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MP to soon have a law against love jihad

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The Commune
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Taking cognisance to the menace of “Love Jihad” the Madhya Pradesh state government will introduce a ‘Love Jihad Bill to punish Muslim men who pretend to be a Hindu and entrap a Hindu girl into marriage and later forcibly converted her to Islam. 

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra has said the state government will soon introduce a“love jihad” bill in the state assembly.

If the law is passed it will be stringent and the guilty will have to endure five years of rigorous imprisonment and the charges will be deemed cognizable and non-bailable, Indian Express reports.

One of the provisions in the bill would make it mandatory for the concerned district collector to be notified a month in advance regarding the formalization of an inter-faith marriage.

“There will be provision to declare marriages taking place forcefully, out of fraud or by tempting someone, for religious conversion, null and void. Those assisting in committing this crime will also be considered a party to the crime,” Mishra stated.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “Jihad will not be permitted in the name of love at any cost in the state. Necessary legal provisions will be made against love jihad.”

Just as the Nirbhaya rape and murder case forced the government to make changes in the law, the cold-blooded murder of a 21-year-old girl named Nikita Tomar at the hands of politically connected Muslim boy has brought the whole case for the need of law against love jihad.

Nikita was shot dead right outside her college by a man named Tausif in Haryana’s Ballabgarh area in October. The family has alleged that Tausif was forcing Nikita to convert to Islam and marry him and when she refused Tausif gunned her down along with his friend Rehan.

New Zealand-based Christian evangelist of Fiji-origin caught violating Indian visa norms

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The Commune
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An evangelist named Dennis Nand of Glad Tidings Ministry, a Christian missionary organization based in Auckland, New Zealand has been caught flouting Indian visa laws, a report by Mission Kaali has revealed.

Dennis, who is believed to be a Indo-Fijian, had visited India in 2019. He had gone to a village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra on February 13 or 14 to participate in proselytization activities.

On 17th February he had attended a meeting pastors, leaders and church believers at Nagpur organized by another Christian missionary organization Trinity Living Light Fellowship.

 

These activities of evangelist Dennis Anand is in violation of the terms and conditions of the visa. A tourist visa can only be used for non-business purposes, such as tourism or visiting family and friends. Even if one holds a missionary visa, the person cannot use it for proselytizing activities and can only join a missionary organization approved by the Government of India for which the organization must receive a certificate indicating it is compliant with the Foreign Contributions Regulatory Act.

Glad Tidings Ministries does not have a website of its own and only has a Facebook page. Dennis has a Facebook page of his own supposedly for ‘sharing prayers’.

Mission Kaali has now filed a complaint with the Home Ministry to take action against Dennis Nand for violating visa norms.

Citizens can file complaints against organizations involved in illegal proselytization activities with the Ministry of Home Affairs at this link. Click here for a guide on how to file complaints against such individuals or organizations.

Cauvery Calling to organize statewide drive for sapling plantation

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The Commune
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The Cauvery Calling team is organizing a statewide drive for the general public to participate in sapling plantation on private farmlands across the Cauvery river basin in Tamil Nadu. ‘Nurturing the Desire to Plant a Tree’ is a platform for eco enthusiasts who don’t own land and don’t know where and how to plant saplings but wish to do so. The sapling plantation drive will be held at a different location each month. The first event will be held at Thotiyapatti village in Karur district on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

Representatives from Isha Agroforestry visit the farms and evaluate the quality of the soil and water. They then recommend suitable saplings for plantation. Saplings are finalized for plantation by farmers. The initiative achieves several objectives: it involves the community in plantation activity and gives them first-hand experience of working on a farm; it generates curiosity and interest in farming among the general population and brings the community closer to the farmer; it ensures high sapling survival rate as they are on farmlands where they will be cared for.

There are 30 Isha nurseries in Tamil Nadu that produce 100% naturally grown saplings. The saplings are available to farmers at a nominal cost.

