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Dear "Hakka hua" Alamgir

Long time no see! Did you just come out of hibernation!!!

 

You remain as incoherent before. Your write up is unreadable!!!

 

What you didnt use shial talk when referring to your Hasina Apu! I am shocked. :)

 




 

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Subject: [ALOCHONA] BANGLADESH GONOTONTRA SAMACHAR

 

Friends

Perhaps Bangladesh is the only country where the democracy is
practiced by the whims n caprice of the leader in power nothing more
nothing less. The so called democrats vow to shed blood to uphold
popular democracy n be servant of the people. The real scenario is
just the opposite. The people of Bangladesh observes that they are
made subservient servants to the whims of the political elites( in
reality political murderers,goons,looters n rapist) n the prince, sis
of the queen are the remote controller of the power machine with
absolute control.

It is also observed that these democrats has one and only one
characteristic is distance n deviate from the promise made thru
manifesto n also from very essence of politics i.e."TRUTH". To lie is
the only aim to deceive the people from their rightful share from the
government is the practice. To show red eyes n threat the voters in
return of their trust n love to politicians is the only n the only
practice n characteristics of the desh premik Rajniti(hin)bid. .

They(politicians) must be awarded either Noble or any other equivalent
prize to be successful in changing the age old n the only accurate
definition of Democracy given President Abraham Lincon " the
government is of the people, by the people n for the people". But our
erudite politicians with connivance of dishonest JIBIS changed the
definition as :

"THE GOVERNMENT IS OF THE PARTY, BY THE PARTY N FOR ONLY THE PARTY LEADER"

Since day one that Bangladesh ushered into the new horizon of freedom
we are watching the above definition come true n brutally implemented
on the mass.But, friends, there is change in attitude,application n
viewing of the changed definition by different parties differently by
successive govts.In this respect if any one believes in truth n just
then should agree that there is gulf of different between BAL n BNP.
BNP can be termed as the second father of multi party democracy in our
newly born nation but the other one do not need any discussion as they
are killer of multi party democracy n fathered the one party BAKSALI
fascist rule.

I wonder when our so-called "Bidogdha,Proggaban,Socheton" teahers down
from school to University are divided on the issue of right definition
n practice of the same in the modern world.These "Gwan Papis" are busy
as sycophants of their political mentors n teaching the innocents
students their version of thinking,belief n allegiance political
theories.So, by thus they are confusing the students who are losing
interest in government. It is very much unfortunate that most of the
political motivated criminal teachers are engaged in inciting the
students to go on the street to press their political
master/mistress's agenda n resort violence, killing creating a reign
of terror. The end result is that those section of hooligan teachers
are in the making of Santrashis /arsonist n looters from among the
students who are suppoose to learn the modus operendi of running the
future of the nation.

The unfortunate people are the prey of vicious acts of the political
goons who create a reign of terror in favour of the party in power
with the ulterior aim to perpetuate their grip on the power. But these
stupid political criminals are making the same mistake again and again
as the people have their limit of tolerance n when the range is
crossed the people decides otherwise. This has happened not only in
Bangladesh but also HINDU STAAAN (the so- called secular n democrat)
n now almost on the verge of disintegration, the Pakistan.

So, from the above discussion we can draw conclusion that there is
gulf of difference between theory n practice of Democracy in
Bangladesh as well in the region.As per book of politics it is said
that politics must stand for the people by involving people from every
walks of the society (including the opposing views) n make right way
to benefit the mass and not any individual or any family. In democracy
family has no place as the determining factor since they are part n
equal along with the mass. But we see that when any individual is
elected at the center of power h/she is being worshiped in such a way
which seriously undermines the entity of the nation which is a serious
indication to the stampeding the people's aspiration to lead a
free,independent, happy n peaceful life promised by the treacherous
political elites.

Lately we are observing that our nation Bangladesh which was earned by
the sacrifice of OCEAN of blood of the heroic Mukti Jodhdhas has less
importance in any respect than from that of the Netri n her sis n her
immediate( foreigner spouses) family.But why ??????????
Are they not part (excluding the foreigners) of the nationhood of
Bangladeshi or they are aliens or they have allegiance elsewhere
other than Bangladesh ?????????????????????

It is a matter of great regret that despite having independence 38
years ago we could not tread a single step in any respect of
nationhood. We are still made to be divided intentionally to reap
political benefit and benefit for the mentors beyond the border.We
miserably failed to develop any sense of national unity,
direction,affiliation,allegiance,interest,goal n most importantly we
lack patriotism(people may differ) n specially in higher strata of our
elite political/business n Amla gamla segment of the society.

It appears that since long we are committing suicide by turning us
incapable or ineffective to run our own affairs. On the other hand the
aim of the millions of Blood donor Mukti Jodhdhas were different. They
shed their blood with a smile of satisfaction that the LAL SABUJ
PATAKA flying high in the blue sky.But due to the Gaddari of the
motivated politics their dream, was shatterd at budding stage when the
same flag was lowered in BERU BARI n fly the fascist Chakra flag. What
a mockery on doing justice to blood of the martyred Mukti Jodhdhas.

