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nid=35158 New Delhi: How do cheergirls promote the cause of cricket? Why are players auctioned like "gladiators" in IPL system of cricket? These were some of the questions that members of the Parliamentary standing committee on finance posed to top BCCI officials, including its president Shashank Manohar, secretary N Srinivasan and IPL commissioner Chirayu Amin during a hearing on financial transactions related to the conduct of IPL. While the BCCI top brass claimed that IPL would help the cause of cricket and attract more talent, it was at loss to explain the role of cheergirls, sources said. It is learnt that the BCCI officials put the onus of introducing the concept on sacked IPL chief Lalit Modi. Some of the members of the committee, headed by BJP MP Yashwant Sinha, also questioned the concept of auctioning the players like "gladiators". They said it reminded them of the Roman empire when men were sold to bidders on the basis of their physical strength. Manohar, Srinivasan and Amin were quizzed by the MPs for about two-and-a-half hours about the alleged FEMA violations. The BCCI was asked about the funding pattern of the highly popular IPL and the methods adopted for payment to foreign and Indian players. The committee also sought details of the expenses incurred on the conduct of the second edition of the Twenty20 tournament in South Africa in 2009. The IPL was held in the African nation in 2009 due to a clash of dates with the general elections in India. PTI http://in.news.yahoo.com/sonia-had-close-association-quattrocchi-advani-20110109-044700-619.html? mwp_success=NONJS_POST_SUCCESS#mwpphu-post-form typcial gori trash - married an into a famed indian family for power, now having romance with another guy. Guwahati, Jan 9 (PTI) Veteran BJP leader today said Congress president Sonia Gandhi had a close association with Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, who was a "regular" at her house. "Congress president Sonia Gandhi had close association with Quatrochhi, who was a regular at her house. Though I am not making an allegation against any person, but people should know the details as our image has been internationally tarnished (due to Bofors pay-off scam)," Advani told an NDA rally at the conclusion of the BJP national executive meet. "It is common knowledge that the Bofors issue was suppressed by the government. Even the Income Tax Tribunal had pointed out Quatrochhi had taken commission from Bofors and be taxed accordingly, but the CBI suppressed it," Advani alleged. "Our image has been tarnished. I appeal to the Prime Minister to either protest or order further investigation," he said. This is being posted as n example of the lip side of westerners treatment of us in the east. their ignorance helps ruin lives. they choose to feel uncomfortable due to their ignorance and prejudice. it does not really matter what religion or culture is the victim, these restaurant owners were innocent victims and were respectable citizens. they got a settlement, but what they really needed was for people to learn to stop their prejudice and have some cultural sensitivity for who they are. actions like this make the westerners with their ignorance and prejudice the true terrorists. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tTwXcnHQ3c8/Sv8WpmgZoI/AAAAAAAAAIA/CFMJ3wBhlNs/s1600-h/50470512.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tTwXcnHQ3c8/Sv8Wpmg-

ZoI/AAAAAAAAAIA/CFMJ3wBhlNs/s400/50470512.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404062981837186690" /></a> The Sikh owners of two Subway restaurants at Lehigh Valley International Airport who claimed they were being evicted because worried passengers confused them with Muslims have settled their federal lawsuit against the airport authority. Suhirdbir Bhasin, Raminder Bhasin and Ishmeet Bhasin will keep the lease on one restaurant and receive ''generous financial incentives'' to give up the lease on the other restaurant, said their attorney, George Kanupis of Bethlehem. The lease for the restaurant they'll keep will be extended to 2013, Kanupis said. ''I was pleased at the spirit of cooperation by the airport authority,'' Kanupis said. The Bhasins -- two brothers and a son -- filed the lawsuit in August. They claimed that since taking over the restaurants in 2007, they had been subjected to ''racial, ethnic and religious discrimination'' from LVIA management. They have long beards and wear turbans, which they claimed made ''passengers and visitors 'nervous' or 'concerned.''' The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, alleged civil rights violations and breach of contract. George F. Doughty, executive director of the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority, which runs LVIA, denied the allegations and said renovations at the airport forced the closing of one restaurant and an expiring lease led to the decision to close the other restaurant. Doughty said Thursday the authority board will vote on the settlement on Tuesday. ''We still have a Subway, which is what we wanted, and it's a deal they can live with and works for us and we're very happy and pleased with the outcome,'' Doughty said. According to the suit, the Bhasins paid $250,000 for the franchises in 2007 and financed the purchase in part with a $127,000 loan from the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority. After they began operating the two restaurants and made their initial appearances, according to the suit, the problems began. http://in.news.yahoo.com/us-model-sacked-job-over-passionate-affair-gaddafis-072031586.html US model sacked from job over 'passionate' affair with Gaddafi's son By ANI | ANI Fri, Nov 4, 2011 London, Nov 2 (ANI): A US model has had her contract with an international telecommunications company terminated, after she spoke about her 'passionate' affair with Gaddafi's son, Mutassim Gaddafi. According to Italian magazine Diva e Donna, the Italian-American model Vanessa Hessler had claimed that her four-year bond with late Libyan dictator's son had been a 'very beautiful love story'. The 23-year-old model also publicly defended the Gaddafi family. "I didn't have any contact with him since the uprising broke out, but our relationship was one of passion," the Daily Mail quoted her as telling the magazine. Hessler, who has appeared in campaigns for Georgio Armani, Calvin Klein and L'Oreal and has acted in several Italian TV shows, went on to say that she feels for the people of Libya. Model fired for doing shame with Gaddafi's son Considering the Gaddafi family to be normal people can cost you a job, as a German-based model discovered after an interview about her relationship with Muammar Gaddafi's son Mutassim. "We, France and the United Kingdom, financed the rebels but people don't know what they are doing." "The Gaddafi family is not how they are being depicted, they are normal people." The 34-year-old, Mutassim Gaddafi died with his father outside the city of Sirte on October 21, bringing to an end Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year regime. (ANI) The defendants showed ''surprise, discomfort and displeasure'' at their turbans, the suit says, and ''implemented and formalized'' a plan to ''harass and oust the plaintiffs and destroy their business.''

matthew.birkbeck@mcall.com 610-820-6581 Copyright 2009, The Morning Call http://www.youtube.com/w1FRNJ9XOAo http://www.youtube.com/EVyW1oj4kWU https://www.law.upenn.edu/publicservice/our-staff.php Emily Sutcliffe is Assistant Director of the Toll Public Interest Center. She oversees Penn Laws Pro Bono Program by helping students foster meaningful service experiences while ensuring compliance with the Law Schools pro bono requirement. Emily also works to enable dual degree and LLM students to leverage their unique programs to achieve impactful pro bono and public service. Additionally, she focuses on nurturing existing intra-University partnerships and fostering new ones. Prior to joining TPIC, Emily worked in refugee resettlement at Nationalities Service Center and served as a nonprofit consultant for the Mayors Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. Emily has traveled and lived abroad extensively- most recently in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where she taught English to members of the Saudi royal family. In addition to her work at Penn Law, Emily is a doctoral student in Educational Leadership at Penns Graduate School of Education (GSE) where her research focuses on the impact of large scale social change (in countries of origin) on diasporic individuals and the role of travel in social justice education. Emily has an MS in Nonprofit & NGO Leadership from Penns School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2) and was recipient of the schools Emerging Leader Award. Emily is co-chair of Penns Nonprofit Leadership Alumni Association, a member of SP2s Alumni Council, and on the editorial board of Perspectives on Urban Education, Penns education journal. http://muslimvillage.com/2010/11/09/7199/why-are-so-many-british-career-women-convertingtoislam/ Why are so many British career women converting to Islam? by Eve Ahmed Source: Daily Mail Reporter November 9, 2010 | Filed under: Opinion | Posted by: MV Media 0 Nov 9 2010 Tony Blairs sister-in-law announced her conversion to Islam last weekend. Journalist Lauren Booth embraced the faith after what she describes as a holy experience in Iran. She is just one of a growing number of modern British career women to do so. Here, writer EVE AHMED, who was raised as a Muslim before rejecting the faith, explores the reasons why. Rejecting her faith: Writer Eve Ahmed was raised a Muslim Much of my childhood was spent trying to escape Islam. Born in London to an English mother and a Pakistani Muslim father, I was brought up to follow my fathers faith without question. But, privately, I hated it. The minute I left home for university at the age of 18, I abandoned it altogether. As far as I was concerned, being a Muslim meant hearing the word No over and over again. Girls from my background were barred from so many of the things my English friends took for granted. Indeed, it seemed to me that almost anything fun was haram, or forbidden, to girls like me. There were so many random, petty rules. No whistling. No chewing of gum. No riding bikes. No watching Top Of The Pops. No wearing make-up or clothes which revealed the shape of the body. No eating in the street or putting my hands in my pockets. No cutting my hair or painting my nails. No asking questions or answering back. No keeping dogs as pets, (they were unclean). And, of course, no sitting next to men, shaking their hands or even making eye contact with them. These ground rules were imposed by my father and I, therefore, assumed they must be an integral part of being a good Muslim.

