Thursday, April 22, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
இஸ்லாமை விட்டு வெளியேறிய 15 வயது எகிப்திய சிறுமி மீது ஆசிட் அட்டாக்
இஸ்லாமை விட்டு வெளியேறிய 15 வயது எகிப்திய சிறுமி மீது ஆசிட் அட்டாக்
Muslim Egyptian Girl Who Converted to Christianity Subjected to Acid Attack
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Posted GMT 4-17-2010 1:10:43
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(AINA) -- Dina el-Gowhary, the 15-year-old Egyptian Muslim-born girl who converted to Christianity, was subjected to an acid attack, the latest in a string of failed attempts by Muslim fanatics against her and her father, 57-year-old Peter Athanasius (Maher el-Gowhary), who converted to Christianity 35 years ago. Several Fatwa's were issued calling for the "spilling of his blood," which makes their lives in constant danger in the face of the reactionaries and advocates for the enforcement of Islamic apostasy laws, which call for the death of a convert.
Dina said that three weeks ago as she ventured out from their hiding place in Alexandria with her father to get some bottled water, her jacket was set on fire due to acid being thrown at her. "My father quickly took my jacket off before the fire reached my arms. Ever since then I am terrorized to go out in the street, with or without my father."
Through an aired interview with Freecopts advocacy Dina addressed an open letter to President Mubarak of Egypt begging him to save her and her father and allow them to leave Egypt.
She said that she had written previously to President Obama, who got her message and responded to it (AINA 11-17-2009). It was reported that the el-Gowharys met with the US Committee on International Religious Freedom on their last visit to Egypt in January 2010, and that they have asked for asylum in the United States (Fox News video).
Dina wonders whether she will get the same attention from President Mubarak as she did from President Obama. "Will he listen and lend us a helping hand, if, as they claim, he truly does not differentiate between Muslim and Christian citizens?" She asked the Egyptian President, who newly became grandfather to a baby girl "Do you accept that your granddaughter would live under the same conditions like mine? I have no home, I am always afraid when I go to church or even go out in the street, I have no friends and no education."
In her letter to President Mubarak, Dina expressed her deep distress at the mistreatment and continuous troubles she finds everywhere she goes, including being beaten and humiliated. She tells of how "because of her love for Jesus" she left her Muslim mother and went to live with her Christian father, abandoning school where she was persecuted by teachers and students. "I was threatened many times before. Once coming back from school, a bearded young man stepped out of a car, lifted me through my clothes from the ground and warned me that if my father and myself do not go back to Islam, both of us will be killed."
Dina, now living with her father for the last two years, has to move with him from one place to another in search of personal safety for both, in the face of the many threats that they experienced since her father declared his conversion to Christianity and his desire to his change religious designation in official documents.
In June 2009 a Court refused his request to order the Civil Registry to alter his religious designation on his ID to reflect his Christian religion and his Christian name, Peter Athanasius. The Court ruling said that the religious conversion of a Muslim is against Islamic Sharia law and poses a threat to the "Public Order" in Egypt. He appealed the Court ruling (AINA 6-16-2009).
In the Freecopts interview, Dina says that she hopes that President Mubarak will help them to leave Egypt in order for them to live normally and for her to continue her education.
The el-Gowhary family was barred from leaving Egypt on September 17, 2009 without any legal reason. They were told, however, that the order came from a higher authority. To this today, says Maher, he does not know why he is barred from travel and which authority exactly is barring him (AINA 9-26-2009).
He explained, in a interview with Freecopts this week, the extremely difficult circumstances they are living under, being hunted the whole time and with many attempts on their lives. "It is only due to the Grace and Protection of God, that we are still alive until today," he adds.
"Why did they confiscate our passports? What have we done wrong?" said Dina. "The only thing we did is that we loved Jesus with all their hearts and converted to Christianity." The teenage girl stressed that whatever the government does or will to them to force them to abandon Christianity is in vain. "We will never leave Christianity and we will never ever revert back to Islam. Jesus is simply etched in our hearts," she said.