Cauvery Calling is a movement launched by Sadhguru, Founder-Isha Foundation, in an effort to revitalize river Cauvery. It promotes tree based agriculture on private farmlands in the Cauvery basin. Its 12-year mission is to enable over 5 million farmers to plant 2.42 billion trees on their own farmlands in the river basin for economic gain. This will substantially increase farmer income by 3 to 8 times, enrich soil in the basin, improve water tables and augment Cauvery’s source flow levels.

Those who are interested in participating can register for the event by calling 94437 19705.

‘Periyarist-Communist-Ambedkarist-Marxist’ man shares obscene image of Lord Ram and Prophet Mohammad

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The Commune
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A man named ‘Sa Raavana Cholan SV’ shared an obscene image of Lord Ram and Prophet Mohammad on his Facebook profile leading to widespread condemnation from both the Hindu and Muslim community.

‘Sa Raavana Cholan SV’ who identifies himself as a ‘Periyarist’, ‘Communist’, ‘Ambedkarist’ and ‘Marxist’ had shared an image of Lord Ram and Prophet Mohammad kissing each other. (Image not published here due to curb its circulation).

The image became viral with several members from both the community mass reporting the profile.

Following this, ‘Sa Raavana Cholan SV’ locked his profile restricting others from viewing his profile.

According to his Facebook, ‘Sa Raavana Cholan SV’ hails from Neyveli and claims to be working with a security systems trader based in Chennai. The current profile picture is a painted image of VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan.

Speaking to The Commune, the owner of the business who wished to remain unidentified said that they had terminated ‘Sa Raavana Cholan SV’ from the job more than a year back in April 2019 after they had received a similar complaint.

“We had received several complaints about his inappropriate posts on social media. We had warned him several times about it but he did not listen to us. We then terminated him from the job ” adding that ‘Sa Raavana Cholan SV’ has nothing to do with him or his company now.

So far, no reports are available of anyone registering a complaint against the culprit. The profile has not been taken down by facebook despite the hate speech and peddling of inflammatory content.

Malabar naval exercise irks China as India, Japan, Australia and the US begin round two

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The Commune
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India, along with Japan, Australia and the United States (US) is ready for round two of the Malabar naval exercise off the coast of Goa starting from Tuesday (17 November). 

This year India invited Australia and now the combined naval forces of the four QUAD nations will embark on a series of military exercises to enhance cooperation and interoperability.

The Quad is a strategic alliance and this year, must to the dismay of China, Australia was invited to take part in the Malabar exercise in more than a decade.

Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds called the Malabar exercise, A demonstration of the strategic trust between the four democracies but also strengthened the collective ability to contribute to regional security.”

For Communist China, the Quad is a strategic and geopolitical challenge and a thorn on the heel of President Xi Jinping led Chinese Communist Party (CCP) establishment. Many articles have been published in Chinese newspapers attacking both India and Australia for creating unnecessary tension in the region.

In 2007, several countries bowed down to Chinese pressure and India could also be counted among those nations who did not want to upset China. However, India under Prime Minister Modi has remained firm this time and ensured Australia participated in these crucial naval exercises.

Islamist issues death threat to Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan for inaugurating Kali Puja program in Kolkata

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The Commune
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An Islamist in Bangladesh, which is a majority Muslim country, has threatened to kill one of the best cricketers and perhaps Bangladesh’s best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for inaugurating a Kali Puja program in Kolkata, Dhaka Tribune reported.

A young man from Sylhet, identified as Mohsin Talukdar from Shahpur Talukdarpara village in Tukerbazar union, issued a threat to kill leading Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan during a live Facebook session. 

Mohsin Talukdar appeared during the Facebook live session and hurled abuses at Shakib while holding a large machete in his hand and was very angry and according to this Islamist, Shakib should be killed for hurting the religious sentiment of Muslims by inaugurating the puja mandap which is associated with Hindus.

‘Shakib must be killed. I would murder him by hacking if I get him in touch,’ Mahsin claimed in the video. Mahsin also demanded Shakib offer an apology for ‘hurting the Muslims.’

