Godhra train burning incident and Muslims

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

The judgment on Godhra train burning incident has been delivered. 63 people acquitted, 31 found guilty. Court will announce the quantum of sentence on 1st March 2011 for those who have been found guilty. The nation, especially, Muslims are waiting the day to collect the copy of the judgment to see on which ground 31 people have been convicted.

The conviction of 31 people shows that court has accepted conspiracy theory, as state government has been saying for long times. Anyway, acquittal of 63 people establishes Muslim’s little faith on the judiciary.

This judgment too will go into the discussion in the society, as it had discussed earlier in Babri Masjid issue. It is a part of democracy, this kind of discussion stabilizes democratic values in a country, like India.

Godhra judgment sends a message of shock for so many reasons:-

1. Muslims believe what had happened in S6 coach of Sabrmati Express was an incident. Banarji commission report confirms Muslim's stand. After the announcement of the judgment, Justice Banarji expressed his determination on his investigations and findings.

2. The report establishes conspiracy theory made and prepared by the commission that had set up by state government which cannot deny its role in post Godhra genocide.

3. Godhra judgment and Babri Masjid judgment have so much similarity. In both cases, Court accepts the reports, findings and investigations made by opposite party that establish Muslims involvement, while the reports, investigations, historical facts and other findings that confirm Muslim's stand rejected.

4. In both carnage which is a blot on Indian forehead; Muslims not only denied full justice but also found guilty and granted punishment.

5. In Post Godhra genocide, only Muslims arrested by the Gujarat police, applied POTA on them, it is another issue, POTA was removed later, their movement was prevented in the name of law, hence special court has been held inside Sabarmati Jail, arrested people treated like they are most dangerous people on the earth, while the perpetrators of post Godhra genocide left free by same police; arrest of someone in post Godhra genocide, insufficient proofs and lack of evidences collected by same police and same security agencies leaded their release. Many of them have accepted their crimes; how they killed Muslims and how they set the homes of Muslims on fire, as Tahelka sting operation confirms, but they are still free and in safe place.

6. The most tragic angle of this injustice is the fall of these people, who have been acquitted, into a conspiracy that landed them into prison, damaged their financial condition and put their precious and unreturned nine years into vain.

7. Looking towards the judgment on Godhra train incident, it can be said that justice has been prevailed for the victims who have lost their loved once in train burning incident, now the time has come for Muslims to be granted justice in post Godhra genocide, in which more than 2000 Muslims have been killed and hundreds of thousands dislocated.

8. Hope of full justice is impossible; while Muslim community lives as a minority community. Not a matter of first or second class citizen. Muslims are in minority, so, if they receive 25% justice, it is enough.

In Babri Masjid case, they have given some parts, and in Godhra incident; 63 acquitted so what they expect more; as a minority community; if they receive 25% justice so it is enough for them, they have to shut their mouth and not ask more justice.

9. As for the Master minds and conspirators of post Godhra genocide and Babri Masjid, so, they are first class citizen, as well as, they are from majority community.

Word Majority itself expresses their acquittal. If they are free and out of the grip of law, so the reason lies in majority community and the road ends here.

As for legal fight for those who have been convicted in Godhra incident case; they have to be granted justice, so this fight should be continued so that justice will be prevailed one day, as well as; Muslims cannot deny the role of judiciary in upholding the justice, as the judiciary is the sole intuition in India that upheld many times Muslim’s little faith and hope on this institution.

After all, the story of injustice cannot be prevented unless Muslims turn themselves into a strong political force.

26-02-2011

إستخدام حق النقض من قبل الولايات المتحدة

بقلم : عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

إستخدمت الولايات المتحدة حق النقض (Veto) على القرار الذي يدين الإستيطان الإسرائيلي على الأراضي الفلسطينية. هذا يوضح أن إدارة أوباما لم تتغير موقفها تجاه القضية الفلسطينية. هناك كان أمل ضئيل على عدم مساندة إدارة أوباما لإسرائيل كما فعلت الإدارات السابقة في القضية الفلسطينية.

