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After Ansaris unjust ouster, MAEF on death-bed

This letterhead
bearing Maulana
Azads photo and
quote has now
been discarded
Ali Ahmad

MW Ansari

Dr Heptulla

Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) was

established in 1989 with a vision - to encourage education
in the Muslim community. Its work is mainly limited to
offering some scholarships and aid to educational
institutions to develop their infrastructure. It got going under
the previous UPA regime and received a fillip with the
appointment of a capable and upright secretary in the form
of Wazir Ansari, an senior IPS officer who accepted the
post with a dream to do something for the community. But
since he would not toe the line of the previous minister
(Rahman Khan) and failed to oblige him, his cronies and
ministry officials, he had to face false allegations and was

sent back unceremoniously to his home state (Chattisgarh)

without being given a chance to clear his name (see
previous coverage in MG issues 344 and 345). MAEF was
a corrupt mess before his arrival and it is again a mess
after his departure. A functionary of the ministry has been
given additional charge as secretary and Ansari's bete
noire, Ms Priti Madan, jt. secretary in the Ministry of
Minority Affairs, has been made a member of MAEF
governing body in clear violation of the statute of the
autonomous body.
Ansari is being punished even under the new minister,
Dr Najma Heptulla. His "Last Pay Certificate" (LPC) is not

being sent to Chattisgarh Police despite five

letters/reminders sent to the ministry till now in this respect.
Work in MAEF is at a standstill. Corruption is back again
after it was wiped out by the no-nonsense Ansari.
Employees have started side dealings to facilitate grants.
Following is an English translation of a letter in Hindi some
employees of MAEF have sent to the new minister, Dr
Heptulla who, it seems is being kept in the dark although all
blame in the end will be heaped at her door... MAEF's sister
organisation, National Minorities Development Finance
Corporation (NMDFC) is for all practical purposes dead
now. Will MAEF be next? (Zafarul-Islam Khan)

To Mrs Dr Najma Heptullah

4th Floor, Paryavaran Bhavan
CGO Complex, New Delhi

he never gave any importance to these people. So now they want

to take revenge through Ali Ahmad who is dancing to the tune of
ministry authorities while everything is being done in your name
though, we are sure, you can never do any such thing but every
thing is being done in your name.
4. When every activity of MAEF is governed by its Supreme
Governing Board, why are the ministrys authorities interfering in
it? We think that just as NMDFC (National Minorities Development
Finance Corpn) and CWC [Central Waqf Council] have been fully
destroyed or abolished by ministry officials and their funds are
being misappropriated by these people, in the same way a conspiracy is being hatched to destroy MAEF also and probably your
are being kept in the dark. In a way, all work in MAEF has stopped.
5. Secretary Ali Ahmad, Farman Khan and other employees of
CWC come to MAEF office only to collect all scholarship application forms in their bags and misplace them or throw them away.
Last year when Mr Ansari was the secretary more than one lakh
scholarship applications were received. For this year he had laid
down a target of more than 3 lakh applications but now he has
gone. It appears that this year less than one lakh applications
might be received and whatever is received will be misplaced or
thrown away by Ali Ahmad and his men. If someone asks any
information through RTI, MAEF will be in trouble and the entire
blame will be put on you. As long as Ansari Sahab was there he
never allowed any such thing which may defame MAEF.
6. Last year, 4-5 thousand lectures, seminars etc were arranged
on 11 November at different cities and towns in India in the memory of Maulana Azad and these events were covered by all newspapers and appreciated by one and all. In addition to these, an
additional one to two thousand requests for such seminars/lectures etc were received but the former minister K. Rahman Khan
did not allow. From the attitude of Ali Ahmad and ministry officials,
it appears that no programme will be held this year on 11
November in the memory of Maulana Azad.
7. We and many more like us were working in MAEF on contract
basis but we have been shown the door after 30 September,
though all of us have fully learnt the work and we should have

been regularised by now but we have been shown the door

instead. It is being said that we have been removed on your order,
though we feel that you never could have given such an order.
Madam, if we all go to court on this state of affairs, only you and
Ali Ahmad will be held responsible and all officials of the ministry
will be clearly spared. We have come to know that Ali Ahmad
Saheb too is involved in corruption, and undue advantage is being
taken by ministry officials.
8. The responsibility of all GIA [grant in aid] proposals received
here is given to such a corrupt employee who was not given any
job by Ansari Saheb. Today, the same employee has started calling NGOs to his residence and again MAEF is earning a bad name.
9. Mr Ansari, right from the beginning, had not allowed any ministry official to interfere in MAEF work and he did not give importance to ministry officials. This had angered K. Rahman Khan who
later levelled false allegations against him. Rahman Khan himself
has occupied many Waqf lands in Karnataka. Mr Rahman Khan
alongwith some of his men, has grabbed Waqf lands. You must
be aware of Amanat Bank scandal, and that Rahman Khan himself
is a big scamster and because of him only MAEF did not makw
progress. On being misguided by ministry officials, sent Mr Ansari
back though he had cleared all his accounts and dues. He also
had challenged everybody to prove anything against him.
10. We request you, Madam, to free MAEF of corruption and at
the same time Maulana Azads photo, logo etc should be put up
on the letterhead again. MAEF is a landmark and people associate
it with Maulanas name; hence, it should be preserved. Like last
year, seminars/lectures etc should be organised on 11 November.
One more request: Some bold and sincere person like Ansari
Saheb should be made secretary of MAEF, NMDFC and CWC.
NMDFC has already been finished and now MAEF and CWC
should be protected against corrupt secretary and officials of the
ministry.

Sub: Conspiracy being hatched to defame you

Honble Minister ,
Attached herewith is the LPC [last pay certificate] issued to
Mr Ansari, former secretary, and his DO [demy official letter]
letter. Please go through them.
1. Maulana Azads photo which used to be on Maulana Azad
Education Foundation (MAEF)s old letterhead and on MAEF website has been removed. Also, official letters which are being sent
from MAEF do not have his photo and the quotation borrowed
from one of his writings - Education imparted by heart can bring
revolution in society- has also been removed and for all this, you
are held responsible. It is also being said that on your order,
Maulana Azads photos and the quote from his writing have been
removed.
2. Previously, along with the logo, his quote: Education imparted
by heart can bring revolution in society used to be printed on
MAEF letterhead. What greater conspiracy can there be than to
remove all these from the letterhead of MAEF which was set up in
his name and now a conspiracy is being hatched to finish or abolish it and all this is being done in your name about which probably you have no idea. Mr Ali Ahmad [current secretary] is doing
his best to destroy MAEF but for this you are being blamed.
3. Mr MW Ansari left, or rather was made to leave MAEF more
than three months ago but till date his LPC has not been sent. In
spite of many letters from Chhattisgarh government, his LPC has
been withheld because of the conspiracy of some
employees/authorities of MAEF as well as officials in the ministry,
whereas, according to some sources, his leave has been
approved by you. As per govt rule, the salary of any employee
cannot be withheld, what if the person concerned (Ansari) holds
IPS/DG rank. MAEF and ministry authorities, in complicity, do not
give you any information about his salary being withheld because
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Let Indian Secularism prevail over Western

DR JAVED JAMIL
Whenever some forces with political aims try to
foment hatred on the basis of religious identities
of the people, analysts try to put the blame on
religion. They forget that religion and communalism are opposite to each other in terms of aims
and communalism is the product of political (not
religious) fundamentalism, which in turn is the
product of economic fundamentalism.
The forces opposed to religion do not miss
any opportunity in presenting religion as the
cause of strife and violence. This is true for the
forces working at the global level as well as at
the national one. The truth, however, is that it is
not religion but the economic fundamentalism,
its tirade against religion and its attempt to marginalize religion, which is primarily responsible
for much of the chaos in the present world. It is
in this context that forging an alliance of all religions becomes an important goal. But the question arises: Should this unity of religions be only
aimed at having more cordial relations among
the people of different faiths, or should it be
directed at a larger objective?
The faiths that have been dominant in the
world during the last few millennia Hinduism,
Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Buddhism, Jainism.
Christianity, Islam and Sikhism all have, without exception, stressed moral values. No religion
preaches falsehood, dishonesty, cheating,
bribery, hatred, violence, adultery and fornication. Each of them eschews, albeit in varying
degrees, this-worldliness; Jainism and
Buddhism, altogether, condemn this life;
Christianity promotes celibacy; and Islam, while
permitting necessities and enjoyment of life
within prescribed limits, promotes love for otherworldliness. Religion aims at achieving peace,
and gives less importance to material gains.
This principle applies to all religions, and this is
what annoys most the economic fundamentalists; for promotion of materialism reigns
supreme in their scheme of things. Their plan
cannot succeed, unless people become less
entangled in moral dilemma, and the love of this
worldliness ravishes that of the other-worldliness; if honesty rules the roost in their life, sex
outside the ambit of marriage is considered
immoral and illegal, self-sacrifice lords over their
hearts and minds, and deceit and falsehood
haunt their conscience, how would they be persuaded to enjoy the comforts of life without
unduly caring for right and wrong that the merchants seek to market with great fanfare.
It first happened in West where the business
moguls, involved in rapid industrialization,
realised the compelling need to marginalise religion. Christianity was their obvious target. They

sought to minimise its influence in affairs of

State. It had played a vital role in the Crusades.
The bishops enjoyed unchallenged authority and
respect in society. Kings, too, needed a moral
boost for themselves, and some of them feared
God. They were therefore usually reluctant to
make enemies of the religious patriarchs. But,
with the growing fortunes of the industrialists,
the monarchs were now better placed to back a
campaign for the separation of Church and
Establishment, a demand that had been voiced
even in the past, but without much of a success.
The time was ripe to push ahead as the rulers
and the industrialists could now act in tandem.
This rift led to the coinage of the concept of secularism. Secularism, as a movement, began at
the time of Renaissance, and aimed at redirecting society from otherworldliness to this-worldliness. It was presented as an ideology that
exhibited the development of humanism and the
growth of mans interest in human cultural
achievements. It has been in progress during the
entire course of modern history, and the critics
have rightly viewed it as primarily anti-religion.
The clerics resisted the move, but their efforts to
stall the march of economic fundamentalism in
the garb of secularism proved futile. A number of
theologians in the second half of the twentieth
century made a vain attempt to reconcile
Christianity with the demands of the modern life
by proposing Secular Christianity meaning that
man should find in the secular world the opportunity to promote Christian values. Little did they
realise that the secular movement was in fact
directed against these very values, and not
against the rituals of religion.
The estrangement of Church and
Establishment was only one step, though
extremely crucial, towards the goal the economic fundamentalist had set for them. They envisaged complete marginalization of religion, and
the values it stood for, in the social lives of men
and women; for though the State could be persuaded to adopt an irreligious approach in
socioeconomic matters, the ultimate success
lay in the creation of demands for the industrial
products. To multiply demands, materialism
required glorification, and for the rise of materialism, religion was the greatest obstacle. This
realization was responsible for the sustained
tirade against the clergy, and against whatever
religion championed for. The problem, however,
was that the faith lorded over the hearts and
minds of people. An outright condemnation of
the oracles of religion was attended with dangerous possibilities. It could prove counterproductive, as the masses might react outrageously.
It was considered strategically more expedient and less risky to campaign for privatisation

Jaya convicted after

18 years; Modi can still
be convicted

The news that after an 18 year court case AIADMK top politician
Jayalalitha was convicted in a disproportionate assets case is
good news for Indian democracy and the rule of law in India. Now
similar court cases exist against Narendra Modi, former Gujarat
CM for crimes committed in that position. He committed atrocious crimes of genocide 12 years ago and the court petition
against him is about 5 years old. In India the wheels of justice
move very slowly. The intense protest rallies against Modi by
many NRIs living in US and their international media coverage in
the face of the huge hype created by BJP-NRIs in US is encouraging.
A US court issued summons to Mr Modi. US rules allow that
a court summon can be served from a distance of 10 feet by even
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of religion than exhibiting contempt for it. It was

pleaded that faith was an absolutely personal
matter, and men and women might engage in as
many rituals as they liked; but, in public life the
involvement of religion must be shunned, and
those mixing the two must be condemned, and if
needed, adequately punished.
The growth of Secularism in India was on a
different pedestal altogether. Unlike West and
some Muslim countries like Turkey and Egypt, it
was not primarily aimed at the negation of religion; it was more a product of the plural nature
of Indian society that was composed of several
religious groups and sects, many of which have
considerably large populations in the country. In
contrast, it developed as an ideology of the state
that gives due respect to all religions, but will not
have any religion of its own. A secular person in
India need not be anti-religion or non-religious.
He may in fact be a devout practitioner of the rituals and values preached by religion. His secular credentials become disputable only when he,
by speech or action, shows disregard for other
religious communities, or spreads hatred against
them. The opposite of secular in India has not
been, as in the west, sacred but communal.
Christianity, Buddhism, Hiduism and
Sikhism have displayed signs of palingenesis in
specific areas. But still, most of the religionists,
including Muslims, tend not to be aggressive in
their approach, and often exhibit sectarian and
ethnic bias. Instead of focusing on the faults and
discrepancies of the new dispensations that are
numerous, they continue to dissipate their energies in erecting defences around their faiths. By
the time, they defeat the mischievous propaganda unleashed against one principle or practice,
the opponents, supported by the economic fundamentalists, open another front. The ideological
war goes on unabated; but, this is still being
fought in the domains of religion; religionists
have forgotten that, for ultimate triumph, the battle-line is to be pushed into the domain of
enemy.
Though virtues like probity, self esteem,
patience, endurance and truthfulness are also
unwelcome, what particularly annoys the economic fundamentalists is insistence in religion
on taboos. The practices forbidden by different
religions are obviously such as tend to lure,
mesmerise and addict the humans; these cause
temporary pleasures, that may sooner or later be
followed by undesirable effects, often severe on
person, family and society. The very fact that
they had to be prohibited indicated the culpability of the people for them; they rapidly transform
their practitioners into physical or psychological
dependants. Every religion has its prohibitions.
Many of them are common with other religions.
Christianity shuns sexual waywardness; Jainism

ers threw a security ring around him that prevented his mobility as
he was afraid that even an Indian-looking person greeting him can
suddenly throw the summon paper at him. The 56-inch-breast
hero suddenly experienced fear.
Intense protests in New York and Washington against Modi for
his 2002 Gujarat genocide involvement by a diverse group consisting of Muslims, Sikhs, Christians- Indias minorities- shook the
confidence of Modis BJP supporters who spent so much money
and effort to glorify him during his US visit.
The Indian media has become slavish in glorifying Modi.
Inside India, Govt authorities and RSS in cahoots with the superrich are controlling the 69% people who voted against Modi/BJP
in the elections. But in his very brief visit to US he and his admirers found out how dirty is his image outside India. American
media including all major newspapers gave plenty of coverage to
Modis human rights violations as Gujarat CM. All the money
spent by Modi forces was not able to persuade the American public or media that Modi is clean..
Let us salute our Sikh brothers for the fact that several of their
groups have taken leadership in exposing Modi. The court summons in New York, the mock trial in Washington on September 30

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and Buddhism forbid meat, alcohol and adultery;

Hinduism and Christianity are not too sure about
alcohol. In Islam, prohibitions have taken a more
elaborate form, and cover all aspects of life; taking of alcohol, pork and blood are not allowed
and gambling, hoarding, usury, adultery, fornication, murder, theft and bribery are expressly
unlawful. It can easily be seen that the habits and
practices, proscribed by different religions, can
produce serious ailments and social tensions.
But, the economic fundamentalists had little
concern for the welfare of the individual or society. They could foresee extraordinary scope,
once the outlets are open in these taboos, for
their commercial profiteering. It would, however,
not be easy till religion retained a central position
in society. The privatization of religion was therefore a compelling necessity for them.
Time has now come when believers in all
religions need to be emphatic about the true
aims of religion. They must recognize the fact
that the anti-religion economic forces have successfully turned one religion against another.
Religions seem to be fighting one another
instead of fighting their common enemy:
Irreligion and the dominance of the ideology of
economic fundamentalism in the affairs of life.
People today are merely interested in the rituals
of religion without inculcating the morality, honesty, integrity, perseverance, patience, purity and
Gods fear and love in their minds and without
waging a fight against social vices. Market
forces are commercializing human susceptibilities in a big way. Beaches, Casinos, Bars,
Nightclubs, Nude men and women, prostitution,
etc have become symbols of freedom. Foetuses
are being killed in the name of womens rights,
criminals are being protected in the name of
human rights. Everybody talks of Rights.
Nobody talks of Duties and Fundamental
Prohibitions, without which a peaceful society
cannot develop.
While all religions are to unite, the primary
duty lies with four big religions: Hinduism,
Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Christianity,
Judaism and Islam need to work together in
West, and Hinduism and Islam need to initiate
the movement in India taking Christians,
Buddhists, Sikhs and Jainis along with them.
The way things are shaping in India, it is
high time Hindus and Muslims realised that their
religious, family and social values have much
bigger similarities than differences. Their positions on worship may be different but not their
positions on vices. Hindutva lobbies have been
quite vocal on issues like alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex outside marriage, homosexuality,
prostitution etc. On all these, Muslims have the
same position, as all these are expressly forbidden in Islam.
Dr Javed Jamil is Delhi-based thinker and writer
with over a dozen books. He may be contacted at
doctorforu123@yahoo.com

were the handiwork of Sikh human rights groups. In Washington,

they put big banners at several prominent locations in the city
announcing the mock trial on Tuesday??? Date] at noon time. The
mock trial was held in a small park right in front of the White
House. Indian Embassy tried to prevent this event from happening but Washington police refused. Many Hindus asked as to why
Sikhs took leading role against Modi.
It is time that Indian Muslims recognize the support from
Sikhs and start supporting the human rights campaigns of Sikhs
for the 1984 massacre of their community. Muslim organisations
should show some judgement and maturity.
Keep faith that we can bring Modi to justice one day. For the
sake of 2000 innocent Muslims who were butchered in 2002 like
worms, for the sake of Ahsan Jafri, for the sake of Ishrat Jahan,
for the sake of Sohrabuddin, for the sake of so many nameless
poor Muslim victims of the 2002 genocide. They were innocent
people. What did they do to get butchered in such a heinous manner?
Wuh subah kabhi to aaye gee
Us subah ka intizar kar.

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Courts release alleged

terrorists in
different cases

New Delhii: Delhi High Courts Justices Sanjiv Khanna and G. P. Mittal in their verdict of 6 October dismissed the evidences given by the so-called expert witnesses produced by Delhi Police and set aside the conviction and life sentence of two
alleged terrorists claimed to be members of Harkatul Jehad-e Islami (HuJi),
MUHAMMAD AMEEN WANI of J&K and
LUTFUR RAHMAN, a Bangladeshi
national. They were arrested by Delh
Polices Special Cell in 2007 and both of
them have already spent six years in jail.
They were charged with conspiracy to
wage war against the country and
offences under UAPA (Unlawful
Lutfur Rahman Activities Prevention Act). A trial court
Ameen Wani
had found them guilty in 2010 and sentenced both of them to life imprisonment. Police had claimed that explosive
materials (PETN), detonators, batteries and cash had been recovered from them.
The High Court found that samples sent to the forensic lab for testing did not
match with the description of explosives mentioned in the FIR and case diaries
of police.
The two alleged terrorists had stated in their statements that the evidence
against them had been framed by the Special Cell and police had deliberately
destroyed the material by setting it to fire.
During the hearing, the honble judges examined many Special Cell officers
and forensic experts regarding the alleged fire in police stations malkhana during which a number of discrepancies and contradictions were found. The judges
found that there was no explosion when the explosives had caught fire and asked
why there was no smell of the explosives despite the fire. Moreover, the judges
observed that the police had failed to provide any evidence that the two were
connected with HuJI, which is a banned organisation and observed that police
could not prove actual commission of any act of terrorism by the accused. The
judges, therefore, directed that Lutfur Rahman should be released as he has
already been in the prison for six years and completed the sentence imposed on
him under Foreigners Act for overstaying in the country. Wani, though proved
innocent in terrorism charge was not released forthwith as he is an accused in
a different case.
In another case, ABDUL
MATEEN alias Farooq was honourably released by Mumbais
Special MCOCA Court on
27 September. Abdul Mateen had
come to Goa form Dubai in the
month of Ramzan this year from
where he was preparing to go to
his home town of Bhatkal to celeAbdul Mateen (right) with Gulzar Azmi
brate Eid along with his family but
at Goa airport he was arrested by the states ATS on the charge of providing Rs
10 lakh through hawala to Yasin Bhatkal, a member of the suspected terrorist
organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM). ATS claimed that the said amount was used
for the 13 July serial bomb blasts in Mumbai. After spending three painful
months in Mumbais Arthur Road Jail, the states ATS itself in an application to
MCOCA Court said that no chargesheet can be filed against him because during
investigation/interrogation, no proof of his involvement in any criminal or terrorist act could be found. In response to the application submitted under section
169 of Cr PC, lawyers of Jamiat Ulama-e Hind filed an application saying that
when there is no proof against Abdul Mateen, no chargesheet can be filed and
hence, instead of releasing him on bail, he shold be acquitted honourably.
Special MCOCA Court judge Y. D. Shinde, agreeing to JuH lawyers logic, ordered
his acquittal honourably.
In a third case, a Muslim youth, MUHAMMAD AQEEL MOMIN of Mumbais
Worli area, who was arrested in connection with the controversial Aurangabad
arms seizure case, Mumbais Special MCOCA Courts Justice G. T. Qadiri in
Arthur Road Jail, after hearing the arguments of the prosecution and defence
lawyers, ordered his conditional release on bail. He was arrested about eight and
a half years ago. In his verbal release order on bail, justice Qadiris condition on
his release on bail was that as long as the case proceedings are going on, he
should present himself in court on hearing dates (NA Ansari).

Farooq consoles mother of Lateef Ahmad Waja

In yet another case, FAROOQ, a Kashmiri engineer, who walked free after
18 years of incarceration, said on 3 October that Kashmiri prisoners were being
ill-treated in Indian jails which he described as worse than the infamous Abu
Gharib prison in Iraq...Kashmiri prisoners are treated worse than animals in every
prison across India. Criminals lodged in jails attack Kashmiris at the behest of
the authorities. Then the officials accuse them of creating trouble and subject
them to solitary confinement. This is a well-written and scripted play in Indian
Jails, he said after returning home in the wake of his acquittal by a Jaipur court
in a case related to the 1996 bus bombing. Farooq said that some criminals
recently assaulted a Kashmiri inmate, Rafiq Ahmed, inside the highly secured
Tihar Jail due to which he suffered serious injuries.
When we heard the tales of terror coming from Abu Gharib, we laughed.
Indian jails are worse than Abu Gharib, where prisoners are subjected to every
form of torture. Our shaheed (martyr) brother Mohammad Afzal Guru, Iftikhar

Respond if you care about your community

White Paper on Terrorism

The issue of fake terrorism charges and the unjust arrests and defamation of our community, especially since 2001, is
the biggest challenge facing the community ever since. A grand conspiracy hatched by the powers that be, IB, Police
and media, has sullied and defamed our community. This campaign has affected our lives, peace of mind and has
thwarted our efforts to progress and educate our children to join the national mainstream.
Our efforts so far to present our case, to bring out our innocence and force the national and state governments to
listen to our grievances have mostly failed. All we have received are a few words of solace which have no real meaning
and have not changed the situation on the ground. Our children by their thousands are still languishing in jails on the
basis of fake confessions obtained through torture and blackmail.
As a long-term solution and a serious response to this problem thrust upon us, AIMMM decided last year to bring
out a white paper on the Muslim-related terrorism in the country. The work is going on with all seriousness and many
researchers, scholars and journalists are busy preparing writeups on various aspects of this issue, covering the history, genesis, communalism, vested interests in various related fields, analysis of various laws like TADA, POTA and UAPA,
fake encounters, narco tests, torture, acquittals, IB & Police role, media attitude, case studies, statewise surveys, SIMI,
Indian Mujahidin, Hindutva terror, individual tragedies of victims, Azamgarh, Bhatkal, Malegaon, Darbhanga modules,
some basic documents, etc., etc.
The target is to bring out this white paper during the next few months and to release it in a big convention at Delhi
as a combined effort of major Muslim and civil rights organisations, and thereafter present this huge document of over
600 large format pages to politicians, media, human rights organisations, especially outside the country, in order to
enlighten public opinion at home and abroad as well as to build pressure on our blind and deaf government.
The estimated cost of this white paper is Rs 35 lakh divided as follows: Rs 15 lakh cost of preparation and payments to contributors plus six months salaries to researchers and experts; Rs 15 lakh for designing and printing the
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Geelani, Lateef Ahmad Waja, Tariq Ahmad Dar, and others
have witnessed it, he said. Indias policy has been to
crush the voice of dissent. India killed, maimed and incarcerated thousands of Kashmiris for demanding their
birthright. Theyre following steps of Zionists by incarcerating young Kashmiris for decades and preventing them from
having a family. This is another way of genocide, Farooq
said, adding In most cases, youll see that our brothers are
released after 10, 15 or 19 years, when their prime youth is
over. All this is being done to crush the ongoing freedom
struggle in Kashmir.
Recalling his arrest in the summer of 1996, Farooq said
that he was rounded up by the personnel of the Special Task
Force (STF) and taken to the notorious Cargo interrogation
centre in Srinagar.
I was kept there for three consecutive days. To begin
with, the cops kept me naked and beat me mercilessly.
Then rollers and electric shocks followed. However, the
worst torture was when they put fuel in my private parts,
said Farooq, while taking a deep breath.
After three days of torture, he said, he and Fareeda
Behanji (chairperson of Kashmir Mass Movement) were airlifted to New Delhi in a special aircraft that had arrived in the

Valley along with the elite NSG commandoes. Both were

handcuffed and blindfolded during the flight.
When the plane landed, somehow a part of the cloth
covering my eyes got removed. I saw Delhi airport was
converted into a garrison. From airport, we were taken to
the headquarters of Delhi Police, where the then
Commissioner of Delhi Police Nikhil Kumar was waiting,
Farooq said.
Kumar offered us either to work with them or confess
having carried out blasts in the Indian capital. Cops from
Mumbai, Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan were also present
at the Delhi Police headquarters.
The Delhi Police was facing public pressure after
blasts in Lajpat Nagar which killed many civilians. They had
to implicate someone. And what better choice did they have
than Kashmiris, Farooq said, adding Were not the first,
and well not be the last.
Farooq said There are no trials in courts. Its simply a
judicial process to keep the fate of Kashmiri prisoners hanging
in balance. Farooq added: Freedom is priceless. Those boys,
who laid down their lives, those sisters and mothers whose
chastity was tarnished have paid a price. Nation remains
indebted to them. (Izhar Nazir Ali, Kashmir Reader)

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Protests against Modi in US

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rockstar-like
reception at all the events he attended in the United States of
America but protests outside Madison Square Garden,
where he addressed Indian diaspora, and the one outside
the White House, where he met US President Barack
Obama, shows he still remains a controversial leader.
On September 29, several hundred anti-Modi protesters,
mostly Americans of Indian descent, both Hindu and
Muslim, gathered across the street from Madison Square
Garden, chanting behind police barricades, Modi, Modi,
you cant hide, you committed genocide! The protesters
outside the venue said the Indian leader failed to stop the
anti-Muslim rioting as chief minister of Gujarat in 2002.
Signs read Modi, the fascist and Stop spreading hate in
Protest against Modi in Washinton on 30 September
the name of Hinduism.

