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Friday, July 27, 2012

Should Bangladesh believe Myanmar

http://newsbd71.blogspot.ca/2012/07/should-bangladesh-believe-myanmar.html

Bangladesh once again noted with hope a pledge of Myanmar when the latter recently apprised the former to take back all registered and unregistered Rohingya Muslim refugees from the country. The pledge came through Myanmar's newly appointed envoy to Dhaka, who in contrast to his country's president said all Rohingya now staying in Bangladesh would be taken back after proper verification.


A few days back Myanmar President Thein Sein while talking to Mr Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yangon said his country was unwilling to take back the Rohingyas ousted over the past decades. "We have noted the pledge, but wondering how we can believe it, when Myanmar had failed to verify particulars of some 21,000 Rohingya refugees since 1998," a senior official of the Bangladesh foreign ministry said.

The number of these registered refugees in two camps at Kutupalang and Nayapara under Cox's Bazar district swelled to more than 30,000 early this year as Myanmar did not take them back despite of repeated pledges and promises. The registered Rohingya refugees at the camps are the remnants of 250,000 Rohingya who had fled into Bangladesh in late 1991 following persecution under the then military regime in Myanmar. Most of the refugees that had crossed into Bangladesh in late 1991 and early 1992 were repatriated from some 20 refugee camps in Cox's Bazar district until 1998.

Meanwhile the Rohingyas alleging communal persecution continued to cross into Bangladesh and so far nearly 400,000 of them, dubbed as local people as economic refugees, have anchored in squalid shanties scattered in Cox's Bazar and Bandarban districts. Had Bangladesh authorities not taken adequate steps to seal border during the communal riot in Myanmar's western Rakhine state in June hundreds of thousands more would have been fled into the country – a traditional safe haven for the Rohingya Muslims. Though the stance of Bangladesh is a bit harsh in humanitarian view, impoverished Bangladesh is really unable to take the burden of more Rohingyas.

The newly appointed Myanmar Ambassador Myo Myint Than while meeting Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Wednesday once again pledged like his predecessors that all registered and unregistered Rohingya refugees would be taken back after proper verification. A couple of days ago officials said Bangladesh was likely to seek intervention of the United Nations to get rid of the burden of refugees if Myanmar continued to delay in taking back Rohingyas from the country.

The relevant authorities started mulling for the UN intervention as a recent statement of Myanmar President Thein Sein suggested that his country was not willing to take back the Rohingyas ousted over the past decades. Bangladesh hoped that the UN would find a solution acceptable to both the countries and the relevant communities in the restive Rakhine state. Officials further said Bangladesh wanted to live in harmony with all its neighbours and at the same time also wanted that no issues having roots in another country should continue to harm it.

Herding Rohingya Muslims into refugee camps or their deportation to another country could be the only solution for the violence hit Rakhine state, the Myanmar President told the UNHCR in Yangon on June 12, according to a website of Myanmar presidential house. "We will send them (Rohingyas) away if any third country would accept them. This is what we are thinking is the solution to the issue," President Thein Sein told UNHCR Antonio Guterres.

Communal violence between ethnic Buddhist Rakhine and local Muslims, including the Rohingyas, swept the state in June, forcing tens of thousands to flee as homes were torched and communities ripped apart. Some 80 people, mostly Rohingyas, were killed in the violence. Among the Muslims, Rohingyas are majority, while there are a smaller number of Muslims who were converted from Buddhism and other religious groups.

"The statement has shocked us, because following the observation of the head of the state of Myanmar, there may not be any scope left to send back hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees to their ancestral home from Bangladesh," said a senior official of the foreign ministry. The statement of Myanmar president not only exposed Myanmar's intentions not only to repatriate Rohingya refugees from abroad, but also to expel those still residing inside the country, according to a political analyst. Despite repeated pledges there was virtually no repatriation of more over tens of thousands of Rohingyas who had been pushed in to Bangladesh over the past years, another official of the home affairs ministry said.

If the expulsion of Rohingyas continues, it will keep on harming Bangladesh, as it is linked with Rakhine state along a 300-km long porous border through hills, rivers and maritime boundary, the official said. President Thein Sein, who had previously favoured a reconciliation between the communities during the riot between Muslim Rohingyas and Buddhists in the Rakhine state told the UNHCR that the Rohingyas were not welcome in Myanmar. "We will take responsibility for our ethnic people but it is impossible to accept the illegally entered Rohingyas, who are not our ethnicity," he told Antonio Guterres.

