Cable
Net Works spreading Indian Culture
(Tariq Azeem)
: By Khalid Wasti
طارق
عظیم کا
بیان کسی
منجھے
ہوئے
سیاستدان
کے ذرخیز
ذہن کی
اختراع
ہے جس کے
مختلف
النوع
پہلوؤں
کا احاطہ
کرنا
ممکن نہ
پہلی بات
تو یہ ہے
کہ موصوف
کچھ پلے
ہی نہیں
پڑنے
دیتے کہ
یہ خبر ہے
یا
نقطہءاعتراض
؟ پھر
مفہوم و
معانی کے
بحر ذخار
کی
گہرائی
کا
اندازہ
کرنا بھی
آسان
نہیں کہ
آپ کو
اعتراض
کارٹونوں
پر ہے یا
بھارتی
کلچر
پاگر
کارٹونوں
کے ذریعے
کچھ اور
پھیلایا
جا رہا
ہوتا تو
کارٹون
قابل
قبول تھے
؟ یا
بھارتی
کلچر کسی
اور
ذریعے سے
پھیلایا
جاتا تو
وہ قابل
قبول تھا
؟
آپ نے یہ
معاملہ
مجلس
قائمہ کے
آئیندہ
اجلاس
میں
اٹھانے
کا عندیہ
دیا ہے
دروغ بر
گردن
راوی ،
طارق
عظیم نے
آف دی
ریکارڈ
یہ بھی
کہا کہ
اگر
ہندوستان
ملیریا ،
ہیضہ یا
تپ دق کے
جراثیم
پھیلا
رہا ہوتا
تو مجھے
یا میری
میری
پارٹی کو
ہر گز
کوئی
اعتراض
نہ ہوتا
اس لیئے
کہ بچہ
بچہ
جانتا ہے
کہ
ملیریا ،
ہیضہ یا
تپ دق کس
بلا کا
نام ہے
لیکن
جہاں تک
کلچر کا
تعلق ہے ،
ہمارے
زعماپچھلے
ساٹھ
برسوں تک
نظریہءپاکستان
اور نفاذ
اسلام
وغیرہ
جیسے نیک
کاموں کی
ترویج و
اشاعت
میں
مشغول
رہنے کے
باعث قوم
کا ذہن
کلچر کے
معاملے
میں واضح
نہیں کر
پائے
یہی وجہ
ہے کہ ملک
کی ستر
فیصد
آبادی
کلچر کو
ایگری
کلچر کا
مخفف
سمجھتی
ہے -
حال ہی
میں
قرارداد
مقاصد کے
ثمرات
حسنہ سے
کسی قدر
بہرہ مند
ہونے کے
بعد ہم
پارلیمینٹ
پر سپریم
کورٹ کی
بالادستی
قائم
کرنے کے
استعماری
مقاصد کے
حصول کے
لیئے تن
من دھن کی
بازی
لگائے
ہوئے
ہیں اس
کارخیر
کو
پایہءتکمیل
تک
پہنچاتے
ہی ہم
اٹھارہ
کروڑ
عوام کو
کلچر کا
ایک ایسا
تصور
قبول
کرانے کے
درپئے ہو
جائیں گے
جو دنیا
کے کسی
گوشہ میں
موجود
نہیں ہے -
طارق
عظیم نے
مزید کہا
کہ
کارٹونوں
کے ذریعے
بھارتی
کلچر اور
عقائد کو
فروغ دیا
جارہا ہے
حالا نکہ
فضائی ،
ریلوے
اور سڑک
کے رابطے
بحال ہو
جانے کے
بعد
باہمی
میل جول
کے نتیجے
میں اس کی
چنداں
ضرورت
نہیں
تھی آپ
نے یہ بھی
کہا کہ
کارٹونوں
میں
مختلف
ہندو
مذہبی
شخصیات
کو پیش
کیا گیا
ہے جس کے
جواب میں
ہم اپنی
طرف کی
کچھ
شخصیات
کے اصلی
اور سچے
فوٹو
چھاپنے
کا حق
محفوظ
رکھتے
ہیں -
آخر میں
آپ نے
فرمایا
کہ ہمارے
کم سن
بچوں کے
ذہنوں پر
اثرانداز
ہونے کے
لیئے
بنائے
گئے ایسے
پروگرام
قطعی
ناقابل
قبول
ہیں اس
ضمن میں
صرف وہی
پروگرام
قابل
قبول ہو
سکتے ہیں
جو ہمارے
اسلاف نے
تاریخ کو
اس کے
حقیقی پس
منظ میں
سمجھنے
کے لیئے
تیار
کیئے تھے
جن سے
ہمارے
اسلاف کی
نسلوں نے
کماحقہ
استفادہ
کی یہ
تاریخی
حقائقمحمد
بن قاسم
کی آمد سے
لے
کرکارگل
کی فتح تک
پھیلے
ہوئے ہیں
اور ان
حقائق نے
جو
مائینڈ
سیٹ پیدا
کیا ، آج
ہمارے
گلے کا
ہار بنا
ہوا ہے
ہماری
داستاں
تک بھی نہ
ہو گی
داستانوں
میں.سویرے
سویرے
نذیرناجی
اسلام
میں
مذہبی
پیشواؤں
کی
گنجائش
نہیں ہے۔
دین کو
پیشہ
بنانے کی
بھی
اجازت
نہیں ۔
اسی چیز
کو روکنے
کے لئے
اللہ
تعالی
اور رسول
کریم ﷺ نے
ہمارے
دین کو
انتہائی
سادہ اور
قابل فہم
رکھا ۔آپ
کو
مسلمان
ہونے کے
لئے
،پنڈت یا
پادری
ٹائپ کے
کسی
مذہبی
ٹھیکدار
کی
محتاجی
نہیں۔جو
شخص چاہے
اللہ
تعالی کی
وحدانیت
پر ایمان
لاکر اور
رسول ﷺ کو
اس کا
آخری نبی
تسلیم کر
کے،
دائرہ
اسلام
میں داخل
ہو سکتا
ہے۔خود
نماز پڑھ
سکتا ہے
۔مسجد
میں جا کر
ادا کر
سکتا ہے
اور وہ
مسلمان
جسے
دوسرے
نمازی
اپنا
امام بنا
لیں وہ
نماز
پڑھوا
سکتا ہے۔
مناسک حج
کااگر
علم میں
ہے ،تو حج
کے تمام
مراحل
بھی خود
ہی طے کر
سکتا ہے ۔
غالباً 1982
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کے لئے
پروفیسر
غفور
احمد کا
انٹر ویو
کرتے
ہوئے،
میں نے
سوال کیا
تھا کہ
کیا
اسلام کو
پیشہ
بنانے کی
اجازت ہے
اور دینی
فرائض
ادا کرنے
کے لئے
معاوضہ
دے کر
مولوی کی
خدمات
حاصل
کرنا
ضروری ہے
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پروفیسر
صاحب کا
جواب تھا
کہ یہ آپ
لوگوں کا
قصور ہے
اگر آپ
سارے
دینی
فرائض
خود ادا
کر سکتے
ہوں تو
کسی کو
مولوی
صاحب کی
ضرورت
نہیں ۔
پروفیسر
صاحب کی
بات سو
فیصد
درست ہے
کہ اپنے
سادہ اور
عام فہم
دین کے
تحت، جو
فرائض
ہمارے
ذمے
ہیں،انہیں
ادا کرنے
کی خود
اہلیت
نہیں
رکھتے
اور اس
بنا پر
مولویوں
کی خدمات
حاصل
کرتے اور
اس کا
معاوضہ
دیتے ہیں
۔
درحقیقت
یہ دیگر
مذاہب
میں ہوتا
ہے ، کہیں
پنڈت ،
کہیں
پادری،
کہیں
پروہت
،ہر مذہب
میں پیشہ
وروں کی
ضرورت
پڑتی ہے۔
ہم نے بھی
دیکھا
دیکھی
اسی طرح
کے طور
طریقے
اختیار
کر لیے ۔
علامہ
اقبال نے
اس
صورتحال
کی
نشاندہی
کرتے
ہوئے کہا
کہ
یہ امت
خرافات
میں کھو
گئی
حقیقت
روایات
میں کھو
گئی
جب مذہب
کو بطور
پیشہ
اختیار
کر لیا
جائے تو
پھر اپنی
آمدنی کو
محفوظ
اور
مسلسل
برقرار
رکھنے کے
لئے کئی
طریقے
اختیار
کئے جاتے
ہیں۔ ان
میں سب سے
پہلا
طریقہ
دین کو
عام آدمی
کے لئے
مشکل تر
بنا کے
اسے یقین
دلایا
جاتا ہے
کہ دینی
فرائض
پورے
کرنا، اس
کے بس میں
نہیں۔
اسے بہر
طور
مولوی کی
خدمات
حاصل
کرنا ہوں
گی ۔دین
کی تشریح
اورتفہیم
کے لئے
چاروں
آئمہ نے
جو
تشریحات
کیں
،درحقیقت
وہ فہم
دین کو
آسان
بنانے کے
لئے ہیں ۔
کسی بھی
امام نے
یہ نیک
کام
،فرقہ
بندی یا
کفر سازی
کے لئے
نہیں کیا
تھا لیکن
جیسے
جیسے
مذہب کو
پیشہ
بنانے کا
عمل آگے
بڑھا۔
فقہی
تشریحات
کو ایک
دوسرے کی
ضد قرار
دینے کا
سلسلہ
شروع
ہوگیا۔
ایک
دوسرے کو
کافر کہا
جانا
لگا۔
ہمارے
ملک میں
فرقہ
واریت کے
تحت
مسجدیں
علیحدہ
کر لی
گئیں۔ اب
ہر فرقہ
اپنی
مسجد میں
نماز
پڑھتا
ہے۔
حد یہ کہ
دوسری
فقہ سے
تعلق
رکھنے
والے
امام کے
پیچھے
نماز
نہیں
پڑھی
جاتی ۔
مجھے یاد
ہے کہ پی
این اے کی
تحریک کے
دوران
جسے نفاذ
اسلام کی
تحریک
کہا جاتا
تھا ۔
قیادت کے
اجلاسوں
کے دوران
جب نماز
کا وقفہ
آتا تو
ہمارے
علمائے
کرام
علیحدہ
علیحدہ
جماعتیں
کھڑی
کرتے اور
اپنے
اپنے
مسلک
والوں کے
ساتھ
نمازیں
پڑھتے۔
ہم لوگ
حیران
ہوا کرتے
تھے کہ جو
لوگ
نمازمیں
متحد
نہیں، وہ
قوم کو
کیسے
متحد
کریں گے؟
اسی بنا
پر
ریاستیں
مذہبی
معاملات
میں ملوث
نہیں
ہوتیں ۔
جو ہوتی
ہیں ان کا
حال
ہمارے
جیسا ہو
جاتا ہے ۔
ابھی
عوام نے
ملاؤں کو
حکومت
بنانے کا
موقع
نہیں
دیا۔ اگر
کبھی
ایسا ہوا
تو آئندہ
سب
حکومتوں
کا بننا
اور
ٹوٹنا
فقہی
اختلافات
کی وجہ سے
ہوا کرے
گا اور جو
بھی
اقتدار
پر فائز
ہو گیا۔
وہ دوسرے
تمام
فرقوں کو
کافر
قرار دے
کر سزاؤں
کا مستحق
ٹھرائے
گا ۔خدا
کا شکر ہے
کہ ابھی
ان لوگوں
کی حکومت
نہیں آئی
لیکن
ہمارے
حکمرانوں
کی
نالائقیوں
اور
معاشرتی
سائنس
سے، لا
علمی کی
وجہ سے
مذہب کا
پیشہ
اختیار
کرنے
والوں کی
اہمیت
بڑھتی
گئی ۔
حکمرانوں
اور
سیاستدانوں
نے اپنے
مخالفین
کو دباؤ
میں لانے
کی خاطر،
مو لویوں
کے ذریعے
فرقہ
وارانہ
اور
مذہبی
جذبات
ابھار کے
سیاسی
فوائد
حاصل کئے
اور یہ
حقیقت
نظر
انداز کی
کہ ان کے
اس عمل کی
وجہ سے
مذہبی
سیاستدان
اقتدار
میں حصہ
دار بنتے
چلے گئے
اور
کمزور
حکمران
پسپائی
اختیار
کرتے
کرتے
مذہبی
سیاستدانوں
کے
مقابلے
میں
کمزور
ہوتے گئے
اب
معاشرے
میں ہر
طرف
مذہبی
سیاستدان
کسی نہ
کسی
انداز
میں زور
پکڑ چکے
ہیں۔ وہ
بہت بڑے
سٹیک
ہولڈر بن
گئے ہیں
عوام
دشمن
طاقتوں
نے جب سے
مذہبی
دہشت گرد
تیار کئے
ہیں،
مذہبی
سیاستدانوں
کے حوصلے
مزیدبڑھ
گئے ہیں۔
کبھی غور
کر کے
دیکھئے
گا کہ
مذہبی
سیاستدان،
دہشت
گردی کی
غیر
مشروط
اور واضح
مذمت
نہیں
کرتا۔
صرف
پروفیسر
طاہر
القادری
نے کھل کر
بات کی
ہے۔ وہ
بھی صرف
اس لئے کہ
وہ سیاسی
ضروریات
اور
مصلحتوں
سے آزاد
ہو چکے
ہیں۔
میں
تحریک
ختم نبوت
کا سرگرم
کارکن رہ
چکا ہوں۔
مجھے
معلوم ہے
کہ 1953 ء کی
تحریک
ختم نبوت
بھی
پنجاب
اور مرکز
کی سیاسی
قیادت کی
کشمکش کا
شاخسانہ
تھا۔
قرار داد
مقاصد سے
لے کر
بھٹو
صاحب کی
آئینی
ترمیم
تک، کوئی
کام
اسلامی
جذبے سے
نہیں،
سیاسی
مقاصد سے
کیا گیا
۔جیسے ہی
مذہبی
سیاستدانوں
کو
احمدیوں
کے خلاف
کامیابی
حاصل
ہوئی تو
ان کا
اگلا ہدف
اہل تشیع
بن گئے،
فرقہ
وارانہ
قیادت پر
ایک
دوسرے کو
قتل کرنے
کا جو
سلسلہ
شروع
ہوا۔ وہ
اب ایک
دوسرے کی
آبادیوں
پر حملوں
کی شکل
اختیار
کرنے لگا
ہے ۔
کراچی
میں
گزشتہ
روز جو
کچھ ہوا
وہ بھی
اسی
سلسلے کی
کڑی ہے
۔مذہبی
سیاستدان
جیسے
جیسے
معاشرے
میں طاقت
پکڑتے
جائیں گے
کفر سازی
کا ہدف
بننے
والوں کی
تعداد
میں
اضافہ
ہوتا
جائے گا ۔
اس سلسلے
کی تازہ
کڑی قومی
سطح کی
قیادت پر
الزامات
ہیں ۔
سب جانتے
ہیں کہ
نواز
شریف ایک
دیندار
اور
پابند
صوم
صلواة
خاندان
سے تعلق
رکھتے
ہیں ۔وہ
چند ایسے
لیڈروں
میں ہیں
،جو
اسلامی
شعائر کے
مطابق
زندگی
گزارنے
کی کوشش
کرتے
ہیں۔ ان
کے
خاندان
نے کئی
مساجد
بنائیں
اور بے
شمار
علمائے
کرام کی
خدمت کی
۔ان کے
گھر کا
ماحول
کیا ہے؟
اس کا
اندازہ
ایک
واقعہ سے
کیا جا
سکتا ہے۔
ان کے
داماد
کرنل
صفدر اور
میں نواز
شریف کے
گھر،
کھانے کی
میز پر
بیٹھے
تھے۔
نواز
شریف
ہاتھ
دھونے
گئے تو اس
دوران
کرنل
صفدر نے
مجھ سے
پوچھا
ناجی
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کسی
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نے کھانا
کھا لیا
ہو ، کیا
ہم اس میں
کھا سکتے
ہیں ؟
میرا
جواب
ظاہر ہے
کیا ہو
سکتا تھا
؟میں نے
کہا کہ 148
آپ کو
معلوم ہے
عیسائی
سور
کھاتے
ہیں اور
ہم ان کے
ساتھ
بیٹھ کر
کھاناکھالیتے
ہیں ۔
متحدہ
ہندوستان
میں
اشیائے
خورو نوش
کی
دکانوں
سے ہر
مذہب کے
لوگ
خریداری
کرتے تھے
اور کسی
کا مذہب
متاثر
نہیں
ہوتا تھا
۔صرف چند
انتہا
ہندو تھے
جو ایسے
جاہلانہ
تصورات
پر یقین
رکھتے
تھے ۔
نواز
شریف کسی
مذہبی
فرقے کے
رہنما
نہیں
۔پاکستان
کے عوامی
اور
سیاسی
لیڈر ہیں
اور جو
ملک کا
لیڈر
ہوتا ہے۔
اس کے لئے
تمام ہم
وطن
بھائی
بہن ہوتے
ہیں ۔جب
انہوں نے
اپنے ہم
وطنوں پر
مذہبی
شناخت کی
وجہ سے
ظلم ہوتے
دیکھا تو
ان کا فرض
تھا کہ وہ
پاکستان
پر ان کا
اعتماد
بحال
کرتے ۔
قائد