has chosen not to attend even though right at this time he is in the
White House building, just a couple of hundred yards away.
All charges of abetting murder of 2000 Muslim people, raping
of a large number of Muslim women, destruction of their houses
in February, March 2002 were read out in detail. The lady judge
then turned the matter over to the grand jury and asked them to
indicate their opinion by writing on pieces of paper in front of
them.
The judge then polled the grand jury members and with their
concurrence announced that Mr Modi has been indicted of the
charges levelled against him by the prosecutor.
Laying the factual details of Narendra Modis crimes and culpability, the chargesheet filed in the citizens court listed crimes of
genocide, murders in the first degree, rapes and sexual assaults,
torture, tampering with the witnesses, victims and informants,
and obstruction of criminal investigations.
Explaining the reasons for the convening Citizens Court,
attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ, stated
that starting from 1984 political leaders in India have a long history of organizing massacres of religious minorities with impunity.
At one hand, Citizens Court mocks the judicial system of India for
its failure to convict a known human rights violator and on the
other hand, it depicts the plight and represents the sentiments of
religious minorities of India, particularly victims of 2002 Muslims
massacre, added attorney Pannun. (Kaleem Kawaja)

Washington Citizens Court Indicts Modi the prosecutors desk in the park. Lots of TV cameras and media
Washington DC: The US-based Sikh Foundation for Justice (SFJ) people covered the event.
The proceedings began at 1:30 PM on Tuesday,
in coordination with the American Gurudwara Prabhandak
30
September,
when PM Modi was actually in the White House
Committee (AGPC) held a citizens court on 30 September in
Lafayette Park, a small park in front of the White House to indict building, that is right in front of the court setting and ended at 2:30
PM Narendra Modi for the human rights violations in 2002 in PM. The prosecutor read out the charges against Modi and
informed that the chargesheet was handed over to an official of
Gujarat.
The one-hour well-organized ceremony was conducted fol- the Indian embassy in Washington DC a few days ago, and that
Mr Modi has been given an opportunity to defend himself. But he
lowing US legal procedure. SFJ
organized a grand jury of 24 citizens comprising of people of
various colours, white, black,
desi, etc. The judge was a white
American woman lawyer. An effigy of Mr Modi with his face
photo, stood in a dock on the left
side of the judges desk. The
prosecutor was an IndianAmerican lawyer. The mock
court room was set up in the
park just like it happens in court
rooms. It looked like a professional setting. The attending
audience of about one thousand
people consisting of men and
women of all races and colours,
but mostly Sikhs, stood behind
Protest against Modi in Washinton on 30 September
Mock court in Washington on 30 September indicted Modi

Lives of many
Muslims ruined due
to false terror
charges
Veteran journalist Ajit Sahi said while speaking at
a seminar on Politics Of Terror, Myths And
Reality-Road Ahead organised by SIO Gulbarga,
that lives of many Indians have been ruined and
their youth snatched away in the name of fighting against terror.
Gulbarga: Mostly Muslims, tribals and dalits
are implicated in these false cases due to prejudice against them in the police, in politics, in
media, in prosecution and in the society, wellknown political analyst, journalist and senior
writer Ajit Sahi said this while delivering the
keynote address at a seminar on Politics of
Terror: Myths and Reality - Road Ahead organised by the Gulbarga unit of Students Islamic
Organisation of India (SIO) on 24 September

here. He said terrorism is a big issue

which threatens the country at present.
The issue of terrorism itself has caused
great terror to many Muslims living in
the country. There is no state in the
country which can deny these facts.
There are hundreds of cases where
Muslims have been found to be falsely
accused.
Stating that the law enforcement
agencies have meted out gross injustice against the innocent Muslims by
falsely implicating them in terror
charges, Ajit Sahi regretted that even a
large section of media has remained
part of this injustice by not presenting
the facts, and only harping on false
news. He said that the most terrible thing the law
enforcement agencies are doing is not trying to
find out the real culprits if the first arrested person has been found innocent. This is the glaring
question. People and media should ask who are
the real culprits if the released are innocent.
Where the real culprits are and what action was

Judicial panel slams Army for

human rights violation in
Manipur
SC had told the UPA government last year that AFSPA could result
in extra-judicial killings and it has to end if Manipur needs to be
fully integrated with India. Damning reports submitted to the
Supreme Court by two panels of judges have confirmed that
armed forces personnel were involved in rapes and killing of innocent people in Manipur under the cover of the controversial
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
The reports, one of them submitted by the Manipur government to the apex court two weeks ago, have triggered fresh
demands from rights activists for a probe by a special investigation team into nearly 1,700 extra-judicial killings in the past 35
years and withdrawal of the AFSPA from the northeastern state.
Crimes against women, more particularly relating to sexual
harassment committed by armed forces, are now increasing in
some states like ours. They (armed forces) think themselves
placed at the elevated status of impunity by the legislation and
think wrongly they are given licence to do whatever they like, said
the latest report on incidents during 2004-08 that was compiled
by a group of serving and retired judges of district courts in
Manipur.
A probe by M. Manoj Kumar Singh, District Judge of Imphal

taken to arrest them, he remarked.

Mr. Sahi who has made extensive research
and exposed how Muslim youths are falsely
implicated in terror charges, accused a section
of judiciary of being biased in giving justice to
Muslim youth. Blaming some judges of suffering
from prejudice about Muslims, he said who will
help innocent people if the judiciary turns blind

East, confirmed the rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl by two army

personnel on 4 October, 2004. She committed suicide the same
day. Upendra Singh, a retired district judge, reported the death of
Amina, a young mother who was shot by CRPF personnel while
putting her baby to sleep at home. The report said Amina died
when a CRPF team, chasing a criminal, entered Naorem village,
surrounded her home and fired indiscriminately.
In another report, Judge Manoj Kumar Singh investigated the
shooting of Yumnam Robita Devi, 52, on 9 April, 2002 as she
waited for a bus at Pangei Bazar. A passing convoy of CRPF personnel was ambushed by insurgents. In retaliation, the report

Quote, Unquote

Mental slavery
The implications of not having ones
own narrative that is clearly and firmly expressed are vast. For example,
why did Israeli military action in Gaza
receive so much coverage in the
Indian media when Afghanistan, much
closer to home, was going through
critical elections? Why does Boko
Haram get more column inches than

eye towards them.

In the past 15 years, no state has
remained in India where the government
or the police have not implicated innocent citizens in false cases of terrorism
and in hundreds of cases, these innocents are Muslims.
The veteran journalist said that
most of the major political parties
including Congress, SP and BSP, who
call themselves secular, were the ones
who have done injustice to the Muslim
youth in the states they ruled.
Mr. Sahi urged the people to unite in
seeking justice as the way forward. The
solution for this problem is not with the
judiciary. Political campaigning is the
solution.
Mr. Irshad Ahmed Desai, State convener of
Association of Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)
in his presidential speech stressed on the need
to realize our social responsibilities and come
out united with a proper action plan to address
this serious issue of injustice and terrorism.

said, the personnel turned to the civilians and fired indiscriminately. Ms Devi, who ducked on the floor of the market, was spotted and shot dead.
In April 2013, a commission headed by former Supreme
Court judge Santosh Hegde inquired into six killings by armed
forces and police and found the allegations to be true.
It had concluded that seven victims in the six cases, including
a 12-year-old boy, did not have criminal antecedents and were not
involved in any insurgency-related matter. The report pointed out
that four out of these six cases shockingly followed an identical
pattern. (Harish V. Nair, indiatoday.intoday.in - 5 October5, 2014)

the Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan, right

next door and even more threatening?
To an extent, the Indian news cycle is
influenced by what is deemed important by US or Western news cycles.
The state of Indian academia is just as
depressing; not a single programme is
considered among the worlds best,
Indian journals have no presence in
their fields, and few professors have
publications in the most esteemed
journals and presses. As a result, students seek out Western universities

which have better libraries, better

informed professors, and access to
the best academic journals. These
institutions inevitably pass on the
value systems and priorities of the
host culture to their students. The
cumulative effect of this knowledge
system is that an Indian who wishes
to study Iranian history or Shintoism
will most likely end up looking at his
subject through Western eyes.

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NCMs complaint to home minister against Love Jihad

New Delhi: National Commission for Minorities (NCM) in a letter to
Union home minister Raj Nath Singh has sought a probe into vitriolic utterances of BJP leaders against Muslims. It said that many
BJP leaders including Lakshmikant Vajpayee and Yogi Adityanath
had been raising the issue of Love Jihad at present and before
assembly elections in UP earlier this month (September). The
Commissions letter said that the Love Jihad allegations are
baseless and pose a threat to religious and social cohesion. NMC
has written to the home minister requesting his intervention in it.
He (minister) should ask BJP leaders to stop inciting people on
baseless allegations and call for an enquiry as this hateful activity
may escalate religious tensions, said a member of the
Commission.
More recently, BJP-MP Sakshi Maharaj had been carrying out
hate campaign by saying that religious madrasas are centres of
terrorism because terrorism is being taught in these madrasas,
and where love Jihad flourishes. He also claimed that a Muslim
youth in a madrasa would be offered a reward of Rs 11 lakh for
an affair with a Sikh girl, Rs 10 lakh with a Hindu girl and Rs 7
lakh with a jain girl.
The ruling Samajwadi Party in UP termed Sakshis statement
as hate speech and accused him of creating communal division.
It is worth noting that many BJP leaders in UP, MP, Gujarat and in
some other states have been asking Hindu girls to stay away from
Muslims.
The home minister, however, denied the existence of a targeted love jihad campaign. On another occasion he said that he does
not know what is love jihad.
Comments: Leaders of not only BJP but of other outfits of
RSS like VHP, BD and Ram Sane etc had been openly and shamelessly indulging in tirades like imaginary and coined love jihad
against Muslims for days and weeks together before the assem-

Defeating politics of divide&-rule: religious leaders

Jaipur: Leaders and intellectuals from across religious communities gave a call for communal harmony and mutual love during a
multi-religious conference here on 28 September. Drawn from different parts of the country, they urged people to stand up to
ensure peace and justice in the society by defeating the divideand-rule tactics of politicians. They were speaking at a seminar
here on How to build a society on the basis of justice and morality?.

Gyani Dhavinder Singh, Member of Delhi Gurudwara

Prabandhak Committee said: It is religion that teaches morality
to man. We all are servants of One Almighty. Then why are there
differences? People are dividing people for political benefits.
Speaking at the seminar, eminent human rights activist Prof.
Ram Puniyani said: Innocents are being killed in the name of religion which teach brotherhood and love. Today Muslims and
Christians are being targeted. History of the country is being distorted to spread hatred. He said that calling India a Hindu
Rashtra is a contempt of the Constitution of the country. We
need to fight for justice by taking along people of all weaker sections and religions. There is a need to spread the message of
communal harmony among common people, said Puniyani.
Gandhian Prem Kishan Sharma from Delhi said one should
not expect justice from those who have come to power through
injustice. If those whose hands are sullied with blood come to
power, how can we expect justice from them?
Yugal Kishore Shastri, Hindu priest and peace activist from
Ayodhya, stressed peace and mutual love and equal representation in government. Until all communities get equal representation in all departments of government, it will be difficult to resolve
the problems, he said adding that there is a need to spread the

bly by-elections. It is strange that the home minister who is kept

informed of every thing concerning law and order, security etc
expressed his ignorance about this tirade of love jihad against
Muslims. This is a good excuse for not taking any action against
these hate-mongers and giving them a free hand in continuing
their baseless allegations and nefarious and divisive activities.

Sixth anniversary of Batla encounter

New Delhi: Sixth anniversary of Batla House (fake) encounter was
observed in Delhi on 19 September when students of Campus
Front of India took out a demonstration starting form Jamia Nagar
Police station to L/18, the house where the encounter had taken
place six years ago, and demanded the government orders a judicial enquiry into this encounter to find out the truth about false
charge of terrorism against students of Azamgarh as well as the
encounter which most people consider fake. The demonstrators
raised slogans against the Special Cell of Delhi Police as well as
the Congress-led state government of Delhi at that time.
Addressing the demonstrators gathered at House No L-18 Batla
House, President of Campus Front of India, Abdul Nasir said that
today six years have elapsed since Batla House encounter had
taken place but in spite of many requests its judicial enquiry did
not take place on the ground that it will lower the morale of police.
This itself indicates that the encounter was fake and police was at
fault and when it is proved in the judicial enquiry, police morale
will tumble. He further said that we do not expect a judicial
enquiry by the present government in power at the centre, i.e. BJP
government, which itself had ordered about two dozen fake
encounters in Gujarat and where the government itself was complicit in terrorism but even then we will go on demanding a judicial
enquiry till the truth is brought before the people.
However, todays demonstration on the sixth anniversary of Batla

atmosphere of love so much

that the borders of our
neighbouring countries get
submerged in love.
In
his
speech,
Mr. Amarnath, a social
activist from Jaipur, said that
no religion teaches enmity. I
wonder from where hatred
has crept among Hindus. All
religions teach love and harmony. Hitting hard at the
hate campaign of some BJP
leaders, he said, Who has
given licence to BJP to represent the entire Hindu religion? He went on to say,
Our politicians are still following the British policy of divide
and rule. The day our countrymen wake up, everything will be
changed.
Earlier, opening the seminar, Mohammad Salim Engineer,
Secretary, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, said Prophet Muhammad had
come to establish justice and peace in the society and he did it in
his lifetime and set an example for all time to come. Criticizing
acts and policies of the BJP government at the Centre, he said
faith is being preferred to justice. On one hand, they give a slogan of Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas, but on the other hand they
spew hatred and communal fire. We should create an atmosphere of mutual brotherhood, love and harmony. It is the duty of
leaders of all religions to save the country from going on the
wrong path. We should strengthen the foundations on which the
nation was built, he said. He emphasised the fear of Almighty

House encounter showed that local people themselves have forgetted

nearly it because there were only about 50 people in this demonstration. Also, no social organisation or important opposition parties representatives could be seen in todays demonstration.
Against this, a big demonstration was held at Jantar Mantar
where large number of people from different cities of UP, particularly from Azamgarh had gathered led by the President of Rashtriya
Ulama Council Maulana Aamir Rishadi. Addressing the large gathering he asked when an enquiry into Ishrat Jahan and Prajapati
encounter in Gujarat, Ranveer encounter in Uttarakhand etc can be
made and truth found out, why the enquiry into Batla House
encounter cannot be made to find out the truth? He said that if
Batla House was real, why the government is shirking from an
inquiry into this incident? He said that it was a good opportunity
for Modi government to order a judicial enquiry into this encounter,
bring justice to the victims and oppressed people and prove that
the accusation of he (Modi) being anti-Muslim is wrong.
As in previous years and as stated above, people from
Azamgarh were present in large numbers firstly because those
killed in Batla House i.e. Atif and Sajid belonged to a town of
Azamgarh and secondly because Azamagarh is being falsely projected by police as prone to terrorism. Maulana Aamir Rishadi said
in this meeting that he has requested PM Modi and home minister
Raj Nath Singh for an appointment to explain the feelings of people personally to them. He said whether they give him time to meet
them or not will indicate their thinking as to what extent they are
serious about dispensing justice for Muslims.
Among others who also spoke on this occasion were Ulama
Councils Vice President Maulana Nizamuddin Islahi, Parvez Aftab
Siddiqi, Parmatma Sharan Pande, Mufti Ghufran Qasmi, Noorul
Hoda Ansari, Saheb Singh, Dr Nizamuddin Khan and so on.

N. A. ANSARI

saves one from committing crime. Laws alone cannot prevent

people from committing evils. The fear of God is a must, he said.
The seminar was part of a three-day all-Rajasthan conference organized by the state unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Presiding over the event, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Omari,
national president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, quoted Quran to
explain how Islam builds a society on the basis of justice and
morality. He cited the Quran to highlight respect for human life.
He quoted the Quran which says, If anyone slays a person, it
would be as if he slew the whole mankind, and if any one saved
a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole mankind.
The Jamaat chief said. If an entire nation stands up for justice, I
swear by God that injustice cannot be done with anyone there.
He said Islam does not allow injustice even with enemies.
(indiatomorrow.net)
said.
Sarfaraz said his grandfather,
Kader Khans father, was an
Islamic scholar of repute. My
father too is a scholar in his own right. He has written more than
200 books on Islamic studies. He loved teaching. My father had a
knack of explaining complex things in a very easy way and so my
grandfather asked him to use that talent to good use, he said.
Sarfaraz said his father was born in Kabul and not Baluchistan
as is widely believed thanks to a Wikipedia entry. My mother
comes from Quetta, he said. His father has never gone back to
his country and city of birth, said Sarfaraz. But now he wants to.
He said his father has a close relationship with Abdul Kuddus, 46,
the eldest son in the family, who is based in Canada. He is more like
a friend to him. Whereas we are simply dutiful sons, always nodding
our heads to everything he says, said Sarfaraz with a smile.
Sarfaraz recalled many anecdotes from his fathers life.
Abdul Kuddus Bhai would always end up fighting fellow students
at school in Mumbai because they would tease him by saying,
Look, your father got a good drubbing in that film, he said.
Such frequent fights at school led my father to give up playing the
role of villain in Bollywood films.
Both Sar faraz and Shahnawaz have acted in and directed films. Despite being in the film industry, they are deeply
God-fearing. That is in our DNA, said Sar fraz.
The two sons took turns carrying their wheelchair-bound
father at the holy sites. It was extremely gratifying and heartening to be here with our father, he said. It is always an indescribable feeling to see a smile on your fathers face. As sons,
what else can we ask for? (Excerpted from Siraj Wahab,
arabnews.com)

Veteran Bollywood actor performs Haj discreetly

Prominent Indian actor and scriptwriter Kader Khan was
awestruck by the Kaaba when he saw it for the first time, according to his son who accompanied him on Haj this year.
Sarfaraz Khan, who is also an actor in the Indian film industry, said the 78-year-old simply stared at the structure.
He looked at the Kaaba seemingly forever and was completely mesmerized by it, he told Arab News during a conversation in
Mina on 7 October.
There is a huge difference between theory and practice,
Sarfaraz said, quoting his father. We read a lot about religious
practices but to come here and see it all in reality provides a real
and tangible context to our prayers.
Sarfaraz, 38, and his younger brother, Shahnawaz, 35,
accompanied their father on Haj. Kader Khan, who acted in more
than 400 films and scripted an equal number, was ruffled by the
attention from his fans and curious onlookers.
They would come and shake hands with him and he would
look a little disapprovingly at them, said Sarfaraz. He told them
to focus on their religious duty and to allow him to do his duty
toward Allah.
Sarfaraz said his father never hankered after fame. It came to
him unasked. He was not into films. He was teaching civil engineering at M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering in Mumbai
and he would do theater as a hobby. One day, Bollywoods legendary actor Yusuf Khan, popularly known as Dilip Kumar, was
looking for a character actor when someone told him about my
father. Dilip Kumar liked my fathers acting and cast him in a film
called Bairaag. That is how his film journey began in 1976, he

Kader Khan with his sons, Sarfaraz,

left, and Shahnawaz, right, after Haj

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ISIS, Love Jihad and Peaking of Islamophobia

RAM PUNIYANI
ram.puniyani@gmail.com
In August this year, a group
of Muslim activists-scholars
organised press meets in
various cities. They issued a
statement condemning the
brutal violence being committed by ISIS. Their statement carried a visual saying
Islam Means Peace. The statement said Indian
Muslims Condemn the Brutal Atrocities by ISIS
against Minorities in Iraq and Syria; denounce
religious intolerance, persecution and violence in
the name of Islam. I circulated the statement to
many lists. One of the members on the list wrote
back that Islam means Peace is the biggest
joke of the century. Simultaneously in India, the
propaganda about Love Jihad is being spread
like wildfire by communal elements. Irrespective
of the fact that in such a propaganda few cases
of marriage-conversion, the girls changing their
religion, the boundary line between love and
imposition being regularly breached, have been
picked up as an example of Muslim men on a
path to Jihad for conversion to Islam, by marrying Hindu girls by deceit. A friend demanded
whether I can cite even 100 cases where Muslim
girls have married Hindu men. To my good fortune I could locate a list longer than that of 100
and also a Google search of Hindu Men Muslim
wife gave good many beautiful stories
(https://www.facebook.com/R3alityofPorkistan/
posts/613266692020533 ) of such love jihad
in reverse!
The social common sense is so heavily
weighted against Islam and Muslims that to talk
of reason in understanding religion and its abuse
for political goals seems to be a very difficult
exercise. To understand that religions are for
morality and peace is accepted for other religions but not for Islam in popular perception.
Many a process of Manufacturing Consent
are today fusing to create a picture of Muslims
which is neither true nor of any good to the
peace in the world. All Muslims are being portrayed in a homogenous-uniform image and the

selective examples of criminal Muslims and the

intolerant version of Islam is being projected as
the Islam feeding into the massive prejudices
which have intensified during the last several
decades.
While the ISIS is an offshoot of Al Qaeda,
which was trained by USA-ISI through madrasas
set up by CIA in Pakistan for this purpose.
There are enough good resources to tell us
about the American schemes in West Asia to
control the oil wealth. The US dictum for this
area has been Oil is too precious a commodity
to be left to control of natives.
While one has burnt midnight oil to unravel
the trajectory of US policy through books with
solid scholarship, the job of understanding this
has become easy with a small video of Hillary
Clinton. Very smartly and briskly she tells us that
it was US which created Al Qaeda by indoctrinating Muslim youth (www.youtube.com/
watch?v=nLhRKj6633w).
A peep into the history of the region tells us
that this indoctrination was done by using a distorted and extremist version of Islam.
This force, Al Qaeda was created, richly
funded and armed to the teeth by US, to fight the
Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the brutality of Al Qaeda being manifest, US media presented its demonic image by coining the word
Islamic terrorism after 9/11 (2001).
Before 9/11, acts of terror were not linked
to religion, though people coming from different
religions have resorted to such acts. From killers
of Mahatama Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv
Gandhi, to Buddhist monks resorting to terror
acts in Thialand, Mynmar and Sri Lanka to
Anders Berling Brevik of Norway, people coming
from different religious stocks have indulged in
acts of terror for diverse political reasons. After
9/11, terror was associated exclusively with
Islam.
Interestingly, the version of Islam picked up
by US to create Al Qaeda, to indoctrinate
Mujahideen into terror trails, was formulated by
Abd al-Wahhab, who had started rigidifying
Islam, imposing his exclusive version in the projection of Islam. He pontificated that any doubt
or hesitation on the part of a believer in respect
to his or her acknowledging this particular inter-

pretation of Islam should deprive a man of

immunity of his property and his life. This version of Islam was one amongst many. Why did
it become more dominant? Mostly because this
version got the sanction form political masters
as this version got patronage of the rulers of
Arabia. One of the main tenets of Abd alWahhabs doctrine is takfir. As per this doctrine,
fellow Muslims are called infidels if they engage
in activities that in any way could be said to
encroach upon the sovereignty of the Absolute
Authority (that is, the King). Those who would
not conform to this view should be killed, their
wives and daughters violated, and their possessions confiscated, he wrote. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alastair-crooke/isis-wahhabism-saudi-arabia_b_5717157.html )
This version suited the Saudi rulers in keeping their control over resources and the same
version suited the US designs, where the meaning of Kafir (One who hides the truth) is changed
to the non-Muslim, the other. This is the version where the word Jihad is made synonymous
with killing the non-believer. As such, scholars of
repute tell us that Jihad stands for striving your
utmost for good deeds. The same Islam, which
says to me my deen (faith) to you yours is
changed over to killing those including Muslims
who disagree with you. This interpretation of
Islam was the perfect recipe for those who
wanted to fight the Russian army by proxy! The
indoctrination of this variety cannot be undone
once the goals are achieved.
The Al Qaeda elements after collaborating in
defeating the Russian army, retained the distorted version of Islam and the dangerous weapons
supplied by the US. What do they do now with
Wahhabi Islam in head and armaments in
hands? So ISIS comes up in due course, and the
illusion that they can now rule the World, they
install Khalifa, and all the insanity follows!
With this background, we understand that
the US has been out to play divide and rule like
the earlier colonial powers. In India, colonial
powers sowed the seeds of communal politics.
In West Asia, during the last few decades after
the demise of Soviet Union, US imperialism has
been aiming at creation of smaller states along
ethnic-sectarian lines and feeding into the

divides and clashes along Shia-Sunni-Kurd lines.

Divide-et-empera (divide and rule) is at its
peak today as also is demonizing Muslims
Worldwide through Islamophobia which is constructed around the evil deeds of the likes of Al
Qaeda and ISIS.
Currently in India Hate the other campaign
has travelled through a long journey of communalising various issues, the last major one was
Ram Temple. With Ram temple issues decline, a
new one has been found: Love Jihad. It is
being propagated that by feigning love, Muslim
youth are luring Hindu girls into marriages with
the aim to convert them and thereby increase the
Muslim population. The evil genius who created
the word Love Jihad has all the reasons to
laugh all the way to a solid votebank. Neither
can love be manufactured nor is Jihad an imposition of ones religion on the other. Love Jihad is
being presented as being the global Muslim
campaign to spread Islam through luring innocent non-Muslim girls. Few selective examples
of post-marital issues of Muslim boy-Hindu girl
are selectively being used to sow the poison of
divisiveness amongst religious communities, at
the same time strengthening the patriarchal control over women.
Communal politics is the overarching ideology which has patriarchy and caste inequalities
built-in. So through the propagation of the myth
of love Jihad, two birds are being killed with one
stone by the fundamentalists-communalists. On
one hand, to sow the seeds of sectarian violence
and thereby strengthen communal politics and
on the other, to ensure that the control over the
sexuality and lives of women is institutionalized,
and this is the core part of the communal politics agenda.
How does one bring in reason in social
thinking in the face of powerful vested interests
who want to use and abuse religion for their
political goals and, in the process demonize a
religious community, is a question not easy to
resolve.
Challenging the prevalence of ideas of the
dominant sections and dominant social powers
is a tall order. This challenge has to be taken up
in all seriousness if we wants peace and
progress in our society. (pluralindia.com)

Police-VHP violence in Vadodara

suspended in the city for three days and 200 persons were arrested including Ayub Hasan Bhai Garasiya, said to be a historysheeter, for his role in the riots.
Muslims accused Police of bias and working in tandem with
the VHP. Police attacked Muslims, forced its way into Muslim
houses where policemen used foul language, broke furnitures and
burnt bikes. Cases were registered against 1500 unknown persons.

