Christian leader and family system

The leader of Catholic Christians, Pope Benedict XVI is very much worried about diminishing traditional family values. He has expressed his concern on many occasions in recent days. Now he is of the view that the trend of ‘gay marriage’ (same-sex marriage) has created major threats to family. He made the latest expression of this concern in his special address in Vatican City towards the end of 2012, on 21 December. He condemned the laws granting consent to same-sex marriages, saying that it is tantamount to revival of the wayward society of the socialist era. (The Asian Age, 22 December) Pope said that new concepts of the traditional family and evils like gay marriages will at last land the very existence of man in danger. As a result of these moral changes, unreal humans will come into existence. Pope condemned the scholars and policy makers who advocate the process of making a woman man and man woman. To the Pope the survival of the traditional family, made up of father, mother, and child is necessary.

Will the Christian world listen?
It is a matter of pleasure that the world leader of a large section of Christians has pinpointed a major threat of today, condemned it and also warned the world against it. All the right-thinking people of the world will support him; the Muslim Ummah the world over specifically supports his statement and standpoint, for the stand of Islam on family is also the same; and if there is a philosophy of life dead against same-sex marriage, it is Islam. But will the statement of Pope leave any effect on that world and its leaders who are its special addressees? That world is the Christian world, the west, the leadership of which is in the hands of America, wherefrom sprout all moral evils like same-sexism and its filth spreads all over the world. Its filthy culture is warmly welcomed in semi-developed countries which wish to emerge as a “big economic power” to influence the world. The Pope before Pope Benedict also used to advance good pieces of advice, but the west accepted only those which their materialistic and carnal interests allowed them to.

Advise the Pope
The Pope has taken the notice of the situation as a time when it has crossed all limits. Christian faith and religion should have been taken care of at the time when the Church was being separated from the State, and the Jews were tightening their grip on it. After this task was accomplished in America and Europe towards the end of the 18^th century the Jews threw the Christians and the western world onto the path of carnality and sensuality. Later on Zionism further deepened this menace to serve its typical agenda. The situation could have been saved by bringing it back to the real faith of Jesus viz. Islam but Zionism did not let the Church and its leaders to find any such opportunity. The Christian fraternity also did not care much for it. It only considers Sunday Services and giving out some part of the income in charity to be enough. Now when Pope Benedict XVI is expressing concern over the menace, his concern should be respected. And a kind of respect is also that he should be advised to read and understand the faith of Islam and its social system. If there are some Muslim scholars in Europe, they must do this work.

28/01/13 khabar-O-Nazar by Parwaaz Rahmani, sehrozaDAWAT, translated by: Abu Yusuf

Election and corruption

When chairman of Press Council Justice Markandey Katju told media reporters that all claims of progress and prosperity in Gujarat are wrong and baseless, and the condition of food facility there is worse than that in the poor African country Somalia, the reporters asked then how could Narendra Modi win the election despite this for the third consecutive term. Then the Justice said, “Everyone knows how election is fought and won in India.” Justice Katju was commenting before media persons in New Delhi on the condition in Gujarat on 23 December. He was telling them that the role of Modi in the riots after the burning of a train at Godhra station in 2002 is such a deep stain on his face that it can never be wiped out. (Asian Age, 24 December, 2012) The Justice also said that in comparison to Gujarat the record of Shivraj Chauhan, chief minister of another BJP-ruled state Madhya Pradesh, is the better. The chief minister there intends to work for promotion of the Urdu language also.

The apolitical should do something
Justice Katju did not elaborate the modes of (corruption in) election; he only talked about it as a matter of principle. But now a famous social activist Shabnam Hashmi, in the light of her personal experiences and observations, said that there was large-scale corruption and malfunctioning in the recent Gujarat Assembly elections, and electronic voting machines had been used therein. She held these machines the biggest danger for democracy. According to a report in the Inquilab Daily (29 December, 2012), Ms Hashmi had been in Gujarat during the Assembly elections, working day and night along with the poor, labourers and people belonging to the minority community; she hoped firmly that it would yield desirable results. But the results gave way to disappointment for a large section of population in Gujarat. She also questioned the presence of American diplomats and journalists in Gujarat and said there is great conspiracy of foreign forces in the victory of Modi. Ms Hashmi warned that the same foreign forces would become active in making Modi prime minister in 2014 if the corrupt practices in Gujarat elections are not probed. Shabnam Hashmi is so much disappointed with the election results of Gujarat and the silence of the Union Government thereon that she tendered her resignation from all the committees of UPA Government.

