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Calcutta Quran Petition Redux: SC dismisses Rizvi’s plea to expunge 26 violent verses from Quran, imposes fine for ‘absolutely frivolous’ petition

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The petition filed in the Supreme Court by former Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi on Monday (12 April) seeking removal of 26 verses of the Quran has been dismissed, Live Law has reported.

If the dismissal of the petition was not enough, the apex court bench led by Justice R F Nariman termed the petition “absolutely frivolous” and imposed ₹50,000 in costs incurred by the court.

“Are you pressing the petition? Are you seriously pressing the petition?”, Justice Nariman asked the counsel appearing for Rizvi.

In reply, Rizvi’s lawyer said, “My submission is that these preachings advocate violence against non-believers. Children are kept at captivity at madrasas at a tender age. Students are not to be indoctrinated. These preachings cannot be in the market place of ideas. I have written to the Central Government for action, but nothing has happened.”

Rizvi’s lawyer submitted before the court that the confining plea was towards the regulation of Madrasa education while claiming that the literal interpretation of certain verses preached violence against non-believers. His client had singled out 26 of these Quranic verses used as justifications by Islamist terrorists to attack non-believers, he said.

“On account of the verses of Holy Quran, (more particularly described in the Writ Petition), the religion of Islam is drifting away from its basic tenets with a fast pace and nowadays is identified with violent behavior, militancy, fundamentalism, extremism and terrorism”, the petition adds.

The Legal Rights Observatory also tweeted on the Supreme Court’s attitude to the case.

When Wasim Rizvi filed the petition for the petition, there was a huge outcry and threat of violence against him. Muslims even declared him an ‘apostate’, i.e., Muslim turned non-believer. Apostasy is punishable by death in Islam. A Muslim cleric had offered ₹20,000 to anyone who brought him Rizvi’s head.

The case is reminiscent of the petition filed by advocate Chandmal Chopra and Sital Singh in the Calcutta High Court, seeking a ban on the Quran altogether. An application was filed on March 29, 1985, under Article 226 (power of the High Court to issue some writs) of the Indian Constitution, asking the Calcutta High Court to direct the government to ‘forfeit’ every copy of the ‘Holy book’.

The petitioners had argued that every copy of the Quran is ‘liable to be forfeited’ under Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) Section 95 (Power to declare certain publications forfeited) when read with Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) and 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage reli­gious feelings).

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TN Temple Employees Association President urges govt to allow temple festival

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Association of Tamil Nadu Temple Employees urged the state administration to permit temples  to hold festivals which can meet Covid-19 standards.

In view of the rise in Covid-19 cases, the Government of Tamil Nadu has banned temple functions and religious congregations.

President of the association S Shahji Rao said disrupting festivals could lead to a revenue loss to temples like the Alagarkoil in Madurai.

“The prohibition of the Kallalagar procession in Madurai can result in a loss of revenue. The procession, which normally lasts four days, will bring in revenue between 50 and 60 lakhs. If the procession is banned, the temple will suffer a financial loss,” said Shahji Rao.

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J&K administration leases land to TTD temple trust at a rate of ₹10 per kanal for 40 years

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Non-Hindu Employees Of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam To Be Transferred To State Government Pool

“Sanction is hereby accorded to the grant of state land measuring 496 kanal 17 malra (62.02 acres) at village Majeen, Jammu, in favour of TTD for building of temple and its allied infrastructures, pilgrim amenities complex, vedapatasala, spiritual, meditation centre, office, residential quarters, parking, etc on lease basis for a period of 40 years from the date of taking over the possession,”an order of J&K administration stated.

This is subject to the condition that the land would be used only for the purpose for which it is granted.

While approving the proposal, the Jammu and Kashmir government said there would be medical and educational facilities also in the campus in the future.

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Madras HC questions HR&CE on steps taken to reclaim illegally occupied temple lands

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The Madras High Court has ordered  HR&CE and the Revenue Department to file a report on their actions taken to retrieve unlawfully occupied Salem Perumal temple lands.

Perumal temple near new Salem bus stand owns land worth ₹50 crores in and around Salem. It is alleged that  several acres of these lands were occupied illegally by encroachers. Some of which are reportedly occupied by HR&CE officials themselves.

A petitioner named Radhakrishnan from Salem filed a PIL at the Madras High Court to reclaim those illegally occupied temple lands.

The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Honorable Justice Sanjib Bannerjee and Justice Senthil Kumar Ramamurthy. HR&CE officials who appeared before the bench told that they have taken steps to appoint a qualified person to enquire into the complaint.

The Judges accepted their arguments and asked them to file an affidavit on the actions take so far, and adjourned the hearing of cases by three weeks.