Communal tension in Bawana

Vadodara burning

Kulsum Bibi and kids alledged assault and rape attempt by

Vadodara police on 28 Sep, 2:30 am (Night of 27 Sep.)
Vadodara: Propaganda over Love Jihad and open warnings to
Muslims not to enter Garba stalls had vitiated the atmosphere in
all parts of Gujarat. Maulana Hasan of Kheda was arrested for
saying that Garba is a festival of demons. He was slapped so hard
by a Hindutvite in the compounds of the court that he fell on the
ground.
In this atmosphere, the communal situation deteriorated in the
old city of Vadodra on 24 September when morphed photos of the
Holy Kaaba with some Hindu gods was placed on the Facebok by
a person identified as Sanjay Raulji whose house was pelted with
stones but he was not arrested. At about same time a bike accident also took place involving persons of two communities.
Riots started on 26 September with stone-pelting and stabbing incidents. One person was killed and about a dozen were
injured in these clashes. Police made 10 rounds of firing and
threw tear-gas canisters at crowds. Houses, shops and vehicles
were burnt by mobs. Internet and mobile phone services were

New Delhi: The situation in Bawana area of North-West Delhi

remained tense before and during the Eid days after some antisocial elements persistently tried to instigate Hindu-Muslim violence claiming that Muslims were/wanted to slaughter cows during the Eid which was a patent lie but Hindutva rumours are
always more powerful than facts.
On 2 October, some 200 Hindu youths riding motorcycles and
cars paraded the area with police cover and and searched houses in the name of preventing cow slaughter ahead of the Eid-ulAdha on 6 October when Muslims offer sacrifices of goats and
buffalos. While there is no proof that anyone in Delhi sacrifices
cows, respecting the sentiments of the Hindu community, the
rumuour mills actively propagated that Muslims are going to
slaughter cows.
The next day, on 3 October, Hindu youths observed a road jam
in the area. Posters appeared in the area calling for war to protect
cow. Here is one (see photo of the poster on the right):
Kat-tee Gaaye, Bat-ta Desh Nahi Sahenge: Gau maata ki roz
ho rahi hatya ke khilaaf seedhi jung ka aelaan. Aewam, Hinduon
ke dharm par mandla rahe khatrey ke khilaaf awaaz bulandi ke liye
sachchey Hindu akatra hon. Hindu Krantikaari Sena ke gatg\han ka
shapath samaaroh. Sirf un gaoo putron ko aamantrit kiya jata hai
jo apni maa ki garima bachane ke liye apna sab kuch nichawar
karne ke liye taiyyar hon.
English translation: Cow slaughtered, Nation Divided
Will not tolerate any more: Announcement of direct war against
the every day killing of cows (our mother) and to raise voice
against the constant threat to religion of Hindus. Truthful Hindus
come forward. Swearing ceremony for Hindu Revolutionary Army.
This invitation is only for those sons of Cow who are ready to
completely submit themselves to save the honour of their Mother
[Cow].
During those days rumours floated that youths from 50 villages were being mobilised to attack Muslims of the area on
5 October. Late night on 3 October, it was found that Hindu youth
were themselves trying to release a few stray cows in the area to

be later shown as proof of the intended crime. Luckily police took

custody of the animals and arrested a few youths.
On 4 October, Station House Officers (SHO) of Bawana and
Narela Police Stations held a meeting with Muslim leaders of the
area which was also attended by members of Jamiat Ulema
Hinds Delhi unit. In the meeting, the Muslim side demanded that
elders of the Hindu community be invited to solve the problem
with a dialogue, which the police declined. Some Hindu youths
even protested against this meeting of Muslims and Police and
raised slogans against it.
Muslim residents of Bawana spent those days in a state of
fear and had sleepless nights as some thought that the low
deployment of police will be inadequate to handle any communal
violence. Muslims demanding deployment of Rapid Action Force
(RAF) or Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) as they did not have
faith in the local police.
Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, President, All India Muslim Majlis-e
Mushawarat, appealed to the Delhi police to take all measures for
the protection of the people and to take action against the antisocial elements spreading false anti-Muslim propaganda and
instilling hatred between Hindus and Muslims and instigating violence with inflammatory posters. Top level intervention saved the
day and the local police did not allow the mischief-mongers to
implement their plot.

Hathin tension
Peace prevailed after the second panchayat of Hindus and
Muslims was held on 6 October in Hathin tehsil in Palwal district
(Haryana, 80 kms south of Delhi). Communal tensions are being
stoked in the area as elections are scheduled for 15 October and
campaigning is in full swing. The situation had worsened when a
wall of a mosque was demolished even though there was a court
stay order following a dispute about this Masjid in Hathin tehsil.
Curfew was imposed in the area following the demolition. The first
panchayat did not bear results but after the 2nd panchayat things
improved (As reported on telephone by Md. Zuber Khan, Editor,
Mewat Kal Aaj Kal).

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Devastating, unprecedented floods in J&K

New Delhi: About a month has passed since the
floods in Kashmir which soon became the deadliest and most unprecedented ever since
Indepedence. Continuous and torrential rains for
many days and rising water in River Jhelum,
which passes through the middle of Srinagar city
brought havoc to the city and large parts of the
Valley as well as Jammu areas. A many as 25
thousand villages in J&K were affected and about
500 were completely submerged. The state government did not expect that the floods will become
so serious because no warning in advance to this
effect was given either by the central government,
army or the state government itself. In fact the
state administration was taken unaware of the
danger and was almost paralysed for many days
when floods took a serious turn.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah himself admitted, when he said that his government was too
crippled to be able to appropriately respond to the
disaster in the initial phase of the crisis. He
became the target of peoples ire and anger who
blamed him and his administration for their woes.
Whereas the flood waters were ravaging city after
city and village after village, even the state capital
Srinagar too was almost half inundated, so much
so that the government secretariat had to be shifted to Hari Niwas, a former palace, which for some
time, served as his and his governments
makeshift administrative headquarters. He said
that he didnt want to blame any body for this but
indirectly in his own defence said that when there
was a fierce eqrthquake in Gujrat (about 15 years
ago) the state capital was not hit, Cyclone Phailin
(in Orissa) did not hit Bhubaneshwar (the state
capital) and Uttarakhand floods (of last year) did
not affect Dehradun. But we were absolutely crippled and our state capital was paralysed. He also
blamed separatists who were trying to cash in on
this. In addition to them, he said that thugs from
higher up in the hills have now descended on
Srinagar to rob houses on the pretext of finding
their relatives. Rashid Ali Dar, Principal District and
Session Court Judge said that a boatman of Dal
Lake had demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from a man who
had begged him to rescue his relatives and about
ten others who were stranded on a double storey
house more than half of which was under water.
He promised to pay this amount after condtions
became normal because at that time he had no
money at all. Some people form other parts of the
country who had gone to J&K said tauntingly that
government agencies and state administration
were more keen to rescue tourists rather than
local people who were trapped in floods. Army
was deployed for rescue work which did a laudable job of the rescue operations.
Milli organisations, while expressing deep
sorrow and concern over the vast destruction and
loss of life and property made an appeal to people
to provide as much help to the flood hit people in

Kashmir through money and men i.e. volunteers

as possible because making food items, medicines and other necessities available to the people is equally important because if sufficient eatables, drinking water and other materials have been
collected but do not reach the people who are taking shelter on top floors of houses, trees and other
places which are surrounded on all sides with ravaging flood waters, these are not of any use to
them, even though they are badly in need of these
things. Rescue operations being conducted by the
army, though laudable proved to be insufficient
becaue of the grim situation. Large number of
people belonging to organisations like Zakaat
Foundation of India, Jamiatul Ulama who staged a
dharna and demonstration at Jantar Mantar on
10 Sept complained that relief and rehabilitation
work was going on at a very slow pace. Zakaat
Foundations Chairman Dr Zafar Mahmood who
had returned after touring flood affected areas said
in this gathering that village after village have been
washed away, hundreds of corpses were flowing
and floating in water. He said that according to
information so far 21 helicopters have been
deployed in flood affected areas whereas about
200 helicopters are needed. Similarly, only 60
boats have been pressed into service for rescuing
people who are trapped by the floods whereas
about a thousand boats are needed. Majlis
Mushawarats President Dr Zafarul Islam Khan
who also spoke in this gathering said that we will
do every thing possible for our Kashmiri brethren.
Home minister Raj Nath Singh who toured
some flood affected areas along with chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed his inability to
assess the complete situation because of bad
weather and could not go to many places. He said
that prime minister Narendra Modi has donated Rs
1000 crores from Prime Ministers Relief Fund
and in addition has announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia
for the kins of deceased persons and Rs 50 thousand for each injured person.
Many individuals and milli and other organisations have sent relief materials for the affected
people. Jamiatul Ulama officials, in addition to Rs
25 lakh given initially, sent two plane loads of relief
materials from Delhi. In addition to these, so far
about 60 trucks with eatables, ration, water bottles, old and new blankets, solar lights and torches etc have been sent. About 10 thousand ration
kits (each kit worth Rs 3000) were distributed
among 5000 families. Similarly, Delhis BJP team
sent a team of doctors consisting of Drs Dinesh
Goswamy, Rahul, Mahinder Pande and others
along with medicines. In addition, 10 trucks with
relief materials were also sent. Similarly medical
team of doctors and medicines were also sent
form Aligarh Universitys JN
Medical College. Dozens of
other teams from different parts
of India reached J&K along with

Big Show, Small Substance

DR MOHAMMAD MANZOOR ALAM
After five days of continuous media hype and hoopla about Prime Minister Narendra
Modis visit to the United States, we have got a pause to catch our breath and consider what we got from the visit.
Let us first begin from what should not have been before coming down to what
was gained from the visit. First, the attitude of Indian media. They created too much
hype and inflated public expectation, which is against a basic tenet of politics and
diplomacy: never build public expectation beyond realistic limits. The hype was so
shrill that even American newspapers (all of which downplayed it) noted it. To their
eternal shame, Indias entire corporate media blacked out an attack on one of their
stars, Rajdeep Sardesai, in America by fanatical Hindutva hooligans.
The Indian media also fought shy of giving proper coverage to protests against
Mr Modi regarding his alleged involvement in the pogrom of 2002. These gaps and
lapses were noticed more starkly than the highlights.
Compared to the size of the publicity build-up, the concrete achievements of the
visit were modest. No official declaration was issued at the end of the visit that bound
the two sides to firm commitments. The two leaders, PM Modi and President
Obama, in their meeting at the White House discussed extension of their cooperation
in defence, counter-terrorism, intelligence-sharing, space exploration, science and
Afghanistan.
US assistance in improving sanitation in India through Swachch Bharat and projects like cleaning of the rivers are also important in this scheme of things. These programmes have the potential of improving the health of a large number of Indians as
water contamination and squalor are at the root of most diseases Indians suffer
from.
What the prime minister did beside his meeting with the US president is also of
some importance. His meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
and leaders of American Jewry are significant as the Jewish Americans can potentially help in pushing for Indias case in Washington. In view of the growing participation of Israel in Indias defence and security and its sale of military equipment to
India, the meeting with Netanyahu is significant.
Despite the progress in relations with the US in terms of military cooperation the
stalemate on Indias subsidy to farmers, Indias reluctance to share the security role
in Afghanistan or openly joining the US move to contain China remain unresolved.
The serious differences in the resolution of nuclear liability issue do not seem to be
easily resolvable. Some hope is seen in the PMs meeting with the CEOs of 17 US
companies as they have the potential of improving business with India. (iosworld.org)

relief materials. At the individual levels, Assams

MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal donated Rs 50 lakh
from his MP Fund, Rajya Sabha MP Parvez
Hashmi also sent Rs 50 lakh from his MP fund.
Indian Union Muslim League from Gulbarga
donated Rs 25 lakh. Similalry many others also
made big donations but they did not publicise their
names.
Flood waters had engulfed more than half of
Srinagar city where in some areas even two
storeyed houses were submerged. It was equally
necessary to flush out dirty flood waters. Though
government had been taking necessary action in
this respect, Jamiatul Ulama also arranged 10
machines for flushing out flood waters. After all,
natural material and man-made disasters and
calamities have to come to an end sooner or later
even under the normal process. When flood
waters started receding, the danger of epidemics
and water borne diseases has surfaced. Doctors
teams and medicines too were sent form different
places, as stated above.
It is difficult to make even an approximate
assessment of losses in terms of human and animal life, movable and immovable properties, fruits
and vegetables, crops of cereals, goods and services, loss of students studies, and the like. Saffron
fields in Pampore and other areas were almost
completely destroyed. According to another news,
Kashmirs (cricket) bat industry too was very
badly hit by the floods which seriously affected
hundreds of entrepreneurs in this industry.
Thousands of willow clefts were washed away.
Those engaged in the bat making industry were
seriously affected. Similarly, almost every field of
business in Kashmir was seriously affected.
Kashmirs tourism industry suffered a loss worth,
according to ASSOCHAMs estimate, Rs 5400
crores to Rs 7500 crores since the tragedy took
place in the Valley about two weeks ago.
According to the states chief secretary,
Muhammad Iqbal Khandey, losses due to floods
were more than Rs one lakh crores. All household
items, cereals, fruits, vegetables and the like
stored in houses were completely destroyed and
rendered unfit for use. According to available
news, several thousand tonnes of household
goods like furniture, carpets, electrical equipment
etc were completely destroyed because of dirty
and foul smelling flood waters which could not be
used and were thrown on the roads at different
places. In addition to these there were inestimable
amounts of silt and garbage. It is also difficult to
say how much time it will take to bring back the
state to its pre-floods situation and also to restore
peoples morale which was severely shattered and
shaken.
MG NEWS DESK

False Teachings for

Indias Students
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised India's
youth a bright future. As he is well aware, realizing
that promise will depend on dramatically increasing
educational quality and opportunity for the 600 million Indians under age 25, many of whom lack
basic reading and math skills. In its 2014 Election
Manifesto, Mr. Modi's party, the Bharatiya Janata
Party, called education the most powerful tool for
the advancement of the nation and the most potent
weapon to fight poverty. The question now is
whether educational reform will be used not just to
create an educated citizenry and trained work force
but also to promote a particular ideology.

While campaigning ahead of the May election,

Mr. Modi, then the chief minister of the state of
Gujarat, promised to bring the Gujarat model to
national governance. Many voters understood this
to mean a commitment to a more dynamic economy. But the Gujarat model has a less attractive
side to it: a requirement that the states curriculum
include several textbooks written by Dinanath
Batra, a scholar dedicated to recasting Indias history through the prism of the Hindu right wing.
In February, Mr. Batra led a successful effort to
pressure Penguin India to withdraw copies of a
book by Wendy Doniger, a religion professor at the
University of Chicago, which he felt insulted
Hinduism. Then, in June, the Gujarat government
directed that several of Mr. Batras own books be
added to the states curriculum. Mr. Batras teachings range from the trivial to assertions that simply
cannot be taken seriously. His books advise students not to celebrate birthdays with cakes and
candles, a practice Mr. Batra considers non-Indian.
More troublingly, they instruct students to draw
maps of Akhand Bharat, a greater India, presumably restored to its rightful boundaries, that include
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan and
Afghanistan. Mr. Batra also believes that aircraft,
automobiles and nuclear weapons existed in
ancient India, and he wants children to learn these
so-called facts.
In 1999, the national government, then led by
the Bharatiya Janata Party, put Mr. Batra in charge
of rewriting history textbooks to reflect these and
other views of the Hindu right. Now it appears that
the party intends to pick up where it left off when it
was voted out of power in 2004. Mr. Batra says
Smriti Zubin Irani, the minister of human resource
development, has assured him his books will soon
be a part of the national curriculum. The education
of youth is too important to the countrys future to
allow it to be hijacked by ideology that trumps historical facts, arbitrarily decides which cultural practices are Indian, and creates dangerous notions of
Indias place alongside its neighbours. (New York
Times editorial, 8 October, 2014)

Help ood affected

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Intellectual struggle required to end terror

ADNAN OKTAR [HARUN YAHYA]
Many countries across the world are increasingly
affected by the scourge of terrorism these days.

The terrorist movements which became an

international problem have ideological foundations. Some of those organisations such as the
PKK, Shining Path and FARC, are founded upon
the Marxist ideology. Some of them, such as neoNazis, Chetniks or Golden Dawn, are followers of extreme rightwing or fascist ideologies.
These organisations mostly attempt to create an independent
state in a region out of a sovereign country. And sometimes they
are after annexing lands of another country they claim to have
rights upon its territory.
A majority of the terror organisations apart from those mentioned above have religious references. Organisations such as
ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram are examples of such organisations. These organisations conduct their acts by making use of
some superstitions, baseless prohibitions and punishment techniques that have infiltrated Islamic morality. They force people to
live according to a radical understanding that has no place in the
Quran, by using the name of Islam as they mistakenly perceive
it to be.
Terrorist acts have intellectual foundations
No matter if they have ideological foundations or carry a radical
mindset with religious references, all these organisations aim to
make their own philosophies prevail by using violence. Even
though they have different characteristics, all of them do have an
intellectual substructure. All the terrorist acts they carry out are
based on that intellectual foundation.

What is important here is the ideological training that enables

the members of those organisations to legitimize their armed
acts. That training is never delayed and is carried out step by step
in different locations with different methods. Those trained youngsters start seeing people as animals and eventually they turn into
cruel terrorists who can effortlessly kill people in cold blood.
All states are very much informed about these activities of the

terrorist organisations. Their educational materials and methods

are known to intelligence services and security forces.
However, while a struggle is carried out against these organisations, it is generally not an intellectual struggle that could annihilate this training system but a military struggle based on the use
of weapons.
It is possible to stop these militants before they turn into
killers through precautions taken against the intellectual foundations of these organisations. Moreover, it would then be possible
to prevent new recruitments to those organisations.

proving that all these ideologies are false - and if they are properly told about the love of God - their commitment to such false
ideologies would instantly come to an end. There would be no
meaning to what theyve been doing until then. Terror would no
longer have any meaning for them. The mind of such a person
would then be conquered. No terror organisation could ever resist
such an intellectual struggle via television and radio and the internet. A movement that loses its intellectual basis cannot survive.
States should either take over this task or support non-governmental organisations which take up this task.

Ideologies can only be defeated with counter-ideologies

Well, then, how could the intellectual foundation of terror organisations be brought down? It is impossible to annihilate an intellectual foundation with weapons. That is why it is an urgent necessity for the states to develop a method of responding to ideologies
with counter ideologies.
Fascism, materialism, violence and terror form an inseparable whole. It is not possible to establish friendship and brotherhood between people simply through military methods without
explaining that this ideology leading people to rebellion, to conflict
and war, to dissension and lack of love, to selfishness and
immorality is a colossal mistake. Members of such organizations,
be they fascists or communists, regard life as a field of conflict
and struggle. The reason for conflict is either difference of economic classes according to one group or it is difference between
races according to the other. For the members of organisations
who see life as mere struggle, concepts such as family, religious
morality, honour and pride lose their significance. Such people
could follow all sorts of erratic ideologies and movements.
In order to stop terrorist movements with ideological foundations, youngsters should be taught about movements such as
fascism; however, the scientific counter-arguments should also
be taught along with them. Intellectual struggle has never been
tried or executed until today. A person who has been indoctrinated with materialistic education for years should be taught that fascism is a product of ignorance and lack of knowledge. It should
be explained thoroughly that these are false beliefs lacking any
foundation. The irrationality behind them should be unfurled. After

Education against organisations conducting terror acts in the

name of Islam
A method similar to the intellectual method employed against terror organisations with ideological foundations could be employed
against terror organisations which resort to violence misusing the
name of Islam. However, because the basis of such organisations
is different, the content of the intellectual struggle given should be
different as well.

The basis of this intellectual struggle lies in strongly expressing the deviance in the thoughts of the members of such organisations. According to the Quran, it is a religious obligation of
Muslims to call people to the moral values of Islam with kind
words only, not with force or compulsion. Calling these people to
the True Path could only be possible by explaining that there is
freedom of belief in Islam.
All Muslims should be taught that violence is not an acceptable method of expressing ones rights and that it is completely
against Islamic moral values. They should be told that the morality of Islam cannot be espoused with terrorist activities and that
such acts would harm Muslims even further as they would
increase the number of enemies of Islam.
In the schools, students should be given courses that target
the intellectual background of terrorist organisations; books and
pieces written about this should be taught and conferences and
academic meetings should be held. Only in this way it would be
possible to wipe out terrorism from the face of this world. Such a
method would also be instrumental in preventing the occurrence


of terrorism in the first place.
students in the movement for a separate Telangana. When
students were attempting suicide, through his songs he
inspired them to fight for self-respect and identity instead of
sacrificing their lives.
When BJP took pro-Telangana stand, the movement turned
into a fascist movement. It was the Bahujan students who
demanded and fought for secular and democratic Telangana, criticizing the Hindutva ideology.
Sarath played an important part in bringing Dalit and Muslim
students together during the movement. He organized an Iftar
party every year, he spoke on different platforms organized by
Muslims during the movement and made people understand that
Dalits and Muslims are one entity, and when they unite a democratic Telangana could be achieved, political power can be gained
and so on. He wrote a number of songs in Telugu and English,
among which famous ones are on Iftar, beef, Jai jai Raavana etc.
These are available on YouTube. Apart from throwing his annual
Iftar parties, he organized alternative programmes such as beef
festival, Ashura festival, Ravana vardhanti, Narakasura vardhanti etc.
During the recent assembly elections, Sarath contested from
Amberpet constituency on MIM ticket. Though the party had suggested him to opt for an SC reserved seat, he opted to fight
against the BJP candidate, Kishan Reddy. He gave a tough fight
to Reddy by making him spend lots of money and manpower.
During the course of electioneering, Sarath became the centre of
attraction among the Dalits and minorities. On the other side,
RSS goons waiting for a chance to attack him.
So what happened to Sarath was not merely a fight between
two student groups as portrayed by media. In fact, it had many
dimensions: it was an attack on the secular, democratic fabric and
harmonious culture that is present on the campus. It was an
attack to build pressure on Dalit and Muslim students, it was an
attack to re-occupy the campus and implement Hindutva ideology, and it was an attack to break the unity of dalit and Muslim students. Therefore, this attack was not merely an attack but It
speaks volumes about political and social reasons. Police
became mute spectators in this issue, as if it does not matter anything. It is once again proved that Hindutva ideology has permeated into different sectors including media and police. It is also a
matter of shame on the part of the university administration that it
has not taken any disciplinary action against the goons who are
very much present in the campus.
Nothing has been done to the culprits in the case of Naliganti
Sharath. Police did not arrest anyone. Telangana government
which promised and assured human dignity and secularism and
which poses as a Dalit-Muslim friend, has not responded so far in
this case.
If some Dalit and Muslim students had done what has happened to Sarath, they would already have been by now labelled
as terrorists, cases booked against them and they might have
been even expelled from the university in the name of disciplinary
action. Such are the double standards in the higher educational
institutions.
Regional movements and governments are not different from
the central authoritarianism. Then, how to protect multiculturalism


and secularism?

Attack on Sarath to break Dalit-Muslim Unity

KANEEZ FATHIMA
Hyderabad: Ethnic cultures and their manifestations in the public
sphere has become target for believers in authoritarianism. BJP
government under the leadership of Narendra Modi is trying to
obliterate multiculturalism and secularism in our society. Fascist
authoritarianism never tolerates the democratic and secular
nature of the peoples constitution. The nature of the State is
manifested by the constitution. The Indian State by its constitution
is not a Hindu country. It is clearly stated in the constitution of
India that the Indian State is a secular country which means that
the State has no religion. RSS-BJP never accepted and respected the constitution of India. Modi has identified the Indian State
with Bhagavad Geeta. To disseminate Hindutva ideology and to
give legitimacy to the undemocratic authoritarianism, which is
expressed in Geeta, Modi has presented it to the President of
China when he visited India. Modi and his government are committed in promoting Hindutva culture against the ethnic cultures of
India. This is not something new for the believers in Hindutva ideology. Many instances of this took place in the past. Time and
again this cultural fascism has been opposed and protested
against by Dalits and Muslims. Democratic interventions on the
part of Dalits and Muslims have been condemned in violent ways.
Many dalit leaders have been attacked while fighting these forces
and raising voice against violation of the Constitution.
Many critics and scholars have expressed their opinion that
regional movements will destroy the communal forces, preventing
the spread of the RSS network in the Telangana region. But
regional parties and organisations have provided a large canvas
for RSS expansion.
Though the government in Telangana is non-BJP, there is not
much difference in the state and central government attitude
towards people. Hindutva has spread its tentacles all over the
state during the Telangana movement, even in universities. Till
now there was discrimination against Dalit students by teachers
and administration of the universities. Now the attack on Dalit and
minority students by the RSS-inspired gangs is felt in all universities especially at Osmania University established by the Nizam
state. During the past few months, at least five Dalit and Muslim
students were beaten blue and black by the ABVP gang without
any reason. One Muslim student was beaten mercilessly, kidnapped and forced to leave the Osmania University campus so
that his absence makes way for an ABVP student to take admission. On another occasion, a Dalit student, Badri, was beaten
because he did not attend puja. Another Dalit, Ravi, was attacked
because he did not join them in rally and so on.
It was Sarath, along with the other students, who always
intervened and stood as a shield to protct such students. Neither
the university administration takes any disciplinary action nor do
the police personnel take any legal action against these goons.
Such is the sad affair in the universities against the Dalit and
Muslim students in Telengana.
The recent incidence of attack on Sarath Naliganti by burning
his room on 10 September is the most serious of all. It is not just

Sarath

an attack on an individual. Instead, the incident has a different

dimension attached to it. On 10 September, some ABVP students
were beating up Ravi, a student, for not joining their rally. On
hearing this, Sarath went there with some students to enquire
about the incident. While Sarath was doing this, ABVP goons
went to his room, poured petrol and burnt it. Books, laptop, certificates, clothes and cash were turned into ashes within minutes.
Sarath Naliganti is a research scholar of Osmania University. He
hails from Madiga, an underprivileged community from Warangal
district of Telangana state. During his under-graduate days, he
was associated with Ambedkar Students Federation and played
an important role in Bahujan students movement. For his masters
he joined the Telugu department at Osmania University. During
those days, to meet his financial requirements he worked as a
daily wage worker and as a catering boy. He passed out with first
division while simultaneously supporting his poor parents financially. At present, he is a senior research scholar in the Telugu
department of Osmania University.
When we look at the recent history of Osmania University
campus, we find that Hindutva goons disguised as ABVP occupied the campus for almost 20 years in 1980s and 1990s. Then,
in late 1990s, the SC/ST students confronted the ABVP goons
and formed SC/ST Students Association and Bahujan Students
Federation with the alternative ideology of Ambekarism.
Professor Kancha Illaiah guided them in understanding
Ambedkarism by encouraging the students to read as much as
possible and concentrate on studies instead of roaming around.
Gradually many other student organisations came up combating
the Hindutva ideology and struggling hard for self-respect and
unity. Sarath was active in this struggle with his seniors. By 2005,
ABVP almost totally collapsed in the campus. When Telangana
movement started in 2009, BJP did not take any stand on
Telangana issue. Osmania University was the centre of the movement those days. BJP-RSS tried to bring students into the
Hindutva fold in the name of Telangana. With the break of KCRs
fast unto death, Arts College became the centre-stage of
Telangana movement with lakhs of students participating in the
movement from all the districts of Telangana. Dalit students
songs, especially Saraths, became a source of inspiration for the

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Zero tolerance, not moratorium, needed to end communal violence

New Delhi: New Delhi: Civil society activists and
representatives of religious minorities called
upon the Central and state governments to take
urgent action to end the orchestrated and motivated campaign of hate and violence which targets and coerces minorities, and impacts on
communal harmony in towns and villages in
many parts of the country.
Christian and Muslim leaders in India joined
civil society groups in urging the Union government to act against an orchestrated campaign
of hate and violence against religious minorities
(See joint statement below).
More than 500 people from all communities
took part in a public protest organised by more
than 30 civil rights and religious minority groups
in New Delhi on 27 September that focused on
the deteriorating situation of religious minorities
across India.
The country, speakers reiterated, needed a
zero-tolerance policy against communal and targeted violence and not just a moratorium for
some years.
The
hundreds
of
incidents
of
Shuddhikaran and Ghar Wapsi orchestrated
by the Sangh against Muslims and Christians
especially in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh, and the mobilisation against the
so-called love jihad has terrorised youth in
these regions. The blatant support from central
and local political leaders to these anti-social
groups has triggered violence in many places.
The event was organised in the wake of the
recent allegations of the forced conversion of 60
Christians to Hinduism in Asroi village in Uttar
Pradesh and several Hindu groups banning nonHindus in about 50 villages in Chhattisgarh state
last month.
Archbishop Kuriakose Bharnikulanghara ,
Bishop Simon John and Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan of
AIMMM, among others spoke on the occasion.
Christian and Muslim leaders also released
100 Days Under the New Regime - The State of
Minorities, an 89-page report compiled by veteran journalist John Dayal which detailed the
attacks on minorities during the first 100 days of
the Modi government. It highlighted more than
600 incidents of targeted violence against religious minorities in different parts of India.
The report accused Prime Minister Narendra
Modi of remaining silent on the virulent and poi-

sonous hate campaign against Muslim and

Christian communities in India carried out
by the cadres of Hindu groups.
These incidents against minorities are
part of an institutionalized anarchy. We have
to confront this as Indians, said Navaid
Hamid, secretary of the South Asian
Council for Minorities. He said the federal
government needs to instill confidence and
trust among minority communities in India.
Sehba Farooqui, a communist leader,
said the first 100 days of the new regime
have seen a rising crescendo of hate
speech against Muslims and Christians.
Muslims and Christians have had their
identity derided, their patriotism scoffed at,
their citizenship questioned and their faith
mocked, said Farooqui. The environment
in the country has degenerated into one of
coercion, divisiveness and suspicion.
Participants expressed concern that
state governments have also been slow in
taking action against suspects of targeted
violence, further encouraging unlawful
behaviour. They demanded a zero tolerance policy against communal and targeted violence in
the country.
Manish Tiwari, senior leader of the opposition Congress party, accused the Union government of supporting communal forces in the
country. The government is hand-in-glove with
communal forces that carry out incidents of hate
and violence against religious minorities, Tiwari
said.
John Dayal, a member of the National
Integration Council, said that they would organise further public meetings and use peaceful
means of protest if such incidents did not cease.
We will go to courts as and when required. We
will take whatever civil and peaceful means are
available to us to protest in a democracy, he
said.
Speakers noted that the situation had
become so critical that even a person of the eminence of jurist Mr. Fali Nariman went on record
to voice his concern a few days earlier saying,
We have been hearing on television and reading
in newspapers almost on a daily basis a tirade
by one or more individuals or groups against one
or another section of citizens who belong to a
religious minority and the criticism has been that

the majority government at the Centre has done

nothing to stop this tirade.
The environment has degenerated into one
of coercion, divisiveness, and suspicion. This
has percolated to the small towns and villages of
rural India, severing bonds forged in a dialogue
of life over the centuries, shattering the harmony
build around the messages of peace and brotherhood given us by the Sufis and the men and
women who led the freedom struggle under
Mahatma Gandhi.
The attacks have assumed alarming proportions. Over 600 incidents of targeting religious
minorities have taken place from May to
September 2014 in several parts of the country,
but especially which have seen, or will soon see,
by-elections or elections to the Legislative
Assemblies.
The hate campaign, the violence, the open
threats have stunned not just the religious minorities, but civil society, jurists and academics. Many
of them articulated their concern not just at the violence but at the silence of the Government.
Many of the incidents of violence were
directed against individuals and places of worship of the Muslim community, especially in
Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. These incidents

of violence include at least 36 recorded incidents

against the tiny Christian community in various
parts of the country. The Christian community,
its pastors, congregations and churches, were
targets of mob violence and State impunity in
dozens of cases in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Target dates, one of
them coinciding with Christmas 2014, have
been set to cleanse various areas of Muslim
and Christian presence. The state apparatus and
specially the police often became a party arresting not the aggressors but the victims to satisfy
the demands of the mob. There have attempts at
religious profiling of Christian academic institutions, and their students in the national capital.
Speakers at the event Included: Ali AnwarJDU, Amarjeet Kaur-CPI, Apoorvanand,
Archbishop Anil Jt Couto, Archbishop Kuriakose
Bharnikulanghara , Bishop Simon John, Colin
Gonsalves, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, Harsh
Mander, Harvinder Singh Sarna, John Dayal,
Kiran Shaheen, Kunwar Danish-Jds, Manish
Tiwari-Congress, Manisha Sethi, Maulana Niaz
Farooqui, Mohd Naseem, Navaid Hamid, Noor
Mohd, Paul Divakar, Sehba Farooqui, Shabnam
Hashmi, Syeda Hameed, Zakia Soman.

