| It is reported that the Wesak celebrations by the Govt. security Forces in the Tamil and Muslim villages in the East has caused suspicion and fear among the villagers. During the period of the war, the Forces adorned their camps with Wesak lanterns and was a normal feature, but, this year, in Wakkarai, Periyaneelawanai, Chenkaladi, Ottamaodi and Eravur where only Tamils and Muslims reside, Wesak celebrations have been forced upon them. According to our Eravur correspondent, the residents have expressed that this action is unreasonable, and the residents are beginning to fear whether there is an attempt to ‘Sinhalize’ the area. | |||||
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Army’s Wesak celebrations cause problems to the Tamil-Muslim villagers in the East
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
எட்டு உலக சாதனைகள் படைத்த பரீட் நசீர் காலமானார் _
எட்டு உலக சாதனைகளுக்குச் சொந்தக்காரரான பரீட் நசீர் நேற்று காலமானார். இறக்கும் போது இவருக்கு வயது 56. புத்தளத்தில் காலமான இவர் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தைப் பிறப்பிடமாகக் கொண்டவராவார்.
வேக நடை, யாழ்பாணத்தில் இருந்து அம்பாந்தோட்டைக்கு சைக்கிளைப் பின்புறமாகச் செலுத்தியமை, 500 நச்சுப்பாம்புகளுடன் இருந்தமை, 72 மணித்தியாலங்களாக தொடர்ந்து பந்தைத் தட்டி சாதனை படைத்தமை, 3 நாட்களாக தொடர்ச்சியாக ஒன்றைக் காலில் நின்றமை போன்றவை இவரின் சாதனைகளில் சிலவாகும்.
இவை தவிர, பூல் டூம் நடனம், நான்கு நாட்களாக தொடர்ச்சியான நடனம், 72 மணி நேரமாக கைகோர்த்து நடனம் ஆடியமை ஆகிய உலக சாதனைகளையும் இவர் படைத்துள்ளார்.
இவரது புதல்வர் பர்சான். இவரும் உலக சாதனையாளரே. கடந்த வருடம் ஜூலை மாதம் 23ஆம் திகதி உலக சாதனை ஒன்றினை மேற்கொண்டிருந்த போது விஷப்பாம்பு தீண்டி இவர் மரணமானார்.
இந்நிலையில், நேற்று காலமான பரீட் நசீரின் ஜனாசா நல்லடக்கம் இன்று காலை 8.00 மணியளவில் இடம்பெற்றதாக. அவரது புதல்வரான மற்றுமொரு உலக சாதனையாளர் ரிபாஸ் நசீர் தெரிவித்தார்.
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வேக நடை, யாழ்பாணத்தில் இருந்து அம்பாந்தோட்டைக்கு சைக்கிளைப் பின்புறமாகச் செலுத்தியமை, 500 நச்சுப்பாம்புகளுடன் இருந்தமை, 72 மணித்தியாலங்களாக தொடர்ந்து பந்தைத் தட்டி சாதனை படைத்தமை, 3 நாட்களாக தொடர்ச்சியாக ஒன்றைக் காலில் நின்றமை போன்றவை இவரின் சாதனைகளில் சிலவாகும்.
இவை தவிர, பூல் டூம் நடனம், நான்கு நாட்களாக தொடர்ச்சியான நடனம், 72 மணி நேரமாக கைகோர்த்து நடனம் ஆடியமை ஆகிய உலக சாதனைகளையும் இவர் படைத்துள்ளார்.
இவரது புதல்வர் பர்சான். இவரும் உலக சாதனையாளரே. கடந்த வருடம் ஜூலை மாதம் 23ஆம் திகதி உலக சாதனை ஒன்றினை மேற்கொண்டிருந்த போது விஷப்பாம்பு தீண்டி இவர் மரணமானார்.
இந்நிலையில், நேற்று காலமான பரீட் நசீரின் ஜனாசா நல்லடக்கம் இன்று காலை 8.00 மணியளவில் இடம்பெற்றதாக. அவரது புதல்வரான மற்றுமொரு உலக சாதனையாளர் ரிபாஸ் நசீர் தெரிவித்தார்.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
AGAINST "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" - Boycott Facebook
There is a Facebook group has been created to draw pictures/ cartoons about our beloved Prophet PBUH and set the 20th May as a "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day". Even though it is unethical according any terms. But, amazingly Facebook denied to block this group stating it is freedom of speech. So throughout the world Muslims and Islamic countries started to ban it.
View that group here:
http://www.facebook.com/pa
It's the time, we need to think well and act against enemies of Muslims. There are some of us boycott and deactivating the Facebook accounts. But this Boycott should be practical and show the great impact. So there is a another Facebook group has been created to against this group as AGAINST "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!". So, we encourage our Muslim brothers and sisters to join and show them our strong protest.
View the against group here:
http://www.facebook.com/pa
View that group here:
http://www.facebook.com/pa
It's the time, we need to think well and act against enemies of Muslims. There are some of us boycott and deactivating the Facebook accounts. But this Boycott should be practical and show the great impact. So there is a another Facebook group has been created to against this group as AGAINST "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!". So, we encourage our Muslim brothers and sisters to join and show them our strong protest.