The former junta general said the "only solution" was to send the Rohingyas — which number around 800,000 in Myanmar and are considered to be some of the world's most persecuted minorities — to refugee camps run by UNHCR, western media reports said. During the June mayhem Bangladesh sealed its border and pushed back hundreds of Rohingyas who sought shelter fleeing Rakine state. The June violence sparked early in the month after a Buddhist woman had allegedly been raped and murdered in Taungup of Rakhine state, formerly Arakan until 1989.

Subsequently on June 3, a mob of hundreds of people attacked a bus, believing the perpetrators were on board, and beat 10 Muslims to death. The violence further escalated when police shot dead two Rohingya youths during a Friday protest at Maungdaw near Bangladesh bordrer on June 8. Although security forces have quelled the worst of the unrest, tens of thousands of people still remain in government-run relief camps with the UN's World Food Programme reporting that it has provided food to some 100,000 people.

According to Chittagong-based Arakan Historical Society (AHS), Myanmar has been cleansing Rohingyas from Arakan since 1948, when Muslims were in majority. "Even in 1960s the Rohingya population in Arakan was around 2.0 million and now they have reduced to some 800,000, after most or the Rohingyas migrated to different countries including in the Middle East," said Mohammad Rais, a leader of AHS. Meanwhile, following the June violence and floods in Myanmar, President Thein Sein cancelled his scheduled July 15 visit to Bangladesh.

However, he is expected visit Bangladesh after Ramadan. But the date has not been fixed yet. Bangladesh won a verdict of International Tribunal for Law of the Sea (ITLOS) over a maritime dispute with Myanmar in March this year. The verdict ensured Bangladesh's sovereignty over its exclusive economic zone in the Bay of Bengal.



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Re: [chottala.com] FOR MR TURKMAN [] The West's Crusade against Muslims



About MOSLIM..issue as many are writing about.HUMAYUN AHMED and his due in CALCUTTA..well guess what I do not know how many times Mr Ahmed traveled to CALCUTTA or INDIA..life is not easy their many hindus that move their find it out them selves..guess who lived their TASLIMA NASSRIN I mean the other NASTY author..I think their are Many stories to be told  of Moslems to, Hindu to Buddhist Tribes and etc..The thing is Most of Bollywoods stars have moslem name SHARUK KHAN< SHABANA AZMI< ZINAAT AMAN, SANJOY DUTTA( son of Hindu & Moslem0 the thing is all are guided should I say the BLOODS OF IBRAHIM..not that much in Bengali Movie circuit in West Bengal..not many significant Moslem..well they moved to Bangladesh and are also IBRAHIM admirers...I think that is where reincarnated RAJESH DOSTIDAR could be of help..may find things to write about in Calcutta then not told...may be they will make movies out of those
 
One things even at these stars need to have minimum education where they can handle their own Math & etc..so that even if their affairs are managed my professional mangers some of whom are of same IBRAHIM admirers, like FERNANDEZ of GOA..if not these authors may lead a opulent life but well estates will be in mess once they die..or will die soon..and beneficiaries will be Their professional mangers..IBRAHIM related family members.

I guess I am not BLOOD of IBRAHIM rumor has it some where their is family relation between Buddha & Mohammad.

From: Turkman <turkman@sbcglobal.net>
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:43 PM
Subject: [chottala.com] FOR MR TURKMAN [] The West's Crusade against Muslims

 
I wish we had more Moslim like you.

