Black Box - 3rd edition - April 2010
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Black Box - 3rd edition - April 2010
BLACKBOX BENGALURU | APRIL 2010 8 Swami Nityananda and Actress Ranjitha Involved in Sex Scandal - Who is to be Blamed? page 3 BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT POPE'S LETTER TO IRISH CATHOLICS DISAPPOINTS C H I L D A B U S E S U RV I VO R S S urvivors of child abuse by Catholic clergy in Ireland have expressed disappointment with the pope's apology for the scandal. Vi c t i m s c r i t i c i s e d Benedict XVI's letter of apology because it did not directly address the long history of concealment by Irish bishops of sexual, physical and emotional abuse by priests, nuns and Catholic orders. The campaigning group One in Four condemned the pope for failing to acknowledge that the church hierarchy had attempted to suppress the scandal. "Victims were hoping for an acknowledgement of the scurrilous ways in which they have been treated as they attempted to bring their experiences of abuse to the attention of the church authorities," the group's director, Maeve Lewis, said. "Pope Benedict has passed up a glorious opportunity to address the core issue in the clerical sexual abuse scandal: the deliberate policy of the Catholic church at the highest levels to protect sex offenders, thereby endangering children." Lewis also accused the Pope of dodging Vatican responsibility for failing to tackle child abuse. "If the church cannot acknowledge this fundamental truth, it is still in denial," she added. Andrew Madden, who in 1995 became the first person in Ireland to go public with an abuse lawsuit against the church, said he did not need to hear the pope "Pope Benedict has passed up a glorious opportunity to address the core issue in the clerical sexual abuse scandal: the deliberate policy of the Catholic church at the highest levels to protect sex offenders, thereby endangering children." say that clerical sex abuse was a crime and a sin. "The apology today is not for the cover-up, it's for the abuse and for the most part they didn't commit the abuse – but they caused some because of the coverup," he said. "That's the bit they should say sorry for." Support group Irish Survivors of Child Abuse was more welcoming of the pope's letter. "It would appear that the message overall is one of sincerity to bring about change in the church," he said. "We have an apology for the first time, and that's important." But Kelly called for further explanation of the letter's mention of a Vatican investigation into the Irish church, and the suggestion some abusers should be brought before tribunals. "Will anybody be made accountable? It would appear so from my reading of what the pope is saying, so that's positive but we need clarification," he said. In a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics, the pope castigated Irish bishops for "grave errors of judgment" in their handling of the paedophilia scandal. But he made no mention o f a n y Va t i c a n responsibility and gave no specific punishments for bishops who have been blamed by victims and Irish government inquiries for having concealed the abuse. Source: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/20/pope s-letter-disappoints-abuse-survivors bismillah hardware Cont. from p7 Icchadhari Bhimanand Swami had 600 Call Girls and 2,500 cr Assets married, his wife's name is Munni Devi who stays with the swami's parents in their paternal village. They have a 13-year-old daughter who is studying in a reputed school in Maharashtra. The swami has three brothers and three sisters. The paternal village address : Village Chamroha, Manikpur Tehsil, Dist Chitrakoot, UP.Villagers told mediamen that whenever the swami used to visit their village, several rich persons wearing suits used to come with foreign national girls in luxury cars at night, and the baba used to make arrangements for their stay. The swami had nearly 10 acres of village land. There was a complaint of dowry torture pending against the swami and his father Bacha Lal Dwivedi, after the wife of the swami's elder brother died. The swami had seven names : (1) Shiv Murat Dwivedi (2) Shiva (3) Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi (4) Bhimanand Maharaj (5) Shiv Baba (6) Icchadhari Baba (7) Shiveshwar Nath. The most astonishing fact revealed about the swami was that even his closest associate, who used to work as an auto driver, was rolling in money, police said, Indian Express reported. The swami took good care of the people loyal to him. Police said Dwivedi elevated the financial standing of his second-in-command, Parveen Kumar, also arrested along with him on February 25. Sources said Kumar, a native of Jhajjar in Haryana, would drive an auto-rickshaw till 2008. Two years after he started working with Dwivedi, Kumar drove a Honda City — it was seized by the police during his arrest. “He was Dwivedi's face in the racket. He was in charge of the logistics; he also made and finalised the deals. Whenever Dwivedi was busy giving sermons, Kumar took charge of the racket,” a senior police officer said. A police team, meanwhile, recovered a rifle and other weapons purportedly belonging to Dwivedi from his residence in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, after a raid. Sources said it also came to light during the raid that Dwivedi's personal bodyguards carried firearms. “We first need to assess and seize his property. He has many areas within the Capital where he functioned. We need to investigate whether the house owners knew about his operations,” a senior police officer said. The police are, meanwhile, also probing the allegations made by the father of a Jaipurbased girl who said Dwivedi was behind the abduction of his daughter. The 22-yearold woman is missing since December 23 last year. BLACK B O X POPE'S LETTER TO IRISH CATHOLICS DISAPPOINTS CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORS page 3 8 PAGE BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT April 2010 / 8 pages BENGALURU Edition For Private Circulation Love, Sex & Celibacy I t is human to love or hate. And the natural instincts of attraction towards opposite sex is the thing common to people of all languages and colours. The attraction leads to