View the against group here:
http://www.facebook.com/pa
Monday, May 17, 2010
Help the Flood Victims
Dear Brothers/ Sisters
Assalamu alaikum.
Thousands of families in and around Colombo has been affected and displaced due to rain. More than 2400 families has been affected in Maligawatte area only. Apart from this, around 600 families in Megoda Kolonnawa, Wellampitiya areas and 1500 families in Mabola area are affected. We are waiting for figures from other areas.
A large number of flood victims are now living in schools, grounds, mosques, temples and temporary shelters. Many houses are vanished and they lost their things even cloths. First, they should be provided with cooked food and Infant milk foods immediately.
Alhamdulillah, Allah has given Sri Lanka Jama'ath-e-Islami an opportunity to embark onflood relief activities in these areas involving our volunteer Emergency Relief Team. We need your financial support to provide an effective relief service to our brothers and sisters who are suffering. Also, we need your generous support to collect the urgently needed items.
1. Cooked food (Parcels)
2. Infant Milk foods
3. Instant foods (Biscuits, Noodles)
4. Dry rations - Rice, Dhal, Sugar, Milk powder, etc.
5. Clothing
You can handover money and stuff to our head office at Darul Iman, #77, Dematagoda Road, Maradana, Colombo 09
Contact Persons: Ash-Sheikh Sufiyan 077704565/ Ash-Sheikh Abdullah 0773585586,0112687091
May Allah accept our intentions, efforts and deeds.
Jazakallah Hairan.
Wassalam.
A. L Abdul Hakeem
Coordinator
Public Relations
Public Relations
Sri Lanka Jama’ath-E-Islami
Darul Iman, #77, Dematagoda Road, Maradana, Colombo 09
Tel: 0112687091 | Fax: 0112686030
Email: sljipr@gmail. com
தமிழ்ப் பேசும் மக்களின் அரசியல் விலாசம் தொலையப் போகின்றது : ஸ்ரீலமுகா
அரசாங்கம் முன்னெடுக்கப் போகும் அரசியலமைப்பு மற்றும் தேர்தல் முறைமை மாற்றங்களால் தமிழ்ப் பேசும் சிறுபான்மை இன மக்களின் அரசியல் விலாசம் தொலைந்து விடப்போகிறது. எனவே அனைவரும் ஓரணியில் திரள வேண்டும் என ஸ்ரீ லங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸ் அறைகூவல் விடுத்துள்ளது.
அரசாங்கத்துடனும் பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளை நடத்துவதற்கான கோரிக்கையை விடுக்கவுள்ளதாகவும் காங்கிரஸ் அறிவித்துள்ளது.
இது தொடர்பாக ஸ்ரீ லங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸின் செயலாளர் நாயகமும் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினருமான ஹசன் அலி மேலும் தெரிவிக்கையில்,
"தமிழ்ப் பேசும் அரசியல் கட்சிகளில் பிளவுகளை ஏற்படுத்த முயற்சிகளை மேற்கொண்டு வரும் அரசாங்கம் எம்மை பலவீனப்படுத்தி பெரும்பான்மையை பலப்படுத்தும் நிகழ்ச்சி நிரலை முன்னெடுத்து வருகிறது.
இதனை அரசாங்கத்திற்குள் பதவிகளை வகிக்கும் தமிழ், முஸ்லிம் அரசியல்வாதிகள் புரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். இதை வெளியிலுள்ள நாம் புரிந்து கொண்டுள்ளோம். உள்ளே இருப்பவர்கள் புரிந்து கொள்ளாமல் இருக்கின்றார்கள்.
இந்நிலையில் தொடர்ந்து அவர்கள் இருப்பார்களானால் அரசியலில் விலாசமே இல்லாமல் போய் விடுவார்கள். அரசியலமைப்பு மாற்றம் மற்றும் தேர்தல் முறைமையில் திருத்தங்கள் மூலம் சிறுபான்மை இன தமிழ் பேசும் மக்களின் அரசியல் உரிமைகளை பறிக்கும் நடவடிக்கைகளை அரசாங்கம் மேற்கொள்ளவுள்ளது.
திட்டமிட்ட சிங்களக் குடியேற்றம்
வடக்குக் கிழக்கில் திட்டமிட்ட சிங்களக் குடியேற்றங்கள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. இவ்வாறு திட்டமிட்டு சிறுபான்மை இன மக்களை அடக்க முயற்சிகள் முன்னெடுக்கப்படுகின்றன.
எனவே தமிழ், முஸ்லிம் என்ற ரீதியில் இனியும் நாம் பிரிந்திருக்காது தமிழ்ப் பேசும் மக்களாக ஓரணியில் இணைய வேண்டும். இது தொடர்பாக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்புடன் நாம் பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளை நடத்தினோம். அது வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ளது.
