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கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்படுவதை கண்டித்து போராட்டம்: அர்ஜுன் சம்பத்
First Published : 23 Jul 2010 02:20:21 AM IST
அர்ஜுன் சம்பத்
செஞ்சி, ஜூலை 22: சாலை விரிவாக்கம் என்ற பெயரில் கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்படுவதை கண்டித்து இந்து மக்கள் கட்சி சார்பில் போராட்டம் நடத்தப்படும் என்று அக் கட்சியின் தலைவர் அர்ஜுன் சம்பத் கூறினார்.
விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம் செஞ்சி வட்டம் மேல்மலையனூரில் புகழ்பெற்ற அங்களாம்மன் கோயில் உள்ளது. இக் கோயிலுக்கு அர்ஜுன்சம்பத் புதன்கிழமை வருகைபுரிந்து அம்மனை வழிபட்டார். பின்னர் அருகே உள்ள வடவெட்டியில் நடைபெற்ற மகாசாந்தி யாகத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டு அம்மனை வழிபட்டார்.
பின்னர் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் அவர் கூறியது: மேல்மலையனூர் சரித்திரப் புகழ்பெற்ற இடம். தமிழகத்தில் லட்சக்கணக்கான மக்களுக்கு குலதெய்வமாக மேல்மலையனூர் அங்களாம்மன் விளங்குகிறார். ஆனால் இங்கு அடிப்படை வசதிகள் செய்துதரப்படவில்லை.
மேல்மலையனூர் ஊராட்சி மூலம் சாலை, குடிநீர், தங்கும் வசதி உள்ளிட்டவை செய்து தரப்படவில்லை. இந்து அறநிலையத் துறை இதில் கவனம் செலுத்தி உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும். வடவெட்டி அங்காளம்மன் இங்கு புதியதாக எழுந்தருளியுள்ளது. இங்கு மன நிறைவை பெற்றுள்ளேன். இந்த இடத்தில் தெய்வீகம் உள்ளது. மக்கள் நம்பிக்கை வைத்துள்ளனர். ஆனால் இந்த இடத்தை வருவாய்த் துறையினர் அகற்ற முயல்வதாக பொது மக்கள் தெரிவித்தனர். இது பக்தர்களின் உணர்வுகளை புண்படுத்துவதாக அமையும். இந்த இடத்தை அரசு மேம்படுத்த முயற்சிக்க வேண்டும்.
தமிழக அரசு சாலை விரிவாக்கம் என்ற பெயரில் பழம்பெருமை வாய்ந்த கோயில்களை இடித்து வருகிறது. சென்னையில் மட்டும் 32 கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இது பக்தர்களை அவமதிக்கும் செயலாகும். உரிய மாற்று இடத்தில் முறையாக பூஜைகள் நடத்தி கோயில்களை அமைக்க வேண்டும். செம்மொழி மாநாட்டுக்காக கோவையில் 22 கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்பட்டன. மதுரையில் 100 கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்பட்டன. அரசின் இச் செயலை கண்டித்து தமிழகம் முழுவதும் இந்து மக்கள் கட்சி போராட்டம் நடத்த உள்ளது என்றார்.
First Published : 23 Jul 2010 02:20:21 AM IST
அர்ஜுன் சம்பத்
செஞ்சி, ஜூலை 22: சாலை விரிவாக்கம் என்ற பெயரில் கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்படுவதை கண்டித்து இந்து மக்கள் கட்சி சார்பில் போராட்டம் நடத்தப்படும் என்று அக் கட்சியின் தலைவர் அர்ஜுன் சம்பத் கூறினார்.
விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம் செஞ்சி வட்டம் மேல்மலையனூரில் புகழ்பெற்ற அங்களாம்மன் கோயில் உள்ளது. இக் கோயிலுக்கு அர்ஜுன்சம்பத் புதன்கிழமை வருகைபுரிந்து அம்மனை வழிபட்டார். பின்னர் அருகே உள்ள வடவெட்டியில் நடைபெற்ற மகாசாந்தி யாகத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டு அம்மனை வழிபட்டார்.
பின்னர் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் அவர் கூறியது: மேல்மலையனூர் சரித்திரப் புகழ்பெற்ற இடம். தமிழகத்தில் லட்சக்கணக்கான மக்களுக்கு குலதெய்வமாக மேல்மலையனூர் அங்களாம்மன் விளங்குகிறார். ஆனால் இங்கு அடிப்படை வசதிகள் செய்துதரப்படவில்லை.
மேல்மலையனூர் ஊராட்சி மூலம் சாலை, குடிநீர், தங்கும் வசதி உள்ளிட்டவை செய்து தரப்படவில்லை. இந்து அறநிலையத் துறை இதில் கவனம் செலுத்தி உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும். வடவெட்டி அங்காளம்மன் இங்கு புதியதாக எழுந்தருளியுள்ளது. இங்கு மன நிறைவை பெற்றுள்ளேன். இந்த இடத்தில் தெய்வீகம் உள்ளது. மக்கள் நம்பிக்கை வைத்துள்ளனர். ஆனால் இந்த இடத்தை வருவாய்த் துறையினர் அகற்ற முயல்வதாக பொது மக்கள் தெரிவித்தனர். இது பக்தர்களின் உணர்வுகளை புண்படுத்துவதாக அமையும். இந்த இடத்தை அரசு மேம்படுத்த முயற்சிக்க வேண்டும்.
தமிழக அரசு சாலை விரிவாக்கம் என்ற பெயரில் பழம்பெருமை வாய்ந்த கோயில்களை இடித்து வருகிறது. சென்னையில் மட்டும் 32 கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இது பக்தர்களை அவமதிக்கும் செயலாகும். உரிய மாற்று இடத்தில் முறையாக பூஜைகள் நடத்தி கோயில்களை அமைக்க வேண்டும். செம்மொழி மாநாட்டுக்காக கோவையில் 22 கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்பட்டன. மதுரையில் 100 கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்பட்டன. அரசின் இச் செயலை கண்டித்து தமிழகம் முழுவதும் இந்து மக்கள் கட்சி போராட்டம் நடத்த உள்ளது என்றார்.
Monday, July 05, 2010
இத்தாலிய கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார் மீது சிறுவர்களை வல்லுறவு செய்ததாக குற்றச்சாட்டு
Italian priest charged with molesting youngsters
Page last updated at 23:13 GMT, Friday, 18 June 2010 00:13 UK
E-mail this to a friendPrintable version Pierino Gelmini founded the drug rehabilitation centre in 1963 A high-profile former Roman Catholic priest in Italy has been charged with sexual abuse.
Pierino Gelmini, 85, is alleged to have abused 12 young people at a drug rehabilitation centre he had founded.
He denies the charges. Mr Gelmini left the priesthood two years ago to defend himself.
The Comunita Incontro, which runs drug rehabilitation centres worldwide, has enjoyed the support of powerful figures in Italian politics.
In 2005, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave $6m (£4m) to his organisation.
Mr Gelmini set up the Communita Incontro in 1963 in the Umbrian town of Amelia. It has more than 200 centres in Italy - and others in France, Spain, the US, Brazil and Thailand.
The allegations against him surfaced in 2008 when nine young men said he had sexually abused them. Another three went to police later.
The first hearing of his trial is due on 29 March 2011.
Mr Gelmini's lawyer says "there is no proof that can support the accusations".
Penance versus justice
The Roman Catholic Church in Italy has admitted that about 100 cases of paedophile priests have been reported to church authorities during the past 10 years.
But it is not known how many priests in the country have subsequently been defrocked under canon law - or how many have been prosecuted by police.
There has been a wave of allegations in the past few months that Church authorities in Europe and North and South America failed to deal properly with priests accused of child sex abuse, sometimes just moving them to new parishes where more children were put at risk.
Pope Benedict XVI himself has been accused of being part of a culture of secrecy, and of not taking strong enough steps against paedophiles when he had that responsibility as a cardinal in Rome.
However, his supporters say he has been the most pro-active pope yet in confronting abuse.
Last month, the Pope said the Church has "a very deep need" to acknowledge that it must do penance for its sins and "accept purification".
However, he added that forgiveness should not be a substitute for justice.
Page last updated at 23:13 GMT, Friday, 18 June 2010 00:13 UK
E-mail this to a friendPrintable version Pierino Gelmini founded the drug rehabilitation centre in 1963 A high-profile former Roman Catholic priest in Italy has been charged with sexual abuse.
Pierino Gelmini, 85, is alleged to have abused 12 young people at a drug rehabilitation centre he had founded.
He denies the charges. Mr Gelmini left the priesthood two years ago to defend himself.
The Comunita Incontro, which runs drug rehabilitation centres worldwide, has enjoyed the support of powerful figures in Italian politics.
In 2005, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave $6m (£4m) to his organisation.
Mr Gelmini set up the Communita Incontro in 1963 in the Umbrian town of Amelia. It has more than 200 centres in Italy - and others in France, Spain, the US, Brazil and Thailand.
The allegations against him surfaced in 2008 when nine young men said he had sexually abused them. Another three went to police later.
The first hearing of his trial is due on 29 March 2011.
Mr Gelmini's lawyer says "there is no proof that can support the accusations".
Penance versus justice
The Roman Catholic Church in Italy has admitted that about 100 cases of paedophile priests have been reported to church authorities during the past 10 years.
But it is not known how many priests in the country have subsequently been defrocked under canon law - or how many have been prosecuted by police.
There has been a wave of allegations in the past few months that Church authorities in Europe and North and South America failed to deal properly with priests accused of child sex abuse, sometimes just moving them to new parishes where more children were put at risk.
Pope Benedict XVI himself has been accused of being part of a culture of secrecy, and of not taking strong enough steps against paedophiles when he had that responsibility as a cardinal in Rome.
However, his supporters say he has been the most pro-active pope yet in confronting abuse.
Last month, the Pope said the Church has "a very deep need" to acknowledge that it must do penance for its sins and "accept purification".
However, he added that forgiveness should not be a substitute for justice.
25 குழந்தைகளை பாலுறவு பலாத்காரம் செய்த கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியாருக்கு 20 வருடம் சிறை
Australia priest jailed for child sex attacks
Page last updated at 08:06 GMT, Friday, 2 July 2010 09:06 UK
E-mail this to a friendPrintable version John Sidney Denham will serve at least 13 years in prison A Catholic priest in Australia has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in jail for sex attacks on 25 children over nearly two decades.
John Sidney Denham, 67, pleaded guilty to a range of charges relating to attacks on boys at schools in New South Wales between 1968 and 1986.
The judge said his actions "contributed to a culture of fear and depravity".
Denham apologised to the victims and their families, saying he saw himself as a "mere scumbag paedophile".
