Why do certain Muslim intellectuals feel shame in raising their voices in favor of Muslims?

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Indian-born accursed author’s issue is again making headlines. Certain Muslims and non-Muslims went to extent targeted Ulema, Deoband and Muslims for their peaceful and decent agitation against the accursed writer who is busy in spreading cultural terrorism by his banned novel “The Sstanic Verses”.

Even though Muslim intellectuals feel shame in speaking out for true reasons, some non-Muslim writers came out supporting Muslim's views, asking not to make him a hero who has been hurting Muslim's religious sentiments for years.

In fact, there were a vast number of Muslim intellectuals who were not happy with the campaign started by Muslims against the writer.

They are feeling ashamed over this campaign even they did not delay in advising Muslims how long will they with same mentality; how long will remain in same phenomenon?

In most cases, when Muslims or Islamic identities or its historical personalities and institutions came under attack , such so-called reformists voices to be raised to let vast Majority of Muslims down.

India enjoys the status of a Pluralistic Democratic Republic, granting constitutional rights to its citizens to raise their voices and anger under democratic way if they realize that certain issues that are hurting their sentiments taking place in society. When democratic rights granted to citizens of India, Muslims are one of them, then why a very large number of Muslim intellectuals feel desperate and furious prompting them to lecture Muslims what they do and what not to do.

In every country and society, certain boundaries have been set up for every citizen, whether he enjoys the status of Chief Executive or an ordinary man. That border, which shouldn't be crossed at any rate, is red line for everyone, but that writer not only crossed that boundary but also used inappropriate and indecent language and thoughts against our Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him). No one has courage to show his disrespect to any country's historic and revolutionary leaders, President etc, when ordinary human beings are being protected by the law and be granted immunity then why Muslims shouldn't register their voice if their Prophet and Messenger of Allah to be used in certain abusive manner again and again, and the writer instead to be apologetic, try to let Muslims down at every platform by selling and publishing that book.

Freedom of expression or criticism is a different thing. There is no objection in that opinion, but using harsh and abusive language crossing the boundaries of decent behavior and insisting on that language against Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) is a different thing.

When a common person is not allowed to make harsh comments on courts due to their verdicts openly or directly, then how Muslims can allow the so-called abominable writer who doesn't know the difference between a Prophet and an ordinary man, to use hateful words against our Prophet Mohammad.

Speaking in a debate, politically incorrect, aired by NDTV Imagine, Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar had said that whether Salman Rushdie will come to India or not, it is irrelevant thing, the relevant thing is that what he had said about a Prophet. And he knows that his writings have angered Muslims in India as well as across the glob.

When the voices are arising from certain quarter of society, then why a group of Muslim thinkers and reformists always feel shame or want unleashing sense of desperate in Muslim community. Such thinking is not the sign of healthy reforms and right ideology. Muslims must remain aware of what is happening around them. Such awareness will empower them and will circulate a sense of belonging and sense of secure in the face of the world where a war like climate has been scratched by various elements.

Such sort of Muslim thinkers must consider their attitude and negative ideology, and try to drag Muslim community through right path with right and straight views, avoiding to let the community or country down, adopting all rights and reservations granted by the constitution in a democratic state.

23-01-2012

فيها عبرة لأولى الأبصار

بقلم عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

ترك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم شيئين للمسلمين ، سواء هم ليبراليون أو إسلاميون أو علمانيون، أو حقوقيون أو مصلحون.

وهذان القرآن والسنة ، فرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رسم مستقبل المسلمين وطريقهم الصحيح إلى التقدم والإزدهارمرتبطين بالقرآن والسنة.

بعد إنتهاء الخلافة العثمانية ، مجموعة من المسلمين تركت القرآن والسنة وقبلت الإشتراكية ، والرآسمالية ، والعلمانية للتقدم والإزدهار ولأجل ذلك إنها أسست الجامعات والمؤسسات التعليمية والقانونية والإقتصادية ونفذوا تلك الأفكار والثقافة ما هو ممكن في تنفيذها.

ولأجل ذلك إنها فرضت الحظر على الشعائر الإسلامية وبذلت جهود لمنع المسلمين من المساجد وقراءة القرآن والسنة.

