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7 Muslims among Gold US takes a closer look at Islamic banking

Medallists at Beijing Olympics BY MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN However, he added that his country is focusing
Beijing: Muslim sportspersons won 7 gold medals at the The US government is currently studying the on activities of various governments and central
Beijing Olympic games held between August 8 and 24. In a salient features of Islamic banking to ascertain how banks in tackling the economic issues. He pointed
reckoning made by the London based The Muslim News, far it could be useful in fighting the ongoing world out that the member countries in the G-20 also
following received the medals: economic crisis, Robert M. includes Islamic countries
Gold Kimmitt, US deputy secretary such as Indonesia and
R. Ramzi, Bahrain 1500 metre race of the Treasury told Saudi Turkey, besides the Kingdom
B. Sarsekbayev Kazakhstan Boxing journalists on October 6. which has been a member for
H. Saei Iran Taekwondo Kimmitt, who was on an the past 10 years.
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M. Mekhissi France 3000 metre steeplechase (SAMA) Governor Hamad Al- He hoped the G-20 summit
Robert M. Kimmitt, US deputy secretary
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V. Rahimov Azerbaijan Wrestling to be carefully prepared since important topics are Kimmitt said the items that could be included in
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T. Tigiyev Kasakhstan Wrestling Islamic banking will also be itemized in the agenda, geographical representation from member
K. Begaliev Kazakshtan Wrestling but it is a subject that is often dwelt in the public countries would provide a broader view of the
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Bronze in the US Treasury Department are currently countries through their experiments, ” he
H. Benhassi Morocco 800 metre race learning the important features of Islamic banking. added. (Source: Arab News)

New Mosque opened in Germany

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S. Yerkubalan Kazakhstan Boxing Mosque authorities have avoided installing amplifiers keeping in view
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the criticism and comfort of residents.
H. Mesbah Egypt Judo Duisburg: One of Germany’s largest mosques some 6,000 people attended Sunday’s ceremony,
R. Boqiev Tajikistan Judo with room for 1,200 was inaugurated on October said there were no protests.
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A. Chilmanov Kazakhstan Taekwondo recriminations that have soured Westphalia, Juergen Ruettgers,
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Yoga Fatwa Irks Malaysians
Kuala Lumpur: A fatwa by the National Fatwa Council
prohibiting Malaysian Muslims from practising yoga has
disappointed some Muslim groups and practitioners who deny
it is a Hindu religious practice.
“I don’t think it has caused any Muslim to convert to
Hinduism, neither has it weakened their faith,” says Norhayati
Kaprawi, program manager at the Sisters in Islam (SIS) group.
Citing its Hindu mantras and elements of worshipping, the
National Fatwa Council prohibited the practice of yoga by
Muslims. The fatwa is not legally binding to Muslims, who
comprise about 60 percent of the country’s 26 million population.
Norhayati, whose group champions the rights of Muslim women,
said many Muslims in Malaysia practice yoga to stay healthy.
She noted that SIS had been holding weekly yoga classes for
their staff for the past year, adding that it had no problems
continuing with it.
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Cont. from page 5
Glass windows, no loudspeakers
The opening of the mosque could not have
been more different from the controversy
surrounding a planned one in nearby Cologne. In
that city, some civic leaders have charged that a
planned mosque is “too big.” The city witnessed
violent rioting last month as rightists vainly
attempted to hold an anti-Islam rally.
Officials say ethnic Turkish Muslims form a
major group in gritty, working-class Duisburg, an
old coal and steel town, as opposed to their
affluent, middle-class counterparts in Cologne, 55
kilometers away.
In the Duisburg suburb of Marxloh where the
mosque was built, Muslims make up about one-
third of the 18,000 residents.
Gaza City in Darkness
Gaza City: The impoverished Gaza Strip, home
to 1.6 million, sinks into total darkness every night
over the lack of fuel supplies to feed its sole power
plant. It’s not the first time Gaza plunges into
darkness under the Israeli blockade. Even before
the November cut off, electricity supply in Gaza
ran 30 percent below demand. Human Rights
Watch has slammed Israel’s power cuts to the
people of Gaza as a violation of the law of war.
Despite international criticism, Israel remains
adamant on maintaining its Gaza closure. Gaza
An Internationalist President
In relations with the Muslim world and in our joint fight against global
terrorism, Obama does have a singular opportunity to signal a new era
and send a new message of hope and constructive engagement across
the Muslim world.
BY JOHN ESPOSITO
Barack Obama’s campaign victory was epic-
making in America and across the Muslim world.
On November 4, as soon as the election was called
for Barack Obama, I began to receive
congratulatory emails from friends in the Middle
East, South and Southeast Asia, and Europe. Some
had stayed up through the night to hear the final
results. Of course, I wasn’t surprised at the global
interest and support, which had been evident on
recent visits to Europe, the Middle East and
Southeast Asia. Wherever I spoke, regardless of
the topic, someone in the audience would ask me a
question about Obama and his prospects. Privately,
it was the topic of conversation. So what will all
this mean?
In the Muslim world, as in Europe and much of
the world, Obama is welcomed as an internationalist
president. His Kenyan father, early schooling in
Indonesia, race and name, symbolize for many a
unique internationalist presidential profile, one
that contrasts sharply with his predecessor. Indeed,
he is seen as the antithesis of George W. Bush-
internationally informed, experienced, aware and
sensitive, a measured and articulate statesman-not,
as Bush is often regarded, as a swaggering Texas
cowboy.
Despite its democratic rhetoric, the Bush
administration continued to look the other way in
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 6
The designers of the 7.5-million-euro ($9.4
million) complex forestalled German criticisms by
including plate-glass windows to make the
mosque’s inner workings more visible.
There will also be no muezzin calling to prayer
by loudspeaker from the Duisburg mosque’s 34-
metre minaret, a practice that some anti-mosque
groups elsewhere have seized on.
The state government and the European Union
pumped in 3 million euros in subsidies for the
complex, which includes a community centre, café
and the mosque itself capped with several
Ottoman-style domes.
Another 4 million euros were contributed by
Muslim faithful in an international fund raising drive.
officials warn that if the power cuts continued, the
situation would turn into a full-blown humanitarian
disaster. “The magnitude of the disaster will engulf
all aspects of life,” said Saheel Sakik, head of the
Gaza Electricity Distribution Company (GEDCO).
Many hospitals have partially stopped working
due to power and medical shortages. The Hamas
government warned that patients at al-Shifa
hospital and Gaza European Hospital, the largest
medical facilities in the Strip, could die as the two
hospital face closure due to the lack of power.
its relations with authoritarian Muslim allies. It
refused to accept the election of Hamas. America
condemned Hizbullah, but sat on the sidelines as
Israel carpet-bombed Lebanon, destroying much
of its infrastructure in a war whose victims were
overwhelmingly Lebanon’s civilian population.
Many Muslims today expect Obama to live up to
the principles of self-determination, justice and
human rights that they associate with America and
break with the Bush administration’s (and for that
matter, previous administrations’) double standard
in not promoting democracy and human rights in
the Middle East.
For majority of Muslims, who admire the West’s
freedom, technologies, and rule of law, the major
issues are respect for Islam and Muslims and
Western, especially American, foreign policies.
Many w ill be looking for an American
administration that emphasizes diplomacy and
dialogue.
The policies and legacy of the Bush
administration have left Barack Obama and his new
administration with many formidable political and
economic challenges, some seemingly intractable.
However, in relations with the Muslim world and in
our joint fight against global terrorism, Obama does
have a singular opportunity to signal a new era and
send a new message of hope and constructive
engagement across the Muslim world.
Muslim World
Inside the world of UK Muslim women
A major survey shows most want to marry their soulmates and enjoy high
street fashion, while keeping a delicate balance with their Islamic values.
London : A thousand British Muslim women
have responded to the biggest lifestyle study of
Muslim women undertaken in the United Kingdom.
It appears to show that Muslim women have
established a delicate balance between a desire to
live a contemporary lifestyle and tap into consumer
trends while simultaneously sticking to values
underpinning the Islamic guide to life.
The survey shows that 58 per cent of Muslim
women do not think the racial background of a partner
matters, althoughtwo-thirds believe it is very important
Egypt: Fatwas say wives may hit back in self-defence
Cairo: Egypt’s highest Islamic authority has
approved a woman’s right to fight back if her husband
uses violence against her.
The declaration by Sheikh Abdel Hamid al-
Atrash, w ho heads Al-Azhar University’s
committee for fatwas or religious rulings, comes
after similar rulings by clerics in Saudi Arabia and
Turkey.
Saudis ban women’s website
Riyadh : The editorial and advisory team of the
“Voice of Saudi Women” website said the Saudi
Telecommunications Authority had blocked its site,
saying the action did not fit the authority’s role “as
being responsible for providing knowledge and
openness to the world.” This action makes the
authority just another dark force that stands against
anyone who wants to move forward with our
homeland,” the group said in a statement published
on a different website, Afaq, which means “horizon”
in Arabic.
The Voice of Saudi Women website had been
functioning until it was blocked.
“This is a national website that monitors the
Kaaba to be adorned with new Kiswa
Makkah: The Kaaba is to receive a new Kiswa,
the specially adorned black silk cloth covering the
entire structure on Dhul Hijjah 9. Saleh ibn Abdul
Rahman Al-Hosayen, head of the Presidency of
the Two Holy Mosques handed over the new
Kiswa to the Kaaba’s senior keeper, Abdul Aziz Al-
Shaibi, at the Kiswa factory in Makkah on Nov. 29.
The Kaaba is draped in a new Kiswa every year during
the Haj. Expert artisans embroider the cloth with gold
and silver threads to create calligraphy using the verses
from the Qur’an. The Kiswa is made of approximately
670 kilograms of pure white silk, which is later dyed
black, and around 150 kilograms of gold and silver. It
costs more than SR20 millions and is considered one
of the most exquisite works of Islamic art.
The Kiswa is composed of three parts: a Sitaar
(curtain) of the Kaaba door, an inner lining curtain
inside the Kaaba and a Hizam (the belt). It is
Germany Reluctant on Islamic Finance
Frankfurt: Unlike major European players,
Germany remains reluctant to embrace Islamic
finance within its legal and tax systems though the
globally-thriving industry is already making inroads
into its economy.
“The German legal and financial system is not
yet geared towards the development of Islamic
finance,” said Zaid el-Mogaddedi, president of
the Institute for Islamic Banking and Finance in
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for their man to be knowledgeable about Islam.
Success to 37 per cent of women means being
a good Muslim, while 32 per cent say it is about
combining work with family life, with 52 per cent
wanting to run their own businesses.
When asked which Muslim causes were most
important, 70 per cent of women said matters
affecting Muslims in their own community or in
the UK were a priority against 21 per cent who said
that the Middle East was the most important issue
facing Muslims today.
“Everyone has the right to defend themselves...
all human beings are equal before God,” Atrash
said. Domestic violence accounts for 35 per cent
of the deaths among Egyptian women each year.
Saudi Sheikh Abdel Mohsen al-Abyakan says
a wife should use the “weapon” her husband uses
against her. Turkish Sheikh Fathallah Julun says a
woman should return two blows for each received.
achievements of Saudi women, and focusses on the
negative things which hinder women from taking an
effective role in our society,” added the statement.
The Kingdom is the only country in the world
where women are not allowed to drive. But some
activists are now publicly campaigning for changing
the law.
In a report published earlier this year, the Human
Rights Watch group said that there are discrimination
policies against Saudi women’s basic rights, such as
working, traveling, or even having access to healthcare.
Saudi Arabia maintains a strict segregation of the
sexes outside the family home, where women are
required to always be with their legal guardian.
manufactured at the Kiswa factory, which is located
in Makkah’s Umm Al-Joud suburb. More than 240
people work in the factory. Skilled craftsmen use a
combination of the latest technology, ancient looms and
artistic calligraphy to produce a work of exotic beauty.
The Kiswa consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece
is 14meterslongand101cmbroad. TheKiswaiswrapped
around the Kaaba and fixed to the ground with copper
rings. Because of the spiritual significance of the Kaaba,
an official Kiswa factory was established during the
reign of King Abdul Aziz in 1926 with Sheikh Abdul
Rahman Muzhar as its first manager.
During the time of the Prophet Muhammad(Pbuh),
the Kiswa was made of cloth from Yemen; it was
changed and renewed twice a year — before
Ramadan and during Haj. Later, during the reign of
the four caliphs, providing the Kiswa was formally
undertaken as a state obligation.
Frankfurt. Despite the impressive strides Islamic
finance has achieved in many European countries,
particularly Britain, Germany remains wary to adapt
its laws to the Shari`ah-compliant industry.
“Politicians are very wary,” said Mogaddedi.
Officials claim certain Islamic funds are shaky and
sometimes lack in transparency.
Germany is home to some 3.2 million Muslims,
over half of whom are of Turkish origin.
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 7
US to see end of an 'aura' by 2025
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“Any outright rejection risks wider repercussions, reinforcing
arguments in the Muslim world — including among Europe's Muslim
minorities — about the incompatibility of the West and Islam,” the
reports states. The report represents the US intelligence community's
most comprehensive examination to date of long-term security issues,
and warns of a likely increase in terrorist violence even as support
for extremism begins to wane.
Conflicts and resource shortages could lead to the collapse of
governments in Africa and South Asia, and the rise of organized
crime in Eastern and Central Europe, it adds. And the use of nuclear
weapons will grow increasingly likely, the report says, as “rogue
states” and militant groups gain greater access to them.
The document warned that terrorist organizations are likely to
become more deadly because the spread of chemical and biological
technologies “will place some of the world's most dangerous
capabilities within their reach.”
The report also warned that “the potential for conflict will increase
owing partly to political turbulence in parts of the greater Middle
East,” and apart from the US, countries such as Russia, China and
India will play greater roles as negotiators.
The new assessment by US intelligence agencies also predicted
that independent entities including tribes and criminal networks, will
gain international clout.
“Although the United States is likely to remain the single most
powerful actor, the US' relative strength — even in the military realm
— will decline and US leverage will become more constrained,” said
the NIC report.
Moreover, the document warns that the international alliances
and networks that have dominated global affairs since the end of
World War II “will be almost unrecognizable by 2025.”
Global warming, along with rising populations and economic
growth will put additional strains on natural resources, it warns,
fuelling conflict around the globe as countries compete for them.
“Strategic rivalries are most likely to revolve around trade,
investments and technological innovation and acquisition, but we
cannot rule out a 19th Century-like scenario of arms races, territorial
expansion and military rivalries,” the report says.
The report also predicts that the spread and influence of organized
crime in the eastern reaches of the bloc could see one or more member
state governments in Eastern Europe being taken over by criminals
by 2025.
Europe will also face the acute challenge of integrating immigrants,
particularly from Muslim backgrounds, at a time of economic
difficulties. The report warns that Europeans could resort “to narrow
nationalism ... as happened in the past” if they feel threatened by the
continued and increasing influx of immigrants.
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Manual for Social Harmony for Muslims
PROPOSED BY MAQBOOL AHMED SIRAJ
T
he Muslims today stand on a
precipice. They need to build
bridges with others in the plural
society that we are destined to live in.
There are multiple approaches to the
building of understanding. Some people
would think presenting message of Islam
to non-Muslims could be the most
effective one. O thers believe that
adopting the majority’s culture would put
their fears to rest. Yet others think panacea
lies in banishing religion from the social
and political life could be the ideal recipe.
A few consider the hate-mongers to be
belonging to the upper castes. So an ideal
antidote would be to build alliance with
the socially oppressed classes. All these
approaches should be followed by
whoever thinks he or they can achieve
social harmony this way.
It must be borne in mind that a minority
must try to reach out to others in its own
interest rather than expecting others to
come to it.
Here we suggest some community
measures:
Being proactive
· The most effective way to tackle
the communal forces or communal hatred
is to be proactive. Relief and rehabilitation
starts after the damage has been done. It
is better to prevent riots than seek cures
later.
· It is better to spread love and
promote understanding than douse fires
and do troubleshooting.
· It is better to build friendships
than to allow the hate-mongers to gain
advantage and promote hostilities.
On individual plain
· Be friendly with non-Muslims.
· Invite them home on festivals,
share meals with them and get invited at
their festivals.
· Send your friends greetings/
cards on festivals, marriage and other
special occasions.
· Know your neighbours’ and
friends’ dietary habits beforehand.
Befriend them with a right menu.
· Never throw a bone to your
neighbour’s dog if he happens to be a
vegetarian.
· Offer gifts, tips or eatables or at
least tea and snacks to low ly
functionaries of the society like the
garbage collectors, scavengers, meter
readers, newspaper boys, municipal tax
collectors. Mostly such people come from
underprivileged sections of the society
and look forward to such freebies and
favours. A tea in your drawing room is
undreamt by them.
During Ramadan
· Do not allow the sehri wake-up
teams to beat drums through the streets
inhabited by non-Muslim localities or
even mixed localities. Drum beating has
outlived its utility. It has to be abandoned
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totally.
· Let not the locality mosque read
out taraweeh prayers on microphones.
· Let not the samosa shops
encroach upon streets and lead to
clogging of traffic. Such manifestations
of Ramadan are not welcomed by anyone.
Azan
· Azan may appear a wake up call
to us, but may not be approved of by
members of other communities. It is better
if the morning azan is called without
amplifiers. If indeed attendance for Fajr is
thin, the mosques could send out SMS to
musallis.
· Wherever there is no need for
amplifiers, they could be taken off the
minarets. The musallis could be instructed
to feed azan in their mobiles and times of
azan be set frequently as the timings
change.
Jumaa (Friday congregation)
· Friday congregations are
snowballing in size everywhere. It is
therefore imperative for the community to
expand capacity of mosques.
· Spilling of namazis onto the
roads must be avoided all costs. Blocking
traffic will put people to inconvenience.
· If the mosque cannot be
expanded, the congregations should be
held twice or thrice.
· Jumaa sermons should focus on
issues of public concern and communal
harmony rather than being merely
ritualistic.
On Bakrid
· Bakrid or Eidul Azha is the
occasion when the communal forces look
for the most prized opportunity for
stoking communal hatred and mobilize
groups to physically attack Muslims. It is
true that 80 per cent of the people of India
eat meat. But it is useful to remember that
power elite of the nation is vegetarian or
at least maintains that position.
· Do not sacrifice animals in
public.
· Arrange safe disposal of the
waste away from the municipal garbage
bins.
· Possibly go for collective
qurbani and away from large human
concentrations and away from the public
eye.
· Do not throw bones, entrails and
blood on the streets.
· Avoid qurbani of the big animals
that cause hurt to other groups who
worship them.
· Sacrifice only that many animals
as are obligatory. Do not unnecessarily
slaughter animals after the name of every
buzurg. Seek other avenues for donating
this money for socially beneficial
purposes.
· Do not put up posters for
collective qurbani on public spaces.
Communal forces keep an eye on that and
can create disharmony on that score.
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008
With Police
· Police are the maintainers of the
law, order and security. It is desirable that
a positive relationship is built with them.
The task begins with everyone keeping
himself abreast of the functionaries of the
local police station, division and the city
or thana. Background of such
functionaries should be known, their
human rights record, their education, their
family ties, their nexus with politicians
should also be known.
· The locality Muslim should
arrange a community iftar or meals for the
local police station at least once during
the month of Ramadan and on the eve of
Eidul fitr or Bakrid.
· If the locality Muslims happen
to be resourceful, they could also arrange
something like a water cooler, fridge, or
whatever is a common need for the
station.
· The new Circle Inspector should
be invited to the mosque soon after his
appointment/transfer and be presented a
shawl, a sweet box, a memento or gift for
his family and be garlanded.
· The important people in the
community should cooperate with the
local police station during festivals,
conclaves and times of tensions.
· Water, tea and meals should be
arranged for the cops on the bandobust
for Eid congregation, sandal procession
or tablighi ijtima or Hajj camp or any
other occasion when their presence is
warranted. Arrangements should be made
for their officers to sit.
On Media front
· Media is the purveyor of the
news, views and pictures. A positive
rapport is essential for the long term
harmony. For this the community in the
cities and towns should keep itself aware
of the people in the media, their
background, their religious persuasions,
their ideological affiliations, their caste,
their educational career and families and
strengths and weaknesses. Proper
documentation of these should be done.
Addresses, phones, email IDs and
locations should be updated.
· The media always recognizes
people by their designations,
organizations. A few knowledgeable and
prominent people should maintain
rapport with them and act as
spokesperson. All and sundry should not
speak on behalf of the community but
they could speak individually and such
opinion should be held individual. Before
interacting w ith the media, the
spokespersons or organizations should
coordinate their response with the cross
section of the people.
· Media has various organizations
such as Working Journalists Association,
Press Guild, Press Photographers
associations, local Press Club, Press
Academy, etc. Their functions and
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functionaries and antecedents should be
known to the community.
· On special community occasions
the media persons should be invited for
lunch or dinner. They could be offered
modest gifts. There should not be any
overt measures to woo media persons.
Such things are detected and prove
counterproductive. But one-to-one
rapport with individual reporters and
journalists is always useful. They could
be helped from community scholarship
funds, medical aid foundations, or even
marriage gifts are quite in order.
Advertisements carrying greetings on
special occasions and significance of the
occasion should be inserted in the media.
· Some journalists whose attitude
has been consistently positive, could be
commissioned for special reports and
researches about the community under an
open system of fellow ship from a
recognized body. This is a recognized way
of interacting w ith the media by
communities and interest lobbies.
· When a negative report, opinion
about the community appears in the
media, there should not be an angry
outburst from the community. Following
steps should be taken: 1-Source of the
news should be identified. 2-there should
be effort to investigate the news at the
source. 3-Distortion and corruption
should be outlined and brought to the
notice of the newspaper editors.
On contentious issues
There are bound to be conflicting
situations in a plural society as various
faiths and religions have varying practices
and ideologies. Hindus worship idols,
Muslims are opposed to idolatory;
Christians sell and eat pork, Muslims hate
pork; Dalits breed and rear pigs, Muslims
will not touch anything with a bargepole
that has connection with pigs; Jains are
strictly vegetarian, Muslims and
Christians are non-vegetarians. On all
such issues, confrontationist postures
must be avoided. Mediation and conflict
resolution exercise must be taken up by
the people of understanding. Agents
provocateurs take advantage of such
sensitivities. It is quite possible that some
may throw a piece of prohibited meat in a
mosque or a temple may be stoned by
some miscreants. Community must
condemn all such acts but should avoid
getting exacted over such trivialities. Such
acts should be brought to the notice of
police and action must be sought.
Elections
Elections are part of the electoral
democracy. There is no alternative. While
they ensure governance, they also
sharpen caste and community feelings
and with regard to Muslims they could as
well provoke communal feelings. Some
steps are suggested.
1- Do not allow religion to be an issue.
Cont. on Page 26
 Update ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 9

