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Kerala lecturer lost hand and job
Kerala lecturer lost hand and job,professor,TJ Joseph
Students object to Kerala lecturer being sacked
TJ Joseph first lost his hand to a Taliban-style attack. Then he lost his job. Have Kerala lecturer Joseph's attackers got away too easily?
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September 11, 2010 1:57
First he had his hand hacked off by radicals, then he was sacked from his job by Kerala's Newman College. Now in the latest twist in the TJ Joseph saga, the Church has supported Newman College's decision to sack the teacher, and even blamed him for an "irresponsible act".
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September 09, 2010 2:24
There is some relief for lecturer TJ Joseph whose hand was cut off by radicals, who accuse him of having insulted the Prophet Mohammad. Days after he was also sacked by the Newman College for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, the Kerala University has called the action illegal. It says the college did not follow proper procedure.
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September 05, 2010 1:44
He may have lost his job, but Kerala lecturer TJ Joseph isn't alone. His colleagues rallied around him a day after he was sacked by his college for allegedly insulting the Prophet Mohammad. Fundamentalists had cut his right hand.
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September 04, 2010 2:46
The Kerala lecturer whose right hand was chopped off by fundamentalists, has been removed from service by college authorities on grounds of hurting religious sentiments of a certain community, college sources said.
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July 11, 2010 2:09
Lecturer TJ Joseph was the victim of a Taliban-style brutal attack in July this year. Muslim fundamentalists said he had prepared a question paper that allegedly contained derogatory references to the Prophet Mohammad. The radicals chopped off his right hand.
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July 05, 2010 1:31
An eight-member gang attacked college lecturer T J Joseph as he was returning from church with his family on a Sunday morning, and cut off his right hand. His sister picked up his severed hand and carried it to the hospital in a plastic bag. For more than 16 hours, six doctors performed a series of surgeries to reattach the hand to his right arm.