Zero Tolerance, not moratorium, needed to end communal violence

Following is the statement issued by civil
society organisations at the demonstration at
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 27 September
demanding a total ban on hate politics:
Civil society activists and representatives of religious minorities have called upon the Central
and State Governments to take urgent action to
end the orchestrated and motivated campaign of
hate and violence which targets and coerces
minorities, and impacts on communal harmony
in towns and villages in many parts of the country.
The
hundreds
of
incidents
of
Shuddhikaran and Ghar Wapsi against
Muslims and Christians specially in Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh,
and the mobilisation against the so-called love
jihad has terrorised youth in these regions. The
blatant support from central and local political
leaders to these anti social groups has triggered
violence in many places. The media has recorded over 600 incidents of violence against minorities since the results of the General elections
were declared on 16th May 2014. State governments had been tardy in taking action against
the guilty. This impunity had further encouraged
the unlawful elements.
A public protest against attacks on
Minorities, was held at Jantar Mantar today to
focus attention on the rapidly deteriorating situations. Speakers impressed upon the Prime
Minister and Union and State Governments and
the Union Government to take action under the
law of the land against those creating disharmony and polarising the people.
A Report on Attacks on Minorities was
released at the public meeting endorsed by over
30 civil right and constitutional right groups and
minority right to raise the issue of defence of
minority rights, the right to live with dignity as
equal citizens of India. The country, several
speakers said, needed a Zero Tolerance against
Communal and Targetted Violence, and not just
a moratorium for some years.

Speakers noted that the situation had

become so critical that even a person of the eminence of jurist Mr. Fali Nariman went on record
to voice his concern,
We have been hearing on television and
reading in newspapers almost on a daily basis a
tirade by one or more individuals or groups
against one or another section of citizens who
belong to a religious minority and the criticism
has been that the majority government at the
Centre has done nothing to stop this tirade,
And how does one protect the interest of
minorities who (or a section of which) are on a
daily basis lampooned and ridiculed or spoken
against in derogatory language?
Mr. Fali
Nariman said at function organised by the
National Commission for Minorities at which the
Union Minister for Minority Welfare, Dr. Najma
Heptullah, was present.
We had hoped that the acrid rhetoric of the
election campaign would end with the declaration of the results, and the formation of a new
government at the centre. The first 100 days of
the new regime have, however, seen the rising
pitch of a crescendo of hate speech against
Muslims and Christians. Their identity derided,
their patriotism scoffed at, their citizenship questioned, their faith mocked. The environment has
degenerated into one of coercion, divisiveness,
and suspicion. This has percolated to the small
towns and villages of rural India, severing bonds
forged in a dialogue of life over the centuries,
shattering the harmony build around the messages of peace and brotherhood given us by the
Sufis and the men and women who led the
Freedom Struggle under Mahatma Gandhi. The
attacks have assumed alarming proportions.
Over 600 incidents of targeting religious minorities have taken place from May to September
2014 in several parts of the country, but especially which have seen, or will soon see, byelections or elections to the Legislative
Assemblies.
The hate campaign, the violence, the open
threats have stunned not just the religious

minorities, but civil society, jurists and academics. Many of them articulated their concern not
just at the violence but at the silence of the
Government.
Many of the incidents of violence were
directed against individuals and places of
worship of the Muslim community, especially
in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. These incidents of violence include at least 36 recorded
incidents against the tiny Christian community in various par ts of the country. The
Christian community, its pastors, congregations and churches, were targets of mob violence and State impunity in dozens of cases in
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh. Target dates, one of them coinciding with Christmas 2014, have been set to
cleanse various areas of Muslim and
Christian presence. The state apparatus and
specially the police often became a party
arresting not the aggressors but the victims to
satisfy the demands of the mob. There have
attempts at religious profiling of Christian academic institutions, and their students in the
national capital.
There has been a well planned shift the
locus of violence and mobilisations from the
urban centres to small towns and rural areas;
another course is to keep the dead-count low
and use variants of everyday, routine violence
to spread tensions and create panic. Yet another
scheme is to convert India-Pakistan relations
into a subset of the Hindu-Muslim relations within India. The most prominent method deployed
in recent weeks has been the issue of Love
Jihad.
While the Southern University System of
Louisiana in the United States has decided to
offer Prime Minister Narendra Modi an honorary
doctorate for his work in inclusive growth and in
recognition of Mr. Narendra Modis contribution
towards social transformation, especially for
empowering women and minorities in Gujarat,
the facts on the ground are very different.
The people and organisations gathered at

the Public meeting demand:

1.
Zero Tolerance against Communal
and Targetted Violence, including Hate crimes,
profiling and attacks on Freedom of Faith as
enshrined in the Constitution of India.
2. Govt of India and State governments
should swiftly take action against those who
create tension among minorities through their
utterances, by immediately arresting them and
filing cases against them.
3.
The Union Home Ministry and State
Home Ministries should issue a directive to all
Police Posts across the country to treat all citizens equally and not come under pressure from
certain groups and harass minorities.
4.
Govt should set up a mechanism to
provide conducive environment to all citizens of
our country and to ensure defence of minority
rights, the right to live with dignity as equal citizens of India.
The meeting was organsied by : ALL INDIA
CHRISTIAN MINORITY FRONT, ALL INDIA DALIT
MAHILA ADHIKAR MANCH (AIDMAM), ALL INDIA
DEMOCRATIC WOMENS ASSOCIATION (AIDWA), ALL
INDIA CATHOLIC UNION, ALL INDIA MILLI COUNCIL,
ALL INDIA MUSLIM MAJLIS-E-MUSHAWARAT,
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, AMAN BIRADARI,
ANHAD, BHARTIYA MUSLIM MAHILA ANDOLAN
(BMMA), CBCI OFFICE FOR SC/BC , CHRISTIAN
LEGAL ASSOCIATION, FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC
ASSOCIATIONS OF DELHI, HUMAN RIGHTS LAW NETWORK, INDIAN SOCIAL INSTITUTE, JAMIA
TEACHERS SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION, JAMIAT
ULEMA-E-HIND , JESUITS IN SOCIAL ACTION (JESA),
JPD COMMISSION, CBCI CENTRE, MAZDOOR KISAN
SHAKTI SANGATHAN, MOEMIN, MUSLIM WOMENS
FORUM, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON DALIT HUMAN
RIGHTS (NCDHR), NATIONAL FORUM FOR HOUSING
RIGHTS (NFHR), OFFICE FOR JUSTICE, PEACE AND
DEVELOPMENT - CBCI, PEOPLES ALLIANCE FOR
DEMOCRACY & SECULARISM (PADS), RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY COMMISSION, SOUTH ASIAN MINORITIES
LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (SAMLA), SHAHRI
ADHIKAR MANCH: BEGHARON KE SAATH
(SAM:BKS), STANDING TOGETHER TO ENABLE
PEACE TRUST, WING INDIA (WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE), WSS (WOMEN-AGAINST-SEXUAL-VIOLENCE


& STATE REPRESSION), YWCA INDIA.

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Eye-witness account and photos by Our Srinagar Correspondent

Floods victims left to fend for themseves

AFSANA RASHID

mechanism, rescue operations and providing

necessary relief, the states response in terms of
compensatory relief announced for survivors and
flood-victims is inadequate and humiliating, it
added. In case of Kashmiri Pandit migrants, the
state has announced a compensation package of
20 lakh rupees and the victims of the present disaster are equally worthy of such consideration by
the state, it further advocated.
Jammu and Kashmir High Court, September
29, issued notice to government on a Public
Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking constitution of a
Special Investigation Team to probe alleged sluggish response of officers towards the recent
floods and punishing of those found guilty of
criminal negligence.
Meanwhile, a group of local youth from
Samboora in south Kashmirs Pulwama district,
reportedly considered ardent supporters of antiIndia protests, rescued a group of drowning Army
personnel after their boat capsized, September 5.
About 21 Army personnel were evacuating
men and material from Armys 50 RR camp as
their boat capsized after hitting a poplar tree
around 11:30 PM. The youth rushed to the spot
and managed to save the lives of 17 soldiers and
two soldiers managed to swim. The remaining
two lost their lives due to drowning.
The devastating floods caused colossal losses to life and massive damage to infrastructure,
houses, hospitals, public institutions, business
and other sectors. Over 300 people lost their lives
across the state including 85 from Kashmir.
SMHS hospital, one of the oldest general
specialty hospitals in the state, being adversely
hit by floods, has been devastated. Its ground
floor remained inundated for more than a week
and caused massive damage to its equipment.
Similar scenes were witnessed in Lal Ded, G B
Pant and other hospitals.
In SMHS, the patients are kept under observation for few hours and then asked to go. In case
of emergencies, they are referred to SKIMS. The
hospital normally admitted around 200 patients
and over 2,100 patients were treated in its Out
Patient Department.
The floods have severely affected the education infrastructure as well. About 4600 government schools and around 1500 schools in private
sector have been damaged in the floods in
Kashmir division, reports say.
United Jihad Council chief Syed
Sallahuddin in an interview to local news
agency, KNS, September 30 said Government
of India hasnt seriously chalked out any practical rehabilitation plan for flood-affected people in Kashmir.
Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq, September 30, appealed to people to
show patience and work wholeheartedly to providesuccourto lakhs of flood-victims. Hurriyat (G)
chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, September 29,
said, Policy makers of India dont want international aid to reach flood-affected people of the
state. They opine that poverty will bring down
freedom sentiments among Kashmiris and theyll
compromise over Indian slavery.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and VicePresident Rahul Gandhi, during their two-day
visit to the state, September 29-30, took stock of
the loss caused by floods and interacted with


people.

Many families affected by the devastating floods

here, early September, are still homeless, as their
houses have either completely collapsed or are
partially damaged. Others are busy cleaning up
the muck and fumigating their houses.
The deluge that first submerged various areas
in south Kashmir on September 3 and 4 went on
to devastate Srinagar on September 7. Continuous
rains for several days led to surging of waters of
river Jhelum that breached its embankments all
along its path to submerge various parts of the
Valley.
The water level in the river, during the recent
floods, broke all records crossing 33 feet at
Sangam in Anantnag and 23 feet at Ram Munshi
Bagh, submerging localities on both sides of the
river. River Jhelum originates from Verinag in
south Kashmirs Anantnag district and spans over
175 sq. kms from south to north Kashmir. The
river after passing though Srinagar and Baramulla
Houses inundated in flood waters in Barabarshah in Srinagar
enters Pakistan administered Kashmir.
Describing the recent floods as disaster of during the floods that hit the Kashmir Valley on September 7.
international magnitude Chief Secretary
Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, addressing media
here, September 29, said, Never before has such
a disaster struck Jammu and Kashmir. Loss to
properties and businesses were in excess of
100,000 crore (one trillion) rupees, he said,
adding, it is a classical case of urban flood that
will be studied world over.
The state government has estimated damage
to the housing sector to the tune of 30000 crore
rupees. The loss suffered by business and public
sectors at 70000 crore rupees, it was informed
the Chief Secretary. These are all preliminary
assessments and we are working on it, he said.
Kashmir Center for Social and Development
Studies, a civil society group, has put the damage
caused to public and private properties at over
one trillion rupees.
A preliminary survey by the government says
that the flood damaged over 3.50 lakh structures,
including 2.50 lakh residential houses and affect- Boats plying on the roads, instead of the vehicles, on Saidakadal road in Srinagar during the
ed 12 lakh families in 5,500 flood-hit villages recent floods in Kashmir Valley. The road leads to National Institute of Technology, University
of Kashmir and the famous Hazratbal shrine.
across the state. Weve requested for 5 lakh
rupees assistance to families whose houses have
been completely damaged and 2 lakh rupees in
cases of partially-damaged houses, said the
Chief Secretary.
We are still not able to analyze what happened during the intervening night of September 6
&7. Columns of water came into the Jhelum which
breached its embankments and then surrounded
the city from the back and right side, said Pawan
Kotwal Commissioner/Secretary, Flood Control
department, addressing the media along with the
Chief Secretary.
The government, he added, has sought assistance from NDRF and experts from New Delhi to
analyze what actually happened and satellite
images would also be used to analyze it. He further stated that there were evidence of sudden
cloudbursts around Kounsernag, Vaishaw and
other nallahs in south Kashmir that led to the drastic rise of water in Jhelum.
The September 7 flood broke a 112-year-old
record and the discharge in Jhelum and its tributaries was recorded at 1.4 lakh cusecs in 1902, A scene of rising water level in river Jhelum in Srinagar, a day before
said Kotwal, adding, This time the discharge was
the devastating floods hit the Valley on September 7.
1.20 lakh cusecs, which is double the capacity
(50000 cusecs) of the Jhelum and its tributaries. This has never
A dedicated and thorough professional, Sidiqs body was
happened nor is the flood of this magnitude ever recorded in the
found near Fire and Emergency Services headquarters, just adjastate.
The floods were man-made, as much as they were a natural Srinagar-based senior photojournalist, Shafat Sidiq passed away cent to the High Court here, with cameras hanging by his neck.
The media fraternity here has expressed resentment against
calamity, said a statement issued by Jammu and Kashmir during the recent floods in Srinagar, while performing his profesthe
government
for failing to reach out to the bereaved family and
sional
duties.
Sidiq,
associated
with
national
Hindi
newspaper,
Coalition of Civil Society, a local human right group here,
September 29. Complete failure of the state machinery in disas- Dainik Jagran, reportedly slipped to his death in the flood waters provide them any kind of immediate help. A condolence meeting
ter preparedness, management and response has exacerbated near the High Court Complex here on September 7. He is survived was held here at the Press Enclave, September 30 and those
by his aged parents, wife and 2-year-old son. Sidiq was the sole present prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul. (Afsana
human, economic and infrastructural costs of disaster.
Rashid)
After failing in its duties of flood control, effective evacuation bread earner of his family.

Journalist died on duty

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N I L O FA R S U H R AWA R D Y

Maharashtra
Politics & Muslims
It is yet too early to say whether communal
card is not likely to be used again in
Maharashtra politics. Definitely, a lot more
is at stake in Maharashtra assembly elections than just the impact of Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modis political campaign. Each of the five key parties in the fray
is hopeful of benefiting from its political
gamble. What is perhaps most intriguing is
the manner in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its former
ally, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) seem
to have almost reversed the political strategy that they earlier
depended for long. The symbolic change in these parties
strategy is marked by their granting tickets to Muslim candidates. This partly displays their attempt to turn their back
towards the communal card they have tried using earlier in
Maharashtra.
Besides, it is possible that electoral shocks received by
BJP in the recent assembly bypolls have forced it to change its
strategy, that is to abandon the communal card at least for
now. In the very states, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat,
BJP had swept in parliamentary elections only last May, it now
lost 13 of the 23 assembly seats held by it. Major electoral
blows received by BJP also proved that the Modi-wave cannot
be always relied upon by this party, particularly in assembly
elections. The same point was proved earlier by BJPs poor
performance in assembly bypolls held earlier in Bihar,

Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Not surprisingly, analysts had begun deliberating on whether Modi-magic
was fading.
Politically, it is intriguing that former allies have chosen to
part ways and contest Maharashtra assembly elections separately. Having failed to reach an agreement on seat sharing,
BJP and Shiv Sena are fighting separately. This also suggests
that Shiv Sena is more confident about its own political hold in
Maharashtra than of Modi-waves impact. It is for the first
time since 1989 that BJP and Shiv Sena are fighting
Maharashtra assembly elections separately. Allied earlier,
Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) too have split
to contest these polls separately. The fifth key party in the fray
is MNS.
Each party apparently is counting on its success in rival
parties creating a dent in each others vote banks. For
instance, Congress is hopeful of gaining on division in vote
banks caused by BJP, Shiv Sena and MNS fighting separately.
Similarly, BJP and Shiv Sena hope to gain by splitting of votes
earlier held by the alliance of Congress and NCP.
Without doubt, Modi has started dominating Indian mediawaves again. This is marked by notable coverage given by
Indian media to his US visit, which was barely noticed by
American media itself. Modi followed this by picking up the
broom stick, marking Mahatma Gandhis birth anniversary
(Oct 2), as a part of his Clean India mission. Backed by
news favouring him, Modi began aggressive campaigning
for assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana.
The vote bank in Maharashtra which is expected to see
considerable division is that of Muslims, who form around
13.4 per cent of the states population. Forty-five Muslim candidates constitute 3.3 per cent of the total candidates fielded.
For 288-member Maharashtra assembly, the total number of
candidates fielded by five major parties is 1,356. In 2009, the

Can US Motivate Modi?

KALEEM KAWAJA
The visit of a Prime Minister of India to the United
States on the invitation of the US President is a significant event for the people of India. It raises hopes that
with help from US things will change for the better for
the billion-plus Indians. India has been a burgeoning
democracy since it became a free and sovereign nation
67 years ago in 1947. Twenty-three years ago in 1991
India began a tryst with the western style system of
free enterprise and global economy.
Gradually, the countrys economy started improving. With many multinational companies setting up
shop in India, the middleclass, that was rather limited
earlier, expanded. That brought hope to the lower economic classes that soon the new system may filter
down to them too. Also the nation felt that with the
lessening of economic hardships, sectarian tensions
and violence that had grown on the fault lines of religion
and ethnicities may lessen.
However, despite visible economic growth in the
first two decades of the transition, in the last few years
the economy took a downturn with high corruption and
significant increases in prices of daily use commodities. At the same time some aberrations in the countrys polity increased significantly. For instance, infusion into the political system of criminals and politicians who polarize the population along the fault lines
of religion and caste.
In this turbulent atmosphere in the recent election,
Mr. Narendra Modi, the leader of the Hindu nationalist
BJP party, who has a tarnished human rights record as
Gujarat chief minister, tapped the economic frustrations
of the common Indians with a polarizing campaign that
castigated the nations secular structure and secular
political parties as being responsible for the economic
and social ills. They also made alliances with several
big industrialists who financed their massive and
expensive election campaign. That campaign is reported to have cost about $2 billion in a nation where
32.7% of the population lives below poverty line, which
is defined as an income of $1.25 per day per head.
As Mr. Modis BJP party won majority in the Indian
parliament, even though they won only 31 percent of
the popular vote, and he became the Prime Minister,
one hoped that having acquired the highest political
office, he and his colleagues may move away from the
divisive tactics to provide good governance, much
needed economic uplift and to remove sectarian tensions.
However, full 100 days after Mr. Modis party
formed government, most of his senior campaign leaders including Amit Shah, the president of his BJP party
and others, are continuing on the same divisive path
with impunity.
Recently Prime Minister Modi has talked a few
times about bringing everyone together, but those
words carry little meaning as he has declined to walkthe-talk and take action to prevent his followers from
spreading sectarian tension and division.
On the economic front, the woes of the common
people are continuing unabated. For instance, the Modi
administration has increased by 14 percent the price of
tickets to travel on Indias extensive railway system the primary mode of long-distance travel by most
Indians. Modi administration is set to double the price
of natural gas produced indigenously by big industrial

corporations from the existing $4.2 per MMBTU by

October 2014. This gas is used very widely by common people to cook their food, for the production of
fertilizers for agricultural production and for road transport.
As the Obama administration and the US government start building connections with the new Indian
government headed by Mr. Modi, the obvious expectation is that US multinational corporations may help
Indias economy come out of its depressed state by
making significant new investments and by expanding
their current investments in India.
However, another significant expectation of a
majority of Indians is that the Obama administration
may also emphasize to Mr. Modi and other senior leaders in his BJP administration, that they take effective
steps to remove ills like attempts to undo Indias ageold composite and secular culture, encouragement of a
divisive and sectarian political culture, loss of human
rights of minorities and low caste Hindus, authoritarian
muscle politics, corruption and rampant, harmful prorich policies.
The measure of the welfare of India lies not in how
many Indians are millionaires or how many are living in
five-star luxury, but in what progress has been made in
eschewing divisive politics, eradicating sectarian tensions and uplifting the one-third population that lives
below the poverty line.
President Obama who has often spoken passionately for the human rights of minorities, and who has
often thrilled us by talking about his vision of an equitable and just society, has the opportunity to do much
good by using his leverage to motivate Mr. Modi to
break away from the past divisive, sectarian and prorich politics, and take effective steps to curb those in
his party and alliance who are creating much sectarian


tension and disturbances.

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candidates fielded were 705, 19 of whom were Muslims.

Compared to rival parties, maximum Muslim candidates - 19
have been fielded by Congress. In 2009, in alliance with NCP,
Congress had contested on 170 seats and had given tickets to
12 Muslims. During the same year, NCP had fielded four
Muslims from the 113 seats it had contested in alliance with
Congress. In the present election scenario, NCP has given
tickets to 16 Muslims.
There is nothing surprising about the increase in the number of Muslim candidates fielded by Congress and NCP. The
same opinion cannot be held about similar attempts made by
rival parties. Compared to one Muslim candidate fielded by
BJP in 2009, it has given tickets to two Muslims this time.
Shiv Sena fielded one Muslim in 2009 and has fielded only one
again. This time, MNS has fielded seven Muslim candidates,
compared to one in 2009 assembly polls.
Of candidates battling from Malegaon constituency, 17 are
Muslims. The only non-Muslim candidate Rajesh Mangu More
has been fielded by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). In 2009, Mufti
Ismail Abdul Khaliq won elections as a Jan Surajya Shakti
party candidate. This time, he has been fielded from here by
NCP.
The outgoing Maharashtra assembly has 11 Muslim members, five from Congress, three-Samajwadi Party (SP), twoNCP and one from Jan Surajya Shakti party. In 2009 elections,
these Muslim legislators defeated BJP and Shiv Sena at six
constituencies, Congress at two, Independent candidates at
two and MNS at one.
The current political scenario in Maharashtra, marked by
increase in number of Muslim candidates fielded by rival parties conveys one message strongly. Even the most extremist
communal parties have tacitly accepted that to hold power in
the state assembly, they have no option but to try and reach
out to the Muslim voters and power seekers!

Persian mystic Sanais religious denomination

A millennium ago, a Muslim bigot asked the great Persian mystic Sanai (1080-1141 CE):
Master, which denomination (firqa in Arabic) do you belong to? Sanai said, My faith
goes beyond denominations/At times, it even exceeds all faiths/My faith is mankind and
my respect for every creature of the Great God is the only religion I follow/Be happy in
your demarcations and divisions/ Never ask a mystic the label of his faith... With these
words, the great mystic again went into his slumberous union with God.
Its time, we fathomed the import and purport of all the mystics words. Allama Iqbal put it
so succinctly, Mujhse woh poochhte hain mera firqa/Tamaam firqe simat aaye hain mere
dil ke mazhab mein (They ask me the (religious) sect I belong to/ They dont know that
all sects are dissolved into the religion of my heart). When can we all be able to think alike
to be really exalted human beings?

Modis Operation Clean Sweep

Therere no takers of tokenism among people who apply their brains, trenchantly stated
the US President Woodrow Wilson. Modis Operation Clean Sweep on Oct. 2 was one
such act of tokenism that evokes smirks from those whove brains. Some senior BJP government cabinet ministers wielded brooms in the presence of the media just to show their
commitment to swacchhata abhiyaan (Cleanliness Mission). Can this help clean the
Augean seas of squalor? In the past, some ministers would go to parliament on bicycles,
but just for a day. After that theyd avail swanky governmental cars at taxpayers money.
People arent so gullible as to believe in these gimmicks that are more fleeting in nature
than the dewdrops on the blades of grass.

