Thousands converge in Mangaluru to protest Modi govt's meddling in Shariah

[email protected] (CD Network | Chakravarthi, Suresh)
November 22, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 22: Thousands of Muslims from different parts of undivided Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday gathered at Nehru Maidan in the heart of Mangaluru city pledging to uphold Muslim Personal Law and to unitedly oppose the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-Union Government's attempt to interfere in Islamic Shariah.

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All the speakers at theShariah Protection Conference' organised by the Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi exhorted the Muslim community to resist any move to amend India's Muslim Personal Law that is based on the tenets of Shariah.

Inaugurating the conference, B K Abdul Khader Musliyar Khasimi, chief of Bambrana Juma Masjid, said Islamic Shariah is timeless and nobody would be allowed to dabble in its basic tenets.

“Islamic Shariah is built on the edifice of the Holy Qur'an, Prophet's Sunnah and the perception and perspectives commonly shared by scholars all over the world. It is the decree of Allah, the Almighty. No government or system can change or alter it. It is unalterable, perennial and fit to survive all the time and it will withstand the challenges of all ages,” he said.

"Muslim community has opposed strongly when the idea of Uniform Civil Code was mooted 30 years ago. It is anti-Islamic and impractical in India, where people with various faiths and religions co-exist. Moreover, it will escalate problems in the country," he said.

"It is an irony that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen on protection of rights of Muslim women, but he has failed to protect his wife. Quran gave equal rights to women in their ancestral property. It is unacceptable to agree the decisions taken by those who do not have knowledge on Islam, Quran and Sharia Law. We have clergies to discuss about Sharia Law and talaq. Let the government concentrate on administration," Khasimi said.

"Talaq is explained very clearly in Sharia Law. It is not uttered on a single day. There are several steps to be followed before triple talaq is completed. There are opportunities for couple to reunite even after first and second talaq. Divorce as per triple talaq becomes valid only when all the steps fail to reunite the couple," he explained.

Muhammed Kunhi, a representative of Jamat-e-Islami Hind said debate on triple talaq and uniform civil code is irrelevant when the nation has several other major issues to be sorted out. He pointed out that Ram Jethmalani, who was the law minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, had rejected Uniform Civil Code as non-practical move.

"Conduct a survey to ascertain the actual number of Muslim women who suffered due to triple talaq. In fact talaq is a blessing when divorce becomes necessary for couple," he added.

“The situation is such that fascist- minded people are out to dictate terms on trivial issues apart from interfering in the administration, arts and literature in the country. The attempts to strengthen multicultural society are being construed as an offence,” he said. Kunhi also called it as the nefarious intention of members of the Sangh Parivar, who are enforcing their political agenda.

Abdul Azeez Darimi from Karnataka Samastha Mushavara, said Muslims are united to protect Sharia Law in India. "Sharia Law is not against the Indian Constitution. Neither Parliament nor courts have the right to deny the fundamental rights under Indian Constitution. Hence, it is not possible for the government to introduce Uniform Civil Code in India, where over 6,000 castes and sub-castes exist. Sharia Law is not against non-Muslims," he added.

Muslim Central Committee president K S Mohammed Masood presided.

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Kshtraveer
 - 
Thursday, 24 Nov 2016

Looks fishy
Not a single women present and these people discuss about talaq
Does women's not allowed in Sheria??

Maryam
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

REMINDER OF THE DAY
When the foolish one speaks, do not reply to him, for better than a response (to him) is silence, and if you speak to him you have aided him, and if you left him (with no reply) in extreme sadness he dies.
- Imam Ash-Shaafi'ee (ra)
\And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace\"
{Surah Al Furqan 25: Verse 63}"

Letter to Naren
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Dear Brother Naren Kotian,

You have been commenting on this website for so many years now. Apart from a few readers responding to you, have you seen this make any change in beliefs that millions firmly follow? Ever wondered why?

Let me tell you why. You see Brother Naren , you aren't born without a reason. There is a reason why you are created. You are nothing but a 'number of days' . As each day passes , you approach something that no body could deny ie \DEATH\". All rich/poor/powerful/rulers everyone is dead now. Of which some names we know and billions we don't.
Listen to me carefully now. This could be a turning point for you and rethink your own opinions.