infatuation, love and eventually reciprocated by the expression of intimacy between the lovers. The relationship between them is sometimes legitimate, i.e within the purvue of the institution of marriage, and sometimes illegitimate, i.e the relationship outside the institution of marriage. One must understand the needs of the self. Everybody has its desire and its needs. Eating, drinking, sleeping, are all basic needs of the body. When the needs are met, then the self is at ease and peace. But sometimes exulting in it beyond one's need would lead to ones own destruction. Or not fulfilling the basic needs may also lead to imbalance and unrest in the body system. These material needs affect the state of mind. THE MUSLIMS' REACTION TO LOVE JIHAD Mr.Mukthar Ahmed, The President of KMMT (Karnataka Muslim Muttahida Tahreek) and the members of KMMT issued to the Governor of Karnataka Shri Hans Raj Bhardwaj a request memorandum to stop the hoax against the muslim cummunity. The Memorandum blamed Pramod Mutallik and his members who blew the hoax beyond proportion and that they had been successful in bringing about fear FREE COPIES NOT FOR SALE FREE COPYRIGHTS T here is a great saying which goes like- A Lie, Repeated Often Enough, Becomes "Truth". This statement is evident from the recent “Love Jihad” episode which was raked up by the right wing forces; they have conveniently used this lethal tool to malign the Muslim community, so much so that the state governments of Karnataka and Kerala had to intervene by setting up special committees to investigate their startling and ridiculous accusations. So, what exactly were the accusations? They claimed that a conspiracy titled “Love Jihad” was being hatched by a fringe in the Muslim community whose mission was to lure Hindu girls into love traps and eventually persuade them to marry only after embracing Islam, also they claimed that special instructions were given to breed at least 4 kids, and that the College students and working girls would be the p r i m e t a rg e t , a n d o n completing their mission the organization pledged a sum of one lakh rupees and financial help to the youth to start business, free mobile phone, bikes and fashionable dresses are offered to them as tools for the mission they claimed. The voices of the main stream media and the right wing forces resonated loud and clear that this conspiracy was hatched with the intention of escalating the Muslim population. Well, where did the mischievous term “Love Jihad” originate? What is the source and authenticity of these malicious claims? Is there an iota of reality to all these allegations? No Muslim organization ever coined this term, it was a brainchild of the very conspirators. One may then ask, aren't there any cases where Muslim boys have married Hindu girls and also embraced Islam, the answer is an emphatic yes! But, the vice versa is also true; nobody ponders over this aspect of it, why not blow the trumpet of “Love Hindutva”? Any sane unbiased person with a modicum of intellect would acknowledge that such cases often happen out of pure infatuation that usually happens in college and post college days when the youth are at the peak of their prowess, such things are a consequence of the natural disposition of heedless men and women, it has nothing to do with the outrageous claims of “love and marriage for conversion”. Pramod Mutalik, the infamous chief of the Sree Ram Sena went to the extent of holding 13 Madrasas responsible for hatching this p s y c h o s i s a n d suspiciousness amongst the people of various faiths. He also added that the Muslim youngsters in Mangalore, Hubli, and other parts of Karnataka were harassed by these anti-islamic bodies and hence forth requested the Governor to take necessary actions to stop this hate campaign made by them. p l o y. S h a m e f u l l y, t h e w e r e a c c u s e d o f madrasas have emerged a b r e e d i n g p o t e n t i a l s o f t t a rg e t f o r e v e r y Cont p5 controversial issue; first they WANT TO SELL OR BUY OLD COMMERCIAL VEHICLE JUST CALL: PATHAN - 99641 29999 PATHAN MOTORS WE BUY AND SELL TATA ACE, MAHINDRA MAX PICKUP, MARUTHI VAN, EICHER CANTER 10.90, FORCE TRAVELLER, FORCE TOOFAN Cont...p 5 BLACKBOX BENGALURU | APRIL 2010 2 BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT C of God and mindful of Him, but I do not fast continuously, I pray (part of The High Court on Wednesday the night) and sleep, and I dismissed a habeas corpus am married." (Bukhari and petition on a missing girl Muslim) On another which was portrayed as a 'love occasion the Prophet (peace Jehad' case. Y.S. Srinivas of be upon him) said: "God has Shimoga had filed the petition replaced to us the celibacy that his daughter Ashwini had been of the christians with this illegally detained by Irfan, who had truthful religion." (Tabarani). This relation forcefully married her and converted her to Islam. The between man and woman is girl asserted that she had married Irfan of her own will. considered by God as one of (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/bengaluru/%E2%80%98love-jehad%E2%80%99-case-dismissed-363) His signs and blessings: "Amongst His signs is that He created consorts for you from amongst you, so that you may find tranquility with them, and (He) set love and compassion between you. Verily in this are signs Hundreds of parents riot was sparked by reports The Vatican Church for people who reflect." staged a dharna on Tuesday of the "Sex Maniac" priest. Indeed modern times are with God's forgiveness of all (30:21) demanding the arrest of Even as the agitation witnessing a number of his trespasses. One of them ( Source: Father Mathew, Principal snowballed, the Karnataka celibate clergy in the United decided to stay up all night http://www.islamset.com/bioethics/obstet/celibacy.html) of St Claret High School, Government ordered an States of America giving in prayer, the second to who would allegedly inquiry into the matter by away celibacy, getting make fasting everyday for To place an Advertisment m o l e s t g i r l s t u d e n t s Deputy Commissioner of married and going against good, and the third to remain or regularly. An angry crowd t h e n P o l i c e M a l i n i the Church. At the time of celibate and never to marry. of