Because he was a Muslim…..

By Dr. M. Iqbal Siddiqui,

“You people always do such things (bomb blasts),” said a senior officer of Rajasthan Police to Dr Amanullah Jamali, a Unani Medical Officer posted at a government health centre in the village of Bagri Nagar in Sojat Tehsil of Pali district.

On Saturday, 19th May 2008, Dr Amanullah was heading towards his residence at Sojat Road in a bus when a police ‘Gypsy’ came near the bus and a policeman from it asked him to get down the bus and ride the gypsy. When he asked where he was being taken and for what crime, one of the policemen said there was nothing to worry, only a few queries regarding his passport. He kept quiet. Then he was taken to Beawar Police Station and finally to Alwar Gate Police Station in Ajmer where he was kept detained for three days.

His sole crime was that he was a Muslim and, by chance, he was in Jaipur on the day of the serial bomb blasts for his personal work at the Board of Indian Medicine. By the way, there were about 40 lakh people in Jaipur on the same day.

“Go! Stand in that corner,” asked a constable in harsh voice, “sit down on the ground,” another ordered. Amanullah was a bit afraid of the situation so he followed the commands. Then he was taken inside a room and searched thoroughly after being stripped to underwear as if he had committed some big crime. Then the investigation began “Miyan (a negative attribute given to a Muslim), tell the truth otherwise, I will book you for the Jaipur blasts and put the whole blame upon you,” asked a policeman.

He was kept in the Alwar Gate Police Station for three days where he had to sleep on a dirty mat in a room filled with ants. He had to pray on the floor. He was not permitted to go for Friday Prayer. He was abused frequently and also slapped on his face and beaten with the police ‘danda’. When his brother and brother-in-law came to the police station on Saturday for his release, they were also detained for the night. On fourth day they were all set free with a warning that Amanullah’s position was still suspicious so he should not talk much about his detention and must not face the media. Otherwise he would be at the receiving end as they (the police) have ‘power’.

When the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s state president Er. Mohd. Saleem contacted the police officials on telephone they denied any detention, but when he threatened to raise the matter before the higher authorities the officer on the telephone line immediately said that Dr. Amanullah has been released and he can be contacted on telephone. However, the contact with him could be established only after four hours.

More than one month after the blasts in Jaipur, the situation is that every practising Muslim is ‘suspicious’. They have detained and released about 7 to 8 persons so far as we know, suspecting them to be involved in the blasts. The investigating agencies are still groping in dark. It seems that they are not searching for the real culprits of the blasts. Instead, they are working ‘honestly’ on some foreign secret agencies’ agenda of branding and profiling Muslims as terrorists.

(The author is media cell in-charge of Rajasthan Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. He can be contacted at miqbal1959@gmail.com)

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Every common man is not culprit

Muslim or Hindu, we all support strong anti communal, anti terrorist machinery. This can be achieved by having a police which has blend of all communities, esp. minority.

Regarding Pakistan, even though some people get fascinated about it, it is rated as one of the worst and terrorist country, with economy failing, India is not in the same league. Now Pakistani Govt. want VISA free travel etc to visit India.
Pakistan has killed or converted its minorities, India and Indian people have seen minorities rise in all aspects (except for little aberration of riots, that too instigated or motivated).

Bangladesh is also similar example and I sincerely believe that no Indian would want to stay in Pakistan or Bangladesh. Even people from Kashmir have started to realize that.

India does not need to mimic Pakistan’s behavior on minorities, but at the same time if there is any appeasement of minority or majority that needs to challenged in proper forum without abusing in media. Similarly for ill-treatment of minorities or majority in any state has to also come under strict scrutiny and decision should be above vote bank politics.

Jai Hind.

Patriotic Leaders of VHP-BJP-BD

Bangla Desh has a 20% strong HINDU minority! There are millions of Hindus in Pakistan! The Province of SIND is dominated & businesses controlled by SINDHI communities. These and Hindu communities from INDIA hold a large chunk of businesses in Middle East especially the hub of UAE!!!

I happened to meet one of the Hindus from Pakistan who was on HEC scholarship to Europe for his PhD and asked him as to how was life for them in Pakistan as people in India held the notion that minorities in Pakistan are treated unfairly!