The Creator whom you call Brahma, Has created you to worship Him. He will call you back on the Judgement Day. He will hold you accountable for all your good deeds/bad deeds. He will ask you if you have fulfilled the duties He commanded you to do. He will then reward you with Paradise for you can live eternally/ punish you in Fire.

If this message looks strange, please read all religious Scriptures. Every religious Scripture has these things in common:
1. One God 2. Life is to Worship Him Alone 3. Judgement Day.
As a well wisher , I would wish that Brahma whom Muslims call Allah (Arabic), give you guidance and grant you Paradise.
Please don't hesitate to buy the Last Book from Brahma ie the Quran. It is available in Kannada translation in Mangalore. Have a great day Brother Naren."

Abu Kotian
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

you do not put your nose in Muslims personal things they are stornger than your bungy parivar. you even can not live in your own country with your own Parivar govt is rulling. Very sad your Bangy parivar can not support you. And you also can not publish your real name and face to any indian. Better you stay in Singapur. I am very sad that in Singapoor BURNAL is not available but do not worry buy Tiger Bam and apply. ok take care do not take Tension. Bungy Parivar wale be bahuth tension me hay.

Mohammed
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Excellent gathering. Nice to see all the ulemas and leaders of different groups who have come under one platform to oppose the interference of the government. This is highly laudable of the Muslim Central committee President along with all the office bearers and members who worked relentlessly to get everyone on board. A gathering of 50000 people is hugely commendable and hope we Muslim brothers will always gather to oppose any decision which is against our Sharia and also unite against terrorism and come together to help our brother and sisters in distress. India is our country and no one can tell us to leave our country as we will not and shall unite always as we have shown yesterday. I had sometime back read in an article what was the Central committee doing etc etc. This is a very big achievement by them Kudos to them and I hope we all unite and be united.

lakshmi
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

#8 NAREN, YOUR APPRECIATEABLE HINDU PROUD DOING HARDWORKS IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPARATIVE TO ANY MUSCLE MAN. THANKYOU M I S T E R.( THIS MR. IS LIKE HOW MODI READ M R S IN SRI LANKA )

Mohammed Athif
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

@naren b4 you point fingers at islam frist try to understand hindusim. then you come back to talk abt islam in hindu script itself say there is one god and god hve no image what your book VEDA says read it hope you read sanskrit
IN VEDA IT MENTIONED

ahmed
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Mr Nareen kotian better to settle in SINGAPORE. dont come back to india INSHA ALLAH after MODI loses his seat, no one will adopt you

hANNI
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Naren study islam, you will get benefit. leave the ego and try to get heaven or clean your heart. if you bark islam wioll lose nothing.. islam is peace. RSS or your father trump bandru islamannu alugaadisalu saadiyavilla adella nimma bare brame maatra...

shaji
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

I am sure that friend of Devil, Kotian from Thigh Land will not be able to digest this and will be admitted to hospital due to lose motion. In case he needs blood, please inform us and we Muslims will donate blood to you on humanity ground. Though you may be friend of devil you are human first and we will help you.

Althaf
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Naren
yesterday Many of your chaddi goons bought burnal from medical stores. Hope you also applied.

Sameer
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Ma Sha Allah.. Nice to see such gathering.. May Allah unite us forever.
No hatred speech on any religion even after having such a huge crowd..this is called Islam!!
@Shaff you said what i was willing to say.. Even i kindly request admin of this web not to loose your viewers by posting such comments.

Rikaz
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Naren, you are talking as if India is your father's property....

Go and train your gunda bajrangies, Ramsena, yuva sena etc (they are all drunkards and terrorists) to follow your morals and ethics...we Muslims do not need your suggestions.....

Do not interfere with our religion and faith....shut your mouth and keep quiet....

Shaff
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Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Masha Allah, Nice gathering, nice function , alhamdulilalh for being united all muslims nice to see it.
Here I would like to request all reader that please no one will reply to NAREN KOTIAN comments. Just ignore him

Well Said
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2016

Mr.Naren Kotian, don't know why I feel like insha Allah soon you will be going to change your religion.

Amr
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Well organised function. Well deceplined function. No one spoke against any religion. A true message from true relegous people.

