<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="1.0"><channel><title>Diary of Panchajanya</title><link>http://Panchajanya.rediffiland.com/</link><description>Diary of Panchajanya</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Interesting Religious Survey in USA: Hindus compete with Jews to Outperform!</title><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://religions.pewforum.org/" target="_blank">Pew Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life</a> <BR>has conducted an extensive survey Based on interviews with more than<BR>35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the survey details the religious<BR>affiliation of the American public.</p>  <p>The result of survey is very interesting:</p>  <ol><li> 48% of Surveyed Hindus were Post Graduate or above. Jews were distant Second with 35%</li><li>43% of Hindus are in Highest Income Group($100,000 Plus) second only to Jews who are at 46%</li><li>It shows 44 percent of Americans have switched religious affiliations (If shifts among Protestant denominations are included)</li><li>The Roman Catholic Church "has experienced the greatest net losses as a result of affiliation changes"</li><li>Sixteen<BR>per cent of American adults say they are not part of any organised<BR>faith, which makes the unaffiliated the country's fourth-largest<BR>"religious group".</li><li>Evangelical Protestant Churches form the<BR>biggest Group with 26.3%. Followed by Catholic who form 23.9% of<BR>Population. While Hindus form approx. 0.4% of Population</li></ol>Please read full detail at http://nomadmolouges.blogspot.com/ <BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:26 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Panchajanya.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/28/Interesting-Religious-Survey-in-USA-Hindus.html</link></item><item><title>Khilafat centenary to be celebrated</title><description><![CDATA[<p>It is shameful that certain groups in Kerala has decided to <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/2008/02/25/stories/2008022551040300.htm" target="_blank">celebrate Khilafat Movement Centenary!</a></p>  <p>A reception committee under the aegis of the <strong><font color="#800000">Ahmediyya Muslim Jamat</font></strong> is constituted was on Sunday to observe the <strong><font color="#800000">centenary of the Khilafat movement</font></strong>. Jamat's Chief Missionary Mouvali Mohammed Ayub is the coordinator and Kozhikode region Amir M.A. Mohammed, the chairman. </p>  <p>In Kerala, <strong><font color="#800000">the Khilafat Movement culminated as  Moopalah riots</font></strong><BR>which claimed the lives of thousands of innocent Hindus at the hands of<BR>Muslim mobs. This is how Annie Beasent described riots in her book <cite> <i>The Future Of Indian Politics: A Contribution To The Understanding Of Present-Day Problems P252</i></cite>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Besant">Annie Besant</a> stated: "<em><font color="#000080">They </font></em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moplahs&amp;action=editredlink"><em><font color="#000080">Moplahs</font></em></a><em><font color="#000080"><BR>murdered and plundered abundantly, and killed or drove away all Hindus<BR>who would not apostatise. Somewhere about a lakh (100,000) of people<BR>were driven from their homes with nothing but their clothes they had<BR>on, stripped of everything...Malabar has taught us what Islamic rule<BR>still means, and we do not want to see another specimen of the </font></em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khilafat"><em><font color="#000080">Khilafat</font></em></a><em><font color="#000080"> Raj in India</font></em>."</p>  <p>One of lesser told story of Khilafat Movement was that in 1920, <font color="#800000"><strong>some 18,000 Muslims from </strong></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh"><font color="#800000"><strong>Sindh</strong></font></a><font color="#800000"><strong> and the </strong></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Frontier_Province"><font color="#800000"><strong>Northwest Frontier Province</strong></font></a><font color="#800000"><strong> emigrated to </strong></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan"><font color="#800000"><strong>Afghanistan</strong></font></a><font color="#800000"><strong> on the urging of Muslim religious leaders. They saw India as a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_al-Harb">Dar al-Harb</a></i>,</strong></font> a non-Islamic land inhabited mainly by Hindus and controlled by the British; they sought to temporarily live in a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_al-Islam">Dar al-Islam</a></i>,<BR>which signified a Muslim-majority and rule of Islam. However, the<BR>Afghan government forcibly deported the refugees back to British India,<BR>leaving them weak and vulnerable.</p>  <p>Also, some of prominent historians believe that <strong><font color="#800000">Khilafat Movement was first step towards formation of Pakistan!</font></strong></p>  <p><em><font color="#ff0000">Do we really need to celebrate such a shameful episode in our History? do we have to reopen our wounds?</font></em></p><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:35:45 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Panchajanya.