BaKhabar-June2013

7/28/2019 BaKhabar-June2013

1/32

Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2013

Better light a candle than curse the darkness

http://bakhabar.biharanjuman.org/ Be Aware, A lways, Everywhere

ISSN 2319-4049

Leadershipisthecapacityto

translatevisionintoreality.--warren G. Bennis


2/32

2Bakhabar

by Brian Tracy

Eighty percent of success comes

from being clear on who you are, what you

believe in and what you want.

: You can't climb to the next

rung on the ladder until you are excellent at

what you do now.

Eighty percent of all

obstacles to success come from within. Findout what is constraining in you or your

company and deal with it.

The ability to focus on one

thing single-mindedly and see it through

until it's done takes more character than

anything else.

Flood your life with ideas from

many sources. Creativity needs to be

exercised like a muscle; if you don't use it

you'll lose it.

Most in demand and least in

supply, courage is the willingness to do the

things you know are right.

Read, at the very

least, one book a week on business to keep

you miles ahead of the competition. And just

as you eat and bathe, organize your time so

you spend 30 minutes a day exploring email,

sending messages, going through websites,

because like exercise, it's the only way you

can keep on top of technology. If you get

away from it, you'll lose your edge.

Clarity:

Competence

Constraints:

Concentration:

Creativity:

Courage:

Continuous learning:

TipsforSuccess

For those who like to drink cold water, this article

is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of

cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water

will solidify the oily stuff that you have just

consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once

this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break

down and be absorbed by the intestine faster

than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very

soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It

is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a

meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should

know that not every heart attack symptom is

going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of

intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during

the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intensesweating are also common symptoms. 60% of

people who have a heart attack while they are

asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake

you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be

aware. The more we know the better chance we

could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this

message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure

that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send

the link to a friend. It could save a life. So, pleasebe a true friend and send this article to all your

friends you care about.

EFFECTSOFCOLDWATER


3/32

Seraj Akram

Khabron ki Khabar

3Bakhabar

Chhattisgarh me naksalion ne 30 se zayed logo

(congress ke neta aur security guard) ka qatl kiya,uske lash par nache.

ek 75 salah zaeef japani bashindah everest ki choti ko

sar kiya

Madhya Pradesh me ek na bina larki ne pure sube mefirst aayi.

Delhi me ek gharon me kam karne wali behad garib

aurat ka larka 12 ween class me top kiya.

IPL ke khel me satte ka bahut bara raz fash hua, kayi

player pakre gaye.

UP me 2 bache bhuk ki tab na laakar chal basa.

UP me bomb blast ke mulzim Khalid ki police custody

me maut.

Varun ke khiaf sabut mitane aur usko beqasur sabit

karne me samajwadi party ne pura sath diya.

Bangladesh me ek imarat girne se 1000 se zyadah

logo ki maut

phir bhi ise Dahshatgardi nahi kahte, lekin agar koi

bahka hua insan tiffin bomb blast kar de aru 2-4 insan

mar jaye ya zakhmi ho jaye to use Dahshatgardi ka

shor shrou ho jata he.

jab hausla ho buland to phir koi bhi rukawat insaan ko

maqsad hasil karne se nahi rok sakti.

is se sabit hota he ke dushwarian hausla mand insan

ko kameyabi se nahi rok sakti.

Muslim bachon ko pahle sahulat chahie phir baad me

parhai, unke liya har kam me rukawat he, sirf hilay

bahane me rukawat nahi he.

agar insan ke lalach ki had aur imandari na ho to phir

koi kitna bhi kama le be-imani se kamane ka moqa

zaya nahi karta.

aaj ke muhazzab samaj ke munh par thappar.

beqasur ke pakre jane par bhi koi insaf nahi mila aur

ab qatl hone par bhi insaf ki umeed nahi.

Muslim ke masiha Mulayam kitne dayaloo hain, apne

virodhion ko bhi puri madad karte hain, yah aur bat he

ke muslim ke vote lene ke baad lagatar fasad

karwakar muslim ko pareshan kar dosti ka alaq hi haq

ada kar rahe hain.

Is se sabit hota he ke siyasi party ko muslim ka vote

chahie aur kuch nahi.

Jis qaum ko apne dushman aur dost ki tameez karna

nahi malum unke sath aisa hi hota he.

ek almiya jis se darjano sawal ubharte hen.

Aboy and a girl were playing together. The boy

had a collection of

marbles. The girl had some sweets with her.

The boy told the girl that

he will give her all his marbles in exchange forher sweets. The girl

agreed.

The boy kept the biggest and the most

beautiful marble aside and gave

the rest to the girl. The girl gave him all her

sweets as she had

promised.

That night, the girl slept peacefully. But the

boy couldn't sleep as

he kept wondering if the girl had hidden some

sweets from him the way

he had hidden his best marble.

Reflection:

This simple story gives us a simple lesson thathe who does evil expects evil. This lesson

applies to all stages/domains of life may it be

professional for familial.

If you don't give your hundred percent in a

relationship, you'll always keep doubting if the

other person has

given his/her hundred percent.. Give your

hundred percent to

everything you do and get peace of mind.

Lessonfromsmallstor

Alone I can say, but together we

can shout.Alone I can smile, but together wecan laugh.Alone I can enjoy, but together wecan celebrate!


4/32

4Bakhabar

The rights and duties of a community builder. They are men of action. They areare defined on its nature, aims and force behind power. The old guides andobjectives of existence. Muslim being youth marches. The example is India.the single largest minority community What about the Islamic world? Could

in India living in a stage of statistic they not develop their system of justicecondition .The degradation can be seen to deal with so called terrorist? Could notfrom morality to economic prosperity. they help these strayed youth to returnThis degradation and decline are also to main stream of the society? The needapproved by the justice Sachar of hour is to start a campaign against thiscommittee report. Why this has injustice and raise the voice for all thehappened so? Have the Muslims unfortunate youth who are brandedforgotten their aims and objectives? terrorist and living in jail. The people ofHave they realized the vast and fast Muslim world united themselves andchanging scenario of the world? Have approach to UN Security Council,they realized the making of relation Amnesty international and Powerfulbased on economic gain than religious Arab league to pursue the case of

brotherhood? Have they realized that innocent Muslims around the world.rights and interests of the United Statesso vast community of more than 170 Without ending this project of terrorismare involved, that the Americanmillion could not go ahead without a in the Muslims world, terrorism cannotcontinents, by the free and independentstrong leadership, proper planning, be ended in other countries around thecondition which they have assumed andun i t e d s t a n d a n d s o m e s o rt o f world. And the destruction of themaintain, are henceforth not to beunderstanding with other communities Muslims countries would continue untilconsidered as subjects for futureliving in India? the entire structure of the governmentcolonization by any European powers.The present degradation reminds again not collapse for which the rule of theThis was simply a threat to Europeanand again the need of aims and present government stands. In otherpowers to not start any war in Americanobjectives to Indian Muslims. In every world these rulers are digging tunnel forcontinents.Friday prayer the Muslims used to listen own government and own people in longWhat about the Leader of Arab world?that they are the best among the best run.What about the ruler of Iran? Whether wewho are in this world for the befits for The world of Islam could stand against

accept it or not this is fact that Saudiothers, call others for the path of Allah this injustice done everywhere with theArabia and Iran are now two poles of theand stop the people from wrong doing. In youth of Islam. Dont let the IslamicIslamic world, without meeting thesethe light of these objectives, Muslims are brother hood to shatter for economictwo poles, no peace and prosperity couldnot performing own duties. They are gain. As one Hadith of Hadrat Abu Musabe achieved in Islamic world. How longkilling each other like wild animals on al-Ashari (may Allah be pleased withwe used to say to the common peoplepray in the forest. The killing of lacks in him), relates that the Holy Prophetthat there is no difference between ShiaSyria, the destruction of the people of Muhammad (may Allahs blessings andand Sunni? But the fact is that divideIraq, the destruction of Afghanistan, peace be upon him) said: The bonds (ofexits. There is no problem if they haveSomalia, Palestine and Sudan all are brotherhood) between Muslims are likegap but at least for the sake of Islam theyevidences that how much the Muslim parts of a house; one part strengthensshould agree on Munro like doctrine forcommunity has forgot the lesson. The and holds another. He crossed theIslamic world for no violence, no death,governments of many countries are fingers of one hand between those of theno insecurity, no poverty and nowitnessing the destruction to prove them other (to illustrate the point). (Bukhariilliteracy.loyal to unjust international order and Muslim) .Another Hadith HadratMuslims around the world are victims ofimplemented by the UNO and other Numan bin Bashir (may Allah be pleasedthe so called global terrorism. In everyinternational bodies. Muslims just for the with him), relates that the Holy Prophetcountry which is not Muslim brandingsake of gold coins are not trying to stop Muhammad (may Allahs blessings andMuslims youth terrorist or forcing themthe bloodshed in the Islamic world. They peace be upon him), said: The Muslims,on the path of terrorism. They are puttingforgot that without peace there is no in their mutual love, kindness andthem in prison without trial for long. Indevelopment. Could they give any compassion are like the human body:many cases the arrested youth wereexample that anywhere where there is when one of its parts is in agony, theacquitted after 10 t0 15 years without anycontinuous slaying of people have entire body feels the pain, both incharge. This is painful. Muslims have notachieved progress and development? sleeplessness and fever. (Bukhari andany complain but what about theEven without securing the neighborhood Muslim).condition of other Muslim nations which

no nation could develop. Realizing the They could stand against any nation byjust for sake of their innocence handingimportance of this Thomas Munro the adopting the strategy of OIL EMBARGO.over thousand of youths to other nationspresident of United States declared the If they could not stand powerful nationsby branding them terrorists. ThousandMunro Doctrine which states that The of the world then they could do easilyare living in unknown prisons around theoccasion has been judged proper for against third world where to appease theworld. Muslims ruler forgot that theasserting, as a principle in which the other powers the Muslims youth areyouth are might of nation. They are real