Friends, Bangladeshis should we allow our nation to go backward n turn
subservient country without having any spine to stand as a sovereign
nation ?????????????????????????
Let the conscience of people speak for itself and act
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Faruque Alamgir



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[ALOCHONA] Despair to desperation




Remembering to forget the atrocities of General Moeen U Ahmed's 'caretaker government' is a transparent admission by the current Awami League government of owning the seditious acts of the military junta along with their civilian collaborators. The pursuit of the political agenda of the 1/11 bandits reinforces the perception that Sheikh Hasina's government is only a 'constitutional face' of General Moeen's regime, writes Salauddin Quader Chowdhury


POLITICIANS complaining about the media have been compared to sailors complaining about the sea. The media is a major contributor to the creation of popular perception. Perception is a dominant factor in populist politics. Perception and reality are not always consistent. Most political syllogisms in the political arena are based on major premises that are popularly or parochially perceived – often suggested or supported by the media – and may not be related to facts but products of our respective pride or prejudices. The vehemence with which most political perceptions are argued demonstrates the degree of our fervour rather than the passion of any substance. Yet, it is perception that prevails over facts.

 

Samuel Butler claims: 'The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow.' This hypothesis makes the public opinion vulnerable to the cheapest and most convenient suggestions presented to it, by the media, which, in the nature of things, is certainly vulnerable to manipulations in more ways than one.


   As we enter the month of October, we seem poised to complete three years of government by coercion. The first quarter of the past three years starting from October 2006 was dominated by coercion of political violence. The following eight quarters starting from the infamous military intervention of January 11, 2007 consisted of coercion by the might of the armed personnel in uniform. The past three quarters of 2009 has been marked by the coercion of a civilian government claiming an absolute majority as a consequence of an election result that defies imagination and challenges credibility.


   The advent of the rule by coercion that commenced in October 2006 was certainly not a novelty in Bangladesh. There are numerous schools of thought that can point fingers at when and how the concept of rule by coercion started in independent Bangladesh. Some are inclined to trace this back – perhaps, rightly so – to even the days of the erstwhile Pakistan. Yet others can trace the genesis of the rule by coercion to the colonial era of British India. Without engaging in any argument as to when this offensive phenomenon was introduced in our country, it is possibly fair to suggest that the emergence of the rule of coercion after a stretch of 15 years of government by consent must be attributed to the monumental failure of our political leadership. We could not recognise that 'in making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power does not outrage the minority.'


   It is possible to engage in an animated argument as to whether it was the spirit of 'barbarity of tyrants' or the 'fatuity of idiots' that inspired the enactment of the 14th amendment of the constitution, by which the age Supreme Court judges was extended by an additional two years. The increase in the age of judges by itself was innocuous enough but the fact that an immediate past chief justice had been given the onerous responsibility of being the chief executive of an interim government for holding elections had made this enactment transparently suspect to partisan political objectives and invited the ire of all and sundry.


   The policy decisions of the last three years in Bangladesh suggest that our policymaking process has been subverted to meet the wish list of a regional hegemony patronised by western powers that is petrified by the sheer thought of 'a hundred and fifty million Moslems on the loose.' It has been claimed by the military junta that interrupted constitutional government in January 2007 that it was the UN threat to terminate employment of Bangladeshi troops in UN peacekeeping operations that prompted it to intervene in the political process. This rationale invites two fundamental questions. First, whether the employment of Bangladeshi troops by the United Nations has been used as leverage by the superpowers in general or any 'omni-power' in particular. Second, whether the armed forces of Bangladesh have been transformed into a mercenary force, in the interests of a hegemony, designed to protect the territorial sovereignty of distant countries rather than its own.


   The overt – often arrogant – and less than diplomatic activities of a 'quartet' of plenipotentiaries in Dhaka preceding the coup d'etat of January 2007 promoted the belief that these patron saints of democracy were instrumental in denying the people of this country the right of franchise for a long two years. The advocacy of this 'quartet' endorsing and defending the military junta who usurped political power in Bangladesh for two years suggests that the powers represented by this unholy 'quartet' had possibly orchestrated the military intervention for more than altruistic reasons. The pursuit of the policy priorities of the military junta by the succeeding Awami League government of the last nine months tends to confirm the belief that the government in power is committed to pursuing the course of action charted out three years ago.

 

It is grossly unfair to hold the AL government responsible for kowtowing to regional and international powers for its enthusiasm in giving a transit corridor to India or in its reluctance to take effective action in defining and defending our maritime boundaries. Encouraging the systematic destruction of institutions of the state that represent independent statehood quite naturally invites the question whether these attempts are part of the debt-servicing obligations for the 'good conduct' certification of the redoubtable elections of December 2008.


   It is possible that Bangladesh might have had lost some earnings in foreign exchange if our armed forces employment by the UN for peacekeeping missions had been terminated. Compared to the foreign exchange earnings of our unskilled workers abroad, these earnings are a pittance. Perhaps the erosion of respect for our armed forces amongst the general public for its perceived role in the course of the two years of an ostensible 'caretaker government' cannot be quantified in dollars and cents. Even the liberal use of allegations of 'corruption' – described by Gibbon as 'the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty' – failed to justify the seditious act of violating the constitution by a military brass whose ambitions far exceeded their competence.

 

The unfortunate tragedy is that the naïve and inept ambitions of a few tarnished the image of many. Passions of fury against these inept, corrupt and ambitious few draw the wrath of nationalists across the board who are even tempted to paraphrase Max Hoffmann's description of the British army in the First World War as 'Lions led by donkeys.' The armed forces as an institution are now being held accountable to public opinion for the avarice of some of its members. This state of affairs cannot be in the interest of Bangladesh as an independent nation. To a liberal Bengali, this charade of unfulfilled ambitions of an errant military junta may be a matter of nonchalance. But to a Bangladeshi nationalist, this disastrous loss of image of our armed forces maybe seen as a hegemonistic design to reduce our competence to mould our own destiny rather than an accident of history in a territory destined to be a vassal state of a regional power.


