‘Wahabi’ Islam gaining ground in the country

http://newindianexpress.com/nation/article1420438.ece

The ultra-conservative brand of  ‘Wahabi’ Islam  has lately managed to find more takers among the country’s Muslim community, thanks to the efforts of  the Wahabi  preachers who constitute a major chunk of the over 20,000 foreign Islamic preachers that descend on Indian shores every year to preach at huge congregations in the hinterland.
In fact, a quarter of the preachers hailing from at least 25 countries are from neighbouring Pakistan and they move about in Tablighi Jamaats, according to intelligence and police sources. The Indian visa regime does not allow entry to Pakistani nationals if they do not have local sponsors and also bars entry to  preachers of faith. Hence,  all the scholars travel on a tourist visa.
The invites to the Pakistani Islamic scholars are extended by various well- known Islamic organisations likeTableeghi Jamaat Nizamuddin Markaz, Islamic Research Foundation, Ahl-e-Hadis and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind among others.
Meanwhile, the Wahabis, who trace their origin to Saudi Arabia and preach a purer form of Islam, are not new to the country and they had even participated in the ‘Gadar’ of 1857. But their numbers have seen a significant rise in recent years.
It is believed that almost 20 per cent of the nearly 20 crore Muslims in India today follow the Wahabi edict. Significantly, the number of Wahabis in the country was less than 10 per cent  a decade ago. Incidentally, the Deoband University and the Nizamuddin Markaz  subscribe to Wahabi school.
The Tablighi Jamaat has also been actively increasing its influence in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, UP and Gujarat. Though Bhopal has a tradition of holding Aalmi Tablighi Ijtema (world conference) which attracts at least 10 lakh faithful every year,Tabligh now wants to hold similar Ijtemas in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Hyderabad.Tabhlighis now also control the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and most Wakf boards, which had suffered a backlash even from moderate Muslims.
Syed Mohammad Ashraf of the All-India Ulema and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) believes that “petro dollars are weaning away the Indian Muslims” and the government seems to be doing little about the 80 per cent Muslims who believe in a more Sufi influenced Indian form of Islam. And  Arshad Alam a former professor at the Jamia Millia Islamia University believes that it is leading to the “obliteration of ethnic identity of Muslims”.
The influx of scholars has also led to invites to moderate Pakistani preachers like Tahirul Qadri -- a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin. Known for his strong stand against Islamist terrorism,  Qadri’s address to congregations in Baroda, Hyderabad and Raipur last year had been opposed by the Tablighis.

इमाम बुखारी की गुंडागर्दी के सामने असहाय दिल्ली पुलिस

http://www.vikalpseva.org/2013/01/imam-bukhari-terror-in-delhi.html

दिनांक 14/01/2013, सुबह ग्यारह बजे के करीब जामा मस्जिद के चूड़ीवालान इलाके में सात कारखानों में छापा मार कर पुलिस बल ने लगभग 33बाल मजदूरों को बरामद किया और इन सभी 7 कारखानों को सील लगा कर बंद किया तथा कारखाना मालिकों को गिरफ्तार किया गया। इस कार्यवाही में पुलिस के साथ ‘बचपन बचाओ आन्दोलन’ नामक एन जी ओ के कार्यकर्ता भी शामिल बताये जाते हैं। पुलिस कार्यवाही के होते ही गिरफ्तार कर्खान्दारों ने इमाम अहमद बुखारी की शरण ली और पुलिस कार्यवाही से बचाने के लिए उनको मौके पर ले आये। इमाम बुखारी ने बल श्रम विभाग की इस कार्यवाही के खिलाफ उसी वक़्त जमा मस्जिद के लाउड स्पीकर से पुलिस को ललकारा, और ऐलानिया इस कार्यवाही को मुसलमानों पर ज़ुल्म बताया, कानून को चुनौती दी की ‘हमारे इलाके में घुस कर ये जालिमाना हरकत करने की जुर्रत कैसे की गई? ” इसके बाद इमाम बुखारी उस ही वक़्त मौके पर गए और अपने हाथ से, सातों दुकानों पर, पुलिस द्वारा लगाई सील तोड़ी। इसके बाद कारखाना मालिकों को भी पुलिस थाने से ही छुड़वा लिया गया और 33 में से 12 बाल श्रमिक व्यस्क बताये गए लिहाज़ा 21 बल श्रमिकों को अभी भी पुलिस की हिफाज़त में ही रखा गया है।

