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বাংলাদেশে বৌদ্ধ সমপ্রদায়ের উপর হামলায় সুইডেনের রাজধানীতে প্রতিবাদ সমাবেশ
সামগ্রিক নাগরিক সমাজের অংশগ্রহনে সুইডেনের রাজধানী স্টকহোমে কক্সবাজার এলাকার রামু, উখিয়া, পটিয়ায় বৌদ্ধ পল্লীতে সংঘটিত  সহিংসতার বিরুদ্ধে আজ ১৪ অক্টবর ২০১২ এক প্রতিবাদ মানব-বন্ধন সম্পন্ন হয়। 
বৌদ্ধ অধ্যুষিত গ্রামগুলোতে সন্ত্রাসীরা  গত ২৯ শে সেপ্টেম্বর  হামলা এবং অগ্নি সংযোগে বাড়ি ঘর জ্বালিয়ে দেওয়া সহ ৩০০ বছরের পুরনো দুটো মন্দিরসহ ১১ টি মন্দির জ্বালিয়ে দেয় এবং তাদের অমূল্য বৌদ্ধ মূর্তি গুলো ভাংচুর ও লুটপাট করে। গ্রামে গ্রামে বৌদ্ধদের ব্যবসা প্রতিষ্ঠানে হামলা চালিয়ে সব মালামাল দুষ্কৃতিকারীরা লুটপাট করে নিয়ে যাওয়া সহ এহেন ঘৃন্য নাশকতার বিরুদ্ধে প্রতিবাদ সমাবেশ সংঘটিত হয়।
সচেতন নাগরিক সমন্বয়ে এ সামবেশটির আয়োজক  শেখ তাসলিমা মুন আলাদা আলাদা ভাবে সকল শ্রেনী সংগঠনের প্রতিনিধিদের কাছে তাদের প্রতিক্রিয়া জানতে চাইলে সুইডেন আওয়ামলীগের প্রতিনিধি ড. ফরহাদ আলী খান এই ঘটনা বিষয়ে তার ব্যাক্তিগত এবং দলীয় অভিব্যাক্তি ব্যাক্ত করেন। তিনি এ ঘটনার তীব্র নিন্দা জানান। তিনি দ্ব্যার্থহীন ভাবে এই নৃশংস ঘটনার বিচার নিশ্চিত করার বিষয়ে তার এবং  তার দলের ভুমিকা বিষয়ে দৃঢ় প্রত্যয় ব্যাক্ত করেন। 
এছাড়া এ সমাবেশে বাংলাদেশ হিন্দু বৌদ্ধ ক্রিশ্চিয়ান ইউনিটি কাউন্লসিল এবং সেক্যুলার ফোরাম ফর বাংলাদেশের সাধারন সম্পাদক মিঃ তরুন কান্তি চৌধুরী বাংলাদেশের সংখ্যালঘুর উপর সকল আক্রমনের বিরুদ্ধে তীব্র প্রতিবাদ জানান। তিনি বাংলাদেশের সকল সংখ্যালঘুর ধর্ম এবং জীবন যাপনের নিরাপত্তা দাবী করেন।
বাংলাদেশ আদিবাসী কম্যুনিটির প্রতিনিধি হিসেবে উপস্থিত থাকেন মিঃ তপন চাকমা, শ্রিমতি সোনা তালুকদার এবং সিংগু চাকমা।
আদিবাসী প্রতিনিধি হিসবে মিসেস সোনা তালুকদার পার্বত্য এলাকায় তাদের উপর যে নির্যাতন চলছে তার ভয়াবহতা বিষয়ে আলোকপাত করেন। তিনি আদিবাসীদের সাংবিধানিক অধিকার নিশ্চিত করার জন্য সকল শ্রেনী সংগঠনের প্রতি আহবান জানান। তিনি তার বক্তব্যে বলেন বাংলাদেশের একটি এলাকায় তাদের নিজদেশে পরবাসী করে রাখা হয়েছে এবং আপন দেশেই তাদের সেনাবাহিনীদের কাছে নিজ পরিচয় পত্র পেশ করে দিন শুরু করতে হয়। সকল সাম্প্রদায়িক এবং সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠ আগ্রাসনের বিরুদ্ধে তিনি তার আদিবাসী কম্যুনিটির পক্ষ থেকে জোরালো প্রতিবাদ জানান।
এছাড়া ইলেকট্রনিক মিডিয়া ব্যাক্তিত্ব তৃতীয়মাত্রা ডট কম এর বিশেষ প্রতিনিধি জনাব আরিফুল মাহবুব ১৯৭২ সালের সেক্যুলার সংবিধানের  মূল নীতি অসাম্প্রদায়িকতার মূল্যবোধ নিয়ে বিশেষ আলোকপাত করেন। তিনি তাঁর সংক্ষিপ্ত বক্তব্যে বাংলাদেশের হাজার বছরের সংস্কৃতি সম্প্রদায়িক সম্প্রীতির ইতিহাস তুলে ধরে সাম্প্রতিক রামু ঘটনার তীব্র প্রতিবাদ জানান।
সম্মিলিত এই নাগরিক সম্মেলন এই ঘৃন্য নাশকতার বিরুদ্ধে সোচ্চার হন। এবং ভবিষ্যতে এ ধরনের পুনরাবৃত্তি যাতে না হয় তার জন্য সংশ্লিষ্ট দায়িত্বশীল কতৃপক্ষের কাছে তাদের দায়িত্ব পালনের নিশ্চয়তা দাবী করেন। এ সমাবেশের একটি প্রোটকোল পরবর্তিতে গনপ্রজাত্ন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকারের রাষ্ট্রদূতের কাছে প্রেরন করা হয়। সমাবেশটি সুইডেনের স্থানীয় নাগরিকদের দৃষ্টি আকর্ষন করে। অনেকেই এ সময় এগিয়ে এসে তাদের সমমর্মিতা জানান। অনেককে এ সময় ছবি তুলতে দেখা যায়।
 