Fighting Fascism
BY A STAFF WRITER an RSS-leader. Well-known journalist Subhash Gatade
spoke about the involvement of Hindutva terror groups in

T
he first session of the convention was devoted
to discussions about Hindutva. In his
introductory remarks, the noted social activist
Ram Puniyani dwelt on the ideology and politics of
Hindutva, which he, as did many other speakers after
him, characterized as the Indian form of fascism. He
argued for the need to examine the links between Hindutva
terrorism and free-market terrorism represented by
Western economic and cultural imperialism, and also to
recognize the fact that Hindutva fascism poses a graver
danger not just to Muslims and Christians, but in fact, to
all marginalized groups in the country, particularly Dalits
and Adivasis, since it represents the worldview, interests
and agendas of entrenched ‘upper’ caste elites. He
pointed out that in this regard there was little difference
between the ‘hard’ Hindutva of the BJP and the ‘soft’
Hindutva of the Congress, and noted the deep inroads
that Hindutva forces have made into every pillar of the
state, including the bureaucracy and the judiciary,
besides in the educational field and the media.
Elaborating further on the theoretical analysis of
Hindutva as fascism, noted historian K.N.Panikkar spoke
about how the Hindutva agenda is now being advanced
not so much by communal riots, as in the past, but by
what he termed as ‘organized attacks on Muslims and
Christians, amounting to genocide’, often in complicity
with agents of the state. These well-planned attacks on
Muslims and Christians, Prof. Panikkar pointed out, are
characterized by far greater brutality than previously, and
no effective action is taken against their perpetrators,
whether by the Central or state governments.
Noted academic and legal luminary Prof. Upendra Baxi
spoke about what he called the ‘Modi-fication’ of India, a
process of ‘regression’, exemplified in the form of the
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, which, in his words,
‘represents a totalitarian order and a politics of immunity
and impunity’, a situation where those in power ‘can do
as they want without any pull of accountability or tug of
constitutionality and can practise genocidal governance,
a form of governance that continuously destroys
democracy’.
‘Hindutva is identical with fascism’, declared the noted
social activist and Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh.
‘The RSS is the single major source of strife and danger to
the unity and prosperity of India’, he announced.
Last month, the New Delhi-based human
rights' group Anhad, along with some 90
other organizations, held a two-day
national convention on the theme,
'Countering Fascism: Defending the
Idea of India'. It was attended by scores
of social activists from various parts of
the country. Predictably, it received
hardly any mention in the so-called
'mainstream' Indian media.
The same point was made by John Dayal,
spokesperson for the Catholic Church. He noted how
scores of middle-class Hindus send their children to study
in Christian schools but yet passionately support, or else
remain silent on, Hindutva fascism. Since Hindutva fascism
aims also at the suppression of the ‘low’ castes, and the
poor in general, the struggle for social and economic justice
must form a central plank of popular mobilization against
Hindutva, opined noted social activist and former Vice-
Chancellor of Lucknow University, Rooprekha Verma.
Magsaysay Award winner Sandeep Pandey pointed out
that possible links between Hindutva radicals and certain
terror attacks urgently needed to be probed. He critiqued
the growing military and ‘counter-terrorism’ collaboration
between India, Israel and the United States, as well as the
manufacturing of the image of Muslims as ‘terrorists’ which
global powers are propagating so assiduously in order,
among other things, to boost their weapons industries.
The second session of the convention dealt with
‘Fascist Terror Networks in India ’. In her introductory
remarks, Shabnam Hashmi, coordinator of Anhad, spoke
about the widespread and deep-rooted communalization
of not just the political sphere but also of popular
consciousness on what she called a ‘massive and
unprecedented scale’. The Congress is equally
responsible, she said, for the rise of Hindutva fascism as
the BJP, and she minced no words in claiming that certain
actions and statements of the present Union Home
Minister are no different from what one would expect from
various bomb blasts that have taken place in different
parts of the country. Noted senior Supreme Court advocate
and head of the Delhi-based Human Rights Law Network
Colin Gonsalves argued that it was crucial to examine the
direction in which the courts were moving in India on the
issue of communalism and secularism as reflected in their
judgments. This would indicate both the ideology of the
judges as well as what future judgments might be expected.
Providing details of various Supreme Court decisions, he
expressed his pessimism in this regard, suggesting that
several of its recent judgments appeared to be clearly
supportive of the Hindutva agenda and ideology.
Another legal luminary and fellow advocate in the
Supreme Court, Prashant Bhushan, referred to the
menacing rise of Hindutva fascist forces that have started
resorting to terror bomb blasts and are threatening to export
what they consider as the ‘Gujarat model’ of genocidal
attacks on minorities to the rest of the country. In this
regard, he pointed out how scores of innocent Muslims
have been arrested and languish in jail for bomb attacks
for which they have no responsibility at all, and in this the
police, the intelligence agencies and influential sections
of the media are in league with Hindutva forces and the
state. The third session of the convention was devoted
to the theme, ‘Fascism and Neo-Liberal Economic Policies’.
To consider Hindutva fascism simply as a religious or
cultural or political phenomenon is misleading, suggested
medical doctor and social activist Abhay Shukla. Rather,
fascism, including in its Hindutva garb, also has to be
understood as reflecting a certain economic agenda of
entrenched and oppressive local and global elites. It is
intricately related to the new ‘global’ face of rapacious
‘neo-liberal’ capitalist exploitation, and, as the case of
Gujarat shows, is perfectly compatible with communal
violence, which serves it by diverting the attention and
wrath of oppressed classes/castes from their real caste/
class oppressors onto imaginary and manufactured
‘enemies’, such as Muslims and Christians.
The lively and immensely productive convention
concluded with the announcement of a long list of plans
for practical action to be taken to galvanise the struggle
against communal fascism. But as to how and when and
by whom these well-meaning and certainly very urgent
suggestions will be taken up remains to be seen.

Sidelights
Based in Jaipur, Kavita Srivastava is the President of the Rajasthan chapter of
the Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). She and her comrades have been
consistently working in Rajasthan for the cause of human rights, particularly for
the state’s Muslims, Christians, Adivasis and Dalits, and have taken up the issue of
targeting of Muslims by agencies of the state and the media in a major way. She
discusses this and more in this interview with our staff writer.
Q: How do you see the way in or branded as terrorists. They were blasts, without, as I said, this being done by some Muslim elements, They start with this premise
which the state in Rajasthan is arrested and interrogated by the proved at all. just as it is possible that they might probably, or at least in part, because
responding to acts of terror that police, and many of them were Q: Why is it that the media, be the handiwork of, say, Hindu there seems to be this widely-held,
have rocked the state in recent subjected to cruel torture. The the police and the investigating extremists. But surely the agencies though erroneous, image in society
years, most particularly in the police somehow automatically agencies often jump to the of the state and the media should of Muslims as somehow inherently
aftermath of thedeadlyblasts that assumed that Muslims were conclusion that blasts must be the not rush into concluding anything and congenitally programmed to be
shook Jaipur earlier this year? responsible for the blasts, without handiwork ofMuslims soon after before a detailed investigation. prone to violence and terror. And
A: The situation is indeed having any proof. Almost a fourth these occur even before any Sadly, that does not seem to so Muslims and their behavior
grim. Muslims are being readily of those who died in the Jaipur investigation hasbeen conducted? happen in most cases. So, they come to be seen in an essentially
branded as terrorists, and this is blasts were Muslims, although A: Unfortunately, that seems generally begin with the premise criminalized way, not just by the
how many government officials Muslims account for just about a to be the case in large parts of that any blast must be the police or media but also in the
view them. So, soon after the blasts tenth of the city’s population. But country, including Rajasthan. handiwork of Muslims, and that wider public domain.
large numbers of innocent still the dominant view was that Obviously, it is possible that some obviously influences or determines
Muslims were wrongly suspected Muslims had killed Hindus in the terror attacks might have been the conclusions that they reach. Cont. on page 13

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 Editorial LETTERS ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 10
Obama’s Presidency Bouquets and Brickbats
Urdu-English Do not blame
Much Hope, Little Scope
reading it. Muslims are almost
always at the receiving end of
Dictionary police’s action (or is it Ulema

