்சு நடந்தில் மாணவர்கள் சிலர் காயமடைந்தனர்.
இதையடுத்து எஸ்பி அன்பு தலைமையில் போலீசார் விரைந்து வந்து அப் பகுதியில் அமைதியை நிலைநாட்டினர்.
கல்வீச்சில் ஈடுபட்ட 120 பேரை கைது செய்தனர்.
இந்த சம்பவத்தால் அப்பகுதியில் 2 மணிநேரம் போக்குவரத்து நிறுத்தப்பட்டது. மேலும் கலவரம் ஏற்படாமலிருக்க அவனியாபுரம் பகுதியில் போலீசார் குவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
தேவர் ஜெயந்தி நெருங்கி வரும் வேளையில், அம்பேத்கர் சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலை போட்ட சம்பவம் போலீசாருக்கு பெரும் தலைவலியை உண்டாக்கியுள்ளது.
இந்த அவமரியாதையை எந்த இந்துக்களும் செய்திருக்கமாட்டார்கள் என்ற் உறுதியாக நம்புகிறேன்.
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மதுரையில் அம்பேத்கர் சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலை-பெரும் பதற்றம், பஸ்கள் உடைப்பு
செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை, அக்டோபர் 23, 2007
மதுரை: மதுரை அவனியாபுரத்தில் அம்பேத்கர் சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலை போடப்பட்டதால் பெரும் பதற்றம் நிலவுகிறது.
இப் பகுதியில் உள்ள மாநகராட்சி காலனியில் அம்பேத்கர் சிலை உள்ளது. இன்று காலை யாரோ விஷமிகள் இந்த சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலையை அணிவித்துள்ளனர்.
இதைப் பார்த்து அதிர்ச்சியும் ஆத்திரமும் அடைந்த அப் பகுதி மக்கள் பஸ்கள் மீது கல் வீச்சில் இறங்கினர். தவறு செய்தவர்களை கைது செய்யக் கோரி மறியலிலும் ஈடுபட்டனர்.
மூன்று அரசு பேருந்துகளின் கண்ணாடிகள் நொறுக்கப்பட்டன. ஒரு பள்ளி வேன் மற்றும் அப்பகுதியில் நின்று கொண்டிருந்த ஆட்டோ ரிக்ஷா ஆகியவற்றையும் அடித்து நொறுக்கினர்.
பள்ளி வேன் மீதும் கல் வீச்சு நடந்தில் மாணவர்கள் சிலர் காயமடைந்தனர்.
இதையடுத்து எஸ்பி அன்பு தலைமையில் போலீசார் விரைந்து வந்து அப் பகுதியில் அமைதியை நிலைநாட்டினர்.
கல்வீச்சில் ஈடுபட்ட 120 பேரை கைது செய்தனர்.
இந்த சம்பவத்தால் அப்பகுதியில் 2 மணிநேரம் போக்குவரத்து நிறுத்தப்பட்டது. மேலும் கலவரம் ஏற்படாமலிருக்க அவனியாபுரம் பகுதியில் போலீசார் குவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
தேவர் ஜெயந்தி நெருங்கி வரும் வேளையில், அம்பேத்கர் சிலைக்கு செருப்பு மாலை போட்ட சம்பவம் போலீசாருக்கு பெரும் தலைவலியை உண்டாக்கியுள்ளது.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
மேற்குவங்கத்தில் ரேஷனுக்காக கலவரம் செய்யும் ஏழை மக்களின் அவலம்
கம்யூனிஸ்ட் ஆட்சியில் ரேஷனுக்காக பொதுமக்கள் கலவரத்தில் இறங்குகிறார்கள்.
இதுதான் ஏழைப்பங்காள ஆட்சியின் லட்சணம்!
Ration bandh in West Bengal
Monday, October 22, 2007 (Kolkata)
In West Bengal, more than 20,000 ration shops were closed on Monday.
It was the first day of an indefinite strike called by the West Bengal Modified Ration Dealers Association and the All Bengal Ration Shop Owner Association.
Ration dealers facing public ire for corruption in the Public Distribution System have also demanded better security from the state government.
They have even offered mass resignations and will meet Chief Minister Buddhadab Bhattacharya on Tuesday.