To my utter surprise he said, we are much better off than you people are in India! I asked him what he ment by it and pat came his reply:- We in Pakistan never had a Bhagalpur, Meerut and Gujrat!

I then realized the truth in his statement. Agreed that India is a multi cultral, multi ethnic society and there is bound to be tensions in such a society but so is Pakistan and Bangladesh with large minorities be they Christian or Hindus or Sikhs or Sindhis or Buddhists! We do hear rioting between Muslims in Pakistan but I have never come across any major Pogrom against the Minorities especially Hindus in Pakistan or Bangladesh in any credible News Agency of the World. This is not to say that there are no problems or events happening in these countries but it is not comparable to what happens in India, although Cities of Karachi and Lahore has a burgeoning Hindu population (LK Advani is from Karachi) I have never seen pakistanis burning effigies of Narendra Modi, Advani or Vajpayee but definitely seen Hooligans of VHP-BD-BJP burning effigies and protesting against Musharraf et. al although such nonsensicle jingoism has no effect on Pakistani's or their Politics! Most of it seems like it is indeed meant for the consumption of the local polity!

before making statements get

before making statements get your fact right , from where did u get info that bladesh has 20% hindu.
Regarding treatment of hindus in bladesh read this http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/jul/21/bangladesh or just gooogle for bladesh and hindu.

Pakistan never had Gujrat because hindu never did godhra.

Communal Flare Ups and State Sponsored Pogroms!

My statement about 20% Hindu minority is based on non-official figures which according to many Bangladeshis is certainly true!

If you read my post carefully: This is not to say that there are no problems or events happening in these countries but it is not comparable to what happens in India. We all know what happened in Bangladesh and Why it happened!

If you read my other post: Coupled to this is the age in which we live. Its an age of high interconnectedness and interdependence and incidents in one part of the world have repercussions far and wide!!!

I in no way condone acts of violence committed on innocents in any country by anyone whether muslim or non-muslim. But we have to discriminate between STATE SPONSORED VIOLENCE, GENOCIDE and hate related incidents. No country in the world is free of Violence & Persecution. We know that Gujrat Genocide was Pre-Planned and Executed in Military Style. It has been Proved by the Central Forensic Lab that the FIRE started from Inside the Compartments. It has also been Proved by fire experts from AUSTRALIA that the fire COULD NOT have been started from outside by the MOB as it is IMPOSSIBLE to throw using CANS with Narrow (Necks)Containers, Petrol inside rail compartments and completely burn it! More so when the doors and windows were bolted from INSIDE! It has been shown on TV world wide the answer of a police man to a woman pleading to save her:- We do not have orders to save you!

"I have never known a riot which has used the sexual subjugation of women so widely as an instrument of violence. There are reports everywhere of [the] gang-rape of young girls and women, often in the presence of members of their families, followed by their murder by burning alive."
-Harsh Mander, "Cry, the Beloved Country: Reflections on the Gujarat Massacre."

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020930/baldwin20020916

The case of an 8 month old pregnant woman who was gang raped and her womb split open with a sword and her dead fetus hung from the TIP of the sword as a SIGN of Victory is known to us.

The STING Operation by TEHELKHA News Magazine was seen far and wide!

We also remember DARA SINGH and his BD team, Graham Steines and his two young children who were burnt alive in their jeep!

http://www.pucl.org/Topics/Religion-communalism/2002/gujarat-nhrc-submis...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFsN6iAba2g&NR=1

http://www.persecution.com.au/news/article.asp?artID={AB5CBB7D-AC6B-477A-8D2B-F03599EBD2C0}

http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA200162000?open&of=ENG...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KGoFRT0tqc&NR=1

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/03/08/india12802.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8C28LAefA4&feature=related

http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-31782920080205

http://www.geocities.com/shrawan_k_s/Communalism/Gujrat/geetaben.html

In the end I can only say that we should not let hate overcome us such that we fail to do justice. We can not influence events happening outside our borders but we can certainly seek justice for those, who are our own, in our own lands.

