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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

[chottala.com] The hypocrisy of the Bangla Mullahs - Robin Khundkar

The hypocrisy of the Bangla Mullahs - Robin Khundka r
 

Given the furore raised by the Mullahs about the Muhammad Biral (Cat) joke and the subsequent arrest of the cartoonist by the bangladesh Govt and abject grovelling by the Prothom Alo (leading Bengali newspaper) Management by apologizing in writing and sacking the Magazine sub-editor responsible for publishing the joke!

It is interesting to see that the Mullahs and their student arm themselves published a similar joke a few years ago in one of their publications.  the Prothom Alo joke is at the bottom

The hypocrisy of the Mullahs

A joke published in Islami Chatra Shibir's Magazine

November 1998 Edition Page 87

Under Children’s Voices

Courtesy of  Somewhere in Blog

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Teacher: Kalu what is your father's name?

The Boy Kalu: Sadek

Teacher: You impertinent boy! You should say Mohammed before a name.

 A few days later

Teacher: Kalu what has your mother cooked at home for dinner today?

Boy: Mohammed Kodu (Pumpkin)

Sent in by Muhammad Masud

MMEC Madrassa, Feni

  *Islami Chatra Shibir is the student arm of the Islamic Fundamentalists in Bangladesh

 Yesterday's front page of Prothom Alo carried a retraction of a cartoon in yesterday's Alpin, their humor section for impertinently associating the prophet's good name with an animal.  It shows a man in a tupi (cap) talking to a boy with a cat in his arms. It goes something like this:

Man: What is your name?
Boy: Babu
Man: You should say Mohammed before a name. What is your father's name?
Boy: Mohammed Abu
Man: What is that in your arms?
Boy: Mohammed Biral (cat)

 

 

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Re: [chottala.com] protest against...How about Abu Huraira ?

Dear Helal
 
Thanks for your comment. Jumping into a conclusion
is one of the typical symptons of zealotry.
 
I don't blame Brother Raiyaan Bashir as much. But,
clearly there is an attempt to politicalize the  matter
by the religion-traders and Biral-topposshi [like Barrister
Moinul Husein et. el.].
 
I am used to take cat-nap during the day and have no time to
feel sorry for the young cartoonist poor Mr. Arifur Rahman.
He should have known that The Naming of Cats is a
difficult matter:
 
T.S. Eliot - The Naming Of Cats
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

Mr. Elliot, please forgive me for my  oddacity to dedicate this poem to Mr. Arifur Rahman
without your permission. Please pray for him so that he gets out of jail soon .........



 
On 9/19/07, Helal Ahmed <huahmed@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Syed Aslam:
 
Salaam. Your point is well taken. Some people might react angrily with the cartoon and some people think it's an innocent cartoon. People usually reacted differently under the different circumstances.
After went through the cartoon, i personally didn't get offended and i feel for the poor cartoonist....I'm sure he didn't have any clue what might gonna happen while he drew it. The other reason i didn't get offended is that i know the story behind the joke.
 
But some brother like Raiyaan Bashir might not know the original joke and got severely offended with the whole thing. And sometime i can't blame people for getting offended especially when the whole world is trying to undermine Islam and Muslims.
 
Anyhow, to make the long story short, i will ask myself and all of us in this forum to refrain ourselves from provoking others.
 
Ramadan Mubarak.
Helal
Toronto, ON
 
Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
Protest against the cartooon...How about the nick name Abu Huraira ?
 
WRT:
 
 
Brother Raiyaan Bashar
 
Salam!
 
You may already be a reader of Sangram.
 
If not,  you  have a better (?) alternative. You can now be an excluvely
devoted reader of Sangram for the rest of your life. Here is the link:
 
BTW, the cartoon looked like a most benign and innocuous  cartoon,
and only a zealot religion-trader Taleban would find anything insulting
to Islam or the prophet in it.
 
I really wonder what Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) would
have done, if had seen such a cartoon? He used to love
cats (not the dogs). One of his sahaba was given a nick name
Abu Huraira (RadiAllahu Anhu - RA). Abu Huraira meant
"Father of the cats". No one had ever objected during Prophet's
life-time or through out Islamic history.
 
