Comments on: The “Secular” Lakshmana Rekha

By: JK

JK — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:16:23 +0000

Ranjith,

Thanks for all those links. Regarding the Ahmadiya issue, look at what happened to Zafrullah Khan, the man who argued the Pakistani position on Kashmir in UN.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2008/05/25/stories/2008052550090300.htm

By: Ranjith

Ranjith — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:51:31 +0000

YS Reddy not permitting Ahmediyya’s conference reminded me about this article i read in The Hindu some months ago:

http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/30/stories/2006113004621000.htm

Dr. Abdus Salam, nobel laureate and a Pakistani citizen was ill-treated in Pakistan just because he belonged to the Ahmediyya sect. Even a nobel laureate
is unwelcome if he is an Ahmediyya! Such is the discrimination shown against Ahmediyyas !

It appears that Andhra is becoming a pakistan. Same group attacked and hounded Taslima as well.

By: Ranjith

Ranjith — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:24:30 +0000

It is interesting to note how the priests and politicians responded to the nun issue and the Guruvayoor issue. In the nun issue, church went furious and wanted commission to withdraw its directive and apologize: see: http://howrah.org/india_news/17292.html On the other hand the Guruvayoor chief priest said: " I am not resistant to reform or to change; my point is, I am not empowered to bring about that change. That has to be done by law..... The moment such a law is passed, I will gladly obey it." see: http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jun/06inter1.htm Hindu organizations like RSS supported reforms like even women entering to Sabarimala: http://www.indianexpress.com/archive/date-2006-11-13.html http://www.indianexpress.com/archive/StoryN-16519-No-reason-to-ban-women-from-Sabarimala-RSS.html http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1996_6/msg00115.html "At that time we did not see sanctimonious lectures from the Congress Party on the need to stay away from religious beliefs" In fact congress leader and central minister Vayalar Ravi then said that the Guruvayoor issue is "Brahminical Arrogance"! http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jun/04inter1.htm Interestingly, on the nun issue, CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi vijayan said: "it’s a question of ones belief and CPIM has no particular opinion on the topic" http://www.keralaonline.com/keralaonline/news/news_inner.php?id=1338 http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/12/stories/2008061251921100.htm

By: T.R.Ramaswami

T.R.Ramaswami — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:46:21 +0000

Yes I agree with you. look how meekly the “secular” Indian government looked on as the only Hindu kingdom – Nepal- came to an end. Would it have kept quiet if it were a kingdom belonging to a minority religion? Way back in 1919 it was Mahatma Gandhi who gave the Indian Muslim an extra-territorial identity by unnecessarily providing support to the Khilafat movement, an issue which even Islamic countries did not bother about.