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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Re: [ALOCHONA] libya



Agreed. At the same time a Butcher name Gaddafi made that decision easy and valid for western nations. He was allowed to abuse people of Libya for many decades. A closest thing to "Hirok rajar deshe" in real life.

This clown should end this comic and let someone better to lead people of Libya. We just have to make sure he/she is not a "Yes man" for multinational oil companies and knows how to protect Libyan interests as well.



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Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 3:08 pm
Subject: [ALOCHONA] libya

 

The drawbacks of intervention in Libya

Concerns over oil markets, geopolitics and refugees might be behind no-fly zone decision, scholars argue.
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Re: [ALOCHONA] Over a million illegal foreign workers in Bangladesh



Alochoks,

I think all of us Bangladeshi would agree that, government should look into this. However our policies should not be driven by our "Feelings" over India (Good or bad). It should be driven by what is good for this country. In our country those businesses who hires Indians or other expats do it out of necessity not to pay less money (Like in USA or UK). Generally most of these expats have skills that are not available in Bangladesh. These industries need these skills to run smoothly. Therefore, hundis should be discouraged and all expats should pay taxes like rest of us. The law has to be business friendly and pro-Bangladesh. Rounding up bunch of Indians will not ultimately help us or our businesses.

Therefore, we should make it easier for those businesses who want to employ SKILLED people. It will be good for our economy. Our government should lobby hard with "Friendly" Indians to make it easy for Bangladeshis to seek employment in India if there skills are needed in certain markets. Putting up barriers and bitter feeling towards a whole community will not help anyone in 21st century. We have to learn how to protect our interest and negotiate with all countries, so we can build win-win partnerships among nations. Since out markets are already flooded with Indian goods and cable TV is dominated by Indian stations, it is only fair to seek same privileges for Bangladeshi people, services and products. That is the key.  



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Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Over a million illegal foreign workers in Bangladesh

 
Friends

Most of these illegal worker are from the only eternal friendly country HINDU  STAAAAN. There were report in the news media few years back that most of the workers of  Hidu Staaan are working without any legal permit necessary for a foreigner to work n earn money here. These illegal and eternal freinds are sending back their high wages thru HUNDIS causing economic stress on Bangladesh.

It appears that we have opened our door including private door(money door is very important for a nation) to the Hindusataaanis so that can rob us this way way taking advantage of "Kritaggata of the seat of Power".

We must put the illegal Hindustaaaanis behind the bar(as they do to our citizens who crosses illegally )and also punish severely the local employers who violates the law of the land(as done in other countries eg. USA) by employing and harbouring them.

Faruque Alamgir


On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
 
Over a million illegal foreign workers in Bangladesh



http://budhbar.com/?p=4590



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[ALOCHONA] Fwd: [KHABOR] Grameen Bank





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Friends


Quote: Is Dr. Yunus an Angel that he can't do anything wrong ?: Unquote  


Yes,  he is ???  That is the main issue for the detractors with insular mind that why an ordinary citizen like Yunus (teacher, some sycophants while beating the drum for their leader uttered...)  who walks,talks, sympathize and work day in day out with and for his fellow ordinary citizens could be respected beyond the border and was placed in the same platform with the highest respected dignitaries in the world ?? 

Whereas, many claimant do neither have any acceptability even within geographical boundary and do not command honest respect from the populace they claim to be unparalleled leader. The history never ever indicted that anyone had 100% popular within his or the world's society. 
But on the other hand persons with creative initiative which proved beneficial for the populace within and beyond h/her geographical boundary are respect,adored held at high esteem throughout like Yunus

So, the case with the dearly revered DR.MOHAMMAD YUNUS world over. No one can drag him down from where he has reached since there is none parallel to his stature in Bangladesh till date.  
People with insular mind may not like him but DR.MOHAMMAD YUNUS will glow as bright sun in the in the blue sky of Bangladesh as like the LAL SABUJ PATAKA forever.


