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4M Report - 30 Aug 2006

aug 30th, 2006

the latest from the keen observers at SABHA

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SABHA - 4M Report Arvind Kumar, 30 Aug 2006

Your regular dose of pseudosecularism

  1. SABHA-Harvard joint program

    Next year, Harvard University will offer "half" a course covering recent activities of Hindus. The course will be offered by Parimal Patil and Michael Witzel. At SABHA, we decided to help out Harvard and design the course in accordance with the level of scholarship of Harvard's faculty, thus making it a SABHA-Harvard joint effort!

    Course Contents: Introduction to Bible (chapters 8-11 of Genesis), the story of Noah and how Indians are descendents of Noah's son Japheth, advanced techniques proving that the language of the Tower of Babel as described in the Bible is the Aryan language, discovering the original home of Aryans near Mount Ararat (second home of Noah), William Jones's belief that Hindus descended from Japheth, the genius of Max Muller.

    The last 8 lectures will deal with advanced topics: Recent advances in mathematics - Steve Farmer's new discovery that all numbers are derived from 1 not through repeated addition but through repeated multiplication with itself, science as a Hindu conspiracy, Madhav Deshpande's violation of basic laws of physics, International geopolitical conspiracy suppressing the real reason for India-Pakistan wars (experts supporting Communists in California have revealed that the contents of textbooks are the real reason for wars).

    The course will conclude with an expedition to Armenia in a quest to determine the real home of Aryans. The methodology used will be to study the Bible and determine the truth.

  2. Shekhar Gupta: Hindus carried out terrorist bombings!

    Writing in Newsweek, Shekhar Gupta, the editor of Indian Express stated:
    On the other side, in April Hindu fanatics bombed the Jama Masjid, the stately 17th-century mosque in old Delhi that is an abiding symbol of Islam in the Subcontinent.
    At SABHA, we condemn Hindus for carrying out terrorist bombings while we note that Islam is the real Religion of Peace. Hindus have even terrorized Newsweek into retracting this claim.
  3. Our religion says to fight for jihad

    From an interview with retired Lieutenant General Muhammad Nasir Akhtar of Pakistan's army.
    We are practicing Muslims. Our army is the most modern army. But we are Muslims and our religion says to fight for jihad.

    All over the world the armies fight with religion in their minds. Christians do. Yes, we are a Muslim army. There is no denying that fact. It has always been Islamised.
    . . .
    When Pakistanis fight they fight for Pakistan and also for Islam. Our religion says to fight for jihad.
    . . .
    Jihad is one of the important factors when you fight. It is a greater motivation.

  4. Jihad to remain in school books in Pakistan

    . . . the Pakistan government has said the concept of jihad would not be deleted from the new school curriculum as it is an integral part of Islamic teachings.

    Stating this, Pakistan Education Minister Asharaf Qazi pointed out that "jihad has many dimensions which also includes self-negation. We will teach students the full concept of jihad".

    An independent study by SABHA found that Pakistani children are just like children around the world. Expressing his dreams, a six-year old Pakistani boy said, "When I grows up, I wants to be an airline pilot."
  5. San Francisco Chronicle: 100 - 35 -12 -2 -2 = 82!

    According to mathematical calculations performed by 'experts' at The San Francisco Chronicle, 100 -35 - 12 -2 -2 = 82!

    In an article arguing that tribals and 'Dalits' were not Hindus, the paper gave 35 percent as the percentage share of these groups in India's population.

    Tribals and Dalits make up about 35 percent of India's 1 billion inhabitants. Traditionally, they have joined India's Muslims, who represent just 12 percent of the population
    If you add 2 percent Sikhs and 2 percent Christians to this number, that leaves you with roughly the number of Hindus. What is this number? San Francisco Chronicle provides the answer in the same article.
    "If Hindus do not unite, we will soon become a minority in our own country," said Chauhan. Though census figures do not support his argument -- India's Hindu population has held steady for decades at about 82 percent . . .

  6. Sitaram Yechury promises violent Revolution

    Sitaram Yechury of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) clarified his party's position.
    By developing a powerful mass revolutionary movement, by combining parliamentary and extra-parliamentary struggle, the working class and its allies will try their utmost to overcome the resistance of the forces of reaction and to bring about these transformations through peaceful means. However, it needs always to be borne in mind that the ruling classes never relinquish their power voluntarily. They seek to defy the will of the people and seek to reverse it by lawlessness and violence. It is, therefore, necessary for the revolutionary forces to be vigilant and so orient their work that they can face up to all contingencies, to any twist and turn in the political life of the country.

  7. BBC expresses concerns on opposition to Maoists

    The Indian government is experimenting with new ways of fighting back against Maoist fighters, who now operate in almost half of the country's 28 states. In the past year, the Chhattisgarh state government has introduced new anti-terrorism training for the police - and is backing a civil militia called Salwa Judum.
    . . .
    There are clear concerns about this arming of civilians and the lack of accountability of this new civil militia.


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