The incident took place on November 12 when Shakib inaugurated a Kali Puja program in Kolkata and it is being reported he also took part in the inauguration of the 59th Shyama Puja of “Amra Shobai Club” at Kankurgachi in East Kolkata by cutting the ribbon and lighting the lamp.

However, Shakib after being threatened has issued an unequivocal apology and for hurting the sentiments of his supporters and has flatly denied for inaugurating puja mandap and sought forgiveness.

‘Media, social media everywhere it was flooded that I went to Kolkata to inaugurate a puja ceremony which actually was not the reason behind my visit and I did not inaugurate puja,’ Shakib said during the Facebook live.

‘Puja was inaugurated by Firhad Hakim, mayor of Kolkata. In my invitation card it was clearly mentioned that I was not the chief guest for puja,’ he said.

“Being a practising Muslim I always try to follow the religious customs. Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong” he said.

Shakib Al Hasan has been part of the Indan Premier League (IPL) for eight seasons and won the championship twice with Kolkata Knight Riders and once with Sunrisers Hyderabad.

‘Vaccine has mark of Satan’: Angel TV run by Christian evangelist peddles propaganda warning people to not get vaccinated for COVID-19

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The Commune
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As the world awaits a vaccine that will put an end to the Wuhan virus pandemic, a Christian group in Tamil Nadu is already peddling propaganda against vaccination through their TV channel asking people to ‘run away from the vaccine’ as ‘it has the mark of Satan’.

Angel TV, part of Jesus Ministries founded by Sundar Selvaraj, claims in a show broadcasted by the TV channel that the vaccine has an in-built chip which is a ‘mark of the beast’.

“This is certainly the wrath of the beast the Bible has warned us about. Let me repeat one more time. If this is an ordinary vaccine, it is no harm. But if the other two forces are joining together, the digital identity and a financial transaction ability joining together… then in the name of Lord Jesus Christ I warn you today run away from it”, evangelist Sundar Selvaraj exclaims.

In the show, a poor woman and her child is seen watching evangelist Sundar Selvaraj making these claims on Angel TV. The child asks the visibly panicked mother what ‘grandpa’ (evangelist) is saying to which the mother responds “Many are dying from plague, isn’t it? A vaccine has been found now. But it has the chip of the mark of the beast. So we must not get vaccinated. That is what ‘grandpa’ is saying”.

Sundar Selvaraj can be heard in the background saying “don’t get deceived and get spoilt”.

On the day of the vaccination drive, the mother and the child is shown standing in the queue with a voiceover [of supposedly Jesus] saying “Dear daughter Sumithra.. Look at the injection carefully! It is not just a vaccine. The mark of the beast is hidden in it! Pay careful attention to it! This is what you read in the book of revelation. If you take the mark of the beast, you cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

Sumithra asks “What should I do now?” to which the voiceover responds “You warn them about this.”. She immediately turns and asks people to not get vaccinated. “As the lord has said in the Bible, it has the mark of the beast in it.”, Sumithra exclaims.

Two other ladies are shown discussing how a pastor had warned them about such things happening. A few other villagers ask Sumithra if she had gone mad.

Sumithra says that if the vaccine is taken they would all end up in hell to which rally behind her and say that it is true.

A local politician wearing a ‘saffronish’ shawl organizing the camp is shown yelling at Sumithra. The doctor rises from his seat and tells Sumithra that it is just a chip that is for her own good. A visibly agitated Sumithra is shown feeling helpless remembering the words of Sundar Selvaraj and runs away with her son.

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It is known that the Muslim community is averse to vaccination of any kind and peddles conspiracies about how vaccinations are meant to sterilize their children. There are several instances where health workers have been attacked and hounded out of Muslim-majority areas whenever there is a vaccination drive.

Now a section of the Christians have started spreading false propaganda on their TV channels against a yet-to-arrive COVID19 vaccine.

Selvaraj who dresses himself in saffron is known for his proselytization activities. In the last financial year 2018-19 alone, the Chennai-headquartered Jesus Ministries organization has received donations of ₹ 2 crore from Christian organizations in the United States, Australia and Taiwan.

