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Re: [chottala.com] Who are Rajakars??Yes it is a perfect descriptions and definitions of RAZAKARS in Bangladesh. I agree with this description 100% as a Very Good job for the stupid & nonsense people.

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It is a perfect descriptions and definitions of RAZAKARS in Bangladesh. I agree with this description 100% as a Very Good job for the stupid & nonsense people.
 


 
On 1/3/08, Arif Ahamed <ahamed.ahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
 
Who are RAZAKARs?
 
  • Those who opposed & still oppose (mentally, physically, intentionally, technically knowingly or mistakenly, openly & silently) all or most or some of the (associated) movement, planning, struggle and (finally) liberation war for establishment of a sovereign, secular, welfare state - Bangladesh with supreme sacrifices of millions of Bangalee of different political, profession & religious belief since 1948 up to December 1971
  • Those who intentionally, deliberately, technically, calculatedly or unintentionally twist the history of different (associated) movements, planning, struggle and war of liberation & independence of Bangladesh in exchange of supreme sacrifice of millions of Bangalee
 
  • Those who intentionally, deliberately, calculatedly or unintentionally mix ' complete lie ' or 'partly lie' with 'truth' about history & facts of the different (associated) movements, planning, struggle, sacrifice and war of liberation & independence of Bangladesh
 
  • Those who still holds & keeps in minds the idea of establishment of a 'mini' Pakistan (or Muslim Bangla) or confederation with Pakistan or want to make Bangladesh as another 'Taliban' state
 
  • Those who do not recognise & pay proper respect from their mind to all the leaders who involved, worked, sacrificed, directly with different (associated) movements, planning, struggle and war of liberation & independence of Bangladesh and Bangabandhu as the Father of Nation
 
  • Those who pronounce that our liberation war & establishment of Bangladesh is mainly through by 'one illegitimate announcement' (of a piper) only and not due to prolonged movements, planning, struggle & supreme sacrifice of million of Bangalee
 
  • Those who compare (or make them equivalent) the founder President of Bangladesh (due to his supreme leadership, planning, influence, contribution, sacrifice & position) with a "sector commander" (out of 16 sector commanders of 11 Sectors during our liberation war of 1971) who (sector commander) actually appointed & worked under his (legitimate government) subordinate 'chain of administration'
 
  • Those who give more emphasis & importance to one of the "sector commander" of 16 sector commanders than the acting President or Prime Minister or concerned Minister or Commander in Chief or Chief of Army Staff or Deputy Chief of Army Staff etc. (in order of status - before the sector commanders) who (sector commanders) were actually appointed & worked under their subsidiary 'chain of command'
 
  • Those who never want betterment of Bangladesh (mentally and physically)
 
  • Those who have no political consistency about their political believe – support
 
  • Those who generally hide their political support or loyalty and notify them as "neutral".
 
  • Those who (known) frequently changes (seasonal) their political, personal believe to complete 'opposite' direction & ideology and – bend or support from 'left' to 'right' and 'east' to 'west'
 
  • Those who hardly give or appear to the public media, blogs with their 'real' personal & political identity, background, or loyalty so that their personal fraud, lies, cheating,  can not be verified or detected, but they always attack other personally with their natural lies




STUDENT of THE QURAN <irtaza1@yahoo.com> wrote:
[1:1] In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
[40:78] We have sent messengers before you - some of them we mentioned to you, and some we did not mention to you. No messenger can produce any miracle without GOD's authorization. Once GOD's judgment is issued, the truth dominates, and the falsifiers are exposed and humiliated.
 
"O friends, do not worship anybody but Him, the Divine One. Praise Him alone." [Rig Veda 8:1:1]
 
Peace be upon you,
 
The Vedas, collectively refers to a corpus of ancient Indo-Aryan religious literature that are associated with the Vedic civilization and are considered by adherents of  Hinduism to be revealed knowledge. The word Veda means Knowledge and is cognate with the word "wit" in English (as well as "vision" through Latin). The word "Veda" is derived from the root 'vid'-- to know-- in Sanskrit. Many Hindus believe the Vedas existed since the beginning of creation. The texts of the Vedas have several references to specific patterns in the ancient flows of the  Ganges River, which coincide with the sites of its ancient (but now dried) tributaries.  Many historians regard the Vedas as the oldest surviving text of humanity. The newest parts of the Vedas are estimated to date back to around 500 BCE. The oldest text (RigVeda) found is now dated to around 1,500 BCE, but most Indologists agree that a long oral tradition possibly existed before it was written down. They represent the oldest stratum of  Indian Literature and according to modern scholars are written in forms of a language which evolved into Sanskrit. They consider the use of  Vedic Sanskrit for the language of the texts an anachronism, although it is generally accepted.
 
[Quran 16:36] We have sent a messenger to every community, saying, "You shall worship GOD, and avoid idolatry." Subsequently, some were guided by GOD, while others were committed to straying. Roam the earth and note the consequences for the rejectors.
 
[2:62] Surely, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the Christians, and the converts; anyone who (1) believes in GOD, and (2) believes in the Last Day, and (3) leads a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord. They have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.
 
[40:78] We have sent messengers before you - some of them we mentioned to you, and some we did not mention to you. No messenger can produce any miracle without GOD's authorization. Once GOD's judgment is issued, the truth dominates, and the falsifiers are exposed and humiliated.
 
Nowhere in all the four Vedas there is written anything that could go to show that there are more gods than one. On the other hand, it is clearly said in many places that there is only one God. Whatsoever or whosoever possesses useful and brilliant qualities is called a devata, as the earth for instance; but it is nowhere said that it is God or is the object of adoration. 
 
CONCEPT OF ONE GOD:
 
[Quran 6:103] No visions can encompass Him, but He encompasses all visions. He is the Compassionate, the Cognizant.
 
"The Formless Supreme Spirit that pervades the universe can have no material representation, likeness or image." (Yajur Veda 32:3.)
 
 "He is bodiless and pure." [Yajur Veda 40:8]
 
"The Great Ruler of the Universe, Who is Self-existent, All-pervading, Holy, eternal and Formless, has been eternally instructing His subjects - immortal souls - in all kinds of knowledge for their good through the Veda." [YAJUR VEDA 5O; 8].
 
"May, O Great God, Wises of the wise, through Thy grace, my mind - which like the hub of a wheel into which all the spokes are inserted, is the repository of the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, The Sama Veda and also the Atharva Veda, the mind in which Omniscient, Omnipresent conscious Being - the Witness of all - makes Himself known - be freed from all ignorance and be endowed with the love of knowledge." [YAJUR VEDA 34: 5]
 
"By One Supreme Ruler is this universe pervaded, even every world in the whole circle of nature, He is the true God. Know Him, O man! and covet not unjustly the wealth of any creature existing. Renounce all that is unjust and enjoy pure delight - true spiritual happiness - by the practice of justice and righteousness which is another name for true religion.[YAJUR VEDA 40:1]
 
"I, O men, lived before the whole universe came into being, I am Lord of all, I am the eternal cause of the whole creation. I am the source and giver of all wealth. Let all men look up to me alone as children do to their parents. I have appointed different foods and drinks for all creatures to give them sustenance so that they may live in happiness." [RIG VEDA 10: 48, 5].
 
