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    National Unity

    Communal Amity

    Cultural Identity

    Social Justice

    Rule of Law

    Dignied Democracy Volume : 1 Issue - 12 Muharram 1433 December - 2011 Pages - 8 Monthly Price : Rs. 10/- Annual Subscription : Rs. 120/-

    THE TIMES OF LEAGUE

    In the history of Indian UnionMuslim League, we have been

    facing challenges and opposition

    at various stages from different

    quarters and many people have

    tried to destabilise the party.

    Even after the party has been

    working to rejuvenate, some

    people want to weaken the

    party. This will not work. Weare one, we are united and we

    will march forward to achieve

    our goal. Muslim League is

    not the old Muslim League, it is

    now a partner in the coalition

    government at the Centre. We

    have been trying to get as much

    development for the community

    as possible.

    Sachaar Committee report is,

    though, not fully implemented,

    but whatever is in place, isbecause of the vigorous follow-

    up and pressure of the Muslim

    League and we will continue

    to pressurise in democratic

    way for the implementation of

    other recommendations also.

    Our efforts for propagating the

    Jagannath Mishra Commission

    made other political parties

    to support it. We have been

    advocating for reservation for

    the muslims in the service. As

    a Member of Parliament forthe last 20 years, even before

    in Kerala, our whole focus was

    for achieving reservation for the

    muslims in services. We have

    time and again represented

    before the Government of

    India, Dr. Manmohan Singh

    and Smt. Sonia Gandhi to

    make reservation for Muslim

    community. I hope Dr.

    Manmohan Singh Government

    will have to concede this justdemand of our party to provide

    reservation for the muslims in

    employment.

    After assuming the additional

    National Executive Committee of IUML

    It was only 100 crores rupeesallocated for Urdu in the 11th

    Five Year Plan. But, now we

    are pressing hard to increase

    it in the 12th Five Year Plan

    charge in the Ministry of HumanResource Development, I have

    initiated a number of steps to

    improve minority education and

    to propagate Urdu in a big way.

    bys ve times i.e. 500 crores.Likewise, many areas are being

    scrutinised for further improving

    minority education.

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    Editor

    THE TIMES OF LEAGUEA Harmony of Hearts Monthly

    Our Country has witnessed innumerable communal riots,

    in the post independent period and all such occassion it had

    become the practice of the Government to institute committee of

    enquiry, arrest the accused, Commit them to trial and ultimately

    to our dismay and disappointment we noticed that almost all

    the accused were let off by the court giving them the benet of

    doubt.

    Contrasting all the previous judgements in the communal riot

    cases, a historic and landmark verdict was delivered by a fast -

    track special court in Gujarat awarding life sentences to as many

    as 31 accused for burning alive, 32 Muslims, Majority of them,

    innocent women and children from the village of sardarpura,

    Mehesana Distric in Gujarath.

    It was a cruel and blood curdling act where the rioters pushed

    the victims in a small room, locked it up and set it on re. In a

    few movement the re converted them into a mass of charcol.

    In awarding deserving punishment to the perpetrators of

    gruesome act, the special court has sent out a very strong

    message to the criminals that they cannot escape from the

    chasing hands of law and cannot avoid punishment.

    It is the rst time such a historical and landmark verdict was

    given in a communal riot case. The supreme Court undoubtedly

    established its supremacy in the judicial administration by setting

    up the fast track trial court to track and punish the culprits. We

    hope the hands of law should stretch to reach the abettors of

    the crime however high their position may be. We also suggest

    to the police authority to book rioters who cause murder and

    rape not only under sections 146 for which punishment is merely

    two years imprisonment but also under sections 120A - Criminal

    conspiracy, Sections 300 - murder, 302 punishment for murder,

    Sections 375 & 376 rape and punishment for rape which give

    maximum punishment to the culprits. This land mark verdict

    will serve as a detterent to the commitment of crimes during

    communal riots.

