ျမန္မာမြတ္စလင္မ်ား ယုံၾကည္ကုိးကြယ္ေသာ အစၥလာမ္သာသနာကုိ ရင့္ရင့္သီးသီး ပုံဖ်က္ ႏွိမ့္ခ်ေစာ္ကားေသာ ျမန္မာဘေလာဂ္မ်ား အမ်ားအျပား ေပၚေပါက္တည္ရွိေနျခင္းအတြက္ ျမန္မာမြတ္စလင္မ်ား စိတ္ဆင္းရဲျခင္းႀကီးစြာ ခံစားေနရသည္မွာ ကာလရွည္ၾကာျပီ ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
ယခုတဖန္ ျမန္မာျပည္သူအမ်ားစုႀကီးက ယုံၾကည္ကုိးကြယ္ေသာ ဗုဒၶသာသနာကုိ အေျခအျမစ္မဲ့၊ အေထာက္အထားမဲ့၊ ရုိင္းျပေစာ္ကားေသာ ျမန္မာဘေလာဂ္ ေပၚထြက္လာျပန္သျဖင့္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္မ်ား စိတ္လက္ မခ်မ္းမေျမ့ျဖစ္ကာ ေသာကေရာက္ေနရျပန္ပါသည္။
သူတစ္ပါး ယုံၾကည္ကုိးကြယ္ေသာ သာသနာတစ္ရပ္ကုိ ေလးစားရေကာင္းမွန္း မသိသူမ်ားသည္ မိမိ၏ သာသနာေတာ္ကုိလည္း မေလးစားသူမ်ားျဖစ္ပါ၏။ အျခားသာသနာကုိ ေစာ္ကားႏွိမ့္ခ်သူတတ္မ်ားသည္ မိမိသာသနာ၏ ဂုဏ္က်က္သေရကုိ ယုတ္ေလ်ာ့ ေစၾကသူမ်ားလည္း ျဖစ္ပါ၏။ ထုိသူမ်ားသည္ မိမိ၏ သာသနာကုိ အမွန္တကယ္ ယုံၾကည္ကုိးကြယ္သူမ်ား မွန္ပါက မိမိသာသနာက အျခားသာသနာမ်ားႏွင့္ လူသားမ်ားကုိ ေစာ္ကားႏွိမ့္ခ်ခြင့္ မျပဳသည့္ အဆုံးအမကုိ သိရွိထားရမည္ ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
အစၥလာမ္သာသနာကုိ ႏွိမ့္ခ်ေစာ္ကားေသာအခါ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္ ျမန္မာျပည္သူမ်ား စိတ္မခ်မ္းမေျမ့ ျဖစ္ၾကသကဲ့သုိ႔ ဗုဒၶသာသနာကုိ ႏွိမ့္ခ်ေစာ္ကားေသာအခါ အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၀င္ ျမန္မာျပည္သူမ်ား ထပ္တူ စိတ္မခ်မ္းေျမ့ ျဖစ္ရပါသည္။ အထူးသျဖင့္ စစ္အာဏာရွင္မ်ားက မိမိအၾကပ္အတည္းမွ ထြက္ေပါက္အျဖစ္ေသာ္၄င္း၊ မညီမညြတ္ေသာ ျပည္သူမ်ားကုိ ေသြးခဲြအုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ရသည္က ပုိမုိလြယ္ကူသျဖင့္၄င္း၊ လူမိ်ဳးေရး၊ ဘာသာေရး အဓိကရုံးမ်ားကုိ အစဥ္အဆက္ ဖန္တီးလႈံ႕ေဆာ္ခဲ့သည္မ်ားကုိ မေမ့ေလ်ာ့သင့္ၾကေစလုိပါသည္။
လူမ်ိဳးေရး၊ ဘာသာေရးဆုိင္ရာ ခဲြျခားဖိႏွိပ္မႈမ်ားျဖင့္ ဗမာအပါအ၀င္ တုိင္းရင္းသားမ်ားအၾကား မညီမညြတ္မႈကုိ ဖန္တီးကာ စစ္အာဏာရွင္ သက္ဆုိးရွည္ခဲ့သည္မွာလည္း ရာစုႏွစ္တစ္၀က္တုိင္ေတာ့မည္ ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ စစ္အာဏာရွင္စနစ္ေၾကာင့္ စစ္ဗုိလ္ခ်ဳပ္မ်ားသာ ခ်မ္းသာသြားျပီး၊ တစ္ႏုိင္ငံလုံး ဆင္းရဲဒုကၡေရာက္ၾကကာ ထိစပ္ေသာ အိမ္နီးခ်င္းႏုိင္ငံဟူသမွ်တြင္ က်ေနာ္တုိ႔၏ အမ်ိဳးေကာင္းသား၊ အမ်ိဳးေကာင္းသမီးမ်ားသည္ ကူလီ၊ အိမ္ေဖၚဘ၀ႏွင့္ မ်က္ႏွာငယ္ေနၾကရသည္။ အမ်ိဳးခ်စ္သူ၊ တုိင္းျပည္ခ်စ္သူမွန္လွ်င္ စစ္အာဏာရွင္စနစ္ သက္ဆုိးရွည္ေရးကုိ အေထာက္အကူ မျပဳသင့္ၾကပါ။
ထုိ႔ေၾကာင့္ စစ္အာဏာရွင္စနစ္၏ အဓိက ေရေသာက္ျမစ္တစ္ခုျဖစ္ေသာ လူမ်ိဳးေရး၊ ဘာသာေရး ပဋိပကၡမ်ားကုိ ဖန္တီးလႈံ႕ေဆာ္ေနသူမ်ားကုိ ဒီမုိကေရစီအင္အားစုမ်ားက ဘာသာေပါင္းစုံ၊ လူမ်ိဳးေပါင္းစုံ စုစည္းညီညြတ္မႈျဖင့္ ထိေရာက္စြာ ေဖၚထုတ္ဟန္႔တားၾကပါရန္ ျမန္မာမြတ္စလင္ အစည္းအရုံးႀကီးက ေလးနက္စြာ တုိက္တြန္းအပ္ပါသည္။
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Dubai မလာခင္ သိေစခ်င္သည္ (သို႕) Dubai မွ ျမန္မာ မ တစ္ေယာက္ အေၾကာင္း
၂၀၀၉ ခုနွစ္ ေဖဖ၀ါရီလ ၁၅ ရက္ေန႕ တြင္ ဒူဘိုင္း ျမိဳ႕ မွာ အလုပ္လာ လုပ္ေသာ
ျမန္မာ မိန္း ခေလးတစ္ေယာက္ ေပ်ာက္သြားပါသည္။ ဒူဘိုင္း ရဲမွ စံုစမ္း ရာ
သတင္း မရရိွဘဲ။ ၂၂ ၊ ၂ ၊ ၂၀၀၉ ရက္ ေန႕ တြင္ မထင္မွတ္ဘဲ ေဆာက္လုပ္ေရး
လုပ္သား တစ္ဦး မွ ၄င္း ၏ ရုပ္အေလာင္း အား ေတြ႕ရိွခဲ့ပါသည္။
အေသးစိတ္မွာ
၄င္း အမ်ိဳး သမီး ဒူဘိုင္း ကို ေရာက္သည္မွာ ၆ လ ခန္႕သာ ရိွပါေသးသည္။
ေလဆိပ္အတြင္း ရိွ ခရီး သည္မ်ား နားေန ခန္း တြင္ စားပြဲထိုး အလုပ္ ကို
လုပ္ ပါသည္။ ၄င္း အမ်ိဳး သမီး တြင္ ၆ ႏွစ္အရြယ္ သမီး တစ္ေယာက္ ရိွျပီး ၊
ျမန္မာနိုင္ ငံ တြင္ အဖိုး အဖြား မ်ား နွင့္ ေနပါသည္။ ၄င္း ၏ ခင္ပြန္း
သည္မွာ မေလး ရွားနိုင္ငံ တြင္ အလုပ္လုပ္လွ်က္ ရိွသည္ဟုသိ ရပါသည္။
ေသဆံုး သူ အမ်ိဳး သမီး သည္ အိႏၵိ ယ နိုင္ ငံ သား တစ္ေယာက္ နွင့္ ခ်စ္
ၾကိဳက္ ေနပါသည္။ ေပ်ာက္ ဆံုး မည့္ ညေန ၄ နာ ရီ ခန္႕ တြင္ ေနထိုင္ရာ
အေဆာင္မွ တစ္ဦးတည္း ထြက္ သြား ပါသည္။ အိႏၵိယ နိုင္ ငံ သား နွင့္ ေတြ႕
ဆံုရန္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
သို႕ေသာ္ အိမ္ျပန္ခ်ိန္တြင္ ျပန္ေရာက္မလာနိုင္ခဲ့ပါ။ ထို႕ေၾကာင့္ အတူေန
သူငယ္ခ်င္း မ်ား သည္ ကုမၸဏီရိွတာ၀န္ ရိွသူမ်ား ထံ သတင္း ပို႕ျခင္း ၊
တာ၀န္ရိွသူမ်ားမွ ဒူဘိုင္း ရဲအား အေၾကာင္း ၾကား ျခင္း အား တတ္အားသ၍
ေဆာင္ရြက္ၾကပါသည္။
သို႕ေသာ္ ဘာသတင္း အစအန မွ် မရခဲ့ပါ။
၄င္း နွင့္ ေနာက္ ဆံုး ေတြ႕ ဆံု သူအျဖစ္ ၄င္း ႏွင့္ ရည္ငံေနသူ အိႏၵိယ
နိုင္ငံသား အား ေမးျမန္း ရာ ၄င္း တို႕ ေတြ႕ ဆံုျပီး ေနာက္ အေဆာင္ အနီး
သို႕ျပန္ပို႕ခဲ့ေၾကာင္း ေျပာပါသည္။ ၄င္း ေျပာေသာ ေနရာနွင့္ အေဆာင္ သည္
လမ္း ေလွ်ာက္ျပန္လွ်င္ ၁၀ မိနစ္ ၊ ၁၅ မိနစ္ ခန္႕ ေလွ်ာက္ ရပါသည္။
ထို႕ေၾကာင့္ ၄င္း အခ်ိန္ အတြင္း ေပ်ာက္ ဆံုး သြား ျခင္း ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
၂၂ ၊ ၂ ၊ ၂၀၀၉ ေန႕တြင္ ေဆာက္လုပ္ေရးလုပ္သား တစ္ဦး မွ သူမ ၏ အေလာင္း ကို
ေတြ႕ ရိွျခင္း ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ အေလာင္း မွာ ၀တ္လစ္စလစ္ နွင့္ ပုတ္ပြေနပါသည္။
ေသဆံုးသူ အမ်ိဳး သမီး မွာ ငယ္ငယ္ ရြယ္ရြယ္ ျဖစ္ပါသည္ ။ အသား ျဖဴပါသည္ ။
အရပ္မွာ ၅ေပေက်ာ္ ေလာက္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
ကၽြန္ေတာ္ နွင့္ ေသဆံုးသူ အမ်ိုဳးသမီး သည္ ကုမၸ ဏီ တစ္ခုတည္း ၏
လက္ေအာက္တြင္အလုပ္ လုပ္ေနၾကေသာ္လည္း ဌာန မတူေသာ ေၾကာင့္ မေတြ႕ျဖစ္ၾကပါ။
၄င္း တို႕ ေရာက္ခါ စ အခ်ိန္ က ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ကိုယ္တိုင္ အားလံုး ကို
ကုမၸဏီမွာ အရင္ က ဒီလိုမ်ိဳး ဇာတ္လမ္း ေတြ ရိွခဲ့ဖူး ေၾကာင္း ၊
ထို႕ေၾကာင့္ အသြား အလာ အေနအထိုင္ ဆင္ျခင္ ၾကေစလိုေၾကာင္း ၊ အထူးသျဖင့္
နိုင္ငံျခား သား နွင့္ ဇာတ္လမ္း မရွဳပ္ၾကဖို႕ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ကိုယ္ တိုင္
သူတို႕ အားသတိေပး စကား ေျပာခဲ့ဖူးပါသည္။ ( picnic တစ္ခု စီစဥ္ေပးျပီး
အားလံုးလူ (၄၀ )ေက်ာ္ ကို သတိေပးစကား ေျပာခဲ့တာပါ )
အဘယ္ေၾကာင့္ ဆိုေသာ္ ကုမၸဏီ မွာ အလုပ္လုပ္ လွ်က္ ရိွေသာ ကပၸလီ မတစ္ ေယာက္
လည္း ထိုကဲ့သို မုဒိမ္း က်င့္ ခံ ရဖူးေသာ သာဓက ရိွေသာေၾကာင့္ ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
ကုမၸဏီမွ အျပန္ တရားမ၀င္ TAXI ငွား စီးျပီး ျပန္သြားရာ ၆ ရက္ေလာက္
မုဒိမ္း က်င့္ခံလိုက္ရေလသည္။သို႕ေသာ္ အသက္မေသပါ။
ယခုေျပာေနေသာ အေၾကာင္း အရာတို႕ မွာ ကၽြန္ေတာ္အလုပ္ လုပ္လွ်က္ရိွေသာ
ကုမၸဏီ မွ ၀န္ထမ္းမ်ား ၏ ဇတ္လမ္း မ်ား ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ၾကားယံုသား
ၾကားရေသာ ဇတ္လမ္း မ်ား မွာ ဒုႏွင့္ ေဒး။
ယခု ဒီစာကို ေရးရျခင္း အေၾကာင္း အရင္း မွာ ပုဂၢိဳလ္ေရး အရ ေစာ္ကား
လိုစိတ္ လံုး ၀ မရိွပါ။
ျမန္မာ ျပည္မွ ဒူဘိုင္း DUBAI သို႕ ေရာက္ရိွေနၾကေသာ ျမန္မာ နိုင္ငံသူ
၊နိုင္ငံသား မ်ား
ျမန္မာ ျပည္မွ ဒူဘိုင္း DUBAI သို႕ လာ လတၱံ႕ ျဖစ္ေသာ ျမန္မာနိုင္ငံသူ ၊
နိုင္ငံ သား မ်ား
မိမိတို႕နွင့္ ပတ္သတ္ေသာ သူငယ္ခ်င္း မိတ္ ေဆြမ်ား အား သတိေပး စကား
ေျပာၾကားလိုေသာ ျမန္မာနိုင္ငံသူ ၊ နိုင္ငံ သား မ်ား ၏ ကိုယ္စား ယခုစာကို
ေရးသား ရျခင္း ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ေရးေသာ စာ အတြက္ ကၽြန္ေတာ့္ တြင္ တာ၀န္ အျပည့္ ရိွပါသည္။
မေက်လည္ သည္မ်ား ရိွခဲ့ေသာ္ ေနစိုးနိုင္ nsnaing@gmail.com
သို႕ဆက္သြယ္နိုင္ပါသည္။
ဒူဘိုင္း သို႕ေရာက္ေနေသာ သူငယ္ခ်င္းမ်ား နွင့္ ဒူဘိုင္း ကို လာ အလုပ္လုပ္
လိုေသာ ျမန္မာနိုင္ငံသူ၊ သား မ်ား သိထား သင့္ သည္ ဟု သင္ ယံုၾကည္လွ်င္
ယခု စာ အား forward လုပ္ေပးပါရန္ ေမတၱာရပ္ခံအပ္ပါသည္။
ယေနထုတ္ သတင္း စာ Gulf News ပါသတင္း အား ဖတ္လိုလွ်င္
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10288679.html ကို
၀င္ေရာက္ ဖတ္ရွဴနိုင္ပါသည္။