" I am God Almighty, I am the Light of the world like the sun. Neither defeat, nor death, can ever approach me. I am the controller of the universe, know me alone as the Creator of all. Strive ye diligently for the acquisition of power and wealth such ( as true knowledge). Ask ye of me. May ye never lose my friendship. I give true knowledge, which is real wealth, unto men who are truthful. I am the revealer of Vedas which declare my true nature. It is through the Vedas that I advance the knowledge of all. I am the prompter of the good and true. I reward those who devote themselves to the good of humanity. I am the cause, I am the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from me. May ye never accept another God in my place, nor worship him." [RIG VEDA, 10:48, 5.]
 
"God, O men, existed in the beginning of the Creation. He is the Creator, Support and Sustainer of the sun and other luminous worlds, He was the Lord of the past Creation. He is the Lord of the present. He will be the Lord of the unborn universe. He created the whole world, and he sustains it. He is Eternal Bliss. May ye all praise and adore Him as we do." [YAJUR VEDA, 13:4]
 
"That Supreme Being overspreads all. He is entirely spirit, All-energy, All-powerful, Pure, Perfect, Omniscient, Inward Controller of all, Ruler of All, Eternal and Self-existent. He has from all eternity been teaching uncreated immortal human souls, the true knowledge of things through the revelation of the Veda - His eternal knowledge." [YAJUR VEDA, 40:8]
 
"He is never embodied, is never born, is never liable to division and is free from nervous or arterial systems, never commits a sin , is never subject to pain, grief and ignorance and the like." [YAJUR VEDA, 40:8]
 
CONCEPT OF WORSHIP ONE GOD:
 
[Quran 6:162] Say, "My Contact Prayers (Salat), my worship practices, my life and my death, are all devoted absolutely to GOD alone, the Lord of the universe.
 
 "O friends, do not worship anybody but Him, the Divine One. Praise Him alone." [Rig Veda 8:1:1]
 
"Endow us, O Lord, who art All-glorious, through thy mercy, at this very instant with that wisdom which the wise, the learned, and yogis pray for." [YAJUR VEDA32: 14.]
 
"Thou art Light, be merciful and shed that light into my heart. Thou art Infinite energy, through Thy grace endow me with unfailing energy. Thou are Infinite strength, endow me with strength. Thou art Infinite power, endow me with great power. Thou art wrathful with the wicked, make me also wrathful. Thou art moved neither by slander, nor by praise. Thou art forbearing towards those who offend against Thee, make me also forbearing." [YAJUR VEDA 20: 9].
 
"May, O Ocean of Mercy, through thy grace my mind - the mind that in the wakeful state travels long distances, and, possesses brilliant qualities, which self-same mind - light of the senses - in sleep attains to the state of profound slumber and in dreams wanders over different places - always entertain pure thoughts for the good of the self as well as for that of all other living beings. May it never desire to injure any one." [YAJUR VEDA 34:1.]
 
"May, O Omniscient God, my mind - which is the source of all activity and which, thereby, enables men of learning, piety and courage to perform acts of great public good and heroic deeds on the field of battle and other occasions, which possess wonderful powers and admirable qualities and rules the senses - harbour only righteous desires and completely renounce sin and vice." [YAJUR VEDA 34: 2.]
 
"May, O lord, my mind - the mind which is the repository of the highest form of knowledge, is the faculty for consciousness and judgement, is the light of the senses, and is immortal, the mind without which a man is powerless to do even the most insignificant thing - aspire for purity and shun wickedness." [YAJUR VEDA 34: 3].
 
"May, O Lord of the Universe, my mind - the mind which is the medium through which all yogis acquire knowledge of the past, the present and the future which becomes the means of the union of the immortal human soul with the Supreme Spirit and thereby makes it cognizant of the three periods of time (past, present and the future), the mind which is capable of conscious exertion and is closely united with the five sense, the faculty of discernment and the soul, and is the means of the advancement of that great Yajna called yoga - be endowed with true knowledge and yoga and thereby be freed from all kinds of pain and ignorance." [YAJUR VEDA 43: 4.]
 
"May, O Great God, Wises of the wise, through Thy grace, my mind - which like the hub of a wheel into which all the spokes are inserted, is the repository of the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, The Sama Veda and also the Atharva Veda, the mind in which Omniscient, Omnipresent conscious Being - the Witness of all - makes Himself known - be freed from all ignorance and be endowed with the love of knowledge." [YAJUR VEDA 34: 5]
 
"May, O Lord, the Controller of the Universe, my mind - which is like a driver who can swing the horses around in all directions, sways men hither and thither, is seated in the heart, possessed of great activity and extreme energy - restrain all the senses from treading the path of wickedness and always direct them in the path of righteousness. Mayestt, Thou O Lord, of Thy kindness grant me this prayer."[ YAJUR VEDA 34: 6.]
 
"Lead us, O Bestower of all happiness, Omniscient, Supreme Spirit, into the path of rectitude and thereby inspireus withh all kinds of knowledge and wisdom, rid us of all that is false and sinful in our conduct, and make us pure. To ths end, we in all humility repeatedly praise and adore Thee." [YAJUR VEDA 40: 16].
 
"Mayest not, Thou, O Punisher of the wicked, destroy our young ones, nor our old ones, foetuses, mothers, and fathers, nor those who are dear to us, nor our relations, nor our bodies. Direct us to that path by following which we may not be liable to punishment by Thy Law." [YAJUR VEDA 16: ]
 
CONCEPT AGAINST IDOL WORSHIP:
 
[Quran 4:116] GOD does not forgive idol worship (if maintained until death), and He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He wills. Anyone who idolizes any idol beside GOD has strayed far astray.
 
" They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, but those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time" [Yajur Veda 40:9.]
 
" I am God Almighty, I am the Light of the world like the sun. Neither defeat, nor death, can ever approach me. I am the controller of the universe, know me alone as the Creator of all. Strive ye diligently for the acquisition of power and wealth such ( as true knowledge). Ask ye of me. May ye never lose my friendship. I give true knowledge, which is real wealth, unto men who are truthful. I am the revealer of Vedas which declare my true nature. It is through the Vedas that I advance the knowledge of all. I am the prompter of the good and true. I reward those who devote themselves to the good of humanity. I am the cause, I am the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from me. May ye never accept another God in my place, nor worship him." [RIG VEDA, 10:48, 5.]
 
CONCEPT OF DISBELIEVERS:
 
[Quran 43:40] Can you make the deaf hear; can you make the blind see, or those who are far astray?  
 
"There maybe someone who sees the words and yet indeed does not see them; may be another one who hears these words but indeed does not hear them." [Rig Veda 10:71:4]
 
"They are atheists and of weak intellect, and continually remain sunk in the depths of misery and pain who do not believe in, know, and commune with Him, who is Resplendent, All-glorious, All-Holy, All-knowledge, sustainer of the sun, the earth and other planets, Who pervades all like ether, is the Lord of all and is above all devatas. It is by the knowledge and contemplation of God alone that all men attain true happiness." [RIG VEDA: I, 164, 39].
 
All the scriptures revealed to mankind from God advocate one and the same religion. This religion God calls Submission to God Alone (in Arabic, Islam). God decreed laws and different rites for each of us.  God puts us to the test through the revelations.  We all should compete in rightoeousness.
 