He was sentenced to 19 years and 10 months in jail for crimes including sexual acts and indecent assaults against boys aged between five and 16 years old. He was ordered to serve a minimum of 13 years and 10 months.
Pope apology
Judge Helen Syme spent nearly three hours summing up the charges against the priest, The Australian newspaper reports.
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It's disgusting, the hierarchy in the Catholic Church
Victim's mother
"The incident assaults involved multiple children, often significant planning, were frequently sadistic and overall persistent, objectively serious, criminal courses of conduct," she said.
"The offender's actions contributed to a culture of fear and depravity, especially at the school, which allowed these disturbing offences to occur and then remain unpunished for years."
In a statement, Denham told the court on Thursday: "All I can say is, I'm so sorry. I see myself as a mere scumbag paedophile who took advantage of a situation and used my power to abuse young people."
The victims and their families welcomed the sentence, but said the Catholic Church should be held accountable for what went on.
"He was a horrendous man, really horrendous," one mother said. "It just all goes back on to the families - it's ruined families, siblings. It's disgusting, the hierarchy in the Catholic Church."
The abuse of children by Catholic priests has been a major issue in recent years as victims and relatives have sought justice.
The victims' group Broken Rites Australia says it has received thousands of calls reporting abuse since opening its national telephone hotline in 1993 - and has helped to sentence more than 100 clergymen.
During a visit to Australia in July 2008 Pope Benedict XVI met some of the victims and made a public apology for the abuse.
Page last updated at 08:06 GMT, Friday, 2 July 2010 09:06 UK
E-mail this to a friendPrintable version John Sidney Denham will serve at least 13 years in prison A Catholic priest in Australia has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in jail for sex attacks on 25 children over nearly two decades.
John Sidney Denham, 67, pleaded guilty to a range of charges relating to attacks on boys at schools in New South Wales between 1968 and 1986.
The judge said his actions "contributed to a culture of fear and depravity".
Denham apologised to the victims and their families, saying he saw himself as a "mere scumbag paedophile".
He was sentenced to 19 years and 10 months in jail for crimes including sexual acts and indecent assaults against boys aged between five and 16 years old. He was ordered to serve a minimum of 13 years and 10 months.
Pope apology
Judge Helen Syme spent nearly three hours summing up the charges against the priest, The Australian newspaper reports.
Continue reading the main story
It's disgusting, the hierarchy in the Catholic Church
Victim's mother
"The incident assaults involved multiple children, often significant planning, were frequently sadistic and overall persistent, objectively serious, criminal courses of conduct," she said.
"The offender's actions contributed to a culture of fear and depravity, especially at the school, which allowed these disturbing offences to occur and then remain unpunished for years."
In a statement, Denham told the court on Thursday: "All I can say is, I'm so sorry. I see myself as a mere scumbag paedophile who took advantage of a situation and used my power to abuse young people."
The victims and their families welcomed the sentence, but said the Catholic Church should be held accountable for what went on.
"He was a horrendous man, really horrendous," one mother said. "It just all goes back on to the families - it's ruined families, siblings. It's disgusting, the hierarchy in the Catholic Church."
The abuse of children by Catholic priests has been a major issue in recent years as victims and relatives have sought justice.
The victims' group Broken Rites Australia says it has received thousands of calls reporting abuse since opening its national telephone hotline in 1993 - and has helped to sentence more than 100 clergymen.
During a visit to Australia in July 2008 Pope Benedict XVI met some of the victims and made a public apology for the abuse.
கொலை குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்ட கேரள பாதிரியார் சரணடைந்தார்
Priest accused in murder case surrenders-----
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Kochi,Jun 16 (PTI) A priest, accused in a murder case, today surrendered before a local court and was granted bail.
Father Varghese Thekkara, first accused in the murder of Malankara Varghese, Managing Committee member of Malankara Orthodox Church in December 2002, surrendered before the Chief Judicial Magistrate here.
Earlier, the Kerala High court had granted anticipatory bail to him and asked him to surrender before the CJM court.
The magistrate M N K Leelamani granted bail to him on furnishing a bond of Rs 25,000 plus two sureties for the like amount.
The murder, which took place on Dec 5, 2002, is alleged to be fallout of the a bitter feud between the two factions of the Malankara church-- Syrian Orthodox and Syrian Jacobites.
CBI probe had listed 19 persons as accused in the murder case.
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Share Print E-mail Comment[ - ] Text [ + ]STAFF WRITER 20:40 HRS IST
Kochi,Jun 16 (PTI) A priest, accused in a murder case, today surrendered before a local court and was granted bail.
Father Varghese Thekkara, first accused in the murder of Malankara Varghese, Managing Committee member of Malankara Orthodox Church in December 2002, surrendered before the Chief Judicial Magistrate here.
Earlier, the Kerala High court had granted anticipatory bail to him and asked him to surrender before the CJM court.
The magistrate M N K Leelamani granted bail to him on furnishing a bond of Rs 25,000 plus two sureties for the like amount.
The murder, which took place on Dec 5, 2002, is alleged to be fallout of the a bitter feud between the two factions of the Malankara church-- Syrian Orthodox and Syrian Jacobites.
CBI probe had listed 19 persons as accused in the murder case.
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Die beiden Mädchen, an denen sich Pater Shaju vergangen haben soll, waren zum mutmaßlichen Tatzeitpunkt neun und zehn Jahre alt. „Beide Vorfälle haben sich vor dem Jahr 2005 ereignet“, sagt Bernhard Kellner, Sprecher des Erzbischöflichen Ordinariats. Dass der indische Kaplan davor in seiner Zeit in der Pfarrei St. Quirin in München-Aubing bereits ein 13-jähriges Mädchen missbraucht hatte, war damals auch innerhalb der Kirche noch nicht bekannt.
Im November 2005 wurde Pater Shaju wegen sexueller Nötigung in einem Fall und sexuellen Missbrauchs in neun Fällen zu einem Jahr und neun Monaten verurteilt worden ist. Laut Staatsanwaltschaft wurde die Strafte zur Bewährung ausgesetzt, da Pater Shaju gestand und ihm eine günstige Sozialprognose bescheinigt wurde.
Die Gläubigen von St. Magdalena reagieren fassungslos auf die Missbrauchsvorwürfe in der eigenen Pfarrei. Der indische Pater hatte viele Kinderpredigten gehalten und war sowohl bei den kleinen Kirchenbesuchern als auch bei deren Eltern sehr beliebt. Niemandem sei etwas aufgefallen. Auch die Begründung, der Pater müsse zu seinem indischen Orden zurück, sei plausibel gewesen.
Unverständlich ist dagegen vielen, dass der sexuelle Missbrauch auch noch nach dem Fortgang des Kaplans totgeschwiegen wurde. Das Ordinariat hätte in die Offensive gehen müssen, ist ein Hauptkritikpunkt. „Wenn man sich vorstellt, da wird einer verurteilt und man weiß es nicht.“
Laut Erzbischöflichem Ordinariat hat Pfarrer Michael Bayer in dieser Geschichte korrekt gehandelt, indem er sich gleich mit der Behörde in Verbindung setzte, als im Sommer 2005 die Polizei vor dem Pfarrhaus stand und gegen Pater Shaju ermittelte. Bleibt der moralische Vorwurf, dass er seine Gemeinde nicht informiert hat. Und die Frage, ob das Ordinariat früher hätte handeln müssen. Es habe damals kein Verdacht bestanden, dass auch in Bruck etwas passiert sein könnte, sagte Kellner.
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Die beiden Mädchen, an denen sich Pater Shaju vergangen haben soll, waren zum mutmaßlichen Tatzeitpunkt neun und zehn Jahre alt. „Beide Vorfälle haben sich vor dem Jahr 2005 ereignet“, sagt Bernhard Kellner, Sprecher des Erzbischöflichen Ordinariats. Dass der indische Kaplan davor in seiner Zeit in der Pfarrei St. Quirin in München-Aubing bereits ein 13-jähriges Mädchen missbraucht hatte, war damals auch innerhalb der Kirche noch nicht bekannt.
Im November 2005 wurde Pater Shaju wegen sexueller Nötigung in einem Fall und sexuellen Missbrauchs in neun Fällen zu einem Jahr und neun Monaten verurteilt worden ist. Laut Staatsanwaltschaft wurde die Strafte zur Bewährung ausgesetzt, da Pater Shaju gestand und ihm eine günstige Sozialprognose bescheinigt wurde.
Die Gläubigen von St. Magdalena reagieren fassungslos auf die Missbrauchsvorwürfe in der eigenen Pfarrei. Der indische Pater hatte viele Kinderpredigten gehalten und war sowohl bei den kleinen Kirchenbesuchern als auch bei deren Eltern sehr beliebt. Niemandem sei etwas aufgefallen. Auch die Begründung, der Pater müsse zu seinem indischen Orden zurück, sei plausibel gewesen.
Unverständlich ist dagegen vielen, dass der sexuelle Missbrauch auch noch nach dem Fortgang des Kaplans totgeschwiegen wurde. Das Ordinariat hätte in die Offensive gehen müssen, ist ein Hauptkritikpunkt. „Wenn man sich vorstellt, da wird einer verurteilt und man weiß es nicht.“
Laut Erzbischöflichem Ordinariat hat Pfarrer Michael Bayer in dieser Geschichte korrekt gehandelt, indem er sich gleich mit der Behörde in Verbindung setzte, als im Sommer 2005 die Polizei vor dem Pfarrhaus stand und gegen Pater Shaju ermittelte. Bleibt der moralische Vorwurf, dass er seine Gemeinde nicht informiert hat. Und die Frage, ob das Ordinariat früher hätte handeln müssen. Es habe damals kein Verdacht bestanden, dass auch in Bruck etwas passiert sein könnte, sagte Kellner.