ေလးစားစြာျဖင့္
ေနစိုးနိုင္
၂၃ ၊ ၂ ၊ ၂၀၀၉
--
Nay Soe Naing
ျမန္မာ မိန္း ခေလးတစ္ေယာက္ ေပ်ာက္သြားပါသည္။ ဒူဘိုင္း ရဲမွ စံုစမ္း ရာ
သတင္း မရရိွဘဲ။ ၂၂ ၊ ၂ ၊ ၂၀၀၉ ရက္ ေန႕ တြင္ မထင္မွတ္ဘဲ ေဆာက္လုပ္ေရး
လုပ္သား တစ္ဦး မွ ၄င္း ၏ ရုပ္အေလာင္း အား ေတြ႕ရိွခဲ့ပါသည္။
အေသးစိတ္မွာ
၄င္း အမ်ိဳး သမီး ဒူဘိုင္း ကို ေရာက္သည္မွာ ၆ လ ခန္႕သာ ရိွပါေသးသည္။
ေလဆိပ္အတြင္း ရိွ ခရီး သည္မ်ား နားေန ခန္း တြင္ စားပြဲထိုး အလုပ္ ကို
လုပ္ ပါသည္။ ၄င္း အမ်ိဳး သမီး တြင္ ၆ ႏွစ္အရြယ္ သမီး တစ္ေယာက္ ရိွျပီး ၊
ျမန္မာနိုင္ ငံ တြင္ အဖိုး အဖြား မ်ား နွင့္ ေနပါသည္။ ၄င္း ၏ ခင္ပြန္း
သည္မွာ မေလး ရွားနိုင္ငံ တြင္ အလုပ္လုပ္လွ်က္ ရိွသည္ဟုသိ ရပါသည္။
ေသဆံုး သူ အမ်ိဳး သမီး သည္ အိႏၵိ ယ နိုင္ ငံ သား တစ္ေယာက္ နွင့္ ခ်စ္
ၾကိဳက္ ေနပါသည္။ ေပ်ာက္ ဆံုး မည့္ ညေန ၄ နာ ရီ ခန္႕ တြင္ ေနထိုင္ရာ
အေဆာင္မွ တစ္ဦးတည္း ထြက္ သြား ပါသည္။ အိႏၵိယ နိုင္ ငံ သား နွင့္ ေတြ႕
ဆံုရန္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
သို႕ေသာ္ အိမ္ျပန္ခ်ိန္တြင္ ျပန္ေရာက္မလာနိုင္ခဲ့ပါ။ ထို႕ေၾကာင့္ အတူေန
သူငယ္ခ်င္း မ်ား သည္ ကုမၸဏီရိွတာ၀န္ ရိွသူမ်ား ထံ သတင္း ပို႕ျခင္း ၊
တာ၀န္ရိွသူမ်ားမွ ဒူဘိုင္း ရဲအား အေၾကာင္း ၾကား ျခင္း အား တတ္အားသ၍
ေဆာင္ရြက္ၾကပါသည္။
သို႕ေသာ္ ဘာသတင္း အစအန မွ် မရခဲ့ပါ။
၄င္း နွင့္ ေနာက္ ဆံုး ေတြ႕ ဆံု သူအျဖစ္ ၄င္း ႏွင့္ ရည္ငံေနသူ အိႏၵိယ
နိုင္ငံသား အား ေမးျမန္း ရာ ၄င္း တို႕ ေတြ႕ ဆံုျပီး ေနာက္ အေဆာင္ အနီး
သို႕ျပန္ပို႕ခဲ့ေၾကာင္း ေျပာပါသည္။ ၄င္း ေျပာေသာ ေနရာနွင့္ အေဆာင္ သည္
လမ္း ေလွ်ာက္ျပန္လွ်င္ ၁၀ မိနစ္ ၊ ၁၅ မိနစ္ ခန္႕ ေလွ်ာက္ ရပါသည္။
ထို႕ေၾကာင့္ ၄င္း အခ်ိန္ အတြင္း ေပ်ာက္ ဆံုး သြား ျခင္း ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
၂၂ ၊ ၂ ၊ ၂၀၀၉ ေန႕တြင္ ေဆာက္လုပ္ေရးလုပ္သား တစ္ဦး မွ သူမ ၏ အေလာင္း ကို
ေတြ႕ ရိွျခင္း ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ အေလာင္း မွာ ၀တ္လစ္စလစ္ နွင့္ ပုတ္ပြေနပါသည္။
ေသဆံုးသူ အမ်ိဳး သမီး မွာ ငယ္ငယ္ ရြယ္ရြယ္ ျဖစ္ပါသည္ ။ အသား ျဖဴပါသည္ ။
အရပ္မွာ ၅ေပေက်ာ္ ေလာက္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
ကၽြန္ေတာ္ နွင့္ ေသဆံုးသူ အမ်ိုဳးသမီး သည္ ကုမၸ ဏီ တစ္ခုတည္း ၏
လက္ေအာက္တြင္အလုပ္ လုပ္ေနၾကေသာ္လည္း ဌာန မတူေသာ ေၾကာင့္ မေတြ႕ျဖစ္ၾကပါ။
၄င္း တို႕ ေရာက္ခါ စ အခ်ိန္ က ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ကိုယ္တိုင္ အားလံုး ကို
ကုမၸဏီမွာ အရင္ က ဒီလိုမ်ိဳး ဇာတ္လမ္း ေတြ ရိွခဲ့ဖူး ေၾကာင္း ၊
ထို႕ေၾကာင့္ အသြား အလာ အေနအထိုင္ ဆင္ျခင္ ၾကေစလိုေၾကာင္း ၊ အထူးသျဖင့္
နိုင္ငံျခား သား နွင့္ ဇာတ္လမ္း မရွဳပ္ၾကဖို႕ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ကိုယ္ တိုင္
သူတို႕ အားသတိေပး စကား ေျပာခဲ့ဖူးပါသည္။ ( picnic တစ္ခု စီစဥ္ေပးျပီး
အားလံုးလူ (၄၀ )ေက်ာ္ ကို သတိေပးစကား ေျပာခဲ့တာပါ )
အဘယ္ေၾကာင့္ ဆိုေသာ္ ကုမၸဏီ မွာ အလုပ္လုပ္ လွ်က္ ရိွေသာ ကပၸလီ မတစ္ ေယာက္
လည္း ထိုကဲ့သို မုဒိမ္း က်င့္ ခံ ရဖူးေသာ သာဓက ရိွေသာေၾကာင့္ ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
ကုမၸဏီမွ အျပန္ တရားမ၀င္ TAXI ငွား စီးျပီး ျပန္သြားရာ ၆ ရက္ေလာက္
မုဒိမ္း က်င့္ခံလိုက္ရေလသည္။သို႕ေသာ္ အသက္မေသပါ။
ယခုေျပာေနေသာ အေၾကာင္း အရာတို႕ မွာ ကၽြန္ေတာ္အလုပ္ လုပ္လွ်က္ရိွေသာ
ကုမၸဏီ မွ ၀န္ထမ္းမ်ား ၏ ဇတ္လမ္း မ်ား ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ၾကားယံုသား
ၾကားရေသာ ဇတ္လမ္း မ်ား မွာ ဒုႏွင့္ ေဒး။
ယခု ဒီစာကို ေရးရျခင္း အေၾကာင္း အရင္း မွာ ပုဂၢိဳလ္ေရး အရ ေစာ္ကား
လိုစိတ္ လံုး ၀ မရိွပါ။
ျမန္မာ ျပည္မွ ဒူဘိုင္း DUBAI သို႕ ေရာက္ရိွေနၾကေသာ ျမန္မာ နိုင္ငံသူ
၊နိုင္ငံသား မ်ား
ျမန္မာ ျပည္မွ ဒူဘိုင္း DUBAI သို႕ လာ လတၱံ႕ ျဖစ္ေသာ ျမန္မာနိုင္ငံသူ ၊
နိုင္ငံ သား မ်ား
မိမိတို႕နွင့္ ပတ္သတ္ေသာ သူငယ္ခ်င္း မိတ္ ေဆြမ်ား အား သတိေပး စကား
ေျပာၾကားလိုေသာ ျမန္မာနိုင္ငံသူ ၊ နိုင္ငံ သား မ်ား ၏ ကိုယ္စား ယခုစာကို
ေရးသား ရျခင္း ျဖစ္ပါသည္။
ကၽြန္ေတာ္ ေရးေသာ စာ အတြက္ ကၽြန္ေတာ့္ တြင္ တာ၀န္ အျပည့္ ရိွပါသည္။
မေက်လည္ သည္မ်ား ရိွခဲ့ေသာ္ ေနစိုးနိုင္ nsnaing@gmail.com
သို႕ဆက္သြယ္နိုင္ပါသည္။
ဒူဘိုင္း သို႕ေရာက္ေနေသာ သူငယ္ခ်င္းမ်ား နွင့္ ဒူဘိုင္း ကို လာ အလုပ္လုပ္
လိုေသာ ျမန္မာနိုင္ငံသူ၊ သား မ်ား သိထား သင့္ သည္ ဟု သင္ ယံုၾကည္လွ်င္
ယခု စာ အား forward လုပ္ေပးပါရန္ ေမတၱာရပ္ခံအပ္ပါသည္။
ယေနထုတ္ သတင္း စာ Gulf News ပါသတင္း အား ဖတ္လိုလွ်င္
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10288679.html ကို
၀င္ေရာက္ ဖတ္ရွဴနိုင္ပါသည္။
ေလးစားစြာျဖင့္
ေနစိုးနိုင္
၂၃ ၊ ၂ ၊ ၂၀၀၉
--
Nay Soe Naing
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
တိုက္ဆိုင္မႈလို႔ပဲဆိုၾကအံုးမလား
စစ္အစိုးရလက္ေအာက္မွအႏွိပ္စက္ခံျမန္မာလူမ်ိဳးဘဝ
ဒီရက္ပိုင္းေတြမွာ ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာေလွစီးျပႆနာျဖစ္တဲ့ အခ်ိန္
ကမၻာ့သတင္းမီဒီယာမ်ားမွာ ထိပ္တန္းသတင္း အျဖစ္လူေတြစိတ္၀င္စားလာတဲ့ အခ်ိန္၊
အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၊ က်မ္းဂန္ ႏွင့္ ၎တို႕၏တမန္ေတာ္မ်ား အားေစာ္ကားထားေသာ အီးေမးမ်ား online တြင္က်ယ္က်ယ္ျပန္႔ျပန္႔ လႈပ္ရွားလာအခ်ိန္၊
ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာျပႆနာကို အေျခခံျပီး အစိုးရ ဘေလာက္ဟုယူစရေသာ ဘေလာက္မ်ားတြင္ ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာဆန္႔က်င္ေရးမွစျပီး အစၥလာမ္ဆန္႕က်င္ေရး အထိေရးသားလာျခင္း၊
အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၀င္မ်ားႏွင့္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္မ်ားအၾကား အထင္အျမင္လႊဲမွားေစေသာ ေဆာင္းပါးမ်ား ဆက္တိုက္ေဖာ္ျပလာျခင္း၊
ဤသည္တို ့သည္အားလံုးတိုက္ဆိုင္စြာ ျဖစ္ေပၚလာတာလား။
ရည္ရြယ္ခ်က္ရိွရိွ ခ်ိန္ကိုက္ျပီးလုပ္ေဆာင္ေနတာလား။
ဒီျပႆနာမျဖစ္ခင္ ျမန္မာအစိုးရနဲ႔ ဘဂၤလားေဒရွ္ တို႕ ေရပိုင္နက္ျပႆနာျဖစ္ပြားခဲ့တာ အခုထိမေျပလည္ေသးပါ။
အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၊ က်မ္းဂန္ ႏွင့္ ၎တို႕၏တမန္ေတာ္မ်ား ကိုေစာ္ကားထားေသာ အီးေမးမ်ား
ထိုေစာ္ကားသူ၏ ေနာက္ထပ္အီးေမးတေစာင္္ တို႔အျပင္
အစၥလာမ္ဆန္ ့က်င္ေရးေဖာ္ျပလာေသာ စစ္အစိုး ရ လိုလားသည့္ ဘေလာက္ေဆာင္းပါးမ်ားကိုေအာက္ပါ link မ်ားတြင္ ၾကည့္နိုင္ပါသည္
http://padaukmyay.blogspot.com/2009/01/ ... _9476.html
http://kyeesaytaman.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... _2055.html
http://kyeesaytaman.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... _7762.html
http://ywetwar.blogspot.com/ (သူက ဘာသာေ႐းေဆြးေနြးတဲ့ forum ေတြမွာ အစၥလာမ္အေႂကာင္းေဝဖန္ေရးသားၿပီး အစၥလာမ္ blog ခတ္မ်ားမ်ားမွာသူ့့ ့ blog address ေပးထားခဲ့ပါတယ္။ သူသည္ ႐ုရွႏိုင္ငံတြင္ပညာသင္ယူေနေသာ ျမန္မာ့တတ္မေတာ္မွေက်ာင္းသားတစ္ေယာက္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ )
(ျမန္မာျပည္တြင္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ ခရစ္ယာန္ မြတ္စလင္တုိ႔ဆုိသည္မွာ အနည္းနဲ႔အမ်ား ပတ္ၿပီး အမ်ိဳး ေတာ္ေနၿကတာေတြရွိပါတယ္။ မြတ္စလင္ေတြဟာ ေရွးျမန္မာဘုရင္ေတြလက္ထက္ ကတည္းက ျမန္မာျပည္မွာ ေနထုိင္လာခဲ့သည္၊ ဘုရင္ေတြဆီမွာ အမွဳေတာ္ထမ္းခဲ့တာေတြ သမိုင္းမွာရွိပါတယ္၊ ဦးကုလား မဟာရာဇ၀င္တုိ႔၊ မွန္နန္းရာဇ၀င္တုိ႔မွာပါတယ္၊ နယ္ခ်ဲ႔အဂၤလိပ္၀င္တုံးကလည္း ဘုရင့္တပ္ကမြတ္စလင္ေတြ ခုခံကာကြယ္ခဲ့ ၾကတယ္လုိ့ဖတ္ဖူးပါတယ္။ လြတ္လပ္ေရးတုိက္ပြဲမွာလည္း မြတ္စလင္ေတြပါၿကတယ္။
ျမန္မာလူမ်ိဳးအခ်င္းအခ်င္းၿငိမ္းၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းခ်မ္း ေနဖုိ႔ စည္း ရုံးရမဲ့အစား သတ္ျဖတ္ဖုိ႔မီးေမြးတာ မေကာင္းပါေႀကာင္း.....)