इस घटना ने व्यवस्था की चरमराहट को कई जगह से ज़ाहिर किया है। सबसे पहले तो ये की पुरानी दिल्ली कारखानों और कारोबार का केंद्र है जहाँ खुलेआम बाल श्रमिक काम पर लगाये गए हैं, ऐसी स्तिथि में जहाँ खुद कारखाना मालिकों के अपने बच्चे भी बाल श्रम कर रहे हैं क्यूंकि ये बहोत ग़रीब वर्ग के कारखाने हैं जहाँ कारोबार में मार्जिन इतना नहीं की पूरी तनख्वाह पर श्रमिक को अनुबंधित किया जा सके, दूसरे ये की कानूनों में हुई तब्दीलियों से भी ये वर्ग वाकिफ नहीं क्यूँ की ये मालिक खुद भी अशिक्षित हैं। तीसरे ये, कि ये लगभग पुश्तैनी कारखाने हैं जहाँ दशकों से यही व्यवस्था चली आ रही है।

ऐसे में बाल श्रम विभाग किसी भी तरह का जागरूकता कार्यक्रम कभी क्यूँ नहीं चलाता ? क्यूँ पुरानी दिल्ली की इन गलियों में जहाँ कारखानों की भरमार है एक भी पोस्टर, बैनर, होर्डिंग नज़र नहीं आता जो बाल श्रम के प्रति जागरूकता पैदा करे। हालत ये है की इन बच्चों से मजदूरी करवाने वाले मालिक इस भाव से इन्हें काम पर रखते है मानो वो इन पर अहसान कर रहे हों ‘काम सिखा कर’. ये श्रमिक भी ऐसे ही कृतार्थ भाव से जो मिल जाता है वो रख लेते हैं। इन हालात में ‘बचपन बचाओ आन्दोलन’ जैसे एन जी ओ की देख रेख में सीधे छापा मार कार्यवाही की जगह विभाग खुद एक जागरूकता और वार्निंग से शुरुआत करता तो अच्छा रहता। क्यूंकि ज़मीनी हकीकत यही है की खुद कारखाना मालिक भी ग़रीब, अनपढ़ और ठेकेदारों के शोषण का शिकार है जो मार्किट मेकेनिज्म को न समझने के कारण कम मुनाफे पर अपना उत्पादन बिचौलियों को दे रहे हैं। ये भी की ‘बचपन बचाओ आन्दोलन’ अब लगभग कुख्यात हो चुका है ऐसे मामलों में पुलिस/आई ओ के साथ मिल कर सौदे बाज़ी करने के लिए। ऐसे में इतने महत्वपूर्ण कानून को एन जी ओ के ज़रिये नहीं बल्कि मंत्रालय द्वारा खुद के स्क्वाड या दस्ते बना कर लागू करना ज्यादा बेहतर होगा।

लेकिन सबसे चिंताजनक पहलू है इमाम अहमद बुखारी का ये कहना की ‘हमारे इलाके में घुस कर ये कार्यवाही करने की हिम्मत कैसे हुई‘. इमाम अहमद बुखारी अगर कारखाना मालिकों को राहत ही दिलाना चाहते थे तो कम से कम उन्हें इस बात का अहसास तो करवाने की ज़रुरत थी ही की यह एक अपराधिक ग़लती है, जो दोबारा नहीं होनी चाहिए, और इसी शर्त पर उन्हें कानून से कोई राहत मिल सकती है। पुलिस द्वारा तकमील की गई कार्यवाही को इस तरह अपने अहंकार और अराजकता के आगे रौंदना सिर्फ ये बताता है की इस शख्स के लिए देश के कानून की कोई कद्र नहीं। मुस्लिम इलाकों को कानून के दायरे से बाहर रख कर ये शख्स गुंडा-गर्दी, रंगदारी आधारित अपनी सत्ता चलाना चाहता है। फिर इमाम का राज ‘मातोश्री‘ के राज से किस तरह अलग है ? क्या पत्रकार बिरादरी पुलिस के आला अधिकारीयों से इमाम की इस हरकत पर सवाल करेगी? खुद हमने ये कोशिश की थी अभी अभी, लेकिन कोई जवाब नहीं मिला सिवा इसके कि पुलिस क्या करे ?

