"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."


http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/south-asia/blame-shifts-to-hindu-radicals-for-attacks-on-indian-holy-places?pageCount=2

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."

http://www.dailypioneer.com/328248/Mamata-does-leg-work-to-charm-minorities.html

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.

"Winds of Change" has now lost its gale force with which it was raging around during the 2009 elections.

Lots of changes have taken place in Bengal since 2009 Parliamentary elections. Talks about "winds of change" has now lost its gale force with which it was raging around during the 2009 elections. The initial euphoria among people seeking the change has now died down. The last couple of years have exposed Mamata Banerjee and her party and now people have understood how hollow her rhetorics were. Even the TMC-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation is not showing any sign of ushering in an era of good governance. Most TMC councilors have failed to meet people's expectations. Even the central ministers(except Dinesh Trivedi) from Ms Banerjee's party are not doing any significant work in Delhi expect flagging off some new trains.

The people of the Bengal should weigh pros and cons of the situations before they come out to vote for any political party, as this opportunity to choose a government comes once in long five years. And if a wrong decision is through, then people are left at the mercy of an incompetent government led by some sefish, corrupt and anti-people political party.

No doubt such a "change" usually helps in bringing developments to the society. This phenomenon is evident in the states where such change in government is often taking place. Tamil Nadu, Kerala and even Karnataka show how such change in government brought about developments in these states. The fear of losing power looms large for ruling parties and it helps respective governments work overtime in the interest of the people who vote them to power.

It must be noted that in Bengal even the CPI-M is trying to bring about some changes within the set up of the party in ways possible. It has excluded many sitting MLAs and even ministers from its list of contestants in forthcoming elections because those comrades are not being favoured by people. CPI-M is making frantic effort to win people'sconfidence and recover its lost ground. And, surely it has regained some of its lost ground in recent months, given the constant bickering within the TMC, and the corruptions charges leveled against some TMC leaders. But such corrective steps appear too little and too late. The arrogance of the Communist leaders has eaten away the party's mass base.

People of Bengal cannot really choose whom to follow and they appear to have been caught between devil and the deep blue sea. However, it's a fact that to teach a good lesson to the arrogant rulers a very large section of the people have turned impatient in Bengal. The elections will soon tell how powerful this section is and if they can really trigger the change.

LOOTS OF WAKF PROPERTIES ARE GOING ON

Muslims are worried and angry the way wakf lands, which were donated by philanthropic Muslims for the benefit of the community are being openly traded by the unscrupulous mutavallis [caretakers] and others in authority. Clandestine sell-offs of wakf properties are taking place all across the country. In connivance with the state Wakf Boards the mutavallis are misusing the properties for personal financial gains. The situation is piquant in throughout India. Wakf lands are regularly targeted by real estate sharks, who approach either caretakers or members of the Boards, who in turn sell the lands for a pittance, by taking hefty cuts in the underhand deals.

Many high profile deals of wakf properties came to our notice recently. The land on which Mukesh Ambani has constructed his famous 27-floor personal home Anitilia was a genuine wakf land. Mr Ambani paid a very small fraction of the land's real market value of some whopping crores of rupees and took possession of the land through some illegal deals. On original wakf lands all across the country numerous posh residential complexes and highrises have come up where richer non-Muslims have set up their homes. Poor Muslims can never afford to dream to occupy any place in those expensive floors.

But ordeals for Muslims do not end here. After bribing mostly Hindu wakf board officials and the Muslim mutavallis- who are always ready to do away with their conscience for little monetary gains, commercial complexes have also sprung up on these wakf lands. These commercial complexes on wakf properties are minting money in crores and not a fraction of it ever comes to the benefit of Muslims who continue to perish in the society in traditional miseries. But then whom should Muslims blame for the situation? To the disposers of the lands? Or the buyers of the wakf properties. But before we the Muslims blame outsiders, we should blame the rogue members in our community. We have to unite and confront these moles, who are equally responsible for the economic miseries of the community.....

We (Muslims) have always asserted that we will abide by the court verdict

Just because the people of India have remained cool after the court verdict does not mean that the verdict is justified and correct. When mythology and "faith" of the majority take precedence over legal propriety and hard evidence, then how much conviction can the judgement carry? And if the Hindu claims were correct, why give one-third land to the Waqf Board - consolation prize?

Over the years we (Muslims) have always asserted that we will abide by the court verdict. What about the other side? Again and again we have heard that either the Court decides in favour of Ram Janmasthan otherwise they will assert that the Court can't decide on matters of faith. No wonder the judges have kept in mind the intransigent approach of the saffron brigade while delivering their verdict.

It is very unfortunate and I feel it's equally a black day as December 6, 1992. They demolished a structure on that fateful day and these Judges broke my faith in capabilities of our Judiciary on September 30, 2010.

Despite provocation at many places, such as distributing sweets, sounding fire crakers and Even showing disrespect to holy book Quran by tearing and inscripting it with Jai Shri Ram, Muslims all over India has kept quite as we fear that a decision based on reason, law and hard evidence might have led to communal riots and ultimately muslims would have faced the blunt again!!!