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firstly congress always won due to muslim votes. S...

2010-09-05T09:54:14.575-07:00

firstly congress always won due to muslim votes. Secondly it is wrong to expect govt and others to build and provide all facilities. For an example if every muslim in malegaon just contributed one rupees per day then they cud have built a modern hospital and school . Why expect too much? Why not contribute to develop community and
nation. Also why blame

it indeed is hard work collecting news form variou...

2008-12-29T19:45:00.000-08:00

it indeed is hard work collecting news form various agencies and posting them, thanks for the post.
killing innocents is wrong whether done by muslims, hindus, or any other religious fundamentalists.
in these attacks the common man is killed irrespective of his/her religion, and these so-called representatives of the public come after the damage has been done and usually through a few thousands for the deceased persons family.
and forget taking any steps to stop this, their first step is blame muslims, second step....., sorry 1st step continues.
do we really need such politicians?

Good Job, I Think only solution to this issue is t...

2008-12-16T14:02:00.000-08:00

Good Job, I Think only solution to this issue is to educate muslim so that they can take part in the CIVIL services of india like IPS,IAS,IFS

Then only indian muslim can make a diffrence.

All Muslims are aware of double stand of political...

2008-10-12T01:35:00.000-07:00

All Muslims are aware of double stand of political parties in India whether it is congress or any other party then also we are stuck to them why? Does any of Muslim can give me the answer to this question? Why we are not forming our own political party? We are 25+ crore in India and still we are dependent of others. If Mayawati can form a govt by creating her own party why we can’t?

Riyaz

mr. zafar,
u r realy very objective and precise...

2008-08-04T03:16:00.000-07:00

mr. zafar,
u r realy very objective and precise and answered summer and winter in there temperature scales. now they understand fully but one thing that is called stubborness which comes to play many times on such occasion.god bless them.
mahmood

To summer/rahul etc.
Muslims like any other co...

2008-04-07T06:36:00.000-07:00

To summer/rahul etc.
Muslims like any other community (which of course includes hindus) would like to preserve their identity. There is nothing unique about it. Do you know about Hindarf? The hindu organization in a muslim country. One of the aims of the organization is to protect religious/cultural identity of the malay hindus. AND I BELIEVE there is nothing wrong with it (Hindarf and it's cause).
As for that guy in the BPO story goes, there are people with far stranger religious beliefs in India and the world. And the world accomodates them. I have come across a marvari who doesn't issue me a cheque because it was 6 PM and they do not pay people in the evenings. So, I have to wait for the next day.
Still, there are stranger people, which the world is accomodating. There are people which practise suicide as a religious act (Jain santra, Buddhists), corporal mortification (christians - opus dei). The world is accomodating heredity based religious groups who think other people are inferior to them (Jews, Brahmins), religions which promote miracles and chamatkars (christians and hindus).
I am writing this just to prove my point. I am sorry if anybody's has been hurt. If anyone complains, I am ready to remove my comment.

This is a very good article. Very insightful and t...

2008-03-20T03:42:00.000-07:00

This is a very good article. Very insightful and thought provoking.

to the blogr-im sure people like us will make them...

2007-07-01T04:35:00.000-07:00

to the blogr-im sure people like us will make them do good to everybody in our country.
as romi saheb said -Yes there are many many voices of sanity.

For-- whoever summmer or winter raising a voice by being anonymous says it all.HE HAS IDENTITY CRISIS.
but sir very well written and associated.facts cant be denied afterall,although for some it might me emotionelss.

What am emotional crap....One malegaun and so much...

2006-10-06T12:45:00.000-07:00

What am emotional crap....One malegaun and so much emotions! Dont forget Hindu majority has elected all minorities for the top posts. That is just a live example of tolerance on Indian nation. Please dont blame backwardness of your community on others. If you cant reform what can others do?

Definately ISI seems to be succeeding. Target 10 times Hindu temples and Hindus and one time Muslim target and burn Indian nation in deadly communal voilence. Thats their satanic strategy. Hindus understood atlast but maybe Indian muslims will never!! How can they forget ummah and go against their own people across the border....Kafir is afterall a Kafir!

I meant as a blogger, like many blog friends about...

2006-09-17T03:17:00.000-07:00

I meant as a blogger, like many blog friends about whom I don't know their religion etc
Just a simple blogettique though I don't believe in that and that's why I have let anonymous comments by non-bloggers here.
Muslims, you must have met many and whatever impression you had, you are of course entitled to do that.
Hopefully aapke dil ki 'bharaas' nikal jayegi. :)
Rest you have as much right to express your thoughts. Take care
bye

Hmmm... identity like what? name, sex, age, langua...

