Freedom of Expression and Mr. Julian Assange

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Some incidents expose the truth and clear the air on what our leaders, representatives of common man, and what a section of National and International media, which proclaims of freedom of expression across the glob say and do before the people.

It is confirmed that there are a very few who go against oppressors or support truth at any rate.

Mr. Julian Assange is on of them who is doing jihad against tyrant countries and trying to remove the silver cover from the faces of those who are behind the despotic system which is continued on International level.

Mr. Julian Assange's determination to expose the truth and to remove the mask of so-called civilised countries and what he is suffering due to the exposure of hundreds and thousands of secret cables, actually expose the original enemies of the world and its peace.

Releasing of these secret cables landed Mr. Julian Assange to jail. Now, he is facing a threat to his life.

According to a report, his site has been come under attack and the efforts have been made to block it. Donators of Wikileaks are facing problems in transferring the amount to the site.

These headlines can be seen in International and National Media. This Institution discusses everyday in its columns on what is happening against the founder of WikiLeaks or what have been revealed in these secret cables.

A few organisations and a very small group of people demonstrated on the arrest of Julian Assange, however, the Media in all over the world neither condemned the arrest of WikiLeaks' founder nor defended him as these institutions appear a big supporter in anti-Islamic and anti-Muslims' campaign.

These are the media and these are the world leaders who had defended the cursed Danish cartoonist who had made the cartoon on our Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him, and when the demonstration were erupted across the world and Muslims used violence to express their anger and hatred against defiled cartoons, so these were the faces and these were the Institutions of Media who were lecturing to Muslims to respect the right of freedom of expression and what Danish Cartoonist or others did against Islam or Muslims all are part of freedom of expressions, but when Mr. Julian Assange taking the shelter of freedom of expression exposed the heinous faces, International police, government and the advocators of freedom of speech were trying to get any clue or evidence to paw a way for the arrest of this brave person so that he has been granted life imprisonment or to be put in the jail for long term.

Why the world leaders and powerful countries cannot keep patience on this exposure? Why Mr. Julian Assange's move not termed as freedom of expression? Everyone who writes against Islam, makes cartoon on Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him, defames the image of Islam and Muslims, spread anti-Islamic remarks and feelings, finds a best place in American and western society. Such kind of people are being praised by Western and International Media, even any move of condemnation or the arrest of such kind of persons seen as anti-freedom of expression and termed it anti- democracy.

What is wrong if Julian Assange tries to bring out the truth? What is wrong if WikiLeaks reveals the original face of these so-called civilised leaders and powerful countries? Why these leaders and police came to move and arrest Mr. Julian Assange? Why his brilliant work not seen in the light of democracy, where everyone has right to express what he thinks, as western Media and their friends in government express their views when Muslims show their anger against anti-Islamic or anti-Muslims' slogan.

Everything against Muslims and Islam is acceptable and need to be protected, but if someone says about them or reveals the truth and expose their conspiracies so these leaders and the protectors of Anti-Islamic movements across the glob create obstacles and use force to shutdown them or make the efforts to close this voice

German Chancellor Angela Markel gives honor and award to the cursed Cartoonist despite having knowledge that this cartoonist defamed the image of Prophet Mohammad and this honor will send a wave of anger and hatred to Muslim world, at that time, Muslim's concern ignored in the light of freedom of expression, but this time when a person from her community reveals some truth, whole world went against him, even they became success in making a false case against the founder of WikiLeaks.

This is an open injustice by the monopolists of democracy. They made all efforts to shutdown this kind of voices expose a very disgusting face of those leaders who claim that the war on terror and killing of hundreds and thousands of people in Iraq, Afghanistan and in other Muslim countries or where Muslims are in majority is an effort to bring democracy and justice there, actually, they all are the messengers of violence and injustice and a symbol of despotic system.

America and others say that revealing these secret cables will put the life of American soldiers and American citizens across the world on threat, as well as, it will harm their diplomatic relations with other countries, hence there are efforts to stop the voice of WikiLeaks.