அதேபோன்று இ.தொ.கா. உட்பட மலையக கட்சிகளுடனும் அமைச்சர் டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா உட்பட அரசில் அங்கம் வகிக்கும் சிறுபான்மை கட்சிகளுடனும் பேச்சவார்த்தைகளை நடத்தவுள்ளோம்.
இவ்வாறு நாங்கள் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து அரசியல் உரிமைகளைப் பெற்றுக் கொள்வதற்கு மேற்கொள்ளும் முயற்சிகளை, தனிநாடு கோருகிறார்கள், மீண்டும் புலிகளுக்கு உயிர் கொடுக்க முனைகின்றார்கள் என்று அரசாங்கம் சிங்கள மக்கள் மத்தியில் பிரசாரத்தை முன்னெடுக்கும்.
அந்தப் பிரசாரத்திற்கு, சிறப்புரிமைகளுக்காக அரசுடன் இணைந்துள்ள எம்மவர்களும் ஒத்து ஊதுவார்கள். அவ்வாறானவர்களும் இறுதியில் விலாசம் இல்லாமல் போய் விடுவார்கள்.
நாம் தனி நாடு கோரவில்லை. எமக்குள்ள அரசியல் உரிமைகள் பறிக்கப்படும் நடவடிக்கைகளை எதிர்த்தே பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளை நடத்துகிறோம். தமிழ்ப் பேசும் மக்களாக ஓரணியில் திரள்கிறோம். சொந்த அபிலாஷைகளை தூக்கியெறிவோம்.
இன்று எமது முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸுக்குள்ளும் தனிப்பட்டவர்களுடன் அரசாங்கம் பேச்சுக்களை நடத்தி தம் பக்கம் இணைக்க முயல்கிறது.
ஆனால், எம்மவர்கள் சோரம் போக மாட்டார்கள். சிறுபான்மைக் கட்சிகளைப் பலவீனப்படுத்தி நாட்டில் பெரும்பான்மை இனத்தை பலப்படுத்துவதே அரசாங்கத்தின் திட்டமாகும் " என்றார்.
-வீரகேசரி இணையம் 5/17/2010
அரசாங்கத்துடனும் பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளை நடத்துவதற்கான கோரிக்கையை விடுக்கவுள்ளதாகவும் காங்கிரஸ் அறிவித்துள்ளது.
இது தொடர்பாக ஸ்ரீ லங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸின் செயலாளர் நாயகமும் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினருமான ஹசன் அலி மேலும் தெரிவிக்கையில்,
"தமிழ்ப் பேசும் அரசியல் கட்சிகளில் பிளவுகளை ஏற்படுத்த முயற்சிகளை மேற்கொண்டு வரும் அரசாங்கம் எம்மை பலவீனப்படுத்தி பெரும்பான்மையை பலப்படுத்தும் நிகழ்ச்சி நிரலை முன்னெடுத்து வருகிறது.
இதனை அரசாங்கத்திற்குள் பதவிகளை வகிக்கும் தமிழ், முஸ்லிம் அரசியல்வாதிகள் புரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். இதை வெளியிலுள்ள நாம் புரிந்து கொண்டுள்ளோம். உள்ளே இருப்பவர்கள் புரிந்து கொள்ளாமல் இருக்கின்றார்கள்.
இந்நிலையில் தொடர்ந்து அவர்கள் இருப்பார்களானால் அரசியலில் விலாசமே இல்லாமல் போய் விடுவார்கள். அரசியலமைப்பு மாற்றம் மற்றும் தேர்தல் முறைமையில் திருத்தங்கள் மூலம் சிறுபான்மை இன தமிழ் பேசும் மக்களின் அரசியல் உரிமைகளை பறிக்கும் நடவடிக்கைகளை அரசாங்கம் மேற்கொள்ளவுள்ளது.
திட்டமிட்ட சிங்களக் குடியேற்றம்
வடக்குக் கிழக்கில் திட்டமிட்ட சிங்களக் குடியேற்றங்கள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. இவ்வாறு திட்டமிட்டு சிறுபான்மை இன மக்களை அடக்க முயற்சிகள் முன்னெடுக்கப்படுகின்றன.
எனவே தமிழ், முஸ்லிம் என்ற ரீதியில் இனியும் நாம் பிரிந்திருக்காது தமிழ்ப் பேசும் மக்களாக ஓரணியில் இணைய வேண்டும். இது தொடர்பாக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்புடன் நாம் பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளை நடத்தினோம். அது வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ளது.
அதேபோன்று இ.தொ.கா. உட்பட மலையக கட்சிகளுடனும் அமைச்சர் டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா உட்பட அரசில் அங்கம் வகிக்கும் சிறுபான்மை கட்சிகளுடனும் பேச்சவார்த்தைகளை நடத்தவுள்ளோம்.
இவ்வாறு நாங்கள் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து அரசியல் உரிமைகளைப் பெற்றுக் கொள்வதற்கு மேற்கொள்ளும் முயற்சிகளை, தனிநாடு கோருகிறார்கள், மீண்டும் புலிகளுக்கு உயிர் கொடுக்க முனைகின்றார்கள் என்று அரசாங்கம் சிங்கள மக்கள் மத்தியில் பிரசாரத்தை முன்னெடுக்கும்.