Hero(ine)-worship
All languages were developed by men. Otherwise why didnt men create a term heroineworship just like hero worship? Didnt they (men) see a former CM of Tamil Nadus mindbenumbing popularity? This utterly corrupt woman should have been behind the bars
years ago. Her disproportionate wealth (you know, she has a house in Madras, comprising 60 rooms!) is the outcome of her arrant knavery. Yet, people of Tamil Nadu genuflect
before Jaya. Many followers of this corrupt lady committed suicide as if life hinges on her.
This is really bizarre. South Indians, especially Tamilins, are considered to be level-headed and educated. But seeing this kind of grovelling submission by her followers and ministers, one thinks twice before calling Tamils to be really sane and sensible. Arent these
blockheads aware of Jaylalitas extravagant ways? Shes even streets ahead of Imelda
Marcos and Mary Antionette in their indifferent opulence. May Jaylalita remain in the
hoosegow till she meet her Maker.

An Open Letter to the PM

Stop the Dilution of MGNREGA

Dear Prime Minister,
We are very disturbed by impending moves of this government to
undermine the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA) and the support it provides to crores of vulnerable
rural families. We write this letter to seek your immediate assurance
that these retrograde, anti-poor and anti-labour measures will be withdrawn, and that every attempt will be made by your government to
implement the MGNREGA in its true spirit.
Based on recent public statements from Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union
Minister of Rural Development, and other available information, we
learn that the Central Government has initiated the following changes
under MGNREGA:
* Restriction of NREGA to tribal/backward districts of the country
through an amendment to the Act.
* Reduction of the minimum labour-material ratio from the current level
of 60:40 to 51:49.
* Severely restricting the MGNREGA through a budget squeeze. There
have been unprecedented communications by the Central Government
to states capping MGNREGA expenditure for the rest of the financial
year, undermining the fundamental principle of demand-driven employment.
These changes are inimical to the spirit of the Act and compromise its
basic objectives. They will only benefit the contractor class and other
middlemen, and severely undermine the employment generating poten-

SUMIT PAUL
sumitmaclean@hotmail.com
tial of the MGNREGA. The changes are also being undertaken without
any public consultation. The MGNREGA was passed unanimously by
all parties and all members of Parliament. We fundamentally object to
this critical social legislation being undermined through casual use of
executive powers and even a parliamentary majority.
The illegal and unwarranted budget squeeze has led to widespread
reports of employment rationing and acute delays in wage payments.
Even as MGNREGA workers are struggling to be paid for work already
done, the Central Government is sending the message that money is
going to be further rationed.
The undersigned demand that your Government immediately revoke the
above decisions and renounce any dilution of MGNREGA. We urge you
to ensure that MGNREGA employment remains a legal right of every
rural household across the country and that there is no dilution of any
MGNREGA entitlements. The MGNREGA budget should be based on
work demand, keeping with the spirit of the act, without any discretionary cuts.
Through this letter we also wish to convey our resolve to work together to protect the MGNREGA and defend the rights of MGNREGA workers.
With regards,
Aruna Roy (Member, MKSS), Jean Dreze (Visiting Professor, Ranchi
University). Annie Raja (National Federation of Indian Women), Jayati
Ghosh (Professor JNU, New Delhi), Harsh Mander (Special
Commissioner to the Supreme Court), Nikhil Dey (Member, MKSS),
Kamayani Swami (Member, JJSS), Abha Sur (MIT, Cambridge), Abey
George, Ashish Ranjan (NAPM), S. Anandalakshmy (Bala Mandir
Research Foundation, Chennai), Anand Patwardhan

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OBITUARIES

MEN&WOMEN IN NEWS
Dr MAHMOODUR RAHMAN,
a former Vice Chancellor of
AMU has been appointed
Chairman
of
Bombay
Mercantile Bank for the second time. His name as
Chairman was approved in
the meeting of Banks Board
of Directors held in Mumbai
on 29 September. It may be
stated that earlier also he
had served as Chairman of Bombay Mercantile Bank
for 8 years.
NAYAB ANSARI, chief editor of Urdu daily Hindustan,
has been unanimously
selected for being appointed as Chief Patron of
Anjuman Taraqqi-e Urdu of
Marathwada.
Messers MUMTAZ ALAM
RIZVI, research scholar in
Jamia Millia Islamias
Depart of Islamic Studies;
MUHAMMAD ARIF ISHTIAQ, advocate who did MA and M. Phil form Delhi
University; and IRFAN AYAZ, a research scholar of
Delhi Universitys Department of Arabic were conferred PhD Degrees by Jamia Millia Islamia and Delhi
University respectively.

AWARDS
Delhis literary and non-political organisations
Urdu Development Organisation and United
Muslim of India announced World Urdu Day literary awards for persons who rendered valuable
services for the promotion of Urdu. Those
selected for this award are: Dr (MAULANA) ADIDATULLAH QASMI, (Sr sub-editor of Dawat
newspaper) who is honoured with Qazi Aqeel
Abbasi World Urdu Day Award for promotion of
Urdu language. Other awardees are Dr MUHAMMAD SHAFI AIYYUBI (of JNU), SHAH NAWAZ
SIDDIQI (of Sahara Urdu daily), MATEEN
AMROHVI. The awards will be given at a function to be held on 9 November, birth anniversary
of Urdu poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal in Nepal.

NEWSMAKERS

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AADIL ASEER DEHLWI, Delhis noted Urdu

poet and author of childrens literature died of
heart attack in Delhi on 20 September at the
age of about 55 years. He leaves behind two
brothers and three sisters but no children
because his marriage had broken up long
back and he was leading a life of celibacy.
Author of about a hundred books about childrens stories, poems including Kullliyate
Aadil, Chidya Ghar ke Andar, Ballay Ballay,
Dara Shikoh ki Shaairy, Saheli boojh Paheli,
versified translations of Sheikh Saadis many
fables and essays etc. A polyglot who was
well versed in Arabic, Persian and Punjabi in
addition to Urdu Hindi and English, he was
also honoured by Urdu Academies of Delhi,
UP, Bengal and Maharashtra and also Sahitya
Academy with their awards.
CAMRADE
AFZAAL,
Samajwadi Party leader
who raised his voice and
worked for the rights of poor
and working class died of
heart attack in Saharanpur
on 21 Septemebr at the age
of 62 years. For many years in the beginning
of his political career he was associated with
Communist Party of India and worked for the
rights and benefits of proletarian i.e. working
class. That is why he is known as Comrade

FARID ALI, shooter won

2 Gold Medals and one
Silver Medal in Delhi State
Shooting Championship
presently being held in
Delhis Dr Karan Singh
Shooting Range. So far
he has won a total of
more than 15 medals
including 8 Gold Medals.
REYAZ AABDI, who is
working as assistant
manager in Tata Power
Ltds Fault Locating Cell
and rendering valuable
services for more than 5
years has been honoured by the company

Afzaal. Subsequenly he joined Mulayam

Singhs Samajwadi Party and remained associated with it till last moment and actively
worked for strengthening this party. He in fact
led his life not for benefiting his and his familys life but more for others life.
Mrs KAVITA KARKARE,
widow of late ATS chief
of Mumbai, Hemant
Karkare, died of brain
haemorrahage
in
Mumbais
Hinduja
Hospital
on
29
September at the age of
57 years. Muslims hold late Hemant Karkare
and his family in great respect because it was
he (Karkare) who, in true spirit of professionalism, exposed Hindutva terrorists who very
cleverly, with covert support of biased police
and officers in government and influential persons outside the government, exploded
bombs at various places including mosques
but the blame was always put on innocent
Muslims. Samajwadi Party leader in Mumbai,
Abu Asim Azmi has demanded an inquiry into
the circumstances that resulted in her brain
haemorrahage leading to her death. She
leaves behind one son and two daughters.
Her son, in accordance with her wishes,
donated her body organs like lever, heart,

with a Gold Medal in recognition of his honest

and valuable services. He obtained his degree
in electrical engineering from Jamia Millia
Islamia University.
Prof MALIKZADA MANZOOR AHMAD, famous
Urdu poet, was honoured with Imteyaz Ahmad
Ashrafi Awadh Ratn Award for Literature and
presented by Maulana (Dr) Sayeedur Rahman
Azmi of Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow. SHAKEEL
SIDDIQI, noted Hindi litterateur was honoured
with Malik Muhammad Jaaisi Awadh Ratn
Award for Hindi literature and presented by
Nadeem Ashraf Jaaisi. Another person, Siraj
Mehdi, was honoured with Maulana Syed
Naeem Ashraf Awadh Ratn Award for social
services and presented by Maulana Sayeedur
Rahman Azmi Nadwi. The awards were sponsored by Sangam, a literary organisation and

cornea etc for transplantation in those who

need these organs.
MAULANA BASHEER AHMAD TAEEN, senior
religious scholar from Darul Uloom Deoband
and very respectable personality of Mewat
died in Noh after a prolonged illness at the
age of more than 80 years. Since he was
highly respected by one and all, his death
spread like wild fire all over Mewat. He is survived by one son and two daughters. He was
laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard.
BASHEERAN, a woman resident of Babri who
is said to be 135 years old, died on 21
September leaving behind a large family of
daughter, grand and great grand children. She
had no son but only one daughter who is now
85 years old. Though leading an unknown life,
her death has attracted peoples attention
because of her very long age, though it is not
confirmed by any reliable source or organisation.
Justice SYED SHAH NAYYAR HUSAIN, a former judge of Patna High Court and a member
of National Green Tribunal died on cancer on 7
October in a hospital of Gurgaon at the age of
65 years. After retirement from Court he was
appointed a member of ministry of environments National Green Tribunal. He leaves
behind his wife, three sons and two daughters.
He was laid to rest in a Delh graveyard.

given at a function held at Jai Shankar Prasad
Auditorium on 17 September.
K U L S U M
SALAHUDDIN, a student of BSc (Final) in
the Womens College,
AMU has won six
medals at the Combined
Annual Training Camp
2014 of 3UP Girls Bn.
NCC held at Aligarh
Exhibition
Ground.
Kulsum has won these
medals for her outstanding performances
including one for best firer, best debater and
best anchoring. She was also awarded the
first prize in Essay Writing Competition and for


Best Singer of the Battalion.

MOLVI IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN ANSARI

A veteran politician and noted
Later, he joined back National
Islamic scholar, MOLVI IFTIKHAR
Conference and in 2004 he
HUSSAIN ANSARI, 72, passed
resigned from the Assembly and
away, September 30, after projoined Peoples Democratic Party
longed illness.
(PDP). Currently, he was PDPs
As the news about his death
senior vice-president and legislaspread, mourners from various
tor representing Pattan constituenparts of the Valley, rushed to his
cy in Baramulla district. During his
residence in Qamarwari, from
political carreer, tenure he had
where the funeral procession proseveral times served as Member
ceeded towards Imam Bara
Legislative Assembly, Member
Zadibal where his Nimaz-eLegislative Council and has been
Jinazah (funeral prayers) was led
cabinet minister twice.
by Sheikh Muhammad Hussan
Ansari was also a business
Zakiri. During floods, Ansari was
tycoon with interests in car dealertemporarily shifted from deluged
ships. He was thrice the target of
Qamarwari to his daughters resiunsuccessful
assassination
dence at Alamgiri Bazar.
attempts.
Born in 1942, Ansari got his
His death was widely coninitial schooling from M P School.
doled and termed as a great loss
He later went to to Sultanul
for the state. Expressing sorrow at
Madaris Lucknow for further
his demise, Iranian ambassador in
studies from where he obtained Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
India, Ghulam Raza Ansari, in a
degrees in Arabic and Persian. He
condolence message, said, "I
subsequently went to Najaf-e-Ashraf Iraq for studies in express condolences on behalf of the Embassy of the
Islamic Fiqh, where he was educated under the guidance of Islamic Republic of Iran in India over the death of this great
famous scholars Aqa-e-Shahrudi, Aqa-e-Raza Gul Paygani Islamic scholar and pray to the Almighty to grant him high
and Ayatullah Aka-e-Mohsin Hakim. Ansari had hold on five stations in the hereafter and patience and reward to his surlanguages; English, Kashmir, Persian, Arabic and Urdu.
vivors, particularly his brothers, wife and children."
HIs debut in politics was when his father, Moulana
Both Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Omar
Jawad Ansari, a prominent Shia leader, died in 1957. He Abdullah, in their respective condolence messages
succeeded his father as president of All Jammu and expressed grief and sadness over the demise and prayed for
Kashmir Shia Association in 1962, a position he held for life. peace to the departed soul. Opposition PDP patron, Mufti
His son, Moulana Imran Raza Ansari, is likely to succeed Mohammad Sayeed and president, Mehbooba Mufti, in a
him.
statement here, termed his death as a great loss to society.
Ansari formally joined politics in 1969 and was associLeader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and former Chief
ated with Congress in early 70s. After the 1975 Kashmir Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad, in his
accord, he resigned from the party and fought as an inde- condolence message, said that the deceased leader all
pendent candidate against Begum Abdullah in 1976. A year through his political career served people of the state with
later, he joined Janta Party and the same year he unsuc- fervor and commitment and his contributions would be
cessfully contested from north Kashmirs Pattan Assembly remembered for times to come. Hurriyat (M) chairman,
constituency.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq too expressed grief. (Afsana Rashid,
In 1983, Ansari again contested on a Congress ticket. Srinagar)

SYED ASADULLAH
Syed Asadullah, son of late Syed
Ahmadullah was well known in his area of
Mahbbobganj and Unchegaon in Faizabad,
as "BDO Sahab". A legendry educationalist
and social reformer, he dedicated his life
to the development and educational uplift
of poor children who could not afford to
go to study at far away places. He collected funds to help poor, unemployed people
of his area to start small businesses by
giving them handcarts, cattle, sewing
machines etc. He did his MA in English
and joined an Inter-college in Tanda
(Ambedkar Nagar) as principal around
1954. He was later selected as block
development officer and served in various
government posts till 1990. He retired on 30 June 1990 from Gauriganj
Sultanpur (now in Amethi district). After retirement, he stated Maulana Azad
Girls Inter College in Mahboobganj, Unchegaon. With his sole efforts, he
developed resources to make it an Inter-college. This college now has a
strength of around 1000 girls. For all poor girls he arranged free education by
sponsorships. His school results were excellent and generally 90 percent
pass with first division. His school was given status of examination centre of
U.P. Board examinations. All examinations were conducted very successfully
without any complaint. The school has well equipped faculty and building
infrastructure, library, practical room, play ground, lecture rooms and dedicated teachers. This year there is a proposal to get approval for intermediate science/ITI courses. All formalities have been completed for this purpose.
He was born on 31 July 1932 and was educated in Tanda and Lucknow.
He took his last breath on 14 January 2014 after a brief illness. He is survived
by a well settled family - wife Hameeda Begum, son Naimullah (bank manager), Dr Abdus Salam, a well-known orthopaedic surgeon, daughter Rafat, wife
of SM Ahmad, retired deputy commissioner Food and Civil Supplies, brothers
Syed Amanullah (retired chief technician IIT, Banaras Hindu University), Syed
Irfanullah (contractor), Syed Rahmatullah (retired chief engineer), Syed
Sibgatullah (teacher).
His warmth and love will always be missed. He was like a towering tree,
the very root of the lives of the people of his area.
His family has vowed to fulfil his dreams. Mr Rahmatullah, his younger
brother, has taken the charge of the school with the same enthusiasm and


with help of family members and relatives.

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This is How Our Most Secular Institution Treated a Muslim Subedar

Despite pending petition,
Subedar's family evicted from Military
quarter. Military Police took out household
possessions and loaded them on a vehicle.
Shahnaz roams around with her possessions until late night
New Delhi: Military Police on 8 October forcefully evicted the family of Subedar Maulvi Ishrat Ali of Rajputana Rifles in his absence
from their quarter in Delhi cantonment.
Subedar Ishrat Ali had been issued a notice of disobedience
for refusing to chant "Jai Shri Ram" and "Jai Mata di" instead of
the traditional greeting of "Jai Hind" and had filed a petition in the
High Court against the orders to evacuate his quarter immediately.
Military Police did not allow Delhi Police to enter the house
that Maulvi Subedar Ishrat Ali's wife Shehnaz Bano had called by
dialling 100. She told Rashtriya Sahara, "Today in the afternoon at
about 12.30 some 35-40 personnel of military police, including
women police officers, entered my house. They pushed and
forced me and my daughters out. Then they started throwing out
the household possessions, much of which has been damaged in
the process."
According to Shahnaz Bano, when she called the police, military police did not let the Delhi police in. "After this, military police
called a tempo and loaded our possessions on it saying, 'Go wherever you want to go.'"

Military Police evicting family of Subedar Ali

"My husband is away in Bikaner and my son is not at home.
Where will I go with my possessions? Give me at least one week
I told them but they did not budge and got us ejected," she said
adding "No one in the 3 Raj Rif Centre helped us. Hungry and
thirsty for hours we stood there but no one even offered us a glass
of water."
She said, "With no option available to us, after a long wait we

Last of the Freedom Fighters

In 1948, Capt. Abbas Ali joined Socialist
Party led by Acharya Narendra Deva, Jai
Prakash Narayan and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia
and remained associated with the Socialist
Party till its merger with the Janata Party in
1977. He was General Secretary of the Uttar
Pradesh Unit of Socialist Party in 1967 and
1974 and member
of
its
Parliamentar y
board.
In 1967, he
played a key role
in the formation
of the first
Samyukta
Vidhayak
Dal
(SVD) government led by former
Prime
Minister,
late
Chaudhr y
Charan Singh in
Uttar Pradesh. In
1977,
when
Janata
Party
came
into
power, he was
appointed as the
first President of
Uttar Pradesh
Unit of Janata
Party.
In 1978, he
was elected to
UP Legislative
Council for six
years. He had been a member of UP Sunni
Central Waqf Board for six years.
Abbas Ali is survived by his son, noted
journalist Qurban Ali and two daughters. He
was laid to rest late same evening at Qila


Road graveyard in Aligarh.

(Translated from Rashtriya Sahara Urdu daily, Delhi, 9 October 2014

by urdumediamonitor.com)

Mahbubul Hoque receives EDUCLUSION Award

Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of the University of
Science and Technology, Meghalaya and Chairman
of ERD Foundation, received the EDUCLUSION
Award bestowed by Engineering Watch, Indias
most prestigious community of Engineering Stake
holders on 15th September 2014 on the occasion
of Engineers Day. The award was conferred in the
Reengineering India Summit 2014 held in the Grand
Ball Room of Furama City Centre, Singapore. The
beautiful citation in a golden frame was handed over
to Mr. Hoque by Prof. Thomas L Magnanti, President
(Vice Chancellor) of Singapore University of
Technology & Design in presence of Smt. Vijay
Thakur Singh, High Commissioner of India to
Singapore; Prof. K Lal Kishore, Vice Chancellor of
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and Prof
RL Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh
Technical University along with other invited dignitaries of both India and Singapore.
Mahbubul Hoque was selected for the award in
recognition of his yeomen services rendered in furthering the myriad aspects of technical education in
North East India and for displaying extraordinary initiative in expanding the private institutional space for

higher technical education thereby setting up example for others to emulate.

During this visit to Singapore, Mr. Hoque visited
the National University of Singapore and interacted
with its top officials about the educational system of
Singapore. They also discussed student exchange
programmes. Representatives of different universities of Singapore assured him that they will visit
USTM within a short period of time. Mr. Hoque is
hopeful that once proper presentation is made, the
Institutions in North East India will definitely attract
students from South East Asian countries, especially for its geographical location and in the backdrop


of Indias look East policy.

VP Confers Lifetime Achievement Award

on Saiyid Hamid

Yusuf/MG

Aligarh: Freedom fighter and Indian

National Army war veteran, Captain Abbas
Ali, 92, died here of cardiac arrest on 11
October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College of Aligarh Muslim University.
Capt. Abbas Ali was born on 3 January,
1922 in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.
From his early
days, he was
inspired by the
revolutionar y
ideas
of
Shaheed-eAzam Bhagat
Singh.
While
pursuing
his
studies in AMU,
he came in contact with the
great communist leader of his
time
Kunwar
Muhammed
Ashraf. On his
inspiration, he
joined the British
Army in 1939
and was posted
in South East
Asia
during
World War II.
In
1945,
when
Netaji
S u b h a s h
Chandra Bose
called for revolt,
Abbas
Ali
deserted the British Army and joined Netaji's
Indian National Army (INA). Later he was
arrested, court marshalled and awarded
death sentence. After India gained
Independence in 1947, he was released by
the Indian Government.

came to Sagar Pur where a friend of my son lives. My possessions are still in the tempo and my son has gone in search of a
house to rent."
Shahnaz Bano further said, "We are being treated like this
because my husband refused to obey his officers and did not
chant 'Jai Mata di' and 'Jai Shri Ram' instead of 'Jai Hind'".
In the meanwhile Kapil Deo, a retired officer of Raj Rif, phoned
Rashtriya Sahara and said, "I regard Subedar Ishrat Ali as my
teacher. This behaviour of army officers with him is absolutely
wrong. No one can be forced to act against his religion like this."
Citing the example of Vice President Mohammad Hamid
Ansari, Kapil said, "He had refused to worship in a temple, which
is his right. Similarly, Maulvi Subedar Ishrat Ali cannot be forced
to chant "Jai Mata di". The slogan of "Jai Hind" was coined by
Subhash Chandra Bose and to oppose this slogan is akin to insulting Netaji."
Subedar Ishrat Ali, working as a Maulvi with Rajputana Rifles,
was transferred on 16th November 2013 to Rajputana Rifles
Bikaner. His wife Shahnaz Bano is a heart patient and is being
treated at Base Hospital Delhi cantonment. In Bikaner, there is a
military hospital but it does not have cardiology department. On
this basis, Ishrat Ali had applied to stop his transfer but his application was rejected. Later, on 24 January, 2014, he joined Bikaner
Rajputana Rifles. Immediately afterwards he was ordered to
vacate his military quarter at P-13/8, Delhi Cantonment.

New Delhi: The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari conferred "Sir Ross Masood Lifetime
Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership, Education, Community and Public Service-2014" to
Saiyid Hamid, Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard and former Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University at
a function here on 1 October.
The Vice President presented a Citation for Award and an award cheque to Shri Hamid. Speaking after
conferring the award, Hamid Ansari said that AMU Alumni Associations have been functional worldwide
and he himself launched the UAE chapter of AMU Alumini Association. He said that Saiyid Hamid has
played a very important and significant role for many decades in the field of education and it is of very
much importance that AMU Association Inc New York (AAANY) has unanimously selected him to honour.
The award has been established by AAANY with the objective of making a modest contribution by recognizing truly outstanding individuals during their lifetimes, who are selflessly dedicated their lives as leaders and educators, and in the service of the community and public at large. (Report by India Education
Bureau)

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AMU to open school for Muzaffarngr victims

ALIGARH: The Aligarh Muslim University on 27 September clarified that an amount of Rs. 51 lakh contributed by AMU for riot
victims of Muzaffarnagar is still with the University. It will be used
for constructing Sir Syed Public School in Muzaffarnagar for riot
victims. Responding to questions raised by Mr. Shahzad Alam
Burni, who was expelled from the University on disciplinary
grounds, AMU PRO, Dr. Rahat Abrar said that it is baseless to say
that the amount of Rs. 65 lakh was spent on distribution of blankets and medicines. The University has neither distributed blankets nor medicines.The proposed school is to be set up in Jawla
village, Kandhla Road, Muzaffarnagar and formalities related to
donation of land are yet to be finalized. As soon as the land donation process is complete, the foundation laying ceremony will be
held, he added. It may be added that several organisations of
AMU students, teaching and non-teaching staff have done
remarkable relief work in the Muzaffarnagar on their own.
Fake madrasahs found in Baghpat
New Delhi: Yuva Shakti Social Welfare Society, an NGO of Delhi
found in reply to a question asked under RTI that many fake
madrasas, all government aided, are being run in Baghphat and
Meerut. Members of the Yuva Shakti Social Welfare Society,
Arshad Ali Ansari and Firoz Khan, in a letter dated 14 July to
Baghpats District Minorites Welfare Officer had asked under RTI
as to how many government-aided madrasahs were being run in
the district, how many teachers were teaching in these
madrasas, who was / were looking after the management of
these madrasahs etc. In reply the District Minorities Welfare
Officer sent him a list of all such madrasahs, teachers, managing
officer / committee etc. There were 17 such madrasahs, some in
Bghpat and some in Meerut. After receiving this list from the concerned officer when the NGO members made their own inquiry, it
was found that many, or rather most of these madrasahs were
fake which do not exist at all. Some of these madrasahs are
named: Madrasah Arbia Dawatul Islam, Madrasah Islamia Arbia,
Madrasa Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Madrasah Sariul Islam and
the like. It was also found from the list that many of the administrators and managers running these madrasas are non-Muslims.
Society (NGO)s spokesmen and members Naeem Ansari
and Firoz Khan etc have demanded that this matter should be
thoroughly investigated at the earliest and government grant to
them should be stopped immediately. All those guilty persons
running fake madrasas should be booked and strong action
should be taken against them. Spokesman Naeem Ansari said
that if the governmenet does not show its seriousness in this
matter, the Society will be compelled to start protests and agitation, demonstration etc. Society members also said that there
appears to be a big conspiracy in this and hence it must be thoroughly investigated at the earliest.
SC verdict in favour of Urdu is commendable: Nariman
New Delhi: Former Additional Solicitor General, Fali Sam Nariman
said while speaking at National Minorities Commissions
Seventh Annual Lecture at Constitution Club here on 12
September that the Supreme Courts recent verdict regarding
Urdu language is the first step in providing its due right to it and
in the light of this verdict, like Hindi, Urdu also can be brought in
the category of national official language. He said that in the
Indian Constitution protection of rights of all minorities has been
guranteed which include religious minorities, linguistic minorities
and regional minorities. Fali Nariman, who is a Padma Bhushan
awardee, said that people have entrusted the countrys power
and authority to prime minister Narendra Modi-led National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) government with a big majority and
hence it is now the responsibility of Modi governemnt to provide
social, economic and educaional security to the country, particularly to the minorities.
He said that the country can make rapid progress by providing security to minorities and keeping the country free form lawlessness and disturbances. He further said that today BJP is sitting in the driving seat as a leader and hence the countrys development and progress is its prime responsibility. He said that we
live in such multifaceted country where every region has its separate language, dress, living style and worshipping manner but in
spite of al; this, people of this country strengthen the principle
and philosophy of unity in diversity. He also said that constitution of Minorities Commision is an exemplary step of Indian
democracy and it is the governemnts responsibility to strengthen and empower it to protect minority communities against the
onslaught of inflammatory and poison spewing and hate mongering speeches which need to be brought under culpable offences.
Rs. 5 crore additional grant to Tibbia College, Delhi
New Delhi: Delhis Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, at a meeting held
at Raj Niwas (LGs official residence-cum-office) on 11
September announced, among other things a special additional
grant of Rs 5 crores to Delhis Unani & Ayurvedic Tibbia College
for updating, modernization, expansion and providing of other
facilities like repair and expansion of hospital building, OPD facilities, Lab, hostel, library, kitchen, lavatory etc. Efforts will also be
made to computerise most of its activities. The LG also said that
all these plans will be completed before the year 2016, when the
college completes its 100 years and centenary celebrations are
held. It may be stated that this College was set up in 1916 where
teaching for BUMS (Bachelor in Unani Medicine and Surgery)
and BAMS (Bachelor in Ayurvedic Medicine & Surjery is imparted.
Plasma Institute to distribute textbooks free to poor students
New Delhi: Plasma Institutes Director Rizwan Khan said here

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Tibbia College Delhi faces problems