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Re: [mukto-mona] Heaven is real, says neurosurgeon who claims to have visited the afterlife




I get similar experience in my dreams sometimes, in which I travel through space without wings and limbs. This is what that doctor probably experienced. I believe coma is like a deep sleep experience. May be his experience is rather a dream. I do not believe anybody can have the experience of an afterlife. Surely, coma is not an afterlife situation. I will wait until – someone comes back alive after death to tell his story.

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From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Heaven is real, says neurosurgeon who claims to have visited the afterlife
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 10:12 PM

 
"He claims to have been escorted by an unknown female companion."- Doesn't he contradict the scriptures which say that angels are of  male or neuter gender.  Moreover if he had experienced a genuine afterlife experience, how could he return?  The temporary coma he underwent might have created some delusions that he is unable to explain making him believe that he really peeked into afterlife.

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
The Sideshow

Heaven is real, says neurosurgeon who claims to have visited the afterlife

By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News Dr. Eben Alexander claims to have visited the afterlife (Twitter)Dr. Eben Alexander has taught at Harvard Medical School and has earned a strong reputation as a neurosurgeon. And while Alexander says he's long called himself a Christian, he never held deeply religious beliefs or a pronounced faith in the afterlife.
But after a week in a coma during the fall of 2008, during which his neocortex ceased to function, Alexander claims he experienced a life-changing visit to the afterlife, specifically heaven.
"According to current medical understanding of the brain and mind, there is absolutely no way that I could have experienced even a dim and limited consciousness during my time in the coma, much less the hyper-vivid and completely coherent odyssey I underwent," Alexander writes in the cover story of this week's edition of Newsweek.
So what exactly does heaven look like?
Alexander says he first found himself floating above clouds before witnessing, "transparent, shimmering beings arced across the sky, leaving long, streamer like lines behind them."
He claims to have been escorted by an unknown female companion and says he communicated with these beings through a method of correspondence that transcended language. Alexander says the messages he received from those beings loosely translated as:
"You are loved and cherished, dearly, forever."
"You have nothing to fear."
"There is nothing you can do wrong."
From there, Alexander claims to have traveled to "an immense void, completely dark, infinite in size, yet also infinitely comforting." He believes this void was the home of God.
After recovering from his meningitis-induced coma, Alexander says he was reluctant to share his experience with his colleagues but found comfort inside the walls of his church. He's chronicled his experience in a new book, "Proof of Heaven: A neurosurgeon's journey into the afterlife," which will be published in late October.
"I'm still a doctor, and still a man of science every bit as much as I was before I had my experience," Alexander writes. "But on a deep level I'm very different from the person I was before, because I've caught a glimpse of this emerging picture of reality. And you can believe me when I tell you that it will be worth every bit of the work it will take us, and those who come after us, to get it right."