Abu Hurairah (أبو هريرة), (real name `Abd al-Rahman ibn
Sakhr Al-Azdi (عبدالرحمن بن صخر الأذدي), Abu Hurayrah
 (603-681 AD) was a campanion (Sahabah) and the narrator of
Hadith most quoted in the isnad. Abu Huraira, RA, the father of the cats,
is viewed  as one of the major narrators of Hadith. Sunnis also believe
that he was blessed with a unfailing memory,  a miracle from
Allah the Almighty, bestowed upon him after Prophet  Muhammad (PBUH) 
prayed for him.  He is depicted as a man living an ascetic and  humble life, c
herishing  knowledge and worship.
 
Best Reagrds,
 
Syed Aslam
 
On 9/19/07, Raiyaan Bashar <raibashar@yahoo.com > wrote:

Dear All,
Salam …
I have decided not to go through the Daily Newspaper
"Prothom Alo" in my rest of life. This is my protest
against making cartoon of our Rasul
Sallallahu-Alaihiwassalam.
With regards

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[chottala.com] Turkish leader: Lift head scarf ban

[Note: I would not  personally encourage women to wear head scarfs . However,
I oppose state's head scarf ban anywhere in the world. Everyone should have the
freedom of choice  as long as it does not physically hurt others.  States should
not have the right to force a dress code for the public, no matter what it is. --- SA ]
 
Photo
AP - Wed Sep 19, 1:23 PM ET
Girls wearing Islamic head scarves play in a park in Istanbul, Turkey, July 22, 2004. Turkey's Islamic-rooted prime minister called Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007 for lifting a ban on women wearing head scarves in universities, a shift in position that is certain to alarm secularists who fear the government is moving to foist a Muslim agenda on the nation. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal)
Hayrunisa and Abdullah Gul
Tyrkish President Abdullah Gul with  his
wife Hayrunisa Gul.

Turkish leader: Lift head scarf ban

By C. ONUR ANT, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's Islamic-leaning prime minister called Wednesday for lifting a ban on women wearing head scarves in universities, a shift in position that is certain to alarm secularists who fear the government is moving to foist a Muslim agenda on the nation.

 
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement at a news conference that he wants a constitutional change to remove the ban comes just weeks after he scored a major political triumph: the election of his ally Abdullah Gul — a devout Muslim — as Turkey's president.

The opposition had vehemently opposed Erdogan's choice of Gul for the influential and highly symbolic post, saying it would open the way for the government to carry out an Islamic agenda.

Erdogan's comments Wednesday will raise suspicions he is taking the first step in that direction, particularly because it was a tempest over the head scarf worn by Gul's wife that galvanized opposition to the former foreign minister's presidential bid.

Secularists were appalled that a first lady wearing a head scarf would enter the presidential palace occupied by Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , and they waged an unsuccessful four-month battle to block Gul's election.

Turkey's 70 million people are predominantly Muslim but many have secular lifestyles. The military sees itself as the guardian of the nation's secular traditions, and has ousted four governments since 1960.

Gul and Erdogan have said they are not Islamic fundamentalists, citing their promotion of reforms to advance Turkey's bid to join the European Union. But they have also sought to improve ties with the Islamic world, including with hard-line nations like Syria .

The head of Turkey's Higher Education Board — a well-known secularist law scholar — condemned Erdogan's move to lift the head scarf ban.

"It is our mission to remind the public that any constitutional regulation that would abolish restrictions on clothing is illegal," Erdogan Tezic said.

But the prime minister insists that ending the head scarf ban would be merely a question of individual liberty. "We are talking about freedoms," he said Wednesday.

Erdogan had been previously reluctant to openly state his intentions about the head scarf ban. When asked about the issue before general elections in July, he skirted it by simply affirming his loyalty to personal freedom.

However, soon after the elections, Erdogan's Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party formed a group of legislators and scholars to write a new constitution to replace the current one, which was written during military rule following a coup in 1980.

A copy of the first draft published by Turkish media includes alternative wordings that would allow the Islamic head scarf to be worn on campuses.

"The right to higher education cannot be restricted because of what a girl wears. There is no such problem in Western societies but there is a problem in Turkey and I believe it is the first duty of those in politics to solve this problem," Erdogan was quoted as saying by the Financial Times.

Turkey's secular elite fears that lifting the head scarf ban will have a snowball effect — putting pressure on women to wear ever more conservative attire and opening new avenues for the government to impose Islam on public and private life.

A key factor in the new head scarf debate is how the military will react.

When Erdogan first proposed Gul for president in April, the military issued a statement that hinted at military intervention. The ensuing crisis forced Erdogan to call an early general election. The ruling party's landslide victory resurrected Gul's presidential bid and parliament voted him into the post on Aug. 28.
 
