Dilemma of Indian Muslims ...

I found the following as statement of Maulana Azad as the guideline of the Indian muslims, as claimed in one of the websites of the so called "moderate" and "intellectual" Indian muslims.

"I am a Muslim and profoundly conscious of the fact that I have inherited Islam's glorious tradition of the last fourteen hundred years. I am not prepared to lose even a small part of that legacy. The history and teachings of Islam, its arts and letters, its culture and civilization are part of my wealth and it is my duty to cherish and guard them. But, with all these feelings, I have another equally deep realization, born out of my life's experience which is strengthened and not hindered by the Islamic spirit. I am equally proud of the fact that I am an Indian, an essential part of the indivisible unity of the Indian nationhood, a vital factor in its total makeup, without which this noble edifice will remain incomplete."
--- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Source:-
http://www.indianmuslims.info/about_us

Now, there are couple of questions here ...

#1. Do the Indian muslims consider the Islamic aggressions (against India and elsewhere in the world, say, Iran, where they wiped off the Zoroastrians from their motherland and only a handful of Parsis today remain to tell about their rich cultural past) as part of Islam's glorious tradition and culture which they would love to cherish ? World knows that Islamic aggressors looted homes, razed cities, orphaned children, raped women and murdered men where ever they went. Can a civilized human being cherish such a legacy and history ?

OR

#2. Do the Indian muslims cherish the Indian culture (not to be misled by "religion" here), which has accommodated people from all across the globe irrespective of their faiths ( and religions) because it believes in the principles like ekam sat viprah bahuda vadanti ("truth can be realized in different ways") ? This has been our culture which has motivated us to protect whoever came here on Indian soil, the Parsis and Jews living harmoniously in India, preserving and flourishing their cultures is a testimony of this Indian culture.

As a true follower of Indian culture, we accept and respect Islam as religion, not because we are a secular state today, but because it is our duty. But the pan-Islamic aggressions packaged with fanatic violence, barbarism and cruelty is so unfitting to be identified with by any civilized human race and Indians in particular.

It is war, it has to be fought like one ...

The message is loud and clear from Gujarat,
It (Terrorism) is war, it has to be fought like one ....

How it is to be fought ? Political leadership has to show the "will and resolve" that they want it win this battle and end the disease of terrorism tooth and nail. So, they did the right things at right time ....

1. Asking the society to maintain peace, much to the displeasure of 24x7 media channels who were expecting rhetoric speeches from CM for cheap TRP ratings. For instance here, channel isn't appreciating State Govt. and Police of prevent Ahmadabad in Surat but is being apprehensive of the CM. Such a useless idiots sitting in media houses.

2. Investigate the blasts on "war footing" ...

By midnight of July 26 the ruling political leadership sprang into action to make senior policemen understand that their investigations will get 100 per cent support, nothing less nothing more. They had at their disposal money, resources, manpower and even a chartered plane.

More than 11 teams were formed within the first few hours of the blasts. One team was asked to handle the investigations into the material used in the bombs. Another team was asked to investigate the use of bicycles. Another team was formed to thoroughly check all the phone calls made in Ahmedabad from certain areas just before and after the blasts. Another team was set up to reach out to all the police informers and gather their opinions on and information of the blasts. One team followed the cyber crime aspect of the case. The overall investigation of the case was assigned to the crime branch of Ahmedabad where more than 100 people started following whatever little leads that were available, from the midnight of July 26.

All of them were told that even if "communal riots (the possibility was always there) take place in Ahmedabad they should not divert their attention."

Read on ...

Contrast this with the fact that we have political leaders who don't catch the terrorists for fear of communal riots. The same person (Abul Bashar Qasmi and Co.) was let off by UP Govt. fearing riots by the muslims as I had already mentioned in the last blog title "We have caught them ...."

Is Police good for nothing ? Think again ...

"From July 26 to August 16 (when the breakthrough was announced) none of us went home to sleep. Every morning at 7 we would all go home and return after a shower and in fresh clothes. We would sleep on our chairs in the daytime. We haven't hit the bed yet," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Chudasama.

"Swatantrata" ... what we mean by it ?

This "Swatantrata Divas" (15th August, 2008), I was fortunate to listen from a person whom I could relate to as my "Swajan". I, hereon, share some of his thoughts, whatever I could recollect. I have added mine in between to supplement the views as per my understanding and perspectives.