    A Landmark verdict

    Volume : 1 Issue - 12 Muharram December - 2011 Pages - 8 Price : Rs. 10/-

    BUHARI

    Holy QuranSpeaks

    Verses about theResurrection

    O People, if you should be indoubt about the Resurrection,

    then [consider that] indeed, We

    created you from dust, then

    from a sperm-drop, then from a

    clinging clot, and then from a

    lump of esh, formed andunformed - that We may show

    you. And We settle in the

    wombs

    whom We will for a specied

    term, then We bring you out as

    a child, and then [We develop

    you] that you may reach your

    [time of] maturity. And among

    you is he who is taken in [early]

    death, and among you is he who

    is returned to the most decrepit

    [old] age so that he knows,

    after [once having] knowledge,

    nothing. And you see the earth

    barren, but when We send down

    upon it rain, it quivers and swells

    and grows [something] of every

    beautiful kind. That is because

    Allah is the Truth and because

    He gives life to the dead and

    because He is over all things

    competent. And [that they may

    know] that the Hour is coming

    - no doubt about it - and that

    Allah will resurrect those in the

    graves. (Al-Hajj 22:5-7)

    Sayings of

    Prophet Mohammed (Sal)

    It is better to sit alone than in

    company with the bad; and it is,

    better still to sit with the good

    than alone. It is better to speak

    to a seeker of knowledge than

    to remain silent; but silence is

    better than idle words.

    He is not of us who is not

    affectionate to the little ones,

    and does not respect the old;

    and he is not of us, who doesnot order which is lawful, and

    prohibits that which is unlawful.

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    TN IUML Organises protest Demonstration

    Hike in Milk Price & Bus fare

    Prof. K.M. Khader Mohideen lashes out at Jayalalitha Govt.

    How can common people bearthe burden of hikes in prices of

    milk & bus fare? questioned th TN

    IUML president Prof. K.M. Kader

    Mohideen. Addressing a protest

    demonstration organized by the

    party on Dec 3, 2011 in front of

    Collectorate, Chennai, he lashed

    out at the anti-people policy of

    Jalayalalith Government. He said

    the Tamil Nadu people anticipated

    the newly elected Govt. would

    take them to the path of progress

    but Jayalalitha disappointed them

    by hiking the prices of milk & bus

    fare. He warned the government

    that it would taste the bitter fruits

    of its own make if the government

    fails to bring down prices. He

    noted that people voted her to

    power expecting good governance

    but she rewarded them by hiking

    the prices.

    Refering to a news item in

    the Hindu he said JayalalithaGovernment already increased

    the registration fees between

    60 to 70 percentage and also

    put the burden of taxes on the

    people to the tune of 4000 crores.

    Miss. Jayalalitha, he said every

    breath ridiculed the former DMK

    Government as minority Govt, even

    though the DMK Govt. did not hike

    the prices during its rule. He said

    recently Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha

    and the Indian Prime Minister Dr.

    Manmohan Singh complimented

    each other and he wounder why

    she made a somersault blaming

    the centre for not releasing enough

    fund to the state.

    IUML being a partner in the

    centre, he assured the TN ChiefMinister that his party was ready to

    ght with the centre if she submits

    the list of the State demands.

    TN IUML General Secretary Alhaj

    K.A.M. Abubacker, party Treasurer

    Shajakhan, Part Leaders and IUML

    Caders were present in large

    numbers. The party submitted a

    petition to the collector demanding

    the Government to withdraw

    the price hike. The protest was

    organised by North Chennai

    District President M. Jainullabudin,

    District Secretary A.H. Ismail and

    South Chennai District Secretary

    Poovai Musthafa.

    State wide protest on Dec 3, 2011

    TN State IUML has called fo a

    statewise protest against the TN

    Government for the steep hike

    in bus fares and Milk prices on

    Dec 3, 2011. In this regard the

    party president Prof. K.M. Kader

    Mohideen stated that the IUML

    Caders will demonstrate on Dec, 3,

    2011 in front of the ofces of the

    Thashildars or Electricity Boards.

    He said Miss. Jayalalitha must be

    prudent enough to undersatnd the

    feelings of the people and should

    take measures to bring down the

    prices.

    Inauguration of Gulbarga District IUML Ofce in Karnataka. Gulbarga municipal Muslim League Councillor

    Moulana Mohammed Nuhu and other district League Members grace the occassion.

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    From Tunisia to Egypt, Islamists

    are gaining the popular vote. Farfrom threatening stability, this makes

    it a real possibility.Ennahda, the Islamic party in

    Tunisia, won 41 per cent of the

    seats of the Tunisian constitutional

    assembly last month, causingconsternation in the West. ButEnnahda will not be an exception

    on the Arab scene. Last Friday the

    Islamic Justice and DevelopmentParty took the biggest share of the

    vote in Morocco and will lead thenew coalition government for the

    rst time in history. And yesterday

    Egypts elections began, with theMuslim Brotherhood predicted to

    become the largest party. There maybe more to come. Should free and

    fair elections be held in Yemen, once

    the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh falls,

    the Yemeni Congregation for Reform,also Islamic, will win by a signicantmajority. This pattern will repeat

    itself whenever the democratic

    process takes its course.

