Neither the Qur’an nor the Prophet prescribed any earthly punishment for blasphemy, although it is religiously considered a great sin.
Neither the Qur’an nor the Prophet prescribed any earthly punishment for blasphemy, although it is religiously considered a great sin.
ruthless murder of a hindu man in udaipurThe focus on Islamic fundamentalism in India has been brought back by two Muslims, allegedly for ‘blasphemy’. There is no doubt that blasphemy is not a major crime in Islam. really, Neither the Quran nor the Prophet Any worldly punishment has been prescribed for this, although it is religiously considered a great sin.
In contrast, the Qur’an exhorted the Prophet and through him all Muslims, “be patient with what they say, and leave them with great (dignity)” (73:10). This is in line with the two most basic teachings of the Qur’an: “Forgive and ignore, for God loves merciful people” (5:13, 42:40–43). and, to “turn away the evil from the good” so that “the one who had enmity between you and you may become your best friend” (41:34).
The Prophet Muhammad followed these covenants in the letter. The Qur’an tells us that he was always kind to people and was never “rude” (3:159). and through hadith literature we know that he asked Muslims to “save” dissolve (extreme) because dissolve destroyed its practitioners in the past” (Ibn Maja), and told them that peace can only be achieved by being liberal and presenting Islam in a way that does not create hatred for it in the minds of the people (Bukhari) .
In this combo image, Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor works at his shop, before one assailant attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon while another filmed the crime in Udaipur on June 28, 2022. photo credit: PTI
It is, therefore, no surprise that the Qur’an conferred on the Prophet the title of “Universal Mercy” (21:107) and described him as a humanist who possessed “the highest level of character” (68:10). 4) was.
If Muslims in some societies have not fully assimilated the benevolent aspects of Islam, it is because soon after the Prophet’s departure, influential clerics, in collaboration with Muslim power-monks, saw that the mildness of the Qur’an was counterproductive. Under the combined weight of legitimacy was crushed. and religious supremacy.
The clerics suppressed the fact that the Quran does not allow Muslims to take the law into their own hands; Even the state cannot use violence except in self-defense and excessive provocation; And when the opposition leans towards peace, this coercive action of the state should stop.
The cleric-state alliance that led to the downfall of Prophet Islam is evident today in the brutal Taliban rule in Afghanistan and Turkey’s pan-Islamism under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to say nothing of the violent sentimentality and perverse distortion of thought. that marks the defense. Blasphemy law in Pakistan.
Supporters of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other Hindu organizations participate in a Sankalp March ‘Samvidhan Sankalp’ to protest the killing of a Hindu man allegedly by two Muslim men in Udaipur city, in New Delhi on July 9, 2022. , , photo credit: AFP
Muslim fundamentalism in India
Interestingly, despite the apolitical Khilafat Movement (1919–1924), which was an aberration, Muslim community in India It is one of the few Islamic societies in the world that has been largely unaffected by both pan-Islamic nationalism and religious extremism. To counter this reality, the events so far in Udaipur and the assassination of Mahasaya Rajpal in 1929 (titled to write a defamatory book against the Prophet Muhammad) rangila russuli) has been cited.
Like the Udaipur murder, Rajpal’s murder was inhuman and un-Islamic. But it did not (then or later) show a trend towards religious killings across India as seen in Pakistan. Nor did it give impetus to the fundamentalism of the Indian Muslims, although they have sometimes resisted the insults of the Prophet in large numbers. Some of these protests have been violent, and are therefore punishable by law.
However, what should be unacceptable is the use of these sporadic incidents to defame Islam and the Muslim community. An Islamophobic allegation is that the dominant narrative among Indian Muslims is that of self-pity and oppression at the hands of the Hindu majority. And yet, the violence, symbolizing the extremism of the Udaipur killers, is portrayed as coming out of the heart of Islam.
To substantiate this baseless claim “evidence” is offered from books like Al-Hidaya (The Guidance), a 12-century text on Hanafi jurisprudence, as well as another sensational claim that such books are a core component of seminary curriculum. The truth is that, instruction (Advice) The Quran is the real heart of Islam, no Al-Hidya, Which was compiled centuries after the Prophet.
Besides, the real question is not whether Al-Hidaya Madrasa is part of the curriculum in India, but how much it has been internalized and implemented by Indian Muslims to make their religion victorious, by persuasion if possible, or by force if necessary.
that even clerics do not take all the declarations contained in books these days such as Al-Hidaya The seriousness is proved by the fact that major Muslim religious bodies including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind condemned the Udaipur murder.
