Sunday, July 13, 2008

[ALOCHONA] New law bans parties' front organisations

New law bans parties' front organisations

The cabinet approved the Representation of the People Ordinance 2008 in principle Sunday, which bans political parties from running front organisations, said a government spokesman. After a meeting of the council of advisers at the Chief Adviser's Office, the CA's press secretary Syed Fahim Munaim told reporters that the ordinance was sent to the law ministry for vetting. Munaim said the ordinance would likely get final approval and be published in a gazette by the end of this month.

According to the ordinance, a national polls aspirant has to attach a document carrying signatures of 1 percent of the total voters in his constituency with his nomination paper. False information on the nomination paper may lead to cancellation of one's candidacy, Munaim said. If two candidates bag the equal highest number of voters, a re-election will be held, Munaim said.

The ordinance says that a person sentenced to a minimum of two years in jail in criminal cases will not be eligible to contest the next national polls. Besides, those already served their sentences would have to wait for five years for contesting an election from the day his jail term expired.

Besides, those adopted foreign citizenships and those were declared bankrupt by court, sacked from government offices on charges of corruption or forced to go on leave would have to wait five years to contest the polls.

Apart from this, those who went into voluntary retirement will be able to contest the polls three years after retirement. People defaulting on loan repayments for six months before the time of nomination paper submission will not be able to contest the polls.

Any person declared war criminal by a local or international court will not be eligible to run for elections. Provisions were added to the Representation of the People Ordinance to maintain transparency in candidacy, nomination and fund of political parties, Munaim said.

A party will not be allowed to form an alliance with any unregistered party. A candidate will not be able to enter the election race from more than three constituencies. If anybody signs up for more than three constituencies, all of his applications will be cancelled, according to the ordinance. The ordinance has a provision for 'no' vote for the voters who are undecided over a candidate.

If the number of 'no vote' exceeds 50 percent of the total votes, the returning officer will cancel voting of the constituency and announce a re-election by informing the Election Commission.

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[ALOCHONA] Increased salinity changes vegetation pattern

Increased salinity changes vegetation pattern

...concentration of salt has become so high in the land that only saline tolerant plants can survive it

Shrimp farming increases salinity of soil resulting in saline-tolerant species of trees growing in abundance. This photo shows geowa trees growing on the banks of a canal at Bara Khalsi in Khulna. Photo: STAR

Geowa plants are abundant on the banks of Khalsi canal. Most of these species are less than a decade old; many others are growing for only couple of years. Not only geowa, some golpata (nypah) and other saline-tolerant plants are visible here and there along the canal.

The canal is named after Khalsi village in Dakop upazila in Khulna where the residents are mostly Hindus.

During a stroll around the village it was seen geowa is the main tree there. Locals say vegetation pattern of Khalsi has entirely changed in just 20 years. Just two decades ago, like other typical Hindu majority villages, Khalsi was full of Tulsi, joba, sheuli and coconut, banana, mango, wood apple and other fruit trees essential for worshipping the Hindu gods and goddesses.

But now concentration of salt has become so high in the land that only saline tolerant plants can survive it.

"We had 45 coconut trees. But those started dying slowly since saline water entered the village. Now we have some other fruit trees with no produce," said housewife Mira Ray.

During the 80s when shrimp farming was becoming popular, influential people forced small farmers to lease out their land for the venture. A number of the farmers started shrimp farming at will, but many others were forced into the business flooding their cropland with saline water.

Initially, shrimp farming yielded a good profit. But soon it became a losing concern due to virus infection and the farmers realised that producing crops was a better option.

"I remember just immediate before first shrimp farming we got 1,000 mounds of rice from 60 bighas of land. Now our land has increased to 94 bighas and produce comes down to only 100 mounds," said Dr Achintya Bhowmik, principal of a local graduation college.

Krishna Pada Mandal echoed the same. He cultivated rice in 10 bighas and harvested only 11 mounds rice whereas a farmer from saline-free land got over 100 mounds from the same quantity of land.

Now villagers want to get rid of saline water and saline water-based shrimp farming like those of Bazua who have successfully rid their cropland of saline water and are making huge money cultivating rice, watermelon and pumpkin.

But influential shrimp farmers want to continue the business anyhow. The villagers allege an influential businessman from Dhaka is producing shrimp taking lease of their land at Tk 1,000 yearly for per bigha.

