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With TN Civic Poll IUML Spring Commences
National Unity
Communal Amity
Cultural Identity
Social Justice
Rule of Law
Dignifi
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THE TIMES OF LEAGUE
Municipal Councillors
Kadayanallur
1.Sulaiha Beevi
2.Mubarak
3.K.M.Abdul Latheef
4.Mohideen Fathima5.Muhammed Iburahim
6.K.M.Syed Masoodu
Tenkasi
7.M.Syed Abil
Puliyangudi
8.A.Mohideen Pichai
9.S.Al Mahathi
Ramanathapuram
10.K.Shaik Dawood
Nagappattinam
11.A.Sahabudeen
Ambur
12.Bilal Basha
13.Athikullah
14.Iqbal Ahamed
15.Sirajun Nisha
Gudiyatham
16.Amreen Mukthiyar
Kulachal
17.A.Sadiq
Pernampet
18.V.Abdul Batcha
19.S.Parveen Abdul Maliq
Kayalpatnam
20.K.V.A.T.Muthu Hajarah
Panchayat Union Ward Members
1. Kaanai-Ameer Abbas
2. Jafrabad-Thajunisha
3. Rahmathnagar or Meenakshi
puram - S.Noorjahan
Village Panchayat Presidents
1.Valuthur-Tamil Selvan
2.Vallam-Divan Oli
3.Kurnikulathupatti Devarmalai-Abdul Majid
4.Trichy Enamkulathur-Mumtaj Begam
5.Viluppuram Kanai-A.Faritha Begam6.Ramanad Sempattaiyarkulam-S.Bilaludeen
7.Ramanad Perunali-Abdul Razak
8.Nellai Sammankulam-T.P.M.Resavu
Mohamed
9.Nellai Pottalpudur-A.Hasan Bakker
The party w ins the Election contesting on its own symbolThe Tamil Nadu IUML did away with the customary practice of contesting Election in alliance with major politica parties on their symbol, this
time by contesting the local body election on its own symbol without alliance with any political party on the state level. Further the IUML won
several seats unopposed, a unique and historial achievement in the annals of the
IUML history in Tamil Nadu. The IUML Caders were jubiliant when its president prof. K.M. Kader Mohideen announced that the IUML would face
the civic body election on its own strength and on its own symbol, and he gave the liberty to the district leaque to choose the candidates of their
choice to contest the election. The respose was treamendous and the election result was encouraging. Further the result has proved that IUML is
the sole representative body of the Muslim Community in India.
The following is the list of IUML Candidates w ho won th e civic body election.
The state election commission
in its data released after the
recently concluded local body
elections omitted the name of the
IUML party, even though , it hasmanaged to gain the 10th place as
per the seats share of the political
parties. The state party President
Prof. K.M. Khader Mohideen, has
questioned the attitude of the
state election commission in a
statement released to the press.
The TN IUML in the 10th place in local body election
State election commission data omits IUML nameProfessor K.M.Khader Mohideen seeks justice
The following is the text of his
statement.
IUM L in the 10th place
In the local body elections, the
IUML has contested in 394 places onits own symbol and has won in 119
places. In the election conducted
on the party lines, the IUML has
won 20 municipal councillor seats,
4 panchayat union councillor seats
and 17 town panchayat councillor
seats. All together 41 seats. We
convey our gratitude to the voters
Since it has won 41 seats, the
IUML has secured 10th place
among the winning parties, but
our party name does not finda place in the state election
commission data. The VKC with 35
seats, Puthiya Thamizhagam with
14 seats, Rashtriya Janata with 11
seats, the All India forward bloc,
the IJK and the RSP with one
seat each, have their party names
mentioned in the data.
Seek Justice
This act of omission by the state
election commission has hurt the
feelings of the Muslim leaguers. Itis a great injustice to the voters who
have voted to us. We will appeal
to the state election commission
against this discrimination. We
well seek justice. We hope that
the state election commission will
certainly give that right to us.
(See Page No. 5)
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Editor
THE TIMES OF LEAGUEA Harmony of Hearts Monthly
People’s verdict
Election is the basic foundation in any democracy and the local
body election in Tamil Nadu has proved that this foundation is
very strong in our country. As per the data released by the state
election commission the ruling AIADMK has secured first place,
the DMK second and the main opposition party DMDK third place
in the local body elections. The AIADMK has captured all the ten
corporations, a large number of municipalities and town panchayats.
Its performance is highly remarkable. Further, this election has
provided an opportunity to prove the strength of the individual
political parties as almost all parties contested the election on their
own strength without forging any political alliance.
The IUML has contested in 394 places and has won 119 seats.
Undoubtedly, it is a remarkable and historical achievement by
comparing to its past performances. The result has proved beyond
all reasonable doubts that the IUML is the soul representative body
of the Muslim community in India. Even though the party has
secured 10th place among the winning parties, it is hurting to note
that the party does not find a place in the state election commission
data, released after the elections. The other parties, which secured
lesser seats, have their names mentioned in the data. The party
high command has appealed to the state election commission
seeking justice against this act of omission by the state election
commission. We hope justice will be rendered and our rights will be
restored.