One hopes that the absurdity of such arguments will drive home the point that ancient religious texts cannot be statutorily regulated, banned or pulped because some of them allegedly promote violence, or that of other religions. make derogatory remarks about the beliefs and practices of However, such texts must be interpreted and presented contextually to help believers make informed decisions on their modern-day relevance. Also, if, as alleged, Al-Hidaya or any other communal manual being taught as the last word Shariat In some madrasas, it must be closed because no worldly text can ever replace the Quran locus classics of Islam.
Nevertheless, it should be noted that Muslims are hardly aware of legal collections such as Al-Hidaya, Most of them might not have even heard of these books. The only scripture they read regularly is the Quran. For this reason, the heinous murder in Udaipur cannot be attributed to widespread radicalization of Indian Muslims, such as the calls for annihilation of Muslims by some Hindutva ideologues from Haridwar last year do not indicate radicalization of Indian Hindus. Huh. Indian Muslims have lived in a multi-religious and multi-cultural society for so long that one could know better than to allow themselves to be radicalized on a large scale.
As far as the Udaipur massacre is concerned, Amit Malviya, the head of BJP’s IT cell, is reported to have rubbished the allegations of the alleged killers having links to the BJP. But he said that one of them had tried to infiltrate the party (which is quite possible) just like an LTTE assassin tried to enter the Congress with a plan to kill former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Media reports suggest killers may be linked to Pakistan-based Dawat-e-Islami,
In other words, it is yet to be ascertained whether the killers were radicalizing local Muslims or instigating mass violence from across the border to create unrest in India. Such a possibility cannot be ruled out as the Sufan Center, which is affiliated with the Sufan Group, which provides strategic security intelligence services to governments and multinational organizations, stated in its January 2019 report that al-Qaeda has always been purpose has been. Indian Muslims are creating and exploiting Hindu-Muslim tensions in their “global and regional jihad”.
In this context, a thorough investigation should be done to find out whether the accused in the Udaipur or Amravati massacres are linked to any international terror group. The Indian Muslim community also has to be vigilant enough to prevent its members from being radicalized by forces hostile to India.
Yet, as the Soufan Center noted, “Despite being precariously close to the geographic center of al-Qaeda, Indian Muslims have mostly managed to ignore the allure of jihadist narratives.” They have been “largely successful in overcoming the temptations of the Wahhabi for a long time.”
Last year, Hari Prasad, a researcher at the Carter Center, tried to analyze why so few Indian Muslims have joined international jihadist groups. India’s non-participation in the Afghan ‘Jihad’ against the Soviet Union in the 1980s, India’s Muslim leadership, a strong sense of Indian national identity and, most important, the influence of strong Indian Muslim families, the reasons he listed , they are included.
message from above
in a July 2005 interview CNNManmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister, supported this reality when he took pride in the fact that not a single Indian Muslim in 150 million “joined the ranks of al Qaeda or participated in the activities of the Taliban”. This, he explained, was due to the community’s firm belief in India’s secular democracy and the freedom of Muslims to practice their faith without fear or favour. Nine years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: CNN That Indian Muslims would not dance to the tune of terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda because “they live for India”, “will die for India” and “wouldn’t want anything bad for India”.
Both Mr. Singh and Mr. Modi have not changed their opinion since then. This means that whoever is trying to corrupt Indian Muslims will send out a pompous message that he is more concerned than even Indian Prime Ministers.
As Mr. Prasad points out, the propaganda of Islamic State or al-Qaeda is not driving Muslim politics in India, despite the real Salafi-Jihadi threat to India. He says that Indian Muslims, within the framework of the Indian Constitution, are forging their own religious and political paths, and it is imperative for everyone to recognize it.
This is possible only when Indians first start working for the collective good of the country by promoting Hindu-Muslim unity. Flower-adorned abuses in public domain against any one religion or community will thwart the good intentions of our Prime Minister and thwart India’s progress in the long run.
, A Faizur Rahman is the General Secretary of the Islamic Forum for the Propagation of Liberal Ideas)
Don’t use Udaipur massacre to tarnish Indian Muslims
Neither the Qur’an nor the Prophet prescribed any earthly punishment for blasphemy, although it is religiously considered a great sin.