 
 
A woman in a headscarf stands behind a British Union flag September 11, 2007. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted in the Financial Times on Wednesday as saying he wanted to lift the ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities as part of a planned constitutional overhaul. REUTERS/Toby Melville
 
 
A woman in a headscarf stands behind a British Union flag September 11, 2007. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted in the Financial Times on Wednesday as saying he wanted to lift the ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities as part of a planned constitutional overhaul. REUTERS/Toby Melville
 
 
Turkish Leader: Lift Head Scarf Ban
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 13 minutes ago
The head of Turkey's Higher Education Board - a well-known secularist law scholar - condemned Erdogan's move to lift the head scarf ban . ...
 

Canada.com
Turkish PM pushes for abolition of headscarf ban in reform row
AFP - 1 hour ago
AKP leaders wary of a secularist backlash are reportedly hestitating on whether to press ahead with a provision lifting the headscarf ban and have left the ...
Turkey to Revoke Headscarf Ban Alalam News Network
Turkey president pushes for headscarf ban abolition TREND Information
all 135 news articles »
ERDOGAN TO RULE ON FINAL DRAFT OF TURKEY'S NEW CONSTITUTION
Eurasia Daily Monitor, DC - Sep 17, 2007
Mustafa Bumin, a former head of the Turkish Constitutional Court, dismissed suggestions that the headscarf ban was merely a question of freedom of ...
PM utters final word on lifting of headscarf ban in universities Turkish Daily News (subscription)
all 9 news articles »
Turkey's Gul stirs hope among devout Muslims
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Aug 27, 2007
A headscarf ban which stops many women going to university is well known, but less discussed is the filtering of devout men from state institutions. ...
 

The Associated Press
Turkish Leader Promises Reforms
The Associated Press - Sep 5, 2007
Erdogan's speech made no mention of any measures to lift a ban on Islamic-style head scarves in schools and government offices, a polarizing issue in ...
 
Erdogan, Gul Widen Army Rift, Gain Freer Hand on Turkish Sales
Bloomberg - Aug 26, 2007
They oppose the headscarf ban and similar laws, they say, because they are restrictions on free speech. Army mistrust of the AKP government peaked in April, ...
 
Gul elected Turkey's President
Cyprus Observer, Cyprus - Aug 31, 2007
For example, it will be difficult to rationalise a failure on the part of Gul and the AKP government to lift the headscarf ban. His approval for abolishing ...
 
New Turkish constitution in the making
Southeast European Times, MD - Sep 5, 2007
... denying reports that the AKP is planning to include clauses in the constitution to lift the ban on wearing the Muslim headscarf in universities.
 
Gül's road to the Palace
Turkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - Aug 29, 2007
... a call to lift the ban on wearing of the headscarf by female university students and civil servants, the dispute over building a mosque in Istanbul's ...
 

New Anatolian
Turkey poised for a take off
New Anatolian, Turkey - Sep 3, 2007
The program, however, made no mention of any measures to lift a ban on Islamic-style head scarves in schools and government offices, a symbolic issue that ...
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[chottala.com] Rongo Mela - Post Eid Cultural Show in Toronto

Dear Chottala Members:
 
Salaam/Aadab.
 
I would like to invite you all to our post Eid cultural event "RONGO MELA" in a professional auditorium in
20th October, 2007. This show is consists of different segments like comedy, song, dances and so on. D-MAATRIK's (our Organization) aim is to stage good shows which should overcome our challenges of usual Bengali community shows.
 
We are committed to give you a secured, cozy environment to enjoy the show. Primarily we are focused in the following 4 points: Good Show, Professional Hospitality, The Reserved Seats, and On time start. If other communities like Indian and Pakistani can arrange good shows, why can't we 'Bangladeshi' able to do the same? D-MAATRIK is actually heading towards to establish a brand mark you can enjoy now and in future.
 
The tickets are $15, $30 (priority) and VIP. Kids under 5 are free (but have to let us know how many of them are coming with you as I need to allocate seats).
 
For your convenient, I am attaching a poster of the show with this mail. Pls feel free to call or email me if you like to know anything about the show and the ticket information. I hope to see you all there (Specially the Chottala members from
Ontario). Also I would highly appreciate if you could fwd this mail to your near and dear ones.
 
Regards,
 
Helal                                                                                                                            
647 828-3796 (Cell)
huahmed@yahoo.com
 
PS: Pls accept my advance apology if I'm causing inconvenience to anyone with this mail.