The media was munificent in praising the remarkable achievement
by the AIADMK in the local body elections and stated that it
was an endorsement of the schemes, policies and promises of
Ms. Jayalalithaa. We, too, have no hesitation to join with them. But
what is her answer to the Muslims queries about her poll promise to
enhance their reservation quota. Is there any time frame to fulfil the
promise or will it end as a false promise? Further we hope that the
government will treat all the local bodies equally by distributing the
necessary funds to them without any discrimination on the party
lines. We consider the election results as the people’s verdict and
we welcome and appreciate it.
Holy Quran
Speaks
It is He Who has sent
amongst the unlettered a
Messenger from among
themselves, to rehearse to
them His Signs, to purify them,
and to teach them the Book and
Wisdom (Sunnah),- although
they had been, before, in
manifest error;-As well as (to
confer all these benefits upon)
others of them, who have not
already joined them: And He is
exalted in Might, Wise. Such is
the Bounty of Allah, which He
bestows on whom He wills: and
Allah is the Lord of the highest
bounty. [62:2-4]
Sayings of Prophet
Muhamm ed (Sal)
• The Prophet sal Allahualay
hiwasallam invited the believers
to make salah on him. It was
narrated that Abu Hurayrah
(may Allah be pleased with
him) said: The Messenger of
Allah salAllahualayhiwasallam
said: “Do not take your houses
as graves and do not take my
grave as a place of festivity
(which you visit repeatedly).
Send blessings upon me for
your greeting will reach me no
matter where you are.” [Abu
Dawood, Saheeh Al-Albani]
TN Local body election results
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The first view of the area
outside the holy mosque. A
giant clock tower (second tallest
building in the world) overshadows
everything in its vicinity, sadly, even
the house of God. Did Mecca really
need it? That too so very close to
the mosque. The towering hotels
challenge the very principles of
the pilgrimage. People with money
can have the best view of the holy
A Journey to theHeart of Islam
merge at the Prophet’s [PBUH]
mosque in Medina. The beautiful
pillars double as umbrellas during
the day. You feel trasported to
another world altogether.
The mountain of Uhud in Medina
is a grim reminder of hypocrites
in Islam. They fled the battlefieldwhile the Prophet [PBUH] was
alive, what to talk about the state
of affairs 1400 years after him.
A mosque established by a
prominent follower (Salman Farsi)
of the Prophet [PBUH] in Medina is
one of the last few old structures
holding ground.
Heritage has given way to
grandness. Is this our legacy to
the generations to follow!
Jannat-ul-Baqi, Medina - thefinal
resting place of many members of
the Prophet’s [PBUH] family, some
of his prominent followers andother Prophets [PBUT] of Islam.
mosque. What about the white ‘Ihraam’, which stands for unity in
simplicity!
As a Muslim you grow up
prostrating in the direction of
the Kaaba, five times a day. You
hear stories about prayers being
realised on its first sight. Naturally,
you long to visit it one day. So
when your plane touches Saudi
Arabia, it’s this very moment you
are looking forward to. When you
do see it, you are speechless! You
feel the closest to God and that’s
when he answers your prayers.
Technology and spirituality
down from (Mount) Arafat,
celebrate the praises of Allah at the
Sacred Monument, and celebrate
His praises as He has directed you,
Although the Saudi government
is doing a fine job in safely handling
millions of pilgrims every yearbut they need to strike a balance
between modernity and care for
Islamic heritage.
For Hajj are the months well
known. If any one undertakes
that duty therein, Let there be no
obscenity, nor wickedness, nor
wrangling in the Hajj. And whatever
good ye do, (be sure) Allah
knoweth it. And take a provision
(With you) for the journey, but the
best of provisions is right conduct.
So fear Me, o ye that are wise.
It is no crime in you if ye seek
of the bounty of your Lord (during
pilgrimage). Then when ye pour
even though, before this, ye wentastray.’t it better to learn facts as
suchForgiveness
Thus saith the Lord, “Verily
those who are patient in adversity
and forgive wrongs, are the doers
of excellence.”
Once Muhammad was asked, “O
Apostle of God!” How many times
are we to forgive our servant’s
faults?” He was silent. Again the
questioner asked, and Muhammad
gave no answer. But when the
man asked a third time, he said,
“Forgive your servants seventytimes day.”
There is no man who woundeth
and pardoneth the giver of the
wound but God will exalt his dignity
and dimish his faults.
That man is nearest to God,
who pardoneth, when he had in
his power him who would have
injured him.
Do not say, that if the people
do good to us, we will do good to
them; and if the people oppress
us, we will oppress them; but
determine that if people do you
good, you will do good to them;
and if they oppress you, you willnot oppress them.