There is a question, America and its allies are not ready to do any compromise on truth that harm it or bring bad name to their country, so is the lives of other nations and communities not important? Is the life of our Prophet Mohammad worthless? Is the privacy of our Prophet Mohammad's life is not a privacy? Are the lives of Muslims not demand respect form all corners? Is their privacy is privacy and Muslim's privacy is not privacy? Do Muslims and the Messengers of Allah have not the right to be respected?

How long these leaders, their friends, and agents will be proclaiming about democracy and freedom of expression while they, themselves not respect this men mad rules?

22-12-2010

Aligarh, India

Crime and society

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Crime against women and girls is on rise in Delhi, capital of India. The incidences of abductions and rapes forced us to think on what is happening in so-called educated society.

Recently, three incidents, one of them took place on 30th November, when a 22 year old woman raped and second happened on 24th November when a 23 year old call center staff sexually assaulted by five persons, and the third incident was occurred on 11th December when a 18 year old girl came under target by some goons, in all these three incidents it appears that security personals despite their heavy and intensive patrolling and coordination with all police stations of that areas, such inhuman act finds a place.

It is true that security personals succeeded to arrest the culprits but their arrest cannot be a substitute of the dignity of these girls. Trauma, mental pain, social alienation and shame a girl suffers whole life are except of it.

According to a report, 433 incidents of rape took place in Delhi this year. Sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, physical torture and misbehavior are being suffered by every woman and girl in every public place, even in offices are a matter where security agencies find themselves helplessness.

The failure of state government in providing atmosphere free from violence to the women forced P.C. Chidambaram to say that outsiders are responsible for increasing of crime against women.

Reacting on recent incident, Chairperson of the National Commission for Women Dr. Girja Viyas insisted on the implementation of sexual harassment bill and said that police patrolling should be more active.

After Dhula Kuan rape incident, police issued guidelines and asked to companies to take strong action for the safety of its female staff.

Above advises, demands and the reactions of our leaders can be seen in a good step but these things cannot help in eliminating the crime.

I would like to say to those leaders that only placing of law and increasing police patrolling is not the solution.

It is known to all of us that police, any administration, state or central government or any system cannot provide or offer 24 hours full security to every woman and girl. It is impossible.

What we experienced in the last incident in which 18 year old girl picked up forcefully in the car and raped is that 600 hundred police personals were involved in tracing the car. After 2 hours and when the police got correct information from other sources then they were in condition to trace the car and arrest the culprit, until then the dignity of the girl had been crushed.

This incident shows that only law, police patrolling and awareness or giving telephone number of police to every woman and girl cannot be a part of solution.

Second, we have to look on all aspects are leading to such heinous act. This is the tragedy of modern world that we instill the jails with criminals and ready to make new big jails, however, every one of us not ready to see that what is happening in the society and why youths are becoming criminals. What are the reasons behind it? In this regard, we can say that Islamic perspective, teachings and Islamic system to handle with such perpetrators and the punishment awarded by Islam for the rapists is the correct answer of such heinous act.

Security agencies must study the guidelines of the Qura’an which will help them in handling the situation.

I have no hesitation to say that only Islamic teachings, its guidelines and the punishment offered by Islam can keep safe women and help police to eliminate such criminals from the society.

Today, what we are experiencing is that police most time and their work is being spent in searching the culprits or bringing them before the court. In many cases it is seen that rapists got the bail and do same again.

There is a very interesting point and I think this is the main reason behind the failure of safety of women is that we always try to find out and arrest the culprits, after that we forget that what was happened and what are the actions should be taken to reduce it in future.

Actually, in the society where we are living, the atmosphere, education, system, films, serials and other cheap books all are playing a greater role in increasing the crime, whether it is against the women or anti- human being.

Condemning the crime is a different thing but seeing of all aspects leading towards the crime is a different thing.

Third, we take a look on the Qura’an and see what it says in this regard.

Before going to condemn or mention the punishment or to say any thing on it, Qura’an says, “and come not to near to unlawful sex, verily it is a immoral sin and an evil way”

In this verse, Allah uses the word come not to near to unlawful sex, Allah does not say; not do unlawful sex, everyone knows that rape or unlawful sex is an act which is being did by forcefully or by mutual willingness.