New Dehi: Unani and Ayurvedic Tibbia College of Delhi situated in
todays cosliest commercial area of central Delhi i.e. Karol Bagh
which was set up by Masihul Mulk Hakeen Ajmal Khan with great
diligence and inaugurated by Gandhiji is today facing serious
problems because of Delhi governments biased attitude, conspiracies being hatched by different NGOs and builders mafia and
efforts are being made by these elements to paralyse the college
and its hospitals administration. In addition to the scam involving medicines worth about Rs 2.5 crores, admission in graduate
courses are at a standstill. Large number of vacancies of teachers remain unfilled. Research work also is at a standstill. Separate
OTs (operation theatre) and laboratories for departments of
pathology, physiology and medicines could not be set up till date.
In the College library which has collections of thousands of rare
and priceless books, manuscripts and writings are being
destroyed due to neglect and lack of proper maintenance and
protection. Apparently, the general atmosphere in Tibbia College,
Hospital and campus appears to be calm and peaceful but conditions prevailing inside are such as if all efforts are being made
surreptitiously to destroy the working of this precious institution.
Offices of PWD, Delhi Jal Board, Reliances electricity company,
election department have been set up in the colleges campus.
An officer of the college said on condition of anonymity that
efforts were made a number of times to bring this institution
under central government but every time Delhi government tried
to block this step because it does not want it to be taken over by
the central government. No admissions are being made in any
subjects of post graduate courses and Unani under graduate
that in order to create educaional awareness in poor boy and girl
students and to induce them to acquire education this Institute
has decided to provide school books to these students free of
charge. He explained that they would obtain these books from
students of previous classes and distribute these among poor
boys and girls who, because of their inability to afford new books
cannot join schools. He said that under this plan large number of
students of previous classes in different schools have offered
their cooperation and from 5 September (Teachers Day) till date
(19 Sept) about 300 books have been collected which will be
distributed among poor students who want to join school and
acquire education.
It may be stated that Rizwan Khan belongs to a medical family of Bihars Gaya district. His late father, Dr Qamrul Hasan Khan
had done laudable work for the promotion of education in Gaya.
In particular, by setting up orphanages for orphan children he had
arranged free education, lodging and boarding for hundreds of
poor and helpless boys and girls. He is no more today but he
wanted to carry on his mission as much as possible in Bihar and
other places outside Bihar. He said that according to census
Bihar is counted among the most backward states educationally
even today after many years of Independence which is a matter
of great shame for them. Hence they decided to do their bit in this
field howsoever small it may be. He said that they have started
this campaign first of all from Gaya and after this it will be spread
and promoted to all parts of Bihar. He said that if they help in
reducing illiteracy even by one percent it will be a matter of pride.
He said that their boy and girl students are cooperating with them
on a large scale in this campaign and in addition to students,
educated people, lawyers, engineers, journalists form this
Institute and teachers from other colleges and institutes also are
cooperating with them. He said that now students of 9th to 12th
classes can obtain syllabus books from us free of charge.
Courts verdict in favour of Urdu translators
Miranur After 16 long years of legal battle UP High Court pronounced its verdict in favour of Urdu translators, this verdict has
benefited thousands of Urdu translators regarding their transfer.
It may be clarified that during the previous Samajwadi party governemnt in UP, 5061 Urdu translators were appointed by the state
government in 1995 who were posted in regional offices, districts, Tahsils, blocks and thanas. In 1997 a policy was framed in
respect of transfer of police personnel as well as Urdu translators. In that year itself i.e. in 1997 police headquarters in
Allahabad had made transfer policy compulsory for all police personnel as well as Urdu translators. Against this order which had
made transfers compulsory, Urdu translators led by Turabuddin,
Ausaf Ansari, Waaris Ali etc had filed an appeal in Allahabad High
Court in which it was demanded that the transfer policy applicable to police personnel sould not be applicable to Urdu translators. When this petiton was taken up for hearing on 9/12/2013
Justice G. Agarwal had reserved his verdict on this petition of
translators. This was again taken up for hearing on 17.09.14 by
the High Court when it ruled that the policy (of transfer) of 1997
framed by (state) government was ultra vires for which it chastised the state government and imposed a fine of Rs 10 thousand. It also imposed a fine of Rs 10 thousand on police. It clearly stated in its verdict that the Allahabad Police HQs circular of
28.07.1997 does not apply to Urdu translators. The court also
made it clear that Police Headquarters has no right or authority
to frame any law or a policy for Urdu translators about whom
only the state government has the right or power to lay down any
policy. Urdu Translators Association as well as Urdu lovers welcomed this verdict of the High Court.
It is otherwise also beyond comprehension how the police
department or headquarters is concerned with the appointment
or transfer of Urdu translators in general, unless its order is
regarding Urdu translators posted in police departments only.

course on the pretext of shortage of teaching staff.

It is said that of the 39 vacant posts of Tibbia College Hospital,
10 posts have been filled up on regular basis and some other posts
have been filled up on 11 months contract basis but even then 14
posts are still lying vacant in which most of the departments have not
even a single faculty. Well wishers of the college and hospital have
filed a petition in the High Court against Reliance electric companys
occupation of its campus which is pending for hearing. According to
some sources, of the total area of 39 acres of (Tibbia) College and
Hospital, about 20 acres are under illegal occupation. Jameel Hostel
within the college-cum-hospital complex was demolished some time
back on the pretext of having become old. Plan to rebuild it or another hostel in its place is going on for many years but still this plan is
not finalised. When the correspondent of an Urdu daily tried to talk to
a number of college lecturers and staff about the critical situation of
the College-Hospital, no one wanted to talk about it on some pretext
or the other. Some one suggested that Nodal Officer of this institution, Prof Idrees may be contacted about it but he was not available.
When an effort was made to talk to College Principal Mr Sejuria, his
secretary went into his room but came back and told him that he
(Principal) is very busy and cannot meet. When an effort was made
to contact him on mobile and the question about the condition of this
institution was put to him, without saying any thing he disconnected
it.
Foundation stone of this College in Karol Bagh was laid by
Lord Harding (the then Viceroy) on 29 March 1916 and, as stated above, inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and nurtured by
Hekeem Ajmal Khan. (N. A. Ansari)
This news item is also confusing because it does not indicate if
the appointment of 5061 Urdu translators was for the entire state
service or for police department only.
Progress of Turkish in India a pointer to its better future
New Delhi: A delegation of teachers from Turkey who visited India
recently also visited Jamia Millia Islamia Universitys Department
of Turkish Language. Addressing the students of Turkish language the guest speakers said that the most important means of
distributing and promoting love in the world is language and if
Turkish language is also made a part of this, it becomes all the
more attractive and sweet. Our first priority should be spreading
and promoting love because the world is greatly lacking in love
and with mutual love and brotherhood an atmosphere of prosperity can be maintained. One of the delegates, Faateh Chehaat said
while speaking on this occasion that people knowing Turkish language are working in Indian cities like Chennai, Bangalore,
Mumbai, Hyderabad and many other cities and people in large
number are desirous of learning this language. Special departments of Turkish language have also been set up in many universities of India. This will surely promote and strengthen relations
between the two countries. Another speaker Shahwaz Shaheen
said that relations between India nad Turkey are very old and the
growing keenness of Indian students to learn this language is
indicative of future. He said that he is very happy to see the interest and keenness of students to learn this language and their love
towards Turkey. He said that learning a language is a symbol of
civilization and politeness.
Dr Moshin Ali, teacher of Turkish and Head of the Department
of Turkish Languge in Jamia Millia said while speaking on this
occasion that we had been trying for many years for promotion
of Turkish language in India. Today, after hearing about the the
progress of Turkish language in India from the speakers and
experts of this language and their satisfaction about the progress
of this language in India we are extremely happy. Jamia students
of Turkish language Aftab Alam, Hasaan Nazar Hasan Sahaf,
Nishant Kaushik etc also expressed their views and feelings in
Turkish language at which Turkish delegation memers and
experts expressed their great surprise and pleasure and congratulated them. Studetns of the Turkish Department presented on
this occasion different and colourful cultural programmes, songs
etc which were very much enjoyed by the audience.
Minorities panel takes up boys brutal killing in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Minorities Commission on 9
October registered a case in connection with a 11-year-old boy
being burnt to death by army men here. Taking suo moto cognizance of the killing of the boy in army garrison in Mehdipatnam,
the commission registered a case and sought a detailed report
from police on the incident and the action taken. It also sought a
report from Hyderabad district collector. The matter will next be
heard on Oct 20, said a statement by commission chairman Abid
Rasool Khan.

Sheikh Mustafuddin was found in a critical condition near the

garrison gate on 8 October. The boy, a resident of Siddiq Nagar
adjacent the military area, told a magistrate in his dying declaration that army men poured kerosene on him and set him ablaze.
He succumbed to his injuries in a hospital Thursday morning.
The army authorities have denied involvement of any army
man in the incident and said they will cooperate fully with police
in the investigations.
The commission has urged the governor and the chief minister of Telangana to sanction Rs.20 lakhs as an ex-gratia to the
family of the deceased boy and allot a house so that the family
can shift away from the present colony.
It has also recommended a highest level inquiry by appointing special team to nab the culprits and setting up of fast track
court for trying the accused. (ucanindia.in)

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Panel submits review on Sachar panel report
New Delhi: A committee examining the implementation of the recommendations made by the Sachar Committee, set up by the
erstwhile UPA government to look into the socio-economic status of Muslims, submitted its report to the minority affairs ministry here on 9 October. The seven-member review committee,
headed by Amitabh Kundu of the Jawaharlal Nehru University,
submitted its report to Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah,
an official release said here.
As per the mandate of the committee, it evaluated and
assessed the implementation of the recommendations of the
Rajinder Sachar Committee and made suggestions for obtaining
better outcomes, the release said. Heptulla promised to implement the recommendations after studying the report as early as
possible. The government constituted the committee under the
chairmanship of Kundu and including seven other eminent social
scientists in September 2013, with the mandate to evaluate the
process of implementation of the Sachar Committee report and
the prime ministers new 15-point programme.
Ex-judge, who had to leave home during 02 riots, dies
Ahmedabad: Justice (retired) M H Kadri of the Gujarat High Court
passed away here early on 5 October at his residence in
Navrangpura. He was 72 and is survived by his wife and two
daughters. Kadri suffered a massive cardiac arrest past midnight,
sources said. On Februrary 28, 2002, when the post-Godhra riots
broke out in the city, Kadri, then a sitting judge of the Gujarat High
Court, was asked by the then Chief Justice D Dharmadhikari to
shift out of his official residence near Gujarat College after his
colleague Justice Akbar Divechas house was attacked.
Indian Muslims should integrate, not assimilate: AMU VC
Hyderabad: Indian Muslims should integrate but not assimilate.
They should contribute in nation building, national security and
economy, but conserve Islamic traditions, culture and ethos,
feels Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Lieutenant
General Zameer Uddin Shah (retd). The former Indian Army
deputy chief believes that it is only through modern scientific
education that the Muslim community can overcome the challenges it faces.
If we are educated nobody can afford to ignore us. Look at
the Sikh community. They are three percent of the population but
they are all over basically because they gave stress to education
and nobody could ignore them. In the same way if Muslims, who
are 15 percent of the population, get educated and get ready to
face the future nobody can keep us behind, Shah told IANS in an
interview.
If government gives us reservation okay but we should not
try too hard. What we should try is equal opportunity. We should
try for government help in founding minority institutions, added
Shah, the elder brother of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah.
Shah, who began his education in a Madarsa, joined the
Indian Army when he was just fifteen-and-half, rose to the third
highest position in the force and since 2012 heads Aligarh
Muslim University (AMU), the highest school of modern learning
for Muslims.
My vision is that if we want to strengthen our community,
we have to contribute towards security of our country. If our boys
can join the armed forces so much the better. They will not only
get security for themselves, they will get well paid job, they will

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AMU offers to clean the Ganga

Hyderabad: Aligarh Muslim Universitys Vice Chancellor Lt Gen
(Retd) Zamiruddin Shah while speaking here at a function sponsored by Indo-Arab League, Hyderabad on 20 September offered
his universitys (AMUs) services to the central government for
cleaning the Ganga. He said that inflow of polluted water and
effluents in to the Ganga cannot be prevented but it can be freed
of pollution and its water made reusable. Zamiruddin Shah who
had become the first Muslim Deputy Chief of the Indian Army and
who has been honoured with almost all top army awards, said
that AMU has achieved success in the project of making used
and dirty water reusable and that the next world war (if at all it
takes place) will be for water. Hence the best way to tackle the
problem of shortage of water is to make used or waste water
reusable. He said that he has sent a proposal to the prime minister to assign to AMU the responsibility of cleaning the river
Ganga. He also said that the technology of future will be Nano
technology and AMU has achieved extraordinary success in
Nano technology, adding that with the help of this (Nano) technology fruits and vegetables can be kept fresh for a long time
without refrigeration. He said that under an experiment conducted by his universitys Nano Technology Department, 100 kgs of
mangoes were kept fresh for 3 months without refrigeration. He
said that a green revolution is possible through Nano technology
and AMU will be the pioneer and harbinger of green revolution.
He expressed the hope and determination that by 2020 AMU
will be among the top 200 universities of the world, adding that
Times, London in its survey has given AMU the rank of third university of India. He said that AMU was the vision of Sir Sayyad
and he wanted to equip Muslims with modern education and at
the same time protect Islamic civilization. This was his objective
and today also efforts are being made to to make his dream
come true. He said that though this universitys minority characters has been affected, its Islamic character is intact; majority of

students studying here are Muslims.

He said that his aim is to make this University a brand.
Students of this University are not any less than others in any
department whatsoever. The only thing needed is to make them
come out of their inferiority complex. For this, educational standard has to be raise and mastery or at least fluency in English
achieved. About his own education he said that his early education had started from a Madrasah in Sirhind. He said that religious madrasas are a necessity of this country where students
character is built and moral activities are promoted. Hence those
who raise accusing fingers at madrasas are wrong.
He said that students of religious madrasas, particularly
hafizs are extraordinarily intelligent who are capable of competing against other students in any field of life. Hence AMU has
opened its doors for students of madrasahs and a Bridge Course
has been introduced for them through which they can acquire
modern education and can become self dependent. About himself he said that he held high posts in the army and faced enemies at the front for the sake of the motherland and was honoured with awards. During his long career in the army he was
neither ever discriminated against nor felt any kind of bias. He
said that discrimination and bias is observed against ignorance
and incompetence only. Ability and competence is respected and
preferred every where and by all.
He also praised Hyderabads educational institutions which
are rendering extraordinary services. Capt Aziz Baig introduced
Lt Gen (Retd) Zamirudidn Shah to the distinguished personalities
among whom were Narasimha Reddy, Telanganas home minister (who was the chief guest), MANUU-VC Mohammad Mian,
Siyasats editor Zahid Ali Khan, Prof Faizan Mustafa, VC of NALSAR University of Law, Supreme Courts Justice Shah
Muhammad Qadiri, former Justice Ghulam Muhammad and
many serving and retired IAS and IPS officers etc. (N. A. Ansari)

get security for entire community, said Shah, who was here for
a series of academic events.
Shah, admitted that he did not know a single English word
when he joined the St. Joseps College (school) in Nainital, has
opened the gates of AMU for madarsa students. He introduced a
bridge course for 50 madarsa students and 40 of them passed
open competitive examinations to get admissions in Jamia
Hamdard, Jamia Millia Islamia and AMU. We are harnessing the
power of the madarsas. It is my belief that any madarsa student,
who is Hafiz-e-Quran (well-versed with the Quran) has got
immense potential. If he can memorize the Quran, he can learn a
lot. He will be ahead of other students.
I know madarsas have been long demonized. They are
called breeding ground of terrorists. Whatever the western world
says I dont believe. Madarasa are the foundation of good education to people who cant afford education. Let us give them an
opportunity prove that they are capable students, Shah contended.
He pointed out that when AMU presented the bridge course
proposal to ministry of minority affairs, the government made it
an all India policy and asked institutions in Muslim majority areas
to follow it. Shah does not agree that there is discrimination
against Muslim youths because they
belong to a particular religion. They
lack self-confidence. It is the uneducated who are discriminated
against, he said.
The former army officer said not
once in his career he felt he was
being discriminated against. I and
my buddy Azeez Baig were together
in 1971 war. We could have been
shot in the back nobody would have
known a thing but we were not. Our
troops gave us all respect. They carried us on their shoulders guarded
us with their lives, he added.

new industrial and labour laws and the developmental policies

adopted by the governments create jails for the working class. He
said the new FITU will have to agitate in order to reverse such
anti-people anti-labour laws and reforms. Mr. Subramani
Armugam (Tamilnadu) was elected the national president and
Prof. P. Ismail (Kerala) as the national General Secretary and Mr.
Mohammed Ismail (Telanagana) as Treasurer of the new organisation. Mr. Mujtaba Farooq made the official announcement of the
organisation by handing over the trade union flag to Subramani.
A 30-member national committee was elected with the
assignment to set up and strengthen the trade union in as many
states as possible within one year. The two-day national convention was earlier inaugurated by Dr. S.Q.R. Ilyas, national General
Secretary of WPI. That session was presided over by Abdul
Hameed Vaniyamabalam, state President of the party. It was followed by a talk on Trade Unions: A new perspective, policy and
programmes by Prof. Babu Mathew of National Law University,
Bangaluru. Political report was presented by Mr. Ambujakshan,
State General Secretary. The second day proceedings started
with presentation of the byelaws of the Trade Union by P.C.
Hamza. This was followed by discussion on Unorganised
Labour: Problems and Rights by Sasi Pandalam, Women workers
and Rights by Priya Sunil and Migrant Labours and their Welfare
by Joseph John.

Seminar on Quran

Ruju ial al-Quran being released during the seminar

New Delhi: A two-day seminar on how the Quran prevents social evils was organised
here at the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on 27-28 September. It was held jointly by Idara
Ulumul Quran (IUQ) of Aligarh and JMIs Arabic department to popularise the message
of the Quran with focus on how it fights social evils. The 31-year-old IUQ has organized six such annual seminars in the past. IUQ also organises an annual essay competition for both Muslims and non-Muslims. Prizes are distributed at these seminars.
The seminars was inaugurated with a keynote address by the well-known translator of the Quran into Hindi, Maulana Muhammad Farooq Khan. It was chaired by IUQ
President Prof. Ishtaq Zilli who is also Director of Shibli Academy. The chief guest was
JMI Vice Chancellor Prof. Talaat Ahmad and the guest of honour was MG editor,
Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan. Academicians for JMI, AMU, Madrasatul Islah, Nadwatul Ulama
etc. took part in the seminar. An Urdu book, Ruju ila al-Quran (vol. 2), containing
papers of the previous seminar was also released on the occasion.
Prof. Zilli said the Quran asks us to deliberate over its teachings so that our belief
is strengthened and we find new ways of action in the face of new challenges in life.
He said the Quran will continue to guide us until the Day of Qiyamat. Maulana Farooq
Khan said that the Quran promotes a society where people love selfless service to others. Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan said that the Quran is a book of divine guidance but we
have turned it into a book of tilawat (recitation). He urged non-Arabs to take care to read
the translation of the verses they read and recite.

Federation of Indian Trade Unions

(FITU) launched
Kochi: A new apex body for trade
union organisations, Federation of
Indian Trade Unions was formed
here at an historic national convention held at Aluva near Kochi in
Kerala on 25 September. National
president of the Welfare Party of
India Mujtaba Farooq made the official launching of the organisation
witnessed by an impressive gathering of trade union workers who
came from various states representing various trade unions. There
were also a good number of workers not associated with any organisation. Twelve categorical trade
organisations have taken affiliation
with the new body. On the occasion
of launching the trade union,
Mujtaba Farooq strongly criticised
the anti-labour policies pursued by
the new NDA regime led by Prime
Minister Mr. Narendra Modi. The

Curfew imposed in Kishanganj after communal tension

Patna: Curfew was imposed in a Bihar town on 7 October following communal tension after the chopped head of a cow was
found near a temple, officials said. Authorities have imposed prohibitory orders in Kishanganj town, about 400 km from here, to
check communal tension. Curfew is a precautionary step, said
Kishanganj District Magistrate Animesh Kumar Parashar.
Parashar said the situation was under control after angry protestors blocked roads and damaged a few vehicles early Tuesday.
We are monitoring the situation closely, he said. Kishanganj
Superintendent of Police Dipak Barnwal said that as news spread
that a part of a slaughtered animal was thrown near a temple,
some people protested against it Monday night itself but police
defused the situation and convinced them to go back to their
homes. A group of people angry over the incident again protested Tuesday morning, forced shops to shut down, damaged some
vehicles and set them ablaze. It was then decided by the district
administration to impose curfew, he said. Additional security
forces have been deployed in the town, he said. Kishanganj is
one of the most backward pockets of the state with a high percentage of poverty, illiteracy and migration. Muslims comprise


nearly 70 percent of the population.

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Stop Postulating the Clash of Civilizations

I dont for one moment regard the beheading of the American journalist as Islamic, despite the claim of ISIS. I think it is disgraceful for Muslims to do such thing. It is against the teachings of Islam. But can any young and impressionable Muslim be
blamed if they are so easily mislead into committing heinous crimes to avenge the injustice and oppression of their brothers and
sisters in religion. It is not the religion of Islam that led the Muslims to committing heinous acts. It is simply anger, hate and rage
over not being able to do anything to stop the Europeans or West from oppressing people who profess the same religion as
themselves.
uphold. And so instead of stopping Israel, the Europeans continDR. MAHATHIR MOHAMAD
ued their support with funds and arms.
The Israelis actually occupied Palestine land and set up road
The British are mystified by their Muslim citizens becoming jihadists and joining the blocks to control movements of the Palestinians and visitors.
so-called Islamic State. They are horrified by Roads were built through Palestinian land for the exclusive use of
the beheading of an American journalist by the Israelis. High walls were constructed in Palestine territory for
John a British citizen and member of the Israeli security. Gaza is put under siege by Israel. Ships in international waters were seized by the Israeli navy.
IS.
Aid workers on high seas were shot and killed; their ships
I must admit that I, too am horrified. It is
not Islamic at all. Islam does not advocate boarded and forced to go to Israeli ports. The aid goods were conviolence and terror. The people who were defeated by the Prophet fiscated. All these are against international laws but the big powers
were not even converted to Islam, much less executed. The Quran did nothing.
But these were not all. Anti-Islam and anti-Muslim sentiments
says, There is no compulsion in Islam.
But we are seeing more and more violence and atrocities com- and acts were exhibited by Europeans elsewhere also. Having premitted by Muslims. And now we have the Islamic State Jihadists, dicted a clash of civilisations they seem bent on making it a realisome of whom come from countries where they had migrated to ty. In Bosnia Herzegovina, 12,000 Muslim men and boys were
because life is good there. Having enjoyed the good life, why are murdered with axes and bludgeons after Dutch NATO troops who
these people opting to join revolutionary movements and live dan- were supposed to protect them simply moved away to allow Serbs
gerous lives, fighting against the very people who are their hosts.
Could it be, as some people suggest, that they have been reading
books such as Islam for Dummies?
Why? Recently we saw the mass killings of Muslims and
destruction of their homes and towns by Israelis in Gaza. More
OPEN UP,
than 2000 Muslims have been killed. They include little children and
DEMOCRACY IS HERE
old people, non-combatants all. Thousands more have been seriously wounded, many losing arms and legs.
No concern or sympathy has been shown by the Europeans
and Americans. In fact, the Americans gave money and arms for
Israelis to kill more Muslims and destroy their homes and towns.
If the beheading of a European journalist is evidence of the barbarity of Muslims, cannot there be the same perception of Israeli
killings of Muslims in Gaza? No. They are all terrorists, babies
included, and a democratic country like Israel has every right to kill
them and destroy their homes, towns and cities.
If we care to look back, we cannot but acknowledge that the
so-called Middle Eastern Muslims were very hospitable to the
Europeans before. But, the European nations played their great
Property of US Govt: ISIS armed with US military weapons
games there. They created the states of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Islamic State fighters appear to be using captured US military issue arms
Palestine out of one single entity called Sham by the Arabs. and weapons supplied to moderate rebels in Syria by Saudi Arabia,
Muslims then had no nation-states. They only regard themselves according to a report published on Monday.
as the Muslim community, the Ummah.
The study by the London-based small-arms research organisation
The Europeans expelled the Turks and proceeded to divide Conflict Armament Research documented weapons seized by Kurdish
Sham between them, although they had promised the Arabs that forces from militants in Iraq and Syria over a 10-day period in July.
Sham would be liberated and handed over to the Arabs.
The report said the jihadists disposed of "significant quantities" of USFollowing the European great games, Iraq went to the British made small arms including M16 assault rifles and included photos showwhile Syria and Lebanon to the French. Palestine was made a ing the markings "Property of US Govt".
British mandated territory to be returned to the Palestinians later.
It also found that anti-tank rockets used by IS in Syria were "identical
Palestine for centuries had been inhabited by Muslim and Christian to M79 rockets transferred by Saudi Arabia to forces operating under the
Arabs and a small number of Jews. Under Muslim rule they lived in Free Syrian Army umbrella in 2013?.
peace despite their different religions.
The rockets were made in the then Yugoslavia in the 1980s.
Then the British decided to make a Jewish state out of
Islamic State is believed to have seized large quantities of weapons
Palestine in order to solve the Jewish problem in Europe. Balfour, from Syrian military installations it has captured, as well as arms supplied
in 1917, promised to give land belonging to the Palestinians to the by the United States to the Iraqi army after it swept through northern Iraq
Zionists. It was so easy. Take other peoples land to give to the in recent weeks. (AFP, 8 Sept. 2014)
Jews without any regard for the majority Arabs living there. And the
Jews celebrated the creation of Israel with massacres of Arabs and
expulsion from Palestine. This was apparently sanctioned by the to carry out their murderous work.
Then came the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq after blaming
UN in 1948 when Israel was recognised as a state. Arab resentthe Muslims for the destruction of the twin towers of the world
ment was ignored.
Since then the Middle East has experienced no peace. Every trade centre in New York. The Iraqis were not responsible for this.
time the Palestine Arabs tried to regain their homeland, they were But Iraq was accused of having weapons of mass destruction
prevented by the massive help and support of Israel by the capable of being launched against Britain within 45 minutes.
Later it was admitted by the Brits that this was a lie.
European nations, in particular by America.
With every failure the Arabs became even more angry and Unashamedly, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who ordered
determined to regain their homeland. The Arab countries stopped the collaboration with the United States in the invasion of Iraq
helping the Palestinians. Undeterred, they set up Al-Fatah to throw claimed that the attack, the massive destruction of Iraqi cities and
stones at Israeli soldiers in armoured cars. The stone-throwing towns and the killings of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis was in
children were shot at by the soldiers with rubber-coated and then order to liberate them from Saddam Hussein.
Saddam Hussein was caught and hanged. But the occupation
live bullets.
Fatah acquired some ineffective weapons to fight in defence. and war continued. When finally the Americans and Europeans left
They were shot and killed and thousands were captured and Iraq, this once stable and progressive Arab country descended into
thrown into Israeli jails for indefinite periods without trial. Palestine anarchy and civil war with Iraqis killing Iraqis.
Afghanistan was invaded to overthrow the Talibans and to kill
lands were seized and settlements for Jews built. It was against all
laws and practices which the Europeans pride in saying they Osama bin Ladin. Osama is dead but there is no peace in
Afghanistan. The Iraqi and Afghan invasion was supposed to be
over in three months. But after ten years and the almost total
destruction of the two countries, meaningful democracy and peace
have not come to these two unfortunate nations. They have been
rendered totally unstable and fratricidal wars are tearing them
apart. The CIA has drawn up a list of Muslims to be killed. The West
condemns the practices of detention without trial. Now we see in
the West death sentences being passed on Muslims without trial.
The intended victims are not even told about their death sentence.
No attempt is made to arrest even. Drones are simply dispatched
to kill these Muslims.
The flow of news never ceases, so between our
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journalist as Islamic, despite the claim of ISIS. I think it is disgraceful for Muslims to do such thing. It is against the teachings of
Islam. But can any young and impressionable Muslim be blamed if
they are so easily mislead into committing heinous crimes to
avenge the injustice and oppression of their brothers and sisters in
religion.
It is not the religion of Islam that led the Muslims to committing heinous acts. It is simply anger, hate and rage over not being
able to do anything to stop the Europeans or West from oppressing people who profess the same religion as themselves.
And Europeans, most of whom are not practicing Christians,
react in the same way when Christians are faced with any threat.
Look at the record of the Europeans, especially after they created Israel. Now, although they will not admit it, they are carrying
out a crusade against Islam and the Muslims.
Call it a war on terror or the clash of civilizations. But factually
it is still a continuation of the crusade of the past centuries.
Against this modern Crusade the Muslims have no answer.
They dont have a Saladin (Salah El Din) to lead them. And over the
centuries they have allowed themselves to become weak. They
have ignored the injunctions of Allah in the Quran that they must be
prepared to defend the Ummah and Islam.
Their religious teachers tell them to pray to Allah for help. But
they neglect to inform that in the Quran Allah enjoins upon Muslims
to help themselves first if they want Allah to answer their prayers.
Quite obviously the Muslims have not followed this injunction. In
fact many believe that it has been preordained that they should suffer European oppression.
Today not a single Government of a Muslim country has dared
to challenge the Europeans. Indeed many believe that the
Europeans are a superior race that they should look up to; that it is
futile to defend themselves against European aggression and
oppression. Not a single Muslim country dares to stand up to the
Europeans.
Expecting no help from the Governments of Muslim countries,
many angry and frustrated Muslims took upon themselves to take
revenge against the hated Europeans. For this purpose they preach
their version of the teachings of Islam so as to influence young
Muslim to be prepared to sacrifice their lives in a holy war.
All Muslims truly believe that to die in the defence of Islam and
the Muslims results in martyrdom and heaven in the afterlife. It is
not too difficult to convince young Muslims in the face of the injustice and oppression of Muslims that the war against the Europeans
is a holy war.
But a war against the Europeans promises no easy victory.
Seeking revenge through acts of terror is much easier. And so the
so-called jihadists are prepared to commit atrocities like beheading
a European and recording it for the world to see.
I would like to say it again, it is not Islamic this beheading.
Certainly it is not Islamic for Sunnis to massacre captured Shiahs
or Shiahs to murder Sunnis.
The two sects had always fought each other in their mutual
belief that the other is not Muslim. But what is happening today is
bloodlust which started with the fight against Jewish Zionism and
the creation of the state of Israel. Unable to defeat the Jews and
their nominally Christian Europeans backers, Muslims have now
turned against each other. And occasionally when they manage to
capture a European, they vent their spite on him.
This will go on for decades and even centuries, waxing and
waning, for as long as there is the state of Israel and the
Palestinians are denied their right to a homeland.
It is the seizure of Palestinian land to form the state of Israel
which triggered the violent reaction of the Muslims in the last 70
over years. The Jewish reaction to the violent struggle of the
Palestinians is to out-terrorise them. That in turn resulted in other
Muslims joining the Palestinian struggle. Unable to wage war, they
resort to acts of terror. And Israeli state terror escalates.
Directly and indirectly the Europeans back Israeli state terrorism. And so it goes on. So what is the solution? It is certainly not
more suppression and oppression of the Muslims, and in particular the Palestinians. The solution lies in fairness and justice for the
Palestinians.
I am writing this in Chechnya, a republic in the Russian
Federation. The Chechens fought a war of independence against
the Russians. It was a futile war. Three million ill-equipped
Chechens against 200 million Russians with one of the most powerful military forces in the world. Chechnya and Grozny, its capital,
were razed to the ground before they were forced to stop fighting.
After the war the Russians allocated a trillion dollars to rebuild
Chechnya and Grozny. Today, eight years after war ended, there is
not a trace of the massive destruction caused by Russian missiles
and bombs. Instead the whole country, and in particular Grozny
has been completely rebuilt. And today the Chechens can once
again believe and practice the Muslim religion.
Beautiful mosques and religious school abound. There is no
more communist sanction against Islam. Chechnya remains a
republic in the Russian Federation but in religion and in many ways
it is independent. The relation with Russia is friendly.
Maybe there is something to learn from the Chechen saga.
Stop the oppression of Palestine. Stop the Crusade. Stop postulating the clash of civilizations. Stop regime change. Stop supplying
arms for Muslims to fight Muslims. It may take time but slowly the
jihadists will have no incentive to fight.
Allah has ordained that the enemy of the Muslims are those
who fight and oppress them. Muslims must not wage war against
those who have not attacked them (in any way). That is the way of
Islam - peace unless you declare war against Islam.
Muslims who adhere strictly to these tenets and wish to live at
peace with non-Muslims can only have credibility and be listened
to if the oppression of the Muslims ceases.
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Muslim Scholars Release Open Letter To Islamic State

