Introspection! No, No, No, That’s Not For Us; We Are Muslims!!! Intelligence agencies should get the

NewAgeIslam.com has been talking of a dangerous disconnect between the Muslim press and National media. We present below the translation of an article by an enlightened, secular Muslim, known for his belief in multiculturalism and keeping the Muslims in national mainstream. This is the least provocative of articles in the Muslim Press, but it would appear that even Mr. Zafar Agha, feels the need for reminding the Muslims that they have ruled the county before and can rule it again, mercifully using the constitutional methods of vote-bank politics. Introspection, of course, he is clear, is not for Muslims. We Muslims can do no wrong. There is no possibility of a Muslim going berserk, losing his mental balance. 

 We wonder if Mr. Zafar Agha is even aware of the murderous nature of our so-called ulema (scholars and divines) under whose tutelage a large number of young Muslims are ruining their lives. If our ulema can prescribe killing a Muslim for the slightest deviation from the Islamic path that they have fixed for him, under their sectarian interpretation of Islam, what is stopping Muslims from killing other Muslims? They are doing that all over the Muslim world, in any case. What is such a big deal, if some young Muslims in India, influenced by the vicious interpretations of Islam prevalent here too, decide to do that? 

We are not saying the police or intelligence agencies can do no wrong. Of course, they can and they do. They have quite a track record actually. The courts alone can pronounce judgment. But how can someone as sensible, as we expect Mr. Zafar Agha to be, someone who keeps asking Muslims repeatedly, in the true Islamic tradition, to act rationally, can even deny the possibility of there being some crazy hotheads within our community too. He rejects even the need for introspection for the community!

 Agha assures Muslins of the possibility of their ruling over India again. What sort of rule, Agha Saheb? Will it be a return of Mughal rule or the establishment of Khilafat, of the kind the SIMI is dreaming of? You say, we Muslims have ruled India in the past and can do so again in the near future. This seems to mean that your dream is not limited to the possibility of a constitutionally-mandated Muslim Prime Minister, in which, of course, there is nothing wrong. Is this your personal dream or the dream of the Muslim community that you are articulating?

Author's Note

The Author has been write in the field of New Age Islam & Sultan Shahin.

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"We present below the translation of an article by an enlightened, secular Muslim, known for his belief in multiculturalism and keeping the Muslims in national mainstream."

That's what you say, but you don't. So from the opening you lie to the reader. Instead YOU talk about him in a way I doubt you'd have the courage to do in parson. Doesn't do your cause any good to behave in an irresponsible way and lie to your reader.