The villagers say the businessman cultivates shrimp on only 40 acres of land through irrigating saline water from the Kazibachha river. But about 700 acres of land around is getting increased amount of salinity.

The villagers say local civil and police administration is working for the influential shrimp cultivators, who are also leaders of major political parties. These leaders are filing cases against marginal farmers and police are taking bribe from them, they claim.

A farmer who is protesting against the salinity aggression said if someone wants to cultivate rice in an acre of land, they have to spend Tk 21,000 for power-tiller, Tk 2,400 for seeds, Tk 3,000 for labours and Tk 1,000 for irrigation.

In the end, they will possibly get around 45 mounds of rice from single-crop land which is worth no less than Tk 40,000 at current market price. And in this area farmers can grow three crops annually.

But now farmers who have one acre of land are hardly getting only Tk 5,000-6,000 a year.

SUCCESS OF BAZUA VILLAGE

Locals of Bazua union, just three kilometres down from Khalsi have successfully got rid of saline water and are cultivating crops there. Vegetation pattern is different there as geowa and other saline water varieties are hardly visible.

The farmers in Bazua said they get around Tk 75,000 by selling watermelons in one acre of land in addition to Tk 25,000 from over 30 mounds of rice.

Parimal Mandal from Bazua said they are doing fine cultivating sweet water varieties.

Gouranga Prasad Roy, convener of salt-water prevention committee in Bazua, said the small and landless farmers protested against the shrimp farming.

"Commoners and landless people don't want shrimp farming as it only makes the rich people richer. But by cultivating watermelon and rice the marginal farmers are making some money themselves."

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=45683

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[ALOCHONA] Delicate dance of the emerging giants for China and India

Delicate dance of the emerging giants for China and India

Bill Sharp

In 2005, Chinese diplomacy promised great flexibility and suggestions of compromise in resolving longstanding border issues with India. During his 2005 trip to New Delhi, Premier Wen Jiabao talked of sponsoring a permanent seat for India on the U.N. Security Council. Fast forwarding to 2008, China's position on the border issues shows no flexibility, and there is no meaningful discussion of supporting an Indian seat on the council.

The border issues revolve around Arunchal Pradesh, an Indian state the size of Portugal in Northeast India, bordering China's Tibet Autonomous Region, and Aksai Chin, a 16,000-square-mile region bordered by India's northernmost state Jammu and Kashmir and both China's Tibet and Xinjiang Autonomous Regions. Arunchal Pradesh is controlled by India but claimed by China; Aksai Chin is controlled by China and claimed by India.

China's view is that India's claim to Arunchal Pradesh is invalid. The claim is based on the Simla Convention, a treaty between Great Britain and Tibet signed in 1914, that established the McMahon Line, a demarcation line separating Tibet from India. China holds that Tibet did not have sovereignty over the region and no power to negotiate a treaty. Moreover, no Chinese government or any sovereign government recognized Tibet's 1913 declaration of independence. In 1915, the British stated that neither China nor Russia accepted the Simla Convention and it was therefore invalid.

Chinese People's Liberation Army incursions across the border into Arunchal Pradesh are more and more frequently reported. Consequently, it has become clear to New Delhi that this remote part of India is ill defended and is further vulnerable due to poor roads and no rail or air service connecting it to the rest of India. The lack of infrastructure and connectivity is a major barrier in deploying Indian troops to the area in event of an emergency. On the Chinese side, the roads, availability of electricity and other facilities are much better.

Achieving no progress on border issues during a state visit to Beijing in January, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set about upgrading infrastructure in Arunchal Pradesh and creating educational and health care facilities.

Aksai Chin adjoins the Ladakh District of Jammu and Kashmir State. It is part of the Tibetan Plateau, largely uninhabited, with no permanent settlements and little rainfall. In the early 1950s, China encroached on Aksai Chin to build a strategically important road connecting Tibet and Xinjiang. India has recently reopened an old air force base in Ladakh.

Although China recognized Sikkim as an integral part of India in 2003 and changed its maps to reflect such, Chinese troops have made recent incursions into the mountainous Indian state.

Such incursions and stiffening of territorial demands during the last two years are seen as an attempt to put pressure on India to bolster Beijing's claim to the disputed areas, according to the Times of India.