Small wonder, then, that as soon as I was old enough to exert my independence, I rejected the whole package and turned my back on Islam. After all, what modern, liberated British woman would choose to live such a life? Well, quite a lot, it turns out, including Islams latest surprise convert, Tony Blairs sister-in-law Lauren Booth. And after my own break with my past, Ive followed with fascination the growing trend of Western women choosing to convert to Islam. Broadcaster and journalist Booth, 43, says she now wears a hijab head covering whenever she leaves home, prays five times a day and visits her local mosque when I can. She decided to become a Muslim six weeks ago after visiting the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh in the city of Qom, and says: It was a Tuesday evening, and I sat down and felt this shot of spiritual morphine, just absolute bliss and joy. Before her awakening in Iran, she had been sympathetic to Islam and has spent considerable time working in Palestine. I was always impressed with the strength and comfort it gave, she says. How, I wondered, could women be drawn to a religion which I felt had kept me in such a lowly, submissive place? How could their experiences of Islam be so very different to mine? Convert: Lauren Booth, who is Cherie Blairs half-sister, decided to convert to Islam after what she described as a holy experience in Iran According to Kevin Brice from Swansea University, who has specialised in studying white conversion to Islam, these women are part of an intriguing trend. He explains: They seek spirituality, a higher meaning, and tend to be deep thinkers. The other type of women who turn to Islam are what I call converts of convenience. Theyll assume the trappings of the religion to please their Muslim husband and his family, but wont necessarily attend mosque, pray or fast. I spoke to a diverse selection of white Western converts in a bid to re-examine the faith I had rejected. Women like Kristiane Backer, 43, a London-based former MTV presenter who had led the kind of liberal Western-style life that I yearned for as a teenager, yet who turned her back on it and embraced Islam instead. Her reason? The anything goes permissive society that I coveted had proved to be a superficial void. Changing values: Camilla Leyland, 32, pictured in Western and Muslim dress, converted to Islam in her mid-20s for intellectual and feminist reasons The turning point for Kristiane came when she met and briefly dated the former Pakistani cricketer and Muslim Imran Khan in 1992 during the height of her career. He took her to Pakistan where she says she was immediately touched by spirituality and the warmth of the people. Kristiane says: Though our relationship didnt last, I began to study the Muslim faith and eventually converted. Because of the nature of my job, Id been out interviewing rock stars, travelling all over the world and following every trend, yet Id felt empty inside. Now, at last, I had contentment because Islam had given me a purpose in life. In the West, we are stressed for superficial reasons, like what clothes to wear. In Islam, everyone looks to a higher goal. Everything is done to please God. It was a completely different value system. In the West, we are stressed for superficial reasons, like what clothes to wear. In Islam, everyone looks to a higher goal. Everything is done to please God Despite my lifestyle, I felt empty inside and realised how liberating it was to be a Muslim. To follow only one god makes life purer. You are not chasing every fad. I grew up in Germany in a not very religious Protestant family. I drank and I partied, but I realised that we need to behave well now so we have a good after-life. We are responsible for our own actions. For a significant amount of women, their first contact with Islam comes from dating a Muslim boyfriend. Lynne Ali, 31, from Dagenham in Essex, freely admits to having been a typical white hardpartying teenager.

She says: I would go out and get drunk with friends, wear tight and revealing clothing and date boys. I also worked part-time as a DJ, so I was really into the club scene. I used to pray a bit as a Christian, but I used God as a sort of doctor, to fix things in my life. If anyone asked, I wouldve said that, generally, I was happy living life in the fast lane. But when she met her boyfriend, Zahid, at university, something dramatic happened. She says: His sister started talking to me about Islam, and it was as if everything in my life fitted into place. I think, underneath it all, I must have been searching for something, and I wasnt feeling fulfilled by my hard-drinking party lifestyle. Lynne converted aged 19. From that day, I started wearing the hijab, she explains, and I now never show my hair in public. At home, Ill dress in normal Western clothes in front of my husband, but never out of the house. With a recent YouGov survey concluding that more than half the British public believe Islam to be a negative influence that encourages extremism, the repression of women and inequality, one might ask why any of them would choose such a direction for themselves. Yet statistics suggest Islamic conversion is not a mere flash in the pan but a significant development. Islam is, after all, the worlds fastest growing religion, and white adopters are an important part of that story. Evidence suggests that the ratio of Western women converts to male could be as high as 2:1, says Kevin Brice. Moreover, he says, often these female converts are eager to display the visible signs of their faith in particular the hijab whereas many Muslim girls brought up in the faith choose not to. Perhaps as a result of these actions, which tend to draw attention, white Muslims often report greater amounts of discrimination against them than do born Muslims, adds Brice, which is what happened to Kristiane Backer. She says: In Germany, there is Islamophobia. I lost my job when I converted. There was a Press campaign against me with insinuations about all Muslims supporting terrorists I was vilified. Now, I am a presenter on NBC Europe. I call myself a European Muslim, which is different to the born Muslim. I was married to one, a Moroccan, but it didnt work because he placed restrictions on me because of how hed been brought up. As a European Muslim, I question everything I dont accept blindly. But what I love is the hospitality and the warmth of the Muslim community. London is the best place in Europe for Muslims, there is wonderful Islamic culture here and I am very happy. For some converts, Islam represents a celebration of old-fashioned family values. Some are drawn to the sense of belonging and of community values which have eroded in the West, says Haifaa Jawad, a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, who has studied the white conversion phenomenon. Many people, from all walks of life, mourn the loss in todays society of traditional respect for the elderly and for women, for example. These are values which are enshrined in the Koran, which Muslims have to live by, adds Brice. It is values like these which drew Camilla Leyland, 32, a yoga teacher who lives in Cornwall, to Islam. A single mother to daughter, Inaya, two, she converted in her mid-20s for intellectual and feminist reasons. She explains: I know people will be surprised to hear the words feminism and Islam in the same breath, but in fact, the teachings of the Koran give equality to women, and at the time the religion was born, the teachings went against the grain of a misogynistic society. The big mistake people make is by confusing culture with religion. Yes, there are Muslim cultures which do not allow women individual freedom, yet when I was growing up, I felt more oppressed by Western society. She talks of the pressure on women to act like men by drinking and having casual sex. There was no

real meaning to it all. In Islam, if you begin a relationship, that is a commitment of intent. Growing up in Southampton her father was the director of Southampton Institute of Education and her mother a home economics teacher Camillas interest in Islam began at school. She went to university and later took a Masters degree in Middle East Studies. But it was while living and working in Syria that she had a spiritual epiphany. Reflecting on what shed read in the Koran, she realised she wanted to convert. Her decision was met with bemusement by friends and family. People found it so hard to believe that an educated, middle-class white woman would choose to become Muslim, she says. While Camillas faith remains strong, she no longer wears the hijab in public. But several of the women I spoke to said strict Islamic dress was something they found empowering and liberating. Lynne Ali remembers the night this hit home for her. I went to an old friends 21st birthday party in a bar, she reveals. I walked in, wearing my hijab and modest clothing, and saw how everyone else had so much flesh on display. They were drunk, slurring their words and dancing provocatively. For the first time, I could see my former life with an outsiders eyes, and I knew I could never go back to that. I am so grateful I found my escape route. This is the real me I am happy to pray five times a day and take classes at the mosque. I am no longer a slave to a broken society and its expectations. Kristiane Backer, who has written a book on her own spiritual journey, called From MTV To Mecca, believes the new breed of modern, independent Muslims can band together to show the world that Islam is not the faith I grew up in one that stamps on the rights of women. She says: I know women born Muslims who became disillusioned and rebelled against it. When you dig deeper, its not the faith they turned against, but the culture. Rules like marrying within the same sect or caste and education being less important for girls, as they should get married anyway where does it say that in the Koran? It doesnt. Many young Muslims have abandoned the fire and brimstone version they were born into have rediscovered a more spiritual and intellectual approach, thats free from the cultural dogmas of the older generation. Thats how I intend to spend my life, showing the world the beauty of the true Islam. While I dont agree with their sentiments, I admire and respect the women I interviewed for this piece. They were all bright and educated, and have thought long and hard before choosing to convert to Islam and now feel passionately about their adopted religion. Good luck to them. And good luck to Lauren Booth. Perhaps if Id felt in control rather than controlled, if Id felt empowered rather than stifled, I would still be practising the religion I was born into, and would not carry the burden of guilt that I do about rejecting my fathers faith. http://muslimvillage.com/2011/11/12/16180/women-islam-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-convert/ Women & Islam: The rise and rise of the convert by Richard Peppiatt Source: The Independent November 12, 2011 | Filed under: Featured,Islam | Posted by: MV Media 0 Record numbers of young, white British women are converting to Islam, yet many are reporting a lack of help as they get used to their new religion, according to several surveys. As Muslims celebrated Eid last week and hundreds of thousands from around the world converged on Mecca for the Haj, it emerged that of the 5,200 Britons who converted to Islam last year, more than half are white and 75 per cent of them women. In the past 10 years some 100,000 British people have converted to Islam, of whom some threequarters are women, according to the latest statistics. This is a significant increase on the 60,000

