How blind can we get?

How blind can we get?

We get blinded by our history of Meer Jaffers and Meer Sadiq’s and lose complete sense of the reality of the world today. That fear is so gripping that we want to live in Isolation. It is this fear that is keeping us left out in all endeavors of the society.

We need to live with confidence and face every thing squarely. No need to run from anything.
We need to go back and re-evaluate our mentality that we have displayed in the following article. ‘Zameer Baichta Hoon, Kharidar Chaahiyay’. We are Meer jaffering Akhtarul Wasey, Sirajuddin Qureshi, Maulana Jamil Ilyasi and Sufi Sant Samagam Umair Ilyasi because they met with Rabbi Yona Metzger.

Let me take a detour of America.

We have an India Association in nearly every city of the United States, how many of us are members of it? Yet we complain that they do things without including us. I simply don’t buy this, I am willing to spend my time with you to change this false accusation, and the problem is with us and our confidence, not with them. Some times, unashamedly we act like we are the 2nd class citizens, by acting we become one. Those boys do things because there is no one to tell them otherwise. You just cannot become a member and demand things, you have to earn the membership, volunteer your time for a while, and you will be heard.

Let’s go back to India.

An insignificant percent of us, the Muslims are involved in politics, big business and civic activities and we are bypassed in a lot of decisions. Economic developments are coming, the Middle Eastern nations are investing… what are we doing, sitting one the sidelines and criticizing.

I am glad those guys met with the Rabbi, even if they are not good Muslim per the author of the article below, at least we had a presence, at least they will not make blatant comments, at least they will honor ( even if it is fraction) their presence. The hate spewed for Jews in inexcusable, is that what we are are good at? Hating Jews and condemning every one who meets with them is a fashion. We need to get out of this tail chasing.

Badhai haath dost ho ke dushmanhum ahl-e dil hain, daman kushada rakhtay hain.

The criticism of the people attended is un-just and downright wrong. You can curse me and get the dil ki bhadas out, if that is what we were good at. We need to change and open ourselves up and I do hope there a few Muslims who would disagree with this article in principle.

Mike Ghouse

Zameer Baichta Hoon, Kharidar Chaahiyay
By: Indianmuslims.infoFebruary 9, 2007

Muslim history bears evidence to the fact that the Meer Jafars and MeerSadiqs have always stabbed in the back of the Ummah just for temporal gainshowsoever great. At peace they pave the way for the fall of the Muslimterritory and at war help the enemies win the ground. So in both cases thesetimeservers from among the ranks and files of the community most brazenlybring disgrace, ignominy and ultimate loss to the community. This past weekIndian Muslims stood shocked and shattered when they found much to theirsheer discomfiture few so-called Muslim representatives shaking hands withJewish rabbis and Zionist think-tanks who were here in the Capital tobuttress the hardcore Hindutva.

In a claimed revealing story, which also proved the inside scoop on theevent, the Hindustan Express of February 7 reported a secret meeting of aJewish delegation with some Hindutva leaders as well as few self-styledMuslim leaders.

“Amidst the ongoing Zionist conspiracies against Muslims at theinternational level, chief rabbis of Israel, in an extraordinary meetingheld here today, exchanged thoughts and views with communal Hindu leadersand devised a course of action to strengthen Jew-Hindu lobby (in India) –obviously to weave a conspiratorial network against Indian Muslims,” thepaper reveals.

“The most important aspect of this meeting,” the paper adds, “is that theIsraeli delegation sought from some Muslim personages, whom they consideredimportant for their cause, useful suggestions to strengthen the Hindu-Jewlobby and also acquaint them with their programmes.”
This extraordinary meeting was reportedly organised by RSS at the residenceof former BJP president LK Advani, in the name of promoting inter-religiousharmony from 7 to 9 p.m. on February 6, followed by a lavish dinner in whichMuslim “Meers” also registered their presence.

The Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and his deputies were present in themeeting. Among Hindutva leaders those present include editor RSS Hindi organPanchjanya Tarun Vijay and BJP leader Balbir Punj. While head Department ofIslamic Studies Jamia Millia Islamia Professor Akhtarul Wasey, chairmanIndia Islamic Cultural Centre Sirajuddin Qureshi, president All India Imamsof Mosques Maulana Jamil Ilyasi and his son and president Sufi Sant SamagamUmair Ilyasi were present there.