LessonsofHistorywhichwefor


5/32

5Bakhabar

targeting. The market of Arab world, the oil and investment are investment and energy security. At this point Indian youth in

pillar of many fast rising countries. Their stand will save the general and Muslim youth in particular could play pivotal role.

community from deadly catastrophe and would give cause of They could work as a Manager, Banker, Industrialist, labor,

unity. Their stand will force the culprit to allow the youth of Doctors, Engineer, Expert etc and advance the national interest

Islam to do service for their nations and play important role for in Arab and central Asian worlds. They could compete with

the advancement of humanity around the world. others for advancement in Arab and Central Asia. They could

In the present world scenario, no Muslim nation could match help to build strong relationship between India and the rest of

the technological and educational advancement of Indian Islamic world.

Muslims, the professionalism, the honesty and dedication The need of hour is that the game of communal terrorism whichwhich they showed in the building of Arab world and rest of the has been started by the communal minded people of India

world are an example. America is so powerful not because against Indian Muslim youth should be ended.

producing the well developed human resources but the For solution of this problem of terrorism Indian secular minded

migration of the best brain of the world. The multi-national people and Arab world and central Asian people should come

companies owned by American Israeli are getting best human together. If terrorism could not be allowed to grow anywhere in

power not from Israel or America but from the other world. The the world then people should also not be allowed to be

liberal approach, the professionalism and scientific working victimized. If terrorism is an international problem then

culture provided these multi-national companies the best violation of Human Rights in the name of terrorism should also

manager of the world. In the same way, a little effort by the an international problem. The case of duality could not sustain

Arab world could save the future of million youth and provide longer that the terrorism should be projected by the

an opportunity to play pivotal role in the development of Arab communalist as international problem and questioning the

world and central Asia. In the context of India, the Muslim youth human rights violation as intervention in the internal matter.they could be worked as bridge between India and Arab world And all those people who wish to see better relation between

and central Asia. They could bring the two worlds near to each these two communities should come forward. Otherwise the

other. India needs energy, market and capital while the Arab history will repeat itself as it had repeated in the past in the form

world needs buyer and market. India without solving energy of colonialism. And as a nationalist and humanist what should

security could not sustain as the big economy of the world for be our stand?

long period of time. The big market with high power purchasing

parity community could not sustain long without huge Mohammad Allam, Minto circle, A.M.U.Aligarh

AgitationofRihaiManch


6/32

Har MirchSeraj Akram

aksar musl im

jahan bhi ko i

masla hota heuske hal ke lie

islam ka hawala

dene lagte hain,

Q u r a n a u r H a d e e s s e

misalayn dene lagte hain.

inko khud samajh me nahi

aata ke kya sirf qanun hone

se sare masle ka hal nikalsakta he? ya usko hal karne

ke lie hikmat amli, mansuba

aur behtar karkardagi bhi

honi chahie?

Hindustan me agle sal phir

election hone wala he, aur

muslim is intezar me ki koi

party unko thali me lakarmuslim ki bahbood ke liye

tohfa paish kare. aur unko

pata he ki yah qaum chand

baton me bahalne wali he ise

kuch dene ki zarurat nahi he,

inke pas aur koi hal nahi he.

aksar muslim hukumat se

shikayat hi karte rahte hainna insafion ke liye, kabhi

apne gireban me nahi

jhankte ki mulk ki taameen

me hara kya role he. ham

bina sarkari madad ke bhi

kya kuch kar sakte hain aur

kaise karna chahie.

6Bakhabar

PART-XXI

Gheyas Hashmi, Jeddah([email protected])

Continued from Mar 2013

In previous issue we have discussed the three mediations of our prophet (S) for

his nation who are in Hell Fire for their bad deeds. Hazrat Hassan Basari (R) has

described a part of this Hadith saying that the prophet (S) will appear in front of

Allah in the same gesture. Allah almighty will say O Muhammad, lift up your

head and speak, for you will be listened to, and intercede, for your intercession

will be accepted, and ask (for anything) for it will be granted: Then he will ask

His permission of mediation for all those who did say La ElahaIllallah. Allah

will say by His Glory, Respect, Pride and Greatness, He will certainly take all

those who said La ElahaIllallah out of the Hell Fire.

When prophets and righteous people have finished their mediations Allah

Almighty will say that His generosity and benevolence are remained to come.

So, the angels with His permission will take a handful people from Hell fire by

recognizing them through the sign of Prostration that the Fire cannot burn.

They will be put at the Hyatt River that crosses to the side of the gate of Jannah.

They will grow on the both sides of the river like pears. Then, they will be

entered to the Jannah. From this narration it is understood that the last group

of people will also be Nemazi (performers of prayers) but due to some other sin

they will be in Hell Fire. What about those who are ignorant of obligatory

prayers?

Although the punishment of believers in Hell Fire will be a blessing, as they will

not get it similar to non-believer who will not die there nor live, a moment halt

in Hell Fire is most disastrous. Allah Almighty says: Lo! It is wretched as abode

and as station (Al-Furqan/66). The Hell Fire has been made for Non-Muslim. It

is not for Muslim at all. If they go there it is very unfortunate. Allah Almighty

says in SuraAalEmran, And ward off (from yourselves) the Fire prepared for

disbelievers (131). The criterions for getting Jannah were given in next verse

132 And obey Allah and the messenger, that ye may find mercy. It is further

said in next verse 133: And vie one with another for forgiveness from your

Lord, and for a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for

those who ward off (evil).

Some believers will have bad and good deeds in equal quantity, i.e. 50% each.So, they will be at the borders of Hell and Paradise. They will be in

conversation with people of Paradise and Hell. They will say Salam to the

People of Paradise and Shame to the People of Hell. They will be later

entered to the Paradise with the blessing of Allah Almighty. Evil is evil. We

should always try to have good deeds. Quran says: Say, The bad and the good

are not equal, though the abundance of the bad may please you; so be careful

of (your duty to) Allah, O men of understanding, that you may be successful.

Paradise will be permanent abode for Muslims and Hell will be everlasting

dwelling for non-Muslim. Life style will be completely different from this

world. Lives at both places will be beyond imagination whether it is in terms of

Nma (blessing) as Paradise or Azab (chastisement) as Fire.

In next issues we will discuss in brief about Paradise, which was made for

Muttaqeen (Allah-fearing) only.

To be continued.

OURJOURNEYTOTHE

DAYOFRESURRECTION


7/32

7Bakhabar

1. Vocational Training

2. Law:

3. Hotel and hospitality management

4 . B P O / C a l l C e n t e r / M e d i c a l

Transcription: 8. IT:

9. Aviation industry12. Armed Forces:

5. Mass Media communication:

10. POLITICS:6. Biotechnology:

7 . O ur c o m m uni t y la c ks g o o d

teachers/lecturers

11. Public Service commission:

run by central and specifies

state Board of intermediate education M.Phil. (BIE) for X and XII student is becoming a These arevery important mode of education. availableVocational training courses in Primary in regularTeachers Training, various trades, as well asComputer, Embroidery etc. The correspogovernment has set aside more than 20% n d e n c eof jobs for those who complete this mode. Asvocational training. per UGC

pay scaleA five year integrated course in a j un i o r

Law has been introduced after the XII c o l l e g e

(PUC) this needs to be high lighted. Our l e c t u r e rcommunity needs good lawyers. s t a r t s

w i t h a n e n t r y

This is by far the most developing job l e v e lservices etc in your flow chart = these can

sector there are diploma and degree basic salary of Rs. 8000 with other be opted for after graduation in anycourses available in Karnataka. allowances it goes up to 15000 plus on

discipline. On the UPSC (central level),entry level. other than IAS, IFS and IPS there are

several options in Revenue, Forest,These are excellent Needless to say your flow chart irrigation etc services. At state level

(though not a long term career option) does lay emphasis more important thandirect entry as Dy. Collector, Asst

for youngsters in our community = short an engineering degree in IT or a BCA isCommissioner of Police, Dy Registrar Co-

term training after PUC with good the completion of the above referred o p e r a t i v e s , Te h s i l d a r , B l o c kcommunication skills can fetch around courses.

