Author: Amitabh Tripathi
Publication: Haindava Keralam
Date: July 27, 2006
URL: http://www.haindavakeralam.org/PageModule.aspx?PageID=1522&SKIN=C
Few days back just before Mumbai blasts I
got a chance to see a recording of interview of C.M.Ibrahim chair person of
supreme council of newly formed United democratic front led by Shahi Imam
of Jama Masjid, this interview was done by renowned TV journalist Manoj Raghuvanshi
for his programme 'Bebak' in S1 channel.
During interview Mr Raghuvanshi tried to read
the mind and psyche behind formation of new Muslim political party, which
in spite of its claim of inclusive nature is exclusive Muslim party. Mr Ibrahim
former cabinet minister in union cabinet described the need for new Muslim
political party to uplift Muslim society, which has developed inferiority
complex, and are afraid. According to Mr Ibrahim this phenomenon is result
of partition after which Muslims in India did not get equal share in development
and lag behind in society. If Mr Ibrahim to be believed, he wants to undo
this imbalance and create harmony in both Hindu and Muslims by initiating
more dialogue and understanding between them.
After listening this interview I tried to
analyse whether Mr Ibrahim was honest in his approach or he was also acting
like Islamic apologists to cover up the role of Islam and its teachings in
on going terrorism.
Mr Ibrahim is not the first Muslim elite to
float the theory of impoverishment of Muslim society and fear psychosis as
an excuse of violent reaction of this society. It reminds old medieval days
when Muslim invaders were followed by Sufis to make sure that Hindu society
forget the atrocities of invaders with theories of commonalities between practices
of Sufis and Hindu saints. In medieval period we witnessed these so called
intellectual Islamic scholars always played the role of reserve army of Muslim
invaders, now again Hindus are being deceived with some self made hypothetical
theories to deviate the whole debate of Islamic imperialistic ambitions.
On 11th of July when India was attacked by
Islamic terrorists our political establishment and media tried its best to
downplay the gravity of situation and paid more attention to make sure real
motive of this attack should not come in debate. Indian governments haste
act to blame Pakistan instead of looking within was not taken seriously in
international community.
Our political establishment and media did
not hesitate to compromise with its duty to come out clean with facts in its
obsession for correctness.But this correctness was not enough to stop the
role of home grown Jihadis to come under scrutiny.
After two weeks of gruesome killing of more
than 200 people whatever probe has revealed contradicts C.M.Ibrahim's theory
that Muslim in India are afraid.
Couple of days after blasts Mumbai police
detained one leader of Samajwadi party in connection for overstayingsome Kashmiri
youngsters in his house. One leading English news paper published this story
and very next day another Samajwadi leader Abu Azmi hold a press conference
and threatened Government of India and Maharashtra not to blame Muslims in
the grab of terrorism otherwise 20 lakh Muslims will come out on streets and
no government will be able to stop them.This pre partition syndrome in itself
explains How much the Muslims are afraid in this nation.
This threat was followed by another fundamentalist
Muslim leader who is also patron of UDF the same party whose leader Mr Ibrahim
claim Muslim in India are afraid. In first Friday prayer in Jam Masjid after
Mumbai blasts Shahi Imam said "we have ruled this country for 800 years
Insallah we will rule it again.'' He did not stop there, he blamed RSS, VHP,
SHIV SENA and Hindu organisations for Mumbai blasts and criticized government
for falsely implicating Lashker-E-Toiba in this attack!He dared to challenge
Indian government to provide evidence against Lashker-E-Toiba, then he himself
will go to Pakistan to meet the members of this organisation. Addressing the
gathering of 200 people after Friday prayer Shahi Imam threatened government
not to paint all Muslims as terrorist.
In the meantime leader of Babri Masjid action
committee Sayed Shahabuddin met with Mrs Sonia Gandhi with a delegation of
Muslims to request her to stop the government and Media from portraying all
Muslims as terrorists. It is surprising to note how Shahabuddin did not see
the correctness of media and government to not mention the real motive and
perpetrators of this attack and blamed media and government for portraying
Muslims as terrorists. It seems he does not want truth to be come out and
perpetrators of this attack will bring to justice. Time is not too far when
we will hear about meeting of Shahbuddin like peolpe wih natioanl security
advisor to argue him not to mention in his report how jehadis spreading their
tentacles in all over India.
Anyway Congress president obliged them immediately
and Home minister of India in an extraordinary speech gives clean chit to
madrassas and termed them as seat of social service and propagator of human
values. Home minister denied any involvement of madrassas in any terrorist
activity.
This statement in haste from an authority
responsible for internal security not only disappointing but irresponsible
also. Not only Home minister but also whole world knows what is being taught
in madrassas even in ongoing probe in Mumbai blasts madrassas and Muslim seminaries
from Mumbai, Bihar , Assam to Tripuraare under scanner of security agencies
. In this volatile Situation Home ministers' statements matters more and could
influence investigation also. Is he trying to demoralise counter terrorist
agencies?
These three incidents indicate towards a clever
aggressive Muslim policy to keep government institutions on back foot in their
probe as well as in their counter terrorism policies.
This policy has worked well for them. They
were able to get some allies in political parties who pleaded openly for terrorists.
Chief minister of Uttar pradesh and president of Samajwadi party Mulayam singh
Yadav took no time in giving clean chit to SIMI,the main culprit hehind Mumbai
blasts. Mr Mulayam singh whose Hindi meaning is soft has translated it in
its true spirit with his softness on SIMI. His government provided all facilities
to make sure the surrender of chief of Uttar pradesh of SIMI Md Amir with
state head of Kanpur. Government of UP has issued the direction to Baharaich
court a district of adjacent to Nepal border to withdraw all the cases of
treason or else from president of SIMI Shahid Badra.
Mulayam singh Yadav who is pushing the Islamicagenda
of Dar-ul-Islam since long time was clearly visible when one member of his
cabinet Haji Yakub Qureshi openly declared prize of 51 crore for anyone who
kills Danish cartoonist responsible for drawing Mohammed cartoon. One other
senior minister of his cabinet Md Azam Khan few days back demanded separate
Muslim state in Uttar Pradesh. But Muslim love of this party of the most populated
state does not end here only; senior leader of Samajwadi Party Mr Beni Prased
verma floated the idea of reservation for Muslims in Parliament and legislatures!.
Along with Samajwadi party communist party
of India Marxists jumped in rhetoric's and did not lose chance to appease
Muslims and demanded the enquiry on the role of Hindu organisations inMumbaiblasts,
reminiscent to Islamist-leftist-liberal conspiracy theory of involvement of
FBI and Israeli agencies in 9\11 attacks on New York as well as theory of
Karsevaks burning themselves in Godhra carnge.
In light of these instances it is quite difficult
to believe on Mr Ibrahim that Muslims are afraid in this country. It is up
to Hindus to decide who is afraid in this country those who have privilege
to keep their personal law out of purview of Indian constitution, those who
have license to kill Hindus in name of faith or those who are not allowed
to chant Bharat Mata ki Jai even in their own country.
