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Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under UAPA over 2010 speech

Delhi's lieutenant governor VK Saxena has given the go-ahead to prosecute writer and novelist Arundhati Roy in connection with alleged provocative statements made at a 2010 event propagating Kashmiri separatism. The author will be prosecuted under Section 13 of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, media reports said. 

Sheikh Showkat Hussain, former professor of International Law at the Central University of Kashmir, will also face action under UAPA for his alleged statements at the same event in New Delhi’s LTG auditorium in 2010.

Eight months ago, the L-G granted permission to prosecute them under Sections 153A, 153B and 505 of Indian Penal Code.

Section 13 of the UAPA deals with advocating, abetting or inciting any unlawful activity and is punishable with imprisonment for up to seven years.

The FIR against was registered in October 2010 on a complaint by Sushil Pandit, following the orders of the Court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi. The other two accused in the case — Sayed Ali Shah Geelani, a Kashmiri separatist leader and Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, a Delhi University lecturer — have both died over the course of the proceedings.

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From Jack the Ripper to Sheikh Abdullah

By Faisul Yaseen

Passing by the narrow alleys of East London on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I was awestruck by how London’s Whitechapel district remembers its anti-heroes.

A walk by the colourful graffiti walls in the most unlikely of London’s landmarks, the East End, is a lesson in history.

Veteran journalist of the BBC fame, Andrew Whitehead, gave me and seven other journalists from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka a walking tour of the East End, situated east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames.

During the walk, he informed us about the legacy of the area that has over the past 300 years been home to Huguenots, Jews, and Bengalis and seen cultural as well as visual transformation beyond imagination.

It was fascinating to find out how anti-heroes and anarchists had over the years developed more than a cult following in the East End.

Entering a small by-lane near the Whitechapel Gallery, I was surprised to see two of my favourites, Leo Tolstoy and Noam Chomsky on a black-and-white billboard of 36 anarchist figures hanging from a red-coloured wall.

Seeing the colourful graffiti and anarchist slogans shook me out of oblivion that despite better development and better policing compared to South Asia, there were people in London too who resent the state, the police, and the status quo.

The slogans of anarchism ‘Kill the cop, like kill them like sex f**k, like kill them f**k, just FYI. Boris would get it though’, ‘I don’t look sexy for your p**is’, ‘Not queer as in gay, queer as in f**k the Police’, ‘No Gods, no masters. All cops are bas****s.’ ‘Two-faced hypocritical, leeching, pancing, selfish, lowlife, scambags,’ ‘Hate cops, love donk’, ‘Tranquility, black magic, white angel, dead man walking, and ‘Pompey till I die’ clearly illustrated that these people want liberation from the “oppressive systems” of control from the state, religion, capitalism, racism, sexism, ableism, and speciesism.

Taking a stroll inside the Freedom Bookshop and Publishing House, I found several books about anti-heroes and anarchists like ‘The Slow Burning Fuse: The Lost History of the British Anarchists’ and realised how the legend is woven in London’s literary landscape.

The graffiti outside the bookshop was so eye-pleasing that my fellow journalist and friend from India, Aman Sharma could not resist taking a photograph in front of it. I reckon it can be a good profile picture for his social media accounts.

During the walk, we took a break for lunch and Sharma, two other fellow journalists from Pakistan Riaz-ul-Haq and Muhammad Iqbal Baloch along with me grabbed a lunch at East End’s bustling city centre. The aroma of fresh coffee along with the Indian, Chinese, Central Asian, and continental cuisine pointed at the rich diversity East End has to offer.

The openness of the people indulging in discussions over lunch exemplified why the anti-hero had become a legend in this area.

Returning to join the walk after lunch, I wondered how my native place Kashmir, a conflict-ridden region in the Himalayas, remembers its anti-heroes.

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has a legendary status in the region for the radical land reforms of providing “land to the tiller”.

However, he is also held responsible for the sufferings of the people of Kashmir for the past 74 years as he helped Hindu but secular India in the accession of Muslim Kashmir following the division of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.

Pro-independence National Liberation Front founder Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged to death on 11 February 1984 by the Indian government for carrying out multiple militant attacks is another anti-hero.

Kashmir’s most prominent secessionist leader Syed Ali Geelani, and militant leaders Ashfaq Majeed, Syed Salahuddin, Burhan Wani, and Zakir Musa are all anti-heroes in the region struggling for peace and stability.