parents had stoned the Krishnamurthy. to make Contribution Prophet Muhammad (peace When he knew about them, c ar of Bangalore Contact us on Source:http://www.christianaggression.org/ be upon him), three muslim the Prophet (peace be upon A r c h b i s h o p B e r n a r d item_display.php?type=NEWS&id=116658 5972 men enquired about the him) rebuked them saying "I Moras on Monday when he worship of the Prophet. am indeed the most fearful visited the area after a (We commanded) only the seeking for the good pleasure of God. And they did not regard it as they should have done." (57:27) Finding that it was not as much as they had expected, they said: and who are we in comparison with the Prophet who was blessed Sex Scandal Hits Bangalore Christian Convent School 98802 46150 Sex Crimes And The Vatican The Vatican A secret document which sets out a procedure for dealing with child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church is examined by Panorama. Crimen Sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope. It instructs bishops on how to deal with allegations of child abuse against priests and has been seen by few outsiders. Critics say the document has been used to evade prosecution for sex crimes. Crimen Sollicitationis was written in 1962 in Latin and given to Catholic b i s h o p s worldwide who are ordered to keep it locked away in the church safe. It instructs them how to deal with priests who solicit sex from the confessional. It also deals with "any obscene external act ... with youths of either sex." It imposes an oath of secrecy on the child victim, the priest dealing with the allegation and any witnesses. Breaking that o a t h m e a n s excommunication from the Catholic Church. Reporting for Panorama, Colm O'Gorman finds seven priests with child abuse allegations made against them living in and around the Vatican City. One of the priests, Father Joseph Henn, has been indicted on 13 molestation charges brought by a grand jury in the United States. During filming BENGALURU | APRIL 2010 7 BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT CELIBACY NEVER WORKED elibacy was introduced into Christianity with the good intention of self discipline and rising above the calls of the flesh. Islam deals with natural instincts by controling them but not by their denial. Because it is against nature, history tells us of the betrayal of celibacy by some monks and nuns in earlier times, leading to illicit sexual relations or sexual perversion. In a general theme of admonition to christians, the Quran refers to the matter of celibacy stating that it was not decreed by God: "Then in their wake (referring to Abraham and Noah) we followed them up with (others of) Our apostles; We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy: but the celibacy (and monasticism) which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them. BLACKBOX for Sex Crimes and the Vatican, Colm finds Father Henn is fighting extradition orders from inside the headquarters of this religious order in the Vatican. The Vatican has not compelled him to return to America to face the charges against him. After filming, Father Henn lost his fight against extradition but fled the headquarters and is believed to be hiding in Italy while there is an international warrant for his arrest. Colm O'Gorman was raped by a Catholic priest in the diocese of Ferns in County Wexford in Ireland when he was 14 years old. Father Fortune was charged with 66 counts of sexual, indecent assault and another serious sexual offence relating to eight boys but he committed suicide on the eve of his trial. Colm started an investigation with the BBC in March 2002 which led to the resignation of Dr Brendan Comiskey, the bishop leading the Ferns Diocese. Colm then pushed for a government inquiry which led to the Ferns Report. It was published in October 2005 and found: "A culture of secrecy and fear of scandal that led bishops to place the interests of the Catholic Church ahead of the safety of children." The Catholic Church has 50 million children in its worldwide congregation and no universal child protection policy although in the UK there is the Colm O'Gorman was raped by a Catholic priest in the diocese of Ferns in County Wexford in Ireland when he was 14 years old. Catholic Office for the Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults. In some countries this means that the Crimen Sollicitationis is the only policy followed. The Va t i c a n h a s r e f u s e d repeated requests from Panorama to respond to any of the cases shown in the film. Panorama: Sex crimes and the Vatican was on BBC One on October 1 2006. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/5 389684.stm) Colm O'Gorman: Victim of Catholic Sex Abuse PROSTITUTION RACKET IN DUBAI By M A Shaikh S everal years after the c o l l a p s e o f c o m m u n i s m , thousands of prostitutes are still flocking to Dubai, the trade centre of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from the countries of the former Soviet Union. And although prostitution is illegal in the emirate, this appalling trade in human flesh is a highprofile activity in Dubai. Many of the 'night butterflies', as prostitutes are called in Russian, are young Muslim women - some former students - who came looking for work but have ended in a trap of sin, p o v e r t y, e x p l o i t a t i o n , hopelessness and fear. Indeed, those who try to escape their ordeal often only manage to get killed by pimps and others who have an interest in seeing them secure in their cages. They are in dire need of rescue not condemnation - and rehabilitation to prepare them for a life fit for Muslim women. There are now several thousand prostitutes in Dubai. Apart from a few African women, they come from Russia, the Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Chechenya, Kyrgyzstan and other republics of the socalled Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). This may be a trickle compared to the hundreds of thousands of young women that flooded into Western Europe when the Soviet Union collapsed, but it is already causing great embarrassment in a sparselypopulated Muslim country, by agents who then confiscate their passports, set them to 'work' and force them to buy back their travelling