၎စစ္အစိုးရ၏အာဏာတည္တန္႕ေရး၊ ၂၀၀၇ ေရႊ၀ါေရာင္ေတာ္လွန္ေရးတြင္စစ္အစိုး မ်က္ႏွာပ်က္ခဲ့သည္မ်ားကိုျပည္သူမ်ားေမ့ေျပာက္သြားေစရန္ လူမ်ိဳးေရး၊ ဘာသာေရးအဓိကရုန္းမ်ားျဖစ္ေစရန္ တစ္ေျမထည္းေမြး ျမန္မာျပည္သူအခ်င္းခ်င္းကိုေသြးခြဲရန္ ရည္ရြယ္ထားပါသည္။ ျမန္မာတိုင္းရင္းသားတိုင္း၊ ဘာသာတိုင္းသတိႏွင့္ေနၾကပါရန္...။
ျမန္မာညီအကိုေမာင္ႏွမမ်ား ကိုယ့္ေသြး၊ ကိုယ့္အသက္၊ ကိုယ့္မိသားစုႏွင့္ အိုးအိမ္မ်ားမဆုံး႐ႈံးၾကေအာင္ စစ္အစိုးရ၏ ပရိရယ္မွမျငိတြယ္ေစရန္ွေဝးေဝးေရွာင္ၾကပါ။
Thanks Sister Mei Mei for the post.
ဒီရက္ပိုင္းေတြမွာ ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာေလွစီးျပႆနာျဖစ္တဲ့ အခ်ိန္
ကမၻာ့သတင္းမီဒီယာမ်ားမွာ ထိပ္တန္းသတင္း အျဖစ္လူေတြစိတ္၀င္စားလာတဲ့ အခ်ိန္၊
အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၊ က်မ္းဂန္ ႏွင့္ ၎တို႕၏တမန္ေတာ္မ်ား အားေစာ္ကားထားေသာ အီးေမးမ်ား online တြင္က်ယ္က်ယ္ျပန္႔ျပန္႔ လႈပ္ရွားလာအခ်ိန္၊
ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာျပႆနာကို အေျခခံျပီး အစိုးရ ဘေလာက္ဟုယူစရေသာ ဘေလာက္မ်ားတြင္ ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာဆန္႔က်င္ေရးမွစျပီး အစၥလာမ္ဆန္႕က်င္ေရး အထိေရးသားလာျခင္း၊
အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၀င္မ်ားႏွင့္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ၀င္မ်ားအၾကား အထင္အျမင္လႊဲမွားေစေသာ ေဆာင္းပါးမ်ား ဆက္တိုက္ေဖာ္ျပလာျခင္း၊
ဤသည္တို ့သည္အားလံုးတိုက္ဆိုင္စြာ ျဖစ္ေပၚလာတာလား။
ရည္ရြယ္ခ်က္ရိွရိွ ခ်ိန္ကိုက္ျပီးလုပ္ေဆာင္ေနတာလား။
ဒီျပႆနာမျဖစ္ခင္ ျမန္မာအစိုးရနဲ႔ ဘဂၤလားေဒရွ္ တို႕ ေရပိုင္နက္ျပႆနာျဖစ္ပြားခဲ့တာ အခုထိမေျပလည္ေသးပါ။
ေရႊ၀ါေရာင္ေတာ္လွန္ေရးတြင္ တိုင္းရင္းသားျမန္မာမြတ္စလင္မ္မ်ား လည္း အျခားေသာ ဘာသာ၀င္မ်ားႏွင့္လက္တြဲျပီး ဆရာေတာ္ၾကီးမ်ားႏွင့္ လက္တြဲပါ၀င္ခဲ့မႈအား စိုးရိမ္လ်က္ရွိေသာ နအဖအစိုးရအေနျဖင့္ တိုင္းရင္းသား အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၀င္မ်ားႏွင့္ ေသြးခြဲမႈမ်ားျပဳလုပ္ရန္ plan မ်ားႏွင့္ အစဥ္ၾကိဳးပမ္း ေနခ်ိန္တို႔တြင္
ေနာက္ဆံုး သတင္းရရွိခ်က္အရ နအဖ အစိုးရအေနျဖင့္ ျပည္တြင္း၌ လူမ်ိဳးေရး၊ ဘာသာေရးအဓိကရုန္းတခု ဖန္တီးရန္ရိွေၾကာင္း ၾကားသိရပါသည္။
အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ၊ က်မ္းဂန္ ႏွင့္ ၎တို႕၏တမန္ေတာ္မ်ား ကိုေစာ္ကားထားေသာ အီးေမးမ်ား
ထိုေစာ္ကားသူ၏ ေနာက္ထပ္အီးေမးတေစာင္္ တို႔အျပင္
အစၥလာမ္ဆန္ ့က်င္ေရးေဖာ္ျပလာေသာ စစ္အစိုး ရ လိုလားသည့္ ဘေလာက္ေဆာင္းပါးမ်ားကိုေအာက္ပါ link မ်ားတြင္ ၾကည့္နိုင္ပါသည္
http://padaukmyay.blogspot.com/2009/01/ ... _9476.html
http://kyeesaytaman.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... _2055.html
http://kyeesaytaman.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... _7762.html
http://ywetwar.blogspot.com/ (သူက ဘာသာေ႐းေဆြးေနြးတဲ့ forum ေတြမွာ အစၥလာမ္အေႂကာင္းေဝဖန္ေရးသားၿပီး အစၥလာမ္ blog ခတ္မ်ားမ်ားမွာသူ့့ ့ blog address ေပးထားခဲ့ပါတယ္။ သူသည္ ႐ုရွႏိုင္ငံတြင္ပညာသင္ယူေနေသာ ျမန္မာ့တတ္မေတာ္မွေက်ာင္းသားတစ္ေယာက္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ )
(ျမန္မာျပည္တြင္ ဗုဒၶဘာသာ ခရစ္ယာန္ မြတ္စလင္တုိ႔ဆုိသည္မွာ အနည္းနဲ႔အမ်ား ပတ္ၿပီး အမ်ိဳး ေတာ္ေနၿကတာေတြရွိပါတယ္။ မြတ္စလင္ေတြဟာ ေရွးျမန္မာဘုရင္ေတြလက္ထက္ ကတည္းက ျမန္မာျပည္မွာ ေနထုိင္လာခဲ့သည္၊ ဘုရင္ေတြဆီမွာ အမွဳေတာ္ထမ္းခဲ့တာေတြ သမိုင္းမွာရွိပါတယ္၊ ဦးကုလား မဟာရာဇ၀င္တုိ႔၊ မွန္နန္းရာဇ၀င္တုိ႔မွာပါတယ္၊ နယ္ခ်ဲ႔အဂၤလိပ္၀င္တုံးကလည္း ဘုရင့္တပ္ကမြတ္စလင္ေတြ ခုခံကာကြယ္ခဲ့ ၾကတယ္လုိ့ဖတ္ဖူးပါတယ္။ လြတ္လပ္ေရးတုိက္ပြဲမွာလည္း မြတ္စလင္ေတြပါၿကတယ္။
ျမန္မာလူမ်ိဳးအခ်င္းအခ်င္းၿငိမ္းၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းခ်မ္း ေနဖုိ႔ စည္း ရုံးရမဲ့အစား သတ္ျဖတ္ဖုိ႔မီးေမြးတာ မေကာင္းပါေႀကာင္း.....)
၎စစ္အစိုးရ၏အာဏာတည္တန္႕ေရး၊ ၂၀၀၇ ေရႊ၀ါေရာင္ေတာ္လွန္ေရးတြင္စစ္အစိုး မ်က္ႏွာပ်က္ခဲ့သည္မ်ားကိုျပည္သူမ်ားေမ့ေျပာက္သြားေစရန္ လူမ်ိဳးေရး၊ ဘာသာေရးအဓိကရုန္းမ်ားျဖစ္ေစရန္ တစ္ေျမထည္းေမြး ျမန္မာျပည္သူအခ်င္းခ်င္းကိုေသြးခြဲရန္ ရည္ရြယ္ထားပါသည္။ ျမန္မာတိုင္းရင္းသားတိုင္း၊ ဘာသာတိုင္းသတိႏွင့္ေနၾကပါရန္...။
ျမန္မာညီအကိုေမာင္ႏွမမ်ား ကိုယ့္ေသြး၊ ကိုယ့္အသက္၊ ကိုယ့္မိသားစုႏွင့္ အိုးအိမ္မ်ားမဆုံး႐ႈံးၾကေအာင္ စစ္အစိုးရ၏ ပရိရယ္မွမျငိတြယ္ေစရန္ွေဝးေဝးေရွာင္ၾကပါ။
Thanks Sister Mei Mei for the post.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Dajjal has Born in Israel ???
> YOU DON'T HAV TO BELIEVE IT................ ITS
> WRONG......................................................... BUT IT
> SEEMS INSTERESTING
>
> AS RECEIVED !!!!
>
> I came to a shock upon receiving an email with the following contents ……
> astaghfirullahilazim …… a one-eyed child born in Israel recently……
> na'uzubillahi minzaliq ….
>
> Alert Ummah, there is a 90% chance that we will see the Jewish Dajjal in
> our lifetime !!
> (Embedded image moved to file: pic30794.jpg)dajjal
> One of the prominent events preceding the Day of Judgement is the
> appearance of Dajjal. We have been apprised of many aspects of Dajjal both
> in the Qur'an and the Ahadis. In fact, the Muslims have been more informed
> about the Dajjal by the Holy Prophet than previous nations by their
> respective prophets. Dajjal will appear somewhere between Iraq and Syria
> , after the Battle of Istanbul takes place. The name in the Ahadis is
> Constantinople, which is the former name of Istanbul .. Dajjal will be a
> Jew. His distinguishing feature is that he will be one-eyed and the word
> "Kafir" or "unbeliever" will be written on his forehead. That he is a Jew
> is confirmed from another hadis, which says that his followers will be
> mainly of Jewish religion.
> Dajjal will be a powerful personality in this world. He will attract loads
> of people; his voice will be heard in the East and the West. The latter,
> given the present day communication technology in the form of satellite
> television and Internet, doesn't seem surprising.
> The main aim of Dajjal will be to try and convince people that he is God
> Almighty. He will try and deviate people from the Right Path and join his
> ranks. To achieve that end and to convince people with true faith, he will
> kill and then re-create the same person. This will prove to be sufficient
> to gain him more followers, especially the ones who have weak faith. But
> we must remember at all times, that he will definitely not be anywhere
> near God.
> Dajjal will travel the whole world. The only place where he will not be
> able to enter is Makkah and Madinah. "It will at this very time that
> Allah will send Christ, son of Mary. He will descend at the white minaret
> on the eastern side of Damascus , wearing two garments lightly dyed with
> saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he lowers
> his head, there will fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he
> raises it up, beads like pearls will scatter from it. Every non-believer
> who smells the odour of his body will die and his breath will reach as far
> as he is able to see. He will then search for him (Dajjal) until he
> catches hold of him at the gate of Ludd and kills him."
>
> When ALLAH solves your problems, you have faith in his abilities.
> When he doesn't solve your problems, he has faith in your abilities
> WRONG......................................................... BUT IT
> SEEMS INSTERESTING
>
> AS RECEIVED !!!!
>
> I came to a shock upon receiving an email with the following contents ……
> astaghfirullahilazim …… a one-eyed child born in Israel recently……
> na'uzubillahi minzaliq ….
>
> Alert Ummah, there is a 90% chance that we will see the Jewish Dajjal in
> our lifetime !!
> (Embedded image moved to file: pic30794.jpg)dajjal
> One of the prominent events preceding the Day of Judgement is the
> appearance of Dajjal. We have been apprised of many aspects of Dajjal both
> in the Qur'an and the Ahadis. In fact, the Muslims have been more informed
> about the Dajjal by the Holy Prophet than previous nations by their
> respective prophets. Dajjal will appear somewhere between Iraq and Syria
> , after the Battle of Istanbul takes place. The name in the Ahadis is
> Constantinople, which is the former name of Istanbul .. Dajjal will be a
> Jew. His distinguishing feature is that he will be one-eyed and the word
> "Kafir" or "unbeliever" will be written on his forehead. That he is a Jew
> is confirmed from another hadis, which says that his followers will be
> mainly of Jewish religion.
> Dajjal will be a powerful personality in this world. He will attract loads
> of people; his voice will be heard in the East and the West. The latter,
> given the present day communication technology in the form of satellite
> television and Internet, doesn't seem surprising.