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has taken the status of an anti-hero to a new high.

Accused of allowing the state machinery to facilitate the killings of hundreds of Muslim men and the rape of Muslim women in the Gujarat riots of 2002, Modi has surprisingly risen to a stature where millions of Indian Hindus see him as a god.

Modi’s rise may be because people who shine as morally pure and upright no longer ring true to the masses, probably because we are not used to seeing such people around us.

Pop culture too has glorified the anti-heroes and anarchists, changing our attitude towards them.

Author Melissa De La Cruz writes, “We’re the villains you root for in the story.”

From listening to the stories of classical literary anti-hero Robinhood in childhood to watching my favourite TV show Mad Men’s main character Don Draper stealing the identity of his friend who died in the war in Korea, I have always rooted for the anti-hero, caring little about the moral compass.

But don’t all of us feel like that? Don’t we all like the Hulk, the Wolverine, and the Batman? Wasn’t Adam perhaps the first anti-hero? Didn’t he disobey God and instead pay heed to Eve for having the “forbidden fruit”? Don’t we like John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ for its anti-hero, who was once an angel of light? Don’t people still lay flower wreaths at the altar of Julius Caesar? We may not like George Orwell’s Big Brother but isn’t he the anti-hero for ensuring order in society?

In today’s East End, a synagogue has been converted into a mosque as the Bangladeshi population has replaced the Jews who have migrated from the area indicating how Britain welcomes the immigrants. However, the image of a Muslim post-9/11 world is perhaps the new anti-hero.

In today’s China, the Communist Party of China is the anti-hero for taking millions of impoverished people out of poverty over the past three decades. In Russia, Putin is the anti-hero for standing up against NATO’s “expansion”. The US is the anti-hero for standing up for the West while engaging in relentless wars.

Walking past ‘Jack the Chipper’, a fish and chip shop, Whitehead informed us that the shop was named after anti-hero ‘Jack the Ripper’, an unidentified serial killer active around 1888 in the city’s Whitechapel district.

The shop owner did not change its name despite public backlash and criticism. He instead offered a 50 percent discount to women as 'Jack the Ripper' had been involved in the brutal murders of many women.

We concluded our walk at the two tower blocks in Sidney Street – Peter House and Painter House. In September 2008, Tower Hamlets London Borough Council named the two tower blocks after ‘Peter the Painter’, evoking protest by a local councillor and the Metropolitan Police Federation saying that the killer should not be recognised.

‘Peter the Painter’ or ‘Peter Piaktow’, whose actual name was Janis Zhaklis, was a member of the Latvian anarchist gang in the early 20th century. He escaped to Australia after the Sidney Street Siege in 1911 in which two of his three gang members were killed.

As we headed to our hotel, I realised how East End, despite criticism, keeps its anti-heroes alive and how anarchism is a way of life in the area. Some things live on as do ideas.

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[ad_1] Two years have passed since Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a supporter of Pakistan's accession to the occupied state of Jammu and Kashmir and a prominent Kashmiri leader, left the world two years ago. But there is a shutter down strike in the occupied valley. The powerful voice of Azadi Kashmir movement, the elder Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani was born on September 29, 1929 in Zari Manj village of Bandipora district of Occupied Kashmir. Syed Ali Geelani also laid the foundation of active organizations like Hurriyat Conference and Tehreek Hurriyat to gain independence from India. Father of Hurriyat Syed Ali was elected three times assembly member from Soopor constituency in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Syed Ali Gilani spent more than two decades in Indian prisons. He also wrote the book "Rudad Qafs" containing his memoirs during his captivity. The deceased was detained for 11 years following the orders of the usurping Indian governments died on September 01, 2021 in Hyderpura, Srinagar, while his body was wrapped in Pakistani flag and lowered into the coffin. On his death, the funeral prayer was held in absentia and the national flag was hoisted at half-mast in the National Assembly. On the occasion of Pakistan's 73rd Independence Day, the Government of Pakistan honored him with national honors like “Nishan-e-Pakistan” as a tribute to his services for the Kashmir Azadi Movement. Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik's wife Mashaal Malik has paid homage to the great Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani. Special Assistant Mashaal Malik said in her message on the second anniversary of Syed Ali Geelani that his life is a beacon for us, our morale is high. Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik's wife said: “Despite atrocities, India could not suppress Kashmir's freedom movement”. [ad_2]