   Having lost a father in unnatural circumstances in incarceration during an Awami League government, sympathy for anyone who has lost near and dear ones by violence because of political reasons is instinctive. That the prime minister of Bangladesh lost almost her whole family in violence deserves the sympathy of the entire nation and this violence deserves condemnation from all. There can be no debate on this issue. Nor can there be a debate on the extraordinary contributions of the late lamented Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the creation of Bangladesh as an independent nation. His success in securing the withdrawal of occupation forces from the soil of Bangladesh on March 19, 1972 shall perhaps be remembered as the finest hour of his political career. The nation shall cherish this memory for posterities. Sadly, and perhaps not so mysteriously, the Awami League chooses to ignore this great milestone in the history of its own party.


   Political parties, as competitors in the political arena, have their own respective burdens to bear. The sole responsibility – of imprisoning the people of Bangladesh under a one-party rule, throttling the throat of the media, letting loose a political paramilitary force (Rakkhi Bahini) on the people of Bangladesh, the physical elimination of political opponents – cannot be attributed to the late president alone. Indeed, it needs to be enquired as to what failures and inadequacies of his political colleagues and his party obliged him to embark upon a course of action that is contrary to his past political convictions. Having said that, the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina has to determine whether it is ready to own the end of one-party rule and the dismantling of the Rakkhi Bahini.

 

This is especially important today as it is now commanding almost the same strength in parliament that was enjoyed in the first parliament of Bangladesh that enacted the amendment for one-party rule. Rumours are rife about a variety of constitutional amendments that the government is considering. Consequently, apprehensions are on the rise.


   Remembering to forget the atrocities of General Moeen U Ahmed's 'caretaker government' is a transparent admission by the current Awami League government of owning the seditious acts of the military junta along with their civilian collaborators. The pursuit of the political agenda of the 1/11 bandits reinforces the perception that Sheikh Hasina's government is only a 'constitutional face' of General Moeen's regime committed to the same obligations that propelled his junta to power. The continued persecution of nationalist forces in all sections of society confirms the belief that the past nine months is only another phase of an administration that usurped power in January 2007.


   The killing of over 50 army officers and the incarceration of almost 2,000 personnel of the Bangladesh Rifles has effectively destroyed the primary institution entrusted to be sentinels of our territorial sovereignty. One does not require the IQ of a rocket scientist to identify the chief beneficiary of this catastrophe. The marked lack of enthusiasm demonstrated by General Moeen and his cronies of January 11, 2007 in responding to the pleas of help by the army officers in Peelkhana on February 24, 2009 is a transparent fact witnessed by the whole nation. The negotiations with the rebels at the highest political level resembled the bargaining of the management with a labour union, generating questions as to the motive of the political government.


   The insecurity of the inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts caused by the decision to withdraw security personnel from this insurgent-infested area has made the greater Chittagong district vulnerable. The strategic vulnerability of Chittagong that is connected to the trunk of Bangladesh by a 'chicken's neck' of only a few miles, flanked by India and the Bay of Bengal, seems to be inconsequential to the political strategists in Dhaka. The Chittagong Hill Tracts is a natural sanctuary for violent centrifugal forces of northeast India and can be a source of irritation to our hegemonistic neighbours and can provide excuses for ambitious incursions, a fact that seems to be conveniently ignored.

 

 The Chittagong port, comparable to Danzig of Poland in the 2nd World War, is literally our only viable port, while it is the nearest access to the sea for the Seven Sisters (the seven states of northeast India). The appalling condition of the road between Chittagong and Dhaka – the only national highway – combined with the government's enthusiasm for an Asian Highway connecting various states of India through Bangladesh territory is possibly yet another indication as to the intentions of the past three years rule of General Moeen and his successive cohorts.


   The government's liberal 'understanding' of the Indian government's intention to build a dam at Tipaimukh, which is perceived by the nation as a national ecological disaster, projects the impression that the government is more concerned to address the interests of our all-encompassing neighbour rather than the interests of its own citizens. The marked reluctance to establish the claim of our maritime boundaries also seems consistent with this policy.


   Three years ago, the nationalists of this country were condemned publicly for corruption, incompetence, failing law and order situation, rise of terrorism, politicisation of the bureaucracy, shortage of power, shortage of gas. The bandits of January 2007 spent hundreds of crores in a media blitz to prove their allegations. They spent hundreds of crores of taxpayers' money to project themselves as competent and honest saviours of the nation. In less than a year, this 'beacon light to marooned humanity', their expertise in Rwanda, Ivory Coast and Congo failed to make any headway in resolving national issues. On the contrary, they exposed themselves as less than honest, inept and incapable of responding to national needs.

 

It became obvious that the only escape was the election of a government that would pursue the same goals designed by their international sponsors and that would provide it indemnity from prosecution. This brought about a well-engineered 'election' – where coercion rather than competence must claim credit – which presented Bangladesh with an elected government with Sheikh Hasina as the prime minister. The certificates of 'good conduct' for the elections were effusive by the international sponsors of General Moeen and his January 2007 adventure.


   It is just about three years that our honourable prime minister lauded General Moeen's adventure as 'God's latest gift to mankind' by claiming that the 1/11 government was a product of her own political movement. Since then, the nation has found no reason to challenge her claim then, nor the popular perception that her government today is a continuation of the same government under a different guise. In the last three years, we have not seen any increase in the capacity of power generation or any increase in the supply of natural gas. Prices of essentials are on the rise – suppliers claiming that they are prey to rent seekers. Law and order situation is at its ebb. Incompetence in the administration reigns supreme. Politicisation of the administration has achieved new dimensions.

 

The 'rule of law' has been redefined. Persecution of political opponents is the order of the day. Rent seeking activities has become all pervasive – to the point that government ministers are publicly acknowledging it. Political rhetoric of coercion is at its height of articulation. Security forces are working at cross purposes. The territorial boundaries of the country are being patrolled by sentries with batons as weapons. Heightened security for VIPs is in vogue. Prevailing conditions remind us of Shakespeare in Hamlet, 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.'