By Mary Abdelmassih
Muslim Egyptian Girl Who Converted to Christianity Subjected to Acid Attack
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Posted GMT 4-17-2010 1:10:43
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(AINA) -- Dina el-Gowhary, the 15-year-old Egyptian Muslim-born girl who converted to Christianity, was subjected to an acid attack, the latest in a string of failed attempts by Muslim fanatics against her and her father, 57-year-old Peter Athanasius (Maher el-Gowhary), who converted to Christianity 35 years ago. Several Fatwa's were issued calling for the "spilling of his blood," which makes their lives in constant danger in the face of the reactionaries and advocates for the enforcement of Islamic apostasy laws, which call for the death of a convert.
Dina said that three weeks ago as she ventured out from their hiding place in Alexandria with her father to get some bottled water, her jacket was set on fire due to acid being thrown at her. "My father quickly took my jacket off before the fire reached my arms. Ever since then I am terrorized to go out in the street, with or without my father."
Through an aired interview with Freecopts advocacy Dina addressed an open letter to President Mubarak of Egypt begging him to save her and her father and allow them to leave Egypt.
She said that she had written previously to President Obama, who got her message and responded to it (AINA 11-17-2009). It was reported that the el-Gowharys met with the US Committee on International Religious Freedom on their last visit to Egypt in January 2010, and that they have asked for asylum in the United States (Fox News video).
Dina wonders whether she will get the same attention from President Mubarak as she did from President Obama. "Will he listen and lend us a helping hand, if, as they claim, he truly does not differentiate between Muslim and Christian citizens?" She asked the Egyptian President, who newly became grandfather to a baby girl "Do you accept that your granddaughter would live under the same conditions like mine? I have no home, I am always afraid when I go to church or even go out in the street, I have no friends and no education."
In her letter to President Mubarak, Dina expressed her deep distress at the mistreatment and continuous troubles she finds everywhere she goes, including being beaten and humiliated. She tells of how "because of her love for Jesus" she left her Muslim mother and went to live with her Christian father, abandoning school where she was persecuted by teachers and students. "I was threatened many times before. Once coming back from school, a bearded young man stepped out of a car, lifted me through my clothes from the ground and warned me that if my father and myself do not go back to Islam, both of us will be killed."
Dina, now living with her father for the last two years, has to move with him from one place to another in search of personal safety for both, in the face of the many threats that they experienced since her father declared his conversion to Christianity and his desire to his change religious designation in official documents.
In June 2009 a Court refused his request to order the Civil Registry to alter his religious designation on his ID to reflect his Christian religion and his Christian name, Peter Athanasius. The Court ruling said that the religious conversion of a Muslim is against Islamic Sharia law and poses a threat to the "Public Order" in Egypt. He appealed the Court ruling (AINA 6-16-2009).
In the Freecopts interview, Dina says that she hopes that President Mubarak will help them to leave Egypt in order for them to live normally and for her to continue her education.
The el-Gowhary family was barred from leaving Egypt on September 17, 2009 without any legal reason. They were told, however, that the order came from a higher authority. To this today, says Maher, he does not know why he is barred from travel and which authority exactly is barring him (AINA 9-26-2009).
He explained, in a interview with Freecopts this week, the extremely difficult circumstances they are living under, being hunted the whole time and with many attempts on their lives. "It is only due to the Grace and Protection of God, that we are still alive until today," he adds.
"Why did they confiscate our passports? What have we done wrong?" said Dina. "The only thing we did is that we loved Jesus with all their hearts and converted to Christianity." The teenage girl stressed that whatever the government does or will to them to force them to abandon Christianity is in vain. "We will never leave Christianity and we will never ever revert back to Islam. Jesus is simply etched in our hearts," she said.
By Mary Abdelmassih
10 வயது சிறுமியை பலாத்காரம் செய்த இந்திய கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார் இத்தாலியில் கைது
10 வயது சிறுமியை பலாத்காரம் செய்த இந்திய கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார் இத்தாலியில் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்.
Indian priest accused of paedophilia under house arrest in Italy
IANS, Apr 16, 2010, 02.24pm IST
Tags:Indian priest held in Italy|Priest charged with sexual violence|Priest under house arrestTERAMO (Italy): An Indian priest who confessed to sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in central Italy has been placed under house arrest.
The priest, identified only as David, was transferred to an unnamed location, believed to be a local convent after being charged with sexual violence in the town of Teramo, 175 km northeast of Rome.