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கொடைக்கானல் : மாணவிக்கு பாலியல் தொந்தரவு கொடுத்த கொடைக்கானல் தனியார் பள்ளி தாளாளர் பிரைட்டின் முன்ஜாமீன் மனு மீதான விசாரணை ஜூலை 5ம் தேதிக்கு ஒத்திவைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. பூடான் நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்தவர் விஜி (பெயர் மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது). இவர் ஏற்காட்டிலுள்ள பாதிரியார் சாம்ராஜ் பாதுகாப்பில் உள்ளார். கொடைக்கானலிலுள்ள பள்ளியில் தங்கிப் படிக்கிறார். இந்தப் பள்ளியில் கல்விக் கட்டண சலுகை பெறும் 17 மாணவ, மாணவியர் தாளாளர் பிரைட்(70) வீட்டில் தங்கி படித்து வந்தனர்.இரவு நேரத்தில் விஜியை தனது அறைக்கு "டிவி' பார்க்க வரச்சொல்லி, தாளாளர் பிரைட் அடிக்கடி "பாலியல் தொந்தரவு ' கொடுத்துள்ளார். பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மாணவி, இது குறித்து பாதுகாவலர் சாம்ராஜுக்கு தகவல் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். அவர் பள்ளிக்கு வந்து, மாணவியின் "டிசி'யை வாங்கி விட்டு, கடந்த 21ம்தேதி கொடைக்கானல் டி.எஸ்.பி., பாஸ்கரனிடம் புகார் கொடுத்தார். போலீசார் தாளாளர் மீது வழக்குப் பதிவு செய்தனர். தகவலறிந்த தாளாளர் தலைமறைவானார். அவருடைய பாஸ்போர்ட் முடக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும், இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் ஜேம்ஸ் ஜெயராஜ் தலைமையிலான தனிப்படை போலீசார் கேரளாவிற்கு சென்றுள்ளதாகவும் போலீசார் தெரிவித்தனர். இந்நிலையில் பிரைட் முன்ஜாமீன் மனு விசாரணை ஜூலை 5ம் தேதிக்கு ஒத்திவைக்கப்பட்டது
கொடைக்கானல் தனியார் பள்ளி தாளாளர் பிரைட் முன்ஜாமீன் மனு ஒத்திவைப்பு
கொடைக்கானல் : மாணவிக்கு பாலியல் தொந்தரவு கொடுத்த கொடைக்கானல் தனியார் பள்ளி தாளாளர் பிரைட்டின் முன்ஜாமீன் மனு மீதான விசாரணை ஜூலை 5ம் தேதிக்கு ஒத்திவைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. பூடான் நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்தவர் விஜி (பெயர் மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது). இவர் ஏற்காட்டிலுள்ள பாதிரியார் சாம்ராஜ் பாதுகாப்பில் உள்ளார். கொடைக்கானலிலுள்ள பள்ளியில் தங்கிப் படிக்கிறார். இந்தப் பள்ளியில் கல்விக் கட்டண சலுகை பெறும் 17 மாணவ, மாணவியர் தாளாளர் பிரைட்(70) வீட்டில் தங்கி படித்து வந்தனர்.இரவு நேரத்தில் விஜியை தனது அறைக்கு "டிவி' பார்க்க வரச்சொல்லி, தாளாளர் பிரைட் அடிக்கடி "பாலியல் தொந்தரவு ' கொடுத்துள்ளார். பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மாணவி, இது குறித்து பாதுகாவலர் சாம்ராஜுக்கு தகவல் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். அவர் பள்ளிக்கு வந்து, மாணவியின் "டிசி'யை வாங்கி விட்டு, கடந்த 21ம்தேதி கொடைக்கானல் டி.எஸ்.பி., பாஸ்கரனிடம் புகார் கொடுத்தார். போலீசார் தாளாளர் மீது வழக்குப் பதிவு செய்தனர். தகவலறிந்த தாளாளர் தலைமறைவானார். அவருடைய பாஸ்போர்ட் முடக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும், இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் ஜேம்ஸ் ஜெயராஜ் தலைமையிலான தனிப்படை போலீசார் கேரளாவிற்கு சென்றுள்ளதாகவும் போலீசார் தெரிவித்தனர். இந்நிலையில் பிரைட் முன்ஜாமீன் மனு விசாரணை ஜூலை 5ம் தேதிக்கு ஒத்திவைக்கப்பட்டது
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கேரள மாநிலம் தொடுபுழாவில் உள்ள ஒரு ஆண்கள் கல்லூரியில் மலையாளத்துறை பேராசிரியராகப் பணிபுரிபவர் டி.ஜே.ஜோசப். இவரை இன்று காலை சுமார் 8 பேர் கொண்ட கும்பல் சரமாரியாக வெட்டியது. இதில் இவருடைய வலது கை துண்டானது. உடல் முழுவதும் பலத்த காயங்கள் ஏற்பட்டது. இதனால் அப்பகுதியில் பரபரப்பு ஏற்பட்டது. பேராசிரியர் டி.ஜே.ஜோசப் வெட்டப்பட்டதற்கான காரணத்தை செய்தியாளர்களிடம் தெரிவித்த முவட்டுப்புழா காவல்துறை ஆய்வாளர் பி.பி.ஷாம்ஸ் கூறியதாவது :
பேராசிரியர் டி.ஜே.ஜோசப் தொடுபுழாவில் உள்ள ஆண்கள் கல்லூரியில் மலையாளத்துறைப் பேராசிரியராகப் பணி புரிபவர். இவர் சில நாட்களுக்கு முன் கல்லூரித் தேர்வுக்காக தயாரித்த கேள்வித்தாளில் நபிகள் நாயகத்திற்கு அவதூறு ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையில் கேள்வி ஒன்றை தயார் செய்திருந்தார். இதுபற்றி இவர்மீது குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டிருந்தது. இந்தக் கேள்வித்தாள் விவகாரம் விசுவரூபம் எடுத்து மாணவர்களிடையேயும், பல்வேறு இஸ்லாமிய அமைப்பினரிடையேயும் இவர்மீது அதிருப்தியையும் எதிர்ப்பையும் ஏற்படுத்தியது. மேலும், இவரை கல்லூரி நிர்வாகம் சஸ்பென்ட் செய்திருந்தது. இது சம்பந்தமாக இவர் மீது பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட வழக்கில் காவல்துறை இவரைக் கைது செய்து பிறகு இவர் ஜாமீனில் வெளியே வந்திருந்தார். இந்நிலையில் முவட்டுப்புழாவில் உள்ள ஆலயமொன்றில் தனது குடும்பத்தாருடன் இன்று வழிபாட்டை முடித்துவிட்டு வீடு திரும்பும்பொழுது சுமார் எட்டுப் பேர் கொண்ட கும்பல் இவரை சரமாரியாக வெட்டியது. இதில் பலத்த காயங்களுடன், இவருடைய வலது கை முழுவதுமாகத் துண்டிக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில் கொச்சியில் உள்ள மருத்துவமனையில் அவசரப்பிரிவில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டார். இவர் வெட்டப்பட்டதற்கான காரணம் இவருடை கேள்வித்தாள் சர்ச்சை காரணமாகத்தான் இருக்க முடியும். இருப்பினும் இந்த விவகாரம் குறித்து காவல்துறை தீவிர விசாரணை மேற்கொண்டு வருவதாகவும் அப்போது அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.
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கேரள மாநிலம் தொடுபுழாவில் உள்ள ஒரு ஆண்கள் கல்லூரியில் மலையாளத்துறை பேராசிரியராகப் பணிபுரிபவர் டி.ஜே.ஜோசப். இவரை இன்று காலை சுமார் 8 பேர் கொண்ட கும்பல் சரமாரியாக வெட்டியது. இதில் இவருடைய வலது கை துண்டானது. உடல் முழுவதும் பலத்த காயங்கள் ஏற்பட்டது. இதனால் அப்பகுதியில் பரபரப்பு ஏற்பட்டது. பேராசிரியர் டி.ஜே.ஜோசப் வெட்டப்பட்டதற்கான காரணத்தை செய்தியாளர்களிடம் தெரிவித்த முவட்டுப்புழா காவல்துறை ஆய்வாளர் பி.பி.ஷாம்ஸ் கூறியதாவது :
பேராசிரியர் டி.ஜே.ஜோசப் தொடுபுழாவில் உள்ள ஆண்கள் கல்லூரியில் மலையாளத்துறைப் பேராசிரியராகப் பணி புரிபவர். இவர் சில நாட்களுக்கு முன் கல்லூரித் தேர்வுக்காக தயாரித்த கேள்வித்தாளில் நபிகள் நாயகத்திற்கு அவதூறு ஏற்படுத்தும் வகையில் கேள்வி ஒன்றை தயார் செய்திருந்தார். இதுபற்றி இவர்மீது குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டிருந்தது. இந்தக் கேள்வித்தாள் விவகாரம் விசுவரூபம் எடுத்து மாணவர்களிடையேயும், பல்வேறு இஸ்லாமிய அமைப்பினரிடையேயும் இவர்மீது அதிருப்தியையும் எதிர்ப்பையும் ஏற்படுத்தியது. மேலும், இவரை கல்லூரி நிர்வாகம் சஸ்பென்ட் செய்திருந்தது. இது சம்பந்தமாக இவர் மீது பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட வழக்கில் காவல்துறை இவரைக் கைது செய்து பிறகு இவர் ஜாமீனில் வெளியே வந்திருந்தார். இந்நிலையில் முவட்டுப்புழாவில் உள்ள ஆலயமொன்றில் தனது குடும்பத்தாருடன் இன்று வழிபாட்டை முடித்துவிட்டு வீடு திரும்பும்பொழுது சுமார் எட்டுப் பேர் கொண்ட கும்பல் இவரை சரமாரியாக வெட்டியது. இதில் பலத்த காயங்களுடன், இவருடைய வலது கை முழுவதுமாகத் துண்டிக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில் கொச்சியில் உள்ள மருத்துவமனையில் அவசரப்பிரிவில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டார். இவர் வெட்டப்பட்டதற்கான காரணம் இவருடை கேள்வித்தாள் சர்ச்சை காரணமாகத்தான் இருக்க முடியும். இருப்பினும் இந்த விவகாரம் குறித்து காவல்துறை தீவிர விசாரணை மேற்கொண்டு வருவதாகவும் அப்போது அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
தமிழ்நாட்டில் பயங்கரம் - குழந்தைகளை கடத்திய பாதிரியார்கள் கைது
குழந்தைகளை கடத்திய பாதிரியார்கள் கைது
கிருஷ்ணகிரி : தமிழகத்தின் மேற்கு மண்டல பகுதிகளில் அதிகளவில் குழந்தைகள் காணாமல் போவதாக போலீசில் புகார் அளிக்கப்பட்டது. இந்நிலையில் கிருஷ்ணகிரியில் ராமாத்தாள் என்பவர் மருத்துவ பரிசோதனைக்காக தனது குழந்தையை அழைத்து வந்துள்ளார். அப்போது அருகில் இருந்த தனலட்சுமி என்ற பெண், குழந்தையை தான் வைத்திருப்பதாகவும், குழந்தைக்கு கடையில் பிஸ்கெட் வாங்கிக் கொடுக்குமாறும் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். ராமாத்தாளும் குழந்தையை தனலட்சுமியிடம் கொடுத்து விட்டு கடைக்கு சென்றுள்ளார். திரும்பி வந்த பார்த்த போது தனலட்சுமி மாயமாகி இருந்தார்.இது தொடர்பாக ராமாத்தாள் அளித்த புகாரின் பேரில் தனலட்சுமி கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். அவரிடம் நடத்தப்பட்ட விசாரணையில் சென்னையை தலைமையிடமாகக் கொண்டு குழந்தைகளை கடத்தும் ஒரு கும்பல் செயல்பட்டு வருவதாக தெரிய வந்தது. மேலும் 2 பெண்களை கைது செய்த போலீசார், அவர்களிடம் நடத்திய விசாரணையில் சென்னையை சேர்ந்த பாதிரியார் அல்போன்சாவும், திண்டிவனத்தைச் சேர்ந்த பாதிரியார் செல்வமும் தான் இந்த கடத்தல் கும்பலின் தலைவர்கள் என்பது தெரியவந்தது. தற்போது பாதிரியார்கள் இருவரும் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு, சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
கிருஷ்ணகிரி : தமிழகத்தின் மேற்கு மண்டல பகுதிகளில் அதிகளவில் குழந்தைகள் காணாமல் போவதாக போலீசில் புகார் அளிக்கப்பட்டது. இந்நிலையில் கிருஷ்ணகிரியில் ராமாத்தாள் என்பவர் மருத்துவ பரிசோதனைக்காக தனது குழந்தையை அழைத்து வந்துள்ளார். அப்போது அருகில் இருந்த தனலட்சுமி என்ற பெண், குழந்தையை தான் வைத்திருப்பதாகவும், குழந்தைக்கு கடையில் பிஸ்கெட் வாங்கிக் கொடுக்குமாறும் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். ராமாத்தாளும் குழந்தையை தனலட்சுமியிடம் கொடுத்து விட்டு கடைக்கு சென்றுள்ளார். திரும்பி வந்த பார்த்த போது தனலட்சுமி மாயமாகி இருந்தார்.இது தொடர்பாக ராமாத்தாள் அளித்த புகாரின் பேரில் தனலட்சுமி கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். அவரிடம் நடத்தப்பட்ட விசாரணையில் சென்னையை தலைமையிடமாகக் கொண்டு குழந்தைகளை கடத்தும் ஒரு கும்பல் செயல்பட்டு வருவதாக தெரிய வந்தது. மேலும் 2 பெண்களை கைது செய்த போலீசார், அவர்களிடம் நடத்திய விசாரணையில் சென்னையை சேர்ந்த பாதிரியார் அல்போன்சாவும், திண்டிவனத்தைச் சேர்ந்த பாதிரியார் செல்வமும் தான் இந்த கடத்தல் கும்பலின் தலைவர்கள் என்பது தெரியவந்தது. தற்போது பாதிரியார்கள் இருவரும் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு, சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
14 வயது சிறுமியை ஆப்கானியர்கள் சவுக்கால் அடிக்கும் வீடியோ காட்சி
அல்லாவுக்கு சந்தோஷம் கொடுப்பதற்காக, 14 வயது சிறுமியை ஆப்கானியர்கள் சவுக்கால் அடிக்கும் காட்சியை வீடியோவில் காணலாம்.