   Cynics, such as Inge, define a nation as a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by a common hatred of its neighbours. Persistent challenges to our national pride and recurring insults to our nationalism may force us to be reduced to this pathetic definition of nationhood. It is not in the interest of this nation of 150 million people to be projected as such. We wish to stand up with our heads held high as an independent people in the comity of nations, boldly protecting the interests of our people without being represented as being malicious to neighbours – near or distant.

 

That we are Muslims is a matter of pride and we have no desire to capitulate to threats of being branded as terrorists because of our faith in Allah and the prophet (pbuh). We wish to contribute to international peace but not at the cost of undermining our own national institutions. We support the territorial sovereignty of other nations but cannot afford to defend them at the cost of leaving our own territories vulnerable. We would like to practise democracy and representative government and welcome the support of the international community but we cannot allow the sections of the international community to hold us to ransom for their approbation in our strictly domestic concerns. We are a nation striving with remarkable resilience to shape our own destiny. Any attempts to thwart us from this goal would be met with resistance.


   Patience with despair has its limits. Rhetoric of hope has a rather short life of credulity. Prejudice has its own bounds of tolerance, while pride has longer endurance. Injury has its recovery period but insult persists. We cannot, and indeed must not, allow despair to reach desperation. The means of desperation are rarely just, while the ends of desperation do not always provide deliverance from despair. Our maturity encourages us to recognise William Blake's couplet:


   The errors of a wise man make your rule, Rather than the perfections of a fool.


   
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is a lawmaker of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party

 

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[ALOCHONA] AL tag won't excuse tender manipulators, extortionists: Hasina



AL tag won’t excuse tender manipulators, extortionists: Hasina


I join Nasir in demanding the exemplary punishment of criminals in the ruling party (New Age 8/10/09). It is also offensive that the ruling party expects us to wait for court convictions before any party member is punished and expelled. The ruling party should conduct its own investigations and maintain its own internal discipline. If it cannot maintain its own house then it cannot maintain the house of the nation. It is as if we voted for AL to form a government so that many of its party operatives could break the law. There is no end to the humiliation of our democratic aspirations.

Ezajur Rahman

Kuwait
 

 



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[mukto-mona] National Meet on 'What it means to be a Muslim In India Today'

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National Meet on the Status of Muslims in Contemporary India

Delhi 3 to 5 Oct 2009

Summary of Findings and Recommendations

A national meet was organised on the theme 'What it Means to be a Muslim in India Today' by Anhad in collaboration with Siasat and other organisations Delhi from 3 to 5 Oct 09. A large number of individuals as well as representatives of organisations participated and spoke about their experiences and problems late into the evenings. A detailed report is under preparation. However, this is a very brief summary of some of the major findings and recommendations that emerged from the hearings.

Overall

The predominant finding of the meet was that there is an intense, almost universal sentiment of fear and growing despair among Muslim citizens of the country. Many of those who testified in the meet went so far as to declare that they felt reduced to second class citizenship. They shared their mounting disillusionment with all institutions of governance, and more so with the police and judiciary, as well as with political parties and to some extent the media.

There is on the one hand the constant dread of being profiled as a terrorist, or of a loved one being so profiled, with the attendant fears of illegal and prolonged detention, denial of bail, torture, unfair and biased investigation and trial, and extra-judicial killings. There is on the other hand the lived experience of day to day discrimination, in education, employment, housing and public services, which entrap the community in hopeless conditions of poverty and want. This is fostered in a situation of pervasive communal prejudice in all institutions of the state, especially the police, civil administration and judiciary; and also the political leadership of almost all parties; large segments of the print and visual media; and the middle classes, and the systematic manufacture of hate and divide by communal organisations.

It was repeatedly emphasised that this is not simply a problem of victimhood of or injustice to a particular community. It is a grave challenge to the basic values of the Indian Constitution, including democracy, secularism, fraternity and the rule of law.

Major Findings

1. The pervasive sense of insecurity reported from various corners of the country derived greatly from the prejudice, illegality and impunity with which police forces across the country deal with the challenges of terror. This is a regular pattern that occurs after every terror attack, and sometimes even when there have been no actual terror episodes but the state authorities claim that there was a conspiracy which they detected and prevented. Testimonies from many states in the country outline this chilling pattern, of Muslim, mostly male youth, usually with no criminal records, being illegally picked up by men in plain clothes, and taken blind-folded in unmarked vehicles to illegal locations like farm houses which are not police stations. There they are tortured to coerce them to confess to terror crimes. Many men testified in the meet to brutal and terrifying torture. A few are killed in extra-judicial killings or 'encounters'. The rest are
ultimately produced after several days of illegal detention before magistrates, who ignore injuries that suggest torture. They are then officially remanded to extended police custody, and ultimately charged with a range of crimes of terror and treason. Many are charged with multiple crimes of terror, sometimes 20 or even 50, in many states, making it impossible for the youth charged with these grave crimes to defend themselves. Even if the legal justice system worked efficiently, it would take many years, sometimes decades, for these cases to be heard and concluded against each of the individuals. For all these years, the youth would continue to be held in detention. Almost no one who bears a Muslim identity is exempt from the fear that they, or members of their families, can be subjected to the same allegations of terror links, and to similar processes of detention, torture, encounter killings or prolonged, multiple and biased trails. It was noted that
completely different standards are applied in the cases of the Hindutva terror organisations which have come to light.