Neither the Qur’an nor the Prophet prescribed any earthly punishment for blasphemy, although it is religiously considered a great sin.
ruthless murder of a hindu man in udaipurThe focus on Islamic fundamentalism in India has been brought back by two Muslims, allegedly for ‘blasphemy’. There is no doubt that blasphemy is not a major crime in Islam. really, Neither the Quran nor the Prophet Any worldly punishment has been prescribed for this, although it is religiously considered a great sin.
In contrast, the Qur’an exhorted the Prophet and through him all Muslims, “be patient with what they say, and leave them with great (dignity)” (73:10). This is in line with the two most basic teachings of the Qur’an: “Forgive and ignore, for God loves merciful people” (5:13, 42:40–43). and, to “turn away the evil from the good” so that “the one who had enmity between you and you may become your best friend” (41:34).
The Prophet Muhammad followed these covenants in the letter. The Qur’an tells us that he was always kind to people and was never “rude” (3:159). and through hadith literature we know that he asked Muslims to “save” dissolve (extreme) because dissolve destroyed its practitioners in the past” (Ibn Maja), and told them that peace can only be achieved by being liberal and presenting Islam in a way that does not create hatred for it in the minds of the people (Bukhari) .
In this combo image, Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor works at his shop, before one assailant attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon while another filmed the crime in Udaipur on June 28, 2022. photo credit: PTI
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It is, therefore, no surprise that the Qur’an conferred on the Prophet the title of “Universal Mercy” (21:107) and described him as a humanist who possessed “the highest level of character” (68:10). 4) was.
If Muslims in some societies have not fully assimilated the benevolent aspects of Islam, it is because soon after the Prophet’s departure, influential clerics, in collaboration with Muslim power-monks, saw that the mildness of the Qur’an was counterproductive. Under the combined weight of legitimacy was crushed. and religious supremacy.
The clerics suppressed the fact that the Quran does not allow Muslims to take the law into their own hands; Even the state cannot use violence except in self-defense and excessive provocation; And when the opposition leans towards peace, this coercive action of the state should stop.
The cleric-state alliance that led to the downfall of Prophet Islam is evident today in the brutal Taliban rule in Afghanistan and Turkey’s pan-Islamism under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to say nothing of the violent sentimentality and perverse distortion of thought. that marks the defense. Blasphemy law in Pakistan.
Supporters of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other Hindu organizations participate in a Sankalp March ‘Samvidhan Sankalp’ to protest the killing of a Hindu man allegedly by two Muslim men in Udaipur city, in New Delhi on July 9, 2022. , , photo credit: AFP
Muslim fundamentalism in India
Interestingly, despite the apolitical Khilafat Movement (1919–1924), which was an aberration, Muslim community in India It is one of the few Islamic societies in the world that has been largely unaffected by both pan-Islamic nationalism and religious extremism. To counter this reality, the events so far in Udaipur and the assassination of Mahasaya Rajpal in 1929 (titled to write a defamatory book against the Prophet Muhammad) rangila russuli) has been cited.
Like the Udaipur murder, Rajpal’s murder was inhuman and un-Islamic. But it did not (then or later) show a trend towards religious killings across India as seen in Pakistan. Nor did it give impetus to the fundamentalism of the Indian Muslims, although they have sometimes resisted the insults of the Prophet in large numbers. Some of these protests have been violent, and are therefore punishable by law.
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However, what should be unacceptable is the use of these sporadic incidents to defame Islam and the Muslim community. An Islamophobic allegation is that the dominant narrative among Indian Muslims is that of self-pity and oppression at the hands of the Hindu majority. And yet, the violence, symbolizing the extremism of the Udaipur killers, is portrayed as coming out of the heart of Islam.
To substantiate this baseless claim “evidence” is offered from books like Al-Hidaya (The Guidance), a 12-century text on Hanafi jurisprudence, as well as another sensational claim that such books are a core component of seminary curriculum. The truth is that, instruction (Advice) The Quran is the real heart of Islam, no Al-Hidya, Which was compiled centuries after the Prophet.
Besides, the real question is not whether Al-Hidaya Madrasa is part of the curriculum in India, but how much it has been internalized and implemented by Indian Muslims to make their religion victorious, by persuasion if possible, or by force if necessary.
that even clerics do not take all the declarations contained in books these days such as Al-Hidaya The seriousness is proved by the fact that major Muslim religious bodies including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind condemned the Udaipur murder.