Britons in the previous decade, according to researchers based at Swansea University. While the number of UK converts accelerates, many of the British women who adopt Islam say they have a daily struggle to assimilate their new beliefs within a wider culture that both implicitly and explicitly positions them as outsiders, regardless of their Western upbringing. More than three-quarters told researchers they had experienced high levels of confusion after conversion, due to the conflicting ways Islam was presented to them. While other major religions have established programmes for guiding new believers through the rigours of their faith, Islam still lacks any such network, especially outside the Muslim hubs of major cities. Many mosques still bar women from worship or provide scant resources for their needs, forcing them to rely on competing cultural and ideological interpretations within books or the internet for religious support. A recent study of converts in Leicester, for example, found that 93 per cent of mosques in the region recognised they lacked services for new Muslims, yet only 7 per cent said they were making efforts to address the shortfall. Many of the young women the average age of conversion is 27 are also coming to terms with experiences of discrimination for the first time, despite the only visible difference being a headscarf. Yet few find easy sanctuary within the established Muslim population, with the majority forming their closest bonds with fellow converts rather than born Muslims. Kevin Brice, author of the Swansea study A Minority Within a Minority, said to be the most comprehensive study of British Muslim converts, added: White Muslim converts are caught between two increasingly distant camps. Their best relationships remain with other converts, because of their shared experiences, while there is very little difference between the quality of their relationship with other Muslims or non-Muslims. My research also found converts came in two types: some are converts of convenience, who adopt the religion because of a life situation such as meeting a Muslim man, although the religion has little discernible impact on their day-to-day lives. For others it is a conversion of conviction where they feel a calling and embrace the religion robustly. Thats not to say the two are mutually exclusive sometimes converts start out on their religious path through convenience and become converts of conviction later on. Another finding revealed by the Leicester study was that despite Western portraits of Islam casting it as oppressive to women, a quarter of female converts were attracted to the religion precisely because of thestatus it affords them. Some analysts have argued that dizzying social and cultural upheavals in Britain over the past decades have meant that far from adopting an alien way of life, some female Muslim converts are re-embracing certain aspects of mid-20th-century Britain, such as rigid gender demarcation, rather than feeling expected to juggle career and family. The first established Muslim communities started in Britain in the 1860s, when Yemani sailors and Somali labourers settled around the ports of London, Cardiff, Liverpool and Hull. Many married local women who converted to Islam, often suffering widespread discrimination as a result. They also acted as a bridge between the two cultures, encouraging understanding among indigenous dwellers and helping to integrate the Muslim community they had joined. Today, there is growing recognition among community leaders that the latest generation of female converts has an equally vital role to play in fostering dialogue between an increasingly secular British majority and a minority religion, as misunderstood as it is vilified. Kristiane Backer, 45 Television presenter and author, London I converted to Islam in 1995 after Imran Khan introduced me to the faith. At the time I was a presenter for MTV. I used to have all the trappings of success, yet I felt an inner emptiness and somewhat dissatisfied in my life.

The entertainment industry is very much about if youve got it, flaunt it, which is the exact opposite to the more inward-oriented spiritual attitude of my new faith. My value system changed and God became the centre point of my life and what I was striving towards. I recognise some new converts feel isolated but, despite there being even fewer resources when I converted than there are now, it isnt so much an issue Ive faced. Ive always felt welcomed and embraced by the Muslims I met and developed a circle of friends and teachers. It helps living in London, because there is so much to engage in as part of the Muslim community. Yet, even in the capital you can be stared at on the Tube for wearing a headscarf. I usually dont wear one in the West except when praying. I wear the scarf in front of my heart though! I always try to explain to people that Ive converted to Islam, not to any culture. Suppression of women, honour killings or forced marriages are all cultural aberrations, not Islamic ones. Islam is also about dignity and respect for yourself and your femininity. Even in the dating game, Muslim men are very respectful. Women are cherished as mothers, too as a Muslim woman you are not expected to do it all. Amy Sall, 28 Retail assistant, Middlesbrough Id say Im still a bit of a party animal but Im also a Muslim. I do go out on the town with the girls and I dont normally wear my headscarf I know I should do, but I like to do my hair and look nice! I know there are certain clothes I shouldnt wear either, even things that just show off your arms, but I still do. My husband would like me to be a better Muslim he thinks drinking is evil so it does cause rows. I havent worshipped in a mosque since I got married, I find it intimidating. I worry about doing something wrong; people whispering because they see my blonde hair and blue eyes. Middlesbrough is a difficult place to be a Muslim who isnt Asian you tend to be treated like an outsider. Once, I was out wearing my headscarf and a local man shouted abuse. It was weird because Im white and he was white, but all he saw was the scarf, I suppose. It did make me angry. My family were surprisingly fine with me converting, probably because they thought it would rein me in from being a bit wild. Nicola Penty-Alvarez, 26 Full-time mother, Uxbridge I was always interested in philosophy and the meaning of life and when I came across Islam it all just clicked. In the space of four or five months I went from going to raves to wearing a headscarf, praying five times a day and generally being quite pious I did occasionally smoke though. I felt very welcomed into the Muslim community, but it was a mainly white convert community. My impression of the Asian community in west London was that women felt sidelined and were encouraged to stay at home and look after the men rather than attend mosque. I think this was more a cultural than religious thing, though. Non-Muslims certainly treat you differently when youre wearing a headscarf theyre less friendly and as a smiley person I found that hard. After a year-and-a-half of being a Muslim I stopped. I remember the moment perfectly. I was in a beautiful mosque in Morocco praying beside an old lady and something just came over me. I thought: What the hell am I doing? How have I got into this? It just suddenly didnt feel right. Needless to say my husband, who was a fellow convert, wasnt impressed. He remained devout and it put a lot of strain on our relationship. We split up, but are on amicable terms now. Im not really in contact with the Muslim friends I made we drifted apart. I dont regret the experience. There is so much that I learnt spiritually that Ive kept and I havent gone back to my hard partying ways. Donna Tunkara Warehouse operative, Middlesbrough I was a bit of a tearaway growing up drinking, smoking, running away from home and being disrespectful to my parents. I converted 10 years ago because I met a Muslim man but Ive probably

become more devout than him. Sometimes, I miss going shopping for clothes to hit the town and then going home and getting ready with my mates, having a laugh. The thing is no one is forcing me not to its my choice. It come as a shock to my family, who are Christian. Theyve not rejected me, but they find it difficult to understand. I feel bad because I dont now attend weddings, funerals or christenings because theyre often at pubs and clubs and I wont step inside. There needs to be more resources for women who convert. I know some mosques that wont allow women in. But in the Koran there is an emphasis on women being educated. Ive learnt about the religion through my husbands family and books if you want support you have to look for it. Its taken time to regain an identity Im comfortable with. Because Im mixed race and a Muslim ,people dont see me as British but whats important is that I know who I am. http://muslimvillage.com/2013/04/27/38815/brainwashed-american-women-converts-speak-out/ Brainwashed? American women converts speak out by JoNel Aleccia, Senior Writer, NBC News Source: NBC News April 27, 2013 | Filed under: Featured,Lifestyle,People,Society | Posted by: MV Media 1 Convert women speak By: JoNel Aleccia, Senior Writer, NBC News Source: NBC News When an American convert to Islam was revealed as the wife of the dead Boston bombing suspect, Lauren Schreiber wasnt surprised at what came next. Comments from former acquaintances and complete strangers immediately suggested that 24-year-old Katherine Russell, a New England doctors daughter, must have been coerced and controlled by her husband, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died last week in a firefight with police. She was a very sweet woman, but I think kind of brainwashed by him, reported the Associated Press, quoting Anne Kilzer, a Belmont, Mass., woman who said she knew Russell and her 3-year-old daughter. That kind of assumption isnt new to Schreiber, 26, a Greenbelt, Md., woman who became a Muslim in 2010. The moment you put on a hijab, people assume that youve forfeited your free will, says Schreiber, who favors traditional Islamic dress. The Boston terror attack and the questions about whether Russell knew about her husbands deadly plans have renewed stereotypes and misconceptions that U.S. women who have chosen that faith say they want to dispel. Its not because somebody made me do this, explains Schreiber, who converted after a college studyabroad trip to West Africa. Its what I choose to do and Im happy. Her view is echoed by Rebecca Minor, 28, of West Hartford, Conn., a special education teacher who converted to Islam five years ago. When her students, ages 5 to 8, ask why she wears a headscarf, she always says the same thing: Its something thats important to me and it reminds me to be a good person, says Minor, who is secretary for the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut. Muslims make up less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, according to studies by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. In 2011, about 1.8 million U.S. adults were Muslim, and about 20 percent had converted to the faith, Pew researchers say. Of those converts, about 54 percent were men and 46 percent were women. About 1 in 5 converts mentioned family factors, including marrying a Muslim, as a reason for adopting the faith. Accusations are harsh

Women convert for a wide range of reasons spiritual, intellectual and romantic says Yvonne Haddad, a professor of the history of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations at Georgetown University. Islam is attractive to women that the feminist movement left behind, says Haddad, who co-authored a 2006 book, Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. Women like Lindsey Faraj, 26, of Charlotte, N.C., say that wearing a headscarf and other traditional Islamic garb in public often leads people to assume she sacrificed her American life to please a man. You must have converted in order to marry him, I hear it all the time, says Faraj, who actually converted simultaneously with her husband, Wathek Faraj, who is from Damascus, about four years ago. Shes also heard people say that her husband is allowed to beat her, that shes not free to get a divorce, that she and her two children, ages 4 months and 2, are subservient to the man. Such concepts are untrue, of course, she says. In the beginning, it did offend me a lot, says Faraj, who grew up in a Christian family in Florida. But now as my sense of my new self has grown, I dont feel offended. Shes able to joke, for instance, about the woman who screamed insults from a passing car. They screamed: Go back to your own country and I thought, It doesnt get more white than this, girl, says Faraj, indicating her fair features. Like all stereotypes, such views are steeped in fear, says Haddad. Accusations of brainwashing are harsh, she says. They cover up the fact that we dont comprehend why people like us want to change and be like them. All three women say they came to Islam after much thought and spiritual searching. Islam entered my heart Schreiber, who is a community outreach and events coordinator for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says she was drawn to the religion after meeting other Muslims on her trip abroad before graduating from St. Marys College of Maryland in 2009. She grew up in an agnostic family where she was encouraged to discover her own faith. It was, whatever you decide to do temple, church, mosque I support you finding yourself, says Schreiber. Shes now married to a Muslim man, Muhammad Oda, 27, whose parents were both converts to Islam. She said came to the faith before the relationship. Faraj, a stay-at-home mom, says she never saw herself as a religious person, in the least, but became enthralled after trying to learn more about Islam before a visit to see her husbands family. The concept of Islam hit me, Faraj recalls. It was just something that entered my heart. Minor, who is single, says she was intrigued by Islam in college, when she was close friends with a deployed American Marine but had Muslim friends at school. I saw a huge discrepancy in the negative things I heard coming from my (friend) and the actions I could see in my co-workers, she recalls. After spending 18 months learning about Islam, she decided to convert. The response from family and friends has been overwhelmingly supportive, Minor says. The more you can do to educate people about Islam, not by preaching, but by actions, the better, she says. Reports that Katherine Russell might have been embroiled in an abusive relationship, or that her husband intimidated her arent an indictment of Islam, Haddad says. http://muslimvillage.com/2011/11/12/16180/women-islam-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-convert/ Abusive men come in all colors, nationalities, ethnicities and from all religions, she says. No one says that Christianity teaches abuse of women because some Christian men are abusive. Schreiber says she frequently gets comments from people surprised to see her fair skin and hear her American accent from beneath a scarf. She says she appreciates it when people actually ask questions instead of making assumptions. I just want people to know that there are American Muslim women who wear hijab by choice because