Half in US support
legalizing marijuana use,
poll finds
Half of Americans now support
legalizing marijuana use, a record
level, amid growing support for
decriminalization that could build
pressure to eventually change USlaws on the drug, a Gallup poll
showed on Monday.
The poll showed that support
was highest among liberals and
adults under age 30, with more
than 60 percent of respondents
in those categories favoring
legalization. Support was lowest, at
just 31 percent, among Americans
over age 65.
“Support for legalizing marijuana
has been increasing over the past
several years, rising to 50 percent
today, the highest on record,” a
summary of the poll said. Another
46 percent said marijuana shouldremain illegal.
“If this current trend on legalizing
marijuana continues, pressure may
build to bring the nation’s laws
into compliance with the people’s
wishes,” the summary added.
Gallup said support for
legalization had crept up from just
12 percent in 1969 to 30 percent
in 2000 and 40 percent in 2009.
Last year, a Gallup survey found
70 percent of Americans favoredmaking it legal for doctors to
prescribe marijuana to relieve pain
and suffering.
California in 1996 became the
first state to decriminalize medicalmarijuana, and a number of other
US states have followed suit with
their own statutes. Cannabis
remains classified as an illegal
narcotic under federal law.
A separate national survey
released last month showed
that marijuana was increasingly
becoming the drug of choice among
young adults in the United States,
with nearly 7 percent of Americans
aged 12 and older having used
marijuana in 2010.
The Gallup poll released on
Monday showed that Democrats,
at 57 percent, were more likely
to support legalization than
Republicans, only 35 percent of
whom favored such a move. Men,
at 55 percent, were also more likely
to back legalization than women,
at 46 percent.
By geography, more than half of
Americans in the West, Midwest and
East supported legalization while inthe South, 44 percentfavored such
a move.
The poll was based on telephone
interviews conducted between Oct.
6-9 with a random sample of 1,005
adults across the country. The poll
had a margin of error of plus or
minus 4 percentage points.
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Dr. Umar FaruqAbd-Allah,
formerly Wymann-Landgraf, an American scholar associated with
Al-Nawawi Foundation, Chicago
delivered a lecture on ‘Islam and
the Question of Modernity’ on
September 9 at Bangalore. Author
of several books, Dr.Abd-Allah has
taught at several universities in
the US, Spain and Saudi Arabia.
The lecture was organized by the
Centre for Community Development
(CCD). Here we present a gist of
his speech:
Often in general discussion the
modernity is identified with secular
humanism. But economic content
of the modernity is neglected. In
this business, science, technology,
medicine etcbecome very
important. It has to be borne
in mind that modernity cannot
succeed without religion if it is not
beneficial to humanity and is not
long lasting.
Man is known by the biological
name Homo sapiens which means
‘animals with knowledge’. But man
is basically Homo religosus as
it is based on historical studies.
They have always worshipped
something. Even in Indian history
there have been phases of religion
and atheism. Twentieth century
has been the most secular century
worldover. It was an exceptional
century. Religion underwent
renewal and revival before the
20th century.
It is said a new religious
movement is born every 12 hours
in the 21stcentury. This testifies tothe fact that humans are essentially
religious. They are desperately
looking for religion.
Religions always reinterpret
themselves. Unless they do this,
they get fossilized. Ancient Rome
is a fine example. It had a huge
pantheon of gods. Twentieth
century is a century of rivalry.
Modernity has created a crisis as it
was in Roman empire.
Modernity is essentially a system
of economy which is post agrarian.
In agrarian phases, the economic
system relied on land ownershipand agricultural surplus. In the new
economic system the corporates
have an important role. East India
Company made India’s transition
from agrarian to industry. With
new financial system, money
found new form and functions. It
led to the capitalist system and
a new political system of nation-
state. We have to keep our eyes
on the economic system. The
West cast its net wide and caught
all the civilization and brought
them on board. Philosopher Arnold
Toynbee believed that Islam wasa forerunner in this aspect. Islam
had all elements of civilization. He
found problems with Muslims as
they lacked confidence, but their
religion had all the element of a
great civilization.
The synergy between Islamic,
Chinese and Mongol civilizations
brought forth modernity. Muslims
were thefirst to usher the world intoa new economic system whereby
the wealth could be transferred
from one to the other destination
through a system akin to cheques
as is the system today.
A horrendous development took
place in the 14thcentury. It was
bubonic plague. It probably began
in Swat Valley (now in Pakistan)
and gripped wide swathes of land
from China to Europe. The black
death crippled the world economic
system. It was one of the reasons
for fall of the Muslim Spain. It
caused a great economic recessionbetween 14th and 15thcentury.
Following decline of the Muslim
world, Europe rose. It brought in
its wake the corporate system and
colonialism.
Therefore, it is essential to
understand the economic system
in order to understand modernity
and the challenges it poses.
It is also absurd to think that
the Europeans understand the
economy fully. Modern democratic
state is an apparatus to deal with
the economic system.