[Quran 22:67] For each congregation, we have decreed a set of rites that they must uphold. Therefore, they should not dispute with you. You shall continue to invite everyone to your Lord. Most assuredly, you are on the right path.
 
[Quran 5:48] "Then we revealed to you this scripture, truthfully, confirming previous scriptures, and superseding them. You shall rule among them in accordance with GOD's revelations, and do not follow their wishes if they differ from the truth that came to you. For each of you, we have decreed laws and different rites. Had GOD willed, He could have made you one congregation. But He thus puts you to the test through the revelations He has given each of you. You shall compete in righteousness. To GOD is your final destiny - all of you - then He will inform you of everything you had disputed."
 
Sadly, majority of people on earth compete in unrighteousness in the name of man made religions!  They adopt man made teaching instead of God's teaching. Majority of Hindus idolize devatas, deities, saints, gurus, priests, etc.beside God.  Majority of Christians idolize Jesus, Mary, pope, priests, saints, etc. beside God.  And, majority of Muslims idolize Mohammad, Ali, saint, messenger, peer, mullah, imam, etc. beside God!
 
[Quran 3:64] "Say, "O followers of the scripture, let us come to a logical agreement between us and you: that we shall not worship except GOD; that we never set up any idols besides Him, nor set up any human beings as lords beside GOD." If they turn away, say, "Bear witness that we are submitters."
 
[Quran 2:62] "Surely, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the Christians, and the converts; anyone who (1) believes in GOD, and (2) believes in the Last Day, and (3) leads a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord. They have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve."
 
[Quran 13:16] "Say, "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?" Say, "GOD." Say, "Why then do you set up besides Him masters who do not possess any power to benefit or harm even themselves?" Say, "Is the blind the same as the seer? Is darkness the same as the light?" Have they found idols besides GOD who created creations similar to His creations, to the point of not distinguishing the two creations? Say, "GOD is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Supreme."
 
[Quran 12:103 - 106] "Most people, no matter what you do, will not believe. You are not asking them for any money; you simply deliver this reminder for all the people. So many proofs in the heavens and the earth are given to them, but they pass by them, heedlessly!  The majority of those who believe in GOD do not do so without committing idol worship."
 
"Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe".[Quran 1:2]
 
"O friends, do not worship anybody but Him, the Divine One. Praise Him alone." [Rig Veda 8:1:1]
 
May God guide all of us,
 
M. Irtaza
 
Ref:
6.  Quran - translated by Dr. Rashad Khalifa
 
 
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HayatAnneOsman <> wrote:
iNTRODUCTION

The term 'Hinduism' has been derived from 'Hindu'. 'Hindu' is a
Persian word which means dark [Firuz al-Lughat (Lahore: n.d.), p.
615. Also see Lugat Sa'idi: (Kanpur: 1936), p. 633.]. The word was
first used by Muslims [H.G. Rawlinson, Intercourse Between India and
the Western World, (Cambridge: 1926), p. 20.] for the inhabitants of
the 'land beyond the Indus (Sindhu) river' and later, for the
ancient Indians in general. The word was never used in Indian
literature or scriptures before the advent of Muslims to India
[Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (ERE), (New York: l 967),
6:699. Also see Swami Dharma Theertha, History of Hindu Imperialism,
(Madras: 1992), p. vii.].

According to Jawaharlal Nehru, the earliest reference to the
word 'Hindu' can be traced to a Tantrik book of the eighth century
C.E., where the word means a people, and not the followers of a
particular religion. The use of the word 'Hindu' in connection with
a particular religion is of very late occurrence [Jawaharlal Nehru,
The Discovery of India, (New Delhi: 1983), pp.74-75]. The Muslim
rulers used the term 'Hindu' to mean Indian non-Muslims only. The
Brahmans gladly welcomed it as it brought all the non-Muslim Indians
under a single umbrella and thus provided them with a rare
opportunity to expand their social, religious and political
influence over them in the name of religion. The British rulers
maintained it with one modification. They excluded the converted
Christians from those covered by the term 'Hindu'.

The non-Muslim people of the South Asian subcontinent called Hindu
had no precise word for their religions [Benson Y. Landis, World
Religions, (New York: n.d.), p. 49.]. They were, as they are,
divided into thousands of communities and tribes, each having its
own religious beliefs, rituals, modes of worship, etc. Finding it
difficult to get the names of the religions of these communities,
the British writers gave them the word "Hinduism" to be used as a
common name for all of their religions in about 1830 [The New
Encyclopedia Britannica (NEB), 20:581.]. Thus the people called
Hindus got a common element, at least in word, to be identified as a
distinct, single community.

The people called Hindu have nothing common in their religious
affairs. 'Hinduism', therefore, cannot give any precise idea as to
what it means. Attempts were made to define the term but could not
succeed. Faced with this dilemma, Hindu scholars sometime use the
word Sanatan Dharma (eternal religion) and sometime Vedic Dharma
(religion of the Veda), etc. for their religion. But as names of
their religion, these words are also untenable as they do not imply
anything precise for all the people called Hindu.

MAIN FEATURES

Hinduism is a bundle of many things, often mutually contradictory.
It is, therefore, not easy to identify its main features. However,
some elements which are generally regarded as its main features are
given below.

LACK OF A COMMON SENSE

Hinduism is not a revealed religion and, therefore, has neither a
founder nor definite teachings or common system of doctrines
[Richard F. Nyrof, Area Handbook for India, (Washington: 1975), p.
163.] It has no organization, no dogma or accepted creeds. There is
no authority with recognized jurisdiction. A man, therefore, could
neglect any one of the prescribed duties of his group and still be
regarded as a good Hindu. "Hinduism has never prepared a body of
canonical scriptures or a common prayer book; it has never held a
general council or convocation; never defined the relation between
deity and clergy; never regulated the canonization of saints or
their worship; never established a single centre of religious life;
never prescribed a course of training for its priests."[ ERE. 6:7
12.] In the words of S.V. Kelkar, "There is in fact no system of
doctrines, no teacher, or school of teaching, no single god that is
accepted by all the Hindus." [Theertha, p. 177.] In Hinduism, none
is, therefore, regarded to have forsaken his or her religion, even
if he or she deviates to any extent from the usually accepted
doctrines or practices.

SUPERIORITY OF THE BRAHMAN

The Brahmans occupy the highest position in the hierarchy of the
caste system. They are said to have sprung from the mouth of Brahma
(god), they are the rightful possessors of the Veda. They possess
spiritual superiority by birth. They have the monopoly right to act
as priests, conduct religious ceremonies and festivals, and accept
alms. The Brahman is the deity on earth by his divine status
[Wilkins: Modern Hinduism, (London: 1975), p.239.]," born to fulfill
dharma. Whatever exists in the world is his property. On account of
the excellence of his origin, he is entitled to all. "Let a Brahman
be ignorant or learned, still he is a great deity. To Brahman, the
three worlds and the gods owe's their existence." [Theertha, p. 37.]
(emphasis added). More on Brahman from Hindu Scriptures.