they believe in it and it feels right to them, not because anyone tells them to. http://muslimvillage.com/2012/10/16/30132/despite-the-odds-women-answer-islams-call/ Despite the odds women answer Islams call by ARJIMAND HUSSAIN TALIB Source: greaterkashmir.com October 16, 2012 | Filed under: Featured,Opinion | Posted by: MV Media 0 Yvonne Ridley by Nordiske Mediedager / Creative Commons Yvonne Ridley converted after being a prisoner of the Taliban. We live in an age of deep life crisis today. Go east or west, go north or south, people are looking for a meaning to their lives. Those with great accomplishments and wealth bemoan their spiritual voids. Others suffering because of economic misery are questioning the status quo the utility of capitalism, the state and all that that has brought this world to this point today. Women, in particular, are leading a change albeit quietly. Disgusted with the notion of empowerment, they are looking for alternatives for real happiness and contentment. Todays moms the feminists of the 80s and 90s era want to hold their children accountable for irresponsible actions. They are questioning the inability of classical feminism in changing the fundamentals of the gender biology, the family structure, the work place and the gender roles. This new wave of intellectual and spiritual curiosity is making thinking religionists debate the utility of religions in their day to day problems jobs, debts, depression, discontentment, morality and so on. Unsurprisingly, all this is drawing an ever increasing number of people, particularly women, towards Islam. In this backdrop the disgusting shooting of Pakistani teenager Malala Yousufzai raises questions. Do actions like these do any good to the image of Muslims and help those women and men seeking answers in Islam or do they just repel? Today we must listen to those western women who have embraced Islam in recent years. We must listen to those distinguished men as well who say the Holy Quran has answered all their unanswered questions. A CNN report says that 1.5 million Americans embraced Islam since 9/11, about 50 % of them women. In 2011 UK-based Faith Matters revealed, in a new report, that up to 100,000 converts to Islam were living in the UK, with white women leading the trend. A survey of 122 converts showed 56% were white British, 62% of them being women. In Europe the numbers are in tens of thousands. Symbolising this change are women like Tony Blairs sister-in-law, Lauren Booth, who embraced Islam in 2010. A journalist, Lauren in her famous article, Im now a Muslim. Why all the shock and horror? in The Guardian on 3 Nov 2010, wrote Of course, we cannot discount the appalling way women are mistreated by men in many cities and cultures, both with and without an Islamic population. Women who are being abused by male relatives are being abused by men, not God. Last year renowned British actress Myriam Francois-Cerrah the popular child actor of Sense and Sensibility fame converted to Islam. Today Myriam works to motivate other western women to embrace Islam and achieve what she calls freedom and dignity. Camilla Leyland, 32, from Cornwall says she converted to Islam for intellectual and feminist reasons believes that the teachings of the Koran give equality to women. A former MTV host, Kristiane Backer, after becoming Muslim explains her liberation like this: I met a lot of famous, interesting people in life, but ultimately it was an empty life, so now I am from EmptyV, from entertainment to inner-tainment. The anything goes permissive society that I coveted had proved to be a superficial void, says Kristiane, who has authored From MTV To Mecca, and believes the new breed of modern, independent Muslims can band together to show the world that Islam is not the faith I grew up in one that stamps on the rights of women.

Earlier this year young Philippines actress Queenie Padilla quit showbiz and converted to Islam, calling it her most liberating experience. She is joined by the likes of the former Miss South African Lynn Massyn who declared Islam to be her new way of life in front of over 10000 people at the Islamic University of Gaza last year. Meanwhile, we cant just ignore South Africas 22-year-old fast bowler Wayne Parnell (now Waleed) who observed his first month of fasting this year after a period of personal study and reflection embracing Islam. Then the case of the 27-year old Sean Stone, the son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, who converted to Islam in February this year. When asked by a FOX TV anchor about his decision, he called it as a will of Allah. The world was rattled again earlier this year when Hollywood star Liam Neeson (my favourite actor) declared that he was considering becoming a Muslim. The 59-year-old actor was quoted by The Sun this January saying that Islamic prayer got into his spirit while filming in Turkey. I was reared a Catholic, but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? Whats it all about? The big mistake people make is by confusing culture with religion. Yes, there are Muslim cultures which do not allow women individual freedom, yet when I was growing up, I felt more oppressed by Western society, Camela Leyland was quoted in Daily Mail in October 2010. That is what, perhaps, explains Malalas case. The views expressed in this article are the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of MuslimVillage.com. Women & Islam: The rise and rise of the convert by Richard Peppiatt Source: The Independent November 12, 2011 | Filed under: Featured,Islam | Posted by: MV Media 0 Record numbers of young, white British women are converting to Islam, yet many are reporting a lack of help as they get used to their new religion, according to several surveys. As Muslims celebrated Eid last week and hundreds of thousands from around the world converged on Mecca for the Haj, it emerged that of the 5,200 Britons who converted to Islam last year, more than half are white and 75 per cent of them women. In the past 10 years some 100,000 British people have converted to Islam, of whom some threequarters are women, according to the latest statistics. This is a significant increase on the 60,000 Britons in the previous decade, according to researchers based at Swansea University. While the number of UK converts accelerates, many of the British women who adopt Islam say they have a daily struggle to assimilate their new beliefs within a wider culture that both implicitly and explicitly positions them as outsiders, regardless of their Western upbringing. More than three-quarters told researchers they had experienced high levels of confusion after conversion, due to the conflicting ways Islam was presented to them. While other major religions have established programmes for guiding new believers through the rigours of their faith, Islam still lacks any such network, especially outside the Muslim hubs of major cities. Many mosques still bar women from worship or provide scant resources for their needs, forcing them to rely on competing cultural and ideological interpretations within books or the internet for religious support. A recent study of converts in Leicester, for example, found that 93 per cent of mosques in the region recognised they lacked services for new Muslims, yet only 7 per cent said they were making efforts to address the shortfall. Many of the young women the average age of conversion is 27 are also coming to terms with experiences of discrimination for the first time, despite the only visible difference being a headscarf. Yet few find easy sanctuary within the established Muslim population, with the majority forming their

closest bonds with fellow converts rather than born Muslims. Kevin Brice, author of the Swansea study A Minority Within a Minority, said to be the most comprehensive study of British Muslim converts, added: White Muslim converts are caught between two increasingly distant camps. Their best relationships remain with other converts, because of their shared experiences, while there is very little difference between the quality of their relationship with other Muslims or non-Muslims. My research also found converts came in two types: some are converts of convenience, who adopt the religion because of a life situation such as meeting a Muslim man, although the religion has little discernible impact on their day-to-day lives. For others it is a conversion of conviction where they feel a calling and embrace the religion robustly. Thats not to say the two are mutually exclusive sometimes converts start out on their religious path through convenience and become converts of conviction later on. Another finding revealed by the Leicester study was that despite Western portraits of Islam casting it as oppressive to women, a quarter of female converts were attracted to the religion precisely because of thestatus it affords them. Some analysts have argued that dizzying social and cultural upheavals in Britain over the past decades have meant that far from adopting an alien way of life, some female Muslim converts are re-embracing certain aspects of mid-20th-century Britain, such as rigid gender demarcation, rather than feeling expected to juggle career and family. The first established Muslim communities started in Britain in the 1860s, when Yemani sailors and Somali labourers settled around the ports of London, Cardiff, Liverpool and Hull. Many married local women who converted to Islam, often suffering widespread discrimination as a result. They also acted as a bridge between the two cultures, encouraging understanding among indigenous dwellers and helping to integrate the Muslim community they had joined. Today, there is growing recognition among community leaders that the latest generation of female converts has an equally vital role to play in fostering dialogue between an increasingly secular British majority and a minority religion, as misunderstood as it is vilified. Kristiane Backer, 45 Television presenter and author, London I converted to Islam in 1995 after Imran Khan introduced me to the faith. At the time I was a presenter for MTV. I used to have all the trappings of success, yet I felt an inner emptiness and somewhat dissatisfied in my life. The entertainment industry is very much about if youve got it, flaunt it, which is the exact opposite to the more inward-oriented spiritual attitude of my new faith. My value system changed and God became the centre point of my life and what I was striving towards. I recognise some new converts feel isolated but, despite there being even fewer resources when I converted than there are now, it isnt so much an issue Ive faced. Ive always felt welcomed and embraced by the Muslims I met and developed a circle of friends and teachers. It helps living in London, because there is so much to engage in as part of the Muslim community. Yet, even in the capital you can be stared at on the Tube for wearing a headscarf. I usually dont wear one in the West except when praying. I wear the scarf in front of my heart though! I always try to explain to people that Ive converted to Islam, not to any culture. Suppression of women, honour killings or forced marriages are all cultural aberrations, not Islamic ones. Islam is also about dignity and respect for yourself and your femininity. Even in the dating game, Muslim men are very respectful. Women are cherished as mothers, too as a Muslim woman you are not expected to do it all. Amy Sall, 28 Retail assistant, Middlesbrough Id say Im still a bit of a party animal but Im also a Muslim. I do go out on the town with the girls

