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http://bmxgoa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Vivek, While hiding behind the 'goan_voice' label, you seem to be trying to discredit the Nandita Haksar report, and the ugly truth it brought to the surface about communalism in today's Goa. I take my hat off to Nandita for the work she and her team has done on this. On 28/07/06, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will start by giving you one example so that we can > deal with issue and discuss it further if you so > choose to. What is "one example"? Are you trying to discredit the entire report by pointing to just one issue? The question you need to reply is: are the findings of the report overall valid or not? Or, do you support the kind of communalism we have been seeing from all sides grow in Goa? > Of course you have the option of calling me "saffron" > "sangh parivar stooge" or "fascist" and end the matter > right here. Nobody has said that. Why do you have these subconscious fears? > The report mentioned a grenade attack on a mosque in > priol. was there ever such an attack? to the best of > my knowledge the incident involved a firecracker set > off or some thing to that effect and was in no way > connected to any communal conspiracy or mobilization > as insinuated by the report. Please see my note below. The way in which Goan society is trying to delegitimise the religious places of one community (i.e. Muslims) is frightening. And what is more, this is happening in the midst of a major temple building spree in HIndu Goa, and a demolish-and-rebuild Church-building drive among Catholic Goa. To me, it seems just patently unfair. This is not about *one* case. It is about a repeated trend. So who are these guys stoking up religious infighting in the name of 'illegal structures'? > This is my understanding of the incident. If you can > furnish some more evidence and correct my statement I > would willingly and unequivocally apologise to you on > this forum. > As far as my name goes, i want that information > withheld for certain reasons. Very interesting! FN LUIZINHO FLAYS BID TO BURN MOSQUE: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Luizinho Faleiro expressed shock over the attempt to burn the mosque at Mardol on December 13. (GT) DEC 14, 2004. http://www.goacom.org/news/getStory.php?ID=1316 PROTECTED MONUMENTS: Ten more ancient and historical sites in the State have been brought under the protective shield of the Goa, Daman and Diu Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1978 with effect from October 16, 2003. These include the Fort of Reis Magos at Verem, the Fortress of Khorjuve at Aldona, the Cave of Sidhanath at Surla, the Mosque and Tank at Tar Surla, the British Cemetery at Dona Paula, the Fortress of St Estevam, the Fort at Marmagoa, the site of Kaivailya Math at Consua-Cortalim, the Cave at Shigao-Sanguem and the site of Narayandev at Vichundra in Sanguem. (H) OCT 19, 2003 http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-news/2003-October/000352.html Maulana directed not to hold demonstrations in front of masjid VASCO: Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mormugao, Levinson Martins, in an order passed on March 16 directed the Maulana of Madina Masjid, Vasco, and the managing committee not to hold any demonstration in front of the mosque or take any rally in and around Vasco city or cause any breach of peace. (GT) MARCH 17, 2006 http://www.goacom.com/joel/news/2006mar/17mar06.htm 'Demolish all illegal religious structures in Mormugao' The Murgao Samaj Seva Samiti of Vasco has demanded that all illegal religious structures - be it a mosque, temple or church - in Mormugao taluka be demolished by the concerned authorities and that there should not be interference from any quarters. The Samiti has also requested the Hindus, Christians and Muslims to support the authorities in this task. (WE-GT) MARCH 19, 2006 http://www.goacom.com/joel/news/2006mar/19mar06.htm Desecration of mosque at Housing Board, Mapusa, flayed. According to the Mufeedul Muslameen Youth Organisation, antisocial elements had demolished the compound wall, important parts of the mosque and burnt the mats used to perform namaz. (H) OCT 11, 2005 http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian.goa/browse_frm/thread/591bb7fa58617803/768233be15bb61f7?lnk=st&q=mosque+Goa+Noronha&rnum=7#768233be15bb61f7 Curti village council discusses the masjid (Muslim prayer centre) issue. Gova Doot. Dec 6, 2005. http://tinyurl.com/ngp57 Tempers ran high at Curti-Khandepar on Friday, when residents held a demonstration to demand the demolition of a masjid project under construction at Curti (H) Oct 15-16, 2005 http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian.goa/browse_frm/thread/23b6ae92d081597b/98ea19ecb5edb168?lnk=st&q=Curti+Mosque+Goa&rnum=2#98ea19ecb5edb168 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 4000+ copylefted photos to share from Goa http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org