documents in addition to paying for the arranged visas and the awful accommodation they are given. As soon as the visas expire the women are on the run and become entirely dependent on their pimps. Each day a prostitute stays on without a visa is equivalent to a fine of ú16. All visitors to Dubai, except British citizens, are required to be sponsored by a local sponsor. It is this system of sponsorship, Many of the 'night butterflies', as prostitutes are called in Russian, are young Muslim women - some former students - who came looking for work but have ended in a trap of sin, poverty, exploitation, hopelessness and fear. whose authorities are ignoring it for reasons of their own. The women arrive on weekly flights from the CIS on pre-arranged visas manipulated ruthlessly which partly makes possible the arrival, and stay, of so many women that are in effect illegal immigrants. Icchadhari Bhimanand Swami had 600 Call Girls and 2,500 cr Assets “Considering all these facts, it is highly likely that R.K. Puram was one of the areas from where Dwivedi operated the scam. The two flats in the area were frequented by high-profile people and the rush of devotees continued at these places late into the nights. Dwivedi is being questioned on this and more facts are likely to emerge in the case,” the source added. Sources told Asian Age that Dwivedi was arrested following a tip-off from intelligence agencies about a suspicious transaction estimated to be in hundreds of crores of rupees which was carried out from US into different accounts held by Dwivedi. A diary recovered from the swami shows he owned assets worth nearly Rs 2,500 crores. The diary lists names of nearly 600 call girls., a source told the Hindi newspaper Nai Dunia. Police is on the lookout of five hawala operators, three of whom stay in Old Delhi and the remaining two in Icchadhari Bhimanand Swamijeee...! South Delhi, the report said. Most of the money that the swami got from foreign sources were through hawala transactions, the report said. Police is also on the lookout of a renowned tour operator in Delhi, who had a fleet of luxury vehicles to ferry the foreign sex workers outside Delhi. Police also recovered several phone numbers of call girls from the Swami's diary, but all these phone numbers are no longer operative. The swami was maintaining a duty chart along with weekly off days for his retinue of sex workers. Aged 39, he is Cont p8 Despite their legally precarious position, the prostitutes are becoming bolder and bolder thronging Dubai's beaches, night-clubs and hotel bars, and openly walking the streets. The majority of their clients are Arabs but the western expatriates are also coveted patrons. They have in fact become so bold, that even seasoned expatriates are shocked by their aggressiveness. According to one of the very rare foreign reports on the topic, a Swiss engineer who has worked in most of the Gulf States, including Oman and Bahrain, finds their behaviour unprecedented. A recent article in the London-based Sunday Times quoted him as saying: ''I have never seen such in-your- face prostitution as this. I had literally just stepped into the lift of my hotel when a Russian girl tried to invite herself into my hotel room.' Yet, the authorities turn a blind eye to this outrage, largely because the business community, both Arab and expatriate, prefers things this way. Dubai, like Bahrain, 'has prospered as a centre for fun-starved Saudis,' as the Sunday Times report puts it. Dubai owes most of its prosperity to its status as the region's tax-free centre. No longer able to rely on its oil reserves, it defers to the business community which, like secular Gulf Arabs, wants to preserve a Shari'ah-free zone in the region. The six remaining members of the UAE, and their western protectors, share Dubai's antipathy to an Islamic way of life and back its decision to tolerate the prostitution racket. This explains the extraordinary denial by the emirate's police that the racket exists or that there are large numbers of foreign women who are illegal immigrants as a result of the expiry of their visas or confiscation of their passports by the pimps. It also explains why the local media are under orders from the authorities not to comment on the issue. (http://www.muslimedia.com/ARCHIVES /oaw98/dubai.htm) Boy Raped And Killed I n M o s q u e To i l e t DUBAI — A man who allegedly raped and murdered a six-year-old boy in the bathroom of a mosque in Dubai has been arrested. A Dubai Police source said the operations room received information that a Pakistani child was found dead in the bathroom of a mosque located in Al Qusais. When the police reached the mosque, a man told them that he had come to the mosque for Duhr prayers and that when he went to the bathroom to prepare for it, he saw traces of blood on the floor after which he saw the child behind the door. The boy's pants had been removed. The police, upon entering the bathroom, noticed that the child had been raped. They took the body to the General Department of Forensic Medicine and launched an investigation. Later, a Bahraini national was arrested on the suspicion of committing the crime. He confessed to the crime during interrogation. He said he consumed alcohol late into the night on Thursday and went to the mosque to perform Eid prayers on Friday and returned home. He continued drinking alcohol and later went out to visit his friend to celebrate the festival. Around 9.30am, he left his friend's house and went to the mosque. He saw three children on the street, who asked him for Eid gifts. The man told the police that he saw a boy, whose age he guessed to be around nine. He told the boy that he had no money on him but he would give money if the latter followed him. He then took the boy to the bathroom in the mosque, locked the door and raped him during which he covered the boy's nose and mouth with his hands to prevent him from screaming. He later noticed that the child had stopped moving, so he left him there and fled the scene. He returned home and had a shower. The suspect told the police that he did not know the boy and that day was the first time he had seen him. He also confessed that it was not the first time he had had forcible sex with males. amira@khaleejtimes.ae (http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/th euae/2009/December/theuae_December6.xml§ion=theuae &col) Send your Comments & Suggestions to blackboxbangalore@gmail.com BLACKBOX BENGALURU | APRIL 2010 6 BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT BLACKBOX BENGALURU | APRIL 2010 3 BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT It is the belief of the people that needs to be blamed. It is the masses that produce people like Nityananda. When people are ready to get fooled by beautiful speeches, and believe that man can become god, these culprits like Nityananda take advantage of their belief and thereafter exploit them. The Importance Of A choose their husbands; it gives women much of the responsibility for raising the c h i l d r e n . Islam gives fathers and mothers a great deal of responsibility for raising their wives. It was narrated that children. It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah said: the 'Abdullaah ibn 'Umar heard Messenger of GOD (peace the Messenger of GOD (peace and blessings of GOD be and blessings be upon him) upon him) said: “The best of say, “Each of you is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. The leader is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. The man is the Abu Hurayrah (may GOD shepherd of his family and he be pleased with him) said: A is responsible for his flock. man came to the Messenger The woman is the shepherd of her husband's household and o f G O D ( p e a c e a n d is responsible for her flock. blessings be upon him) and The servant is a shepherd of said, “O Messenger of his master's wealth and is responsible for his flock.” He GOD, who among people is said, I heard this from the most deserving of my good Messenger of GOD (peace company?” He said, “Your and blessings be upon him). by al-Bukhaari, mother.” He asked, “Then 8(Narrated 53; Muslim, 1829) who?” He said, “Your Islam paid a great deal mother.” He asked, “Then attention to implanting the who?” He said, “Your principle of respect for fathers and mothers, taking care of mother.” He asked, “Then them and obeying their who?” He said, “Then your commands until death. GOD father.” (Narrated by al- says (interpretation of the meaning):“And your Lord has Bukhaari, 5626; Muslim, 2548) decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain you are those who are best to by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi old age in your life, say not to their wives, and I am the best D a w o o d , 2 1 6 ) . them a word of disrespect, nor of you to my wives.” Islam encourages men to shout at them but address (Narrated and classed as treat their wives well, and them in terms of honour”[alhasan by al-Tirmidhi, 3895). gives women the freedom to Isra' 17:23] Good Family Life When you examine the family in the west today you will find that families are disintegrating and the parents cannot control their children, whether intellectually or morally. The son has the right to go wherever he wants and do whatever he wants; the daughter has the right to sit with whoever she wants and sleep with whoever she wants, all in the name of freedom and rights. And what is the result? Broken families, children born outside marriage, (elderly) mothers and fathers who are not looked after. As some wise men have said, if you want to know the true nature of these people, go to the prisons and the hospitals and seniors' homes, for children do not remember their parents except on holidays and special occasions. The point is that among them the institution of family is destroyed. Islam emphasizes a great deal of attention to the establishment of strong families and protecting them from things that could harm them, and preserving family ties whilst giving each member of the family an important role in life. Islam honoured women, whether as mothers, daughters or sisters. It honoured women as mothers. It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may GOD be pleased with him) said: A man came to the Messenger of GOD (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of GOD, who among people is most deserving of my good company?” He said, “Your mother.” He asked, “Then who?” He said, “Your mother.” He asked, “Then who?” He said, “Your mother.” He asked, “Then who?” He said, “Then your f a t h e r . ” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5626; Muslim, 2548) Islam honours women as daughters. It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri that the Messenger of GOD (peace and blessings of GOD be upon him) said: “Whoever has three daughters or three sisters, or two daughters or two sisters, and takes good care of them and fears GOD with regard to them, will enter Paradise.” (Narrated by Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh, 2/190) And Islam honours women as Impostor Baba Ran Sex Racket In Uttar Pradesh Shiv Murti Dwivedi, the self-styled godman arrested by Delhi Police had spread the tentacles of his high-profile sex racket in Uttar Pradesh (UP), too. Teams of Delhi Police have swooped down on Kanpur and Chitrakoot to probe Dwivedi's local contacts. Initial investigations have startled the top brass of UP Police, as it emerges that many top politicians, including some from the ruling BSP, and bureaucrats have links with the impostor baba. Shiv Murti Dwivedi alias Ram Murat Dwivedi alias Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi called himself Ichchadhari Sant Swami Bhimanand Ji Maharaj 'Chitrakoot waale' and claimed to be a disciple of Sai Baba. No UP Police official was willing to be quoted as several top guns are likely to be involved. For the record, the officials told DNA they could not comment as Delhi Police were handling the matter. The baba, who hails from Chitrakoot in southern UP, left his native Chamrauha village under Manikpur police circle in 1988. He went to Delhi and worked there as a security guard for several years. A senior police officer said many MPs, MLAs and even the then district magistrate had attended a virat bhandara he had organised in Chitrakoot in October 2009. Dwivedi also had strong links with slain dasyu samrat (dacoit king) Shiv Kumar Patel alias Dadua, the official said. Sources said Dwivedi was running a den from an Islam gave women their rights of inheritance and other rights. It gave women rights like those of men in many spheres. The Prophet (peace and blessings of GOD be upon him) said: “Women are the twin halves of men.