Development officer etc are available.Rs. 15,000 to 20,000 per month income.

Youngsters can also pursue their degree is another fieldAfter Xth, PUC and

program (earn and learn). which is throwing up a lot of jobDegree there are several entry levels in

opportunities apart from BE inthe armed forces Navy, army and the air

This is aeronautics we are looking at severalforce the pay and position are excellent

the fastest growing sector and the need other support staff ticketing, airportand our community needs to enter these

of time. There is BA (Hons) in Masscom handling, ATC (air traffic controllers), onservices. Also state level exams are

available at Loyola College and other board staff etc. There are now severalconducted for entry into various levels of

colleges in Karnataka. Bachelor in private institutions which are offering ap o l i c e f o rc e . T h i s n e e d s t o b e

Journalism, Diploma and Degree courses range of courses after PUC andhighlighted.

in Media production is very much in graduation in these fields.demand.a. Job oriented courses.

Do suggest thatb. Courses and careers which we hardly

This field too is now a youngsters seriously consider Politics aspay attention and which our community

very job oriented and demanding field. a career option the best route is to do needs in the present day and time.Degree courses are available. Another BA in Public Administration and follow itfield to look into is Food Technology up with a law degree to consider enteringCourses are available in this field after in the political arena unfortunatelyPlus 2 (PUC). most of the politicians today are there by

chance not by choice let our youngsters

plan a career in politics.= Teaching is deemed

to be a last resort profession I suggestPossiblein your seminars and flow chart = along the second chart (which I could not open)

with B.Ed., D.Ed., you also need to may have this option included if nothighlight M.Phil. = the basic requirement please do include the option of doingfor PGT (Post graduate Teachers) to UPSC or KSPSC (Karnataka State Publicteach in Junior college and senior college Service Commission), Subordinate

TipsforbettercareerDr. Mohammed Haseebulah


8/32

8Bakhabar

[email protected]

.

)

.


9/32

9Bakhabar

. . .

.

.

.


10/32

10Bakhabar

An inspiring true story that shows just fan of Aabids work ashow simple it can be for one person with a comic book creator.an idea to make a difference. After reading the

newspaper reporttitled City of Angels,Aabid Surti is an odd character. A few he wrote to Aabid:years ago, the angular, bearded author It sounds like onewas invited to meet the President of of the little big thingsIndia to receive a national award for my dad would haveliterature at a ceremony in the capital, done.Strange that INew Delhi. He politely declined. have enjoyed [yourAbsorbed in writing the first draft of his comic] Bahadur innew novel, he cited the reason that he did my childhood andnot have time. But what he has made enjoyed reading yourtime for every Sunday for seven years tap story so manynow, is going door-to-door inMira Road, years down the line

Hindi Sahitya Sansthan (UP) for hisa non-descript suburb of Mumbai, with a when I am father myself. God bless youcontribution to Hindi literature. And oneplumber in tow, asking residents if they and yes, I believe in angels after readingS u n d a y m o r n i n g i n 2 0 0 7 , t h eneed their tap fixed for free! the newspaper.International Year of Water, he set out

with a plumber to fix the problem for hisAs a distinguished Indian painter and In 2010, Aabid Surti was nominated forneighbors.author, Aabid has written around 80 the CNN-IBN CJ Be The Change Award.He began by simply replacing old O-ringbooks but no story so moved him as the In the same year, a television crew fromrubber gaskets with new ones, buyingtruth about water scarcity on the planet. Berlin flew down to follow him on hisnew fixtures from the wholesale market.I read an interview of the former UN Sunday rounds which continued comeHe named his one-man NGO Drop Deadchief Boutros Boutros Ghali, he recalls, monsoon or shine.and created a tagline: save every dropwho said that by 2025 more than 40 Its hard to say how much water he hasor drop dead.countries are expected to experience saved with his mission, given that theEvery Sunday, the Drop Dead team water crisis. I remembered my childhood faucets he fixed could have continuedwhich consisted of Aabid himself, Riyaazin a ghetto fighting for each bucket of leaking for months, and maybe years,the plumber and a female volunteer Tejalwater. I knew that shortage of water is had he not rung the doorbell one Sunday picked the apartment blocks, gotthe end of civilized life. morning. But conservatively, it could bepermission from the housing societies,Around the same time, in 2007, he was estimated that he has single-handedlyand got to work. A day before, Tejalsitting in a friends house and noticed a saved at least 5.5m litres of water tillwould hand out pamphlets explainingleaky tap. It bothered him. When he date.their mission and paste posters inpointed it out, his friend, like others, In the summer of 2013, the state whereelevators and apartment lobbiesdismissed it casually: it was too Aabid lives is expecting its worst droughtspreading awareness on the loomingexpensive and inconvenient to call a in 40 years. Months in advance, the Chiefwater crisis. And by Sunday afternoon,plumber for such a minor job even Minister Prithviraj Chauhan has warnedthey would ensure the buildings wereplumbers resisted coming to only replace citizens to begin conserving water. Whiledrip-dry.

old gaskets. ministers lobby for drought-reliefBy the end of the first year, they hadA few days later, he came across a packages worth millions of dollars, Aabidvisited 1533 homes and fixed around 400statistic in the newspaper: a tap that sees his own approach as simple andtaps. Slowly, the news began to spread.drips once every second wastes a inexpensive.In March 2008, director Shekhar Kapur,thousand litres of water in a month. That As he rings another door-bell on yetwho was working on his own watertriggered an idea. He would take a another Sunday in Mira Road, sevenconservation film, heard about Aabidsplumber from door to door and fix taps years into his one-man mission, he says:efforts and wrote on his website: Aabidfor free one apartment complex every A n y o n e c a n l a u n c h a w a t e rSurti, thank you so much for who you are.weekend. conservation project in his or her area.I wish there were more people like you in

Thats the beauty of this concept. Itthis world. Keep in touch with us andAs a creative artist, he had earned more doesnt require much funding or even ankeep inspiring us. Shekhar.goodwill than money and the first office. And most importantly, it puts theLocal newspapers began to write about

challenge was funding. But, he says, if power back in our own hands.Drop Dead, which prompted a furtheryou have a noble thought, nature takes I would call him a modern-day angel.....flood of grateful emails and spontaneouscare of it. Within a few days, he got a messages. One of the most heartfeltmessage that he was unexpectedly being messages was from superstar actor-awarded Rs.1,00,000 ($2,000) by the producer Shah Rukh Khan, a longtime

SavingThePlanet,OneDropAtA


11/32

11Bakhabar

There are tens of thousands of small and big modern world around them, and yetIslamic Madrasas in the country, including ironically claim and also aresome big historical and famous seminaries supposed to be the religious leadersin sub continent, like Darul Uloom of Muslim community and soleDeoband, Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur and representatives of Islam. What isNadwatul Ulama Lucknow and others. reason behind all this pathetic stateEvery year tens of thousands of graduates of affairs? Yes, to my way ofcome out from them holding degrees of thinking, there is a reason, and thatAlim ,Fazil and of Mufti in their hands. The is the curriculum of Arabic Islamicsad side of the story is that when this madrasa system .This curriculum ismadrasa product comes out of madrasa centuries old now, which was set byboundaries and steps into the real cruel some Iranian scholars in Mughalworld it is a bewildered lot, having no clue ,written in the style wrought with Greekperiod namely Mullah Nizamuddin

where to go. Hence apart of a small logic and ancient philosophical terms,Sahalwi, and hence this was called Darsesection, who seek higher studies in pet which made it fully ambiguous ,unclearNizami.subjects as Urdu, Arabic and Islamic and mind boggling. Of course that trendAs a matter of fact we should say that it wasstudies, the majority has no option other was once prevalent in Islamic world in thevery apt and relevant to those times when itthan to resort to be Imams in mosques and decadent era, and may be good andwas set up. But in todays world, in changedteachers in the same or other madrasas. somehow useful in those circumstances butreligious-politico-social scenario thisMore aspirants to a luxurious life go and now in the changed situation it is no longercurriculum is no more relevant to our times.establish their own madrasas; their apt nor relevant. Isnt strange that a studentThis curriculum is classified into twofiefdoms, in most cases with crook ways. in a seminary generally studies for a wholecategories, say, Uloom Aliya (higherThese madarsas by and large are being run 12 years or more and he is not capable tosciences )that are said to be ends inwith big community support ,as Muslims correctly read or write a sentence ofthemselves and Uloom Aliyya(arts as atraditionally have been spending on modern Arabic (with exception to Nadwameans)which are not meant in themselves.Madrasas and mosques with enthusiasm , graduates to a great extent), not toThe first category is meant originally andgreat heart and huge generosity. For, the mention English or Hindi. One mosti n c l u d e s Q u r a n , H a d i t h , f i q h ,zealots see in them the citadels of Islam important aspect is that madarsaUsuluddin,(principles of religion)etc. As thissimply because Mulim leadership, bearded curriculum is lacking in modern knowledgecategory is concerned, I think there is noand non-bearded alike ,boast this and altogether. It is much needed,therefore,need to change it wholly, only we have tobrainwash the poor innocent community that at least social sciences, such as History,change the methodology of teaching thisday in and day out. As a matter of fact Geography, Economics , political sciencekind of arts and sciences. Because themadrasas have many merits also for and comparative study of religions shouldcurrent m ethodolog y of teachingexample they should be credited that they be taught in Alim or Fazil stages of thisnowadays became so parochial, so biasedprovide admirably free education and curriculum ,because knowledge of theand so sectarian that it very often, leads toshelter to poor community children contemporary world is not gained withoutthe horrific attitude in some Ulema to,especially in rural areas, where secular knowing these sciences, and without that, Iattacking others and dubbing each other aseducation system is yet to come and am puzzled, how can one leads public andkafir and infidel and with other similarprovide the people the basic education. gives them Sharia guidance in a good and

