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Friday, October 23, 2009

[mukto-mona] Climate change



Dear Mr Mahmud
 
Thanks a lot. we are connected with 350 org. Today we have a big  event in Australia  and  we  joined in Canberra event in front of parliament house.  Bangladesh community memebr were presnet in this event.
 
As far as I know  you are suppose to have climate camp in  Noakhali or some where else in bangladesh. Please  update about that programme if you can. We have  very big  event in Canberra and I will send more information about that. We all need to get involved with international climate action as well as  local environment movement. in Bangladesh. It is high time to act and mobilise behind the cause.
 
I heard  from Dr Matin of BAPA and Mr Saiful  Alam of 350 org  that there are  few program will be held through out Bangladesh. we wish you had  successful programme along with international community around the world. We are all with you in this movement.
 
For safer and Better world
warmly
 
 

Kamrul Ahsan Khan
 
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On October 24, 2009, millions of people around the world will take action to spread the number 350, the safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere measured in parts per million, and make sure world leaders are on course to reach that target.
I'm attending a 350.org event near me because I want to be part of the solution. Please check out http://www.350.org to find or start an October 24 event near you.
It's urgent that we act together and build a movement that will solve the climate crisis and ensure a safe and just future for the world. Please join me, and help build this movement at 350.org
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[mukto-mona] Fw: Evolution education update: October 23, 2009



--- On Fri, 10/23/09, Glenn Branch wrote:
Subject: Evolution education update: October 23, 2009
To: ncse-news@googlegroups.com
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 10:21 PM


Dear Friends of NCSE,

Kevin Padian discusses "Ten Myths about Charles Darwin" and
Understanding Evolution is recruiting college instructors of
introductory biology to serve on a teacher advisory board.

TEN MYTHS ABOUT CHARLES DARWIN

Kevin Padian discusses -- and debunks -- "Ten Myths about Charles
Darwin" in the October 2009 issue of BioScience. "Charles Darwin is
one of the most revered (and at times reviled) figures in Western
history. A great many 'facts' about him and his ideas are the stuff of
textbook myths, others are inaccuracies spread by antievolutionists,
and still others are conventional historical mistakes long corrected
but still repeated," he writes. "I present 10 such misconceptions, and
some quick and necessarily incomplete rebuttals. New scholarship is
rapidly clearing away some of these myths." Addressed are:

* As a boy Darwin was good only for "shooting, dogs, and rat-catching"
* Darwin was a "mere companion" to Captain Robert FitzRoy on the HMS Beagle
* Darwin's epiphany about natural selection came while visiting the
Galápagos Islands
* Darwin stole the credit for natural selection from Alfred Russel Wallace
* Population thinking
* Dual criteria for classification: Genealogy and similarity
* Gradual change is slow and steady
* Human evolution was shaped mainly by natural selection
* Sexual selection is all about how many offspring you leave
* Darwin was a confirmed atheist who had a deathbed conversion to Christianity

Padian concludes, "Myths will always arise and abound ... It is hoped
that this myth-busting scholarship will soon filter down to revisions
of textbooks that discuss Darwin and to public discourse about his
life and work." President of NCSE's board of directors, Padian is
Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California at
Berkeley and also Curator of Paleontology at the University of
California Museum of Paleontology. (Thanks to BioScience for
graciously making Padian's article freely available on-line.)

For "Ten Myths about Charles Darwin" in BioScience, visit:
http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/full/10.1525/bio.2009.59.9.10

COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS WANTED TO HELP UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTION

The University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), in
partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), has received
NSF funding to expand the highly successful Understanding Evolution
website (UE) with the aim of improving evolution education at the
college level -- and college instructors of introductory biology are
needed to serve on a teacher advisory board for the project.

UE's Undergraduate Library would target college instructors of
introductory biology to help them clarify evolutionary concepts in
pedagogically sound ways, integrate evolution throughout their
teaching, and relate evolution to current research and issues that
matter in students' everyday lives. Functionalities built into the
site would also encourage community building within this population of
instructors. The Library will also include the Evo Lab, an area
targeting undergraduate students directly which would aim to provide
student-centered, media-enhanced experiences that portray evolutionary
biology as useful and a cornerstone of modern biological research. The
Undergraduate Library will serve as a one-stop-shop for evolution
educators and students at the college level -- an approach that has
proven successful for UE's K-12 site.