بعد عقود إنتهت حكومات بإيديولوجياتها وسادتها وقادتها، وجاءت حكومات أخرى. إنها قبلت نفس النظام السابق وبذلت جهود كثيرة لقيام نظام جديد ببعض الإصلاحات، وفي الوقت نفسه، تلك الأنظمة كانت غير قادرة في إيجاد حل للقضايا الإجتماعية ، إنها فشلت في خفض البطالة ،إنها فشلت في خفض معدلات الجرائم ، إنها لقيت بالهزيمة في توفير حماية النساء والبنات من المغتصبين واللصوص وقطاع الطرق ومثل ذلك ساد الفساد وانتشر الفوضى وعمت الجرائم وازداد معدل البطالة.

ظهرت حكومات جديدة وإنها وعدت نظاماً وقامت بإصلاحات سياسية وإقتصادية وتعليمية لكنها لم تدرج ولم تسجل ملحوظاً ملموساً رغم قيام الإصلاحات في مجالات شتى.

جاءت الإنتخابات والناس أدلوا أصواتهم لإختيار حزبهم، ظهرت قيادة جديدة مرة أخرى بالوزارء الجدد و بالوعود الجدد وبالإصلاحات الجديدة لكنها كانت ليست قادرة في تحقيق مصالح الشعب والبلاد وهذا العمل يستمر حتى جاءت الثورة.

هذا كل يحدث لأن المسلمين تركوا القرآن والسنة وتوجهوا إلى النظام الذي كان يدفع الناس إلى مستنقع الظلم والفساد.

فالقرآن والسنة موجودة حتى الآن لكن يبدو أن المسلمين بالحكومات لم يقرروا حتى الآن التوجه إلى القرآن والسنة.

فمتي يعود المسلمون إليهما ، ومتى يفهم المسلمون الكامل أن الفلاح والفوز في طريقة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم. ومتى يفهم أن الفشل قد كتب في حظهم بسبب ترك القرآن والسنة.

يجب على المسلمين أن يعودوا إلى أصلهم وإلى دينهم وإلى ثقاتهم الحقيقية وإلا فلا هناك أمل لهم للنجاح والفوز ولا أمل لينفجر شيئي يوصلهم إلى الآعلى.

شرارة الثورة عبرة ودرس لمن لم يفهموا معنى الدنيا والحكومات ودرس لمن يتجاهلون عن الحقائق والحادثات ففيها عبرة لأولى الأبصار.

30-01-2012م

RTE act 2009, Muslim’s agitation and game of politics

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Once again, Congress party has promised Muslims for exempting Madarsas and other all minority educational institutions from the ambit of RTE act 2009.

This time, it is repeated by Congress leader Mr. Digvijaya Singh. Such assurances have been made many times by Congress party and its leaders.

When Mr. Rahul Gandhi had visited Draul Uloom Nadvatul Ulema last year and met with Moulana Rabey Hasani Nadvi to discuss Muslims issues, Mr. Rahul Gandhi had said that he would discuss that issue with party high command to keep Madarsas and minority educational institutions out from the ambit of RTE act.

Before it, various Muslim leaders and Ulema have expressed their concern over that act, even Moulana Wali Rahmani, a renowned Islamic scholar, has met many times to HRD minister Mr. Kapil Sibal. He also promised and gave assurances to look into this issue and the amendments will be made to exempt Madarsas and other minority educational institutions from that act. However, all those promises and assurances still just a promise.

Indeed, certain clauses in this act have very severe consequences if that act be placed by each state. Even it gives full power to government and police to change the destiny of Madarsas, particularly independent Madarsas and minority educational institutions, Muslims and non-Muslims.

Since this act came into public domain, Ulema, Muslim thinkers and writers have been objecting on some clauses of this act which is not only against the spirit of good education but also against entire minority educational institutions.

There is a growing concern among Muslim community that this law, which not only will eliminate Muslim's identities but also will pave a legal way to Hindutva sympathizers to crush Islamic identities and its history from India if it be placed without any amendment, could be applied against their religious and modern educational institutions.

Looking to country's political situation, and thus the growing number of communal and biased people in government institutions and BJP ruled states effort to paint government and government-aided schools with saffron color, there is more probability of the use of this law against Madarsas and other educational institutions established and administrated by Muslims only because various states and central governments, in past, have made various efforts, sometimes through Madarsa board, and sometimes through financial aid, to take private Madarsas and Muslim minority educational institutions under their control but it has failed to do so due to strong protest from Ulema and various Muslim's bodies.

This act gives a legal way to ensure state or central governments intention of crushing the independent status of Madarsas and other minority educational institutions.