At least 50 ration shop owners were assaulted in the last few weeks.
It was alleged that they were selling off PDS grains in the open market at higher prices.
இதுதான் ஏழைப்பங்காள ஆட்சியின் லட்சணம்!
Ration bandh in West Bengal
Monday, October 22, 2007 (Kolkata)
In West Bengal, more than 20,000 ration shops were closed on Monday.
It was the first day of an indefinite strike called by the West Bengal Modified Ration Dealers Association and the All Bengal Ration Shop Owner Association.
Ration dealers facing public ire for corruption in the Public Distribution System have also demanded better security from the state government.
They have even offered mass resignations and will meet Chief Minister Buddhadab Bhattacharya on Tuesday.
At least 50 ration shop owners were assaulted in the last few weeks.
It was alleged that they were selling off PDS grains in the open market at higher prices.
பாகிஸ்தான் இந்துக்கள் தசரா கொண்டாடினர்
பாகிஸ்தான் இந்துக்கள் தசரா கொண்டாடினர்
வாழும் இந்துமதம் தொடர்ந்து வாழும்.
அனைத்து பாகிஸ்தானியர்களும் இந்துமதத்துக்கு வர விரும்புவோம்.
Hindus celebrating 10-day ‘Dussehra’ festival
Associated Press of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Hindu community all over the world are celebrating 10-day Hindu festival "Dussehra", which marks the defeat of Ravana by Lord Rama.
It is a very popular Hindu festival, which also symbolizes the triumph of warrior Goddess Durga over the buffalo demon, Mahishasura.
The 'Ramlila' an enactment of the life of Lord Rama, is held during the nine-day preceding Dussehra.
On the tenth day (Dussehra or Vijay Dasami), larger than life effigies of Ravana, his son and brother 'Meghnadh and Kumbhakarna' are set to fire.
The theatrical enactment of this dramatic encounter is held throughout India in which every section of people participates enthusiastically.
In burning the effigies the people are asked to burn the evil within them, and thus follow the path of truth and goodness, bearing in mind the instance of Ravana, who despite all his might and majesty was destroyed for his evil ways.
Dussehra is also known as Vijaya Dasami, because of the victory of Ram over Ravana. On this day in Satya Yug, Ram (the eighth incarnation of LordVishnu), killed the great demon and king of Lanka, Ravana.
The Worship of the Goddess is the oldest tradition, signifying the female deity's supremacy over the male Gods who are unable to destroy the demon.
The worship of Durga Mata has also social implications. As Goddess of war, she is a particular favourite of the Kshatriyas, the warrior caste, once-constituting the ruling elite and aristocracy.
During this time people decorate the entrance of their houses with torans,and flower studded strings. The leaves of the Apta tree are collected andexchanged among friends and relatives as gold.
Dussehra Puja in India varies from place to place and is influenced by local myth and religious beliefs.
The festival is also celebrated with intense fervour and zest, in the West Bengal. The vibrant festivities last for ten days, of which nine nights are spent in worship, 'Navaratri'.
The tenth day is devoted to the worship of goddess Durga, who occupies especial position in the Hindu pantheon of gods and goddesses. She is 'Shakti',the cosmic energy that animates all beings.
Beautiful idols of the Mother Goddess are worshipped in elaborate pandals for nine days, and on the ninth day, these are carried out in procession for immersion (visarjan) in a river or pond.
வாழும் இந்துமதம் தொடர்ந்து வாழும்.
அனைத்து பாகிஸ்தானியர்களும் இந்துமதத்துக்கு வர விரும்புவோம்.
Hindus celebrating 10-day ‘Dussehra’ festival
Associated Press of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Hindu community all over the world are celebrating 10-day Hindu festival "Dussehra", which marks the defeat of Ravana by Lord Rama.
It is a very popular Hindu festival, which also symbolizes the triumph of warrior Goddess Durga over the buffalo demon, Mahishasura.
The 'Ramlila' an enactment of the life of Lord Rama, is held during the nine-day preceding Dussehra.
On the tenth day (Dussehra or Vijay Dasami), larger than life effigies of Ravana, his son and brother 'Meghnadh and Kumbhakarna' are set to fire.
The theatrical enactment of this dramatic encounter is held throughout India in which every section of people participates enthusiastically.
