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To Saneeya Hussain (August 13, 1954-April 20, 2005)

Beena Sarwar May 1, 2005

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#17 Posted by temporal on May 3, 2005 2:59:43 pm
#16:

i understand why it is impossible for you to utter these words:)

I am against the loss of a single life be it at the hands of an individual, institution or state
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#18 Posted by cayenne on May 4, 2005 3:13:14 am
Dear `temporal` sir/madam,
I prefer to think that you are a decent human being, of compassion and understanding, who would condemn in no uncertain terms the killing of three of your fellow citizens ,`cause of their faith, by your brethren in cold blood, in no uncertain terms.Also, an admission that minorities be they of a faith, or a particluar sect are in danger of their lives every day, as we speak, in your country and that you would defer pointing a finger at other nations and societies, grappling with simliar issues of race and religion.In other words, i am asking you to be a decent human being and show compassion and understanding towards all, regardless of race, religion or national origin.If you would be an example, even on this site, many of your countrymen would defer vicious attacks against India, when they are yet to put their own house in order. Or, even against America, where similar issues exist.

Sincerely,

cayenne
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#19 Posted by temporal on May 4, 2005 6:46:38 am
cayenne:

i think i understand your concern now...personally i think it is a very clear statement but just for you i have added `anywhere in the world` would you reaffirm it now?

I am against the loss of a single life be it at the hands of an individual, institution or state anywhere in the world
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#20 Posted by cayenne on May 4, 2005 12:24:09 pm
Re: # 19

How many christians were you complicit in ``killing `` today in pakistan, by your unwillingness to accept that you are a nation of christian killers?.The christian holocaust is happening as we speak in your country.Do you care?
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#21 Posted by Dalit on May 4, 2005 2:38:19 pm


Cayenne’s world!

http://www.cbn.com/700club/Guests/Bios/Joseph_DSouza042205.asp
Since 1998, persecution against Christians in India has escalated. Churches have been burned, pastors are beaten, and nuns and women of the church are raped. In recent years, this specific persecution has increased even more. Church properties in one Indian state were taken over and the graves of the deceased were dug up and desecrated. Images on the Dalit Freedom Network’s promotional CD show men whose heads lay open from severe beatings and women who weep at the death of loved ones.
Newspaper articles tell of young Dalit men fishing in a pond used by higher caste members were rushed by an angry mob. Mob members captured the young men and beat them. When the father of one of the angry attackers learned that the young men were being held, he and other adults confronted them. The older men urinated into the boys’ shoes and forced them to drink. A woman was raped because she was a Dalit. Even though the crime was acknowledged, no effort was made to find her attacker because she was just a Dalit.

The Dalits in Tamilnadu and across India have been angered by the growth of the inhuman atrocities against them. The lynching of the five Dalits in Haryana(that led to conversions to Christianity, Buddhism and Islam in Haryana), the forcing of Dalits to eat human excrement in Tamilnadu and the statements of the Kanchipuram Shankaracharya that the Dalits should learn to live in the ``state`` (caste) they were born




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