Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

-George Washington (1732–1799)
The first President of the United States (1789–1797)

Principles of Humanity or A Brutal Struggle

Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.
-Adolf Hitler

Religious persecution- bleeding struggle for dignity, liberty and literacy!!

“Everyone has the right to education.”
— Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Since 1979, the government of Iran has systematically sought to deprive its largest religious minority of the right to education. Specifically, the Islamic Republic of Iran has for more than 25 years blocked the 300,000-member Bahá’í community from higher education, refusing young Bahá’ís entry into university and college. The government has also sought to close down Bahá’í efforts to establish their own institutions of higher learning.

The government has used a very simple mechanism to exclude Bahá’ís from higher education: it has simply required that everyone who takes the national university entrance examination declare their religion. And applicants who indicate other than one of the four officially recognized religions in Iran — Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism — are excluded.

The idea that there should be Messengers of God after Muhammad is viewed by many Muslims as heresy — and is one of the underlying theological reasons for the persecution of Bahá’ís.

Between 1979 and 1998, more than 200 Bahá’ís were killed or executed, hundreds more were wrongfully imprisoned, and thousands were fired from government jobs, had businesses closed, and were denied pensions.

Over the last 25 years, the only source of protection, encouragement and hope for the Iranian Bahá’í community has been international concern, as expressed through the United Nations, by governments, and in the news media.

Source :http://denial.bahai.org/index.php

HC issues notices to DU Cont of Exam and VC

New Delhi | Friday, Feb 8 2008 IST

The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Controller of Examination, Vice Chancellor and Dean of the External Examination Cell of Delhi University and the Superintendent of examination of St Lawrence Convent School to appear before the court regarding a petition filed by one Tarawati who was denied to appear in an examination in November 2007.

Appearing before Justice Gita Mittal, Anuj Aggarwal, Lawyer for Tarawati said the girl who hails from a poor family had taken addmission in BA pass course in Delhi University. She got a compartment/re-appear in Political Science examination but when she appeared for the exam, her name was not there.

The counsel said following verification of her admission ticket, she was given the question paper and the answer sheet but after 15 minutes, the superintendent entered the room and forcibly took away the question paper from her. She was not allowed to appear in the examination. She lost one year because of the insensitive attitude of the officials and examiners. Therefore, she should be suitably compensated as well as a discipilanary inquiry should be conducted against the superintendent, the counsel said.

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