Whenever mankind has in his possession anything in excess, he has tried to miniaturize it. Miniaturization is the natural fallout of excellence. For instance, early computers used to occupy large rooms, now once we have a strong hold on their technology; we have better computers with size as small as that of a notebook. Physically carrying billions of dollars of wealth is difficult, so we have smart-card based plastic money system. Similarly, in ancient India, our own forefathers, when they had an excess of knowledge, then they tried the miniaturization. So, they tried to capture this vast knowledge into "slokas" (stanza), from slokas into "sutras" (sentence) and from sutras into "shabda" (word).

The word "Swatantrata", which is made up of "swa" (means our own) and "tantra" (means a thread or system of working). For instance, in constitutional context, he said that Indian constitution is not based on Indian views but is borrowed from alien land.

nother term explained was the concept of “Rashtram” (nation), which came from term “Raja” (king). (We must not confuse this word with the present concept of "state") A king as described in Manusmriti is someone who is full of energy, light, power and might. Seeing him the enemy shivers. He is righteous and protects the nation. In parallet, nation too has to possess all these qualities for itself to be qualified as a nation. Mere recognition by some other country doesn't make a new nation. Nation must not be thought as just another piece of land.

The three pillars of a nation are:-

1. Those who run the nation eg. Administrator, politicians, etc.

2. System running in the nation eg. Constitution, justice system , etc.

3. Those for whom system is made eg. Common man.

All these have to necessarily qualify the attributes of the king as outlined above and also their source of inspiration and thinking has to come from our own ancestors (seers and saints).

Indian loss to China is indicative of disastrous consequences if alien thoughts prevail at the helm where Indian thoughts are imperative.

An intellectual like Pt. Nehru, who had written books on India in depth, couldn’t understand our neighbor’s aggressive designs and we lost to China, in spite of China gaining her independence after us and China been under-developed than India in 1962. However, the same nation under the leadership of LaL Bahadur Shastri fought bravely against Pakistan’s aggression and won in 1965, barely three years after humiliating defeat against China.

What was the difference?

Shastri Ji was not an intellectual, yet he knew the pulse of India, her culture and values (“famous pledge seeking Indians to fast”) and he had confidence and faith in Indian system of governance while Pandit Ji being intellectual often borrowed ideas from the outside and tried to apply in India, which Indians didn’t accept whole heartedly essentially because they were not Indian.

Here, I would like to quote Pt. Nehru’s statements after the defeat from China:-

"I remember many a time when our senior generals came to us, and wrote to the defence ministry saying that they wanted certain things... If we had had foresight, known exactly what would happen, we would have done something else... what India has learnt from the Chinese invasion is that in the world of today there is no place for weak nations... We have been living in an unreal world of our own creation." Read more ...

I don’t mean to disrepute any of my ancestors (Pandit Ji) here, but it pains me immensely when they make mistakes which quite obviously they should not have been making.

India is known to fight not just till death but even after death. Our brave soldiers are known to continue firing on the enemy with one hand while the other hand was pushing their intestines inside. Our revered Sikh guru is known to have fought even after his head was cut off from his body.

What is that logic that defies all the logics for such incidents to have occurred?

It is the greatest selfless love for our motherland, a land which is manifestation of the oldest culture and civilization flourishing in the world. It is the supreme sacrifice for our own (“Swa”) traditions and values (“Tantra”). It is the expressions of “Swatantra” of Bharatiyas unmatched in the entire human race known to mankind.

Root cause of the problem, in conclusion lies with the “slave” thinking which has penetrated deep into our minds, so, we are free from outside but colonized from within. This "Partantra" thinking has to be changed. We have to rediscover our glorious past, realize our true potential and become free from slavery. We must convert back to the original “Swatantra” thinking based on appropriate understanding of our own (“Swa”) scriptures, history, society, administration and whatever that is ours (“Tantra”).

It wasn't just talk, the "Swajan" I was listening from, has backed his thoughts with this own personal experiences that how he has been successfully able to produce a medicine which helps a person in leaving addiction of alcohol, which an allopathic doctor, studied under so called “scientific” modern education gave up as an impossible task.

Finally, I end this with two famous quotes by a person who need no introduction ...

"To recover Indian thought, Indian character, Indian perceptions, Indian energy, Indian greatness and to solve the problems that perplex the world in an Indian spirit and from Indian standpoint, this, in our view, is the mission of Nationalism" .... Sri Aurobindo

And what is needed to achieve this mission ?