In burning the effigies the people are asked to burn the evil within them, and thus follow the path of truth and goodness, bearing in mind the instance of Ravana, who despite all his might and majesty was destroyed for his evil ways.
Dussehra is also known as Vijaya Dasami, because of the victory of Ram over Ravana. On this day in Satya Yug, Ram (the eighth incarnation of LordVishnu), killed the great demon and king of Lanka, Ravana.
The Worship of the Goddess is the oldest tradition, signifying the female deity's supremacy over the male Gods who are unable to destroy the demon.
The worship of Durga Mata has also social implications. As Goddess of war, she is a particular favourite of the Kshatriyas, the warrior caste, once-constituting the ruling elite and aristocracy.
During this time people decorate the entrance of their houses with torans,and flower studded strings. The leaves of the Apta tree are collected andexchanged among friends and relatives as gold.
Dussehra Puja in India varies from place to place and is influenced by local myth and religious beliefs.
The festival is also celebrated with intense fervour and zest, in the West Bengal. The vibrant festivities last for ten days, of which nine nights are spent in worship, 'Navaratri'.
The tenth day is devoted to the worship of goddess Durga, who occupies especial position in the Hindu pantheon of gods and goddesses. She is 'Shakti',the cosmic energy that animates all beings.
Beautiful idols of the Mother Goddess are worshipped in elaborate pandals for nine days, and on the ninth day, these are carried out in procession for immersion (visarjan) in a river or pond.
காஷ்மீருக்கு சென்ற இந்து யாத்ரீகர்கள் மீது இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்குதல் 11 பேர் பலி
காஷ்மீருக்கு சென்ற இந்து யாத்ரீகர்கள் மீது இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்குதல் நடத்தியுள்ளனர்.
11 பேர் பலியாகியுள்ளார்கள்.
இதுவரை பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான இந்துக்கள் இவ்வாறு முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் காஷ்மீரில் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
Nine Hindu pilgrims among 11 hurt in Kashmir blast
Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:03am EDT
powered by SphereSRINAGAR, India, July 21 (Reuters) - Eleven people including nine Hindu pilgrims were wounded on Saturday when suspected separatist militants lobbed a grenade at a pilgrims' community kitchen in Indian Kashmir, police said.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the second in the past five days during an annual pilgrimage.
Annually tens of thousands of Hindus trek through treacherous mountain passes to the Amarnath shrine, where devotees worship a phallus-shaped ice stalagmite seen as a symbol of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.
"The blast triggered panic in Pahalgam, many pilgrims were screaming and running," a police official said. Pahalgam is one of the two base camps located near Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital for the pilgrimage.
The two-month long pilgrimage has been targeted several times since a revolt against Indian rule broke out in 1989.
On Tuesday 16 people, including Hindu pilgrims, were wounded when suspected militants threw a grenade near a crowded pilgrimage camp at Baltal, another pilgrimage base camp east of Srinagar.
A local shopkeeper later died in hospital.
Authorities have deployed thousands of soldiers and policemen along the pilgrims' route, which crosses icy streams, goes around glacier-fed lakes and through snow-covered mountain passes.
There has been an increase in violence in the strife-torn region in summer, when it becomes easier for militants to move about and to cross through the mountain passes from Pakistan.
Officials say more than 42,000 people have been killed in Kashmir in over 17 years of violence involving Muslim militants and Indian troops. Human rights groups put the toll at about 60,000.
11 பேர் பலியாகியுள்ளார்கள்.
இதுவரை பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான இந்துக்கள் இவ்வாறு முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் காஷ்மீரில் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
Nine Hindu pilgrims among 11 hurt in Kashmir blast
Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:03am EDT
powered by SphereSRINAGAR, India, July 21 (Reuters) - Eleven people including nine Hindu pilgrims were wounded on Saturday when suspected separatist militants lobbed a grenade at a pilgrims' community kitchen in Indian Kashmir, police said.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the second in the past five days during an annual pilgrimage.
Annually tens of thousands of Hindus trek through treacherous mountain passes to the Amarnath shrine, where devotees worship a phallus-shaped ice stalagmite seen as a symbol of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.
"The blast triggered panic in Pahalgam, many pilgrims were screaming and running," a police official said. Pahalgam is one of the two base camps located near Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital for the pilgrimage.