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/25/Khilafat-centenary-to-be-celebrated.html</link></item><item><title>Now its Good time as a Minority in India</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Last week, I was reading a very  interesting book "A <strong>Thousand <BR>Splendid Suns"</strong> by Afghan American author Khaled Hosseini. There is a <BR>very interesting passage in which the father of Laila (One of central cast) asks <BR>her to enjoy her life under USSR Backed Communist Rule. He says "<em><font color="#0000a0">This is the best time to be born as a Female in <BR>USSR</font></em>"</p><BR><p>Similarly, It seems this is the best time to born as a member of Minority in <BR>India. Lets take a hypothetical situation in which a Boy called "X" is born as a <BR>Minority.</p><BR><p>X is the fourth son in his family. His farther is a Small Time Business Man <BR>and Mother is a Housewife. </p><BR><p>His father send him to school when he was Five year old. He didnot have much <BR>difficulty getting into the school as it was a Private minority-run educational <BR>institution. As per the current laws, the <strong>government donot  regulate <BR>Private minority-run higher education institutions fees and admission <BR>policy</strong>. He being from Minority community didnot have to face much <BR>competition. Once in the school, his fathers burden was much relieved as <BR><strong>Government has just started Minority Only Scholarships</strong>, He was <BR>more than certain that he would be able to avail the scholarship. </p><BR><p>Once he completed the studies, he didnot have to go thru the hassle of <BR>competing for Jobs  as in most of the states<strong> Minorities enjoys Job <BR>reservation</strong>. In Fact, it is rumored that now <strong>this Job <BR>reservation would be extended even to Private sector.</strong></p><BR><p>Now Since X is well placed in a Good Government Job, he would like to get <BR>married. He has decided to Avail some funds from <strong>Rs 5 crore which AP <BR>Govt has set aside for mass marriages of Minorities</strong>. He is checking <BR>whether he can use this money for his honeymoon Trip also. Afterall, if govt. <BR>gets him married they have to take responsibility for After Marriage Expenses. <BR></p><BR><p>With all his Materialistic  needs taken care, X has turned to religion for <BR>Spiritual Needs. Now he regularly goes to the Mosque which has just be <BR><strong>refurbished with Rs 5 Crore funds which AP Govt</strong> has given for <BR>repairs and maintenance for mosque and church. He has plans to go for Haj next <BR>year, the travel for <strong>Haj is heavily subsidized by Indian <BR>Government</strong>. </p><BR><p>Today, X is a contented man, he has pledge to continue to vote for the <BR>current government. He feels assured that the present Government will take care <BR>of all his Needs whether "Materialistic" or "Spiritual" Moreover the Prime <BR>Minister himself has assured that Minority has  <strong>first right over natural <BR>resources. </strong>He was also heartened that PM <strong>lost his <BR>sleep</strong> due to some unpleasant Incidents in Australia. He is assured that <BR>his children will also get the good life he had and he would tell them <BR>"<em><font color="#0000a0">Now its Good time as a Minority in India</font></em>"  <BR></p><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:23:32 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Panchajanya.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/21/Now-its-Good-time-as-a-Minority-in-India.html</link></item><item><title>Outrageous Minority Appeasement in Andhra Pradesh</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Any government looking at <a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiabroadcast/20080220/r_t_ibn_nl_general/tnl-andhra-goes-all-out-to-woo-minoritie-3a4f8c1.html">minority appeasement</a> can take a leaf out of the Andhra Pradesh Budget.</p>  <p>The<BR>'tax free' Budget tabled by Finance Minister K Rosaiah allocates Rs 2<BR>crore for Christian pilgrims visiting the holy sites in Israel; Rs 5<BR>crore for mass marriages of Christians, Muslims and other minorities<BR>and Rs 5 crore for mosque and church repairs and maintenance.</p>  <p>With<BR>all of this and the recently implemented 4 per cent quota for Muslims<BR>in government Andhra government certainly has gone overboard with its<BR>attempt to appease minorities.</p>  <p>This outrageous appeasement was justified by a Outrageous Justification<em><font color="#0000a0"><BR>Desh main agar kisi kaum ko chote nazar se dekhane lage, to desh ke<BR>liye bhi khatra ho sakta hai (If you look down upon a community within<BR>the country, that may invite trouble for the nation) Agar kisi ko insaf<BR>dilana ho, aur agar ye appeasement hai, to iska koi jawab nahi hai.", </font></em>state Minorities Welfare Minister Shabbir Ali reasons.</p>  <p><font color="#ff0000"><em>Obviously Hindus donot come into picture when its it is matters of Justice and taking care of community</em></font></p><BR><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:44:36 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Panchajanya.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/02/21/Outrageous-Minority-Appeasement-in-Andhra-Pradesh.html</link></item></channel></rss>