The history of fraud is old
People generally are aware of the evil in the electoral process pinpointed by the two responsible persons. Even people living in villages and small towns are aware of whatever happens in the low level elections. However, the malfunctioning in the elections for Lok Sabha and Assemblies remains in the knowledge only of commentators and media. The course of malfunctioning, use of force and fraud in electoral process started soon after the Independence. The most poignant voice raised thereon was by the Jan Sangh (present BJP). During the 1972 general elections this party said that the Indira Gandhi government did a fraud in the elections. One allegation was that the ink used to mark the fingers of voters vanished after some time. A leader of Jan Sangh Balraj Madhok also wrote a book on this subject. Ink is used (to mark voters’ fingers) even today but the easiest source of fraud is the electronic voting machine, which people have complained about earlier also. But since all big political parties benefit from it, it could not emerge as a political issue. Now when Ms Shabnam Hashmi has raised this issue, she should take it forward; it would be better if she contacts Justice Katju to know what his information about it is. 

22/01/13 khabar-O-Nazar by Parwaaz Rahmani, sehrozaDAWAT, translated by: Abu Yusuf

Role of women in advertisements

The All India Radio, in its programme “Current Affairs” at 9:30 PM on 4 January, presented a discussion on the role of women in advertisements and films. Two experts of social issues, Dr. Ranjana Kumari and Dr. George Mathew were participants. Sandeep Dixit of The Hindu was the anchor. In his inaugural speech Sandeep said that whatever happened with the 23-year-old girl student recently in Delhi has given way to a countrywide discussion from different angles. The lifestyle and behaviour of women is one aspect of the discussion. The way women are being presented in advertisements, films and serials has caused grave concern in the society. The anchor also clarified that this trend of presenting women in this way commenced with the arrival of market economy (capitalist system of economy) and the government is encouraging it. So this is necessary to promote market economy. Both the participants agreed to the views of Sandeep.

The discussion that followed
And then the discussion that followed provided a sigh of relief for every citizen of the country who is fed up with making women a market commodity and the heinous role played therein by      the government, and the standard bearers of politics, business and women rights. The gist of this half-an-hour discussion is that one cause of sexual crimes against women is the behaviour of women itself. If corporate companies, TV channels and film industries are exploiting women, they (women) too are letting themselves to be exploited willingly and enthusiastically. Further, the society is responsible for the behaviour tender girls and fashionable women are displaying at common places. George Mathew was using mild language, declaring it part of globalisation and modern international culture, but Dr. Ranjana Kumari was quite evident and clear-cut in her standpoint. She said women cannot be allowed to go wayward in the name of freedom and personal likes and dislikes. People should be active against the way businessmen and corporate institutions as well as film makers are exploiting women. Women too should realise their dignity and keep from more-than-necessary freedom.

After paying thanks to Allah
First of all All India Radio should be congratulated for organising such a beneficial discussion and for taking such a bold step in spite of being a government body. Then Muslims should stand thankful to Allah that His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him), one thousand five hundred years ago, put an end to the undue freedom (obscenity) of women, on the consequences of which people are shedding tears today; and that the Islamic Shari’ah, one thousand five hundred years ago, prescribed its solution that people today are searching for. – And after paying thanks to Allah, Muslim educated persons having taken this solution should go to the persons who are searching for it and tell them that there is no need to waste time and energy in searching for the cure to this malaise as the effective and sure cure is already available. The need only is to open the mental horizons and widen the vision. – But these efforts of ours will prove more effective when our ladies and girls, whatsoever section of society they belong to, apply it practically in the society wherever it is feasible. That is, besides Muslim men, Muslim women and girls too have the opportunity to introduce and present the Shari’ah teachings on Islamic purdah and other teachings related to women.

19/01/13 khabar-O-Nazar by Parwaaz Rahmani, sehrozaDAWAT, translated by: Abu Yusuf

One aspect of countrywide debate

A countrywide debate is still continuing on the various aspects of the heinous sexual crime perpetrated against a 23-year-old girl student in Delhi. One lurking aspect of it is what treatment should be meted out to the teen-aged boy who in the eyes of law is still tender and “immature” while it was he among the six brutes who had been most brutish. The legal position is that he is still “immature”; so the laws meant for adults cannot be applied to him, nor can he be placed in a prison meant for adults. There are separate laws for the immature and homes too are separate for them. The case against him has been registered under this very law. Not only this, when he will turn adult viz. be a man of 18 years after five months, he will be released; for, he had committed the crime in his state of immaturity. And it is this fact that the most brutish would not get any punishment has been worrying the civil society most. Now there are proposals that the age of adulthood should be minimised from the present 18 years to the earlier 16 years. Or that the case of this boy should be taken up as a special case.