Muslim personal law board has already started its campaign against RTE act. The current campaign which is “Save Constitutional Rights movement” under the banner of (AIMPLB) is being organized by Moulana Wali Rahmni, secretary, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, who is holding agitations, seminars, discussions and press conferences over RTE act 2009, Direct tax Code bill 2010, Waqf bill 2010 and Denying Right of Inheritance in UP to bring awareness in Muslim community about those laws and their severe negative results on Muslims educational religious and historical climates in India

When congress will take serious step fulfilling its promises, the time will make clear the air over the cloud of the act that will make Madarsas and other Muslim educational institutions fruitless and wipe them out categorically.

25-01-2012

Who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the even way (Qura’an, Maida -77)

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Anti-Muslims and Anti-Islam lobbyists, Muslims and non-Muslims, are active once again. This time, they are targeting Muslims and Islam over cursed writer's visit to India. They are feeling very odd and shame over not attending of damned and cursed Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdi at Jaipur Literature Festival in Rajasthan. Some of them even went to extent they read some verses of The Satanic Verses in the Festival to express their anger based on hypocrisy.

Some of them called Muslim clergies and Islamic religious institutions as they live in Stone Age. Certain so-called lovers of Literature and Art see it as an extreme violation of freedom of expression.

In fact, these so-called artists and writers instead of contributing true Art; promote cultural terrorism and manipulate with the religious sentiments of every religion and its believers.

Being writer of some novels and due to getting some medals for promoting of shamelessness, they consider themselves as grandfather of so-called Art and Literature, eventually, such sort of so-called thinkers are so accountable in building up Literature and Art terrorism under the garb of such Literature Festivals.

They feel very desperate for not getting much support from certain parts of society to bring the damned writer to India to desecrate the land of this country, enjoys freedom of religions and freedom of expression, from his slatternly and filthy minds and thoughts.

Such writers, like him, who have no respect for women, religions, great personalities, made the history, religions and whose pen and minds always spew venom and disrespect to society and its human being, indeed, they are blot on the earth and deserve a death in public place making them an eternal example for others.

These so-called advocators of Art and Literature, who are spitting their venom against Muslims and Islam, were silent when paintings of M. F. Hussain, Picasso of India and legendary artist, were being destroyed and crushed by Hinduvta activists inside India.

Where they were when M. F. Hussain was being hounded in India? Where they were; when this legendary artist was looking them for help but no one was coming out to help him. Where they were when India's Picasso's paintings worth crores were being crushed before Media and those so-called protectors of Art and Literature? Where they were when M. F. Hussain forced to live in exile? What they did to bring him back to India? Have they courage to pass remarks against Hindutva activists? Why they were silent at that time? Why they did not show courage against such monsters who had betrayed a great artist, who was Picasso of India, an Indian citizen, lived in this country and put the name of this country on top by his paintings and art. Why such great person select self-imposed exile for himself; have they answers?

Today, those who branded Darul Uloom Dewband and Muslims as extremists and militants, eventually, they are communal, they are against Muslims and Islam even they are anti-India by disturbing the communal harmony of Indian society with brining such cursed person who spew venom against our Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), brought the mankind out from Stone Age and from darkness to light.

The person who does not realize and understand the distinction between Prophet of Allah and a common man and doesn't show his respect to Prophet Mohammad, such person has no right to be called a “great writer”. He doesn't deserve of such honor. It is an insult of Art and Literature. It is an insult of writers, intellectuals and thinkers who saved the spirit of Art and Literature. Such person should be banned forever from visiting India. Such persons are themselves strayed, now they are misguiding the whole universal from their wrong thoughts.

Qura’an says about such persons; Who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the even way (Qura’an, Maida -77)

21-01-2011

لماذا فشلت الحضارة الغربية؟

كتبه عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

قبل عقود الحضارة الغربية كانت تقود العالم – العالم الإسلامي وغير الإسلامي- والناس بغض النظر عن دينهم ومعتقداتهم كانوا يتوجهون إليها معتبرينها رمزاً للنجاح والتقدم والإزدهار لكنها ألقت السلاح في وقت قصير وظهرت إنها كانت غير قادرة في إستجابة مطالب الشعب الغربي.

بعد مضى عقود عليها ، إنها تبحث مكاناً ملاذاً ، ومعتقدوها في حالة حرجة. كيف حدث هذا؟ ولماذا هذه الحضارة الغربية وصلت إلى نهايتها؟ ولماذا إنها فشلت في إيجاد حل للقضايا الإجتماعية والسياسية والدينية والإقتصادية والثقافية التي تزداد يوماً بيوم في المجتمع الغربي؟ لماذا فشلت في إنهاء الفقر والبطالة؟ ولماذا إستسلمت أمام قوة الحضارة الإسلامية؟ هناك قائمة لا نهاية لها لهزائمها وخسارتها في بيتها حيثما الدين الإسلامي ينتشر بسرعة والناس يتوجهون إليه لينقذوا أنفسهم من هيمنتها وقساوتها متوجهين إلى حضارة تنقذهم من عواقبها الوخيمة ومن مناهجها اللادينية.