B
arack H. Obama’s entry into the White House certainly inaction?). The police remain
I have compiled and Former unionminister and BJP
comes as a fresh whiff of breeze from corridors of power mute spectators whenever such
published a comprehensive leader, Arif Muhammad Khan
filled with gunpowder stink. That a black man could an incident occurs. And when wrote an article, ‘Reforms happen
Urdu-English Dictionary which
assume the mantle of world’s legally most powerful seat must be the Muslims legitimately protest through discord, not unity’ in the
runs into three volumes and
most breathtaking political wonder of the new century. (as they are always so inclined Indian Express, October 18, 2008.
2,800 and odd pages. It is a boon
Notwithstanding his reticence on key economic issues afflicting the to d o), thei r prow es s in On the birth anniversary of
for all those who are studying
US and world economy, hopes are being pinned upon the man who controlling such situations Muslim social reformer, Sir Syed
either of the two languages or
has heralded the United State into the post-racial phase of history. are working on any translation comes to the fore. We, on our Ahmad Khan, he reminded us of
He deserves credit for uttering not a word on the racial history and part, also have to introspect the need for modern English
project. The Dictionary was
prejudices his million of co-colourmates have suffered in the most education and science for
compiled after three decades of what do we stand to gain by
vibrant democracy in the world. It serves as a lesson on futility of otherwise backward Muslims The
constant labour and research protesting at such junctures. occasion for raising this important
flaunting past victimhood by individuals and groups, albeit few will and was launched last July in We protest because w e are
deny that he was not a beneficiary of the fractious racial past of issue is apt because Sir Syed
Hyderabad. Hundreds of its abused, tortured and beaten tirelessly worked for social and
America. copies have been shipped to the up. The result? In turn, we educational reforms by setting up
Obama ran an intelligent and positive campaign in his run-up to US, the UK, the Gulf and again get abused, tortured and thAligarh Muslim University amid
the presidency. Bush’s nightmarish presidency was a more helpful Pakistan. The complete set could beaten up. We have to do some severe hostility of then “bigotry
companion to him than Senator McCain’s follies. Embattled, be had for Rs. 3,000 from the soul searching and reworking of the professional clergy” the
financially sapped electorate, and economically debilitated nation address below. of our strategies in order to writer has right to highlight social
helped the blacks, the minorities, the youth, and a considerable Yakoob Miran Mujtahedi prevent such incidents. But and educational backwardness of
number of Whites, to put their colour prejudices aside and plump for Dictionary House, 16-3-807/1/A unfortunately if they do occur, Muslims in India today. But our
his promise of change. Opp. Zaaiqa Café we need to protest in such a disagreement with Arif Muham-
But then it is useful to be reminded that occupants of the White Hyderabad-500024 way which should compel the mad Khan is that he ended up
House have their limitations. Obama will not be any exception in that Ph: 040-24577172, 92478-14085 putting all the blame on
authorities to surrender to our
he would be no less a prisoner in the hands of forces that shape and mujtahedisdictionary@yahoo.co.in conservative, obscurantist ulema,
demands. The arrest of Sadhvi while completely ignoring the
ideas that underlie the substructure of the American State. Euphoric www.mujtahedisdictionary.com Pragya Singh Thakur and her negligence of the Indian state
opium would wear thin when power substructure would begin
demanding Obama to fall in line. It was apparent from his campaign.
Tit for Tat accomplices will certainly go a since independence, resulting in
The Malegaon blast long way in nabbing the real gross poverty and alienation
He was none too shy to demonstrate the fawning obeisance towards perpetrators of these diabolic among the minorities.
revelations are a tragic point in
the Israeli lobby. He did not allow Jimmy Carter to appear on the acts. Abhay Mishra &
Indian history. Never before in
Democratic Party platform to speak for him, given the Israelis’ Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui Badre Alam Khan
any nation across the world have
antipathy towards the former President for his unpardonable crime Bangalore Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
serving army personnel from an
of authoring a highly critical book damning the Israeli policies. muthisiddiqui@gmail.com debatingissues@gmail.com
Much against the rhetorical flourish of ‘we can change’, he may overwhelming majority comm-
prove a disappointment in defanging the cabal of Zionist lobby
unity perpetuated acts of Arabic Text Positive Approach
terrorism against members of it’s We are in receipt of Islamic
whose identification of Israeli interest withAmerica imparts centrality I am an ardent reader of
nation’s minority community, Voice at the Muslim Library
to the State Department policies. He would be under constant Islam ic Voice which has
destroying national property and regularly. The positive approach of
pressure to act against Muslim interests to prove that his middle
killing it’s own citizens! immensely benefited me. While
name is incidental to his origin and not integral to his and Americans’ its contents makes reading
Communal parties like the BJP going through the old copies I pleasant and enjoyable. The
worldview. Looking at the impressive list of donors to his campaign
and Shiv Sena want to turn this read an article ( October, 2005 Muslim Library was established in
(6,000 against McCain’s 2,600), it will be futile to expect that he would
sordid affair into a false tale of Bounds set by Allah : Al Baqarah the year 1912 by few like- minded,
be acting against the pharmaceutical, nuclear arsenal, healthcare,
patriotism. These political parties 2 : 187 translated by Adil Salahi), generous people of the community.
electronics industries that rule the roost in dictating policies. Iran is
have failed to realise that their in which the English meaning of For its outstanding performance
not likely to be struck off the list of ‘rogue states’ and will be target
open support to such tit- for-tat the Arabic words are useful for for almost a century, the Karnataka
of relentless bamboozling as ever. No radical shift is foreseen. The
terrorism has the potential to those who are not well versed Urdu Academy honoured the
only difference he has shown till now is that he may lend ears to the
destroy the nation itself. with Arabic language like me. I Library with “Karnataka Swarna
lobby of ‘consensus builders’ who want opening the channels of
Surprisingly too, there has been request you to publish a regular Award” during March 2008.
negotiations.
no great public outcry or column incorporating verses Secretary
Neither would Obama be able to disentangle himself from the
condemnation of all this by The Muslim Library
stranglehold of US biggies who have just been bailed out with massive from the Quran with English
liberal secular thinking Hindus. No.8, Veera pillai Street,
sops from the public exchequer. He was also among those who voted meaning the way as shown in Shivajinagar, Bangalore-1 Ph:
for the bailout as was he on the question of Bush’s Patriot Act which Just as Muslims rush out on the that article which will help many
streets to denounce terrorism 9343560778. Email:
was unprecedented in striking at the civil liberties in the US. of us to acquire full knowledge muslim_library@rediffmail.com.
after every blast, Hindus should
Prevalent mood of self-congratulations in the United State on of the text.
‘undoing the racism’ by electing a black man for White House, may
also strongly display their
Dr.Alifa Begum
Divided in Hearts
rejection of such acts by
begin to hurt the blacks. Obama victory may well be used to suppress Guwahati I always read Islamic Voice with
rejecting such political parties
the push for racial equality. Americans would need summoning rapt attention, but at the same
and denouncing their support alifab41@gmail.com
enough sanity to resist the temptation to use Obama presidency as time, it makes me ponder as to how
for terrorism. Thank you very much for
a ‘White guilt repellent’ in the words of the commentator Steve Sailer. true we are to our religion.
Javed Khan, your appreciation of our work. Muslims are not only divided by
The advocates of post-racial America would need to look why Black
Bandra-West, Mumbai The Islamic Voice used to ideology and conflict in beliefs,
areas have substandard schools, why unemployment soars among
them and why the American jails have dispproportionately high
javeed_kn@yahoo.com carry Arabic Text earlier. But but also in their hearts. Those
this was discontinued on readers
number of blacks as inmates. A Black in White House does not really Moving Report suggestion for fear of careless
who are rich prefer to live in their
cosy surroundings with a placed
substitute fundamental changes in attitude. Mubasshir Mushtaq’s first disposal of copies that have been fixed on the top of the door
Obama acknowledgedly ran a race-neutral campaign and may person report on the recent reading; “this is the blessing from
not be amenable to bold brush to erase past ignominies as he himself read. We however proposed to
Malegaon blasts (Malegaon my Lord,’ and peeping from a safe
has said that racial oppression was confined to the past. He also insert the Arabic text on the distance at the poor outside their
Bomb Blast: The Smell of Blood
knows his limitation that any rush to heal the divide would erode his internet edition while avoiding homes.
is Still in My Head, IV Nov. 08)
political supports among the Wasps who would dub him ‘angry it in the print. Md. Rashed
was moving. I got uneasy while
blackman in the White House’. Editor Kolkata

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 Community Round Up
“Let’s Talk”
A Dialogue on the Media and its Responsibility
Hyderabad: PEACE
Hyderabad, a coalition of
concerned citizens and NGOs,
organised “Let’s talk”, a
dialogue on the Media and its
Responsibilities, on 11 th
November 2008 at Madina
Education Centre, Hyderabad. A
group of concerned citizens
interacted with senior journalists
on various issues of concern, like
media and prejudice, its role in
removing ‘victim mentality’,
media and credibility, its role in
fostering harmony, and on
issues of terrorism and minority
appeasement. The speakers
representing the concerned
citizens in this dialogue
included, associate facilitator
(conflict resolution) at the Henry
Martyn Institute, Ms Arshia
Ayub, freelance journalist and
executive committee member of
Chennai based Harmony India,
A.Faizur Rahman, Professor of
Political Science, Rama S.
Melkote, eminent scientist and
founder of the Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology (CCMB),
widely regarded as the architect
of modern biology in India, Dr.
P.M.Bhargava, senior advocate
L.Ravi Chander, noted social
activist and Officer of the Order
of Canada (2006) Dr. Vithal Rajan,
Major Quadri, senior advocate,
Shafeeq Rehman Mahajir, and
social activist Ghiasuddin Akber.
Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Chief of
Bureau, Munsif, Venkateswarlu,
Deputy Chief of Bureau, The
Hindu, M.A.Raheem, Editorial
Adviser, Rashtriya Sahara,
Amarnath, Secretary, Indian
Journalists Union and other
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senior journalists participated in
the Dialogue.
Arshia Ahmed Ayub
facilitated the session. In her
introductory remarks, she said
that this dialogue was a first in
the series of dialogues of the civil
society with various influential
sections of society like the media,
the police, the bureaucrats etc.
Faizur Rahman spoke about
how the Muslim community has
been demonized all over the
world, through biased media
reports. While acknowledging
some brave reports of mainstream
newspapers, he however said
that reporters tend to base their
reports on the biased versions
of the intelligence agencies and
the police. Anti-social elements
get more focus than innocent
victims of discrimination.
Responding to Rahman’s
statements, Venkateswarlu said
investigations and trials take a
long time. Most information
comes from the police and the
intelligence. M.A.Raheem said
the police and the media jump
to conclusion whenever there is
a terrorist act. He cited examples
of how higher police officials
feign ignorance of ground
realities in the aftermath of an
act of violence. Amarnath said
the press does not have the
wherewithal and the training to
conduct independent investi-
gation. Ghazanfar Ali Khan said
nowadays, investigative journ-
alism meant sensationalism. He
said a lot of prejudice and
preconceived notions against
Muslim community could be
found in the electronic media.
He emphasized the fact that no
religion should be associated
w ith terrorism. Prof Rama
Melkote w ondered w hy
citizens’ versions are not taken
into account by the media.
Dr Vithal Rajan said it is not
right to link any religion with
terrorism. He found the hunger
of imperialist US government for
middle-east oil, behind the
global level propaganda
against Muslims. Ghazanfar Ali
K han said that the current
domination of police reports in
the media can be played down
and substituted by alternative
reports. H e said electronic
media has crossed all limits of
decency.
Prof Rama Melkote stressed
on the build-up of a victim
mentality by the press,
ghettoisation and branding of
a community. She felt that all
sections of the society are
participating in presenting this
convenient label of the “other”,
and victimization. The
vernacular press in particular
report events in a different
light, she pointed out.
N ewspapers have respons-
ibility to project news that
makes a reader think, not accuse
a section of society. Why is it
that events that are reported are
not given a chance to be judged
by the rule of law ? Can
newspapers become agents of
change? Muslims are struggling,
she felt, and they need to be
given an opportunity to rise.
Media has a big responsibility
to play in changing the victim
mentality she added.
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 11
Gujarat to have a Bomb Database
BY ABDUL HAFIZ LAKHANI
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has decided to build a bomb
database centre at Gandhinagar FSL and set up bomb squads in 24
districts equipped with hi-tech gadgets to fight terrorist activities
With Gujarat figuring prominently on the terror map, the government
has decided to set up bomb squads in 24 districts of the state. The state
government has also decided to set up a data centre at the Gandhinagar
FSL to keep track of all the blasts occurring in the country. Secretary
(Home) T S Bisht said, “the data centre will work under the State
Intelligence Bureau. A budget of Rs 45 lakh has been sanctioned for the
purpose. An entire floor at the FSL will be dedicated to the centre. If a
blast occurs anywhere in the country, we will collect its data here.”
Explaining what sort of data they will be looking at, Bisht said,
“Information on the materials used to make the bomb, the area where
such material is available, the bomb’s intensity etc will be studied here.
The centre will also analyse new techniques adopted by international
and national level terrorists to spread terror. The centre will also be a
storehouse for documentary proof like mobile phone clips of blasts.”
The squads will acquire hi-tech Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
System to counter sabotage and terror-related incidents.
Haj Committee to Jumbo Size
Delegation for Hajj
BY ANDALIB AKHTER
New Delhi: At a time when Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
has sought to prune official “goodwill” delegation to reduce government
expenditure as an austerity measure, a jumbo size delegation of officials
and their families is heading for Saudi Arabia in the name of performing
“Haj duties” that will cost the taxpayer Rs 80 million. In anadvisory, the
government had asked all ministries to cut down foreign and domestic
travels as part of the mandatory 10 per cent cut on the non-plan
expenditure for austerity. In a communication to Indian missions in
Riyadh and Jeddah, the Central Haj Committee has informed that 100
officials, accompanied by their family members, are being sent on the
“Haj duties” and that they be provided separate facilities and five star
accommodations in Saudi Arabia, “befitting their status.”.
Throwing to winds the austerity call, the Haj committee has sought
to provide free boarding, lodging and transport to the officials who are
primarily sent to assist the Indian pilgrims. Ironically, the Haj committee
communication has demanded separate facilities even like kitchen and
toilets for these officials to keep them away from the hustle and bustle of
the pilgrims. Further, it demands the arrangements for their stay in Mina
should be separate, befitting their status. The delegation which is visiting
Madina has also asked for an accommodation in the central district,
while even the Hajis who pay for first class air fare have been booked
five-ten kms away from the central district housing the main mosque.
AMU to get
Facelift
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim
University (AMU) is all set to
receive agrant of Rs. 184Crore from
the central government. The XI
Plan visiting team has already
recommended the said amount to
the planning commission under
the general development grant for
the varsity. It would be the largest
fund ever the University will be
receiving. Vice Chancellor Prof. P.
K. Abdul Azis said that AMU
intends to build an exclusive hostel
for disabled students, an additional
hall for girls to accommodate 1000
students and the whole campus will
be renovated as the University Grants
Commission has accepted several
proposals of the University.
 Community Round Up
Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on Wakf
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee
on Wakf has asked the central government to enact
stringent legal measures to punish those Mutawallis
who are using the Wakf properties for their personal
benefit. “Vast majority of the valuable Wakf properties
in the country are in possession of Muslims or Muslim
organisations who are paying rents which are not
sufficient even for the upkeep of the property”, notes
the JPC report headed by Deputy chairman of the
Rajya Sabha, K. Rahman Khan. The Committee
presented its ninth report to both houses of
Parliament on October 23, 2008. The Committee has
Haj Committee of India to coach students
for Govt. exams
BY A STAFF WRITER
Mumbai: The Haj Committee of India has
chalked out a plan to encourage Muslim students
to appear for the various civil service examinations.
Among their various plans is starting a coaching
class to groom students for the civil service
examination. The committee’s chief executive
officer Muhammed Owais said, “We have a lot of
space and we will start coaching classes for the
minority students to help them appear for civil
service examinations and other all-India tests such
as the railways, banking and other public sector
jobs.”
The first batch will have 50 students with
experts on board for every subject.
Advertisements seeking students to enroll will
be advertised in all leading regional language and
Urdu papers.
Owais further, stated that the Haj House at
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also expressed grave concern over the fact that in
several state Wakf Boards, the chairman signs the
lease order, which is unlawful. Under the Wakf Act,
the chairman has no such authority. The Committee
recommended that all the lease contracts signed by the
chairman of the Wakf Board in any state should be
cancelled forthwithtreatingthemasillegal. TheCommittee
recommended the setting up of a Disputed Resolution
Authority which would resolve the long pending land
disputes between government and the various Wakf
boards. The authority could either be a statutory
body or set up by an order of the government.
Crawford Market in South Mumbai will also
provide hostel facilities for the students coming
in from other cities. “We have noticed that Muslim
parents do not encourage their children to appear
for these exams as they cannot afford to send
them to bigger cities. They do not have the money
to put them up in private lodges so, here we will
take care of all their lodging, boarding, food and
studies,” said Owais.
A member of the state government study
group for the education, social and economical
backwardness of the Muslim community, Prof.
Mohammed Tilwat Ali said that there is not
enough awareness among the Muslim community
in rural areas regarding civil service examinations.
He adds, “ Muslim students in the Marathwada
region lack confidence and as a result are not
driven towards preparing for the public sector
exams. This exercise will help people from our
community.”
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 12
Mayawati to revive Urdu in UP
BY ANDALIB AKHTER
Lucknow: Perturbed over the Samajwadi party’s growing
popularity among the Muslims once again, Mayawati is now using
Urdu to attract the community. The Uttar Pradesh government has
asked authorities of all departments to strictly ensure the
implementation of Urdu as second official language throughout the
state. In a missive to officials the CM office has directed all
departments to use Urdu for all official work too. For the purpose,
says the official letter, the services of the Urdu translator should be
fully utilized. It may be recalled that the Congress government led
by Narayan Dutt Tiwari accorded official status to Urdu in 1989.
The decision was widely protested by BJP and other communal
forces, leading to riots in several parts of the state. In 1995, the
Mulayam Singh Yadav government appointed nearly 4000 Urdu
translators and Urdu teachers. But latter governments in the state
completely ignored the progress of the language.
Reliance Mutual Fund to start
Islamic Fund in Malaysia
New Delhi: Even before it could launch an Islamic fund in India,
the Reliance Mutual Fund, has got the nod from the Malaysian
government to launch a Shariah-compliant fund in the country.
The Reliance Mutual Fund has been planning to launch
Islamic funds in India for quite some time. Though Reliance
Mutual Fund officials confirmed the report, they declined to
divulge details about the fund. Many Indian fund houses —
including Reliance Mutual Fund, UTI Asset Management,
Benchmark Mutual Fund and Edelweiss Mutual Fund have
been planning to launch Islamic funds. Benchmark Mutual
Fund has already filed an offer document for its Sharia Exchange
Traded Fund and UTI is in discussion stage to launch a similar fund
in India.
Marathi Compulsory in Urdu Schools
Mumbai: Marathi will be made a compulsory subject in
Maharashtra ‘s Urdu medium schools to ensure more jobs to
minorities in government departments, according to chief minister
Vilasrao Deshmukh. “In Maharashtra , there cannot be an option to
Marathi. German or French cannot be an option. The option for
Marathi is Marathi. Knowledge of Marathi is essential in the state
and one cannot accept that someone does not know Marathi,” the
chief minister said.
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Cont. from page 9