Today, the economy has takena lead over political system and
the United States is nothing but
‘Democracy Incorporated’. Modern
Corporations are extremely
powerful and influence the
governments more than the people
can influence. The challenge is how
do we save democracy from the
Islam and the Question of Modernity!stranglehold of the corporates.
A lot of confusion prevails in the
Islamic world over the question,
how do we apply Islam and
create value system? The Western
economic machine has shown
that it has seeds of destruction
within itself. The First World War
was about who would control
the colonies. The Second World
War was about control of oil and
energy.
Some Muslims saw modernity as
a threat. Some mistook modernity
with Christianity. Muslims need
to study the phenomenon
objectively. Modernity remains a
crisis for everyone. It is a spiritual
challenge. The challenge is to
control economic order in a way
that it does not become a threat
to world peace. Today we are
psychologically vulnerable.
(Dr.Abd-Allah suggested the
following books for further reading
on the topic: Islamic & European
Expansion: The Forging of a
Global Order [Paperback], Michael
Adas, (Editor), 1993; The World
System in 13th century by Janet
abuLughout, How do we Save
the Democracy from Corporates?
By Richard Bulliet, The case for
Islamo-Christian Civilisationby
Richard Bulliet: Modernist Islam
1840-1940, by Charles Kruzman
by Oxford University Press; Liberal
Islam by Charles Kruzman by
Oxford University Press. )
The Supreme Court on Tuesday
found the Centre’s policy for
facilitating and regulating Haj
pilgrimage of 170,000 Muslims to
Mecca and Madina in Saudi Arabia
as lopsided and requested attorney
general G E Vahanvati to assist it
in framing a fresh one for 2012.
A bench of Justices Aftab Alam
and Ranjan P Desai stayed a Kerala
High Court order putting some last
minute spokes in the government’s
quota for 11,000 pilgrims but said
the manner in which the pilgrimage
was being organised every year
left much to be desired.
The court took exception to a
high-level of ficial Haj delegation
that visits Saudi Arabia every year
as state guests with all expenses
being paid by the government. “I
do not comment on the political
practice but it surely is bad religious
practice. What kind of Haj is this?”
asked Justice Alam.
Last year, the of ficial Haj
delegation was headed by then
Andhra Pradesh chief justice Nisar
Ahmed Kakru, who was critical
of the arrangements made by
embassy of ficials in Saudi Arabia
for the delegates.
Justice Alam said, “We have
granted stay on the Kerala HC
order and it may end this litigation
for this year on Haj pilgrimage but
we will keep the petition pending
for framing a fresh policy for 2012.
This policy must respect Indian
Constitution and religious ethos.”
Explaining the religious ethos
behind Haj pilgrimage, counsel
Harish Beeran said Islam allowed a
Muslim to undertake Haj pilgrimage
only if he had discharged his duties,
was financially able to meet the
expenses and was in good health
to endure the rigours of the long
journey.
Of the 170,000 Haj pilgrims
quota fixed for India, 1.25 lakh
were nominated by Haj Committee
through draw of lots, 11,000 by
government of India including
1,500 for Jammu and Kashmir and
rest through private tour operators
(PTOs).
The bench was critical of the
treatment meted out to pilgrims
by PTOs and said the Hajis were
being fleeced. “We have personally
come across sufferings of Hajis at
the hands of some unscrupulous
Haj tour operators. We must have
a proper policy for 2012,” the
bench said.
SC finds government’s Haj policy lopsided
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Village Panchayat Members
Perunali
1.Gaffarkhan
2.Seeni Syed Iburahim
3.Pandaravadai-V.R.Kurshid Basher
Valuthur 4.Shajahan alias Kamaldeen
5.Sabina Begam
6.Habib Gani
7.Muhammed Sherif
Sakkarapalli
8.Abuthahir
9.Muhammed Ibrahim Faisal
10.Jubaitha Gani
11.Ummu Hani
12.Jainulabideen
13.G.Muhammed Ismail
Pulivalam
14.M.Sadullah
15.Mangalam-H.Rabiyudeen
16.Mangalam- Ayishama
17.Taraikkudi-R.Setu18.Narippaiyur-K.Sikkanthar
19.Selvanur-Hasina Begam
20. Valantharavai -Ummath Nisha
21.Ragunathapuram-Rajan Begam
Arikesavanallur
22.P.K.Buhari
23.A.FathimaPambukovil Shandy
24.S.T.Deen Oli
25.A.Ibrahim Moosa26.Sambankulam-Kasi
27. Sambankulam-Fathima
28. Sambankulam-Sahul Hameed
Ravanasamuthiram
29.Peer Muhammed,B.A.B.L
30.K.M.Aman Ali
31.Muhammed Ansari
