[Reader-list] No Burqa, No teaching in West bengal

[anupam chakravartty]

Dear Rakesh,

Anybody misusing religious texts for such purposes should be put behind bars
and they should get life term straightaway.

How would you or for that matter anyone judge the misuse of a religious
text?

Thanks Anupam

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is dubious. The university should be stripped of its legitimacy if
> they
> continue with this dubious aspect. Nobody anywhere in India should have the
> right to determine this dress code for teachers. If teachers feel any dress
> code should be maintained, it should be out of their own individual
> convictions and shouldn't be enforced by them on others.
>
> As for the Left front, it should be congratulated for spectacularly
> promoting fundamentalism and conservatism among the Muslim community to
> seek
> votes. While the BJP and the RSS indulge in feeding off the fear of the
> Muslims to seek votes (through demonizing Muslims), the Congress and the
> other 'secular' parties just feed off this fear of Muslims and let them
> remain in bad economic conditions in perpetuity to get their votes.
>
> Left is the third factor which people don't talk about. I as a Hindu don't
> have to refer to the Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana or other religious texts
> to
> prove that women deserve equal rights as men or that untouchability is
> wrong
> or that women should also have the right to ask for divorce like men
> equally. I just have to refer to the Constitution. But a Muslim has to
> prove
> this using the Koran. And some fools are making the wrong use of it.
> Anybody
> misusing religious texts for such purposes should be put behind bars and
> they should get life term straightaway.
>
> And the disaster is for our people, including the Muslims.
>
> Rakesh
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