The purely territorial motivation has validity. However, other factors help explain China's actions.

India is a rising regional and global economic and political competitor. India's "Look East" policy of cultivating economic and security relations with Southeast Asian nations strikes at what China normally sees as its strategic underbelly and a region where it has traditionally had great influence. China has actively courted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and opposed the inclusion of India in ASEAN Plus Three (China, Korea and Japan). The Chinese showed no interest in Indian ideas about creating a regional security apparatus as outlined by Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in a June speech at Beijing University.

India recognizes China's claim to Tibet; however, it hosts the Dalai Lama-led Tibetan government in exile and 100,000 Tibetan refuges. Given the harsh measures employed by Chinese security personnel in quelling the recent Tibetan riots, China is clearly worried about the possibility of Tibet spinning out of its control. Tibet, on one hand acts as buffer zone between China proper and India, while on the other hand the Chinese are worried about a chain reaction. A Tibet that slipped out of China's grasp could well cause the Xinjiang Autonomous Region to declare independence.

China also is concerned about India's chumming up with the United States. Of particular concern is growing security and economical cooperation, plus possible transfer of U.S. civilian nuclear energy technology. It is clear that the U.S. is joined by Japan and Australia in seeing India as a potential security and economic counterweight to China. China is perpetually worried about being surrounded by unfriendly nations and alliances, especially if the U.S. is involved. As a result, it sees cooperation such as the 2007 Malabar naval exercises joined by the U.S., Japan and Australia as an attempt to encircle it.

If Chinese fears have substance, then the Indians have an equal right to be concerned about being surrounded by China. After all, Tibet borders India. China has naval advisers in mainland Myanmar (Burma), intelligence-gathering facilities on Great Coco Island in the Bay of Bengal and is planning to build an army base on Little Coco Island. China also built ports in Bangladesh and in Sri Lanka. There is fear that the Chinese navy might use the ports, just as there is worry that China might use the Pakistani naval facilities at the port of Gawdar, Pakistan, that it is helping to build. The Chinese claim that the ports are for strictly commercial purposes, yet it is clear that China wants to have the means to protect the sea lanes to ensure unimpeded transport of crude oil from the Middle East to China.

To the Indians, China's posture in South Asia and on the Indian Ocean represents an intrusion into an area where Indian influence has gone unchallenged. India's naval buildup hopes to add one carrier this year and another in 2011, plus build its submarine fleet to control the Indian Ocean from East Africa to Australia.

The one positive aspect to Sino-Indian relations is the steady growth of trade, which could top $40 billion this year and could grow to $60 billion by 2010. China might become India's largest market, replacing the United States.

Bill Sharp teaches classes about the domestic and international politics of East Asia at Hawaii Pacific University. He writes a monthly commentary for the Star-Bulletin. Reach him at wsharp@campus.hpu.edu

http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/13/editorial/commentary3.html

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[mukto-mona] Whither Indian IT?

On the real state of India's IT-power, this is a very different piece by an IIT-computer engineer who spent 25 years abroad, mostly in the US, but went around Europe, South America, the Gulf and Asian countries as a consultant. Presently, he is in Kolkata,associated with Bandana Infotech, a small but technically sound IT company.

SR

In Perspective: (http://deccanherald.com/Content/Jul142008/editpage2008071378620.asp)
Two faces of the Indian engineer by Sitanshu Ray
Pressures of employers in India or US have promoted a sub-standard market of IT talent.
When dot.com revolution was in full throttle ten years ago, a conversation between two Indians, seated next to me, made for interesting eavesdrop. I was travelling by New Jersey Transit Train Service back to Princeton. I could guess they were in the IT profession. The Y2K mirage was on. Companies in the US were hiring thousands of IT engineers from India to ride these dot.com and Y2K waves. Indian IT industry was smiling.

Santosh's cell phone rang. He asked his friend Milind to be quiet. He answers on the phone – "Yes Sir, this is Santosh". He said that he had eight years of experience with Java. Obviously a technical interview was being conducted.Finally Santosh said that he could give the mobile number of his manager for a reference. He then cupped the speaker, and told Milind that he would give his mobile number to the interviewer . He advised Milind to tell the caller that he was his manager.

After five minutes, Milind received a call from the prospective employer, and he promptly replied that he would happily recommend Santosh for the job.