By using this term, Qura’an first bans on all actions, work and systems landed to unlawful sex, whether it is rape.

Regardless to go into the details that which action leads to unlawful sex and which not, because everyone who has little knowledge or capability of understanding knows very well that our society where going is, and what is the reason behind it? It is not a hidden matter. It is like an open book.

As for as the punishment to be given to the rapists, looking towards various punishments granted by various courts to the rapists shows the term of punishment is 6 or 7 year or life imprisonment.

In many cases, the criminals and rapists got the bail or be free after completion their punishment term, and again they do same crime and another girl falls as a victim.

In that situation, we find that Qura’an grants very harsh punishment. Qura’an expresses no pity to such criminals and says;

The fornicatoress and the fornicator, flog each of them with a hundred stripes, let no pity withhold you in their case in a punishment prescribed by Allah (Surah Al-Nur, 2)

I do not know that what is wrong if police or state government study Qura’an and to look on how Islam tells to deal with the crime is taking place in the society.

In an era when everyone takes advantages from others and when the intelligence agencies are sharing information on international level to check the crime, it is not wisdom to avoid Islamic teachings which are very reliable and fruitful for all human beings and for all nations, instead of relied on other untrustworthy sources and to be wasted energy, time, money and at last, it appears that everyone faces failure while the brokers of law become success in terrorizing the society.

16-12-2010

Arrested innocent Muslim youths; are we feel their afflictions

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Human being learns and gets experiences from every incident, and adventure takes place in the society. These incidents tell our maturity in dealing of it.

One of the incidents which got the attention of the world was occurred in Australia, where Indian youths were on target by some goons.

Indian Media called the attacks on Indian youths as racial attacks. Australian government was under extreme pressure to take severe step to prevent such assaults on Indian students who were living there.

Indian Media was continuous reporting every incident. Joint efforts of Australian government, Indian Media and Indian government helped to reduce these attacks but still every one is on alert to halt such attack if it occurs again.

This is the story of one incident in which Indians were on target outside the country. There is one thing which is missed by all of us. There is one incident is also related to Indian students and youths, but the place of incident, assaulters, and the handlers of these Indians are different. This time this incident never took place in Australia or in any other country. It happened in India itself. The assaulters are not outsiders; these are our own security agencies.

There is the incident related to thousands of Indian youths who are facing brutal torture in the custody of security agencies.

Their crime is not serious, but the crime in which their arrests have been made is serious. Their innocence has become a giant enemy against them.

The advocates, who have been hired for them by some Muslim organizations, are not trying to get them free from the grip of law or from stern punishment, but their efforts are to defend them in the court to prove their innocence and to could prove that the incident or crime in which their arrest has been made is not carried out by them.

Pleads, cries, pain and afflictions of these innocent youths, and accidentally all are Indians, who have been picked up by the security agencies on suspicious basis, are not worthy for others. No one is ready to lessen their innocence. Being a Muslim is enough to understand the gravity of their crime.

Is Indian Media, Central and State governments of India played any role in preventing of those Muslim youths who are rotting in jails and facing brutal and inhuman torture by our security agencies, such as the matter of Indian students handled by the government.

Youths, whether they are in Australia or in India and what is their identity, are paramount, strength and power of every nation and for every country. These youths set the future of nation and future of the country. Time takes u-turn, but these are the youths who transpose the countries’ fate by their own extraordinary powers.

I want to ask from UPA government that, what is the future of those young boys and youths who want to do something for the country and for the nation but their dream remains a dream when the protectors of law arrest them, torture them and force them to say as they want from them.

Their dream, love for the country, respect of constitution and an excitement to lay down their precious life for the country, have been crushed, when they find themselves in a hell where law becomes helpless and protectors of law turns into brokers of law and treat them as animals, though, in so-called educated society animals have the right too.

It is noted that Salman Khan, famous film actor, has spent some nights in jail due to his involvement in killing of an animal.

