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	Ashraf Choudhary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dr Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949) is a member of Parliament in New Zealand.
		Choudhary was born in the Pakistani half of the Punjab region.
		In July 2005 Choudhary was in hot spot again when he refused to condemn outright the practice of stoning people for homosexual and extra-marital sexual behaviour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashraf_Choudhary (503 words)

	Ashraf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ashraf Mohamed Ben Qaitbay was the Burjid sultan of Egypt from 1496 to 1497 and 1497 to 1498
		Ashraf Khan was ruler of Afghanistan from 1725 to 1729
		Ashraf Lutfi was Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries from 1965 to 1966.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashraf (349 words)

	Prostitution in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This bill passed narrowly; of 120 MPs, 60 voted for it, 59 against, and one politician, Labour's Ashraf Choudhary, abstained.
		(Ashraf Choudhary is the country's only Muslim MP.) The result was a surprise as most commentators had expected the bill to narrowly fail.
		An impassioned speech to parliament by Georgina Beyer, the world's first transsexual member of parliament, was believed by many observers to have persuaded several wavering MP's, possibly including Mr Choudhary, to change their votes at the last minute.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prostitution_in_New_Zealand (643 words)

	Ashraf Choudhary: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Dr Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949) is a member of Parliament New Zealand Parliament quick summary:
		Choudhary was born in the Pakistani[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] half of the Punjab Punjab quick summary:
		(Choudhary was elected to Parliament as a Labour Party list MP in the 2002 elections[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject].
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/as/ashraf_choudhary.htm (1097 words)

	PILDAT > Events
		Ashraf Choudhary, Member of New Zealand Parliament delivered a special talk on the topic of “Strengthening Democracy in Pakistan in the light of Global Parliamentary Experiences” under the auspices of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency — PILDAT on December 25, 2004 at Hotel Pearl Continental, Lahore.
		Ashraf Choudhary explained that the basic role of Parliament in New Zealand is legislation.
		Mehboob thanked Dr. Ashraf Choudhary and together with Syed Fakhar Imam, Senator Pari Gul Agha and Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi presented a PILDAT memento to Dr. Ashraf Choudhary as a token of thanks for his presence and sharing of views at the forum.
	www.pildat.org /eventsdel.asp?detid=65 (1540 words)

	Ashraf Choudhary: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Dr Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949) is a member of Parliament (Parliament: A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) in New Zealand (New Zealand: An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery).
		Choudhary was born in the Pakistani (Pakistani: A native or inhabitant of Pakistan) half of the Punjab (Punjab: A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan) region.
		In December 2004 Choudhary once again came to the attention of the Muslim community, when he announced his intention to vote in favour of the controversial Civil Union (Civil Union: A voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex) legislation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/ashraf_choudhary (654 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		Ashraf Choudhary, a member of the ruling center-left Labor Party, is New Zealand's first and only Muslim member of parliament (MP).
		Choudhary later said that had been a mistake, which in turn led campaigners lobbying against the bill to include him in the "no" camp when tallying likely votes ahead of Wednesday's session.
		Choudhary, an engineering professor who was born in South Asia, is a Labor "list MP." Under New Zealand's "mixed member proportional" electoral system he owes his seat to his position on a party list, rather than to the votes of a constituency electorate.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1206791.html?view=print (1063 words)

	Ashraf Choudhary - TheBestLinks.com - February 15, Muslim, New Zealand, Pakistan, ...
		Ashraf Choudhary, February 15, Muslim, New Zealand, Pakistan, Prostitution...
		Before entering Parliament, Choudhary had worked with a number of community organizations, including such groups as the New Zealand Federation of Ethnic Councils and the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.
		Choudhary and his wife Samina (born in Lahore, Pakistan) have three children.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Ashraf_Choudhary.html (433 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		New Zealand’s First Party leader Winston Peters said New Labour Party legislator Ashraf Choudhary was breaking a “centuries-old tradition” by not swearing the oath on the Bible.
		Choudhary said 19th-century Prime Minister Julius Vogel, a Jew, had sworn allegiance on the Torah.
		Choudhary and the other 119 lawmakers elected at last month’s election will be sworn in at Wellington’s Parliament House on Monday.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1020823/asp/nation/story_1128565.asp (121 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion
		Choudhary lives in the Los Angeles area and was invited for the program by Dr. Khawaja Ashraf.
		Choudhary’s work as the stories of lives being blended into the melting pot that is America.
		The devise through which this process of blending occurs, according to Dr. Ashraf, is that of cultural shock therapy and depending on the strength of the “cultural shock absorbers” each immigrant community is equipped with, they lose or gain layers in their personalities.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Community/2004/Feb04/13/05.html (721 words)

