Muslims properties being grabbed in a planned way in Gujarat
Submitted by admin4 on 26 February 2009 - 9:16pm.
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Indian Muslim
By Nikhat, TwoCircles.net,
27-28 February 2002 is seen by many of the believers of Secularism as an epoch in the hate history of the world and as a blow on the secular values and ethos. But there are many who celebrate it as a victory. But today after seven years of the Gujarat Experiment the question of identity and citizenship for Muslims of Gujarat remains as it is. An obvious question rises in my mind and in the mind of many others including Indians and foreigners, Muslims and Hindus, Christians and Parsis and men and women: Has the condition of Muslims in Gujarat and communal climate of the state improved after seven years of Gujarat genocide 2002?
The answer to this question is obviously a big NO. To strengthen the argument one needs to look into the trends of discrimination and alienation of Muslims in Gujarat. Here, it is worth quoting Mr. Yusuf Shaikh, the Convener of Antrik Visthapit Hit Rakhsak Samiti (AVHRS) which describes very aptly the condition of Muslims in Gujarat: “Kis tarah se sudhari hai? Sudhar ka to koi sawal nahi hai. Kuch nai chizen aisi hui hain jis se Musalmano ki halat aur bhi bigad gai hai. abhi nai-nai tarike se Musalmano ko dabaya ja raha hai. Waqf ki zaminon par kabza kar ke, madarson pe kabze ki ghatnae bina rok tok badh rahi hain” (How it has improved? There is no question of improvement, some new things have happened, which has further degraded the condition of Muslims. Now, new strategies are being used to suppress Muslims. Now the incidents of encroachment on the land of Muslim waqf, madrasas are increasing unchecked)
It is just becoming an unchecked phenomenon, where in the name of development Muslim schools are being demolished, waqf lands are acquired, madarasas are encroached. All this is happening with the explicit support of the Government.
In Dabhoi Taluka of Baroda district, an ancestral graveyard of Muslims has been encroached upon by the Hindus of the vicinity and it is now used as caring and rearing ground for cattle. Several complaints have been made to local authorities but no one paid any heed to the call. Similarly, in Tilakwada village of Narmada, the village Panchayat has encroached a waqf land and made some illegal structure over it. When questioned by Muslims of the village, they were threatened of life and expulsion from the village.
Another case is of Teen Talab village of Dhaboi taluka in Baroda. Here the land of an old madrasa and the village mosque became the reason of discrimination and alienation. Both the mosque and the madrasa were built on waqf land and were in a dilapidated state. So, seeing the bad condition of both the religious structures, the Muslims of the village decided to repair them and for which they have got the permission from the Village Panchayat. For the same intent, the old madrasa building was razed and construction of new building was started with the community’s contribution. But the Panchayat withdrew their permission under the pressure of local BJP/RSS leaders. 25-30 BJP workers assembled there and forced Muslims to stop construction and on the same evening the newly built madrasa was bulldozed illegally by Police Inspector Patel. The Muslims of village went up to the IG to complain about the illegal conduct of the Police but nothing resulted out of it.
In August 2008, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation decided to demolish the boundary walls and some portion of the two medieval age mosques, namely, Rani Sipri and Siraji Saiyed Masjid in pursuance of its road expansion plans. It was only after the stay of the Gujarat High Court the very old mediaeval mosques could be preserved. The Mazar of Wali Gujarat was razed during riots but here it is a blatant misuse of office and power to wipe Muslim heritage from the map of human history.
In a similar step taken by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, a school catering to the educational needs of Muslim children of Naroda Patia was demolished as the local body says the school is in the way of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project.
Similarly, a Municipal Primary School is on the verge of demolition and closure by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for the proposed construction of a Bus Depot for Bus Rapid Transit System. The school is located on the Delhi-Mumbai High Way No. 8 (Narol Road, behind Chandroda Talab near Old Toll Naka), around 1 km away from the Bombay Hotel, where the riot affected people of Naroda Patia have been rehabilitated. The school has nearly 2000 students and all of the students are from the families displaced during Gujarat carnage 2002. It has also class rooms made under Sarva Shiksha Abhian. It is important to note that adjacent to the school there is a huge vacant land, which could have been acquired for the same purpose, but the AMC was only interested in the school. Several representations were also made to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to change their plan. Initially, the AMC Commissioner promised the school board of trustees that the school will not be demolished. But the AMC was adamant to demolish the school, so they have passed a fresh order to immediately seal and demolish the school.
