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X Posted from the “Oppression of minorities in Pakistan” thread.

717 people died in Pakistan in religious violence: USCIRF

The referenced "Pakistan Religious Violence Project" report released by the US Commission for International Religious Freedom,is available at the below link and presents a comprehensive compendium of Mohammadden religion based violence targeting Hindu’s Christian’s and Sikh’s besides co-religionists belonging to minority sects of Mohammaddenism, namely Shia’s and Ahmadiyya’s, in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:

Pakistan’s History of Violence: A Chronology of Targeted Violence against Religious Communities
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The gender discriminatory aspect of Mohammaddenism displayed in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Mohammadden Clerics ban women from entering market places unless chaperoned by closely related males. Dawn reports “the decision was taken because most unaccompanied women were becoming a source of spreading vulgarity, especially in the holy month of Ramaza”. Dawn also reported that this act was justified by a Mohammadden Cleric on religious grounds as well :

Women in Karak barred from leaving home without mehram

PESHAWAR: A committee of local clerics (ulema) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district banned the entry in markets of women who are not accompanied by a mehram (close male member of the family -- specifically husband, brother, son, father etc)

The local clerics committee of Khattak Ittehad held a meeting at the Tehsil Masjid Karak, headed by former district amir of Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam Hafiz Abne Amin on Friday decided that women roaming in the city bazaars (markets) without male members of their family were a source of spreading vulgarity in the society and should be stopped.

The meeting which was also attended by Mualana Mir Zaqeem, Mualana Abdul Rehman and other clerics.

The clerics also met the local administration and the police to implement the decision but they had refused to facilitate the implementation of this decision.

When contacted, Mir Zaqeem who is the head of Khattak Ittehad, Karak city said that the decision was taken because most unaccompanied women were becoming a source of spreading vulgarity, especially in the holy month of Ramazan.

He added that a group of such women (without a mehram) were also involved in theft and robberies.

The Maulana further said that unaccompanied women in bazaars was not only against local Pakhtun culture but also against religious norms. …………………..

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Green on Green Intra Mohammadden violence as the un-uniformed Jihadi’s attack the uniformed Jihadi’s of the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by way a demonstration of the IEDology of Pakistan. That today was not only the Mohammadden Sabbath of Friday but also a Sabbath during the month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramzan which Mohammaddenism holds to be holy, seems to have played no role in dissuading the Mohammadden attackers from carrying out this attack targeting co-religionists:

Blast kills two FC personnel in Khyber Agency
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The horror of being a Non-Mohammadden Kaafir Dhimmi, Hindu in this particular case, in a Mohammadden majority country like the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:

PAKISTAN: Jihad to convert Hindu girls to Islam rages on
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Dubai sentences Norwegian woman who reported rape

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Marte Deborah Dalelv says she is "very nervous and tense" but remains hopeful she can overturn the sentence on appeal

A Norwegian woman has spoken out about the 16-month prison sentence she received in Dubai after reporting a rape incident to police.

Interior designer Marte Deborah Dalelv was on a business trip in Dubai when she says she was raped.

The 24-year-old reported the March attack to the police but found herself charged with having extramarital sex, drinking alcohol, and perjury.

Convicted earlier this week, she says she is appealing against the verdict.

The appeal hearing is scheduled for early September.

Describing the sentence as "very harsh", she told the AFP news agency: "I am very nervous and tense. But I hope for the best and I take one day at a time. I just have to get through this."

The case has angered rights groups and the authorities in Norway.

'Wanted'
Ms Dalelv says she had been on a night out with colleagues on 6 March when the rape took place.

She reported it to the police, who proceeded to confiscate her passport and seize her money. She was charged four days later on three counts, including having sex outside marriage.

Her alleged attacker, she said, received a 13-month sentence for extra-marital sex and alcohol consumption.

The Norwegian government had secured Ms Dalelv's conditional release so, since being charged, she has been living under the protection of the Norwegian Seamans' Centre in Dubai.

But she told Norway's NRK News that following her sentencing on Tuesday she was now officially wanted by the Dubai authorities.

"I should have been imprisoned since Tuesday," she said. "But I have been told they are not searching for me."

The sentence has been condemned by Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide who is quoted as saying that it "flies in the face of our notion of justice" and was "highly problematic from a human rights perspective".