சி என் என் வீடியோ
சி என் என் வீடியோ
ஸ்பெயின் மக்களின் ரத்தமே ருசியானது. - எகிப்து இமாம் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.
ஸ்பெயின் மக்களின் ரத்தமே ருசியானது. அதனை குடிக்க வரப்போகிறோம். ஆகவே அதற்குள் இஸ்லாமுக்கு மதம் மாறவேண்டும். இல்லையேல் ஜிஸியா வரி கொடுக்கவேண்டும்.
மதம் மாறவில்லை என்றால் நீங்கள் சாவத்தான் வேண்டும் என்று எகிப்து இமாம் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.
வீடியோ இங்கே இணைப்பில்
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2472.htm
மதம் மாறவில்லை என்றால் நீங்கள் சாவத்தான் வேண்டும் என்று எகிப்து இமாம் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.
வீடியோ இங்கே இணைப்பில்
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2472.htm
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
நியூயார்க்கில் மசூதிக்கு எதிராக போராட்டம் - படங்கள் - வீடியோக்கள்
Huge, massive turnout! Easily several thousand. People lined up doubled up along the sidewalk and across the street.Peaceful demonstration with one minor disturbance from possible infiltrators, updates to follow.
Tuesday, June 8 - UPDATE: There is a report that a a crew of Coptic Egyptian Christian journalists who came to NYC to cover the event were mistaken for infiltrators and were shouted at. The police took care of the situation quickly. No violence of any kind reported. I am very sorry that the journalists were mistreated in any way. Details to follow.
Lots, and lots of VIDEO below. Take a look at the photo slide show.
Here's the complete photo gallery!
VIDEO: Simon Deng, who was enslaved as a child by Arabs in his native land, Sudan, speaks about the first attack on the WTC orchestrated by the blind sheik, Omar Abdel-Rhahman.
Robert Spencer!
The one and only Noni Darwish. Video below!
Pamela Atlas!
Al Jazeera was there.
Check out the great video below of Bev Carlson. She is dynamite!
The family members of the victims who brought photos of their loved ones were the most touching. I could feel their pain. It hasn't diminished in the years since the attacks. I spoke to a woman whose son was on flight 175. She said that he called her several times from the plane to tell her what was happening. In the last call he knew he was going to die and told her, "Don't worry. It will be quick." Then silence.
Great bags.
Must-see VIDEO: First responder with an emotional and vivid account of what it was like to be there on September 11, 2001.
Complete videos of all of the speakers can be seen at SIOA!
Highly recommended. Each and every one of them were great!
Highly recommended. Each and every one of them were great!
Friday, May 28, 2010
அமைதிமார்க்கத்துக்கு கட்டாய மதமாற்றம்
பயங்கரவாதத்துக்குள் கட்டாயமாக திணிக்கப்படும் இந்த இந்துக்களை பார்த்தும் நாம் வெட்டியாக வாளாவிருக்கிறோம்.
இவர்களது பிள்ளைகள் எதிர்காலத்தில் மீதமிருக்கும் இந்துக்களை இதே போல கொடூரம் செய்வார்கள்.
நாம் அப்போதும் வாளாவிருப்போம்.
விதி
57 Pakistani Hindus convert to Islam 'under pressure'
Amir Mir / DNAFriday, May 28, 2010 2:22 IST Email
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ISLAMABAD: Over 50 Pakistani Hindus have converted to Islam in the Sialkot district of Punjab within a week (between May 14 and May 19) under pressure from their Muslim employers in a bid to retain their jobs and survive in the Muslim-dominated society.
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As many as 35 Hindus converted to Islam on May 14, another 14 on May 17 and eight on May 19, 2010.
All the 57 Hindus who have converted belong to the Pasroor town of Sialkot.
According to some Pakistani electronic media reports, Mangut Ram, a close relative of some of the new converts, who lives in Sialkot, said that these Hindus had to embrace Islam because they were under pressure from their Muslim employers.
He said four Hindu brothers along with their families lived in the village of Nikki Pindi. Mangut Ram said that Hans Raj, Kans Raj, Meena/Kartar and Sardari Lal along with his nephews and sons worked at an eatery in Karachi.
According to Mangut Ram, his co workers often used to speak against Hindus in Karachi where his family worked. “The owner of the shop where I worked said that after a few months of his employing me the sales dropped drastically because people avoided purchasing and eating edibles prepared by Hindus. Many people opposed the large presence of Hindu employees at his shop and my boss felt pressured to change the situation,” he added.
Ram said Sardari Lal and his brother Meena/Kartar had worked at the sweets shops for several years and made a decent living that allowed them to support their families.
He said other Muslims employees of the nearby shops discriminated against them and persecuted them. The shop owner was forced to think about their future at his establishment. “That was when the two brothers and their families decided to embrace Islam in order to keep their jobs and be secure,” he added.
Ram confirmed that 13 family members of Sardari Lal, 12 members of Meena/ Kartar, their nephew Kans Raj’s son Boota Ram along with three adults and several children of these families embraced Islam on May 14, 2010.
He said that Sardari Lal’s older brothers Hans Raj and Kans Raj remained Hindus. Hans Raj too has said that he might consider converting to save his job. He said that life was ‘just easier if one was Muslim’ and he wouldn’t be discriminated against.
Ram said that 14 Hindus of the Tapiala village had embraced Islam on May 17 because they were extremely poor and could not get jobs because no one would employ the large Hindu family.
He said that another relative of his, Parkash, who lived in the village of Seowal, along with his eight family members had embraced Islam in order to save their lands.
“After embracing Islam, Parkash Ram told me that Muslim neighbours had been mistreating him and had forced him to convert,” Mangut Ram said.
இவர்களது பிள்ளைகள் எதிர்காலத்தில் மீதமிருக்கும் இந்துக்களை இதே போல கொடூரம் செய்வார்கள்.
நாம் அப்போதும் வாளாவிருப்போம்.
விதி
57 Pakistani Hindus convert to Islam 'under pressure'
Amir Mir / DNAFriday, May 28, 2010 2:22 IST Email
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ISLAMABAD: Over 50 Pakistani Hindus have converted to Islam in the Sialkot district of Punjab within a week (between May 14 and May 19) under pressure from their Muslim employers in a bid to retain their jobs and survive in the Muslim-dominated society.
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As many as 35 Hindus converted to Islam on May 14, another 14 on May 17 and eight on May 19, 2010.
All the 57 Hindus who have converted belong to the Pasroor town of Sialkot.
According to some Pakistani electronic media reports, Mangut Ram, a close relative of some of the new converts, who lives in Sialkot, said that these Hindus had to embrace Islam because they were under pressure from their Muslim employers.
He said four Hindu brothers along with their families lived in the village of Nikki Pindi. Mangut Ram said that Hans Raj, Kans Raj, Meena/Kartar and Sardari Lal along with his nephews and sons worked at an eatery in Karachi.
According to Mangut Ram, his co workers often used to speak against Hindus in Karachi where his family worked. “The owner of the shop where I worked said that after a few months of his employing me the sales dropped drastically because people avoided purchasing and eating edibles prepared by Hindus. Many people opposed the large presence of Hindu employees at his shop and my boss felt pressured to change the situation,” he added.
Ram said Sardari Lal and his brother Meena/Kartar had worked at the sweets shops for several years and made a decent living that allowed them to support their families.
He said other Muslims employees of the nearby shops discriminated against them and persecuted them. The shop owner was forced to think about their future at his establishment. “That was when the two brothers and their families decided to embrace Islam in order to keep their jobs and be secure,” he added.
Ram confirmed that 13 family members of Sardari Lal, 12 members of Meena/ Kartar, their nephew Kans Raj’s son Boota Ram along with three adults and several children of these families embraced Islam on May 14, 2010.
He said that Sardari Lal’s older brothers Hans Raj and Kans Raj remained Hindus. Hans Raj too has said that he might consider converting to save his job. He said that life was ‘just easier if one was Muslim’ and he wouldn’t be discriminated against.
