நேபாள் மாவோயிஸ்டுகள்: தசரா தீபாவளி கொண்டாட தடை- முஸ்லீம்களுக்கு சிற்ப்பு சலுகைகள்
இதுவரை நேபாள் இந்து நாடாக இருந்ததால், தற்போது முஸ்லீம்களுக்கு சிறப்பு சலுகைகள் வழங்கப்படும் என்று நேபாள மாவோயிஸ்டுகள் அறிவித்துள்ளனர்
நேபாள மாவோயிஸ்டுகள் கிராமத்திலுள்ள மகக்ளை தீபாவளை தசரா ஆகிய இந்து பண்டிகைகளை கொண்டாடக்கூடாது என்று தடுத்து வந்துள்ளனர். அவ்வாறு மீறி கொண்டாடுபவர்களுக்கு கடும் தண்டனை வழங்கியுமிருக்கின்றனர்.
Once Hindu Nepal to give Muslims rights
10 Jul 2008, 0007 hrs IST,PTI
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Maoists, who played a key role in abolishing the 240-year-old Hindu monarchy and turning the country into a secular state, have vowed to ensure special rights to the minority Muslim community in the Himalayan nation.
"It is not enough to provide equal rights to the Muslims but they should be given special rights as compensation for having been suppressed," CPN-Maoist chairman Prachanda told a gathering of the Muslim Mukti Morcha (MMM), an organisation affiliated to the party of the former rebels.
Prachanda's support for special rights for the Muslims is seen as an attempt to garner the sympathy of the minority community, which mainly resides in the Terai-plains bordering India where the Maoists suffered setbacks in the April constituent assembly polls.
Declaring Nepal a secular nation was one of the 40-point demands put forth by the Maoists in 1996 when they started their insurgency in the country. Prachanda, who is poised to become the PM, promised to form a ‘Muslim commission' for the welfare of the minority community and develop pilgrimage sites of the community as tourist destinations.
In the past, the Maoist cadres were known to slaughter cows in remote villages and even punish people for celebrating Dusshera and Diwali. Despite being a Hindu nation, the government provided equal opportunity to the Muslim and Christian minorities.
நேபாள மாவோயிஸ்டுகள் கிராமத்திலுள்ள மகக்ளை தீபாவளை தசரா ஆகிய இந்து பண்டிகைகளை கொண்டாடக்கூடாது என்று தடுத்து வந்துள்ளனர். அவ்வாறு மீறி கொண்டாடுபவர்களுக்கு கடும் தண்டனை வழங்கியுமிருக்கின்றனர்.
Once Hindu Nepal to give Muslims rights
10 Jul 2008, 0007 hrs IST,PTI
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Maoists, who played a key role in abolishing the 240-year-old Hindu monarchy and turning the country into a secular state, have vowed to ensure special rights to the minority Muslim community in the Himalayan nation.
"It is not enough to provide equal rights to the Muslims but they should be given special rights as compensation for having been suppressed," CPN-Maoist chairman Prachanda told a gathering of the Muslim Mukti Morcha (MMM), an organisation affiliated to the party of the former rebels.
Prachanda's support for special rights for the Muslims is seen as an attempt to garner the sympathy of the minority community, which mainly resides in the Terai-plains bordering India where the Maoists suffered setbacks in the April constituent assembly polls.
Declaring Nepal a secular nation was one of the 40-point demands put forth by the Maoists in 1996 when they started their insurgency in the country. Prachanda, who is poised to become the PM, promised to form a ‘Muslim commission' for the welfare of the minority community and develop pilgrimage sites of the community as tourist destinations.
In the past, the Maoist cadres were known to slaughter cows in remote villages and even punish people for celebrating Dusshera and Diwali. Despite being a Hindu nation, the government provided equal opportunity to the Muslim and Christian minorities.
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