derogatory names and abuses, which resultHowever,in the multicultural society like understandable manner, so at leastin indulging in sectarian quarrel to no end.India, some observe and comment that our introductory knowledge of modern socialWith these gory conditioning of Ulema,Ulema as a human beings generally show sciences is a must for every student ofpoor Muslim masses are bitterly divided ongood behavior, rather a pious conduct in Islamic learning.sectarian lines and are on the receiving end.individual life, yet they are very parochial in A complete century has passed ,sinceThis horrible situation demands a change oftheir views, mindset and outlook as a luminaries of the stature of Shibli Numanimind which only hopefully could be done bycommunity leader. There may be some and Abul Kalam Azad, voiced their concerncreating a milieu of comparative andexceptions and may be cases the other way in this regard and advocated to bring aboutacademic traits and strong intellectualround, but at least we can safely say that the desired changes in madrasa curricula,ethos in the madrasa students.their attitude to look into the world is yet all along Uelema have been vehementlyAS teaching the fist kind of arts that isusually very different from that of a resisting this noble move, seeing in it as auloom Aliyya, is concerned, The presentcommon man, more specifically when it conspiracy against Islam and Muslims. Butteaching method is so bizarre ,lengthy ,

comes to issues such as rights of women in in spite of that the need of the hour is thatburdensome , boring and yet unfruitful thatIslam, freedom of expression ,free thought, this task must be done with Ulema if theyit is totally unable to develop goodrelations between Muslims and Non give in, and without them too if they resist.language aptitude and linguistic capabilityMuslims ,Democracy and Secularism ----------------------------------------------------in students that on one hand, they are notamong others. ------------------------------------------------able to successfully communicate theirIt seems that Ulema lack in common sense *Dr.Mohammd Ghitreef is the director ofviews to the public and, on the other, mostbecause they have no understanding of Foundation for Islamicof the curriculum books are old fashioned

ChangesinMadrasa

CurriculumIsaMustBy Dr.Mohammad Ghitreef (Shahbaz Nadwi)*


12/32

12Bakhabar

Muslim maulanas (clerics) and dargahs guidance, academic coaching and corporations or receive employment in

(religious shrines) dot the landscape of training to the Muslim aspirants for the foreign countries.

Muslim India the cities and towns co un tr ys top mo st Ci vi l Se rv ic es

where Indias Muslims live. Having (IAS/IFS/IPS etc). Typically every year c. Khaj a Bandan awaz Gaisudaraz

grown up in India, the scenes of le ss th an 1 pe rc en t su cc es sf ul Dargahs Engineering College and

multitudes of worshippers thronging candidates are Muslim. In the just Institute of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga:

the shrines and bearded maulanas announced results for the very tough

lecturing away to the congregations are multipart competition for these coveted Khaja Bandanawaz Gaisudaraz, who

ingrained in my mind. Countless movies careers for 2013, 13 trainees from the passed away in 1422, was a illustrious

and TV coverage of religious occasions Crescent Academy came through as sufi saint who settled in Gulbarga,

have further reinforced these images succe ssf ul candidates. In fact 30 Karnatak at the invitation of the then

over the years. Many people stereotype candidates from the Academy were Bahmani Sultan Tajuddin Firoz Shah. He

the extraordinary educational and s u cc e s s f u l i n t h e f i r s t r o u n d was a disciple of the very illustrious sufi

socioeconomic backwardness of the examinations and 19 cleared the main saint Hazrat Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlvi.Muslims of India with the sub-culture of IAS examination. His ancient dargah in Gulbarga is a

dargahs and maulanas that is pervasive popular center of attraction in south

in the lower middleclass Indian Muslim It should be noted that to-date the India.

community. Academy with its limited infrastructure

and resources, has been able to produce In 1966 the Dargahs Trust established

On the other end of the spectrum of the more than 100 IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, judges the Khaja Education Society to promote

Indian society are the images of and State civil servants throughout the ed uc at io n in the ed uc at io na ll y

successful bright Indian youth who cou ntr y. The se are th e ver y top backward Muslim community. They

compete fiercely for top professional government services in India and the started with a school for girls and now

opportuni ties like IAS/IFS/IPS civil careers lead to their being the makers of op erat e 15 mi nor it y ed uc at ion al

services and the bright eyed engineers the top policies in the country. institutions in Gulbarga, including the

f r o m I I T s ( I n d i a n I n s t i t u t e o f K h a j a B a n d a n a w a z C o l l e g e o f Te c h n o lo g y ) a n d do c t or s f r om b. Maulana Wali Rahmanis Rahmani-30 Engineering established in 1980 and the

prominent medical colleges entering IIT Entrance Coaching Center, Patna: Khaja Bandanawaz Institute of Medical

promising careers in the modern fields Sciences established in 2000. The

of engineering and medicine. About five years ago Maulana Rahmani, pioneering spirit behind the Khaja

another very respected Muslim cleric, Education Society has been the Dargah

The two images are poles apart. Yet in established this coaching center to Tr u s t a n d P a d a m s h r e e S h a h

recent weeks my attention has been provide academic and competitive Mohammad Hussaini who passed away

pleasantly drawn to the two images training to Muslim youth who aspire to recently.

coming together for a few Muslims. No, en te r th e In di an In st it ut es of

they did not crack the Powerball lottery. Technology - Indias most prestigious Without a doubt this dargah is totally

A counted few among the lecturing engineering colleges. Typically every different from the thousands of dargahs

maulanas and the maudlin dargahs took year no more than about 1% Muslim spread throughout the country, in that ita big leap forward and bridged the vast youth are successful in enrolling in the has put its primary focus on imparting

gap between the two images to make it IITs. The results of the competitive modern high education to the Muslims.

possible for a few ordinary Muslim examination held for 2013 announced Also they have been so eminently

youth to touch the modern Indian last week show that 24, mostly Muslim, successful in transforming youth from

moon. Let me share this pleasant of the 30 candidates from the Rahmani- the backward Muslim community into

observation with you in the following. 30 Center cracked the IIT-JEE (Joint high quality engineers and doctors, who

Entrance Examination). a r e h e l p i n g u p l i f t t h e M u s l i m

a. Maulana Mohammad Fazlur Rahim community and the country into a

Mujaddidis Crescent Civil Service Besides the 24, four students of modern nation.

Academy, New Delhi: Rahmani-30 who could not clear the test

last year have also got success this year. d. Spread the secrets of success

Ab ou t te n ye ar s ag o Ma ul an a These 28 candidates have qualified forMujaddidi, a very respected Muslim IIT-JEE Advance test to be held in June. One important factor for the handful of

cl er ic , est ab lis he d th e Cr es ce nt brilliant success stories in the Muslim

Academy in New Delhi as a division of Typically graduates of IITs go on to work community enumerated above is the

the Maulana Abdur Rahim Educational in prestigious positions in the countrys close cooperation between the Muslim

Trust, with a vision of providing proper top corporations, or multinational reli gious leaders and th e Muslim

TheMaulanaswhoareimparting

competitiveabilityinMuslimyoutKaleem Kawaja, ummid.com


13/32

13Bakhabar

intelligentsia leaders. Instead of competing with

each other or ignoring each other, they pooled

the street popularity of the religious folks with

the knowledge of modern education of the

educated Muslims to make it a win-win situationfor the community.

These undoubtedly rare success stories in Indias

Muslim community make one wonder how much

socioeconomic development can take place in

the community if many more maulanas and

dargahs dedicate themselves to the cause of

imparting quality modern education and

competitive ability to the Muslim youth and

include the well educated Muslims in their team.

Instead of spending so much time and energy on

political and publicity activities if we spend more

of it on the development of our youth, we can

change the communitys picture drastically in

just one generation.