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Re: [mukto-mona] Heaven is real, says neurosurgeon who claims to have visited the afterlife



"He claims to have been escorted by an unknown female companion."- Doesn't he contradict the scriptures which say that angels are of  male or neuter gender.  Moreover if he had experienced a genuine afterlife experience, how could he return?  The temporary coma he underwent might have created some delusions that he is unable to explain making him believe that he really peeked into afterlife.

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

The Sideshow

Heaven is real, says neurosurgeon who claims to have visited the afterlife

By  Dr. Eben Alexander claims to have visited the afterlife (Twitter)Dr. Eben Alexander has taught at Harvard Medical School and has earned a strong reputation as a neurosurgeon. And while Alexander says he's long called himself a Christian, he never held deeply religious beliefs or a pronounced faith in the afterlife.

But after a week in a coma during the fall of 2008, during which his neocortex ceased to function, Alexander claims he experienced a life-changing visit to the afterlife, specifically heaven.

"According to current medical understanding of the brain and mind, there is absolutely no way that I could have experienced even a dim and limited consciousness during my time in the coma, much less the hyper-vivid and completely coherent odyssey I underwent," Alexander writes in the cover story of this week's edition of Newsweek.

So what exactly does heaven look like?

Alexander says he first found himself floating above clouds before witnessing, "transparent, shimmering beings arced across the sky, leaving long, streamer like lines behind them."

He claims to have been escorted by an unknown female companion and says he communicated with these beings through a method of correspondence that transcended language. Alexander says the messages he received from those beings loosely translated as:

"You are loved and cherished, dearly, forever."

"You have nothing to fear."

"There is nothing you can do wrong."

From there, Alexander claims to have traveled to "an immense void, completely dark, infinite in size, yet also infinitely comforting." He believes this void was the home of God.

After recovering from his meningitis-induced coma, Alexander says he was reluctant to share his experience with his colleagues but found comfort inside the walls of his church. He's chronicled his experience in a new book, "Proof of Heaven: A neurosurgeon's journey into the afterlife," which will be published in late October.

"I'm still a doctor, and still a man of science every bit as much as I was before I had my experience," Alexander writes. "But on a deep level I'm very different from the person I was before, because I've caught a glimpse of this emerging picture of reality. And you can believe me when I tell you that it will be worth every bit of the work it will take us, and those who come after us, to get it right."




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[mukto-mona] FW: NHS boss Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin faces death penalty over charges of torture and 18 murders in Bangladesh







Subject: NHS boss Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin faces death penalty over charges of torture and 18 murders in Bangladesh
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:53:20 +0100

 

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NHS boss faces death penalty over charges of torture and 18 murders in Bangladesh

  • War crimes tribunal set to bring damning indictments against NHS director of spiritual care
  • Prosecutors want him extradited to face trial over atrocities committed in Bangladesh in 1971
By Abul Taher
PUBLISHED: 22:08, 13 October 2012
One of Britain's most important Muslim leaders – who has a senior role in the NHS – is to be charged with 18 murders by a war crimes tribunal in his native Bangladesh, investigators have told The Mail on Sunday.
Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, who is director of Muslim Spiritual Care Provision in the NHS and is also a chairman of the Multi-Faith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy, is accused of abducting, torturing and killing 18 journalists, academics and doctors during the bloody war of independence in Bangladesh in 1971.
Mr Mueen-Uddin, 63, who strongly denies the allegations, is believed to have fled Bangladesh shortly after the war ended, and has been living in London since the early Seventies.

As Deputy Director of the Islamic Foundation Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, pictured left, met Prince Charles in 2003 but now his accused of murder and faces the death penalty in Bangladesh

As Deputy Director of the Islamic Foundation Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, pictured left, met Prince Charles in 2003 but now he is accused of murder and faces the death penalty in Bangladesh

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) – which has been set up to try the country's most notorious war criminals still alive – has announced that it has completed its year-long investigation into Mr Mueen-Uddin. The ICT's prosecution wing will announce formal charges against him in the next few days, said a senior official at the tribunal.
Sanaul Huq, the Inspector-General of Bangladesh's national police force, who is co-ordinating the ICT investigation, said his investigators believe that Mr Mueen-Uddin killed dozens of people during the independence war, but they can link him only to 18 murders with evidence and eyewitness testimonies.
The ICT said Mr Mueen-Uddin and his associates allegedly subjected their victims to horrendous torture before killing them and dumping their bodies in sports grounds which earned the nickname 'killing fields'.
Mr Huq told The Mail on Sunday: 'They abducted an eye doctor, and then gouged his eyes out before killing him and dumping his body.
'They abducted a cardiologist and cut out his heart before killing him and dumping his body.
'They kidnapped a woman journalist, and cut her breasts off before killing her. Her decomposing body was later found with her breasts cut off.
'These victims were chosen because they were leading figures in the independence movement. Mueen-Uddin was a leading figure when it comes to killing activists. This is why we want to try him in court.
'As soon as charges are made – which I can guarantee will happen in days – we will request the British Government to hand him back to Bangladesh, and we will ask Interpol for his arrest. We will use all means, diplomatic and legal, to bring him back. If we fail, we will try him in absentia.'