في الحقيقة ، إنها قد كانت أسست بنيانها على المادية والرأسمالية التي ساهمت وقامت بخدماتها للطبقة الحاكمة والظالمة والأثرياء تاركاً الجماهير في حالتها السيئة التي أدت إلى إنهيار نظام عائلي ونظام إجتماعي حتى المجتمع كله قد وصل إلى الفوضى حيثما الشهوات والمال والثروة والرقص ترك الناس عبيداً لها وهم لا يجدون مخرجاً من هذا الفوضى.

عدد كثير منهم قد يئسوا من الطريقة التي تتنتج عن الحضارة الغربية وهذا اليأس أحياناً يؤدي إلى الإنتحار أو إلى الدين الصحيح الذي يحل قضاياهم الإجتماعية والعائلية والسياسية.

في النهاية هذه الحضارة قد فقدت مصداقيتها بدون تسجيل خطوة جديدة وأخيرة للجيل الجديد الذي لا يريد أن يعيش مثلما عاش آباءه وأجداده.

عليها أن تعترف هزيمتها أمام الجيل الجديد الذي يحرص على بقاءه على القيم الإنسانية والحرية الكاملة بالحياة النبيلة التي تمنعه من الفساد والشر وأنشطة غير أخلاقية تقود الإنسان والمجتمع إلى الفساد الأخلاقي والأمراض الخبيثة التي تغلق أمل حياة سعيدة.

19-01-2012

خلق اجواء دينية وإسلامية ضروري قبل تطبيق النظام الإسلامي

بقلم : عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

لوحظ مراراً وتكراراً أن الأحزاب الإسلامية التي تفوز في الإنتخابات التشريعية وكذلك الحركات الإسلامية التي تقاوم مع أعداء الإسلام في بلدانها تتكلم دائماً عن تنفيذ حكم إسلامي وكذلك العقوبات المعروفة في الإسلام. أحياناً يبدو أن الإسم الآخر للإسلام هو عقوبات.

لا أستطيع فهم إرادة الحركات الإسلامية وراء تصريحاتها في تنفيذ العقوبات والأحكامات الإسلامية الأخرى.

عندما نطالع زمن الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم فنجد أن معظم التعليمات الإسلامية جاءت لإصلاح المجتمع وقلوب المسلمين وغير المسلمين.

ففي زمن الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم ، إن الله تبارك وتعالى أنزل القرآن والأحكامات الإسلامية رويداً رويداً ففي البداية هو إقامة الصلاة وإعطاء الزكاة والصوم والحج وبر الوالدين وصلة الأرحام والتجنب من المحرمات وغير ذلك. المقصود في هذا الترتيب هو إقامة المناخ الديني في المجتمع أولاً ، وبعد إقامة النظام الديني والروحاني الكامل يجيئ حكم العقوبات والقصاص وغير ذلك.

فئات مسلمة وبعض الحركات الإٍسلامية تخوف الناس من الإٍسلام والنظام الإسلامي بتصريحاتها غير مناسبة. هذا الهدف غير إسلامي وغير شرعي ، لأن الله تبارك وتعالى أنزل القرآن على الأمة الإسلامية رويداً رويداً والهدف وراء ذلك هو خلق الأجواء الإسلامية في المجتمع ليفهم الناس ما يقولون وما يقومون بحياتهم.

تجيئ مرتبة العقوبات في الإسلام في النهاية ، الحركات الإسلامية تترك هذه الدرجات وما فيها المصلحة وإنها تصر على تنفيذ العقوبات بأي طريقة ، هذه الطريقة تبعد الناس والفئات الأخرى من الدين و النظام الإسلامي.

بالنسبة للعقوبات التي جاءت في الإسلام فإنها ليست مقصود بالذات بل المقصود هو إصلاح المجتمع وإصلاح قلوب الناس لكي لا يتوجهوا إلى المعاصي او إلى الأعمال الأخرى التي تنتج العقوبات والقصاص حيث إن هذا الإصلاح لن يخرج من بطن العقوبات فقط بل إنه يخرج من المجتمع الذي بني طريقة إسلامية، ويخاف من الله تبارك وتعالى.