لكن محاولة إدارة أوباما لإنقاذ إسرائيل في الأمم المتحدة، توضح أن المسآلة ليست هي كما الفلسطينيون والعرب يرونها.

في ضوء هذه التطورات الحالية التي ستؤثر الجهود الأمريكية التي بذلتها إدارة أوباما لحل القضية الفلسطينية عن طريق التفاوض بين الطرفين، هناك لا توجد الإمكانية للتقدم إلى النجاح لإن الولايات المتحدة تصر على حل هذه القضية عن طريق الحوار ، ومن ناحية ثانية هي تعمل لصالح إسرائيل علناً وسرياً وتساعدها في كل قضية تقودها إلى حل نهائي.

بعد إستخدام الولايات المتحدة حق النقض في الأمم المتحدة، لا يمكن للفلسطينيين أن يعتمدوا على إدارة أوباما أنها تحل هذه القضية وتساعد على قيام الدولة الفلسطينية ذات مستقلة.

20-02-2011م

The nation is watching …….

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed to punish all wrongdoers in 2G spectrum scam. According to him, some actions have been taken to prevent corruptions from happening again.

As a Prime Minister of India, Mr. Manmohan Singh what said, the people of India see a hope of success in bringing all those involved in this scam before the court.

As concerned citizens, the people of India still are waiting his response over the genocide that had taken place in Gujarat 8 years ago.

Regardless to express the pain of victims and the phenomenon they are facing there, the nation is looking toward his government for action that put the criminals and their supporters behind the bars.

The constitution has been made to punish the criminals and make sure that society is free from the rapists and killers.

If 2G spectrum scam brings bad name to India, the genocide of Gujarat is a blot on Indian forehead too.

The nation is watching what UPA government does in restoring the confidence among the victims.

17-02-2011

Email: ahannan111@yahoo.in

هل النظام الديمقراطي في الهند أحسن نظام في العالم؟

بقلم : عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

بعد مشاهدة التظاهرات العنيفة والإحتجاجات في المدن العربية، سمعت من بعض الناس قائلاً أن النظام الديمقراطي في الهند أحسن نظام في العالم. عندما قارنت هذا الرأي بالحقائق الأرضية في الهند فالأمر يوضح أن النظام الديمقراطي لا شك فيه هو أحسن نظام لأنه يشجع الشعب الهندي بغض النظر عن وجهاته على إختيار الحكومة ورئيس الوزراء عن طريق الإنتخابات، وكذلك معظم الفئات يعيشون هناك بالأمان والسلامة.

رغم ذلك أن النظام يوضح خطوات البلاد لكن المسألة هي ليست فقط النظام ، المسألة الرئيسية هي هل الحكومة تعمل على أساس يقود البلاد والشعب إلى التنمية والرقى؟ هل الحكومة إتخذت الخطوات التي ساعدت في محاربة الفقر والبطالة في البلاد؟ هل تلك الخطوات التي إتخذتها الحكومة قد ألقت نتائجها الإيجابية؟

نحن نجد أن بعض المدن في الهند يشاهد العنف من قبل الأنظمة التي ترى أن بعض السياسات للحكومة لا تحل مشاكلها، كذلك هناك كثير من الفئات الذين يعيشون تحت خط الفقر وهم في حاجة ماسة للمساعدة المالية والسياسية والتعليمية. الحكومات الهندية قد عملت على هذا الإتجاه وقد اتخذت بعض القرار يساعد لإنهاء هذه الأزمة.

علينا أن ننتظر ونرى هل هذه الخطوات تترك آثارها الإيجابية ، وهل هي تساعد في إنهاء حالة الفقر والبطالة التي ثمثل أهم عوائق للرقى والتنمية.

16/02/2011م

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Acquittal of Muslim youths a question mark on the system

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Once again, seven Muslim boys who were arrested in terror charges in 2005, acquitted by a Delhi court here. Acquitting of Muslim boys from the terror charges and issuing the order of their release if it is a sigh of relief for entire Muslims, on the other hand, it is a question mark on the system that is busy in damaging the precious time of Muslim youths.