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood in his Sunan, 236, from the hadeeth of 'Aa'ishah; classed as saheeh apartment in Kanpur, too, with the help of a woman who is absconding after the sex racket was busted. However, a Delhi Police team found the apartment locked. Neighbours told them about a dozen girls had been living in the apartment. “Some foreign girls were “Some foreign girls were also part of this racket in Kanpur… all these girls always wore saffron clothes to avoid suspicion that they were actually being used as sex workers.” also part of this racket in Kanpur… all these girls always wore saffron clothes to avoid suspicion that they were actually being used as sex workers,” a police source said. The baba is also learnt to have forged close contacts with some private coaching institutes and hostels in Kanpur. “He used to deliver lectures on how spirituality could alleviate stress and help them do better in studies… he also lured girl students to his apartment,” he said. Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ impostor-baba-ran-sex-racket-in-uptoo_1353698 TO ADVERTISE ON BLACKBOX CONTACT: 98802 46150 Islam protects the h o n o u r, c h a s t i t y, purity and lineage of the family, so it encourages marriage and forbids free mixing of men and women. Islam gives each family member an important role to play. So fathers and mothers take care of the children and give t h e m m o r a l upbringing; children are to listen and obey, and respect the rights of fathers and mothers, on a basis of love and respect. ............. Swami Nityananda and Actress Ranjitha Involved in Sex Scandal Who is to be Blamed? T he Man Nityananda claimed to be practicing celibacy, was also considered by many Hindu devotees to be God. He was addressed as Swami Paramahamsa Nityananda Guruji. He was known to be a preacher on Bhagavadgita, conducting regular discourses in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and also in the foreign countries. A public figure often seen in Televison channels, wearing saffron robes depicting the traditional Hindu customaries, with Vibuthi on his forehead and rosary beeds on his neck and not to forget the kumkum. A well renowned personality until March 2nd, 2010, had all his lifetime honour going down the drain, when the famous Sun T v, t h e Ta m i l I n d i a n Television channel showed the Swamiji lying in a compromising position with a movie actress Ranjitha. The sexual advancements that he endeavored with her, was all shown to world, when Sun Tv broadcasted the duo having sex in a c l o s e d r o o m . The people who had taken him as god, revolted against him, and went on protests on streets, burning his posters, pictures and also his ashram in Bidadi, Karnataka. People in Ta m i l n a d u h a v e a l s o requested the Commissioner of Police of Tamilnadu to arrest Nityananda and punish him for his act of immoral conduct. What went wrong in all of this episode? Who is to be blamed? Is Nityananda solely responsible for this or not? In reality, there are hundreds of Nityanandas and Ranjithas in the Indian subcontinent. This is not the first time that we have heard about a Swamiji involved in sex scandal. It is not the first time that we have have heard about an actress involved in sex scandal. Where are these people being tutored to do s u c h t h i n g s ? Firstly, it is the belief of the people that needs to be blamed. It is the masses that produce people like Nityananda. When people are ready to get fooled by beautiful speeches, and believe that man can become god, these culprits like Nityananda take advantage of their belief and thereafter exploit them. People must never consider a man or a woman to be god. Man has all the weakness. He wants to eat to survive, he wants to answer the call of nature (he visits the toilets), he needs to sleep, he needs to rest and so on. Man is mortal, but God is immortal. God does not need food, water, sleep or anything. Man needs all of it. Man is also in need of a mate, through whom he finds tranquillity and repose. Swami Nityananda It is the false belief of the people that has jeopardized the entire system. If people had not worshiped Nityananda, he would have been earning his livelihood by working and would have also got married to a woman to lead a family life. Celibacy is never a norm in our society, nor can it ever become one. We have seen the Catholic Priests in Rome, who claim to celibate but, eventually ended up in debauchery, for having had sex with young boys and other women. We have heard even in the books of Mythology that even Vishwamitra could not resist the beauty of Menaka. Even in the Mythological and fictious stories it never happened. Then why have false hopes? God has created us to live a natural life in which man's nature is created. Hence, I blame the belief of the people first. S e c o n d l y, I w o u l d condemn today's movie industry that is filled with obscenities and nudism. Even to sell a match box we find a woman coming in front of the screen in mini skirts. What are the commercial Ads trying to do? Exploit womanhood? These women who act in movies and TV commercials, lose their level of modesty and chastity from their selves. They become immune to shamelessness. And these women actresses have a miserable marital lives. Their families often break due to lack of trust between the partners. Which husband would feel comfortable to see his wife dancing with another man dressed up like a live band singer? Its a total chaos. It is the today's Movie Industry that manufactures such Ranjithas. And not to forget the public who watch these movies by paying the movie tickets and supporting the movie producers. The people who watch the obscenities in the form of movies are also adding to this immoral culture. And Thirdly, I would blame the inadequate man made law that lacks stern punishments to check the rise of such immoral societies. What would the current Indian law do, even after the pair being convicted for their crime? Would they be convicted at all, missing the loop holes of the existing law? People dont fear