India, Afghanistan reject Pak’s claims of terror charges

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Balaji Subramanian
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India has hit back on Pakistan for concocting documents and peddling false narratives after the terror-sponsoring nation has said that it has “irrefutable evidence” of India’s alleged involvement in terror sponsorship in Pakistan.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Deebavali addressing troops in Jaisalmer called upon Islamabad to end its support to cross-border terrorism, or there will be a serious consequence as India will not hesitate to hit back.

MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, “The so called claims of ‘proof’ against India enjoy no credibility, are fabricated and represent figment of imagination. This desperate attempt will find few takers as the international community is aware of Pakistan’s tactics and proof of its terror sponsorship has been admitted by none other than its own leadership,”.

“This is yet another futile anti-India propaganda exercise,” Srivastava said reminding Pakistan that Al Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden was killed in its soil.

In a presser held by Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi alongside Army spokesman Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Qureshi made the outlandish claim that India was behind some of the terror attacks in Pakistan and Indian diplomats in Afghanistan were promoting terrorist activities.

However, Kabul totally rejected these baseless allegations and said the Afghan government would never allow anyone to use its soil for “disruptive activities against any third country”.

In a statement Sunday, the foreign ministry said that Afghanistan itself is a major victim of terrorism. Kabul, it said, is “committed to a policy of combating all forms of terrorism…and will never allow Afghan territory to be used for destructive activities against other countries.”

Srivastava further added that global terror mastermind, Osama bin Laden, was found in Pakistan and that Pakistani PM Imran Khan eulogized him as a “martyr” from the floor of Parliament.

He further added“He admitted the presence of 40,000 terrorists in Pakistan, their science and technology minister proudly claimed involvement and success of Pakistan, led by its prime minister, in the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 Indian soldiers were martyred,”

Afghan security forces eliminate over 150 Pakistani terrorists operating in Afghanistan

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The Commune
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In a major reversal to Pakistan backed Taliban, the Afghan forces in Helmand and Kandahar province managed to eliminate over 150 Pakistan terrorists operating in Afghanistan according to information released by the Afghan interior affairs ministry Sunday (November 15).

In a press conference, the interior affairs ministry’s spokesman Tariq Arian said, “At least 55 Taliban commanders have been killed in Helmand and Kandahar provinces in Afghan forces operations in response to their attacks and 152 Pakistani fighters were killed in Helmand,”.

Taliban which is in midst of peace negotiation with the democratically elected Afghan government had launched a series of attacks on the Afghan security forces in the last few months.

Also, a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report states that around 6,500 Pakistan terrorists are operating in Afghanistan most of them belonging to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

A report published by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIS, al-Qaida and associated jihadist entities stated that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a “large terrorist group present in Afghanistan”, has claimed responsibility for various high-profile attacks in Pakistan and has facilitated others by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Lahskhar-e-Islam, the report said.

With the rise of ISIS in Afganistan, many former TTP terrorists have joined Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL-K).

Woman loses ₹3 lakh worth of jewellery, finds them in garbage dump

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The Commune
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A woman who threw jewelry worth ₹3 lakh in the trash while cleaning the house for Deebavali recovered it after putting up a struggle.

Rekha Selukar hails from Pimple Saudagar in Pune, Maharashtra. She had cleaned her house ahead of Deebavali. She also threw away an old handbag that had been lying around for a long time while throwing out all the old things in the house. A few hours after the incident, she realized that jewellery worth ₹3 lakh, including a silver clasp and a mangalsutra, which she had kept in the bag for a long time had also been thrown away along with the bag.

She immediately contacted Sanjay Kutte, a local social worker. She then informed the health department. Rekha’s family then went to the garbage dump upon the instructions of the social worker. It was only when the staff went to inspect the vehicle carrying the garbage that it came to light that all the garbage had been taken to the warehouse.

According to the information given by the health officer, they deduced that the jewellery should be in the warehouse. The handbag with all the jewellery was found intact. Rekha’s family expressed their gratitude to the health department.

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