اعظم نے
جب یہ کہا
تھا کہ
پاکستان
بن گیا ہے
۔یہاں
تمام
مذاہب کے
لوگ
برابر کے
شہری ہیں
اور سب کو
اپنے
اپنے
مذہب کے
مطابق
زندگی
گزارنے
کی آزادی
حاصل ہو
گی تو وہ
بھی یہی
اعتماد
بحال کر
رہے تھے
کیوں کہ
ملاؤں نے
دوسرے
مذاہب کے
پاکستانیوں
میں یہ
خوف پیدا
کر دیا
تھا کہ
پاکستان
میں ان کے
لئے کوئی
جگہ نہیں
ہوگی ۔
لاہور کے
تازہ
واقعات
میں بھی
ہمارے
پاکستانی
بھائیوں
کااعتماد
مجروح ہو
رہا تھا ۔
وہ پہلے
ہی کافی
تعداد
میں ترک
وطن کر
چکے ہیں
اگر مزید
لاکھوں
کی تعداد
میں خوف
زدہ ہو کر
بھاگیں
یا عالمی
برادری
سے مدد
طلب کریں
تو اس سے
پاکستان
پر کیا
اثرات
مرتب ہوں
گے؟ جن
لیڈروں
اور
قلمکاروں
نے
مذکورہ
سانحے پر
اظہار
افسوس
کرتے
ہوئے، اس
کی مذمت
کی،
انہوں نے
اپنا
قومی فرض
ادا کیا
اور جو
ملاؤں کے
ڈر سے
خاموش
رہے، وہ
سیاسی
رہنمائی
کے حقدار
نہیں ۔
قومی
لیڈر کی
حیثیت سے
نواز
شریف کا
یہی فرض
تھا کہ وہ
اپنے ہم
وطن
بھائیوں
بہنوں کا
دکھ
بانٹتے
ہوئے،
اپنے ملک
پر ان کا
اعتماد
بحال کر
یں
۔پاکستان
ہم سب کا
ہے اس کی
سلامتی
اور ترقی
کے لئے
صرف ہم نے
نہیں، سب
نے
قربانیاں
دی ہیں ۔1965
ء کی جنگ
میں
ہمارے
دوش بدوش
احمدی
سپاہی
اور افسر
بھی لڑے
تھے، اس
جماعت سے
تعلق
رکھنے
والے فوج
میں
جنرلوں
کے عہدوں
تک
پہنچے۔
اسی جنگ
کے ایک
ہیرو
سیسل
چوہدری،
ہمارے
مسیحی
بھائی
تھے۔
ہمارے
پیارے
نبی حضرت
محمدﷺ نے
تو مسجد
نبوی میں
یہودیوں
کو عبادت
کی اجازت
دے دی
تھی۔ خدا
جانے یہ
کون لوگ
ہیں جو
دوسروں
کو اپنی
جگہ پر
بھی
عبادت
کرنے پر،
مارنے
چلے جاتے
ہیں اور
سینکڑوں
کا خون
بہنے پر
جب کوئی
قومی
لیڈر، ہم
وطنی کے
رشتے سے
بھائی
کہہ کران
کا دکھ
بانٹنے
کی کوشش
کرتا ہے،
تو اس کے
خلاف کفر
سازی کا
کارخانہ
حرکت میں
آ جاتا
ہے۔ اگر
ہم نے
مذہب کو
ذریعہ
روزگار
اور
ذریعہ
اقتدار
بنانے
والوں کے
مقاصد کو
نہ سمجھا
تو یہ
ہمارے
ہاتھوں
ایک
دوسرے کو
قتل
کراتے
ہوئے،
وطن عزیز
کو مقتل
بنا دیں
گے اور
بقول
اقبال
ہماری
داستاں
تک بھی نہ
ہو گی
داستانوں
میں
Source: Jang, 12 June 2010
جھگڑا
پنجابی
طالبان
کا
اعجاز
مہر
وزیر
داخلہ
رحمٰن
ملک کا
کہنا ہے
کہ ان
حملوں
میں
کالعدم
سپاہ
صحابہ،
لشکر
جھنگوی
اور جیش
محمد کے
پنجابی
طالبان
کے نام سے
مشہور
شدت پسند
ملوث
ہیں۔ جس
پر پنجاب
کے وزیر
اعلیٰ
میاں
شہباز
شریف نے
وفاقی
وزیر پر
اپنے ’سیاسی
سربراہ‘
کی شہہ پر
صوبائیت
اور
لسانیت
پھیلانے
کا الزام
عائد کیا
ہے۔
میاں
شہباز
شریف کے
بیان سے
تاثر
ملتا ہے
کہ
پنجابی
طالبان
نامی
کوئی
تنظیم ہے
اور نہ ہی
پنجاب
میں کوئی
دہشت گرد
ہیں۔ کاش
حقائق ان
کی خواہش
کے مطابق
ہوتے
لیکن
یہاں
صورتحال
کافی
مختلف
ہے۔
تحقیق
کار
پروفیسر
خادم
حسین ہوں
یا تجزیہ
کار
ڈاکٹر
عائشہ
صدیقہ وہ
کافی
عرصے سے
کہتے رہے
ہیں کہ
سپاہ
صحابہ،
جیشِ
محمد،
لشکر
جھنگوی
اور
لشکرِ
طیبہ کا
گڑھ
پنجاب ہے
اور
پنجاب کے
جنوبی
علاقے یا
سرائیکی
پٹی سمیت
پنجاب کے
وسطی اور
شمالی
علاقوں
سے
ہزاروں
افراد ان
تنظیموں
سے
وابسطہ
ہیں۔
ڈاکٹر
عائشہ
صدیقہ
ہوں یا
قوم پرست
سرائیکی
رہنما
تاج محمد
لنگاہ وہ
تسلیم
کرتے ہیں
کہ
سرائیکی
پٹی ہو یا
پنجاب کے
دیگر
علاقے
وہاں بعض
مدارس کا
شدت
پسندی
پھیلانے
اور شدت
پسند
پیدا
کرنے میں
ملوث رہے
ہیں۔ ان
کے بقول
چاہے وہ
ریاستی
اداروں
کی
سرپرستی
میں
افغان
اور
کشمیر
جہاد کا
معاملہ
ہو یا اب
انفرادی
اور
گروہی
سطح پر
طالبان
شدت
پسندوں
کی
حمایت،
اس میں
کچھ
مدارس کا
کلیدی
کردار ہے
صوبہ
سرحد اور
وفاق کے
زیر
انتظام
قبائلی
علاقوں
میں
پشتون
طالبان
کے ہمراہ
دس ہزار
کے قریب
پنجابی
طالبان
لڑ رہے
ہیں۔
راولپنڈی
کے فوجی
ہیڈ
کوارٹر،
لاہور کے
پولیس
مرکز،
انٹیلی
جنس
اداروں
کے دفاتر
اور سری
لنکا کی
ٹیم پر
حملوں
میں بھی
مرکزی
حکومت
پنجابی
طالبان
کو ملوث
قرار
دیتی رہی
ہے لیکن
اس وقت
تک پنجاب
کی حکومت
نے اس پر
کوئی
اعتراض
نہیں کیا
پوفیسر
خادم
حسین
غیر
سرکاری
تنظیم
آریانہ
انسٹیٹیوٹ
فار
ریجنل
ریسرچ
اینڈ
ایڈوکیسی
کے
پروفیسر
خادم
حسین کے
مطابق
صوبہ
سرحد اور
وفاق کے
زیر
انتظام
قبائلی
علاقوں
میں
پشتون
طالبان
کے ہمراہ
دس ہزار
کے قریب
پنجابی
طالبان
لڑ رہے
ہیں۔
راولپنڈی
کے فوجی
ہیڈ
کوارٹر،
لاہور کے
پولیس
مرکز،
انٹیلی
جنس
اداروں
کے دفاتر
اور سری
لنکا کی
ٹیم پر
حملوں
میں بھی
مرکزی
حکومت
پنجابی
طالبان
کو ملوث
قرار
دیتی رہی
ہے لیکن
اس وقت تک
پنجاب کی
حکومت نے
اس پر
کوئی
اعتراض
نہیں
کیا۔
لیکن
حال ہی
میں
لاہور
میں
احمدیوں
کی عبادت
گاہوں پر
اپنی طرز
کے
بھیانک
حملوں
میں ایک
سو کے
قریب
معصوم
جانیں
ضائع
ہونے کے
سانحہ
میں
مرکزی
حکومت نے
پنجابی
طالبان
کو ملوث
قرار دیا
تو وزیر
اعلیٰ
پنجاب کو
ناگوار
گزرا اور
انہیں
صوبائیت
اور
لسانیت
کی بو آنے
لگی۔
بقول
ہمارے
ساتھی
محمد
حنیف کے
کہ یہ بات
ان کی
سمجھ سے
بالاتر
ہے کہ
دنیا میں
کروڑوں
غیر مسلم
ہیں، ان
کے مذاہب
بھی
مختلف
ہیں لیکن
کسی کے
خلاف
پاکستان
کے بعض
انتہا
پسند
مسلمان
حلقوں
میں اتنی
نفرت
نہیں
پائی
جاتی
جتنی
چھوٹی سی
تعداد
والی
احمدی
برادری
کے خلاف
پائی
جاتی ہے۔
بقول
ان کے کہ
آخر
احمدی
برادری
سے اسلام
کو ایسا
کیا خطرہ
لاحق
ہوگیا ہے
کہ ان کو
سرعام
قتل کرنے
پر زیادہ
تر بغیر
داڑھی
والے
مولوی
بھائی
بھی خوش
ہوتے
ہیں؟
احمدیوں
پر حملے
کے مذمت
سے لے کر
اظہار
ہمدری
اور
متاثرین
کو
معاوضے
دینے کے
معاملات
تک پنجاب
کے
وزیراعلیٰ
اور ان کی
ٹیم اور
جماعت نے
بظاہر
سرد مہری
کا
مظاہرہ
کیا اور
وہ ’پھرتیاں‘
نہیں
دکھائیں
جس طرح وہ
دیگر
واقعات
میں
سرگرم
نظر آتے
رہے ہیں۔
ایسی
ہی شکایت
ہے احمدی
جماعت کے
ترجمان
سلیم
الدین کو
جو کہتے
ہیں کہ ان
کے ساتھ
امتیازی
رویہ
اپنایا
جاتا ہے
اور
تاحال
پنجاب
حکومت کا
کوئی بڑا
عہدیدار
ان سے
ملنے تک
نہیں
آیا۔
انہوں نے
بتایا کہ
پنجاب
حکومت نے
تحقیقاتی
ٹیم تو
بنائی ہے
لیکن
ابھی تک
ان سے کسی
نے رابطہ
ہی نہیں
کیا۔
احمدیوں
کی عبادت
گاہوں پر
حملوں کے
معاملے
میں مسلم
لیگ (ن) کی
سرد مہری
کے متعلق
ان کے بعض
ناقدین
یہ بتاتے
ہیں کہ
مسلم لیگ (ن)
اپنے
ووٹرز کو
ناراض
نہیں
کرنا
چاہتی۔
ان کے
بقول
مسلم لیگ (ن)
کا بعض
کالعدم
تنظیموں
سے تعلق
کسی سے
ڈھکہ
چھپا
نہیں ہے
اور اس کی
بڑی مثال
کالعدم
تنظیم
سپاہ
صحابہ کے
تعاون سے
میاں
شہباز
شریف کا
بھکر سے
بلا
مقابلہ
منتخب
ہونا ہے۔
لیکن
مسلم لیگ (ن)
ایسے کسی
بھی تاثر
کو رد
کرتی ہے۔
کالعدم
تنظیموں
سے مسلم
لیگ (ن) کے
تعلق کی
تردید
اپنی جگہ
لیکن
پنجاب
میں شدت
پسندوں
یا
پنجابی
طالبان
کی
موجودگی
سے انکار
بلی کو
دیکھ کر
کبوتر کی
طرح
آنکھیں
بند کرنے
کے
مترادف
ہے۔
Jihadi
public schools? — by Ali K Chishti

The
roots of problem lies in state policy of using violance
as foreign policy tool, religious seminaries were
corrupted by the bulks of petro dollar coming in the
days of Soviet Afghan war as they are multiplied hundred
times in Zia era. Their role in this regard is
restrained to propagation of the state adopted policy
through the mosques…apart from this this propagation
is extended to the school and college youth by none
other than the qutbian venom spitters IJT and JI through
their dozens of magazines of vide variety for the school
kids to the university students… The chain of schools
established by them with different names and slogans
have given them the opportunity to sing anthems like
“bharat hei hamara hadaf” and “crush India and
Crush America”. Indeed they have done all this in more
sophisticated way. Why the hell state has allowed this
maniacs to establish their own schools and colleges with
Jihadi agenda and deviated interpretations….(Ali Arqam)
A
balance take on the issue by Ali K Chishti…
One
of the misconceptions about the jihad phenomenon
is regarding the role played by the madrassa in
propagating the jihadi culture inside Pakistan. While
there is no doubt that madrassas sponsored by certain
countries in the past have played an important role in
inculcating hateful vehemence among their students, they
were not alone in their endeavours. The public and private
schools have been equally involved in the propagation of
jihad as a concept. Shifting the blame onto the
madrassas alone is politically convenient for the
government, as madrassas also lend themselves to an
intellectually easy analysis and explanation of the
phenomenon. But this analysis ignores the social,
economic and political dimensions of militant Islam and
the role played by the state in promoting a militant
culture and mindset in the country. Moreover, the use of
jihad by the state for the achievement of foreign policy
goals is also glossed over by giving undue attention to
the proliferation of madrassas and focusing on them as
nurseries of terror. It is a fact that for every
militant thrown up by a madrassa, there are dozens who
never got even close to religious education. Instead,
they were just plain criminals before they chose to
elevate themselves to the status of jihadis. Talking of
a crackdown on madrassas may make eminent sense, but it
offers very little in terms of actually getting to grips
with the problem. In fact, unnecessary and often
misplaced emphasis on religious education is nothing
more than a clever ruse to deflect attention from the
real issue: the general state of education in Pakistan.