    Arab Spring to Islamic winter

    In the West, this phenomenon hasled to a debate about the problem

    of the rise of political Islam. In the

    Arab world, too, there has beenmounting tension between Islamists

    and secularists, who feel anxiousabout Islamic groups. Many voices

    warn that the Arab spring will lead

    to an Islamic winter, and that theIslamists, though claiming to support

    democracy, will soon turn against it.In the West, stereotypical images

    that took root in the aftermath of

    9/11 have come to the fore again.In the Arab world, a secular anti-

    democracy camp has emergedin both Tunisia and Egypt whose

    pretext for opposing democratisation

    is that the Islamists are likely to bethe victors.

    But the uproar that has accompanied the Islamists gains is

    unhelpful; a calm and well-informeddebate about the rise of politicalIslam is long overdue.

    First, we must dene our terms.Islamist is used in the Muslim world

    to describe Muslims who participate

    in the public sphere, using Islam asa basis. It is understood that this

    participation is not at odds withdemocracy. In the West, however,

    the term routinely describes those

    who use violence as a means andan end thus Jihadist Salasm,

    exemplied by al-Qaeda, is called Islamist in the West, despite

    the fact that it rejects democraticpolitical participation (Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda,

    criticised Hamas when it decided

    exploited by despotic Arab regimes

    to suppress Islamic movements withdemocratic political programmes. It

    is time we were clear.

    Reform-based Islamic movements,such as the Muslim Brotherhood,

    work within the political process.They learned a bitter lesson from

    their armed conict in Syria against

    the regime of Hafez al-Assad in1982, which cost the lives of more

    than 20,000 people and led to the

    incarceration or banishment ofmany thousands more. The Syrian

    experience convinced mainstreamIslamic movements to avoid armed

    struggle and to observe strategicpatience instead.

    History of the region

    Second, we must understand the

    history of the region. In western

    discourse Islamists are seen asnewcomers to politics, gullible

    zealots who are motivated by aradical ideology and lack experience.

    In fact, they have played a major

    role in the Arab political scene sincethe 1920s. Islamic movements have

    often been in opposition, but sincethe 1940s they have participated

    in parliamentary elections, entered

    alliances with secular, nationalist andsocialist groups, and participated in

    several governments in Sudan,

    Jordan, Yemen and Algeria. Theyhave also forged alliances with non-

    Islamic regimes, like the Nimeiriregime in Sudan in 1977.

    A number of other events have had

    an impact on the collective Muslim

    mind, and have led to the maturationof political Islam: the much-debatedIslamic Revolution in Iran in 1979;

    the military coup in Sudan in 1989;

    the success of the Algerian Islamic

    elections. The Hamas win was notrecognised, nor was the national

    unity government formed. Instead,

    a siege was imposed on Gaza tosuffocate the movement.

    The Turkey factor

    Perhaps one of the most

    inuential experiences has beenthat of the Justice and Development

    Party (AKP) in Turkey, which won

    the elections in 2002. It has been a

    source of inspiration for many Islamicmovements. Although the AKP doesnot describe itself as Islamic, its 10

    years of political experience have

    led to a model that many Islamistsregard as successful. The model has

    three important characteristics: a

    general Islamic frame of reference;a multi-party democracy; and

    signicant economic growth.These varied political experiences

    have had a profound impact on

    political Islams exibility andcapacity for political action, and on

    its philosophy, too.However, political Islam has also

    faced enormous pressures from

    dictatorial Arab regimes, pressuresthat became more intense after

    9/11. Islamic institutions weresuppressed. Islamic activists were

    imprisoned, tortured and killed. Such

    experiences gave rise to a profoundbitterness. Given the history, it is

    only natural that we should hearoverzealous slogans or intolerant

    threats from some activists. Some of

    those now at the forefront of electioncampaigns were only recently

    released from prison. It would notbe fair to expect them to use the

    voice of professional diplomats.

    Despite this, the Islamic politicaldiscourse has generally been

    balanced. The Tunisian Islamicmovement has set a good example.

    Although Ennahda suffered underBen Alis regime, its leaders

    developed a tolerant discourse and

    managed to open up to moderate

    secular and leftist political groups.The movements leaders havereassured Tunisian citizens that it

    will not interfere in their personal

    lives and that it will respect theirright to choose. The movement

    also presented a progressive modelof womens participation, with 42

    female Ennahda members in the

    constitutional assembly.The Islamic movements approach

    to the West has also been balanced,

    despite the fact that westerncountries supported despotic

    Arab regimes. Islamists know

    the importance of internationalcommunication in an economically

    and politically interconnected world.