அந்தப் பிரசாரத்திற்கு, சிறப்புரிமைகளுக்காக அரசுடன் இணைந்துள்ள எம்மவர்களும் ஒத்து ஊதுவார்கள். அவ்வாறானவர்களும் இறுதியில் விலாசம் இல்லாமல் போய் விடுவார்கள்.
நாம் தனி நாடு கோரவில்லை. எமக்குள்ள அரசியல் உரிமைகள் பறிக்கப்படும் நடவடிக்கைகளை எதிர்த்தே பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளை நடத்துகிறோம். தமிழ்ப் பேசும் மக்களாக ஓரணியில் திரள்கிறோம். சொந்த அபிலாஷைகளை தூக்கியெறிவோம்.
இன்று எமது முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸுக்குள்ளும் தனிப்பட்டவர்களுடன் அரசாங்கம் பேச்சுக்களை நடத்தி தம் பக்கம் இணைக்க முயல்கிறது.
ஆனால், எம்மவர்கள் சோரம் போக மாட்டார்கள். சிறுபான்மைக் கட்சிகளைப் பலவீனப்படுத்தி நாட்டில் பெரும்பான்மை இனத்தை பலப்படுத்துவதே அரசாங்கத்தின் திட்டமாகும் " என்றார்.
-வீரகேசரி இணையம் 5/17/2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Sri Lanka: Residents protest against demolition of homes
15 May 2010
About 200 people held a protest at Slave Island in central Colombo yesterday, opposing the demolition of their houses by the military. Twenty houses where 45 families—mostly Muslim—lived were bulldozed last Friday on the orders of the Defence Ministry.
Protest against recent evictions
Hundreds of policemen and army soldiers were mobilised last weekend to block angry residents as the homes were reduced to rubble. Riot police baton-charged and chased away the people when they resisted the government's move.
The impoverished families have ignored the government's order to resettle in makeshift huts at Thotalanga, a Colombo suburb. Instead, they are living in tents erected in front of their former houses. Many lost belongings, including children's schoolbooks and clothes. They now depend on the assistance of neighbours and welfare organisations. The land where their homes once stood has been levelled, surrounded by a tin sheet fence and declared a "Prohibited Area".
After residents refused to move, the Urban Development Authority (UDA) offered each household 100,000 rupees ($US880) as annual rental for an alternative residence. However, when men reluctantly went to the UDA office to obtain the money, they were given only 5,000 rupees to transport their belongings.
People protested yesterday in heavy rain, chanting slogans against President Mahinda Rajapakse's government. They displayed posters with slogans such as "Hands off our houses!", "Our children are on the street", "Is this Rajapakse's good governing?" and "The sensitive leader [Rajapakse] is sleeping". Hundreds of policemen were deployed to contain the protest, and more police were mobilised in the surrounding area.
Police blocking protesters
Soon after his new government was installed last month, Rajapakse placed the Urban Development Authority (UDA) under the control of the Defence Ministry. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, one of the president's brothers, declared the Slave Island shanties to be "eyesores" that had to be removed. The government is seeking to clear what is prime real estate for development.
Yesterday's protest was called by the "Foundation for the protection of houses of Colombo residents". The group has been organised by the opposition United National Party (UNP), the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP).
SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem declared the group would take legal action, saying: "It is disgraceful the way people have been evicted. They should have at least been given one month instead of two hours." UNP provincial councillor Mujibur Rahman claimed that the eviction was retaliation for many shanty dwellers voting UNP in last month's parliamentary elections.
Chamal Jayaneththi, a NSSP leader, was even more demagogic, declaring: "This is not Mahinda's vision but Mahinda's dastardly vision. We say that we are firing the first shot to expel the Mahinda's vision at Slave Island. We can't allow the building of this country in this method. This is a disastrous development. "
Despite all of the rhetoric, none of the speakers demanded that those evicted have proper houses rebuilt on the sites where their homes were demolished. They tacitly accept the eviction as a fait accompli and the government's "right" to oust the shanty dwellers from "illegally occupied" land. If it is initiated, their legal case is likely to be for a bit more compensation to placate angry residents.
Again the most insidious role is being played by the ex-radicals of the NSSP who have joined hands with the right-wing UNP and Sinhala extremist JVP in blocking any independent political struggle for decent, low cost housing against the Rajapakse government. When in power, the UNP evicted residents from areas of Colombo and has a long record of attacking basic democratic rights.
The eviction of the Slave Island residents is part of a government's broader plan to oust large numbers of slum dwellers and free up 1,000 acres of lucrative real estate in central Colombo for development by investors. The UDA has also launched a related operation to crack down on thousands of street hawkers.
These operations, directed against the poorest and most vulnerable members of society, are a warning of the methods that the government will use against the entire working class as it implements the austerity measures required by the International Monetary Fund.