--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, huahmed@... wrote:
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> Dear Mr. Turkman:
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> I'm a Muslim and I do not hate anyone.
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> May Peace, Security, Love, and Respect be with you.
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> Thanks.
> Helal
> Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: S Turkman <turkman@...>
> Sender: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:40:22
> To: <aahmad@...>; Chottola<chottala@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [chottala.com] FOR MR TURKMAN [] The West's Crusade against Muslims
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> I can not spread more hatred in Moslims that they already don't have against Non
> Moslims and there are no Non Moslims in this Forum to start hating Moslims now
> after reading my posts so, you are only accusing me of spreading hate against
> Moslims because by posting facts, I am exposing Satanic Antics of your JehaaDi
> Sneak Attack Terrorists defaming all Moslims, all around World.
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> Shame on you, Truth Twister ...!
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> ________________________________
> From: "aahmad@..." <aahmad@...>
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> tOrkman, stop hating Muslims and all peace loving people in the world. Refrain
> from spreading hatred.
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> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> ________________________________
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> From: "Turkman" <turkman@...>
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> That's right.
> "Terror or evil persons exist in every faith".
> * People of every faith have caused Sneak Attacks all around the world like we
> have by our 18,000 Sneak Attacks since 9/11, killing, maiming and injuring
> hundreds of thousand of Innocent Moslims and Non Moslims, right?
> * People of every faith bomb Places of Worship like we bomb each others Mosques
> all the time in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, right?
> .
> Can you talk some sense, please ...!
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> --- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Radwan Chowdhury <radwanchowdhury@> wrote:
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> > Dear Friends and Mr. Turkman.
> > It is sad to see comment like your. I must say ignorance like you cause more
> >damage in the world. Act of one evil man or few individual can't take down the
> >entire faith or be responsible. Terror or evil persons exist in every faith we
> >MUSLIM don't call your entire faith a terrorist. Just last week one white male
> >shoot and killed 13 innocent people and many others critically injured in
> >hospital we are not calling the entire faith of his a terrorist faith. If you
> >really want to know and understand start a dialog with good intention and faith,
> >you will see the beauty of Islam and the people of MUSLIM faith, don't judge
> >everyone because one did wrongful act.
> > Knowledge is powerful and education takes you there.
> >
> > To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> > From: ahsan3332@
> > Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:29:18 -0700
> > Subject: Re: FOR MR TURKMAN [chottala.com] The West's Crusade against Muslims
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> > Mr Turkman
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> > I have been surfing the web since 1998. Hardly came across a one-eyed ignorant
> >thinker like you. I am not against you 'the person', but against your thoughts.
> >Please brother try to read books on the subjects you so arrogantly comment
> >about. Please read books from different schools of thoughts, read history books
> >of different writers, and most importantly, please read Holy Qur'an in your
> >language. Truly knowledgeable people are sober, respectful,non-abusive, and
> >displays humility, not arrogance.
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> > Brother if you continue in the way you are now, surely Allah, the Most
> >Powerful, will throw you into the hellfire with all
> > your ignorance. Fee narey jahannama wa khaleedeen.
> >
> > Brother please don't misread me. I am not your opponent. I am trying to help
> >you.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ahsan
> >
> > --- On Fri, 7/20/12, Debasish Barua <gorba196138@> wrote:
> >
> > From: Debasish Barua <gorba196138@>
> > Subject: Re: [chottala.com] The
> > West's Crusade against Muslims
> > To: "chottala@yahoogroups.com" <chottala@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Friday, July 20, 2012, 9:32 PM
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> > OBAMA is the Commandar In Cheif of those Drone attack...well he was
> >elected by over whelming majority of MOSLEM vote in USA...well it is that
> >BLACKMAN do not discriminate issue... in some ways some of the assassinated,
> >were problem in their own community fueled by Anti American fervor and Jihadist
> >of converting entire world to ISLAM..well I think the dead's are actually
> >CHINESE RUSSIAN GOOGLE/ Yahoo/ Communist backed..ISLAMIC JEW..I think they went
> >to HEVAN..may the PEACE BE BESTOWED ON THEM..
> > Thks
> > From: Akmal Mustafa Tipu <tipu_121biz@>
> > To: Turkman <turkman@>
> > Cc: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:07 PM
> > Subject: Fw: [chottala.com] The West's Crusade against Muslims
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> > You are the bloodiest son in the world. You do not see the killings by drone
> >attack in some muslim countries, You do not see the infiltration and invasion by
> >West, you do not see mass killing in the name of security. West is killing
> >innocent civilians, destabilizing political system and discriminating muslim
> >people and depriving them from movement, education, tourism.
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> > --- On Mon, 7/9/12, Turkman <turkman@> wrote:
> >
> > From: Turkman <turkman@>
> > Subject: [chottala.com] The West's Crusade against Muslims
> > To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, July 9, 2012, 10:53 PM
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> > If Europeans had hated Moslims so much or as much as Moslims hate Non
> >Moslims, they would not have freed all the 44 Moslim Nations so, shut up.
> >
> > Whole world is scared of your JehaaDi Islam, not only the West. Even China has
> >imposed restrictions on her JehaaDi Moslims. China and Russia both promised not
> >to let Taliban take over Afghanistan after USA leaves in 2014 in June Shanghai
> >Meeting.
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> > Even Allah is against you because your Sneak Attack Terrorists are being hunted
> >down all over world.
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> > ************8
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> >
> > --- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@> wrote:
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> > > *Islamophobia: The West's Crusade against Muslims*
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> > > by Kourosh Ziabari
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> > > *Despite constituting a significant minority in western countries, Muslims
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> > > around the world are subject to disproportionate, unjustifiable bias. Such
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> > > attitudes distance them from their most fundamental social rights by
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> > > portraying them as extremists and fanatics. The group is represented as
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> > > able to endanger the interests of Europe and America. *
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> > > As reported by the German Central Institute Islam Archive, there are 53
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> > > million Muslims living in Europe (excluding Turkey) who represent some 7.2%
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> > > of the continent's population. According to a Pew Research Center 2011
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> > > demographic study, globally Islam has 1.6 billion adherents, making up 23%
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> > > of the world's population.
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> > > Muslims coexist with other groups in peace and tranquility. Nobody can