His lawyer, Giovanni Gebbia, said that the 40-year-old priest from southern India was completely "demoralised" by his arrest on Thursday and expressed concern about his client's mental health.
"He is very worried about his profile because he is both a priest and a foreigner," Gebbia told AKI. "He is very depressed."
The priest on Wednesday admitted to visiting the girl at her home on December 19 last year.
Gebbia sought to downplay the accusations Thursday, saying the hand of his client "brushed against" her intimate area. "He approached her private parts, he brushed against her private parts," Gebbia said. "He did not have any bad intentions."
Gebbia said his client had been singled out because of the "current climate" after a wave of sexual abuse allegations by priests has shaken the Catholic Church in the US, Germany, Ireland, Italy and several other countries.
"He has suffered because of the current climate. This climate is not at all calm," Gebbia said.
The head of the Teramo diocese, Bishop Michele Seccia, was not available for comment Thursday.
Church spokesperson Gino Mecca also expressed concern about the "current climate" over clerical sexual abuse which he likened to a "cyclone" sweeping the Catholic Church.
"It is very difficult for him," Mecca said. "He is being made a scapegoat."
He said he would face Italy's criminal law before the church took any action on his future under canonical law.
Gebbia also expressed concern about the charge of sexual violence saying it encompassed a range of sexual crimes, which were far more severe than what the Indian priest had done. He declined to estimate the type of sentence his client could face but it could be several years.
"He is available under house arrest for any further interrogation by the magistrates," he said.
The priest has been studying at Pontifical Gregorian University for two years and used to spend weekends celebrating mass and carrying out other duties in the Teramo diocese.
The priest, who was ordained in 1987, was nabbed Monday soon after he returned from India where he was visiting his ailing mother.
His lawyer said he had no relatives in Italy and had not had contact with his mother since his arrest.
He is the first priest to be arrested in Italy since the Vatican published revised guidelines stating that priests suspected of molesting children must be reported to police.
Indian priest accused of paedophilia under house arrest in Italy
IANS, Apr 16, 2010, 02.24pm IST
Tags:Indian priest held in Italy|Priest charged with sexual violence|Priest under house arrestTERAMO (Italy): An Indian priest who confessed to sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in central Italy has been placed under house arrest.
The priest, identified only as David, was transferred to an unnamed location, believed to be a local convent after being charged with sexual violence in the town of Teramo, 175 km northeast of Rome.
His lawyer, Giovanni Gebbia, said that the 40-year-old priest from southern India was completely "demoralised" by his arrest on Thursday and expressed concern about his client's mental health.
"He is very worried about his profile because he is both a priest and a foreigner," Gebbia told AKI. "He is very depressed."
The priest on Wednesday admitted to visiting the girl at her home on December 19 last year.
Gebbia sought to downplay the accusations Thursday, saying the hand of his client "brushed against" her intimate area. "He approached her private parts, he brushed against her private parts," Gebbia said. "He did not have any bad intentions."
Gebbia said his client had been singled out because of the "current climate" after a wave of sexual abuse allegations by priests has shaken the Catholic Church in the US, Germany, Ireland, Italy and several other countries.
"He has suffered because of the current climate. This climate is not at all calm," Gebbia said.
The head of the Teramo diocese, Bishop Michele Seccia, was not available for comment Thursday.
Church spokesperson Gino Mecca also expressed concern about the "current climate" over clerical sexual abuse which he likened to a "cyclone" sweeping the Catholic Church.
"It is very difficult for him," Mecca said. "He is being made a scapegoat."
He said he would face Italy's criminal law before the church took any action on his future under canonical law.
Gebbia also expressed concern about the charge of sexual violence saying it encompassed a range of sexual crimes, which were far more severe than what the Indian priest had done. He declined to estimate the type of sentence his client could face but it could be several years.
"He is available under house arrest for any further interrogation by the magistrates," he said.
The priest has been studying at Pontifical Gregorian University for two years and used to spend weekends celebrating mass and carrying out other duties in the Teramo diocese.
The priest, who was ordained in 1987, was nabbed Monday soon after he returned from India where he was visiting his ailing mother.
His lawyer said he had no relatives in Italy and had not had contact with his mother since his arrest.