The story of Ehtesham Qutub, which appeared in “The Milli Gazette” and later published in other online Newspapers, and other youths, like Ehtesham, who are languishing in a dark chamber, is asking us as what is the worth of law, judiciary and humanity.

They find themselves under an enemy country where they are being reminded as what is happening with them is because of being a Muslim.

It is not as our Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, Defense Minister and others in the government are unaware about this kind of injustice and prejudice situations in which Muslim youth’s precious time and their dreams to serve their community and country are being shattered.

They are on high posts due to having extra knowledge, however effective and adequate steps never taken to counter communalism and inequality with Muslim youths who forced to live in jail as prisoners instead to take education and live as concerned citizens.

This kind of incidents could be stopped. Guidelines and severe instructions to the police department can be issued as well as stern punishment could be taken against those who violate such orders and instructions. But these things would take place when central and state governments show its interests and will take severe steps to prevent such brutalities against innocent Muslim youths.

These jailed Muslim youths are looking toward us with a hope as we will do something for them, and will prevent them from this hell, alas; there is nothing effective steps to restore their relies on constitutions.

Conferences have been organized only on terrorism, but nothing happened to those who are facing shame and humiliations in the name of terrorism.

To counter terrorism, Qura’anic verses used as how Islam and Qura’an denounce terrorism but there are no references of any Qura’anic verse which denounces and condemns humiliations of human beings, whether they are criminals.

Youths are our future. Youths are our strength. Muslims, as a community and India as a country cannot survive without them. Older people only can guide us and can give us the advices but the youths who make the future bright, bring the honor and dignity to the country.

The political parties and Muslim organizations have forgotten them. Human Rights organizations surely released some statements over this torture and miss-behavior, but they unable to take effective and extreme proposals in order to could save the life of those innocents who are in jail.

As soon as one acquitted, the news comes from another part of India that another one arrested. This situation is going on. Just only the nature of arrest changes every time.

Needless to say that how these youths are serving for the country. Their story tells their sacrifices against communal system. If anyone has doubt, visit Jails, read stories of torture and see that how their life has been made hell for them.

These strengths, powers and future of the country are wasting in jails and in the hand of police.

It is unfortunate of India that real terrorists and bomb makers are living freely in the society, but the innocents and the future of the country are being wasted in jails.

When an innocent Muslim youth falls in the hand of police, I think that India has lost its one and great protector who can give up his life for the sake of the country but never will go against the country and community.

This is the duty of Milli organizations to hold a conference on this issue and use all resources to bring justice for these youths who are a victim of communal system of the country.

26-10-2010

Babri Masjid; waiting for justice

by

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Finally, AIMPLB has decided to challenge Allahabad High Court's verdict in Apex Court. This decision has been taken unanimously in the meeting held by AIMPLB in Lucknow on 16-10-2010.

Actually, Muslim community, by and large, majority of concerned citizens and historians were in favour to approach Supreme Court to hear that this High Judicial body what says in its judgment.

A section of Muslim community and some Muslim leaders were not in favour of challenging this verdict in Apex Court, as well as, they were asking through Media channels to accept the verdict of Allahabad High Court on Babri Masjid issue.

Indeed, this kind of language and surrendering themselves before fascist forces is not a right step and such kind of behavior does not solve the conflict.

When the constitution gives us a chance and provides us a substitute to appeal the verdict if we are unsatisfied with High Court's judgment so it is not the wisdom to take not the advantages from this opportunity and to be wasted this precious recourse has given by the law, especially, when the future of other hundreds and thousands of Mosques and religious places and the future of Muslims are depend on this issue.

Whether Supreme Court restores justice or not, Muslims, in both situations, are unable to get the land back, but the fight to restore Babri Masjid from the place where it was before 6th December 1992 should be continue unless the justice prevails.

I do think that this matter should go to long unless new generation appear and decide that what is better for Indians in that situation as Hindutva goons and its followers are not able to go free, revise same issue and try to target another Mosque.