The Norwegian authorities are reportedly trying to contact the authorities in Dubai about the situation.

The London-based Emirates Centre for Human Rights called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to which Dubai belongs, to quash Ms Dalelv's conviction.

It said the UAE's claims that it is attempting to end discrimination against women was undermined by a legal system that "prohibits the achievement of justice for cases of sexual violence against women".

Currently, the law stipulates that, to gain a rape conviction, there must either be a confession or for four adult male witnesses to the crime.

Tensions
Dubai has undergone a rapid transformation in recent years, emerging as a five-star trade and tourism destination with its tax-free salaries and year-round sunshine.

It is now one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities with foreign workers and visitors greatly outnumbering the local population.

But it remains a deeply conservative region, and its strict laws have caught out foreigners in the past.

An Australian woman, Alicia Gali, was jailed for eight months in 2008 for having extra-marital sex after complaining to the police that she had been drugged and raped by three co-workers.

Public displays of affection and drunkenness are also frowned upon.

A British couple, Ayman Najafi and Charlotte Adams, were jailed for a month in 2010 after they shared what Mr Najafi described as an "innocuous peck on the cheek" in a restaurant. A witness said they had kissed on the mouth.

Another British couple, Vince Acors and Michelle Palmer, were jailed for three months in 2008 for having sex on a public beach - an allegation they denied.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448
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Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion inspired sectarian violence in Iraq on the Mohammadden Sabbath of Friday during the Mohammadden holy month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramzan, kills 17 :

Bomb inside Sunni mosque in central Iraq kills at least 17 during Friday prayers

When Intra-Mohammadden violence is frequently perpetrated on days of significance to Mohammaddens such as the Sabbath on Friday and the months of Ramadan and Muharram, the spiel that Mohammaddenism is “the religion of peace” is simply not digestable to a Non-Mohammadden such as myself.
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Will islamophobia ever stop? Now its the European Parliament. European Parliament identifies Wahabi and Salafi roots of global terrorism
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^^^ Anup, The European Parliament has also released another study titled “Salafist / Wahhabite financial support to educational, social and religious institutions” authored by William Racimora, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center, (ESISC), Belgium. The report besides the Islamic Republic of Pakistan covers Egypt, Tunisia, Bosnia and Indonesia.

That report can be downloaded from this page:

Clicky

Meanwhile an alternative link for download of the report titled “The involvement of Salafism / Wahhabism in the support and supply of arms to rebel groups around the world” which you posted is provided below:

Alternate Link
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Enforcement of law against wearing Burqua aka Burka aka Niquab by the Police sets off rioting by Mohammaddens in France:

French police station attacked amid tensions over ban on Muslim face veils
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arun wrote:Enforcement of law against wearing Burqua aka Burka aka Niquab by the Police sets off rioting by Mohammaddens in France:

French police station attacked amid tensions over ban on Muslim face veils
Why do Euro countries allow these crazy people into their country in the first place?
Muslim immigration has never been good to the host country.
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Marine Le Pen loses parliamentary immunity, may face charges for inciting racial hatred
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The European Parliament has removed immunity of the French far right politician Marine Le Pen, which may lead to her prosecution for comparing Muslim immigration to the Nazi occupation of France.

She was accused of inciting racial hatred for comparing Muslim street prayers to the occupation of France by Nazi Germany. A Lyon court requested for her immunity to be removed three years ago. A majority of parliamentarians voted to ratify the decision.

A public trial in France would be a setback for the National Front (FN), a far-right party headed by Le Pen. The movement's popularity has been rising since the last election and it was hoping to grab seats from the ruling Socialist Party and mainstream right in local and European Parliament elections next year.

The request came from the prosecutor’s office in Lyon, where in December 2010 Ms Pen told FN supporters in a speech that the sight of Muslim’s praying was similar to Nazi soldiers occupying France between 1940 and 1944.

Her speech, which was broadcast by the French media, said that France was seeing “more and more veils and burkas, after that came praying on the streets, I’m sorry but some people are very fond of talking about the Second World War and about the occupation, so let’s talk about the occupation, because that is what is happening here, there are no tanks or soldiers, but it is still an occupation and it weighs on people.”

Speaking to the broadcaster LCI on Tuesday she said would lose her parliamentary immunity "because I'm a dissident", adding: "I'm not at all afraid of it, I'm scornful of it".