32.Nagore Ammal Syethali Fathima
33.Kanagarampattu-Abdul Hathi
34.Esanatham-Ilampirai Siddiq Ali
35.Jameen Athur-Ammapettai-Anvar Ali
36.Palaverkadu-Abdul Wahab
Nilakotta Vilangur
37.K.P.Hamza
38.K.K.Nasar
39.Pitharkodu-Zohara Beevi
Serankodu40.Umar
41.Syed Ali Moulavi
42.Sambaver Vadakarai- V.Faqrudeen
43. Auandu Valangur -K.V.Hamsa
44.Bakkala-Nasar
45.Muthaliyarpatti-Shaik Mohideen
46.Malik Nagar-Divan Pakkir Maideen
47.Mettur Rahmaniyapuram-
Hamidha Beevi
48.V.Abdul Kasim
49. V.K.Pudur-T.Kader Mohideen50. Arulatchi -Akbar
Veeranam
51.M.Abdul Muthalif
52.M.Amanullah
53.S.Muhammed Ibrahim
54.Fathi Muthu
55.Kalineer Kulam-Anisha Begam
56.Kuthukkal Valasai-M.B.Ghouse Gani
57.Theanpothai-Muhammed Hussain
Pathamadai
58.Manister Muhammed
59.Syya Muhammed
60.Sajithal
61.Malikamali
62.Darmakabeer
Overchery
64.K.E.Salamath Begam65.A.M.Thameem Ansari
66.Tenkalam -Rukaiya Banu
67. Vallam-Deevan Muhideen Pichai
68. Vallam-Shamsudeen
Town Panchayat Members
1.Lebbai Kudikkadu-Dawood Ali
2.Devar Solai-V.K.Hanifa
Kottakuppam
3.Amina Banu
4.Jareena Begam
Pallikonda
5.C.S.Kadir Ahamed
6.Tahira Mohideen
Lalpettai
7.Misbahunnisha
8.Shaik Dawood
9.Sathankulam-Muhammed Ismail
10. Vasudevanallur- Aysha Beevi
11.Muthupettai-Golden Tambi Maraikkayar
12.R.S.Mangalam -Mathlub Jahan
13.Seranmadevi-B.M.Kamal Batcha
14.Nellai Eruvadi-M.Peer Muhammed
15.Melaseval-Jannath Meerammal
16.Naina Muhammed
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Muslims in general may
be opposed to the creation of
a separate Telangana state butanalysis of region-wise employment
figures for Andhra Pradesh shows
that in the 10 districts of Telangana
region, Muslims and OBCs have
suffered the highest loss of Rs
41.50 in rural per capita income
between 1993-94 and 2004-05.
On the higher education front,
the community remains the most
backward in urban areas, with
the absolute change being less
than even SC/STs and OBCs, an
analysis done by Sachar committee
member secretary and NCAER
chief economist Abusaleh Shariff showed. Shariff recently presented
the findings to Andhra Pradesh
chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.
The per capita rural income of
Muslims and OBCs went down by
Rs 4.10 in Rayalaseema between
1993-94 and 2004-05 and
increased by Rs 57.10 in coastal
Andhra. On the other hand, high
caste Hindus in coastal Andhra
suffered a per capita income loss
of Rs 51.50 in rural areas while
SC/STs saw a jump of Rs 71.60.
In urban areas of the state,
Muslims make only 4.2% of
employees in the formal sector
against 40.9% of high caste
Hindus, 39.1% OBCs and 15.8%
SC/STs. In rural areas, only 4.5%
of the workforce in the formal
Muslims grow poorer in Telanganasector are Muslims against 17.9% high
caste Hindus, 28.5% SC/STs and 48%
OBCs.The Muslim higher education figures
rose by less than 2% between 2004-05 and
2009-10, against an increase of more than
12% for Hindu general category students,
nearly 8% for Hindu OBCs, 2% each for
SCs and STs. The figures for Muslims in
the state, in fact, mimic the community’s
status in the all-India scheme of higher
education where it registered a similar
rise. Literacy figures for the community
which showed an increase of 13-14% lag
behind that for Hindu general category
students who showed a leap of 18% but
is better than Hindu SCs and STs.
On the matric front, Muslims OBCs inurban areas showed a jump of 11% and
Muslim general category students were
up by 8%. The figures for SCs was 13%
and that for STs 14%. Shariff said the very
nature of investment in higher education
was such that benefits to the excluded
communities was very little and even new
investment would help only those who
already had the right opportunities or
students from other states. “Af firmative
policies are required to change this
situation,” he said.
(An analysis of region-wise employment
figures for Andhra Pradesh shows that
in the 10 districts of Telangana region,
Muslims and OBCs have suffered the
highest loss of Rs 41.50 in rural per capita
income between 1993-94 and 2004-05.)
(Courtesy : Times of India,
Chennai 8th Oct 2011.
MUSLIM STATISTICS
Only 4.66% Muslims in India’s Paramilitary Forces
Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s greatest Prime Minister, had noted in1953 that “in our Defence Services, there are hardly any Muslimsleft… What concerns me most is that there is no effort being made toimprove this situation, which is l ikely to grow worse unless checked.”