Bangladesh Zindabad
Zindabad bangladesh

Faruque Alamgir



On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Sitangshu Guha <guhasb@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Honorable exit?
Is Dr. Yunus an Angel that he can't do anything wrong? 
Moshe Katsav, former President of Israel has been sentenced to 7 years of jail on rape charges.  US Secretary of State nor President Obama made any appeal to the government of Israel to commute his sentence. However, few US Congressmen and Senators requested them to treat him honorably.  But Israel government simply ignored them.
 
When Agnew Spiro, U. S. Vice President (and first Greek origin to hold such elevated position and a former Governor of Maryland) was charged with avoiding 'payment of taxes' while he was working in the Baltimore County Office 12 years ago,  he was forced to resign. Few Republican opinion leaders supported Vice President Spiro but no US Congressmen or Senators came forward to intervene for an honorable exit.
 
When world renowed geneticist Nobel Laureate James Watson who built his institution the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, New York for 43 years was asked to resign when he stated that 'blacks are genetically inferior' in a newspaper interview.  No American Congressmen, Senators nor any officer from the State Department came forward to plead for him for an 'honorable exit'. 
 
When two time Nobel Prize award winner Madame Currie (first time with husband Pierre Currie and second time alone) had an affair after the death of her husband, she never came to public.  Instead, led a life 'unknown and unlamented' and she died in a hospital with a psedo name to avoild public.  No one, no Europeans or Americans came forward to plead for her.  
 
But today, Nobel Prize in Peace, which is basically a political award, has become a 'symbol of sainthood'.  Is Mohammed Yunus an 'Angel' that he can do no wrong?
 
Many US Senators and Congressmen plus State Dep officials are putting pressure on Bangladesh 'not to enforce government regulation and promote rule of law'.  Instead treat Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus honorably for violating rules of law of the country, not once but again and again.  First, he avoided payment of taxes that itself is a serious crime and secondly, stayed as MD even after age 60.  The 'rich and famous' and of course, politically powerful people in Bangladesh can easily avoid enforcement of government regulations and they can later claim in the 'talk shows' that there is no good governance in the country.  Many Civil society and NGOs leaders that are funded by Western powers will find reasons for more fund to continue their advocacy for good governance.  Therefore, they do not want government to enforce regulations so that they can cite such cases of default to reinforce their application for additional funding. They may also gather a group of supporters and create disruption of law and order.     
 
Nobel Laurate Professor Mohammed Yunus transferred money from the Grameen Bank to the Grameen Kallayan, a non-profit tax-exempt organization just to avoid government taxes. Such itself is a violation that demand criminal prosecution.   





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[ALOCHONA] BSF kills 136 in over 2 yrs



BSF kills 136 in over 2 yrs






Indian border guards have killed 136 Bangladeshis since January 1, 2009, the home minister tells parliament. "Some 170 people also suffered bullet wounds [in BSF firing during the period], Shahara Khatun said on Thursday, in reply to a question from Niluphar Yasmin Chowdhury MP. She pointed out that Bangladesh at a secretary-level meeting with India in January this year had protested such killings.

Of the victims, the minister said, 67 were killed in 2009, 60 in 2010 and nine until March 14 this year. According to Human Rights Watch, an international rights group, some 1,000 Bangladeshis were killed by the Indian border guards over the last one decade. Shahara said: "The Indian side at different meetings and conferences has assured us of taking necessary measures to stop the killing of innocent people along the border."

"The Indian authorities have already started providing rubber bullets to the BSF members as per their commitment to use non-lethal weapon experimentally." The decision came from the director general-level border conference held in New Delhi on March 8-13, she told the House. Shahara also claimed that the number of killing along the border had come down due to the steps taken by the time. "The Indian government has also started holding the trial of those BSF members involved in killing innocent Bangladeshi nationals," the minister said.