There
is no doubt about how a specific religious ideology is
being propagated that explicitly promotes hatred,
violence and prejudice towards various sects within
Islam as well as non-Muslims and how the entire public
and private school curricula are designed to promote,
inculcate and incite the spirit of ‘jihad’ and
hatred among children as young as five. In a recent
report by the UN that helps us understand the jihadi
indoctrination of three generations of Pakistani
students, we are told how and why cosmetic measures like
teaching liberal subjects and science in madrassas will
hardly make any difference to the jihadi culture that
has taken root in Pakistan.
The
age-old analysis that madrassas alone breed the hate and
irrationality that results in international jihad is
itself a distorted worldview. The educational material
in most secular and so-called ‘English-medium’
schools is, at times, equally hateful. Parts of their
textbooks tell lies, craft hate, and incite readers for
a new world order called pan-Islamism, hence
ideologically confusing the students who already suffer
from a serious identity crisis. Faisal Shahzad, the
failed Times Square bomber, an upper middle-class
English speaker, who never even attended a madrassa, was
himself a product of these English medium schools in
Pakistan.
Interestingly,
the theme of hatred and militancy in the curriculum can
be clearly distinguished between the pre- and post-1979
educational contexts. There was no mention of these in
the pre-Islamisation period curricula, while the
post-1979 curricula and textbooks openly eulogise war
and militancy and urge students to become mujahideen and
martyrs. But the target is not only India or Hindus. The
curriculum targets all non-Muslims and countries and
seeks to teach a particularly virulent version of
radical and militant Islam to Pakistan’s children. The
most significant problems with the current curriculum
and textbooks are: i) insensitivity to the religious
diversity of the nation; ii) incitement to militancy and
violence; iii) perspectives that encourage prejudice,
bigotry and discrimination towards fellow citizens,
especially women and religious minorities and other
nations; and iv) the glorification of war and the use of
force.
All
this hatred and indoctrination should also serve as a
reality check for those who delude themselves into
believing that, somehow, India and Pakistan can live
together in peace. This is not possible until there is a
complete overhaul of the educational curriculum in
Pakistan and the process of reverse indoctrination is
completed. Going by what is being done to the Pakistani
children — not only in madrassas but also in schools
runs by the Pakistani state — the entire educational
curriculum needs to be seriously monitored and altered
on a war-footing.
Quran
and national constitution: A food for thought for all
Muslims – by
Khalid Wasti
ہر
مسلمان کا
یہ بنیادی
عقیدہ ہے
کہ قرآن ِ
کریم
سپریم اور
آخری
آسمانی
کتاب ہے
مسلمانوں
کے بے شمار
فرقے ہیں
مثلا َ َ
شیعہ ،
دیوبندی ،
بریلوی ،
وہابی ،
اہلیحدیث
وغیرہ
وغیرہ -
اس کے
علاوہ ،
مختلف
تحریکیں
اور
تنظیمیں
بھی ان
فرقوں کے
اندر
موجود ہیں
مثلا َ َ
تحریک
طالبان
پاکستان ،
انجمن
سپاہ ِ
صحابہ ،
لشکر طیبہ
اور جیش ِ
محمد
وغیرہ -
یہ تمام
فرقے اور
تمام
تنظیمیں
قرآن کریم
کو سپریم
مانتی ہیں
-
مسلمانوں
کا ہر فرقہ
قرآن
ِکریم کو
سپریم
مانتے
ہوئے اور
قرآن ِ
کریم کی
تعلیمات
اور
احکامات
کو پیش
ِنظر
رکھتے
ہوئے
دوسرے
فرقے کے
خلاف کافر
، مرتد اور
دائرہ ء
اسلام سے
خارج ہونے
کا فتوی دے
چکا ہے
مسلمان
فرقوں کے
اندر
موجود
مختلف
تنظیموں
کے سربراہ
مثلا َ َ
اسامہ بن
لادن ،
مُلاں عمر
،
حکیم اللہ
محسود ،
صوفی محمد
، مولوی
فضل اللہ ،
حافظ سعید
، قاضی
حسین احمد
اور
پروفیسر
منور حسن
وغیرہ بھی
قرآنی
تعلیمات
کو سپریم
اور حرف
آخر
سمجھتے
ہیں اور
اپنے تمام
پروگراموں
اور
کاروائیوں
کو بھی
قرآن کے
عین مطابق
قرار دیتے
ہیں خود کش
دھماکوں
کے ذریعے
بے گناہ
مسلمانوں
کا خون
بہانے
والے اور 147مجاہدوں
کی طرح
سینہ تان
کر ان
حملوں کی
ذمہ داری
قبول کرنے
والوں نے
کبھی یہ
بھی کہا ہے
کہ ہم جن 147
کارناموں
کی ذمہ
داریاں
قبول کرتے
ہیں وہ
اسلام اور
قرآن کی
تعلیمات
کے خلاف
ہیں ؟
اسامہ بن
لادن سے
لیکر
مولنا
مودودی ،
مولوی فضل
اللہ ،
حافظ سعید
اور زید
حامد (لال
ٹوپی والے)
تک ، ہر
ایک کا فہم
ِاسلام
اور فہم
ِقرآن
مختلف ہے
قائد ِ
اعظم ان
تمام
معاملات
اور مسائل
کا ادراک
رکھتے
تھے آپ کے
پاس ایک
قابل عمل
حل بھی
موجود
تھا حل یہ
تھا کہ
پاکستان
کو مُلاں
کی ریاست
نہیں
بنایا
جائے گا جو
ہمہ وقت
ایسے
معاملات
میں الجھی
رہے جن کا
نتیجہ
انتشار ،
افتراق ،
فرقہ
واریت ،
انتہاپسندی
اور ذلت و
رسوائی کے
علاوہ کچھ
نہ ہو قوم
لاینحل
مسائل میں
پھنسی رہے
، ایک
دوسرے کو
مرتد اور
واجب
القتل
قرار دے کر
ایک کے
نزدیک
شہید اور
دوسرے کے
نزدیک
جہنم واصل
کرتی رہے
اس کی
بجائے
پاکستان
کو ایک
جدید
جمہوری ،
سیکولر
سٹیٹ
بنایا
جائے گا جس
کے اندر
ریاست کو
کسی شخص کے
مذہب سے
کوئی
سروکار
نہیں ہو
گا ہندو
مندر میں ،
مسلمان
مسجد میں
اور
عیسائی
گرجے میں
جاکر اپنے
عقائد کے
مطابق عمل
کرنے میں
آزاد ہوگا
اور یوں
ترقی
پسندی ،
روشن
خیالی اور
علم وآگہی
کے رستوں
پر چلتے
ہوئے ایک
نوزائیدہ
ملک ترقی
یافتہ
قوموں کے
شانہ
بشانہ
کھڑا ہو گا
افسوس کہ
قائد اعظم
کی جلد
رحلت کے
باعث آپ کے
نظریاتی
دشمن
مُلاںکو
ریشہ
دوانیوں
کا موقع مل
گیا اور اس
نے تمام تر
خرابیوں
اور
بیماریوں
کی بنیاد
قرارداد
مقاصد کو
جو قائد کے
تصورات کے
برعکس تھی
اسمبلی سے
منظور
کروا لیا ،
آج تک جو
آئین کا
حلیہ سدھر
نہیں سکا
اور ہم ایک
قوم کی
حیثیت سے
جہالت ،
ذلت اور
بدنامی کی
دلدل میں
ڈھنستے
چلے جا رہے
ہیں ، اس
کی بنیاد
قرارداد
مقاصد کی
وہ پہلی
اینٹ ہے جس
پر آگے چل
کے
مُلائیت
کی ایک
مضبوط
عمارت
تعمیر ہو
چکی ہے جسے
منہدم
کیئے بغیر
قائد اعظم
کے ملک کی
بقا کسی
صورت ممکن
ہی نہیں
قرآن ِ
کریم بے شک
ہمارے
لیئے ایک
سپریم اور
آخری
آسمانی
نوشتہ ہے
لیکن کسی
بن لادن ،
کسی
محسود،
کسی
مودودی
اور کسی
مُلاں ،
مولوی کو
قران ِ پاک
نے یہ
اختیار
نہیں دیا
کہ وہ اس
کی امن ،
آشتی ، صلح
جوئی
،مساوات ،
بھائی
چارے ،
عالمی
اخوت ، اور
انسانی
قدروں کی
ترجمان
حسین اور
خوبصورت
تعلیمات
کو اپنے
گھٹیا اور
ادنی
سیاسی اور
ذاتی
مقاصد کے
لیئے ایسا
بھیانک
رنگ دے سکے
جو آج کے
اس
گلوبل
ولیج میں
بسنے والی
چھ ارب سے
زائد
آبادی کو
اسلام کا
گرویدہ
کرنے کی
بجائے اس
سے متنفر
اور بیزار
کر دے
قرآن ِ
کریم کی
بالا دستی
کا مفہوم
کیا ہے اور
آنے والے
جدید وقت
کے زمینی
حقائق اور
ضروریات
کے پیش ِ
نظر قرآن ِ
پاک کی
تعلیمات
کی عقلی
اور منطقی
طور پر
قائل کرنے
والی
تشریحات
کا حق صرف
اور صرف
عوام کے
منتخب
نمائیندوں
پر مشتمل
ادارے ،
پارلیمینٹ
کو حاصل ہے
اسلامی
فقہ میں
اسے
اجتہاد
کہتے ہیں -
آئین سازی
کی بات تو
رہی ایک
طرف ، خدا
کی منشاء
کیا ہے ؟
اسلام اور
قرآن ِ پاک
کی عہد ِ
نو کے
تقاضوں سے
ہم آہنگ
تشریح کیا
ہے ؟ کب
اور کہاں
اجتہاد
کرنا
ضروری ہے ،
ان سب امور
کا فیصلہ
پارلیمینٹ
نے کرنا ہے
، جو زمین
پر خدا
تعالی کے
حق ِ
حکمرانی
کو
استعمال
کنے کا
واحد با
اختیار
ادارہ ہے
یہ بات میں
اپنی طرف
سے نہیں
کہہ رہا
بلکہ مفکر
پاکستان
حکیم
الامت
علامہ
محمد
اقبال کے
ارشادات
کو پیش کر
رہا ہوں ،
جسے شک ہو
علامہ کے
خطبات ِ
مدراس
یعنی 1ری
کنسٹرکشن
آف ریلجس
تھاٹس ان
اسلام کا
مطالعہ کر
لے -
قرآن ِ
کریم نے
کسی ایک
جگہ بھی
مسلمانوں
کو اپنے
ملک کے
آئین پر
عمل کرنے
سے نہیں
روکا
امرھم
شوری
بینھم ،،
کے ارشاد
نے جمہوری
نظام کی
صداقت پر
مہر لگا دی
ہے چنانچہ
ایک
مسلمان
ہونے کے
ناطے لازم
ہے کہ ہم
ایک
جمہوری
نظام کے
تحت بننے
والے آئین
کی لفظ اور
روح کے
مطابق
اطاعت
کریں اور
ہر اس طاقت
کا ہاتھ
روک دیں جو
اس کے کسی
لفظ یا شق
کی ایسی
تشریح
کرنا چاہے
جو اس کے
بنانے
والوں کی
مرضی کے
خلاف ہو
اس کے
علاوہ وہ
تمام
مسلمان جو
تہہ ِ دل
سے قران
پاک کو
سپریم اور
آخری
جانتے ہیں
انہیں
چاہیئے کہ
وہ تمام
مسلمان
ممالک کی
حکومتوں
سے مطالبہ
کریں کہ وہ
اپنے اپنے
آئین کو
ختم کرنے
کا اعلان
کرتے ہوئے
قرآن پاک
کو
مسلمانوں
کا مشترکہ
آئین قرار
دیتے
ہوئےارشاد
ِ قرآنی کے
مطابق ایک
امت ِ
واحدہ
ہونے کا
ہونے کا
عملی ثبوت
دنیائے
کفر کے
سامنے پیش
کر دیں اور
جب تک یہ
نیک کام
سرانجام
نہیں پاتا
، اپنے
اپنے ملک
کے آئینوں
کی اطاعت
اور
پاسداری
کریں ، اس
لیئے کہ
قرآن اس سے
منع نہیں
کرت
Zakat
Board And Muslim Economic And Educational Problems
By
Asghar Ali Engineer
14 May, 2010
Indian
Muslims, according to the Sachar Committee Report are
slipping below Dalits in their economic and educational
status and the Committee has supported this with wealthy of
data. This is acknowledged by everyone including the
Government of India. But who is responsible for this state
of affairs? The Muslim themselves or the government? This is
a big debate within the community.There are different views
and various controversies. A section of Muslim
intelligentsia feels that Muslim leaders have habit of
complaining rather than being active in drawing up
strategies for development, change and spread of education.