Investiagors say that during the Bangladesh civil war, Mr Mueen-Uddin was a member of an Islamic terrorist group which abducted and killed leading Pakistani independence figures

Investiagors say that during the Bangladesh civil war, Mr Mueen-Uddin was a member of an Islamic terrorist group which abducted and killed leading Pakistani independence figures

Mr Mueen-Uddin declined to respond to the allegations, but his lawyer Toby Cadman, a barrister at 9 Bedford Row International, said: 'As no formal allegations have thus far been put to Mr Mueen-Uddin it would be highly inappropriate for any formal response to be issued to the media.
'This is a matter sub judice and therefore any and all media comment on the nature of the allegations, the strength of the evidence and the eventual outcome of the proceedings is to be avoided. It would be inappropriate at this stage to comment on the substance of the allegations. However, any and all allegations that Mr Mueen-Uddin committed or participated in any criminal conduct during the Liberation War of 1971 have been strongly denied in the past and will continue to be strongly denied in their entirety.'
If Mr Mueen-Uddin is found guilty of the charges, he could face the death penalty.
Mr Cadman added: 'The United Kingdom would not extradite a person where they are at risk of the death penalty – clearly a barrier in the present case due to the repeated remarks by the government of Bangladesh that the accused at the Tribunal will face the death penalty.'
After Britain gave India independence in 1947, the region now known as Bangladesh became a province of Pakistan, and was known as East Pakistan. But residents of East Pakistan became increasingly frustrated because they believed they were being treated like colonial subjects by their government based in the west of the country.
As a result, Bangladesh became independent in December 1971 after a nine-month civil war, during which hundreds of thousands were killed by the Pakistan military. At the time, Mr Mueen-Uddin was among those who did not want a secular Bangladesh splitting from the 'Islamic state' of Pakistan, say ICT investigators.
They say that during the civil war, Mr Mueen-Uddin was working as a journalist for a newspaper called the Daily Purbadesh in the capital Dhaka. But he was also said to be a secret member of an Islamic terrorist group called the Al-Badr Brigade, which abducted and killed leading figures of the independence movement for the Pakistani military. Mr Huq says Mr Mueen-Uddin fled Bangladesh shortly after independence, and went to Britain via India, Nepal and then Pakistan, from where he caught a flight to London in the early Seventies.
Over the decades, he became one of Britain's most influential Muslim leaders, was instrumental in setting up the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), and is now one of the trustees of the UK's leading Islamic charity, Muslim Aid.

Editor of newspaper Purbodesh - Atiqur Rahman - published a front page claiming that Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a former reporter, had been a murderer

Editor of newspaper Purbodesh - Atiqur Rahman - published a front page claiming that Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a former reporter, had been a murderer

Mr Mueen-Uddin was one of the chief Islamic leaders who mobilised thousands of British Muslims to protest against the publication of Salman Rushdie's controversial book, The Satanic Verses, in 1989.
He led a group of Muslim leaders who went to Downing Street to hand a petition against publication of the book to Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime Minister at the time.
Mr Mueen-Uddin has also met Prince Charles, including one occasion when the heir to the throne visited the East London Mosque  in 2010.
The ICT was set up by the Bangladeshi government two years ago after all major political parties voted unanimously in Parliament for a war crimes tribunal. Human rights groups and activists had been campaigning for the tribunal for decades.
The ICT has so far arrested nine alleged war criminals and is trying them in special courts in front of a panel of three judges. The nine are some of the most prominent Islamist leaders of the country, who are accused of killing thousands of independence activists and leaders during the 1971 war.
Mr Huq said: 'At the ICT we are not going to try the foot-soldiers, but are going after the main leaders. We have a list of 20 notorious alleged war criminals we want to try. Mueen-Uddin is one of them. He was a very big player.'
Investigators say that Mr Mueen-Uddin's official title in Al Badr was 'operation-in-charge', which made him a commander of the group.
He is accused of personally abducting six journalists – including a local BBC reporter – three doctors and nine academics from Dhaka University between December 10 and 15, 1971.
More than 1,000 Bangladeshi intellectuals and prominent supporters of the independence movement were killed in the dying days of the war by the Pakistani military in a calculated effort to deprive the new country of its leaders, says the ICT.
Mr Mueen-Uddin and his associates allegedly abducted their victims from their houses during the night at gunpoint, and took them to a gym called the Mohammedpur Training Centre in Mirpur, an area in north Dhaka. The gym was said to have been converted into a makeshift torture chamber.