The second thing is that Babri Masjid or any other Masque is waqf to Allah. Any piece of such land could not be surrender to anyone, whether they are Muslims, for other purpose.

If any Masjid or land of Masjid falls in other hands, then it is the responsibility of all Muslims to use all legal ways to take it back.

If one generation fails to get it back, then this is the responsibility of coming generation to do its best to get the land back.

So there is no question of surrendering any Mosque, whether it is Babri Masjid, to the group which is very notorious in bringing bad name to India.

Supreme Court judgment, whether it goes against Muslims too, the fight within the law and through negotiation channels, if opposition accepts it, should be continue to free this place from its occupiers.

Muslims feel that current verdict on Babri Masjid issue is far away from transparency and there is something in the verdict which will set an example for Hindtuva goons to justify their other devil interests.

The concerns of prominent columnist, writers and historians on Allahabad High Court's verdict cannot be ignored very easily.

This question is very important that Babri Mosque, where Muslims had been praying for more than 500 years, and Hindus never claimed about it, this place took back from Muslims due to a claim of a particular group, whose hands are colored with the blood of Muslims, and which thinks that it is indeed the birthplace of Ram.

This fight is for justice. This fight is for lawfulness. Every Indian citizen has right to live and build religious places in India. Indian constitution guarantees to every citizen for the protection of his rights as well as his religious places.

Muslims are not demanding another thing. Muslims are just demanding the restoration of justice in Babri Masjid issue. Muslims had not approached Allahabad High Court to prove that where Ram had been born. Their intention was only the restoration of justice and returning the land of its real owner.

Unfortunately, in Babri Masjid issue, Muslims cannot get the justice.

In all these situations, AIMPLB's approaching Supreme Court is a very positive and right step which is taken in time. It should be welcomed and to be supported by everyone to help it with all ways in getting justice.

18-10-2010

Belief, India and society

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Is "Astha" and "Belief" above the law? Ignoring proof and facts, can Court give its verdict as per belief? If Court begins to settle every case, particularly, the cases are related to religious places, according to faith, I do not think that a country like India can survive, because here hundreds and thousands of religions are part of the society and every believer of every religion has different faith and belief in different fields of life.

So what every part of India to be divided into pieces as different believers of different religion have different belief about every part of the country.

What the outcome appeared from the verdict of Allahabad High Court in Babri Masjid title suite, as most scholars, historians, columnists, some politicians and concerned class of Indian society believes that it will set a wrong precedent and will appoint a green signal to fascist and anti-peace forces to do what they want and get legal support from the court due to having belief, if this precedent not quashed by the Apex Court.

Allahabad High Court's verdict is not a reconciliation move as others believe. But in the garb of reconciliation, this verdict has opened an endless conflict between two communities in which fascist forces will use it for their political interests and will put the country on communal line, as "Mr. Ravi Kant Garg, a BJP member of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly from Mathura, said he shared Mr Kishore's enthusiasm. "Our cadres are upbeat following the Ayodhya verdict. A new slogan is doing the rounds among them now: 'Ayodhya ho gayee hamari, ab Kashi-Mathura ki bari'," ( Ayodhya has become ours, now it is the turn of Kashi-Mathura)

This verdict legalizes of every move, claiming of belief, did by the fascist forces in past and have the intention to do it more.

Every Indian is in shock due to High court's conclusion about the birth place of Ram. Because if a group from Hindu community claims that it is the birthplace of Ram, so there are other groups and classes in Hindu community which not believe so, and, according to them, such claim is baseless. Then how Court arrived at conclusion that the place under central tomb of Babri Masjid indeed a birthplace of Ram.

We can say it that may court's verdict helped a group which wants to keep maintain the gulf between two communities relying on lie and hatred policies.

A country like India, where faith had been used to be made human being as slave, and where women had been treated like animals and where the doors of temples had been shut down on common man on low and high caste ground, which is still in practice in most of part of India, if every judicial judgment to be settled according to belief, so it is unable to imagine that how India like country can stand as a strong country, especially in a time, when particular organizations and political parties dominate on every corner of Indian society which uses faith and religion for their devilish interest and this kind of practice which is continue since independence has become a threat to other communities in India

If faith finds a place in legal document in India like country, then how those victims, who take shelter of law and police to get ride from the pundits and Sadhoos, who cheats and exploit them will get justice as this kind of pundits and Sadhoos can say that what they did is as per belief.