    Opportunity for the West

    Now there is a unique opportunityfor the West: to demonstrate that

    it will no longer support despoticregimes by supporting instead the

    democratic process in the Arab

    world, by refusing to intervene infavour of one party against another

    and by accepting the results of thedemocratic process, even when it

    is not the result they would have

    chosen. Democracy is the onlyoption for bringing stability, security

    and tolerance to the region, and itis the dearest thing to the hearts

    of Arabs, who will not forgive any

    attempts to derail it.The region has suffered a lot as a

    result of attempts to exclude Islamistsand deny them a role in the public

    sphere. Undoubtedly, Islamists

    participation in governance will giverise to a number of challenges, both

    within the Islamic ranks and withregard to relations with other local

    and international forces. Islamists

    should be careful not to fall intothe trap of feeling overcondent:

    they must accommodate othertrends, even if it means making

    painful concessions. Our societies

    need political consensus, and theparticipation of all political groups,

    regardless of their electoral weight.

    It is this interplay between Islamistsand others that will both guarantee

    the maturation of the Arabdemocratic transition and lead to an

    Arab political consensus and stability

    that has been missing for decades.

    (Wadah Khanfar was directorgeneral of the al-Jazeera networkuntil September 2011.) Guardian

    Newspapers Limited, 2011.Courtesy : The Hindu, Chennai 29.11.2011

    to take part in the elections for thePalestinian legislative council, and

    has repeatedly criticised the MuslimBrotherhood for opposing the use of

    violence).

    This disconnect in the understanding of the term in the West and

    in the Muslim world was often

    Salvation Front in the 1991 electionsand the armys subsequent denial

    of its right to govern; the conquest

    of much of Afghan territory bythe Taliban in 1996 leading to the

    establishment of its Islamic emirate;and the success in 2006 of Hamas

    in the Palestinian Legislative Council

    The supporters of democracy must welcome political Islam

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    For 80-year-old MohammedHaji, every ring of the phone and

    every chime of a bicycle bell on the

    street arouse great expectations.

    He looks up in hope when he hears

    a noise at his doorstep only to feeldisappointed when it turns out

    to be someone else, and not the

    postman bringing him the news

    hes been waiting to hear.

    For the past two years, Haji

    has been awaiting an answer

    from the high court to a simple

    question: Can he die as an Indian

    in his motherland, or will he have

    to continue living with the threat

    of deportment hanging over his

    head?

    Haji, a Pakistani national known

    among his acquaintances as Karachi

    Mohammed, lives in Machinjery, a

    small town in Keralas Malappuram

    district. He is one among the many

    Pakistani Malayalis scattered across

    Malappuram and other districts

    of Kerala like Kannur, Kasargod

    and Kozhikode, which have large

    Muslim populations.

    In the 1950s and 1960s, these

    Malayalis, most of them in their

    early twenties, crossed the border

    illegally and travelled to Pakistan

    in a bid to escape the extremepovertyback home. In Karachi, they

    took up small jobs in restaurants

    and tea shops. I went to Karachi

    in 1950 and worked as a helper in

    a hotel, says Haji.

    But once in Pakistan, without

    any legal documents, making a

    trip back home became a huge

    problem. My wife was alone and

    I have no kids, says Haji. He

    (and others like him in Karachi)

    was advised by an agent to get a

    Pakistani passport. Barely school-

    educated, the illegal migrants didnot realise that a Pakistani passport

    will deprive them of their Indian

    citizenship. But Haji had to visit

    his wife in India, and since there

    was no other way out, he became

    a Pakistani passport holder. After

    that, he travelled from Karachi to

    Kerala many times on an Indian

    visa.

    Ten years ago, at the age of

    70, Haji moved back to Kerala,

    hoping to spend the last few years

    of his life at home. I was born

    in India. This is my country. But

    I am considered a Pakistani here,

    says Haji. Two years ago, Haji

    sent a petition to the high court,

    Pakistani Malayalis - Nowhere to go?requesting for Indian citizenship.

    He is yet to hear from the Court.

    We have none of the rights that

    Indians enjoy. We cant vote, we

    cant stand for elections, we cant

    own land, or even have a bankaccount. The Kerala government

    has to recommend us for citizenship

    to the central government. But for

    some reason, they arent doing it.

    Haji, however, remains positive. I

    am sure I will be granted citizenship

    one day. I keep thinking The order

    will come today.