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Re: [chottala.com] protest against...How about Abu Huraira ?

Dear Syed Aslam:
 
Salaam. Your point is well taken. Some people might react angrily with the cartoon and some people think it's an innocent cartoon. People usually reacted differently under the different circumstances.
After went through the cartoon, i personally didn't get offended and i feel for the poor cartoonist....I'm sure he didn't have any clue what might gonna happen while he drew it. The other reason i didn't get offended is that i know the story behind the joke.
 
But some brother like Raiyaan Bashir might not know the original joke and got severely offended with the whole thing. And sometime i can't blame people for getting offended especially when the whole world is trying to undermine Islam and Muslims.
 
Anyhow, to make the long story short, i will ask myself and all of us in this forum to refrain ourselves from provoking others.
 
Ramadan Mubarak.
Helal
Toronto, ON
 
Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
Protest against the cartooon...How about the nick name Abu Huraira ?
 
WRT:
 
 
Brother Raiyaan Bashar
 
Salam!
 
You may already be a reader of Sangram.
 
If not,  you  have a better (?) alternative. You can now be an excluvely
devoted reader of Sangram for the rest of your life. Here is the link:
 
BTW, the cartoon looked like a most benign and innocuous  cartoon,
and only a zealot religion-trader Taleban would find anything insulting
to Islam or the prophet in it.
 
I really wonder what Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) would
have done, if had seen such a cartoon? He used to love
cats (not the dogs). One of his sahaba was given a nick name
Abu Huraira (RadiAllahu Anhu - RA). Abu Huraira meant
"Father of the cats". No one had ever objected during Prophet's
life-time or through out Islamic history.
 
Abu Hurairah (ÃÈæ åÑíÑÉ), (real name `Abd al-Rahman ibn
Sakhr Al-Azdi (ÚÈÏÇáÑÍãä Èä ÕÎÑ ÇáÃÐÏí), Abu Hurayrah
 (603-681 AD) was a campanion (Sahabah) and the narrator of
Hadith most quoted in the isnad. Abu Huraira, RA, the father of the cats,
is viewed  as one of the major narrators of Hadith. Sunnis also believe
that he was blessed with a unfailing memory,  a miracle from
Allah the Almighty, bestowed upon him after Prophet  Muhammad (PBUH) 
prayed for him.  He is depicted as a man living an ascetic and  humble life, c
herishing  knowledge and worship.
 
Best Reagrds,
 
Syed Aslam
 
On 9/19/07, Raiyaan Bashar <raibashar@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear All,
Salam …
I have decided not to go through the Daily Newspaper
"Prothom Alo" in my rest of life. This is my protest
against making cartoon of our Rasul
Sallallahu-Alaihiwassalam.
With regards

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Re: [chottala.com] protest against...How about Abu Huraira ?

Protest against the cartooon...How about the nick name Abu Huraira ?
 
WRT:
 
 
Brother Raiyaan Bashar
 
Salam!
 
You may already be a reader of Sangram.
 
If not,  you  have a better (?) alternative. You can now be an excluvely
devoted reader of Sangram for the rest of your life. Here is the link:
 
BTW, the cartoon looked like a most benign and innocuous  cartoon,
and only a zealot religion-trader Taleban would find anything insulting
to Islam or the prophet in it.
 
I really wonder what Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) would
have done, if had seen such a cartoon? He used to love
cats (not the dogs). One of his sahaba was given a nick name
Abu Huraira (RadiAllahu Anhu - RA). Abu Huraira meant
"Father of the cats". No one had ever objected during Prophet's
life-time or through out Islamic history.
 
Abu Hurairah (أبو هريرة), (real name `Abd al-Rahman ibn
Sakhr Al-Azdi (عبدالرحمن بن صخر الأذدي), Abu Hurayrah
 (603-681 AD) was a campanion (Sahabah) and the narrator of
Hadith most quoted in the isnad. Abu Huraira, RA, the father of the cats,
is viewed  as one of the major narrators of Hadith. Sunnis also believe
that he was blessed with a unfailing memory,  a miracle from
Allah the Almighty, bestowed upon him after Prophet  Muhammad (PBUH) 
prayed for him.  He is depicted as a man living an ascetic and  humble life, c
herishing  knowledge and worship.
 