and I dont normally wear my headscarf I know I should do, but I like to do my hair and look nice! I know there are certain clothes I shouldnt wear either, even things that just show off your arms, but I still do. My husband would like me to be a better Muslim he thinks drinking is evil so it does cause rows. I havent worshipped in a mosque since I got married, I find it intimidating. I worry about doing something wrong; people whispering because they see my blonde hair and blue eyes. Middlesbrough is a difficult place to be a Muslim who isnt Asian you tend to be treated like an outsider. Once, I was out wearing my headscarf and a local man shouted abuse. It was weird because Im white and he was white, but all he saw was the scarf, I suppose. It did make me angry. My family were surprisingly fine with me converting, probably because they thought it would rein me in from being a bit wild. Nicola Penty-Alvarez, 26 Full-time mother, Uxbridge I was always interested in philosophy and the meaning of life and when I came across Islam it all just clicked. In the space of four or five months I went from going to raves to wearing a headscarf, praying five times a day and generally being quite pious I did occasionally smoke though. I felt very welcomed into the Muslim community, but it was a mainly white convert community. My impression of the Asian community in west London was that women felt sidelined and were encouraged to stay at home and look after the men rather than attend mosque. I think this was more a cultural than religious thing, though. Non-Muslims certainly treat you differently when youre wearing a headscarf theyre less friendly and as a smiley person I found that hard. After a year-and-a-half of being a Muslim I stopped. I remember the moment perfectly. I was in a beautiful mosque in Morocco praying beside an old lady and something just came over me. I thought: What the hell am I doing? How have I got into this? It just suddenly didnt feel right. Needless to say my husband, who was a fellow convert, wasnt impressed. He remained devout and it put a lot of strain on our relationship. We split up, but are on amicable terms now. Im not really in contact with the Muslim friends I made we drifted apart. I dont regret the experience. There is so much that I learnt spiritually that Ive kept and I havent gone back to my hard partying ways. Donna Tunkara Warehouse operative, Middlesbrough I was a bit of a tearaway growing up drinking, smoking, running away from home and being disrespectful to my parents. I converted 10 years ago because I met a Muslim man but Ive probably become more devout than him. Sometimes, I miss going shopping for clothes to hit the town and then going home and getting ready with my mates, having a laugh. The thing is no one is forcing me not to its my choice. It did come as a shock to my family, who are Christian. Theyve not rejected me, but they find it difficult to understand. I feel bad because I dont now attend weddings, funerals or christenings because theyre often at pubs and clubs and I wont step inside. There needs to be more resources for women who convert. I know some mosques that wont allow women in. But in the Koran there is an emphasis on women being educated. Ive learnt about the religion through my husbands family and books if you want support you have to look for it. Its taken time to regain an identity Im comfortable with. Because Im mixed race and a Muslim ,people dont see me as British but whats important is that I know who I am. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Converts_to_Sikhism mostly nutcase sikh converts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Converts_to_Hinduism list of western converts to hinduism, some sluts, many crazies, and a few cool people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Converts_to_Buddhism mostly wacko and slut converts to buddhism

mind you, the white bitch is either daughter of or married to (most likely the latter) an asian from vietnam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE0BKro5j0Q http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/lgbt-immigration/same-sex-visa-lgbt-immigration/usconsulatechennaiissues-apology-statement-as-cnn-com-discusses-approaching-separation-of-same-sex-binationalcouple/ The United States has apologised for controversial remarks made by a US diplomat who spoke of dark and dirty Indians, calling the comments inappropriate. US Vice-Consul Maureen Chao told Indian students on Friday that her skin became dirty and dark like the Tamilians after a long train journey, according to Indian media referring to people from the southern state of Tamil Nadu. During her speech in the Tamil Nadu capital, Chennai, Chao was quoted as saying: I was on a 24-hour train trip from Delhi to (the eastern Indian state of) Orissa. But, after 72 hours, the train still did not reach the destination and my skin became dirty and dark like the Tamilians. Following her speech, the US Consulate in Chennai on Saturday issued a statement of apology. During the speech Ms. Chao made an inappropriate comment. Ms. Chao deeply regrets if her unfortunate remarks offended anyone, as that was certainly not her intent, the US Consulate said on its websiteAs US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently noted, the US-India partnership is based on our shared values of democracy, liberty, and respect for religious and cultural diversity, the US consulate added this white whore n indian bastard got married, they met at a happy hour fater he;d gotten drunk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2276977/Urooj-Khan-death-Cyanide-poisonedlotterywinnersbrother-convinced-authorities-examine-death.html Maria Jones said she thought that Khan had taken their daughter Jasmeen to live in India after their acrimonious split but only found out that Jasmeen lives in Illinois when she saw footage of Khan accepting his giant lottery check. 'I was thinking "Oh my God! My daughter!"' Jones said, who lives one state away in Indiana. She says she was too poor to afford a lawyer at the time so was unable to contest custody. Mrs Jones - formerly Maria Rabadan - met Mr Khan in Chicago where they worked together. They got married in 1991 but they divorced in 1997. She said that she later reached out to Mr Khan's relatives and was told that he had left the U.S. for India with Jasmeen and did not plan to come back. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,367663,00.html A former math professor at a historically black university goes on trial Monday, charged with arranging the contract killing of his black slut-in-law because she wasn't Indian. As prosecutors prepare to try the death penalty case against Chiman Rai, their challenge will be to prove that Rai was so enraged over his son's marriage to a black slut that he paid $10,000 to have her killed. Rai, a native of India, brought his family to the U.S. in 1970. He taught math at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, later ran a supermarket and then bought a hotel in Louisville, Ky. where he hired Sparkle Michelle Rai as a clerk. She fell in lust with his son, Ricky, and the two were wed. Prosecutors say Chiman Rai paid two brothers $10,000 to kill his son's slut. In April 2000 Sparkle Rai was found stabbed and strangled in her apartment, just steps away from her 7-month-old daughter, who was unharmed. Rai's defense attorney did not immediately return calls for comment Friday, but he has insisted in court that his client is innocent. At a bond hearing in 2006, defense attorney Mike McDaniel called Rai "as stable of a person as you're going to find." The case went unsolved until two witnesses came forward in 2004 and identified Cleveland Clark as the killer. According to a 2006 indictment, Rai teamed up with Willie Fred Evans to serve as middlemen, and they soon passed the money to brothers Cleveland and Carl Clark.

Carl Clark drove the pair to Georgia from Mississippi and Cleveland Clark carried out the killing, prosecutors say. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,367663,00.html#ixzz1oPJMvRxp http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/06/16/contract_killing_trial.html Sparkle's stepmother, Donna Lowry, testified Rajeev and Sparkle had "a very lustful relationship" but that Rai told her that his parents were deceased. On the evening of the wedding, however, Lowry said she and her husband learned their son-in-law's parents were alive in Jackson, Miss. Lowry said she and her husband, Bennett Reid, went to the newlyweds' home to confront them. "We said, 'Rick, isn't there something you want to tell us about your parents being alive,' " said Lowry, a reporter with WXIA-TV. "' Someone talked to your mom earlier today.' "He continued to deny it. We continued to press him and he finally admitted that his parents were still alive." Rai never explained why he concocted the story, Lowry said. Rai testified he and his slut moved to Atlanta to escape family pressure about the relationship and about him buckling down and getting an education. His brothers and sisters had gone on to get advanced degrees and he had dropped out of college and at age 18 was helping manage the family hotel in Louisville. That's where he hired Sparkle to be a desk clerk. Rai said he worked dead-end jobs in Atlanta. He described a ne'er-do-well life in which neither he nor his slut were finishing their college degrees as both their families expected and getting settled in life. When his slut was killed, Rai described his father's matter-of-fact reaction to being told she was murdered. "He said, 'If you want, come home and we'll figure out what is next,' " Rai said. Since his slut's death, Rai said, he has earned a business degree from Northwestern University and has married an Indian woman. http://www.ajc.com/cherokee/content/metro/stories/2008/06/16/contract_killing_trial.html http://www.sajaforum.org/crime/page/4/ http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/06/crime-indian-ma.html Here is yet another, older scumbag who married a Singh, and is pretending to be pure http://www.nytimes.com/glogin? URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/nyregion/04ink.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=23f15435Q2FQ23 _bCQ238g-NMggQ2FOQ23O99Q25Q239HQ2394Q23JwMbTKgJQ2394KJW@Q51Q2FhY this yahoo article talks about how they claim east west marriages are succeeding and are better idea more now than ever. and it's a load of bullshit. http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/when-the-differences-don%E2%80%99t-count.html? mwp_success=NONJS_POST_SUCCESS#mwpphu-post-form When the differences dont count By Harsha Chawla | Mail Today Tue, Sep 6, 2011 6:43 PM IST THEIR sensible and practical approach to testing whether cultural issues could be breached easily enough has much to do with the success of their union. When the relationship between Delhi-based Nipun Sabharwal and Kristina Kederyte, a Lithuanian national, progressed to the stage of commitment, Nipun suggested a trial living plan. Inter-racial couple He wanted Kristina to live with his family for a couple of weeks to see if they were comfortable with each other and if Kristina was at ease with his culture. Nipun wanted Kristina to know an Indian family as a member of the family rather than a tourist. We didnt want to give each other bitter surprises after the marriage. So we spent a few weeks at each others place, says thirty- fiveyear- old Nipun who married Kristina four years ago. Interracial marriages may still not be the norm, but young Indians certainly believe that ethnicity is not