In order to best serve its audience, UCMP is forming a UE Teacher
Advisory Board for this three-year project. It is seeking college
instructors of introductory biology from a range of institutions
(community colleges, four-year colleges, large universities, private
and public schools) to serve on this board. Board members will attend
two two-day meetings in Berkeley, California, and will receive a
stipend for their service, as well as travel reimbursement. If you are
interested in serving, visit UE for details and an application form.

For the application form, visit:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/tab_application.php

For Understanding Evolution, visit:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu

Thanks for reading! And don't forget to visit NCSE's website --
http://ncseweb.org -- where you can always find the latest news on
evolution education and threats to it.

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[mukto-mona] Climate change



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You're receiving this e-mail because I thought you would want to join in something important to solve the climate crisis.

On October 24, 2009, millions of people around the world will take action to spread the number 350, the safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere measured in parts per million, and make sure world leaders are on course to reach that target.

I'm attending a 350.org event near me because I want to be part of the solution. Please check out http://www.350.org to find or start an October 24 event near you.

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[mukto-mona] Invitation



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Dear Sir:

 

We are pleased to inform that, Bangladesh  Hindu Buddhist & Christian Unity Council, Europe & Bangladesh Minority Council, Switzerland jointly organized an international conference on 'Bangladesh Minority Rights: Vision 2021'. We are inviting you to join the conference as a 'Guest of Honour' and to present a paper on the topics. Please confirm that you are joining.

 

swiss conference 2009

theme: 'bangladesh minority rights: vision 2021'

 

Date: Sunday, 21st Oct- Monday 23rd Oct 2009

Time: See the detail program.

Venue: Geneva

 

Program:

21st Nov, Saturday: 4-7PM: Reunion of New leaders of BHBCUC, Europe. Discussion among delegates, Organizational & Dinar.

22nd Nov, Sunday 2009: 12Noon- Lunch, 1:30 -4:30PM: Seminar

23rd Nov, Monday: Memorandum giving & Gathering in front of UN

There may be a Documentary Show in either day. Elaborate program will be available on a later date.   

 

Thanks. Sincerely,

Swiss Conference Committee

Contacts:

Palash Barua, Conveyor, General Secretary, Europe BHBCUC. 4122-741-2336

Arun Barua, Member Secretary, President, Swiss Minority Group 41-762934619

Babul Sarker, Joint Convener, Country Director, Switzerland, BHBCUC, Europe.

Leo Martin, Joint Convener, Joint Secretary, Swiss Minority Group

E-mail: swissconference2009@gmail.com; Website: www.bhbcuc-usa.org

 

 Slogan of the conference will be:
BANGLADESH: STOP ETHNIC, TRIBAL & RELIGIOUS MINORITY CLEAN


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[mukto-mona] Watch Shamsur Rahman on Youtube on his 80th Birthday



 

Dear Friends,

 

Please find Shamsur Rahman (1929-2006) reciting his own poem, Freedom, by clicking on the following link. This is a Shabdaguchha tribute to the poet.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3EFxF3SG0I

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Hassanal Abdullah, editor

Shabdaguchha

 

 
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Shabdaguchha
85-22 85th Street
Woodhaven, NY 11421
USA

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[ALOCHONA] Some questions about draft education policy




The proposed education policy draft, despite its apparently noble intentions, has quite a few flaws and gaps that must be addressed before finalising the document, write Mohammed Abdul Baten and Md Musfikur Rahman


OF LATE, the present government has started the process of finalising the national education policy 2009. However, most of the time, the trend for education policy formulation is found as a manifestation of the ruling political party's ideological expression rather than coverage of national interest, even though education is one of the basic rights confirmed by the constitution. Since independence, six education commissions have been formed and few reports prepared; however, except for the education policy 2000 none was proposed.

 

Unfortunately, the proposed education policy 2000 was not implemented. Such a messy condition has affected the education sector, which has translated into a 'low quality public education'. Citizen's faith in public education is decreasing day by day and many well-heeled people in urban areas have already aligned themselves to costly private education instead of public education. People who do not have the capacity to bear the cost of quality private education are taking non-quality private education in some kindergartens, English-medium schools and qoumi madrassahs. Currently, seven different types of education systems (general education under national curriculum board, kindergarten, English medium, madrassahs, qoumi, vocational, non-formal education) are prevailing in Bangladesh.