    Cops and midnightraids

    But the denial of a citizens rights

    is only one of the many problemsfaced by the Pakistani Malayalis.

    Until four years ago, 68-year-old

    Pilayil Alawi didnt bother to x a

    bulb in his house. Ever since he

    came home from Pakistan in 1992,

    Alawi and his wife Fatimah spent

    their nights at home in darkness,

    straining their ears for the sounds

    of a policemans boot. They had

    their escape route chalked out

    before nightfall. Should a team of

    cops invade their home, one was

    to run and hide in the attic, and the

    other in the nearby paddy eld.Alawi, too, is a Pakistani national

    who now lives in a one-room

    house in Kundoor, another small

    town in Malappuram. In 1969,

    he slipped into Bangladesh (then

    a part of Pakistan) via Calcutta

    by foot. He was arrested at the

    border and put in prison. I was

    in jail for eight months and badly

    beaten up, recalls Alawi. He made

    it to Karachi later, where he made

    a living as an electrician, and got

    himself a Pakistani passport.

    But things took a turn for

    the worse when he returned to

    Kundoor for good. The police

    kept harassing us by conducting

    midnight raids. My wife and I

    were always prepared to run the

    moment we heard a police jeep.

    Potential employers thought of

    him as a Pakistani spy. Though

    Id worked for many years as

    an electrician, I could never get

    a permanent job in Kundoor. I

    even went up to acquaintances

    and offered to x their electricalappliances, but they wouldnt hire

    me. I was reduced to doing coolie

    work when I didnt have enough to

    support my wife.

    During the Kargil War in 1999,

    local political parties tried to extortmoney from Alawi, telling him that if

    he didnt pay up, they would inform

    the police that hes a Pakistani and

    get him arrested. I refused to pay,

    and was thrown into jail for 17

    days, he says. Now an old man,

    and poor, Alawi dreads dying as a

    foreigner in India. My Pakistani

    passport got stolen. My documents

    show I was born in India. My wife

    and I sent almost fty letters to

    the central government asking for

    Indian citizenship but they never

    replied.In response to one of his

    numerous letters to the state

    government, the then Kerala Chief

    Minster VS Achuthanandan nally

    informed Alawi through a letter in

    2007 that the Superintendent of

    Police (SP) will approve his stay

    in Kerala. The police dont bother

    me now, he says. But like every

    Pakistani Malayali, I want to die an

    Indian.

    Desperate

    measuresUntil a few years ago, Pakistani

    Malayalis lived with a paralysing

    fear of being deported to Pakistan.

    Some die, some get shot, says

    Malayalam lmmaker P T Kunju

    Muhammed, whose lm Paradesi

    (2007) narrates a poignant tale

    about a Pakistani Malayali.

    Many resorted to desperate

    measures to ward off all the

    attention. I know of this Malayali

    who would not speak to anyone

    when outside. Even if peopleasked him something, he would

    glare at them and keep walking.

    Or he would ignore them. A few

    people suspected he was of

    unsound mind. But at home, he

    would talk very normally, explains

    Muhammed. Some others say

    they have a disease and rarely

    step out of their house. A few of

    them have insomnia. With thelate nightpolice raids and constant

    harassment, they are simply unable

    to fall asleep, says Muhammed.

    At the SP ofce in Malappuram,

    Sankaran Kutty, junior police

    superintendent, says that these

    Malayalis no longer face the

    threat of deportation, thanks to

    the amendments that have been

    made to the Foreigners Act of 1946

    and the Citizenship Act of 1955.

    These Malayalis can now stay in

    India provided they have the right

    documents, explains Kutty, whose

    job includes looking at applications

    for citizenship.

    Yet, despite these amendments,

    they have to live under so many

    restrictions and rules (they cant

    travel freely and are prohibited

    from visiting certain areas; they

    have to inform the SP every time

    they leave their district, even if

    they are travelling within Kerala,

    and so on) that even inadvertently

    outing any of them could become

    reason enough for deportation.The threat of deportation will never

    be gone unless and until they get

    Indian citizenship.

    Nowhere to go

    At the SP ofce in Malappuram,

    we meet Mohammed Haji and

    Mohammed Ibrahim, Pakistani

    nationals in their late 70s. They

    travel regularly to Pakistan to

    take care of their hotel business

    there. I dream of settling down

    in Kerala, but I see my friends

    suffer here, says 78-year-old Haji.

    As there are no direct ights from

    Kerala to Karachi, the two take a

    connecting ight from Mumbai.

    We have a long wait in Mumbai.