Marine Le Pen is known for her strong stance on immigration issues. She believes that stricter measures need to be taken to ensure France’s success as a nation as it strikes a balance between manual and intellectual work.

She says some deterrents need to be introduced so that immigrants will be deincentived from coming to France.

“Today there are even illegal immigrants who benefit from larger social aid that some French citizens can’t obtain,” she said on RT's SophieCo .

In 2011 France became the first country in the EU to ban the wearing of the niqab, a face covering Islamic veil for women, and praying in the street was banned in Paris as a result of growing far-right protests.

Ms Le Pen took 17.9 percent of the vote in the first round of the French presidential election last year.

As rising joblessness in France fuels the spread of her euro-skeptic anti-immigrant views, the EU part is gaining support at the expense of Hollande’s socialists.


One poll by YouGov in June showed that the FN may get as much as 18 percent of the vote in the May 2014 European elections. By comparison, when Le Len won her EU parliament seat in 2009 in the North-West region of France, her party managed just 6.3 percent of the vote.

Another web poll in May conducted by L’Internaute put her as France’s third most popular politician, one position behind the former president Nicholas Sarkozy and 24 places ahead of current president Hollande.

If found guilty she could face a maximum penalty of a year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.

Her father Jean Marie Le Pen founded the French National Front and was stripped of his legal immunity as a French MEP for Holocaust denial in 1998 and was convicted under a similar charge.

http://rt.com/news/lepen-immunity-racism-charges-536/
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July 21, 2013, 7:02 AM
Violence continues in France over Islamic veil ban

PARIS Some 20 cars have been torched and four people detained in a second night of violence in suburbs west of Paris, a result of tensions linked to authorities' handling of France's ban on Muslim face veils.

France's interior minister said Sunday that the incidents overnight targeted the town of Elancourt.

Police union official said on BFM television that about 50 assailants were involved, some firing weapons and a gasoline bomb at police.

The night before, about 250 people hurling projectiles clashed with police firing tear gas in the nearby town of Trappes in apparent protest over the enforcement of France's ban on Islamic face veils. Five people were injured and six detained in the violence, authorities said Saturday.


The interior minister urged calm and dialogue, insisting on both the need for public order and respect for France's Muslims. The incident in the town of Trappes on Friday night reflected sporadic tensions between police upholding France's strict policies of secularism and those who accuse authorities of discriminating against France's No. 2 religion.

A few garbage dumpsters in the area were torched and a bus shelter shattered in the Trappes unrest. Spent tear gas capsules lay on the road Saturday near the police station at the center of the violence.

A 14-year-old boy suffered a serious eye injury in the violence, from a projectile of unknown provenance, Prosecutor Vincent Lesclous told reporters. Four police officers were injured and six people were detained in the violence, said an official with the regional police administration. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be named due to his department's rules.

On Saturday night, fearing new violence, riot police deployed around the town, but the atmosphere appeared calm.

The Friday night violence came after a gathering of about 200-250 people to protest the arrest of a man whose wife was ticketed Thursday for wearing a face veil. The husband tried to strangle an officer who was doing the ticketing, the prosecutor said.

France has barred face veils since 2011. Proponents of the ban — which enjoyed wide public support across the political spectrum — argue the veil oppresses women and contradicts France's principles of secularism, which are enshrined in the constitution. In addition to small fines or citizenship classes for women wearing veils, the law includes a hefty 30,000 euro ($39,370) fine for anyone who forces a woman to wear one.

The law affects only a very small proportion of France's millions of Muslims who wear the niqab, with a slit for the eyes, or the burqa, with a mesh screen for the eyes. But some Muslim groups argue the law stigmatizes moderate Muslims, too. France also bans headscarves in schools and public buildings.

The Collective Against Islamophobia in France urged Interior Minister Manuel Valls, who recently joined Muslim leaders in a fast-breaking sundown feast for holy month of Ramadan, to crack down on insults and attacks against Muslims.

Valls urged calm after the Trappes violence, and pledged to stand against "all those who attack Muslim buildings or our compatriots of Muslim faith."


But he also came down firmly against those who attack police.

"There is no valid reason for the violence seen in Trappes," he told reporters in the southern city of Marseille, which has seen a wave of urban unrest. "The law should be applied, and applies to everyone."

