by the by, sanjeev, why do u think that all the "anti-social" elements will have a membersship in greenyouth? (....hahaha..)..
in fact this Katju is that katju who wrote series of artcles in The Hindu elaboratig the greatness of caste system! great secularist indeed!! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:22 PM, S sanjeev <[email protected]> wrote: > *is this katju guy a member of greenyouth?* > *remember, the debate here sometime ago that bearded guys are anti-social > elements who live in utopia:-) > * > --- On *Tue, 31/3/09, ranju radha <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: ranju radha <[email protected]> > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Slums of India.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 31 March, 2009, 10:24 AM > > *in fact, even indian judiciary wont let you claim that status.* > *see justice KAtju's brahimnical secular stand that stereotypes 'muslim'* > *pathetic!* > ** > ** > ** > ** > *http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/31/stories/2009033159561000.htm* > ** > ** > ** > *Secularism cannot be overstretched: Justice Katju * > ** > ** > ** > ** > ** > ** > ** > New Delhi: Rejecting the plea of a Muslim student that he should be > permitted to sport beard in his convent school, the Supreme Court on Monday > observed that secularism could not be overstretched and “Talibanisation” of > the country could not be permitted. > “We don’t want to have Talibans in the country. Tomorrow a girl student may > come and say that she wants to wear a burqa. Can we allow it,” asked Justice > Markandey Katju, speaking for a Bench headed by Justice Raveendran. > Asserting that he was a secularist to the core, Justice Katju, however, said > religious beliefs could not be overstretched. “I am secularist. We should > strike a balance between rights and personal beliefs. We cannot overstretch > secularism.” > Plea dismissed > Justice Katju made these observations while dismissing the petition by > Mohammad Salim of the Nirmala Convent Higher Secondary School, a > government-recognised minority institution in Madhya Pradesh, for quashing > its regulation requiring students to be clean shaven. Challenging a Madhya > Pradesh High Court verdict that earlier dismissed his plea, Salim said every > citizen was entitled to follow his religious principles and no one should > restrain him from doing so in a secular country. > Salim’s counsel Justice (retired) B.A. Khan argued that sporting a beard > was an indispensable part of Islam. > “But you [Justice Khan] don’t sport a beard,” Justice Katju told counsel. > The court then said a minority institution had its own set of rules and > rights provided by Article 30 of the Constitution and the same could not be > breached by any person. “If there are rules you have to obey. You can’t say > that I will not wear a uniform I will [wear] only a burqa,” the Bench > observed. > The court said if the student was not interested in following the rules he > would have the option of joining some other institution. “But you can’t ask > the school to change the rules for you.” — PTI > > > > > -- " The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings." - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
