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Where ever Muslims live or go any where in the world, they expect people must meet their demands. They want halal products, Sharia law, Islamic Banking system, space for saying prayers in schools, universities, workplaces, airports. Sad part is many countries and people meet their demands. Many companies have started manufacturing Halal products like halal sugars, restaurants' started serving halal meats, and many canteens in school and universities along with serving halal meats have stopped serving pigs.
Muslim leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has accused Indian government that Hyderabad having large Muslim population, government is not opening many banks and not installing many ATM machines, while fact is that opening of banks and installing ATM machines are based on certain facts. Muslims do not get loans. There are not many facilities for Muslims for education and jobs in Bhaarat according to Muslim leaders. Muslims all over the world do not give any right to Hindus and other non-Muslims but keep asking for facilities and benefits from non-Muslims.
Muslims get more facilities and benefits in Bhaarat than according to their percentage of whole population of Bhaarat. More over they get several benefits being minority community while they are about 17% of the population. Usually any community is considered minority if they are less than 2% of the total population. I think Muslims would be considered minority community in Bhaarat when they reach more than 50%. Not any amount of appeasement of Muslims by political leaders and Hinduu people would not satisfy Muslims. But still Bhaartiya leaders keep appeasing Muslims.
Most recent incident is Mr. Rawat of congress government of Uttrakhand has decided to give separate holiday to Muslims for saying Muslim prayer Namaaj. Muslims keep demanding from other people but never give anything. Once a government officer made a comment that whenever any Indian officer goes to Pakistan or Bangladesh, first question is what you have brought for us, if any Muslim officer comes to Bhaarat from these countries then at the time of leaving they ask what you are going to give us.
Their demands keep growing all the time. When one demand is met, another
demand is raised.
Here is the latest demand by Muslims of Bhaarat
Schools should be allowed to close on Fridays, instead of Sundays!
Here is another demand that's worrisome: Madrasas-Schools should be allowed to close on Fridays, instead of Sundays!
The natural and immediate reaction that stings on seeing such headline is "OMG, look at them...
They must push their own agenda even today! ...Why could'nt they be a part of the national mainstream?
Hope and pray that there is no need to be alarmed, yet, let's review the following headline:
"Shifting of holiday will create problems.So many other issues need govt attention": Ashraf Ali Talukdar, head of Mohimari Senior Madrasa / Indian Express/04DEC2016..So says, Ashrtaf AliTalukdar in an interview, in response to the Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who had "objected to madrasas remaining closed on Fridays instead of Sundays. A Friday off could be okay in Pakistan and Bangladesh",as widely reported in the Press , quote-
1. Why do you have your weekly off on a Friday?
This has been the practice since the British days. Assam has continued the tradition and every year the Directorate of Madrasa Education issues an academic calendar showing Friday as a holiday.
2. What do you think about Sarma's statement?
We are government employees and have to follow decisions of the government. But the fact is there will be a lot of problems. It has hurt our religious sentiments. West Bengal, Bihar and UP too have Friday holiday for government madrasas.
3. What would be the problems if the weekly holiday was Sunday?
A tradition would get disturbed. Our students, who go to namaz on Friday, will lose valuable two hours study time.
4. What would be your suggestion to Sarma?
So many other issues require immediate government attention. Teacher shortage is the biggest problem...
5. What about the private madrasas?
Yes, the government should make a survey of those madrasas over which it has no control...unquote.
Now, time for some unsavory truths:
Remember, the fate of Vande Maatram? Need not be reminded, It had played a vital role in the Indian independence movement, first sung in a political context by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress. But what happened? Many Muslim organisations in India declared fatwas against singing Vande Mataram, due to the song giving a notion of worshipping Mother India which they consider to be shirk.
Even long after the Partition, on 6 September 2006, All India Sunni Ulema Board issued a fatwa to declare that the Muslims can sing only the first two verses of the song. They should not praise anything except Allah as desired in Quran. Preachers like Dr. Zakir Naik continue to prohibit muslims to bow down. Saying "Vande Mataram" means "Mother I bow down before you!"
How about our National Anthem - Jan Gan Man? Seemingly, the same fate is in store, sooner or later. Shocking but true, several Madrasas have been discovered recently for not allowing to sing the National Anthem for years, because there could not be a "Bharat Bhagya Vidhata" other than the Allah.
And, surprisingly, it never bothered the successive governments in U.P. They preferred to be in deep slumber.
Next, how About the Yoga ?.The whole world, including several Muslim countries, are now enjoying the physical and meditational benefits of Yoga, but our Madrasas and their learned scholars do not favour it. They find it against their religious sentiments.
The Triple-Talaq is another issue currently in debate. Although permitted in various Muslim countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, it is brewing in a big way, disrespecting the constitutional need to save the dignity of women irrespective of their religion. Now, the point is why blame the Muslims?
Why not look at their rulers and patrons, be it Mughal, British or the Indians, who , for centuries, purely intheir own vested interests, have been feeding regular dozes of separation and selective segregation thereby resulting into unfortunate events, such as the Partition of India.
And post-Partition, fuelling their aspirations as a separate entity in the name of Minority; frightening them of the so-called "communal" forces, and fulfilling their demands, within or outside the constitutional boundaries, somehow to keep them in good cheer?
In 1947, everyone had hoped that once Jinnah's demand for partition was met and the nation divided on two-nation theory (purely on religious lines), everything shall fall in place. Sadly, despite losing millions of hearths, homes and lives besides lakhs of acres of fertile land and seashores in
creating Pakistans, the ground realities, even after solid seven decades of constitutional guarantees, continue to foster separatist tendencies, and we continue to be silent spectators.
Wonder what is the fate of our nation in time to come. Lot of people feel, as grows the demographic strength of Muslims, so increases their bargaining power. As a result, their clumsy demands continue to swell, in one or the other form, on one or the other issue, to confuse the people, create chaos,
and ultimately force bring tremors for another unmentionable D.who knows! God save our Nation.
Mohan Gupta can be reached at <[email protected]>
