Citizens for Justice and Peace
Killing people for eating beef is heinous crime: Taslima Nasreen
14-Feb-2016
Feb 14, 2016 | • PTI | • Thiruvananthapuram India as a country is not intolerant as India has Constitution and laws, which do not support intolerance, says Nasreen. Thiruvananthapuram: Renowned Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen feels killing people for eating beef is not intolerance but a ‘heinous crime’ and it should be stopped. “It is…
Angry Hindu activists stone RSS office over Bhojshala namaz
14-Feb-2016
TNN | Feb 14, 2016, 01.11 PM IST Indore: Hindu activists on Saturday pelted stones at RSS office at Trimurti Nagar of Dhar, in a protest against what they alleged was ‘a sellout of Bhojshala on Friday’. They accused the sangh leaders of facilitating the secret namaz at Bhojshala rooftop during Basant Panchami celebrations. Stray…
Angry Hindu activists stone RSS office over Bhojshala namaz
14-Feb-2016
TNN | Feb 14, 2016, 01.11 PM IST Indore: Hindu activists on Saturday pelted stones at RSS office at Trimurti Nagar of Dhar, in a protest against what they alleged was ‘a sellout of Bhojshala on Friday’. They accused the sangh leaders of facilitating the secret namaz at Bhojshala rooftop during Basant Panchami celebrations. Stray…
Tension in Dhar blows over as Hindus, Muslims offer prayers
13-Feb-2016
• 13 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Punya Priya Mitra and Ritesh Mishra letters@hindustantimes.com DHAR: A face-off between rightwing Hindu groups and the administration i n Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar blew over after Muslims offered Friday namaaz under heavy security cover at a disputed shrine claimed by both communities. Communal t ension had been…
Bhojshala on Basant Panchami: Finally, both puja, namaz offered
13-Feb-2016
Some Muslims ‘smuggled in’ for brief namaz at noon, Hindus let in after 1 pm Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 13, 2016 1:23 am It took nearly 200 policemen in white kurta-pyjama, approximately 25 Muslim men who no one except the administration saw offering the Friday namaz, and a breach of…
India tolerant even of intolerance: Amartya
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK “The problem is not that India is intolerant. It is far too tolerant even of intolerance,“ said Amartya Sen, delivering the Rajendra Mathur annual lecture organised by the Editors Guild. Speaking on the subject of “the centrality of the right to…
Where Anupam Kher Errs
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Pavan K Varma We cannot simply assume tolerance, to evade holding up present-day acts to scrutiny Anupam Kher is a fine actor, and a friend. We were co-panelists recently at the concluding debate of the Jaipur Literature Festival. The subject was, predictably , freedom of speech…
Madhya Pradesh: Hindu groups call for boycott of Basant Panchami puja inside Bhojshala
12-Feb-2016
Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 12, 2016 11:20 am Hindu organizations on Friday gave a call to boycott the Basant Panchami puja inside bhojshala to protest against the administration’s decision to allow namaz. Hindu devotees were asked to visit a yagna at a ‘havan kund’ outside the disputed shrine by Dharm…
Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque: Security up, locals fear trouble today
12-Feb-2016
There will be trouble leading to imposition of curfew. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Published:February 12, 2016 2:09 am “Curfew to lagna hi hai. Ek myan me do talwar nahi rah sakti,” says Jayant Pawar, standing precariously on a two-wheeler as he focuses on a wrestling match, played under the hot son on…
Hindu organisations to perform rituals outside Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque; security tightened
12-Feb-2016
Security has been tightened outside the controversial Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque in Dhar town of Madhya Pradesh on Friday. By India.com News Desk on February 12, 2016 at 10:16 AM har, MP, Feb 12: Security has been tightened outside the controversial Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque in Dhar town of Madhya Pradesh on Friday as Hindu outfits are…