इस रिपोर्ट को फ़ाइल करने वाले पत्रकार फरहान याहया को आज सुबह से ही गाली-धमकी भरे फोन काल्स आ रहे हैं। एक कालर ने काफी सीरियस धमकियाँ दी। जिसकी वजह से उन्हें पुलिस स्टेशन का रूख करना पडा अभी आधा दिन भी नहीं बीता है और उनका जीना हराम कर दिया गया है। एक पहलु यह भी है कि फरहान साहब इसी इलाके में सपरिवार रहते हैं। आप समझ सकते हैं, उन पर किस तरह का खतरा है, ऐसे में जब ताकतवर हिंदी-उर्दू मीडिया ने जोखिम नहीं उठाया, एक उर्दू अखबार और सहाफी की हिम्मत को हमें बढ़ाना चाहिए।

{ नोट : अभी तक मेनस्ट्रीम मीडिया में इस खबर को कोई जगह नहीं दी गयी है इसलिए यह समाचार -विश्लेषण शीबा अशलम फहमी के फेसबुक वाल से साभार प्रकाशित किया गया है }

साभार :जनोक्ति डाट काम 

एक नागरिक और सैनिक का कर्त्तव्य हम विष्णु श्रेष्ठ से सीख सकते हैं ।श्रेष्ठ तुझे सलाम ।

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                                 The  heroic act of a Gurkha soldier!

"Fighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier; taking on the dacoits in the train was my duty as a human being,"-Bishnu Shrestha , a brave Gurkha soldier of Indian Army who defeated 40 train robbers while returning home after the voluntary retirement from the India army, was awarded with Shaurya Chakra, bravery Award and Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha medals. Story: The band of about 40 robbers, some of whom were travelling as passengers, stopped the train in the Chittaranjan jungles in West Bengal around midnight. Shrestha– who had boarded the train at Ranchi in Jharkhand, the place of his posting–was in seat no. 47 in coach AC3. "They started snatching jewelry, cell phones, cash, laptops and other belongings from the passengers," Shrestha recalled. The soldier had somehow remained a silent spectator amidst the melee, but not for long. He had enough when the robbers stripped an 18-year-old girl sitting next to him and tried to rape her right in front of her parents. He then took out his khukuri and took on the robbers. "The girl cried for help, saying 'You are a soldier, please save a sister'," Shrestha recalled. "I prevent her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister," he added. He took one of the robbers under control and then started to attack the others. He said the rest of the robbers fled after he killed three of them with his khukuri and injured eight others. During the scuffle he received serious blade injury to his left hand while the girl also had a minor cut on her neck. "They had carried out their robbery with swords, blades and pistols. The pistols may have been fake as they didn't open fire," he surmised. The train resumed its journey after some 20 minutes and a horde of media persons and police were present when it reached Chittaranja station. Police arrested the eight injured dacoits and recovered around 4,00,000 Indian rupees in cash, 40 gold necklaces, 200 cell phones, 40 laptops and other items that the fleeing robbers dropped in the train.  Police escorted Shrestha to the Railways Hospital after the rescued girl told them about his heroic  deed. Mainstream Indian media carried the story. The parents of the girl, who was going for her MBBS studies, also announced a cash award of Indian rupees 300,000 for him but he has not met them since.
 "Even the veins and arteries in my left hand were slit but the injury has now healed after two months of neurological treatment at the Command Hospital in Kolkata," he said showing the scar. "Fighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier; taking on the dacoits in the train was my duty as a human being," said the Indian army nayak, who has been given two guards during his month-long holidays in Nepal. "I am proud to be able to prove that a Gorkha soldier with a khukuri is really a handful. I would have been a meek spectator had I not carried that khukuri," he said.

Balagangadharanatha Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt passes away; RSS expressed condolences

January 13th, 2013, 8:19 pm

Bangalore January 13, 2013: Poojaneeya Balagangadharanath Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt passes away in Bangalore, today evening.

BalagaBalagangadharanatha Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt, Karnataka.

BalagaBalagangadharanatha Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt, Karnataka.

Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanatha Swamiji was the present seer of Adichunchanagiri, Nagamangala Taluk, Mandya district. He was awarded Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honour for the year 2010.

He was born to Sri Chikkalinge Gowda and Smt. Boramma as Gangadharaiah. He had five siblings – two brothers and three sisters. Sri Gangadharaiah completed his graduation in Science from Government Arts & Science College, Bengaluru. Motivated by the desire to serve God and the people, he chose the spiritual way of life. Initiated at the age of nineteen, Sri Swamiji spent his initial years mastering the Vedas and other sacred texts under the tutelage of his Guru Sri Ramanandanatha Swamiji.

Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanatha Mahaswamiji took over as the 71st Pontiff of the ancient Natha Center of Worship, Sri Adichunchanagiri Math, on 24 September 1974 at the age of 30. He is of the line of Sri Bhakthanatha Swamiji, Sri Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji and Sri Ramanandanatha Swamiji of the ‘Natha Tradition’ (Parampara).

The Swamiji has been undergoing dialysis following kidney problems. On January 13, the Swamiji was admitted to the BGS Global Hospital in Kengeri after his blood pressure went out of control during dialysis. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka, also a Vokkaliga leader, addressed the press and said that there is no need to worry. However, further details are awaited.

Couldn’t withstand the medical treatment he succumbed to death at BGS Global hospital, Kengeri, Bangalore

RSS expressed condolences:

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has expressed its deep condolences on the demise pf Poojaneeya Balagangadharanath Swamiji. Sri Swamiji was  closely associated with RSS, VHP since few decades. Swamiji also was guiding as Mahaposhak of Hindu Seva Prathisthan, a premier Seva organisation initiated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Swamiji inaugurated the 3-day mega RSS convention by name SAMARASATA SANGAMA on January 25, 2002 at Nagawara of Bangalore in which nearly 40, 000 Swayamsevaks of RSS Karnataka south participated. Swamiji discussed several socio-religious issues with the then Sarasanghachalak KS Sudarshan, RSS Ideologue HV Sheshadri. Swamiji strongly opposed the religious conversion by Christhian missionaries, held several protest against forced conversions in Karnataka. Swamiji also participated in Cattle protection Dharna’s /meetings along with Shankaracharya of Puri Swami Nischalananda Saraswati along with former Bihar Governor Rama Jois in Bangalore on Tuesday on April 12, 2006.  Swamiji joined hands and with several other Religious leaders and opposed strongly the arrest of Kanchi Sankaracharya Sri Jayendra Sarawathi and demanded his immediate release, during November 25, 2004.

Recently, on August 15, 2012 RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat met Sri Balagandharanath Swamiji at Adichunchanagiri Mutt and discussed several socio-religious issues. Many of the BGS institutions have hosted the Vargs (RSS cadre training camps) of RSS. In Kolar district Balagandharanath Swamiji had played a major role in Paraavartan, bringing back about 5000 to 6000 families back to Hindu fold. Balagandharanath Swamiji had provided free education, health and other such facilities to these families who returned to Hinduism after these Paravartan ceremony. Swamiji eXpressed happiness and gave examples of Muslim students learning Gita verses. Swamiji opined that “Hinduism is not only religious, but also scientific and we need to propagate the strengths”, said with Mohan Bhagwat.

RSS Karnataka Pranth Sanghachalak Ma Venkataramu, Senior RSS Pracharak Mai Cha Jayadev, RSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and several other leaders expressed deep condolences.

BalagaBalagangadharanatha Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri Mutt inaugurating the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Hindu Seva Pratishthan, in 2011.

Balagangadharanatha Swamiji inaugurating the mammoth RSS Conclave Samarasata Sangam in 2002 at Nagawara, Bangalore

Balagangadharanatha Swamiji at inaugural ceremony of the mammoth RSS Conclave Samarasata Sangam in 2002 at Nagawara, Bangalore

Buddha questions imam allowance

** Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday questioned the Trinamool Congress government’s decision to grant an allowance to imams, saying it would give the BJP an opportunity to reap political mileage in the state.

** Addressing a CPM rally in Dum Dum, Bhattacharjee said: “Imams have been doing this jobs for ages. Why do we have to allocate money for them? Lakhs of Muslims are not getting jobs. I arranged for reservation for Muslim youths, but now that has been stopped. Now the BJP is saying that if you allot money for imams, why don’t you allocate money for Hindu priests in temples? It is bound to raise a communal bogey in the state and BJP will make the most of the communal divide.”

** The BJP reacted sharply to Bhattacharjee’s comments. Rahul Sinha, state president of the BJP, said: “The BJP’s growth in the state is because of the misdeeds of TMC and CPM...both indulge in appeasement of minorities....”

स्रोतः http://www.indianexpress.com/news/buddha-questions-imam-allowance/1059030/