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[ALOCHONA] WHY DEMOCRACY FAILED IN PAKISTAN



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Why Democracy Failed in Pakistan

 

By Nasim Yousaf

 

In 1947, Pakistan and India emerged on the world map. While both states were born from similar circumstances, a stark contrast has developed between the two nations today. On one hand, India has successfully established a strong democracy and is poised to play a prominent role on the world stage in the years to come. On the other, Pakistan has thus far completely failed as a democratic state. The question then becomes, why was Pakistan unable to emerge as a stable democracy? The response to this query lies in the circumstances surrounding the formation of the nation. In examining the birth of Pakistan, one discovers a shocking truth: the All-India Muslim League (AIML) – which has been credited with the independence of Pakistan - was itself an undemocratic organization. A closer examination of the role of the Muslim League in the years leading up to – and following – independence in 1947 reveals why such a party could not have fostered a true democracy in Pakistan.

 

Historical evidence shows that, from the very beginning, the Muslim League lacked some of the most fundamental tenets of a well-structured political organization: (i) a genuine program for the welfare of the masses, (ii) members from the public, who elect local and national leaders at regularly held intra-party elections, and (iii) a grassroots following.

 

Instead, the AIML was more of a club comprised of Nawabs, Khan Bahadurs, and titled gentry. It was no surprise then that the organization failed miserably in the 1937 provincial elections, even losing in Muslim majority areas.

 

Having lost the 1937 elections, AIML leaders knew that they needed to take drastic action in order to generate support among the masses. They thus decided to bring communalism and Islam into politics in an attempt to gain favor among the Muslims. It is important to note that prior to the elections, the AIML leadership had supported the need for unity between Muslims and Hindus; so, their change in policy at this juncture is a clear indication that they wanted to utilize communalism to manipulate the sentiments of the Muslim masses. As Barrister Aftab Iqbal (son of Allama Iqbal) would write, the League was controlled by "a few half educated, selfish and ambitious Nawabs and Muslim capitalists from Muslim minority provinces under the leadership of Mr. Jinnah…[who exploited] the ignorance and poverty of the Muslim masses" (The Tribune, Lahore, July 25, 1946).

 

In order to further their communalist agenda, on March 24, 1940, the AIML passed the Pakistan Resolution (also known as the Lahore Resolution), which called for a two-state 2 solution in the Indian subcontinent. The adoption of this resolution increased the rift not only among the Muslims, but also between Muslims and Hindus, and greatly helped the AIML to establish its position on the political pitch. According to The Hindustan Times of April 30, 1940, Arbab Abdul Rahman (Member Legislative Assembly, NWFP) stated that the "Pakistan scheme was an absurdity… He [Rahman] condemned the false cry of 'Islam in danger' raised by the Muslim League…Muslim Leaguers had raised the bogey of Islam in danger in order to secure ministerships." Thus, despite having failed in the 1937 elections, the League was nevertheless able to gain political standing by using communalism and religion to generate dissension between the Muslims and Hindus, which in turn increased their power as the Muslim "representatives."

 

Following the passing of the Pakistan resolution, the League maintained its less than democratic practices. For instance, although the League began holding regular elections, strangely there was no change in the main leadership. Those who watched the AIML closely felt that they were guilty of discriminatory politics. As well-known author Ghulam Kibria would write in the Dawn on July 14, 2004, "many League leaders…sought to rig them [the elections]. This tradition continued to be followed till 1947.

 

Proof? Those elected as the League's president, general secretary, treasurer and members of the working committee and council in 1937 continued to be re-elected till 1947." The League's undemocratic nature was further validated by a statement A.K. Fazl-ul-Haq, a prominent Bengali Muslim League leader who had moved the Pakistan Resolution in March, 1940, but then resigned in protest of the League's power structure. According to The Tribune of September 11, 1941, "Huq stated…[that the] principles of democracy and autonomy in the All-India Muslim League were being subordinated 'to the arbitrary wishes of a single individual [Quaid-e-Azam], who seeks to rule as an omnipotent authority even over the destiny of thirty-three millions of Muslims in the province of Bengal, who occupy the key position in Indian Muslim politics.'"