Workers should come to the defence of those evicted from the Slave Island shanties. While they have no formal legal right to the land, many have lived in the area for decades, in some cases generations. They confront the same problems as working people throughout the island, including the lack of proper accommodation and essential services such as electricity, clean water and sanitation.
Just as the government is demolishing these shanties to make way for property profiteers, so it is preparing to make deep inroads into public spending and essential services to meet the demands of global financial markets. The only way of defending the rights of the evicted families is through a political struggle against the Rajapakse government based on a socialist program to meet the needs of the majority, not the private profits of the wealthy few.
The starting point of such a fight is the establishment of action committees in the shanties and working class areas independent of all of the capitalist parties, including the UNP, the JVP and ex-lefts, that keep the working class tied to the bankrupt profit system. That is the program advocated by the Socialist Equality Party.
WSWS reporters spoke to residents at Slave Island, including some who had been evicted. A married woman explained: "We cannot live in the houses offered by the UDA at Thotalanga. Actually you can't describe them as houses. They are just wooden boxes put up in muddy land. There is no proper ventilation. The drains are overflowing. The bad smell is unbearable. Since we lived in houses that were a hundred times better than those, why should we go there? We all decided not to go."
Another housewife said: "A hundred thousand rupees is not enough for half a year's rent for a house, even in a suburb. At the same time we don't know how long we will have to live in a rented house. We don't have any trust that they will build houses for us."
A young mother described the brutality of the eviction operation. Police hit her daughter when she tried to get her schoolbooks out. "They gave us only one hour to evacuate," she said. "After that they began to attack our people in an inhuman manner. They didn't even care about the elderly and the children. Now we can imagine how they treated the people in the North during the war."
WSWS interviews people evicted in 2008
In 2008, when people from Glenn Passage in Slave Island were evicted, the government claimed that the decision was necessary for the security of the residents. A resident recalled what the government had said. "They told us there could be an LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] attack on the air force that would affect neighbouring civilians. What sympathy toward us! Now the war is over, and the LTTE is no more. It is not the LTTE, but the army and the police that attacked us brutally."
A WSWS team visited the "transitional residences" provided to former Slave Island residents at Thotalanga. The condition of the huts and their surrounds are even worse than described by the evicted residents. The 73 families removed from Glenn Passage are still languishing in a marsh-like area. They have not received houses, as the government now claims they were illegal residents. A housewife commented: "Many government politicians promised us to provide new houses for us. But after almost two years we still live in this hell."
Thursday, May 13, 2010
An Outpouring Of Concern For Fathima Faika
Fathima Faika is a bruised and battered young mother who has not given up on life and living despite her traumatic marriage — a marriage in which was was allegedly assaulted at every turn. “We would drive from Kandy with my young sons and immediately on our return I had to start cooking. I was not allowed to even change my clothes. The table had to be laid to perfection too. On such a day if I failed to put a new cake of soap in the bathroom, I would be beaten mercilessly. I hate to be beaten because my sons had to sleep without me as I would have to get medical treatment again and again. I remember one day there was a sudden water cut and the clothes were soaking. He threw his hot tea at my face and plunged at me because I had not washed the clothes. If my four year old son spilled rice on the table while eating, he would beat me and shout at me calling me a ’sakkiliya’ who has not brought up my children properly,” recalled Faika in tears.
Despite having had to undergo a seven and a half hour long surgery as a result of her ‘married life’ and having been harassed, abused, beaten, traumatised and thrown to the streets, Fathima Faika has not given up. She strides on….
“There was a time when I was crying and walking down every street in Colombo with photos of my sons in hand. But now I know that I am not alone. I wish to thank The Sunday Leader and everyone who has reached out to me. I have also read the emails that have been going around and the ‘banding together’ to help me.
Among the first to contact Fathima Faika was Azad Sally, former deputy mayor of Colombo and current UPFA candidate. Having contacted the writer, Azad Sally was quick to get through to Faika. “I am wondering why and how all this injustice took place and how much political influence a person in the ‘opposition’ has used. The police have not acted, the immigration have not acted. I have called for a full investigation by the IGP,” said Sally.
Despite having to hand over his nominations at 9.30 a.m. Sally found time amidst all his work to accompany Fathima Faika to the Malaysian High Commission to discuss her case because she believes that her children are in Malaysia. “She is always talking about her children and crying for them day and night. I know it is difficult for a woman to live without her children but it is time that we took her mind off this for the moment, and continue the search,” said Azad Sally who suggests that Faika be employed.
Former sportsman, businessman, rights activist and an authority on Muslim Religious Affairs, Dr. Zurfick Ghouse reaching out to Fathima Faika is now investigating why the police have not acted on the complaints made by Fathima Faika. I have also discussed this matter with DIG K.P.B Pathirana who has assured me that they will look into the matter,” said Dr. Ghouse.
“We must also ask assistance from Allah in this matter for nothing can happen without his assistance,” said Dr. Zurfick Ghouse.
Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Coordinator – Sri Lanka Association for Muslim Women and Girls, Al Muslimath contacting the writer said that she wishes to help Fathima Faika. “It is completely wrong for a husband to beat his wife. Women ought to know how to avoid this kind of situation,” said Dr. Reffai. She also went on to point out that according to Islamic Law the husband has no right to keep the children. “This amounts to kidnapping. The children automatically go to the wife, unless it is proven that she is not a good mother. I am thankful to The Leader for highlighting her case. But we should also suggest places where women in such distress can go to,” said Dr. Reffai.
Fathima Faika and the writer also thank Mohamed Rahamathulla, Ismael Marikar, Mohammed Farouk, Mohammed Haniffa, Muslim Watch and a special word of thanks must also be given to Abdul Aleem Yoosuf for telling us all of the characteristics of a Muslim husband, thereby bringing about a touch of romance to all this turbulence…
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Dr.Reffai
Prayers For My Sons…
Fathima Faika — A mother's tears
Her religion, her life and living decree that her photograph ought not to be taken — let alone be published in a newspaper. But the loss of one’s children can drive a mother to do anything, even the prohibited.
“I will do anything, just about anything to get my sons back,” said the battered, abused and beaten Fathima Faika, with only tears and a gnawing heartache left behind as legacies of a marriage made at 26 years of age.
“He was the one and only man in my life. I led a sheltered life and attended the Kegalle Convent. I had no association with men and my life revolved around my husband,” recalled Faika crying uncontrollably.
“I endured the torture, endured the beatings and endured the endless cooking, cleaning and fetching because of my sons,” said Faika. “But there came days when I could not bear the beatings anymore, yet I stayed,” she added. But it was not always that she could stay. “At most times the beatings became unbearable, I thought I would die if I stayed and I ran into the night. When my eldest son was born I was forced to leave the infant behind and run away. Yet I came back, because of my sons,” cried this anguished mother choking on the memories. . .
All these beatings were endured in the vicinity of the Borella Police Station. “One day when I went to the Borella Police I was told not to cry and cough as the saliva may settle on the complaints book. “If you are sick, go and take treatment, don’t come here,” the police once told me. Despite the fact that Faika’s mother thought that a tin of red paint had been slashed on here face, the police in Borella had been reluctant in taking down the complaints of this helpless woman.
“In your culture, men are allowed to take other women, so why fuss?” an officer in the Borella Police Station had reminded Faika. But it was not the other women that Faika was worried about, it was the impossibility of enduring physical beatings and the ultimate loss of her most cherished possessions – her sons
“I wish to pay a tribute to the Women and Children’s Bureau in Fort for the way they have stood by me. I remember how a W.P.C. there questioned my husband over my blood-covered bruises and warned him repeatedly against this physical abuse. (To which he said that my mother had beaten me and dumped me in his house.)
With an influential husband in business, friends in high places, and on the verge of stepping into politics, Fathima Faika at first glance may look like the quiet wife of a rich man. But look deeper into her heart, talk to her and one sees not just cracks in her life, but whole ruination.
Innocent, troubled and distant are the words that one would use to describe this helpless woman from Borella who has made 17 complaints to various authorities over the disappearance of her sons, Mohamedhul Khifli (10) and Ahamed Shanfer (5).
Each day my little son saw the tears in my eyes and he made the sacrifice. He sacrificed his comfort, his love for me and his happiness, he endured it all and chose to be away from me because he knew that I would be beaten if they stayed with me,” said this traumatised woman in need.
Fathima Faika needs our help, but she remains isolated. There seems to be no one who is actually able to give her what she wants – her sons.
“My husband said that he divorced me. But at times he says he is married to me, either way he does what suits the situation. I was forced to leave him when our first son was just nine days old. But I had to come back because he kept the baby. I could not bear the pain of losing him….” And of course it was the milk that welled up within her and the surging of love within her that caused this young women to come back to a home she described as a hellhole.
Had enough
But with one child and a hundred beatings, Fathima Faika had just had enough. “I was determined to divorce him. When I told him of my intentions, he said that it would look bad on him if I divorced him, so instead he would divorce me.”
“I was given custody of my child,” said Faika.
After four hearings in eight months, Fathima Faika was told that she was divorced. But as time went by her ex-husband seemed to have no intention of leaving her alone.
“Despite being divorced, he forced me to come and live with him. He said he was a changed man. And on being urged by my helpless mother and ailing father, I chose to go,” recalled Faika.
And when she went to live with him she not only got more beatings but something even more — another child.
“I really wanted to stay together because of my sons. Besides our culture did not seem to recognise a divorced woman. I endured the torture once again. There was an endless flow of friends and relatives to our home and it was a case of cooking from morning to night. If there was too much gravy in the chicken curry, I got beaten; if the curry was too dry, then I got beaten. If I was too slow I was beaten, if I did not know how to fix the charger to the new telephone, then again I got beaten – in fact, there was nothing about which I did not get beaten,” said Faika in tears.
Children — they make women endure not just mental trauma but grievous mental and physical hurt. Fathima Faika knew that if she left she would lose the children.
My children were terrorised into saying that they do not love me, that they do not need me — and they said so to friends and strangers, they said so, with tears in their eyes. I really did not want to leave, but the physical abuse was hard to endure,” said Faika.
