Aziz Mubaraki, a young Muslim leader in Kolkata, said it was the VHP that was instigating communal riots and terrorist activities in India and it was "ridiculous" that it was seeking the fatwa. "Muslim religious and social groups in the past year have condemned terrorism in countless religious meetings, seminars and public rallies," he said. "There is no proof of any Muslim religious organisation being involved in any communal or anti-national activity in India.


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"We have decided to organise a peace rally on Thursday which will be attended by people of all religions to maintain communal harmony in the city," said Mr Aziz Mubaraki, additional chief secretary of Tipu Sultan Masjid on Wednesday.



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Aziz Mubaraki, spokesman of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Masjid, said the Muslim personal law was perfect and only those who had no knowledge of Islam or Muslim personal law could call any part of it "gravely faulty".

"Islam permits up to four marriages, but in very stringent conditions. However, some Muslim and non-Muslim men might be committing bigamy or polygamy even in the absence of such conditions just to fulfil their sexual urge in a mischievous way. Muslim personal law should not be blamed for the fault committed by some sex-maniac men," Mr Mubaraki said. "Islam does not allow a marriage which is driven only by physical attraction and sex."



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"In my college days I knew communists were the people with the best political ideology and were the most trusted saviours of weak or minority communities. Banking on key Muslim votes they have been staying in power for more than three decades. But they have done so little for us - we feel cheated," said Aziz Mubaraki. "Now the leaders are trying to revive the party by trying to win back the Muslims. But Muslims are not going to trust them that easily and in the 2011 elections the communists will discover this bitter truth."


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Kolkata-based Aziz Mubarki, national secretary of South Asia Ulama Council - a body of muslim religious leaders - says that madrasas are being converted into regular schools and soon the Muslim pupils could become a minority in all modern madrasas.

“Islam is not against modern education or moderization of education. But can we call these institution madrasas when students cannot offer namaaz or prayer inside these institutions? Do you think it can be called a madrasa when the Muslim children cannot offer namaaz or prayer inside the madrasa? This is practically what is happening inside these so-called modern madrasas. They are turning the madrasas into ordinary schools, in the name of modernization. We completely disagree with such modernization.”


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"Every rational citizen knows that none other than the Hindu terrorists bombed the Malegaon market, Ajmer shrine, Mecca Masjid and the Samjhauta Express," said Aziz Mubarki, a Kolkata-based Muslim community leader and blogger, referring to the 2007 bomb attack on the India-Pakistan friendship train in which more than 70 people died, mostly Pakistanis. "The Hindu groups could be involved in about a dozen other unsolved bomb attacks where Muslims were originally counted as suspects but later police failed to prove their charges in the court. Unless we get honest and neutral investigators many terror cases will remain unsolved forever."


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Speaking to The Pioneer, Aziz Mubaraki, Additional chief secretary and Media advisor to Shahi Imam, West Bengal, candidly shared his thoughts; "No doubt the minority en-masse is all out to support AITMC this time. But I must admit this is because we have no option here. Basically we want someone to replace the ruling party and Mamata Banerjee seems capable of that."

Mubarki added, "Mamata has promised a lot for the Muslims here in her manifesto, we would keep a close eye on what the party actually does if it comes to power."

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WE HAVE TO UNITE IN SINCERE EFFORT TO REBUILD THE WORLD AGAIN…

Following the 9/11 massacre, many believe that all or at least most Muslims support bin Laden's hateful doctrines.But the fact is, the majority of Muslims, do not subscribe to Al-Qaida's twisted interpretation of Islam which, they think, can be fittingly compared to the KKK's interpretation of Christianity or the fanatic Hindu groups’ interpretation of Hinduism. They all mischievously use the religion as means to spread their vicious messages and knowingly misinterpret the words of peace in the holy books, to justify their evil actions.


The death of bin Laden is more symbolic than substantive. The September 11 attacks had a searing emotional effect on the lives of common Americans- especially those families who lost their near and dear ones in the terrible tragedy. One does not need to be an expert in psychology to understand why Americans flocked to the Ground Zero, the White House and a few other points in celebration of the news of bin Laden's death.

But I feel America has won nothing by killing bin Laden- even though it’s possibly true that Osama's death has weakened al Qaeda's capacity to sow terror to a good extent. Real victory against terrorism will continue to dodge us all until we finish rebuilding the countries destroyed in the US-led war against terrorism.

Seething in anger and vengeance the US rushed into Afghanistan without having conceived any plan or will to rebuild the country which was set to be ravaged in the US-sponsored war. They embarked on another unnecessary war in Iraq destroying it completely, chasing the phantom of their national fears. Fighting for their self-importance, they squandered treasures on ill-conceived military misadventures and created more bin Ladens for the future. No doubt, the ordinary people who died on 9-11 were innocent. So were the victims in Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. And we know that many of them suffered horrible deaths, unthinkably horrible.

US cannot escape the conclusion as to what unfolded inside those prisons at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, were inhuman and gruesome. They misused international support to fight for their personal grudge, and to re-establish their much-scratched reputation, egotism and monopoly. Bin Laden’s death will not change much of the situation on the ground as many still many lie in limbo as victims of sheer injustice. People are still oppressed and denied their basic human rights. Their lives are threatened every day.

If good men do nothing the evil will triumph- it’s a natural rule. We should not stay complacent and bury our heads in the sand foolishly hoping that injustice will not target us again. We need to stand by them who are victims of injustice and join hands with those who fight against injustice. We have to get united in sincere effort to rebuild the world all over again…

LET’S GIVE A PUSH TO THE JAN LOKPAL BILL

Some weeks ago former telecom minister A Raja was arrested for taking an alleged kickback of 200 crore rupees and awarding the 2G licence to Swan Telecom. Then Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi has been arrested for indulging in financial irregularities in the recent Commonwealth Games (CWG). Eradicating corruption in the country will not be as easy as Anna Hazare perhaps assumes. We dont know how effective this Bill would be to fight against the epidemic of corruption, but it’s clear that many high-rung politicians in the past resisted the bill for which it has been stuck in the backburner for more than four decades. Still some politicians appear to be resisting the bill now and it has been a cause of worry for the citizens who have stood up to fight corruptions on all fronts.

The government’s proposed draft suggests the Lokpal as an advisory body with no unobstructed powers at its domination. At large however the bill seems to be just eyewash. It seeks to completely insulate the politicians from any kind of punitive action against them if they indulged in corruption. Such a bill, when it turns into a law, will be toothless one in its fight against corruption.

Mr. Hazare has turned an icon among ordinary Indians these days, not just because of his reputation as a campaigner for basic rights for the aam admi, but because ordinary citizens feel tired or troubled with increasing trend of corruption across the country and Anna provided them a platform to vent their protest against the menace. Corruption in the Commonwealth Games, an enormous telecom scandal, and the misuse by politicians and bureaucrats of a high-rise in Mumbai originally meant to house war widows and war veterans have aggravated public anger.

This time citizens have got a chance to channelise their growing outrage against corruption through Anna’s movement. The government has been tested in the Parliament by a united and fortified opposition and it will now face the people's verdict in five key states going to vote this month. Whatever the final outcome, let’s hope that the Jan Lokpal Bill will be able to weed out governmental corruption, at least to some extent.