 

It was becoming clear that the Muslim League members were more interested in power for themselves than in genuinely representing the masses. Cognizant of the AIML's suspect practices and lack of representation of the poor, Allama Mashraqi (founder of the Khaksar Tehrik) offered a suggestion. Speaking to the press on September 25, 1945, Mashriqi stated:

 

"…I proposed to Mr. Jinnah that in order to make Muslim League representative of Musalmans in any sense he should agree to my most modest proposal of giving, out of 40%, only ten percent to poor Musalmans and 5% to Shiahs, leaving 25% to Khan Bahadurs and other well-to-do individuals who overwhelm the Muslim League, otherwise, I told him, the Khaksars will help the poor Musalmans to fight for their rights, as they constituted more than 95 percent of the Muslim population…

 

I as well as all the Khaksars will join the Muslim League [an offer that had been put forth to Mashriqi] only if Mr. Jinnah allows us into his fold, as then he will not be able to have everything for the flatterers round him and for himself alone" (Al-Mashriqi: The Disowned Genius by Syed Shabbir Hussain, p. 219).

 

Thus, Mashraqi's proposal suggested greater representation of the poor in the Muslim League. Although his proposal seemed reasonable, the attitude of the AIML leadership remained unchanged. If the AIML had been genuinely democratic and concerned about the welfare of the masses, why did it refuse to allow greater representation for poor Musalmans in the League?

 

The AIML's undemocratic ways continued throughout the 1946 elections. During the course of these elections, AIML members deliberately and unflinchingly sabotaged their political opponents. For instance, one of the League's primary opponents during these elections was the Khaksar Tehrik. League members thus began spreading rumors and propaganda against the Tehrik. Furthermore, the League hired mobsters to disrupt Allama Mashriqi and the Tehrik's public meetings, including throwing furniture, beating attendees from the public with fists and lethal sticks, and disconnecting electricity. The AIML supporters then had the incidents published in newspapers in order to send a false message to the masses that the public was anti-Mashriqi and anti-Khaksar Tehrik. On occasion, Mashriqi and the Khaksars were even physically attacked and injured by AIML hooligans. The League's disruptive activities were intended to intimidate supporters of the Khaksar Tehrik.

 

Other political opponents of the League were also victimized during the elections. Bengal Krishak Proja leader, Humayun Kabir, was assaulted and injured by supporters of the Muslim League. According to The Tribune of January 21, 1946, "The report states that the hooligans...dragged Mr. Kabir out of [the railway] compartment brutally assaulted him, inflicted serious injuries, stripped him of his clothes..." In yet another incident, The Tribune of January 23, 1946 reported that "a motor lorry carrying League workers armed with hatchets attacked the workers of Mr. Maulana Bux at Jagan polling station which is Mr. .Maulana Bux's stronghold. Some person's were injured one rather seriously."

 

Clearly, the Muslim League members were willing to go to any lengths to gain power for themselves, and were completely indifferent to the will of the masses. Meanwhile, the Government, which was partial to the League, took no action against the AIML. Perhaps Barrister Aftab Iqbal (son of Allama Iqbal) best summarized the attitude of the League in a letter to Jawahar Lal Nehru on July 23, 1946:

 

"…the Muslim masses…were grossly misled by the provincial henchmen of the

League aristocracy………..Unfortunately  the  men  who  form the  League  Working Committee and the League  provincial  bodies  lack intellectual culture, patriotism, political farsightedness catholicity of outlook  and    sympathetic understanding of the problems, hopes and fears of millions of starving    Muslims    with whom  they seldom come in personal contact. Their one principal aim is to capture power with the assistance of the ignorant Muslim peasant with whom    they  have  nothing  in common and whose economic welfare is, to them, a matter   of  indifference" (The Tribune, Lahore July 25, 1946).

 

Thus, the AIML, through manipulation of the masses and with Government backing, was able to win the 1946 elections and later their demand for the division of India. In 1947, the British completed the transfer of power to the Muslim League. The AIML leadership credited itself with having brought independence and denied the role of any other party towards freedom. So, it seems that from the very beginning, Pakistan's leadership stood on shaky moral ground. How then could the very same group - who had so egregiously violated all democratic principles to attain power – be expected to setup a genuine democracy in Pakistan?