2. The testimonies underlined the aspirations of the people of the community to participate in economic and social development in the country, as equal partners as people of other communities. Many women and men who testified in the national meet spoke of the importance to them of modern and high quality schooling and higher education, and sought much higher levels of public investment in their education. There was careful and thoughtful analysis of the design and implementation of measures announced by the central government to address the low social and economic indicators documented by the Sachar Committee. It was pointed out that the per capita levels of investment for the community are still low. The scheme for investment in districts with high minority population, at best cover 30 per cent of the total population. The programmes are for area development rather than programmes focussed on the minorities; therefore they prove blunt instruments
as much of the expenditure is on general infrastructure and little to directly benefit deprived people of the community. They are not consulted about their priorities. The scholarship programme is welcome, but also suffers from infirmities of procedure and targets which limit its impact. Financial institutions including nationalised banks are still reluctant to extend credit to Muslims.

3. There were many testimonies about open prejudice and bias of public institutions towards Muslims, but it was confirmed that these prejudices are equally evident outside government as well. There were also reports of profiling against Muslims by the criminal justice system even beyond terror crimes, reflected in disproportionately high Muslim populations in jails. Many sensitive and senior positions in both central and state government departments, including in the home, education, social welfare and information departments, continue to be held by officials with sympathies with communal ideologies and organisations, and the UPA government has done little to identify and replace them. In particular, sections of the media were examined for their role in reinforcing communal stereotypes, as well as for uncritically broadcasting the police version in terror-related arrests and encounter killings. Textbooks often show similar bias, and this is
particularly dangerous because for millions of poor and especially rural children, the textbook is the only source of the printed word which they can access.

4. People reported from many parts of India of difficulties in getting homes on rent or on sale in non- Muslim localities, or admissions in schools and institutions of higher education. People spoke in many corners of the country of systematic efforts to destroy and boycott the livelihoods of Muslims. Sustained decentralised hate campaigns are organised which portray Muslim men as predators against Hindu girls, and people who slaughter the cow which is sacred to the Hindu community, and vigilante groups supported tacitly by the police target Muslims for these alleged social violations. There were reports, again from many corners of the country, about ejection from cemetery and waqf lands. The latter are valued at billions of rupees, and if managed with efficiency and integrity, could yield large resources for education and livelihoods for the community.

Recommendations

1. There should be a high-powered judicial commission headed by a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed to examine all cases of terror across the country. Those that seem doubtful or fabrications should be handed over to a Special Investigation Team appointed and supervised by the high-powered judicial commission. It should complete its task in one year, so that prolonged detention of persons against whom there is little convincing evidence is not prolonged further.

2. In cases in which it is obvious that false cases were framed and evidence fabricated, the police officers should be prosecuted (tampering with evidence in cases which can result in capital punishment is itself a capital crime). Victims who were detained and ultimately found innocent should be paid compensation by the state for the suffering and lost years of their lives.

3. There is a perceived slowdown in investigating and prosecuting cases of alleged terror activities by right wing Hindutva organisations. These investigations should be resumed, and placed under the leadership of officers of impeccable secular credentials and integrity.

4. There should be a concerted drive to recruit much larger numbers of Muslims to all levels of the police, civil administration and judiciary. For this, all the recommendations of the Sachar Committee for affirmative action should be notified in 6 months, and implemented in 3 years.

5. The UPA government must immediately redeem its pledge and enact the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, but not in its present form. It must incorporate the major elements suggested by civil society groups. Communal violence, is by its very nature, a targeted crime and a mass crime, perpetrated on a community of persons. As such these crimes do not find themselves reflected in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and other extant penal laws. Because of their nature as `targeted mass crimes', they need to be recognized as such, drawing upon the concepts of genocide and crimes against humanity.

6. When persons in positions of official power deliberately fail to prevent the eruption of communal violence, or to stop its continuation, the responsibility for the eruption, or continuance, in the penal law as is stands, does not provide for prosecuting or punishing them. 'Command responsibility' has to be built into the law if the perpetrators of violence are to be drawn into a legal scheme of punishment and deterrence. The law should explicitly recognize and punish communal crimes that result not just from active participation or abetment of state authorities, but also crimes of omission, or what may be described as 'culpable inaction'.

7. Any proposed law on communal violence must use the concepts of restoration, reparation and compensation, depending on the scale and nature of mass communal violence, which includes rescue, relief (including establishing relief camps for as long as affected people feel insecure), compensation, restitution, rehabilitation including assistance of soft loans and land allocations to rebuild livelihoods and shelters to levels not less than before the violence and in conformity with the wishes of the affected persons, and the reconstruction of places of worship destroyed in the violence. It should also contain internationally accepted norms for the internally displaced. These should be inviolable, legally enforceable rights of the victim-survivor, and extended according to national framework/policy of entitlements for victim-survivors of communal violence, rather than leave it to discretion at the state level.

8. Strong action should be taken under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code against organisations which indulge in hate campaigns and communal propaganda. The requirement of prior sanction of the state government before a complaint in registered under this Act should be waived.

9. A law against communal discrimination on the lines of the SC ST Act should be enacted to recognise specific crimes of discrimination against minorities and punish these severely. Such crimes of communal discrimination would include organising social and economic boycott, communal propaganda, propagating communal stereotypes in textbooks and the media, and denial of housing and employment on communal considerations. The Act would contain provisions for compensation, and punishment of public officials.

10. Officials who carry communal prejudices should be identified, and removed from sensitive positions in which their decisions have bearing on minorities, such as in the departments of home, education, welfare, information, and in financial institutions.