The writer, a community activist, can be reached

on: [email protected]

Nazra Khatoon

A/C no: 33000925396

Bank: State Bank of India

Branch: Kamachha, VaranasiBranch code: 4869

IFSC code: SBIN0004869

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): Hunger is man's biggest enemy.

Helplessness comes a close second. Ask Naazra Khatoon, who

watched a 14-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son die

allegedly of starvation. Extremely poor, she could do little to

save them and now worries for her three surviving children.

This family in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, depends completely on

the benevolence of neighbours for survival since Naazra's

husband, who was the only breadwinner, died 10 months ago.

"After my husband's death, it is difficult to sustain. The children of course crave out of hunger. People from the locality willingly

donate and try to help us. We don't want to say anything to anyone," says a hapless Naazra Khatoon.

Motheroffivewatcheshelplesslyastwo

herchildrenstarvetodeathinVaranasi

TheMaulanaswhoareimparting

competitiveabilityinMuslimyouth


14/32

14Bakhabar

It is prophesied that if by any chance the Third World War will be about 1.8 billion people will live in areas beset with waterfought, it may be for some small puddle of water. This prophecy scarcity. Most of them will be in poor and underdevelopedlooks extremely contradictory that there will be large scale nations. Another dimension is that water availability and itsfighting for some small source of water. We know that 70% quality and health status are closely related. That is why peopleearths surface is covered by water. That is why when earth is living in poor regions have large numbers of health relatedseen from space or its satellite images are seen the earth looks problems.mostly blue and a common term for the earth is the Blue

Planet. Obviously the earth has huge quantity of water, I n d i aalthough it is not unlimited. Scientists say that quantity of is onewater present on the earth is almost fixed. That is why it is of thecommonly remarked by the scientists that the water we worstconsume today may be the same which has been there since suffer

the time the dinosaurs lived on the earth, i.e. for hundreds of ers inmillions of years. Water on the earth has been changing its termsform. But it has always been there in one form or another. o fThe tragedy is that out of the total water about 97.5% is salt freshwater. Only about 2.5% is Fresh Water i.e. which is not saline waterand which can be directly consumed by us and most of the availaorganisms present on the earth. The fresh water is not pure bilitywater. In fact if we drink pure water, we may not remain a n dhealthy. We will suffer from deficiency of certain elements its low quality. Reason is that the lack of adequate waterwhich we receive with the water that we drink. That is why good availability is an important factor in many areas of the country.quality drinking water is commonly labeled as Mineral Water. Another issue is that most of the fresh water sources in theAnother important issue is that all of the fresh water that is country are contaminated due to sewage and effluents. Resultpresent on the earth is not available for use. Only a small

is that infectious diseases continue to be serious threat for thefraction of it is available to us. Finally, it works out to the level population, especially in case of children. Large number ofthat only 0.007 percent of the total water on the earth is people, mostly children, die every year on account of wateravailable to meet all the requirements of more than 7.1 billion related infections. It is estimated that 21% of communicablepeople living on the earth and also of the other types of living diseases in the country are related to water quality andorganisms living outside the oceans. available quantity. As per UNICEF every year diarrhea and otherApart from direct consumption, water is required for producing diseases caused by contaminated water kill some 600,000food, for dilution and treatment of wastes, and to keep the children.environment in healthy condition. Even industrial activities

need water for their operations. At times it is needed as Now let me come to the point why I am emphasizing on wateringredient, at times as solvent, at times as carrier of materials so much. Reason is that we are not careful about the use andand quite often as a coolant. consumption of water. Secondly we do not protect waterThe issue is that we have trained ourselves to consider water as sources against contamination.a renewable resource. That is why in recent time we areextracting more water than what the water bodies receive. As Muslims we need to understand the value and importance ofResult is that the water bodies are shrinking and many of them water. If we go by the Quran, we find that Allah says:dry up immediately after the rains or snowfall is over. Also,

there is large scale misuse and wastage of water. For example, for producing just one average sized hamburger about 2,400 We made from water every living thing. Will they not believe?liters of water is consumed. Similarly, water intensive crops like (Quran 21:30)rice, cotton, sugarcane etc. are being cultivated in areas which

are not having adequate water. Net result is that during the last It is clear that water is the main ingredient from which all thecentury water use grew at more than double the rate of living organisms have been created by Allah. Now science haspopulation growth. During the last 50 years the water also made it clear. Many organisms are 95 to 99% water. Againwithdrawals have grown three times on global scale. Nations Allah says:

which are politically or financially strong extract much morewater than the others. Consequence is that almost 1/3rd of the

total number people on the earth cannot get sufficient water toAnd Allah has created every animal from water. Of them theremeet even their drinking requirements. By the middle of theare some that creep on their bellies; some that walk on twocurrent century about 2/3rd of the world population will facelegs; and some that walk on four. (Quran 24:45)scarcity of water. United Nations has confirmed that by 2025,

FRESHWATER:IMPORTANTGIFTFROMALLAHM.A. HAQUE


15/32

15Bakhabar

See ye the water which ye drink? Do

Also, about ourselves Allah has made ye bring it down in rain from the

it clear that we are created from cloud or do We? Were it Our Will, We

water: c o u l d m a k e i t s a l t i s h a n d

unpalatable. Then why do ye not give thanks? (Quran 56:68-70)

It is He who has created man from

water. Then has He established Allah has made clear the value andrelationships of l ineage and contribution of the rain or fresh

marriage. (Quran 25:54) water. Due to the rains the barrenareas become productive and

Also, Allah made it clear in Quran p r o d u c e d i f f e r e n t k i n d s o f that the salt water is not palatable. vegetation on which we dependThat is very important. If we could directly or indirectly:use the sea water as such, there was

no issue of water scarcity. Evencontamination could not be such a

And further, thou seest the earthproblem as most microorganismsbarren and lifeless. But when we pourcannot survive in saline water:down rain on it, it is stirred to life, it

swells, and it puts forth every kind of

beautiful growth in pairs. (Quran 22:It is He who has let free the two 5)bodies of flowing water. One

palatable and sweet and the other We can easily understand that fresh

salt and bitter. Yet has He made a water is extremely valuable resource

barrier between them. A partition on this earth. We need to appreciate

that is not to be passed. (Quran the real value of good quality fresh

25:53) water. But we are hardly concerned.

If water is available, we waste it at

T h en Al la h cr e at ed a qu at ic every step: be it in agriculture, be it

organisms and we consume many of for washing, be it for bathing or in

them as food and also for other industry.

purposes. In fact seafood providessustenance to large numbers of Also, if we look at different Ahadeeth

people in different countries. Also, we can find innumerable examples

nutritionally, the seafood is superior where the value and conservation of

to many others: water have been emphasized. I am

not going to refer to all of them. Just

one instance: Prophet (SAW)

consumed only one Mudd (less

than half litre) water for wadhu. May be we cannot do so. But that does not

mean that we should waste litres ofNor are the two seas alike. The one water for wadhu. Same is the case forpalatable, sweet, and pleasant to bathing. One bucket (about 10 to 15l)drink and the other, salt and bitter. s h o u l d s u f f i c e f o r p u r i f y i n gYet from each kind of water do ye eat ourselves. But how much weflesh fresh and tender. (Quran 35:12) consume? We need to introspect. At

times we consume even hundredWe know that rain or snowfall is the litres for bath. We, as Muslims mustmain source of fresh water. Allah is be concerned about these wastages.kind enough to bring rains which Also, Allah has time and againcontain fresh water and not saline warned in Quran against wastageswater. He says if the rain water was of all kinds. But we do not heed. Onsaline, could we survive? the contrary we should be examples

for others to emulate. Also, whenever possible, we should tell

others why we are so concernedabout wastages. That will be an

important lesson for others.

*************

If I remember correctly two months

back I wrote a piece in Bakhabar onwastage of food and the duty of

Muslims in this regard.

On 5th June every year the United

Nations celebrates the World

Environment Day. For each year a

theme is selected to raise awareness

world over on some important issue

related to environment.

You will be pleased to know that this

year's theme is on Food Wastage. The

exact theme is "Think.Eat.Save."

Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food wasteand food loss campaign that

encourages all to reduce our

"foodprint". According to the FAO,

every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is

wasted. This is equivalent to the same

amount produced in the whole of sub-

Saharan Africa. At the same time, 1 in

every 7 people in the world go to bed

hungry and more than 20,000 children

under the age of 5 die daily from

hunger and malnutrition.

Given this enormous imbalance, this

years theme Think.Eat.Save

encourages us to become more aware

of the environmental impact of the

food choices we make and empowers

us to make informed decisions.

Muslims have to be doubly cautious in

this regard as Allah and the Prophet

(SAW) have again and again warned

about wastage of all kinds of resources

and food is certainly very important in

this regard. We need to understand the

pain of those who are unable to get

adequate food and nutrition. The foodsaved can feed those who are deprived

of that.