The anti-Islamophobia collective said in a statement that it was contacted by the veiled woman ticketed in Trappes on Thursday, and that she said the police officer yanked her by the veil and pushed her mother.

Police argue they are doing their jobs and that veiled women are breaking a well-known law.

Trappes was among many towns around France that saw rioting in 2005 by disillusioned youth in neglected housing projects, many with origins in former French colonies in North and West Africa.

Valls acknowledged the "difficulty our fellow citizens have living in these working class neighborhoods, especially young people. What they need is jobs, hope, training."

"Only in dialogue can we find the solutions to the problems of our society, of joblessness, the sentiment of discrimination and exclusion," he urged. "Violence leads to nothing."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-575 ... -veil-ban/
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The husband tried to strangle an officer who was doing the ticketing, the prosecutor said.
And then they expect lenience from the bolis!
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X Posted from the “Oppression of minorities in Pakistan” thread.

The month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramadan which Mohammaddens consider holy was not enough to stave off yet another bout of Green on Green religion inspired sectarian Intra-Mohammadden killings. In the present case, members of the minority Shia aka Shiite sect of Mohammaddenism are murdered by co-religionists of the Sunni sect ironically in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country that claims it was formed as a “safe haven” for the Mohammaddens of the Indian Sub-Continent:

Gunmen kill two Shiite Muslims in SW Pakistan
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Blast at Fundamentalist Monk's Meeting Venue - AP, The Hindu
A small explosion went off near a fundamentalist monk as he was giving a sermon in Myanmar’s second-largest city, wounding five people, police and witnesses said Monday. The blast occurred at around 9 p.m. on Sunday during a Buddhist ceremony in Mandalay. Ashin Wirathu a monk accused of inciting violence with speeches warning that members of the country’s minority Muslim community pose a threat to Buddhist culture and traditions was unharmed. Wirathu, leader of the fundamentalist Buddhist group, 969, has called for a boycott of all Muslim-owned shops and is pushing for a law to restrict marriages between Buddhist women and Muslim men. — AP
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Fasting month, so pupils told to take recess meals in bathroom – Updated

A decision by a primary school administration to order its non-Muslim pupils to have their meals during recess in what appears to be the school’s shower room has gone viral and angered netizens.

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Seri Pristana School Issue : “I have already informed the Ministry at 11am this morning and action will be taken against the person who came out with the decision. This should be a lesson for all in the future.” By PKamalanathan Deputy Education Minister 2

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arun wrote:65 of our Members of Parliament have shamefully ceded national honour and sovreignity and anointed the US President the new Viceroy of India by begging him to punish Gujarat CM, Mr. Narendra Modi by not giving him a visa :( . What is particularly pathetic is to see the Communists, in particular Mr. Sitaram Yechury, take on the role of supplicant at the feet of arch ideological enemy, the capitalists United States of America :roll: . It would seem that for some of our MP’s playing communal politics and wooing the Mohammadden vote bank will not be deterred even at the cost of turning India into a client state of the US :x :

65 MPs write to Obama seeking visa ban on Modi
US becomes battleground for Hindu-Muslim political feud
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INteresting post from the above article Arun in TOI:

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Many non-muslims brothers ask me - "If Quran is peaceful why are there many violent verses?". Does Quran has peaceful verses? YES. Violent verses? YES. Then they say "So Quran is contradictory". My answer to them is: Each Quran verse should be applied WITHIN CONTEXT. The context is not given in the Quran (godmade) itself but in the Hadiths and Sira (manmade). Let us take two contexts when our prophet(pbuh) was in Mecca and Medina. The Mecca Quranic verses (see below post Mecca verses) teaches us about tolerance, acceptance, and inner cleansing through submission to Allah. This happened when our prophet(pbuh) and his followers numbered no more than 200 but the pagan meccans were in 1000s; and we were not strong militarily. Thus religious tolerance should be preached ONLY when we are in minority, as shown by our prophet (pbuh). For example- in USA, england, france, india etc.. Then our prophet(pbuh) migrated from mecca to medina where he converted many arabs to muslims. Muslim strength grew in the 1000s and they became militarily strong. Medinan verses were revealed during this period. (see below post Medina verses) Thus so called violent verses (you call it violence, we call it justice to impose God's law Sharia) should be applied ONLY when muslims are in majority or strong enough. For ex: in pakistan, iran, saudi arabia etc.. Thus ZERO CONTRADICTION between verses when they are applied for different situations. Hope i cleared the mystery and confusion regarding peaceful and violent (justice) verses
I wonder though this has been written by a practising Muslim..this looks too honest when one looks through the prism of Islam onto the Kufr world.
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Does that mean from now on we will be referring to the religion as 'Religion of Peace Justice'?
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Why aren't these same Indian MP's writing a letter to Obama to close down Gitmo - after all - the rest of the Muslim world is supposedly up in arms about it. Shouldn't the MP's be taking care of minority sentiments - especially international minority concerns?
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Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion based sectarian violence pitting Shia and Sunni during the month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramzan which adherents of Mohammaddenism consider holy, in the Budgam district of Jammu & Kashmir:

