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Amlan Saha Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy / Harvard Law School 160 Packard Ave, Medford, MA 02155 Tel: +1 857 928 6824 -------- Original Message -------- From: umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ASSAMNET <[email protected]> Subject: Re:[Assam] Of Temple Terror - Sentinel letter - ritual killings of animals Date: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:20:07 PM > Let me tell you about the grapewine about Muslims who are engaged in > butchery business and eat meat in North India -- vis a vis vegetarian , > non violent Hindus etc. > > It is believed by many that these Muslims are always ready to fight > because of two things - or three . One is that they have a festival of > Muharram -- where they inflict pain upon themselves - making themselves > impervious to pain . Second, they eat meat and kill the animal slowly by > bleeding it to death -- so are not afraid to see blood (whereas a Hindu > would faint upon seeing blood spilt) . Third they are adept as using > knives of various kinds (to butcher these animals - in their shops or > during Bakr-Eid fest etc) and thus do not flinch while using it. > > In riots - they say that Hindus attack by setting things on fire - given > their penchent to fireworks etc --during Diwali and burning of Holika on > Holi etc and lamps for worship etc. > > On the other hand muslims attack with the sword. > > Noone has done a study about it - but just what I heard. > > Any info about other faiths and any coments? > > Umesh > > */Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > "The brutal animal sacrifices that are so shamelessly resorted to in > the Kamakhya temple tarnishes the fair name of Hinduism." - Prakash > Gogoi > > I agree. The sadder part is that such a practice is considered > 'normal' in the 21st century Assam (and other parts of India). > ** > *Of Temple Terror* > The recent controversies of varied hues at the Kamakhya Temple is a > clear manifestation of the rot that has afflicted our religious > institutions. Visitors to the holy shrine of Kamakhya seldom come > back with happy memories. No visitor can claim to have escaped the > tricks of the peddlers of faith — the pandas; sort of terror! Far > from preaching religiosity, these pandas are a personification of > greed and ugliness. Blinded by lust for money, they have utter > disregard for decency and decorum. Fleecing money from unsuspecting > visitors is topmost on their agenda, and they do not hesitate to do > it by any or every means. Sadly, this is how it has been for > decades, and this is how it will continue to be if the society > remains silent. > How long will the society remain silent? These pandas seem to have > become a burden to the society. In the name of religion, they are > blatantly patronizing all kinds of shady and nefarious activities. > The brutal animal sacrifices that are so shamelessly resorted to in > the Kamakhya temple tarnishes the fair name of Hinduism. By reducing > the Goddess into a blood-thirsty deity, they have reduced Hinduism > into a primitive faith not worth practising. The brutality of the > animal sacrifice has no doubt killed the finer sensibilities of the > ones who patronize it. Having stained their hands, they no longer > remain human. The crucial question is: why is the society still > silent? Is it because it is not that easy to fight this sort of a > mafia? The economics of these sacrifices entails huge profits, which > is shared by the members of the panda club. Their power is such that > even the law-enforcing agencies prefer to remain silent, lest the > 'religious' sensibilities should be offended. Are perverted > religious sensibilities above morality? > It does not need much common sense to understand why the BSF jawans > reacted the way they did some time back. Why should they or anybody > else put up with the heckling of these pandas who are no more > religious entities? It is perfectly within the rights of any citizen > to act in self-defence. Day in and day out, visitors to this holy > shrine suffer at the hands of the ruthless pandas. Enough is enough. > It is time the Kamakhya shrine was liberated from the clutches of > these people. The administration of the temple ought to be given to > a trust, much on lines of the Vaishnav Devi Temple Trust. > Accountability and transparency ought to be the hallmark of the > trust. People have the right to know what happens to their money and > how well the holy shrine is kept. > It is everybody's responsibility to restore the glory of Goddess > Kamakhya. A place made infamous for the barbaric practice of animal > sacrifices cannot be the abode of the ever-loving mother Goddess. No > Goddess would ever thirst for the blood of her own creation. People > who indulge in such killings have no respect for life and ought to > be treated with contempt. > Prakash Gogoi, > JP Nagar, Dibrugarh. > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > Umesh Sharma > 5121 Lackawanna ST > College Park, MD 20740 > > 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] > > Ed.M. - International Education Policy > Harvard Graduate School of Education, > Harvard University, > Class of 2005 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new > *Yahoo! 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