WorldEnvironme

Day2013M.A. Haque


16/32

16Bakhabar

Once upon a time, there lived

a K ing who , de spi te h is So, He looked everywhere he

lu xu ri ou s l if es ty le , w as could, but that final coin was

neither happy nor content. elusive. Finally, exhausted hedecided that he was going to

One day, the King came upon have to work harder than ever

a servant who was singing to earn that gold coin and

happily while he worked. This complete his collection.

fascinated the King; why was

he, the Supreme Ruler of the From that day, the servant's

Land, unhappy and gloomy, life was changed. He was

while a lowly servant had so overworked, horribly grumpy,

much joy. and castigated his family for

not helping him make that

The King asked the servant, 100th gold coin. He stopped

'Why are you so happy?' singing while he worked.

The man repl ied, 'Your Witnessing this drastic

Majesty,My family and I don't transformation, the King was

need too much - just a roof puzzled. When he sought his

over our heads and warm advisor's help, the advisor

food to fill our tummies.' s ai d, ' You r M aj es ty, t he

servant has now officially

The king was not satisfied joined The 99 Club.'

with that reply. Later in the

day, he sought the advice of He continued, 'The 99 Club is

his most trusted advisor. After a name given to those people

hearing the King's woes and who have enough to be happy

the ser vant 's stor y, the but are never contented,advisor said, 'Your Majesty, I be ca us e th ey 'r e al wa ys

believe that the servant Has yearning and Striving for that

not been made part of The 99 extra 1, saying to themselves:

Club.' 'Let me get that one final

thing and then I will be happy

'Th e 99 Club ? And wha t for life.' We can be happy,

exactly is that?' the King even with very little in our

inquired. lives, but the minute we're

given something bigger and

The advisor replied, 'Your better, we want even more!

Majesty, to truly know what We lo se o ur sl ee p, o ur

The 99 Club is, place 99 Gold happiness, we hurt the peoplecoins in a bag and leave it at around us; all these as a price

this servant's doorstep.' for our growing needs and

desires.

When the servant saw the

bag, he took it into his house.

When he opened the bag, he

let out a great shout of joy...

So many gold coins!

He began to count them.

After several counts, he was

at last convinced that therewere 99 coins. He wondered,

'What could've happened to

that last gold coin? Surely, no

one would leave 99 coins, It

must be 100 coins definitely !'

THE99CLUB

Dashrath Manjhi 1934[1] - August 17, 2007[2]) was

born into a poor labourer family in Gahlour village near

Gaya inBihar, India.[1] He is also known as Mountain

Man.[3][4] Dashrath Manjhi's wife, Falguni Devi, died

due to lack of medical treatment because the nearest

town with a doctor was 70 kilometres (43 mi) away

from their village in Bihar, India.

Dashrath did not want anyone else to suffer the same

fate as his wife, so he carved a 360-foot-long (110 m)

through-cut, 25-foot-deep (7.6 m) in places and 30-

foot-wide (9.1 m) to form a road[5] through a

mountain in the Gehlour hills, working day and night

for 22 years from 1960 to 1982. His feat reduced the

distance between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of theGaya district from 55 km to 15 km, bringing him

national acclaim.[2][6][7].He died on August 17,

2007.[8] He was given a state funeral by the

Government of Bihar.[8][9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Manjhi

Dashrath Manjhi,

A man of inspiration


17/32

17Bakhabar

First of all as I belong to a religion which per the Quranic edicts and his religious very ironic, because the level of security

raises eyebrows and prison doors each time training during the Dagestan trip. As the America has is such that no one else could

a bomb goes bang anywhere in the world, telecast of the tragedy began on Television, dream of. The theme is were about to be

let me condemn the latest in the series, the journos and anchors were competing destroyed by an enemy.[today]it is

Boston Marathon Pressure Cooker blasts. with each other to blame the eternal Muslimsand [the ]paranoia is very real, he

So never mind how many of my fellow suspects. With each piece of freshly arriving does not forget to add. This paranoia keeps

citizens of the world have condemned the info in the media, we held our breaths and reflecting here and there; an episodeviolence in Gujarat or Iraq or Afghanistan. said a prayer for peace. A well known Family Guy from the famous cartoon series

Why does the world find it hard to accept Muslim journo finished off that fateful day Simpsons is said to have predicted the

the fact that like everyone else we the tweeting, Today the world goes to sleep at Boston Marathon Blasts. The very next day

Muslims too are severely opposed to any peace in Boston but we do not know what the clip of that particular episode was

kind of violence against the innocents? We the morning will bring about or what the pulled out by Fox Television from itsare also; for a fair trial against an accused as future holds for us. website.

he/she is to be taken innocent until proven How Israel Deals With Terrorist Acts: There have been well documented cases ofguilty. But as we all now well realize, there There are admiring reviews for the so called the Federa l Bur eau of Inv est igation

seems to be a pattern to this madness. The impeccable handling of the entire Boston ensnaring the young unsuspecting Muslim

moment some insane person commits a affair and how the police culled out the real youth into the terrorism trap when it were

blast, al l fing ers are pointed in one terrorists from millions of thousands of the covert security officials who led and

d i r e c t i o n , M u s l i m a n d I s l a m . photos taken at the spot. Reportedly the encouraged them to join the terror outfits.

handicapped man at the wheelchair had Very recently a young Muslim man Abdella

And this Muslim doesnt know where to given exact description of Tsarnaev Ahmad Tounisi 18 , was arrested in Chicagohide his face and goes on a condemning brothers who had put those backpacks at when he, under an allegedly FBI trap tried

spree, lest he is done in too. This is a fierce his feet that day. But a few Doubting to recruit himself as a candidate for an Al

Psychological war that is going on post Th om as es h av e ex pr es se d th ei r Qaed a group fig hti ng the Syri an

9/11, with the Muslim minds. It was reservations about holding the entire government, through an online webreflected in the universal Muslim prayer, Boston city to ransom for more than 24 portal. To quote words from the report on

after the Boston tragedy Oh, God, let it not hour s ,to the extent of asking each Aljazeera, The critics have said the use of

be a Muslim, this time! While the world Bo st on ia n to be in do or s wi th th e such sites raises questions about whetherwas waiting for the details of the blast, we instructions to not answer any door call! author ities are overreaching, wooing

were fervently praying that may the Ya ak o v Ka t z , a m i l i t ar y af f ai r s impressionable youth to contemplate

culprit/s not be one among us. correspondent for Jerusalem Post with a crimes that otherwise wouldnt cross their

Bad luck, this time too. rich experience of covering many terrorist minds. Need it be said that all this was

Slayers of innocents , be they of any hue, attacks is surprised at the US , over unethical on FBIs part; the real terrorist

are slayers of humanity, our Book asserts. reaction , the shutdown of the entire doesnt have to go online for contacts, the

Neither we are terrorists nor do we want to Boston . He says he understands the rule of real terrorist has real contacts.

atone for someone elses crimes. Send him better safe than sorry, still asking people to But come a terror strike and the Muslimto hell if he is guilty, we dont care. shelter and holding five million people to minds get scared, burqas and beards begin

The terrorist is simply just that, a terrorist. ransom for a 19 year old boy! Oh boy, he to tr em bl e. Mu sl im ki da dh i me inNever mind bombing Iraq, Afghanistan and calls it allowing terrorism to win ! It was permanent tinkaa! No need to scratch

Pakistan brings you Noble Peace Prizes and unprecedented and exactly what the your absent beards; if you are not a

Presidential libraries. terrorist wanted, to terrorize and frighten Muslim, you need not worry at all. You and

This whole psycho-warfare is repeated the people, he informs us. In Israel, he had your faith is safe and pure as the snow.

once more now. It begins with how the seen, people sipping coffee and waiting for The Powerful Role of Social /MainstreamMuslim youth is becoming radicalized, how buses from the same line that had just Media:

his religion makes him an extremist and exploded. He also questions why since Talking about the role of the social media

leads to the racial profiling of the worst Monday when the blasts took place until and how powerful it has become can be

kind. This never happens when an Anders Friday, with two terrorists on the loose gauged from the fact that within a minute

Breivik [Germany]or an Adam Lanza [ there was no thought of a lockdown and of the blast an eye witness Dan Rampareillo

Sandy Hook] commits mass murders as with one terrorist dead and another on the [@Boston_to_a_T] uploads a picture on

heinous as done by the Tsarnaevs. TV shows lone run, you suddenly shut the shop? That twitter and eight long minutes later it was

abound with details of how the elder A m e r i c a n t o w n p a r a l y z e d i t s e l f re-tweeted by Reuters social media editorbomber went to the mosque each day,[ the completely, he concludes. America proved Anthony De Roas[@AntDeRosa] tweeting,

younger Dhzarkov Tsarnaev never did] Noam Chomsky right , again who has said Photo captures explosion. A few moments

how he asked his women, his mother and that, America is a frightened country. This later another tweet arrived,

his American wife Katherine Russell[ who professor of Linguistics at Massachusetts The whole world is witness to those

converted to Islam] , to cover themselves as Institute of Technology says that, this is peaceful blasts by the religion of peace.