   Some English-medium schools and kindergartens are following so-called improved western cultures. On the other hand, qoumi madrassahs are still anchoring on century-old systems that neither enlighten students appropriately nor prepare them with the required instruction of mathematics and English, needed to secure gainful employment. The students pursuing education in these systems are not exposed to national culture, heritage, and language. Ironically, they are growing up as an 'unknown' Bangladeshi. Lack of exposure to country's culture, heritage and language make them less committed to the national cause. If this continues, the country will face a serious crisis in near future with its cultural identity.

 

 Under the circumstances, it is of utmost importance to formulate a national education policy which integrates all the prevailing education systems under one umbrella in line with national culture, heritage and interest without compromising the quality. Considering the aforementioned facts, the currently proposed education policy 2009 is considered a guideline to the journey of 'education for all'. Nevertheless, while shedding light on the policy draft some questions arise in our minds that need further clarification in case of successful implementation.


   Reducing illiteracy is one of the big challenges for Bangladesh in this era of globalisation. However, EFA (Education for All) Global Monitoring Report 2009 has encountered large-scale shortfall in achieving key EFA goals by 2015 for many countries including Bangladesh. At present, the illiteracy rate for 15-year-olds and above is 51 per cent (Page-18, National Education Policy 2009). Yet, the current policy has set a target of 100 per cent adult literacy by 2014. However, analysing the data of Literacy Assessment Survey 2008, it is revealed that current adult literacy growth rate is 0.68 percentage point average. Taking into account the current literacy growth, rate it is projected that another 70 years will be needed to attain 100 per cent adult literacy, which is far away from the policy proposed year-mark. Therefore, substantive initiatives and target year have to be set for conversion of 'Education for All' slogan into action; otherwise achieving 100 per cent adult literacy will remain dream.


   Undoubtedly, drop-out is one of the main challenges along with other factors that contribute to higher rate of illiteracy. Good news is that some specific initiatives have already called for reducing illiteracy. The initiatives like school lunch in rural areas, extension of scholarship for poor students are important besides those to ensure standard toilets, playground on school promises, new syllabus and so on.


   But there is still uncertainty as the data indicates that over two-thirds of the children from the poorest category were not selected as recipients of stipend. TIB (2001) presented a worrying picture where they showed that 27 per cent of children from affluent households received the stipend and 46 per cent of the stipend holders did not receive the full amount of stipend. Such irregularity of disbursing stipend is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh. A clear commitment to address and solve these problems is needed in policy; otherwise our waiting period may extend beyond projected years or more to be a 100 per cent literate country.


   Another important challenge that needs further clarification is the extension of primary education up to class VIII, incorporating a final examination at the end of class V and public examination at the end of class VIII guided by an indifferent question covering the whole country. At present, nine education boards are working for carrying public examinations at secondary (class VI-X) and higher secondary (class XI-XII) levels, among other responsibilities including the effort to reorganise and monitor educational institutes established by private initiatives. The number of all students, who participate yearly at two public examinations of secondary and higher secondary level are approximately 950,000 and 750,000 respectively.


   On the other hand, 2,000,000 students, at 78,363 primary schools of different kinds, are expected to participate at the final examination of class V. Of them, 1,200,000 students are expected to participate at the public examination of class VIII if we consider 40 per cent drop-out rate at secondary level education as pointed in the Page-14, National Education Policy, 2009 (If primary education extended up to class VIII then drop-out rate will lessen as the same student will study continuously without changing institution. Therefore, number of participants in the Class VIII public exam will be more than the statistics presented here). The findings, therefore, raise questions on existing capacity of the education boards.

 

The legitimate question is how to accommodate 1,200,000 students under current facility. Unfortunately, no clear guideline has been provided in the proposed policy to accommodate these additional students; even no instruction has been provided whether they will be placed under the current primary education supervising authority – Primary and Mass Education Division of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education – or another new board will be launched to supervise them.


   The policy has made a provision of incorporating local government authorities and local civil society committees for making necessary arrangements for public examinations. Obviously, the inclusion of local government and participation of local people have significant relevance in this regard, but we should not forget that local government is assigned to perform a number of tasks as its own official duty. Therefore, there is a potential risk of mismatch between other government authorities and education department in case of performing such tasks.