Mr Mueen-Uddin was one of the chief Islamic leaders who mobilised thousands of British Muslims to protest against the publication of Salman Rushdie's controversial book, The Satanic Verses, in 1989

Mr Mueen-Uddin led a protest against the publication of Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses, in 1989

After the victims were tortured and killed, their bodies were dumped in nearby grounds. The bodies of some victims were never found.
The ICT has interviewed 45 witnesses. Among them is Asif Munier, who is now 46. He was four when his father, Munier Chowdhury, then 45, was taken away from their house in Dhaka. Mr Chowdhury was a prominent playwright and professor of Bengali literature at Dhaka University. He also wrote many articles in support of the independence movement. Mr Chowdhury's body was never found although the family frantically searched the 'killing fields' to find the corpse.
Mr Munier said: 'My father was no criminal. He was targeted and killed for his views to uphold Bengali language and nationalism, so I feel these people left me and my brothers fatherless, made my mother a widow and took away a gifted teacher and writer from Bangladesh, for no fault except believing in freedom and justice.
'His trial would be a symbolic boost to the morale of Bangladesh. It is also a test for the international legal system and human rights mechanism, since Mueen-Uddin is a prominent UK citizen now. Me and my family will be happy to see Mueen-Uddin face trial.'
Mr Munier gave evidence to the ICT early this year.
Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, an academic in Bengali literature at Dhaka University, is also said to have been kidnapped by Mr Mueen-Uddin from his home and killed on December 14, 1971. His body was never found.
His widow, Dolly Chaudhury, gave a video witness statement to the ICT before her death this year.
Opponents of the ICT say that the tribunal is being used as a tool for the political witch-hunt of Islamic leaders who are the fiercest opponent of the current government, the Awami League party.
The nine individuals who are on trial at the ICT are all leaders of Bangladesh's most prominent Islamic political party, Jamat-I-islami, which opposes the Awami League and its 'secular' politics, say critics.
However, the ICT has broad support among Bangladeshi citizens, who want alleged war criminals tried, say human rights activists.

Mr Mueen Uddin led a group of Muslim leaders who went to Downing Street to hand a petition against the publication of the Satanic Verses to Margaret Thatcher

Mr Mueen Uddin led a group of Muslim leaders who went to Downing Street to hand a petition against the publication of the Satanic Verses to Margaret Thatcher

Sara Hossain, a British-trained barrister and one of Bangladesh's most prominent human rights lawyers, said: 'The critics often fail to mention the overwhelming demand for its [the ICT's] establishment or the need for a process of accountability for 1971 war crimes and crimes against humanity.'
Any request by the Bangladeshi government to the UK to hand back Mr Mueen-Uddin is likely to be tricky because the two countries have no formal extradition treaty. Also, the UK usually does not send suspects to a country where there is a possibility that they may be sentenced to death. A further difficulty is that it is believed that Mr Mueen-Uddin has been granted British citizenship by the Home Office.
However, Mr Huq said: 'We will try all avenues available to us. Although Bangladesh does practise the death penalty, it could be that Mueen-Uddin may not face it at his trial. That will be for the judges to decide.'
A Department of Health spokesman said: 'Mr Mueen-Uddin is not employed by either the Department of Health or the NHS.
'He was head of Muslim spiritual care in the NHS, and chair of the Multi-Faith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy, an independent organisation which provides advice to the Department of Health about multi-faith healthcare chaplaincy on behalf of all Faith Groups.
'He has voluntarily stepped down from these roles while he responds to these allegations.'