> The main aim of Dajjal will be to try and convince people that he is God
> Almighty. He will try and deviate people from the Right Path and join his
> ranks. To achieve that end and to convince people with true faith, he will
> kill and then re-create the same person. This will prove to be sufficient
> to gain him more followers, especially the ones who have weak faith. But
> we must remember at all times, that he will definitely not be anywhere
> near God.
> Dajjal will travel the whole world. The only place where he will not be
> able to enter is Makkah and Madinah. "It will at this very time that
> Allah will send Christ, son of Mary. He will descend at the white minaret
> on the eastern side of Damascus , wearing two garments lightly dyed with
> saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he lowers
> his head, there will fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he
> raises it up, beads like pearls will scatter from it. Every non-believer
> who smells the odour of his body will die and his breath will reach as far
> as he is able to see. He will then search for him (Dajjal) until he
> catches hold of him at the gate of Ludd and kills him."
>
> When ALLAH solves your problems, you have faith in his abilities.
> When he doesn't solve your problems, he has faith in your abilities
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Save Aung San Suu Kyi
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has entered into a hunger strike and we all need to save her life. Saving her life means saving Burma’s future. It is time we all come together and demand her freedom and freedom for Burma.
It is obvious that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is on this hunger strike even though the regime denies her defiant and brave action. Simply stated: She has not accepted any food since August 18, 2008. No acceptance of food by her, means she is on strike.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is not only the most capable leader in our country who has the ability to unite all the various political organizations and activist groups, she is also well respected by the world as an icon of democracy who symbolizes non-violent struggle.
We democracy-loving people around the world need to save “The Lady” from the military yoke which has unlawfully detained her since May 30, 2003. Her motorcade was ambushed by the regime in Depeyin; during the shock of that ambush at least 60-100 of her supporters were killed. Not one soldier who committed those brutal murders was persecuted, whereas Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest.
Five years have passed and Burma’s rightful leader remains under house arrest. Finally, she tried to meet with her lawyer and find out how she could contest the regime through legal action. It appears that there exists no way she can challenge the regime on legal grounds because there is no law in Burma under General Than Shwe’s rule.
When Mr. Gambari visited Burma on August 18 and met with NLD leaders, he encouraged them to enter the 2010 election. This “encouragement” indicates that he has chosen to ignore the 1990 election results. We believe Mr. Gambari’s job is to mediate between the NLD and SPDC to start a dialogue involving mutual respect, one that does not pressure NLD to follow the regime’s one-sided road map. Such pressure made Aung San Suu Kyi decide on her current move.
She wrote a quotation of her father General Aung San, on the billboard in front of her entrance gate: “( I will) follow the work of Azani (Martyrs) until the completion.” This means she is ready to sacrifice her life for justice and freedom. We all know she will not only demand her release but she will also demand the release of all political prisoners.
Prominent pro-democracy Student Leaders such as Min Ko Naing, Min Zaya, Ko Htay Kywe and others are now in the Yin Kwe Teik (Broken Chest cell) inside Insein prison. They are not allowed to take a bath for more than four months and suffer from malnutrition and skin disease.
Once again Mr. Gambari failed to meet the real 88 Generation leaders who are in prison since last year September 2007. Instead, he met a pro Junta group led by Aye Lwin who claimed himself as 88 Generation leader.
We urgently appeal to the world and Burmese communities to stand together with one voice and say, “Please save Aung San Suu Kyi.” Saving Aung San Suu Kyi and saving 88 Generation leaders are a moral cause and if we save them we are saving Burma’s future too. In the universal sense, we are saving the entire world’s democratic future, as well.
We urge the UN Secretary, General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, to directly handle the situation and save Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from being starved to death and investigate the inhuman treatment to prisoners in Insein prison. The UN needs to show the world it has teeth and is not a paper tiger.
Please use your channel to spread the words that she is on strike.
We fully support Aung San Suu Kyi’s courageous act. However, we are gravely concerned about her health and her life.
We strongly demand that Gen. Than Shwe’s illegitimate military regime release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally. Please approach the US, EU and democratic communities to write letters and gather in front of the Burmese Embassies to start a worldwide huge protest.
It is obvious that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is on this hunger strike even though the regime denies her defiant and brave action. Simply stated: She has not accepted any food since August 18, 2008. No acceptance of food by her, means she is on strike.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is not only the most capable leader in our country who has the ability to unite all the various political organizations and activist groups, she is also well respected by the world as an icon of democracy who symbolizes non-violent struggle.
We democracy-loving people around the world need to save “The Lady” from the military yoke which has unlawfully detained her since May 30, 2003. Her motorcade was ambushed by the regime in Depeyin; during the shock of that ambush at least 60-100 of her supporters were killed. Not one soldier who committed those brutal murders was persecuted, whereas Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest.
Five years have passed and Burma’s rightful leader remains under house arrest. Finally, she tried to meet with her lawyer and find out how she could contest the regime through legal action. It appears that there exists no way she can challenge the regime on legal grounds because there is no law in Burma under General Than Shwe’s rule.
When Mr. Gambari visited Burma on August 18 and met with NLD leaders, he encouraged them to enter the 2010 election. This “encouragement” indicates that he has chosen to ignore the 1990 election results. We believe Mr. Gambari’s job is to mediate between the NLD and SPDC to start a dialogue involving mutual respect, one that does not pressure NLD to follow the regime’s one-sided road map. Such pressure made Aung San Suu Kyi decide on her current move.
She wrote a quotation of her father General Aung San, on the billboard in front of her entrance gate: “( I will) follow the work of Azani (Martyrs) until the completion.” This means she is ready to sacrifice her life for justice and freedom. We all know she will not only demand her release but she will also demand the release of all political prisoners.
Prominent pro-democracy Student Leaders such as Min Ko Naing, Min Zaya, Ko Htay Kywe and others are now in the Yin Kwe Teik (Broken Chest cell) inside Insein prison. They are not allowed to take a bath for more than four months and suffer from malnutrition and skin disease.
Once again Mr. Gambari failed to meet the real 88 Generation leaders who are in prison since last year September 2007. Instead, he met a pro Junta group led by Aye Lwin who claimed himself as 88 Generation leader.
We urgently appeal to the world and Burmese communities to stand together with one voice and say, “Please save Aung San Suu Kyi.” Saving Aung San Suu Kyi and saving 88 Generation leaders are a moral cause and if we save them we are saving Burma’s future too. In the universal sense, we are saving the entire world’s democratic future, as well.
We urge the UN Secretary, General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, to directly handle the situation and save Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from being starved to death and investigate the inhuman treatment to prisoners in Insein prison. The UN needs to show the world it has teeth and is not a paper tiger.
Please use your channel to spread the words that she is on strike.
We fully support Aung San Suu Kyi’s courageous act. However, we are gravely concerned about her health and her life.
We strongly demand that Gen. Than Shwe’s illegitimate military regime release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally. Please approach the US, EU and democratic communities to write letters and gather in front of the Burmese Embassies to start a worldwide huge protest.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Because We Are Buddhists
Delivered by Ashin Uttama under the auspices of the Minorities Right, in front of the Alawiya Mosque, Bihar, India.
There are those who ask us why we march with the Muslims. Why do we raise the Islamic flag? Why do we support the Muslim cause?
“You are Buddhists!” they tell us. What are you doing?
And our response, which I’d like to share with you this afternoon, is very simple.
IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE WE ARE BUDDHISTS THAT WE MARCH WITH THE MUSLIMS AND RAISE THEIR FLAG!
IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE WE ARE BUDDHISTSS THAT WE DEMAND THAT THE MUSLIM PEOPLES BE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES AND PROPERTIES!
In our Dhamma we are taught, that we are forbidden to have Buddhist Nationalist State, even if all the nations including the Minorities living in mainly Buddhist countries, would agree to give it to us. Yes, in our Dhamma we are taught that we have to respect lives and we are forbidden to kill and loot other people. The Dhamma clearly states that Buddha foreswore us with three oaths; one, that we are not to go up to destroy lives. Two, that we are forbidden to take up arms against any nation. Three, we should not attempt to take other people properties by any means. We are to wait patiently the appearence Mittaya Buddha (In Christian traditions Second comming of Christ, in Muslim traditions comming of Imam Mehdhi). At that time, He Himself, without any human intervention will bring the Truth. At that time all the nations will recognize the one G-D and will serve Him together peacefully.
Secondly, we are commanded to be good and compassionate. Of course we are forbidden to steal, kill, etc. Yes, in our Dhamma we are commanded to be fair. We are called upon to pursue justice. And, what could be more unjust then the century old attempt of the so called Buddhists Nationalists movement to invade an other people’s land, to drive them out and steal their property?
Palestine was a land with a people. A people that were developing a national consciousness.
We have no doubt that would Buddhists, have come to Muslims, not with the intention of dominating, not with the intention of making a Buddhist state, not with the intention of dispossessing, not with the intention of depriving the Muslims of their basic rights, that they (Buddhists) would have been welcomed by the Muslims, with the same hospitality that Islamic peoples have shown Buddhists throughout history. And we would have lived together as Buddhists and Muslims lived before in Burma in peace and harmony.
To our Islamic and Muslim friends around the world, please hear our message --
There are Buddhists around the world who support your cause. And when we support your cause we do not mean partion of Buddhists and Muslim communities but to live together as relatives and friends.
We do not mean anything other than returning the entire lands, properties and rights unjustly taken away from you.
This is the only path to true reconciliation.
But we demand yet more. We demand, that in returning the lawful rights back to its rightful owners, we have not yet done enough. There should be an apology to the Muslim people which is clear and precise. Nationalist government did you wrong. Nationalist government stole your homes.
By so proclaiming we proclaim before the world that we are the people of the Dhamma, that our faith demands that we be honest and fair and good and kind.
We have attended hundreds of pro Muslim rallies over the years and everywhere we go the leaders and audience greet us with the warmth of Muslim hospitality. What a lie it is to say that Muslims in general don't like non Muslims. You hate injustice. Not non muslims. We all have to know how to differentiate between real Muslims and heretic Wahabi Terrorists.
Fear not my friends. Evil cannot long triumph. The Wahabi nightmare is at its end. It is exhausted. Its latest brutalities are the death rattle of the terminally ill. All people in the world will see the love, wisdom, philosophy and humanity of Great religion of Islam and Muslim people.
We will yet both live to see the day when Buddhists and Muslims will embrace in peace under the Mettaya/Mehdhi flag in the World.
And ultimately when mankind’s Redeemer (Mettaya Buddha or Imam Mehdhi) will come, the sufferings will gone for ever.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Institute for Research and Studies of Muslim Minorities (IRSMM)
E-mail: irsmmpk@gmail. com
Contents
Asia
India
http://www.muslimne ws.co.uk/ news/news. php?article= 14468
Thailand/ Pattani
http://www.nationmu ltimedia. com/search/ page.news. php?clid= 35&id=30076483
Myanmar/ Arakan
http://www.kaladanp ress.org/ /index.php? option=com_ content&task=view&id=1384&Itemid=2
Philippines/ Mindanao
http://www.luwaran. com/modules. php?name= News&file=article&sid=755
China
http://www.earthtim es.org/articles/ show/214461, china-jails- five-clerics- for-organizing- mecca-trips- group-says. html
Asia Pacific
Australia
http://www.islamonl ine.net/servlet/ Satellite? c=Article_ C&cid=1213871307548&pagename=Zone- English-News/ NWELayout
Africa
Kenya
http://allafrica. com/stories/ 200806240825. html
Uganda
http://allafrica. com/stories/ 200806230135. html
Europe
United Kingdom
http://www.telegrap h.co.uk/news/ uknews/2171300/ Young-Muslims-'are-turning- to-extremism'.html
Russia
http://www.muslimne ws.co.uk/ news/news. php?article= 14471
Germany
http://www.muslimne ws.co.uk/ news/news. php?article= 14451
Denmark
http://www.islamonl ine.net/servlet/ Satellite? c=Article_ C&cid=1212925458987&pagename=Zone- English-News/ NWELayout
France
http://www.islamonl ine.net/servlet/ Satellite? c=Article_ C&cid=1213871233106&pagename=Zone- English-News/ NWELayout
Americas
United States of America
http://www.iht. com/articles/ 2008/06/25/ opinion/edcohen. php
Institute for Research and Studies of
Muslim Minorities, Islamabad, Pakistan
Contents
Asia
India
http://www.muslimne ws.co.uk/ news/news. php?article= 14468
Thailand/ Pattani
http://www.nationmu ltimedia. com/search/ page.news. php?clid= 35&id=30076483
Myanmar/ Arakan
http://www.kaladanp ress.org/ /index.php? option=com_ content&task=view&id=1384&Itemid=2
Philippines/ Mindanao
http://www.luwaran. com/modules. php?name= News&file=article&sid=755
China
http://www.earthtim es.org/articles/ show/214461, china-jails- five-clerics- for-organizing- mecca-trips- group-says. html
Asia Pacific
Australia
http://www.islamonl ine.net/servlet/ Satellite? c=Article_ C&cid=1213871307548&pagename=Zone- English-News/ NWELayout
Africa
Kenya
http://allafrica. com/stories/ 200806240825. html
Uganda
http://allafrica. com/stories/ 200806230135. html
Europe
United Kingdom
http://www.telegrap h.co.uk/news/ uknews/2171300/ Young-Muslims-'are-turning- to-extremism'.html
Russia
http://www.muslimne ws.co.uk/ news/news. php?article= 14471
Germany
http://www.muslimne ws.co.uk/ news/news. php?article= 14451
Denmark
http://www.islamonl ine.net/servlet/ Satellite? c=Article_ C&cid=1212925458987&pagename=Zone- English-News/ NWELayout
France
http://www.islamonl ine.net/servlet/ Satellite? c=Article_ C&cid=1213871233106&pagename=Zone- English-News/ NWELayout
Americas
United States of America
http://www.iht. com/articles/ 2008/06/25/ opinion/edcohen. php
Institute for Research and Studies of
Muslim Minorities, Islamabad, Pakistan
Conference
Assalamualikum,
We are very pleased to invite you to come to the 1st Burmese Muslim
International Conference sponsored by Burmese Muslim Association.
The conference will be held on July 19th and 20th in New York.
We dearly hope to see all concerned Burmese Muslims around the world,
discussing the daunting and challenging matters related to us.
The conference detailed agendas will be issued in time.
