Sunday, December 3, 2006

Muslims furious over insult

Muslims across North India are furious at the insult meted out to their sentiments at New York. Not just the common Muslims, but the clerics, Muslims leaders and prominent social workers belonging to the community have come forward to express their grievances.
In our previous issue, HTE gave an exclusive coverage of Apple Mecca, the new structure that has come up in New York city, very much to the annoyance of the Muslim community there and all over the globe.
Apple Mecca resembles the holiest place of Muslims on earth, the Kaaba in size, shape and colour and is alleged to have a bar inside.
The cover story done in HTE has generated mixed response from the learned clearics among the Muslim community. Not only the Muslims, intellectuals belonging to Hindu, Christian and other communities too have aired their opposition to these constant attacks on the devi devatas of the Hindus and places and things of religious importance of the Muslims. A few prominent newspapers have gone ahead and covered the exclusive story covered for the first time in HTE. Consequently, the cover story of HTE has been instrumental in taking the message across North India.
Muslim community is giving mixed reactions, ranging from contemplating demonstrations against the US once again to petitioning the UN and the Union Government to put pressure on the US to frame laws so that such incidents never occur again.
Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, a prominet Shia clearic, is of the view that this is a part of a Zionist conspiracy, rather than a Christian plot against Muslims. Kalbe Sadiq is of the view that Israel has time and again played the game of making two parties fight and has reaped its benefit out of it. If it is a Zionist plot to tease Muslims, Muslims should either learn to give no response or start teasing the Jews instead.
Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli, a prominent Sunni cleric of the country, too is of the view that it is apart of well-planned conspiracy. He cites the example of the edited Qurans that are silently being pushed forward by the US as part of the heinous plot being hatched and executed by the US authorities.
Others though want Muslims to give no reaction and instead focus more on worship of the God, who will guide those conspiring against the Muslims. But there are not too many who share such views, like those of Maulana Rahman Miyan.
Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, head of the Bareilvi sect of Muslims, is of the view that another crusade has already started. He cites Bush's own words to elucidate his point and says that Muslims have already lost several countries but are yet to take this seriously.
Mufti Mukarram in Delhi wants the bar to be closed immediately under the orders of US government, while Maulana Saif Abbas wants United Nations to frame laws so that such misdeeds are never committed again - neither in the US nor in any other country of the world, and neither against Muslims nor against any other religion of the world.

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