Breast beating would hardly help in the long run. Community
has to be pro-active in its own interest. It must mobilize
its own intellectual and material resources for development.The
other section feels it is duty of the Government in a
democratic country to help a substantial minority to stand
on its own legs. After all Muslims belong to weaker sections
like OBCs, dalits and tribunals (SCs and STs). There is
woeful lack of education and paucity of resources due to
extreme poverty in the community. Muslims by themselves
cannot mop up enough resources for the purpose.
There is
grain of truth in both the arguments. Muslims have to find a
middle path. Both government as well as Muslim leaders and
intelligentsia must put governmental as well as community
resources together to help the weaker sections in the
community. The Government should realize that more than 15
crore Muslims (150 million) will remain a drag on economic
development of India. India cannot go forward leaving them
behind.The community leaders have to realize that in the era
of globalization and liberalization - and there is hardly
any possibility of going back from it - dependence on the
government has its own limits. The whole dynamics of
liberalization banks upon private initiative and merit. The
community will have to generate internal resources for
development and spread of quality education.
When it comes
to mobilizing internal resources, it is necessary to point
out one significant difference between Dalits and Muslims.
Dalits have hardly much internal resource to mobilize. They
have been underdogs right from the beginning of history.
Even then Ambedkar, from pre-independence days, worked hard
to establish some educational institutions to educate them
so that they could benefit from reservations in government
jobs. Thus Ambedkar did it single handedly for lack of other
leaders.The Muslim situation has been very different in a
way. All Muslims were never underdogs. Various Muslim
dynasties ruled over India for more than 800 years and
created a feudal class with considerable land holdings.
These dynastic rulers as well as the feudal class (Zamindars)
donated from their resources and created Wakf properties
which, in terms of today's ruling prices, are huge running
into thousands of crores.
It is true
that a large number of Zamindars, especially from the north,
migrated to Pakistan along with the middle class which came
into existence in pre-independence era from feudal class,
creating a great vacuum. However, even then a class of
prosperous Muslims were left behind however, small it was.
Then a new class of small entrepreneurs came into existence
from amongst the artisans in post-independence era. Also,
there are business communities in Gujarat among Muslims some
of whom have also taken to middle status industries.Also,
Muslims have traditional educational institutions either run
by income from Wakf properties or many from donations
received from the oil rich Arab countries. The Dalits have
no such sources wither. In drawing up any strategy for
development of Muslims these resources can play an important
role. What is need is a vision and spirit. Muslims produced
Sir Syed in the British era as then what was needed was
modern education among the scions of this Zamindar class to
have influential and high status jobs in the government.Now
in post-independence India what Muslims need is an Ambedkar
who can provide a dynamic lead to Muslim underdogs as
partition has deprived them of the better off classes as
they migrated to Pakistan. A new middle class is being born
from amongst the have-nots. This middle class is slow in
growth as there are very limited avenues for growth for lack
of resources.Thus it will be seen that if the community
leaders are determined to help the community there are three
types of resources which already exist in the community:
(1) Wakf
properties; (2) Zakat fund from a better off sections of
Muslims and (3) The existing institutions of madrasas which
can be modernized and used as dynamic vehicles for spreading
education. However, there are massive challenges to
transform these existing institutions into useful tools for
development of Muslim community.Firstly, the Wakf properties,
though enormous in numbers and in terms of values are either
under possessions of various government organs or mutawallis
(those in charge of Wakf) or old tenants who refuse to
vacate or agree to increase in rent. These are not ordinary
challenges. The Government keeps on making promises but does
precious little to help. It owns institutions are most
unwilling to vacate these Wakf properties which it is
occupying. Also the Wakf act needs to be thoroughly reformed
and empowered to get properties vacated.
Those
appointed on the Wakf boards happen to be political
appointees and there is massive corruption in collusion with
politicians. For example, the Bohra community, being trading
community, has very rich Wakf resources but, the priesthood,
by bribing Wakf members and politicians, pockets all the
income and destitutes of the community get nothing. The
priesthood is fattening itself on the Wakf income despite
protests from reformists. Thus all the resources generated
by Wakf properties are also eaten away. If these properties
are put to proper use, the community will not have to depend
on even government resources for its progress and
development.Secondly, Zakat is a great institution given by
the Qur'an to weaker sections of humanity. Zakat, according
to the Qur'an is meant to be taken from the well off and
given to weaker sections like orphans, widows, wayfarers,
poor and destitute and for liberation of slaves and
prisoners. Today, in India, either the rich do not pay Zakat
at all or pay individually to some poor or feed the beggars
in Ramadan and think they have done their duty.
Thus the very
spirit of Zakat is killed. What needs to be done is to
institutionalize it, collect it through a legally
established body and then distribute it in three portions.
One portion could be given to deserving students as
scholarship to spread higher education, especially technical
education, one portion could be given as interest-free loan
to small traders including petty hawkers which will boost
their income which in turn increase education and decrease
rate of dropouts which is mainly due to poverty.
Interest-free
loan is also a great institution meant to help weaker
sections of society. Today even hawkers and petty traders
have to borrow money from moneylenders at exorbitant rates
and struggle to eke out their living. It is not rich traders
who need interest-free loans but these poor artisans,
hawkers and petty traders. Unfortunately, in the name of
Shari'ah compatible loans and investments it is richer
sections who are making hey while no one talks of poorer
sections.A portion of Zakat money, if properly canalized,
can be given by way of interest-free loans to these weaker
sections. Zakat boards could be established in every state,
or even districts with people of known integrity and crores
of rupees could be mobilized to help the poor of the
community. However, Muslim leadership has neither vision,
nor integrity nor will to do this.The third portion could be
spent as outright charity for extremely poor and needy
people who have no possibility of even returning it.
Recently a
two day seminar was held in Mumbai Hajj house to establish
such a Zakat institution and ended in utter chaos. They
invited some political leaders like Digvijay Singh of the
Congress and the ulama began fighting on his speech. Firstly
why a political leader should at all be invited? It is bound
to result in controversy. Also, the leader of the Barelvi
sect said there is no need to establish any Zakat
institution and the seminar ended in disagreement and
confusion. This is the impression one gets from newspaper
reports.It is unfortunate that everywhere initiative is
given to ulama who have no understanding of the modern
economy and go only by traditional interpretations. They are
too narrow in their outlook and, what is worse, have their
sectarian interests which prevent any attempt to bring about
unity transcending sectarian barriers. It is very difficult
to overcome these massive challenges.These ulama are not
allowing even modernizing of madrasas which can also become
another valuable vehicle for spreading modern education
along with religious education. There is hardly any taker
for modernizing of madrasas among the traditional ulama.
Thus all the valuable resources of the community stand
blocked.
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مقدس گائے
==================Khalid
Wasti
ہر
مسلمان کا
ایمان ہے
کہ ہمارا
دین مکمل
ہو چکا
ہےکوئی
نیا پیغام
، کوئی
صحیفہ
کوئی مقدس
گائے
آسمان سے
نہیں اترے
گی اب اس
زمین پر ہر
شخص مقدس
یا ذلیل
محض اپنے
اعمال اور
کردار کی
بنیاد پر
ٹھہرے گا
اکیسویں
صدی میں
آسان نہیں
رہے گا کہ
جہالت اور
توہمات پر
مبنی
تصورات کو
مُلاں ایک
فتوے کے
زور پر
منوا لے
اب مسائل
کوعلم و
آگہی ، عقل
وخرد ، فہم
و فراست
اور دلیل و
منطق کی
کسوٹی پر
پرکھا
جائے گا
فرد کی طرح
اداروں کی
شہرت یا بد
نامی کا
تعین بھی
ان کی
کارگردگی
اور طرز
عمل سے ہو
پولیس اگر
ایک
بدعنوان
ادارے کے
طور پر
زبان زد
عام ہوچکی
ہے تو اب
یہ داغ کسی
قانون کے
بنانے سے
نہیں دھل
سکت مثلا
اگر ایک
ایکٹ نافذ
کر دیا
جائے کہ آج
سے پولیس
کو
دیانتداری
کے اعلی
ترین مقام
پر فائز
سمجھا
جائے تو
کیا عوام
کی رائے
پولیس کے
بارہ میں
تبدیل ہو
جائے گی ؟
زیادہ سے
زیادہ یہ
ہوگا کہ وہ
مصلحت یا
خوف کے
مارے اس کا
اظہار
نہیں کر
پائیں
گےپولیس
کی بدنامی
جوں کی توں
برقرار
رہے گی
تاآنکہ وہ
اپنے حسن
عمل کے
تسلسل کی
بنیاد پر
بدنامی کے
داغ دھو کر
نیک نامی
حاصل نہیں
کر لیتی
کسی ادارے
کے متعلق
خلق خدا کی
رائے
راتوں رات
نہیں بن
جاتی اس کے
پیچھے اس
ادارے کا
سال ہا سال
پر مبنی
اعمال
نامہ
موجود
ہوتا ہے
اس تمہید
کے
باندھنے
کا مقصد یہ
تھا کہ بعض
جذباتی
قارئین
ایک منطقی
استدلال
کو ذہنی
طور پر
قبول کرنے
میں
دشواری
محسوس نہ
کریں
دراصل
نشاندہی
اس خطرہ کی
کرنا
چاہتا ہوں
جو
پاکستان
کےآئینی
اثاثوں کو
درہیش ہے
مسئلہ یہ
ہے کہ
انتخاب کے
ذریعے
قیامت تک
برسراقتار
نہ آسکنے
والی
قوتیں جو
پچھلے
ساٹھ سال
سے عوام کے
حق
حکمرانی
پر قابض
ہیں، اس
اقتدار کو
اپنے
ہاتھوں سے
جاتا دیکھ
نہیں
سکتیں
قدرتی بات
ہے کہ اس
طاقت نے
آخری دم تک
عوام پر
اپنا تسلط
قائم
رکھنا ہے -
پچھلے
ساٹھ سال
میں مختلف
مراحل پر
مختلف
ہتھکنڈے
اختیار
کیئے
گئےمارشل
لاء ،
پھانسی کا
پھندا ،
کوڑے ،
تشدد ،
جیلیں ،
تحریص و
ترغیب ،
جعلی
عوامی
پارٹیوں
کا قیام
اور ان کی
سرپرستی،
آئی جے آئی
کی تشکیل
اور میڈیا
کا