11. The Prime Minister should nominate a 10 member committee to undertake a nationwide campaign against the communalisation of society, akin to the literacy campaign and temple entry campaigns of the past. The features of discrimination in everyday life have not been sufficiently acknowledged, let alone studied, by government, even in the otherwise laudable Sachar Committee. This committee should also study and document these social processes of discrimination, some of which came to light in the national meet.

12. The Prime Minster's 15 point program should be given statutory status. The government should constitute a high-level Empowered Committee in the Prime Ministers' Office with senior non-officials who have worked on this issue constituting at least half the membership, to monitor implementation of measures to improve the socio-economic conditions of Muslims, including implementation in letter and spirit the recommendations of the Sachar Committee.

13. Allocations should be sufficient to cover the large deprived population, in a Minority Sub Plan - like the Tribal Sub Plan and the Special Component Plan – which is proportionate to the population of the communities. The Plans should be not to simply develop districts with high minority population, but directly benefit them with high quality education at all levels, health care, and support for livelihoods and employment.

14. The Committee should be empowered also to ensure the Waqf properties are managed in ways that their incomes are converged with public investment to ensure further topping up of resources for the development and benefit of the deprived members of the community, with special focus on children, youth and women. We should build institutional mechanisms to use Waqf property incomes also to protect human rights.

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[mukto-mona] PAS led Malaysian state of Kelantan is ready to ban purdah (Niqab) for security‏




Assalam
Please click the link below to read the report by the Malaysian daily 'The Star' what the Spiritual Leader of PAS Datuk Nik Aziz (and also the Chief Minister) of Kelantan says about niqab:
 
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/8/nation/4862902&sec=nation 
 
Thanks and Kindest Regards
 

--- On Wed, 10/7/09, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh..com> wrote:

From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
Subject: [Dahuk]: FW: IMF -World Bank Crisis :Root Causes Of Financial Crisis should be Tackled
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Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:53 AM

 

 

 

IMF –World Bank Crisis :Root Causes Of Financial Crisis should be Tackled

he global economy hung in the balance on Tuesday between hopes for recovery and fears of continued hardship as the IMF and the World Bank prepared to hold annual meetings in Istanbul.With economic growth returning to many countries in the world after the worst global recession since World War II, a strong sense of uncertainty about the future still prevailed as unemployment and poverty levels continue to rise.Many are now looking to the two 186-member financial institutions set up in the dark days of the world war in 1944 to help bolster a tentative recovery and mitigate the painful social effects that the economic crisis is having.Some 13,000 people are set to attend the meetings of finance ministers, central bankers and academics from the member states, which end on Wednesday A major protest against the meetings is also expected to be held on Tuesday and extra police and security guards have been deployed around Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city and commercial capital.Conferences leading up to the meetings began last Thursday with a Turkish journalist throwing a shoe at the International Monetary Fund's managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in protest against IMF policies.Reflecting economic fears, finance chiefs have sounded a cautious noteThere are many risks out there. These include growing unemployment lines, rising protectionism and still-large output gaps," World Bank president Robert Zoellick said on the eve of the talks.The global economy could still suffer a setback, not least in 2010 when governments plan to withdraw much of their economic stimulus and debt rollovers could be combined with a rise in interest rates," he said.Strauss- Kahn said: "There is no way to say the crisis is over when we still have this big rise in unemployment in front of us."The IMF has given out tens of billions of dollars (euros) of credit in recent months to prop up faltering economies around the world and the World Bank has stepped up its lending for 2009 to record levels.

The two Washington-based institutions are also looking beyond the crisis at ways of managing a global economic system in a way that will make it less prone to downturns and at a world where US consumer spending will no longer play such a dominant roleWorld leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major developed and emerging economies last month tasked the IMF with monitoring economic and financial stability around the world in order to help spot problems early.Developing nations are also to be given greater voting rights in both the IMF and World Bank under complex reforms that are still being thrashed out as emerging economies like Brazil, China and India lobby for a bigger role.

We feel that the financial crisis the world financial crisis can not be solved without rectifying the causes of the present crisis. The world leaders and economists should recognise that  the crisis was caused by careless and risky lending  much more than deposits would allow ( caused by greedy managers ),not supervising the financial institutions properly, selling debts  time and again, unclear role of derivatives, stock-market  manipulations, basic evil of interest and classical capitalism. They have to rectify all these.Classical capitalism should go.Market  and financial supervision is a must.Derivatives must be controlled, stock market regulations must be tightened to eliminate high speculation by few market players. If possile interest should be replaced by other modes as in Islamic Finance.Some bold initiatives would be necessary.

 




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[mukto-mona] Bngladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed



Bangladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed

 

We are pleased to inform that, after a year long discussion among all the minority groups and individuals, a world wide 'Bangladesh Minority Rights Commission' was formed in Paris during the Paris Conference in Sept 2009. Its all aspect will be finalized in Swiss Conference and a full panel will be published after that.

 

At this point it was decided that, the presidents & secretaries of all minority committees (who want to join) including all BHBCUC committees will be its primary members, along with individual minority leaders. There will an advisory council besides the executive committee.

 

For the term of Sept. 2009–Dec. 2010, Ratan Barua, President, BHBCUC, USA was elected Chairman of the commission, while Dr. Santayan Kabiraj, Country Director, Europe BHBCUC, and General Secretary, BHBCUC, UK Student & Youth Front was elected as the Member Secretary. Arun Barua, President, Swiss Minority Council & Country Director, Europe BHBCUC was elected as the Chief Coordinator.



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[mukto-mona] Check this book on amazon.com



Dear Mukto-mona members,
 
Please check the following book on translated Bengali poetry on amazon.com. And feel free to order a copy to encourage the poet and the translators.
 
The preface of the book is written by Kaiser Haq.
 