He is the first priest to be arrested in Italy since the Vatican published revised guidelines stating that priests suspected of molesting children must be reported to police.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
ஏன் முஸ்லீம்கள் தங்கள் திருமணத்தை அரசாங்கத்தில் பதிவு செய்ய மாட்டேனென்கிறார்கள்?
ஏமனைச் சேர்ந்த 13 வயது சிறுமியை 23 வயதான ஆளுக்கு திருமணம் செய்துவைத்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
அந்த சிறுமியை கணவன் பலாத்காரம் செய்ததால் அந்த சிறுமி சில மணி நேரங்களில் இறந்துவிட்டாள்.
இஸ்லாமில் சிறு குழந்தைகளை திருமணம் செய்து வைப்பது வழக்கமாம்.
சிறுபான்மை உரிமை!
Dead Yemeni child bride tied up, raped, says mom
SHUEBA, Yemen (AP): The mother of a Yemeni child bride who bled to death after her marriage says her daughter was tied down and raped by her husband.
Nijma Ahmed, 50, says just before her daughter lost consciousness she described how her husband had tied her up and forced himself on her. The 13-year-old died hours later.
Elham Assi bled to death on April 2, four days after she was married to a 23-year-old man. A forensic report said her vagina and rectum were deeply ripped, causing her to hemorrhage.
The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in impoverished Yemen.
Traditional families prefer young brides and poor families can be lured with hundreds of dollars in gifts.
Legislation to ban child brides has been stalled by opposition from religious leaders.
அந்த சிறுமியை கணவன் பலாத்காரம் செய்ததால் அந்த சிறுமி சில மணி நேரங்களில் இறந்துவிட்டாள்.
இஸ்லாமில் சிறு குழந்தைகளை திருமணம் செய்து வைப்பது வழக்கமாம்.
சிறுபான்மை உரிமை!
Dead Yemeni child bride tied up, raped, says mom
SHUEBA, Yemen (AP): The mother of a Yemeni child bride who bled to death after her marriage says her daughter was tied down and raped by her husband.
Nijma Ahmed, 50, says just before her daughter lost consciousness she described how her husband had tied her up and forced himself on her. The 13-year-old died hours later.
Elham Assi bled to death on April 2, four days after she was married to a 23-year-old man. A forensic report said her vagina and rectum were deeply ripped, causing her to hemorrhage.
The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in impoverished Yemen.
Traditional families prefer young brides and poor families can be lured with hundreds of dollars in gifts.
Legislation to ban child brides has been stalled by opposition from religious leaders.
ஐந்து வயது குழந்தையை பாலியல் பலாத்காரம் செய்த 65 வயது இஸ்லாமிய இமாம் அப்துல் கரீம்
ஐந்து வயது குழந்தையை பாலியல் பலாத்காரம் செய்திருக்கிறார் இந்த 65 வயது இஸ்லாமிய இமாம் அப்துல் கரீம்
இந்தியாவில் முஜாபர்நகரில் நடந்துள்ளது.
வாழ்க சிறுபான்மையினர் உரிமை
5-yr-old girl raped by cleric
Zopag News Network
Updated Mon 12th Apr 2010 12:49:14 / Published Mon 12th Apr 2010 12:19:59E-mail | Print | Comment | Feedback | TextMuzaffarnagar, April 12: A 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a cleric at Minranpur town in Muzaffarnagar and was later arrested, police said.
65-year-old Abdul Karim was arrested for raping the minor following an FIR lodged by the victim's father Noshad in this regard, they said, adding the girl had been sent for medical examination.
(with PTI inputs)
இந்தியாவில் முஜாபர்நகரில் நடந்துள்ளது.
வாழ்க சிறுபான்மையினர் உரிமை
5-yr-old girl raped by cleric
Zopag News Network
Updated Mon 12th Apr 2010 12:49:14 / Published Mon 12th Apr 2010 12:19:59E-mail | Print | Comment | Feedback | TextMuzaffarnagar, April 12: A 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a cleric at Minranpur town in Muzaffarnagar and was later arrested, police said.
65-year-old Abdul Karim was arrested for raping the minor following an FIR lodged by the victim's father Noshad in this regard, they said, adding the girl had been sent for medical examination.
(with PTI inputs)
Monday, April 05, 2010
14 வயது சிறுமியை பலாத்காரம் செய்த பழனிவேல் என்ற சாமியார்
செக்குலர் வியாதிகளே ஓடி விடுங்கள்.