This concern was reiterated by MahavirTyagi, junior defence minister,who disclosed that “the percentage of Muslims in the armed forces,which was 32 percent at the time of Partition, has come down totwo…”
After 60 years of Independence, the percentage of Muslims inIndia’s paramilitary force of 1.3 million personnel, second largestparamilitary force in the world, remains as low as 4.66% i.e. 60,517.Indian Paramilitary Forces which consist of CRPF, CISF, and BSF amongothers. This was revealed by Minority Affairs Minister A. R. Antulaywhile replying to a question in RajyaSabha recently.
About 15.7% of OBCs are Muslims according to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, which also informed that Muslims constitute 1.8%of the Indian Foreign Service. Muslims make up 7.2% of the Centraland State Public Sector Undertakings for the units who reported theirdata.
The information is based on the report of the Prime Minister’s HighLevel Committee on Social, Economic and Educational Status of the
Muslim Community of India also known as Sachar Committee Report.Half of Muslim population does not have access to doctors in UP:
surveyOnly 48.2 per cent of Muslim women have access to doctors for
antenatal care, while the percentage of women having access to Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)and support of anganwadi workers forfulfilling their nutritional requirements is 21.3 per cent and 0.5 percent respectively. These are the findings of National Family HealthSurvey III.
According to the survey, only 21 per cent of Muslim couples in UPand Uttarakhand are using contraceptives and only 32 per cent of them are aware about modern contraceptive methods.
Although the United Nations recognises India as one of the keycountries for achieving its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),Muslims in India are still a forgotten lot.
According to New Delhi-based Tehreek-E-Pasmanda Muslim Samajand National Conference of Dalit Organisations Muslims continue to live
as a marginalised community in U, despite thefindings of the SachcharCommittee,. The organisations presented their report on “MDGs and
Muslims in India” on Saturday and will organise a conference on theissue today.
Speaking on the report, president of Tehreek-E-Pasmanda MuslimsSardar Anwar said the Sachchar Committee report had assessed thereal conditions of Muslims in India, but it could not attract any majorpolicy interventions on the matter.
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A fter Holocaust, Islamophobiais emerging as the second majorindustry for think-tanks to investtheir money and energy.
The Think Tanks and familyfoundations spent $42 millionduring the last 10 years tomanufacture and spread fearsagainst Islam, Muslims, Shariaetcin the United States.
A small group of inter-connectedfoundations, think tanks, pundits,and bloggers is behind the 10-year-old campaign to promote fearof Islam and Muslims in the U.S.,according to a major investigative
report released here by the Centerfor American Progress (CAP).The 130-page report, Fear, Inc.:
The Roots of the IslamophobiaNetwork in America, identifiesseven foundations that havequietly provided a total of morethan $ 42 million to key individualsand organizations that havespearheaded the nationwide effortbetween 2001 and 2009.
They include funders that havelong been associated with theextreme right in the U.S., as well asseveral Jewish family foundationsthat have supported right-wing
and settler groups in Israel.The network also includes what
the report calls “misinformationexperts” – including:
Frank Gaffney of the Center forSecurity Policy (CSP),
Daniel Pipes of the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum (MEF),
Steven Emerson of the Investigative Project on Terrorism,
David Yerushalmi of theSociety of Americans for NationalExistence, and
Robert Spencer of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) – whoare often tapped by television
news networks and right-wingradio talk shows to comment onIslam and the threat it allegedlyposes to U.S. national security.
“Together, this core group of deeply intertwined individuals andorganizations manufacture andexaggerate threats of ‘creepingSharia’, Islamic domination of theWest, and purported obligatorycalls to violence against all non-Muslims by the Quran,” accordingto the report whose main author,Wajahat Ali, described the groupas “the central nervous system of the Islamophobia network.”
“This small band of radicalideologues has fought to define
Sharia as a ‘totalitarian ideology’ and legal-political-military doctrinecommitted to destroying Westerncivilization,” the report said. “Buta scholar of Islam and Muslimtradition would not recognize theirdefinition of Sharia, let alone a laypractising Muslim.”
Nonetheless, the group’s messages receive wide disseminationby what the report calls an
“Islamophobia echo chamber” consisting of leaders of theChristian Right, such as FranklinGraham and Pat Robertson, andsome Republican politicians,
such as presidential candidatesRepresentative Michele Bachmannand former Speaker of the Houseof Representatives Newt Gingrich.
Other key disseminatorsinclude media figures, especiallyprominent hosts on the Fox NewsChannel and columnists in theWashington Times the NationalReview; as well as grassrootsgroups, such asACT! For America,local “Tea Party” movements, andthe American Family Association,which are behind current effortsby Republican-dominated statelegislatures to ban Sharia in their
jurisdictions.The report also cited the Middle
East Media and Research Institute(MEMRI), a press-monitoringagency created here in 1998by former of ficers in the IsraelDefense Force that translatesselected items from Middle Easternprint and broadcast media, as akey part of the broader network,providing it with material tobolster its claims regarding thethreat posed by Islam. MEMRI,which has just been awarded aState Department contract tomonitor anti-Semitism in the Arab
media, has often been accusedof selectively spotlighting mediavoices that show anti-western biasand promote extremism.