Based in Jaipur, Kavita Srivastava

interview with our staff writer.
Q: And why do you think this sort of image of Muslims is so deeply-rooted?
A: One major reason is that most Hindus, especially those in positions of power, have
little, if any, personal engagement with Muslims. So, being unable to relate to them as real,
flesh-and-blood people, they tend to see them in the form of sinister stereotypes and cruel
caricatures. The only source of information about Muslims they might get is from the media,
large sections of which, of course, are communalized and are getting increasingly more so.
Take television, forinstance. You won’t finda single programme set ina Muslim household.
It’s almost always set in an ‘upper’caste, upper or middle-class Hindu family. Hindi cinema—
or Hindustani cinema actually—once had considerable space for Muslims, although they
were generally presented in stereotypical terms, as decadent feudal lords luxuriating in comfort,
or as burkha-clad women or singing, paan-chewing qawwals or whatever, not as ‘normal’
human beings. But even that space has vanished, and now numerous Bollywood films
clearly and explicitly demonise Muslims in a very carefully planned manner. In addition to all
this is the poisonous anti-Muslim propaganda of the Hindutva forces. So, all this combines
to colour the public domain and the public perception of Muslims in an increasingly negative
light. As members of the wider society, it is not surprising that many people in the police, the
courts and the media are also influenced by this way of thinking.
Q: There are now demands being voiced to make anti-terror laws even stricter as a
means to counterterrorism. How do yousee this demand?
A: What some people, such as the Hindutva right-wing, some police officers and pro-
establishment media persons, are so forcefully advocating today is for a change in the law or
a new law so that statements given by the arrested before the police can be counted as
evidence against them. Now, we all know that this would lead to the further hounding of
innocent people picked up by the police, who might torture them to make false ‘confessions’,
which would be used as ‘evidence’ to falsely implicate them in cases for which they were not
involved in, and which would let the real culprits go free. This would be a major assault on
democracy.
Under the proposed draconian ‘anti-terror’ laws that some right-wing hawks are
proposing, even human rights groups taking up the case of people wrongly accused
of being terrorists could be arrested. Anyone who criticizes the wrong role of the
police, the judiciary or any other branch of the state could then be easily branded as a
criminal or terrorist sympathizer or abettor.
In other words, if such a draconian law comes into place, if you even think differently
from the state you could be booked. Anyone who even talks of state terrorism could be
labeled as a ‘terrorist’ or ‘anti-national’. If you take up the rights of oppressed people
who are being suppressed by the state, as is happening with human rights activists
working with Adivasis in Chhatisgarh, for instance, you could be branded as an enemy
of the state and thrown into jail. Or, as is happening in Orissa, activists protesting
against multi-nationals grabbing Adivasi lands, backed by the state, can be arrested, but
no action will be taken against the Hindu mobs, backed by Hindutva fascist outfits,
which have left tens of thousands of Christians in the state homeless.
And now there is talk of the need for a new ‘anti-terror’ law according to which any
person can be arrested if he or she even simply intends to support any banned group. In
that case, how would the government presume that it can judge anyone’s intentions?
Obviously, this would make a complete mockery of any claims to democracy.
In other words, with these sorts of new laws that are being put into place or are
being so vociferously advocated day in and day out, I fear India may be moving in the
direction of a ‘police state’ run by intelligence agencies so that the state and the ruling
classes can do whatever they want without any opposition whatsoever. These represent
the sinister agenda of forces that are bent on destroying whatever little democracy we
already enjoy.
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 Opinion ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 14
BY MAULANA WARIS MAZHARI Crusades. Our scholars believe, and this critical yet dispassionate way, so that and cry demanding that the face-veil
is what they tell their followers, that the Muslims can understand what the (naqab) be allowed, and some even go

T
he issue of strained relations
betw een Muslims and the
West is a long-standing one,
and it has taken a new turn following the
attacks of 9/11. In recent years, much has
been written on the subject by both
Muslim as well as Western scholars.
Following the publication of Francis
Fukuyama’s The End of History and
Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of
Civilisations in the late 1990s, a large
number of Western scholars have
concluded that reconciliation
West simply stands for drunkenness,
sexual license, immorality and all other
sorts of wanton desires and pleasures.
Because of this approach we have not
been able to learn from the good things
that the West has to offer, not even
about aspects of the Muslim scientific
heritage that the West had taken from
us and had then built on. Instead, in
many Muslim circles hatred of the West
limitations or drawbacks of contemporary beyond that, unmindful of the fact that
Western civilisation are and also its this might lead to further escalation of anti-
virtues, which they could adopt. Muslim sentiments in society. Some
Today, most Muslims have a double- extremist self-styled Islamic groups in the
standard approach to the West. On the West, such as the Hizb ut-Tahrir, even raise
one hand, many of them are vociferously the simplistic slogan of establishing an
opposed to the West and insist that Islamic Caliphate in the West, completely
Muslims should stay away from Western forgetting that the liberty to do all this is
culture as far as possible. At the same time, not available even in the so-called darul-
many of them fervently desire to migrate Islam.
The real conflict between Muslims and
the West today is in the realm of

Muslims and the West

between Muslims and the West is
impossible and that a clash
betw een them is inevitable.
Influential Western think-tanks
have aggressively pursued this
line of thinking, as have extremist religious
and political forces, particularly Christian
evangelicals and Zionist organisations, all
across Europe and America. In this
context, the crucial question arises as to
how the situation can be changed, as
indeed it must. Do Muslims have any
proper strategy or programme in this
regard? My answer is firmly in the
negative.
Despite the massive anti-Western
movements and sentiments that have
characterised much of the Muslim world
since the last 150 years, the fact remains
that Muslim intellectuals, particularly
the ulema, have only a very superficial
understanding of the West. In actual
fact, there has been no serious attempt
on the part of Muslim scholars to study
and e valuate We stern tho ught,
civilization and history. Today, our
religious scholars’ view s about the
West are about the same as the West
had about Muslims and Islam several
centur ies ago in the w ake of the
Crusades. Many Muslim scholars have
the s ame sort o f stereoty pical
understanding of the West as the West
had about Muslims at the time of the
BY AN ANALYST
West begging for a ‘dignified exit’ from Afghan Badlands
is considered to be the biggest sign of
religious ness. This menta lity w as
formed in the colonial period, and it
should have been done away with the
end of the European colonial empires.
However, instead of that happening, it
has been gre atly re inforced and
strengthened, and has now become so
deep-rooted that Muslim reformers find
it virtually impossible to combat.
Scores of instit-utions for the study
of Islam and Muslim culture and history
have been established in the West, and
severa l Western u niversitie s have
special depart-ments concerned with
these fields. They have produced a
massive amount o f literatu re. In
contrast, there are probably not even
two or three scholarly institutions in the
Muslim world devoted to the study of the
West using modern scholarly methods.
Universities in Muslim countries should
have set up departments of Western
studies, and there should have been
private - and government-funded
institutions for the study of the West, but,
unfortunately, these do not exist. We
desperately need such institutions, to
study Western history and culture in a
ideas. Militarily, Muslims were
defeated by the West two
centuries ago, and, far from
seriously hoping to militarily
overwhelming the West, Muslim
to the West! I have been twice to America, countries are thoroughly dependent on
where I met several Muslims who brand them for military aid. To effectively defend
America as ‘the Great Satan’ but still themselves, Muslims must first
continue to live there for the economic intellectually understand the West, and
benefits and oppo-rtunities that America for this we need a group of Occidentalists,
provides them. They show-off their counterparts of the West’s Orientalists.
American passports or, if they do not as But, unlike the classical Orientalists’
yet have them, are impatiently awaiting
approach to the Orient, these scholars
the day when they would receive Ameri-
should not be blindly critical of the West,
can citizenship. Why, one must ask, these
double-standards? If these Muslims are but should, in an objective fashion,
so anti-America, why don’t they leave examine both the drawbacks and the
that country and return to what they virtues of the West. Most Orientalists, as
consider as darul-Islam, ‘the abode of Edward Said so brilliantly brought out in
Islam’, where many of them came from? his magnum opus Orientalism, did not
I believe that there are numerous adopt such a balanced approach, and
aspects of Western culture and society actually served as tools of Western
that reflect the virtues that characterised imperialism, but the sort of Occidentalists
the early history of Islam. In contrast, look that we require must seek to objectively
at many Muslim countries, where groups evaluate the West.
that want to serve the cause of Islam are
(Translated from Urdu by Yoginder
under severe restrictions. It is unfortunate
Sikand)
that almost the whole focus of Muslim
groups in the West is on seeking to get (The writer is a graduate of the Dar
recognition for Muslim cultural identity, ul-Ulum Deoband and editor of the New
often to the point of excess. Take, for Delhi-based, Tarjuman Darul-Ulum, the
instance, the case of women’s dress. official organ of the Old Boys’Association
Hijab or modest dress, is adequate, but of the Deoband madrasa. He can be
some Muslims in the West make a big hue contacted on mazhariwaris@gmail.com)
not part of its solution,”
Sir Sherard was quoted as

T
he United
States and
its war-weary NATO
allies are sending feelers to
Taleban for talks and
simultaneously searching for ‘an
acceptable dictator’ to be foisted
on the Afghans. European allies
have so far unsuccessfully tried
to convince the jingoist President
George Bush of un-winnability of
war in the rugged, land-locked
nation of 25 million burly, and
never-say-die Pathans.
Everyone in the West is fully
convinced that Taleban are
diehard fanatics and may not
brook any American influence
once they are back in the saddle in
The departing commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Brigadier Mark
Carleton-smith, has claimed that defeating the Taliban was “neither feasible
nor supportable.”
Kabul. Yet they find no one better
than the same zealots to rule
Afghanistan and secret parleys
with them are on to seek exit of the
Western forces from the country.
The latest acceptance of the
Taleban’s invincibility has
emerged from a piece in French
satirical journal Le-Canard
Enchaine which published a
French diplomatic cable relating a
conversation on September 2
between the French ambassador
to Afghanistan, Francois Fitou,
and his British colleague, Sherard
Cowper-Coles. The conversation
was leaked in Le Canard
Enchainé. Cowper-Coles is
reported to have said that ‘the
security situation is deteriorating
in Afghanistan, and that NATO’s
presence was making it worse, and
that the two American Presidential
hopefuls should be dissuaded
from getting bogged down further.’
The departing commander of
British forces in Afghanistan,
Brigadier Mark Carleton-smith,
has claimed that defeating the
Taliban was “neither feasible nor
supportable.” And Kai Eide, the
UN Secretary-General’s special
representative in Afghanistan, has
agreed that the situation cannot
be stabilised by military means
alone. The telegram sent by Fitou
to the Elysee Palace, the office
of the French President had
quoted British envoy Sherard
saying : “The presence of the
coalition, in particular its military
presence, is part of the problem,
saying. “Foreign forces
are the lifeline of a regime that
would rapidly collapse without
them. As such, they slow down
and complicate a possible
emergence from the crisis.” It also
talked about rampant corruption
in the Karzai Government which
it said of having exhausting all the
trust of the people.
Sherard was even quoted to
have said: ‘Within 5 to 10 years,
the only “realistic” way to unite
Afghanistan would be for it to
be “governed by an acceptable
dictator,” the cable said, adding,
“We should think of preparing
our public opinion” for such an
outcome.

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 Special Report
Dhaka Symposium Highlights Islamic culture in SouthAsia
BY A STAFF WRITER
Dhaka: The contours of Islamic
civilization in South Asia were etched to
broad relief here at a 2-day symposium
on November 16 and 17. While most
scholars highlighted the positive
contributions made by the Islamic faith
and culture, a few outlined the synthesis
betw een H induism and Islam and
consequent syncretic traditions spawned
from the process.
The symposium was opened by Dr.
Halit Erin, secretary general of the OIC
Research Center for Islamic Arts and
Culture widely known by its acronym
IRCICA with headquarters in Istanbul. He
highlighted the role played by the IRCICA
in promoting positive understanding
between various cultures and even among
Muslims through a creative engagement.
He said the first symposium on Islamic
civilization in South Asia was held in
Islamabad in 1986. Dhaka University vice
chancellor Dr. S. M. A. Faiz said Islamic
culture was truly global as it was the first
attempt to bridge gap betw een the
occident and the orient. Bangladesh
Foreign Secretary Mr. Touhid Hossain
said Islam was a religion of peace and love
and parochialism and terrorism were alien
to it. He said such conclaves would show
that Islamophobia was misplaced.
In the working sessions Prof. Khurram
Khader from the International Islamic
University (IIU) from Islamabad laid the
premise by sketching the journey of Islam
to the subcontinent during its early 600
years. He said before Islam entered the
mainland India as an imperial power, it had
already taken the
stamp of Iraqi,
Iranian and Afg-
han cultures there-
by gaining a lot of
influences. He
pointed out that
religions of South
Asia with which
Islam interacted
were quite different
from the ones it came face to face on its
route of conquest. It therefore
necessitated a lot of adjustment which
were witnessed in sectors like political
administration, architecture and culture.
He said Islam never attempted wholesale
conversion in this region and therefore
faced the challenge of always remaining
a minority’s religion. It visualized the role
of Muslims as a dominant minority. This
espoused two distinct characteristics
namely segmental and organic. The
segmental characteristics were designed to
reinforce the distinct identity while organic
characteristic were aimed at maintaining the
leadership role. He also outlined the role of
the Sufis in the process who, according to
Prof. Khader, devised tariqas in lieu of
shariat.
Prof. Qandil Abbas from Pakistan held
the crusades and the Mongol invasions
responsible for decline of Islamic civilization
but the Safavids in Iran, Ottomans in Turkey
and Mughals in India led to resurgence of
Islamic culture. Dr. Durgadas
Mukhopadhyaya from Kolkata profiled the
Bauls, an itinerant community of singers in
West Bengal who practiced syncretic
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008
traditions repre-
senting a synthesis
of Sufi Islam and
Va i s h - a n a v i t e
beliefs. Dr. Minhajul
Hassan from Pakis-
tan profiled the
Pakhtoons who, he
said, were fanatic
Muslims who pra-
ctice Islamic rituals
but keep aside the Islamic law when it comes
to treatment of women. He said the women
are confined to four walls of houses and
family’s honour is defined in terms of
modesty of women. Dr. Akhtar Hussain of
Delhi University highlighted the
contributions of sufi poet Amir Khusrow.
Dr. Abuzar Khairi from theAcademyof Third
World Studies of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
outlined the welfare activities taken up by
Delhi sultans at the behest of Muslim Sufis
and ulema. Dr. Anwar Hossain from the
Dhaka University asked the participants
not to avoid asking uncomfortable
questions regarding the role of Islam in
South Asia. He said the role of Islam as a
catalyser in dismembering the Indian
subcontinent into three nations should
not be glossed over and scholars should
not be carried away by only the teachings
of the faith.
Bangalore based journalist Maqbool
Ahmed Siraj saw the Hindu-Muslim
cultural interaction in the subcontinent
as a rule, not an exception. He detailed
the literary activity in the period which
led to exchange of literary masterpieces
between Persian and Sanskrit, often under
15
the patronage of the royal court. He
debunked the misconception that the
medieval era smothered literary activity
and said development of Hindi as a lingua
franca owed itself to the patronage of
Muslim sultans of Delhi. Dr. Arshi Khan,
reader, Political Science, Aligarh Muslim
University in his paper on ‘Beyond
Multiculturalism’ tried to differentiate
between multiculturalism and pluralism.
He said the Muslim imperial power in the
subcontinent played an integrative role
and promoted solidarity between
communities. He cited cooption and
employment of Hindu officers of the
vanquished armies by Muhammad bin
Qasim and Mahmood of Ghaznawi. He also
argued that multiculturalism, a modern
concept, was not exactly pluralism. He
said the pluralism stresses rights of
communities while under multiculturalism
individual autonomy gained immense
importance. He said millet system under
Ottomans eloquently exemplified the
Islamic spirit of tolerance by recognizing
various nationalities.
Others who presented papers at the
symposium included Dr. Najma Khan
Majlis, Qazi Azizul Mawla, Fatima Meher
Khan, Dr. Akhataruzzaman, Dr. Ataur
Rahman Miazi (all from Dhaka university),
Mirza Asmer Baig from the Aligarh
Muslim University, Dr. Mohammad Ayub
from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, Dr.
Mohammad Sanaullah from the AMU,
Prof. K. M. H. Khalideen from Sri Lanka.
(This report has been compiled by
Maqbool Ahmed Siraj who participated
in the symposium.)