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The Hindu’s Malini Parthasarathy bemoans reopening of “long-buried” Kashi Vishwanath dispute, Shefali Vaidya responds

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Malini Parthasarathy, chairperson of The Hindu Publishing Group, on Friday tweeted that it was “disappointing” that the judiciary was endorsing the “reopening of a long-buried medieval dispute” in the Kashi Vishwanath−Gyanvapi Mosque case. Quoting from an editorial from The Hindu, she tweeted, “ASI survey in Gyanvapi mosque should not be allowed to resurrect disputes buried by law.”

Parthasarathy was referring to a ruling by a Varanasi court ordering the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake a comprehensive physical survey of the disputed site at Gyanvapi, Varanasi and the constitution of a five-member Committee to report on the survey work done to the court’s observer.

Responding to her tweet, author and Tweeleb Shefali Vaidya said, “Who buried it? No self-respecting Hindu has EVER forgotten the way Kashi Vishwanath Mandir was destroyed. Not talking about dhimmies who have sold their soul like @MaliniP though!”

Responding to Shefali’s tweet, Malini Parthasarathy said that ‘Hindutva is rearing its ugly head’ and that it ‘defeated Narendra Modi’s vision of technocratically driven governance’.

However, Shefali said that calling her a ‘dhimmi’ wasn’t an abuse and that it was a fact.

The public spat between the two went on to take an ugly turn with Malini calling Shefali a ‘loser’. Shefali hit back saying that unlike Malini, she was self-made, her achievements were her own and not by virtue of someone’s grand daughter, and went on call Malini a ‘mediocre dynast’.

After this tweet, Malini had stopped engaging with Shefali and had her colleagues come to her rescue in comments. Suhasini Haider, daughter of Rajya Sabha MP Subramaniam Swamy and Diplomatic Affairs Editor of The Hindu replied to Malini’s tweet saying that they were proud to be associated with The Hindu.

Shefali Vaidya took a jibe at this saying that publishing group’s chairperson had called her ‘coterie of friends to express solidarity with her’.

The ASI Committee’s prime purpose is to find out whether the religious structure standing at the disputed site is a superimposition, alteration or addition or if there is structural overlapping of any kind over any other religious structure. If there is any such structure, the Committee is to examine the age, size, monumental and architectural design, style of the religious structure standing at the disputed site, what Hindu deity or deities the same was devoted to and what materials were used to build the same. The Committee is to trace if any temple belonging to the Hindu community ever existed before the mosque was built or superimposed or added at the disputed site. After the survey is complete, the Committee’s report is to be submitted in a sealed cover without undue delay, the court had ruled.

Interestingly, the court also ordered that the general public or the media will not be allowed access to witness the survey work. The Committee was also barred from holding any media briefings on the survey work.

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Kerala: Independent MLA PC George wants India to be declared a Hindu Rashtra

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Kerala politician PC George who is an independent MLA from the Poonjar assembly constituency has demanded to declare India a Hindu nation.

He was speaking at a program organised by the High Range Rural Development Society in Thodupuzha in Kerala.

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He made this bold statement because of the growing communalism in India including the dreaded love jihad, wherein non-Muslim women are lured into getting into a relationship with a Muslim man.

George said that the Government of India should be declared a Hindu nation because the opposition parties are in ties with Islamist fundamental organisations to make India a Muslim country by 2030.

He also pointed out how demonetisation played such an important role against anti-national forces.
 
According to George who is one of the most senior leaders in Kerala politics, the framers of the Indian constitution had envisioned India as a ‘Secular, Democratic, Socialist nation but the definition of secularism today has an entirely different phenomenon.
 
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Kerala Gov Arif Mohammad Khan prays at Sabarimala temple, carries ‘irumudi’

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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan visited the Sabarimala temple on Sunday evening (11 April).

This was not just a visit but an actual pilgrimage as he was carrying the Irumudi – two packages containing ghee coconut and other pooja items required. 

Khan followed all the rituals as he reached Sannidhanam by walking along Swami Ayyappan marg.
 
He was received at the Valliya Nada Pandal by Travancore Dewasom President, N Vasu, Dewasom Board member K S Ravi and Dewasom Commissioner B S Thirumeni.

After the Padipooja, Arif Mohammed Khan climbed the divine 18th step and had the darshan of Lord Ayyappa and he will have another darshan on the morning of 12th April.

As a remembrance of his visit to one of the most sacred sites for Hindus, the Governor will also plant a sandalwood sapling at the Malikappuram temple premises.
 