 
 
 
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[ALOCHONA] BANGLADESH GONOTONTRA SAMACHAR

Friends

Perhaps Bangladesh is the only country where the democracy is
practiced by the whims n caprice of the leader in power nothing more
nothing less. The so called democrats vow to shed blood to uphold
popular democracy n be servant of the people. The real scenario is
just the opposite. The people of Bangladesh observes that they are
made subservient servants to the whims of the political elites( in
reality political murderers,goons,looters n rapist) n the prince, sis
of the queen are the remote controller of the power machine with
absolute control.

It is also observed that these democrats has one and only one
characteristic is distance n deviate from the promise made thru
manifesto n also from very essence of politics i.e."TRUTH". To lie is
the only aim to deceive the people from their rightful share from the
government is the practice. To show red eyes n threat the voters in
return of their trust n love to politicians is the only n the only
practice n characteristics of the desh premik Rajniti(hin)bid. .

They(politicians) must be awarded either Noble or any other equivalent
prize to be successful in changing the age old n the only accurate
definition of Democracy given President Abraham Lincon " the
government is of the people, by the people n for the people". But our
erudite politicians with connivance of dishonest JIBIS changed the
definition as :

"THE GOVERNMENT IS OF THE PARTY, BY THE PARTY N FOR ONLY THE PARTY LEADER"

Since day one that Bangladesh ushered into the new horizon of freedom
we are watching the above definition come true n brutally implemented
on the mass.But, friends, there is change in attitude,application n
viewing of the changed definition by different parties differently by
successive govts.In this respect if any one believes in truth n just
then should agree that there is gulf of different between BAL n BNP.
BNP can be termed as the second father of multi party democracy in our
newly born nation but the other one do not need any discussion as they
are killer of multi party democracy n fathered the one party BAKSALI
fascist rule.

I wonder when our so-called "Bidogdha,Proggaban,Socheton" teahers down
from school to University are divided on the issue of right definition
n practice of the same in the modern world.These "Gwan Papis" are busy
as sycophants of their political mentors n teaching the innocents
students their version of thinking,belief n allegiance political
theories.So, by thus they are confusing the students who are losing
interest in government. It is very much unfortunate that most of the
political motivated criminal teachers are engaged in inciting the
students to go on the street to press their political
master/mistress's agenda n resort violence, killing creating a reign
of terror. The end result is that those section of hooligan teachers
are in the making of Santrashis /arsonist n looters from among the
students who are suppoose to learn the modus operendi of running the
future of the nation.

The unfortunate people are the prey of vicious acts of the political
goons who create a reign of terror in favour of the party in power
with the ulterior aim to perpetuate their grip on the power. But these
stupid political criminals are making the same mistake again and again
as the people have their limit of tolerance n when the range is
crossed the people decides otherwise. This has happened not only in
Bangladesh but also HINDU STAAAN (the so- called secular n democrat)
n now almost on the verge of disintegration, the Pakistan.

So, from the above discussion we can draw conclusion that there is
gulf of difference between theory n practice of Democracy in
Bangladesh as well in the region.As per book of politics it is said
that politics must stand for the people by involving people from every
walks of the society (including the opposing views) n make right way
to benefit the mass and not any individual or any family. In democracy
family has no place as the determining factor since they are part n
equal along with the mass. But we see that when any individual is
elected at the center of power h/she is being worshiped in such a way
which seriously undermines the entity of the nation which is a serious
indication to the stampeding the people's aspiration to lead a
free,independent, happy n peaceful life promised by the treacherous
political elites.

Lately we are observing that our nation Bangladesh which was earned by
the sacrifice of OCEAN of blood of the heroic Mukti Jodhdhas has less
importance in any respect than from that of the Netri n her sis n her
immediate( foreigner spouses) family.But why ??????????
Are they not part (excluding the foreigners) of the nationhood of
Bangladeshi or they are aliens or they have allegiance elsewhere
other than Bangladesh ?????????????????????

It is a matter of great regret that despite having independence 38
years ago we could not tread a single step in any respect of
nationhood. We are still made to be divided intentionally to reap
political benefit and benefit for the mentors beyond the border.We
miserably failed to develop any sense of national unity,
direction,affiliation,allegiance,interest,goal n most importantly we
lack patriotism(people may differ) n specially in higher strata of our
elite political/business n Amla gamla segment of the society.

It appears that since long we are committing suicide by turning us
incapable or ineffective to run our own affairs. On the other hand the
aim of the millions of Blood donor Mukti Jodhdhas were different. They
shed their blood with a smile of satisfaction that the LAL SABUJ
PATAKA flying high in the blue sky.But due to the Gaddari of the
motivated politics their dream, was shatterd at budding stage when the
same flag was lowered in BERU BARI n fly the fascist Chakra flag. What
a mockery on doing justice to blood of the martyred Mukti Jodhdhas.

Friends, Bangladeshis should we allow our nation to go backward n turn
subservient country without having any spine to stand as a sovereign
nation ?????????????????????????
Let the conscience of people speak for itself and act
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[ALOCHONA] Trumpeting State Religion -- a thoroughly 20th century Fascist idea



 
      Yet another PROOF of what I've been saying all along -----
      
        S. A. Hannan (and the whole Jamaati lot) is the embodiment of the Western-style 20th century Fascism.  State religion is a typically IMPORTED idea from the white Christian Europe. So is the idea of a 'State language' over which Pakistan made a such a fuss and we got terribly sentimental about Bangla as an 'endangered' language! Bangla is the fifth biggest language in the world and Bangladesh is the 7th most populous country! These days the Jamaatis are claiming that Islam is an endangered religion and they are the ONLY saviours of the 'deen' in Bangladesh.
 