NIHAD AWAD
Washington (RNS) More than 120 Muslim
scholars from around the world joined an
open letter to the "fighters and followers" of
the Islamic State, denouncing them as unIslamic by using the most Islamic of terms.
Relying heavily on the Quran, the 18-page
letter released Wednesday (Sept. 24) picks
apart the extremist ideology of the militants
who have left a wake of brutal death and
destruction in their bid to establish a
transnational Islamic state in Iraq and Syria.
Even translated into English, the letter will
still sound alien to most Americans, said
Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council
of American-Islamic Relations, who released
it in Washington with 10 other American
Muslim religious and civil rights leaders.
"The letter is written in Arabic. It is using
heavy classical religious texts and classical
religious scholars that ISIS has used to
mobilize young people to join its forces," said
Awad, using one of the acronyms for the
group. "This letter is not meant for a liberal
audience."
Even mainstream Muslims, he said, may
find it difficult to understand. Awad said its
aim is to offer a comprehensive Islamic
refutation, "point-by-point," to the philosophy
of the Islamic State and the violence it has
perpetrated. The letter's authors include wellknown religious and scholarly figures in the
Muslim world, including Sheikh Shawqi
Allam, the grand mufti of Egypt, and Sheikh
Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the mufti of
Jerusalem and All Palestine.
A translated 24-point summary of the
letter includes the following: "It is forbidden in
Islam to torture"; "It is forbidden in Islam to
attribute evil acts to God"; and "It is forbidden
in Islam to declare people non-Muslims until

he (or she) openly declares disbelief."

This is not the first time Muslim leaders
have joined to condemn the Islamic State.
The chairman of the Central Council of
Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek, for
example, last week told the nation's Muslims
that they should speak out against the
"terrorist and murderers" who fight for the
Islamic State and who have dragged Islam
"through the mud."
But the Muslim leaders who endorsed
Wednesday's letter called it an unprecedented
refutation of the Islamic State ideology from a
collaboration of religious scholars. It is
addressed to the group's self-anointed leader,
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, and "the fighters and
followers of the self-declared 'Islamic State.'"
But the words "Islamic State" are in
quotes, and the Muslim leaders who released
the letter asked people to stop using the term,
arguing that it plays into the group's
unfounded logic that it is protecting Muslim
lands from non-Muslims and is resurrecting
the caliphate - a state governed by a Muslim
leader that once controlled vast swaths of the
Middle East.
"Please stop calling them the 'Islamic
State,' because they are not a state and they
are not a religion," said Ahmed Bedier, a
Muslim and the president of United Voices of
America, a nonprofit that encourages
minority groups to engage in civic life.
President Obama has made a similar
point, referring to the Islamic State by one of
its acronyms - "the group known as ISIL" - in
his speech to the United Nations earlier
Wednesday. In that speech, Obama also
disconnected the group from Islam.
Enumerating its atrocities - the mass
rape of women, the gunning down of
children, the starvation of religious minorities
- Obama concluded: "No God condones this
terror." (Huffington Post)

Netanyahu Orders The Biggest Land-Grab In A Generation

This past August 31st, Israel's government made its largest ex propriation of occupied West
Bank land in a generation. It took some 1,000 acres of virgin hills for a proposed new city,
Givaot, doubling the population of the Gush Etzion block of settlements sprawling on the hills
around Bethlehem. But it is not enough for the area's Israeli mayor, David Oerl. Frustrated by
what he perceives as the government's grovelling to westerners on everything from the
recently halted war in Gaza to the conduct of peace talks with the Palestinians, Perl says he
will switch parties - defecting from Netanyahu's Likud to Jewish Home, a party of religious
radicals led by Naftali Bennett.
Supporters of the Jewish Home Party are demanding more aggression in Gaza where
the ceasefire left no clear victor as well as a faster expansion of settlements in the West Bank
even though the settler population is growing three times faster than that of Israel proper.
Netanyahu's supporters hope that settlement expansion will shore up his core backing on the
political right. Four parlementarians come from Gush Etzion including the foreign affairs minister, Avigdor Lieberman, the Knesset speaker and the head of its powerful foreign affairs and
defence committee. The new settlement, they hope, will assuage the anger at the killing of
three Jewish students whose kidnapping outside a religious school in Gush Etzion and whose
subsequent deaths provided the pretext for the war in Gaza.
But the more Netanyahu indulges the right, the more he alienates the outside world.
America, the United Nations and the European Union have urged Benjamin Netanyahu to
reverse course. The British Prime Minister, David Cameron denounced the settlement expansion as 'utterly deplorable.'

Swords are crueller than

bombs: Obama Doctrine
DR JAVED JAMIL
There is a huge difference between We and Them. This
instinct is omnipotent. But when this instinct stings the
mighty We is ready to kill Them if Them even dares to
stare at We. What We do is always right, and what
Them do, unless approved by We is never right. If
Them behead half a dozen, they are cruel and barbaric,
if We bombs millions to death, We are still peace-loving and civilised. Beheading is brutal because it is their
method; bombardment is civilised because it is our
method. This has nothing to do with the truth that swords
can behead dozens or at best hundreds while bombs can
destroy millions.
Obamas theory of answering beheading with bombing is nothing new. America has been doing this for long.
For America, nothing else matters than its interests. It has
mastered the art of categorising violence. Any violence
caused by its ideologies and its forces and allies is necessary or collateral damage, while any violence which may
even appear to be linked with other ideologies or forces is
brutal and unacceptable.
When ISIS was indulging in violence against the
Syrian government, its beheadings did not sound that brutal, as they sound now because now these beheadings
have become a pretext to take control of the Middle East.
If Assad could not be defeated through rebels, it is time to
defeat him through direct intervention.
Only a moron would condone ISIS. But how can the
crimes of ISIS be compared with the carnages, massacres
and genocides by America, Israel and their allies? The
whole world is being made to believe, with renewed vigour,
that people claiming to be the followers of Islam, are

indulging in terrorism posing threat to the whole mankind.

And through this propaganda they make all Muslims suspicious. But there is no one to tell the truth that if Muslim terrorists have killed a few Westerners, West has killed more
than 2 million innocent Muslims. Should Muslims also start
becoming suspicious about every Westerner? Fortunately,
their religion has taught them to differentiate between the
perpetrators and the ordinary people. Most of them have
so far been true to their faith. Some have gone astray, but
their misdeeds are only an immoral reflection of their genuine grievances and anger. Let West also understand that
violence breeds violence, and ultimately it is the amount of
violence which determines which one is crueller than the
rest. War is a much bigger terror than terror. Let them
understand fast that through sustained hostility they cannot
win peace. Peace with Muslims can be achieved only
through proper understanding of their ideological positions
on various issues and their genuine grievances and finding
solutions for them on the basis of mutual respect. Once
they are ready to accept the facts, they will be able to
understand that enforcement of false ideologies for economic ends through bombs cannot bring true peace and
comfort to mankind.
Let the international media focus with the same intensity on crimes by West and their allies against Muslims as
they do on the crimes by ISIS! Let the media visit the
homes of the Palestinians and children that were bombarded into everlasting silence by the bombs of Israel, which
had the stamp of the US! Let the global community hold
memorials for the dead of Afghanistan and Iraq the way
they hold for the victims of 9/11! Let the international focus
on the role of America and its allies rather than the terrorists in killing humans! Let them give a daily account of how
many have been killed by terror and how many by the
war against terror! Let us stop categorising violence on
the basis of our interests! Let every act of violence be condemned, whatever the pretext, whoever the victim, whoever the perpetrator, whichever the place!

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Let Us See Through Our Victims Eyes

WILLIAM A. COOK
Western culture prides itself on its civilized behavior, its distaste for
vulgarity, its abhorrence of horrid violence, its protection against
pornographic disquieting images and, consequently, seeks to hide
such unpleasant, uncivilized behavior by blurring disquieting
images, removing the vulgar with omissions of letters or blocking
the uncultivated or the smutty or the risqu with bleeps, and omitting altogether the dreadful, the appalling, the macabre, or the terrifying. It was not always so.
Let me attest to that with the death by quartering of a distant
relative, Barrister John Cooke, who in 1649 invoked the doctrine of
"command responsibility" to charge the King of England, Charles I,
with "all responsibility of the commander for all the natural and
probable consequences of his commands." The basis of his
charge rested on a fundamental proposition that "the King of
England was not a person, but an office whose every occupant
was entrusted with a limited power to govern 'by and according to
the laws of the land and not otherwise.'" Consider the logic of his
charge! Should we so act we could bring our Presidents to task for
the crimes they create through their arrogance, stupidity, and ignorance. How blessed the thought; George W. Bush could be charged
for destroying the Constitution of the United States of America. But
I digress. My purpose is to show the "civilized" nature of Western
Culture in the past.
Once Charles I "bowed powerless before the majesty of human
law," he was beheaded. Chroniclers quote a bystander Philip
Henry; "At the instant when the blow was given there was such a
dismal universal groan amongst the thousands of people that were
within sight of it as it were with one consent, as he never heard
before and desired he might never hear again." But Charles' death
before the citizens of England was merciful by contrast with
Cooke's.
On a cold, wet October day in 1660, John Cooke, fastened
face up to a sledge covered in straw, was dragged through a large
crowd gathered to witness, to jeer and laugh at the damned man,
pulled past the hangman's axe and the brazier, red hot awaiting its
role in his death, past the corkscrews that would disembowel him,
forced to climb a few steps to the gibbet where he would hang
briefly, be cut down, genitals cut off as he lived, held up for view
and tossed into a bucket, the crowd now roused to egging on the
executioners as they burned his bowels and put his entrails to the
torch. "Eventually, Cooke expired: his heart was cut out and exhibited, still pumping, to the approving crowd" Then the body was
beheaded in dumb showand eventually exhibited on a pole at the
entrance to Westminster Hall. Such was the death of a "lowman,"
one of the commoner status in this civilized era of Western Culture.
Today we abhor such display of "justice" as it offends our sensibilities, yet it served a purpose did it not. The crowd knew where
the power lay; it could see its overwhelming presence in the ritual
of pageantry and death; it could smell the stench of burning
entrails; it could hear the cries of the damned, and revel in its own
security as witnesses to the power that controlled the process and
declared its right to govern over the quick and the dead. But that
was then, when a much smaller "crowd" of Englishmen and
women could be gathered in the plaza of death and hear the charge
leveled and watch in fear the powerless beheaded by the powerful.
Strange though how truly commanding, how cogent, how
intense the witnessing of a powerless man, tethered with chains on
hands and feet, clothed in the garment of the criminal, face somber
in the presence of impending death, fear strident in the eyes, helpless before a hooded hangman, another breathing human acting for
those not present as he performs his job, hopeless in the moment
that will end his life, no other there to alter the inevitable. What
power in the presence of death. How pitiful for the family of the
accused who can do nothing as the scene plays out thousands of
miles away; how wretched for friends helpless to give comfort or
aid to the victim; how sorrowful that those in power could find no
avenue to accord that might have prevented such mercilessness
and brutality.
Strange too how our Western culture cringes at the sight, a
sight our forefathers had witnessed as the civilized way to exhibit
justice to the citizens and to ensure obedience to the powers that
control. Today we instantly condemn such blatant barbarity as savagery, as naked brutality, as primitive, as uncivilized-- not to be
condoned, not to be tolerated in a world where reason prevails and
enlightened understanding seeks resolutions to differences, to
diversity, to divergent beliefs that a respect for all through a universal declaration of human rights can be upheld in all its splendor-all
treated equally, all held to the same international laws of justice.
But it is not so.
Given the means of communication today, should we not
expect that those who have grievances against the West might use
a western means of communicating their objections to us? What
better way to tell the western powers that their invasion and
destruction of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria, Libya,
and Palestine constitutes blatant barbarity, savagery, brutality, a
primitive, uncivilized and unnecessary destruction of their way of
life, that began in lies and in defiance of international law. Yet they
had to endure and if possible survive against the enormity of western military power and ruthlessness. They held up to the west a
mirror of itself stripped of its righteousness and hypocrisy by inviting all citizens of the west to witness a beheading of one of its own.
Neither journalist deserved to serve this role; they were but an
expedient like John Cooke, a stand in for the enemy of the crown,
a justification for one more death.
Should we pay attention to this video of an execution seen
around the world, we would reflect on what it typifies: justice
unhinged. ISIS declares itself to be a state when it is but a group of

How does one condone the indefensible and

claim to be civilized? What is it that the world saw
and Israel and the US did not? We are not talking
here of "right to defend itself" which apparently
belongs as a right only to Israel and not to the
Palestinians; we are not talking about Hamas as a
"Terrorist" state declared as such by the two
nations that attacked it (one of which introduced
the world to terrorism on a huge scale as it
bombed the King David Hotel in 1946 in a false
flag operation and assassinated Count Folke
Bernardotte while on a mission from the UN in
1948 to bring discussions and peace negotiations
between the Israelis and the Palestinians)...
men that determined regardless of the world that surrounds them
to be such. They have determined that their idea, their ideology
should result in a Caliphate State regardless of the people who live
there or who have lived there for decades and even centuries and
that their state will expand as their power grows. No laws by an
organisation determine for them who they are or what they will
become; they need only draw on the disaffected that will support
them as they regain from the west, from the United States, Israel,
Britain, France, Canada, Germany and member nations of the
NATO alliance what belongs to them. Sounds familiar doesn't it.
We've had this warning before the Iraq war from Osama Bin
Laden in a letter to the American people, delivered on November
24, 2002, a letter translated by the Observer in Britain and published by the San Francisco Gate, but nowhere else in America that
I have seen. He mentions three items that have caused concern, 50
years of "oppression" of the Palestinian people, America's support
of governments, both Arab and non-Arab that suppress and humiliate their own people, and capitulate to American interests that
exploit their people and rob their natural resources. And third, he
demanded that we submit to Sayyid Quth's understanding of the
corruption of Western Society. We ignored Bin Laden. We would
not look through the eyes of those destroyed by Western culture.
A week ago the world stood witness to the most recent savagery perpetrated by the West on the mid-Eastern peoples, the citizens of Gaza, 50 days and nights of horrific torment, trauma, trials and tribulation, devastation, destruction and death-- un-paralled
since the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, for more TNT
tonnage was dropped on Gaza than the 13,000 tons encased in
that bomb. The people of the world were appalled, unable to grapple with a state that claimed to be civilized, that sent its representatives in immaculately pressed pin-striped suits, ties knotted tightly to the collar, the state pins, Israel's and the American, fastened
in the lapel, speaking the King's English since each holds citizenship in both the US and Israel or perhaps Britain, and one must
ensure that they are like us as they deflected criticism of their state
as growing anti-Semitism not to be condoned by civilized peoples
around the world.
How does one condone the indefensible and claim to be civilized? What is it that the world saw and Israel and the US did not?
We are not talking here of "right to defend itself" which apparently
belongs as a right only to Israel and not to the Palestinians; we are
not talking about Hamas as a "Terrorist" state declared as such by
the two nations that attacked it (one of which introduced the world
to terrorism on a huge scale as it bombed the King David Hotel in
1946 in a false flag operation and assassinated Count Folke
Bernardotte while on a mission from the UN in 1948 to bring discussions and peace negotiations between the Israelis and the
Palestinians); we are not talking about Hamas' stated intent to
destroy the state of Israel, because it hasn't the means to do so,
and because it stated in 2006 as reported in the Guardian on the
12th that they had withdrawn the offending article from their charter, an item no one will mention; and we are not talking about the
rockets launched by Palestinians into Israel because at best they
caused little harm while they demonstrated to the world that they
remained illegally under occupation.
These are mantras against the evil exerted by the joint states
of Israel and the United States; they are attempts to justify defiance
of international law knowing that America's Congress is beholden
in its entirety to Israel through AIPAC and they will ensure impunity from crimes against humanity as defined by the UN in its charters and declarations. They are deflections to undermine the will of
the people from nations around the globe, to enable Israel to continue its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and to continue to steal the
rightful natural resources of gas and oil off their coast that is now
being taken by this illegal state. That is why Israel imposes a three
mile limit on fishing off the coast of Gaza; it is why they must subjugate the people or rid them from the land of Gaza if they are to
absorb it and its values to their coffers.
If these are the civilized culture's norms of behavior, how
benign the justice of King Charles II as he quartered the ragged
body of John Cooke. Indeed we must reflect on what these western nations have done as they brought God's blessings to the
benighted populations of the middle East. Reflect if you will on the
1,500,000 killed in Iraq, the demolition of Afghanistan, the hundreds upon hundreds killed in Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Egypt, and
Lebanon, and all who are maimed and destroyed for life. All of this
done in our names.
I would suggest that reflection may offer another perception,
one perhaps that helps us see through the eyes of those we bomb
and devastate. In the midst of this "war" Netanyahu, with grotesque
insidiousness, argued: "It is Hamas and the Palestinian people that

want to kill their own people, not Israel." He presented this argument to Wolf Blitzer before the 50 days of preemptive, merciless
slaughter stopped. He lamented the killing of Gazans but blamed
Hamas, and the people for electing Hamas, for killing their children
(See "Transference of Evil; a Creature without Morality or Mercy."
Cook, 8/24/2014). As he said this, articles appeared that demonstrated the use by Israel of "fleshette" bombs that are designed to
injure, maim and destroy living beings by piercing their flesh-eyes,
face, intestines, heart and lungs-with steel barbs dropped before
the bomb hits the ground so their steel "children" can spread like
confetti over the landscape. I don't think the Gazan people had such
bombs or the means to use them against their children. So much
for truth.
I would argue that the beheading that opened this article is not
the only way to behead a body and achieve the desired end.
Consider the second image presented here, the emotionally ravaged father beseeching his savaged, virtually headless son to wake
to the joy of the doll he brought for him, weeping inconsolably as
he reaches to touch what is left of his child, to scream at the life
lost to a future, to what end but a statistic in the column of the dead
to be lauded by the Jewish state to defend its need for revolving
invasion, mowing the lawn of Palestinian boys and girls and
women and men every three years not counting the days of the
weeks in between which might be termed pruning the lawn, to
ensure a crippling psychological fear shreds the mind and soul of
every Gazan as devastatingly as the missile that shattered this boy
who had done nothing to Netanyahu or any Jewish citizen of Israel;
perhaps that is the purpose after all to leave a graveyard of bodies
to which the mentally afflicted must come to mourn their children
and mothers and fathers so in time they will relent to the will of the
occupying power as the English citizens cheered on the King who's
belief in his god given right to rule shall prevail.
Reflection forces us to pause to see what it is we have done;
the pilot of the plane that unleashes the missiles below the wings
or beside the plane's body cannot see the shattered bodies that are
in the missile's path, nor can the gunner on the warship as he pulls
the release to crush four boys on the beach, nor can the soldiers
in the tanks see where the missiles fall, see the bodies blown apart,
smell the burning flesh from the phosphorus that causes the victim to wreathe in agonizing pain. This civilized warfare shatters
only the unseen victims; no soul wrenching guilt for the suffering
caused by witnessing the scene, no awareness of the mother's
agony or the weeping father or the brothers and sisters, silent now,
who can utter nothing when they see their families torn apart.
Strange then how the seen video of our journalists fracture our
silence, our ignorance that is imposed by those in power by omission, the sense of guilt that accompanies those slain on the battlefield while we watched yet another reality show; but we are being
shown only what the powers want us to see. They do not share the
father's grief as he sees his world collapse and he's helpless to
stop it; they see only the stark barbarity of the hooded hangman
waiting to execute his hapless victim. No one is allowed to see
through "our" enemies eyes as the good Christians that support the
barbarity of Israel's execution by bombing goes forward. After all
isn't it in the Bible somewhere that Christ said, "I say unto you
slaughter your enemies."
How many videos will it take to draw a comparison with the
deaths of 2150 Gazans? How many videos will open our eyes to
the 11,000 maimed? How many videos will we need to understand
the destruction of homes and villages and schools and mosques
and hospitals and sewage plants and water supplies before we say
"Enough!"
Let me end this lament by quoting from Geoffrey Robertson's
book on John Cooke, The Tyrannicide Brief. All the quoted passages above come from that text. Ironically Cooke's thoughts contain in 1649 many of the aspirations of those desiring equality
across the land, perhaps the essence of America's ideals as contained in our Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.
... he argued for the abolition of the death sentence, other than
for murder or treason; the end of imprisonment for debt; the abolition of Latin in the courts and many other reforms that did not
come about for centuries. He was the first to claim that poverty
was a major cause of crime (so offenders who acted from hunger
and desperation should be put on probation),and the first to suggest that the state should provide a national health service and a
system of legal aid for the poor. He urged barristers to work pro
bono in 10% of their cases.
In his brief against the crown, Cooke articulated the foundation
of democracy, all are created equal. The King serves at the pleasure of the people and must act responsibly for them and can and
should be held responsible should he abrogate that duty.
By acting against the Constitution the President, in like manner,
acts contrary to the will and the dictates of the people, and consequently must and should be brought to trial. Indeed, as Robertson
points out "The charges against Milosevic at the Hague convey the
same idea-the responsibility of the commander for all the natural
and probable consequences of his command."
What alternative does the American citizen have then to take
back their rights through the International Courts by bringing their
own leaders before the law as Cooke did the King in 1649. (countercurrents.org)
William A. Cook is a Professor of English at the University of La
Verne in southern California. He writes frequently for Internet publications
including The Palestine Chronicle, MWC News, Atlantic Free Press,
Pacific Free Press, Countercurrents, Counterpunch, World Prout
Assembly, Dissident Voice, and Information Clearing House among
others. His books include Tracking Deception: Bush Mid-East policy, The
Rape of Palestine, The Chronicles of Nefaria, a novella, and the
forthcoming The Plight of the Palestinians. He can be reached at
wcook@laverne.edu or www.drwilliamacook.com

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The Prophets Inexhaustible Patience