 

Indeed, the abuse of power and democracy by the AIML leadership reached new heights following the creation of Pakistan. AIML leaders were projected as heroes, freedom fighters, and champions of the Muslim cause. Roads, educational institutions, and other important venues were named after them. However, no one was permitted to speak openly against the Two-Nation Theory. The AIML leadership had been raised to the status of saints and their follies could not be brought to the public knowledge. In other words, the right to free speech was no longer permissible.

 

The AIML also hit a new low with regards to its handling of political opponents: from character assassination to political victimization. According to author Ghulam Kibria, the undemocratic actions were evident within days of independence with Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's "dismissal of the Frontier government…[which enjoyed] a clear majority in the provincial assembly" (Dawn September 4, 2005). Furthermore, the new Government rigorously manipulated the facts to create an erroneous image of nationalist leaders (who had opposed partition). A slew of propaganda was unleashed against leaders that had opposed the AIML regarding partition. Materials for these parties were not provided to libraries and research on them was not encouraged; even the educational curriculum was not to include them. In books, the Pakistan movement was distorted and only carried the Muslim League version. Most unfortunate is that those who actually suffered at the hands of the British to bring freedom were denigrated in the public eye.

 

Even though their methodologies or philosophies may have differed from that of the AIML, their objective had still been the same: British India's freedom. Despite this, they were either declared to be traitors or anti-Pakistan. Allama Mashriqi was among the main victims of this policy and was repeatedly harassed and arrested by the Government. For instance, in order to prevent him from playing any role in the upcoming elections, the Punjab Government arrested Mashraqi on January 11, 1951 under the Punjab Public Safety Act (which stated that anyone could be kept under detention for an indefinite period) (The Pakistan Times, Lahore February 20, 1951).

 

The Government's actions brought resentment among the public. At a public meeting of the Islam League (founded by Mashraqi after the creation of Pakistan) in Lahore on January 12, 1951, the speakers condemned the Government:

 

"This meeting expresses its strong resentment against the arrest of Mr. Inayatulla Mashriqi, founder of the Islam League, and the candidates of the Islam League to the Provincial Assembly, and demands that they should be released immediately and unconditionally."

 

Another resolution at the same meeting stated:

 

"This  meeting   regards  the  [Punjab]  Public   Safety  Act   as   a    great   curse  and demands its immediate repeal. The meeting feels that in the presence of the Safety Act it is not possible to work any democratic system whether of  the  Western type or of the Islamic pattern." (Pakistan Times January 13, 1951).

 

Nothing came of these protests and resolution and Mashriqi remained behind bars for one and a half years (he was released on July 09, 1952). The point is that the Government was indifferent to the will of the people. They controlled the media and used propaganda to influence public opinion. By putting Mashriqi and the Islam League candidates behind bars, the Muslim League had guaranteed themselves victory in the Punjab elections. It is important to point out that the Government's undemocratic behavior could not have been perpetrated without the consent of the top leaders, including Prime Minister Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan. Such actions by the founding fathers clearly had a devastating impact on the development of democracy in the country. Unfortunately, Governments subsequent to that of Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan followed their predecessors and continued the political victimization. In short, the AIML adopted methods that were highly objectionable, oppressive and undemocratic.

 

Concluding, it is now clear why Pakistan was unable to establish a stable democracy. The AIML was a party that had risen to power using unfair means and based on a policy of communalism; it had then committed even greater injustices to retain that power. Though the AIML claimed to represent the Muslims regardless of class or social position, in reality it was indifferent to their concerns; it was only using the public strength to serve itself. The leadership expected sacrifice from people, but did not provide anything in return. Given that the AIML itself was undemocratic, how could it possibly have setup a true democracy in the country?

 

The AIML's actions undoubtedly sabotaged the democracy in Pakistan at its infancy. To put the country on a democratic path, the founding fathers should have led by example. The Government should have declared the judiciary to be completely independent and made education compulsory for everyone, so that the coming generations could effectively take part in the democratic process. If this had been done, the situation in Pakistan could have been much different from what we see today. Because of the mistakes made by its founding fathers, the country now finds itself in a most precarious state, and the current generations are paying for past mistakes. It is unfortunate to note, however, that the leaders in Pakistan today have not learned from the follies of their predecessors. They must act now to put an end to political victimization and create an environment that nurtures democracy. Otherwise, Pakistan will forever be plagued by foreign exploitation, terrorism and corruption, and the suffering of the masses.