Curfew imposed in parts of J&K's Budgam district after sectarian clashes
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In Kerala a poem written by a Mohammadden terrorist is included in Calicut University’s literature syllabus:

In Calicut university, a poem by al Qaeda leader
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Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion based sectarian violence targeting the Shia sect by their Sunni sect co-religionists during the month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramzan which adherents of Mohammaddenism consider holy, in Kirkuk, Iraq:

Iraq militants execute 14 Shiite lorry drivers at bogus checkpoint
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Obama at White House Ramadan meal: "Muslim Americans and their good works have helped to build our nation, and we've seen the results
Obama at White House Ramadan meal: "Muslim Americans and their good works have helped to build our nation, and we've seen the results" Have you ever heard Obama talk about Jewish or Christian or Hindu Americans helping build this nation? And how exactly have Muslims built this nation? Somehow I cannot recall their contributions to the Constitutional Convention, or the settling of the West, or the Civil War period, or any other aspect of American history, for that matter. "Obama celebrates Ramadan: 'Islam has contributed to the character' of US," by Kyle Balluck at The Hill, July 25: President Obama late Thursday celebrated Ramadan with a traditional dinner in the State Dining Room, saying that throughout the nation's history, “Islam has contributed to the character of our country.” In remarks before the Iftar dinner, eaten by Muslims after sunset to end the day of fasting, Obama quoted from the Koran, according to a White House pool report. "As the Koran teaches, whoever does an atom's weight of good will see its results.""Muslim Americans and their good works have helped to build our nation, and we've seen the results," he added.Obama, who has hosted five Iftar dinners, focused on entrepreneurship during much of his speech.“Every day, Muslim Americans are helping to shape the way that we think and the way that we work and the way that we do business," he said. "And that’s the spirit that we celebrate tonight -- the dreamers, the creators whose ideas are pioneering new industries, creating new jobs and unleashing new opportunities for all of us.”...
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True, Islam has contributed to the character of our country, with Muslims having helped build the nation.

Now we have a TSA department and a Homeland Security department. It required the modernization of airports to have more modern security equipment, requiring passengers to remove their laptops, belts, shoes, etc. and discarding their personal grooming kits, shampoos, perfumes, bottled water and more. Bio metric equipment had to be introduced, PRISM program to monitor all electronic conversations, Gitmo becoming common knowledge to the average geographically challenged American. Airplane cockpit doors had to be strengthened, more employment opportunities for sky marshals, flying practice for air force pilots in escorting civilian planes.

Boston woke up to realizing how pressure cookers can be used for cooking up other things. For marathoners, surviving the race has taken on a new meaning. Hijabs show up in every city with a vengeance and demands for special consideration for non-performance at work during the month of Ramadan.

So, yes, Islam has contributed tremendously in changing the character of our the country and we have seen the results.
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X Posted from the “Oppression of minorities in Pakistan” thread.

