[Reader-list] Two sides of the same fundamentalist coin?

[Sandeep]

Just wait till church groups willl join them. And this has nothing to do with fundamentalism or nor-fundamentalism. f ex ashok gehlot he is congressman and he is against mall pub culture. This has more to do with sexual anxiety of indian society. although i agree thes idotic groups do reinforce each other. But what out Politically correct people tend to forget when they lay blame on babri masjid eposide to all ills of late indian history had congrees not played with islamic tradationalists under shah bano case and reopend janmbohmi controversy, BJP might still be a 5-10% party.
 
Sandeep> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:06:38 +0530> From: virtuallyme at gmail.com> To: reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: [Reader-list] Two sides of the same fundamentalist coin?> > As has been discussed on this group before, fundamentalists acting as> opinion and behaviour enforcers, of various religious persuasions,> ultimately feed off each other. One cannot exist in the absence of the> other. The response of the Muslim law board to the Sir Ram Sena and other> Hindutva group's moral policing in Karnataka (in the article below), only> reinforces this belief!> > Rohan> > http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/09/stories/2009020959480600.htm> > *Muslim law board member backs moral policing * Staff Correspondent * Abdul> Rehman Quereshi says violence shouldn't be used *> > BHATKAL (UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT): Assistant general secretary of the> All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Abdul Rehman Quereshi has> defended the stand of the Hindutva outfits on what they deem to be "moral> violations."> > Although Mr. Quereshi condemned the use of force to enforce a moral code, he> identified with the interventionist strategies of vigilante groups in> coastal Karnataka.> > "There is nothing wrong with demanding ethical behaviour from people of your> community. But these demands should be made by employing skills of> persuasion and not through force," he told *The Hindu* on Saturday.> > Referring to members of Hindutva vigilante groups, he said: "We agree with> them. We are also opposed to pub culture. We also dislike free inter-mixing> between sexes," Mr. Quereshi said.> > Averring that it was all right for Muslim men to mix with Hindu men as also> for Muslim women to mix with Hindu women, he said: "But, it is not proper> that men and women from different religions mix freely. In fact, it is not> proper for men and women from the same community also to freely mingle with> each other."> > He also advocated marriages within the community even as he stressed that he> saw no place for "romance" between men and women. "Every person – Hindu or> Muslim – will have to answer their maker after death. There is no place for> inter-religious marriages. How will they justify their deviation from their> religion to god?" he questioned.> > Dismissing human rights groups that have described vigilantism as a social> evil, he said: "it (vigilantism) is aimed at controlling social evils."> _________________________________________> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> Critiques & Collaborations> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
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