    But being Pakistani nationals, we

    are not allowed to wait at the

    airport. And once we go out, no

    hotel will give us a room. My wife

    is 73 years old and she has a hip

    problem. Our condition is horrible,

    says Haji. Adds Ibrahim, If I come

    to India for a month, I end up

    visiting the SP ofce at least tentimes. As we leave, we overhear

    Ibrahim wondering aloud whether

    ofcials will ever take note of their

    condition.

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    December - 2011

    The meeting of the NationalExecutive of Indian Union Muslim

    League was held at the Speakershall Constitution Club, New Delhi

    from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on

    Saturday, November 26, 2011.

    The National President Honble

    E. Ahamed Minister of State for

    External Affairs and HRD presided

    over the meeting. Maulana

    Mohibullah, Imam of New Delhi

    Jama Masjid recited the Qirat.

    Condolences:

    The demise of the following

    veteran League leaders was

    condoled and dua for maghrat

    was made:

    1. Haji Mohd. Yameen Ansari,

    Vice President, IUML - Uttar

    Pradesh

    2. Ainul Abideen, General

    Secretary, IUML- Bihar

    3. Noor Bhai, IUML Bijnore,

    Uttar Pradesh

    4. Mohd. Akram IUML Agra,

    Uttar Pradesh

    Inaugural Address:

    Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal,

    President of Kerala State Unit

    of Indian Union Muslim Leagueinaugurated the meeting. Prof.

    K.M. Kader Mohideen, National

    General Secretary, welcomed

    the gathering. P.K. Kunhali Kutty,

    Minister for Industries & IT, Govt.

    of Kerala proposed the MLKSC

    Merger Resolution.

    E. Ahamed, National President,

    gave the presidential address. He

    Stated that;

    In the history of Indian Union

    Muslim League, we have been

    facing challenges and opposition

    at various stages from differentquarters and many people have

    tried to destabilise the party. Even

    after the party has been working

    to rejuvenate, some people want

    to weaken the party. This will not

    work. We are one, we are united

    and we will march forward to

    achieve our goal. Muslim League

    is not the old Muslim League, it

    is now a partner in the coalition

    government at the Centre. We

    have been trying to get as much

    development for the community as

    possible.Sachar Committee report is,

    though, not fully implemented,

    but whatever is in place is

    because of the vigorous follow-

    up and pressure of the Muslim

    League and we will continue to

    pressurise in democratic way

    for the implementation of other

    recommendations also. We have

    been advocating for reservation

    for the Muslims in the service.

    As a Member of Parliament for

    the last 20 years, even before

    in Kerala, our whole focus was

    for achieving reservation for the

    Muslims in services. We have

    time and again represented

    before the Government of India,

    Dr. Manmohan Singh and Smt.

    Sonia Gandhi to make reservation

    for Muslim community. I hope

    Dr. Manmohan Singh Government

    will have to concede this just

    demand of our party to provide

    reservation for the Muslims in

    employment.

    After assuming the additional

    charge in the Ministry of Human

    Resource Development, I have

    initiated a number of steps to

    improve minority education and to

    propagate Urdu in a big way. It was

    only 100 crores rupees allocated

    for Urdu in the 11th Five Year Plan.

    But, now we are pressing hard toincrease it in the 12th Five Year

    Plan by ve times i.e. 500 crores.

    Likewise, many areas are being

    scrutinised for further improving

    minority education.

    Discussions:

    The proposal for merger of

    Muslim League Kerala State

    Committee (MLKSC) with Indian

    Union Muslim League (IUML),

    communications from the Election

    Commission of India to IUML, the

    political situation of the countryand the organizational matters

    were taken into consideration. The

    following persons participated in

    the discussions;