Copyright Nasim Yousaf 2007

The article is protected by US copyright law.

The author was one of the invitees at the "Contested Spaces, Competing Narratives:

Towards Human Rights and Democracy in Pakistan" conference at Tufts & Harvard Universities on April 6 – 7, 2007. The above piece was circulated among the participants of the conference.




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[ALOCHONA] FW: Arab Awakening and Spiritual Islam--By Kancha Ilaiah



           One addendum to Prof.  Kancha Ilaiah's wonderful views on the current wave of Arab world's popular awakening: Though the prophet Jesus was a spiritual man and a rebel against the Establishment, Christianity in Europe turned away from those original idealism of Jesus.  It happened with the Constantine's sword in the 4th century AD when the Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and turned it into a State Religion.

                                Farida Majid


Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:49:27 -0700
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Subject: Arab Awakening and Spiritual Islam--By Kancha Ilaiah
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Arab Awakening and Spiritual Islam


By Kancha Ilaiah


The Arab world is on an earth-shaking course of revolutionary transformation. No political pundit could anticipate such a turn of events since they underestimated the revolutionary potential of Islam. All of them thought that Islamic political thought has no rejuvenating energy. But they have been proved wrong.

In this context, there is a need to re-visit the socio-political discourse of Prophet Mohammed and develop a new understanding of his spiritual politics.

The Islamic concept of God became universally understandable and acceptable only after the Prophet made it philosophically valid following his struggle against the idol worshippers among Arab tribes.

The Prophet dismantled the structures of idol worship and instituted the practice of praying to an abstract God among the Arabic tribes that were warring against one another over their idols. For them, a God creating all human beings equal was unthinkable.

That was the primary democratic principle — in the eyes of God all human beings are absolutely equal — that the Prophet established among those warring tribes. This established the notion of spiritual democracy among backward and self-destructive tribes.

By doing so the Prophet changed the route of social change in the Arabic world, which otherwise would have slipped into caste brutalism as it happened in India. Or it would have followed the African path.

But by inspiring the tribes to pray to Allah, the Prophet transformed the men and women of the Arab world into philosophically more advanced people than the other Asians, who were struggling between animism and idol worshipping cultures.

Though Christianity took its followers out of the idol worshipping ethic, the Church did encourage the worship of Jesus Christ and Mary. Ironically, though born as an Asian (Israelite) religion, Christianity attracted the Europeans more than the Asians in its early days.

But Islam expanded into the Asian continent very rapidly. Within 200 years of the Prophet's death it had spread far and wide.

While Jesus tried to separate the political realm from the spiritual, the Prophet combined political and spiritual theory into one in a much more nuanced and moral way. That seems to be developing into a democracy of its own model.

The present democratic revolutions in the Arab world are more spiritual-political than what Europe had seen in the 19th and 20th centuries. They might result in a re-interpretation of the Islamic notion of democracy on the one hand and change the meaning of secularism on the other. Though the notion of God was very much part of the Euro-American revolutions, secularism was made the core anchor of those revolutions.


The Arab revolutions seem to be evolving a different language of political science. How these revolutions negotiate with the notion of secularism is yet to be seen.


The European mode of secularism does not disconnect itself from the notion of God. This is very clear from many Euro-American constitutions, which use the notion of God in their preamble.


Islam seems to be re-negotiating its relationship to politics and democracy differently. The Prophet has more substantial claim to be a political philosopher than Jesus, as he led the community and his sons-in-law became the initial rulers as Khalifs.

There is an attempt to belittle the Arab revolutions by describing them as "Jasmine Revolutions". On the contrary they have the potential to re-position not only the Islamic world but the whole world.