 



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আওয়ামী লীগ একটি সাম্প্রদায়িক দল : গয়েশ্বর

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বিএনপি নেতা গয়েশ্বর চন্দ্র রায় আওয়ামী লীগকে একটি সাম্প্রদায়িক দল হিসেবে আখ্যায়িত করে বলেন, কারণ এই দলের জন্মই হয়েছে মুসলিম লীগ থেকে। জাতীয়তাবাদীরা কখনোই সাম্প্রদায়িক হতে পারে না। গতকাল বিকালে জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবে আয়োজিত এক আলোচনা সভায় তিনি আওয়ামী লীগকে সেক্যুলার পার্টি (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ) না বলে পিকিউলিয়ার পার্টি (অদ্ভুত) বলেও উল্লেখ করেন। গবেষণা প্রতিষ্ঠান জি-নাইনের উদ্যোগে অনুষ্ঠিত ‘সংখ্যালঘুর নিরাপত্তা : সরকারের ব্যর্থতা’ শীর্ষক আলোচনা সভায় গয়েশ্বর আসন্ন দুর্গাপূজায় হামলার আশঙ্কাও প্রকাশ করে বলেন, রামুর মতো ঘটনা যেন পূজায় না ঘটতে পারে, তার জন্য পূজা ব্যবস্থাপনার সঙ্গে জড়িতদের সাবধান থাকতে হবে। বিএনপি স্থায়ী কমিটির এই সদস্য রামুর ঘটনায় দেশের অসাম্প্রদায়িক সুনাম ক্ষুণ্ন হয়েছে মন্তব্য করে বলেন, এতদিন ছিল না, তাই শুরু হলো—এটাই চিন্তার বিষয়। মা মরেছে-এটাতো দুঃখের, কিন্তু তার চেয়ে ভয়ের হলো-যম তো বাড়ি চিনে গেল। রামুর ঘটনায় বিরোধী দলের নেতাকর্মীদের জড়ানোর সরকারি পাঁয়তারা প্রসঙ্গে তিনি বলেন, ঈদের পর সরকারবিরোধী আন্দোলন যাতে চাঙ্গা না হয়, সেজন্য স্পর্শকাতর এসব বিষয়ে বিরোধীদলের নেতাকর্মীদের জড়ানো হতে পারে। তিনি সরকারের সমালোচনা করে বলেন, এ সরকারকে সবাই চোর বলছে। চোর ধরার উদ্যোগ নিতে হবে, তাদের আটকাতে হবে, যেন দেশ ছেড়ে এসব চোর পালাতে না পারে। মূল প্রবন্ধে তরুণ গবেষক ডা.সায়ন্থ সাখাওয়াত্ বলেন, রামুর ঘটনায় সরকারি দল দায়ী করছে বিরোধী দলকে। অপরদিকে বিরোধী দলও আঙুল তুলেছে সরকারি দলের দিকে। এই দুই পক্ষের পরস্পরের দোষারূপকে অনেকেই ভালো চোখে দেখছেন না। তারা বলছেন, এতে প্রকৃত দোষীরা আড়ালে চলে যাবে। এ প্রসঙ্গে তিনি তার প্রবন্ধে বলেন, বিরোধী দল যদি সরকারি দলকে রামুর ঘটনায় অভিযুক্ত করে, তাহলে সেই অভিযোগ কেবলই অভিযোগ, অন্যকিছু নয়। এতে তদন্ত কার্যক্রমে কোনো প্রভাব পড়ে না। কিন্তু সরকারি দল বিশেষ করে প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী যদি কোনো অভিযোগ তোলেন, তাহলে তা আর অভিযোগ থাকে না। তাদের এই অভিযোগ তদন্ত কাজে প্রভাব ফেলে। যারা তদন্ত করছেন, তারা প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীর কথার বাইরে যেতে পারেন না। রামুর ঘটনায় সরকার যে তদন্ত কমিটি করেছে, এর প্রধানের বক্তব্য অনেকটা প্রধানমন্ত্রী-স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীর বক্তৃতার অনুরূপ। আয়োজক সংগঠনের সভাপতি সাইফুল ইসলামের সভাপতিত্বে এতে বিশেষ অতিথি ছিলেন চেয়ারপার্সনের উপদেষ্টা আমীর খসরু মাহমুদ চৌধুরী, দলের আইনবিষয়ক সহ-সম্পাদক অ্যাডভোকেট নিতাই রায় চৌধুরী, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সাবেক ভিসি মনিরুজ্জামান মিঞা, বিশিষ্ট সাংবাদিক শফিক রেহমান, বিশ্ব বৌদ্ধ ফেডারেশনের (বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপটার) সভাপতি অধ্যাপক সুকোমল বড়ুয়া প্রমুখ। অনুষ্ঠানটি পরিচালনা করেন জি-নাইন সাধারণ সম্পাদক অ্যাডভোকেট মোহাম্মদ আসাদুজ্জামান। সভা শুরুর দিকে রামুর ঘটনার নানা তথ্যচিত্র নিয়ে একটি প্রতিবেদনও প্রকাশ করে সংগঠনটি।