Judging by recent polls, thenetwork has proved remarkablysuccessful, according to the reportwhich cited a 2010 WashingtonPost poll that showed that 49 % of U.S. citizens held an unfavorableview of Islam, an increase of ten% from 2002.
The same network also succeededin inciting a national controversyaround the proposed constructionof an Islamic community center in
Lower Manhattan – the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” – which,
according to Gaffney and others,was intended to celebrate the 9/11attack on the World Trade Centerand “to be a permanent, in-our-facebeachhead for Sharia, a platformfor inspiring the triumphalistambitions of the faithful.”
“It’s remarkable what a smallnumber of people have achievedwith a small group of committedand generous donors,” said EliClifton, a co-author of the reportand a national-security reporterat CAP, a think tank which isclose to the administration of President Barack Obama, who has
himself been a prime target of theIslamophobic network.
The report, which was funded bythe financier George Soros’ OpenSociety Institute (OSI), comes ata particularly sensitive moment
– just two weeks before the tenthanniversary of 9/11 and less thana month after the murders of 76people in Norway by Anders Breivik whose Internet manifesto not onlyechoed themes propagated by thekey U.S. Islamophobic ideologues,but also quoted directly from theirwritings in dozens of passages.
Indeed, Spencer’s blog, Jihad
Watch, a program of the DavidHorowitz Freedom Center, anothergroup identified by the report aspart of the Islamophobic network,was cited 162 times, while Pipesand the MEF receive 16 mentionsand Gaffney’s CSP another eight.
According to the report, JihadWatch has been supported via theHorowitz Center primarily by theFairbrook Foundation, which isrun by Aubry and Joyce Chernik.Between 2004 and 2009, Fairbrook provided nearly $1.5 million toIslamophobic groups, including Act!For America, CSP, the Investigative
Project, and MEF.The Cherniks also supported the
far-right Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and AishHatorah, afar-right Israeli group behind theU.S.-based Clarion Fund, whichproduced the video, Obsession:Radical Islam’s War Against theWest that was, in turn, heavilypromoted by the Islamophobicgroups featured in the report.Breivik praised it in his manifesto.
Some 28 million DVD copies of the Obsession film were distributedto households in key swing stateson the eve of the 2008 presidentialelections in an apparent effortto sway voters against Obama.
Some $ 17 million in funding fortheir distribution was providedby a Chicago industrialist, BarrySeid, according to a Salon.comreport published last year, andwas channeled through Virginia-based Donors Capital Fund, whichincludes several prominent right-wing and neoconservative figureson its board.
Donors to the Fund have alsocontributed $ 400,000 to theInvestigative Project and 2.3million dollars to the MEF between2001 and 2009, according to thereport.
Other major donors toIslamophobic groups includeseveral foundations controlled byRichard Mellon Scaife; including $2.9 million to CSP and $ 3.4 millionto Horowitz’ Freedom Center. TheLynde and Harry Bradley Foundation,which has often coordinated itspolitical philanthropy with Scaife’sfoundations, provided some $300,000 to MEF, $ 815,000 to CSPand $ 3.4 million to the FreedomCenter. In addition to moretraditional charitable activities,both Scaife and Bradley have longbeen major supporters of far-right
and neoconservative causes.Other major donors included the
Newton D. and Rochelle F. Beckerfoundations, the Russell BerrieFoundation, and the AnchorageCharitable Foundation and WilliamRosenwald Family Fund, accordingto the report.
In its mission statement, theRussell Berrie Foundation cited asone of its principal goals “fosteringthe spirit of religious understandingand pluralism”.
“The intellectual nexus of thenetwork is well understood,” saidFaizShakir, CAP’s vice president.
“We know it’s driven primarilyby hatred against Muslims; whatwe don’t know is what are themotivations of the funders. Wedon’t know to what extent they areaware of what is being funded,” hesaid.
Horowitz denounced thereport in a statement issued onits website, calling it a “typicalfascistic attempt to silence criticsand scare donors from supportingtheir efforts to inform the Americanpublic about the threats we facefrom the Islamic jihad.”
Efforts to obtain comments fromMEF and CSP were not successful.
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Thank you, Madam President.
First of all, I would like tothank you for organizing thisOpen Debate on the Middle East,a region witnessing momentous
transformation.I would also like to thank Under
Secretary General Lynn Pascoe
for his comprehensive briefing ondevelopments in the region.
Madam President,
Clearly, the issue of Palestine hastaken a decisive turn in the historyof the Middle East conflict after
President Mahmoud Abbas filedan application with the SecretaryGeneral on 23 September 2011 for
Palestine’s full membership to theUnited Nations.
Speaking a day after President Abbas filed the application, my
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singhsaid in the General Assembly on24 September 2011 that India has
been steadfast in its support forthe Palestinian people’s strugglefor a sovereign, independent,
viable and united state of Palestinewith East Jerusalem as its capital,living within secure and recognized
borders side by side and at peacewith Israel, as per the relevant
resolutions of this Organization,the Arab Peace Initiative and theQuartet Roadmap.