"The profession of Nationalism should not be lightly made but with a full sense of what it means and involves. The priviledge of taking it is attended with severe pains and penalties for those who take it lightly. If we are few, it matters little, but it is of supreme importance that the stuff of which we are made should be sound. What the mother needs is hard clear steel for her sword, hard massive granite for her fortress, wood that will not break for the handle of her bow, tough substance and true for the axle of her chariot. For the battle is near and trumpet ready for the signal" .... Sri Aurobindo

We have caught them ....

Finally, at last , after a bomb blasts we hear that our security agencies have almost solved the case. The following words from the DGP, Gujarat Police speaks about the success :-

"We have almost entirely solved the case. We have arrested 10 people who were involved in the July 26 blasts including the mastermind, Mufti Abu Bashir" 

I congratulate Gujarat Police and other States' Police for making this possible in a record time. Hope other states like Rajasthan and A.P. would take some lessons from Gujarat Police. Read on ... 

Keys observations are :-

1. Terrorists are all Indians, most of them are below 30.

2. None of the arrested youth is a victim of communal riots of 2002.

3. Mufti Abu Bashir and an employee of Information Technology firm WIPRO who are absconding, masterminded the blasts.

More details and analysis, read on ...

Gujarat police Anti Terrorist squad membere had reached at Mufti Abu Bashr Islahi’s house in the form of match maker with proposal of suitable bride for Abu Bashr. However, interestingly some "secular" media friends rushed to his house, quoting his parents that he is innocent. Such is their nationalism that they virtually had a verbal fight with the DGP, Gujarat Police and doubted his integrity. Read on ...I am sure in days to come such voices from "sick" media houses will be listened more often than giving the credit of solving the case of such a magnitude. Who listens to these anti-Indians any more .... ?

On the contrary, I must remind here these self proclaimed "secularists" that Mr. Mufti Bashr's name did appear in on two occasions during the investigations but the leads obtained for him were not persued due to fear of communal violence.

Police first learned of Qasmi’s links to Islamists in Hyderabad after the arrest of Mohtasin Billa, an engineering student who was alleged to be linked to the perpetrators of the 2006 serial bombings in Hyderabad. For reasons that are still unclear, though, Uttar Pradesh authorities never followed up this information. ....

Even during the interrogation of top SIMI ideologue Safdar Nagori, who was arrested in Indore earlier this year, Qasmi once more found mention as a key figure in the proscribed organisation’s jihadist operations.

However, sources in the Uttar Pradesh government said, fears of provoking communal riots in Azamgarh led authorities to shoot down police calls to raid his home and detain his associates. ....

Complete story here ...

Mind you ... its Nationalists vs Separatists

L.K.Adavani, leader of opposition, has stated clearly in his letter to PM that the Govt. of India is buckling under pressure from separatists, those who want to break India. He says:-

Let it be clearly understood. The problem in J&K today is not Hindu versus Muslim; nor is it even Jammu region versus the Valley. It is essentially nationalists versus the separatists. The people of Jammu supported by the rest of the country, strongly feel that the revocation of the Cabinet order with regard to Amarnath was purely under separatist pressures. There is a huge sense of hurt and injury in Indian public opinion which has resulted in the nationalist opinion being alienated because the separatists have to be pleased.

And then he goes on to add:-

The protest of the people of Jammu has been nationalist; they hold the national flag to their heart, even when they protest. They raise slogans in support of our motherland and also the Indian army. It is for this reason that both the army and security forces are finding it difficult even to enforce the curfew. Can this group of nationalists be equated with the separatists who foment trouble in our country. This precisely is the mistake that the government is committing.

Read on further .... here

‘Suraksha University’ ... first of its kind

‘Suraksha University’ in Gujarat with courses for all the latest disciplines regarding security. Read on

Excerpts from CM's speech:-
Gujarat has taken up the challenge to awaken consciousness and awareness of the society against the terrorism. Gujarat is committed to establish “Suraksha University” and Forensic Science University in the State

This university will undoubtedly create awareness among the common people in regard to the growing need for a united all-round effort against terrorism.

Another news coming out ....
Gujarat police has perhaps succeeded in the getting the first-ever insight into the group which has wreaked havoc in different parts of the country in the last four years.