   Problem may also arise from allocating teachers for newly proposed primary education extension. The teachers who are currently teaching in primary schools are mostly trained and educated to teach up to class V. If the primary education extends to class VIII then there is a need for extra teachers. Integration of next three classes (Class VI, VII, VIII) with existing level of primary education and associated severe dearth of competent teachers for operation of new education policy in rural areas and madrassah pose big challenges. Factually, existing teachers are not academically qualified enough to teach up to class VIII. Therefore, the government may force the existing teachers to go for retirement and recruit new qualified teachers those who are academically and professionally competent to teach up to class VIII or recruit additional teachers added to the existing teachers.
   However, both the options may bring about new problems. If government goes for forced retirement of existing teachers then 350,000 (currently approximate 350,000 teachers are working in government primary schools) teachers will be unemployed and it will create lots of social and economic tensions, no doubt.

 

Alternatively, new recruitment of teachers along with existing teachers will create problem in organisational hierarchy. New teachers, who will be recruited to teach students above class V may perceive themselves superior than existing teachers; whereas existing teachers will perceive themselves senior to the new teachers. Therefore, a superiority complexity may arise, which will create anarchy in the whole systems and will obstruct government's agenda of developing quality of education.


   If we try to implement newly proposed eight-year primary education from the beginning of the year 2011 (as stated in the policy), the situation may come up with many difficulties. The whole arrangement including infrastructures for reforming the existing system would take time; that might take two years or more. Indeed, if primary education is extended up to class VIII by a public examination and secondary public examination at class XII then another complexity may evolve. The students who are now in class IX and X are expected to be qualified on public exam at class X; thus it requires another two years. It is also worthy of mention that significant portion of the students failed the examination. Thus, next three years may be required for rearrangement of public examination for disqualified students. As a result, seven years might be required in order to run the new system of primary education up to VIII class completely.


   Bangladesh is a signatory to the Dakar framework (World leaders and a number of organisations signed a declaration in 2000 in Dakar, Senegal with a commitment to fulfil 6 goals for implementing education for all) along with universal declaration of human rights, Jomtien conference on education for all, convention on the rights of children. These international conventions and covenants have significant influence to formulate a time-befitting education policy. In case of financing for implementation of the national education policy-2009, the commitment to Dakar framework has been considered as momentous. Even though, the proposed assumption for increasing education budget to 6.0 per cent or 4.5 per cent of GDP in the financial year 2017-18 is very time demanding, but other sectors such as health, agriculture, infrastructure development etc. vitally sought for increasing funds as the demand is increasing day after day with the pace of increasing population.


   To face the challenges of 21st century a comprehensive and updated education policy is must. Recently proposed education policy is a positive attempt towards modernisation of the system despite shortcomings that should be clarified. The major challenges would be ensuring sound management of primary education up to class VIII. One of the fundamental requirements that might be considered is creating of additional education boards for managing newly proposed extended primary education. The target of making all adults literate by 2014 should be redefined in line with reality. The aim of reform initiatives should target reducing illiteracy in a pragmatic way. Otherwise, the policy will remain just that, a policy.


   Mohammed Abdul Baten and Md Musfikur Rahman are researchers at Unnayan Onneshan, an independent policy think-tank based in Dhaka

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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh Islamist group banned



Bangladesh Islamist group banned

An alleged militant (in blue shirt) being arrested in Dhaka (File photo)
Bangladesh says it is determined to eradicate Islamic extremism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Islamist organisation, Hizb-ut Tahrir has been banned in Bangladesh, the home ministry has announced.

Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said the government feared Hizb-ut Tahrir posed a threat to peaceful life. It is the first time that an Islamist group which has not been implicated in any terrorist acts been outlawed.
 
The group has condemned the ban and pledged that it will not be silenced by a government it said was guilty of a "pro-imperialist stance".
Officials say that Hizb ut-Tahrir has been banned in at least 20 countries and topped a government list of about 10 groups suspected of plotting subversive acts in Bangladesh.
 
Mutiny
"The government has decided to ban Hizb-ut Tahrir because they are against the interest of law and pose a threat to public security," Mr Sikdar said.
Hizb-ut Tahrir logo
Hizb-ut Tahrir has been active in Bangladeshi universities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hizb-ut Tahrir has been active in Bangladesh for the past eight years.
Nearly 40 members of the organisation were arrested earlier in the year after they were alleged to have distributed leaflets in support of a mutiny by border guards in which over 50 army officers were killed. Mr Sikdar said that intelligence agencies had been monitoring the activities of 12 organisations.
 
