MUSLIMS PUNISHED THOUGH TABLIGHI JAMAT ENJOYED 'GOOD MUSLIM' TAG FROM BJP-RSS
Tablighi Jamat (TJ), RSS & Shuddhi Movement took birth almost
concurrently to help the British rulers to overcome the united freedom struggle
In 1920s began the
most fruitful phase of the freedom movement with Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs
presenting a united challenge to the foreign rulers. The beginning was made at
Jallianwala Bagh where on April 13, 1919, 220 Hindus, 94 Sikhs and 61 Muslims
together laid down their lives (as per the official figures the actual deaths
were three times). It was the period when revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh,
Chandershekhar Azad, Ashfaqullah Khan and Ram Prasad Bismil became symbols of
the united freedom struggle. The communal unity was the danger the British
rulers dread most. It was no coincidence that during the same phase India saw
proliferation of religious organizations which took birth to work for
Hinduization and Islamization of Indians. TJ, RSS and Shuddhi Movement (founded
by Swami Shraddhanand
Arya Samaj as 'Bhartiya Hindu Shuddhi Mahasabha' or Indian Hindu Purification
Council) appeared around 1925 with the aim to shape
good Muslims and good Hindus. It is significant to know that neither RSS nor TJ
was banned during the British rule; none of their leaders went to jail for the
cause of freedom of India. Hedgewar went to jail twice but as a Congressman.
It was a ploy to
sabotage the coming together of the people of the two largest religious
communities of the country. An official biography of the founder of RSS, KB
Hedgewar confessed that the reason for forming tha RSS was that the Gandhi led
freedom movement was working to unite Hindus and Muslims as one nation whereas
India was an exclusive Hindu nation. RSS rejected the concept of an
all-inclusive India. TJ was started to convince Muslims that Muslims first
should become SHUDDH (pure) Muslims and get rid of practices/habits which had
crept into the community due to mingling with the Hindus. This politics of 'we'
and 'others' went a long way in causing communal riots in different parts of
the country.
How alarmed were
revolutionaries by this communal divide and how earnestly they wanted to expose
the real culprits is clear from the ‘Message to Countrymen’ by Ashfaqullah
Khan, which was smuggled out hours before his martyrdom on 19 December 1927.
This statement is regarded as a great exposure of the nefarious game which
communal forces were playing in league with the British masters. Addressing the
common people of the country, he said:
"Oh! How can we appreciate the present
day life when our political leadership is going through internal strife? If one
is fond of Tableegh [the propagation
of Islam] the other believes that dying for
Shuddhi only will lead to
emancipation. ..Government secret service agents are spreading these religious
propagandas. Their aim is not to defend religion or help it to flourish but to
create obstacles in the path of the moving train [of the freedom struggle]. I
do not have time and opportunity to expose the whole game-plan (of government)
which I came to know during my days of my running away from police and
later."
The
history of freedom movement is witness to the fact that these organizations led
to the aggressive currents of Hindu and Muslim separatism, finally, leading to
the Partition of India. Though India chose to be a secular state after
Independence but likes of RSS and TJ continue to dream of a pure Hindu and pure
Muslim societies.
TJ as Good Muslims for RSS
Tablighi Jamat (TJ)
has always been on top of the list of 'good Muslims' (Rashtriya
Muslims) of the RSS-BJP rulers.
TJ earned this place for its long scrupulous silence over the countless bloody
attempts by the Hindutva gang to cleanse India of Muslims; decreed by the most
prominent ideologue of RSS, MS Golwalkar as 'Internal Threat' number ONE. [Golwalkar, Bunch of Thoughts] TJ remained
religiously indifferent to the widespread killings, maiming, rapes of Muslims,
burning and plunder of mosques and their properties. In the Hindutva gang's
ledger of favourite Muslims TJ scored ten out of ten as it remained more than neutral
in the face of recurring communal violence against the community, nation-wide
massacre of Muslims during and after Advani's Rath Yatra (1990), demolition of
Bari mosque (1992), the Gujarat pogrom of 2002.