POLYTHEISM

Hindus believe in Many gods and goddesses. Some of them are human
(e.g. Krishna, Rama) some are animals (e.g. fish, monkey, rat,
snake), some half animal half humans (e.g. Ganesh), and some others
are natural phenomena (e.g. dawn, fire, sun). Their number is
generally believed to be 330 million. According to Hindu belief, god
incarnates, i.e., takes the form of human being and other animals
and appears in this earth in that form. Gods and goddesses were born
like human beings and had wives and children. No god possesses
absolute power; some of the gods are weaker than the sages and some
others even weaker than the animals. Another aspect about Hindu gods
is that the status of their godhood is not fixed. One finds that
some gods were worshipped for a time and then abandoned and new gods
and goddesses were adopted instead. The gods and goddesses
worshipped now-a-days in Hindu homes and temples are not Vedic. The
Vedic gods like Agni (fire), Surya (sun) Usha (dawn) are completely
rejected and the gods and goddesses mentioned in the Puranas are
worshipped by modern Hindus. Similarly, Rama who is currently
receiving increasing acceptance among Hindus in India because of the
wide propagation of the official and other media was never
worshipped as a deity until the Eleventh century.

SEX & SEX-WORSHIP

Hindu scriptures are essentially pornographic in nature, full of
sexual allusion, sexual symbolism, passages of frank eroticism and
stories relating to venal love. Some religious sects even introduced
ritual intercourse as part of their cult and a potent aid to
salvation [A.L Basham, The Wonders That Was India (Calcutta: 1967),
p. 172.].

The rituals, festivals and ceremonies are characterized by the
display of obscene portraits, sex and sex-worship. The temples,
places of pilgrimage and other holy shrines are full of sculptures
with all sorts of sexual postures. The sexual life of Krishna, an
incarnation of Vishnu, is well-known for its indecency. He had
illicit relations with Radha, wife of his maternal uncle, in
addition to a number of milk-maids, although he had a large number
of wives [The number of his wives was sixteen thousand one hundred
and eight (16,108) and his children numbered one hundred and eighty
thousand (180,000). See Ambedkar, Riddle of Rama and Krishna,
(Bangalore: 1988), p.25.]. Among Hindu gods, the most prominent ones
are: Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the sustainer) and Siva (the
destroyer). Brahma is found guilty of cohabiting with his own
daughter, Saraswati. It is for that reason that he is deprived of
being worshipped. Vishnu is guilty of deceitfully ruining the
chastity of a married woman, called Tulasi. Siva is not worshipped
but the image of his linga (sex-organ) is widely worshipped. This is
because of the curse of some sage [See Chapter 4.]. In the
sculpture, Siva and his consort Parvati are depicted in various
explicit poses of the sexual act. Prostitution is encouraged in the
form of religious custom of devdasi (slave-girls dedicated to temple-
idols). Hindu gods and rishis (sages) are found engaged in sexual
act with beautiful women and breeding illegitimate children. As for
instance, in order that Rama could have strong soldiers in his army,
the gods engaged themselves in begetting powerful sons. This they
did by engaging themselves, in the words of Dr. Ambedkar [Dr.
Ambedkar was the first law minister of independent India and was the
author of India's constitution],

"in wholesale acts of fornication, not only against apsaras, who
were prostitutes, not only against the unmarried daughters of Yashas
[Yaksha, naga, ruksha, vidyadhar, gandharva, kinna, each of these
words means demigod] and nagas, but also against the lawfully wedded
wives of Ruksha, Vidhyadhar, Ghandharvas, Kinnars, and Vanaras
(monkeys) and produced the vanaras who became the associates of
Rama" [ Ambedkar, p.7.]

AUTHORITY OF THE VEDAS

It is generally believed that the Veda is recognized as an absolute
authority in Hinduism but the so-called low- caste (non-Aryan)
Hindus have no access to the scripture because they are considered
impure by birth. So the Veda is far from being an authority for
these people. The only people who are allowed to read and listen to
the scripture are the Aryan Hindus. The Brahmans, the sole
custodians of the Veda, too hardly benefit from it because it is
written in Sanskrit, a dead language, 'its content has long been
practically unknown to most Hindus, and it is seldom drawn upon for
literal advice' [NEB,20: 581]

COW SLAUGHTER IN HINDU SCRIPTURES

It is interesting to note that the cow used to be slaughtered by the
ancient Hindus to enjoy its beef, entertain the guests and offer it
as sacrifice to their deities.
[Mahatma] Gandhi himself says, "I know there are scholars who tell
us that cow-sacrifice is mentioned in the Vedas. I... read a
sentence in our Sanskrit text-book to the effect that Brahmins of
old [period] used to eat beef" [M.K. Gandhi, Hindu Dharma, New
Delhi, 1991, p. 120]. He, however, refrained from showing enough
courage in clearly speaking the truth, may be because he did not
like to hurt the sentiments of the people who were the main source
of his political strength.

There are clear evidences in the Rig Veda, the most sacred Hindu
scripture, that the cow used to be sacrificed by Hindus for
religious purposes. For instance, Hymn CLXIX of the Rig Veda
says: "May the wind blow upon our cows with healing; may they eat
herbage ... Like-coloured various-hued or single- coloured whose
names through sacrifice are known to Agni, Whom the Angirases
produced by Ferbvour - vouschsafe to these, Parjanya,
great.protection. Those who have offered to the gods their bodies
whose varied forms are all well known to Soma" [The Rig Veda (RV),
translated by Ralph H. Griffith, New York, 1992, p. 647]. In the Rig
Veda (RV: VIII.43.11) Agni is described as "fed on ox and cow"
suggesting that cattle were sacrificed and roasted in fire. Another
hymn (RV: X.16.7) mentions the ritual enveloping of the corpse with
cow flesh before applying the fire on it.

In the Brahmanas at 1.15 in the Aiteriya Brahmana, the kindling of
Agni on the arrival of King Some is compared to the slaughter of a
bull or a barren cow on the arrival of a human king or other
dignitary. Similarly, at II.1.11.1 in the Taiteriya Brahmana and
XXXI.14.5 in the Panchavinsha Brahmana, the rishi Agastya is
credited with the slaughter of a hundred bulls.

In verse III.1.2.21 in the Satapatha Brahmana, sage Yajnavalkaya
asserts that even though the cow is the supporter of everyone, he
would eat beef "if it is luscious." At IV.5-2.1 in the same
Brahmana, it is said that a barren cow can be slaughtered in the
Some sacrifice. Not only for religious purposes, but also for other
purposes one could kill a cow and eat beef. Thus at II.4.2 of the
same Brahmana, it is suggested that a fat bull or fat goat should be
sacrificed in honour of an important guest.

Similarly, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishada (VI.4.18) advises a couple
to take an evening meal of beef or veal pulao, if they desire to
beget a son who is learned in the Vedas [Robert Trumbull, As I see
India, London, 1957, p.241].

WHO ARE THE BRAHMINS?

The word Brahmin incorporates all the upper-caste Hindus of India.
They claim that, because they were made God Brahma's head, they are
the chosen people of God. Worshipping a Brahmin is akin to
worshipping God incarnate. Serving a Brahmin and offering him alms
is like serving God himself. These are in the beliefs that are
included in the minds of all other people, especially in the low
caste Hindus. As a result 5% of the Indian population have
psychologically enslaved the other 95%.

The Brahmins are the "ARYANS" invaders of India who entered the
country thousands of years ago via the Khyber Pass. Over the
centuries they have established themselves firmly on Indian soil by
ruling over, and enslaving, the country's original inhabitants.

Brahmins always criticise, condemn and mock other Religions. Their
criticisms and mocking is unreasonable and unacceptable.