This deceptive duo from India operating in the US is but a small example of the massive fraud and deception being carried out by Indian IT workers, organisations and placement company owners. Having worked in the US and Canada for the 18 years, I came across hundreds of such cases. Imagine the agony of numerous genuine engineers and scientists from India, who travelled to the West and painstakingly built up the brand name of rare-breed techies through hard work and dedication.

In 2002, NJ, USA, I was returning from a party, and stopped at a gas station. The person who was filling gas asked me if I was an Indian. He told me that he was a Java programmer and was looking for work, while making his living at this gas station. I have met scores of such Indian IT engineers working at such places and the current economic crisis in the US has only aggravated this situation.

Why should we Indians resort of these practices? The young Indian engineer does what the system demands him to do. Because of the pressures of a materialistic society and their employers in India or in the US, they have to stoop so low.

These are two faces of the Indian IT engineer. One that is described in his/her resume. The other is the sub-standard engineer performing at work. Unfortunately, the second one is the real face. I have been in the industry for 27 years, and I have yet to see a world class "Software Product from India". All this hype about the Indian IT industry is created by self serving corporations that need to promote this substandard culture. But the truth is emerging. The changing political and economic climate in the US and other Western nations will stop this practice in a big way in the future.The flow of outsourcing tide is away from India.

IT giants give the so-called "captive training" to their new hires. They are subjected to gruelling hours of training by sub-standard trainers. And these hires are projected as experienced "software professionals". Their resumes are embellished and through "labour arbitrage" the companies make billions. The solution is to fix our education system. Stop and audit private companies running education as a business to fatten their books. Check their standards of quality, their faculty.

Indian education has shifted from a "talent meritocracy" to a "exam passing meritocracy. Most educational institutions today teach you how to pass exams rather being productive at the work place. This has resulted in the huge "employability gap" between what is taught and what is required within the industry. We must reverse this trend.

Certificates and degrees issued by prestigious educational institutes must have RF IDs to authenticate them at any place in the world, so that no one can make duplicates. Fix our government schools and attract talent from all over the world to teach in these schools. Build a national database of real talent and let that talent be allowed to seen by all companies needing them. We would love to see only one face of the Indian IT engineer — the honest one.
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[mukto-mona] Moyeen and jago Bangladesh....

Dear Mr. Harun, Mrs. Farida Majid & Dr. Mosharraf

Have my well-wish everybody. Hope you people are doing well. I trie to finish the article today for you. But it got a bit lengthy in order to cover or answer all of your issues or concens. After writing message last time, I found that I missed lot of points. The article might be ready tomorrow or the other day. I would request you people to keep your points in your mind and not get lost in the stream or flow of other topics.

Yes, you people provoked me write a political article, but the thing is, I do not like that much writing political article. My area is a bit different-more specically, cultural.

Thanks, hoping your well-being,

Rabiul.

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[ALOCHONA] Re: A disgraceful comment to the nation by Moeen U Ahmed

Today Moeen U Ahmed addressed the fsact that some people do sell
their vote. Their vote is sold for a cup of coffee or a sari or a
lie or a promise. Their vote is sold because they are desperate or
they couldn't care less or they believe that something is better
than nothing.

Nothing Moeen U Ahmed said indicated that he was referring to a
majority of the people. Salman F Rahman could not buy enough votes -
but he did buy some votes.

Yes - maybe Hasina could not buy enough votes.

The people who really sell their votes are tthe chamchas and
criminals in BNP and AL who vote because they intend to get a
finanacial benefit from voting for their local 'netha'.

Did BNP ministers pay Tariq so that he would 'allow' them to be
ministers? If true then they sold their vote too.

How bizarre that blind AL and BNP supporters talk as if Bangladesh
has a 'normal' operating environment that has been ruined by the
CTG.

Sound like the cunning talk of Nazmul Huda, beloved netha of BNP...

He's still walking... but at least his wife isn't...