استعمال
غرض وہ کون
سا ایسا
حربہ ہے جو
دو فیصد پر
مشتمل
اقبضہ
گروپ نے
پاکستان
کی
اٹھانونے
فیصد
آبادی کے
استحصال
کے لیئے
استعمال
نہیں کیا ؟
آج کے بدلے
ہوئے
زمینی
حقائق کی
مجبوریوں
کے پیش نظر
دیگر
ممکنہ
حربوں کے
ساتھ ساتھ
تازہ ترین
حربہ
عدلیہ کی
بالا دستی
کی دھول ہے
جس ملک کے
وسیع تر
مفاد کے
پیش نظ
عوام کی
آنکھوں
میں
جھونکنے
کے لیئے
گرینڈ
پلان کا
حصہ بنا یا
گیا ہے
آج تک تو
ہم عدلیہ
کی آزادی
اور
پارلیمینٹ
کا اصول
سنتے آئے
تھے ، آج
اقتدار کے
اصل
مالکونے
اس اصول کو
الٹا کر
آزای کے
لفظ کو
بالا دستی
سے بدل دیا
ہے جیسا
کہ اس سے
پہلے
،نظریہءپاکستان
کے مفہوم
کو الٹا کر
قیام
پاکستان
کی دشمن
جماعتوں
کو ہی اس
کا اصلی
اور سچ
وارث
بنایا گیا
تھا
پارلیمینٹ
کے بالا
دست ہونے
کا اصول
مان لیا
جائے تو
عدلیہ کی
آزادی کا
مفہوم
بغیر کسی
ابہام کے
خودبخود
واضح ہو
جاتا ہے
یعنی کہ
عدلیہ کی
یہ آزادی
پارلیمینٹ
کی بالا
دستی کے
نیچے ہے
اس لیئے
آنے والے
دنوں میں
آزاد میڈ
کے ذریعے
عدلیہ کے
بالا دست
ہونے کی
اصطلاح اس
زور اور اس
کثرت سے
بیان کی
جائے گی کہ
جھوٹ سچ کی
تمیز ختم
ہو جائے
پارلیمینٹ
زمین پر
خدا کے حق
حکمرانی
کا واحد
اور آخری
ادارہ ہے
پارلیمینٹ
کو یہ حق
خدا تعالی
نے اپنے
بندوں کے
منتخب
نمائیندوں
کے ذریعے
عطا کیا ہے
یہی منتخب
نمائیدے
ملک کا
آئین
بناتے ہیں
اور حسب
ضرورت اس
آئین میں
ترمیم
کرتے ہیں
پارلیمینٹ
ملک میں
قائم
مختلف
اداروں کو
اختیارات
تفویض
کرتی ہے
مثلا فوج ،
بیوروکریسی
، سینٹرل
بورڈ آف
ریوینیو ،
سٹیٹ بینک
آف
پاکستان ،
چئیرمین
نیب اور
عدلیہ
وغیرہ یہ
تمام
ادارے
اپنے
اختیارات
کو
استعمال
کرتے ہوئے
حکومت کے
روزمرہ
امور
چلانے میں
اس کی مدد
کرتے ہیں
اگر ان
اداروں کا
آپس میں یا
حکومت کے
ساتھ کوئی
اختلاف ہو
جائے یا
صوبوں کا
آپس میں
یاصوبوں
کا حکومت
کے ساتھ
کوئی
اختلاف ہو
جائے تو ان
امور کا
تصفیہ
کرنے کی
آخری مجاز
اتھارٹی
سپریم
کورٹ
ہےسپریم
کورٹ کو
پارلیمینٹ
نے اوربھی
وسیع
اختیارات
دے رکھے
ہیں مثلا
آئین کے
کسی حصے کی
تشریح
کرنا ،
وقتا
فوقتا
ہونے والی
ترامیم کا
جائزہ
لینا کہ وہ
آئین کے
کسی
آرٹیکل سے
متصادم تو
نہیںاگر
سپریم
کورٹ کسی
ترمیم کو
آئین کے
کسی حصے کے
خلاف قرار
دے تو پھر
پالیمینٹ
کو نظر
ثانی کرکے
اس کی
اصلاح
کرنا ہوتی
ہے
بچپن کا
ابتدائی
دور یاد
آگیا رات
کو سوتے
وقت امی یا
ابو سے
کہانیاں
سننے کے
ساتھ ساتھ
جو سوال
پوچھے
جاتے تھے
ان میں
سوالوں کی
ایک یہ
سیریز بھی
شامل ہوتی
تھی کہ
فلاں چیز
کو کس نے
بنایا ہے ،
آخر کار
مقطع میں
یہ سخن
گسترانہ
بات آہی
جایا کرتی
تھی کہ
اللہ میاں
کو کس نے
بنایا ہے ؟
اور اس بات
کو سمجھنے
اور قبول
کرنے میں
شدید
الجھن
ہوتی کہ
اسے کسی نے
نہیں
بنایا وہ
ہمیشہ سے
ہے اور
ہمیشہ رہے
گا کہنا
یہ چاہتا
ہوں کہ
سارے
جھگڑوں کا
فیصلہ تو
سپریم
کورٹ نے کر
دیا اب
اگر سپریم
کورٹ کا
اسی ادارے
یعنی
پارلیمینٹ
سے جس نے
اسے تمام
اختیارات
دیئے تھے ،
کسی نکتے
پر اختلاف
ہو جائے تو
آخری
فیصلہ
کرنے کا
مجاز
ادارہ کون
سا ہے چین
آف کمانڈ
سے واضح
ہوتا ہے کہ
یہ حتمی
اختیار
پارلیمینٹ
کو حاصل ہے
-سپریم
کورٹ اپنے
اختیارات
استعمال
کرتی یے
پارلیمینٹ
سے لی ہوئی
طاقت کے
ذریعے
پارلیمینٹ
چلتی ہے
عوام سے
ملی ہوئی
قوت کے بل
پر ، عوام
کو یہ طاقت
خدا تعالی
دیتا ہے کہ
تم زمین پر
میرا
اختیار
قائم کرو
عوام کے حق
حکمرانی
پر ،
جمہوری
نظام پر
اور ون مین
ون ووٹ کے
فلسفے پر
یقین
رکھنے
والوں کو
تو
پارلیمینٹ
کی بالا
دستی
تسلیم
کرنے میں
کوئی
دشواری
نہیں لیکن
عوامی راج
سے خائف ،
اقتدار پر
قابضشکنجہ
گرو اس
اصول کو
تسلیم
نہیں کر
سکتا اس
لیئے کہ اس
کے تسلیم
کر لینے کا
لازمی
نتیجہ یہ
ہے کہہ وہ
ایوان
اقتدار سے
اپنا بستر
بوریا گول
کر لے، جو
کہ نا ممکن
ہے
مُلاں کئی
صدیوں کی
عملی
ٹرینگ اور
پریکٹس کی
بدولت بعض
امور میں
اپنا ثانی
نہیں
رکھتا
مثلا صاحب
اقتدار کے
لیئے اس کا
من پسند
شرعی فتوی
جاری کرنا
، کسی فعل
کو اسلامی
اصولوں کے
منافی
قرار دینا
اور پھر
حسب ضرورت
اسی فعل کو
عین
اسلامی
ثابت کر
دینا ،
واضح اور
دو ٹوک بات
کرنے کی
بجائے گول
مول باتیں
کرکے
ابہام
پیدا
کرنا
انہی
اوصاف کی
بدولت
مُلاں
شکنجہ
گروپ کے
سپوکس
پرسن کا
کردارادا
کرنے کے
لیئے
میدان عمل
میں کود
پڑتا ہے
مُلاں سے
مراد کوئی
خاص قسم کی
شکل و صورت
، لباس یا
روزمرہ
زندگی کی
مخصوص
مصروفیات
رکھنے
والا ہی
نہیں بلکہ
ہر وہ شخص
ہے جس کے
اندر
مُلاں کی
روح سرایت
کر چکی ہے
وہ
ضیاءالحق
بھی ہو
سکتا ہے ،
حمید گل
بھی ، اکرم
شیخ بھی
اور انصار
عباسی بھی
ان کا
مغالطہءواردات
یہ ہوتا ہے
کہ تصویر
کے ایک ہی
رخ کو یا
کسی مسئلے
کے ایک ہی
پہلو کو
اتنے
زوروشور
اور شدومد
سے بیان
کرتے ہیں
کہ گویا جو
ایک رخ یہ
پیش کر رہے
، یہی مکمل
مسئلہ ہے
پارلیمینٹ
اور سپریم
کورٹ کے
حوالے سے
تصویر کا
صرف ایک رخ
پیش کرتے
ہیں اور وہ
یہ کہ
سپریم
کورٹ کا ہر
فیصلہ
حکومت پر
بائینڈنگ
ہے اور
سپریم
کورٹ
پارلیمینٹ
کی کسی بھی
آئینی
ترمیم کو
معطل کر
سکتی ہے
مُلاں
تصویر کا
یہ رخ کبھی
بیان نہیں
کرے گا کہ
چیک اینڈ
بیلنس کے
نظام کو
برقرار
رکھنے کے
لیئے آئین
مختلف
اداروں کو
جب
اختیارات
تفویض
کرتا ہے تو
یہ ایک
اصول طے
شدہ اصول
ہوتا ہے کہ
تمام
ادارے
باہمی ہم
آہنگی کو
برقرار
رکھتے
ہوئے امور
مملکت کو
سرانجام
دینے میں
سہولت
پیدا کریں
گے ، کسی
کے لیئے
روکاوٹ
کھڑی نہیں
کریں گے
جب ہم کہتے
ہیں کہ
مملکت کے
ان ستونوں
کے درمیان
اختلاف
رائے کی
صورت پیدا
ہو جائے تو
حتمی اور
قطعی رائے
پارلیمینٹ
کی ہوگی
یہاں سوال
پیدا ہوتا
ہے کہ کیا
پارلیمینٹ
کو سرخاب
کا پر لگا
ہے جس کی
بنیاد پر
اس کی رائے
کو حتمی
کہا جا رہا
ہے تو جواب
یہ کہ جی
ہاں واقعی
پارلیمینٹ
کو سرخاب
کاایک
ایسا پر
لگا ہوا ہے
جس سے
عدلیہ
محروم ہے
اور وہ ہے
عوام کے
منتخب
نمائیندہ
ہونے کا
حق عدلیہ
کتنی بھی
معزز ہو
جائے کسی
قوم کی
نمائیندہ
بہرحال
نہیں ہوا
کرتی قوم
کے
نمائیندے
وہی
خواتین و
حضرات ہیں
جو
اسمبلیوں
اور سینٹ
میں بیٹھے
ہیں
ہم سب اس
حقیقت سے
آگاہ ہیں
کہ روز مرہ
زندگی میں
، لین دین
کرتے ہوئے
، ایک
دوسرے سے
برتارے کے
دوران ہم
حسن سلوک
اور باہمی
عزت و وقار
کا خیال
رکھتے
ہیں تالی
دونوں سے
بجتی ہے
اگر کوئی
ایک فریق
ان آداب کو
مسلسل نظر
انداز
کرتا چلا
جاتا ہے تو
دوسری طرف
بھی کوئی
لحاظ باقی
نہیں رہتا
اور پھر
معاملات
کو خالصتا
اصولوں کی
بنیاد پر
طے کرنا
پڑتا ہے اب
محض
اصولوں کو
مد نظر
رکھتے
ہوئے غور
کریں کہ جج
حضرات کون
ہیں ؟ کہاں
سے آتے ہیں
؟ کیا یہ
کوئی غیر
مرئی
مخلوق ہیں
؟ نہیں
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
کیا آسمان
سے اترے
ہیں؟ نہیں
۔۔۔۔۔ ان
کے پاس
پاکیزگی ،
نیکی اور
تقوی و
طہارت کی
کوئی
خصوصی سند
ہے جو
دوسروں کے
پاس نہیں ؟
نہیں کوئی
ایسی سند
نہیں
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
کیا یہ اسی
دھرتی اور
اسی
معاشرے کی
جم پل ہیں
؟ جی ہاں
۔۔۔۔۔۔
کیا یہ
دوسرے
لوگوں
جیسا ہی
بچپن ،
لڑکپن اور
جوانی
گزارتے
ہیں ؟
جی ہاں
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
کیا یہ
معاشرے کے
دوسرے
لوگوں کی
طرح مختلف
شعبوں میں
تعلیم
حاصل کرنے
کے بعد
ملازمت کی
تلاش کرتے
ہیں ؟ جی
ہاں ، پی
سی ایس اور
سی ایس ایس
کر کے گریڈ
سترہ کی
ملازمت
پاتے ہیں
پھر اگلے
گریڈوں
میں ترقی
کرکے
دوسرے
ملازموں
کی طرح
ریٹائر ہو
جاتے ہیں
بعض لوگ
ایل ایل بی
یا
بیرسٹری
کرکے
وکالت کی
پریکٹس
کرتے ہیں
اور ایک
معینہ
عرصہ کا
تجربہ
حاصل کرنے
کے بعد
اعلی
عدالتوں
میں براہ
راست بھی
ایڈہاک جج
کے طور
پرآجاتے
ہیں جیسا
کہ کوئی
بھی شخص
مقدس گائے
کی حیثیت
نہیں
رکھتا
بالکل اسی
طرح اعلی
عدالتوں
میں بیٹھے
ہوئے جج
بھی مقدس
گائے نہیں
ہیں -
کوئی
آسمان سے
نہیں
اترا، کسی
کے پاس
تقدس
واحترام
کا الوہی
پروانہ
نہیں ہے
ہر شخص کو
اپنے
اعمال کی
بدولت
اپنی
پہچان
بنانی ہے
محمد خان
ڈاکو یا
رحمان
ڈکیت اپنی
کرتوتوں
کی وجہ سے
ڈاکو اور
ڈکیت بنے
عبدالستار
ایدھی یا
عاصمہ
جہانگیر
نے اپنے
اعمال کی
بنیاد پر
یہ نیک
نامی حاصل
کی ہے
ادارے بھی
افراد کی
طرح
معاشرے
میں اپنی
پہچان
بناتے
ہیں
پٹواری یا
پولیس
اپنے سال
ہا سال کے
طرز عمل
اور کردار
کی بنیاد
پر اپنی
ایک منفی
شناخت بنا
چکے ہیں
بدقسمتی
سے
پاکستان
میں کوئی
ایسا
ادارہ
نہیں جسے
ایک مثبت
مثال کے
طور پر پیش
کیا جا
سکے جہاں
تک عدلیہ
کا تعلق ہے
تو
پاکستان
کے قیام سے
لے کر آج
تک بحیثیت
ایک ادارہ
اس کی
کارکردگی
اگر
شرمناک
نہیں تو
قابل فخر
بھی ہر گز
نہیں رہی
ایک سے
زیادہ
مرتبہ ملک
کا آئین
توڑنے
والے
غاصبوں کو
جوازکی
سندعطا ،
آئین میں
ترمیم
کرنے کے وہ
اختیارات
بھی دے
دیئے جو
خود سپریم
کے پاس بھی
نہیں تھے
( نہ معلوم
یہ
اختیارات
سے تجاوز
ہے کہ نہیں
!) ، ملک کے
جمہوری
وزیر اعظم
کا جوڈیشل
مرڈر کیا ،
ابھی حال
ہی میں
جسٹسس
خلیل رمدے
کو
ریٹائرمینٹ
کے بعد
اصرار کر
کے سپریم
کورٹ میں
ایڈہاک جج
کے طور پر
رکھوایا
گیا جبکہ
مستقل جج
کی آسامی
وہاں خالی
تھی ، پانچ
ججوں کا
بینچ
تشکیل
دیاجس میں
دو ایسے جج
بٹھائے
گئے جو
اپنے خلاف
ہی ایک کیس
کی سماعت
کرنے
جارہے تھے
، جعلی
ڈگری
رکھنے
والے ایک
پارٹی کے
رکن کے
خلاف ایک
فیصلہ اور
دوسری
پارٹی کے
رکن کے
خلاف
دوسرا
فیصلہ آتا
ہے اندریں
حالات
پاکستان
کے عوام نے
عدلیہ کو
اس کے
استحقاق
سے بڑھ کر
عزت دی
مہذب
ملکوں میں
عدلیہ کے
احترام کے
حوالے تو
باتیں کی
جاتی ہیں
لیکن مہذب
ملکوں کی
عدلیہ کے
فیصلوں
اور طرز
عمل کا
حوالہ
نہیں دیا
جاتا یہ
بھی مُلاں
کا تصویر
کے صرف ایک
رخ کو پیش
کرنے کا
حربہ ہے
اٹھانوے
فیصد عوام
کو یرغمال
بنانے
والا قبضہ
گروپ اور
اس کے حصہ
دار مُلا،
میڈیا کے
بکثرت
استعمال
سے کسی فرد
یا ادارے
کو مقدس
گائے
بنانے پر
تلے بیٹھے
ہیں
حالانکہ
کسی نے
مقدس گائے
بنناہے تو
اس کے لیئے
قواعد و
ضوابط اور
پراپیگنڈا
کی نہیں ،
نیک نیتی ،
غیرجانبداری
اورعدل
وانصاف کی
سربلندی
کے لیئے
عملی
نمونہ بن
کر دکھانے
کی طویل
ریاضت
درکار ہے
India
Rocks in Afghanistan:By
Khokar
This
has been the earnest desire of India that it could
exercise a full control over this region. Afghanistan
offers a strategic hub location from where this entire
region full of economic resources can effectively be kept
in control.
Middle
East, Iran, Pakistan and other Central Asian States like
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan for
these countries Afghanistan remains in the centre. Who so
ever can exercise power and influence and has Afghanistan
under their feet; world is theirs. USA is here for the
same.
In
order to just avail a respite; a reduction of US allied
forces has been announced but this may never happen that
US will go away.
India
being a declared strategic partner of USA, a limited
leeway is allowed by USA to India and reportedly India is
reasonably established now in Afghanistan. Most of the
construction contracts like construction of Afghanistan
parliament. TV stations, Bridges on the high ways,
universities and colleges contracts are all with India.
The
main super high way connecting Iran for access to Arabian
Gulf at Iranian mega sea port Chabahar located next to
Gowader is constructed by India. Construction of a main
bridge on Iranian border; where others failed, India has
recently constructed successfully and in 2007(if I am not
wrong); it was handed over to Afghan government. All the
telephone systems contracts are with India. For all this
India is running some 11 conciliates in Afghanistan.
India’s military presence is also being enhanced.
Whereas
in this scenario Pakistan is considered a Vega bond that
everyone likes to hate. So it remains in the grip of
anarchy and chaos induced by CIA and RAW of India that
world out there wants to see Pakistan depleted and
defanged.
Meri
dunya lut rahee thi, aur main behoosh tha
Tuckray,
tuckray dil kay chunta;kis ko itna hosh tha
TTP
since fully paid, supported and trained entity, is the
tool in the hands of USA and India. Because we have
certain elements in Pakistan that they would love to act
as mercenaries and may do anything for money; they may
sell even the entire Pakistan.