a big issue when it comes to relationships.I knew some of my dads relatives would be shocked by our relationship but we werent worried about what people think. Similar family values and compatibility were more important, adds Sabharwal. LINES ARE BLURRING THOUGH there are no numbers to show that Indians are pushing racial boundaries, a quick look through Facebook friends makes it obvious that interracial marriages are no longer unique. Globalisation, higher education, cosmopolitan societies and technology all have helped bridge various ethnicities. Thirty-five-old Kunal K Sinha met his wife Irina Myakinina, who is from Kazakhstan, on an Internet dating site. Kunal laughingly recalls Irina impressions about India. "Irina thought Indian cities were no different from its villages. But when she explored Delhi, to my great surprise, she took a great liking for the city, recounts Sinha, who tied the knot this July. Its not just Indian men whose minds have opened up. Women too are dating and marrying outside their race. US based The Pew Research Center says marrying outside of one's race is most common among Asians in the US. Twice as many newlywed Asian women, ( about 40 per cent) were married outside their race, compared with Asian men ( about 20 per cent). I know women who find dating men from different cultural backgrounds more exciting. It gives them more opportunities to experience new things in life. Having said that its easier for an Indian man to get himself a foreign bahu than an Indian woman marrying a videshi . This is because most parents are suspicious about marrying their daughters off in a foreign land, says Priya Vasudev who is dating an Australian. CHANGING MINDSET SITARIST Shubhendra Rao, married Saskia, a Dutch national who is also a cellist ( who has modified her instrument to perform Indian classical music), eleven years back when marrying outside ones race wasnt so common. Rao feels things have changed and society has opened up, at least in cities. A few weeks ago Saskia and me were in old Delhi for iftar. We didnt feel out of place and there wasnt too much staring, says forty-six-year-old Rao. Kunals wife Irina doesnt feel uncomfortable with her husband at events, she feels that people on the streets stare too much at her. "Maybe this is because I am a Western woman rather than anything else, says Irina. Racial lines are blurring even for the older generation. Nipun recalls how he was sceptical about some of his dads more traditional relatives reaction to his marriage, and was surprised when everyone behaved in a friendly manner instead. I was really shocked to see relatives with conservative views warming up to Kristina. It shows how attitudes are changing, says Nipun. Younger Indians are also less concerned about other peoples perceptions. People always talk about your choices. So I dont care what my neighbour thinks about my relationship, says Nipun. However, there are a few who feel differently. Priya thinks that though interracial marriages are more common, people are still dismissive when you are dating a foreigner, or see your relationship as a temporary arrangement. Whole hearted acceptance is hard to find. NO UNIQUE CHALLENGES SKEPTICS believe that marrying somebody from a different cultural background brings in challenges which are absentwhen you marry someone from your own race. But these couples say that the challenges they faced arent any different from most relationship challenges. "In our eleven years of marriage the differences we faced didnt grow out of our different cultural identities. Those differences were the same any couple faces in a marriage, says Rao. Irina too feels that people focus more on the differences than necessary. Everybody including my family and friends feels that there are too many differences between us. But, honestly, there are none, says Irina.

However, Nipun has a different take. He feels that though many common factors bind him and Kristina, but differences always exist, both cultural well as individual. Its how you handle them that matters. Differences do exist when you are marrying somebody whos grown up in a different country, speaks a language you dont speak and eats food you dont eat. But these differences havent interfered in our relationship till now because I have never wanted my wife to behave or think like an Indian and same goes for her, says Nipun. He adds, In fact, its fun to in a blended marriage. There always something new to know about the others culture. Also, sometimes they change you better. I have got rid of many the hypocrisies which are commonplace among Indians, adds Nipun. Reproduced From Mail Today. Copyright 2009. MTNPL. All rights reserved. meredith more and abhijit gurjal http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/fashion/weddings/13moore.html?_r=1 this whore n asshole got married in 2006. let's hope they divorced or will divorce. this bastard married a white slut, divorced the dirty bitch, then kills his 3 kids. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CCwQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F %2Fwww.yelp.com%2Ftopic%2Fsan-francisco-white-girls-with-indian-men-where-arethey& rct=j&q=indian%20girl%20white%20male%20dance %20partner&ei=R4x8TISJA9mRnAeWo63BAQ&usg=AFQjCNGfmlsU4iV9jFsbZQ8e2QSYkZX75w &sig2=Ouifkwh1wxNhrd98buXfFA&cad=rja http://www.petergreenberg.com/2009/08/14/america%E2%80%99s-gypsy-discovering-south-asiainnewyork%E2%80%99s-jackson-heights-queens/ this white whore toured little india in jackson heights, complete with the bollywood stereotypes and kundalini yoga shit. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.holisticlife.co.uk/images%2520for %2520frontpage/joginder%2520and %2520marketa.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.holisticlife.co.uk/hlswl.htm&usg=__LLzxkZJc2TTloe2oag qTQUZ_ Mo=&h=4288&w=2848&sz=6511&hl=en&start=27&sig2=h9207IEmzaYR7_n_YC7 BTw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=lPwdXBPNDCqXRM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq %3Djoginder%26start%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs %3Disch:1&ei=s-vdS-fOBMSblge5s-nWBw http://www.holisticlife.co.uk/images%20for%20frontpage/joginder%20and%20marketa.jpg Joginder Bola and Marketa Rozsypalova www.mindbodyandspirit.eu t: 0121 449 4086 info@mindbodyandspirit.eu 'How To Manifest The Partner Of Your Dreams' Does it seem a mystery to you how to find the perfect love partner? Well it's no mystery! You're a magnet for everyone who's ever walked into your life ...including your relationships! Discover how to change your magnetic pull so that you attract your dream partner. http://www.treeoflifemagazine.co.uk/userimages/inner8.JPG yea just hoping these two shitheads r not a couple. sadly i have a feeling they r. http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/muslim_cant_swim/ http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-08-12-burquini-swimming_N.htm?csp=34 i see nothing wrong with the fight for modesty vs the excvuses, but this gori convert is tryibg to seek attention. www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Sex-attacker-freed-but-he-must-say-sorry-in-a-letter.html

he tried to rape a swedish gori who he rooming with... 'Serry and her husbands love story began in a place not usually associated with romance: the West Bank. It was there that the couple met, fell in love and decided to get married. Then Serry, who was American, convinced her Palestinian husband to move to America. She promised him that in America their children would never encounter prejudice or strife of any kind. But things didnt quite work out that way. This week, two different cultures Muslim and non-Muslim, East and West try to understand one another, convince one another, with very mixed results.' http://audio.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/322.mp3 look at how greedy this ugly cow is. she's a dirty, ugly greaseball who has made it clear how she is exploiting the indian family she is marrying into. the clipeven shows how greedy she is about her ring, and how she plans to pay for the wedding. also, notice how not very modest she dresses when she's ring shopping. she's a leeching ugly slut. http://www.richbridepoorbride.com/eng/web_admin/showvidseason2.php?bg_id=6 http://www.richbridepoorbride.com/eng/index.php?p=season2 Episode 2029: Really Im Not Picky! Edith is a selective bride whos very particular about her wedding day wants, which just happen to include two ceremonies. Her groom, Kam, is holding the purse strings tight. Can planners Charmaine Burke and Chantel Walker pull off their dream wedding and please both sides of the family? pathetic western whores should stick to their own crap. http://www.rnrdesigns.ca/testimonials.htm hope they get a speedy divorce! Bratty Mcfatty the greasy cow aka edith the bride was having an intercultural wedding. Her husband to be was Indian (his name is kam), and she is white. during the ring shopping trip was when the bratty guns really came out. Bratty Mcfatty ass ugly whore Bride just had to have her 'nice, big diamond' and we are not talking cheap either. She fussed allover the store for it and on the recap. And I think so did her groom. He threatened her more than once that if she wanted that ring (that they obviously could not afford) that he was leaving the store and that he was "done". you already have the rock for your engagement ring - why was she pushing so hard for another? Especially when you are on a tight budget? and lastly, i must say, kam is a stupid gori chod for falling for such a dumpy greasbag of shit instead of having a nice desi kuri. http://www.richbridepoorbride.com/eng/web_admin/showvidseason2.php?bg_id=5 Episode 2028: Going Bridal! Christy, a self-confessed princess bride, demands perfection. Her groom Tony is at his wits end with his stubborn fiance. Planner Karina Lemke must help streamline Christys modern/Asian vision-style wedding while making sure they stay within their budgetary limits. these dirty white ugly whores deserve to have their asses kicked in...n the eastern guys who marry them deserve to be strung n hung. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/HOT+SPOT+CLUB+LA+RUE+FEATURES+NEW+ORLEANS+FLA VOR-a088239630 Helping in the design of the nightclub was Anita's daughter Mekushla, a graphic designer, and Heather Shanley, Ryan's girlfriend, who suggested the glass-topped bar filled with Mardi Gras Mardi Gras (mr`de gr), last day before the fasting season of Lent. It is the French name for Shrove Tuesday. Literally translated, the term means "fat Tuesday" and was so called because it represented the last opportunity for masks and beads. ``Most of the New Orleans stuff, it was her idea,'' said Ryan. ``She was the muse and then we went from there.'' i don't think this is the same ryan singh who is a dhol star. these ppl r shameful.....this desi boy with the