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, mahathir of bd
<wouldbemahathirofbd@...> wrote:
>
>
> Â Today M.U AHmed saheb has given a sermon that people should not
sale their vote.
> Â When someone make such generalized comment , it means that
majority people sale thier vote.
> Â
> Â is it true?
> Â
> Â How many peopleÂ sale their vote? If it was possible to buy
vote , then why salman frahmanÂ was defeatedÂ to nazmulk huda?Â Â
Was Huda able to spend more money thanÂ F. Rahman?
> Â
> is Â HasinaÂ Â Â not able toÂ manage enough money to pass in all
five seats she contest?
> Â
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> Â Why hasina can not pass in all five seats?Â Is it that she can
not manage enough money?
> Â
> Only stupid people who get sens e by the letter from UN can give
such sermon
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> http://www.microscopiceye.blogspot.com/
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[ALOCHONA] [notun_bangladesh] Re: On Transit

Seems like not many care about Tareq's health. Of course Khondaker
does but he's an idiot. He can't fight for his own son's freedom but
he fights for the freedom of his paymaster! Pathetic!

Its the 13th of July today. Lets see how many Deshi people unitedly
give ultimatum to release those who have ruined BNP.... Not long -
just over 2 weeks to the 30th of July.

Yea - just start to beat the susils... Its democracy Deshi style...
Just like our susils were beaten by the Pakistanis in 71 eh?

Funny. Can the CTG really be nervious about headless chickens like
Hanan Shah and Khondaker?

Maybe : )

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, mahathir of bd
<wouldbemahathirofbd@...> wrote:
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> Â I fully agree with your suggestions and want to add that pro-
bangladeshi people should unitdly give ultimatum to CTG that within
30 julyÂ they must release Khaleda, Nizami and send tareqÂ and
koko abroadÂ for treatment. otherwise they will start breaking the
spinal cord of puppets of india and its supportersÂ susils.Â Some
people justneed to start beatingtÂ the puppets of india and then
people will spontaneouslyÂ give their hand as they give when a
snatcher is caught.
> Â
> Â Situation is such now in Bangladesh . Just need to start beating
the susils, the puppets of india installed CTG.
>
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> http://www.microscopiceye.blogspot.com/
>
> --- On Sat, 7/12/08, abid bahar <abidbahar@...> wrote:
>
> From: abid bahar <abidbahar@...>
> Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Re: On Transit
> To: bd_mailer@..., dhakamails@yahoogroups.com,
notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, alochona@yahoogroups.com,
mbimunshi@..., zoglul@..., khabor@yahoogroups.com, ayubi_s786@...,
rehman.mohammad@..., premlaliguras@...
> Cc: "Bangladesh United nations"
<bangladesh@...>, "bdresearchers@..." <bdresearchers@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 2:19 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Transit and Bangladeshis to Get Ready for Movement Against the CTG
> Abid Bahar
> Â
> Foreign Minister Iftekher Chowdhury once said, "the CTG will leave
the transit issue in such a position that the elected government
will have no choice but to accept it." It sounds like the CTG is a
puppet government of India. We already know General Moin U is a pro-
Indian General. The CTG is only buying time to find excuses for a
prolonged rule.
> India as an untrusworthy partner did similar treaties soon after
Bangladesh became independent. Mujib was not an inexperienced
leader. India took advantage of the vonerability. Now again they
knowingly trying the transit pact with an unelected government.
Bangladeshis are not against giving transit to India but wants a
comprehensive deal and such a deal should be initiated, examined and
signed by an elected government.Â BangladeshisÂ should resist
against the Chaniaka RAW deal.
>
> The other developments that theÂ CTG is siding with the AL and
forcing Khalida to leave the country. It paralized Khalida's two
children. Is this extrajudicial act for corruption or to get rid of
the political enemy? Hasina is quiet on the transit issue.Â What is
going on? ItÂ appears that the external forces that installed CTG
through anarchy are hereÂ to remove the pro-Bangladesh forces and to
install a prolonged Moin U army rule. After all Moin U's CTG rule
already brought inceasing difficulties for Bangladesh. It is time to
remove it.
> Â
> Hasina was already in favour of transit but didn't dare to go
forward. It seems that patriotic fronts irrespective of party
affiliation have to act in this historic movement. After 17th July
let the nation watch and be ready to break the illegal emergency
rule of the CTG and bring down the illegal foreign backed govenment.
It has to be like the historic Farakka Movement by Bhasani; a
Bangladesh nation-wide moment. India and its allies will readily
call this a Taliban movement. But whatever, Bangladeshis have to
fight against any pact signed by the illegal CTG government.
> We are Bangladeshis! Save Bangladesh!
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bangladeshis Unite!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Isha Khan <bd_mailer@yahoo. com>
> To: dhakamails@yahoogro ups.com; notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups.
com; alochona@yahoogroup s.com; mbimunshi@gmail. com;
zoglul@hotmail. co.uk; abidbahar@yahoo. com; khabor@yahoogroups.
com; ayubi_s786@yahoo. com; rehman.mohammad@ gmail.com;
premlaliguras@ hotmail.com
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 8:48:18 PM
> Subject: On Transit
>
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> On Transit
> Â
> Naya Digant, 12 JULY 2008
> Â
> http://www.dailynay adiganta. com/fullnews. asp?News_
ID=91923&sec=1
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[ALOCHONA] Re: This CTG has proved 1: Every political party must have strong foreign branch

