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As the general elections of 2014 draw near, Muslims are becoming more aggressive. This is not merely a figment of my imagination. The incidents of recent past bear a testimony to this observation.
The starting point was last year’s Mumbai violence. The peaceful protest against killings of Muslims living overseas turned violent in the blink of an eye. Property was vandalised, including the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial,and normal life was disrupted as police looked on helplessly like bystanders.
Why did the peaceful protests turn violent? Why did the police fail to act? Was it asked to look the other way? Sadly the guilty still remain at large. Had the police acted tough and cracked down on the mischief-mongers, a strong message would have been sent out.
But unfortunately, in our country some political parties are scared of losing the next elections. Their fear of getting voted out of power runs so deep that they are now trying to pose as minority sympathisers. And in this dirty game of clinging to power at any cost, they are turning a blind eye to some elements that can damage the reputation of the Muslim community forever for their short term goals.
The next major aberration came in the form of Akbaruddin Owaisi’s inflammatory speech delivered in front of a large gathering at Nirmal, Adilabad. After dilly-dallying for nearly two weeks, the police finally swung into action and put the rabble-rouser behind bars. But then political compulsions again threw spanners into legal process and
left patriotic and peace loving citizens frustrated.
The latest casualty of this Muslim rage is veteran actor Kamal Hassan’s latest film Vishwaroopam. The same old clichè of ‘hurting religious sentiments’ is being repeated as the beleaguered actor runs from pillar to post to pacify fringe elements who are against the release of his film.
Incidentally, these fringe elements, vote-bank politics, minority-appeasement and much more are causing irreparable damage to Muslims themselves. Unfortunately, there is no strong, truly secular and forward-looking leader within the community who can put a stop to all this nonsense happening in the name of religion and put his community on a path to peace, progress and prosperity. This is one of the greatest tragedies of our modern narrative.
As if all this weren’t enough, yet another shocking image involving young Muslim children did the rounds on the Internet. The image shows childrenholding a placards reading, “Massacre those who insult Islam”. These children are representing “Aashiqaan-e-Rasool Committee” (fan of the prophet committee).
Perhaps members of this committee members will do well to go through the teachings of the prophet. His teachings will discourage them from displaying such horrific placards. To sum up my argument, an oft-quoted anecdote about the prophet comes to mind. This anecdote promotes the virtues of forgiveness and harmony.
There was an old lady who used to throw garbage at the prophet. The prophet would walk past that lady’s house on his way to the mosque everyday and the lady would, without fail, carry out the ritual of showering the prophet with garbage.
One day the prophet walked past that lady’s house and expected the garbage to come down as usual. But to his surprise, nothing of this kind happened. Out of curiosity he asked the neighbours as to how that lady was.
Upon learning that she had taken ill and was bed-ridden, he went to see her out of genuine sympathy and feelings of forgiveness. Upon seeing the prophet’s generosity and simplicity, she felt ashamed of what she used to do.
If Muslims keep the above-quoted anecdote in mind, they will never resort to violence. The name of the community will never suffer another blow to its reputation. And moreover, none of the political outfits will think of using the community as vote-bank. All types of politics of appeasement will come to an end. When that happens, we will all be Indians living in perfect harmony and contributing to the growth and prosperity of the nation.
Source : NitiCentral
The starting point was last year’s Mumbai violence. The peaceful protest against killings of Muslims living overseas turned violent in the blink of an eye. Property was vandalised, including the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial,and normal life was disrupted as police looked on helplessly like bystanders.
Why did the peaceful protests turn violent? Why did the police fail to act? Was it asked to look the other way? Sadly the guilty still remain at large. Had the police acted tough and cracked down on the mischief-mongers, a strong message would have been sent out.
But unfortunately, in our country some political parties are scared of losing the next elections. Their fear of getting voted out of power runs so deep that they are now trying to pose as minority sympathisers. And in this dirty game of clinging to power at any cost, they are turning a blind eye to some elements that can damage the reputation of the Muslim community forever for their short term goals.
The next major aberration came in the form of Akbaruddin Owaisi’s inflammatory speech delivered in front of a large gathering at Nirmal, Adilabad. After dilly-dallying for nearly two weeks, the police finally swung into action and put the rabble-rouser behind bars. But then political compulsions again threw spanners into legal process and
left patriotic and peace loving citizens frustrated.
The latest casualty of this Muslim rage is veteran actor Kamal Hassan’s latest film Vishwaroopam. The same old clichè of ‘hurting religious sentiments’ is being repeated as the beleaguered actor runs from pillar to post to pacify fringe elements who are against the release of his film.
Incidentally, these fringe elements, vote-bank politics, minority-appeasement and much more are causing irreparable damage to Muslims themselves. Unfortunately, there is no strong, truly secular and forward-looking leader within the community who can put a stop to all this nonsense happening in the name of religion and put his community on a path to peace, progress and prosperity. This is one of the greatest tragedies of our modern narrative.
As if all this weren’t enough, yet another shocking image involving young Muslim children did the rounds on the Internet. The image shows childrenholding a placards reading, “Massacre those who insult Islam”. These children are representing “Aashiqaan-e-Rasool Committee” (fan of the prophet committee).
Perhaps members of this committee members will do well to go through the teachings of the prophet. His teachings will discourage them from displaying such horrific placards. To sum up my argument, an oft-quoted anecdote about the prophet comes to mind. This anecdote promotes the virtues of forgiveness and harmony.
There was an old lady who used to throw garbage at the prophet. The prophet would walk past that lady’s house on his way to the mosque everyday and the lady would, without fail, carry out the ritual of showering the prophet with garbage.
One day the prophet walked past that lady’s house and expected the garbage to come down as usual. But to his surprise, nothing of this kind happened. Out of curiosity he asked the neighbours as to how that lady was.
Upon learning that she had taken ill and was bed-ridden, he went to see her out of genuine sympathy and feelings of forgiveness. Upon seeing the prophet’s generosity and simplicity, she felt ashamed of what she used to do.
If Muslims keep the above-quoted anecdote in mind, they will never resort to violence. The name of the community will never suffer another blow to its reputation. And moreover, none of the political outfits will think of using the community as vote-bank. All types of politics of appeasement will come to an end. When that happens, we will all be Indians living in perfect harmony and contributing to the growth and prosperity of the nation.
Source : NitiCentral
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