	The man who shot terror's ugly face
		But on Monday, August 25, K K Choudhary, a tourist photographer at the Gateway of India, found himself face to face with the ugly face of terrorism once again.
		Choudhary, who hails from a respectable family -- his father is employed by the Indian Railways while his uncles are teachers -- says his pictures have made his parents and family proud of him.
		But Choudhary himself is set on Mumbai, never mind the disaster he has seen so close up.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/aug/26blast9.htm (624 words)

	Ashraf Choudhary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Before entering Parliament Choudhary had worked with number of community organizations including such groups the New Zealand Federation of Ethnic Councils the Federation of Islamic Associations of New He was awarded a QSO for his community work in 2001.
		Having been a supporter of the Labour for some time Choudhary was elected to as a Labour Party list MP in 2002 elections.
		He was sworn in on the Qur'an something which Winston Peters (leader of the New Zealand First party) criticised as a breach of procedure.
	www.freeglossary.com /Ashraf_Choudhary (516 words)

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		Here is the problem in a nutshell: Choudhary is not alone in that what he holds as morally right and wrong comes solely from a religious text and does not waver from dogma even when it defies logic, rationality, and sense.
		Choudhary hasn't done that, which makes him a damn sight better than many of the so called "religious right" here.
		And if Choudhary is ashamed of what he said, he was probably ashamed of it long before he said it, or he will never have any sympathy for what he said.
	brianboyko.com /2005/07/in-defense-of-choudhary.html (676 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Lawmaker Ashraf Choudhary was asked on a TV current affairs program Monday night whether he thought the Quran was wrong to recommend such punishments.
		Choudhary on Tuesday issued a statement that attempted to back off on his televised remarks but fell short of an apology.
		Choudhary supported the Civil Union Bill, which gave legal backing to unions between single-sex couples, saying that despite the prevailing Muslim view that homosexuality was immoral, Muslims, as a minority group in New Zealand, had a duty to support the human rights of other minority groups.
	www.365gay.com /newscon05/07/070505nzStone.htm (402 words)

	VIEWS & NEWS: First Muslim Politician in NZ
		Ashraf Choudhary of Palmerston North, New Zealand is standing in the elections as a Labour Party List candidate.
		Ashraf is an academic with an excellent understanding of the tertiary education in New Zealand.
		Currently, Ashraf is the National President of the New Zealand Federation of Ethnic Councils Inc. which consists of 13 regional councils throughout NZ representing about 15 % of the New Zealand population.
	www.ifew.com /insight/13037rvt/vnchdry.htm (624 words)

	NZ's First Muslim MP Sworn In - IslamicSydney.com
		Pakistan-born scientist Ashraf Choudhary, 53, a Labour list MP, placed his hand on the holy book and pledged allegiance to New Zealand's sovereign leader.
		Choudhary donated his Koran to parliamentary officials, who did not have one.
		Choudhary, born to a poor farming family in Punjab province before migrating to New Zealand in 1976, said that he would represent all ethnic minorities in the nation's 3.9 million total population.
	www.islamicsydney.com /story.php?id=583 (220 words)

	Dr. Ashraf Choudhary, MP. An international authority on conservation tillage technology! -pakistandost.com
		Ashraf Choudhary made history in becoming the first-ever elected Pakistani MP to the New Zealand Parliament!
		Choudhary, born to a poor farming family in Punjab province before migrating to New Zealand in 1976.
		A Pakistani agro-scientist, Dr. Ashraf Chaudhry, a graduate of Faisalabad's Agriculture University, pursued higher studies in UK and after obtaining his doctorate, found a job in Massey University of New Zealand where he had been teaching as professor.
	www.pakistandost.com /choudhry.htm (509 words)

	No Right Turn
		Ashraf Choudhary thinks its OK to stone gays and adulterers - but only overseas, not here.
		He was perfectly capable of refusing to answer that question, or drawing a clear distinction between an interpretation of the Koran (one that is highly contentious, by the way) and his beliefs.
		My point was that you wouldn't see this stuff from say Bill English, because in the normal course of events he wouldn't be asked, and neither would any other MP who happened to be Christian, unless Christianity was their election platform ie they were standing for Destiny.
	norightturn.blogspot.com /2005/07/choudhary-and-stoning.html (917 words)