Best Reagrds,
 
Syed Aslam
 
On 9/19/07, Raiyaan Bashar <raibashar@yahoo.com> wrote:


Dear All,
Salam …
I have decided not to go through the Daily Newspaper
"Prothom Alo" in my rest of life. This is my protest
against making cartoon of our Rasul
Sallallahu-Alaihiwassalam.
With regards

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[chottala.com] Re: [chottala] Thanks From Shahed Quadery's Family

Dear Adnan,
Thanx for your reply. We are also very much shocked hearing your choto mama's sudden and unexpected accidental sad demise. Since he joined our Agrabad Rotary Club in 2004
he became too much closer to me and also to all of our Agrabad Rtn friends. I and my family whole heartedly are praying for the departed soul. 
Tell your father I will have a call and talk with him.
Your uncle,
Dr. Siraj uddowllah, Windsor, Canada.

adnan mannan <adnan_mannan@hotmail.com> wrote:
Uncle,Take my salam.How are u? My father was very much excited to get mail
from you.As shahed mama was his very favourite,He is still very much
shocked.Our contact no.-650924(Tnt),01819367667(My father's mob no.).
Take care.
-Adnan


adnan mannan <adnan_mannan@hotmail.com> wrote:
Uncle,Take my salam.How are u? My father was very much excited to get mail
from you.As shahed mama was his very favourite,He is still very much
shocked.Our contact no.-650924(Tnt),01819367667(My father's mob no.).
Take care.
-Adnan


>From: Siraj uddowllah
>To: adnan_mannan@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: [chottala] Thanks From Shahed Quadery's Family
>Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:45:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Dear Adnan Mannan,
> Are you son of Dr. Mannan. If so plz tell your father and mother my
>salam and Ramjan Mobarak. I am his Siraj Bhai i.e. Dr. Siraj uddowllah from
>the same Chittagong Medical College. I was the classmate of your late Aju
>nana in Wajedia primary school. Your choto mama Shahed Quadery though too
>much junior to me but he was our good friend as we were the Rtn member of
>the same Agrabad Rotary Club. I also sent my condolence to our Agrabad
>Rotary Club and wrote to chottala group for our Rtn friend Shahed Quadery.
>Tell your father I and my whole family now in Canada staying with my son
>for the last one year. I am coming to Bangladesh on 8th Nov. for few months
>only. Tell your father I always used to talk with my class mate Dr. Abu
>Jafar on phone. I don't know your tel no. Plz tell your father to reply me
>and if possible send your tel. no.
>
> Rtn Dr. Siraj uddowllah, Windsor, Canada.
> e-mail address: siraj519@hotmail.com
>
>
> adnan mannan wrote:
> We would like to thank you all for your sincere cooperation and
>condolence
>after the death of Shahed Quadery.He is my dear Choto mama.
>He was a student of Chittagong govt. High School, Mohsin College and Ctg.
>University(Management).
>He left one son(Julu) and a daughter(Yusra).He was the son-in -law of
>prominent social worker & industrilist late M.A.Salam.Prominent Businessman
>Late Nurul Huda Quadery is his father.
>Please pray for the peace of his dead soul.
>
>-Adnan Mannan
>
> >From:
> >Reply-To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [chottala] Shahed Quadery & Harun Salam: - Our Condolences
> >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:13:39 +0600
> >
> >it was with sadness that I learned of the passing of Shahed quadery &
>Harun
> >Salam.
> >
> >We know that the loss of such people is one of the most difficult things
>a
> >society has to face,but perhaps the society may find some of comforts in
> >knowing that they served their society & their nation with courage and
> >honour at time of need.
> >
> >The memory of their lives will be treasured by a grateful nation.
> >
> >we express our heartfelt sympathy to their family members.
> >
> >sincerely
> >
> >Sharfuddin
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Miro Jangi
> > To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: 05 September, 2007 6:09 AM
> > Subject: [chottala] Shahed Quadery & Harun Salam: - Our Condolences
> >
> >
> > On Behalf of entire Chottala, we would like to express our sincere
> > condolences for loss of these great people. They died as they were
> > trying to help others (which is rare nowadays in BD). Some of us may not
> >have the opportunity of meeting them; they were obviously men of
> > character. We shall never forget them and we salute these heroes and
> >pray for their departed soul and their family. Thanks,
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Miro Jangi
> >
> > --- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Reza Karim wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > very Sad news. Shahed Quadery, a rotarian of Rotary
> > > club of Agrabad, Past President, Rotaract Club of
> > > Agrabad, A very young Industrialist, Director of
> > > Chittagong Chamber & his relative Mr.Harun Salam a
> > > young businessman, Director of Standard Bank, social
> > > worker & son of Politicians M A Salam & the driver has
> > > died in a Road accident.Engr.Monowarul Islam a
> > > Rotarian, Past President of Rotary Club of Chittagong
> > > & Immidiate Past Rotary District Secretary, a social
> > > worker and other 2 persons seriously injured on that
> > > accident.Rtn. Eng. Monowar now treated in Appolo
> > > Hospital.
> > >
> > > Reza
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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[chottala.com] A Lesson on the Intersection of Press Freedom and National Security in USA