Journalists were attacked/killed during AL and BNP governments. The
attackers were invariably politcally connected and politically
protected.

Many journalists, and newspapers, are too partisan. Many journalists
can be bought and sold.

All this fancy talk about liberty and freedom - its just rubbish. As
if there is no anti CTG talk in the media!

When you steal from thieves the thieves suddenly start talking about
property rights!

There are no foreign units of the CTG - that is absurd. However for
decades there have been foreign units of AL and BNP. And these units
have almost never done anything for the foreign communities. Instead
they have used new found wealth and new found education to bolster
rubbish politics. They are defined by infighting, petty jealousies,
clashing egos, wasted funds, wasted chances, cycles of violence and
social unrest. They should all be closed down. But the upper jerks
in AL and BNP in Desh just to love to fly around, get flowers from
fawning fools, pocket some cash and steal soap from any hotel they
stay in.

Tell it like it is baby.

Wanna suckle?

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, mahathir of bd
<wouldbemahathirofbd@...> wrote:
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> After the backsal government, no other govt was so harsh on the
media and threatened free speaking in electronic and print media.
> Â
> Â so many people were not black list before and journalist nevel
formed committe to protectÂ their freedom.
> Â
> Â So , the generalsÂ propelled CTG has proved that every,if not,
major political parties must have strong forign wing so thatÂ if
any time generals or even elected government become atrociousÂ and
tighten its grip on free media,Â voice can be raised againt them
fromt he foreign land
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[mukto-mona] Article 9 : Does science make belief in Allah/God obsolete? Yes. declares a philosopher...

Article 9 : Does science make belief in Allah/God obsolete?

Yes. declares a rationalist philosopher...

Once upon a time there were a number of strong pseudo-scientific arguments for the existence of an Allah or God. One of the oldest and most prevalent is the argument from design. Most people look at the complexity of the world and cannot conceive of how it could have come about except by the action of a being or force of great power and intelligence.
The design argument received perhaps its most brilliant exposition in the work of the Anglican archdeacon William Paley. In his « Natural Theology, or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity Collected from the Appearance of Nature », first published in 1802, Paley wrote about finding both a stone and a watch while crossing a heath. Though the stone would be regarded as a simple part of nature, no one would question that the watch is an artifact, an instrument built by human intelligence, designed for the purpose of telling time. Paley then proposed that objects of nature, such as the human eye, give every indication of being similar contrivances. Although this is also a worthwhile question as to how such an Allah / God could have designed such complicated and details structure ; and who designed such an intelligence designer!

When Charles Darwin entered Cambridge in 1827 he was assigned to the same rooms in Christ's College occupied by William Paley seventy years earlier. By that time the syllabus included the study of Paley's works, and Darwin was deeply impressed. He remarked that Paley's work "gave me as much delight as did Euclid."

Yet Darwin ultimately discovered the answer to Paley and showed how complex systems can evolve naturally from simpler ones without design or plan. The mechanism he proposed in 1859 in « The Origin of Species » (inferred independently by Alfred Russel Wallace) was natural selection, by which organisms accumulate changes that enable them to survive and have progeny that maintain those features.

But, as Darwin recognised, a serious objection to evolution existed based on the known physics of his time. Calculations by the great physicist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) estimated ages for the sun that were far too short for natural selection to operate. However, at the time, nuclear energy was unknown. When this new form of energy was discovered early in the twentieth century, physicists estimated that the manner in which energy was released by nuclear reactions correctly explain that the sun and other stars would last billions of years as stable energy sources and that the ages for this activity of the sun that were appropriate for natural selection to operate.