	Ghost of a flea: Ashraf Choudhary
		Ashraf Choudhary, a Labour MP in New Zealand refused to condemn "the practice of stoning homosexuals and adulterous women".
		Dr Choudhary's statement says he is a devout Muslim and stands by the teachings of the Koran but, as a matter of personal belief, he abhors stoning and is strongly opposed to violence.
		The stoning of women for adultery, often women who had in fact been raped, is a routine occurence in the countries whose culture Choudhary deems "appropriate" to the act.
	www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/006049.html (997 words)

	Public Address \| Hard News \| Everybody must get stoned
		Having now seen the part of the 60 Minutes interview that got Labour's Muslim MP Ashraf Choudhary into trouble this week, I have to sympathise with him.
		Eventually, Choudhary supplanted his original, unfortunate answer - yes, but not in New Zealand, of course - with a statement reiterating that the Koran was not incorrect, but that he personally abhorred the practice of stoning.
		Choudhary seems to lack the wit for political life, but I do not for a moment believe he thinks homosexuals should be stoned to death - he voted for the Civil Union Bill, for goodness sake - and we would do well to look at what our own Good Book recommends.
	www.publicaddress.net /print,2293.sm (655 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Ashraf Choudhary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		New Zealand lawmaker Ashraf Choudhary, a Muslim member of the Labor Party, when asked if the Koran is wrong when it condones the execution by stoning of gays and adulterers (Associated Press, July 5)
		Critics have called for Ashraf Choudhary to resign from Parliament after he refused to vote on the controversial bill.
		Dr Choudhary says he will not be responding to what he says are personal attacks made on him.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Choudhary_Ashraf_280239855.htm (213 words)

	GayNZ.com - Archived Feature Articles
		In recent correspondence with anti-gay Christian fundamentalist Garnet Milne, Labour’s Muslim MP Ashraf Choudhary again re-iterated that he doesn’t accept the stoning of gays, despite comments in a recent “60 Minutes” interview that he believes Islamic countries that execute gays in accordance with the Koran are correct to do so.
		In the same correspondence, Choudhary claims that the “60 Minutes” interviewer had an anti-Islamic agenda, and that the way his interview was edited took his comments out of context.
		Choudhary: I have no problem.I was brought into parliament after Sept 11, not not many countries bring a Moslem into parliament after this terrible thing - that shows this country's tolerance..
	www.gaynz.com /aarticles/templates/Archive_Political.asp?articleid=894&zoneid=8 (613 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> World -> NZ's Muslim legislator in row over oath on Quran
		Wellington: A maverick nationalist politician has criticised New Zealand's first Muslim lawmaker, Indian-born Ashraf Choudhary, for planning to swear his Parliamentary oath of allegiance on the Quran.
		But Choudhary rejected Peter's criticism on August 21 and said Peters should brush up on his New Zealand history.
		Choudhary and the other 119 lawmakers elected at last month's election will be sworn in at Wellington's Parliament House on August 22.
	news.indiainfo.com /2002/08/22/22quran.html (155 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India Overseas -> First-ever Indian MP in NZ takes oath on Quran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sydney: The first-ever Indian to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament, Ashraf Choudhary made history again on August 26 by becoming the first New Zealand Parliamentarian to swear allegiance on the Quran.
		New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters had said Choudhary was breaking a "centuries-old tradition" by not taking oath on the Bible.
		Choudhary, who was born in Sialkot in undivided India (now in Pakistan), had shrugged Peter's criticism, asking him to brush up his knowledge of the history of New Zealand history.
	news.indiainfo.com /2002/08/26/26overseas.html (300 words)

	Muslim MP refuses to vote again \| NATIONAL \| NEWS \| tvnz.co.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Labour list MP Ashraf Choudhary abstained from voting on the Civil Union Bill which would give same-sex and de-facto couples the same rights as married people.
		National Party families spokeswoman Judith Collins said Choudhary should resign if he is unable to do his democratic duty as an MP.
		Choudhary's office said he was unavailable to comment as to why he refused to vote.
	www.tvnz.co.nz /view/news_national_story_skin/432708%3fformat=html (215 words)

	Top Stories from NZCity
		Ashraf Choudhary says he abstained from the Prostitution Bill vote because he was 'between a rock and a hard place'
		Labour list MP Ashraf Choudhary's decision not to cast a vote meant the Prostitution Reform Bill was passed by 60 votes to 59.
		He says he could not vote for the bill because of his faith, but could not vote against it because there were aspects of the legislation he was happy with.
	home.nzcity.co.nz /news?id=32791&c=w (567 words)

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