This is not a sole case, there are a lot of cases that proved Muslim boys innocence.

Continuous acquittal of Muslim youths from terror charges, if it confirms Muslim's stand on being implication of them falsely in terror activities, on the other side, it establishes a huge conspiracy of a particular group in damaging Muslim's portrait in the country in order to create the phenomenon that force the government, army, police and other trading and social companies feel fear at the time of appointing Muslim youths as an employee.

The question draws the attention of the country. Why courts refuse again and again to accept the story of police and its investigation over the involvement of Muslim youths in terror activities?

Why police, again and again be fails in convincing the court over its investigation of the involvement of youths?

Why courts in most terror cases find the story of police confirms no role of arrested youths in terrorism.

These questions need to be answered. Either the investigation conducted in improper direction or the pressure from outside leaded to their release? Or political backup or being from elite classes caused the acquittal of the accused?

Last two things are impossible, as the case is related to terrorism and the most accused are from poor families, even many of them have no much money to arrange the advocate who fight their cases in the court.

There remains one question which indicates towards police investigation. The person has little bit knowledge about law cannot deny the role of investigation in granting the punishment to the accused on the basis of investigation reports or acquitting of accused from the charges made against him.

The most important thing, continuous acquittal of Muslim youths by the various courts across the country didn't leave any effect on more arrest of Muslim youths.

Why the same story, specially, in terror cases, to be repeated? First, police arrest some Muslim youths as an accused or Master mind, report to be leaked into media houses on how arrested Muslim boys plotted the attacks and from where they got the explosives, the matter goes to court, where after some hearings that take 5, 10 or 15 years establishes innocence of arrested persons, police be fails in convincing the court of their involvement in terrorism, and finally court acquits the accused from all charges, and issues the order of their release.

Their acquittal and releasing fails to get the attention of media and the government. Neither media raises the question over role of police nor government takes any step to see the lapses and to punish the officers who implicated Muslim youths falsely.

The whole episode exposes a different story of harassment of Muslim community making it busy in issues to get no time to invite themselves into other activities.

What we say about it; is it a conspiracy to portrait Muslims as a distrust community? Or is it a part of system?

We see most important Muslim organization's precious time, money and energy is occupied in providing legal assistance to the accused that are unable to afford legal expenses.

These money and energy to which be spent on Muslim's development are being wasted on the ways that a part of a conspiracy.

AIMPLB is busy in handling the issue of Babri Masjid. Jamait-e- Ulama-e-Hind and other organizations are busy in providing legal assistance to arrested innocents in terror charges.

Such as, various Muslim and non-Muslim organizations are engaged in Gujarat to make sure the justice be delivered for the victims.

Like that, these major organizations are stranded in unwilling situation. Injustice with the power of the community and neglect of state and central government dragged the Muslim organizations into the matter.

Interestingly, UPA government didn't show itself any interest to look into the cases and the incidents to prevent Muslims from the harassment.

Indeed, entire Muslim community, by and large, is in shock due to languishing of their beloved one in jail. On the other hand, every eye chases Muslims in the country. Muslim students, job seekers, and the Muslims travel to abroad for looking a good job face extra investigation and caution by everyone, even Muslim families see them as suspects.

Despite of revelation and arrest of Hindutva terrorists leave no effects on watching Muslims as suspect.

I think Muslims are passing from a very critical time. Their remained leadership and their major organizations, instead of giving their attentions on other activities, like education, poverty and unification of the community to build political forces, Universities and other educational and health centers for the community are busy in taking out the future of the country from the prisons.

We hope no changes in the situation in coming days; because this kind of hostile system is continued from long times. Without interference of the government, there is no hope of any revolution in the system. Let us see, what happens in future and how Muslim community comes forward to defend itself in the future.

15-02-2010

هل هناك ثورة إسلامية؟

بقلم عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

بعض المحللين السياسيين يعبرون خوفهم على قدوم الإسلاميين في الحكومة بسبب الإضطرابات في العالم العربي ، وكثير منهم يرون تلك الثورة كثورة إسلامية ، والحقيقة هي أن الوضع مختلف تماماً، هناك لا توجد ثورة إسلامية ولا توجد دلائل تشير إلى قدوم الإسلاميين في الحكومة.

