It needs to be seen how far there is truth in saying that PFI is behind the said threats against Rayana R Khasi . The allegation is very serious especially when many well intentioned vioces are being raised about arbitrarily calling te muslim organization PFI terrorist.
Also, please read here this message posted by Subhashini Ali, AIDWA. on this issue in the group ANN. Just for your information. The kerala govt and dsst admin are aware of the problem and the very brave girl is being given assistance etc. Please put out a strongly worded statement vs the PFI and its agenda. Unfortunately many NGOs and Human rts groups are giving statements everyday in its support Subhashini Ali, President AIDWA On Aug 28, 10:11 pm, Venugopalan K M <kmvenuan...@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kamayani <kama...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 8:27 PM > Subject: [ANN:3392] Statement issued by anhad - Young woman takes on > Kerala's 'Taliban' > To: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: shabnam hashmi <shabnamhas...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:30:57 +0530 > Subject: Re: Young woman takes on Kerala's 'Taliban' > To: kama...@gmail.com > Cc: sachin pandya <sachinan...@gmail.com>, waqarq...@gmail.com > > *Statement issued by ANHAD in Solidarity with Rayana R Khasi* > > ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy) stands in full solidarity with > Rayana R Khasi, from Kasaragod District, Kerala who has been lately > receiving life threatening calls from fundamentalist organization Popular > Front of India for not wearing Veil. We condemn in unequivocal voice all > such fanatic, anti-constitutional and anti women attempts of issuing > diktats. > > It is a matter of grave concern that communal and fundamentalist forces are > raising their heads in once a tolerant and progressive society of Kerala. > There has been categorical escalation of fundamentalist and identity-based > politics during the past two decades and unfortunately it has gone almost > unchallenged. The politics deeply rooted in communal-hate politics and > patriarchy must be countered strongly. > > Victimization of Rayana R. Khasi has been going on for the last one year, > yet no serious note was taken by the authorities to uphold her democratic > rights. We are sure Rayana is not the only girl receiving threats for not > following their diktats but she is one strong and vigilant individual who > decided to stand by what she believes in and not to let any fundamentalist > forces to take her freedom of expression lightly. Being a citizen of a > democratic country she has all the freedoms including what she wants to > wear, how she wants to live, what she believes in. > > ANHAD demands from Kerala government to provide her full security because > any harm to her would be considered as an assault on secular and egalitarian > ethos of Indian constitution. > > Anhad > > 23, Canning Lane, New Delhi-110001 > > Tel- 23070740/ 22 > > -- > Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal > +919820749204 > skype-lawyercumactivist > > "After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means > respecting all rights. You can’t respect one of them and violate the > others. When a society doesn’t respect the rights of its citizens, it > undermines peace and leads it back to war.” > -- Maria Julia Hernandez > > www.otherindia.orgwww.binayaksen.netwww.phm-india.orgwww.phmovement.orgwww.ifhhro.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ACTIVISM NEWS NETWORK" group. > To post to this group, send email to activism-news-netw...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > activism-news-network+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/activism-news-network?hl=en. > > -- > > You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot > build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you > will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a > whole. > -AMBEDKAR > > http://venukm.blogspot.com > > http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur > > http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