Muhammad
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Whenever there is disunity..Muslims will suffer problem...Be united...stop factionalism

naren kotian
 - 
Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

hahaha this rally itself is dabba ... allow women to sit next to mullahs ... why there is no burqas ? this community wants all benefits from india ..and when we ask them to follow universal rule .. they start lecturing ... perfect anthe kumda ,... ivara perfect manual odi , crimes mado jana na nodidre gottagatte , entha ide antha book nalli ... first teach your kids morals and address crimes ... sumne gaddaa bitkondu , hennu maklige burqa haaksi ... banni namma dharmakke 4 options ide and 72 mele bere options ide ... annodu bidi ...

HARRIS
 - 
Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

If you go back the history In 1974 Congress did the Nasbandi and Turkman gate scandal particularly control the Muslim population ended up with Emergency and thrown the Regime of Congress out of power and again it tried in 1985 Shah Banu case and failed keep the power at Center and now the Shang Pariwar ( BJP+) back again with same old agenda with new theory to demolish Muslim personal Law but these major political power house forget that once it touched the issue of Muslims either Sharia law or Babri Masjid the result is ended up with Musilm Unity. So the time is back again to show the unity .. Jai Hind Jai Muslim

zas
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Mashaallah. Thanks to all muslim scholars to attend this occasion. We have to forget all our differences and unite together when somebody want to target our religion. This is the beginning to show our solidarity. Keep it up.

Mohammed Athif
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Masha Allah feel very happy to see all Muslim Umma under one roof Allah bless all of them who joined today and not able to join them as well

Abdul
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Upload more pic and video. Tnx

Shahul
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Mash allah good gathering and united Muslims under the banner of protection of Islamic shariah. If we unite we can stand and we can face any type of challenges facing our community.
Congratulations to Muslim central committee and all participated Muslim scholars and NGOs.

Abdul
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Masha Allah...Nice to see you all in one stage.

Mohidin
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Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

Masha Allah, good gathering, Appreciate Muslim Committee's hard work and effotts to bring our community under one umbrealla. May Allah keep us united forever.

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Her husband Babu said the family had approached 12 hospitals in three days, including Victoria Hospital and other private facilities, who all slammed their doors on them, citing a shortage of beds. The woman died on Saturday, a few minutes into her admission at KC General Hospital.

Second death 

A 35-year-old man, Manjunath, also died on Saturday after enduring fever for three days and being refused admission at several hospitals due to a shortage of beds.

As his condition worsened, his wife admitted him to a private hospital on Saturday after hours of ordeal. But the man died less than 15 minutes after getting admitted. Hospital authorities took swab samples from the deceased and said the body would be handed over after the test results.

BBMP personnel also failed to shift the body of a Covid-19 patient in Kalasipalya almost a day after the death.

Despite civic workers disinfecting the place, the neighbours were in a state of panic after the body was kept at home.

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January 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 16: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah and other leaders are likely to make the final decision on the name of the next Congress president of Karnataka soon, said party leader Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday.

"He (Siddaramaiah) has met all the leaders and I think soon they will make a decision. It has already been delayed, it should not have been delayed so much. I am sure high command will take a decision on this," Rao told reporters here.

Both Siddaramaiah and Gundu Rao had resigned from their posts, Leader of Congress Legislature Party and KPCC president, after the party's drubbing in the bye-elections held for 15 Assembly seats last year.

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Ram Puniyani
February 13,2020

Forthcoming Census and RSS campaign

Currently massive protests are going on against NPR, NCR and CAA. At the same time we are going to begin the process of decadal census in 2021. Already RSS is active in promoting NPR, NCR and CAA. At the same time RSS wants that Adivasis should register themselves as Hindus rather than ticking the column of ‘Others’. As per their spokesperson in the 2011 census many Adivasis groups ticked that column because of which the population of Hindus came down to by 0.7 percent point to come down to 79.8 %. This has sent signals to this Hindu nationalist organization and is planning to ensures that Adivasis tick the column of Hindus in this census.