Zaw Win Maung
Conference Planning Committee
E-mail: conference@bmnetwor k
Register : www.conference. bmnetwork. org
We are very pleased to invite you to come to the 1st Burmese Muslim
International Conference sponsored by Burmese Muslim Association.
The conference will be held on July 19th and 20th in New York.
We dearly hope to see all concerned Burmese Muslims around the world,
discussing the daunting and challenging matters related to us.
The conference detailed agendas will be issued in time.
Zaw Win Maung
Conference Planning Committee
E-mail: conference@bmnetwor k
Register : www.conference. bmnetwork. org
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Mission Statement of Burmese Muslim Association
The Burmese Muslims have lived peacefully together with all the nationalities of Burma since its very early days. We are ourselves the descendents from all the ethnic peoples of Burma, but are followers of the Islamic faith – a religion of peace.
We have always been at the forefront along with the other peoples of Burma, not only during the struggle against colonial rule; but also as participants in the cultural, educational, social development, national unity, human rights and democracy of Burma throughout its history.
At the request of General Aung San, the Founding Father of Burma’s independence, our respected hero, martyr and beloved Burmese Muslim leader U Razak founded the first nationwide Burman Muslim Congress in 1945; and served as the first chairman of the Congress. Since then, Burman Muslim Congress became an integral part of Burma’s independence struggle; and Burman Muslim Congress represented all Burmese Muslims regardless of political affiliation.
We, the new generation of Burmese Muslim, following the proud footsteps of our forefathers, and desirous of carrying on and participating in the unfinished struggle of Burma’s Second Struggle for Independence under the leadership of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, have formed the Burmese Muslim Association on October 23, 2006, with branches in many countries around the world.
The Burmese Muslim Association will relentlessly and conscientiously follow the path of our ancestors with vigor, courage, wisdom and altruism, until a just and free Federal Democratic Union is achieved.
We will serve, honor, love and protect our country with selflessness at all times.
Burmese Muslim Association
October 23, 2006.
We have always been at the forefront along with the other peoples of Burma, not only during the struggle against colonial rule; but also as participants in the cultural, educational, social development, national unity, human rights and democracy of Burma throughout its history.
At the request of General Aung San, the Founding Father of Burma’s independence, our respected hero, martyr and beloved Burmese Muslim leader U Razak founded the first nationwide Burman Muslim Congress in 1945; and served as the first chairman of the Congress. Since then, Burman Muslim Congress became an integral part of Burma’s independence struggle; and Burman Muslim Congress represented all Burmese Muslims regardless of political affiliation.
We, the new generation of Burmese Muslim, following the proud footsteps of our forefathers, and desirous of carrying on and participating in the unfinished struggle of Burma’s Second Struggle for Independence under the leadership of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, have formed the Burmese Muslim Association on October 23, 2006, with branches in many countries around the world.
The Burmese Muslim Association will relentlessly and conscientiously follow the path of our ancestors with vigor, courage, wisdom and altruism, until a just and free Federal Democratic Union is achieved.
We will serve, honor, love and protect our country with selflessness at all times.
Burmese Muslim Association
October 23, 2006.
First Burmese Muslim Conference
Dear Sir/Madam,
As-salaam-u-alaikum.
The Burmese Muslim Association is pleased to invite you to its first ever International Conference to be held in New York, NY, U.S.A., on July 19 and 20, 2008. The venue of the conference is the Muslim Center of New York, 137-58 Geranium Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355, Website: www.muslimcenter.org.
As you may be aware, the Association was founded in 2006, with the primary objectives of working together with other like-minded organizations world-wide for Fundamental Human Rights, Democracy and Genuine Federalism for all the citizens of Burma; and to safeguard and promote equal opportunity for the Muslims of Burma. Our Mission Statement and Objectives are attached for your further information.
We request your participation in this historic conference both by your presence, and active involvement. You may contribute a paper of your choice. Should you wish to present a paper, it is requested that the topic be submitted to the Planning Committee. A copy of the written material should be submitted not later than a week before the conference. The Committee may provide a slot for you in the program to present a summarized version of your paper. The paper in its entirety will be published in the proceedings of the conference after its conclusion.
The Planning Committee will be pleased to make arrangements to receive and accommodate you. Hotel arrangements can be made at the reasonable rate, but the expenses will be borne by the participants. The food and beverage will be served throughout the conference by Planning Committee.
A Registration form is attached for your use. It can also be downloaded from the BMA web site: www.bmnetwork.org. It will be appreciated if you will send the registration form as soon as possible, to enable the Planning Committee to make necessary arrangements for the success of our conference. The conference will conduct primarily in Burmese language.
We look forward to your participation in this historic event.
Yours-in-Islam,
Sincerely,
Bilal Raschid
tinraschid@igc.org,
Chair
Conference Planning Committee
For more information;
(1) Ko Zaw Win Maung Tel: 1-646-821-1475 E-mail: kozaw@bmnetwork.org
(2) U Aung DinTel: 1-347-406-4167 E-mail: aungdin1@gmail.com
(3) U Soe MinTel: 1-310-650-1535 E-mail: soemin2003@yahoo.com
(4) U Hla Than Tel: 1- E-mail: nyinyihla07@gmail.com
(5) U Myo Kyi Tel: 1-646-257-7304 E-mail: komyokyi@yahoo.com
(6) Ko Ye Win LattTel: 1-812-679-8933 E-mail: koyewin@bmnetwork.org
(7) Ko Htay LwinTel: 1-315-275-5203 E-mail: kohtaylwin@hotmail.com
(8) U Aung Tin Tel: 647 343 7872 E-mail uaungtin@yahoo.com
Here is address for Conference room.
137-58 Geranium Ave, Flushing, NY 11355
Tel :( 718) 460-3000 / 445-2642, Fax (718) 445-2175
Please visit: www.muslimcenter.org/
Hotel Information
Comfort Inn -
133-43 37th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354
Phone: (718) 939-5000 Fax: (718) 939-4000
Hotel - 6 floors, 48 rooms
Located in Flushing Chinatown
2 miles from USTA Tennis Center
2.5 miles from Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Free high-speed Internet access in every room
Not pet friendly - no pets allowed - updated Mar 2008
No parking at hotel - public parking nearby
Guest review: Front desk service needed improvement - don't recommend - Feb 2008
Guest review: Only 10 minutes from LaGuardia - room was clean and recently upgraded - staff was friendly - fine stay - Sep 2007
Guest review: Walk to the US Open - good value - comfortable room with a king-sized bed - service was excellent - Aug 2007
Guest review: Good restaurants nearby - OK hotel - room was a good size, but a little bit shabby - suitable for a quick overnight stay before going to the airport - Jul 2007
Guest review: Good location - nice and clean - staff was friendly - needed better parking - Jun 2007
Info - Photos | Map | Rates - Reservations
Flushing YMCA
138-46 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 961-6880
http://www.ymcanyc.org/
Registration Form
1. Name
2. Position and Org. (Optional)
3. Address
4. Phone number
5. Email address
As-salaam-u-alaikum.
The Burmese Muslim Association is pleased to invite you to its first ever International Conference to be held in New York, NY, U.S.A., on July 19 and 20, 2008. The venue of the conference is the Muslim Center of New York, 137-58 Geranium Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355, Website: www.muslimcenter.org.
As you may be aware, the Association was founded in 2006, with the primary objectives of working together with other like-minded organizations world-wide for Fundamental Human Rights, Democracy and Genuine Federalism for all the citizens of Burma; and to safeguard and promote equal opportunity for the Muslims of Burma. Our Mission Statement and Objectives are attached for your further information.
We request your participation in this historic conference both by your presence, and active involvement. You may contribute a paper of your choice. Should you wish to present a paper, it is requested that the topic be submitted to the Planning Committee. A copy of the written material should be submitted not later than a week before the conference. The Committee may provide a slot for you in the program to present a summarized version of your paper. The paper in its entirety will be published in the proceedings of the conference after its conclusion.
The Planning Committee will be pleased to make arrangements to receive and accommodate you. Hotel arrangements can be made at the reasonable rate, but the expenses will be borne by the participants. The food and beverage will be served throughout the conference by Planning Committee.
A Registration form is attached for your use. It can also be downloaded from the BMA web site: www.bmnetwork.org. It will be appreciated if you will send the registration form as soon as possible, to enable the Planning Committee to make necessary arrangements for the success of our conference. The conference will conduct primarily in Burmese language.
We look forward to your participation in this historic event.
Yours-in-Islam,
Sincerely,
Bilal Raschid
tinraschid@igc.org,
Chair
Conference Planning Committee
For more information;
(1) Ko Zaw Win Maung Tel: 1-646-821-1475 E-mail: kozaw@bmnetwork.org
(2) U Aung DinTel: 1-347-406-4167 E-mail: aungdin1@gmail.com
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Monday, May 19, 2008
burmese generals scared foreign troops not dare
Dear Friends,
Junta, Burmese Generals, is so crazy and scared now. The army trucks carrying heavy weapons were moving to Thilawa Port in the evening of 16th May. Firstly, thought that junta was transporting weapons from Russian ship. But later, people came to know that junta moved weapons to Thilawa Port to prepare for defending foreign forces if they enter from sea. Junta is full of fear to be attacked and lost the power. It is right time to persuade UN and US to invade and help Burmese victims with forces.
This regime always in fear because they done so evil to own people. But they don't have ability to defend if western troops would attack them.
Most of its soldiers would defect if foreign troops invade to Burma to help people. UK foreign secretary Mr. David Milband doesn't realise Burmese army. They are only good in torturing, killing of normal public who has no any weapon.
As a Burmese people and my father was from Burmese Air Force before he fought back to regime, I know Burmese army well. Don't forget that these soldiers are descent from ordinary public not generals.
Burmese people are waiting for the foreign troop with high expectation as they don't have anyone else to help them.
Junta, Burmese Generals, is so crazy and scared now. The army trucks carrying heavy weapons were moving to Thilawa Port in the evening of 16th May. Firstly, thought that junta was transporting weapons from Russian ship. But later, people came to know that junta moved weapons to Thilawa Port to prepare for defending foreign forces if they enter from sea. Junta is full of fear to be attacked and lost the power. It is right time to persuade UN and US to invade and help Burmese victims with forces.
This regime always in fear because they done so evil to own people. But they don't have ability to defend if western troops would attack them.
Most of its soldiers would defect if foreign troops invade to Burma to help people. UK foreign secretary Mr. David Milband doesn't realise Burmese army. They are only good in torturing, killing of normal public who has no any weapon.
As a Burmese people and my father was from Burmese Air Force before he fought back to regime, I know Burmese army well. Don't forget that these soldiers are descent from ordinary public not generals.
Burmese people are waiting for the foreign troop with high expectation as they don't have anyone else to help them.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Indian rebels into business in Maungdaw Town
An Indian insurgent group from Manipur State (one of the seven sister states in northeast India ) has set up an office in Maungdaw Town and are doing business in a big way, said a source on condition of anonymity.
The rebel group of Kathee community of India established an office at Myoma Ka Nyin Tan (Sidar Para) village in Maungdaw Township last year. They have mobile phones and computers in the office. They communicate with the world through the internet. Four to five people are staying in the office and they speak broken Bengali language to communicate with local people and speak in the Manipuri language with each other. The also speak in English with local officers.
The rebels have bought buses, Dina cars and jeeps and hired it to other people to ply the vehicles on the Maungdaw-Buthidaing high way.
Since 2002, the Indian insurgent group has been living in Nasaka ( Burma 's border security force) area No. 2 in Maungdaw's northern side near the Bangladesh border. The State Peace and Development Council, or SPDC authorities have built houses for them by forcing villagers into labor. The Nasaka provides them full security wherever they go.
Sometimes, some of the Indian rebels go to the local markets and even to Maungd Daw town for marketing. They speak Urdu with shopkeepers while marketing and buy good things. The have adequate money. Their living standard is high, a shopkeeper in Maungdaw said.
According to villagers of Waladaung village of Maungdaw Township, the rebel group grows heroin and other narcotic drugs in the jungle where the local people are prohibited from going.
Local villagers and other intellectuals of Maungdaw Township said that the ruling military junta is supporting them in every way with a purpose.
Interestingly, however, The SPDC and the Indian government have a good relation and earlier the Burmese military attacked some Indian rebel groups who were sheltered in Burma on the Indian government's say so. India also provided military equipment to Burma to push back the Indian insurgent groups. The question therefore remains why the Burmese government is providing shelter to the Manipuri rebels, the intellectuals wondered.
The rebel group of Kathee community of India established an office at Myoma Ka Nyin Tan (Sidar Para) village in Maungdaw Township last year. They have mobile phones and computers in the office. They communicate with the world through the internet. Four to five people are staying in the office and they speak broken Bengali language to communicate with local people and speak in the Manipuri language with each other. The also speak in English with local officers.
The rebels have bought buses, Dina cars and jeeps and hired it to other people to ply the vehicles on the Maungdaw-Buthidaing high way.
Since 2002, the Indian insurgent group has been living in Nasaka ( Burma 's border security force) area No. 2 in Maungdaw's northern side near the Bangladesh border. The State Peace and Development Council, or SPDC authorities have built houses for them by forcing villagers into labor. The Nasaka provides them full security wherever they go.
Sometimes, some of the Indian rebels go to the local markets and even to Maungd Daw town for marketing. They speak Urdu with shopkeepers while marketing and buy good things. The have adequate money. Their living standard is high, a shopkeeper in Maungdaw said.
According to villagers of Waladaung village of Maungdaw Township, the rebel group grows heroin and other narcotic drugs in the jungle where the local people are prohibited from going.
Local villagers and other intellectuals of Maungdaw Township said that the ruling military junta is supporting them in every way with a purpose.
Interestingly, however, The SPDC and the Indian government have a good relation and earlier the Burmese military attacked some Indian rebel groups who were sheltered in Burma on the Indian government's say so. India also provided military equipment to Burma to push back the Indian insurgent groups. The question therefore remains why the Burmese government is providing shelter to the Manipuri rebels, the intellectuals wondered.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Putting blame on Pakistan won't help war on terror
March 05, 2008, The Toronto Star; thestar.com
Tariq Amin-Khan
The Harper government, with the support of the Liberals, appears set to extend Canadian troop deployment in Afghanistan beyond 2009. The question is: What are Canadian troops doing in Afghanistan , and by extending the mission will Canada be able to assist the U.S. and NATO in their objective to win the war on terror and eliminate Al Qaeda, the Taliban and the militant Islamists? A tall order to be sure, but is it achievable? The short answer to the question is no.