இந்த செய்தி கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார் ஜோஸப் பழனிவேல் ஜெயபால் பற்றியது.
இவன் அமெரிக்காவுக்கு போனால் விஷயம் வெளியில் வந்துவிடுகிறது.
இந்தியாவில் இருந்தால், தமிழ்நாட்டு பிச்சைக்கார பத்திரிக்கையாளர்களிடம் காசு கொடுத்து சமாளித்துவிடலாம்.
இவனை மாதிரி எத்தனை கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார்கள் தமிழ்நாட்டில் அலைந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறார்களோ தெரியவில்லை.
Indian priest accused of sexually molesting teen in US
Associated Press, Monday April 5, 2010, New Delhi
A Catholic priest charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota is working in his home diocese in India and has no plans to return to the US to face the courts, he and his bishop said on Monday.
Church documents show the Vatican was alerted to the accusations against the Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul more than three years ago but it did not respond.
The priest has received only a minor punishment and is currently working in his bishop's office processing teacher appointments for a dozen church schools in the diocese of Ooty in southern India.
"We cannot simply throw out the priest, so he is just staying in the bishop's house, and he is helping me with the appointment of teachers," said the Most Rev. A. Almaraj, the bishop of Ooty. "He says he is innocent, and these are only allegations. ... I don't know what else to do."
Almaraj emphasised that Jeyapaul was engaged in only "paperwork, nothing to do with the children or anything."
The main group of clerical abuse victims in the United States has scheduled a news conference for Monday in St. Paul, Minnesota, to draw attention to the Jeyapaul case and demand he be suspended and returned to face justice in the United States.
The group, Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, has been campaigning recently to draw attention to what it considers the Vatican's complicity in cases of abusive priests being moved around dioceses to avoid criminal prosecution.
The Vatican has denounced such accusations and has blamed the media for what it calls a smear campaign against the pope and his advisers.
The Vatican has insisted Pope Benedict XVI takes such accusations seriously and cracked down on abuse in 2001 by ordering dioceses to inform the Vatican of all such cases. However, the Vatican hasn't issued any guidelines requiring bishops to heed civil authorities, though it insists nothing in its directives precludes such cooperation.
Jeyapaul is currently wanted on two counts of criminal sexual conduct stemming from accusations he assaulted a young, female parishioner in the fall of 2004 at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenbush, Minnesota, where he was working. Each charge carries a sentence of up to 30 years.
According to the criminal complaint, the teenage girl accused Jeyapaul of threatening to kill her family if she did not come into the rectory, where he then forced her to perform oral sex on him and groped her in the fall of 2004.
In a telephone call with The Associated Press, Jeyapaul denied the charges.
"It is a false accusation against me," he said. "I do not know that girl at all."
He said he had no intention of facing the charges, and Almaraj said the church had never discussed asking him to return to the United States to appear in court.
"No steps were taken. Nobody talked about that. Nobody asked about that," Almaraj said.
Officials at India's Foreign Ministry were not immediately available to discuss whether the US asked for Jeyapaul's extradition. The two countries do have an agreement.
At the time the accusations against Jeyapaul first surfaced in 2005, the priest had returned home to visit his ailing mother and officials in Minnesota's Crookston diocese told him he should stay in India, Jeyapaul said.
"My mother told me to remain here, and the (Crookston) bishop also told me not to come back, because these allegations have come against you," he said.
On December 21, 2006, Monsignor Victor Balke, the-then bishop of the Crookston diocese, wrote about the accusations against Jeyapaul to both Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the Most Rev. Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio, the Vatican's ambassador, to the United States. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican office that handles all abuse cases.
"I hope that for the good of the Church you are able to reach a speedy resolution to this case," he wrote to Levada, according to a letter obtained by AP.
A week later, Rev. Sambi wrote to Bishop Balke: "I assure you that this material has already been forwarded to the Holy See."
It's not clear what actions, if any, the Vatican took. Alamaraj said the Vatican was informed of his disciplinary actions against Jeyapaul, but had no input.
Almaraj said he sent Jeyapaul to a monastery for a year of prayer and asked the local parishes where the priest had worked previously if there were any prior cases of possible abuse. None came to light, he said.