Art and Photo Exhibition held

BY A STAFF WRITER Zainul Abedin Gallery of the day International Symposium on
Dhaka: A 3-day Art and Dhaka University on November Islamic Civilisation in South
Photo Exhibition was held in the 16-18 on the sidelines of the 3- Asia. The Exhibition was opened
by Dr. Halit Erin, secretary
general of Istanbul OIC Research
Centre. Dhaka University vice
chancellor Dr. S. M. A. Faiz was
present on the
occasion. On Abdur Rahim, Mahmudul Hasan, President of
display were Mohammad Syful the Islamic Arts Organisation
the calligraphy Islam, Ibrahim said sultans and royals played a
works by Mondol, Arifur vital role in promoting arts during
M u r t a j a Rahman, Aminul the Muslim rule which was in fact
Baseer, Dr. Islam Amin and ace extension of Arab-Turkish-
Abdus Satter, photographer Babu Afghan-Mughal Cultural
Mohammad Ahmed. Dr. Syed heritage.

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angladesh’s woes are
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other option than plying the
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ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 16
ChaoticAs Ever
to the Government.
Jagannath University
It is rather bizarre to have a
university named after a Hindu
nobleman in a Muslim country.
demand a heavy toll on warfare in Deccan. But Bangladesh rulers must be
time. Consider yourself Shaista Khan’s lauded for the magnanimity in
lucky if you got the daughter Bibi Pari and recognizing the contributions
passage to the other side a son lie entombed in of t he fo unde rs of D ha ka
the third time it turned the mausoleum that Brahma School and according
green as you wait. constitutes the it the due place. Brahma School
Eroded steps of the centerpiece of the was set up in Sadarghat area
overused pedestrian complex. The three of Dhaka in 1858 on the bank
over-bridges are a buildings are simple of Buriganga by a group of
challenge for the limbs. The Lalbagh Fort Complex, Dhaka and lack the embellishments that Hindu philanthropists. It was
awkward traffic, heat, dust and are characteristic of Moghul ta ke n ove r by za mi nd ar
congestion can defeat the best Jagannath University architecture in and around Delhi. Kishorilal in 1872. He named it
of the schedules of visitors. Ahsan Manzil after his father Jagannath. It
Yet Dhaka is a lively city, ever Our next port of call was first started a law college in
pulsating with life. People are jolly Ahsan Manzil, a building of 18 82 a nd i ntr od uc ed t he
and ever helpful. The warfare ample proportions on the bank degree course in 1908 in other
between the two famous begums of river Buriganga. It is now a su bj ec ts . In 20 05 , it w as
which often spilled over streets, museum since 1985 but it accorded the status of a full
has made people weary of witnessed many a momentous fledged university. It has 22
politics. But army’s nearly two- events during the last one de pa rt ments a nd 27 , 0 00
year rule has made no difference ce nt ur y. I t w as her e that st ud ents pu rs ui ng hi gher
either. Economic hardships of the Indian Union Muslim League studies. I remember to have
common man are growing harsher w as founded. A gallery of seen a Jagannath Hall in the
by each day. Housing, power, po rt ra it s has p ic tu re s of D hak a Unive rs it y ca mpus
pressure on the land and the Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Sir during my first visit in 1991.
perennial floods know no answer. Sy ed A hm ed K ha n,
feeling that Bangladesh is a
Global warming has ominous
prison of people from which
forebodings for the nation of 150
every single individual is looking
million people. A metre rise of Ahsan Manzil
for an escape. Unless there is
sea level would deprive
responsible governance,
Bangladesh of 19 per cent of its
visionary planning and a
land area. Economic, social and
corruption-free regime, its
political repercussions of this
worries would not know any end.
deluge for this whole region are
Into Lalbagh For t
difficult to be surmised. No
I was in Dhaka for five days
wonder then why one gets the
to attend a symposium on South
Asian civilization sponsored by
Istanbul based IRCICA. After
two days of hectic sessions, a
day had been earmarked for
going around Dhaka. Mughal
Ra bi nd ra na th Ta go re a nd Goodbye Readers!
built Lalbagh Fort in the old parts
several other worthies of the With this issue of Islamic
of the city is a pleasing garden
time. Built by nawabs of Dhaka Voice, I am ending my 22-year
in early 19 th century, it has old association with the monthly.
dotted with three Mughal
undergone several repairs and It was pleasure working and
monuments comprising a
renovations. The serene view sharing views and barbs from all
mosque, a palace (which is now
of the barges and steamers on of you. When we brought out
a museum) and a mausoleum.
the Buriganga is obscured by this tiny monthly on January 1,
People must be thanked to have
the chaotic riverfront dominated 1987, it was just a 4-page sheet
spared the 40 and odd acres of
by ugly shacks, fisherfolk and printed in black, cold, dense type.
the green space in the densely
their wares and transporters. It has grown into a 32-page, part
populated old sectors of the city.
When Zamindari was abolished multi-colour and part glossy,
The monuments were built by
by the erstwhile Government of tabloid which is eagerly awaited
Shaista Khan, the governor of by thousands of readers across
Pakistan, the descendants of
Bengal during the reign of the country. Printing and
naw abs could not afford to
Aurangzeb. It is the same Khan gathering of news was no mean
maintain the building. They
who was later treacherously feat in those times. Photographs
shifted to another demi-mansion
killed by Shivaji in the ongoing were hard to come by. Now we
like building and handed it over
are living in different times.
Technology has made our task
easy. But the task of sifting the
facts from fiction has become that
much more difficult given the
avalanche of information that is
unleashed by the electronic
media tethered to interested
lobbies and groups. Sure in the
favouriteBeverage belief that a competent team
remains behind, I am looking at
other horizons. It is therefore time
to say a Goodbye to all of you.
 Interview
“All forms of terrorism, needs to be sternly condemned and
struggled against…” Swami Agnivesh
Q: How do you explain the recent wave of bomb blasts
that have taken place across India ? How can this
dangerous phenomenon be tackled?
A: Clearly, behind such attacks is a certain ideology
at work whose major objective is to create hatred between
the different communities. That, rather than just killing
innocent people, is the real objective of those behind
these dastardly and cowardly acts. These forces, who
could be both internal as well as external, and who could
include extremist Hindus, extremist Muslims or others,
clearly do not want people of the different communities
to live in peace with each other. Among the various steps
that should be taken to counter this form of terrorism is
for people to isolate the forces within their own respectivethis development?
religious communities that seek to foment communal
hatred. If a Hindu name emerges as being behind a certain
terrorist attack, it is for Hindus, in particular, to fiercely
condemn such a person or organization, not just as a
criminal but also as anti-Hindu. And the same holds true
for how Muslims should respond if the person or outfit
behind a terror attack bears a Muslim name. Terrorism
cannot be tackled simply by the government machinery
without this sort of social or public mobilization against Afghanistan and Iraq and seems to be bent on taking
it. In this, it is particularly crucial that we desist from on the whole Muslim world. George Bush openly calls
branding or associating any particular community with
terrorism, because terrorism does not know any barrier
of community. It is wrong to associate it with any religion.civilisations’. The Western media has been forcefully
A number of leading Muslim clerics have issued
fatwas against any form of terrorism, no matter what the
religion of the perpetrator. And so I would like Hindu
leaders to also begin to say the same thing. Recently, I
issued a statement on behalf of the Arya Samaj appealing
to all Hindu religious leaders not to support those
Hindutva activists who have been accused in the
Modassa and Malegaon terror attack cases. I appealed
to them to expose Hinduvta terrorists, for they are giving
the entire Hindu community a bad name. I pointed out
that numerous Muslim ulema or religious leaders have
organized mass rallies and have issued fatwas
condemning all forms of terrorism, including that
engaged in by self-styled jihadist groups. Recently, I
attended a huge inter-faith conference in Madrid to
denounce all forms of terrorism, which was organized
by the King of Saudi Arabia. I suggested that Hindu
religious leaders should also do the same and
forcefully condemn all forms of terrorism, including
that done in the name of Hinduism or by Hindus, as
anti-Hindu, anti-religion and anti-human.
Q: What has been the result of this appeal of yours
to Hindu religious leaders? Are they coming out to
forcefully condemn terror engaged in by Hindutva
groups, just as many Muslim clerics are now openly
speaking against terrorism done in the name of
Islam?
A: Unfortunately, many Hindu religious leaders
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continue to remain silent on
this. To remain silent on
such a heinous matter can,
in some cases, be construed
as tacit approval. But I am
still making efforts to make
them realize the gravity of
the situation.
Q: In recent years there
is a growing tendency in
some circles to associate
Islam, in particular, with
terrorism. How do you see
A: I think this is completely unfair. It is a product
of the imperialist agenda of certain Western powers
that need to create the spectre of radical Islamism as
allegedly posing an immense threat to the West so as
to help the West justify its continuing hegemony, its
global power and its control over West Asian oil
resources. Using this warped logic, and without any
evidence, America has attacked and devastated
for a ‘crusade’, and thus seeks to lend credence to the
thoro ughly ba nkrupt theory of the ‘cla sh of
propagating this thesis, and now, especially after 9/
11, large sections of the Indian media are also parroting
the same bogus theory. To repeat, to seek to associate
terrorism with any religion or community is completely
wrong. I think, and I have said this publicly, that
George Bush is the world’s No. 1 terrorist. It was the
Western establishment that, along with its client
regimes, created the Taliban and armed Saddam, and
the Bin Laden family is a business partner of the Bush
family. In the same way, the Congress, under Indira
Gandhi, propped up Bhindaranwala, but he later turned
into a Frankenstein. Likewise, the first victim of
terrorism in free India , Mahatma Gandhi, was killed
by a Hindu, not a Muslim. It was not a Muslim who
killed Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi. And so you can
easily see through the falsity of the slogan, ‘All
Muslims may not be terrorists, but all terrorists are
Muslims’ that is so frequently mouthed today.
Q: What do you have to say about the recent
revelations about some Hindutva groups being involved
in fomenting terrorism in India ?
A: Yes, this phenomenon exists and the media is
gradually bringing it to light. Hindutva ideologues
have been consistently seeking to equate Islam and
Muslims with terrorism but now that evidence is
surfacing of the close involvement of radical Hindutva
outfits in terrorism they are saying that terrorism must
not be sought to be associated with any
religion. But this is precisely what they were
doing all this while with regard to Islam. They
are saying that the so-called Sadhvi who has
been arrested in conne ction w it h the
Malegaon blasts should not be called a
‘terrorist’. Rather, they say, she should be
termed as an ‘accused’ because the charges
against her have not been as yet proved by
the courts. But if that is the case, then why
do they refer to the Muslims nabbed by the
police, but against whom the courts have not
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 17
Swami Agnivesh is the President of
the Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi
Sabha (‘World Council of the Arya
Samaj’). A well-known social activist,
he has played a leading role in the
struggle against communalism in
India , including against Hindutva
terrorism, about which he talks in this
interview with Yoginder Sikand.
passed their verdicts, as ‘Islamic terrorists’, without
demanding the same sort of proof? You can call them
‘suspect s’ or ‘accused ’, but w hy jum p to the
conclusion that all of them are actually terrorists
without the charges against them being proven?
Q: What do you feel about the way the government
has gone about seeking to tackle the problem of
terrorism?
A: There is no uniform approach across the
country. So, for instance, we witnessed the state-
sponsored genocide and massive wave of terror in
Gujarat in 2002, that caused the deaths of vast numbers
of innocent Muslims. The way this genocide was
launched, with such precision, made me suspect that
one cannot rule out the possibility that the burning of
the coach of Sabarmati Express might have been
orchestrated by others to fan anti-Muslim hatred and
garner Hindu votes. But the role of the state in such
heinous violence targeted against innocent people,
which is a form of terrorism, did not start with Modi.
The nefarious role of top bosses in the Congress Party
in orchestrating the large-scale massacre of Sikhs in
1984 is well-known. So, various governments have
sought to fan violence against minorities for their own
political purposes, and no discussion of terrorism in
India can leave out this crucial dimension.
We also have to talk of and speak out against other
forms of terrorism. The killing of some 3000 innocent people
in America on 9/11 was a terrible crime, and it must be
condemned, but the West does not want us to talk of
other forms of terrorism in which Western powers and
elites are directly implicated. Some 7000 children die in
India daily, mainly due to poverty, which is caused by a
skewed and totally inhuman notion of ‘development’
propagated by Indian and Western elites. Is this not a
form of terrorism also? In some senses, it is a worse form
of terrorism, not only because it is of a far greater magnitude
but also because it causes prolonged pain and suffering
to its victims, unlike those who die in an instant in a terrorist
attack. Some twenty-five thousand dowry-deaths of
women are recorded every year in India . Is this not also a
form of terrorism? Is not female foeticide a form of terrorism?
The point I am making is that all forms of terrorism,
whether in the name of religion, community, nation,
gender or whatever, needs to be sternly condemned
and struggled against. Let us not be selective in our
approach, because terrorism anywhere is a danger to
humanity everywhere.
(Swami Agnivesh can be contacted on
agnivesh70@gmail.com)
For more details about him and his work, see
www.swamiagnivesh.com
 Face to Face
“As Muslims and as people who follow Islam,
a positive approach should be the motto of our
life. Allah Almighty says again and again in
the Quran that one should be positive.
Negativity is not part of Islamic lifestyle or
thinking. Muslims should think positively and
be a vibrant community. We should work on
the positive motto that we are here to lead, not
to be led….”
K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
H
ailing from a small taluk called Krishnarajpet
in Mandya district in Karnataka, Mr K.
Rahman Khan completed 12 years as MLC
and has been with the Congress Party for 40 years.
Successfully running through his second consecutive
term as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and his
third consecutive term as Member of Parliament (Rajya
Sabha) he comes across as an unassuming and extremely
down-to-earth person. A disciplined lifestyle has ensured
that he looks years younger than his 69. Neither the
luxurious lawns of his home in Delhi, nor the sparkling
red lights on his car have affected his outlook towards
life and the world. He remains simple and maintains a
realistic approach towards things around him. Away from
the formality of the pillars of Parliament, in this
conversation with Nigar Ataulla he pours his heart out
on various issues related to the Muslim community and
life in general.
My father, the late Qasim Khan Saheb, who passed
away about 18 years ago, was the major source of
inspiration for me. I was born in a small town. My father
had a small kirana shop in Mandya. He followed Islam in
its letter and spirit. In business, he strictly adhered to
Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) principles. Even today, my
father is talked about in the whole of the town as a legend
who set an example of honesty, integrity and
straightforwardness. In the entire taluk of Krishnarajpet
in Mandya, there is not a single person who does not
know my father. I inherited his vision of positiveness.
He was a businessman, but never hoarded. He also set
up a chemist shop, which still exists today and is managed
by my younger brother. The virtue of honesty and its
fragrance left behind by my father lingers on today too,
and in the town people throng to this same chemist shop
even today.
In India, for the past 60 years, the Muslim community
has been involved in one or the other emotional issue,
be it the issue of the Urdu language, Muslim Personal
Law Board, discrimination or reservations and so on.
After Partition, the Muslims inherited several problems,
for which the current generation is not responsible.
Democracy and the Indian Constitution are the
greatest strengths of India and its citizens. As far as
religion is concerned, the Indian Constitution has given
complete freedom to its citizens to profess and practise
any religion they wish to. And it has also given everyone
freedom to propagate his or her own religion. This makes
it possible that no religion is threatened. At the same
time, while propagating one’s religion, it should be kept
in mind that the sentiments of no other religion are hurt.
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Muslims in India after Partition are an integral part of
the Indian society and in the last 60 years, they are
suffering from a psychological blockade that they are
discriminated, that Islam is in danger or even that their
empowerment is only possible through the government.
They also feel that their leaders have misled them, which is
quite true. Muslims have failed to develop the confidence
that they can be self-reliant. In any nation or society,
discrimination is common. In a mixed society like India’s, or,
for that matter, in every other society, discrimination is
common. Some Muslims might feel that because they are
Muslims they are discriminated against. Similarly, others
too feel that they are discriminated against, such as Dalits,
Advisasis etc. By saying this, I am not undermining the ills
in the society. Take an example. Suppose a person is born
with a physical or mental handicap. Can he or she spend his
or her entire life lamenting about this? Can he or she keep
blaming God and people around him? No! He or she has to
try to overcome the handicap in different ways. What I
wish to convey is that as Muslims and as people who follow
Islam, a positive approach should be the motto of our life.
Allah Almighty says again and again in the Quran that one
should be positive. Negativity is not part of Islamic lifestyle
or thinking. Muslims should think positively and be a vibrant
community. We should work on the positive motto that we
are here to lead, not to be led.
If there are four people, who is the most useful? It is
the one who is most vibrant and useful to the other three.
Muslims today should demonstrate that they have
knowledge of the Quran, and act in accordance with its
teachings of justice, fairness and equity. Let us introspect
as a community. While accepting the fact that Muslims
are being discriminated against, let us introspect why
this discrimination is happening. We as Muslims cannot
shift responsibility of our failure onto others. When
Muslims ask something and the government gives it,
then it is wrongly taken as ‘appeasement’ by the rest of
the society. My point is: who is stopping Muslims from
climbing the ladders of success?
I hail from a little town. Did anyone stop me from coming
up? No! Think about the Muslim scholars of the past,
who set up educational or religious institutions. Take the
case of the respected scholar, Maulana Ali Miyan. He was
respected not just in India, but across the world. Did he
not struggle on his own to gain knowledge and reach that
level? Then why this state of affairs now? I have always
felt uncomfortable with the idea of Muslims carrying the
label of “sufferers” around their necks.
If we really introspect, a fact comes to light that we
have not been giving to others enough. Allah’s quality
is giving. In the past, Muslims contributed in every field,
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 18
But now, why this passivity? It is because of the present
frame of mind. Why cannot Muslims be positive thinkers,
positive intellectuals and learn to give more, qualitatively
and quantitatively in various fields? As a community we
should have an agenda. We know our weakness, but not
our strengths. Our leaders are spreading a sort of
psychological blockade among the masses that we are
being discriminated against. We have forgotten to rectify
our faults. Muslims, including the religious clerics, should
participate more in social and humanitarian causes. We
have forgotten our huququl ibad, our obligations towards
the creatures of God. We unfortunately give too much
stress on ritualism. We need to make our presence felt in
the society by our contribution and performance. We
have forgotten the method of dialogue. We need to
inculcate and imbibe the qualities of Allah in us—qualities
such as mercy, forgiveness, generosity etc.
I do not believe that Muslim youth are involved in
terrorism. A few miniscule number might have been
misguided to feel that their anger can change society.
But the Prophet (pbuh) never guided the community with
anger. Jihad is a sacred word, and it is misused by the
media too. The Prophet gave clear guidelines about war.
Some Muslims misinterpret some Quranic verses and then
think that by giving their own lives and killing innocents
they are gaining shahadat. I dislike this sort of Muslims
who say they are jihadis or mujahideen and kill innocents
in the name of Islam. Take Kashmir. This is a political
problem and territorial problem, not a religious one, unlike
how some self-styled Islamists present the issue, to
justify which they have misinterpreted Islam.
I strongly feel that Muslims should have 10 year
planning like a Vision Statement that covers various
issues like poverty, illiteracy, empowerment, women’s
education, child labour etc. I appeal to the Muslim
community to have a positive approach. We should not
get distracted by the obstacles and hurdles that come
our way. In the current scenario, amidst all the differences
we have, we have to rise and shine.
Muslim youth today should understand that if
someone is suppressing them from coming up in life, in
their educational or professional fields, then they should
learn to struggle against these peacefully and emerge
victorious. It all lies within them -their inner will power
and strength. It’s all in the minds and hearts. Muslims
really need to work on their potential talents and qualities
and prove themselves.
I have always believed in positive thinking and belief
in Allah. I did not plan anything major, but only planned
to strengthen myself. I never asked for favours or a post.
I believed in working on my own potential.
Through Islam we can bring peace. Not through anger.
It is time we brought about the positive spirit among
ourselves. Without it, how can we bring about changes
in others and solve our many problems? Despite
Cont. on Page 26
 Life & Relationships
Learning to Smile and Forgive
Saabir Karim: My family and I participated in the
Discover Yourself workshop in Roshnee on the 7-9
November.2008. First of all my son was very negative
and by the end of the course he had completely changed
and was a new person, highly motivated and with a new
outlook on life. He attracted people into his space as he
had completely come to terms with himself, his Creator
and the people around him. The change was very
noticeable and people recognized it immediately. I had a
severe exema (skin disease) on
my ankles and despite
repeated treatment it would
not go away. The next day it
cleared up and I felt very much
lighter. I recognised most of
the basic principles of the
course presented by
Sadathullah Khan and what I
wanted to know from an Islamic context. It strengthened
my Imaan, reinforced my beliefs in the spiritual aspects
of healing. Our Deen is complete and all the answers are
there. Other people who attended could not express their
gratitude for the difference it made in their lives. I strongly
and wholeheartedly recommend that everyone attend
this course whether they have any apparent problems or
not, as one may not be aware of what lurks in the
subconscious and what
baggage they are carrying.
For this manifests itself in
behavioral changes and
diseases in our daily lives. In
totality we are now more
caring, share others’ concern
and wish to help others, make
positive changes in their lives
in accordance with Shariah
and the Sunnah.
Geity Miggen: My
experience was that I came with
an op en m ind into t he
workshop and wanted to understand what Islam was
all about. I am a Christian and as long as I pray and
read my Bible and go to church, I thought I am a
good person, but what I have realized here is that
you cannot just pray once or twice a week and go to
church on Sundays. It is a continuous journey. I do
not forget to eat or drink water, as I nurture my body
with food supplements, I should also nurture my spirit
with its supplements. That spiritual supplement
makes me the person that I really want to be. I also
learned an important lesson and that is, not to listen
to my ego.
Rabia: I learnt to smile with my husband and
learnt to forgive. I was a miserable person who could
not smile. I had made my children’s life miserable
because of my problems. I have learnt to accept my
husband having three wives. It feels like a big burden
has been lifted from me. I was mentally, physically
and emotionally abused for 28 years or more. I want
to better myself and come closer to Allah.
Fouzia: At long last! Excellent exposure Allah
Bless You! I have been to several self-development
courses. Always hoped for some “MIRACLE” – for a
Momin to come out with such a w orkshop! My
prayers are answered. I have to take the w ord
forward. Surely from today onwards my approach to
life and family and people has changed. This message
is going to cross all continents. Sadathullah Khan
has a good sense of humor to illustrate his point, is
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The Three Day “Discover Yourself
Workshop” was held at Roshnee,
South Africa, on the 7, 8 & 9 November
2008. It was organised by the Roshnee
Islamic School. Here, some of the
participants share their experiences
after attending the Workshop.
not boring, not fearful. I enjoyed the 3-days. This is
just what we need here in South Africa and worldwide.
This is the way of Dawah in today’s time. What a
breakthrough.
Hajira: This is my second time I am attending the
workshop. In this workshop I learnt where I was
going wrong in my life and I can see today what has
come to my life is from practising what I learnt in my
first workshop. My first workshop transformed my
entire life and the relationships with my mother,
husband, children, family and friends. When I meet
people I do not know that they feel the energy and
come to me and make conversations. When people
visit me, they tell me that my house is full of light and
peace.
Khatija: From the very first, in the
introductory talk, I was drawn to Sadathullah
Khan’s words. He has pointed out how we can
establish connection with Allah. My husband
was very surprised with my attitude on the first
day and he became very much interested in
the workshop. I feel so much closer to my
husband and other members in my family.
Memoona: I w anted spiritual
enlightenment. I wanted to feel connected to
the Almighty and now, I feel I can do this,
Jazakallah! When I make my Salah now, my
concentration is much stronger that I cry
without efforts. This workshop has empowered
me with the tools and techniques to be a good
mother and a wife. This is an inspiring
workshop.
Saadia: Self-realisation has dawn upon me.
By looking deep inside myself, I have realized
that whatever is going on in my life is because
I have created it. My husband was so
impressed by whatever I said and did in these
ISLAMIC VOICE, DECEMBER 2008 19
two days. My children cannot believe that this was their
mother- no screaming, shouting, just being able to over
look the little things that I normally would make a
mountain out of it. This workshop is the biggest gift for
my life, spouse, and kids.
Zeenat: Islam is a way of life. By attending this
workshop I have truly grasped the essence of that way
of life. My studies have given me all the theoretical
aspects of being a Muslim and of
Islam. This workshop has now
allowed me to experience the beauty
and reality of Islam.
Hawa: I have the power to stop
the restlessness in my soul and
enjoy the present. Pride and ego
makes the Satan stronger. Humility
and love purifies our soul. Mr. Khan
you will be at our dinner table every
day. May Allah reward you and your family for the
contribution you are making to the world.
Zubaida: I must stress that I am utterly blessed and
touched that my spouse not just attended this course
but also reached out and took the maximum benefit from
this life changing experience. To see him share and participate as
well as hear him speak to all of us at home about the powerful
shift that he has encountered, has given me a sense of
achievement because inevitably this has
already benefited our family and the
quality of our relationships.
Samina: I was a pondering,
confused, useless, complaining,
unhappy, unfaithful, disobedient, selfish,
self-centered, tired, greedy person and
lastly gave up life. ‘But’ Allah’s plans
never fail- Alhamdulillah! A new world
began! This workshop is a necessity to
allhumanityto know thetruthand reality.
It can effect a change and create a
peaceful, compassionate and a
harmonious life that is easy and
sustainable for every living being.
Osman: It was an awakening as I was in a hypnotic sleep
before. Very interesting. The tools used are effective and
practical. It is life changing! A lot of misconceptions were
cleared up.
Cont. on Page 20
 Life & Relationships
Overcoming Negative Approaches
Fatima: By my participation
in the workshop, I realised that
we may read a thousand books
and say that we have heard it
before but the difference is that
“How can we know Allah when
we do not know ourselves”. I
learnt that Islam is all about living
it with love, peace, kindness, and
sincerity while continuously
conquering our lower selves. I
really feel that a workshop of this
nature should be for the masses.
This is about our real journey to
Allah and this is so badly
needed. People should sponsor
Mr. Khan to enable him to
conduct this workshop in all the
mosques. If a poor person were
to receive such a workshop it
would turn his/ her life around,
having this would be more than
all the wealth in the world.
Shamina:
What I realised
when I came
here is that I
put blame on
some one and
did not take
responsibility
for my own life.
Playing the
blame game for
27 years has only left me hurt and
depressed. I made a decision of
divorce but after this workshop
I have taken responsibility for my
life. I wish to make my life and
the life of my family better.
Ghouwa Ism ail: As a
psychology student, I have been
bombarded with the theory, one
after the other. For the past five
years it has been a challenge to
implement or change my life for
the better. Alhamdulillah this
weekend has been life changing.
It has afforded me with practical
applications in order to change.
I came to this workshop as a
skeptic, but I am leaving this
workshop being a better person
and informed person living in the
now.
Waseema: When I started
this workshop, I never knew I
would be so inspired. I judged
and it was extremely wrong. I
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“Discover Yourself
Workshop” was held
in Cape Town on 14,
15 & 16 November,
2008 at UCT, Middle
Campus, Lecture
Theatre, Kramer 3.
Some of the
participants share
their experiences after
the Workshop.
thought it w ould be boring
lectures by people who just talk
and do nothing. I regret for
judging this workshop. I really
benefited from this workshop
because now, I look at things
differently. I am making a change
in my life. I am willing to look
forward. I was at a time ready to
give up, but now I am strong
enough to go on.
Aayesha: Attending this
workshop is part of my journey
to discover myself and improve
my way of dealing with life.
Normally I cannot listen to a talk
for more than two hours but the
positive energy from Khan Saab
is very contagious that I never
noticed hours slipping by. Every
minute spent in this workshop is
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Banu Allie: I have benefited
in certain areas of my life where I
know I had problems. I have to
overcome my negative approach,
make a difference to myself and
come closer toAllah. Your humour
fits in so nicely; it makes the
workshop more interesting. I must
say that Mr. Khan, you really
keep the participants engrossed
in your speech and getting across
your views and skills.
Fahmida: When I attended
the workshop the first day, I liked
it. I liked it in a sense that I had
the whole weekend to myself.
First time in 14 years, I had the
weekend to myself. Second day,
whatever went on in here the
topics, the questions, the
discussions, all that went straight
into my head. I am definitely
willing to give up my anger.
Hoosain: I have learnt and
realized the power
of my words;
especially how
they affect my
children. I see
forgiveness is the
key to improving
myself and
appreciating
those around me.
I see now that I
am well on the way to leading a
powerful life.
Haseena: I learnt to see
myself in a different way and
to view my life, issues and
experiences in a different way.
I learnt how to dea l w ith
situations and experiences in a
better, more matured way. I
learnt to impro ve my
relationships with everyone in
my life and others whom I
meet.
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Calm Temperament
The human mind works at its best when the surrounding
environment is calm and settled. Likewise, it works at its best
when the thinker's temperament is calm. When the human mind
is beset with external or internal commotion, its powers become
weak and it more easily falls prey to rashness and reckless
passion.
It is a strategy of debate to get one's opponent angry, since
once the opponent loses his or her composure his or her defeat
is almost imminent, especially if one is able to keep one's cool
and a smile on one's face.
The Prophet (Pbuh) warns us that: "Anger is a burning
ember in the human heart that is stoked up." [Musnad Ahmad]
The Prophet's conducts should remind us that just because
we know we are in the right, this gives us no excuse to get
angry. Indeed, if we are upon the truth, this should give us all
the more reason to remain calm. Anger merely confuses things
and makes it more difficult for us to think clearly and
communicate our thoughts to others.
We should remember the Prophet's words: "The strong
person is not the one who can throw his opponent. The strong
person is the one who can keep control when angry." [Bukhari]
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In the first day of the workshop your anger disappears and you enter
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The next day you get rid off the burden of the past and the constrains the
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any challenge that life throws at you and life is no longer a burden. Your view
of life alters. You create a new you, surrendering to the will of Allah. You
purify your heart and truly get connected with Almighty Allah.
Third day you witness a whole new world around you by demolitioning
(fana) your ego. You see life as simple with Truth prevailing and Falsehood
perishing. You experience, love, joy, peace, happiness, contentment
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A Guide to Uplift Minorities

