Comments on: The Increasing Talibanization of South India http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/04/12/talibanization-south-india/ Dedicated to "Bharat" and "Dharma" Thu, 24 May 2012 05:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/04/12/talibanization-south-india/comment-page-1/#comment-408202 B Shantanu Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:36:17 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=2064#comment-408202 Excerpts from <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/politics/keralas-new-islamic-powerhouse-292326.html" rel="nofollow">Kerala’s new Islamic powerhouse by Binoo K John Apr 29, 2012</a>: <i> ..Travelling from one religious gathering to another, it will not be wrong to say that the chief minister, facing another byelection next month, spends more time with mullahs, priests and certain swamijis, as if to pretend that the communal tension in the state is not rising alarmingly. ... Kantapuram has a huge office complex near Kozhikode (Calicut) where his organisation has brought in about 200 orphans from Kashmir to educate them a few years back. His intentions may be noble but his preaching of a slightly unclear humanist politics and moral values may hide certain other texts. For instance he follows the generally anti-women line and a few years back defended the Muslims right to marry more than once, going to the extent of saying that it is acceptable practice because a man has the right to have sex even when his wife is not in a position to have sex. His gatherings are attended only by men and clearly in a state where Muslim women are empowered, mostly independent and work in government and private jobs, his attempt may be to reign them in at some stage in line with ultra-Islamic practises. ... The Muslims and Christians cannot really be called minority communities in Kerala because of their affluence and influence in politics and governance. Higher Education and medical services in the state are dominated by these two communities.</i> Excerpts from Kerala’s new Islamic powerhouse
by Binoo K John Apr 29, 2012:

..Travelling from one religious gathering to another, it will not be wrong to say that the chief minister, facing another byelection next month, spends more time with mullahs, priests and certain swamijis, as if to pretend that the communal tension in the state is not rising alarmingly.
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Kantapuram has a huge office complex near Kozhikode (Calicut) where his organisation has brought in about 200 orphans from Kashmir to educate them a few years back. His intentions may be noble but his preaching of a slightly unclear humanist politics and moral values may hide certain other texts. For instance he follows the generally anti-women line and a few years back defended the Muslims right to marry more than once, going to the extent of saying that it is acceptable practice because a man has the right to have sex even when his wife is not in a position to have sex. His gatherings are attended only by men and clearly in a state where Muslim women are empowered, mostly independent and work in government and private jobs, his attempt may be to reign them in at some stage in line with ultra-Islamic practises.
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The Muslims and Christians cannot really be called minority communities in Kerala because of their affluence and influence in politics and governance. Higher Education and medical services in the state are dominated by these two communities.

]]> By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/04/12/talibanization-south-india/comment-page-1/#comment-361671 B Shantanu Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:39:06 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=2064#comment-361671 Long but worth a read: http://expressbuzz.com/magazine/fundamental-fright/368492.html Long but worth a read: http://expressbuzz.com/magazine/fundamental-fright/368492.html

]]> By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/04/12/talibanization-south-india/comment-page-1/#comment-277718 B Shantanu Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:11:45 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=2064#comment-277718 Just stumbled on this video: Tracing the roots of radicalism in Kerala. Worrying. Very worrying... http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/148747/tracing-the-roots-of-radicalism-in-kerala.html Just stumbled on this video: Tracing the roots of radicalism in Kerala. Worrying. Very worrying…
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/148747/tracing-the-roots-of-radicalism-in-kerala.html

]]> By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/04/12/talibanization-south-india/comment-page-1/#comment-109520 B Shantanu Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:38:47 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=2064#comment-109520 Posting this here for the record, a Tehelka report on PFI in Kerala: <a href="http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Coverstory.asp" rel="nofollow">Here Come the Pious</a> Posting this here for the record, a Tehelka report on PFI in Kerala:

Here Come the Pious

]]> By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/04/12/talibanization-south-india/comment-page-1/#comment-107153 B Shantanu Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:00:53 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=2064#comment-107153 Where is Ms Shabana Azmi, Ms Arundhati Roy, Ms Teesta Setalwad, the star anchors on various channels, Natl Women's Commission etc etc? I worry for "God's own country": <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/she-needs-better-protection-against-keralas-taliban-55267" rel="nofollow">She needs better protection against Kerala's Taliban</a>. Also reminded me of this article by Kanchan Gupta titled, <a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/274610/Kerala%E2%80%99s-slide-into-radical-Islamism.html" rel="nofollow">"Kerala's slide into radical Islamism"</a> from which these concluding lines: <em>"It is ...a laughable sight to watch Malayalees trying to navigate crowded streets in Kochi wearing white Arab gelabayas, the loose kaftan like dress that along with the kafeyah — or ‘Arab rumal’ — has become a symbol of trans-national radical Islam, their ‘Arab Pardha’ clad wives and daughters in tow. But it is not a laughable matter. Increasingly, we are witnessing a shifting of loyalties from Malabar to Manipur. Faith in India is being transplanted by belief in Arabia. This should alarm those who believe in the Indian nation as a secular entity."</em> Where is Ms Shabana Azmi, Ms Arundhati Roy, Ms Teesta Setalwad, the star anchors on various channels, Natl Women’s Commission etc etc?
I worry for “God’s own country”: She needs better protection against Kerala’s Taliban.

Also reminded me of this article by Kanchan Gupta titled, “Kerala’s slide into radical Islamism” from which these concluding lines:
“It is …a laughable sight to watch Malayalees trying to navigate crowded streets in Kochi wearing white Arab gelabayas, the loose kaftan like dress that along with the kafeyah — or ‘Arab rumal’ — has become a symbol of trans-national radical Islam, their ‘Arab Pardha’ clad wives and daughters in tow. But it is not a laughable matter.

Increasingly, we are witnessing a shifting of loyalties from Malabar to Manipur. Faith in India is being transplanted by belief in Arabia. This should alarm those who believe in the Indian nation as a secular entity.”

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