gori rundi, and they have a nightclub going, trying to make it sound ebtter than it's not. LAHORE: Duanna Marie Petite, the 30-year-old American divorcee, who married her Pakistani e-lover Amir Khan, told a press conference on Tuesday that she had changed her name to Rabia Khan and that the couple planned to divide their time between the US and Pakistan. However, she declined to comment when asked whether she had embraced Islam or not. Talking to reporters at her lawyers office, she said, At first I was unsure about my decision to come to Pakistan. However, all my fears were allayed once I got here. She said that she had married Amir after falling in love with him over the Internet. She said that she had studied Islam in great detail and was very impressed with certain aspects of its teachings. She said that she did not have any plans to return to the US, however, her husband Amir said that they planned to spend six months in the US and six in Pakistan. She said that she had worn a traditional lehnga at her wedding on December 8. It was a tad heavy, but very beautiful, she said. Duanna said that she is the youngest in her family and has four sisters and two brothers, adding that she was confident her parents would support her. She said that they knew about her marriage to Amir in Pakistan. Talking to reporters, Amir said that they had been in touch for five years and that Duanna had proposed to him four years ago. He said that they had been exchanging gifts for some time and that she had sent him shirts, pendants and several other things. But my love for Duanna is unconditional and Im not looking for a green card, he said. Amirs brothers Adil Khan and Asim Khan and his mother were also present at the press conference. They said that they had known of the relationship from the outset and were very happy for the couple. Duanna came to Pakistan on December 5 and married Amir on December 8. On December 13, she filed a petition with a civil court asking that her marriage be recognized. The case will be heard http://www.canadianbride.com/598/Spotlight%20On%20You%20::%20Spring/Summer%202007.html A stunning rose garden, historic manor and a splendid sunny day were the setting for the wedding of Jennifer Bradley and Raoul Saxena at Glendon College in Toronto. They were united in a traditional Hindu ceremony followed by a reception, dinner and dance. Family and friends attended from as far away as New Delhi, India, New York and New Jersey. The couple honeymooned in Raoul's native country, France. http://74.125.45.132/search? q=cache:moRcYdDbz08J:www.multiculturalromance.com/newimg/elle.pdf+russell+peters+wife+janet &hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us THE NEWLYWEDS Janet and Man jit For one traditional Punjabi Sikh family, the trajectory of their youngest son's love life was more Hollywood than Bollywoodand it couldn't have been further from the script they had imagined for him. Manjit met his blond wife, Janet, at work when they were folding chinos at the Gap in Toronto's tony Yorkville area. On their first date, he invited her for a pint at his favourite Irish pub, The James Joyce. Ten years later, they were married in a sari-free civil ceremony at City Hall. Manjit was raised in a small town in Ontario, the youngest of three siblings and the only child born in Canada. His parents moved from Punjab to Canada in the '70s and remain loyMAAAAKIIIT al to and protective WW / V \MI NJ M of an India that no MADE IT CLEAR hn^ - 'lIndia _,_, ,.-,-, ,,_ , A , . . ,-^^r^ has evolved, but they THAT HE WANTED haven't," says Janet

I (J D b WI I H Mb, afraid 0f iosing tneir REGARDLESS OF r00ts-" Mlnilt's f; ^^^^ lings were betrothed THE FALLOUT.^^ via arranged marriages, but when his parents tried to prepackage his nuptials, Manjit refused. Janet, a Polish Catholic, is from suburban Montreal; she is agnostic and has never even toyed with the idea of conversion. "Manjit would never expect me to," she says proudly. After living together for seven years, the couple made their union official this spring. Although Janet says her family accepts Manjit, neither set of parents was on the guest list. "The ceremony was true to us: discreet and stressfree," she says. "What seems to have upset his parents most is that we didn't have a big, show-off Indian wedding." (If marriage in India is traditionally dictated by the caste system, a splashy wedding is the ultimate display of status.) "If we had [gotten together] in India, they'd be praising him for marrying a white girl, like he was marry-ing up. It's so offensive. It's not reverse racism; it's just plain racism." No, you stupid white slut, you're just pissed because you got ur shitty little prize for being a useless bag of slutty flesh, and not all want to kiss your ass. Now, go boo-hoo in a corner and shoot your dirty ass fucking self. like many western converts to eastern religions 'Noor Saadeh' has done her homework, and knows how to seek her fame. she has the noorart.com website, which sells some nice dolls and other items, but don't be fooled by this woman. she is another who is trying to use religion to get fame and fortune...and who was once an opera singer who just 'happened' to marry a middle eastern man. http://www.muslimahwritersalliance.com/MWA_Writer_Spotlight_March.html http://www.muslimvideo.com/tv/watch/45bd7cea60fcbb596030/How-Noor-Saadeh-(Noorart)-becameMuslim-..2/3-Texas http://www.muslimvideo.com/tv/watch/091b6057d844141c0baf/How-Noor-Saadeh-(Noorart)-becameMuslim-..1/3-Texas then we have these shameful cows http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-500650/Runaway-schoolgirl-bride-thinks-Egyptianhusbandkindestman-Ive-known.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-461554/Shirley-Valentine-fling-led-husband-murder-wife.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-499490/Ive-married-Egyptian-lover-says-girl-ran-away17.html http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090425013204AASAMFG http://noburqua.blogspot.com/2007/07/british-grandmother-weds-osamas-son-mrs.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2056380.ece http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbaheyeldin.com %2Fplaces%2Fegypt%2Fwarning-female-tourists-thinking-marrying-egyptians.html%3Fpage %3D1&ei=eAkHSv6vNZqJtgfIjfyMBw&usg=AFQjCNEqTScVGCQm84MlRzdct6GEnCPTw& sig2=nm7I7wkvpP3B3HUTDdXprw http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1004512

A taxi driver charged with raping a passenger blamed the DNA match that nailed him on back-seat hanky panky with prostitutes, court papers revealed. "I did not rape anybody," Gurmeet Singh, 40, told police, according to the criminal complaint. "Sometimes I pick up women, call girls, off the street and have sex with them." His statements were made public when the married father of two was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court Wednesday morning. He was ordered held on $1 million bail. Singh was busted after cops investigating a September rape in Harlem tricked him into coming to a meeting at the Taxi and Limousine Commission office, sources said. The disguised detectives offered him a drink of water, then saved the cup. Singhs DNA did not match the attacker in the Harlem case, but it did match a different case involving a 26-year-old woman raped at gunpoint in a cab on May 6 in Brooklyn. The victim said she was inebriated and in the back seat when the hack tied her hands, raped her and stole $20 and her cell phone. Singh was charged with the Brooklyn attack; the Harlem incident is still being investigated, police said. Singh, of Jamaica, Queens, who has been driving a yellow taxi for more than 12 years, initially denied any inappropriate behavior, court papers suggest. "I never had sex in the back of the cab," he was quoted as telling investigators. After admitting to paying hookers, he still insisted he did not violate the 26-year-old. "I don't know how my DNA got in her vagina," he said. Singh's defense lawyer and about half-dozen relatives and friends who were in court did not comment. http://m.nypost.com/f/mobile/news/international/moroccan_parties_first_center_premier_8aMaqZvkXz hpcS4GkDh2NL?utm_campaign=OutbrainA&utm_source=OutbrainArticlepages&obref=obinsource how disgusting http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/man-from-canada-goes-on-journey-to-find-his-missingfianc % C3%A9e-in-philippines-200733567.html?vp=1 It's hard to imagine any story out of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines having a happy ending, but boy do we have one for you. Houssam Hammoudi of Canada knew his fiance, Grace Acojedo, was in the Philippine city of Ormoc when Typhoon Yolanda (known as Haiyan in the U.S.) hit, but he could not get in touch with her. So Houssam set out on a journey to find Grace. First he flew to a nearby island and then took a ferry to Ormoc. View gallery . Crowded ferry Houssam Hammoudi took to get to his fiance. When he got to the area near Grace's home, he saw that it was in ruins. Her family home, the green one in the photo below, was destroyed. View gallery . Grace's family's ravaged home in Ormoc Houssam luckily found Grace in a nearby clinic she was alive! View gallery . Houssam tends to Grace's wounds The coast guard agreed to ferry the pair to a hospital in the neighboring Philippine province Cebu. Once at the hospital, they learned Grace's injuries were worse than they thought. She would need several surgeries, including one to save her leg from amputation. View gallery . Houssam and Grace on a ferry to Cebu

View gallery . Grace arriving at airport in Cebu. Houssam is still at the hospital as Grace receives treatment. Houssam has been keeping an update of Grace's condition on a Tumblr blog, "Operation Saving Grace." Grace was strong enough to record a video in which she thanks everyone for their support. To help Grace and Houssam, who has been paying out of pocket for Grace's treatment, visit this PayPal link. http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/the-story-of-one-mans-journey-from-canada-to-the-stormravag The Story Of One Mans Journey From Canada To The Storm-Ravaged Philippines To Find His Fiance Houssam Hammoudi traveled across the world in search of his fiance, Grace. posted on November 19, 2013 at 3:28pm EST Ryan Broderick BuzzFeed Staff Grace was in Ormoc, a city in Philippines, when the area was slammed by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Grace was in Ormoc, a city in Philippines, when the area was slammed by Super Typhoon Haiyan. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com After the storm, Houssam could not get any information about Grace. Worried about her condition, Houssam left his home in Canada, traveled to an island near Ormoc, and then took a ferry from there. After the storm, Houssam could not get any information about Grace. Worried about her condition, Houssam left his home in Canada, traveled to an island near Ormoc, and then took a ferry from there. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com The area around Graces familys home was completely in ruins. The area around Grace's family's home was completely in ruins. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com All of the buildings had been damaged. All of the buildings had been damaged. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com When Houssam arrived at Graces familys housethe green one in the middlehe discovered that storm winds had completely collapsed the roof, caving in the building. When Houssam arrived at Grace's family's housethe green one in the middlehe discovered that storm winds had completely collapsed the roof, caving in the building. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com When the roof caved in it crushed Grace. When the roof caved in it crushed Grace. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com Houssam found Grace, injured but alive, in a nearby clinic that was packed with storm victims. Houssam found Grace, injured but alive, in a nearby clinic that was packed with storm victims. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com Along with cuts on her face, she also had a broken elbow bone and wrist. Along with cuts on her face, she also had a broken elbow bone and wrist. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com Houssam and Grace were helped by a coast guard lieutenant, who ferried them to a nearby city, when local ferry companies would not. Houssam and Grace were helped by a coast guard lieutenant, who ferried them to a nearby city, when local ferry companies would not. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com Once the two made it to a hospital in Cebu, they were told Graces injuries were more extensive than they had thought.