And in that one moment of unbearable pain and agony, she did leave – she went back to her mother. “With her face so bruised and lips so swollen, I thought she was someone else,” said her mother in tears.
But there is always room for a daughter in her mother’s home. And when she was living there, the car that pulled up near the house had been a strange one. In that was her technically ex-husband. “My father is ill and my mother and I are constructing a new bathroom for him. I got late to come to the car as I was supervising this,” explained Faika. But her ex-husband had other thoughts. “Where were you?” he asked as she got in, and just as she answered the car swerved. “He beat my face and body and I felt the blood gushing down my nose. His driving was not near perfect, but the beatings were,” she said. The drive was an hour long, but for Fathima Faika it seemed like a long drive to the roads of hell, being beaten at every turn.
Children terrified
“He took me to the house we used to live in and I saw my sons in there. They were terrified. It was a rainy night and I could not recognise my own face,” said Faika.
And once again she had gone to the Borella police to be told that she ought to take treatment before she lodges an entry. “He had many influential friends in high places. I had no one anywhere,” said Faika.
Chased away from the house, Fathima Faika would go to her sons’ schools during the interval and feed them rice. She would stand in the roadside just to get a glance of them. “And then I would walk home in the sun, wiping the unending tears….”
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But there came a day in August 2009 when Fathima Faika almost lost her mind. “I did not see them for days, I did not see them in the house, in the school, on the roadside…. nowhere did I see them…” she cried at the thought.
And when she had gone to her sons’ school she had been told that they have been removed from the school. Later she found that the things in the home where her sons had lived were being sold.
It was a heartbreaking frenzy that overtook this mother. “I ran everywhere in desperation. I just could not live without my sons. I could not begin the day without looking at their faces, I could not continue my life without them….” she says.
It has been revealed that Fathima Faika’s sons have gone missing – no one seems to know where they are and these minors have no access to their mother. “I have also been receiving telephone calls from strange people asking me for their money back if I cannot send them for employment overseas,” said a puzzled Faika. Fathima Faika appeals, she begs, she implores – “whoever you are, whatever you are doing, please help me to get my sons back.”
Fathima Faika has made the following complaints to overcome her misery, escape from the dangers and live happily as a mother — with her children. For assaualt and kidnap – CWIB 94/119, 326/72 CWIB (Women and Children’s Bureau), UTR 11477 (119), CIB II 82/305, CIB I 55/57, CIB I 243/123, CIB I 255/12, CIB II 22/27, CIB II 156/220, CIB I 100/144, CIB III 301/150, CIB III 15/297, CIB II 299/331, CIB III 349/44. At Police Headquarters — CIB I 175/30, IGP/APC/109/ 09.
This is a plea to all mothers – all mothers who are professional women, who are housewives, who are simply mothers and to those women who are unmarried; here is a woman, a young woman whose only experience with romance and marriage is a barrage of beatings, uncertainty and tears. She has lost her most cherished possessions. Who will help her get them back — she is not talking about her jewellery, but her two young sons whose smiles lights up a feeling that surpasses the glitter of gold…
It’s been seven months since I heard their voices and saw their innocent faces,” wails this mother in anguish.
Who will help Fathima Faika to sleep again — in the cosy cuddle of her children?
Articles from Sunday Leader
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
ஐ.தே.க.வுக்கு வாக்களித்தமையாலேயே வீடுகள் தரைமட்டமாகி மக்கள் நடுத்தெருவில், நாளை கொழும்பில் எதிர்ப்பு ஆர்ப்பாட்டம்
| பெரும்பான்மைப் பலத்தை பெற்றுக் கொண்டுள்ள அரசாங்கம், மக்கள் மீது அடக்குறையை கட்டவிழ்த்து விட்டு வீடுகளை தரைமட்டமாக்கி நடுவீதியில் தள்ளியுள்ளது. ஐ.தே.கட்சிக்கு வாக்களித்தமையினாலேயே இம் மக்களுக்கு இந்தக் கதி நேர்ந்துள்ளது என முன்னாள் எம்.பி.யும் ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸின் தேசிய அமைப்பாளருமான சபீக் ரஜாப்தீன் தெரிவித்தார். | |||