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> > > claim that Muslims have been dangerous or harmful to the security of the
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> > > western countries, because there's no evidence to confirm this claim.
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> > > The mass media of European countries regularly and recklessly insult
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> > > Islamic religious symbols, especially the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The most
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> > > prominent example of these insults was the publication of 12 blasphemous
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> > > editorial cartoons by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September,
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> > > 2005 which prompted international anger. Many understood that such actions
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> > > result in continued antagonism and bitterness, serving only to add fuel to
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> > > the fire of anti-Islamic sentiments.
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> > > The term Islamophobia, which is described as an irrational fear of Islam
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> > > and Muslims and prejudice against and hatred of them, came into common use
> >
> > > following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. In
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> > > actuality, the term was spread by the US government which launched two
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> > > military expeditions in the Middle East for the alleged purpose of
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> > > combating what they termed "Islamic fundamentalism" and terrorism.
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> > > As a result of media propaganda, Muslims in some countries are demonized
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> > > and ostracized, unable to attend or perform prayers in public, assume
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> > > government positions, pursue their social rights on equal terms with other
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> > > citizens or adhere to their preferred dress codes.
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> > > It was recently revealed that the New York City Police Department (NYPD)
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> > > has been engaged in widespread religious and ethnic profiling and the
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> > > monitoring of Muslim communities and houses of worship in New York, New
> >
> > > Jersey and Connecticut. A coalition of social activists in the US is
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> > > calling on the Senate, the Department of Justice and the US Marshals
> >
> > > Service to take action in response to the illegal police monitoring of the
> >
> > > Muslims in greater New York.
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> > >
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> > > The revelations are contained in documents obtained by the Associated Press
> >
> > > (AP) showing that undercover NYPD officers in a "Demographics Unit"
> >
> > > targeted the Muslim communities with the assistance of individuals linked
> >
> > > to the CIA. NYPD officials are denying the Demographics Unit ever existed,
> >
> > > despite the publication of an NYPD presentation that described the mission
> >
> > > and makeup of the unit.
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> > >
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> > > Independent sources, including Islamophobia Watch have reported that the
> >
> > > monitoring of mosques and the daily affairs of Muslims in the United States
> >
> > > has intensified since the 9/11 attacks; the CIA has been carrying out
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> > > underground intelligence operations to scrutinize the daily life of Muslims
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> > > within the country.
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> > >
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> > > According to Islamophobia Watch, the CIA has dispatched undercover officers
> >
> > > to public places such as bookstores, shops and cafes to keep an eye on the
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> > > daily affairs of Muslims. It has also used informants known as "mosque
> >
> > > crawlers" to monitor sermons delivered by Muslim Imams and take action when
> >
> > > necessary.
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> > >
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> > > While in western detention, Muslims are treated inequitably and unfairly.
> >
> > > Several reports have been published which detail how Muslim prisoners of
> >
> > > the United States and Europe have been subject to torture, mistreatment and
> >
> > > abuse. Babar Ahmad, a citizen of south west London, is one of several
> >
> > > Muslim detainees who are being held in European and American jails without
> >
> > > being charged in a court hearing.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Ahmad was arrested on August 5, 2004 on charges of providing materials to a
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> > > website which supports Chechen and Taliban insurgents. Since then, he has
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> > > spent seven years in prison without trial.
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> > >
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> > > Since his detainment, Ahmad has been subjected to torture and humiliation
> >
> > > by the UK police. Scotland Yard officers have beaten him, stomped on his
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> > > bare feet with boots, sexually abused him, mocked his Islamic faith by
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> > > placing him into a Muslim prayer position and taunting, "Where is your God
> >
> > > now?!" and applied life-threatening neck holds to him.
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> > >
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> > > Muslims in the West are deterred from wearing clothing expressive of their
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> > > faith, another representation of Islamophobic and xenophobic sentiments. A
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> > > law in Belgium can fine and imprison for up to seven days a woman wearing
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> > > burqa or niqab, a fabric covering for the lower face. In France, since
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> > > April anyone wearing niqab or burqa in public is subject to fines of 150
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> > > euros and "citizenship training." Moreover, an Italian parliamentary
> >
> > > committee has drafted a law which bans women from wearing items that cover
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> > > their faces in public.
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> > >
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> > > Overall, what is clear is that Muslims in the West are treated as
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> > > second-rate citizens; their social rights and freedom seem to be
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> > > confiscated. Western mainstream media regularly associates terrorism with
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> > > Islam and attributes terrorist activities to Muslims. The European
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> > > governments overtly express their disdain for Islam and the Muslims,
> >
> > > allowing the enactment of laws which limit and restrain social liberties of
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> > > Muslims.
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> > >
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> > > Islamophobia is a modern crusade against Muslims by societies which boast
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> > > of being liberal and democratic, but in practice are xenophobic and
> >
> > > intolerant. How can a truer image of Islam and Muslims be demonstrated to
> >
> > > the West?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=31821
> >
> > >
> >
>