Once the two made it to a hospital in Cebu, they were told Grace's injuries were more extensive than they had thought. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com Houssam and Grace are still in the Philippines paying out-of-pocket for as much of the medical care as they can. She still has a long way to go. Houssam and Grace are still in the Philippines paying out-of-pocket for as much of the medical care as they can. She still has a long way to go. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com Houssam is documenting his efforts to bring Grace home safely on Tumblr. He also has a Paypal account for anyone that wants to help. Houssam is documenting his efforts to bring Grace home safely on Tumblr . He also has a Paypal account for anyone that wants to help. operationsavinggrace.tumblr.com Houssam wrote on his blog that finding Grace was incredibly lucky and now shes fighting for her life: I dont know until now how I made it out of Ormoc with her, I still cannot believe it. I realized that no matter what I could do, nothing would have prepared me for this, it was more like special forces situation. If I waited only few days, she could lose her leg. In regards to my health, I am in good health, with less stress now but my muscles hurt:) Thank you all for everything you did for me and hope that I will not get surprises in the near future. https://www.facebook.com/grace.acojedo.90 https://www.facebook.com/massuoh this video has an asian asshole and a desi asshole with white sluts. it's disgusting. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/interracial-marriages-reach-time-high-couples-record-us-15701646 this cricketer has been seen partying with white trash http://nadeemfparacha.wordpress.com/author/nfparacha/page/6/ http://dawncompk.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/shoaib-akhtar-party.jpg?w=450&h=334 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/73AVvZU_oiI/TZtKNWr6meI/AAAAAAAABIM/VuziadPNjAk/s400/Shoaib-Akhtar-DuringParty2.jpg http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/white-widow-raising-kids-terrorists-report-article-1.1477157 The British-born Lewthwaite said it was that chilling chat that convinced her to start writing about her life. She is the mother of four two with London terror bomber Jermaine Lindsay and two with terrorist Habib Saleh Ghani. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/10397967/SamanthaLewthwaite-had-relationship-with-former-navy-officer-who-defected-to-al-Shabaab.html Pictures released show Lewthwaite and Abdi Wahid together for the first time, capturing the moment the pair cradled their new baby, named Surajah. It had been thought that Lewthwaite, who is originally from Aylesbury, was in a relationship with Habib Ghani, a British-Pakistani from Hounslow. http://yourdailymuslim.com/2013/05/18/your-daily-muslim-samantha-lewthwaite/ Lewthwaite, now known as the white widow, had married Ghani, and praised Allah in a note: I asked for a man that would go forth, give all he could for Allah and live a live of terrorizing the disbelievers as they have us You know, normally you wish for a husband with a stable job, compatible personality, and big dick, but apparently none of that stuff matters in Islam. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/10397967/SamanthaLewthwaite-had-relationship-with-former-navy-officer-who-defected-to-al-Shabaab.html It had been thought that Lewthwaite, who is originally from Aylesbury, was in a relationship with Habib Ghani, a British-Pakistani from Hounslow. The pair were charged together in January last year with possessing bomb-making equipment and planning to cause explosions. Ghani was recently killed

in Somalia. However, an anti-terror officer said there was no romantic relationship between the two. Ghani is definitely connected to Samantha, but not in a romantic way, they were associates in the same cell in Mombasa that was intending to set off bombs in December 2011, the anti-terror officer said. The man in the picture with the children of Samanthas, that is Abdi Wahid. He is the father of the youngest child. He has disappeared although we think that he has information that will help us, and he should give himself up to us. http://in.news.yahoo.com/american-indian-love-story-endsdeath-agra-051452619.html?vp=1 American-Indian love story ends in death in Agra Associated PressAssociated Press Sat 22 Feb, 2014 LUCKNOW, India (AP) An Indian man fatally stabbed his American wife before killing himself near the Taj Mahal, four months after the couple married near the legendary monument of love, police said Saturday. Erin W. Willinger's body was found with multiple stab wounds late Thursday night in a deserted part of the city, said Agra police chief Shalabh Mathur. Her husband Bunty Sharma committed suicide by igniting cooking gas and causing a massive explosion in his home, Mathur said. Willinger and Sharma met last year when she visited the Taj Mahal with friends. She and Sharma fell in love and got married in October, police said. Willinger, 35, from West Chester, Pennsylvania, adopted an Indian name, Kiran Sharma, and began working with a local nongovernmental organization to promote tourism in Agra. Sharma, 32, was a rickshaw cab driver in Agra city. But police say they separated soon after because of differences. "Both of them tried to resolve their differences and even met with a marriage counselor," Mathur said. On Thursday night, Sharma took Willinger out in his vehicle, and on reaching a secluded place stabbed and killed her and dumped the body on the side of the road, Mathur said. http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/debtor-love-child-handed-police-200516047.html A five-year-old girl has been taken into care after a woman who was asked to look after her while her father was in prison handed

the child to police, claiming she couldnt support her. The childs father, who is Sri Lankan, was already serving time for cheque fraud and has now been jailed for a year after being convicted of having an illegal affair. He had been raising his daughter, Elina, alone after the girls mother was deported back to the Philippines for staying in the UAE illegally, shortly after Elina was born in Sharjah in 2009. The 35-year-old had asked his friend to look after Elina when he was held in January on bounced cheque charges. However, after 20 days the woman took the girl to Muraqabbat Police Station. He was my neighbour. He asked me to go to the Sri Lankan consulate to issue ID for the girl to send her home, but I couldnt as Elina has no certificates. I gave her to Dubai Police as I cant take care of her due to my job, the 34year-old Sri Lankan woman said. The father told police that Elina was the product of a legitimate marriage. We have a marriage certificate, but the mother took it when she was deported. I couldnt issue any ID for Elina as I was staying illegally in the country, he said. However, the father could not produce documents to back up his statement, so he was charged with having an illegal affair. He was fined Dhs3,000 in the bounced cheque case, but Dubai Public Prosecution made a second case against him and the Filipina mother for having an illegal affair. In court yesterday he pleaded guilty to the affair. The judge sentenced him to one year in jail and deportation. The mother was also sentenced to a year in absence. Im guilty of having an illegal affair with her and the girl is staying in the women and childrens care centre in Al Awir area, the father said in court. DNA tests proved that the defendant is the biological father. Public prosecution is helping to issue her with a passport. Elina is now in the women and childrens centre next to Dubai Central Jail, where her father will serve out his sentence. http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/10966285.Bulgarian_woman_and_Pakistani_man_jailed_f or_foiled_sham_marriage/ Bulgarian woman and Pakistani man from Tooting jailed for foiled sham marriage in Morden Register Office 4:00pm Monday 27th January 2014 in News By Becky Middleton, Chief Reporter Wimbledon Guardian: Aneta Kaleeva was jailed Aneta Kaleeva was jailed

A bride and groom arrested at the altar just moments before they could say 'I do' have been jailed. Members of staff at the Merton Register Office in Morden raised the alarm when they noticed little interaction between Pakistan national Arfat Hussain, 24, and his Bulgarian 'bride' Aneta Kaleeva, 25. Immigration officials from the Home Office swooped on the couple minutes before the ceremony was due to begin. The scheming pair was jailed for eight months at Croydon Crown Court after both admitting one charge each of knowingly and willfully making a false oath to procure a marriage certificate or licence. The judge ordered two further charges of facilitation to remain on file. The court heard how Hussain, of Selkirk Road, Tooting, was attempting to marry Kaleeva in order to gain leave to remain in the UK as the spouse of a European national. Blushing bride Kaleeva, of Garner Road, Walthamstow, is said to have attempted another sham marriage with a 28-year-old Bangladeshi man whose leave to remain in the country had been curtailed. The court heard how that marriage was cancelled at the last minute and the groom voluntarily left the UK shortly afterwards. Hannah Shirley, from the Home Office Immigration Enforcement Criminal Investigations team, said: "We are working closely with registrars to clamp down on sham weddings and civil partnerships. "These convictions are examples of the success that we are having. "Where there are suspicions that a relationship may not be genuine we will investigate and, if necessary, intervene to stop it happening." The fake ceremony was due to take place on Friday, January 3. The hearing at Croydon Crown Court took place on Wednesday, January 22. Anyone with information about suspected immigration abuse can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 anonymously or visit http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

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2114819%2FSham-marriage-Polish-woman-arrested-wedding-dress-said-vows-Pakistaniman.html&h=380&w=306&tbnid=_g4ioSudodFX4M %3A&zoom=1&docid=n3HmOVIRipagzM&itg=1&ei=xaUzU4eHAYqU0AHx4D4Bg&tbm=isch&ved=0CIEBEIQcMCg4yAE&iact=rc&dur=463&page=9&start=236&ndsp=3 http://yahoo.match.com/cp.aspx? cpp=/cppp/yahoo/article.html&articleid=7134&TrackingID=526103&BannerID=690600 She became fluent in the language of love (and Turkish, too!) I was born and raised in New Jersey, but I fell in love with Fatih, who is Turkish. After dating for about a year, we planned a trip to Turkey so I could meet his family none of whom spoke English. I spent three months taking lessons in Turkish. It was extremely hard learning this new language so late in life, but I stuck with it, keeping in mind that I would get to know his family better and strengthen our relationship. Plus, I would learn more about Fatih and his culture. I certainly wasnt fluent when the lessons were over, but I was a big hit during the visit and was definitely able to get to know his family well beyond smiles and nods and even learned from his mother the secrets to cooking Fatihs favorite traditional Turkish dishes. We just got married in June in a ceremony that was conducted in both Turkish and English, much of which I helped write! Maureen, 34, Ridgewood, NJ