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Why play host to Hurriyat? https://questlation.com/little-things/whyhosttohurriyat/?feed_id=42487&_unique_id=643d2cfb8d84d

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House in name of Geelani among JeI properties seized in J&K

House in name of Geelani among JeI properties seized in J&K

The State Investigation Agency (SIA) has seized more immovable assets of the banned Jamat-e-Islami (JeI) in Jammu and Kashmir. The seized assets include a house registered in the name of former Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar. In a release, the SIA said the seized properties are worth over Rs 100 crore. The seized properties include a two-storey residential house at Barzulla…

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20 JeI Properties, Some Registered In Geelani’s Name, Seized

20 JeI Properties, Some Registered In Geelani’s Name, Seized

Authorities on Saturday attached at least 20 properties including some in the name of Former Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman late Syed Ali Geelani at Barzulla here. The properties were attached in different districts of Kashmir on the recommendations of the State Investigation Agency (SIA)

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Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah, who was in jail in terror funding case, died of cancer at AllMS

Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah, who was in jail in terror funding case, died of cancer at AllMS He was son-in-law of separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani And, Geelani also died last year Both were involved in terror funding & destroyed lives of many Kashmiri youths

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Criminals, rapists felicitated but political prisoners not released on bail even on health grounds: Mehbooba Mufti

"This is not just about Altaf Shah whose family is waiting for his dead body since morning at AIIMS. Eighty-year-old Stan Swamy did not get bail and died in jail. There are others like Siddique Kappan, activists, political prisoners, who are languishing in jails and are not well, especially people from J&K and separatists," Mehbooba told reporters here.

SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said while criminals and rapists are released and felicitated, political prisoners or those against whom there are no solid cases are not released on bail even on health grounds. Her remarks came after separatist leader Altaf Shah, the son-in-law of late Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, died of cancer at the AIIMS early Tuesday, days after he…

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Jailed Kashmiri separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah passes away in AIIMS, Delhi | India News - Times of India

Jailed Kashmiri separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah passes away in AIIMS, Delhi | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kashmiri separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital on Monday night. Altaf Ahmad Shah, the son-in-law of Syed Ali Geelani, was lodged in Tihar Jail for the past five years in a terror-funding case. He was admitted in the Urology department of AIIMS Delhi on October 5 and breathed his last at 11.30 pm on Monday.…

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Jailed separatist leader Altaf Shah passes away at AIIMS, says daughter

Jailed separatist leader Altaf Shah passes away at AIIMS, says daughter

Jailed separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi early on Tuesday morning. Shah’s daughter Ruwa Shah confirmed the death through a tweet. “Abu (father) breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi. As a prisoner,” she tweeted. Son-in-law of late Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Shah was arrested by the NIA in 2018, along…

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An important open letter from Hurriyat leader and freedom fighter Syed Ali Shah Geelani sahab to all Kashmiris

I urge the Muslim world community and especially the honorable Imran Khan to please prevent this grave injustice from being carried out by India

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Coursera: One stop for world-class online learning

Coursera: One stop for world-class online learning

Coursera Inc. is a U.Sbased open online course provider founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. The online learning provider offers on-demand courses from best universities and institutions around the globe. It is 100 percent online and covers topics across a wide variety of subjects. Its catalog consists of over 4300 courses and…

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Syed Ali Geelani: An Islamist and aspiring Pakistani who died for Kashmir

Syed Ali Geelani: An Islamist and aspiring Pakistani who died for Kashmir

This is the first month of the Kashmir issue without Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan was born in 1947, when Geelani turned 18. And since then he had been both, an active witness and a participant, in the troubled history of this region. On September 1, 2021, nearing 92 years of life, Geelani succumbed to multiple illnesses at his home in Rehmatabad area of…

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An arrest overdue https://questlation.com/little-things/anarrestoverdue/?feed_id=40270&_unique_id=643cfcec18d46

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Govt Order Sealing 3 JeI Properties Including Geelani’s Barzulla House

Govt Order Sealing 3 JeI Properties Including Geelani’s Barzulla House

The district magistrate (DM) Srinagar has ordered sealing of three properties of banned Jamat-e Islami (JeI) including two storied residential structures constructed over 17 Marlas of proprietary land at Barzulla, Srinagar recorded in the name of Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The two storied residential structures constructed over Proprietary Land measuring 17 Marla and 199 Sft. Survey No. 1388/307 at…