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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

[chottala.com] Bondhu...!! Cartoons





Dear Moderator, Sir,
and dear Chattala Forum MEmbers,

These cartoons not only for momentary enjoyment, but for pondering in present context.
Best regards,
Sonia Jahan


 

 
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এমন বন্ধু কে না পেতে চায়!!! সবাইকে শুভেচ্ছা!!!














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Re: [chottala.com] Barrister Moudud faces trouble in BNP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Fascism in the BNP:Target Maudud Ahamed
Abid Bahar
 
Maudud Ahamed is not only a politician in the  present BNP party, he has been a historian as well. If Mudud Ahamed said something in the past praising Sheikh Mujib, it was in his role of a historian; it was about Mujib's revolutionary contributions in the birth of Bangladesh but until 7th March after which he began to negotiate with the Pakistani rulers.  In the pre 7th March Mujib's glorious history Maudud is right that Zia's position is much lower than Mujib. However, like many of us who were the former Chatro League members, but disappointed at Mujib's authoritarian rule Maudud Ahamed, the historian was also disappointed after the independence of Bangladesh. This must have led to his change in heart about Mujib.  
BNP condemning the historian Maudud is following a dangerous path of hero-worshipping that had been originally introduced by Mujib .
In condemning Maudud, BNP's fascist elements following a Mujib principle perhaps unknowingly but dearly for their love of Zia. Hero-worshipping is a dangerous disease in fascism and a serious problem in the AL, now spreading in the BNP among the sycopants who worship none other than Zia. I hope the more enlightened BNP leaders instead of condemning Maudud the historian will appreciate him,  the politician and a truly reformed Bangladeshi.



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[chottala.com] Bangladeshi imam charged in Toronto in sex case



 Bangladeshi imam charged in Toronto
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Dhaka, Aug 17 (bdnews24.com) – A Bangladeshi-born religious leader has been charged with a number of sexual offences against his students in Canada.

Mohammad Masroor, 48, was arrested on Aug 10 in a case involving sexual abuse of five people, both male and female, local newspapers said.

Masroor, believed to have travelled extensively around the world, faces 13 charges, The Canadian Post reported on Wednesday.

A department of education and training official Karen Armstrong said Masroor had abused his position of authority when he taught the Quran to students at Baitul Mukarram Islamic Society and in private homes in Toronto.

He has been living in Canada since 2008.

Armstrong said apart from Bangladesh, Masroor also worked and lived in France, Germany, Hungary, Singapore, Sri Lanka and most recently in Florida and Michigan in the United States.

"We are appealing to the public to help us find other victims," Armstrong was further quoted by the website as saying.

Related:

 

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http://www.bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?cid=2&id=168233

 

Toronto Imam charged in sex case 


By ,Toronto Sun
 
 

Toronto imam charged in sexual assault investigation - Vancouver Sun

www.vancouversun.com/Toronto+imam+charged+sexual.../story.html
2 hours ago – An imam who worked at a Toronto mosque has been arrested and faces ... Armstrong said, including France, Germany, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and, ...
 
 


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[chottala.com] Re: Warm wishes



Sir, Assalamualaikum.
 
Thank for your well written article. Hope none of us in the email list will face such a tragic death.
 
May Almighty keep us safe and allow us to have natural death.
 
Sir, i came to know Mishuk bhai 6/7 years ago and he was genuinely a decent human being.
I never have seen him talking loud or being rude to anyone. He was always the quite one.
 
May Almighty rest all the deceased soul in peace and give their family strength to cope with the irreplacable loss.
 
Thanks.
Vala thaikkun.
Helal

From: Abdul Mannan <abman1971@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:08 PM
Subject: Warm wishes

My column appears in today's Prothom Alo. It is on the recent tragic accident that killed Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munir. The link is given below:

Thanks and warm wishes.

Mannan

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-08-18/news/179055

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[chottala.com] Indonesia Bans Labor to Saudi Arabia

Posted by: "Shamim Chowdhury" veirsmill@yahoo.com   veirsmill

Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:02 am (PDT)



After Saudi Arabia beheaded a 54-year old Indonesian grandmother in June for
stabbing her Saudi employer to death, Indonesia declared a moratorium on
the migration of its nationals for domestic employment in the desert
kingdom, effective August 1.

Although the two countries were to adopt a bilateral agreement for protection of
Indonesian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia this year, no such document
has been signed.
Ruyati Binti Satubi, a household worker from West Java, was executed for
murder after she confessed slaying the man who had contracted her. The
Indonesian migrant, who has three children, said she killed her employer
because she was denied permission to return to her native land.