Ghairoon
ko kab fursat hey dukh dainay ki
Jab
houta hey; koee Apna hum dum hoata hey
Indian
State's War On People And The Assault On Democratic
Voices:
ByForum
Against War On People
In
a public meeting organised by the Forum Against War on
People at the Gandhi Peace Foundation on 24th April 2010,
various organisations and individuals unequivocally demanded
an immediate and unconditional stop to Operation Green Hunt
and the plunder of people's resources. Prof. Randhir Singh,
prominent political thinker and former Head of the
Department of Political Science in University of Delhi,
noted that "the present government has armed itself
with all kinds of armed forces in its war against people. In
many parts of the country the behaviour of the Indian state
can only be described as a terrorist state. Much has been
made of the recent killing of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada.
But what were they doing in that place? Is it not to repress
the people and take away their land and resources to make
way for the big corporations? People's democratic verdict
has been repeatedly flouted by the ruling classes. So the
people need extra-parliamentary sanctions to pursue the
democratic aspirations of the people. Without
extra-parliamentary sanction to defend, the people will not
be able to fight for democracy. What is happening in this
country is part of a much larger story unfolding. Whether it
is Congress or BJP, they are part of furthering the
neo-liberal capitalist path of development. In contrast, the
people's alternative path of development has to be pursued
and struggled for."
Badshah
Mandi from Jangalmahal (Lalgarh) in his speech stated that
"Police is resorting to indiscriminate firing, torture,
imprisonment and killing of the people of Lalgarh. Rape and
torture is being used, people's health centers built by the
PCPA have been occupied by the paramilitary forces, the
medicines have been taken away. Lalgarh has created an
alternative to the governments run by the CPM, UPA or NDA,
since the development policy of these governments is nothing
but the policy of genocide. The sufferings of the adivasi
people are the result of these government's policies. The
people of this country are suffering from state violence for
more than last 60 years. The question of violence should not
be reduced to armed struggle alone; the question is much
deeper. The struggle is not between the Maoists and the
paramilitary forces, but between the people and the Indian
govt., between the 'development' polices of the government
and people's alternative development." Aparna of the
CPIML (New Democracy), gave more instances of atrocities on
the people's struggles all over the country in the name of
fighting Naxalism/Maoism. People fighting for even their
constitutionally mandated rights in Kosambi and Ghoorpur in
Uttar Pradesh, Kalinganagar, Narayanpatna, Jagat Singhpur
and Niyamgiri in Orissa are facing the brunt of this war on
people. When people raise their voices against government's
pro-corporate policies, the government led by the Union Home
Minister P Chidambaram sends armed forces to crush them.
Dr.
B D Sharma, the former Commissioner of SC/STs, Govt. of
India and ex-Vice Chancellor of North Eastern Hills
University, Shillong, who has been working among the
adivasis of Bastar and other regions, noted that we must
change our perceptions of and attitude towards the adivasis.
We must not consider them as poor, ignorant and lacking in
understanding. The adivasis are fighting for establishing
their claim over common resources, for each and every inch
of their land against the marauding army of the government.
After 1947, in the name of industrialisation and development,
the resources of the adivasis have been plundered
continuously. The Samata Judgment of the Supreme Court says
that the government does not have the right to hand over
adivasi land to the non-adivasis and corporations. But this
judgment has been conveniently set aside by the government
while concluding hundreds of MoUs with foreign and Indian
companies. Dr. Sharma quoted the President of India, who
said that, "Let this not be known to the future
generations that the edifice of the Republic of India was
built on the blood and sweat of the adivasis."The
meeting also raised its opposition to the wars waged by the
Indian state on the people of Kashmir and the North East.
Malem of Committee for the Protection of Democracy, Manipur
(CPDM) said, "We have been raising our voice against
the Indian state's war on people for a long time. The
people's struggle for freedom in Kashmir, Manipur, Nagalim,
Asom and other places against the state is going on for many
decades. The people's democratic aspiration for freedom is
being crushed by the brutal armed forces of the Indian state
violently. These struggles can never be crushed by military
means. The military offensive waged by the Indian state must
be immediately stopped." Prof. Jagmohan the nephew of
Shaheed Bhagat Singh pointed out that this war of the people
against the anti-people policies against the anti-people
character of the Indian government has reached Delhi through
Kashmir, North East and the rest of the country as people
have risen in revolt. The disparities between the rich and
the poor have become so intense and sharp that the genuine
anger of the people cannot be held back for long.Varvara Rao,
the revolutionary poet reminded the audience of the
violation of its constitutional obligations by the
government. He said that the Naxalites have always showed
keenness from 1987 till today to sit for talks with the
government to address people's basic issues like land,
irrigation, education and health. But the government's
policies have failed to address the problems faced by the
oppressed sections of the society. In comparison, the
Naxalites/Maoists have established a pro-people alternative
model of development. In Dandakaranya region, the Naxalites
have distributed lakhs of acres of land to the landless
peasants, created alternative forms of agriculture and
irrigation, healthcare and education. Naxalites are fighting
with the masses and for the masses, unlike Chidambaram and
others who are sitting in ivory towers and sending
paramilitary forces to the adivasi areas. Now the Indian
government is waging a war to crush this alternative form of
development following the 'Andhra model'. None, including
those who differs with the Naxalites/Maoists, do not support
the structural violence perpetuated by the Indian government.
When the question of justice to the people has been firmly
put on the agenda by the Maoists, the absurd and unheard-of
condition of 'abjuring violence' has been forwarded by
Chidambaram. When Chidambaram offered to resign, BJP on ne
hand and CPM on the other, said that we are with you. This
shows the bankruptcy of the parliamentary parties in India
today. Talks must take place immediately, but it should take
place on the question of justice and not on violence. For
this, a conducive atmosphere needs to be created. The
democratic forces, the media and the civil society have a
crucial responsibility in creating this atmosphere for
talks.Arundhati Roy asked, is the government ready for talks?
The government is claiming that it is ready for talks, only
the Naxalites are not interested. However the reality is
that the government badly needs war, not peace. The money
generated by the mining industry can buy off the government,
the political parties, the judiciary, everything. This war
is waged by Mr. Chidambaram on behalf of them. Who are the
Maoists? They are the malnourished, hungry and
poverty-stricken adivasis going through an acute struggle
for survival. The government is using two guns to repress
the people: 'development' and the media. The government is
confident that similar to Telangana, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Manipur or Kashmir, it will be able to crush the ongoing
movements of the adivasis as well. But the government needs
to be reminded that it has got embroiled in wars in Kashmir
and North East like the USA has got entrapped in Afghanistan
and Iraq. We are saddened by the death of CRPF personnel.
But what of those adivasis who were brutally massacred by
the government's armed forces in places like Gompad? It is
simply possible for the government to kill of all the
Maoists. Will the people be killed for dreaming of justice?
There needs to be talks, but it is going to be difficult
unless pressure is exerted by all of us on the government to
sit for negotiations. We must demand that there has to be an
immediate cease-fire. Operation Green Hunt must be stopped
immediately. The MoUs must be scrapped. The lakhs of
adivasis displaced by the war and by the mining projects
must be rehabilitated.
Apart from the above, the public meeting was also addressed
by speakers representing many organisations, including PUDR,
Jan Hastakshep, and also by prominent activists and
intellectuals. The meeting reaffirmed the demand that
Operation Green Hunt be immediately stopped, all armed
forces (special police, paramilitary, etc) be immediately
withdrawn, the MoUs concluded with various corporations in
the adivasi regions be immediately scrapped, the grievances
and issues of the people be addressed and settled
politically and not militarily. The government's increasing
practice of crushing democratic dissent and branding of
people's organisations and civil rights activists as Maoist/Naxalite
sympathisers was also condemned. The gathering demanded that
an immediate stop be put to such intimidatory tactics.
The
following Resolution was passed in the Public Meeting:
A
barbaric, bloody and unprecedented war has been let loose by
the central government against the common people of India.
Paramilitary forces, helicopters, are already in operation
against the people; the government is now actively preparing
to use military under the name of 'special force', Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), etc. Successive governments of India
have anyway been at war with the people of Kashmr and the
North East for decades; now the attack is engulfing all
parts of the country. In various garbs and in various names
all forms of people's struggles, all struggles in defense of
land, of mineral resources, for defense of democratic rights
are the targets of the government.The objective of this
unprecedented armed offensive against the people is to crush
all forms of struggle and revolutionary movements so as to
clear the way for giant MNCs and big corporates with whom
hundreds of MoUs have to be signed by the government. This
ongoing war is leaving a trail of devastation and death.
Adivasis in scores of villages in Chhattisgarh have been
killed, democratic voices are under attack. Swapan Das Gupta,
the editor of Bangla People's March and arrested under UAPA
died in custody on 2nd February 2010. Lalmohan Tudu,
president of PCPA was picked up and shot dead by the
paramilitary forces on 23rd February 2010. General terror on
the fighting people of Lalgarh is ever increasing. On 20th
November 2009, Wadeka Singana, the President of CMAS in
Narayanpatna was shot dead by the police. Two leaders
associated with the struggle, Gananath Patra and Tapan
Mallick have been arrested on trumped up charges. In Kalinga
Nagar, 28 platoons of the police moved against the struggle
of Visthapan Virodhi Jan Manch, and 16 adivasis were injured
in police firing on 30th March 2010. The police is
continuing its atrocities. In three districts near Allahabad
in UP, no mass activity is allowed declaring these areas as
'Naxalite infested'. 17 leaders of AIKMS stand arrested
under the Gangster Act. Over 450 peasant leaders in Punjab
were arrested to prevent joining a peasant demonstration on
25th March 2010. Thousands are in jail and are being
tortured for allegedly being Naxalite/ Maoist sympathisers.
People's organisations like the UCL, IAPL, PUDR, RDF, PDFI,
CRPP, APDR, DSU etc, and their activists have been falsely
implicated by the government.
Welcoming
and saluting the resistance of the fighting people in
various forms in various parts of the country, we call for
Stop war on people, stop Operation Green Hunt, and hold
dialogues with the organisations of the struggling
people.All India Students Association (AISA), Campaign for
Peace & Democracy Manipur (CPDM), Committee Against
Violence On Women (CAVOW), Committee for the Release of
Political Prisoners (CRPP), Correspondence, CPI (ML) (Liberation),
CPI (ML) (New Democracy), CPI (ML) (New Proletarian), Delhi
General Mazdoor Front (DGMF), Delhi University Campaign
Against War on People, Democratic Students' Union (DSU),
International Association of People's Lawyers India,
Jatisoshan Virodhi Samithi, JNU Forum Against War on People,
Kashipur Solidarity Group, KRALOS, Krantikari Lok Adhikar
Sanghatan (KLAS), Krantikari Yuva Sanghathan (KYS), Left
Democratic Teacher's Front (LDTF), Mazdoor Ekta Manch (MEM),
Mazdoor Kranti Parishad (MKP), Mehanatkash Mazdoor Morcha (MMM),
Naga People's Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), Naga
Students Union Delhi (NSUD), Nari Mukti Sangh (NMS),
Navjawan Bharat Sabha (NBS), People's Front (PF), PFD,
Popular Front of India, Progressive Democratic Front of
India (PDFI), Radical Notes, Revolutionary Democratic Front
(RDF), Individuals: Randhir Singh, Arundhati Roy, BD Sharma,
Neshat Quaiser, Prashant Bhushan, Tripta Wahi, Vijay Singh
and others. For further contact: stopwaroncitizens@gmail.com,
Visit the site: www.icawpi.org
Why
No Dalit Personal Law?
By
Prabhat Sharan
25
April, 2010
Generations
have grown up in the pale of society with their death cries
disappearing in the dark penumbra of a moonless sky. Like
disemboweled creatures, they have been shunned, exploited,
discriminated, disparaged, despised and humiliated.And for
centuries their wails and howls have been mingling
helplessly with the swirling dust motes inside their fusty
and musty cracked thatched walls of huts dotting the fringes
of towns and villages.
Call
them Sudra, Chandala, Nisada, Antya, Bahya, Antyaynis,
Harijan, Dalit or down-trodden. Call them by any name the
fact is that people of these communities cut out like cancer
by the Indian societal structures are yet to see the elusive
white clear moonlight of justice bathing their lives.The
emancipation movement ignited two centuries ago has now
become a wheel trapped in a morass, spinning and digging
deeper, throwing out muck but not inching forward. The
movement has reached an impasse and people continue to live
and die in the void of dark shadows of the society.
Recently
in a seminar “Modernity, Tradition and Resistance in South
Asia,” organized by Mumbai University, during an informal
talk, a radical sociologist, Dr. Neshat Quaiser from Jamia
Millia Islamia Central University, raised a startling
proposition and a query.
Dr.
Quaiser’s proposition was that since Dalit community has
always been outside the realm of Hindu fold and the
Brahmanical structure, Dalits should have their own Personal
Law since they have an independent identity. The very fact
by allotted a lower order in the Brahmanical varna structure,
Sudra had nothing to do with losing any kind of caste
identity.“Why till date has there been no demand for Dalit
Personal Law? There are no two opinions over the fact that
Dalit for ages have been exploited and oppressed by Hindu
Brahmanical structures as well by the succeeding ruling
class and communities- be it Muslims or Christians. They
have been tortured by everyone, but surprisingly neither
Dalit politicians, nor activists, nor intellectuals, nor
intelligentsia class, from community, itself in recent times
have ever bothered to raise the issue of Dalit Personal Law.
Dr.Quaiser’s
argument is that since Dalit community is outside the realm
of Hindu fold as they are not a part of the Hindu varna
system, Dalit should have their own Personal Law and their
emancipation, self-esteem and self-respect lies in asserting
their independence away from the Hindu fold and not by
tinkering or seeking social reforms by being inside the
Hindu system.Noted historian Ram Sharan Sharma, in his
classic work “Sudras in Ancient India-A social history of
the lower order down to circa.A.D.600,” tracing the exodus
to the Indian sub-continent in pre-Vedic era states that
early literature does not show that there was any class
division as the society was still in the pastoral stage.