In the Asian continent the implications of these revolutions would be huge. China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and even India and Sri Lanka have not evolved their democratic cultures through mass revolutions.

In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the British-imposed systems of democracy survive. They sustain inequalities, unemployment, illiteracy, and so on. China evolved a communist culture through a revolution but that culture is very fragile and cannot be compared with the Islamic cultures, which have a cementing commonality across nations rooted in one God, one Book and one Prophet.

If that cultural commonality is used for transforming the political systems of nations, no civilisation would match the Islamic civilisation.

If the present trend is any indication, Samuel Huntington's thesis of Clash of Civilisations would not only fall apart but possibly be turned on its head —to "Collusion of Civilisations". The same Arab world that the West once thought had no imagination of its own would make that collusion possible.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

URL: http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamAndSpiritualism_1.aspx?ArticleID=4329

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Hyderabad-based Kancha Ilaiah, author of several books, including the best-selling 'Why I am not a Hindu', is one of India's most well-known Dalit-Bahujan writers


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Re: [ALOCHONA] Farce thy name is BNP’s parliament attendence

Can we compare with Awami League's attendance while they were in opposition?

And if the same, can we agree that both parties are farcical?

Or is that too logical?

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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Farce thy name is BNP's parliament attendence
Sent: 23 Mar 2011 04:22

Farce thy name is BNP's parliament attendence Give speech Walk out Give speech Walk out Walk out Boycott Wait for 89 days until they risk losing their seats Give speech about giving another chance to the government and not reveal the real reason to join the parliament Join parliament Give Speech Walk out   and the cycle continues..... Forget about representing their constituencies. Yet, the opposition leader wants mid-term election for a new parliament?   Why? In the mean time, we have Ashrafi 'Mike dey' Papia to keep us entertained. http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2011/03/22/farce-thy-name-is-bnps-parliament-attendence/
Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com

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Re: [ALOCHONA] Over a million illegal foreign workers in Bangladesh



HAKKA  why do you want to do the same as HINDUSTAAN and US. Are you secretly becoming "EENDOO"?

-----Original Message-----
From: Faruque Alamgir
Sent: Mar 21, 2011 8:51 AM
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com, wideminds , Amra Bangladesi , Anis Ahmed , alapon alapon , amin chaudhury , Ovimot@yahoogroups.com, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, Nayan Khan
Cc: Isha Khan
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Over a million illegal foreign workers in Bangladesh

 

Friends


Most of these illegal worker are from the only eternal friendly country HINDU  STAAAAN. There were report in the news media few years back that most of the workers of  Hidu Staaan are working without any legal permit necessary for a foreigner to work n earn money here. These illegal and eternal freinds are sending back their high wages thru HUNDIS causing economic stress on Bangladesh.

It appears that we have opened our door including private door(money door is very important for a nation) to the Hindusataaanis so that can rob us this way way taking advantage of "Kritaggata of the seat of Power".

We must put the illegal Hindustaaaanis behind the bar(as they do to our citizens who crosses illegally )and also punish severely the local employers who violates the law of the land(as done in other countries eg. USA) by employing and harbouring them.

Faruque Alamgir


On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Over a million illegal foreign workers in Bangladesh



http://budhbar.com/?p=4590




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Re: [ALOCHONA] Skit # 1 -- Collaborator (Rajakar)



HARDY HAR HAR!

 

Shorna a life as a commedienne awaits. WTF are you doing with this motley crowd in Alochona wasting your time

 

I am sure our pal HAKKA HUA Alamgir must be rolling on his sides and splitting his guts!!!!! He loves this kind of stuff!!! Notice how he is influencing I am also using COLORS!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Shorna Sharmin
Sent: Mar 21, 2011 4:28 AM
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Skit # 1 -- Collaborator (Rajakar)

 

 

7-yr old : Who is a Pakistani Rajakar?
Parent    : A Bangladeshi who sides with Pakistan rather than with Bangladesh .
 
Trying to prove that she is smart,
 
The 7-Yr old said: Okay, okay, I know, I know, an Indian Rajakar
                            is a Bangladeshi who sides with ...
 



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