In a country, where burning of women on her husband's funeral pyre was very common in the name of faith and there were no ray of hope for that women to protect themselves from these cannibalistic activities but to follow the role of society and faith, at that time, it was the law which came forward and banned these inhuman acts which were being continue for centuries, how can a woman gets justice as per law instead of belief, if society force her to do that again.

Once again, court's verdict is reviewing barbaric old age by giving its judgment on the base of faith, not on evidences and proofs which are pillars of judicial process.

In that situation, judiciary's judgment one the basis of belief will set unimagined consequences for every community.

If belief becomes law then what is the need of Police, Judicial Institutions, System and Temple too? Because belief can does everything.

I saw a report on Internet in which claimed that African people kill their children in the name of belief. Could killing of children and human being be justified?

Court must review its verdict and this must be challenged in Apex Court. If Apex Court too delivers same then Parliament must come forward, and pass act in which getting justice as per legal proof to be easy for everyone, not on the basis of faith.

13-10-2010

Don’t ask justice; don’t ask fair investigation because India is moving on

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

As soon as Allahabad High Court Lucknow Branch pronounced its verdict on Babri Masjid title suite case on 30 September 2010 and when Muslim's defeat had been confirmed in this legal fight, some Media personals were on the way to hunt appropriate persons from Muslim community to know their opinions and ideas.

Meanwhile, some Muslim leaders and so-called liberal leaders from other communities have been seen advising Muslim community to forget this issue, close this chapter here and not to approach Supreme Court, even if they surrender 1/3 of land which is given to them by the court, it will set a great example of communal harmony because, according to them, India is moving on.

They were saying that Muslims and others have no interest to see the incident of 1992 again, because this is the year of 2010

As the news of legal defeat of Muslims escalated, the voices increased from every corner of the society that India is moving on, common man has forgotten that what had happened in the past. Muslims must forget it, leave this issue and surrender this land to Hindutva organizations because India is moving on.

It is said that people of India have become mature, they have left their past. They have forgotten what had happened in 1949.

There is a question, Is India moving on only for Muslims? Is India moving on only when the matter of Muslims comes to light? Is India moving on only when Muslims demand fair and correct justice?

Hundreds and thousands year old case is being discussed in 2010 only because India is moving on

If Hindutva organizations are not ready to surrender the land of Babri Masjid to its real owner, it is not matter, but Muslims must surrender their land and others too, to them because it will decide their patriotism and because India is moving on.

If it is being understand that the idols which were kept in the night of 22-23 December of 1949 inside Babri Masjid is indeed the birthplace of Ram, though, great and big Hindu pundits and Hindu scholars still are not in condition to say firmly that which place is exact birthplace of Ram, but we have to accept that the place of Babri Masjid is the birthplace of Ram, because India is moving on.

All innocent Muslim youths still are languishing in different Indian jails in fabricated terrorism charges, because India is moving on

State and Central government is not ready to clear the air surrounded on Batla House encounter, because India is moving on.

Muslim religious personalities are being subjected of discrimination and harassment in broad daylight only because this is 2010.

Yeddyurappa government passed a bill to ban on Cow slaughter in Karnataka because India is moving on.

A particular community in India feels itself a second class citizen because India is moving on.

Court's verdicts, government systems, mode of political parties and the way of nature of fundamentalist organizations always disclose to Muslims that they are second class citizens or their position is as there is nothing to be given to them because India is moving on.

RSS is similar as SIMI, as Mr. Rahul Gandhi said, but one is free and second one has been banned because India is moving on.