Almaraj then assigned Jeyapaul to the bishop's house, where he is in charge of compiling seniority lists for teachers in the diocese's schools.
இந்த செய்தி கத்தோலிக்க கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார் ஜோஸப் பழனிவேல் ஜெயபால் பற்றியது.
இவன் அமெரிக்காவுக்கு போனால் விஷயம் வெளியில் வந்துவிடுகிறது.
இந்தியாவில் இருந்தால், தமிழ்நாட்டு பிச்சைக்கார பத்திரிக்கையாளர்களிடம் காசு கொடுத்து சமாளித்துவிடலாம்.
இவனை மாதிரி எத்தனை கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியார்கள் தமிழ்நாட்டில் அலைந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறார்களோ தெரியவில்லை.
Indian priest accused of sexually molesting teen in US
Associated Press, Monday April 5, 2010, New Delhi
A Catholic priest charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota is working in his home diocese in India and has no plans to return to the US to face the courts, he and his bishop said on Monday.
Church documents show the Vatican was alerted to the accusations against the Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul more than three years ago but it did not respond.
The priest has received only a minor punishment and is currently working in his bishop's office processing teacher appointments for a dozen church schools in the diocese of Ooty in southern India.
"We cannot simply throw out the priest, so he is just staying in the bishop's house, and he is helping me with the appointment of teachers," said the Most Rev. A. Almaraj, the bishop of Ooty. "He says he is innocent, and these are only allegations. ... I don't know what else to do."
Almaraj emphasised that Jeyapaul was engaged in only "paperwork, nothing to do with the children or anything."
The main group of clerical abuse victims in the United States has scheduled a news conference for Monday in St. Paul, Minnesota, to draw attention to the Jeyapaul case and demand he be suspended and returned to face justice in the United States.
The group, Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, has been campaigning recently to draw attention to what it considers the Vatican's complicity in cases of abusive priests being moved around dioceses to avoid criminal prosecution.
The Vatican has denounced such accusations and has blamed the media for what it calls a smear campaign against the pope and his advisers.
The Vatican has insisted Pope Benedict XVI takes such accusations seriously and cracked down on abuse in 2001 by ordering dioceses to inform the Vatican of all such cases. However, the Vatican hasn't issued any guidelines requiring bishops to heed civil authorities, though it insists nothing in its directives precludes such cooperation.
Jeyapaul is currently wanted on two counts of criminal sexual conduct stemming from accusations he assaulted a young, female parishioner in the fall of 2004 at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenbush, Minnesota, where he was working. Each charge carries a sentence of up to 30 years.
According to the criminal complaint, the teenage girl accused Jeyapaul of threatening to kill her family if she did not come into the rectory, where he then forced her to perform oral sex on him and groped her in the fall of 2004.
In a telephone call with The Associated Press, Jeyapaul denied the charges.
"It is a false accusation against me," he said. "I do not know that girl at all."
He said he had no intention of facing the charges, and Almaraj said the church had never discussed asking him to return to the United States to appear in court.
"No steps were taken. Nobody talked about that. Nobody asked about that," Almaraj said.
Officials at India's Foreign Ministry were not immediately available to discuss whether the US asked for Jeyapaul's extradition. The two countries do have an agreement.
At the time the accusations against Jeyapaul first surfaced in 2005, the priest had returned home to visit his ailing mother and officials in Minnesota's Crookston diocese told him he should stay in India, Jeyapaul said.
"My mother told me to remain here, and the (Crookston) bishop also told me not to come back, because these allegations have come against you," he said.
On December 21, 2006, Monsignor Victor Balke, the-then bishop of the Crookston diocese, wrote about the accusations against Jeyapaul to both Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the Most Rev. Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio, the Vatican's ambassador, to the United States. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican office that handles all abuse cases.
"I hope that for the good of the Church you are able to reach a speedy resolution to this case," he wrote to Levada, according to a letter obtained by AP.
A week later, Rev. Sambi wrote to Bishop Balke: "I assure you that this material has already been forwarded to the Holy See."
It's not clear what actions, if any, the Vatican took. Alamaraj said the Vatican was informed of his disciplinary actions against Jeyapaul, but had no input.
Almaraj said he sent Jeyapaul to a monastery for a year of prayer and asked the local parishes where the priest had worked previously if there were any prior cases of possible abuse. None came to light, he said.