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Re: [chottala.com] Abuses against Rohingya erode human rights progress: Amnesty International



Amnesty International an institution that Champion plight of many, has become extended wing like many institutions like so such as UN..& WORLD BANK..LABOR UNION..well these are all directed by the same BRAIN CHILD. I thing things went wrong when they assigned IRENE as Amnesty Intl chief...Should I say one of those DAVID GERGERS a Jewish Lawyer..in Houston. I guess Michael s sister sings NASTY..well just few letters this way and that way..it is AMNESTY...I think AMNESTY chief is one of those NASTY GIRLS..just digg in her background she would not be their if NOT..well may be I should sing like Michael..." I AM MEAN"

I guess next AMNESTY head will be CHANDRIMA BARUA..well as Cancer survior LINDA ELLERBE used to say " THAT IS THE WAY IT GOES""

Debasish Barua 


From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 1:41 AM
Subject: [chottala.com] Abuses against Rohingya erode human rights progress: Amnesty International

 



Amnesty International has received credible reports of recent human rights abuses against Rohingyas

Abuses against Rohingya erode human rights progress: Amnesty International

Six weeks after a state of emergency was declared in Myanmar's Rakhine State, targeted attacks and other violations by security forces against minority Rohingyas and other Muslims have increased, Amnesty International said today. Communal violence in the state has also continued, the organization said.

"Declaring a state of emergency is not a license to commit human rights violations," said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International's Myanmar Researcher.  "It is the duty of security forces to defend the rights of everyone – without exception or discrimination – from abuses by others, while abiding by human rights standards themselves."

The Myanmar government declared a state of emergency in Rakhine State on 10 June, following an outbreak of communal violence the previous week among the Buddhist Rakhine, Muslim Rakhine, and Muslim Rohingya communities. It remains in effect in several areas. 

Since then, Myanmar's Border Security Force (nasaka), army, and police have conducted massive sweeps in areas that are heavily populated by Rohingyas. Hundreds of mostly men and boys have been detained, with nearly all held incommunicado, and some subjected to ill-treatment. 

While the restoration of order, security, and the protection of human rights is necessary, most arrests appear to have been arbitrary and discriminatory, violating the rights to liberty and to freedom from discrimination on grounds of religion.

"In six weeks, Myanmar has not only added to a long litany of human rights violations against the Rohingya, but has also done an about-turn on the situation of political imprisonment," said Zawacki.  "After more than a year of prisoner amnesties and releases, the overall number of political prisoners in Myanmar is again on the rise."

Anyone arrested since 10 June must be either charged with an internationally recognized offence and be remanded by an independent court, or released. Any judicial proceedings must meet international standards of fairness and must not include the imposition of the death penalty.

Amnesty International has also received credible reports of other human rights abuses against Rohingyas and other Rakhine Muslims– including physical abuse, rape, destruction of property, and unlawful killings – carried out by both Rakhine Buddhists and security forces. The authorities should stop these acts and prevent others from occurring. 