Out of those, four were banned earlier - they were suspected of involvement in what the government calls "terrorist" and "anti-state" activities.
The head of Hizb-ut Tahrir in Bangladesh, Professor Mohiuddin Ahmed, denied his organisation was involved in terrorist activities.
He said the group believed that terrorism and other violent acts were totally contrary to the teachings of Islam.
 
Professor Ahmed said that such action by the government had failed to silence his organisation in the past and would not succeed in the present.
''I can tell you clearly that whenever a repressive government in any part of the world has banned us, we have not stayed quiet," he said.
"We have always raised our voice against imperialists. We will continue to expose this government's pro-imperialist stance."
 
The home secretary said that intelligence agencies would continue their surveillance of Hizb-ut Tahrir to make sure it did not re-emerge under a different name.
 
The BBC Bengali editor Sabir Mustafa says that Hizb-ut Tahrir - which has well known global links - has been active lately in universities and the government may well have been worried about its increasing influence among students.
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[mukto-mona] Love Jehad’ figment of imagination: PUCL

NATIONAL:
'Love Jehad' figment of imagination: PUCL
Special Correspondent - Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Oct 23, 2009
http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/23/stories/2009102360270700.htm
Bangalore: The People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has said it will file a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court's order asking a woman who had converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man from Kerala, to return to her parents' home until the case was investigated.
The PUCL will question the decision of the High Court to send the 23-year-old woman back to her family despite her statement in court that she had willingly converted and was waiting to get married under the provisions of the Special Marriages Act.
Hearing the case of Siljaraj and Azghar, the court had said the facts had "national ramifications concerning security, besides the question of unlawful trafficking of women," and ordered the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police to hold a thorough investigation to rule out the theory that this was a case of 'love jehad' (a loose coinage implying that women are being lured into conversion through marriage) and file a report by November 13. The girl was asked to stay with her parents until such time.
"She is a major and no one has a right to thrust her back into the family. We see it as part of a pattern of continued intimidation on the basis of community and gender, first started in Dakshina Kannada," said Ramadasa Rao of the PUCL. He feared that the girl might come under pressure of family and community during her stay with them.
The whole notion of 'love jehad', said Professor Rao, is a "figment of the imagination" and the order will severely impact the rights of young women and men to free association and marriage.
Reacting to the order, senior advocate Ravi Varma Kumar said that it violated Article 21 (of life and personal liberty) and Article 25 (of freedom of religion) of the Indian Constitution. He cited Lata Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2006, in which the Supreme Court upheld the right of a person who had reached the age of majority to marry of his or her own choice. Kirti Singh, a Supreme Court advocate and legal convener of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), described the case as "absolutely shocking." She said the question of national security was being mixed up with the simple case of a girl exercising a choice guaranteed to her under the law of the land and Constitution. "The court has taken a patriarchal role," she said, stating that it reflected intolerance for the girl's choices.
In Bangalore, Home Minister V.S. Acharya told reporters that 'love jehad' appeared to be a "serious issue." The State government would take steps to counter it.
The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts will convene a conference of Muslims in Mangalore on November 12 to discuss issues related to 'love jehad'.
Addressing reporters in Mangalore on Thursday, committee president K.S. Mohammed Masood alleged that vested interests were attempting to tarnish the image of Islam by framing the phrase 'love jehad'. "There is no such phrase in Islam. It is an absurd usage," he added.

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PAAIA Welcomes Amir Omar to Washington D.C.

October 22, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Last night PAAIA members and friends hosted a happy hour reception with special guest Amir Omar (Council Member-Richardson, Texas) at Lima Restaurant and Lounge.  

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Nina Mohadjer - Making Education Work in Ridgefield

Iranian American Runs for the Board of Education

October 21, 2009, Ridgefield, CT – Born in Iran, raised in Germany, and a resident of Ridgefield Connecticut since 1995, Nina Mohadjer is a candidate for the Board of Education. The election, which will be held in November, marks the first time an Iranian American is running for public office in the State of Connecticut.