Ram said that 14 Hindus of the Tapiala village had embraced Islam on May 17 because they were extremely poor and could not get jobs because no one would employ the large Hindu family.
He said that another relative of his, Parkash, who lived in the village of Seowal, along with his eight family members had embraced Islam in order to save their lands.
“After embracing Islam, Parkash Ram told me that Muslim neighbours had been mistreating him and had forced him to convert,” Mangut Ram said.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
வியத்நாம் ஹோ சி மிங் சிட்டியில் மஹா மாரியம்மன் கோவில்
அனைவருக்கும் அருள் பாலிக்கும் அன்னை
HCMC’s Indian goddess temple serves Hindus and non-Hindus
Last update 19:59, Tuesday, 11/05/2010 (GMT+7)
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VietNamNet Bridge – No one knows exactly when the Indian goddess temple called Mariamman Temple was built in HCMC, but people there say it was first erected in the late 19th century by traders from Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. The main goddess of this temple is the Hindu goddess Mariamman, the main South Indian mother goddess who is predominant in most rural areas of Tamil Nadu and other southern states of this country.
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A visitor prays at the Mariamman Temple in HCM City.
Mariamman originated as an ancient village goddess related to fertility and rain.
The Hindu Temple serves Indian families who live in HCMC, but most of the devotees worshiping the goddess are Saigonese non-Hindus who believe in the power of Mariamman. Located at 45 Truong Dinh Street in HCMC’s District 3, the temple is regarded as a holy site and attracts thousands of people every week.
On the right is a statue of a goddess named Pechiamnan, a deity that destroys the devils. And on the left is a statue of a god named Madurai Veeran who is believed to be one of the great warriors of the southern kingdom of India who successfully fought against the enemy thanks to his bravery and talent, a man identified as Ba told me when I paid a visit to the temple.
Every devotee who comes to the temple buys offerings for the deities to show their gratitude to these gods. After finishing praying, the temple’s guardians will give manna, or so called gift of the gods. It may be a coconut, a small bag of green beans, a small bag of glutinous rice or a small bag of petals of jasmine, rose or marigold. People respect the manna as good luck that Mariamman brought to them.
Surrounding the outer walls of the temple are about twenty statues of gods such as Mahavishinu, Kaliyamman, Birman and Paramasivam. Also in District 1, there are two other Hindu Temples, Sri Thendayutthapani Temple and Sunbramaniar Temple. These enrich the city with a glimpse of Indian features in the spiritual life of Saigonese. The temple remains open to visitors from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and every Friday holds a ritual from morning to late evening.
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HCMC’s Indian goddess temple serves Hindus and non-Hindus
Last update 19:59, Tuesday, 11/05/2010 (GMT+7)
,
VietNamNet Bridge – No one knows exactly when the Indian goddess temple called Mariamman Temple was built in HCMC, but people there say it was first erected in the late 19th century by traders from Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. The main goddess of this temple is the Hindu goddess Mariamman, the main South Indian mother goddess who is predominant in most rural areas of Tamil Nadu and other southern states of this country.
Ha Tinh Museum to host ancient Champa statue
Champa altar house to be displayed at New York Museum
Ceramic piece with ancient scripts discovered in My Son
A visitor prays at the Mariamman Temple in HCM City.
Mariamman originated as an ancient village goddess related to fertility and rain.
The Hindu Temple serves Indian families who live in HCMC, but most of the devotees worshiping the goddess are Saigonese non-Hindus who believe in the power of Mariamman. Located at 45 Truong Dinh Street in HCMC’s District 3, the temple is regarded as a holy site and attracts thousands of people every week.
On the right is a statue of a goddess named Pechiamnan, a deity that destroys the devils. And on the left is a statue of a god named Madurai Veeran who is believed to be one of the great warriors of the southern kingdom of India who successfully fought against the enemy thanks to his bravery and talent, a man identified as Ba told me when I paid a visit to the temple.
Every devotee who comes to the temple buys offerings for the deities to show their gratitude to these gods. After finishing praying, the temple’s guardians will give manna, or so called gift of the gods. It may be a coconut, a small bag of green beans, a small bag of glutinous rice or a small bag of petals of jasmine, rose or marigold. People respect the manna as good luck that Mariamman brought to them.
Surrounding the outer walls of the temple are about twenty statues of gods such as Mahavishinu, Kaliyamman, Birman and Paramasivam. Also in District 1, there are two other Hindu Temples, Sri Thendayutthapani Temple and Sunbramaniar Temple. These enrich the city with a glimpse of Indian features in the spiritual life of Saigonese. The temple remains open to visitors from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and every Friday holds a ritual from morning to late evening.
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Please send us your comments and feedback:
இந்திய முஸ்லீம் பெண்கள் வேலைக்கு போகக்கூடாது - பத்வா
இந்திய முஸ்லீம் பெண்கள் வேலைக்கு போகக்கூடாது. அப்படி வேலைக்கு போகும் பெண்கள் சம்பாதித்து கொண்டு வந்ததை குடும்பம் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளக்கூடாது என்று பத்வா விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
தாலிபான் வழியில் வேகமாக பின்னேறும் இந்திய முல்லாக்களும் அவர்கள் பின்னால் செல்லும் முஸ்லீம் பெண்களும் பரிதாபத்துக்குரியவர்கள்.
ஆகவே வேலை இட ஒதுக்கீடெல்லாம் முஸ்லீம் ஆண்களுக்குத்தான். பெண்கள் அந்தோ அதோகதி.
முகம்மது, கதீஜா அம்மையாரின் கீழ் வேலை செய்து பிழைத்ததாக சொல்கிறார்கள். கதீஜா அம்மையாருக்கு பத்வா கொடுத்துவிட்டிருக்கிறார்கள் போலிருக்கிறதே.
Now, fatwa against working women
Posted: Wed May 12 2010, 15:30 hrs
Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has decreed that it was illegal according to the sharia law for a family to accept a woman's earnings.
The fatwa was issued by a bench of three clerics including chief mufti Habib-ur-Rehman on March 29. But it was made public recently, Deoband sources said today.
Clerics at the largest Sunni muslim seminary said the decree was based on the fact that the sharia prohibited proximity of men and women in the workplace.
The fatwa was in response to a query by a person Kausar whether income of a Muslim woman for a family was justified.
They ruled that Muslim women to work in any institution, government or private, with men is against Sharia law.
At the time when there is a demand for job quota for Muslims and a yearning for progress in the community that sees itself neglected, the fatwa has drawn flak from other clerics and progressive personalities.
தாலிபான் வழியில் வேகமாக பின்னேறும் இந்திய முல்லாக்களும் அவர்கள் பின்னால் செல்லும் முஸ்லீம் பெண்களும் பரிதாபத்துக்குரியவர்கள்.
ஆகவே வேலை இட ஒதுக்கீடெல்லாம் முஸ்லீம் ஆண்களுக்குத்தான். பெண்கள் அந்தோ அதோகதி.
முகம்மது, கதீஜா அம்மையாரின் கீழ் வேலை செய்து பிழைத்ததாக சொல்கிறார்கள். கதீஜா அம்மையாருக்கு பத்வா கொடுத்துவிட்டிருக்கிறார்கள் போலிருக்கிறதே.
Now, fatwa against working women
Posted: Wed May 12 2010, 15:30 hrs
Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has decreed that it was illegal according to the sharia law for a family to accept a woman's earnings.
The fatwa was issued by a bench of three clerics including chief mufti Habib-ur-Rehman on March 29. But it was made public recently, Deoband sources said today.
Clerics at the largest Sunni muslim seminary said the decree was based on the fact that the sharia prohibited proximity of men and women in the workplace.
The fatwa was in response to a query by a person Kausar whether income of a Muslim woman for a family was justified.
They ruled that Muslim women to work in any institution, government or private, with men is against Sharia law.
At the time when there is a demand for job quota for Muslims and a yearning for progress in the community that sees itself neglected, the fatwa has drawn flak from other clerics and progressive personalities.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
குழந்தையை கற்பழித்ததற்காக இஸ்லாமிய இமாம் கைது
Imam charged with sex offences
Published: 6 May 10 08:41 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/26484/20100506/
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A 48-year-old imam who teaches children about the Koran has been charged with sexually molesting an 11-year-old female student.
•Minister: Catholic Church should investigate (30 Apr 10)
•Allegations mount against Catholic Church (28 Apr 10)
•'Catholics in Sweden must challenge Rome' (14 Apr 10)
According to the charge sheet the incidents are alleged to have occurred in August and September 2009 in the girl's family home south of Stockholm. The 48-year-old was a regular visitor to the apartment and taught the girl and her 14-year-old elder brother about the Koran and the Arabic language.
When the girl finally revealed what she had been subjected to her parents immediately called the police.
"The mother was scared that more children could be exposed," district prosecutor Eva Kokkonen told news agency TT.
The sexual molestation involved the man groping the girl, including her breasts.
"It is always serious when a child is exposed to sexual acts. Especially when it takes place in her home and with a person she should be able to have confidence in. I consider that the man abused his authority and the punishment should be prison," Kokkonen said.
The prosecutor argues that the evidence against the imam is strong.
"The girl's story is reliable and her reaction when she told her parents is typical of abused children. She was very sad and so ashamed that she could barely talk about what had happened. Her big brother who arrived at the lesson later supported her story by testifying to the man's exaggerated indiscretion towards the girl," Kokkonen said.
"He presented himself to me as an imam, I think that makes the crime worse. I am shocked over what he has done," the girl's mother told news agency TT.
The trial will be held in Södertörn district court before the summer. The man denies all charges.
TT/The Local (news@thelocal.se/08 656 6518)
Published: 6 May 10 08:41 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/26484/20100506/
Dictionary tool Double click on a word to get a translation
A 48-year-old imam who teaches children about the Koran has been charged with sexually molesting an 11-year-old female student.
•Minister: Catholic Church should investigate (30 Apr 10)
•Allegations mount against Catholic Church (28 Apr 10)
•'Catholics in Sweden must challenge Rome' (14 Apr 10)
According to the charge sheet the incidents are alleged to have occurred in August and September 2009 in the girl's family home south of Stockholm. The 48-year-old was a regular visitor to the apartment and taught the girl and her 14-year-old elder brother about the Koran and the Arabic language.
When the girl finally revealed what she had been subjected to her parents immediately called the police.
"The mother was scared that more children could be exposed," district prosecutor Eva Kokkonen told news agency TT.
The sexual molestation involved the man groping the girl, including her breasts.
"It is always serious when a child is exposed to sexual acts. Especially when it takes place in her home and with a person she should be able to have confidence in. I consider that the man abused his authority and the punishment should be prison," Kokkonen said.
The prosecutor argues that the evidence against the imam is strong.