In his autobiography, Dr. Charles an American scholar says that it
is very simple to define a Hindu. He says a Hindu means "one who
believes anything and everything if said in the name of God and
shall never question its authenticity.

The Brahmins claim that Lord Rama is incarnated (came in human form)
to study and understand the difficulties of mankind. Is it really
necessary for a god to incarnate Himself? Can he not understand his
creation? Why should God become a Human or an Animal to understand
its problem in order or to understand the sufferings of these
creatures? he is so powerful that he doesn't require.

CASTE SYSTEM IN HINDUISM

Hindu society is divided into several thousands of caste and sub-
caste. Caste is a highly organized social grouping. A Hindu is born
in a caste and dies as a member of that caste. As caste is
determined by birth, one can never move from one caste to another.
Castes are not equal in status but arranged in a vertical order in
which one caste is at the top and is the highest (the Brahman),
another at the bottom and is the lowest (the Dalit) and in between
them there are the Kshatriya, the Vashya and the Sudra in a
descending order. This inequality in status is said to be an outcome
of a person's deeds (good or bad) accomplished in his previous life.
Caste differences find their expression largely in connection with
marriages and eating together. In the words of S.D. Theertha, "...
the Hindu social order is simply a menace to freedom, unity and
peace. The three thousands and odd castes and the larger number of
sub-castes, into which the Hindus are irretrievably divided, keep
nearly ninety-five per cent of the Hindus in perpetual disgrace and
permanently condemned to an inferior social status [Ibid., p.209.].

More on Caste System.

The most significant feature of the Hindu social system is what is
called 'caste' under which the people are divided into various
groups. The status of an individual in the society is determined by
the caste in which he is born. A Hindu is born in a caste and he
dies as a member of that caste. There is no Hindu without a caste
and being bound by caste from birth to death, he becomes subject to
social regulation and tradition of the caste over which he has no
control.

A person born in a caste carries the name of that caste as a part of
his surname [Swami Dharma Theertha, History of Hindu Imperialism,
Madras, 1992, p. 187.]. The division of the people into various
castes is said to be eternal so that no act of virtue or vice in
this earthly life is enough to make any change in the caste or
social status of a man or woman. The caste system of India has
generally been regarded as an absurd, unhealthy social phenomenon,
without parallel elsewhere in the world.

On the top of the caste hierarchy is the Brahman and at the bottom
is the Untouchable (Dalit) and in between are the Kshatriya, the
Vashya, and the Sudra in a descending order. According to the Hindu
scriptures, the Brahmans have been sprung from the mouth of Brahma
(Hindu god), the Kshatriyas from his arms, the Vashyas from his
thigh and the Sudras from his feet.

Broadly, Hindus are divided into two groups: caste Hindus (also
varna Hindus) and low-caste Hindus. The former includes the Brahman,
the Kshatriya and the Vashya who are the descendants of the fair-
skinned Aryan invaders and the latter includes the Sudras, who are
dark in skin and are the offspring of the original inhabitants of
India. In this group is also included the most unfortunate Dalit who
is outcaste because he falls outside the original fourfold
groupings. He is untouchable because his touch is bound to pollute
the other castes and that is why he must always remain at a
sufficient distance from them.

The fourfold division is not the end of the caste system; the
community is subdivided into thousands of sub-castes (gotras).
According to a survey undertaken by the Anthropological Survey of
India during 1985-92, those who are called Hindu are divided among
2,800 unique communities. The so-called low-caste Hindus are
officially divided into three broad groups, namely Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. According to this
survey, these groups are subdivided into [Scheduled Castes-450,] ,
[Scheduled Tribes-461], and [Other Backward Classes-766] distinct
communities respectively [Dalit Voice, 15:4, p. 20.].

The great distinctions of caste are to be maintained not only in the
earthly life, but also after death. According to Markandaya Purana,
after death, the virtuous Brahman goes to the abode of Brahma, the
good Kshatriya to that of Indra, the worthy Vashya to that of the
Maruts, and the dutiful Sudra to that of the Gandharvas [John C.
Oman, The Brahmans, Theists, and Muslims of India, Delhi, 1973, p.
50]. Apparently, the Untouchable (Dalit) does not deserve any place
in any heaven, may be because of his untouchability.

ORIGIN OF THE CASTE SYSTEM

'Caste' is a Portuguese word, used by the Portuguese as equivalent
of 'varna' (a Sanskrit word, which means 'colour'). They used this
word to designate the peculiar system of religious and social
distinction which they observed among those who are called Hindu.
Caste originally was a colour-bar, and in India, as later in
America, served at first to separate free men from slaves.
Gradually, the Brahmans made it a religiously ordained social fabric
for the Hindu society. Manu, a Brahman, gave in his book, Dharma
shastra, details about the caste system.

When the fair-skinned Aryans invaded India, about two thousand years
before Jesus Christ (pbuh), they defeated the dark-skinned
indigenous people, Dravidians, who were the founder of the Indian
Civilization. The Aryans subjugated them, learnt many things from
them and built up another civilization which came to be known as the
Ganges Valley or Hindu Civilization. To perpetuate the enslavement
of the original inhabitants of India, the Aryans created the caste
system, and thereby excluded them from their own society with the
name of Sudra (which means slave).

In the words of S.V. Theertha, "When the ancient priests set
themselves up as an exclusive caste of Brahmans in order to
establish their self-assumed superiority, they had to inflict
degradation on all other Hindus (i.e., original Indians) and press
them down to various layers of subordination. They had to keep the
people divided, disunited, weak and degraded, to deny them learning,
refinement and opportunities of advancement, and permanently and
unalterably to tie them down to a low status in society. The Hindu
social organization based on hereditary castes was evolved by the
Brahmans with the above object and was enforced on the people with
the help of foreign conquerors." [Theertha, p.1 64]

CASTE DETERMINES DUTY

In Hindu community, the basic duty of every individual is determined
by his caste. The Brahman is the rightful possessor of the Veda and
is the chief of the whole creation. He has the exclusive right to
become a priest. It is through his benevolence that other mortals
enjoy life.

The Kshatriya is described as the dispenser of justice, particularly
as the one whose duty it is to punish law-breakers; he exercises the
civil power and to his tender mercies the Brahmans could hand over
law- breakers. He has to see that the various castes attend to their
prescribed duties; but in doing this work he must abide by the
decisions of the Brahmans.

The Vashya comprises the merchant, the agriculturist, and the keeper
of cattle. His chief work is keeping cattle.

The Sudra has been created to serve the other three castes (i.e.,
the fair-skinned Aryans). "He is spoken of as a slave, his property,
as well as his person, being at the disposal of his master."
[Wilkins, Modern Hinduism, London, 1975, p. 247.]

The Untouchable (Dalit) is to perform the most unpleasant tasks:
cleaning lavatories, carrying night soil, skinning carcasses and
making footwear.

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & OTHER ASPECTS

The social, economic and other aspects of life are controlled by the
caste regulation. Caste differences are largely invoked while
arranging marriages and eating together. For rural Indians, castes
shape almost every aspect of their lives: the food they eat and who
can cook it; how they bathe; the colour of their clothes; the length
of a sari (cloth worn by a woman); how the dhoti (cloth worn by a
Hindu man) is tied; which way a man's moustaches are trimmed and
whether he can carry an umbrella. Everything is determined by caste
and nothing is left to chance.