These are only illustrative of what the Muslims of Gujarat are facing in their day to day life. These examples are enough to tell as to what extent the life, identity, citizenship, culture, symbols, and heritage of Muslims or associated with Muslims are under threat by a multi-headed demon which isMuslims properties being grabbed in a planned way in Gujarat
Submitted by admin4 on 26 February 2009 - 9:16pm.
Articles
Indian Muslim
By Nikhat, TwoCircles.net,
27-28 February 2002 is seen by many of the believers of Secularism as an epoch in the hate history of the world and as a blow on the secular values and ethos. But there are many who celebrate it as a victory. But today after seven years of the Gujarat Experiment the question of identity and citizenship for Muslims of Gujarat remains as it is. An obvious question rises in my mind and in the mind of many others including Indians and foreigners, Muslims and Hindus, Christians and Parsis and men and women: Has the condition of Muslims in Gujarat and communal climate of the state improved after seven years of Gujarat genocide 2002?
The answer to this question is obviously a big NO. To strengthen the argument one needs to look into the trends of discrimination and alienation of Muslims in Gujarat. Here, it is worth quoting Mr. Yusuf Shaikh, the Convener of Antrik Visthapit Hit Rakhsak Samiti (AVHRS) which describes very aptly the condition of Muslims in Gujarat: “Kis tarah se sudhari hai? Sudhar ka to koi sawal nahi hai. Kuch nai chizen aisi hui hain jis se Musalmano ki halat aur bhi bigad gai hai. abhi nai-nai tarike se Musalmano ko dabaya ja raha hai. Waqf ki zaminon par kabza kar ke, madarson pe kabze ki ghatnae bina rok tok badh rahi hain” (How it has improved? There is no question of improvement, some new things have happened, which has further degraded the condition of Muslims. Now, new strategies are being used to suppress Muslims. Now the incidents of encroachment on the land of Muslim waqf, madrasas are increasing unchecked)
It is just becoming an unchecked phenomenon, where in the name of development Muslim schools are being demolished, waqf lands are acquired, madarasas are encroached. All this is happening with the explicit support of the Government.
In Dabhoi Taluka of Baroda district, an ancestral graveyard of Muslims has been encroached upon by the Hindus of the vicinity and it is now used as caring and rearing ground for cattle. Several complaints have been made to local authorities but no one paid any heed to the call. Similarly, in Tilakwada village of Narmada, the village Panchayat has encroached a waqf land and made some illegal structure over it. When questioned by Muslims of the village, they were threatened of life and expulsion from the village.
Another case is of Teen Talab village of Dhaboi taluka in Baroda. Here the land of an old madrasa and the village mosque became the reason of discrimination and alienation. Both the mosque and the madrasa were built on waqf land and were in a dilapidated state. So, seeing the bad condition of both the religious structures, the Muslims of the village decided to repair them and for which they have got the permission from the Village Panchayat. For the same intent, the old madrasa building was razed and construction of new building was started with the community’s contribution. But the Panchayat withdrew their permission under the pressure of local BJP/RSS leaders. 25-30 BJP workers assembled there and forced Muslims to stop construction and on the same evening the newly built madrasa was bulldozed illegally by Police Inspector Patel. The Muslims of village went up to the IG to complain about the illegal conduct of the Police but nothing resulted out of it.
In August 2008, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation decided to demolish the boundary walls and some portion of the two medieval age mosques, namely, Rani Sipri and Siraji Saiyed Masjid in pursuance of its road expansion plans. It was only after the stay of the Gujarat High Court the very old mediaeval mosques could be preserved. The Mazar of Wali Gujarat was razed during riots but here it is a blatant misuse of office and power to wipe Muslim heritage from the map of human history.
In a similar step taken by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, a school catering to the educational needs of Muslim children of Naroda Patia was demolished as the local body says the school is in the way of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project.