Similarly,
sociologist Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya mentions, “The
genuinely earlier portions of the RgVeda knew neither
caste-distinction nor contempt for empirical knowledge and
it’s functioning in different spheres of life. Far from
being looked down upon that Tvastr, the craftsman, was
raised to the status of a powerful deity. The making of the
world was conceived in terms of wood craft, done as if by a
carpenter’s or joiner’s skill. Subsequently, however,
this attitude was not maintained which may be illustrated
with reference to what happened to the fate of the Asvins,
the master-physicians, whose position was lowered and right
of drinking Soma in the assembly of gods denied. Material
Sciences came to be known as avidya or false knowledge. ”
(Indian Puberty Rites-pp75, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers,
New Delhi-Second Revised Ed:1980.)According to Sharma, “It
appears just as the common European world ‘slave’ and
Sanskrit ‘dasa’ were derived from the names of conquered
peoples, so also the word Sudra was derived from a conquered
tribe of that name. There is no doubt that Sudra existed as
a tribe in the 4th century B.C, for Diodoros records the
advance of Alexander against a tribe called Sodrai who
occupied modern Sind. (Sudras in Ancient India-pp34, Motilal
Banarsidass Publishers, Reprint :Delhi 2002.)
Sharma
further points out that Sudras appear as a tribe in the
earliest part of the Atharva Veda and “all these peoples
seem to have been inhabitants of north-western India where
in Mahabharata, the Sudra tribe is described as living with
the Abhiras…the occurrence of the term Sudra in what is
regarded as the earliest and the most characteristic part of
the Atharva Veda should be understood not in the sense of
varna, but in that of a tribe.” (ibid-pp36.)In fact,
Sharma points out that Sudras also had their own gods, some
Aryans others non-Aryans. Thus, “Brahmanical statement in
the stories of creation that Sudras did not have any gods
does not represent the correct position…the Brahmanical
legends show a deliberate attempt to deprive the Sudra of
the right to worship and sacrifice which he formerly shared
with his Aryan fellowmen, or enjoyed independently as a
member of aboriginal tribes.” (Ibid-pp83)
Marxist
philosopher Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya in “Lokayata-A Study
in Ancient Indian Materialism,” quotes Manu the most
vociferous anti-Sudra describing “Ganapati as the deity of
the depressed class, the Sudra.” (Lokayata-pp131,
People’s Publishing House, New Delhi, Eighth Edition:2006.)And
this view of distancing Sudra tribe from the priestly class
started emerging towards the end of Rg Vedic period when the
pre-class society starting moving from pastoral society to
agrarian society which required labourers.The need of the
labour led to spinning of religion and ideology so as to
regularize the system of labour supply. “A clear line was
drawn between mental and manual labour. The denial of Vedic
education to the Sudra implied that he was condemned to
physical labour…and this was justified on the basis of
mythical origin from the feet of the creator. (Sudras in
Ancient India-pp316.)
The
Sudra community which had by then an amalgamation of several
tribes also incorporated slaves or dasas. In, “Slavery in
Ancient India,” Dev Raj Chanana delineates the emergence
of the practice of untouchability after the inclusion of
tribes like Chandala and slave or dasas, whereby ”the duty
of a Sudra whether slave or not (he could be a free person,)
to undertake all the dirty jobs that a slave had to do.” (Slavery
in Ancient India-pp116 People’s Publishing House, New
Delhi, Third Reprint:2008.)Almost everybody then who was
anti-Brahmin were, termed as Sudra. Thus Jains, Buddhists
and Ajivkas all were termed- or in Brahmanical literature
“condemned”- as Sudra. Buddhism which had the strongest
influence was confined to artisan Sudra.
But
almost all the reforming religious movements of Buddhism,
Jainism, Saivism and Vaisnavism never questioned the Karma
theory which acted as pivotal doctrine to the Brahmanical
social stratification order.The religious reforming
movements merely contained social discontent and according
to Sharma, “By promising religious equality in places of
other forms of equality they helped to reconcile the lower
orders to the existing social system. The spirit of protest
against social inequities which marked these movements in
earlier stages withered away in course of time and they
identified themselves with the essentials of the varna
organization.” (Sudras in Ancient India-pp326.)
The
point here is not to carry out an in-depth research on the
origins or the conditions that led to the emergence of the
inhuman practices of the ruling societies in the Indian
sub-continent, but to emphasize the fact that the
communities tribals and non-tribals clubbed together and
termed as Dalit, had nothing to do with the brahmanical
societal code which have been deliberately imposed on them
so as to gain a permanent servitude from them.Ironically,
the scenario has not changed much even today for these
exploited and oppressed communities. To reduce it to one
causative factor would be erroneous but then causes for any
effect tend to be inter-connected, having a common string
running across them.
According
to Dalit activist and Ambedkarite, Rahul Gade, the sub-human
condition and the dehumanization of millions of people
living in broken crucibles with fractured lives and torn
dreams of a simple life, is primarily due to the
short-sighted political and economic gains of the Dalit
political leaders, activists, intelligentsia and pro-Dalit
Intellectuals who just want to work within the caste system
and want to be a “part of the Hindu system itself.”Gade
holds Dalit elites responsible for the failure of
emancipation movement, stating “it seems some elite Dalits
in unwary upbeat mood perhaps for self-serving reason
naively aim to reform the Hindu religion.”
Moreover,
Gade further says Dalit intellectuals for some reason refuse
to overcome the “Dalit obsession leading them to emphasize
from every platform their Dalit identity in a negative
way.” This negative and low-esteem emotive facet offers no
solace to the oppressed community and in fact has only
increased the distance between elites and the masses.Social
action theorist, Dr. Vivek P.S from Mumbai University’s
Sociology Department also concedes the growing frustration
of the masses vis-à-vis the elites. “Not all scholars but
a section of intelligentsia and intellectuals deem it as a
statement of style to keep on harping emotive aspects in
every form of analysis of caste oppression.”
Dr.
Vivek who had also spent several years organizing Safai
Kamgar (Sweepers and Scavengers) in Mumbai points out that
the refusal to consider the class-interest-analysis has also
furthered their alienation from the masses. And being
over-focussed on emotive aspects, they hardly bother about
the economic interests and its ramifications while analysing
any given issue pertaining to Dalits. Though not significant
in numbers, the section is certainly powerful in Indian
polity and research academia and they have become a kind of
Dalit Brahmin looking down upon the oppressed masses- using
their pain and sufferings for narrow gains.”
Grass-root
Dalit activist and journalist, Raj Jagtap goes further in
condemning not only Dalit political leaders but also
intellectuals who parrot Dr. B.R.Ambedkar at the drop of hat.
Dr. Ambedkar sincerely believed that in every country,
“the intellectual class is the most influential class,”
and thus Dalit intellectuals were expected “to carry the
torch of liberty. But what is happening is totally different.”
“In
my interaction I have found that like politicians a group of
pro-Dalit and Dalit intellectuals have formed a coterie and
behave like shopkeepers out to sell wares comprising pain,
woes and tears. Though not all of them, but a majority of
them want oppression to continue so that shops will keep on
running… and that is one of the reasons that they want to
remain in the Hindu fold, forgetting that Babasaheb (Dr.B.R.Ambedkar)
had made it very clear that the object of emancipation
movement had nothing to do with Hindu social reform. It is a
sad thing to see a mad scramble is on to paint a bright
future and ironically not many of them want the bright
future to condense in the present,” Jagtap points out.The
point of this article is to rake up a healthy debate so that
a path forward can be chalked out for the millions of
oppressed toilers waiting for the elusive cool clear white
light of justice and equality to erase the blisters scarring
their lives.Prabhat Sharan is a Senior Journalist with
interest in social, working class, wild-life conservation,
philosophical and literary studies. He can be contacted at
India’s
Black Day in Counter-Insurgency
By B. Raman
6/4 will go down as a black day
in the history of India’s counter-insurgency just as 26/11
became a black day in the history of Indian
counter-terrorism.
2. In
a well-prepared and well-executed attack of unprecedented
mobilisation, precision and savagery a large number of
Maoists (Naxalites_) — estimated by the local police to be
about 1000 strong— ambushed a combined party of over 80
members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the
District Police returning from road security duty and
managed to kill 72 members of the CRPF and one member of the
District police force on April 6,2010. The Maoists had
reportedly taken up position on a hill overlooking the route
by which the party was returning after performing its task.
It is not clear whether the route was a regular road or a
motorable jungle track. The ambush took place in the thick
Mukrana forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
3. The fact that the
Maoists were able to mobilise such a large number of persons
for the ambush would indicate that they had advance
indication of the return of the CRPF party by that route.
They might have had advance intelligence of the plans of the
party or they might have assessed that the CRPF might be
returning by this road after watching the CRPF men conduct
search and destroy operations in the area for three days.
4. A rule of precaution
in counter-insurgency operation is that you don’t use the
same route for going to an operational area and for
returning from there. Often, this precaution is not followed
by the security forces either due to carelessness or due to
the fact that the security forces do not have much of a
choice due to the poor development of roads in the jungle
areas in which the Maoists operate.
5. One may recall an
incident a couple of years ago when a large police party had
gone by boat from Andhra Pradesh into Orissa. The Maoists
had noticed them going and had correctly assessed that the
AP police party would be returning by the same route. When
they did, a large number of Maoists had taken up position on
a raised feature overlooking the river and they literally
mowed down over 50 members of the police party.
6. We had probably not
learnt the right lessons from the river ambush and
facilitated a deadly road ambush in thick forests by not
following basic dos and donts of counter-insurgency. The
CRPF and the District Police have to perform a thankless
task for want of proper road and telecommunications networks
in the Maoist-infected areas. While the Maoists are trained
to treck long distances by foot, the security forces tend to
be road and vehicles-bound. They become sitting ducks for
the insurgents, who surprise them with explosives and
landmines and then mow them down with hand-held weapons. The
reflexes of the security forces tend to be weak as could be
seen from the fact that there have been very few instances
of an ambushed security forces patrol recovering from the
ambush and retaliating against the Maoists. Ambushes always
tend to be fatal for the security forces with very few
instances of successful counter-ambushes by the security
forces.
7. Continuing serious
deficiencies in rural policing and in police-rural
communities relationships have been coming in the way of
village help for the police by way of preventive
intelligence. Counter-intelligence in the rural areas to
prevent the penetration of the security forces by the
Maoists is also weak. The fact that only one member of the
District Police was killed in the ambush of April 6 as
against 72 members of the CRPF makes one suspect possible
collusion between the Maoists and some members of the
District Police. Since the Maoist and the District Police
recruits are recruited from the same rural stock,
possibilities of penetration of the new police recruits by
the Maoists are high.
8. The time has come to
think in terms of using helicopter patrols and spotter
drones in our counter-insurgency operations against the
Maoists in areas covered by thick jungles. An important
question to be examined in this connection is how to prevent
civilian casualties of villagers and residents of jungles
and avoid environmental damage.
(The writer is
Additional Secretary (Retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of
India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For
Topical Studies, Chennai.
Lets be
united, stand and continue struggling for Pakistani
Christians.

Arshed
Masih is fighting for his life after he was nearly burned to
death by Muslim militant leaders backed by police,
March
24, 2010
Parvez
Iqbal, President Pakistan Christian Congress Holland
Chapter and Bureau Chief Amenews expressed his
grieves on situation with Christians in Pakistan and
sorrowfully mentioned, while our Christians were busy in
demonstration and struggling for their rights holding dead
Body of young man of Arshad Masih who lost his life after
burning him alive by his Employer
Sheikh Mohammad Sultan only for refusal to convert to
Islam what mean to us to celebrate Pakistan Day with all
joys and happiness????
When
our nation in Pakistan were busy in burying a young man,
do we need to sing and celebrate??????? Where are
practical sympathies with Pakistani Christian
victims????
Despite
sharing their burdens and helping them both morally and
spiritually, why they are forgotten???
Indeed
we Love Pakistan more than all and honestly we pray for
Long Life, star shining future and all happiness in
Pakistan to all mankind living there. As Christians we own
it and do all our responsibilities as our forefathers did
for betterment and good name of Pakistan on the Globe.
It
was really disappointing when Christians Brothers and
sisters in Pakistan were mourning on chain of incidents
followed by injustice both through Government and
Judiciary, outside Pakistan few were celebrating
forgetting their pains.
Does
we full fill all our responsibilities after few lines of
condemnations??? and than leave our brothers and sisters
with painful hearts, tearful eyes and row of troubles with
irreparable losses.
We
need to feel their pain and troubles in our hearts and
take some positive and very practical steps not only to
show our sympathies and Love but also to fight for their
rights justice fully first through our prayers and than
through all our efforts honestly and sincerely.
It
was quick appeal only few hour after the incident of
Arshad Maish and family to all Christians please lift them
up first in your prayers and ask our ever living God in
Heaven to do justice with them despite appealing to
Government or CJ. Because we prefer to knock the most high
authority and not to one who cannot see straight to give
justice on neutrally.
We
don’t need to tell our God that our problems are very
big but let us warn our enemies, accused
and problems that Our God is most High and Powerful.
Celebrating
nationhood and constitutionalism By Farahnaz Ispahani
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 By: Farahnaz Ispahani
> The emergence of Pakistan as the homeland of South
Asia’s Muslims, with their unique identity as a nation,
was an unparalleled event in the twentieth century. The
adoption of the Pakistan resolution at the All India Muslim
League open session on 23rd March 1940 in Lahore gave our
nation a clear direction. It was no coincidence that 23rd
March was chosen in 1956 as the date when Pakistan’s first
constitution came into effect and again as the day in 1973
when, after the trauma of two successive dictatorial
misadventures, the country adopted a consensus constitution.
> Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah envisaged a modern
democratic state for South Asia’s Muslims. His entire life
represented respect for rule of law, justice and fairness.
Starting his political career as an ardent nationalist, he
earned the title of “ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity.”
His advocacy of a separate Muslim homeland began only after
he was convinced that the Muslim nation would not get fair
representation and protection without the creation of
Pakistan. The Quaid’s conception of Pakistan was clearly
rooted in the notion of a constitutional democracy. It is
unfortunate that Pakistan’s leadership was hijacked within
a decade of its independence by the dark forces of
dictatorship. Within two years of the adoption of the 1956
constitution, the constitutional order was overthrown and
the country did not get its first general elections until
1970.
> The refusal of an unelected elite to accept the result
of the 1970 elections led to the break up of
Quaid-i-Azam’s Pakistan. Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
lifted the spirits of the demoralized nation but also gave
the country a consensus constitution. The 1973 constitution
conformed to the vision of the Quaid drawing its inspiration
from Islamic principles, guaranteeing equal rights for all
the citizens and above all was thoroughly democratic in
character. Shaheed Bhutto’s removal from power and
eventual judicial murder plunged the country into darkness.
> The two military dictators that followed each had a
stint of power spanning a decade. Instead of recognising the
sovereignty of the people and the supremacy of the
constitution, General Ziaul Haq and General Pervez Musharraf
played havoc with the constitution and our state
institutions. General Musharraf’s assault on the
constitution is fresh in the memory of the Pakistani nation.