The two-month long pilgrimage has been targeted several times since a revolt against Indian rule broke out in 1989.
On Tuesday 16 people, including Hindu pilgrims, were wounded when suspected militants threw a grenade near a crowded pilgrimage camp at Baltal, another pilgrimage base camp east of Srinagar.
A local shopkeeper later died in hospital.
Authorities have deployed thousands of soldiers and policemen along the pilgrims' route, which crosses icy streams, goes around glacier-fed lakes and through snow-covered mountain passes.
There has been an increase in violence in the strife-torn region in summer, when it becomes easier for militants to move about and to cross through the mountain passes from Pakistan.
Officials say more than 42,000 people have been killed in Kashmir in over 17 years of violence involving Muslim militants and Indian troops. Human rights groups put the toll at about 60,000.
வளைகுடா பகுதில் வேலை செய்தபோது முஸ்லீமானவர்களால் பிலிப்பைன் ஷாப்பிங் மால் தகர்க்கப்பட்டது
ராஜா சுலைமான் ரெவாலூஷனரி மூவமண்ட் (ராஜா சுலைமான புரட்சி இயக்கம) என்ற அமைப்பே பிலிப்பைன்ஸில் ஷாப்பிங் கட்டிடத்தை தகர்த்தது என்று அறிவித்துள்ளது.
வளைகுடா நாடுகளில் வேலை செய்வதற்காக ஏராளமான பிலிப்பைன் கிறிஸ்துவ மக்கள் சென்றனர். அங்கு இருந்தபோது பயங்கரவாத இஸ்லாமிய பிரச்சாரத்தில் மதி மயங்கி இஸ்லாமை தழுவி இவர்கள் தற்போது பயங்கரவாதிகளாக ஆகியுள்ளனர்.
இவர்களே தற்போது பயங்கரவாதிகளாக ஆகியுள்ளனர்
வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தில் இணைந்த இவர்கள் மனம் திருந்தி அமைதி மார்க்கத்துக்கு வர இறையை இறைஞ்சுவோம்
Security
Philippines: Islamic militants blamed for fatal bombing
Manila, 22 Oct. (AKI) – A militant group of former Christians who have converted to Islam could be behind the bombing that killed 11 people in Manila on Friday.
According to local media reports, text messages and a telephone call supposedly from Sheik Omar of the Rajah Solaiman Revolutionary Movement (RSM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
The organisation has apparently called on the government to release the group leader, Hilarion del Rosario Santos, alias Ahmed Santos, or face more bombs.
Santos was arrested in 2005 in conjunction with an alleged plot to bomb a nightclub strip frequented by foreigners in Manila.
The powerful bomb detonated on Friday, shattered windows and sent concrete and other debris flying through the air. More than 100 people were injured in the attack.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not indicated who they believe is behind the attack, but Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro, AFP public information chief, has been quoted as saying that the Rajah Solaiman Movement has the capability to launch such attacks in Manila.
The US state department lists the RSM as a Islamic extremist group comprising Christian converts to Islam, many of whom embraced extremist Islamic ideology while working in the Middle East. It promotes the use of violence and terrorism against Philippino Christians and Westerners, with the aim of turning the Philippines into an Islamic state.
In a September 2005 report , leading expert on regional terrorism, Zacharia Abuza, said that the Philippines’ main Islamic terror group, Abu Sayyaf, and the Asian region's main terror organisation, Jemaah Islamiyah, had taken advantage of the ‘Balik Islam’ (Christian converts to Islam) networks.
Meanwhile, President Gloria Arroyo said the city's emergency services were on high alert, and 2,000 extra personnel had been drafted in "to prevent a similar occurrence".
"We assure everyone that a full-blown investigation is now under way," she said on local TV.
The president's security adviser Norberto Gonzales said the Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf has been trying to raise international support over the Internet.
"What is more ominous here is they may be planning a bigger attack," he said on Philippines radio.
In 2004, more than 100 people died when militants from Abu Sayyaf - who are battling the military in the south of the country - blew up a passenger ferry in the capital.
And in February 2005, four people died in a bomb attack on a Manila bus.
