it is like saying I want to have 50 burgers at the same time but my body does not offer me freedom, it is telling the brain not to have more than two!!
I think it is important to remember that, as per Islam God is NOT dependent on our words or action. WE are dependent on our words, works and actions. So religious rules are there is help US and to protect us. Still all of are given the freedom to accept a religion OR reject it. Still we have to respect laws of the country or community we live in.
Your body will not allow you to have 50 beers at the same time!!
All freedoms have some limits.
Shalom!
From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 8:46 pm
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] শারমিন আহমদ auther of "গণহত্যাকারী, যুদ্ধাপরাধী ও তার সমর্থকরা ইসলামের প্রতিনিধি নয়"
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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:10 AM
Subject: [mukto-mona] শারমিন আহমদ auther of "গণহত্যাকারী, যুদ্ধাপরাধী ও তার সমর্থকরা ইসলামের প্রতিনিধি নয়"
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Sharmin Ahmad (center) with Amy Kraft at the United Nations' 50th Commission on the Status of Women in front of the Minaret of Freedom Institute's new banner. [Fiftieth Session 27 February -10 March 2006]
Sharmin has also participated in and been a representative to many international conferences, including the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, and the First International Non-Governmental Organizations Conference in Tehran, Iran. She received a Woman if Distinction Award for her "outstanding contributions in the field of international goodwill and understanding" from Soroptimist International of the Americas Club, one of the largest professional women's human development organizations in the world. She has been involved with children's education for nearly 2 decades.
Bangladesh Politics and Religious Controversy - part 2
From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] গণহত্যাকারী, যুদ্ধাপরাধী ও তার সমর্থকরা ইসলামের প্রতিনিধি নয়
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 10:19 PM
Subject: [mukto-mona] গণহত্যাকারী, যুদ্ধাপরাধী ও তার সমর্থকরা ইসলামের প্রতিনিধি নয়
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Re: [mukto-mona] শারমিন আহমদ auther of "গণহত্যাকারী, যুদ্ধাপরাধী ও তার সমর্থকরা ইসলামের প্রতিনিধি নয়"
When one has to act according to a religious dogma, where is the freedom? Where is the free will?
>>>>>>>>>> It is like saying I have a car why do I have to have a speed limit?
-----Original Message----- Our Sharmin Ahmad is clearly among the better version of the religious people of Bangladesh origin. She is probably educated enough to agree with my statement that "segregating hate-groups is not a long-term solution, removing hatred is." Like her father, she would be for communal harmony, if she were to be a leader in Bangladesh. --- On Wed, 5/22/13, Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com> wrote:
Word of 'wisdom' from the mission statement of the Minaret of Freedom Institute: "Those who, of their own free will and without any compulsion, act according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah wear the turban of freedom."
When one has to act according to a religious dogma, where is the freedom? Where is the free will? Where is the overcoming of the compulsion of the dogma? Surely these people are not promoting the freedom to think.
In spite of her religiosity, she seems respectable.
Sukhamaya Bain
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From: SyedAslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
শারমিন আহমদ
শারমিন আহমদ : তাজউদ্দিন আহমদ এবং জোহরা তাজউদ্দিনের বড় মেয়ে। ১৯৮৪ সাল থেকে তিনি মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে বসবাস করছেন। ওয়াশিংটন ডিসির জর্জ ওয়াশিংটন ইউনিভার্সিটি খেকে ১৯৯০ সালে উইমেনস স্টাডিজ-এ তিনি এম এ করেন। মানবাধিকার ও নারীর ক্ষমতায়ন বিষয়ক বিভিন্ন ইন্সটিটিউট এবং সংস্থায় পরামর্শক হিসেবে প্রায় দু দশক ধরে কাজ করেছেন। প্রগতিশীল ইসলামী নীতি গবেষণামূলক ইন্সটিটিউট মিনারেট অব ফ্রিডম-এর সাবেক পরিচালক এবং প্রতিষ্ঠাতাদের একজন। ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে তিনি তাজউদ্দিন আহমেদ মেমোরিয়াল ট্রাস্ট (২০১১ সালে) প্রতিষ্ঠা করেন। সম্প্রতি প্রকাশিত হয়েছে সরাসরি অভিজ্ঞতা খেকে লেখা Daughter of Bangladesh Liberation Witnesses Tahrir Emancipation (2012).
News:
The Montgomery County Public School of Maryland,ranked among the nation's top public schools in the United States, (MCPS) has approved Sharmin Ahmad Reepi's 'Rainbow in a Heart' for its school system's English Language Arts curriculum up to the Middle School level.
Sharmin Ahmad's book was placed in the highly recommended category. The comment during the formal approval of the book states in part, "Well crafted language that is very descriptive.
Beautiful illustrations and there are aspects of each mother and child relationship that teach lessons about parents as teachers having compassion for others... and seeing the possibility of good in all."
In comparing the relative worth of the book to other similar materials The Rainbow in a Heart was described as "very unique" and a "good asset to an elementary and middle school collection."
Sharmin Ahmad was born and raised in Bangladesh and emigrated to the United States in 1984. She earned a Master of Arts degree in 1990 in Women's Studies from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. --and won a fellowship and a Women's Studies Scholar award. She also completed Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) at GWU in Early
Childhood Education.
She has been featured in the Washington Post and her editorials letters have been published in various newspapers including the Wall Street Journal.
Sharmin was a consultant for the US Department of Health, working at the grassroots
level in order to raise awareness against female genital mutilation in the United States.
FYI Prof. Tarek Ramadan is also associated with Minaret of Freedom Institute:
Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss academic and writer.
He is also a Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the
Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University.
He also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology.
Watch the videos:
Sharmin Ahmed's Voice of America Interview: Bangla. Washington DC, Aired on April 26,2013
Bangladesh Politics and Religious Controversy - part 1
From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Fw: [mukto-mona] গণহত্যাকারী, যুদ্ধাপরাধী ও তার সমর্থকরা ইসলামের প্রতিনিধি নয় To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 8:09 AM
On what educational qualification does Ms. Ahmed claim to be an educationist?
This article has more fiction than fact. Besides, I suspect that Sharmin Ahmed Rimi might have used ghost writer to create this article.
2013/5/22 Jiten Roy <http://us.mc1217.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
I liked this in-depth analysis of Islam by the author, Sharmin Ahmed. I agree that Wahabists are the Islamic purists; they are narcissists, like Nazis, and they are the Islamic supremacists. Religious supremacists are present in all religion. They all read the same scripture; yet, some end up forming very different religious opinions than others. This is a common feature present in all religions. So, we have to admit that there are inherent problems in all religious scriptures, and no one can be claimed to be a perfect scripture, capable of providing all codes of life. Life needs science and technology codes too, and no religious scripture can furnish those codes. For that - one needs to go to the scientific journals and books (scriptures).
It amazes me when some people blindly believe Islam as "the complete code of life" or "the most beautiful religion on earth" ignoring the havoc Wahabism has brought on the earth in the name of Islam. Let's admit - there are some very good teachings in Islam; but - believing that it could provide a complete code of life is a result of utter ignorance and naivety in people.
Jiten Roy
2013/5/22 Jiten Roy <http://us.mc1217.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
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গণহত্যাকারী, যুদ্ধাপরাধী ও তার সমর্থকরা ইসলামের প্রতিনিধি নয়
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