Prior to the twentieth century, the simple fact that the universe contains matter also provided strong evidence for a creation. At the time it was believed that matter was conserved, and so the matter of the universe had to come from somewhere. However, in 1905 Einstein showed that matter could be created from energy.

In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble reported that the galaxies were moving away from one another at speeds approximately proportional to their distance, indicating that the universe was expanding. This provided the earliest evidence for the Big Bang. An expanding universe could have started with low entropy and still have formed localised order.

Extrapolating what we know from modern cosmology back to the earliest definable moment, we find that the universe began in a state of maximum disorder. It contained the maximum entropy for the tiny region of space. Once the universe exploded out of chaos, we no longer have total disorder; but regularity dominates the universe. Most of the matter of the universe moves around regularly.

If he is to have any control over events so that some ultimate plan is realised, God or Allah has to poke his finger into the works amidst all this regularity. Yet there is no evidence that God pokes his finger in anyplace. The universe and life flows naturally. And humanity, although only occupying a tiny speck of dust in a vast cosmos, looks like a special gift of biological evolution, intelligent enough to observe, understand, invent and built, in fields of science as well as of society without permitting any fictional Allah/God any role of interference.

The universe visible to us contains a hundred billion galaxies, each with a hundred billion stars. But by far the greatest portion of the universe that expanded exponentially from the original chaos lies far beyond our horizon. Yet we are supposed to think that a supreme being exists who follows the path of every particle, while listening to every human thought and guiding his favourite football teams to victory. Science has not only made belief in God obsolete. It has made it incoherent.

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Does science make belief in Allah/God obsolete ? Article 1:Necessarily, it does - says a physicist

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/114>

Articlw 2: Yes, of course - speaks a psychologist
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/115> Article 3 : No, and yes - speaks a Christian Priest… ! <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/116> Article 4 : Absolutely - says an eminent scientist <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/117>

Article 5 : Of course –responds a philosopher <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/118>

Article 6 : Not Really - says a biologist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/120

Article 7 : Not but il should, argues an Atheist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/122

Article 8 : ? No, claims a priest….. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanist_international/message/123

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[ALOCHONA] New Cheating, Lying, and Deception of Jamaat/Shibir

Jatiya Muktijuddha Parishad and attack on muktijuddha - new jaliati by Jamaate Islami ( July 12, 2008):

More on this news: http://prothom-alo.com/print.php?t=h&nid=MTczNzc

http://www.shamokal.com/details.php?nid=96074

More news on Jatiya Muktijuddha Parishad Jaliati:
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Re: [mukto-mona] Odbhut adhar nemeche e prithibite aaj... [Bangla]

WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/49032

The real freedom fighters freed the land now called Bangladesh from the grip of the Pakistani occupation army. I think the Jamaati freedom fighters wanted to do just the opposite viz., giving back the freed land to their Pakistani masters. Logically this must be so given the fact that all the Jamaati leaders including Gholam Azam, Sayyidi, Nizami, etc. were the collaborators of the occupation army.
The youngest freedom fighter still living today should not be below 50. If one looked at the faces of the Jamaati Mukti Bahini members could easily figure out if they were fake. I have a feeling that they are. What can be more farcical!
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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh

http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/university_teachers_arrest.htm

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Daily Star publishes an interview with Mukto-Mona
http://www.mukto-mona.com/news/daily_star/daily_star_MM.pdf

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MM site is blocked in Islamic countries such as UAE. Members of those theocratic states, kindly use any proxy (such as http://proxy.org/) to access mukto-mona.

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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/5_yrs_anniv/index.htm

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Mukto-Mona Celebrates Earth Day:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Earth_day2006/index.htm

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Kansat Uprising : A Special Page from Mukto-Mona

http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/kansat2006/members/

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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari

http://www.mukto-mona.com/project/Roumari/freedom_fighters_union300306.htm

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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/german_radio/

Mukto-Mona Celebrates Darwin Day:

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/index.htm

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Some FAQ's about Mukto-Mona:

http://www.mukto-mona.com/new_site/mukto-mona/faq_mm.htm

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[mukto-mona] BUFLA Inauguration Ceremony (July 20, 2008)

Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles (BUFLA)

www.bufla.com

Dear Friends,

The oath-taking Inauguration Ceremony of the Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles (BUFLA, www.bufla.com) will be held on July 20, 2008, Sunday, starting at 5 PM at the Wilshire Radisson Hotel in Los Angeles (Wilshire x Normandie). You are all cordially invited to attend.