இந்துக்கள் மத உணர்வை புண்படுத்தும் நடிகர் விஜய் - வழக்கு
மத உணர்வை புண்படுத்தும் நடிகர் விஜய் வழக்கு ஒத்தி வைப்பு
மதுரை: மத உணர்வை புண்படுத்தும் போஸ்டர்களை ஒட்டியதாக நடிகர் விஜய் மீதான வழக்கு ஒத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டது. மதுரை நாராயணபுரத்தை சேர்ந்த தமிழ் தாங்கி சங்க பொது செயலாளர் திரவியபாண்டியன். இவர் நடிகர் விஜய், போலீஸ் கமிஷனருக்கு எதிராக கோர்ட்டில் தாக்கல் செய்த மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளதாவது: நடிகர் விஜய் நடித்த `போக்கிரி' சினிமாவிற்காக அவரது ரசிகர்கள் சுவர் விளம்பரங்கள், போஸ்டர்கள், பேனர்களை வைத்தனர். இதில் விஜய்யை விஷ்ணுவதாக சித்தரித்து அவரது முகத்தை மட்டும் சிறிது மாற்றங்கள் செய்து போஸ்டர்கள் ஒட்டப்பட்டன. மதுரையில் முக்கிய தியேட்டர்கள் அருகிலும், பொது சுவர்களிலும் அனுமதியின்றி இவை ஒட்டப்பட்டன. இந்துக்களின் மத உணர்வுகளை புண்படுத்துவதாக உள்ளது. போஸ்டர்களை ஒட்டியவர்களை கேட்ட போது, எங்களை மிரட்டினர். சினிமா நீண்ட நாட்கள் தியேட்டரில் ஓட வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக விஜய் துாண்டுதலின் படி போஸ்டர்கள் ஒட்டப்பட்டுள்ளன. மனு மீது விசாரித்து விஜய் மற்றும் போலீஸ் கமிஷனர் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டிருந்தது. வழக்கு நேற்று விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது. திரவிய பாண்டியன் ஆஜரானார். மனுதாரர் தரப்பு சாட்சிகளை விசாரிக்க வேண்டி வழக்கை நவம்பர் இரண்டாம் தேதிக்கு மாஜிஸ்திரேட் சந்திரசேகரன் ஒத்தி வைத்தார்.
மதுரை: மத உணர்வை புண்படுத்தும் போஸ்டர்களை ஒட்டியதாக நடிகர் விஜய் மீதான வழக்கு ஒத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டது. மதுரை நாராயணபுரத்தை சேர்ந்த தமிழ் தாங்கி சங்க பொது செயலாளர் திரவியபாண்டியன். இவர் நடிகர் விஜய், போலீஸ் கமிஷனருக்கு எதிராக கோர்ட்டில் தாக்கல் செய்த மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளதாவது: நடிகர் விஜய் நடித்த `போக்கிரி' சினிமாவிற்காக அவரது ரசிகர்கள் சுவர் விளம்பரங்கள், போஸ்டர்கள், பேனர்களை வைத்தனர். இதில் விஜய்யை விஷ்ணுவதாக சித்தரித்து அவரது முகத்தை மட்டும் சிறிது மாற்றங்கள் செய்து போஸ்டர்கள் ஒட்டப்பட்டன. மதுரையில் முக்கிய தியேட்டர்கள் அருகிலும், பொது சுவர்களிலும் அனுமதியின்றி இவை ஒட்டப்பட்டன. இந்துக்களின் மத உணர்வுகளை புண்படுத்துவதாக உள்ளது. போஸ்டர்களை ஒட்டியவர்களை கேட்ட போது, எங்களை மிரட்டினர். சினிமா நீண்ட நாட்கள் தியேட்டரில் ஓட வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக விஜய் துாண்டுதலின் படி போஸ்டர்கள் ஒட்டப்பட்டுள்ளன. மனு மீது விசாரித்து விஜய் மற்றும் போலீஸ் கமிஷனர் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டிருந்தது. வழக்கு நேற்று விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது. திரவிய பாண்டியன் ஆஜரானார். மனுதாரர் தரப்பு சாட்சிகளை விசாரிக்க வேண்டி வழக்கை நவம்பர் இரண்டாம் தேதிக்கு மாஜிஸ்திரேட் சந்திரசேகரன் ஒத்தி வைத்தார்.
Monday, October 22, 2007
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