 


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[mukto-mona] Now attack on Hinmdu Temple in Baufol and Rajapur



বাউফল ও রাজাপুরে পূজামণ্ডপ ভাংচুর করেছে দুর্বৃত্তরা

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পটুয়াখালীর বাউফল ও ঝালকাঠির রাজাপুরে পূজামণ্ডপে প্রতিমা ভাংচুরের ঘটনা ঘটেছে। আমাদের প্রতিনিধিদের পাঠানো তথ্যে বিস্তারিত :
বাউফলে দুর্গাপূজামণ্ডপে প্রতিমা ভাংচুর : পটুয়াখালীর বাউফল উপজেলার আতশখালী গ্রামে পূজামণ্ডপে শনিবার রাতে প্রতিমা ভাংচুর করেছে দুর্বৃত্তরা।
স্থানীয় পূজা কমিটির সভাপতি শঙ্কর চন্দ্র দাস বলেন, শনিবার মধ্যরাত পর্যন্ত প্রহরী নিতাই দাস মণ্ডপে প্রতিমা পাহারা দেন। একপর্যায়ে তিনি ঘুমিয়ে পড়েন। গতকাল সকালে তিনি ঘুম থেকে জেগে দেখেন, দুর্বৃত্তরা সরস্বতী প্রতিমার মাথা ও গণেশ প্রতিমার দুইটি দাঁত ভেঙে নিয়ে গেছে।
খবর পেয়ে বাউফল উপজেলা নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা আবুল কালাম আজাদ এবং বাউফল থানার ভারপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তা জুলফিকার মো. গাজ্জালি ঘটনাস্থল পরিদর্শন করেছেন।
ইউএনও আবুল কালাম আজাদ বলেন, কে বা কারা এ ভাংচুর করেছে তা জানা যায়নি। তবে তদন্ত চলছে। আর এ ঘটনার সঙ্গে জড়িতদের খুঁজে বের করে আইনের আওতায় এনে বিচারের কাঠগড়ায় দাঁড় করান হবে।
এবার বাউফলে মোট ৫৮টি মন্দিরে পূজা উদযাপনের প্রস্তুতি প্রায় শেষের পথে। এর মধ্যে প্রশাসনের পক্ষ থেকে অধিক ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ ২২টি, ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ ২০টি ও ১৬টিকে সাধারণ হিসেবে চিহ্নিত করা হয়েছে। এর মধ্যে আতশখালী গ্রামের দাসবাড়ির দুর্গামণ্ডপটি অধিক ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ হিসেবে চিহ্নিত ছিল।
রাজাপুরে রাতের আঁধারে প্রতিমা ভাংচুর : ঝালকাঠির রাজাপুরে শনিবার রাত পৌনে ২টার দিকে উপজেলার হাইলাকাঠি সুখরঞ্জন পাটিকর বাড়ির সার্বজনীন দুর্গা মন্দিরের প্রতিমা ভাংচুরের ঘটনা ঘটেছে। এ বিষয়ে দুর্গা মন্দিরের পূজা কমিটির সভাপতি জন্টু পাটিকর জানান, শনিবার রাতে তিনিসহ কয়েকজন ঘরের বাইরে বের হন। পরে মন্দিরে ফিরে দেখেন মণ্ডপের কার্তিক, গণেশ, লক্ষ্মী, সরস্বতী সম্পন্ন এবং দুর্গা প্রতিমার হাত ও মাথা ভাঙা। এদিকে স্থানীয় একাধিক সূত্র অভিযোগ করেছে, আর্থিকভাবে লাভবান হওয়ার জন্যই নিজেদের প্রতিমা নিজেরাই ভেঙে স্থানীয় সাধারণ মানুষকে হয়রানি করা হচ্ছে। তবে এ অভিযোগ অস্বীকার করেছেন সার্বজনীন দুর্গা মন্দির সংশ্লিষ্টরা। রাজাপুর থানার ওসি মো. আতাউর রহমান জানান, রাতেই ঘটনাস্থল পরিদর্শন করে পুলিশ মোতায়েন করেছি। প্রতিমা ভাংচুরের সঙ্গে জড়িতদের গ্রেফতারের চেষ্টা চলছে। এ বিষয়ে জানতে চাইলে ঝালকাঠির সিনিয়র সহকারী পুলিশ সুপার (সার্কেল) আ ফ ম আনোয়ার হোসেন খান জানান, তিনি সকালে ঘটনাস্থল পরিদর্শন করেছেন এবং প্রতিমা ভাংচুরের বিষয়টি খতিয়ে দেখা হচ্ছে।

