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RealityCheck has a series of posts on the Presidential election which are worth a read:
Raja said why are you only thinking of men.. the selection process
Last day to replace candidate !
PM rushes to Pratibha Patils defence and finally: Presidential spin attempts
I will try and collate excerpts at some point. Thanks RC.
…aka “jaisi karni vaise bharni“.
Did anyone else realise the rich irony of “Jihad in Islamabad”?
The BBC reports that ”Radical Islamist students have shot dead a Pakistani soldier in clashes outside a rebellious mosque in the capital, Islamabad…”
From the report:
“…Armed students and clerics at the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) have openly defied the authorities for months in their campaign for Islamic Sharia law.
…BBC’s Syed Shoaib Hasan …says regular police and paramilitary units ringing the mosque compound have now been replaced by what appear to be special forces. Ambulances and journalists have been …
Came across this news story yesterday: Nepal Muslims demand seats in national election
Excerpts:
“…A leading Muslim group in Nepal said on Saturday it would organise street protests if the government does not meet its demand to set aside seats for its community in November elections.
…Mohammed Nizamuddin, president of the Muslim group Awam Sahara Nepal, said “If the government does not address our demand we’ll be forced to come to the street and protest for it”…
…The election, the first national vote in more than eight years, will cap a peace process with …
Some of you may have come across this email/ read this article “Terror Unbound: 14 years old Hindu child burnt alive” (- thanks to A Thapar for forwarding it to me).
I am attempting to ascertain its veracity.
All I have at the moment is the information on HinduJagruti site and link to the Statesman’s report on the incident – unfortunately in Bengali (Can someone who knows Bengali please read and confirm whether its the same story).
There is a also a YouTube video on the site with Samrat’s interview.
Has anyone come across other links …
Last week, Bismillah, a 40-yr old woman in Nuh, Mewat gave birth to her 23rd child.
The father, 50-yr old Mohammad Ishaq, neither remembers the names of his 23 kids nor recognises all of them…and yet, is “all set to welcome his 24th child next year”
Speaking to MiD DAY*, a happy and delighted father, Mohammad Ishaq said:
Yeh toh sab Allah ki den hai, agar hamara chaubiswa baccha agle sal hua toh woh bhi hum Allah ki den samjhenge. (All this is Allahs gift. If we get a 24th child next year, …