information contained in this
handy guide book is presented
in a very readable and easily
A Guide to Uplift Minorities accessible mode and will prove
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run NGOs in the country which development work can apply for, into Urdu, Hindi and various
minorities and other ‘weaker’

D
espite the fact that
the Indian Muslims
taken together are,
on the basis of almost all socio-
economic indicators, among the
most marginalized and deprived
communities in India, the state
as well as Muslim elites have
done little to address the plight
of the community’s poor. A good
indication of this is the fact that
there are relatively few Muslim-
New Arrivals
Pseudo-Messianic Movements in Contemporary Muslim South Asia
BY YOGINDER SIKAND
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Year of Publication: 2008
work on development-related
issues. In contrast, the vast
majority of Muslim NGOs that do
exist focus almost wholly on
religious education alone. This
book is a must for social activists
involved in community work
among Muslims in the country.
Based on meticulous research, it
details various programmes and
schemes that Indian Muslim
organisations involved in
Kalki, the tenth and last avatar
from a host of sources. It
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about various schemes and
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sections, as well as general
schemes for which few Muslim
NGOs have hitherto applied,
possibly for lack of information
and awareness. In addition, it
lists a number of international
donor and development
agencies, including Western as
well as foreign Muslim
organisations, that fund
development projects.The
and cosmic proportions, the
forces of evil. Almost the entire
limited corpus of writings on
pseudo-messianic movements in
Muslim South Asia consists of
regional languages it could be
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listing selected reliable non-
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particular, and messianism in
general. Given the fact that
messianic expectations and
claims have now assumed such
importance in global politics (the