the existing law and order. In fact, the people who suppose to maintain the law and order are corrupted to the core. There is a need for a change in the system, an alternative system, that can tackle all the existing problems of our society. In my view, with 100% conviction, the alternative is Islam. In Islam, intermingling of sexes is not allowed. In Islam, women are not allowed to reveal their beauty to strange men. In Islam, there is a strict Shariah law that punishes those indulging in extra marital affairs with a death penalty (for the married person) or hundred flogs (for the unmarried person). And the last but not the least, in Islam, no Muslim is allowed to worship humans, monkeys, snakes or idols. Hence, people like Swamijis have no place in the Islamic society. The complete system for an aspiring nation is Islam. If the people are willing to change, then surely the current situation will change. By: Umar Shariff, (President, DIET) Clinton and Monica Lewinsky www.discoverislam.co.in The Lewinsky scandal was a sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. The news of this extra-marital affair and the resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives. President Clinton was held in contempt of court by judge Susan D. Webber Wright. His license to practice law was suspended in Arkansas and later by the United States Supreme Court. He was also fined $90,000 for giving false testimony which was paid by a fund raised for his legal expenses. (source: CNN.com, July 29, 1999) Find Black Box on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Box-News-Paper/424555115190 http://www.facebook.com/discover.islam.education?ref=ts To find your answers on Islam, visit www.islam-qa.com Watch Peace TV contact your cable TV operator BLACKBOX BENGALURU | APRIL 2010 4 BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT BLACKBOX BENGALURU | APRIL 2010 5 BRINGING THE HIDDEN TRUTH TO LIGHT ISLAM THE ONLY SOLUTION N.D Tiwari The Former Governor of Andhra Pradesh involved in sex scandal Delhi: In a major twist to the sex scandal involving former Andhra Pradesh Governor ND Tiwari, his Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Aryendra Sharma is now under scanner for his role in getting the women featuring in the sex tape inside the Raj Bhavan, claimed reports. According to reports published in a leading daily, the Indian Express, Chief Security Officer of the Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan, Mohammed Shokat Ali has revealed that Sharma “exclusively handled” the visits of the women featuring in the tape. Ali has also disclosed that being a close confidant o f Ti w a r i , t h e O S D facilitated a smooth entry for those women and kept no records of their visits. Ali further alleged that Sharma Dr Elizabeth Stuart, a former convener of the Catholic Caucus of the Lesbian and Gay Christian moveme n t Kate Saunders c l a i m e d 33 per cent of all priests in the RC Church in the United States are homosexual." (Dr Elizabeth Stuart Roman Catholics and Homosexuality quoted by Kate Saunders in Catholics and Sex) Kate Saunders co-wrote Catholics and Sex (1992) with Peter Stanford, which resulted in Stanford's being forced to resign as Editor of the UK's Catholic Herald. often violated the security protocol and norms to ensure that no official record of their presence was kept. As per the security norms, the record of each visitor, his name and address, entry and exit time is registered, but in the case of these women, the record was kept only on paper. Overriding security protocol and defying the security checks, Sharma Sharma often violated the security protocol and norms to ensure that no official record of their presence was kept. As per the security norms, the record of each visitor, his name and address, entry and exit time is registered, but in the case of these women, the record was kept o n l y o n p a p e r. used to instruct the security staff posted at the check post that such and such car belonging to the Raj Bhavan’s Motor Transport Department carrying ‘important guests’ of the Governor should be allowed a hassle-free entry with no frisking or identification checks. Ali further revealed that the OSD, having certain powers and privileges from the Governor, facilitated the entry of these women inside the Raj Bhavan in the name of “family members” or “important guests”. These women mostly visited Raj Bhawan late in the night and nobody intercepted them since OSD himself entertained them and arranged for their entry. POPE 'Led Cover-up of Child Abuse by Priests' The Pope played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests, according to a shocking documentary screened by the BBC. In 2001, while he was a cardinal, he issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the Church's interests ahead of c h i l d s a f e t y . The document recommended that rather than reporting sexual abuse to the relevant legal authorities, bishops should encourage the victim, witnesses and perpetrator not to talk about it. And, to keep victims quiet, it threatened that if they repeat the allegations they w o u l d b e excommunicated. (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article -23369148-pope-led-cover-up-of-childabuse-by-priests.do) Islamic Ruling Concerning Homosexuality I slam considers homosexuality as a sexual deviation leading to a perverted act which goes against the natural order that GOD intended for mankind. It is a corruption of the man's sexuality and a crime against the opposite sex. Therefore, the Islamic shari'ah strictly prohibits the practice of this perverted act. This is mentioned in many places in the holy Qur'an. The story of the people of the prophet Lut who were addicted to this practice, is the best example. Prophet Lut, (peace be upon him) said to his people: "Verily, you do sodomy with men, and rob the wayfarer! And practice all wickedness in your meetings," (Qur'an 29:29). And he said to them: "Of all the creatures of the world, will you approach males, and leave those whom GOD has created for you to be your wives? Nay, you are a trespassing people!" (Qur'an 26:165-166) But their answer to Prophet Lut (Peace be upon him) was: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if you are telling us the T r u t