A Lesson on the Intersection of Press Freedom and National Security
Mariam Jukaku

LAST week, I received my first real-world lesson on the intersection of free press and national security. As a journalism student, I've read in my textbooks about the rights of journalists and what the First Amendment guarantees. In my ethics and media law classes, we've discussed journalists who are fighting to uphold their constitutionally guaranteed freedoms. But Thursday, as I walked out of my introductory photography class, snapping pictures on a public sidewalk, the implications on our everyday lives of the level of fear in our society became painfully apparent.

Mariam JukakuI was not planning a civil rights experiment. I wasn't even covering a story. I was just testing some of the functions on my brand new Nikon D40, which I had just purchased for class. I was snapping pictures of a row of flags and signs in front of a VA hospital across the street from my campus. (Ironically, one of the signs read, "The price of freedom can be seen here.")

As I turned to leave a few minutes later, a VA security officer speed-walked over to me and demanded I hand over my camera. She ordered me to delete several of my photographs and took my student ID. Another officer approached and asked for my driver's license. They took me into their office and questioned me about my "motives" and "purpose." More of my pictures were deleted. My ID cards were photocopied.

Until this point, my biggest fear had been that the officer swinging my camera in her hand might drop it.

(We were just lectured that you always wear the neck-strap when handling expensive photography equipment). Then I was told by one of the officers it was illegal to photograph federal property without permission. My immediate thought was "So when I photograph the White House I should ask the President first?" but I bit my tongue. Then I was told it was illegal to photograph veterans (some of whom were in the background when I was taking pictures). Then for added emphasis, I was told I couldn't even take pictures of the security officer. (Well, there go my plans for the afternoon.)

When you're a South-Asian Muslim woman wearing long sleeves and a headscarf on a 90-degree day in early September, the thought that security guards are overreacting solely based on your appearance tends to creep around in the back of your mind. You tell yourself you're just being paranoid. But then you get asked if you're a U.S. citizen – and the creeping thought lands with a resounding thud.

Then came the reassurances that I was not going to be arrested, which of course made me wonder if I actually committed an offense so grave I could be arrested. Eventually, I was "briefed" by the VA's head of public relations, handed back my camera and IDs and was walked out of the building.

I've been reassured by my professors, my advisers at the Post-Standard where I'm an intern and by the dean of my school that I did nothing wrong. I was on a public sidewalk and I have every right to take pictures. The security officers were wrong in deleting my photographs. I can't prove they were profiling me because of my race or religion. I like to believe they were not. But what is more important and more obvious to me is that the environment of fear we are living in is so great, it makes security guards nervous when students do something as innocuous as take pictures of a building. It makes them so nervous they feel that the only thing they can do is delete the pictures, demand identification and detain the student for questioning.

This is just another example of fear making people act irrationally. If they had taken a moment to think it through, it's pretty obvious that taking pictures of a building, which is plainly visible from a public sidewalk, is not a threat to national security, nor is it a threat to the privacy of patients going in and out of the hospital. But my guess is that the security officers' only thoughts were that they didn't want to be held responsible if something happened later. And that fear – that "something is going to happen" – is so prevalent because of the constant harping and fear-mongering by our current leadership.

Sure, it would be nice if security guards knew the ins and outs of journalists' and photographers' rights in public places. That kind of education is always a plus for democracy. But I doubt it will make much of a difference until the example of protecting freedoms and liberties and the right to a free press comes from our leaders. No one is asking security guards or law enforcement officials to be less vigilant when it comes to protecting the public. But intimidating a student snapping some photographs of the American flag does not protect the public – and it certainly does not protect democracy.
 
Mariam Jukaku
A Lesson in Press Freedom from America
Mariam Jukaku is a student from the minority community in the USA. Last month this Muslim girl student of journalism from the South Asian community was stopped from taking pictures of public building. Here is her first account of the brush she had with the authorities. More
http://www.southasiapost.org/2007/20070915/media.htm#2
 
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