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Internationally Acclaimed Composer Hafez Nazeri at Carnegie Hall

Hafez Nazeri and the Rumi Symphony Project present:  “Iranian Sounds of Peace”

October 23, 2009, Washington, D.C. - Hafez Nazeri, Iran’s most influential young composer, together with his internationally acclaimed father, Shahram Nazeri – dubbed the "Iranian Pavarotti" and the first to set Rumi’s poetry to music over 40 years ago - continue their legacy of expanding the definition of Persian music with a performance entitled "Iranian Sounds of Peace".

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"I RAN Home (In America)": Promoting Iranian Culture and Identity through Art

October 23, 2009, Washington, DC – A new art exhibit opening in Washington, DC featuring the work of Iranian American artists is drawing much attention in the nation’s capitol. “I RAN Home (In America)“ is an exhibit that aims to educates the American public about Iranian culture and reveal the effects of Diaspora on community identity. According to Isabella Ellaheh Hughes, one of the curators for the  exhibit, the  purpose of the exhibit is “ to focus the conversation on the art and cultural practices of Iranian-Americans and raise awareness about the large Iranian-American community that resides in this country”.

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Comedian Max Amini Presents: Exotic Imports

Iranian American comedian and actor Max Amini will hold two live performances at the Bethesda Theater, on October 23rd and October 24th. His comedy show: “Exotic Imports” will be hosted by Washington, D.C.’s own Tehran SoParvaz and will feature five comedians, all from diverse Middle Eastern backgrounds. 


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Persepolis Fortification Archive Project Final Report


October 23,2009, Washington, DC - On October 11, 2009 more than 100 guests attended the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project in East Palo Alto, California. The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) in collaboration with the Friends of the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project (PFAP) and World Association of International Scholars (WAIS), co-sponsored this event to raise awareness about the Persepolis archives and the ongoing federal lawsuit to protect the clay tablets.

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PAAIA seeking a qualified U.S. citizen for the position of Executive Director

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[mukto-mona] No ‘love jihad’, says DGP



DGP Jacob Punnoose told the Kerala High Court that no organisation called "love jihad" or "Romeo jihad" had so far been identified in the State.
 

No 'love jihad' in Kerala, says police

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: No organisation or movement in the name of 'Love Jihad' or 'Romeo Jihad' is functioning in Kerala, says the report submitted by Jacob Punnoose, Director General of Police, in the Kerala High Court yesterday. The report adds that no evidence has been found regarding the functioning of any such organisation dealing with forced conversion in the state.
The Kerala High Court had asked the state DGP on September 29 to submit a report on the occurrence of 'compulsive religious love based conversions' that have taken place in Kerala 'during the last three years'. The court had also raised questions like if there was a movement called 'Romeo Jihad' or 'Love Jihad' functioning in the state. The court ordered the enquiry while considering two cases in which two MBA students from Pathanamthitta in south Kerala were allegedly forced to convert to Islam after two Muslim young men feigned love and married them.
The report, a copy of which is with the TCN, says that there was no evidence for such activities getting funds from abroad. Nor was evidence found for such activities going on in other parts of the country. No proof has been got for such activities being connected to counterfeiting, smuggling, drug trafficking and terrorist activities.
The report submitted by the DGP clearly states there is no evidence of any such organisation or such activities, but adds that there have been allegations from many corners that such activities were going on in the state for the past few years. However, the report points out that 'there are reasons to suspect' the existence of concerted attempts to force girls into conversion after Muslim boys win them over.
The report further reiterates that except for the two cases under consideration in the court, there have not been any cases regarding forced conversions based on love. And the police had registered complaints and were actively investigating the matter in the two cases mentioned.
The court had ordered inquiry into the matter while considering the bail applications of Shahen Shah and Sirajudheen, natives of Pathanamthitta. The two young men were accused to have feigned love and forcefully converted two MBA students to Islam. The men married the girls and were living together when the girls' parents filed habeas corpus in the High Court. The girls had reportedly asked the court permission to go with their husbands, as they would not be able to live according to their religious faith when with parents. The court had sent them with the parents, directing the parents to provide all help for the girls to follow their religion. But when the girls were presented in the court the next time, they said that the boys had forcefully converted them to Islam.
In another development, Shahen Shah and Sirajudheen, the accused boys, have decided to withdraw their bail applications submitted at the High Court. The boys have reportedly said that the decision was taken as they were not sure of getting justice in the prevailing circumstances. They were widely hunted by the media in the love jihad controversy.


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