M
essianic hopes and
expectations are
common to almost
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Messiah to arrive to re-establish
their temple in Jerusalem;
Christians pray for Jesus to
return to earth in his ‘Second
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of Vishnu, would appear just
before the end of times; and the
advent of the Imam Mahdi, who
will usher in the end of the world,
is a cardinal tenet of the faith of
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The messianic figure that
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of the world is generally
portrayed as representing the
forces of good, as an agent of
historical surveys of such
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period.
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focusing on three such
movements that emerged in
twentieth century Muslim South
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own messianic visions, being the
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studies on the phenomenon and
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 Qur’an Speaks to You
Cowardice Unacceptable from Believers
COMMENTARY BY SAYYID QUTB.
TRANSLATED BY ADIL SALAHI
M
oses (peace be on
him) was worried
as he made his
appeal to the Jews to enter the
holy land that they might
disobey. His worries were soon
to come true as they sought to
give excuses for failing to
comply. They answered him in
these words: “Moses, mighty
people dwell in that land, and
we will surely not enter it unless
they depart from it. If they do
depart, then we will enter.”
The Jewish nature appears
here un-masked, w ithout
cosmetics. They were facing
danger and, therefore, all
attempts to put up a brave face
were abandoned. Not even
Allah’s promise to them to make
this land theirs was sufficient to
motivate them. They wanted an
easier prize without paying any
price. It should come to them
from heaven as Manna and quails
were sent down for them to eat
“Mighty people dwell in that
land, and we will surely not enter
it unless they depart from it. If
they do depart, then we will
enter.”
Victory, however, does not
come in this manner as the Jews
wanted, when they were devoid
of faith: “Thereupon two men
who were God- fearing and on
whom Allah had bestowed his
grace said: “Go in upon them
through the gate. When you have
entered, you shall be victorious.
In Allah put your Trust, if you
are true believers.”
The value of having faith
and being God fearing appears
very clearly. These were two men,
who feared Allah, and being God-
fearing made them totally fearless
when they confronted mighty-
people, they had all the courage
needed to dispel the imaginary
danger. They made this
testimony, highlighting the
importance of faith and the time
of trial and difficulty. They
wanted to show what it meant to
fear Allah alone at times when
people fear each other. Allah
does not combine the two
feelings of fear in any one man’s
heart: A person who fears Allah
fears no one else.
“Go in upon them through
the gate, when you have
entered, you shall be victorious.”
This is a basic rule in how to
fight the enemy. The Jews are
advised here to launch an
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In the name of Allah the Merciful, the Beneficent prayer and pronounced his
So Moses said to his people: “My people, remember the favors which Allah has judgment of the wrong doers. “This
bestowed upon you when he raised up prophets among you, made you kings and granted land will then be forbidden to them
you what he has granted to no other nation. My people enter the holy land which Allah for 40 years during which they
has assigned to you. Do not turn back, or you shall be ruined. wander aimlessly on earth. Do not
“Moses, “they answered, “mighty people dwell in that land, and we will surely not grieve for these wrong doing folk.”
enter it unless they depart from it. If they do depart, then we will enter. Thereupon two As they approached the holy land
men who were God-fearing and on whom Allah had bestowed his grace said: “Go in
whichAllah has promised them, he
upon them through the gate. When you have entered, you shall be victorious. In Allah
abandoned them to their aimless
put your trust, if you are true believers. They said, “Moses, we will never set foot in it so
wandering. He forbade them the
long as they are in it. Go forth, then, you and your Lord, and fight. We will stay here.
land he had signed to them. The
“Lord,” he said, “I am master of none but myself and my brother. Do, then, draw a
weightier view suggest that the
dividing line between us and these wrongdoing folk.” He replied, “This land will then
land was forbiddento that particular
be
generation of them, until a new
Forbidden to them for forty years, during which they will wander aimlessly on earth.
generation came of age, aware of
Do not grieve for these wrongdoing folk. (The Repast, “ Al-Maidah”-5:20-26)
the lessons and strengthened by
their up-bringing in the desert. The
first generation had long been used
offensive which takes them right nothing, but words. Fulfillment weakness experienced by a person
who suffered a major let-down, the to subjugation and tyranny in
through into the other people’s of their duty, on the other hand,
homes. Once they are in, the requires them to fight in a real faith of a prophet who spoke to Egypt. As such, it could not
others will be demoralized while war. “Go forth, then, you and Allah directly, the determination of shoulder the tough responsibilities.
their own morale will be high your Lord.” He is, then, not their an unshakeable believer. He could Tyranny and humiliation corrupt
indeed. Those attacked will Lord if his lordship means that not put his complaint to any one the nature of individuals as well as
suffer a total loss of confidence they will have to fight. “We will stay other thanAllah,whom he prays to communities.
and the attackers will win. here.” We neither desire a kingdom draw a dividing line between him The Muslims also learned this
“In Allah put your trust, if nor sovereignty nor even the and the evil doers. Nothing could tough lesson Allah has related to
you are true believers.” A promised holy land if it means that provide a link with them after they them. When they came face to face
believer relies on no one other we will have to fight these mighty had abandoned their covenant with difficulty and they were few in
than Allah. This is the distinctive people. withAllah. Norelationship of family, number confronting a mightier
mark and the correlative of faith. This is now the end for Moses lineage, history or previous efforts force of polytheists in Badr, they
But who were these two men (peace be on him) after the was of any significance. Their only said to their Prophet Muhammed
addressing the Jews with these strenuous efforts he exerted with relationship is faith and the pledges (peace be on him), “We will not
true words? True to their nature, the children of Israel and after they had given to Allah. As they say to you messenger of Allah
the children of Israel said, bearing all impudence and breached them, then all relations what the Israelities said to their
“Moses, we will never set foot deviation. The result was simply to have been severed. As for him, he prophet. “Go forth, then, you and
in it so long as they are in it. Go turn back away from the holy land was determined to fulfill his own your lord, and fight. We will stay
forth, then, you and your Lord, when they stood at its doors. This promises to Allah, while they
here.” But we will say to you; go
and fight. We will stay here.” was a clear violation of the continued to do wrong.
forth, then, you and your lord,
When cowardly people are covenant they had made withAllah, This is the attitude of humble
and fight: we will fight alongside
cornered, they are increasingly but the covenant applied to Moses politeness shown by a prophet, and
you.
impudent. They start to kick also. What should he do now and this is the action plan of a firm
believer. The tie which could bring We see how the Qur’anic
around like donkeys but they whose help he should seek?
method produced results in
never step forward. Often, “Lord, hesaid, “Iam masterof believers together was the tie of
educating the Muslim
cowardice and impudence go none but myself and my brother, faith. Nationality, lineage, race,
hand in hand. A cowardly person Do, then, draw a dividing line language, history and all other ties community through relating
is reminded of his duty, but his between us andthese wrong doing known to mankind are of no stories from past generations of
strength fails him. His neglect of folk.” It is a prayer uttered with significance when the tie of faith is believers. We can also see what
his duty embarrasses him and he pain. It is an appeal to Allah and severed. purpose is served by relating the
abuses this duty as well as the total submission to him. It also Allah answered his prophet’s history of the children of Israel.
message which imposes on him expresses total determination and
what he does not want. a total break with those who
“Go forth, then, you and disobeyed.
your lord and fight. We will stay Moses was aware that Allah
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All Muslims know that to follow the
example of the Prophet (peace be upon
him) in matters of religion is required as a
duty. To follow him in other aspects is
always good and fruitful. In as far as
offering the pilgrimage is concerned, we
have no option but to follow his guidance.
As he started his pilgrimage, he said:
“Learn from me your rituals.” This is an
all-embracing Hadith that makes clear that
the way the Prophet did his pilgrimage is
the proper way we should all follow. We
have a very detailed Hadith narrated by
Jabir ibn Abdullah telling us of everything
the Prophet did on his pilgrimage. Jabir
reports: “God’s Messenger (peace be
upon him) stayed (in Madinah) nine years
without offering the pilgrimage. In his
tenth year in Madinah it was announced
to all people that God’s Messenger would
be offering the pilgrimage. Many people
flocked to Madinah seeking to follow the
Prophet’s guidance and to do like him.”
Several reasons led to the delay of the
Prophet’s offering of the pilgrimage. In
the first few years of his stay in Madinah,
he could not have traveled to Makkah,
while the Quraysh, its inhabitants, were
raising one army after another to fight him.
When Makkah fell to Islam towards the
end of Year 8, the Prophet chose not to
offer the pilgrimage the following year
because he did not wish to see the
abominable practices of the unbelievers
which they introduced into the pilgrimage,
such as being naked when doing the tawaf.
In Year 9, Abu Bakr was the leader of the
pilgrimage and a ban was declared
prohibiting idolaters from coming to
Makkah for pilgrimage, and banning the
practice of doing the tawaf naked. With
that done, the pilgrimage could be offered
in the proper Islamic way, and this is what
the Prophet did. With him were no less
than one hundred thousand people, all
eager to offer this great act of worship
with him.
“We went out with him until we arrived
at Dhul-Hulayfah where Asma’ bint
Umays gave birth to Muhammad ibn Abu
Bakr. She sent a message to the Prophet
asking what she should do (considering
that she would be in her post natal period).
He told her to have a bath and to wrap
herself properly (putting a wide piece of
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Jabir reports: “God’s Messenger (peace be upon him)
stayed (in Madinah) nine years without offering the pilgrimage.
In his tenth year in Madinah it was announced to all people
that God’s Messenger would be offering the pilgrimage. Many
people flocked to Madinah seeking to follow the Prophet’s
guidance and to do like him.”
cloth at the place of discharge, tying both
ends from the front and the back and
sticking that wrapping tight to a belt she
has around her waist.) She could then
enter into ihraam, or consecration. The
Prophet offered his prayers at the mosque
there and mounted his she-camel, Al-
Qaswa’. When his she-camel was well into
the desert, I looked up and saw all around
me people walking or riding animals,
accompanying him. I could not see the
end of them in any direction: Front or rear,
right or left. The Prophet was with us
receiving Q ur’anic revelations, the
interpretation of which we knew very well.
Whatever he did, we did likewise. He
raised his voice with phrases stressing
God’s oneness: Labbayk Allahumma
labbayk. Labbayk Laa shareeka laka
labbayk. Inna al-hamda wal-ni’mata laka
wal-mulk. Laa shareeka lak. People raised
their voices with whatever praises they
wished to repeat, and the Prophet did not
take exception to any of that. He, however,
maintained his own form of talbiyah.”
A woman’s discharge, w hether
menstrual or postnatal, does not stop her
from offering the pilgrimage. She can
indeed perform all the duties and rituals
required, but she obviously cannot offer
her prayers. She is exempt from these.
Here we have the detailed guidance the
Prophet gave to Asma’ making clear that
she could conduct her pilgrimage easily,
but she must
not do any tawaf
until she has
been cleansed of
all discharge. It
should be noted
that she gave
birth to her son
shortly after
departure from
Madinah, when
she arrived at
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the point of meeqat, which is Dhul-
Hulayfah or Abyar Ali as it is better known
nowadays. The ruling given to her applies
to all women who start such discharge at
any time during their pilgrimage. We also
learn that there could be different forms
of declaring our response to God’s call to
do the pilgrimage. However, the Prophet’s
preferred form is the one that millions of
pilgrims repeat all the time. The Prophet
entered into the state of consecration, or
ihraam, shortly after leaving Madinah, at
the point of meeqat, which is known
today as Abyar Ali. We also learned what
a woman who is having her period should
do if she begins her pilgrimage. We
continue with Jabir, the Prophet’s
companion, as he gives this detailed
account of the Prophet’s pilgrimage. “We
did not intend to do anything other than
the pilgrimage. We knew nothing about
the Umrah. When we arrived at the
House (i.e. the Kaaba) with the Prophet,
he touched the corner (i.e. kissed the
Black Stone) then he moved in a jogging
movement for three rounds and walked
the other four. He then went to Maqam
Ibraheem and recited: ‘Make the place
where Abraham stood as a place of
prayer.’ He stood with that place (Maqam
Ibraheem) between himself and the
Kaaba. In his two rak’ahs he read Surah
112, Al-Ikhlas, and Surah 109, Al-
Kafiroon. He then returned to the corner
(of the Kaaba, where the Black Stone is)
and kissed it. He
then left thro-
ugh the door
nearer to the hill
of Al-Safa.
“When he
reached Al-
Safa, he read:
“Safa and Mar-
wah are among
the symbols set
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up by God. Whoever visits the Sacred
House for Pilgrimage or Umrah, would
do no wrong to walk to and fro between
them. He who does good of his own
accord shall find that God is most
thankful, all-knowing.” (2: 158) He also
said: “Al-Safa and Al-Marwah are two
places which God has made sacred.” He
went first to Al-Safa and climbed up until
he could see the Kaaba. He turned his
face towards the qiblah and declared
God’s oneness and glorified Him. He then
said: ‘There is no deity other than God.
He has no partners. To Him belongs the
Kingdom as well as all praise. He is able
to do everything. There is no deity other
than God. He has fulfilled His promise,
given victory to His servant and has
defeated the confederate forces on His
own.’ He also prayed to God. He repeated
these phrases three times then
descended towards Al-Marwah. When
he was at the bottom of the valley
(marked nowadays with two green lights)
he started jogging. When we were again
climbing up, he walked. When he arrived
at Al-Marwah, he did there the same as
he did at Al-Safa. He finished his sa’ie at
Al-Marwah.
Thus, there is nothing special to be
done on the way to Makkah other than
repeating the phrases of talbiyah. These
make clear that offering the pilgrimage is
dedicated to God alone, in response to
his order stated in the Qur’an. Purity of
faith is emphasized as God’s oneness is
repeated over and over again. The mention
of God’s support of His Messenger is a
reference to the defeat of the allied forces
of unbelievers who tried to annihilate the
Muslim community, but they suffered a
humiliating defeat without being fought by
any human forces.
On arrival in Makkah, a pilgrim
should offer the tawaf and the sa’ie. If
he is doing his pilgrimage in the ifraad
or qiran methods, these count as his
tawaf of arrival and the obligatory sa’ie
of pilgrimage. Indeed in the case of
qiran, it counts for both the pilgrimage
and the Umrah. If the pilgrim opts for
the tamattu’ method, which is the one
preferred by the Prophet, these count
for his Umrah and he releases himself
from consecration immediately after he
finishes these duties.
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Hadith Collections and Accuracy scholarship. This science of
distinguishing reliable reporters
five collections were produced
shortly afterwards. They differ in
Q:May I ask how long after the Prophet (peace be upon him) were the Hadith collections compiled in achieved its perfection by the the rules they applied, but their
book form? Since the Prophet was not alive to check the accuracy, who was responsible for this task? two scholars Yahya ibn Maeen standards were very high.
How come that many unauthentic Hadiths found their way into these collections? (died 234) andAhmad ibn Hanbal How come that Hadiths
A:The term Sunnah refers to they heard his warning: killed in year 36 H, and Ali was (died 241). Ahmad was one of Al- graded as “poor in authenticity”
whatever has been recorded of “Whoever deliberately attributes assassinated in year 40, i.e. 26 Bukhari’s teachers. Indeed, Al- found their way into such
the Prophet’s statements, to me what I have not said shall and 30 years, respectively, after Bukhari studied under both, as anthologies. To start with, this
practices, actions, and have his place in hell.” Fearing the Prophet had passed away. well as many other scholars. does not apply to Al-Bukhari and
approvals. As the Qur’an was the strong warning, the Fabrication began around this By this time, many scholars Muslim. We can almost say the
revealed in parts and passages, Prophet’s companions would time and acquired more had their own books of Hadith same about Malik’s and Al-
over a period of 23 years, it was not attribute a statement to the momentum later. Hence, scholars in which they entered what they Nassaie’s anthologies. The
written down, as dictated by the Prophet unless they were started to be more careful in deemed as authentic. It was reason lies mainly in the
Prophet (peace be upon him) who absolutely certain of its exact accepting what is attributed to about this time that one of the judgment of a particular reporter.
received it directly from the angel wording. Otherwise, they would the Prophet. top scholars of Hadith, Ishaq ibn One scholar might consider him
Gabriel. At first, the Prophet did declare that they were reporting Collecting the Hadiths in Rahaweih (died 238) suggested “unreliable” w hile another
not wish that his own statements the meaning, or they would put book form was started by the to his students that they should classifies him as “reliable.” Since
be recorded. This w as a it in their own words, such as Caliph Umar ibn Abd Al-Azeez, produce “a short collection of Hadith scholars did not wish to
precaution aiming to prevent any saying: “The Prophet did not who assumed the Caliphate in only authentic Hadiths” to make provide a very detailed account
mix up of the Hadith with the allow this”, or “the Prophet year 99 and died in 101. He wrote it available to people. The of the reasons for
Qur’an. This was the right policy, approved that.” to provincial governors, suggestion was taken up by one unacceptability, because Islam
particularly when we consider When political divisions particularly the governor of of those students, Muhammad disapproves of publicizing
the scarcity of writing materials occurred in the Muslim state, Madinah, to ensure that all ibn Ismaeel Al-Bukhari, (died people’s faults, information
at the time and the fact that the and alien groups tried to exploit authentic Hadiths are collected. 256) and the result was his about some reporters might be
Arabs were largely an illiterate such divisions, they realized the As a result, Muhammad ibn Saheeh anthology. It took him 16 lacking. Scholars would rule that
community. Few of them could strong hold Islam had on its Shihab Al-Zuhri produced the years of diligent work to produce a certain reporter is “suspect” or
read and write. However, he followers. Hence, they tried to first Hadith anthology. Al-Zuhri, it, classifying it according to “scholars set him aside” or
allowed certain people to write give their political stand a who died in 124, was a scholar of subject, and entering only a very “unreliable.” Only when they
what they heard from him, religious cover. They knew that the highest calibre. Among his small number of Hadiths under had to warn against someone
realizing that they were unlikely only in this way could they hope students were Imam Malik, Al- every sub-heading. The that they would say things like
to confuse his statements with to make the division permanent. Layth ibn Saad the leading selection was made according to “liar”, “fabricator”, “had un-
the Qur’an. One of these who They could not provide such a Egyptian scholar and Al-Awzaie, a very stringent set of rules. For Islamic beliefs.”
had their own Hadith collections cover on the basis of the Qur’an, the great scholar of Syria. He had example, it was not enough that Hadith scholarship
was Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Al- because the Qur’an is a very dedicated his life to Islamic a reporter should have been alive continued after these great
Aas. accurate text, known by so many scholarship, and to the study of at the same time as the one he is scholars. The result is that we
When the Qur’an w as people, with clear meanings, and Hadith. Hence, he was the most quoting; their meeting should be have numerous anthologies, and
collated and reference copies nothing could be introduced into suited for the task. He thus led confirmed beyond doubt. When encyclopedic biographical
were sent to the main population it. Hence they could only resort the way. Imam Malik (died 179) Al-Bukhari finished his work, he studies of Hadith reporters, to
centers of the Muslim state, more to attributing false statements to then produced Al-Muwatta’, an gave it to Imam Ahmad ibn ensure that we can distinguish
of the Prophet’s companions and the Prophet and claim that these anthology of authentic Hadiths Hanbal for review. Ahmad, the what is authentic of Hadiths
the following generation had were Hadiths. classified according to subject founder of the Hanbali school of attributed to the Prophet and
their Hadith collections. These Hence, scholars insisted that matter. thought, approved it. The other what is unauthentic.
were either the ones they heard a Hadith should not be quoted Hadith scholarship
directly from the Prophet, or ones unless its reporters were known. continued to flourish. By then, Temporary Marriage
they learnt from his companions. It was then that a ‘sanad’, or each sanad or chain of Q:When was the Mit’ah marriage forbidden: During the Tabuk
In the latter case, they would chain of transmitters, w as transmission w as carefully expedition or in Khaybar?
mention the reporter. However, required for every Hadith. We examined. The idea of classifying A: To the best of my knowledge, temporary marriage, or Mit’ah,
the Prophet’s companions were should remember that this reporters of Hadith into was forbidden by the Prophet during the
very keen to quote the Prophet’s happened very early in Islamic “acceptable” or “unacceptable” Tabuk expedition. The prohibition might have
words most accurately, because history. The Caliph Uthman was had developed and standards been stated first during the K haybar
were clearly formulated. This is expedition and repeated again on the later
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Re-Thinking Divorce in Islamic Law