"The girl's story is reliable and her reaction when she told her parents is typical of abused children. She was very sad and so ashamed that she could barely talk about what had happened. Her big brother who arrived at the lesson later supported her story by testifying to the man's exaggerated indiscretion towards the girl," Kokkonen said.
"He presented himself to me as an imam, I think that makes the crime worse. I am shocked over what he has done," the girl's mother told news agency TT.
The trial will be held in Södertörn district court before the summer. The man denies all charges.
TT/The Local (news@thelocal.se/08 656 6518)
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
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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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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.
Friday, March 26, 2010
இந்து பெண்களை வேட்டையாடும் பாகிஸ்தான் முஸ்லீம்கள்
ஈமானுள்ள பாகிஸ்தான் போலீஸும் கண்டுகொள்வதில்லை.
Police turn blind eye to rampant kidnapping and rape of Hindu girls in Pak's Sindh province Friday, March 26, 2010,10:42 [IST]
Karachi, Mar.26 (ANI): A 12-year-old Hindu girl, Nandini, is still missing as police officials have failed to recover her even after four months of her being allegedly picked up by an influential individual of the city.
Buzz up!Officials have no information regarding Nandini's whereabouts, who was kidnapped in December last year, and the accused named Younis has not been arrested despite the fact that there is a first information report (FIR) registered against him.
It is not an isolated case where Hindu families have been left with little choice than to lament over their fate, with no help in sight from the authorities.
Several Hindu families, which are at the receiving end of the government's apathy, are awaiting justice for years but there's no one to listen to their plight.
According to Roshni Research and Development Welfare Organisation (RRDWO), a non-government organisation (NGO), a research has shown in majority of cases involving the minority community, police only provide lip service and do not seriously hunt down the criminals.
The NGO's President, Muhammad Ali, cited another case of a 17-year-old Hindu girl, who was kidnapped and raped by four men, in January this year. All the four accused were granted pre-arrest bail by a session court.
"Rape is a non-bail able offence in Pakistan and this is against criminal procedure and the law," The Daily Times quoted Ali, as saying.
Ali said the Asian Human Rights Commission has also expressed its serious concern over the case.
"Instead of giving justice to the victim's family, the police later arrested the victim's father on a false offence, and have obstructed attempts by the family to file an FIR and obtain a medical report," he added.
Ali also disclosed that an 'illegal' tribal court had asked the victim girl to marry her rapist and convert to Islam following which the girl had threatened public self-immolation.
"Not arresting the rapists and rather forcing a Hindu girl, who is a rape victim, to convert to Islam and be the wife of the culprit could be double trauma for the victim. It is another form of further victimising a woman," he said.
Ali also appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take suo moto notice of the gross human rights violations of the poor and the marginalized minorities in the Sindh province at the hands of police and lower judiciary, who are influenced by the feudal and local elite. (ANI)
Police turn blind eye to rampant kidnapping and rape of Hindu girls in Pak's Sindh province Friday, March 26, 2010,10:42 [IST]
Karachi, Mar.26 (ANI): A 12-year-old Hindu girl, Nandini, is still missing as police officials have failed to recover her even after four months of her being allegedly picked up by an influential individual of the city.
Buzz up!Officials have no information regarding Nandini's whereabouts, who was kidnapped in December last year, and the accused named Younis has not been arrested despite the fact that there is a first information report (FIR) registered against him.
It is not an isolated case where Hindu families have been left with little choice than to lament over their fate, with no help in sight from the authorities.
Several Hindu families, which are at the receiving end of the government's apathy, are awaiting justice for years but there's no one to listen to their plight.
According to Roshni Research and Development Welfare Organisation (RRDWO), a non-government organisation (NGO), a research has shown in majority of cases involving the minority community, police only provide lip service and do not seriously hunt down the criminals.
The NGO's President, Muhammad Ali, cited another case of a 17-year-old Hindu girl, who was kidnapped and raped by four men, in January this year. All the four accused were granted pre-arrest bail by a session court.
"Rape is a non-bail able offence in Pakistan and this is against criminal procedure and the law," The Daily Times quoted Ali, as saying.
Ali said the Asian Human Rights Commission has also expressed its serious concern over the case.
"Instead of giving justice to the victim's family, the police later arrested the victim's father on a false offence, and have obstructed attempts by the family to file an FIR and obtain a medical report," he added.
Ali also disclosed that an 'illegal' tribal court had asked the victim girl to marry her rapist and convert to Islam following which the girl had threatened public self-immolation.
"Not arresting the rapists and rather forcing a Hindu girl, who is a rape victim, to convert to Islam and be the wife of the culprit could be double trauma for the victim. It is another form of further victimising a woman," he said.
Ali also appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take suo moto notice of the gross human rights violations of the poor and the marginalized minorities in the Sindh province at the hands of police and lower judiciary, who are influenced by the feudal and local elite. (ANI)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
ஏமனில் குழந்தை திருமண தடை சட்டத்தை எதிர்த்து முல்லாக்கள் போர்க்கொடி
குழந்தை திருமணம் முஸ்லீம்களின் மத உரிமையாம். அதனால் முஸ்லீம் பெண்கள் குழந்தை திருமண தடைச்சட்டத்துக்கு எதிராக போராட்டம் நடத்தினார்கள்.
இந்த புர்காக்களுக்குள் எத்தனை ஆண்கள் இருக்கிறார்கள் என்று தெரியவில்லை.
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Yemeni women hold up the Quran and Arabic placard reading "yes to the legal rights of the Muslim woman" as they take part in a protest outside the parliament in San'a, Sunday, March 21, 2010.
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SAN’A, YEMEN—Some of Yemen's most influential Islamic leaders, including one the U.S. says mentored Osama bin Laden, have declared supporters of a ban on child brides to be apostates.
The religious decree, issued Sunday, deeply imperils efforts to salvage legislation that would make it illegal for those under the age of 17 to marry.
The practice is widespread in Yemen and has been particularly hard to discourage in part because of the country's gripping poverty — bride-prices in the hundreds of dollars are especially difficult for poor families to pass up.
More than a quarter of Yemen's females marry before age 15, according to a report last year by the Social Affairs Ministry. Tribal custom also plays a role, including the belief that a young bride can be shaped into an obedient wife, bear more children and be kept away from temptation.
A February 2009 law set the minimum age for marriage at 17, but it was repealed and sent back to parliament's constitutional committee for review after some lawmakers called it un-Islamic. The committee is expected to make a final decision on the legislation next month.
Some of the clerics who signed Sunday's decree sit on the committee.
The group behind the declaration also includes Yemen's most influential cleric, Sheik Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, whom the United States has branded a spiritual mentor of bin Laden. Al-Zindani denies being a member of al-Qaida.
In a further challenge to the rights groups pushing for a ban, government officials are reluctant to challenge al-Zindani and other conservative tribal and religious figures whose support they need to hold onto power in the fragile nation.
The religious leaders organized a protest against the legislation on Sunday by a group of women. Hidden behind black face veils and robes, the women carried signs that read "Yes to the Islamic rights of women."
"I was married at 15 and have many children now," said one of the women, Umm Abdul-Rahman. "And I will marry my daughter at the same age if I decide she is ready for it."
The issue of Yemen's child brides vaulted into the headlines three years ago when an 8-year-old girl boldly went by herself to a courtroom and demanded a judge dissolve her marriage to a man in his 30s. She eventually won a divorce, and legislators began looking at ways to curb the practice.
In September, a 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labour to give birth, a local human rights organization said.
A rights group pushing for a ban planned a protest for Tuesday.
"The government has two options: to give girls in Yemen a chance at life or to condemn them to a death sentence," said Amal Basha, chairwoman of the group, Sisters Arab Forum in Yemen.
Yemen once set 15 as the minimum age for marriage, but parliament annulled that law in the 1990s, saying parents should decide when a daughter marries.
கட்டாய மதமாற்றத்துக்கு எதிராக சீக்கியர்கள் ஐநா முன் போராட்டம்
பாகிஸ்தானில் சீக்கியர்களை கட்டாயமாக இஸ்லாமுக்கு மதம் மாற்றுவதற்கு எதிராக சீக்கியர்கள் ஐநா முன் போராட்டம் நடத்தினார்கள்
Forced Conversions and Racial Discrimination in Pak: Sikhs protest UN inaction
Punjab Newsline Network
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
By Gagandeep Ahuja
PATIALA: Sikhs held protests, against United Nations’ inaction to stop continued forced conversion of minorities to Islam and grave abuse of human rights of minorities and women in Pakistan, to coincide with International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, at Patiala near Dukhniwaran and Singh Sabha Gurudwaras, Monday.
Dr. Manjit Singh Randhawa, President of Sikh Nation Organisation, said that Sikhs appealed to the international community to prevail upon Pakistan to repeal the 'Nizam-e-Adl 2009 Regulation' that has “legitimized and legalized tyranny” by ‘Taliban’, in complete disregard to its international commitments under various UN Conventions, to safeguard Human Rights of its citizens within international borders of Pakistan.
He maintained that without repealing the Regulation it was impossible to save lives, property and Shrines of Minority Sikh and Hindu Communities in Swat Valley and North West Frontier Province in Pakistan that has been placed under ‘Taliban Rule’ by repealing all Pak Laws to maintain law and order.
The Regulation has taken away Human Rights of Women and female Children, whose freedom of conscience has been put to unreasonable restrictions and are subjected to honour killings, whipping, torture, degrading treatment and punishment in Swat Valley and adjoining province, in a country signatory to U.N. Conventions on Human Rights, he added.
Sikhs also appealed the international community to support their demand for ‘Vatican’ like status to ‘Nanakana’ Sahib along with eighteen thousand acres property of the shrine, to develop a “fear free abode for humanity”, without which “personal freedom” and “dignified survival” of Sikhs, Hindus, Christian and other Minority Communities seemed impossible.
They shamed United Nations Human Rights system for its "observed silence" on systematic and undeterred persecution of minorities that stood reduced to negligible level in Pakistan, as a result of “forced conversions, killings and migration” in the Islamic country that is signatory to various U.N. Conventions on Human and Minority Rights and Conservation of diverse Cultural and Religious World Heritage of Humanity.
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Forced Conversions and Racial Discrimination in Pak: Sikhs protest UN inaction
Punjab Newsline Network
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
By Gagandeep Ahuja
PATIALA: Sikhs held protests, against United Nations’ inaction to stop continued forced conversion of minorities to Islam and grave abuse of human rights of minorities and women in Pakistan, to coincide with International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, at Patiala near Dukhniwaran and Singh Sabha Gurudwaras, Monday.
Dr. Manjit Singh Randhawa, President of Sikh Nation Organisation, said that Sikhs appealed to the international community to prevail upon Pakistan to repeal the 'Nizam-e-Adl 2009 Regulation' that has “legitimized and legalized tyranny” by ‘Taliban’, in complete disregard to its international commitments under various UN Conventions, to safeguard Human Rights of its citizens within international borders of Pakistan.