Caste regulations formulated by Manu are discriminatory in nature;
they favour the Aryan Hindus and discriminate against the so-called
low-caste Hindus. In teaching the duties of the 1ow-caste people
concerning marriage, Manu declares that a man aged thirty may marry
a girl of twelve, and a man of twenty-four years may marry a girl of
eight. He, however, is very particular about the marriage
regulations of Brahmans. A Brahman must avoid marrying a girl whose
family has produced no sons, that which has thick hair on the body,
or is afflicted with hereditary disease. Let him choose for his wife
a girl whose form has no defect, who has an agreeable manner, who
walks gracefully like a young elephant, and whose body has exquisite
softness [ Ibid., p. 196.].

Punishment for offence is also determined by discriminatory caste
regulations. A crime against a man of his own caste by a Sudra is
venial offence; but a similar offence committed against a man
belonging to so- called higher caste is proportionately greater. If
a Sudra through pride dares to give instructions to priests
concerning their duty, hot oil will be dropped into his mouth and
ears. A high-caste man having intercourse with a Sudra woman is to
be banished; a Sudra having intercourse with a woman of the superior
castes is to be put to death. Whatever a Brahman's offence, the king
must on no account put him to death; he may, at the most, banish
him, allowing him to take his property with him. Further, in case of
wrongdoing against him, a Brahman need not approach the civil court,
he is free to take vengeance upon the offender [See Wilkins, 1975,
pp. 239-40; Oman, p. 52.]

Inferiority of The Dalit

The so-called Dalits (Untouchables) are the most pitiable victims of
the obnoxious and pernicious caste system. Manu has little to say
about them. He affirms that the members of three castes, the
Brahman, the Kshatriya, and the Vashya, are twice-born; the fourth,
the Sudra, once-born; there is no fifth.' All others are outcastes.
The common name Dasyas (slaves) is applied to them all. [Wilkins:
Modern Hinduism, London: 1975, p. 263]

The treatment accorded to the Dalit is simply inhuman. According to
Manu Smriti, 'Outcasted persons have no share in inheritance.'[ John
C. Oman, The Brahmans, Theists, and Muslims of India, Delhi, 1973,
p. 47.] The orthodox Brahmans still believe, if the shadow of a
Dalit falls on them, they are polluted and will have to purify them
by sprinkling over themse1ves water from the holy river, the Ganges
[F.M. Sandeela, Islam, Christianity and Hinduism, Delhi, 1990, pp.
69-70]. 'You may breed cows and dogs in your house,' wrote Mr. M.C.
Raja. 'You may drink the urine of cows and swallow cowdung to
expiate your sins, but you shall not approach an Adi Dravida [i.e.,
original Indians: Dalits, Sudras, tribal people].

These people are still denied the use of public wells and tanks and
at the same time stigmatized as unclean. They are still kept out of
schools and colleges maintained by public funds and at the same time
despised as ignorant and illiterate. They are still Shut out from
temples, and yet branded as ungodly and unfit to associate with. For
access to public roads and even for spaces to bury the dead, they
have to depend much on the capricious benevolence of their caste-
Hindu neighbours. [Swami Dharma Theertha, History of Hindu
Imperialism, (Madras: 1992), pp. 184-85, quoted from P. Chidambaram
Pillai's Right of Temple Entry, p. 150.]

WOMEN'S IN HINDUISM

The Brahmin media made a big campaign recently out of the Shah Banu
case and they blew it out all proportion. They implied that lslam
restricted the freedom of women. Let us compare the positions of the
Hindu women and the Muslim women. See the following facts for
comparison and then try to bring these Brahmins to their senses.
Inequity and degradation of women are sanctified in the Hindu
religion. Manu Smriti says:

"Never trust a woman.
Never sit alone with a woman even if it may be Your mother, she may
tempt you Do not sit alone with your daughter, she may tempt you.
Do not sit alone with your sister, she may tempt you."

Again the same Manu Smriti continues:

"Na stree swadantriya marhathi"
"No liberty for women in society".

The Brahmins make a big campaign that Islam restricts the freedom of
women. Let us compare the positions of the Hindu woman and the
Muslim woman. See the following facts for comparison:

Hindu Women Muslim Women
1. The Hindu Woman has no right to divorce her husband. The Muslim
woman has the same right as the Muslim man in all matters including
divorce.
2. She has no property or inheritance rights. She enjoys property
and inheritance rights. (Which other religion grants women these
rights?). She can also conduct her own separate business.
3. Choice of partner is limited because she can only marry within
her own caste; moreover her horoscope must match that of the
intending bridegroom/family. She can marry any Muslim of her
choice. If her parents choose a partner for her, her consent must be
taken. She has the right to reject also
4. The family of the girl has to offer an enormous dowry to the
bride groom and family. The dowry in Islam is a gift from a husband
to his wife (not the other way around as is practiced by some
ignorant people).
5. If her husband dies she should commit Sati (being cremated with
her dead husband). Since today's law forbids Sati, society mainly
punishes her in other "holy" ways (see below). A Muslim widow is
encouraged to remarry, and her remarriage is the responsibility of
the Muslim society.
6. She cannot remarry. Mixed marriage is encouraged and is a means
to prevent racism creeping in society.
7. The widow is considered to be a curse and must not be seen in
public. She cannot wear jewelry or colourful clothes. (She should
not even take part in her children's marriage!) A Muslim mother is
given the highest form of respect.
8. Child and infant marriage is encouraged.

What right do the Hindus have to criticize the Muslims? Have you
ever heard of a Muslim burning his wife? In India women die daily of
dowry deaths, Hindu women being burnt by the husband or in-laws. It
is a fact that upper caste Hindus ill-treat their women. The
Brahmins are trying to claim that Muslims do not give freedom to
their women. I ask you again. "Do the Hindus respect their women?"
You be the judge!

The concept of modesty and hijab in Islam is holistic, and
encompasses both men and women. The ultimate goal is to maintain
social stability and to please God. Since Muslim women are more
conspicuous because of their appearance, it is easier for people to
associate them with the warped images they see in the print and
broadcast media. Hence, stereotypes are perpetuated and often
sisters seem "mysterious" to those not acquainted with Muslim women
who dress according to Divine instructions. This aura of "mystery"
cannot be removed until their lifestyles, beliefs and thought-
systems are genuinely explored. And, frankly, this cannot be
achieved until one is not afraid to respectfully approach Muslim
women - or any Muslim for that matter. So, the next time you see a
Muslim, stop and talk to him or her - you'll feel, God-Willing, as
if you're entering a different world, the world of Islam: full of
humility, piety, and of course, modesty!

Sati (Widow-Burning)

According to Hindu scriptures, a widow is required to mount the
funeral of her dead husband and be cremated along with his corpse.
If the husband dies at a distant place, the widow is nonetheless to
be burned alive on a pyre by herself. A widow who burns herself to
death this way is called sati. The guiding force to motivate Hindus
to practice sati is the instructions given in their scriptures. Some
of these are as given below [Wilkins: Modern Hinduism, London, 1975,
pages 186 and 223.]:

"It is proper for a woman, after her husband's death to burn herself
in the fire with his corpse; every woman who thus burns herself
shall remain in paradise with her husband 35,000,000 years by
destiny." "The wife who commits herself to flames with her husband's
corpse shall equal Arundathi and reside in Swarga (heaven)."