If the mission objectives are unattainable, then why are Canadian troops in Afghanistan ? The situation gets murkier as we examine the rhetoric of security analysts who pin the blame squarely on Pakistan . They claim that the issue is not the insurgency in Afghanistan ; the problem really is with Pakistan .
But it appears that the problem is neither in Afghanistan nor in Pakistan . Rather, there is a direct relationship between foreign military presence in Afghanistan and the rise of militant Islam. Furthermore, the absence of a democratic alternative gives militant Islam a free hand to operate in both of these states.
The foreign militaries occupying Afghanistan take the view that militants are on the run as NATO intensifies its military campaigns against them. The reality is otherwise.
Even a cursory look at the developments in Afghanistan , Iraq and even Pakistan (until recently) shows that militant Islamists have gained in strength, and have become bolder since the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq . The Taliban in Afghanistan have not been contained but have actually become stronger.
Militant Islam is a political movement and its aim is to capture state power. The U.S. played a significant role in the 1970s and 1980s to empower Islamists. The Taliban in Afghanistan took advantage of this nurturing environment to hone their political and military skills. They have had a taste of holding onto state power and are eager to return.
It is now becoming clearer that militant Islam cannot be defeated militarily. Every time overwhelming force has been used, NATO, Afghan, Iraqi and Pakistani casualties have increased and Taliban, Iraqi and Pakistani militant Islamists have withdrawn and regrouped to relaunch their attacks another day. This has been the pattern.
All this raises the possibility that the war on terror is not a war to be won at all.
By all accounts, the Bush administration has crafted this war as the new permanent war, a "long war," along the lines of forcing a stalemate as in the Cold War. This permanent war fuels not only the military-industrial complex, but now also the security-industrial complex all combined with the synergy that exists between Big Oil, the military and Western economies.
This idea of forcing a stalemate is also echoed by professor Janice Gross Stein in the recent book The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar . Her view, expressed in terms of Canada 's military strategy in Afghanistan, is that based on the U.S. Cold War policy of containment, the aim at best would be to attain a stalemate in the war on terror.
It is not possible here to discuss in any detail the fallacy of applying the logic of the Cold War in relation to militant Islam and the war on terror. But it can be said that this strategy of forcing a stalemate is ill-conceived against adversaries that are mobile and geographically untethered. These adversaries, in the heat of battle, can simply melt into the populace as NATO commanders are left to mull over their battle plans.
Blaming Pakistan for the war on terror going badly for NATO, therefore, does not help; it merely compounds the problem. The sobering fact is that Pakistan has very little to do with the war on terror being won or lost. But alienating Pakistan is an option that NATO takes at its own peril.
As to the support that militants in northwest Pakistan have provided the Taliban on the Afghan side, there is a need to understand the ground realities of the area. Southern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan is a contiguous area inhabited by the same ethnic group, the Pashtuns, who have had historical kinship ties. The border, the Durand Line, is an arbitrary divide between Pakistan and Afghanistan established by British colonial rulers, and it has never been possible to effectively police it.
Consequently, the border has always been porous and an attack by an occupying force against Pashtuns on one side is seen as an attack against the other side as well. However, when you overlay religious ideology onto this ethnic solidarity, it becomes a potent combination that produces a resilient guerrilla force. A force that is able to take on the most sophisticated militaries within an inhospitable terrain against which standing armies and modern weaponry have not been very effective.
This reality of guerrilla warfare worked wonders for the U.S. when its Islamist proxies in Pakistan and Afghanistan were waging the jihad against "godless communism."
Ironically, now that the shoe is on the other foot, Pakistan is being blamed for the war on terror going badly for Canada , the U.S. and NATO.
The only way militant Islam can be contained, nay challenged, is for a democratic alternative to take root in Pakistan and Afghanistan . However, it would be naive to assume that even if this shift comes about, the transition will be simple and painless because the democratic alternative will be resisted. But democracy will eventually deal with the militants.
In this context, the outcome of the Feb. 18 elections in Pakistan gives pause for hope. The outcome reinforces the position that the political and democratic alternative is the best antidote to check the rise of militant Islam. Just look at the rout the Islamist parties have suffered in these elections in the Northwest Frontier Province . A province where the Islamists had formed the government after the 2002 elections, and where people resoundingly said no to intimidation and suicide bombings.
This is the message that Stephen Harper also needs to hear. Even with additional troops, Canada will end up fighting for more stalemates. But what will this no-win situation mean in human terms – in lives lost for an objective that is neither clear nor within the mission's grasp.
Tariq Amin-Khan is an assistant professor in the department of politics and public administration at Ryerson University .
Tariq Amin-Khan
The Harper government, with the support of the Liberals, appears set to extend Canadian troop deployment in Afghanistan beyond 2009. The question is: What are Canadian troops doing in Afghanistan , and by extending the mission will Canada be able to assist the U.S. and NATO in their objective to win the war on terror and eliminate Al Qaeda, the Taliban and the militant Islamists? A tall order to be sure, but is it achievable? The short answer to the question is no.
If the mission objectives are unattainable, then why are Canadian troops in Afghanistan ? The situation gets murkier as we examine the rhetoric of security analysts who pin the blame squarely on Pakistan . They claim that the issue is not the insurgency in Afghanistan ; the problem really is with Pakistan .
But it appears that the problem is neither in Afghanistan nor in Pakistan . Rather, there is a direct relationship between foreign military presence in Afghanistan and the rise of militant Islam. Furthermore, the absence of a democratic alternative gives militant Islam a free hand to operate in both of these states.
The foreign militaries occupying Afghanistan take the view that militants are on the run as NATO intensifies its military campaigns against them. The reality is otherwise.
Even a cursory look at the developments in Afghanistan , Iraq and even Pakistan (until recently) shows that militant Islamists have gained in strength, and have become bolder since the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq . The Taliban in Afghanistan have not been contained but have actually become stronger.
Militant Islam is a political movement and its aim is to capture state power. The U.S. played a significant role in the 1970s and 1980s to empower Islamists. The Taliban in Afghanistan took advantage of this nurturing environment to hone their political and military skills. They have had a taste of holding onto state power and are eager to return.
It is now becoming clearer that militant Islam cannot be defeated militarily. Every time overwhelming force has been used, NATO, Afghan, Iraqi and Pakistani casualties have increased and Taliban, Iraqi and Pakistani militant Islamists have withdrawn and regrouped to relaunch their attacks another day. This has been the pattern.
All this raises the possibility that the war on terror is not a war to be won at all.
By all accounts, the Bush administration has crafted this war as the new permanent war, a "long war," along the lines of forcing a stalemate as in the Cold War. This permanent war fuels not only the military-industrial complex, but now also the security-industrial complex all combined with the synergy that exists between Big Oil, the military and Western economies.
This idea of forcing a stalemate is also echoed by professor Janice Gross Stein in the recent book The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar . Her view, expressed in terms of Canada 's military strategy in Afghanistan, is that based on the U.S. Cold War policy of containment, the aim at best would be to attain a stalemate in the war on terror.
It is not possible here to discuss in any detail the fallacy of applying the logic of the Cold War in relation to militant Islam and the war on terror. But it can be said that this strategy of forcing a stalemate is ill-conceived against adversaries that are mobile and geographically untethered. These adversaries, in the heat of battle, can simply melt into the populace as NATO commanders are left to mull over their battle plans.
Blaming Pakistan for the war on terror going badly for NATO, therefore, does not help; it merely compounds the problem. The sobering fact is that Pakistan has very little to do with the war on terror being won or lost. But alienating Pakistan is an option that NATO takes at its own peril.
As to the support that militants in northwest Pakistan have provided the Taliban on the Afghan side, there is a need to understand the ground realities of the area. Southern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan is a contiguous area inhabited by the same ethnic group, the Pashtuns, who have had historical kinship ties. The border, the Durand Line, is an arbitrary divide between Pakistan and Afghanistan established by British colonial rulers, and it has never been possible to effectively police it.
Consequently, the border has always been porous and an attack by an occupying force against Pashtuns on one side is seen as an attack against the other side as well. However, when you overlay religious ideology onto this ethnic solidarity, it becomes a potent combination that produces a resilient guerrilla force. A force that is able to take on the most sophisticated militaries within an inhospitable terrain against which standing armies and modern weaponry have not been very effective.
This reality of guerrilla warfare worked wonders for the U.S. when its Islamist proxies in Pakistan and Afghanistan were waging the jihad against "godless communism."
Ironically, now that the shoe is on the other foot, Pakistan is being blamed for the war on terror going badly for Canada , the U.S. and NATO.
The only way militant Islam can be contained, nay challenged, is for a democratic alternative to take root in Pakistan and Afghanistan . However, it would be naive to assume that even if this shift comes about, the transition will be simple and painless because the democratic alternative will be resisted. But democracy will eventually deal with the militants.
In this context, the outcome of the Feb. 18 elections in Pakistan gives pause for hope. The outcome reinforces the position that the political and democratic alternative is the best antidote to check the rise of militant Islam. Just look at the rout the Islamist parties have suffered in these elections in the Northwest Frontier Province . A province where the Islamists had formed the government after the 2002 elections, and where people resoundingly said no to intimidation and suicide bombings.
This is the message that Stephen Harper also needs to hear. Even with additional troops, Canada will end up fighting for more stalemates. But what will this no-win situation mean in human terms – in lives lost for an objective that is neither clear nor within the mission's grasp.
Tariq Amin-Khan is an assistant professor in the department of politics and public administration at Ryerson University .
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts
Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts
By Robert Piggott
Religious affairs correspondent, BBC News
Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion.
The country's powerful Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara University to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran.
The Hadith is a collection of thousands of sayings reputed to come from the Prophet Muhammad.
As such, it is the principal guide for Muslims in interpreting the Koran and the source of the vast majority of Islamic law, or Sharia.
This is kind of akin to the Christian Reformation. Not exactly the same, but... it's changing the theological foundations of [the] religion
Fadi Hakura,
Turkey expert, Chatham House
But the Turkish state has come to see the Hadith as having an often negative influence on a society it is in a hurry to modernise, and believes it responsible for obscuring the original values of Islam.
It says that a significant number of the sayings were never uttered by Muhammad, and even some that were need now to be reinterpreted.
'Reformation'
Commentators say the very theology of Islam is being reinterpreted in order to effect a radical renewal of the religion.
Its supporters say the spirit of logic and reason inherent in Islam at its foundation 1,400 years ago are being rediscovered. Some believe it could represent the beginning of a reformation in the religion.
Some messages ban women from travelling without their husband's permission... But this isn't a religious ban. It came about because it simply wasn't safe for a woman to travel alone
Prof Mehmet Gormez,
Hadith expert,
Department of Religious Affairs
Turkish officials have been reticent about the revision of the Hadith until now, aware of the controversy it is likely to cause among traditionalist Muslims, but they have spoken to the BBC about the project, and their ambitious aims for it.
The forensic examination of the Hadiths has taken place in Ankara University's School of Theology.
An adviser to the project, Felix Koerner, says some of the sayings - also known individually as "hadiths" - can be shown to have been invented hundreds of years after the Prophet Muhammad died, to serve the purposes of contemporary society.
"Unfortunately you can even justify through alleged hadiths, the Muslim - or pseudo-Muslim - practice of female genital mutilation," he says.
"You can find messages which say 'that is what the Prophet ordered us to do'. But you can show historically how they came into being, as influences from other cultures, that were then projected onto Islamic tradition."
HAVE YOUR SAY Many Hadiths relate to life in the Middle East 1,400 years ago and are no longer relevant Brian, London
The argument is that Islamic tradition has been gradually hijacked by various - often conservative - cultures, seeking to use the religion for various forms of social control.
Leaders of the Hadith project say successive generations have embellished the text, attributing their political aims to the Prophet Muhammad himself.
Revolutionary
Turkey is intent on sweeping away that "cultural baggage" and returning to a form of Islam it claims accords with its original values and those of the Prophet.
But this is where the revolutionary nature of the work becomes apparent. Even some sayings accepted as being genuinely spoken by Muhammad have been altered and reinterpreted.
Prof Mehmet Gormez, a senior official in the Department of Religious Affairs and an expert on the Hadith, gives a telling example.
"There are some messages that ban women from travelling for three days or more without their husband's permission and they are genuine.
"But this isn't a religious ban. It came about because in the Prophet's time it simply wasn't safe for a woman to travel alone like that. But as time has passed, people have made permanent what was only supposed to be a temporary ban for safety reasons."
The project justifies such bold interference in the 1,400-year-old content of the Hadith by rigorous academic research.
Prof Gormez points out that in another speech, the Prophet said "he longed for the day when a woman might travel long distances alone".
So, he argues, it is clear what the Prophet's goal was.
Original spirit
Yet, until now, the ban has remained in the text, and helps to restrict the free movement of some Muslim women to this day.
There's also violence against women within families, including sexual harassment... This does not exist in Islam... we have to explain that to them
Hulya Koc, a "vaize"
As part of its aggressive programme of renewal, Turkey has given theological training to 450 women, and appointed them as senior imams called "vaizes".
They have been given the task of explaining the original spirit of Islam to remote communities in Turkey's vast interior.
One of the women, Hulya Koc, looked out over a sea of headscarves at a town meeting in central Turkey and told the women of the equality, justice and human rights guaranteed by an accurate interpretation of the Koran - one guided and confirmed by the revised Hadith.
She says that, at the moment, Islam is being widely used to justify the violent suppression of women.
"There are honour killings," she explains.
"We hear that some women are being killed when they marry the wrong person or run away with someone they love.
"There's also violence against women within families, including sexual harassment by uncles and others. This does not exist in Islam... we have to explain that to them."
'New Islam'
According to Fadi Hakura, an expert on Turkey from Chatham House in London, Turkey is doing nothing less than recreating Islam - changing it from a religion whose rules must be obeyed, to one designed to serve the needs of people in a modern secular democracy.
He says that to achieve it, the state is fashioning a new Islam.
"This is kind of akin to the Christian Reformation," he says.
"Not exactly the same, but if you think, it's changing the theological foundations of [the] religion. "
Fadi Hakura believes that until now secularist Turkey has been intent on creating a new politics for Islam.