He maintained that without repealing the Regulation it was impossible to save lives, property and Shrines of Minority Sikh and Hindu Communities in Swat Valley and North West Frontier Province in Pakistan that has been placed under ‘Taliban Rule’ by repealing all Pak Laws to maintain law and order.
The Regulation has taken away Human Rights of Women and female Children, whose freedom of conscience has been put to unreasonable restrictions and are subjected to honour killings, whipping, torture, degrading treatment and punishment in Swat Valley and adjoining province, in a country signatory to U.N. Conventions on Human Rights, he added.
Sikhs also appealed the international community to support their demand for ‘Vatican’ like status to ‘Nanakana’ Sahib along with eighteen thousand acres property of the shrine, to develop a “fear free abode for humanity”, without which “personal freedom” and “dignified survival” of Sikhs, Hindus, Christian and other Minority Communities seemed impossible.
They shamed United Nations Human Rights system for its "observed silence" on systematic and undeterred persecution of minorities that stood reduced to negligible level in Pakistan, as a result of “forced conversions, killings and migration” in the Islamic country that is signatory to various U.N. Conventions on Human and Minority Rights and Conservation of diverse Cultural and Religious World Heritage of Humanity.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
சவுதி அரேபியாவின் இமாம் ஆபாக படங்கள் பார்த்ததிற்காக கைது
சூனிய வேலையும் இந்த இமாம் செய்கிறாராம். அதற்காகவும் கைது செய்திருக்கிறார்களாம்.
Porn videos found on imam’s mobile
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH – A Saudi primary school teacher and imam and Khateeb of a mosque east of the city has been arrested on charges of indulging in sorcery, according to a Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) official, Al-Watan Arabic newspaper reported Monday.
Over 50 pornographic video clips were also found stored in the imam’s mobile phone, the official was quoted as saying.
The imam was also accused of sheltering and having under his sponsorship an Arab national who engaged in sorcery and practiced it inside the mosque.
The imam was arrested with the help of a Sudanese sorcerer whose assistance was sought by the former to “have a married woman divorced”. The imam allegedly made the phone call seeking the help of the Sudanese as the latter was being taken away by the police for his involvement in sorcery.
The Sudanese cooperated and agreed to guide a Hai’a raiding team to the imam who initially offered some resistance but was later overpowered, the newspaper said.
The Hai’a official said the Saudi was imam of a big mosque in a district east of Jeddah and used to practice ruqya – treatment with Qur’anic verses – in the same mosque with an Arab national, who is now out of the country.
Jeddah Police spokesman said the case is now with Al-Jamea Police Station which released the suspect after completing investigations.
The case has now been referred to the Commission for Investigation and Prosecution.
Porn videos found on imam’s mobile
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH – A Saudi primary school teacher and imam and Khateeb of a mosque east of the city has been arrested on charges of indulging in sorcery, according to a Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) official, Al-Watan Arabic newspaper reported Monday.
Over 50 pornographic video clips were also found stored in the imam’s mobile phone, the official was quoted as saying.
The imam was also accused of sheltering and having under his sponsorship an Arab national who engaged in sorcery and practiced it inside the mosque.
The imam was arrested with the help of a Sudanese sorcerer whose assistance was sought by the former to “have a married woman divorced”. The imam allegedly made the phone call seeking the help of the Sudanese as the latter was being taken away by the police for his involvement in sorcery.
The Sudanese cooperated and agreed to guide a Hai’a raiding team to the imam who initially offered some resistance but was later overpowered, the newspaper said.
The Hai’a official said the Saudi was imam of a big mosque in a district east of Jeddah and used to practice ruqya – treatment with Qur’anic verses – in the same mosque with an Arab national, who is now out of the country.
Jeddah Police spokesman said the case is now with Al-Jamea Police Station which released the suspect after completing investigations.
The case has now been referred to the Commission for Investigation and Prosecution.
ஓரின பாலுறவு போர்னோகிராபி செய்ததற்காக மாலத்தீவுகளில் இஸ்லாமிய இமாம் கைது.
ஓரின பாலுறவு போர்னோகிராபி செய்ததற்காக மாலத்தீவுகளில் இஸ்லாமிய இமாம் கைது செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்.
இந்த இமாம் பெரியார் மாதிரியே நிர்வாணமாக கடற்கரையில் ஓடிக்கொண்டிருப்பாராம்.
ஒரே குஷிதான் பெரியார்தாசர்களுக்கு.
Imam among seven men arrested for homosexual activity
By Ahmed Naish | December 7th, 2009 | Category: Society | 42 comments
A group of men, including an imam, were arrested in Alif Alif atoll Maalhos on Thursday after photos and videos emerged of the seven engaged in homosexual activity.
An islander who spoke on condition of anonymity told Minivan News a group of teenagers from the island came upon the video CDs in the house of one of the suspects. When the CDs began to be circulated in public, the “island elders” alerted police.
“It came as a big shock to everyone on the island to see that [the imam] was one of them. He gives the Friday sermons at the mosque every week,” he said. “He is a well respected person on the island and we saw him as our religious leader.”
Besides the imam, the pornographic videos featured a mosque caretaker, a carpenter and another man the islanders believe to be mentally unstable, the islander claimed.
“He is a deranged person. We have always seen him running around the island naked,” he said.
Of the three men not featured in the video, two were incriminated in photos found along with the videos, he continued, while the third was believed to have filmed the pornography.
Three of the suspects were married with children, the islander said, while one of them included a second, retired imam. The youngest of the seven men was aged 27, while the rest were over 45 years of age, he said.
Miadhu reported other islanders as claiming that two of the seven men consider themselves “as husband and wife.”
Sergeant Ahmed Shiyam from the Maldives Police Service confirmed the arrests were made on Thursday following a report from the islanders. The seven men are currently in police custody. All were residents of Maalhos.
A spokesperson for the Islamic Ministry said they were not yet aware of the case and could not speculate on any measures that could be taken. Meanwhile Abdullah bin Mohamed Ibrahim, President of Islamic NGO Salaf Jamiya, also said he was unable to comment as they did not have complete information on the case.
Under the existing penal provisions, the punishment for sodomy is 19 to 39 lashes, banishment or imprisonment of up to three years.
Another islander from Maalhos who spoke to Minivan News said a group of people had become suspicious of the seven men before the videos came out.
“They have been following them around for a long time now,” he said. “They were suspicious before, and the videos just confirmed it.”
இந்த இமாம் பெரியார் மாதிரியே நிர்வாணமாக கடற்கரையில் ஓடிக்கொண்டிருப்பாராம்.
ஒரே குஷிதான் பெரியார்தாசர்களுக்கு.
Imam among seven men arrested for homosexual activity
By Ahmed Naish | December 7th, 2009 | Category: Society | 42 comments
A group of men, including an imam, were arrested in Alif Alif atoll Maalhos on Thursday after photos and videos emerged of the seven engaged in homosexual activity.
An islander who spoke on condition of anonymity told Minivan News a group of teenagers from the island came upon the video CDs in the house of one of the suspects. When the CDs began to be circulated in public, the “island elders” alerted police.
“It came as a big shock to everyone on the island to see that [the imam] was one of them. He gives the Friday sermons at the mosque every week,” he said. “He is a well respected person on the island and we saw him as our religious leader.”
Besides the imam, the pornographic videos featured a mosque caretaker, a carpenter and another man the islanders believe to be mentally unstable, the islander claimed.
“He is a deranged person. We have always seen him running around the island naked,” he said.
Of the three men not featured in the video, two were incriminated in photos found along with the videos, he continued, while the third was believed to have filmed the pornography.
Three of the suspects were married with children, the islander said, while one of them included a second, retired imam. The youngest of the seven men was aged 27, while the rest were over 45 years of age, he said.
Miadhu reported other islanders as claiming that two of the seven men consider themselves “as husband and wife.”
Sergeant Ahmed Shiyam from the Maldives Police Service confirmed the arrests were made on Thursday following a report from the islanders. The seven men are currently in police custody. All were residents of Maalhos.
A spokesperson for the Islamic Ministry said they were not yet aware of the case and could not speculate on any measures that could be taken. Meanwhile Abdullah bin Mohamed Ibrahim, President of Islamic NGO Salaf Jamiya, also said he was unable to comment as they did not have complete information on the case.
Under the existing penal provisions, the punishment for sodomy is 19 to 39 lashes, banishment or imprisonment of up to three years.
Another islander from Maalhos who spoke to Minivan News said a group of people had become suspicious of the seven men before the videos came out.
“They have been following them around for a long time now,” he said. “They were suspicious before, and the videos just confirmed it.”
Thursday, March 18, 2010
பெண்கள் பள்ளிக்கூடங்கள் மீது முஸ்லீம்களுக்கு என்ன அப்படி கோபம்?
தெரியவில்லை. அது அல்லாவுக்குபிடிக்காதோ என்னவோ.
குண்டு வைத்து தாக்கி அழிக்கிறார்கள்.
Militants blow up school
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Our correspondent
KHAR: Militants dynamited a government-run girls’ primary school in Nawagai subdivision while the political administration arrested 26 tribesmen during a crackdown, tribal and official sources said on Wednesday.
The sources said that a group of militants entered the Government Girls Primary School, Malkana in the remote boundary area between Bajaur and Mohmand tribal agencies and planted explosive devices at separate points in the building.
The militants later came out of the school and triggered explosions with a remote control. As a result, the structure of the school was completely destroyed. Soon after the incident, the administration carried out search operation and apprehended 26 tribesmen under the collective responsibility section of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Meanwhile, the security forces dynamited the house of a militant commander during search operation in Mamond tehsil.
குண்டு வைத்து தாக்கி அழிக்கிறார்கள்.
Militants blow up school
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Our correspondent
KHAR: Militants dynamited a government-run girls’ primary school in Nawagai subdivision while the political administration arrested 26 tribesmen during a crackdown, tribal and official sources said on Wednesday.
The sources said that a group of militants entered the Government Girls Primary School, Malkana in the remote boundary area between Bajaur and Mohmand tribal agencies and planted explosive devices at separate points in the building.
The militants later came out of the school and triggered explosions with a remote control. As a result, the structure of the school was completely destroyed. Soon after the incident, the administration carried out search operation and apprehended 26 tribesmen under the collective responsibility section of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Meanwhile, the security forces dynamited the house of a militant commander during search operation in Mamond tehsil.
பெண்களுக்கு பின்னால் மறைந்து நின்று சுடும் தாலிபான்கள்
தாலிபான்களின் வீரம் எந்த அளவுக்கு என்று தெரிந்திருந்தாலும் இது இன்னும் அவர்களுக்கு கேவலம்.