"Accompanying her husband, she shall reside so long in Swarga as the
35,000,000 of hairs on the human body.

"As the snake-catcher forcibly drags the serpent from his earth, so
bearing her husband [from hell] with him she enjoys heavenly bliss."

"Dying with her husband, she sanctifies her maternal and paternal
ancestors and the ancestors of him to whom she gave her virginity."

"Such a wife adorning her husband, in celestial felicity with him,
greatest and most admired, shall enjoy the delights of heaven while
fourteen Indras reign."

"Though a husband had killed a Brahman, broken the ties of
gratitude, or murdered a friend she expiates the crime."

The rite of sati was prevalent in India until it was prohibited by
the British Government in 1829. Regulation XVII of 1829 declared
sati illegal and punishable by the criminal courts as 'culpable
homicide' amounting to manslaughter,' for which a death sentence
could be awarded. [S.R. Sharma, The Making of Modern India, Bombay,
1951, p. 478.].

The orthodox Hindus protested that measure and made an appeal to the
Privy Council in England, but, fortunately for the would-be Hindu
widows of India, the council dismissed the appeal. Thus after having
been practiced in India for over two thousand years, the institution
of widow-burning became illegal by the law enacted by a foreign
power. Until the practice of widow-burning was made a punishable
offence, the number of widows sacrificed every year was appalling.
Early in the nineteenth century, in Bengal alone, the annual number
of such cases was about twelve hundred. In 1818, no fewer than 839
cases of sati occurred in Bengal. Of these cases, as many as 544
were accounted for by Calcutta division alone [S.R. Sharma, The
Making of Modern India, Bombay, 1951, p. 478.].

It appears that Hindu society was not ready to honour the ordinance
which banned sati except under duress. Long after the date of
enactment of the ordinance, the rite was freely practiced in Hindu
States outside the jurisdiction of the British power. The sati which
accompanied the cremation of the body of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of
the Punjab in 1839 is a case in point. Four of his wives and seven
female slaves were burnt to death on the funeral pyre with his
corpse when it was cremated [John C. Oman, The Brahmans, Theists,
and Muslims of India, Delhi, 1973, p. 192]. Sati continued to be
practiced in some parts of India even after independence (i.e,
1947).

Apparently, the institution of sati highlights the chastity of
women. However, when one considers the institution of devdasi (i.e.,
the system of keeping temple prostitutes) to satisfy the lust of the
priests and enable them to earn handsome income through engaging
these girls in immoral activities with rich pilgrims, one fails to
understand what is the real purpose of sati, upholding the chastity
of women or torturing them to death.

The alternative to the rite of sati is enforced widowhood, with all
its degrading accompaniments. It seems as if the Hindu law-givers
made harsh regulations to be strictly followed by a widow to make
her life as miserable as possible. The widow had from the moment her
husband died not only to deplore the loss of a companion, but she
had also to take a position of utter degradation in the household
where formerly she had an honourable place. In the words of J.C.
Oman, "In many parts of India, it is customary a few days after the
cremation of the husband, to perform what may be called the ceremony
of formally degrading the widow, when she has her head shaved by the
barber and is deprived of the use of all her personal ornaments..."

Status of The Sudras

The Sudra has a precarious position in Hindu community. According to
Manu Smrithi, a Brahman is forbidden to give advice or even food to
a Sudra, for the ghi (clarified butter) having been offered to the
gods, must not be eaten by him(sudra) Further, the Brahman must not
give 'spiritual counsel to him,' nor inform him of the legal
expiation of his sin. He who declares the law to a servile man, and
he who instructs him in the mode of expiating sin, sinks with that
very man into hell.

A Brahman should never be the guru of a Sudra. 'While the first part
of a Brahman's name should indicate holiness that of a Kshatriya's
power and that of a Vashya's wealth, that of a Sudra 's should
indicate contempt. The Veda is never to be read in the presence of a
Sudra, and for him no sacrifice is to be performed. He has no
business with solemn rites [Wilkins, Modern Hinduism, London, 1975,
pp. 247-48.].

A Sudra has no right even to listen to the Veda. Recitation of or
listening to this sacred book is exclusively a privilege of the
Aryan Hindus. There is provision of severe punishment for a Sudra,
in case he dares to enjoy this privilege. If he "overheard a
recitation of the Vedas, molten lac or tin was to be poured into his
mouth; if he repeated recitation of the Vedas, his tongue should be
cut; and if he remembered Vedic hymns, his body was to be torn into
pieces." [Swami Dharma Theertha, History of Hindu Imperialism,
Madras, 1992, p. 42.]

A Sudra is debarred from marrying a woman of the higher castes; if
he does, their offspring will sink into a class even lower than his
own. He must not participate in carrying the corpse of a Brahman. He
is allowed to carry his dead only through the southern gate of the
city where he may live. The murder of a Sudra by a Brahman is equal
only to killing a cat or a frog or a cow [Wilkins, 1975, p.248.].

In fact, the Sudras who have only deprivations and sufferings in
their lots, are not Hindus. As Wilkins suggests, "the Sudras were
not originally part of the Hindu system, but were engrafted into
it..."[Ibid., p. 255.] Still worse than the Sudras are the Dalits
(also called Untouchables) who fall outside the caste system and are
therefore the worst in the social hierarchy.

Untouchability in Practice

Untouchability has been banned in the constitution of India, which
was drafted by a committee headed by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, himself an
untouchable. It was his great ingenuity that he could tactfully make
such a provision in the constitution of a country dominated by the
Brahmans. However, there are plenty of evidences that the
constitutional provision is honoured more by violation than by
observance by millions of so-called high caste Hindus. Here are some:

"An attempt by a group of Harijans (untouchables) to enter an
historic Hindu temple at the holy town of Nathdwara in Rajasthan
state failed on Monday evening when high caste priests and others
beat them back with sticks, injuring at least six. The attempt was
organized by social reformers to coincide with the 120th anniversary
of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, the spiritual founder of independent
India, who named the Untouchables (Dalits) 'Harijans.' Reports from
Nathdwara say, a large contingent of police, deployed by the state
government to maintain peace, took no action to prevent the attack
despite the high court ruling." (Financial Times, 6 October 1988)

"In a village 100 miles from Delhi, villagers hanged and then threw
on to a fire a girl and two boys; the boys had first been tortured,
while their fathers made to watch, and one of them and the girl had
still been alive when put in fire. They had managed to crawl out,
but were thrown back. The girl, from the powerful Jat caste, had
tried to elope with one of the boys, assisted by his friend; both
were untouchables, a group so low they are not even on the bottom
rung of the caste ladder. Not long before, in three villages in the
state of Bihar, the huts of 400-odd families of untouchables were
burnt down by gangs working for the local landowning caste, because
they were demanding the legal minimum wage, 16 rupees (78 cents) a
day." (The Economist, June 8th 1991).

"At school Harijans are often made to sit on the floor; in some
villages they have to take off their shoes while walking past upper-
caste houses, and are usually banned from drawing water from the
village well for fear they will pollute it...

A Brahmin on a packed bus cannot hop off and bathe six times each
time he fears the shadow of an untouchable has fallen on him." (The
Economist June 8th 1991).