In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country claimed to have been formed to provide a safe haven for the Mohammaddens of the Indian Sub-Continent, members of the minority Shia aka Shiite sect of Mohammaddenism find out that they have no immunity from the religion inspired predatory actions of their Sunni sect co-religionists. The Green on Green Intra Mohammadden religion inspired predatory action being the demonstration of the IED Mubarak variant of the IEDology of Pakistan targeting Shia’s aka Shiite’s on the day of the Mohammadden Sabbath of Friday during the Mohammadden holy month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramzan:

Sectarian violence: Twin blasts ravage Parachinar markets
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The video informs how electrolysis is taught in porkistan.
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The order have been recalled now

Muslim University: No jeans, t-shirts or Internet for female students
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has ordered a dress code for female students of Abdullah College - no T-shirts and jeans, only salwar-kameez and dupatta.
The provost of Abdullah Hall (hostel) has issued a notice warning that "if any girl is caught violating the dress code, she will be fined Rs. 500".The varsity administration has not stopped at that. The female students are not allowed in the Central Library of AMU, also called Maulana Azad Library, whereas male students have been given permission. In addition, the girls cannot use internet in their hostel. Interestingly, the notice also asks the girls to keep "only one mobile phone and take meals in the dining hall only".Dr Ghazala Parveen, provost of the hall, told Hindustan Times, "Yes, I have issued this notice. This has been done on the direction of the vice chancellor."Some time back, AMU vice-chancellor (V-C) Gen Zameeruddin Shah had issued an appeal asking the girls to wear "decent clothes" and now a proper notice has been issued with a warning of fine for violation.Several girls consider the diktat as an attack on their freedom but no one is prepared to speak up openly against it.Meanwhile, women's organisations of the city have protested against the diktat. They alleged that the V-C was making AMU "a centre of Jamat-e-Islami and is continuously negating the dreams of Sir Syed, who was in favour of liberal education among Muslims."Reacting to the AMU order, social analyst N Jamal Ansari said: "The varsity is not the zamindari of the V-C and such a draconian order is nothing but a cover-up for the failures of the V-C on the academic front."Fehmeeda Parveen, president of 'Save Women' organisation said: "The dress code is unfortunate as there is no such code for boys. It is a clear violation of women's rights. Perhaps, the V-C wants to make AMU a Jamat-e-Islami madarsa."
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The hypocritical behaviour of a Senior Mohammadden Cleric namely the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Bashiruddin Ahmad, caught on camera:

J&K Grand Mufti, who said music was 'unIslamic', seen enjoying songs
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X Posted from the “Pakistani Role in Global Terrorism” thread.

Mohammadden “Charity”, ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) Development Foundation based in Canada reportedly funding Mohammadden Terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen operating in Jammu & Kashmir via an Islamic Republic of Pakistan based entity named “Relief Organisation for Kashmiri Muslims”:

Canadian charity funding terror in Kashmir?

More from the Toronto Star which first reported the story:

Star Investigation: Federal audit raises concern that Canadian charity funded terror
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A compilation of news articles which does not claim to be comprehensive, appearing over the period of a week from around the world shows the body count of violence perpetrated by adherents of Mohammaddenism piling up to significant levels notwithstanding that this is the month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramzan which Mohammaddens consider to be holy.

Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion inspired sectarian violence in Syria spirals out of control:

More than 2,000 killed in Syria since start of Ramadan, NGO says

Mohammadden Terrorist Group Barisan Revolusi Nasional unleashes violence in Thailand:

Deaths in Thai Insurgency Shatter Ramadan Cease-Fire Hopes

Mohammadden Terrorist Group Al Shabab in a case of Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden violence attacks fellow Mohammadden Turkey’s interest in Somalia:

Deadly bomb hits Turkish target in Mogadishu

Mohammadden Terrorist Group Boko Haram goes on a killing spree in Nigeria:

Nigeria Islamists kill 20 in attack on northeast: military

Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion inspired sectarian violence in ever violent Iraq:

At least 51 dead in Iraq car bombings
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Fox Anchor Stuns Guest: Muslim Writing Book About Jesus Like '
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The Mohammadden holy month of Ramadan aka Ramazan aka Ramzan continues to be unable to serve as a check on the murderous behaviour of the followers of Mohammaddenism with the followers of Christism at the receiving end of Mohammadden Terrorist violence in Kano in Nigeria:

Nigeria: 24 die in blasts in Kano's Christian area
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kind and just treatment of faithful in riyasat e madina
Human rights in Saudi Arabia
ON June 23 a Pakistani, Ali Sher Chandio, who belonged to Dadu, was beheaded in Saudi Arabia. He had been in jail since 2005 and was allegedly accused of robbery and murder. He was buried in Saudi Arabia and his family members were not contacted by the Pakistan ambassador or the government of Pakistan. Also, the Pakistan government has no idea about the case.