Given below are some of the Video-links in YouTube, announcing the oath taking Inauguration ceremony of the newly elected officials and EC members of the Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles (BUFLA).

A letter from the newly elected President of BUFLA, Dr. M. A. Hashem, is also copied below.

Please attend and witness and enjoy this very special occasion.

Thanks and regards,

Mahbub Khan

408-859-3566

mahbubkhan@ieee.org

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Here are the several Video links to YouTube for the BUFLA officers' oath-and-Inauguration ceremony announcements:

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BUFLA-EC announces Inauguration ceremony:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7P7g5Ai29U

BUFLA-Team goes to San Bernardino:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHg2beloPX4

BUFLA-Inauguration announcement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86JStDLuF4

BUFLA-Team goes to San Bernardino:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHg2beloPX4

Inauguration of Bufla elected official at Radison Hotel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cw_Ei3eCkw

Print Issue MOTAMOT

http://www.vinnomot.com/Arafat/Vinnomot_122.pdf

Ekush Info and EkushTube:

www.ekush.info, Videos at www.EkushTube.com

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Letter from the President

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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:44:47 -0700
From: hashem_dds@yahoo.com
Subject: Few important information about BUFLA Inaugural Ceremony
To: Distribution

Dear Fellow BUFLA Team,

"We Stand United"

Happy Holiday. Everybody should be enjoying the (4^th July) holiday by socialization, parties, fireworks, and so many others things. Meanwhile we all preparing ourselves for the upcoming (BUFLA) Inaugural ceremony on 20th July at the Wilshire Plaza Hotel.Please, don't forget the date, mark it on your calendar and please be there on time .

We have a couple of announcements about the activities which we suggested to practice on that occasion.

Such as:

1. First of all we all want to create an environment of unity, friendship , and mutual understanding among us to prove that we are together and BUFLA is a federation.We requested all BUFLA member organizations to bring a colored display board having your organization information, policies, mission and vision, past activities with captioning and pictures. Suggested size of display board is 36x48 triple folder available at Staples, Office Depot. Imagine if we have 28 display board on that Ballroom of different color, it will definitely be a fantastic photo gallery. I have personally announced a prize for the best display. So please take it seriously, be number one and win the prize.

2.We all know about UNO, a federation of nations, symbolizing the federation having all country flags in front of the UN building in New York. We the BUFLA is also a federation. Each organization should have a flag but it isn't mandatory. We also requested all BUFLA organizations to provide an organizational flag on 20th July program if possible. It will give us a feelings that we all want to do something good and we love BUFLA.

3. We are 28 organizations at this moment in BUFLA. In near future this number will be increased insha-Allah. Five officers elected from five different organizations, the rest of the 23 organizations will be considered as the executive members. So these 23 organization's leaders are requested to let us know who will represent your organization as an EC member for the next year. We have to know that ahead of time before the Inaugural ceremony, and all these 23 EC members are going to take an oath on the 20th July program. So it is highly advised to report to us the name of that person and also request them to be present on time and thier name will be announced to come on stage to take the oath. All EC members are requested to wear a suit and tie for that occasion.

4. New BUFLA Cabinet has decided to invite all 28 organizations to take part in Dialogue (Sanglap). The 1st phase of dialog date is July 26, Saturday 7pm to 10 pm, July 27, Sunday 5pm to 10 pm, August 2, Saturday 7pm to 10 pm, and August 3, Sunday 5pm to 10 pm. So please think about the dates, and whichever is convenient for you let us know. We hope this Sanglap (Dialogue) will eliminate all of our differences, we can talk one-on-one and exchange our views and strengths for our Unity. So be positive about the Dialogue and plan ahead of time which date is good for you and prepare yourself with a lot of ideas.

Hopefully we will see you on 20th July at Wilshire Plaza Hotel on time.

God bless America
God Bless Bangladesh
God Bless BUFLA

Sincerely,

Dr. M. A. Hashem
President Elect.
Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles (BUFLA)

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