    1. Kausar Hayat Khan,

    President, IUML Uttar Pradesh

    2. Syed Azam Moinuddin,

    General Secretary, IUML Andhra

    Pradesh

    3. Mahmood Ahamed Thind,

    President, IUML Punjab

    4. Naim Akhter, President,

    IUML Bihar & National Secretary

    5. Shahenshah Jahangir,President, IUML West Bengal &

    National Secretary

    6. Adv. Hashim Qureshi,

    Convener, IUML Gujarat

    7. Eng. Rahmathulla Khan,

    President, IUML Pondicherry

    8. Ghalib Hasan, General

    Secretary, IUML Uttarakhand

    9. K.A.M. Muhammed

    Abubacker, General Secretary,

    IUML Tamil Nadu

    10. M.S. Inamdar, President,

    IUML Karnataka

    11. Shamim Ahamed,

    President, IUML Udaipur District,

    Rajasthan

    12. C.H. Abdul Rahman,

    General Secretary, IUML Mumbai

    City

    13. K.N.A. Khadar, MLA, Kerala

    14. Habib Khan, General

    Secretary, IUML Maharashtra

    15. Moinuddin, Vice President,

    IUML Delhi

    16. Adv. Iqbal Ahmed, National

    Vice President

    17. Abdul Samad Samadani,

    MLA, National Secretary

    18. E.T. Mohammed Basheer

    MP, General Secretary, IUML

    Kerala

    19. Syed Sadiqali Shihab

    Thangal, President, IUML

    Malappuram District, Kerala

    The followingresolutions were passedunanimously.

    1. Merger Resolution

    a) This meeting of the

    National Executive of Indian

    Union Muslim League resolves

    unanimously to welcome and

    accept the proposal of Kerala Unit

    of IUML (MLKSC) to amalgamate

    with the parent body and hereby

    authorize the Political Affairs

    Committee to take appropriate

    steps in both legal and technical

    issues including discussion/s withthe Election Commission of India

    for its implementation.

    b) A Political Advisory Commi

    ttee consisting of the following

    persons was entrusted with

    the work to fulll all formalities

    necessary for the completion of the

    merger process with the Election

    Commission of India.

    1. E. Ahamed, National

    President

    2. Prof. K.M. Kader Mohideen,

    National General Secretary

    3. Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal,Kerala State President

    4. E.T. Mohammed Basheer,

    Kerala State General Secretary

    5. K.P.A. Majeed, Kerala State

    General Secretary

    6. P.K. Kunhalikutty, Minister

    for Industries, IT & Urban Affairs,

    Govt. of Kerala

    7. Iqbal Ahmed Advocate,

    National Vice President

    8. Abdul Samad Samadani MLA,

    National Secretary

    9. Kausar Hayat Khan, President,

    IUML Uttar Pradesh

    10. Adv. V. Jeevagiridharan,

    State Secretary, IUML Tamil Nadu

    11. Khorrum Anis Omer, National

    Secretary

    2. Political Resolutions:

    1. The National Executive

    Meeting of IUML, whilewelcoming the steps taken by Dr.

    Manmohan Singh Government

    for part implementation of the

    recommendations of Sachar

    Committee Reports, urges

    the Honble Prime Minister for

    early implementation of all the

    recommendations of the Sachar

    Committee, which are yet to be

    implemented despite assurances

    given to the minority community

    from time to time. Important

    decisions such as formation of

    Equal Opportunity Commission,installation of a database on

    Muslims Educational Social and

    such other data are still to be

    implemented.

    Therefore, the National

    Executive Meeting of IUML

    resolves to request the Honble

    PM Dr. Manmohan Singh to

    issue necessary instructions for

    earliest implementation of the

    recommendations.

    2. There have been consistent

    and continuing demands by IUML

    and all sections of the MuslimCommunity urging the Government

    to lay the Ranganath Mishra

    Commission report on the table

    of the Parliament for a full edged

    discussion and implementation of

    its recommendations.

    The meeting places on record

    the deep sense of resentment

    of the lukewarm attitude on the

    part of the Government of India

    keeping the report in abeyance

    without taking any action on it.

    Various sections of backward

    classes and all supporters for thecause of social justice are one in

    demanding the Government of

    India for the implementation of

    Ranganath Mishra Commission

    Indian Union Muslim LeagueNational Executive Committee Meeting

    Held at Constitution Club, New Delhi On Saturday, November 26, 2011

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    TN IUML State workingcommittee meeting

    December 10, 2011 at Krishna Iyer Marriage Hall,Madurai.

    TN IUML Working Committe meeting will be held in Madurai on

    Dec 10, 2011 at Krishna Iyer Marriage Hall, Near K.K. Nagar - Apollo

    Hospital between 10.00 am to 1.30 pm.IUML State President Prof. K.M. Kader Mohaideen will preside over

    the meeting. The meeting will discuss the Civil Body Election Results,

    Decisions taken in the IUML National working Committee and other

    matters concern with the party function.

    The IUML State General Secretary K.A.M. Abubacker has announced

    that Invitations were already dispached to the members.

    In the above venue a discussion will be held with elected IUML

    Local body members between 2.30.pm to 6.30 pm.

    All elected members are requested to attend the meeting without

    fail.

    Recommendations.