IhaveaPressureCookerandIAmNotaTerrorist:A Take on Boston Marathon Blasts


18/32

18Bakhabar

Prejudice at its extreme.

This prejudice this discrimination is the New Apartheid of the

New World Order. It is a crime to call a black, a black or nigger but

you can say anything about the Muslim. Subtle and blatantmaligning of Islam remains unabated on the media. Peter T King

of New York, the Republican chairman of the House

Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, called foran increased surveillance of Islamic communities in the US; more

police, more surveillance as the threat is from within. There are

numerous such examples of Muslimpartheid and hate crimes.

Sadly the Muslim World as a whole doesnt speak against thisatrocity. You wont find M 8 to take care of our concerns. Fighting

against Muslimpartheid is a lonely battle. Contrast this with the

banning for life of the Greek footballer Giorgis Katidis for doing a

Nazi /Hitler style salute to celebrate his winning goal.

Stoking fears about minority communities especially the

Muslims is good for sales, the media men know this well.The

nonstop filthy campaign against Islam on social and mainstreammedia is akin to putting the Muslims everywhere in those very

Pressure Cookers as were said to be used by Tsarnaevs. Theradicalization of the Muslim youth is the hot topic. It is quite

revealing a story about the eldest brother Tamerlane Tsarnaev, 23

who had won two consecutive titles as the Golden Gloves heavy

weight boxing champion of New England in 2010 but was barred

from the national tournament championship as he was not a UScitizen. The rules had changed only that year, shattering all his

dreams of representing America and from then onwards he took

to the dark road of fanaticism. Until then he was said to be a

normal guy who loved partying, playing piano and violin and had

an email id like , [email protected]

How Do Muslims Deal With Fanaticism:

That fanaticism is censured by the Muslims is evident from thefact that Tamerlan Tsarnaev , was driven out of a Boston mosque

by his own people for foolishly objecting to the Imams call for

emulating Martin Luther King Junior. This alone shows that

Boston Muslims were alert to the extremist tendencies in the

community. One must admire Imam Suhaib Webb , the Boston

revert cleric for his exemplary role after the tragedy. I too am

witness to an event where the local cleric denounced the workingwomen to hell and for driving bikes; the speaker was rightly taken

to task, by those present. I am witness to another out of the

ordinary instance of fanaticism when in a program, an Islamic

televangelist reprimanded the children for, hold your breaths,

Clapping! Clapping is haram he said ; not practiced by the Salaf

and now the kids had a real hard time. As they were used toputting their little hands together to commit the haram act ofapplauding the moment a child received a prize. It led to a funny

situation where the bewildered kids clapped and giggled

together. Last month in a Gulf city, in a religious congregation,

some of the audience staged a dramatic walk out when a famous

Islamic speaker talked about Imam Ghazali, the eminent Islamic

philosopher. This I believe is an extreme reaction to a simple

problem. Thats why these days I say a little prayer beforeclicking on anything related to films on my Face book wall as

recently I was attacked by my, FB sisters for clicking, like on an

interview of film actor Farooque Shaikh. I was into a major sin,

they said. From asking you to never wish your Non Muslim friends

a Happy Deepawali or a Merry Christmas to condemning Ghalibfor being an un-Islamic poet, the list may be long.

This is our own internal Pressure Cooker and mind it, we arekeeping a tab on it, trying our best. But is the Media Pressure

Cooker ever going to give us, a happy whistle of relief?

Till then, I am watching Simpsons.

Ghazal

MobileforKids

Either you improve yourself

or let others improve the

organization - Dont resist

change and improvement.

IhaveaPressureCooker...


19/32

19Bakhabar

We have witnessed number of acts of terror BJP countered the statement of Shakil gu i lt y of t he s e ac ts o f wr on gf ul

in India, during last two decades. While Ahmad. investigation and implicating innocentthose involved in the acts of terror have In Bangalore blast, the preceding incidents youth, ruining their life in a serious way?

been coming from individuals of different are very disturbing and revealing. Just ten Should they not be punished?

religions, the net outcome of the actions of days before the Bangalore blast, on sixth The pattern of police reporting is also veryinvestigation agencies and police has been April in Kannur (Kerala) a blast took place stereotypical and needs to be seriously

to arrest Muslim youth, to put charges f r o m t h e m o t o r c y c l e a n d R S S criticized. The question is what the senior

against them and in most cases to release swayamsevak A. V. Dileep Kumar who was leadership is doing in the face of findings of

them after the charges are not proved on carrying four kilograms of explosives died. these reports. Is it not important for the

any ground. This pattern had a mini-break One recalls that the RSS associates also got policy makers to take cognizance of such

for sometime after the Malegaon blast of killed in blasts in Nanded, Kanpur and many important reports and respond to them in

2008. The professional, unbiased and other places. This Kannur incident was the for m of policy cha nge for th emeticulous investigation of the Malegaon underplayed and not much is known about investigation authorities? Amongst others

blast by the then chief of Maharashtra ATS, the investigation so far as such. It is another human rights group, Rihai Manch

Hemant Karkare came as a big step in interesting that police authorities who from Uttar Pradesh is also campaigning on

getting to the terrorists. Due to this; immediately named Indian Mujahidin have this issue and trying to get the innocent

starting from Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, been totally si lent on the Hindutva youth rele ased. UP Government had

Sw am i Day an an d Pan de y, Sw am i connection of probable terrorists, as by appointed a Nimesh Commission to

Aseemanand and many others belonging now the nation knows the involvement of investigate these cases, but for reasonsto the ideology of Hindutva nationalism are Hindutva groups in many acts of terror. The known to itself the government is not

currently cooling their heels in the jails. real loser of these biases held by authorities releasing the report and is doing some

Investigations into Malegaon and many and common people is the country as a patch work here and there.

other blasts are showing the imprint of whole. The real reason being that if we While UP Government is dodging over the

these Hindutva groups and people. One dont nab the real culprits and remain issue of implicating the Muslim youth, one

thought that this major breakthrough into trapped in the usual prejudices and biases, of its ministers is having the taste of these

acts of investigation will change the mind the real culprits will continue to carry on biases in United States, where he was

set of police authorities and they will their nefarious work over and over again. detained at Boston. While he is blamingovercome their biases and do a more As such apart from other things on this Indian External Affairs Minister for this, he

professional job in investigation into the trend of Muslim youth being arrested a is forgetting that these biases against

acts of terror. good amount of docum entat ion and Muslims are equally widespread and before

Alas that was not to be and guided by peoples investigation has been done by him, people of the stature of ex President

Pavlovian reflex, in a knee jerk fashion, various human rights groups. ANHAD held Abdul Kalam and the celebrity like Shah

police continues to repeat its pattern of a peoples tribunal and published it report, Rukh Khan have faced similar situations. Is

giving statements immediately after the Scapegoats and Holy Cows. Lately a it not an indication enough for the UPacts of terror in which the organizations like signific ant rep ort by Jam ia Teachers minister to set his own house in order as for

Indian Mujahedeen. Lashkar and others Solidarity Association led by Manisha Sethi as the implication of Muslim youth in acts of

continue to be being named without a has published 'Framed, Damned, and terror are concerned. The real worrying

thorough probe. This is followed by the Acquitted. This report in a analytic way tells point of all these incidents is the way biases

usual arrests and framing them. Recently us the stereotypical manner of police against Muslims are becoming rooted more

first in the case of Hyderabad twin blasts on investigation and actions and the plight of and more. What efforts are needed to21 February 2013 in which 17 people died those who were arrested particularly by the coun ter this ste reo typi cal nat ure ofand over hindered were injured. These Delhi Police Special Cell on charges of these understandi ng secu rity agencies and

bombs were kept on a bicycle and Indian youth being part of terrorist outfits. In most perceptions at popular level needs a serious

Mujahideen were blamed for this dastardly of these cases they were acquitted by course correction on urgent basis.

act. Later in Bangalore on 17th April a bomb courts. This report as such should have -------------------

exploded 300 meters from the BJP office. cre ated awar eness about the poli ce * Ram Puniyani (born 25 Aug 1945) was a

For this blast a motorcycle was used. In this methods and a pressure on police to mend professor in biomedical engineering at the

blast around 16 people were injured. It was its ways. The report also points that the IIT Bombay. He is involved with humanpropagated that the blast took place near biased atmosphere has been created as rights activities, for communal harmony,