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s return to Pakistan in
October 2007 and her courageous embrace of martyrdom gave
the nation the strength to face down the Musharraf
dictatorship and to ensure a peaceful return to democracy as
a result of the February 2008 elections.
> The process of restoration of democracy would not be
complete without the restoration of the 1973 constitution. A
nation’s constitution is by definition a living document
that can be amended through the constitutionally mandated
process, reflecting changes and needs of the times. But
Generals Ziaul Haq and Musharraf arbitrarily amended a
consensus document to reflect their twisted thinking that
only usurpers of power occupying the presidency through
coups d’etat could protect the national interest. When
President Asif Ali Zardari sought and secured election as
President, some critics wrongly and unjustifiably attributed
to him the desire to wield absolute power under the
dictators’ distorted constitutions. In reality, President
Zardari’s election to the highest office in the land was
essential to complete the country’s transition to full
constitutional rule. Had the presidency remained in the
hands of a dictator, instead of being held by someone who
has willingly accepted suffering for the sake of the
struggle for democracy, the process of recreating consensus
on a constitutional package would almost definitely have run
into difficulties.
> The honour of removing constitutional aberrations and
of restoring the 1973 constitution will has bestowed on the
PPP government under the stewardship of President Zardari,
with the participation of all major political forces in the
country. President Zardari had planned to complete the
transition to democracy and to return the country to the
foundations of the 1973 constitution from his first day in
office. During his address to the joint sitting of the
parliament last year, he advised the Speaker of the National
Assembly, Dr Fahmida Mirza, to immediately form a
constitutional committee comprising representatives of all
political forces in the parliament to look at not only doing
away with the arbitrary amendments including the infamous
17th amendment inserted by the dictator but also to settle
the question of provincial autonomy according to the wishes
of the federating units. Had the presidency been in
apolitical or establishment hands, as some had desired, the
process might have once again been derailed.
> Irrespective of what his detractors may like to say,
the fact is that Zardari has ungrudgingly consented to
forego the powers conferred on the President under the 17th
amendment as was his original promise and intention. The
constitutional committee is understood to have completed its
job and the constitutional package will be in the parliament
within this month. The significance of the month of March
lies in the fact that this was the month when the Pakistan
resolution was adopted in the year 1940 and it was during
this month that Shaheed Bhutto choreographed the
constitution in 1973. It will again be March when the
constitution embodying the vision of Quaid-i-Azam and
Quaid-e-Awam will be restored. This year on Pakistan day, we
will be able to celebrate not only our nationhood but also
our unwavering commitment to constitutionalism.
Hindu
Minority report from BBC
Pakistan
is home to some 2.5 million Hindus officially (unofficial
number is more than Double) , 95% of them living in the
southern Sindh province.
Most
are poor, low-caste peasants.However there are also some
successful upper caste businessmen. In Sindh, they are a hot
commodity for bandits.They lack the protection afforded to
local tribal Muslims.Whole tribes often go to war with one
another in rural Sindh over any slight to their members.That
cushion is not available to the Hindu minority.
Protection
money
In
recent years kidnapping for ransom and armed robberies have
multiplied in the area and Hindus have increasingly been the
focus of attacks.Hindus have to pay thousands of pounds to
avoid kidnappingMany pay protection money regularly to local
gangs or influential figures. But in spite of this they are
still targeted.Santosh Kumar, a rice trader from Larkana
town in upper Sindh, and his two brothers were kidnapped in
separate incidents in 2006. They were later released after
paying a huge ransom.
Another
wealthy trader from the nearby city of Sukkur in Sindh,
Sundeep Kumar, was kidnapped in 2005.He was released after
paying a ransom of over a million rupees ($16,000),
according to local sources.The ransom can sometimes go up to
five times that amount.But not all Hindus are as rich as
Sundeep Kumar.Last August, a youth, Ramesh Lal, was
kidnapped. His relatives could not afford the ransom, and
his body was later found at a police check post.In the last
three years at least five Hindu traders have been killed
after being kidnapped or offering resistance.
“
Powerful
oppress the weak”
Ramesh
Lal, a Hindu MP in Pakistan’s parliament says, “The
Hindus are not as rich as portrayed.”“Often the
kidnappers ask a huge amount that the families cannot pay.
As a result the hostages are killed.”Even Hindu women and
children are not spared by the kidnappers
The
President of the Hindu council in Sukkur district, Mukhi
Aishwar Lal says, “the powerful always oppress weaker
communities… Hindus are weak so they are targeted.”He
relates how a few years back a Hindu family travelling by
local bus were kidnapped by local bandits, while rest of the
passengers were allowed to go.
Around
that time some foreigners were also kidnapped in the same
area. The police secured their release without any payment,
but the Hindus were released after a huge ransom was doled
out.Such incidents increase the feeling among Hindus that
they have no say in power and authority in the country.
Political
apartheid
In
Pakistan’s political system, the minorities, such as
Hindus, Christians and Sikhs, remain outcasts despite
represented in every major political party.After Gen Pervez
Musharraf seized power in 1999, he scrapped the
controversial separate electorate system introduced former
dictator Gen Zia-ul-Haq in 1980s.
Under
the separate electorate system, non-Muslims could only vote
for candidates of their own religion. Seats were reserved
for minorities in the national and provincial assemblies.
Critics
said Muslim candidates no longer had any incentive to pay
attention to the aspirations of the minorities.Gen Musharraf
hoped to reverse that by the simple step of abolishing the
system. But that appears to have failed.Sudham Chand, a
Hindu community leader who led a local campaign to scrap the
separate electorate system was killed in broad daylight. His
murder conveyed many a message.The killers were not arrested.
His brother later migrated to India.Ramesh Lal, a member of
the National Assembly, says that the restoration of the
conventional electoral system is of little use if the
minorities have no security.And still, he complains, no one
asks the minorities what problems Pakistani Sindhi
Hindu rape murhey are suffering.
Kidnapping
reflects fears of Pakistan minorities
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010:In a country beset by a powerful Islamist insurgency, where
suicide bombings are commonplace and government offensives
widely dismissed as ineffective, anyone can become a victim.
PESHAWAR Five Sikh men who fled their hometown on the
Afghan border were making a quick trip back home when masked
men blocked their way with a pickup on a mountain road not
far from the Khyber Pass.
There were no houses, no buildings, no other cars in sight.
The kidnappers covered their faces with black scarves and
carried machine-guns.
Surjeet Singh had just wanted to check on the small grocery
store he had left behind in Dabori, the Pakistani town he
fled a year ago when it was overrun with Taliban fighters
and the government launched a bombing campaign against them.
In an area torn by Islamist violence, it had quickly become
a dangerous place for a non-Muslim.
Singh and the four friends traveling with him that day all
wore the carefully wrapped turbans that made their Sikh
religion clear.
They were going back to pick up money they were owed, or to
check on their businesses. They had called friends ahead of
time to check on the situation. They thought a quick trip
would be safe.
“We were born there. We grew up there,” said Singh, who
today is recovering from a bullet wound in a small apartment
in a crowded maze-like neighborhood of Peshawar, the largest
city in Pakistan’s northwest. “Our forefathers had been
there for hundreds of years. We have houses, shops, land.”
In today’s Pakistan, though, that is not enough.
In a country beset by a powerful Islamist insurgency, where
suicide bombings are commonplace and government offensives
widely dismissed as ineffective, anyone can become a victim.
But for the nation’s minorities – its small communities
of Hindus, Christians and Sikhs – life is particularly
precarious. Thousands have fled their villages, crowding
into urban slums. Thousands more have fled the country.
“With the rise in militancy in our society in general, and
in the northwest in particular, minorities are feeling more
threatened,” said I.A. Rehman, a senior official with
Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission. He noted that many
Sikhs have been driven from their homes, and those that
remain are now often forced to pay the militants a
“jizya” – a traditional tax for non-Muslim.
Singh’s journey, which began on a cold morning in January
and ended 42 days later with a March 1 bloody gunbattle,
underscores the threats to those minorities, as well as the
lawlessness of Pakistan's frontier regions.
Two months later, it’s still not clear exactly why the
Sikhs were targeted: Were the bandits waiting for them?
Would they have kidnapped anyone who came by?
Certainly their religion made them easier targets, since it
is more difficult for them to make use of the region’s
informal power networks, the tribal and religious leaders
who can protect people in the semiautonomous areas.
On that day, though, as armed men swarmed toward their car,
shouting for the five Sikh men to move quickly, all Singh
and his friends were thinking about was survival.
Two if them managed to slip away amid the chaos, but three
– all sharing the same common Sikh surname, Singh – were
quickly captured.
“They held us at gunpoint, immediately dragged us out of
our car,” said Surjeet Singh, a quiet composed man. He and
his friends were blindfolded and driven for about an hour.
Then they began walking.
They could see nothing through their blindfolds. They could
only feel cold pressing in as they climbed higher into the
Hindu Kush mountains.
After hours of walking, they were brought to a set of rooms
carved into the mountainside. It would be their home for the
next 42 days. There they would be kept chained and often
blindfolded. Occasionally, they were beaten. The prisoners
never saw their captors’ faces – which were always
covered with scarves – and even now they do not know who
they were.
They clearly were militant Muslims, forcibly cutting their
prisoners hair. Keeping hair uncut is a deeply important
religious precept for Sikh men.But the real reason for the
kidnapping was quickly clear: money.
Surjeet Singh did not want to talk about ransom demands but
the other survivor, 18-year-old Gurvinder Singh, told the
Times of India newspaper that their captors brought them
mobile phones on their first morning in the cave. They were
ordered to call their families and say their freedom would
cost 50 million rupees, or about $600,000. When it was clear
that money could not be raised, the number dropped to 20
million rupees, or $240,000.
After that: nothing. The men made no further phone calls,
their captors barely spoke to them. Their days passed in
silence.
“Every day was like a month, and a month was like a year,”
Singh said.After a few weeks, Jaspal Singh was suddenly
taken away.The other Sikhs were told he’d been freed.
“You will also be released if you give us money,” their
captors taunted them.In the end, though, their captors got
nothing.
Twelve days after Jaspal disappeared, the thunder of
helicopters filled the air as teams of Pakistani commandos
swarmed the camp.
Nadeem
F.Paracha Mice
and‘Model
Islamic Montessori.’
Some
days ago, while waiting in my car for a traffic signal to
turn green, a young kid nonchalantly stuck a flyer under one
of the car’s wipers. Usually I throw away such pieces of
paper, but this time I decided to take a look at it. It was
a flyer advertising a Montessori school called
Once
home, I decided to call the school and asked to be connected
to the principal.
“Hello,
Asalamwualaikum,” I said.
“Walaikumasslam,” came the reply. It was a lady.
“Is this the principal of Model Islamic Montessori?” I
asked.
“Yes, how can I help you?”
“I have a three-year-old son whom I wanted admitted in
your school,” I said.
“Okay, he’s most welcome,” she replied.
“But I have some questions,” I said.
“Sure, you can ask us anything,” she offered.
“How is your school different from the non-Islamic
Montessori schools?” I asked.
“What do you mean?” She responded.
“Yours is an Islamic Montessori, right?” I said.
“Well, yes…” she hesitated a bit.
“So how is an Islamic Montessori different from a
non-Islamic Montessori?” I asked again.
“Well… we teach children about their Islamic heritage
and the basic principles of Islam, like roza (fasting),
salat …”
“You mean namaaz?” I interrupted.
“Yes, namaaz, it’s the same thing” she explained.
“Fair enough,” I said. “What else do you guys teach
the children?” I asked.
“Well, we teach them good manners and…”
“Islamic manners?” I interrupted.
“Well… yes,” she hesitated again.
“That’s good,” I said. “Islamic manners are so much
better and civilised than non-Islamic manners.”
“Err, sir… may I ask you a question?” She asked,
politely.
“Sure, madam.”
“Why are you going on and on about Muslim and non-Muslim?”
She protested.
“Well,
I want my son to be in an Islamic school. And since yours
says ‘Model Islamic Montessori’, I am just trying to
make sure it is not like all these other non-Islamic
Montessori schools out there.”
“How
old is your son?” She asked.
“He’s three.”
“Why don’t you come over and we’ll take you around the
school,” she said.
“Do you teach them how to recite naats?” I asked.
“Yes, we do,” she replied, proudly.
“And
you don’t teach them those stupid old English nursery
rhymes that have sinister hidden Zionist messages in them,
right?” I said.
She
snickered: “Don’t know about that, sir, but yes, we do
discourage teachers from teaching children nursery rhymes.”
“That
good to know,” I said. “What about qawalli? Are the
children taught any qawalli? I love qawalli.” I started to
hum one, “Bhar do jholi meri…”
“Err…
no, sir,” she interrupted. “Just naats and basic
Islamiat.”
“But
doesn’t a kid usually study and learn all this in a
non-Islamic school as well? How is your school Islamic?” I
asked.
“Sir,
why don’t you come over and see for yourself,” she
insisted. “No other montessori has young girls in hijab
and boys in traditional Islamic dress. Come and see for
yourself. You’ll be impressed,” she explained.
“Young
girls in Hijab!” I sounded delighted. “Wonderful. What
about the young boys?”
“They
are only allowed to wear shalwar-kameez and praying caps,”
she said.
“But
shalwar-kameez is a national dress, not an Islamic dress,”
I said. “You should have the boys wear Arabic choghas! I
will make sure my son wears one.”
“What’s
his name?” She asked.
“Paul Neil Fernandes Jr.,” I said.
Silence.
“Hello? Madam Principal. You there?”
“Is this a joke?” She responded, somewhat sternly.
“No, madam. Not at all. I am very serious,” I replied.
“You are Christian. Why would you want your son in an
Islamic school?” She asked.
“That’s
simple. Because I am Christian in an Islamic Republic. Do
you know how it feels like being a religious minority in an
Islamic Republic, madam?”
Silence.
“Well,
I want my son to learn all the mannerisms of a good Muslim
so he does not feel like a misfit!” I continued.
“Why don’t you convert then?” She replied, in a
matter-of-fact manner.
“Why should I?” I said.
“Because of the way you feel,” she said.
“Why don’t you change?” I replied.
“Change?” She asked.
“Yes, change the way we are sometimes treated here.” I
said.
“Sir,
I don’t want to get into all this,” she announced.
“And anyway, I don’t think we can accommodate your child
in our school.”
“Just
because he’s Christian?” I asked.
“I’m afraid so,” she said.
“But
a lot of Pakistani Muslims are accommodated in Christian
schools,” I protested. “Why not treat my kid as a
Pakistani and more so, a human being?”
“Sir,
I am sorry, but we can’t help you,” she lamented.
“What if I give you double the usual fee of your school?”
I offered.
“Sir, that would be seen as a bribe,” she said.
“Not really,” I replied. “Take it as jaziah!”

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