The Express report expresses surprises at the fact that it was ProfessorAkhtarul Wasey, projected as a great influential Muslim leader and thepioneer of Hindu-Muslim-Jew unity in India, who led the Jewish delegation toIndia.
Professor Wasey threw light on the utility of Hindu-Jew unity, and alsoconsidered Jew-Muslim unity the most urgent need of the hour.
While contacted, Professor Wasey confirmed to Indianmuslims.info that such ameeting was held. However, he said that this meeting was held under theauspices of World Council of Religious Leaders to discuss the need ofharmony among the various religions. He revealed that he told the Jewishrabbis to ensure justice as without justice peace cannot be established inthe world.

Another meeting, a comparatively open one and with more Muslim presence, washeld at Hotel Oberoi the next day, viz. on February 7. The Express ofFebruary 8, under a very scintillating but shocking headline Zameer bechtahoon kharidaar chahiyey! (we’re selling our conscience, is there anytaker?), reports that despite his frantic efforts to ensure the presence ofall the members of the Executive Council of India Islamic Cultural Centre,Sirajuddin Qureshi could bring only one of them – Supreme Court AdvocateWasi Noamani – with him to attend the meeting at Oberoi. Another importantbut controversial Muslim figure who attended this meeting is MaulanaWahiduddin Khan. And it needs no mention that Professor Wasey was very muchthere. The Israeli Ambassador to India, David Danieli and former Governor ofUttar Pradesh Romesh Bhandari also made their presence in the meeting.

The Express of February 8 editorially comments on the extraordinary event:“If all roads of Zionism are leading to India today, its prime most reasonis that as a nation India is the biggest population and the biggest marketas well… Then there is more conducive atmosphere for the promotion ofZionism prevailing here today than ever before. The country to which oncethe very existence of Israel was not acceptable, which had severely opposedits establishment and had voted against its membership of the UnitedNations, and did not allow to open its embassy up till 1992, has undergonesuch a drastic change in its foreign policy that Israel has emerged today asthe second biggest supplier of arms to India.”

The Express editorial further says: “Pity on the Muslims who are extendingtheir support to this unholy game, and contributing to the Israeli effortsto make India a hotbed of Zionist activities….”

Hindu-Jew agreement signedOn February 8, besides the Express, the Rashtriya Sahara , which came underscanner last week for supporting the Qadiani and Israeli causes in India,also carried a UNI release reporting an agreement signed to strengthenHindu-Jew unity. The agreement was signed by Israel’s Chief Rabbi Metzgerand Convenor Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha Swami Dayananda Saraswati at the endof the two days meetings. The UNI report did mention the presence of someMuslims in the meetings but did not mention their names. It also says thatWorld Council of Religious Leaders (WCORL) contributed to the inking of thisagreement.

Muslims’ condemnationThe meeting of self-styled Muslims with Jewish rabbis has sent shock wavesthrough the large segments of Muslim masses in India. Indian Muslims fail tocomprehend the reason why few self-styled Muslim leaders are becominginstrumental in the hands of Zionists by meeting Jewish rabbis and Israeliambassador particularly at a time when the Israel’s efforts to demolishMasjid al-Aqsa are going on.

The Express of February 9 carries wide condemnation of the Meer Jafars fortheir act of treachery by the various Muslim individuals and organisations,including Shahi Imam Masjid Fatehpuri Delhi Mufti Mukarram Ahmad, SecretaryJamiat Ulama-i-Hind Maulana Abdul Hameed Noamani, Jamaat-e-Islami HindAssistant Secretary Intizar Naeem, Kamal Farooqui, president MuslimPolitical Council of India Dr Tasleem Ahmad Rahmani, general secretary AllIndia Tanzeemul Muslimeen Habeebullah Hashmi, president All India MinoritiesConference Piyarey Mian. They have termed the event ‘unfortunate,’ and theself-styled Muslims ‘treacherous’ and ‘deceitful’. Some of them called theseMeers ‘BJPmen’ and some others averred ‘they do not represent the Muslimcommunity’; they are ‘self-styled’.

Dr Tasleem Rahmani said, “No one can be allowed to go against theagreed-upon view of Muslim Ummah on Israel howsoever great and wealthy hemay be and howsoever high posts he may hold… Such a meeting of Muslimleaders with the (Jewish) delegation hurts the sentiments of Muslims and thevery personality of these leaders becomes doubtful.

Institutions like India Islamic Cultural Centre and Jamia Millia Islamia arethe trust of Ummah and it does not behove the functionaries of suchinstitutions, even in their personal capacity, to establish relationshipswith anti-Muslim people and organisations, not to say of bringing disgraceto the entire community by holding meetings with anti-Muslim Israelidelegation.”

On February 9 the Inquilab carried a brief but front-paged report of boththe meetings held at Advani’s residence on February 6 and at Hotel Oberoi onFebruary 7, mentioning the names of the Muslims who participated in themeetings.