BJP office! As usual Indian Mujahedeen media is publishing the police version has taken initiatives to oppose the rising

were blamed. In this blast again there was uncritically. This is in contrast to the tide of Fundamentalism in India. He is a

an additional factor about propaganda that journali stic ethi cs where the offi cial pillar of secular and democratic initiatives

blast took place near BJP office, when in versions have to be checked, cross checked like All India Secular Forum, Center forreality the blast was 300 meters away from and examined critically before publishing Study of Society and Secularism and

the spot. Congress spokesperson Shakil them. The human rights groups also have ANHAD. His write-ups appear in reputedAhm ad sai d that this blas t and the been struggling for getting compensation Indian newspapers, regularly. He can be

propaganda of its being near BJP office will to these victims in good measure but to no contacted [email protected]

benefit BJP in the forthcoming elections, avail so far. And then the question comes up

while another Congress spokesperson and as to what about the police officers who are

Will the biases about terroristsremain permanent?By Ram Puniyani*


20/32

20Bakhabar

.. From Beyond Education to stone. And suddenly a man tearing the knowing that death awaited him.collection Nissar Nadiadwalas crowd came forward shouting, "LeaveEditorial for Young Muslims him! Leave him!" He ran towards the man Moral of the Narration? The man who

and stopped the death penalty. "I am the was innocent put his trust in Allah andI have heard this narration from Shaikh guilty. Leave this man and punish me in Allah assures: Allah will find out ways forZafrul Hasan Madni who quoted from his place," he insisted. The people were him who fears Allah. Surah Talaq chapterSahih Abu Dawood. My Madni scholar shocked. They inquired from the person 65 verse 3.and close friend Shaikh Abdul Basit if he was really speaking the truth andconfirmed the Hadith to be Sahih Hadith kn ew th e c on se qu en ce s o f h is The man who was guilty repented sono. is 4379 from Sahih Abu Dawood. statement. He said "I fear Allah." severely and surrendered out of fear of

Allah, ready to die in this world so that heIt was a dark morning in Madinah. A The matter was again taken to the may escape the punishment of Allah on

woman was returning after offering fajr Prophet (pbuh). He heard the man who the day of Qiyamah. Allah accepted hissalah. Suddenly a man sprang upon her pl ea de d guilt y. Th e man s ai d, "I apology and as He declares in Surahand raped her. The woman screamed for committed the crime and got away with Baq ara h,ve rse 284 : All ah for giv eshelp. A man heard her cry and ran to help it. The woman could not recognise me. wh ome ver He wil ls and Punis hesher. But the rapist fled. The man who T h e p e o p l ecame for her help chased the rapist to could not catchcatch him. Meanwhile a group of me. Even theMuslims, upon hearing the cry of the Prophet (pbuh)woman, too reached there. They heard did not knowfrom her about the incident and they too that I was theran in the search of the rapist. But an g u i l t y . B u tunusual thing happened. Instead of Allah knew it. I

catching the rapist they caught the man wondered whywho was looking for the rapist. The man A l l a h n o tplead that he was too like them trying to uncovered mylocate the hidden rapist. So they brought crime. Then Ihim to the woman for verification. The c a u s e dpoor woman had not seen her rapist but another crime,out of shock she exclaimed, "Yes this is letting anotherthe man!" It was dark when the incident m a n t o b etook place but the woman testified that p un i s h e d t othis was the man. The man pleaded that death for my whomever He wills...he was not but the people insisted that crime. My heart pinched me and I said tocriminals always refuse to accept their myself, " I can escape from the But did my readers consider this? The

crime. punishment in this world but will I be able name of the man who committed theto deceive Allah or hide my crime from crime, the woman who suffered and the

The matter was presented before the Him? My Taqwa grew stronger and I innocent who was arrested by mistake,Messenger of Allah. He asked the man if surrendered myself to the jury. Please are not narrated in any book by anyhe had committed the crime, he pleaded leave that man because he is innocent narrator. They remain unnamed. Thoughinnocence again. The woman was firm and punish me instead for my crime" many people were present during thethat the same man was the rapist. The preparation of rajm and when the realman had only one hope, Allah. There was The Prophet (pbuh) ordered the innocent guilty surrendered, no one narrated theirno revelation from Allah to announce his man to be freed and then he ordered that names. The honour of a Muslim is veryinnocence. The Prophet (pbuh) ordered this man should also be freed and not precious. If only today, even after 1400death penalty for the rapist, stoning to punished! The people were shocked as years, we can revive that honour...death. my readers too may be feeling the shock.

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "This man hasThe man was taken to the place of rajm. repented in such a manner that Allah hasAll preparations were made for the death forgiven him." His Taqwa did not allow anpenalty. A pit was dug and stones were innocent man to be punished for hiscollected. The crowd waited for the order crime and so he surrendered in spite of

A Fabulous Narration about

Taqwa... Toubah and Pardon


21/32

21Bakhabar

Living a simple lifeOver the last decade or so life has silent stress and eating up your

consistently been enriched because mental health slowly. Your brain

of more and more facilities, on- might get old while you are young

going gadgets inventions and day at heart. You might develop high BP

by day increment in luxuries. This is or sugar because of stress due toquite exciting however during the credit. Live a credit-free life.

same period of time, people have

i n c r e a s e d t h e i r l o v e f o r 5- Learn to say No: Don't accept

materialistic things abruptly which every single attractive offer from

has directly or indirectly reduced the bank representative or a car

their overall happiness index. Now loan company. Do your "Needs Vs

a days, we have more luxuries but Wants" analysis. Careful spending is

less delights and high stress levels. always recommended.

We have more sugar, blood and

heart patients then it used to be a 6- Reduce too much social

decade back. The reason for all the gatherings: Stay at home. Spend

stress and anxiety is simple that we quality time with your spouse and

are not living a simple life. kids for empowered relationships.

You don't have to say yes every time

Below are some tips which can to your friend who is coming to pick

simplify your life and may amplify you from home to join another late

the happiness scale of your life. night social get together.

1- Avoid getting influenced: You 7- Reduce your love for money:

don't have to follow every single Careful spending and saving is

trend in society. If your friend has important but don't allow your

purchased a new BMW, you don't brain to keep doing the calculations

need to buy a Mercedes to impress. all day long. You love for money is

Live for yourself not for others. If pull ing your brain strings and

you purchase a high-end luxury car damaging your peace of mindtoday, your love for this will end silently. Stay away from too much

soon and you will be selling it at thoughts about your financials.

considerable financial loss though I

am not forbidding to purchase 8- Less TV more Books: It is proven

luxury things once in a considerable that peo ple who wat ch more

duration of time. movies generate high level of

2- Avoid impulse buying: You don't stress. Read quality books to learn

need to buy every single gadget wisdom and attain high degree of

instantly which you like in this shop. happiness.

Do your Needs Vs Wants analysis.

Buy only if it is really increasing your 9- Spend time with Nature:

peace of mind. Remember that now Instead of going to cinemas anda days the standard life of every malls repeatedly, spend time in

gadget (phone, tablet, laptop , parks. This will relax your brain,

jewelry etc) is more or less 6 months body and soul.

because of new and new products

release by several companies. 10- Change your eating habits: why

eating lavish foods by visiting costly

3- The 6 months Rule: Generally restaurants again and again in a

speaking, anything which has not week. The purpose of food is to fill

been used in last 6 months will not your belly for some hours. So the

be used in next 6 months most suggestion here is to go for simpler

likely. Give such things (shoes, and healthier food. Remember,

garments, toys, mobiles, house most of the food items in thehold items) in charity. This will help ma rk et ar e fr ie d wh ic h ar e

spreading happiness in society and increasing your cholesterol level

reducing your space at home. silently hence making you a heart

patient in the long run!

4- Avoid Credit Cards Usage: Avoid

this as much as you can. Debt is a

The use of the words couch patato by a Senior

Journalist, especially in the context wasinteresting. I have myself been wondering at the

futility of all things. Social communication of

which a major part is journalism, is under

existential threat. As a non-journalist it is easy for

me to deride at any attempt to communicate

(havent earned a penny from writing). Yet now

and then I come round to disgorging myself in the

public square at the risk of facing the derision of

the spectators (In the age of spectacle, I am loath

to call anyone a reader).

The irrelevance of the written word has manyaspects. One aspect is that written word needs to

be seen now, which is one degree above the need

to be heard. The age of television has consumed

the age of radio as also the age of print - however

sleek the printing. On top of that body language

commands excessive superiority over mere

language, if you can just think of the hits Sunny

Leone can receive on her --- portal. I swear even

hundred noble laureates will lose the battle

against her simultaneously.

In such a stark scenario when I happened to see the

TV channel, Russia Today, my faith was redeemed

a bit and I felt that the foothold of truth was still

possible in the affairs of mankind. When you hear

the presentations on Russia Today you do get a

feeling that the writer, as the creator of word, is

not far behind. It is still possible to switch off

bhaand TV to hear a few words of truth. While

watching TV, I always felt like a couch potato until

after hearing Russia Today, I decided to postpone

my move to sell the gold coins I was having. Like a

typical couch patato, I did not move to my bank

locker to take out my gold coins to rush to sell to

the nearest baniya. If a sizable number of couchpotatoes did exactly what I did, tha

BaKhabar-June2013

Documents