When Muslims demanded from concerned class of the country to debate on Gujarat pogrom and its consequences, and when it was demanded from the government to take stern action against the perpetrators, then this demand had been ignored and avoided saying that action against the perpetrators and debate on that pogrom could trigger more violence and hatred between two communities, but the perpetrators, conspirators and rapists of Indian constitutions had been given green signal to move freely in every part of India and take part in election, because India is moving on.

The same format repeated in current Babri Masjid case and said that this is 2010 and Indian citizen is not in condition to bear a chain of violence once again, but the country can bear injustice and atrocities because India is moving on.

Indian generation has much matured, despite of it, if it is silent on this big injustice its mean only that this is 2010.

Others are allowed to make bombs, to say and write what they want, ASI is allowed to confirm that an ancient, old and grand temple was inside central tomb of Babri Masjid after hundreds and thousands years, because India is moving on.

What happened if Muslims beheaded in Gujarat in 2002 but Muslim community must not demand justice in 2010 because India is moving on

Muslims must forget that what had happened on 6th December 1992 in Ayodhya, because India is moving on.

Most of the part of India shuts its doors when Maoists call one day or two day strike, but when Muslims ask justice, fair investigations, then said that India is moving on and people of India is not in favour to open old wounds.

Their terrorism is avoidable and much unimportant for most, but our talking on mobile can be considered as part of terrorism because India is moving on and this is 2010.

08-10-2010

Court, Babri Masjid and Faith

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Finally, Allahabad High Court has pronounced the verdict in long awaited Babri Masjid title suite case.

Instead to resolve the conflict and gives the justice to the victims, this verdict complicated the case more and raised other questions rather paves a way for true justice.

It would be a true justice, if the land of Masjid to be returned to Muslims who are the real owner of this land and the punishment to be pronounced for those who acted this criminal act, but it didn't happen so.

It was not asked the Court to divide the land, but was asked to clarify the ownership of the land. Instead to be clarified and ending the case in favour of its real owner, the Court divided the land into three parts.

The main question raised by various scholars is that how the court reached to the point which confirms the birthplace of Ram while there are other groups of Hindus who claim that it is not a specific birthplace of Ram.

This verdict which is based on faith and beliefs, I think, it will create big problems in the future for Muslims and others also.

Interestingly, that someone place idols inside the Masjid overnight, then their leaders start a movement in the name of religion to build a temple there claiming that Ram Lalla has appeared there, supported by administration and court on every step, one day Court gives its verdict in their favour because Hindus believe it, so what would be happened if Hindtuva leaders claim about every Masjid and about every institution in future and use same model played by them in Babri Masjid case.

If any court begins to pronounce verdicts according to faith, all Masjids, religious places and all institutions of Muslims will turn into temple and their captivity will be prevailed because court can confirm it on the base of faith, as we have seen in this case.

Then such cases will become an easy weapon for Hindutva organizations to take over of very Masjid and of every historical place of Muslims.

This kind of verdict can become a cancer for Muslim community in future.

Current Court’s verdict forced us to explore our minds to think of all the positive aspects for a better future.

This verdict may accepted by Muslims as a whole and they never think to approach Supreme Court, if it was given on the base of the evidences presented before the Court. But the judgment has been made in the sense in which it is not easy to say that such kind of verdict will not take place in the future if same incident is being framed about other Masjids.

In all situations, approaching Supreme Court is very necessary in order to be clear the real issue, though there is too little hope that Muslims will get the justice from Supreme Court too, if Supreme Court rejects the verdict taken on the base of faith, so I think that it will be a great victory for Muslims.

Looking towards the past, there is too little hope of success for Muslims in this case. But this issue or any other issue should not be leaved very easily, as some Muslim scholars are advising Muslims to surrender this land to those Hindutva organizations which are a threat for integration and unification of the country.

This Court’s verdict is a wake up call for Muslims that fight to get justice is not an easy step in current India.

In the light of this Court’s judgment, it is a clear indication for Muslims that only relying on Court cannot bring any ray of hope for them.

It is the need of the hour that Muslim leadership and Muslim political parties concentrate on all aspects and on those political ways can help them in getting a better place in the society where they do not feel that they have betrayed or they cannot get justice.

05-10-2010