A few months ago a Sri Lankan midwife was beheaded and after that 11 Bengalis were also beheaded.

Human rights’ activists have always opposed such action and declared it a violation of human rights. The violation of human rights is on the rise in Saudi Arabia. You cannot protest for your rights. Women are not allowed to drive.

Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia face a grim situation. They are treated like slaves. The government of Pakistan should take measures to resolve the various problems of overseas Pakistanis who have been living there for a long time, away from their children and family members.
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Jhujar wrote:Fox Anchor Stuns Guest: Muslim Writing Book About Jesus Like '
He titles his book on Jesus as "Zealot", but his book on Islam is titled "No God But God". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_God_but ... e_of_Islam

Very clever. Waiting for him to write an academic thesis on Mohammed's sexual exploits with 9 year olds.
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Malaysian couple face jail for eating pork
Couple posted photo of them eating during Ramadan

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Malaysia
July 24, 2013

A non-Muslim Chinese couple who posted on Facebook a photo of themselves eating pork during the Islamic month of Ramadan face up to 15 years in prison in Muslim-majority Malaysia for sedition and other crimes.

“They were charged under the Sedition Act, the Film Censorship Act, and the Penal Code,” the Malaysia Chronicle reported on Thursday (July 18).


Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee — also known as Tan Jye Yee and Lee May Ling — pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.

“They have the potential to upload content that could stir anger,” said Malaysia’s Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail, demanding the man and woman be jailed pending their next hearing.

Tan, 25, and Lee, 24, are Malaysian citizens.

They allegedly posted a photograph of themselves earlier in July, smiling at a roadside restaurant while eating pork stew with chopsticks.

The photo included a caption greeting Muslims during Ramadan, plus their personal website address.


That website displayed several of their YouTube videos including “Vaginas,” “Sexual Fantasies,” “Gays and Homosexuals.”

In court, Mr. Tan said the dinner photo was meant as humor and not as an insult, and he also apologized in a YouTube video asking “for forgiveness for offending Muslims in this holy month of Ramadan.”

http://www.ucanews.com/news/malaysian-c ... pork/68831
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“They have the potential to upload content that could stir anger,” said Malaysia’s Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail, demanding the man and woman be jailed pending their next hearing.
Since this pertains to 'Islamism', i will try and explain a fundamental difference between Dharmic and Islamist thinking. The Dharmic tries and controls passion and anger. IN text after text control over anger is encouraged. In Islamist regimes, anger is stoked, encouraged and very importantly laws are made to appease that anger. This is a very important difference. Even when Lord Krishna exhorted Arjuna to do his duty as a Kshatriya he asked him not to work in the mode of passion/ Rajas, to overcome anger/ krodh. In the Dharmic there is a revulsion against stoking anger as this fundamental emotion according to the Dharmic leads to 'hell', yet in the Islamist it is the aspect that is encouraged and evoked again and again. Legal systems and politicians appease that. That is happening in India too as law makers and law appease those that get angered easily.


BG Chap 2, V63:
krodhad bhavati sammohah
sammohat smriti-vibhramah
smriti-bhramsad buddhi-naso
buddhi-nasat pranasyati

From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again.

There is another in Chap 16 again how anger leads to a hellish state. Yet this is something Islamist,s and regimes stoke again and again. In a Dharmic state no law should be made to stoke or appease anger.
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Reading between the lines, looks like a Ramadan month bout of Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion inspired sectarian violence pitting Sunni and Shia /Shiite has taken place in Lucknow on the occasion of the Shia Mohammadden festival of Youm e Ali which commemorates the "martyrdom" of Ali , the cousin and son in law of the founder of Mohammaddenism:

25 injured in Lucknow sectarian clashes

Why is it that one frequently sees adherents of Mohammaddenism attacking co-religionists of a different sect on days considered to be of religious significance by their own religion :?:
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Why is it that one frequently sees adherents of Mohammaddenism attacking co-religionists of a different sect on days considered to be of religious significance by their own religion
Arun, i just gave the answer a post above. Stoking anger is encouraged if your practice, belief, system, approach, cultural practice is different. Stoking anger is aggravated on religious occasions as seen in Hindu's performing Kirtans during Ramzan or Shia's pr Ahmedi's having their own rituals. Dharmics on the other hand are taught to control and eliminate anger.
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