Now, he says, "they are trying to fashion a new Islam."
Significantly, the "Ankara School" of theologians working on the new Hadith have been using Western critical techniques and philosophy.
They have also taken an even bolder step - rejecting a long-established rule of Muslim scholars that later (and often more conservative) texts override earlier ones.
"You have to see them as a whole," says Fadi Hakura.
"You can't say, for example, that the verses of violence override the verses of peace. This is used a lot in the Middle East, this kind of ideology.
"I cannot impress enough how fundamental [this change] is."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/7264903.stm
Published: 2008/02/26 14:43:58 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
IT is a good news for us, I hope.......!
By Robert Piggott
Religious affairs correspondent, BBC News
Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion.
The country's powerful Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara University to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran.
The Hadith is a collection of thousands of sayings reputed to come from the Prophet Muhammad.
As such, it is the principal guide for Muslims in interpreting the Koran and the source of the vast majority of Islamic law, or Sharia.
This is kind of akin to the Christian Reformation. Not exactly the same, but... it's changing the theological foundations of [the] religion
Fadi Hakura,
Turkey expert, Chatham House
But the Turkish state has come to see the Hadith as having an often negative influence on a society it is in a hurry to modernise, and believes it responsible for obscuring the original values of Islam.
It says that a significant number of the sayings were never uttered by Muhammad, and even some that were need now to be reinterpreted.
'Reformation'
Commentators say the very theology of Islam is being reinterpreted in order to effect a radical renewal of the religion.
Its supporters say the spirit of logic and reason inherent in Islam at its foundation 1,400 years ago are being rediscovered. Some believe it could represent the beginning of a reformation in the religion.
Some messages ban women from travelling without their husband's permission... But this isn't a religious ban. It came about because it simply wasn't safe for a woman to travel alone
Prof Mehmet Gormez,
Hadith expert,
Department of Religious Affairs
Turkish officials have been reticent about the revision of the Hadith until now, aware of the controversy it is likely to cause among traditionalist Muslims, but they have spoken to the BBC about the project, and their ambitious aims for it.
The forensic examination of the Hadiths has taken place in Ankara University's School of Theology.
An adviser to the project, Felix Koerner, says some of the sayings - also known individually as "hadiths" - can be shown to have been invented hundreds of years after the Prophet Muhammad died, to serve the purposes of contemporary society.
"Unfortunately you can even justify through alleged hadiths, the Muslim - or pseudo-Muslim - practice of female genital mutilation," he says.
"You can find messages which say 'that is what the Prophet ordered us to do'. But you can show historically how they came into being, as influences from other cultures, that were then projected onto Islamic tradition."
HAVE YOUR SAY Many Hadiths relate to life in the Middle East 1,400 years ago and are no longer relevant Brian, London
The argument is that Islamic tradition has been gradually hijacked by various - often conservative - cultures, seeking to use the religion for various forms of social control.
Leaders of the Hadith project say successive generations have embellished the text, attributing their political aims to the Prophet Muhammad himself.
Revolutionary
Turkey is intent on sweeping away that "cultural baggage" and returning to a form of Islam it claims accords with its original values and those of the Prophet.
But this is where the revolutionary nature of the work becomes apparent. Even some sayings accepted as being genuinely spoken by Muhammad have been altered and reinterpreted.
Prof Mehmet Gormez, a senior official in the Department of Religious Affairs and an expert on the Hadith, gives a telling example.
"There are some messages that ban women from travelling for three days or more without their husband's permission and they are genuine.
"But this isn't a religious ban. It came about because in the Prophet's time it simply wasn't safe for a woman to travel alone like that. But as time has passed, people have made permanent what was only supposed to be a temporary ban for safety reasons."
The project justifies such bold interference in the 1,400-year-old content of the Hadith by rigorous academic research.
Prof Gormez points out that in another speech, the Prophet said "he longed for the day when a woman might travel long distances alone".
So, he argues, it is clear what the Prophet's goal was.
Original spirit
Yet, until now, the ban has remained in the text, and helps to restrict the free movement of some Muslim women to this day.
There's also violence against women within families, including sexual harassment... This does not exist in Islam... we have to explain that to them
Hulya Koc, a "vaize"
As part of its aggressive programme of renewal, Turkey has given theological training to 450 women, and appointed them as senior imams called "vaizes".
They have been given the task of explaining the original spirit of Islam to remote communities in Turkey's vast interior.
One of the women, Hulya Koc, looked out over a sea of headscarves at a town meeting in central Turkey and told the women of the equality, justice and human rights guaranteed by an accurate interpretation of the Koran - one guided and confirmed by the revised Hadith.
She says that, at the moment, Islam is being widely used to justify the violent suppression of women.
"There are honour killings," she explains.
"We hear that some women are being killed when they marry the wrong person or run away with someone they love.
"There's also violence against women within families, including sexual harassment by uncles and others. This does not exist in Islam... we have to explain that to them."
'New Islam'
According to Fadi Hakura, an expert on Turkey from Chatham House in London, Turkey is doing nothing less than recreating Islam - changing it from a religion whose rules must be obeyed, to one designed to serve the needs of people in a modern secular democracy.
He says that to achieve it, the state is fashioning a new Islam.
"This is kind of akin to the Christian Reformation," he says.
"Not exactly the same, but if you think, it's changing the theological foundations of [the] religion. "
Fadi Hakura believes that until now secularist Turkey has been intent on creating a new politics for Islam.
Now, he says, "they are trying to fashion a new Islam."
Significantly, the "Ankara School" of theologians working on the new Hadith have been using Western critical techniques and philosophy.
They have also taken an even bolder step - rejecting a long-established rule of Muslim scholars that later (and often more conservative) texts override earlier ones.
"You have to see them as a whole," says Fadi Hakura.
"You can't say, for example, that the verses of violence override the verses of peace. This is used a lot in the Middle East, this kind of ideology.
"I cannot impress enough how fundamental [this change] is."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/7264903.stm
Published: 2008/02/26 14:43:58 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
IT is a good news for us, I hope.......!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
TURKISH SOLDIERS'CEMETERIES IN MYANMAR
NEARLY 2200 TURKISH PRISONERS OF WORLD WAR ONE(1914-1918) LIE BURIED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF MYANMAR (BURMA).
TURKISH WAR CEMETERY IN THAYETMYO , CENTRAL MYANMAR,HAS SOME 14OO GRAVES AND THE ONE AT THE GARRISON TOWN OF MEIKTILA ON THE MAIN YANGON–MANDALAY HIGHWAY HAS NEARLY 800. A TURKISH MOSQUE CAN BE SEEN NEAR IT.
NAMES AND RANKS ARE MENTIONED ON THE GRAVES AND THE DATES OF THEIR DEATHS ARE SHOWN AS DURING THE MIDDLE 1920s. THE CAUSES OF THEIR DEATHS ARE NOT KNOWN (MYSTERY?).
THE TURKS WERE BROUGHT BY THE BRITISH COLONIAL AUTHORITIES AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR AS PRISONERS OF WAR.THEY WERE MADE (FORCED?) TO WORK ON ROADS CONSTRUCTION. THE PRESENT HIGHWAYS IN CENTRAL AND UPPER MYANMAR ARE MAINLY THE RESULT OF TURKISH LABOUR. DURING THE CYPRUS CRISIS WE HAD A "CYPRUS IS TURKISH COMMITTEE, BURMA" WHICH SUPPORTED THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS' CLAIMS ON THE BASIS OF GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY AND HISTORY. THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS' JOURNAL "HALKIN SESI" PUBLISHED OUR ARTICLE ON TURKISH WAR CEMETERIES IN BURMA AND THIS AROUSED INTEREST AMONG THE TURKS.
THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR RESIDENT IN INDIA, ACCREDITED TO BURMA ALSO, VISITED THE CEMETERIES AND HIS HISTORIAN WIFE MADAM EMEL SEIFULLAH ESIN, WROTE A PASSIONED ARTICLE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAYETMYO AND MEIKTILA TURKISH CEMETERIES IN 'TURKISH CULTURE', ISTANBUL.
OUR MYANMAR MAGAZINE " ISLAM ALIN" POINTED OUT THAT "THE TURKS BURIED ON OUR SOIL WERE HOLY WARRIORS OF THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE AND IT IS VERY MERITORIOUS TO VISIT THEIR GRAVES FOR 'ZIYARET' AND TO PRAY FOR THEM".
FEB 19, 2008 MAUNG-KO GHAFFARI
CHIEF EDITOR, " ISLAM ALIN"( THE LIGHT OF ISLAM)
NO 58, 130 STREET, KANDAWGLAY, YANGON _MYANMAR(BURMA)
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MUSLIM JOURNALS & WEBSITES, PLS PUBLICISE.
TURKISH WAR CEMETERY IN THAYETMYO , CENTRAL MYANMAR,HAS SOME 14OO GRAVES AND THE ONE AT THE GARRISON TOWN OF MEIKTILA ON THE MAIN YANGON–MANDALAY HIGHWAY HAS NEARLY 800. A TURKISH MOSQUE CAN BE SEEN NEAR IT.
NAMES AND RANKS ARE MENTIONED ON THE GRAVES AND THE DATES OF THEIR DEATHS ARE SHOWN AS DURING THE MIDDLE 1920s. THE CAUSES OF THEIR DEATHS ARE NOT KNOWN (MYSTERY?).
THE TURKS WERE BROUGHT BY THE BRITISH COLONIAL AUTHORITIES AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR AS PRISONERS OF WAR.THEY WERE MADE (FORCED?) TO WORK ON ROADS CONSTRUCTION. THE PRESENT HIGHWAYS IN CENTRAL AND UPPER MYANMAR ARE MAINLY THE RESULT OF TURKISH LABOUR. DURING THE CYPRUS CRISIS WE HAD A "CYPRUS IS TURKISH COMMITTEE, BURMA" WHICH SUPPORTED THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS' CLAIMS ON THE BASIS OF GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY AND HISTORY. THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS' JOURNAL "HALKIN SESI" PUBLISHED OUR ARTICLE ON TURKISH WAR CEMETERIES IN BURMA AND THIS AROUSED INTEREST AMONG THE TURKS.
THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR RESIDENT IN INDIA, ACCREDITED TO BURMA ALSO, VISITED THE CEMETERIES AND HIS HISTORIAN WIFE MADAM EMEL SEIFULLAH ESIN, WROTE A PASSIONED ARTICLE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAYETMYO AND MEIKTILA TURKISH CEMETERIES IN 'TURKISH CULTURE', ISTANBUL.
OUR MYANMAR MAGAZINE " ISLAM ALIN" POINTED OUT THAT "THE TURKS BURIED ON OUR SOIL WERE HOLY WARRIORS OF THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE AND IT IS VERY MERITORIOUS TO VISIT THEIR GRAVES FOR 'ZIYARET' AND TO PRAY FOR THEM".
FEB 19, 2008 MAUNG-KO GHAFFARI
CHIEF EDITOR, " ISLAM ALIN"( THE LIGHT OF ISLAM)
NO 58, 130 STREET, KANDAWGLAY, YANGON _MYANMAR(BURMA)
______________________________________________________________________
MUSLIM JOURNALS & WEBSITES, PLS PUBLICISE.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Burma Heading Towards the Worst
Burma's national icon of democracy, peace and liberty, Daw Aung San Suu Kyie has cautioned the people of Burma to prepare for the worst, during a rare meeting with the members of her party, the National League for Democracy on Jan 30.2008, after she was allowed a rare respite from house arrest. She criticized the series of meetings she has held with the military junta's Liaison Minister, Aung Kyi for failing to yield any tangible result towards the achievement of any political reform. So, it is clear that Burma is heading to witness another grim showbiz of blood-bath which may be the worst in the history of Burma, if the military rulers stick to their hardline stance to grind the hopes of the people of Burma under their despotic wheel and thus to defy the international outcry to restore peace and democracy in Burma.
During the long 46 years of unbroken military rule since 1962, Burma has witnessed many episodes of brutalities and tyranny of the army who have always treated the guns as not for shooting upwards, but to shoot directly at those who raise their voice against the military rule.
On July 7.1962, the army has indiscriminately massacred more than 100 students of Rangoon University, wounded many others and arrested about 3000 students, simply because they raised their protest against some rules and regulations which were imposed upon them by the regime restricting their usual movement same as those in the military barracks, prohibiting students coming in or going out after 8 pm and signing the register book to ascertain that they were in. Such rules sent students to bed hungry because the dinner provided by the hall was served from 4.30 to 6.30 pm and supper was not provided by the hall and the students had to manage it according to their convenience.
However, in the morning of the 7th July 1962, the campus was surrounded by about 2000 soldiers. At first an exchange of abuses took place between the students and the soldiers. The soldiers were just waiting for the order to shoot. At dusk the order was given and the shooting began in no time which lasted about half an hour. The death toll of the students was 135 according to the students source and 34 according to the govt announcement. After the shooting, the campus was cleared up, the dead and the wounded were carried away and at midnight the historic "Students Union Building" was dynamited and bulldozed. Everything was done swiftly and precisely. Next morning everything was normal and quiet. (Details in " Burma: Nationalism and Ideology", by Dr Shwe Lu Maung).
Similar grim showbiz was perpetrated by the military regime on 11 December 1974 , where hundreds of university students were brutally killed by the army following the tug-of-war over the siege of the body of U Thant, the Ex-Secretary General of the UN. U Thant was and still is regarded by the people of Burma as a most serene and brightest son of Burma. However, the students were massacred because they wanted to put the body of U Thant to final rest in an honorable site which would stand for the people of Burma as the milestone of glory and pride. But Gen. Ne Win wanted to bury the body in a common cemetery of "Kyandaw" where the body of notorious Khine May Than (Ne Win's first legal wife) was buried.
Thus, there arose a tense situation centering the siege of the body. At this critical situation, once the students seizing the body buried it in the ground of the Students Union Building of Rangoon University on 10th December 1974. But next morning at about 5 am, the army entered the campus using tanks. The Chancellor Gate was first bulldozed off. The army began arresting everybody on the way and herded them off in the military trucks. When the soldiers started digging for the body, students began to march onward to stop them. Then began indiscriminate shooting. When the body was raised, there was a tug-of-war over the body.