خلق أجواء إسلامية أمر ضروري قبل أن نتوجه إلى أي نظام حيث أن الإجواء الدينية في المجتمع مهم جداً ، وبدون ذلك لن يمكن لأي حكومة أو نظام أو مؤسسة تحقيق أهدافها.

دخول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في المدينة المنورة وبناءه المسجد النبوي أولاً يشير إلى ضرورة قيام مؤسسات وإدارة لإصلاح النفس ولإصلاح قلوب الناس ولإصلاح المجتمع أولاً

فهناك أمر ضروري للحركات الإسلامية والأحزاب الإسلامية أن تنقذ أنفسها من النزول في الإختلافات وموضوع مثيرللجدل بل عليها أن تتابع خطوات رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في تنفيذ نظام إسلامي وتطبيق أحكام شرعية.

إن لم يفعلوا هذا فهناك لا يوجد أمل في نجاحها وفي الوصول إلى أهداف حقيقية.

14-01-2012

Failure of the system or failure of leaders

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

In 2011, the world has witnessed the waves of agitations, revolutionary movements and demonstrations in certain parts of the world.

The waves of revolutionary movements had been enlarging and spreading their wings in Tunis, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria, demonstrations and voices of reformations, on the other side, have been seen in Jordan, the US, EU countries and in India.

The reasons led the people to either agitation or revolutions lie in the systems failed in solving the issues like corruption, injustice, unemployment and inequality in jobs and in other social segments. Entire society, in Muslim or non-Muslim countries enjoys same climate. There is no distinction between Muslim or non-Muslim regimes as all have been built on some grounds cause to poverty, violence, anarchy, disturbances and mental and physical tension to everyone.

Why people got angered against their own governments and regimes to extent forced them either to leave the power, as it has been seen in Tunis and Egypt or face brutal behavior by people as seen in Libya.

Why government and regimes of the world got failure in installing a fair and transparent government despite of having power for more than 30 and 42 years?

Why such sort of disturbances seen in the US and in European countries too where the people under the banner of Occupy Wall Street assembled condemning government's policies?

Europe, the US and western countries, a hallmark and the symbol of contemporary civilization, economic empowerment and modernization of society's institutions in the world, based on freedom, reforms, human rights and shining civilizations, stand on the bad time of its history due to growing corruption, economic crises and inequality in providing countries resources to every individual irrespective of his creed, religion and identity.

The revolutions, removed three Muslim regimes, and demonstrations, continuing in certain non-Muslim countries are an announcement of the collapse of the system, ideologies and civilizations unable to solve the social diseases and economic problems, triggering unrest and price rise despite their dominance on the planet for more than hundred years.

The fall of regimes in Meddle East and in African continent and growing violent disturbances across the glob speaks loudly the severe consequences of negative effects of the system adopted by the world's powerful countries to rule on people, moreover, it is not heading toward the way of solution or success but its movements indicate the crises waiting the appropriate time.

Economic crises put European countries on the verge of collapse if it is not solved in time. US investor George Soros warned that the European crisis may lead to an economic meltdown worse than 2008.

He said “ Europe doesn't have a treasury, treasury, it has only the European Central Bank ( ECB) to deal with the ongoing crisis. The architects knew the ( economic) structure was incomplete and it is politically impossible to create such an institution in time of a crisis,.

This economic meltdown forced the US to reduce its military budget focusing on less use of forces on the ground, to keep its dominance on entire world.

This economic crisis has already been swallowed Berlusconi's government in Italy and caused unrest in Greece.

Poverty, ethnic violence, conflicts, and war like climate have left African continent in Dark. There is no hope soon for the challenges African people have been facing for decades.

Famine, in Somalia, that has swallowed thousands of lives, displacing millions of people without food, roofs and drinking water, states the failure of the existing system and the world's political institutions that always woo of reformations.

The fact is that the system adopted by world's super power countries to maintain their dominance on the planet is on way of fall without offering any solution since decades.

People gave much time to their leaders, such as their governments and regimes used much time adopting various ways of reformations, but, in fact there were no keys of solution before them since the beginning except to create tensions and shedding of bloodbath of innocents in the name of reformations and humanitarian help.

That system is being chased by the failure across the glob. World Economic crises are an alarm of bad time. Revolutions and demonstrations stress how the climate worse is. World leader’s slow response over unfolding financial, humanitarian and poverty crisis is a massive embarrassment for the people who expect their leader’s ability in overcoming the problem soon.

In the light of these ups and down, is there any hope of success the world leaders have been claiming since last decades except gifting war, famine, insecurity ethnic and religious conflicts across the glob?

11-01-2011