"Twenty Harijans (untouchables) have been hacked to death in a
village in southern India by high caste Hindus and their bodies
thrown into a nearby canal, news papers reports said. The Statesman
said the incident occurred on Tuesday at Tsundur village near Guntur
town in Andhra Pradesh state. Other reports said a group of Harijans
were attacked by deadly weapons while trying to flee across marshes.
A police picked in the village remained passive to the gruesome
murders, The Hindu newspaper said. The incident had its origins in
an incident that occurred about a month back in a local cinema hall.
A Harijan boy watching a movie stretched himself and his leg
accidentally touched a high-caste boy sitting in the next seat. Soon
there was an altercation between them. The Hindus took this as an
affront on their authority. They summoned the teacher-father of the
Harijan boy and held him hostage until they caught hold of the boy
and beat him. After this, other minor incidents between the two
groups snowballed and finally led to arson and mayhem. The southern
Indian incident comes three weeks after two lower caste youths and a
15-year old upper caste girl were publicly hanged by their own
fathers goaded by a vigilante mob in a north Indian village. They
were punished for defying the Hindu social code barring inter-caste
marriage." (Arab News, August l0, 1991).

"In 1989, the national government (of India) recorded 14,269 cases
of atrocities committed against outcastes, including 479 murders and
759 rapes." (Arab News, March 31 1991).
"Jagjivan Ram (former Union Minister of India) with all power and
wealth at his command was made to know that his social status was
not even equal to the poorest and uneducated Brahmin of India. When
he visited Varanasi on invitation and garlanded the statue of
Sampurnanand (a Kayasth), the statue was washed with Gangajal
(sacred water of the Ganges) and mantras were recited to make
it 'pure' as the touch of a SC (untouchable) had desecrated the
stone Statue." (Dalit Voice, Vol. 12, No. 21, p.17).

"In Kerala, Namboodiri Brahmins till very recently were
compelling 'low caste' women not to wear blouses lest they should
appear as high caste. The result was that these women had to go bare-
breasted which was condemned by all civilized nations." (Dalit
Voice, Vol. 12, No. 21, p. 17).

Dalits and Hinduism

A recent example of caste-based atrocities was published by the
Indian Express (June 24, 1995). A Scheduled Tribe woman, Prakash
Kaur, was most painfully murdered in a village in Maharashtra
province in May, 1995. Brutes from the Aryan Hindus:

(l) dragged her to the village temple;
(2) shaved her head;
(3) beat her with sticks,
(4) inserted a stick into her private parts;
(5) blackened her face;
(6) put her on a donkey and paraded her in the market; and
(7) continued to beat her till she died. When the dying woman asked
for water, the killers poured hot water and kerosene in her mouth.
Her only offence (?) was that her 12-year old son had entered the
local Hindu temple. The place where the incident took place is very
close to the local police station. The more painful aspect of the
incident is that when the Home Minister of the state was contacted
by the All India Democratic Women's Association, he refused to take
any action in the matter saying that it was not a murder but
a "reflection of mob anger."

Another recent example of caste-based atrocities was published by
The Times of India in its issue of 18 January 1997. A 41-year old
low-caste women was stripped and paraded naked through a village
near Muradabad town (U.P.). Her only offence (?) was that her son
had, allegedly, teased a girl who was a caste Hindu. The woman cried
for help but none dared to come to her aid.

The racial atrocities meted out by the arrogant caste or Aryan
Hindus to the under- privileged people of India have no parallel in
modern world. The above instances are only few of such incidents
presented to indicate how things are going on in a country claimed
to be The largest democracy in the world. I dedicate this page in
the memory of the women who was most brutally murdered by religious
fanatics as described in the June 24, 1995, issue of the Indian
Express. No one cared to save her from such inhumanity.

Source: http://www.allaahuakbar.net/hindu/index.htm

From: Ahumanb <ahumanb@yahoo.com>




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[chottala.com] Who are RAZAKARs?

 

 

Well done.

 

I also agree with both of you, Mr. Mirza & Arif.

 

A well defined definition of the notorious RAZAKARs

 

Keep it up.

 

So, Jamaat - Shibir (ICS) - Razakar - Al-Badar - Paki - PDP - Muslim League (BNP is cocktail of these) will be hated, criticized, damned as it was done in past and will be treated same at now and also be treated same in future, for hundreds and hundreds of years to come!


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On 1/4/08, Syed Mirza <mirza.syed@gmail.com> wrote:

A perfect descriptions and definitions of RAZAKARS in Bangladesh. I agree with this description 100%. Good job.
 
Syed

 
On 1/3/08, Arif Ahamed <ahamed.ahmed@gmail.com > wrote:

 

Who are RAZAKARs?

 
  • Those who opposed & still oppose (mentally, physically, intentionally, technically knowingly or mistakenly, openly & silently) all or most or some of the (associated) movement, planning, struggle and (finally) liberation war for establishment of a sovereign, secular, welfare state - Bangladesh with supreme sacrifices of millions of Bangalee of different political, profession & religious belief since 1948 up to December 1971

  • Those who intentionally, deliberately, technically, calculatedly or unintentionally twist the history of different (associated) movements, planning, struggle and war of liberation & independence of Bangladesh in exchange of supreme sacrifice of millions of Bangalee

 

  • Those who intentionally, deliberately, calculatedly or unintentionally mix ' complete lie ' or 'partly lie' with 'truth' about history & facts of the different (associated) movements, planning, struggle, sacrifice and war of liberation & independence of Bangladesh

 

  • Those who still holds & keeps in minds the idea of establishment of a 'mini' Pakistan (or Muslim Bangla) or confederation with Pakistan or want to make Bangladesh as another 'Taliban' state

 

  • Those who do not recognise & pay proper respect from their mind to all the leaders who involved, worked, sacrificed, directly with different (associated) movements, planning, struggle and war of liberation & independence of Bangladesh and Bangabandhu as the Father of Nation

 

  • Those who pronounce that our liberation war & establishment of Bangladesh is mainly through by 'one illegitimate announcement' (of a piper) only and not due to prolonged movements, planning, struggle & supreme sacrifice of million of Bangalee

 

  • Those who compare (or make them equivalent) the founder President of Bangladesh (due to his supreme leadership, planning, influence, contribution, sacrifice & position) with a "sector commander" (out of 16 sector commanders of 11 Sectors during our liberation war of 1971) who (sector commander) actually appointed & worked under his (legitimate government) subordinate 'chain of administration'

 

  • Those who give more emphasis & importance to one of the "sector commander" of 16 sector commanders than the acting President or Prime Minister or concerned Minister or Commander in Chief or Chief of Army Staff or Deputy Chief of Army Staff etc. (in order of status - before the sector commanders) who (sector commanders) were actually appointed & worked under their subsidiary 'chain of command'

 

  • Those who never want betterment of Bangladesh (mentally and physically)

 

  • Those who have no political consistency about their political believe – support

 

  • Those who generally hide their political support or loyalty and notify them as "neutral".

 

  • Those who (known) frequently changes (seasonal) their political, personal believe to complete 'opposite' direction & ideology and – bend or support from 'left' to 'right' and 'east' to 'west'

 

  • Those who hardly give or appear to the public media, blogs with their 'real' personal & political identity, background, or loyalty so that their personal fraud, lies, cheating,  can not be verified or detected, but they always attack other personally with their natural lies





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