Media in Indonesia and elsewhere indicated that Ruyati Binti Satubi had been
subjected to other forms of abuse while working in the Saudi home,
located in Mecca, Islam's holiest city. Neither the Indonesian
authorities nor her family was informed of the death sentence until
after it was carried out, an action for which the Saudi regime
apologized to Jakarta. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
wrote in protest to Saudi King Abdullah after the execution, and the
Indonesian authorities followed up with the moratorium on exporting
laborers, enforced visibly at airports and through contracting agencies.

The beheading of Ruyati Binti Satubi was only the most recent in a series
of shocking cases involving Indonesian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia.
In April, Saudi authorities overturned a three-year prison sentence
against a 53-year old Saudi woman in Medina, for "torture" in the
beating and burning of her 23-year old maid, Sumiati Binti Salan
Mustapa.

That incident, like the execution of Ruyati Binti Satubi, caused widespread
protest in Indonesia, as well as increased reluctance to undergo the
risks of working in Saudi Arabia, which Indonesian workers described as
"horror stories." Indonesian media report that the flow of migrant
workers to the kingdom had already decreased by 30 percent in the first
quarter of this year. With imposition of the August labour embargo,
Indonesia was expected to lose $350 million worth of income.Some
20 Indonesians, mainly women, are said to face capital punishment in
Saudi Arabia. Indonesian officials say that 370,000 of their citizens
went to work in Saudi Arabia in 2010. Of these, more than 90 percent are
employed in the so-called "informal sector," that is, paid in cash,
without record-keeping or government oversight. British media states,
however, that 1.5 million Indonesians are working in Saudi Arabia.

Complaints of physical abuse and murder of Indonesian domestic servants
by Saudis have produced hundreds of cases, but like other emigrant
labourers in Saudi Arabia, Indonesians have no rights.
Indonesia had imposed new regulations on the employment of emigrants to Saudi
Arabia, under which the Saudi employee would be required to earn at
least $2,800 per month, and the number of family members and layout of
the residence would be registered.

Because of the rigid oversight of relations between family and non-family
members as dictated by Wahhabism, the Saudi state form of Islam, the
kingdom has one of the highest proportions of immigrant laborers in the
world; they currently account for 5.5 million out of 26 million people,
or 20 percent. Foreign observers describe the Saudi demand for foreign
housemaids, drivers, and similar employees as inexhaustible. Saudi
subjects are discouraged from such work.

Millions of Pakistanis, Afghans, Indians, Bangladeshis, Indonesians, Filipinos, South Koreans, and Sri Lankans
receive low wages, when not subjected to outright Slavery and extreme
abuse, while toiling for Saudi masters. Domestic and other low-skill
workers live apart from the Anglo-American, other European, and similar
foreign technicians, who serve the petrochemical and other advanced
industries, and who reside in segregated, protected communities that
seek to reproduce the conditions in their advanced countries of origin.

While no religion other than Islam is permitted public observance in Saudi
Arabia, foreign petrochemical and defence professionals are allowed to
hold Christian and other services within their homes. But Christians,
Buddhists, and Hindus from the Philippines, South Korea, and Sri Lanka
are prohibited from practicing their faiths; and even Pakistani, Bangladeshis and
Indonesian Muslims, who work in Saudi Arabia face religious
discrimination. For example, preaching in South and Southeast Asian
languages in Mosques and similar activities are forbidden, as are Sufi
observances, popular in Pakistan and Indonesia alike. No other Muslim
state imposes such restrictions. Nevertheless, many Muslims are lured to
work in the kingdom because of its religious prestige.

With 86 percent of its population of 245 million counted as Muslims,
Indonesia has the largest Islamic population of any country in the
world. Indonesian domestic workers earn about $200 per month in Saudi
Arabia, a wage superior to those an Indonesian migrant villager with a
primary-school education would be paid in the east Asian industrialized
nations, such as Japan or Taiwan.

At the beginning of August, the official Saudi Arab News announced that
two Indonesian women sentenced to beheading would be reprieved and
repatriated. Identified only by their first names, Emi was convicted of
killing her employer's child, and Nesi of using "Black Magic" against
her employer. Executions for alleged "Witchcraft" are common in the
kingdom, which has experienced recurrent panic over "Sorcery."

Shamim Chowdhury, Maryland, U.S.A