 


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Re: [mukto-mona] Re: Meet Lauren Booth, Tony Blair's sister-in-law, to morrow (Satur day)



Mr. Anwar
Ask Lauren Booth about beheading. See what she says.
You have to make a religion dynamic. The believer must not get stuck in the time when the religion was born. As much as I understand, I consider the prophet of Islam a dynamic, pragmatic, and forward looking man. I have seen how he revised his teachings in the light of new realities. I am sure if he were alive today, he would have preached more civilized methods of punishment. Beheading or stoning to death were the old practices. Now better methods have been invented. Beheading was also practiced in non-Islamic societies. It was even practiced in medieval Europe. It is no more there possibly except in Saudi Arabia. Crucifixion or "shool" (believed to have been practiced by some Indian kings) are no more used. Even beheading was replaced in Europe by a better method name beheading by guillotine. As societies are getting more and more civilized, mode of punishment is also evolving. Cutting hands for stealing or cutting tongue for lying are now treated as too cruel and uncivilized. Even psychology of punishment has changed. In some cases the term "correction center" is used. The guilty person may still be corrected. It may sometimes be appropriate to hate the sin, not the sinner. Modern society is now more civilized to explore in what circumstances a thief had to steal. It has learned to look at the culprit with compassion. Great religions also teach this. Punishment is no more considered as a revenge.      

From: Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
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Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Re: Meet Lauren Booth, Tony Blair's sister-in-law, to morrow (Satur day)
Mr. Subimal,
 
         You mentioined that, I support  death by beheading. My understanding is that,  if you are a believer of Islam you have to believe in Islam and its holy book Al-Quran.
Muslims muist believe all declaration in Quran. In that sense,  I support the execution method mentioned in Quran for certain crime (with enough evidence).
Execution method in Western World may be different like execution by electronic method. Excution method in Bangladesh/Pakistan/India is done differently.
 In China execution is done by firing squad. Which method is less painful or more humane experts can tell about that. I am not an expert on this issue.
        Lauren Booth is not the first person to convert or the last person to convertto Islam. Definitely Lauren Booth's conversion will bring more educated
westerner4s to the shade of Islam.---------- Original Message ----------From: Subimal Chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com>To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.comSubject: [mukto-mona] Re: Meet Lauren Booth, Tony Blair's sister-in-law, tomorrow (Satur day)Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:27:09 -0500
 
 
 
It is frequently said that in many spheres Islam has been hijacked by the fanatics and the fundamentalists. There is a possibility that Lauren Booth being a new blood and having been born and brought up in an an open environment will be able to influence the hijackers positively. Also we have a colonial attitude and our special respect for the colonial masters may be able to play a positive role here. The liberal preachings by liberal thinkers like Shah Saheb (a self declared atheist) and Farida Majid (a humanitarian and a liberal practitioner of Islam), for example, have so far no impact on Mr. Anwar. He keeps believing in things like open beheading. I hope Lauren Booth will be able to bring new light to such people and thereby will have positive impact on their beliefs. Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:55 AM, "Mohiuddin Anwar" <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:
 
Who knows anybody can convert to Islam if Allah wishes. As Muslim I believe you also support that conversion to Islam.        
 
 
 
 
 
 
--------- Original Message ----------From: Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@gmail.com>To: Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>Cc: jnrsr53@yahoo.com, unitycouncilusa@yahoogroups.com,  baaiwdc_comm@yahoogroups.com, subimal@yahoo.com, kamalctgu@gmail.com,  ovimot@yahoogroups.com, dahuk@yahoogroups.com,  sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com, dr.miltonbis@yahoo.com,  abdul_momen@hotmail.com, drmohsinali@yahoo.comSubject: Re: Fw: Meet Lauren Booth, Tony Blair's sister-in-law, tomorrow (Saturday)Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:51:08 -0400Bro, this is like a blind leading another blind? Can a white face make Islam more palatable in the West? Keep dreaming! Try Clintons! That would be a great Sharia coup!-SD
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net> wrote:
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