Similarly, a Municipal Primary School is on the verge of demolition and closure by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for the proposed construction of a Bus Depot for Bus Rapid Transit System. The school is located on the Delhi-Mumbai High Way No. 8 (Narol Road, behind Chandroda Talab near Old Toll Naka), around 1 km away from the Bombay Hotel, where the riot affected people of Naroda Patia have been rehabilitated. The school has nearly 2000 students and all of the students are from the families displaced during Gujarat carnage 2002. It has also class rooms made under Sarva Shiksha Abhian. It is important to note that adjacent to the school there is a huge vacant land, which could have been acquired for the same purpose, but the AMC was only interested in the school. Several representations were also made to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to change their plan. Initially, the AMC Commissioner promised the school board of trustees that the school will not be demolished. But the AMC was adamant to demolish the school, so they have passed a fresh order to immediately seal and demolish the school.
These are only illustrative of what the Muslims of Gujarat are facing in their day to day life. These examples are enough to tell as to what extent the life, identity, citizenship, culture, symbols, and heritage of Muslims or associated with Muslims are under threat by a multi-headed demon which is
Friday, February 27, 2009
Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan Answering three questions raised by a Hindu organisation
New Delhi: Dr Zafarul Islam Khan, president of All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, while responding to a Hindu outfit’s three-point demand from Muslim leadership to clarify about India’s Islamic status, Hindus being called kafirs and Jihad, said that India is not Darul Harb.
“India is a Darul Amn or Darul Salam, i.e., an abode of peace where Muslims are bound by their religion, morality, covenant, and our Constitution to live in peace with all other inhabitants of their homeland,” Dr Khan said.
The Dharma Raksha Manch, a self-styled forum which claims to speak on behalf of Hindus, earlier this week issued a statement in New Delhi demanding leading Muslim organizations and institutions to come clean on its three points. The Hindu group had asked Muslims to declare that Hindus are not kafirs.
Responding to this point, Dr Khan said: the Arabic term "kafir" means one who does not believe in Islam and as such all non-Muslims are kafirs in the same way as all Muslims are kafirs, i.e, non-believers in other religions like Hinduism etc.
Giving his view about the concept of Jihad, Dr Khan, a noted Islamic scholar and Editor of fortnightly Milli Gazette said: Only an Islamic or Muslim state/ruler can wage Jihad which is synonymous to defence in our modern jargon. Jihad can be waged only against a foreign country or foreign community or group which is actively engaged in aggression against a Muslim state or community. There is no way that private Muslim groups or individuals can wage jihad. If anyone is doing this, it is illegal and illegitimate whether it takes place in India or outside India.
On Jihad vis-à-vis kafirs he said: There is no Islamic rule whatsoever that Jihad should be waged against "kafirs". This is a misleading propaganda spread by the enemies of Islam and Muslims and lapped up by some in our country.
“So let it be clear that there is no question whatsoever that Islam in any way allows its followers to attack Hindus or any other non-believers under the pretext that they do not believe in Islam. If this was the case, you would not find 80 percent of Indian population professing Hinduism in India today after a millennium of Muslim rule over most, especially north, of India, and you would not find today large religious minorities in many Muslim countries especially in the Middle East like Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, etc.”
While making the concept of Jihad further clear, Dr Khan said: Ordinary Muslims and groups are allowed to wage Jihad in a country which is occupied by a foreign power. But in the case of foreign occupation, individuals under occupation can resort to defend their country if there is no organised group fighting against the occupation forces. This right is called “resistance” in the international law today. Indian Muslims did this duty in the past when our country was occupied and will do the same if, God forbid, our country falls under foreign occupation in future.
The Hindu group has also demanded Muslim organizations including All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and All India Milli Council and institutions including Darul Uloom Deoband and Nadwatul Ulema to issue fatwa against terrorism.
Responding to the demand, Dr Khan said: “As the current head of one of the Muslim organisations (All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat) specifically asked in this document to make certain clarifications, I would like to state that Indian Muslim organisations and institutions of all hue and colour have clearly denounced terrorism in all its shapes and forms and have held umpteen conferences and meetings across the country to popularise this message among the masses.
He, however, asked why Hindu leaders and organizations are silent on terrorism even after the disclosure of involvement of some Hindu extremists individual and groups in terror activities in the country.