    The National Executive of

    IUML urges the Government of

    India to take an early decision

    for the implementation of the

    recommendations of the Report

    ensuring assured reservation to

    the Muslims in the Central and

    State Services.

    Organizational Matters:

    1. State Ofce Bearers

    elections held in Tamilnadu and

    Puducherry were ratied

    2. The states other than

    Kerala, Tamilnadu and Puducherry

    the membership drive and

    organizational elections are to be

    completed by January 31, 2012.

    To monitor the work at various

    states the following persons were

    nominated as observers:

    For west Bengal, Jharkhand,

    Uttarakhand & Madhya Pradesh

    a) Iqbal Ahmed Advocate,

    National Vice President

    b) Naim Akhter, National

    Secretary

    For Bihar, Rajasthan, Punjab,

    Delhi & Uttar Pradesh

    a) Khorrum Anis Omer,

    National Secretary

    b) K. Muhamed Kutty

    For Maharashtra Goa & Gujarat

    a) Dastgheer I. Agha, National

    Treasurer

    b) C.H. Abdul Rahman, IUML

    Mumbai City President

    For Assam

    a) Shahensha Jehangir,

    National Secretary

    For Karnataka & Andhra

    Pradesh

    a) K.A.M. Abubacker, IUML

    Tamilnadu General Secretary

    b) N. A. Abubacker, Karnata

    ka

    3. The State Units of IUML

    were asked to complete the

    process of electing the members

    to the National General Council

    by March 31, 2012. Thereafter its

    the National General Council shall

    meet and elect the National Ofce

    Bearers in April 2012.

    4. A National Convention of

    Muslim Youth League is to be held

    in the month of April-2012 in Kerala.Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal is

    nominated as the Convener of

    the Steering Committee and the

    following members are to assist

    him in preparation:

    1. K.M. Shaji MLA, Kerala

    2. Adv. N. Shamsuddin MLA,

    Kerala

    3. M. K. Mohd. Younus, Tamil

    Nadu

    Representatives for various

    states are to be nominated by

    the National President, Janab E.

    Ahamed.5. A Monitoring committee con

    sisting of Advocate Iqbal Ahamed,

    E.T. Mohamed Basheer M.P.,

    Khorrum Anis Omer, K. Mohamed

    Kutty and K.A.M. Muhammed

    Abubacker has been constituted

    to oversee and assist the state

    units of IUML in participating theforth coming Assembly electionsin the states of Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakand, Punjab, Goa and

    Manipur.6. In the light of the new

    developments in the organization,a Constitution Amendment Committee was constituted with thefollowing persons:

    1. E.T. Mohammed BasheerMP - Convener

    2. Advocate M. Ummer,MLA Kerala

    3. Advocate V. Jeevagiridharan, IUML Tamilnadu StateSecretary

    4. Advocate Hashim Qureshi,

    Gujrat

    Vote of thanks

    National Secretary Khorrum Anis

    Omer proposed the vote of thanks

    Saudi King presents

    3 Gems to World MuslimsThe Saudi Monarch Abdullah Bin Abdul Azis

    presented 3 Gems to the Haj delegations which

    came to Macca at the Inviation of the Kingdom.

    While addressing the World Muslim League

    Conference the King presented the followingthree Gems.

    1. There should be no difference among

    Muslims even if they belong to any country, race

    or speak any language.

    2. Islam means peace, Tranquility and

    Submission. It is our duty to carry this message

    to the Non - Muslims.

    3. Islam is neither extreme nor moderate but a practicable all time

    religion.

    This was disclosed by Prof. K.M. Kader Mohideen in his brief to the

    Muslim Leaguers after his return from Haj.

    Puducherry State Secretary Hamza, District President Hairullah, Secretary Mohamed Ali, Treasurer

    Seik Abdhullah submitt a petition to Honble E. Ahamed at his residence New Delhi demanding to

    implement minority Welfare Schemes in the Puducherry State. Others in the picture are

    TN IMUL General Secretary KAM. Abubucker, National Secretary Qurram Aniz, T.N. Treasurer

    M.S. Shajakhan and Secretary Jeevagiridharan.

    Uthaipur District IUML Conference Rajasthan on 20.10.2011 under the presidentship of District

    President Shamim Ahamed, National Vice President Advocate Iqbal Ahamed, National Secretary

    Quram Anees Umer, U P State President Moulana Kausar Hayath Khan and others participate in

    the conference.

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    Street, Mannady, Chennai - 600 001 and printed by K.A.M. Muhammed Abubacker at Madras Media Press No, 36, Maraikayar Lebbai Street, Mannady, Chennai - 600 001.

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