On 3 June, a large group of local Rakhine Buddhists killed 10 Muslims in Taung Gouk township in Rakhine State, who were returning by bus to their homes in Yangon. Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission said on 11 July that at least 78 people have been killed since the violence began, but unofficial estimates exceed 100. 

Between 50,000 and 90,000 people – with lower figures coming from the government and higher ones from UN agencies– are estimated to have been displaced.  The discrepancy between the figures is largely due to the Myanmar authorities allowing extremely limited access to independent and international monitors as well as humanitarian aid workers.

"The human rights and humanitarian needs of those affected by the violence depend on the presence of monitors and aid workers," said Zawacki. "The Myanmar authorities are compounding the error by exacerbating the suffering of those displaced by the violence and violations."

Amnesty International is calling on Myanmar's Parliament to amend or repeal the 1982 Citizenship Law to ensure that Rohingyas are no longer stateless. "Under international human rights law and standards, no one may be left or rendered stateless. For too long Myanmar's human rights record has been marred by the continued denial of citizenship for Rohingyas and a host of discriminatory practices against them," said Zawacki.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/myanmar-rohingya-abuses-show-human-rights-progress-backtracking-2012-07-19




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Dear Mr. Turkman:
Thank you. There are many Muslims like me who doesn't hate anyone and have friends from all other religions and also have friend who doesn't follow any religion.
Sir, I try not to blame/judge other religions, based on its follower's action. For example, i can't blame Buddhism for the Rakhines Buddhist killing of Rohinga Muslims. I can't blame Christianity just because so many Christian priests are abusing kids. I can't blame Hinduism for promoting cast system by Hindus. I can't blame Judaism the way they some Jews are oppressing Palestinians. Same way, I can't blame Islam the way some Muslims are doing violent things.
If one fails to understand divine message and interpret it in wrong way, it's not the fault of divine guidance but the followers, who failed to understand its true essence.
Thanks again and May Peace, Security, Happiness and Health be with you.
Helal


From: Turkman <turkman@sbcglobal.net>
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:43 PM
Subject: [chottala.com] FOR MR TURKMAN [] The West's Crusade against Muslims

 
I wish we had more Moslim like you.