“Have Hindu organisations and institutions too denounced terrorism perpetrated by people masquerading as Hindus or claiming to work for the Hindu cause, ranging from political outfits resorting to terrorism to a plethora of organisations dedicated to terrorism. Some members of such Hindu terror organisation including a serving officer of the Indian army are now under police custody with ample proof that they committed specific terrorist acts while trying hard to blame Muslims for the same. We have not heard a single Hindu organisation and leader denouncing these terrorists and their known organisations and supporters. Instead many have come forward to support them and offer them monetary and legal help. Until and unless Hindu organisations openly and unequivocally denounce Hindu terrorism in all forms they have no moral right to preach others.”
“India is a Darul Amn or Darul Salam, i.e., an abode of peace where Muslims are bound by their religion, morality, covenant, and our Constitution to live in peace with all other inhabitants of their homeland,” Dr Khan said.
The Dharma Raksha Manch, a self-styled forum which claims to speak on behalf of Hindus, earlier this week issued a statement in New Delhi demanding leading Muslim organizations and institutions to come clean on its three points. The Hindu group had asked Muslims to declare that Hindus are not kafirs.
Responding to this point, Dr Khan said: the Arabic term "kafir" means one who does not believe in Islam and as such all non-Muslims are kafirs in the same way as all Muslims are kafirs, i.e, non-believers in other religions like Hinduism etc.
Giving his view about the concept of Jihad, Dr Khan, a noted Islamic scholar and Editor of fortnightly Milli Gazette said: Only an Islamic or Muslim state/ruler can wage Jihad which is synonymous to defence in our modern jargon. Jihad can be waged only against a foreign country or foreign community or group which is actively engaged in aggression against a Muslim state or community. There is no way that private Muslim groups or individuals can wage jihad. If anyone is doing this, it is illegal and illegitimate whether it takes place in India or outside India.
On Jihad vis-à-vis kafirs he said: There is no Islamic rule whatsoever that Jihad should be waged against "kafirs". This is a misleading propaganda spread by the enemies of Islam and Muslims and lapped up by some in our country.
“So let it be clear that there is no question whatsoever that Islam in any way allows its followers to attack Hindus or any other non-believers under the pretext that they do not believe in Islam. If this was the case, you would not find 80 percent of Indian population professing Hinduism in India today after a millennium of Muslim rule over most, especially north, of India, and you would not find today large religious minorities in many Muslim countries especially in the Middle East like Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, etc.”
While making the concept of Jihad further clear, Dr Khan said: Ordinary Muslims and groups are allowed to wage Jihad in a country which is occupied by a foreign power. But in the case of foreign occupation, individuals under occupation can resort to defend their country if there is no organised group fighting against the occupation forces. This right is called “resistance” in the international law today. Indian Muslims did this duty in the past when our country was occupied and will do the same if, God forbid, our country falls under foreign occupation in future.
The Hindu group has also demanded Muslim organizations including All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and All India Milli Council and institutions including Darul Uloom Deoband and Nadwatul Ulema to issue fatwa against terrorism.
Responding to the demand, Dr Khan said: “As the current head of one of the Muslim organisations (All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat) specifically asked in this document to make certain clarifications, I would like to state that Indian Muslim organisations and institutions of all hue and colour have clearly denounced terrorism in all its shapes and forms and have held umpteen conferences and meetings across the country to popularise this message among the masses.
He, however, asked why Hindu leaders and organizations are silent on terrorism even after the disclosure of involvement of some Hindu extremists individual and groups in terror activities in the country.
“Have Hindu organisations and institutions too denounced terrorism perpetrated by people masquerading as Hindus or claiming to work for the Hindu cause, ranging from political outfits resorting to terrorism to a plethora of organisations dedicated to terrorism. Some members of such Hindu terror organisation including a serving officer of the Indian army are now under police custody with ample proof that they committed specific terrorist acts while trying hard to blame Muslims for the same. We have not heard a single Hindu organisation and leader denouncing these terrorists and their known organisations and supporters. Instead many have come forward to support them and offer them monetary and legal help. Until and unless Hindu organisations openly and unequivocally denounce Hindu terrorism in all forms they have no moral right to preach others.”
Oscar to A.R.Rahman
Hasn't Rehman mad us proud, and Hasn't he got the Oscar for the contribution he has to the Bollywood.
Music director picked up 2 oscars for movie in which he has given Music.
so.... wel done A.R.Rehman. You have made the Tamils and Muslims to keep there head high.
Music director picked up 2 oscars for movie in which he has given Music.
so.... wel done A.R.Rehman. You have made the Tamils and Muslims to keep there head high.
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