All those students who rushed onwards to snatch the body of U Thant, were shot dead. A popular high school girl student, Khin Khin Myint (?), was one of those who clung on to the coffin of U Thant. First the soldiers began to kick her down to depart her from the coffin, later seeing that she was not leaving the coffin off, the soldiers shot her down. Thus, the UN flag with which the body of U Thant was wrapped, was drenched with the blood of the students.
During the great Pro-Democracy Uprising of 1988 which is known as "8888 Uprising" and is regarded as a national revolution in Burma, over 3,000 democracy-seeking civilians including students, monks, government employees, workers, farmers, traders and even housewives, were brutally killed and thousands of others have been either maimed or imprisoned without any trial.
During the recent anti-military protest known as "Saffron Revolution", the world has awfully witnessed how brutally the army can quash the peaceful demonstrations led by the revered Monks. It was the biggest anti-junta protests for nearly 20 years. During this anti-military protests tens of thousands of the people took to the streets with the monks leading the demonstrations, wearing deep maroon robes, where over one hundred peaceful demonstrators including monks, students and the public were killed and thousands of others were arrested.
There is no denying the fact that the words of frustration of Daw Aung San Suu Kyie came out due to the lack of any progress at the current pace of her talks with the military junta's Liaison Minister for political reforms in Burma, because the military regime has no interest to listen to what the people of Burma want or to what the international community says.
However, It is no more difficult to understand that Professor Ibrahim Gambari who has been appointed by the UN Chief as an special envoy to Burma to assist "in the process of national reconciliation through dialogue", has already been bracketed by the military rulers and there is no more way for him to play an effective role in the process of democratization of Burma.
It is nothing unusual that the army who have enjoyed the taste of absolute power in celestial delight for nearly half a century, can not give it up so easily. They will stick to their position at any cost, no matter for them what amount of bloods are spilled on the streets of Burma or what amount of tears are rolling down the cheeks of the groaning people of Burma. But the point which seriously frustrates the international peace loving community is that the Security Council of the UN, which is believed to be the custodian of the world peace, has failed to adopt an unanimous resolution to compel the junta to bow their head to the international pressure, due to stiff resistance from veto-wielding council members China and Russia, except showing some face-saving episodes .
Nevertheless, the people of Burma have demonstrated many times in the past that they have the courage to stare at the eye of death and to move onward under the shower of bullets and the flash of machine guns, no matter whether they are bruised or bleeding or racked with thirst. They did not wait to see whether the UNSC can move or whether the ASEAN can give up their soft stance on Burma in line with its general policy of non-interference in domestic affairs (?) of Burma.
The people of Burma have never given up their struggle of defying the military rulers in whatever means they could avail. They have been resorting to hit-and-run protests in different parts of the country including Rangoon. They are posting posters calling for the release of all political prisoners, Buddhist monks and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. They are raising their voice through all available means against the despotic regime, be that music or short story or internet or any other literary works. Now, it is clear that the people of Burma will not wait to see whether Mr Gambari can bring any tangible result or whether his travel to a number of countries including Burma's neighboring country like India can make any difference. They also will not wait to see whether there will be any progress in the efforts of Mr. Peiro Fassino, the European Special Envoy for Burma, who has been continuously taking initiatives and seeking cooperation from China, India, ASEAN countries and Japan.
Now, it is time for the international community to see what notch of the worst episodes is going to be added in the scale of brutalities of the Burmese military rulers.#
........................................................................
By: Ahmedur Rahman Farooq
During the long 46 years of unbroken military rule since 1962, Burma has witnessed many episodes of brutalities and tyranny of the army who have always treated the guns as not for shooting upwards, but to shoot directly at those who raise their voice against the military rule.
On July 7.1962, the army has indiscriminately massacred more than 100 students of Rangoon University, wounded many others and arrested about 3000 students, simply because they raised their protest against some rules and regulations which were imposed upon them by the regime restricting their usual movement same as those in the military barracks, prohibiting students coming in or going out after 8 pm and signing the register book to ascertain that they were in. Such rules sent students to bed hungry because the dinner provided by the hall was served from 4.30 to 6.30 pm and supper was not provided by the hall and the students had to manage it according to their convenience.
However, in the morning of the 7th July 1962, the campus was surrounded by about 2000 soldiers. At first an exchange of abuses took place between the students and the soldiers. The soldiers were just waiting for the order to shoot. At dusk the order was given and the shooting began in no time which lasted about half an hour. The death toll of the students was 135 according to the students source and 34 according to the govt announcement. After the shooting, the campus was cleared up, the dead and the wounded were carried away and at midnight the historic "Students Union Building" was dynamited and bulldozed. Everything was done swiftly and precisely. Next morning everything was normal and quiet. (Details in " Burma: Nationalism and Ideology", by Dr Shwe Lu Maung).
Similar grim showbiz was perpetrated by the military regime on 11 December 1974 , where hundreds of university students were brutally killed by the army following the tug-of-war over the siege of the body of U Thant, the Ex-Secretary General of the UN. U Thant was and still is regarded by the people of Burma as a most serene and brightest son of Burma. However, the students were massacred because they wanted to put the body of U Thant to final rest in an honorable site which would stand for the people of Burma as the milestone of glory and pride. But Gen. Ne Win wanted to bury the body in a common cemetery of "Kyandaw" where the body of notorious Khine May Than (Ne Win's first legal wife) was buried.
Thus, there arose a tense situation centering the siege of the body. At this critical situation, once the students seizing the body buried it in the ground of the Students Union Building of Rangoon University on 10th December 1974. But next morning at about 5 am, the army entered the campus using tanks. The Chancellor Gate was first bulldozed off. The army began arresting everybody on the way and herded them off in the military trucks. When the soldiers started digging for the body, students began to march onward to stop them. Then began indiscriminate shooting. When the body was raised, there was a tug-of-war over the body.
All those students who rushed onwards to snatch the body of U Thant, were shot dead. A popular high school girl student, Khin Khin Myint (?), was one of those who clung on to the coffin of U Thant. First the soldiers began to kick her down to depart her from the coffin, later seeing that she was not leaving the coffin off, the soldiers shot her down. Thus, the UN flag with which the body of U Thant was wrapped, was drenched with the blood of the students.
During the great Pro-Democracy Uprising of 1988 which is known as "8888 Uprising" and is regarded as a national revolution in Burma, over 3,000 democracy-seeking civilians including students, monks, government employees, workers, farmers, traders and even housewives, were brutally killed and thousands of others have been either maimed or imprisoned without any trial.
During the recent anti-military protest known as "Saffron Revolution", the world has awfully witnessed how brutally the army can quash the peaceful demonstrations led by the revered Monks. It was the biggest anti-junta protests for nearly 20 years. During this anti-military protests tens of thousands of the people took to the streets with the monks leading the demonstrations, wearing deep maroon robes, where over one hundred peaceful demonstrators including monks, students and the public were killed and thousands of others were arrested.
There is no denying the fact that the words of frustration of Daw Aung San Suu Kyie came out due to the lack of any progress at the current pace of her talks with the military junta's Liaison Minister for political reforms in Burma, because the military regime has no interest to listen to what the people of Burma want or to what the international community says.
However, It is no more difficult to understand that Professor Ibrahim Gambari who has been appointed by the UN Chief as an special envoy to Burma to assist "in the process of national reconciliation through dialogue", has already been bracketed by the military rulers and there is no more way for him to play an effective role in the process of democratization of Burma.
It is nothing unusual that the army who have enjoyed the taste of absolute power in celestial delight for nearly half a century, can not give it up so easily. They will stick to their position at any cost, no matter for them what amount of bloods are spilled on the streets of Burma or what amount of tears are rolling down the cheeks of the groaning people of Burma. But the point which seriously frustrates the international peace loving community is that the Security Council of the UN, which is believed to be the custodian of the world peace, has failed to adopt an unanimous resolution to compel the junta to bow their head to the international pressure, due to stiff resistance from veto-wielding council members China and Russia, except showing some face-saving episodes .
Nevertheless, the people of Burma have demonstrated many times in the past that they have the courage to stare at the eye of death and to move onward under the shower of bullets and the flash of machine guns, no matter whether they are bruised or bleeding or racked with thirst. They did not wait to see whether the UNSC can move or whether the ASEAN can give up their soft stance on Burma in line with its general policy of non-interference in domestic affairs (?) of Burma.
The people of Burma have never given up their struggle of defying the military rulers in whatever means they could avail. They have been resorting to hit-and-run protests in different parts of the country including Rangoon. They are posting posters calling for the release of all political prisoners, Buddhist monks and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. They are raising their voice through all available means against the despotic regime, be that music or short story or internet or any other literary works. Now, it is clear that the people of Burma will not wait to see whether Mr Gambari can bring any tangible result or whether his travel to a number of countries including Burma's neighboring country like India can make any difference. They also will not wait to see whether there will be any progress in the efforts of Mr. Peiro Fassino, the European Special Envoy for Burma, who has been continuously taking initiatives and seeking cooperation from China, India, ASEAN countries and Japan.
Now, it is time for the international community to see what notch of the worst episodes is going to be added in the scale of brutalities of the Burmese military rulers.#
........................................................................
By: Ahmedur Rahman Farooq
Monday, February 4, 2008
Stallone challenges Myanmar junta, eyes "Rambo 5"
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Not satisfied with slugging it out with Myanmar's military government on celluloid in his latest "Rambo" film, Sylvester Stallone wants to go there and confront the junta face-to-face over human rights.
Stallone, who said he was gearing up to make a fifth and final instalment in the blood-and-guts series, told Reuters that media reports of his film becoming a bootleg hit in the former Burma, and an inspiration to dissidents, was a pinnacle in his movie career.
"These incredibly brave people have found, kind of a voice, in a very odd way, in American cinema... They've actually used some of the film's quotes as rallying points," Stallone, 61, said in a telephone interview.
"That, to me, is the one of the proudest moments I've ever had in film."
Residents in Yangon told Reuters this week that police had given strict orders to DVD hawkers to not stock the movie -- named simply "Rambo". Locals said fans had "gone crazy" over lines in the hero's brusque dialog such as: "Live for nothing. Die for something."
In the film, Vietnam War veteran John Rambo -- best known for mowing down enemies with an M60 machine gun in the 1980's -- comes out of retirement in Thailand to save a group of Christian missionaries from a sadistic Myanmar army major.
Stallone said that, rather than make a film about Iraq or Darfur, he focused on a lesser-known crisis before Myanmar suddenly grabbed the spotlight in September when the military junta crushed a pro-democracy campaign led by Buddhist monks.
Officials put the death toll from the crackdown at 15, but diplomats and aid groups say it is much higher and some media have reported hundreds -- or thousands -- were killed.
"People finally got the idea of how brutal these people are," said Stallone.
INVITE ME, PLEASE
Stallone's movie specifically focuses on the Karen tribe of eastern Myanmar. UK-based Christian Aid says the Karen and other groups have suffered half a million cases of forced relocation and thousands more have been imprisoned, tortured or killed.
Many ethnic rebel groups have fought Burmese governments for more autonomy since independence from Britain in 1948. Stallone said he was in communication with some, and several former freedom fighters acted in the movie.
And he hopes the film can provoke a confrontation.
"I'm only hoping that the Burmese military, because they take such incredible offence to this, would call it lies and scurrilous propaganda. Why don't you invite me over?" he said.
"Let me take a tour of your country without someone pointing a gun at my head and we'll show you where all the bodies are buried... Or let's go debate in Washington in front of a congressional hearing... But I doubt that's going to happen."
"Rambo" opened last month second in north American box office returns to the ancient Greek warrior spoof "Meet the Spartans", making $18.2 million in its first week.
Stallone said he was happy with what he described as "the bloodiest, R film (for) a generation" and hoped to make another.
"It will depend on the success of this one, but right now I think I'm gearing one up. It will be quite different," he said.
"We'll do something a little darker and a little more unexpected."
Stallone, who said he was gearing up to make a fifth and final instalment in the blood-and-guts series, told Reuters that media reports of his film becoming a bootleg hit in the former Burma, and an inspiration to dissidents, was a pinnacle in his movie career.
"These incredibly brave people have found, kind of a voice, in a very odd way, in American cinema... They've actually used some of the film's quotes as rallying points," Stallone, 61, said in a telephone interview.
"That, to me, is the one of the proudest moments I've ever had in film."
Residents in Yangon told Reuters this week that police had given strict orders to DVD hawkers to not stock the movie -- named simply "Rambo". Locals said fans had "gone crazy" over lines in the hero's brusque dialog such as: "Live for nothing. Die for something."
In the film, Vietnam War veteran John Rambo -- best known for mowing down enemies with an M60 machine gun in the 1980's -- comes out of retirement in Thailand to save a group of Christian missionaries from a sadistic Myanmar army major.
Stallone said that, rather than make a film about Iraq or Darfur, he focused on a lesser-known crisis before Myanmar suddenly grabbed the spotlight in September when the military junta crushed a pro-democracy campaign led by Buddhist monks.
Officials put the death toll from the crackdown at 15, but diplomats and aid groups say it is much higher and some media have reported hundreds -- or thousands -- were killed.
"People finally got the idea of how brutal these people are," said Stallone.
INVITE ME, PLEASE
Stallone's movie specifically focuses on the Karen tribe of eastern Myanmar. UK-based Christian Aid says the Karen and other groups have suffered half a million cases of forced relocation and thousands more have been imprisoned, tortured or killed.
Many ethnic rebel groups have fought Burmese governments for more autonomy since independence from Britain in 1948. Stallone said he was in communication with some, and several former freedom fighters acted in the movie.
And he hopes the film can provoke a confrontation.
"I'm only hoping that the Burmese military, because they take such incredible offence to this, would call it lies and scurrilous propaganda. Why don't you invite me over?" he said.
"Let me take a tour of your country without someone pointing a gun at my head and we'll show you where all the bodies are buried... Or let's go debate in Washington in front of a congressional hearing... But I doubt that's going to happen."
"Rambo" opened last month second in north American box office returns to the ancient Greek warrior spoof "Meet the Spartans", making $18.2 million in its first week.
Stallone said he was happy with what he described as "the bloodiest, R film (for) a generation" and hoped to make another.
"It will depend on the success of this one, but right now I think I'm gearing one up. It will be quite different," he said.
"We'll do something a little darker and a little more unexpected."
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