h. " (AlAnkabut, 29:29). And so Allah gave them the punishment they deserved: "And We rained on them a rain of torment. And how evil was the rain of those who had been warned," (Qur'an 26:173). Just as a person who has a sexual urge should not satisfy it by committing adultery, a person who has this perverted thought should not act upon it. In order to maintain the purity of the society, most Muslim scholars have ruled that the punishment for this act should be the same as for adultery (i.e. one hundred whiplashes for the man who has never married, and death by stoning for the married man). Some have even ruled that it should be death for both partners, because the Prophet, (peace be upon him), said: "Kill the doer and the one to whom it was done." (Related by AlBayhaqi). "Verily, you do sodomy with men, and rob the wayfarer! And practice all wickedness in your meetings," (Qur'an Source: www.islam-qa.com Taken from the Book - Al-Kabaa'ir by Imam Shamsuddin Adh-Dhahabi No HOPE with POPE "Do not come near Zina (fornication), for it is a shameful deed and an evil path." (Qur'an 17:32) (http://www.zeenews.com/news591288.html) Project / Dealer Enquiries Solicited GOD says: "Do not come near Zina (fornication), for it is a shameful deed and an evil path." (Qur'an 17:32) "The male and female who commit fornication - flog each one of them with one hundred lashes, and do not let compassion for the two of t h e m k e e p y o u f ro m (complying with) GOD's religion, if you believe in GOD and the Last Day. And let a group of believers witness their punishment." [Qur'an 24:2] The Jurists say that the last verse quoted above is the punishment for fornicators who have never been married. If a person was ever married before committing the crime of Zina, he or she is to be punished by stoning to death. This is established by the practise of the Prophet (may peace be upon him). If they are not punished in this world and die without repentance (by regretting, leaving the sin, and so forth), they will be punished in the Fire with whips of fire. In a tradition transmitted by Bukhari, on the authority of Samurah ibn Jundab (may God be pleased with him), concerning a dream of the Prophet in which the Prophet accompanied by Jibreel and Mikaail, the Prophet said: "We went on and arrived near a pit which was like an oven, out of which we could hear cries. We glanced into it and saw naked men and women, who cried out when the flames reached them from below. I asked, "Who are these, o Jibreel?" He replied: "Males and females who have committed fornication." In explaining the meaning of the verse concerning Hell, "It has seven gates, to each of these gates a class (of sinners) is assigned." (15:44); `Ataa says: "The most severe of these gates in terms of heat, pain, sorrow, and stinking air is the gate for the doers of fornication, who did it (even) after knowing the awfulness of it." Cont...from p1 LOVE JIHAD - A SUPER HOAX terrorists and now potential Romeos, how appalling! If you want to strike the prey, its time we realize there is no point shooting arrows in the dark. Any person who has some knowledge of the madrasas and their curriculum would express awe at these astounding allegations. Can you imagine, products of Madrasas who stem from the most ignorant and financially destitute ghettos of Muslim societies, dressing in traditional robes, sporting beards, who can hardly communicate a sentence in English, who cannot even muster enough courage to convey a word of Islam to the Non Muslims are able to pull off such a daunting task; are we to believe that people with such a rainbow of features can dare to go the extent of luring non Muslim girls? How ridiculous! The Quran says,” When truth is hurled against falsehood, falsehood perishes, for falsehood by its nature is bound to perish”. This Quranic statement proved to be right yet again when the special investigation team headed by Director-General of Police Jacob Punnoose on the 11th of November told the High Court of Kerala that it found no Muslim organization luring girls of other religious background to convert them to Islam. Vi j a y a K a r n a t a k a , a prominent Kannada daily which was in forefront of this false and outrageous campaign called “Love Jihad” was forced to publish the truth finally. One day after Vaartha Bhaarathi presented the t r u e p i c t u r e , Vi j a y a Karnataka agreed and published that “Love Jihad” is false and fictitious, although the main stream media din't find this news tantalizing enough to highlight or even report. Since we are discussing a critical issue, it is worth mentioning that there is no place for love affairs in Islam. Leave alone luring Non Muslim girls, Islam strictly prohibits any love affairs even with girls of the same community, even if boys are having love affairs with absolutely no intention of conversion too, it is still highly disgusting and worth lampooning. The conspirators left no stone unturned to thwart all efforts that were leading to uncover the truth. It is learnt that, in a small town called Sullia in Karnataka the act of one of the student in distributing news report which was telling the true stories behind “Love Jihad” drama had infuriated Sangha Parivar's student wing ABVP resulting in clashes between the two groups. What conclusion can be drawn out of this episode? The architects of the “Love Jihad” propaganda had counted their chickens even before hatching. They knew exactly what they were up to, and they had succeeded in their meticulously planned mission. What did the perpetrators of this vicious campaign accomplish? Firstly, they managed to polarize the society on communal lines, foster mutual hatred and suspicion which apparently happens to the bedrock of their obscure manifesto. Secondly, they were victorious in creating a fear psychosis in the fragile minds of parents as a consequence their wards would be brainwashed into suspecting every boy of the Muslim community. The culmination of all this would result in strained relationships between innocent Muslims and Hindus who have coexisted in harmony for generations. Its time we use our rationale and not succumb to the evil designs of hate mongers. Tomorrow, we should not be astonished if a new cheap conspiracy is hatched to defame the Muslims.