BY MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN may not be possible under the
present legal system to have the

I
slam allows for only one
sort of physical
relationship between men
and women, and that is in the
form of marriage which is
announced and publicly known.
It is but inevitable that
differences will arise between the
spouses. According to Islam, the
way out is not by seeking to wipe
out these differences but to
accept them, or seek to reconcile
them or for the spouses to
continue to live together despite
them. Yet, it sometimes happens
that the spouses are unable to
properly manage their
differences and so decide to go
in for a divorce. Divorce has been
accepted in Islam as something
that can be resorted to in extreme
circumstances. At the same time,
Islam frowns upon divorce. The
Prophet Muhammad is reported
to have said that although
divorce is permissible, God does
not like it.
Very often divorce is resorted
to in anger, and this is why Islam
has devised a method to control
it. The Quran says that a man
can give tw o revocable
utterances of divorce, after which
he can retain his wife and stay
together on equitable terms or
else leave her in kindness. (Surah
Al-Baqarah: 229). This is the
prescribed method of divorce as
laid dow n in the Quran.
Accordingly, a man who intends
to divorce his wife should issue
the first utterance of
divorce in the first
month at a time when
his wife is not
undergoing her monthly
menstrual cycle, and
the second utterance in
the next month when she
is in a similar state. After
this, the husband
can revoke his
divorce
pronouncement
if he wants.
But in the
third month if he issues the third utterance of
divorce it is irrevocable and the two can no longer
be considered husband and wife.
This method of divorce over a period of three
months was devised so that if the husband, in a fit
of anger, wants to divorce his wife, but later, when
his temper cools down, changes his mind and
wants to carry on with the marriage he can do so. If
he still wishes to divorce his wife, then he has to
wait till the third month in order for it to take place.
This pragmatic method of divorce was followed in
the early period of Islam. But towards the end of
the period of the first Caliph, HazratAbu Bakr, some
men, out of anger, began issuing three utterances
of divorce in one sitting. At this time, this practice
was an exception, but by the time of the latter half
of the period of the Caliphate of Hazrat Umar, the
second Caliph, it had become increasingly common.
In the face of this, and in his capacity as Caliph,
Hazrat Umar decided to take action against this
misuse of the law. Hence, in the case of some men
he accepted their issuing three utterances of
divorce in one sitting as constituting an irrevocable
divorce. But along with this he also arranged for
these men to be physically punished by being
whipped on their
backs.
This practice of
Hazrat Umar was
not based on any
divine revelation.
Rather, it was his
ow n executive
order, the intention
behind which was to
lessen, through stern
punishment, such a
form of divorce. And
this is precisely what
happened as a result.
However, this method of divorce remains fairly
widespread today, especially in the Indian
subcontinent. Men arbitrarily utter the word ‘talaq’
three times in one breath, often in anger. This is a
misuse of shariah laws, and is a grave sin on the
part of the husband. This practice has become very
common today, and it urgently demands that the
position of the shariah on the matter be clarified.
I believe that there are two possible ways out
of this dilemma. One way is to consider that the
utterance of the word ‘talaq’ three times by the
husband in a fit of excess emotion or anger to be
equal to just one utterance. If the husband was
not serious about the divorce then he can revoke
it soon after, and if he actually wishes to divorce
his wife then he should do it according to the
method prescribed by the Quran, over a period of
three months, as explained above.
Another possible solution of this vexed issue
is to accept the method that the Caliph Umar
allowed for by recognizing the utterance of the
word ‘talaq’ by the husband three times in one
sitting to constitute an irrevocable divorce. But in
this case, following the method used by the Caliph
Umar, the husband should be sternly punished. It
husband whipped, as Hazrat
Umar had ordered, but an
alternative is possible. And that
is, just as in the well-known
Shah Bano case the Indian ulema
pressurized the Government of
India to pass a special law for
Muslim divorcees, in this matter,
too, they should get the Indian
Parliament to agree to a new law,
according to which if a Muslim
man utters the word ‘talaq’ in
one sitting the divorce takes
place but for this anti-shariah
act of the husband he must be
sternly punished. He must be
forced to pay a hefty penalty,
the entire sum of which should
be given to his divorced wife.
If he is unable to pay this sum,
he m ust be p unished w ith
rigorous imprisonment for an
extended period. In this matter
strict deterrent punishment is
vital, and no punishment lighter
than this ca n serve this
purpose.
This is a translation of a
chapter titled Nikah Aur Talaq
(‘Marriage and Divorce’) in
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s
Urdu book Hikm at-e Islam
(Goodword Books, New Delhi,
2008). The Delhi-based Maulana
Wahiduddin Khan is a noted
Islamic scholar. Numerous
articles written by him can be
accessed on the web.
(T RANS LATE D B Y Y O GIND ER
SIKAND)

Fiqh

I
t is Sunnah (a symbolic
obligation) practised by
Prophet Muhammad
(Pbuh) in an essential religious
rite in memory of the sacrifice
performed by Prophet Abraham.
God put Abraham to a most
difficult trial, the details of which
are described in the Qur’an. “O
my Lord! Grant me (Abraham) a
righteous (son)!” So We gave
him the good news of a boy
ready to suffer and forbear.
Virtues of Qurbani - Sacrifice
In Islam sacrifice, commonly known as Qurbani, means slaughter of a
permissible animal in the name of Allah on the 10th, 11th or 12th of the
Islamic month of Zil Hujjah.
“Then, when the (son) reached as you are commanded: You will
the age of serious work with him, find me if God so wills, one
he said: “O my son I see in a practising patience and
vision that I offer you in sacrifice: constancy!” So when they had
Now say what is your view!” both submitted their wills (to
(The son) said: “O My father! Do God), and he had made him
prostrate on his face (for
This is the origin of the
Islamic precept of sacrifice in
fulfilment of God’s command
provided in the Qur’an: “... to
your Lord turn in prayer and
sacrifice.” (108:2).
The aim of sacrifice, like all
there is no better act in the view
of Allah than shedding the blood
(of slaughtered animals). And
verily sacrifice earns the
approbation of Allah even before
the drop of blood (of the
slaughtered animal) falls on the
ground. Hence you should offer
it in good spirit. For every hair of
the sacrificial animal, there is a
blessing.”
Precepts and practices
pertaining to Qurbani,
according to Hanafi Fiqh.

K a r im S h o p sacrifice), We called out to him:

“O Abraham! You have already
THE BEST PLACE FOR FURNISHINGS fulfilled the vision!” Thus indeed
H aj & U m rah requirm ents available for H ajis, do we reward those who do right.
like Ihram Tow els, C loth Ihram , B ags, B elts, “For this was obviously a trial
and We ransomed him with a
B edsheets, Janim az, Shaw ls & Cloths for
momentous sacrifice: and We left
Jubba / Pijam a, Ladies Ihram , N am az K i C hadar,
(this blessing) for him among
C loth for Punjabi D ressess etc.,
generations (to come) in later
N o . 6 1 , J u m m m a M a s jid R o a d , (O .P.H . R o a d ) times: Peace and salutation to
B A N G A L O R E - 5 6 0 0 5 1 . P h o n e O ff.: 2 5 5 9 2 2 7 4 Abraham! (37:100-109).
other fundamentals of Islam, is
to imbibe piety and self
righteousness. It also promotes
the spirit of sacrifice for a right
cause. To explain its purpose,
God says in the Qur’an. “It is not
their meat, nor their blood, that
reaches God, It is their piety that
reaches God”: (22:37)
Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh)
said: “On the 10th of Zul-Hujjah,
On Whom is Sacrifice
Waajib?
Sacrifice during the days of
Eid-ul-Adha is waajib
(compulsory) on all Muslims
(male and female) who own
wealth to the value of the Zakat
Nisaab on these days of sacrifice
(10th, 11th and 12th Dhul Hijjah).
The Nisaab value is of gold or
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Virtues of Qurbani - Sacrifice Injunction on sacrifice giver
It is commendable that one
sacrificed animal shall come on
the day of Qiyamah with its
Takbeer-e-Tashreek
The Takbeer Allaahu Akbar,
Cont. From Page 25 who intends to offer a sacrifice horns, hair and hooves (to be Allaahu Akbar. Laa ilaaha
612, grams of silver.Whoever possesses this amount of wealth during should refrain from having a hair weighed in sawaab). The illallaahu w allaahu Akbar.
this period should make the sacrifice. cut, a shave, and pruning of nails, sacrifice is accepted by Allah Allaahu Akbar walillaahil hamd
Sacrifice is not obligatory upon those who are not in possession from the 1st of Zul-Hujjah (upto Ta’ala before the blood reaches Translation: “Allah is most great.
of this amount of wealth (i.e. the Nisaab value of Zakat). However, the time he has performed the the ground. Therefore sacrifice Allah is most great. There is no
even if sacrifice is not waajib upon one, an effort should be made to sacrifice). with an open and happy heart.” Deity besides Allah and Allah is
make this great offering so that one may gain the tremendous amount Intention Hazrat Zaid ibn Arqam most Great. Allah is most Great
of rewards which the ibaadat of sacrifice carries. In the first instance, one who related that the companions of and Verily all praises are for
What to Sacrifice proposes to offer sacrifice must Rasulullah (Pbuh) asked, “O Allah.”
All the permissible (halal) domesticated or reared quadrupeds make an intention to that effect. Rasulullah, what is sacrifice?” It is waajib to recite this
can be offered for Qurbani. Generally, slaughter of goats, sheep, Method of Sacrifice He replied, “it is the Sunnah of Takbeer audibly once after every
rams, cows, and camels is offered. A slaughter animal should be your father Ibrahim”. They asked Fard salaat from the morning of
Sharing laid on its left side facing again, “What benefit do we get the ninth of Dhul Hijjah (Day of
It is permissible for seven persons to share the sacrifice of a cow Ka’abah and its throat cut open from it?” He answered, “A reward Arafah) till the Asr salaat of the
or a camel on the condition that no one’s share is less than one with a sharp knife, and its blood for every hair of the sacrificed thirteenth of Dhul Hijjah. The
seventh and their intent is to offer Qurbani. allowed to drain. In the case of a animal.” And what reward is there Fatw a is that the one that
Age of Sacrificial Animals camel, it should be allowed to for animals with wool?” They performs salaat with Jamaat, and
Sacrifice of goat or sheep less than one year old (unless the remain standing after its left fore asked. “A reward,” he said, ‘for the one that performs it alone are
sheep is so strong and fat that it looks to be a full one year old) is not leg has been stringed. A sharp every strand of the wool.” the same as far as this law is
in order. Cow should be at least two years old. Camels shouldn’t be spear should then be thrust in Therefore by performing concerned i.e. it is necessary to
less than five years old. its breast and in both sides of its sacrifice every year a Muslim is recite the Takbeer. It is waajib on
Disqualifying defects neck, and the blood allowed to abundantly rewarded and drawn both male and female. Females
Sacrifice of an animal will not be in order if it is one eyed, or blind, drain. closer to Allah. Since this should not say the Takbeeraat
or has lost an estimated one third or more of its eyesight, or estimated Virtues of Sacrifice sacrificial devotion can be loudly but softly.
one third or more of its tail, or its ear has been cut off, or it is lame, or Hazrat Jaber (RA) reports, offered on only three days of the It is Mustahab (desirable) for
its bones have no marrow, or it has no ears by birth or its horns have “We were accustomed not to eat year, this opportunity given by those w ho read their salaat
been broken from their roots, or it has no teeth at all. If the number of the meat of our sacrificed camels Allah must not be missed by any individually (men or women) and
teeth intact exceeds the lost ones, it is permissible. If it has no horns beyond three days. ” Then Muslim on whom sacrifice is Musafirs (travellers) to recite
by birth, or has less than one third broken horns it is permissible. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu-Alayhi- waajib. these Takbeeraat softly.
Distribution of meat Wasallam) gave us permission
One should eat the meat of the sacrifice, give it to relations and
friends, (to non-Muslims also) and also to the poor in charity. One
(to do so) and asked us to eat Manual for Social Harmony
for Muslims
and preserve. So we ate and
third should be given in charity, but if it be less it will not be a sin. preserved (beyond three days).
Injunctions on Skin, etc. It is related by Hazrat Ayesha Cont. From Page 8
It is not permissible to give a portion of meat or the skin of the that Rasulullah (Pbuh) said, 2- Choose winnable candidate of a secular party as your choice.
slaughtered animal as wages. They should instead be given to the ‘There is nothing dearer to Allah 3- Closely scrutinize the manifestos of the party and credentials
needy in charity. Even the rope and cover of the sacrificed animal during the days of sacrifice than of the candidates beforehand.
should be given away as charity. the sacrificing of animals. The 4- Floating of a Muslim party is detrimental to the larger cause
of minority existence. By winning a few seats here and there they are
S a la th T im in g s fo r B a n g a lo re likely to jeopardize the minority interests in larger number of
constituencies.
M onth End Sun M id-day A sar A sar Sun
Isha 5- Approach the manifesto-making panels of political parties
D ate Sah ri R ise Sha fi H anafi Set
before polls and get community issues addressed by suitable
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21 5 :1 8 6 :3 7 1 2 :1 8 3 :3 2 4 :2 2 5 :5 9 7 :1 5 on the positive motto that we are here to lead, not to be led….”
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differences of opinion, Muslims should dialogue with the other
31 5 :2 3 6 :4 2 1 2 :2 3 3 :3 7 4 :2 7 6 :0 5 7 :2 0 communities in the country, as well as among themselves. Infighting
The Latitude of Bangalore is 13 o North and the Longitude is 77 o 36' East. among maslaks will only complicate things. Look back at our past
D r. S y e d A b d u l Z a h ir M .S ., A s tro n o m e r history, how developed the community was. Who stopped them?
Nobody. They worked on their potential skills. Even in a small family
there is discrimination—if a father favours one child, others feel left
out and discriminated. So this is a reality we need to accept it and
still continue to work with a positive approach amidst these
challenges.
We can all give angry speeches, deliver fiery discourses,
badmouth various political parties etc, but for how long? Instead of
this, Muslims should become aware of the rights available to them in
the Constitution and make use of them. I often talk to community
members and stress on self-reliance. Every year when the IAS list
comes up there are a few Muslim names, too. How did they achieve
this? I suppose they worked on their strengths and potentials. In
this regard it is vital that our ulema play a central role by conveying
positive thoughts through jumma khutbahs. So, basically what I am
trying to say is that in the face of the challenges that Muslims are
facing, the only way out is by cultivating a positive approach, instead
of simply lamenting about our problems.

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