TJ did not fail the
Hindutva rulers during the recent nation-wide protests against the religiously
bigoted Citizenship Amendment Act. Since it was spearheaded by Muslim women, TJ
was more scornful of the movement. When
Hindutva organizations in collusion with the state carried out massacre of
Muslims (starting February 23, 2020) TJ remained in silent mode. Whereas
different non-Muslim, secular, Dalit, Communist and civil rights organizations
went to the area defending Muslims and providing relief, TJ remained
indifferent, perhaps believing that Muslims were paying for their sins! However,
it was observed that many Muslims having connections with the TJ participated
in the relief work in their individual capacities.
BJP-RSS rulers' close connections with TJ
There
should be no doubt on this account. TJ held one of its largest global IJTEMA
(congregation) at Bhopal (MP) from November 25 to 27, 2017 in which more than fifteen lakh
Muslims participated. What the then chief minister of MP, Shivraj Singh
Chouhan, a well-know rabble rouser of the RSS wrote on his official portal with
a photograph is reproduced here which is self-explanatory about the linkage
between BJP-RSS and TJ.
"CM Chouhan Inspects Tablighi
Ijtema Site, 22 Nov 2017
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reached Eintkhedi
and inspected the Tablighi Ijtema site today. He took stock of the arrangements
related to the congregation.
"CM Chouhan said that
better arrangements should be made for the congregation. Attention should be
paid towards the needs of the people who are attending this congregation.
Proper transport arrangements should be made and better arrangements for potable
water, cleanliness, electricity and medical should be made. He further
mentioned that tight security arrangements should be made.
"Congregation will be held from
November 25 to 27. About 15 lakh persons are expected to take part in the
congregation. The congregation will be held in about 352 acre land. Tents have
been installed in 60 acre land to accommodate about 3 lakh persons. Total 32
tube wells, 400 water tanks and arrangement of 7 thousand 500 tap connections
have been made. Moreover, 3 thousand 500 temporary toilets have been made and
arrangement of 5 fire brigade vehicles, 5 ambulances and temporary hospital has
been made. Two mobile towers have been installed and 35 parking places besides
control room at the congregation site have been made." [https://shivrajsinghchouhan.org/newsdetail.aspx?id=2692]
It is interesting to note that Indian rulers connected with the
RSS who openly express hatred towards 'topi wale Musalmaan', but here one of
them, a top one, was personally supervising one of the largest gatherings of
such Muslims. The patronage went beyond all this. These were the demonetization
times; the whole country was distressed, specially, those who were daily
wage-earner, artisans, involved in cottage/handicraft business and small
traders. Most of the Muslims belonged to these categories. It did not bother TJ
because CM ordered the district magistrate to ask banks to open special
counters for exchange of old notes at the site of the conference.
[https://www.patrika.com/bhopal-news/three-day-s-aalami-tabligi-ijtima-in-bhopal-will-start-day-after-tomarrow-1448755/]
TJ leadership built up a situation which helped the Hindutva organizations to attack common Muslims holding them responsible for the Covid-19 spread
TJ leadership built up a situation which helped the Hindutva organizations to attack common Muslims holding them responsible for the Covid-19 spread
TJ's over-confidence about its being in the good books
of RSS-BJP rulers led them to treat this pandemic as a minor issue. The chief
of TJ, Maulana Saad is reported to have declared, "Don’t pay heed if they
ask us to lock down mosques…There is no better place to die than a mosque…Allah
is punishing us for abandoning mosques…Won’t pay heed if even doctors advise to
not pray in mosques”. Even if TJ denies any such declaration but reality is
that Muslims who attended global meet (March 13-15) at its headquarters
followed Saad's words a divine. They kept huddled in the mosques and refused to
be counted as pandemic suspect. As late as April 11, administration is having
hell of a time in tracing those who attended TJ international conference at its
headquarters. The health and police teams trying to locate suspects have been
attacked.
Thus this idiotic and irrational attitude towards one
of the greatest calamity faced by the human civilization in its history made
all Muslims not only laughing stock but invited brazen physical attacks from
the Hindutva gang against the community. Renowned scientist Gauhar Raza made an
interesting point that attacks did not occur on the idiotic belief that Covid19
will not affect Tablighi Muslims but on all Muslims as carrier of this virus.
Whatever may be the illusion of TJ about its linkages
with the RSS top brass but the latter did not budge from its core agenda of
hatred for Muslims. The RSS smelt an opportunity in this March 13 to March 15,
2020 meeting at TJ headquarters to communalize the issue of Covid19 pandemic.