சொல்லியிருப்பது அமெரிக்க ஜெனரல் அல்ல. ஆப்கானிய ஜெனரல். இவரும் முஸ்லீம்தான்.
Afghanistan Taliban 'using human shields' - general
US Marines have come under heavy fire in Marjah
Taliban militants are increasingly using civilians as "human shields" as they battle against a joint Afghan-Nato offensive, an Afghan general has said.
Gen Mohiudin Ghori said his soldiers had seen Taliban fighters placing women and children on the roofs of buildings and firing from behind them.
The joint offensive in southern Helmand province has entered its fifth day.
US Marines fighting to take the Taliban haven of Marjah have had to call in air support as they come under heavy fire.
They have faced sustained machine-gun fire from fighters hiding in bunkers and in buildings including homes and mosques.
They are trying to get us to fire on them and kill the civilians
Gen Moheedin Ghori
Afghan National Army
Moshtarak diary: Day five
Gen Ghori, the senior commander for Afghan troops in the area, accused the Taliban of taking civilians hostage in Marjah and putting them in the line of fire.
"Especially in the south of Marjah, the enemy is fighting from compounds where soldiers can very clearly see women or children on the roof or in a second-floor or third-floor window," he is quoted by Associated Press as saying.
"They are trying to get us to fire on them and kill the civilians."
As a result, his forces were having to make the choice either not to return fire, he said, or to advance much more slowly in order to distinguish militants from civilians.
Day-by-day report and map
Civilians die in Kandahar strike
Nato has stressed that the safety of civilians in the areas targeted in the joint Nato and Afghan Operation Moshtarak is its highest priority.
Journalist Jawad Dawari, based in Lashkar Gah, told BBC Pashto that Taliban fighters remained in many residential areas of Marjah and were defending their positions with heavy weapons.
"It is difficult for the Afghan army and Nato to storm Taliban-held areas because to do so may inflict heavy civilian casualties and there are still a lot of civilians in Marjah.
"Whenever they launch an attack, the Taliban take refuge in civilians' homes."
He had spoken to many local people in Marjah, he said, and they had all said the Nato offensive had made little progress since the first day.
An Afghan military official had told reporters that the backbone of the resistance came from foreign fighters - Pakistani and Arab - and that it was feared they might resort to suicide attacks, he added.
ANALYSIS
By Frank Gardner, BBC News, Kandahar
There's a lot of fighting going on in the Marjah area - the estimation of the number of insurgents there varies between 100 and 300. They are not all hardcore Taliban by any means. The US commander there, Brig Gen Larry Nicholson, said he thought about 80% were probably less committed local fighters hired to do this, as opposed to being hardcore, ideological jihadists.
The operation has taken a long time for a number of reasons - it's a big area, 200sq km, and they are having to cope with an unexpectedly large number of these IEDs. A lot of locals are telling the soldiers where the devices are but other IEDs are having to be defused very slowly.
The most senior US general in the south, Brig Gen Ben Hodges, gave the BBC a more upbeat assessment of Marjah, saying locals were coming out to give information on insurgents now that they were confident the forces involved in Operation Moshtarak were not leaving.
He said Afghan units would be staying for at least 30 days and the Marine battalions "for several months".
Speaking to the BBC after visiting Marjah, the commander of British forces in southern Afghanistan, Maj Gen Nick Carter, said the situation was dangerous, but that progress was being made.
He told the BBC's Frank Gardner it could take up to 30 days to clear the insurgents out, depending on when they lost the will to fight.
Troops taking part in the offensive have been having to deal with large numbers of improvised bombs.
American forces have found a so-called "daisy chain" - a long bomb rigged up from mortar bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and a motorbike, our correspondent says.
Nato has said that safeguarding civilians is its top priority
And British engineers have deployed a device called a "python" - a length of explosives designed to set off mines and clear a safe path through them, he says.
Afghan army chief of staff Besmillah Khan told the AFP news agency the threat from improvised bombs meant gains were coming "slowly".
Meanwhile, to the north, British forces have discovered an insurgent cache of stolen Afghan army and police uniforms.
The find suggests the Taliban could have been planning attacks disguised as Afghan security personnel, our correspondent says.
Nato says discussions with the local population on how to bring lasting security to the area are continuing, our correspondent adds.
Gen Hodges said several hundred police had been trained and would go into central Helmand once the situation was deemed appropriate.
British and Afghan troops are reported to be advancing more swiftly in the nearby district of Nad Ali than are their US and Afghan counterparts in Marjah.
Missiles 'on target'
Gen Carter confirmed on Tuesday a missile that struck a house outside Marjah on Sunday killing 12 people, including six children, had hit its intended target.
Afghan troops raise the national flag at a bazaar in Marjah
Gen Carter said the rocket had not malfunctioned and the US system responsible for firing it was back in use. Officials say three Taliban, as well as civilians, were in the house but the Nato soldiers did not know the civilians were there.
Initial Nato reports said the missile had landed about 300m (984ft) off its intended target. Gen Carter blamed these "conflicting" reports on "the fog of war".
Speaking on Tuesday, Dawud Ahmadi - a spokesman for Helmand Governor Gulab Mangal - said that 1,240 families had been displaced and evacuated from Marjah - and all had received aid in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
Operation Moshtarak, meaning "together" in the Dari language, is the biggest coalition attack since the Taliban fell in 2001.
Allied officials have reported only two coalition deaths so far - one American and one Briton killed on Saturday.
சொல்லியிருப்பது அமெரிக்க ஜெனரல் அல்ல. ஆப்கானிய ஜெனரல். இவரும் முஸ்லீம்தான்.
Afghanistan Taliban 'using human shields' - general
US Marines have come under heavy fire in Marjah
Taliban militants are increasingly using civilians as "human shields" as they battle against a joint Afghan-Nato offensive, an Afghan general has said.
Gen Mohiudin Ghori said his soldiers had seen Taliban fighters placing women and children on the roofs of buildings and firing from behind them.
The joint offensive in southern Helmand province has entered its fifth day.
US Marines fighting to take the Taliban haven of Marjah have had to call in air support as they come under heavy fire.
They have faced sustained machine-gun fire from fighters hiding in bunkers and in buildings including homes and mosques.
They are trying to get us to fire on them and kill the civilians
Gen Moheedin Ghori
Afghan National Army
Moshtarak diary: Day five
Gen Ghori, the senior commander for Afghan troops in the area, accused the Taliban of taking civilians hostage in Marjah and putting them in the line of fire.
"Especially in the south of Marjah, the enemy is fighting from compounds where soldiers can very clearly see women or children on the roof or in a second-floor or third-floor window," he is quoted by Associated Press as saying.
"They are trying to get us to fire on them and kill the civilians."
As a result, his forces were having to make the choice either not to return fire, he said, or to advance much more slowly in order to distinguish militants from civilians.
Day-by-day report and map
Civilians die in Kandahar strike
Nato has stressed that the safety of civilians in the areas targeted in the joint Nato and Afghan Operation Moshtarak is its highest priority.
Journalist Jawad Dawari, based in Lashkar Gah, told BBC Pashto that Taliban fighters remained in many residential areas of Marjah and were defending their positions with heavy weapons.
"It is difficult for the Afghan army and Nato to storm Taliban-held areas because to do so may inflict heavy civilian casualties and there are still a lot of civilians in Marjah.
"Whenever they launch an attack, the Taliban take refuge in civilians' homes."
He had spoken to many local people in Marjah, he said, and they had all said the Nato offensive had made little progress since the first day.
An Afghan military official had told reporters that the backbone of the resistance came from foreign fighters - Pakistani and Arab - and that it was feared they might resort to suicide attacks, he added.
ANALYSIS
By Frank Gardner, BBC News, Kandahar
There's a lot of fighting going on in the Marjah area - the estimation of the number of insurgents there varies between 100 and 300. They are not all hardcore Taliban by any means. The US commander there, Brig Gen Larry Nicholson, said he thought about 80% were probably less committed local fighters hired to do this, as opposed to being hardcore, ideological jihadists.
The operation has taken a long time for a number of reasons - it's a big area, 200sq km, and they are having to cope with an unexpectedly large number of these IEDs. A lot of locals are telling the soldiers where the devices are but other IEDs are having to be defused very slowly.
The most senior US general in the south, Brig Gen Ben Hodges, gave the BBC a more upbeat assessment of Marjah, saying locals were coming out to give information on insurgents now that they were confident the forces involved in Operation Moshtarak were not leaving.
He said Afghan units would be staying for at least 30 days and the Marine battalions "for several months".
Speaking to the BBC after visiting Marjah, the commander of British forces in southern Afghanistan, Maj Gen Nick Carter, said the situation was dangerous, but that progress was being made.
He told the BBC's Frank Gardner it could take up to 30 days to clear the insurgents out, depending on when they lost the will to fight.
Troops taking part in the offensive have been having to deal with large numbers of improvised bombs.
American forces have found a so-called "daisy chain" - a long bomb rigged up from mortar bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and a motorbike, our correspondent says.
Nato has said that safeguarding civilians is its top priority
And British engineers have deployed a device called a "python" - a length of explosives designed to set off mines and clear a safe path through them, he says.
Afghan army chief of staff Besmillah Khan told the AFP news agency the threat from improvised bombs meant gains were coming "slowly".
Meanwhile, to the north, British forces have discovered an insurgent cache of stolen Afghan army and police uniforms.
The find suggests the Taliban could have been planning attacks disguised as Afghan security personnel, our correspondent says.
Nato says discussions with the local population on how to bring lasting security to the area are continuing, our correspondent adds.
Gen Hodges said several hundred police had been trained and would go into central Helmand once the situation was deemed appropriate.
British and Afghan troops are reported to be advancing more swiftly in the nearby district of Nad Ali than are their US and Afghan counterparts in Marjah.
Missiles 'on target'
Gen Carter confirmed on Tuesday a missile that struck a house outside Marjah on Sunday killing 12 people, including six children, had hit its intended target.
Afghan troops raise the national flag at a bazaar in Marjah
Gen Carter said the rocket had not malfunctioned and the US system responsible for firing it was back in use. Officials say three Taliban, as well as civilians, were in the house but the Nato soldiers did not know the civilians were there.
Initial Nato reports said the missile had landed about 300m (984ft) off its intended target. Gen Carter blamed these "conflicting" reports on "the fog of war".
Speaking on Tuesday, Dawud Ahmadi - a spokesman for Helmand Governor Gulab Mangal - said that 1,240 families had been displaced and evacuated from Marjah - and all had received aid in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
Operation Moshtarak, meaning "together" in the Dari language, is the biggest coalition attack since the Taliban fell in 2001.
Allied officials have reported only two coalition deaths so far - one American and one Briton killed on Saturday.
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