هذه الثورة ثورة شعبية فقط حيثما كل شخص بغض النظر عن توجهاته السياسية والدينية يشارك في التظاهرات ويرفع الأصوات بحق الديمقراطية، كذلك الأنظمة السياسية وقادة المتظاهرين كل منهم ما قال كلاماً واحداً على قيام النظام الإسلامي ولا إشار إلى أن هذه المظاهرات قد تم إنعقادها للحكومة الإسلامية بل كل منهم يطالب التعديل في الدستور وترحيل الرئيس الحالي ليتمكن على الإصلاحات في الدوائر الحكومية وفي النظام السياسي.

الأمر الثاني وهو أن الشعب قد قام ضد النظام بسبب سياسي وليس بسبب إسلامي، مطالب الشعب قادت إلى هذه الثورة الكبرى في بعض الدول العربية هي فقط الغلاء، والظلم على الشعب من قبل السلطات الأمنية وإزدياد في البطالة في الشبان والفساد فالفكر أن الإسلاميين سيحكمون على البلاد فكر خاطئ وبعيد عن الحقائق.

المنظمات الإسلامية ليست لها دور في هذه الثورة بل ها هو الشعب الذي خرج من بيوته ليغير النظام الحالي وها هو الشعب الذي يريد الإصلاح في النظام وها هو الشعب الذي إعتصم الشوارع للضغط على الحكومة أن تستجيب مطالبه وتقدم الإستقالة بأسرع وقت ممكن لإنهاء هذه الإضطرابات.

10/02/2011م

هل إنترنت أثار الفوضى في الدول العربية؟

بقلم عبد الحنان السيواني الندوي

سمعت من بعض الأصدقاء العرب أنهم كانوا يقولون أن الإنرنت ووسائل الإعلام والخدمات الأخرى الموجودة في الإنترنت كانت وراء هذه الإنتفاضة والأزمة التي يشاهدها العالم العربي اليوم. الحقيقة هي أن هؤلاء الأصدقاء العرب غير قادرين على فهم الحقيقة التي تلعب دورها العظيمة وراء هذه الأزمة.

إنترنت ووسائل الإعلام هي أهم وسائل للوصول إلى الموضوع الرئيسي وإلى الناس أنهم ماذا يفكرون وماذا يريدون وكيف ينظرون الأحداث والسياسة والتطورات العلمية والسياسية التي تقع في العالم.

الشيئ الذي قاد إلى الإنتفاضة في العالم العربي هو أن الشعب العربي يريد التغيير في المجتمع العربي وذلك لأنه قد تعب من الأفكار القديمة والمجتمع الجامد لا فيه حركة ولا فيه تحرك سياسي.

فالشعب العربي خاصة الشبان يريدون المشاركة في الحكومة والنظام الذي يمنحهم للعب دورهم في بناء الحكومة التي تدرس الأزمات والمشكلات التي يواجهها الشعب العربي الحالي. فالأزمة التي تشاهدها الدول العربية هي ليست فقط مؤقتة بل هي الأزمة الحقيقية ويمكن حلها بعد قبول مطالبة وتدريس أفكار الجيل الجديد لأنه يشاهد المجتمع الغربي مجتمعاً مفتوحاً حيثما الشعب الأوروبي والغربي يشارك في بناء المجتمع وأنه لديه قدرة على إتخاذ القرار أن من يحكم عليه ومن لا، بالعكس ذلك ، المجتمع العربي يقدم نفسه كمجتمع جامد حيثما ليس للشعب العربي أن يفعل فيه أو يساهم في بناء الحكومة.

فهذه الأزمة ليست جاءت من قبل الإنترنت أو وسائل الإعلام بل هذه الأزمة توجد في المجتمع العربي نفسه ويمكن أن يتجنب منها بالتغيير والإصلاح الذي يطالبه الشعب العربي اليوم.

09-02-2011م