The rulers realized that it would not only keep its original anti-Muslim agenda
on track but also divert the attention from mismanagement in controlling the
virus. In fact, fighting the virus became a secondary issue and targeting Muslims
became the primary agenda. The Hindutva organizations, individuals and media
joined the high pitch chorus of “CoronaJihad,” and “Markaz Conspiracy”. BJP IT
cell head Amit Malviya tweeted it as "Islamic insurrection", Union
Minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi described
it as “Talibani Crime by Tablighi Jamaat". The social media posts demanded
that Tablighi Muslims should not be treated but put in a gas chamber. It seemed
as if TJ had had some secret conclave to spread the virus. In different
localities notices were put up banning entry of Muslims. The fact which became
the first casualty was that this ill-conceived conference was held with the
full concurrence of BJP-RSS ruled India. These were not Tablighi Muslims only who were attacked.
Non-Tablighi Muslims were lynched, denied hospital treatment, denied entry to
many areas. It continues to happen.
Not first time that RSS used 'Good
Muslims' for its diabolical anti-Islam/Muslim agenda
The
demonization of Indian Muslims using TJ congregation should not surprise
anyone. RSS has long history of using 'good Muslims' for attacking common
Muslims and when job is done are ruthlessly discarded. After demolition of the
Babri mosque at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, the first person butchered was a
'good Muslim' namely Husni Vilaiti Haider. Son of a big zamindar of Ayodhya, he
had offered his services for kar seva, earlier he had donated a large chunk of land to the VHP trust
for Ram Mandir. But these credentials did not apparently wash. [The Sunday
Times of India, Delhi, January 17, 1993.]
During
the recent massacre of Muslims in Delhi the home of Akhtar Raza, BJP minority cell vice-president was
completely burnt. According to him there were 19 houses of Muslims in his
lane. All were identified then burnt. [https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/india/delhi-riot-bjp-minority-cell-vice-presidents-home-burnt/cid/1750237?__twitter_impression=true]
If
TJ had used its lakhs of cadres and abundant monetary-physical resources for
strengthening democratic-secular polity instead of co-existing with fascists,
the country would have been a better place.
TJ Amir (Supremo) Maulana Muhammad Saad
Kandhalawi betrayed his followers
It is confirmed that National Security Advisor, Ajit
Doval visited TJ headquarters 2.00 am (late night 28-29 March) and interacted
with Maulana Muhammad Saad. That is the time for TAHAJJUD prayer (late night
non-obligatory prayer) and sure he had not gone there for it. The outcome was
that despite multiple warrants for his arrest he was able to secure safe
passage for himself his family and coterie. He continues to be in
self-quarantine at some place. It would be a foolish proposition, in fact, an
insult to our intelligence agencies to say that his whereabouts are unknown. On
the contrary, hundreds of his followers both foreign guests and Indian had and
continue to face horrendous life and uncertain future.
He did not seek safe passage for all the participants
to hospitals or state sponsored isolation centres. Large number of them was
forced to take refuge in mosques from where they were and being arrested as
carriers of Covid19. It is most likely that many of them carried the virus but
who sent them to mosques? The Tablighi participants were booked under stringent
National Security Act for sexual harassment and
being nude. It is nobody's case that they might not have indulged in such
heinous acts but TJ should have expelled them or made public their version. [https://theprint.in/india/nsa-slapped-against-quarantined-tablighi-jamaat-members-who-harassed-nurses-in-ghaziabad/394708/]
The foreign guests have been arrested on different
counts and are in custody. Where are the Amir and his team which kept on
boasting of the divine guidance in all their actions? Is this the model of a
true Muslim which TJ has been claiming to work for the last 95 years? The truth
is that if TJ instead of building only mosques and founding madrasaas in order
to train Muslims only for the life of "zameen ke neeche aur aasman ke
upar" (in the grave and in the Hereafter) had bothered to establish
medical colleges, hospitals, and nursing schools not only Muslims would have
benefitted but the whole of the Indian society. Shamsul Islam
April 12, 2020.
Link for some of S. Islam's writings in
English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati
and video interviews/debates:
Facebook: shamsul
Twitter: @shamsforjustice
http://shamsforpeace.blogspot.com/
Email: notoinjustice@gmail.com
Link:
https://www.counterview.net/2020/04/muslims-punished-though-tablighi-jamat.html
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