He will then attend an event as part of the Punyam Poonkavanam project and will then proceed back to Pampa. The Governor was accompanied by his youngest son Kabir Mohammad Khan.

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Senior citizens earn accolades for cleaning Thiruneermalai temple pond

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The Thiruneermalai Ranganathar Temple near Chromepet is quite famous and is visited by hundreds of visitors on a daily basis. The pond in this temple has been under a state of neglect for quite some time now. A lot of people have been using it to dump their rubbish. The wall that was bordering the temple pond was also found to have broken down at several places. Sewage water was found to be accumulated in the places where there were cavities in the wall.

The wreckage also contained used liquor bottles and had broken pieces of glass scattered around. This caused a lot of discomfort to the devotees who were visiting the temple.

Noticing an article about the same in a popular newspaper, a couple of senior citizens who are also social activists came forward to to clean up the pond and clear the garbage. The entire pond was cleaned up by these two people, who went on to create awareness to the people around the temple about the importance of maintaining it properly.

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Ahead of Tirupati bypolls, BJP proposes ‘Dharmacharya Mandali’ to manage temples

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Ahead of the byelection for the Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has proposed that a ‘Dharmacharya Mandali’ be constituted to manage Hindu temples in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

BJP State president Somu Veerraju, along with JSP political affairs committee chairman Nadendla Manohar, BJP Rajya Sabha member G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, candidate K. Ratna Prabha, and general secretary Vishnuvardhan Reddy, released the party’s manifesto in Tirupati on Sunday.

The BJP’s manifesto proposes a ‘Dharmacharya Mandali’, with specific reference to Tirumala, which can later be replicated across the state.

The BJP announced that it would release the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) from the “clutches of the government” and form an authorised body of seers to guide and monitor its affairs. This, the manifesto said, would be replicated and applied to all the Hindu temples in the State.

Manifesto also proposes to curtail religious proselytisation

With a promise to make Tirupati the ‘spiritual capital of the world’, the BJP also proposed to curtail the propagation of other religions and take steps to ensure the flourishing of traditional practices, culture, art, music and dance forms.

Efforts were also made at preserving the traditional practices such as Kalamkari and handicrafts that were endemic to the constituency and priority would be accorded to upskilling the artisans, BJP’s Narasimha Rao observed.

The party also recalled the Centre’s efforts to develop Tirupati as a modern city by infusing funds from Smart City Corporation, establishment of national institutes like the IIT, IISER, Indian Culinary Institute and development of national highways, railway stations and sea ports on global standards.

Similarly, critical care hospitals would be established in Chittoor and Nellore districts, the party promised.

For the farmers, the BJP in its manifesto promised modernisation of market yards, establishment of cold storage facilities, micro irrigation facility and low-cost debts to cattle and sheep rearers.

Targeting the coastal areas, the party promised Kisan credit cards to fishermen families, development of Pulicat lake and fishing harbours.

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Read how a watchman from Kerala became an IIM Ranchi professor

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Ranjith, a 28 year old son of a tailor from Kerala has proved that nothing is impossible if one puts their mind to it, and has become an IIM Ranchi professor after having come from a village in Kasargod. Sharing his story on social media, Ranjith posted a picture of his house where he had grown up. It featured a house that was made of mud and covered with a tarpaulin to serve as a roof. A gas cylinder was kept outside the house indicating the size of the house.

He had captioned the picture with the following: “‘This is the house where I was born. I just grew up here. I am very happy to say that this house is what made me an IIM professor. Let me tell you about my journey from this little house to IIM Ranchi. I would be happy if at least one person was inspired by my journey. I cleared Class 12 with a good score. But then my financial circumstances were not in my favour. Just when I was thinking that I should discontinue my education, I luckily got a job as a night watchman at the Panathur Telephone Exchange. I took the job and continued my studies.”

He continued, “St Pius College taught me how to speak on stage. The Central University of Kerala taught me that world exists beyond Kasaragod. That is how I reached the big world of IIT Madras. For the first time in life, I felt like I was alone. Growing up speaking only in Malayalam, I was afraid to talk to others here. I even thought I might drop out of my course. My guide, Dr Suresh, made me realize that I was wrong. He told me to fight for my place in the world.”

“My journey started from Panathur hills. My journey from the cottage to IIM Ranchi was not so easy. My parents were also affected in my journey to IIM Ranchi, but they supported me nevertheless. There are a thousand huts like this. Many dreams from these huts have died before they came true. My wish is that a lot more success stories should come from these huts. There may be crumbling walls around you. Don’t stop dreaming high for it. Your dream will surely come true one day. I did not post this for self-promotion. I posted this because my friends told me that my life inspires many,” Ranjith concluded.

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