Comments on: Indian Muslims: Countering the hatred that has killed thousands

By: SANI MUAZU ABDULSALAM

SANI MUAZU ABDULSALAM — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:50:52 +0000

SALAM, I HEARD ABOUT THIS IN 1992, THOUGH I DID NOT HAVE THE DETAIL THEN, I
THANK YOU FOR SUCH INFORMATION.WHAT HAPPENED IN INDIA COULD HAPPEN ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD.
THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS A GROWING CONSPIRACY AGAINST ISLAM GLOBALLY.FORTUNATELY THIS
GOES CUNCURENTLY WITH THE GROWTH OF ISLAM.ISLAM STILL REMAINS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION
IN THE WORLD.THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO START DOING OR IMPROVE ON IS
REACHING OUT TO THE NON MUSLIMS BY WAY OF EXPLAINING ISLAM TO THEM
SO THAT A BETTER PERCEPTION IS ACHIEVED AND PERHAPS WE MAY ABLE TO IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM TO MANY AND THUS REDUCE HATRED. MAASSALAM.

By: Althaf Abdurrabb

Althaf Abdurrabb — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:28:44 +0000

Assalamu Alaikkum, Bismillah, “Innallaha Ma’a Sabireen” means “Verily, God is with those who have patience”.

And it is basically lack of understanding of Islam properly by both Muslims and other Religious people which result in conflicts and hatred.

This was the very reason why India was divided, and why India is still striving for more problems. We, as the citizens of India, have to nutralise the gains of bad politicians with our patience. Because they are the only people who benefit out of all such conflicts at the cost of the lives of fellow citizens.

We as the citizens of India should stand united and make our country an example for all other countries to envy upon, when it comes to peace and prosperity.

Althaf Abdurrabb
Dubai

By: DSM Satyarthi

DSM Satyarthi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:33:21 +0000

I have read entire article and the views on it posted so far. The views from Ms. Zohra Lasania from USA depict how less she knows about India. I don’t think one or two such incidents can determine the security or the future of Muslims in India. I join Sahir Ludhianvi the great poet, and the part of his poem quoted by no other than India’s former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee himself: ‘Wo waqt gaya wo daur gaya jab do quomon ka nara tha, Wo log gaye is dharti se jinka maqsad batwara tha, Ab ek hain sab Hindustani,Ab ek hain sab Hindustani,Yeh jaan le Pakistan, Haan jaan le sara jahan’.
‘Whenever they are told: ‘Do not spread mischief on earth’, they say: ‘Why! we indeed are the ones who set things right’. They are mischief makers, but they do not realize it.’— Qur’an Majeed: Al Baqarah: 11-12.

By: Zohra Lasania

Zohra Lasania — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:26:12 +0000

Salams,

I live in the U.S. but when the Babri was destroyed, I was in India. I had seen for myself the misdeeds of the BJP, communal
and their evil designs. BJP is simply a very pro-Hinduism party, or rather a very anti-Muslim party.
The sufferings that the Muslim populace of India had to go through on account of their misdeeds cuts a very sorry
figure for the image of India as a secular country. India that boasts of democratic values, proved its hypocrisy when
Muslims received no protection in the BJP backed riots.
The reasons for this situation in India is very complicated. With a large pecentage of population below literacy level,
it becomes very easy for the vested parties, to create mass hysteria in the name of religion. How could the poor
illiterate discern the schemes of the politicians?
Anyway, the BJP got support based on these very entiments, and came to power.
But thankfully, they also got ousted, when people got wiser, and saw through their schemes.
As for people, basically, they just want to live and let live.
In the final analysis, it boils down to education.
If all of India got educated, it would not let mischief makers like the BJP come to power.

My two cents.

Zohra

By: Segiru Sule

Segiru Sule — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:15:19 +0000

This incident is rather unfortunate. I am using the present tense (is) because, the mosque is yet to be re-built. Anyone familiar with history will recall how mosques were destroyed and replaced with churches and cathedrals in Europe during the crusades. Today, are muslims expected to go and destroyed these churches and cathedrals because mosques once stood where they are now? All over Europe – Italy, Spain, etc once had magnificent and majestic islamic architetorial masterpieces – mosques and other islamic buildings. But during the European christian crusades, these islamic masterpieces were reduced to rumbles and churches took their places.

Are muslims destroying these churches because mosques once occupied these places. When other religious groups engage in acts of aggression, nothing is said or written, but when muslims are provoked and they react, CNN, BBC and VOA and other western media will go to town and acuse muslims of terrorism and fundamentalism. It is no secret any more that the west hates Islam and muslims. They suffer from ‘Islamphobia’. Muslims however need to change tactics and engage more in intellectual supperior arguments and reasoning rather than aggression and quarelling.

A Nigerian adage says “when a she-goat destroys a fence, nobody bothers, but when a he-goat does the same thing, there is trouble. When christians and other religious bodies react to issues, nobody cares, but when muslims are angered and they react, they are called names – terrorists, islamic radicals, fundamentalist, etc. They enjoy to provoke muslims, now is the time for muslims to change tactics and ‘disappoint’ them. Let us occupy a higher moral ground and shame them.

The west are not comfortable with the growth of Islam, but there is nothing they can do about this. It is a devine phenomenon. While church attendances are declining in the west, muslims troop to mosques and serve their God. They are afraid of islamisation which is inevitable. Masalam.

By: hidayah

hidayah — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:17:37 +0000

salam..
i’m not an indian but right now i’m studying medicine in india.
thanx for posting such article.i hope that it will open the eyes of everyone on how hatred will only create disaster.
the babri tragedy really is something that should never repeat in the future.
it’s kind of disappointing that the fact that muslims being oppressed and treated badly all around
the world has never been really highlighted by the mass media.instead they keep on telling
the world that muslims are terrorists.how ironic.
islam is peace.
and peace is all that we need:)