The Prime Minister added thatwe look forward to welcoming
Palestine as an equal member of the United Nations.
Madam President,
India recognized the PLO as thesole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in 1975 and
its Of fice in New Delhi was accordedfull diplomatic recognition in 1980.India was thefirst non-Arab country
to recognize the State of Palestinein 1988. We have maintaineddiplomatic relations with Palestinefor over two decades now.
It is also pertinent to note thatPalestine has been recognizedby more than two-thirds of the
membership of this Organization.Obviously, the State of Palestine
fulfills all criteria mentioned
in Article 4 of the Charter formembership to this Organization.
We, therefore, support Pales
tine’s application and hope thatthe process will be concludedexpeditiously.
Madam President,
During my long political career, Ihave had the honour to work closely
with the Palestinian leaders.I had met the undisputed lea
der of the Palestinian people latePresident Yasser Arafat on 17
September 2004 at Ramallah, justa few months before he left hisearthly abode.
At that meeting, I had the opportunity to reiterate India’s solidaritywith the Palestinian people and
support for their cause.He had warmly recalled his
close relations with Indian leaders,
particularly Mrs Indira Gandhi andMr Rajiv Gandhi, and appreciatedIndia’s unwavering support for the
cause of the Palestinian people.We have continued our
interactions with the Palestinianleadership under President Abbas.
He has paid state visits to India in2008 and 2010.
Madam President,
As the world’s largest democracyand arguably its most diversecountry, India recognizes the demo
cratic aspirations of all peoples,including in the Middle East.
The call of the international
community for democracy andrespect of fundamental rightswill sound hollow if the presentimpasse continues and Palestinians
are denied their aspirations.It is also our firm conviction
that lasting peace and security in
the region can be achieved onlythrough peaceful dialogue and notthrough use of force.
In this context, we havenoted the Quartet Statementof 23 September and hope that
the timelines indicated in theStatement would be realized.
The biggest stumbling block to
direct negotiations between theIsarelis and Palestinians remains
continuing settlement activitiesin the occupied Palestinian
territories.We call upon Israel to stop
settlement activities. This willfacilitate resumption of negotiationsin which all Final Status issuesshould be addressed.
We cannot, however, makePalestine’s membership to theUnited Nations conditional upon a
peace agreement for that will belegally untenable, even while wesupport resumption of direct talks
to resolve the outstanding issues.Madame President,We welcome the recent agree
ment between Israel and Hamas
on exchange of prisoners. Wehope this will ease tension and
build confidence.We also hope this would pave
the way for an early and significanteasing of restrictions on movement
of goods and people into the GazaStrip, thereby addressing the direhumanitarian situation there.
India on its part has continuedits development support to thePalestinian Authority.
From the year 2009-10, weenhanced our annual contributionto the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency [UNRWA] to US$
1 million, in addition to a specialcontribution of US $ 1 million to
UNRWA in response to a flashappeal in 2010.
During the last two years, India
has also contributed US$ 10 millionannually as untied budgetarysupport to the Palestinian Auth
ority.We are offering 100 slots to the
Palestinian Authority for capacity
building and human resourcedevelopment under our technicaland economic cooperation progra
mme.
We have also undertaken jointprojects with our IBSA partners in
Palestine with a sports complexhaving just been completed.
Madam President,While the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict is the most serious one inthe region, we need to be mindful
that resolution of this conflict byitself may not result in achievementof a comprehensive and durable
peace in the region.Other issues relating to Arab
lands that remain under occupation
are equally important. Progress inthe Lebanese and Syrian tracksof the Middle East Peace Process
is, therefore, necessary forcomprehensive and lasting peacein the region.
Developments in the Middle Eastsince February this year underlinethe need for reinvigorating thesearch for this comprehensive
peace, while the countries in theregion undertake inclusive politicalprocesses and implement reforms
to meet the legitimate aspirationsof their people.
It is important that the grievan
ces of the people are addressedthrough dialogue and negotiations
rather than resorting to arms.It is the responsibility of all
countries to create conditionsthat enable their people to freely
determine their pathways todevelopment. This is the essenceof democracy and fundamentalhuman freedoms.
No action should be taken fromoutside that exacerbates problemsand gives space for the rise of
extremism.The international community
should stand ready to assist
the countries in these effortswhile respecting sovereignty,
independence and territorialintegrity of all countries.
As my Prime Minister said inthe General Assembly on 24September, societies cannot be
reordered from outside throughmilitary force.
Observance of the rule of law is
as important in international affairsas it is within countries.
Guided by these principles,
Madam President, India standsready to play its role in ourcollective endeavours to achieve a
just and comprehensive peace in
the Middle East.Thank you.
Statement by H.E. Mr. E. Ahamed,
Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of In dia
New Y ork, 24 October 2011
UNSC’s Open Debate on the Situation in the Middle East