“Law does not always deliver justice”

Yes, the Times of India (5 Jan) made an apt headline “Law does not always deliver justice” with regard to this “immature” criminal, and has also raised the questions: whether the age of adulthood should be minimised, or after attaining adulthood he should be punished like adults, or then the punishment for immature criminals should be enhanced from three years to ten or fifteen years. The newspaper has termed the law as erroneous. Naturally, it should be erroneous; for, these laws are man-made; and howsoever man takes pride in his wisdom and insight, he cannot visualise the issues that can confront him in future. When such issues do come to the fore, he starts talking of amendment to the laws and that is it. He does not (and cannot) think more than this. The government had raised the age of attainment of adulthood from 16 years to 18 years only to put a check on child marriage and thus control national population; but other aspects of the issue were not before its experts, nor could they have been. – However this standard of adulthood is ridiculous, very ridiculous indeed. And not only this law, there are many such laws that are erroneous and incomplete.

Who should devise perfect laws?

Legal luminaries have been confessing the laws of the land being erroneous. Declaring the existing laws to deal with sex criminals as insufficient, demands are being made on a large scale to devise stronger laws. But who will guarantee that those (new) laws too would not prove erroneous and insufficient in future; for, new laws will be devised by the same man who had devised the existing laws. So, the question is who should devise the laws that do not require any change or amendment? The answer is clear and straightforward: they should be devised by he who created humans and who is well aware of their wisdom and insight, psychology as well as merits and demerits. And the fact is that He has devised the laws for humans much earlier. These laws were given final and perfect shape one thousand five hundred years ago. The only requirement is to understand them with open mind and heart, and the responsibility of making humans understand these laws rests on those who believe in the existence of the Supreme Being and the laws devised by Him. It is right that in the present situation prevailing in the country such talks by Muslims would not be taken with much attention. But the circumstances are moving slowly towards it in a natural way. In these circumstances even little efforts made by Muslim scholars and intellectuals can help the human mind get a lot of solace.  

13/01/13 khabar-O-Nazar by Parwaaz Rahmani, sehrozaDAWAT, translated by: Abu Yusuf

The mischief from Germany

In the night of 27 December the Hindi Bulletin of All India Radio announced a news report in an emphatic manner: “Islamic extremists attacked an Indian student in the city Bonn in Germany and on his refusal to convert cut off his tongue.” The next morning the newspapers informed that this mischief was done by the German police. The newspapers published this news item with reference to agencies. PTI was also among these agencies. That is, German police had told the reporters that the attackers were “Islamic extremists” and they wanted to convert the student viz. to make him Muslim by force. When he did not do so, the attackers cut off his tongue and escaped in a car. All India Radio, which is ever ready to broadcast such news items in a vigorous manner, fully believed the said statement of German police; it did not mention words like “it is said that…” or “reportedly”. In the recent past, when a Delhi court acquitted two Muslim youth of the charge of terrorism, this very All India Radio broadcast the news thus: “A Delhi court released two terrorists”, giving the impression that they were terrorists whom the court released.

Jaundiced media in the field
And the third day the jaundiced media came to the fore with provocative stories. The English daily Pioneer, which represents the ideology and policies of BJP (RSS), published a report of its correspondent Preeti John saying that Islamic extremists, particularly the Salafi group, have become very much active in destructive acts in Germany. According to the report, German police made the statement that the attackers were no other than Islamic extremists and wanted to convert an Indian student by force, only on the basis of the complaint of the student. The 24-year student belongs to North India and studies in Bonn University. The attackers attacked him from behind; they did not succeed in cutting off his tongue but injured him badly. – It is apparent that only those who want to believe in such a story would do so. Otherwise, to a knowledgeable and sincere person, this story is worth rejecting with condemnation. The post-mortem of every point of the story can be done easily.

Take it in a wider perspective
But here, notwithstanding the discussion on this story that, who is this student, in which environment he was brought up before going to Germany, what his mind-set is, how much experienced he is in manipulation, and further how much active the Zionist lobby is in Germany once again after the holocaust, what should be seen is that this recent mischief in Bonn and all other small or big news reports of this nature are parts of the propaganda which is going on from every dimension all over the world against Islam and the Muslim Ummah. Whether it is the exploitation of Malala in Pakistan to defeat Islam in the name of fake Taliban, or the recent international conference of judges in New Delhi on so-called terrorism, or conspiracies against Ikhwan and Dr. Morsi in Egypt, or the story of the attack of “Islamic extremists” on a student in Bonn, the target of all these is only one – Islamic way of life. – Therefore, the Ummah believing in this ideology and every member of it will have to be alert. This disappointment of the other forces is a source of strength from one angle, but there must be efforts to counter it. For example, if some Islamic Centre in Germany informs the world about the reality of this mischievous news report from Bonn, it would be great.

10/01/13 khabar-O-Nazar by Parwaaz Rahmani, sehrozaDAWAT, translated by: Abu Yusuf