--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, huahmed@... wrote:
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> Dear Mr. Turkman:
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> I'm a Muslim and I do not hate anyone.
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> May Peace, Security, Love, and Respect be with you.
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> Thanks.
> Helal
> Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S Turkman <turkman@...>
> Sender: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:40:22
> To: <aahmad@...>; Chottola<chottala@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [chottala.com] FOR MR TURKMAN [] The West's Crusade against Muslims
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> I can not spread more hatred in Moslims that they already don't have against Non
> Moslims and there are no Non Moslims in this Forum to start hating Moslims now
> after reading my posts so, you are only accusing me of spreading hate against
> Moslims because by posting facts, I am exposing Satanic Antics of your JehaaDi
> Sneak Attack Terrorists defaming all Moslims, all around World.
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> Shame on you, Truth Twister ...!
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> ________________________________
> From: "aahmad@..." <aahmad@...>
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> tOrkman, stop hating Muslims and all peace loving people in the world. Refrain
> from spreading hatred.
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> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> ________________________________
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> From: "Turkman" <turkman@...>
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> That's right.
> "Terror or evil persons exist in every faith".
> * People of every faith have caused Sneak Attacks all around the world like we
> have by our 18,000 Sneak Attacks since 9/11, killing, maiming and injuring
> hundreds of thousand of Innocent Moslims and Non Moslims, right?
> * People of every faith bomb Places of Worship like we bomb each others Mosques
> all the time in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, right?
> .
> Can you talk some sense, please ...!
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> --- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Radwan Chowdhury <radwanchowdhury@> wrote:
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> > Dear Friends and Mr. Turkman.
> > It is sad to see comment like your. I must say ignorance like you cause more
> >damage in the world. Act of one evil man or few individual can't take down the
> >entire faith or be responsible. Terror or evil persons exist in every faith we
> >MUSLIM don't call your entire faith a terrorist. Just last week one white male
> >shoot and killed 13 innocent people and many others critically injured in
> >hospital we are not calling the entire faith of his a terrorist faith. If you
> >really want to know and understand start a dialog with good intention and faith,
> >you will see the beauty of Islam and the people of MUSLIM faith, don't judge
> >everyone because one did wrongful act.
> > Knowledge is powerful and education takes you there.
> >
> > To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> > From: ahsan3332@
> > Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:29:18 -0700
> > Subject: Re: FOR MR TURKMAN [chottala.com] The West's Crusade against Muslims
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> > I have been surfing the web since 1998. Hardly came across a one-eyed ignorant
> >thinker like you. I am not against you 'the person', but against your thoughts.
> >Please brother try to read books on the subjects you so arrogantly comment
> >about. Please read books from different schools of thoughts, read history books
> >of different writers, and most importantly, please read Holy Qur'an in your
> >language. Truly knowledgeable people are sober, respectful,non-abusive, and
> >displays humility, not arrogance.
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> > Brother if you continue in the way you are now, surely Allah, the Most
> >Powerful, will throw you into the hellfire with all
> > your ignorance. Fee narey jahannama wa khaleedeen.
> >
> > Brother please don't misread me. I am not your opponent. I am trying to help
> >you.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ahsan
> >
> > --- On Fri, 7/20/12, Debasish Barua <gorba196138@> wrote:
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> > From: Debasish Barua <gorba196138@>
> > Subject: Re: [chottala.com] The
> > West's Crusade against Muslims
> > To: "chottala@yahoogroups.com" <chottala@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Friday, July 20, 2012, 9:32 PM
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> > OBAMA is the Commandar In Cheif of those Drone attack...well he was
> >elected by over whelming majority of MOSLEM vote in USA...well it is that
> >BLACKMAN do not discriminate issue... in some ways some of the assassinated,
> >were problem in their own community fueled by Anti American fervor and Jihadist
> >of converting entire world to ISLAM..well I think the dead's are actually
> >CHINESE RUSSIAN GOOGLE/ Yahoo/ Communist backed..ISLAMIC JEW..I think they went
> >to HEVAN..may the PEACE BE BESTOWED ON THEM..
> > Thks
> > From: Akmal Mustafa Tipu <tipu_121biz@>
> > To: Turkman <turkman@>
> > Cc: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:07 PM
> > Subject: Fw: [chottala.com] The West's Crusade against Muslims
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> > You are the bloodiest son in the world. You do not see the killings by drone
> >attack in some muslim countries, You do not see the infiltration and invasion by
> >West, you do not see mass killing in the name of security. West is killing
> >innocent civilians, destabilizing political system and discriminating muslim
> >people and depriving them from movement, education, tourism.
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> > --- On Mon, 7/9/12, Turkman <turkman@> wrote:
> >
> > From: Turkman <turkman@>
> > Subject: [chottala.com] The West's Crusade against Muslims
> > To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, July 9, 2012, 10:53 PM
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> > If Europeans had hated Moslims so much or as much as Moslims hate Non
> >Moslims, they would not have freed all the 44 Moslim Nations so, shut up.
> >
> > Whole world is scared of your JehaaDi Islam, not only the West. Even China has
> >imposed restrictions on her JehaaDi Moslims. China and Russia both promised not
> >to let Taliban take over Afghanistan after USA leaves in 2014 in June Shanghai
> >Meeting.
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> > Even Allah is against you because your Sneak Attack Terrorists are being hunted
> >down all over world.
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> > ************8
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> >
> > --- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@> wrote:
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> > > *Islamophobia: The West's Crusade against Muslims*
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> > > by Kourosh Ziabari
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> > > *Despite constituting a significant minority in western countries, Muslims
> >
> > > around the world are subject to disproportionate, unjustifiable bias. Such
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> > > attitudes distance them from their most fundamental social rights by
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> > > portraying them as extremists and fanatics. The group is represented as
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> > > able to endanger the interests of Europe and America. *
