Archive for October, 2006

Capital Punishment & Dhananjoy

Anoop Saha revisits the Dhananjoy Chatterjee case after two years since his execution on 14th August 2004. He goes on to disprove every argument that led to his killing… Two years later, I want to prove wrong, each and every argument that led to his killing, in a situation that is not very different from [...]

October 10, 2006 · Ajit · One Comment
Posted in: Capital Punishment

Afzal and the “Hanging” Dilemma

The sentence to hang Mohammed Afzal has once again brought to fore about the relevance of capital punishment. I think that the capital punishment has no place in a civilized world. I agree with what this Indian Muslim has to say. It is not a point of contention whether Afzal guru is guilty or not. [...]

October 7, 2006 · Ajit · 36 Comments
Posted in: Capital Punishment, Terrorism

Sign the petition and save these women who would be stoned to death

Seven Iranian Women have been ordered to be stoned to death. Eteraz has the details. Sign the petitions that Eteraz has provided links to. 3. Spread word about this rally in Rome protesting the decisions by the Iranian government. 4. Sign these two petitions which refer to the two of the seven women sentenced. Activists [...]

October 5, 2006 · Ajit · 5 Comments
Posted in: Islamic Justice, Politics

Is Islam violent?

A couple of days ago I came accross this site(faithfreedom.org) that hates Islam. I had an email correspondence with Sujai about it and he came up with brilliant posts here and here and here. You might see even a few more in the series. While Sujai has taken a broader perspective and a historical one, [...]

October 3, 2006 · Ajit · 73 Comments
Posted in: Islam, Islam & Violence, Islamic Violence, Islamo Facism, Islamofascism, Religion

Gandhigiri…What a way to remember the old man!!!

Last week I saw Lageraho Munnabhai. As it is I am a great fan of comedy. And a comedy with a message?…The icing on the cake. The movie does an excellant job of portraying the relevance of Gandhian principles in contemproray world. Lot of people may not agree with Gandhi on some of the issues. [...]

October 1, 2006 · Ajit · 18 Comments
Posted in: Gandhi, India