| எதிர்வரும் நாட்களில் கொழும்பு நகல் பல இடங்களிலுள்ள வீடுகளை தரை மட்டமாக்க அரசாங்கம் தயாராகி வருகிறது. இதற்கு எதிராக வீதியில் இறங்குவோமென்றும் அவர் தெவித்தார். கொழும்பில் குடியிருப்புக்களை பாதுகாக்கும் மன்றம் ஏற்பாடு செய்த ஊடகவியலாளர் மாநாடு நேற்று புதன்கிழமை முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரஸ் தலைமையகமான தாருஸ்ஸலாமில் நடைபெற்ற போதே சபீக் ரஜாப்தீன் இதனைத் தெரிவித்தார். அங்கு அவர் மேலும் உரையாற்றுகையில், கொழும்பு கொம்பனித் தெருவில் வாழும் மக்கள் பெரும்பாலானோர் ஐ.தே. கட்சி ஆதரவாளர்கள். எனவே, பழிவாங்கும் நடவடிக்கையாகவே வீடுகள் உடைக்கப்படுகின்றன. பல வருடங்களாக சட்டரீதியாக வாழ்ந்த மக்களுக்கு எதிராக அரசாங்கம் சட்ட விரோதமாக நடவடிக்கைகளை மேற்கொண்டுள்ளது. இதற்கு தொடர்ந்தும் இடமளிக்க முடியாது. எதிர்வரும் நாட்களில் மத்திய கொழும்பு, வட கொழும்பு பிரதேசங்களிலுள்ள வீடுகளை உடைப்பதற்கான திட்டங்கள் முன்னெடுக்கப்படுகின்றன. எனவே இதற்கெதிராக நாம் ஓரணியில் திரண்டு வீதியில் இறங்க வேண்டுமென்றும் சபீக் ரஜாப்தீன் தெரிவித்தார். நாளை கொழும்பில் எதிர்ப்பு ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் கொழும்பு கொம்பனித்தெருவில் வீடுகள் உடைக்கப்பட்டதை எதிர்த்து நாளை வெள்ளிக்கிழமை பிற்பகல் 1.30 மணிக்கு வேகந்த பள்ளிவாசல் முன்பாக எதிர்ப்பு ஆர்ப்பாட்டமொன்று நடத்தப்படவுள்ளது. கொழும்பு குடியிருப்புகள் பாதுகாப்பு மன்றத்தின் ஏற்பாட்டிலேயே இந்த எதிர்ப்பு ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் நடத்தப்படுகிறது. இது தொடர்பாக இம் மன்றத்தின் அமைப்பாளரும் கொழும்பு மாநகர சபை உறுப்பினருமான ஷரப்தீன் கருத்துத் தெரிவிக்கையில்; அரசாங்கத்தின் அடக்குறைக்கு தொடர்ந்தும் இடமளிக்க முடியாது. இன்று கொம்பனித் தெருவில் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள வீடுடைப்பு நாளை கொழும்பு முழுவதிலும் வியாபிக்கும். இதற்கு முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைக்க வேண்டும். எனவே இதற்கு எதிர்ப்புத் தெரிவித்தே நாளை வெள்ளிக்கிழமை ஜும்மா தொழுகைக்குப் பின்னர் வேகந்த பள்ளிவாசல் முன்பாக எதிர்ப்பு ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தை நடத்துகிறோமென்றும் அவர் கூறினார். Courtesy : Tamilwin |
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Appointment of politician to a leading school in Kalmunai creates chaos
An unusual situation has been created at a leading girl’s school in Kalmunai when the principal of the school who was serving on contract basis after his retirement at the age of 60 years and resigned from the post had returned to the school reappointed.
It is alleged A.H.A. Bahseer was serving at the Mahmood Ladies College in Kalmunai as principal and went on retirement at the age of 60 years after an additional extended period of 5 years to his service, in August 2008.
With his influence within the education department and outside A.H.A. Basheer was able to remain in the school after 60 years, serving on contract basis when there are qualified teachers both males and females suitable to be appointed as principal to this school.
Just before the general election and with the intention of contesting at the election Basheer resigned from his post of contracted principal on 24th February, 2010. He contested the election from the Ampra district under the National Congress of Minister Athulla in the UPFA ticket and was not elected to parliament.
It is learnt Basheer has been reappointed once again by the Secretary of the Eastern Provincial Education Ministry to the same school Mahmood Ladies College on the 5th of this month and the Kalmunai Zonal Director of Education M.T.M. Thowfeek had made an entry in the school log book in this regard the same day.
When Muslim Guardian contacted the Zonal Director of Education M.T.M. Thowfeek he confirmed that the Secretary of the Provincial Ministry of Education had reappointed A.H.A. Basheer by a letter given to him and he in turn advised the present principal of the school Uthuman Ali to hand over the duties back to the former principal.
According to some teachers here the provincial ministry of education is not empowered to reappoint teachers or principals on retirement to schools and the authority is with the ministry of education of the central government.
Meanwhile a secretary attached to one of the provincial ministries here has told Muslim Guardian that it is possible for the provincial ministry to reappoint a government servant to service on the recommendation of the governor.
People here say most of the teachers at this school did not vote for Basheer at the last general election, for they looked at him as principal and not as politician. It is said the teachers, students and the parents fearing reprisal from the principal who is now a politician are at present in fear psychosis as his leader is the present minister for provincial councils and local government.
The teachers, parents of students and the public here are much concerned and worried fearing the fate of not only their children but also the school going to a politician which they suspect, will be ruined in due course.
It should be mentioned this girl’s school in Kalmunai has produced a number of academics and professionals like principals, lectures of universities, doctors, engineers and accountants. Although the long and committed service of Mr.Basheer behind the achievement of the school is appreciated, his re-entry to the school after turning in to an active politician has created dissatisfaction and chaos.
Courtsey : muslimguardian.net
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