       Show me the instance of a forcibly imposed "state religion" in the 1000 years' Muslim rule in India!
 
        Secularism is an integral part of our own history, culture and civilization.  The idea of a State Religion is totally foreign, and a trick of evil-intentioned anti-human politics.
 
          We, Bengalis never had a State Religion in all the 800 years of Muslim rule of Bengal.          
 
           Hannan's trumpeting of the "religion of the majority" is based on the British colonialists' computing of people of Bengal (in 1872 census) by their professed faith.  It was a bogus census with evil imperialist intention of controlling people and looting the wealth of Bengal as a colony. 
 
            It is time to DISCARD this colonial basis of classifying general citizenry by their religion.
 
          Please folks! We have suffered enough! It is time we all wake up to the dangers of these 20th century FASCISTS engulfing the hopes and dreams of our 21st century.
 
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RE: [mukto-mona] The Official State Religion List--of the United States



 
         Yet another PROOF of what I've been saying all along -----
      
        S. A. Hannan ( and the whole Jamaati lot) is the embodiment of the Western-style 20th century Fascism.  State religion is a typically IMPORTED idea from the white Christian Europe. So is the idea of a 'State language' over which Pakistan made a such a fuss!
 
       Show me the instance of a forcibly imposed "state religion" in the 1000 years' Muslim rule in India!
 
          We, Bengalis never had a State Religion in all the 800 years of Muslim rule of Bengal.          
 
           Hannan's trumpeting of the "religion of the majority" is based on the British colonialists' computing of people of Bengal (in 1872 census) by their professed faith.  It was a bogus census with evil imperialist intention of controlling people and wealth of a colony. 
 
            It is time to DISCARD this colonial basis of classifying general citizenry by their religion.
 
          Please folks! It is time we all wake up to the dangers of these 20th century FASCISTS engulfing our 21st century.
 
          Farida Majid


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From: sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 01:48:38 -0700
Subject: [mukto-mona] The Official State Religion List--of the United States

 

http://blogs.salon.com/0002874/stories/2003/11/22/theOfficialStateReligionList.html

Dear sirs,

 

Assalamu Alaikum.Please see that most of the states of the United States have state religion. This is not considered against democracy or human rights.I got it through google.

 

Shah Abdul Hannan

 

 

 

The Official State Religion List

The New IMPROVED Official State Religion List

 
.
And we got even MORE comments about that list, some of them too brilliant to ignore.  We modified the list again, and presented to the world the list you will see below.  (If you want to see the comments that led to the changes, and our reasoning for incorporating them into an official document, go here: Improved Official State Religion List.)
Anyway, that's how we got the inspired document that you find here.  So, look this list over, and decide if you can live with your official state religion (keeping in mind it might involve hot dishes, bingo, and/or virgin sacrifices).  If you can't, start calling real estate agents in a state with a religion or other demographic grouping that you find more interesting.  And if you have a better idea, then let me or David know.
 
1.  California:                  Christian.  But within its borders will be the Independent Hubbardite Duchy of Hollywood, and also the Cult of Fame with its many temples devoted to the worship of various actors, pop stars, and celebrities
    
2. Texas:                        Secular Humanism, Football
3
. New York:                 Liberalism 
4. Florida:                      Catholic  
5.
Illinois:                      Protestantism
6. Pennsylvania:            "Born again" or "evangelical" 
7. Ohio:                          Evangelical (theologically),  Avon
8. Michigan:                   Methodist, United Methodist Church
9.
New Jersey:              Baptist, Southern Baptist
10.
Georgia:                   Judaism
11. North Carolina:        Sikhism, Mimes
12.
Virginia:                   Presbyterian, Lord of the Ringism
13.
Massachusetts:        Eastern Orthodox
14.
Indiana:                   Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
15. Washington:            Non-religious, Frisbetarians
16. Tennessee:              gay/lesbian
17
. Missouri:                  Episcopalian, Satanists
18. Wisconsin:               Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
19.
Maryland:                 Lapsed Catholics
20.
Arizona:                   Pentecostal

21.
Minnesota:              Buddhist
22. Louisiana:               Non-denominational
23. Alabama:                 French Speakers
24. Colorado:                Megachurch attendance, Sports (non-football denomination)
25. Kentucky:                Jehovah's Witnesses
26.
South Carolina        United Church of Christ, Martha Stewartentalism 
27
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Oklahoma:              Mennonite Church USA
28. Oregon:                   agnostic, Druids
29. Connecticut             Churches of Christ
30.
Iowa:                       Hindu, Jedi, Shaker
31. Mississippi:              Baha'i, Harry Potter-style Witchcraft
32.
Kansas:                    Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
33.
Arkansas:                 Unitarian Universalist
34.
Utah:                        Seventh-day Adventists
35
. Nevada:                   Neo-pagan (incl. Wiccans)
36. New Mexico:            Church of the Nazarene
37.
West Virginia:          Reformed Church in America (RCA); Zenith, Magnovox
38.
Nebraska:                Zoroastrianism, Canadians
39. Idaho:                      Atheists
40. Maine:                      Native American Religionists, Beer Drinkers
41. New Hampshire:      Libertarian party members
42. Hawaii:                     Deism
43. Rhode Island:           Weight Watchers
44. Montana:                  Amway, Herbal Life, Telemarketers
45. Delaware:                Muslims
46. South Dakota:          Royites, Moonies.
47. North Dakota:          Zombies, Excommunicated Royites
48. Alaska:                     Gun Worshippers United (led by Charleton Heston)
49. Vermont:                  Ba'al
50. District of Columbia: primal-indigenous
51. Wyoming:                Rastafarianism

 




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