SHAHUL HAMEED
The source of the Prophets courageous determination in the
face of all the traumatic experiences he suffered was his
strong faith in God.
One of the marvellous qualities of the beloved Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) was his infinite patience.
God was with Muhammad, as He is always with those
who patiently persevere: God is certainly with those who
patiently persevere (Quran, 2:153).
The Quranic word used for patience is sabr, and there is
no English equivalent for it. We can convey the idea of sabr
only by phrases such as endurance against afflictions,
patience with delay, perseverance against hardships, steadfastness in the face of setbacks, courage against hostilities,
self-restraint against provocations, will-power against temptations, and equanimity or calm of mind in the face of good
fortunes and misfortunes.
Prophet Muhammad on good manners
- Good Manners: Key to Paradise
- Prophet Muhammad: The Thankful Slave
- Forgiveness: A Prophetic Example
- Manners of the Prophet - a Brief Account
- Even the Prophet Feared Allah
In all the meanings indicated by the above expressions, the
Prophet was a perfect model to his followers. Indeed, his life
presents before us the shining example of a man of extraordinary endurance: His father died before his birth; his mother died when he was only six years old; and his grandfather
who took up his guardianship also died soon thereafter.
Then it was his uncle Abu Talib who protected him.
And when God appointed him as His Last Prophet, he
faced most brutal persecution and hostility from his own
people. But these harsh experiences of life did not make him
cynic or cruel. On the contrary, they perfected his faith in
God, making him all the more merciful and strongly committed to his God-given mission.
Records of the Prophets life by his contemporaries bear
testimony that during the 13 years of his life in Makkah as
the messenger of God, he faced all forms of abuse, boycott,
expulsion, and threats of physical violence and attempted
elimination. And yet the Prophet did not budge an inch from
his mission. All the while, he was gentle, considerate and
sympathetic even to his worst enemies who wanted and
tried to kill him and other Muslims.
During the early days of his preaching, people of Makkah
had approached him through his uncle Abu Talib and made
very tempting offers to him, such as the leadership of the
City of Makkah, procuring for him the most beautiful girl in
marriage, and wealth of immense proportions. The Prophet
spurned all these offers and said:
I swear by the name of God, O Uncle, that if they place
the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left hand in
return for giving up this matter (calling people to Islam), I
will never desist until either God makes it triumph or I perish
defending it. This steadfastness and constancy against
temptations was unusual in an Arab of those days.
Grieve Not, God is with Us
In a matter of complete reliance on God and faithful submission to Him, the Prophet was an unparalleled model to all
Muslims. Imagine the day when the Prophet was made to

The Quranic word used for patience is sabr, and there is no English equivalent for
it. We can convey the idea of sabr only by phrases such as endurance against
afflictions, patience with delay, perseverance against hardships, steadfastness in
the face of setbacks, courage against hostilities, self-restraint against provocations,
will-power against temptations, and equanimity or calm of mind in the face of good
fortunes and misfortunes.
leave his home, his city, and his people and emigrate to
another place! The Hijrah, as the emigration of the Prophet
from Makkah to Madinah is called, was a great sacrifice and
a painful decision for the Prophet at the time when he undertook it. But his personal comforts, likes, and dislikes had no
value in the face of the immense task before him.
One remembers the time when the Prophet and his
Companion Abu Bakr were almost overcome by their pursuers in the Cave of Thawr during their journey to Madinah.
When a fearful Abu Bakr told the Prophet that they were only
two persons against a formidable enemy, he told him with
unflinching faith in the Almighty: Dont grieve, God is with
us.
God in the Quran admonishes the Muslims: If you will
not aid him [Prophet Muhammad], God certainly aided him
when those who disbelieved expelled him, he being the second of the two, when they were both in the cave, when he
said to his companion: Grieve not, surely God is with us. So
God sent down His tranquillity upon him, strengthened him
with hosts that you did not see, and made lowest the word
of those who disbelieved; and the word of God, that is the
highest; and God is Mighty, Wise (Quran 9:40).
In the matter of complete reliance on God and faithful
submission to Him, the Prophet was an unparalleled model
to all Muslims. He taught his followers: When you ask for
anything, ask it from God, and if you seek help, seek the help
of God. Know that if all the people of the world were to unite
to do you some benefit, they could benefit you only with
what God had recorded for you, and that if they were to unite
to do you some injury to you, they could injure you only with
what God had recorded for you. The pens are withdrawn and
the pages have dried (At-Tirmidhi, 1515).
The source of the Prophets courageous determination in
the face of all the traumatic experiences he suffered was his
strong faith in God and his dependence on Him. The
Prophets conviction that God was with him when he was
struggling with adverse circumstances, is evident from this
teaching: Strange are the ways of a believer for there is
good in every affair of his, and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer; for if he has an
occasion to feel delight, he thanks (God); thus there is a
good for him in it, and if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for him in
it (Muslim, 2999).
Do Patience and Gentleness Go Hand in Hand?
The Prophet was always considerate and understanding,
even towards those who were ignorant and arrogant towards
him. Indeed, his gentleness and patience with them earned
their love and respect, as God says in the Quran: Thus it is
due to mercy from God that you deal with them gently, and
had you been rough and hard-hearted, they would certainly
have dispersed from around you (Quran, 3:159).
An incident at the Prophets mosque in Madinah demonstrates how lenient and kind the Prophet was to ignorant

people. Abu Hurairah reports: A bedouin urinated in the

mosque and some people rushed to beat him. The Prophet
said, Leave him alone and pour a bucket of water over it.
You have been sent to make things easy and not to make
them difficult (Al-Bukhari, 6025).
Once a man approached the Prophet seeking advice, and
the Prophet said: Do not get angry. The man repeatedly
asked for advice and the Prophet replied every time: Do not
get angry (Al-Bukhari, 48).
The questioner was probably one disposed to a quick
temper, and so the Prophet was stressing the need to control his anger. The Prophet also said: He who is deprived of
forbearance and gentleness is, in fact, deprived of all good
(Muslim,638).
Prophet Muhammad was a brilliant example of a man
committed to his divinely appointed mission. Remember the
day of Makkah Victory. The Prophet reentered the city after
10 long years of living in Madinah, and practically there was
no opposition as he was accompanied by an overwhelming
number of Muslims. The whole of Makkah lay at his feet as
he marched in. His enemies stood in surrender awaiting his
verdict, and he could very well have cried havoc or let
slip the dogs of war as the triumphant commanders of
those days used to do. Instead, in a historic break from the
old tradition, the Prophet of Islam announced forgiveness
and amnesty to all his former enemies. He told them simply:
You may go. You are a free people (Authenticated by alAlbani).
Such kindness and generosity could not have been in
vain, as the whole of the community of Makkah thereafter
embraced Islam, a feat that could never have been achieved
by use of force. And certainly this superb act of forgiveness
was in keeping with the Quranic injunction: Let there be no
compulsion in religion (Quran, 2:256).
Unfaltering loyalty to the cause of God is the virtue of
prophets. Prophet Muhammad was a brilliant example of a
man committed to his divinely appointed mission. So it is no
wonder that he stood firm against all opposition and finally
succeeded in winning over the hearts and minds of millions.
Living in a fast-moving, high-tech environment of
instant nirvana and preemptive redemption, most people
of this post-modern world are programmed to brush aside a
religion that insists on a slow-paced, meditative, prayerful
form of worship five times a day (salah), as well as on a rigorous form of fasting during daytime for a whole month
(sawm).
Also, zakah and Hajj are indicative of the importance of
practicing sabr in our daily life. And it is no exaggeration to
say that our beloved Prophet has amply demonstrated
through his own life that Islam (which means submission to
Allah) is sabr itself; sabr with the fortunes and misfortunes
our Creator has apportioned to us in this world.
For those who practice sabr, there is always the unfailing promise and prospect of a never-ending world of felicity.
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Memoirs of a dying era

Book: Shah Mohammad Hashim Bahaar Husainabadi, Sakaraat:
Qissa-e-Aalaam-e-Jahan
Compiled by Jabir Husain
Publisher: Bihar Foundation and the Urdu Markaz-Azimabad. 247,
MIG Lohianagar, Patna 800020
Year: 2014
Price Rs. 1000
Pages. 432

MOHD. SAJJAD
This memoir is basically a narrative of the fall of a landlord (zamindar) with multifaceted cultural details. Thus this is a useful
account of the economic and cultural history of the late 19th and
early 20th century. This is a dispassionate description of the interplay of the colonial modernity impacting quite adversely upon a
landed elite and sharp fall of its fortunes which makes the reader
a bit emotional though a historian is incapable of capturing in its
entirety.
The land-related litigations in the colonial law courts in various districts of Bihar namely Monghyr, Gaya, Patna and
Muzaffarpur, where his zamindari was spread, are described in
great detail.
Hashim records his gripping yet lucid narrative reflecting upon
litigations, borrowings from the professional money-lenders at
exorbitant interest rates.
The issues like the intrigues and perfidies of the kinship networks figure in a kind of prose which hardly betrays any bitterness on the part of the suffering narrator.
The narrator, Shah Mohammad Hashim (1864-1929), seems
to be conscious of the material basis of history-making to the
extent that he is able to see the colonial context of deteriorating
Hindu-Muslim relations particularly the Shahabad riots of 1917
which he locates in the economic ravages of the ongoing First
World War. Floods (more particularly the ravages of the floods of
1916 in Patna and Monghyr), famine/food crises, epidemics,
theft, robberies, fire destruction of the human lives and belongings, diseases and (Unani system of) medicines and even the
shaking foundations of the colonial rule as a result of the First
World War have all been narrated in an engaging simple language
full of insights.
The cynical administrative responses of the colonial state in
letting the communal riots happen and, under certain exigencies,
in preventing these by punitive actions like large-scale arrests of
the rioters, lumpens and criminals, are all recorded in this diary of
an apparently simple human being in an amazing way. The narrative progresses as annual reports in perfect chronological
sequence.
Hashim of Husainabad (in Sheikhpura, Monghyr, Bihar) was a

considerably accomplished poet in Urdu and Persian which

attracted attention of quite a few researchers and critics of Urdu
literature. On Hashims poetic accomplishments, Patna University
assigned a research and awarded a PhD degree to Zeeshan Fatmi.
Hashims prose work is his memoir, Sakaraat which literally means pains at the time of death which he claims to be an
indeed truthful sample or testimony of his life and of the age in
which he lived.
The title and sub-title of the book may suggest that this is
rather a pessimistic account of his age. But in reality it is not like
that. How? The diary concludes on an optimistic note: it ends with
a big hope, as the concluding entry (of 1917) in the diary narrates
the authors observation about the visible beginning of the fall of
the British, Sarkaar-e-Inglishiya Ke Zawaal Ke Aasaar. He
records that in 1917 the Muharram and the Dussehra coincided
and communal tension reached its peak in Bihar: there were instigations, conspiracies to the extent of mixing poison with the
sweets by the sweet-sellers killing a few people. However, soon
after that the Sonepur mela went off peacefully as many leaders

made proactive interventions mounting enough pressure on the

colonial state to put the rioters behind the bars. An incredibly large
number of such anti-social elements were thrown into jails across
Bihar. He attributes all this deterioration in law and order and rise
in crime to the wilful role of the colonial state which was becoming desperate and restless in the face of the First World War.
Hashims narrative testifies that despite his frustrating preoccupations with his own affairs, he had penetrating eyes watching
international developments as he comments upon how the British
roped in the USA which was till then apparently staying aloof. He
also comments upon as to how sustaining the war would be economically an unviable proposition for the imperialist powers, given
the geographical distance of the USA and the costs incurred in
keeping the War going. Through newspapers he was able to calculate that the British had to bear a daily expense of Rs 12 crores
on the War.
Prof. Jabir Husain has done a great service to the researchers
of history by publishing this memoir/diary. Prof. Jabir Husain (b.
1945) has compiled and published his maternal grandfathers
personal memoirs, the manuscript of which he has retrieved from
his cousin Syed Saifuddin (1904-85), of Kamra Mohalla in the
town of Muzaffarpur (Bihar). Earlier too he published field survey
reports about some of the poorest communities of Muslims. He
also discovered the role of an unsung hero, Batakh Miyan Ansari
(1867-1957), the cook of the District Magistrate of Champaran,
who was forced to add poison to the milk to be served to
Mahatma Gandhi in 1917, but Batakh Miyan secretly alerted
Gandhiji about this conspiracy. Enough of the white-mans burden
of civilizing us! This milk was therefore left untouched by Gandhiji.
An unfortunate cat, however, happened to have consumed it to
death. Another such discovery of him is an unknown hero of
Gopalganj who suffered tribulations because of having slapped a
British officer having hurled abuses on Gandhiji.
Prof. Jabir Husain, an alumnus of the LS College, Muzaffarpur
(established in 1899, as an outcome of the movement of modern
education launched during 1868-99, by the Bihar Scientific
Society of Muzaffarpur, a regional response to the Aligarh
Movement), where he became enamoured with the Socialist
movements of Lohia-JP; taught English literature in the colleges of
Monghyr and Patna, served as Health Minister of Bihar, 1977-79,
and as Chairman of Bihar Minorities Commission, Chairman of
Bihar Legislative Council, and Member of Parliament (Rajya
Sabha, 2006-12). As Chairman of the Legislative Council, he
worked a lot towards making government implement the decisions pertaining to the Second Official Language Status of Urdu
including recruitments of Urdu teachers and translators. Currently,
he is engaged more in retrieving valuable manuscripts and publishing these from his missionary cultural organization, Urdu
Markaz- Azimabad. He has written quite a lot and has got Sahitya
Academy award (2005) for his creative, Urdu Katha Diary, Ret
Par Kheema.
Dr Mohd. Sajjad teaches history at AMU. He may be
contacted at sajjad.history@yahoo.com

galaxy of distinguished Indian Muslims.

Salman Khurshid, on the basis of his vast
and varied experience, recounts how Muslims
in India accept this country as their own
despite many provocations and allegations
doubting their patriotism. In the process, he
reinforces his contentions by providing
numerous real-life examples of how the community has proved its commitment and capability by making immense contributions in
almost all fields.
This timely volume, which covers a wide span
from the late nineteenth century to the present,
brings out succinctly the pivotal roles played by a
galaxy of distinguished Indian Muslims. The author
describes how the Aligarh Muslim University in
Uttar Pradesh and the Jamia Millia Islamia (Delhi)
came into being and how many of their alumni
became part of the freedom movement and made
sincere efforts at fostering and maintaining communal harmony. Post-Independence, Salman
Khurshid emphasizes the importance of outstanding Muslim leaders who served as role models for
the younger generation.
The author does not shy away from hypersensitive issues such as terrorism, communal
riots, a Uniform Civil Code, present-day Muslim

leadership (or lack of) and the place of women in

Islam, with a focus on the Shah Bano case. He
underscores the significance of the trust deficit
on the part of Muslims vis--vis the police
(based on a recent report of the directors-general of police from different states) and spotlights
the July 2014 verdict of the Supreme Court with
regard to the Shariat and fatwas. He rounds off
the book with an analysis of what the future
could hold after the recent victory of the
Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies in the 2014
Lok Sabha elections.
Born on New Years Day 1953 into an eminent family, Salman Khurshid had his initial
education in Delhi before obtaining his
Masters from Oxford University, UK. He began
his political career as an officer on special
duty (in the early 1980s) in the Prime
Ministers Office during Indira Gandhis
tenure. Since then, he has served as Union
minister in various ministries. In the outgoing
cabinet, he was minister for external affairs.
He is the author of the bestseller Beyond
Terrorism: New Hope for Kashmir (1994) and
of a play Sons of Babur (2008). He and his
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difficult times and MG is the need of the hour. I hope our joint efforts will
succeed.
S. Islam, notoinjustice@gmail.com
Obama has disengaged US from murderous conflicts, really?
In the "Indian Express" of 30 Sep 2014, we have this from Praveen Swami:
"Through the past decade, Obama has slowly disengaged his nation from
a world riven by murderous conflicts, understanding that even almost
unlimited power and wealth can sometimes achieve but little." I'd like to
know which Obama the man is going on about. Can it be the one who is
now bombing the hell out of Syria, presumably being murderous to put an
end to murderous conflict?
Mukul Dube, Delhi 110091
uthappam@gmail.com
Beware of the cruelty of Israel & Co
The so called looter America. The greedy Britain and the bloody cruel
Israel are axle of evils of world. The dummy UNO has become the
sycophants of these cunning and cruel forces. The UNO is laughing on
seeing the utter cruelty on the innocents of Palestine and Gaza. Several
hundreds have been killed in Gaza and Palestine. The people of Gaza have
no Airport, Seaports even a Railway Station to reach or escape from the
savagery Jews. It is wonder and beyond the knowledge why this UNO
acting as blind and deaf. Britain smuggled all the wealth from India and
Egypt etc. America looted all the wealth from Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
Afghanistan etc. Just formed Israel looted the whole wealth of Palestine
Jerusalem etc. and forcibly occupied the land of Arabies as per the

guidance of Britain and America. These nexus of evils neither god loving
nor god fearing. Their hobby is making holocausts in the countries and
acquire their wealth. A Hitler has to come and eradicate the barbaric jews.
So, as to maintain the global peace. No use of UNO in this world since it
is established in America. India should not allow such cruel countries to
function their embassies or consulates. So as to avoid the sabotages and
unnecessary atrocities in India. The whole world is abusing and cursing
the atrocities of these counties.
Raj Mohan. A, Kochi, Kerala
India's Fake 'Love Jihad'
I don't know what is being discussed in Europe I can only comment on
what's happening here. Love jehad was alleged in Kerala and Karnataka in
cases of inter community marriage. The High Courts in both states said
that there was no such thing and upheld the right of adult a to enter into
self choice marriages. Now the battleground is UP. Because of electoral
considerations. In all the cases that are being shouted about there is a
consensual relationship in the background. As far as individual acts of
crime are concerned the criminals are men belonging to all communities.
And they should be severely punished. Let us not allow issues to be
confused. Inter caste and community marriages are taking place and
families are reacting in different ways. Women and girls are also being
subjects to horrible violence and that should be severely punished. By
bringing in issues that are imaginary like love jehad politicisation of crime
and choice is being created. In this atmosphere more violence is generated
and both rights and justice being denied.
Subhashini Ali, subhashiniali@gmail.com
Lady Sufi
For years I was trying to find out whether any lady sufi existed because it
appeared to me that Sufistic Orders are the exclusive domain of men sufis.
Whilst doing a bit of research to enable me to write a book on the
controversial mystic Ibn al Arabi, I learn that he was a mureedh [disciple]
of a 95 years old lady saint named FATHIMA BINTH alWALLIYA. I appeal
to the readers of "MG" to write to the Bureau of Islamic Publications,
22/51,
Barracks
Rd.,
Periamet,
Chennai
600003,
valimuhammad777@gmail.com, if they have heard about any other lady
sufi.
S. M. Pasha, valimuhammad777@gmail.com
'Clean India' movement must not remain photo-op
Prime Minister should ensure that his noble 'Clean India' movement does
not remain a photo- opportunity with personalities lobbying for being one
of the 'navratnas' for an additional feather in their caps by being nominated
as one of the ambassadors nominated by Union or state governments. Big
nine celebrities nominated by Prime Minister got their photos published
prominently in media cleaning roads in early morning hours. Of course,
such photos are essential for motivating people to join the welcome
movement. But Prime Minister should also ensure that his nominated
'navratnas' do it on regular basis submitting a monthly report on their
cleaning streets on day-to-day basis. Even if these highly over-occupied
celebrities are out of their home-towns, they can do cleaning in cities of
their stay. Union Minister of Urban Development likewise presented all the
'navratnas' of 'Clean India' movement for Delhi for a group-photo for media.
It is to be seen if all these 'navratnas' having got an additional feather in
cap in their celebrity-status clean capital city by themselves on daily basis
or not. Celebrities nominated for India or states should be made to make
media-publicised declaration for their disassociating from the movement
the very day they find themselves unfit to clean streets on day-to-day
basis, so that suitable replacement by new brand-ambassadors for 'Clean
India' movement may be made. Accountability and transparency in 'Clean
India' movement can only make 'Clean India' movement a successful
mission.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal, DELHI 110006
subhashchandraagrawal@gmail.com
Re-writing of Indian History
After Independence, the congress government at centre established and
formulated the Department initiating to re-right Indian history which
appears to be very funny and whimsical conception as history is always
the outcome of realities, actual happenings based on facts and truth so no
question of changing the position with factious, fabricated, false, frivolous,
imaginary and hypothecally abed events. While re-writing about rat on e is
free to call him a lion but in fsact rat will remain rat and lion in all the way
lion. So no question arised of re-writing the Indian history by way of
tweesting the factual positions. At any stretch of time history is made once
which can not be replaced under one's wishes and whims by way of
manipulation as did by the Englishmen in the Indian historians like Ishwari
Prasad, Tarachand and other most reverend and reputed historians
negotiated them form all directions.
Faheemuddin, Nagpur - 13
Women Entrepreneurs
On behalf of Integrated Congress of Women Entrepreneurs, we would like
to suggest that ladies from Minority Community be encouraged by The Mill
Gazette to opt entrepreneurship. Integrated Congress of Women
Entrepreneurs is always ready to help them for their socio-economic
development through group entrepreneurship.
Dr Mrs Sushma Joiya, chairperson, Integrated Congress of Women
Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Skill Development Polytechnic, Khurai
Road, Bina 470113
icwechairperson@gmail.com
Police mentality is anti Muslims
Three senior IPS (DGPs) officers committee opined that Muslims
considered Police as anti-Muslim and most corrupt etc. Are Muslims
wrong? In Moradabad Eidgah, police fired on the running Namaazees at
their backs, police shot 54 innocent Muslims in Maliana, Police killed
innocent Namaazees in Hari Masjid, police fired bullets on non-violent
protestors in Bhajanpura. Police swallows its injuries and does no fire at
mobs exept if they are Muslim. In case of others, it fires into the air to quell
the mob and lobs tears gas shells etc.
S. Haque, Patna
The insanity of India's Muslim Leaders
Today I went to attend the Sikh Justice Foundation (SFJ) citizens court that
was held in a small court infront of the White House in Washington DC. In
the mock court proceedings all charges in the chargesheet that was read
out related to the 2002 genocide of Muslims in Gujarat. The audience of
about 1000 people comprised about 80% of Sikh men and women. There
were a few White Americans. There were a few desi looking guys. Some
BJP guys who were standing infront of the White House fence, just a short
distance away tried to come over to the "court" audience and say to the
Sikhs that this was a Pakistani set up. The Sikhs told them to get lost. After
being at the site for about an hour I developed great respect for the Sikh
community and great remorse for the Muslim community. Look at the

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leaders in our community in India. Do they ever support Sikhs when they
hold protest rallies for the 1984 massacre of Sikhs? The answer is Never.
On Sunday in the protest rally against Modi the number of Sikhs protesting
was about half of the total number of protesters. When will the Muslim
leaders who give so many speeches and nothing else learn the basics.
Why do they not make alliances with Sikhs and also Dalits? Look at the
upcoming election in Maharashtra. From every constituency where
Muslim population is about 20% or more half a dozen Muslim candidates
are running. MIM's Akbar Owaisi has made a name for himself for
inflammatory speeches. Now he is camping in Muslim heavy population
cities making Muslim candidates run on MIM ticket. In all those cities
Muslim candidates are also running on SP, Congress, NCP, Welfare party
ticket plus a few independents. So you can imagine that Muslim votes will
be divided in four or five parts. Obviously Shiv Sena or BJP candidates will
win from those seats.
Kaleem Kawaja
kaleemkawaja@gmail.com
Maulana Mazharul Haque University needs a building
In Bihar, 20 yerars ago, MMH University was notified but till date MMH
university has been kicked out of many quarters as it has no building of its
own. Now news comes that seven new courses are being launched and
efforts are being made to acquire land. Congress has suffered a jolt in MP
elections because it didn't fulfilled AMU campus in Kishanganj, nor did it
build the five promised minority universities. Now in Bihar, MMU university
will be a sentimental issue for Muslims in assembly elections.
S. Haque, Patna
Lamentations Of An Indian Muslim
Hath not an Indian Muslim eyes? Hath not an Indian Muslim hands
,organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same
food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed
by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer,
as a Hindu is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not
laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge?
S. M. Pasha
valimuhammad777@gmail.com
Indian Muslims need no certificate of patriotism from PM Modi
Prime Minister Modi's recent statement of praising Muslims and calling
them patriots is nothing but double speak as he not a word of
condemnation against the highly inflammatory, biased and vitriolic antiMuslim speeches of his party leaders and VHP leaders. Epoch-making and
unforgettable sacrifices of Indian Muslims in the freedom struggle in which
Modi's Party had no role is the established and lasting proof of patriotism
of Muslims. In fact Modi has borrowed the idea that Muslim are patriots
from the Congress which is the standard bearer of secularism and Indian
composite national culture.
Dr. M. Hashim Kidwai, Ex-MP, Delhi - 110091
Navratri & Muslims
Even if Muslims look at Navratri dancers from a long distance, they should
be punished by Muslims themselves. Does Qur'an not prohibit staring at
other ladies.
S. A. U. Patel, Amod - 392110
Guj 2002
Why the Gujarat State Government not investigating the Gujarat 2002 riots
from 27.2.2002 of Vadodara? The riots started from Railway Station of
Vadodara at 2 PM. Three peoples were stabbed, two were Muslims and
one was a Hindu. Why the perpetrators of Gujarat 2002 riots which were
started from Vadodara on 27.2.2002 no investigating? Read my demand
from 2002 it self . State Government is silent as the riots of 2002 were a
mob of fanatics due to their sentiments that 59 Karsawaks were burnt in
Godhra buy the Muslims/ Being Godhra is infamous from 1927 itself from
the time of Mr. Late Murarji Desai the then Dy collector. Read report
published in TOI on 03.08.2003.
Dr. R. K. D. Goel, Vadodara 390009
rkdgoel@aol.com
Maya Kodnani
As expected, Maya Kodnani, the former minister of Gujrat under Modi
Government and a gynaecologist (who is by all means supposed equipped
with human norms) was found guilty and sent to jail for 28 years for thick
involvement and active participation in 2002 riots in the acts of brutality,
butchery and genocide of Muslim men, women, children and infants alike
and with the same intensity during Gujrat flareup at Noeoda Patiya
massacre case with 97 Muslims. Just a few days back she has been
granted bail with the suspension of 28 years jail, despite the fact that final
verdict in the appeal is yet to take place by the Gujrat High Court on the
grounds which are substantially have no locus-standi. On the other side
what can be said about the hundreds of Muslim youths pulling their life
behind the bars in jails throughout the country including the same Gujrat,
whose only fault is they are Muslims and innocent too but continued to be
inside the jails for years to gather even without chargesheet. Persons like
widow of Jafery and so many others moving form one court to other for
justice but except deliberate frustration in and out side of the temples of
justice, they got nothing in return whereas declared accused like May
aKOdnani, Amit Shah and several others with stigma of heinous crimes are
innocent in the eyes of law of land who immediately get favourable reliefs
form the courts.
Faheemuddin, Nagpur 13
Jayalalitha behind bars
The conviction of the Tamilnadu Chief Minister has proved that laws in our
county are certainly not like cobwebs which catch small fries leaving big
ones scot free. Corruption can be effectively rooted out if more such
sensational cases are filed and more bigwigs are duly punished.
S. M. Pasha, CHENNAI 600003
valimuhammad777@gmail.com
What 'Clean India' means?
' Clean India' does not mean having the brooms in the hands, sweeping the
roads, and getting wide coverage in the press. It means cleaning India of
corruption, crime and communalism. It means cleaning the Parliament,
legislatures, and all other public bodies from the corrupt and criminal
elements. 'Clean India' means cleaning India from the shackles of dynastic
rule. Just two days before the 'clean India mission' we are seeing
Jayalalitha in jail on corruption charges, and now governing the state
through her stooges, as Laloo Yadav did through Rabri Devi. So why the
media cries when a mafia don runs his business from behind the bars.
Why a criminal is looked down upon in society when the greater ones are
sitting in Parliament and Assemblies. Have you any comment to offer.?
Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani, Lucknow,
sherwanimk@yahoo.com

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