Almaraj then assigned Jeyapaul to the bishop's house, where he is in charge of compiling seniority lists for teachers in the diocese's schools.
Saturday, April 03, 2010
இந்தியாவுக்குள் 9000 மதரஸாக்களை பகிச்தான் நடத்துகிறது
இணைய ஜிகாதிகள் எங்கிருந்து வருகிறார்கள் என்று தெரிகிறது
Illegal madrassas: A breeding ground of terror
Last updated on: April 01, 2010 16:17 IST
Tags: IB, India, Wakf Board, Inter Services Intelligence, Anwar al-Awlaki
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CommentIntelligence agencies are worried about nearly 9,000 illegal madrassas which have mushroomed across India [ Images ] without requisite approval by the authorities.
India has over 21,000 registered madrassas approved by the respective state governments and the Wakf Board.
IB sources say efforts are on to shut down illegal madrassas and the state authorities have been warned about their operations. Intelligence officials suspect Pakistan-based outfits may be using these illegal madrassas to carry out their operations in India, after the crackdown on terror modules and sleeper cells.
IB officials say nearly 3,000 illegal madrassas have been set up in the last year, with Maharashtra [ Images ] and Kerala [ Images ] having the maximum concentration. They claim that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence has managed to pump in nearly Rs 20 crore to fund these illegal institutions.
These institutions do not report to the Wakf Board and their syllabus is the same as the one followed in madrassas in Pakistan, say IB sources. The syllabus is based on the Anwar al-Awlaki school of thought, which has been adopted by Lashkar-e-Tayiba's [ Images ] front organisation Jamat-ud-Dawa, and speaks of 44 different ways to perform jihad
At class V level in these madrassas, students are taught that Hindus helped the British set up their empire in India. In class 6 and class 7, the students are clearly told that there is no way in which they should reconcile with India, since the only way to attain total freedom is by fighting and becoming martyrs.
Earlier, the various terror outfits concentrated on recruiting people for sleeper cells and modules, but soon realised that the concept of jihad needed to be introduced at an younger age to encourage fundamentalism. The illegal madrasas want to ensure that the students learn to internalise the jihadi school of thought.
Tracking such madrassas poses a problem for intelligence agencies, as they keep shifting base, and the fact that most of their students are children invariably shields them from any kind of suspicion.
Illegal madrassas: A breeding ground of terror
Last updated on: April 01, 2010 16:17 IST
Tags: IB, India, Wakf Board, Inter Services Intelligence, Anwar al-Awlaki
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CommentIntelligence agencies are worried about nearly 9,000 illegal madrassas which have mushroomed across India [ Images ] without requisite approval by the authorities.
India has over 21,000 registered madrassas approved by the respective state governments and the Wakf Board.
IB sources say efforts are on to shut down illegal madrassas and the state authorities have been warned about their operations. Intelligence officials suspect Pakistan-based outfits may be using these illegal madrassas to carry out their operations in India, after the crackdown on terror modules and sleeper cells.
IB officials say nearly 3,000 illegal madrassas have been set up in the last year, with Maharashtra [ Images ] and Kerala [ Images ] having the maximum concentration. They claim that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence has managed to pump in nearly Rs 20 crore to fund these illegal institutions.
These institutions do not report to the Wakf Board and their syllabus is the same as the one followed in madrassas in Pakistan, say IB sources. The syllabus is based on the Anwar al-Awlaki school of thought, which has been adopted by Lashkar-e-Tayiba's [ Images ] front organisation Jamat-ud-Dawa, and speaks of 44 different ways to perform jihad
At class V level in these madrassas, students are taught that Hindus helped the British set up their empire in India. In class 6 and class 7, the students are clearly told that there is no way in which they should reconcile with India, since the only way to attain total freedom is by fighting and becoming martyrs.
Earlier, the various terror outfits concentrated on recruiting people for sleeper cells and modules, but soon realised that the concept of jihad needed to be introduced at an younger age to encourage fundamentalism. The illegal madrasas want to ensure that the students learn to internalise the jihadi school of thought.
Tracking such madrassas poses a problem for intelligence agencies, as they keep shifting base, and the fact that most of their students are children invariably shields them from any kind of suspicion.
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