As such RSS has a very clever attitude in defining the term Hindu. The first formulation was by Savakakar who said that all those who regard the land east of Indus as their Holy land and Father land are Hindus. This left out Muslims and Christians, and brought all others in the ambit of Hindu fold. From the decade of 1980s due to electoral compulsions they have been trying to articulate that all those who are living in India are Hindus. Murli Manohar Joshi stated that Muslims are Ahmadiya Hindus and Christians are Christi Hindus. Recently there was a controversy when they restated that Sikhs are not a separate religion but are a sect of Hinduism. Many Sikh organizations stood up to say that Sikhism is a religion by itself and recalled the book of Kahan Singh Nabha, “Hum Hindu Nahin”

As far as Adivasis are concerned in contrast to what is being planned by Hindu nationalist RSS, many Adivasis groups have been meeting from last couple of years to demand just the contrary. As per them there should be a column where they can tick their identity of Adivasis.  There are active campaigns among Adivasis groups to uphold their Adivasi identity in Census. As per them in the first census which was conducted in Independent India, the column, Aborigines, was there, which was later removed forcing them to club themselves with other religions.

After 1951 in addition to Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain and Buddha, the column ‘others’ was also there which was removed in 2011. Even during British period if you look at the censuses of the British era (from 1871 to 1931); there was provision for tribes to choose Aborigine as an option. There are nearly 83 religious practices being followed by Adivasis. Few major of these are Sarna, Gondi, Punem, Adi, and Koya. What they share in common is that they are animists, worship nature and spirit of ancestors; do not have priestly class or Holy Scriptures and Gods and Goddesses characteristic of the broad Hindu pantheon.

RSS as per its political agenda of Hindu Nation regards them as Vanvasi. They pontificate that they have been part of Hindu society who were driven away to forests to escape the forcible conversion being done by the Muslim invaders. This concoction is contrary to the interpretations based on the studies from population genetics. The Hindu nationalist argues that Aryans have been the original inhabitants of the country from where they spread to other parts of the World. The book by Tony Joseph, ‘Early Indians’ tells us that away from the race theory, we are all mixed up. The first inhabitants in our land were the ones who emigrated from South Asia over Sixty thousand years ago.

The Indo-Aryans came here nearly three thousand years ago and they pushed the aborigines to the forests and hills and that’s what constitutes the Adivasi community of India.

Hindu Nationalists like all the nationalists who construct their nationalism around their religion claim to be the most original inhabitants of the land, and their interpretations of past are molded according to that. RSS right from beginning has not been using the word Adivasi, it calls them Vanvasi. As per its agenda it wants them to be part of Hindu fold, despite Adivasis themselves saying that they are not Hindus, they have beliefs and practices which are far away from Hinduism in whatever form.

To enhance its political reach from the decades of 1980s in particular its work in Adivasis areas has been intensified. While ‘Vanvasis Kalyan Ashram’, part of RSS Combine which was formed much earlier, it was in the decades of 1980s that their work was jacked up by sending more Pracharaks in Adivasi areas. We see that in Gujarat, Dangs and nearby area, Swami Aseemanand, in MP, centered around Jhabua-the followers of Asaram Bapu and in Orissa Swami Laxmananad stationed them. They saw Christian missionaries working in the field of education and health as an obstacle to Hinduization of Adivasis. Their propaganda against Christian missionaries led to the ghastly murder of Pastor Graham Stains. It was this propaganda which led to anti Christian violence in various forms, the most horrific being the Kandhamal violence of 2008.

In order to culturally co-opt them into the fold of Hinduism they began series of religious congregations, Kumbhs. Shabri Kumbh in Dangs and many other Adivasis predominant areas created an atmosphere of fear, Adivasis were asked to be part of it, saffron flags were distributed and they were made to put it in their houses. Two religious icons were popularized in these areas, one was Shabri and other was Hanuman. To cap it all, Ekal Vidyalayas, started spreading RSS’s interpretation of history in these areas. The other angle of the whole thing is that Adivasis are living in the areas rich in minerals, which the BJP supporter Corporate World wants to take over.

World over aborigines have similar pattern. They are animists and what they practice is a culture as such. Many have converted to other religions out of their choice for sure, but finally in these matters what is important is the self perception. Hemant Soren the Chief Minister of Jharkhand pointed out that “Adivasis are not Hindus. ”Keeping that in mind; the column of Aborigines needs to find its place in our census forms.

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