2006-09-17T02:00:00.000-07:00

Hmmm... identity like what? name, sex, age, language, country of residence, religion, sect, nationality, profession, qualifications, political affiliation, iq? what exactly helps you to place me? aren't my thoughts important than my identity?

i do honestly feel that your quam wants to be different in the way you dress, in the way western education is shunned and in the way religion comes before nation. aren't we all bound by our nationality? the concept of a nation did not exist in 7th century Arab world. this is a different time. your insistence on resistance to change makes you different by default, because this world is changing so fast.

its ok to have grievances, everyone does. but one must remember that nationality matters. if you go to a muslim somalia, things won't get better for you overnight because you are among co religionists. it won't even happen in pakistan, let alone somalia.

i'll give an example f resistance to change. one muslim in a very big BPO who was hired as a manager in the very very critical function of risk management was fired recently. the reason, he wanted to reschedule conference meetings with clients in UK and US to accommodate his prayer times. when his parsi boss who had hired him tried to reason with him or discuss alternatives (adjust timing etc as impossible to reschedule meetings daily), he would go to his local religious authority and ask if it was ok (which they ruled was not). i'm sure he feels like a victim now because he was fired from a very high paying job. but see if he was hired in risk management, to liase with the west in the first place, obviously there is no bias. its his failure to change that made him suffer. this happened very recently. i just could not believe this when i heard it.

Thanks Sharique bhai. Wamiq Sahab, I don't know if...

2006-09-16T03:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks Sharique bhai. Wamiq Sahab, I don't know if I will be able to do write and do justice to the subject. I will contact you.
Raza Rumi, yes, Bollywood has either a don, a buffoon or a Namazi elderly kind but they surely know what kind of films and stories would sell. And Bollywood is probably the only place where at all levels, Muslims are represented fairly well and there is no bias.
Summer sahab, agar aap apni identity zaahir karte to behtar hoga. Who wants to be treated differently? Which qaum? In fact, I just in a recent post welcomed abolishing Haj subsidy.
Thanks for visiting Abdul, I am about to see your piece also.

Good post - wrote a small piece on the same in my ...

2006-09-16T02:12:00.000-07:00

Good post - wrote a small piece on the same in my blog

Even if we assume that the malegaon blasts were pe...

2006-09-16T02:10:00.000-07:00

Even if we assume that the malegaon blasts were perpetrated by Hindu organizations, how can anyone be labelled a terrorist at this stage? majority media in india still calls kashmiri terrorists 'rebels or militants' right? and this is after they have murdered tens of thousands? similarly, LET and JOM etc are called terrorist today after decades of bloodshed. so only after its established that an organization is using terrorism, the media will call them terrorists and hold them as obvious suspects when bombs go off.

As for Wamiq saheb, he'll do well to get articles published on LET, JEM and their fronts that operate with impunity in pakistan. For all u know, it was their RDX that went off in Malegaon.

I also find it amusing that a qaum aspires to be different and then complains that they are treated differently!

Informative, well-researched and painful...Excelle...

2006-09-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

Informative, well-researched and painful...Excellent post Adnan!

This is my personal assessment: a key dilemma of Indian muslims is utter lack of leadership and articulation of communtiy concerns in a democratic-secular framework. The archetypal image of a paan chewing, burqa and achkan loving, amma/abba hazoor, contraceptive-shunning muslim image in India has to change. Bollywood had promoted achkan stereotypes and now the mainstream media (including Bollywood) had nothing more to add except the underworld linked muslim (look at all the films with the standard Bhai and bhai-log). i was struck by endless discussion on media's craziness on speculating what will happen to Sanjay Dutt after the Mumbai verdict. Instead of reporting on what happened to the victims of Mumbai blasts earlier and now, this was peculiar.
And now the 'terrorist' label is all pervasive. Yes there are many many voices of sanity - alas they get drowned by the sensationalism of media.
However, I also see positive signs: with younger, rational writers and leaders such as yourself, I am hopeful for the future of Indian muslims.

Wamiq Saheb: Adnan might get into trouble if he writes for an international publication. As it is he doesn't sing Vande Matram! just joking..

I am struck with this picture which you have depic...

2006-09-15T00:46:00.000-07:00

I am struck with this picture which you have depicted. I am very interested, and wanted to know if you would like to write a piece for me on the plight of Indian Muslims and the racism they face in India? I would be most interested.
All the best.

Good job! U have collected almost every piece of n...

2006-09-14T21:50:00.000-07:00

Good job! U have collected almost every piece of news that was available. It really is saddening to read all these and see people still talk about our allegiance of the nation in spite of this biased approach. They never look at this side of the coin. I am not very hopeful of the perpetrators of malegaon blast being brought to book. THATS THE SOCIETY WE LIVE IT