One hopes that the absurdity of such arguments will drive home the point that ancient religious texts cannot be statutorily regulated, banned or pulped because some of them allegedly promote violence, or that of other religions. make derogatory remarks about the beliefs and practices of However, such texts must be interpreted and presented contextually to help believers make informed decisions on their modern-day relevance. Also, if, as alleged, Al-Hidaya or any other communal manual being taught as the last word Shariat In some madrasas, it must be closed because no worldly text can ever replace the Quran locus classics of Islam.
Nevertheless, it should be noted that Muslims are hardly aware of legal collections such as Al-Hidaya, Most of them might not have even heard of these books. The only scripture they read regularly is the Quran. For this reason, the heinous murder in Udaipur cannot be attributed to widespread radicalization of Indian Muslims, such as the calls for annihilation of Muslims by some Hindutva ideologues from Haridwar last year do not indicate radicalization of Indian Hindus. Huh. Indian Muslims have lived in a multi-religious and multi-cultural society for so long that one could know better than to allow themselves to be radicalized on a large scale.
As far as the Udaipur massacre is concerned, Amit Malviya, the head of BJP’s IT cell, is reported to have rubbished the allegations of the alleged killers having links to the BJP. But he said that one of them had tried to infiltrate the party (which is quite possible) just like an LTTE assassin tried to enter the Congress with a plan to kill former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Media reports suggest killers may be linked to Pakistan-based Dawat-e-Islami,
In other words, it is yet to be ascertained whether the killers were radicalizing local Muslims or instigating mass violence from across the border to create unrest in India. Such a possibility cannot be ruled out as the Sufan Center, which is affiliated with the Sufan Group, which provides strategic security intelligence services to governments and multinational organizations, stated in its January 2019 report that al-Qaeda has always been purpose has been. Indian Muslims are creating and exploiting Hindu-Muslim tensions in their “global and regional jihad”.
In this context, a thorough investigation should be done to find out whether the accused in the Udaipur or Amravati massacres are linked to any international terror group. The Indian Muslim community also has to be vigilant enough to prevent its members from being radicalized by forces hostile to India.
Yet, as the Soufan Center noted, “Despite being precariously close to the geographic center of al-Qaeda, Indian Muslims have mostly managed to ignore the allure of jihadist narratives.” They have been “largely successful in overcoming the temptations of the Wahhabi for a long time.”
Last year, Hari Prasad, a researcher at the Carter Center, tried to analyze why so few Indian Muslims have joined international jihadist groups. India’s non-participation in the Afghan ‘Jihad’ against the Soviet Union in the 1980s, India’s Muslim leadership, a strong sense of Indian national identity and, most important, the influence of strong Indian Muslim families, the reasons he listed , they are included.
message from above
in a July 2005 interview CNNManmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister, supported this reality when he took pride in the fact that not a single Indian Muslim in 150 million “joined the ranks of al Qaeda or participated in the activities of the Taliban”. This, he explained, was due to the community’s firm belief in India’s secular democracy and the freedom of Muslims to practice their faith without fear or favour. Nine years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: CNN That Indian Muslims would not dance to the tune of terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda because “they live for India”, “will die for India” and “wouldn’t want anything bad for India”.
Both Mr. Singh and Mr. Modi have not changed their opinion since then. This means that whoever is trying to corrupt Indian Muslims will send out a pompous message that he is more concerned than even Indian Prime Ministers.
As Mr. Prasad points out, the propaganda of Islamic State or al-Qaeda is not driving Muslim politics in India, despite the real Salafi-Jihadi threat to India. He says that Indian Muslims, within the framework of the Indian Constitution, are forging their own religious and political paths, and it is imperative for everyone to recognize it.
in his comprehension Message to Muslims on Eid-ul-Adha, Mr Modi expresses hope That the festival will inspire everyone to “work towards furthering the spirit of collective good and prosperity for the betterment of mankind”.
This is possible only when Indians first start working for the collective good of the country by promoting Hindu-Muslim unity. Flower-adorned abuses in public domain against any one religion or community will thwart the good intentions of our Prime Minister and thwart India’s progress in the long run.
, A Faizur Rahman is the General Secretary of the Islamic Forum for the Propagation of Liberal Ideas)
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