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> > > As reported by the German Central Institute Islam Archive, there are 53
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> > > million Muslims living in Europe (excluding Turkey) who represent some 7.2%
> >
> > > of the continent's population. According to a Pew Research Center 2011
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> > > demographic study, globally Islam has 1.6 billion adherents, making up 23%
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> > > of the world's population.
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> > > Muslims coexist with other groups in peace and tranquility. Nobody can
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> > > claim that Muslims have been dangerous or harmful to the security of the
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> > > western countries, because there's no evidence to confirm this claim.
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> > > The mass media of European countries regularly and recklessly insult
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> > > Islamic religious symbols, especially the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The most
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> > > prominent example of these insults was the publication of 12 blasphemous
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> > > editorial cartoons by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September,
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> > > 2005 which prompted international anger. Many understood that such actions
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> > > result in continued antagonism and bitterness, serving only to add fuel to
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> > > the fire of anti-Islamic sentiments.
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> > > The term Islamophobia, which is described as an irrational fear of Islam
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> > > and Muslims and prejudice against and hatred of them, came into common use
> >
> > > following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. In
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> > > actuality, the term was spread by the US government which launched two
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> > > military expeditions in the Middle East for the alleged purpose of
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> > > combating what they termed "Islamic fundamentalism" and terrorism.
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> > > As a result of media propaganda, Muslims in some countries are demonized
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> > > and ostracized, unable to attend or perform prayers in public, assume
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> > > government positions, pursue their social rights on equal terms with other
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> > > citizens or adhere to their preferred dress codes.
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> > > It was recently revealed that the New York City Police Department (NYPD)
> >
> > > has been engaged in widespread religious and ethnic profiling and the
> >
> > > monitoring of Muslim communities and houses of worship in New York, New
> >
> > > Jersey and Connecticut. A coalition of social activists in the US is
> >
> > > calling on the Senate, the Department of Justice and the US Marshals
> >
> > > Service to take action in response to the illegal police monitoring of the
> >
> > > Muslims in greater New York.
> >
> > >
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> > > The revelations are contained in documents obtained by the Associated Press
> >
> > > (AP) showing that undercover NYPD officers in a "Demographics Unit"
> >
> > > targeted the Muslim communities with the assistance of individuals linked
> >
> > > to the CIA. NYPD officials are denying the Demographics Unit ever existed,
> >
> > > despite the publication of an NYPD presentation that described the mission
> >
> > > and makeup of the unit.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Independent sources, including Islamophobia Watch have reported that the
> >
> > > monitoring of mosques and the daily affairs of Muslims in the United States
> >
> > > has intensified since the 9/11 attacks; the CIA has been carrying out
> >
> > > underground intelligence operations to scrutinize the daily life of Muslims
> >
> > > within the country.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > According to Islamophobia Watch, the CIA has dispatched undercover officers
> >
> > > to public places such as bookstores, shops and cafes to keep an eye on the
> >
> > > daily affairs of Muslims. It has also used informants known as "mosque
> >
> > > crawlers" to monitor sermons delivered by Muslim Imams and take action when
> >
> > > necessary.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > While in western detention, Muslims are treated inequitably and unfairly.
> >
> > > Several reports have been published which detail how Muslim prisoners of
> >
> > > the United States and Europe have been subject to torture, mistreatment and
> >
> > > abuse. Babar Ahmad, a citizen of south west London, is one of several
> >
> > > Muslim detainees who are being held in European and American jails without
> >
> > > being charged in a court hearing.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Ahmad was arrested on August 5, 2004 on charges of providing materials to a
> >
> > > website which supports Chechen and Taliban insurgents. Since then, he has
> >
> > > spent seven years in prison without trial.
> >
> > >
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> > > Since his detainment, Ahmad has been subjected to torture and humiliation
> >
> > > by the UK police. Scotland Yard officers have beaten him, stomped on his
> >
> > > bare feet with boots, sexually abused him, mocked his Islamic faith by
> >
> > > placing him into a Muslim prayer position and taunting, "Where is your God
> >
> > > now?!" and applied life-threatening neck holds to him.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Muslims in the West are deterred from wearing clothing expressive of their
> >
> > > faith, another representation of Islamophobic and xenophobic sentiments. A
> >
> > > law in Belgium can fine and imprison for up to seven days a woman wearing
> >
> > > burqa or niqab, a fabric covering for the lower face. In France, since
> >
> > > April anyone wearing niqab or burqa in public is subject to fines of 150
> >
> > > euros and "citizenship training." Moreover, an Italian parliamentary
> >
> > > committee has drafted a law which bans women from wearing items that cover
> >
> > > their faces in public.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Overall, what is clear is that Muslims in the West are treated as
> >
> > > second-rate citizens; their social rights and freedom seem to be
> >
> > > confiscated. Western mainstream media regularly associates terrorism with
> >
> > > Islam and attributes terrorist activities to Muslims. The European
> >
> > > governments overtly express their disdain for Islam and the Muslims,
> >
> > > allowing the enactment of laws which limit and restrain social liberties of
> >
> > > Muslims.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Islamophobia is a modern crusade against Muslims by societies which boast
> >
> > > of being liberal and democratic, but in practice are xenophobic and
> >
> > > intolerant. How can a truer image of Islam and Muslims be demonstrated to
> >
> > > the West?
> >
> > >
> >
> > > http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=31821
> >
> > >
> >
>





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