Here is an interesting reading for Muslims & Non-Muslims alike. Purification of the heart: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson

On the day of Qiyamah no one is safe the one who returns to god with a pure heart. (Quran)

Blessed are the pure at heart for they shall see god! (Isa Ibn Maryam)

Surely in the breast of humanity is a lump of flesh, if sound then the whole body is sound, and if corrupt then the whole body is corrupt. It is the heart! (Prophet Muhammad SAWS)

because we are hindu ....

well we can read article like this because we are hindu we are bombed and we are kicked from J&K,pakistan,bladesh. when u go fishing u dont catch all the fish do u ? chances of those who bombed looks like person in the photos is 80% so police should catch such people.you are worried that 3 men were kept in jail what about families which lost there bread earner due to islamic terrorism and childs who became orphan .
For better treatment go to pakistan or anywhere u want this land is for Indians . jai hind.

U are not the Owner rep or

U are not the Owner rep or Maharaja of Hindus.nor am i spokesperson of muslim/minority terrorist jehadist whatever.You have no more right to justify lynch every muslim just as i dont have right to discriminate against hindu just b/c for hindutva statement like you . its not only Hindus selectively killed but Muslims ARE killed too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is this stupid moronic hindu retort 'go to pakistan ,go to

Just b/c majority in India are NON minority of Christians Sikhs Jains few so called self appointed rss vhp bjp hindutva usurp indianess First what is defention of being ACTIVELY hindu .IS IT BY DEFAULT ..

like if you r not christian muslim sikh jain then as HINDU for themselves YOU OWN india ?

its inproper democrcy and its implementation of Constitution that lets the hindutva get by with Hate Speech .

Do Indian think they should be treated where they are minority as they do muslims in India .

I am not moronic hindu I am

I am not moronic hindu I am Jain & I have never voted or has association with Sangh Parivar. These are my own comments , I make such comments because muslims think of themselves Muslims first then Indian ,if you guys are Indian then say J&K belong to India , stop taking subsidy for Haj and come on roads for amarnath land to be given to hindu.

Sick Mentality

See Bro, I wasn't impressed or amused by your sick mentality. Your writing clearly states that neither you are true Indian nor you love India at all. First things first, understand this example if your IQ allows you, because I understand you may (read ARE)not be that brainy. If your brother loves your mother and you also love your mother but you don't love your brother so it implies that there is something wrong in yourself. Thus, you don't love your mother truly. So, do you still get it or not? People like you are bred by your multiple dads like Narendra Modi, Advani, Thkrey etc. Thus, you have become obstacle in India's true progress as they are. Change your sick mindset and get a life you moron. And go to your home and write on everywall that every Muslim residing in India is also and Indian and we don't need approval from guys(sick morons) like you.

Allahu Akbar

Jai Hind

The first commentator is not

The first commentator is not sick but u r sick. Ur language shows what a moron u r. When bomb blasts occur and 10's of people are killed, it is common any where in the world that police arrest some suspects. The police are generally harsh on them and in India the police are harsh not only on muslims but on every body. People like the above writer's heart beats for 3 people arrested but they dont even think about the volume of the incident and the 10's of people dead and many more people injured and their families.U moron ,remember that some muslims also died in the incident.Are u expecting the police to hold sweets and biryani in their hands and look for the culprits.?

Hey, Your language and

Hey,
Your language and grammer explains about your IQ. These dads you were counting upon are patriot indians. While you consider, Osama, Musharraf and Dawood Ibrahim as your true dads. May be you borrow some of their DNAs to feed inside your children in madarssas

Dear Friends

Dear Friends,

This is not expected from us,atleast from educated people of this country.
Does it makes any sense that Narender modi,Thakrey,Advani,Dawood ibrahim,etc are good people,no it doesn't
Even if you think that they are super hero for you then i have only 1 thing to say "GOD!may help you"
Friends Muslims are suspected for terrorists attacks but it doesn't mean that they are convict..
I just want to remind that few bombs were planted by some people outside the movie hall in maharastra ...and the culprit belonged to hindu organisation..!!as confirmed by police!!
So shall we assume that even you are in the same league..!!
Friends try to face and accept the truth...we are also indians and cannot afford doing any bad activity that will harm our own motherland ...will prove when time would require...
we would appreciate if u all(hindu friends)can understand this ..and i am happy that majority of hindu friends understand and accept this...
Together we will and we can make differences...

If you guys are so impartial

If you guys are so impartial and equally Indian then can you tell us why no fatwa has been issued against Dawood Ibrahim ? on the other hand fatwa is generated for every silly thing !!
Talk about being a hypocrite !!!

Patriotic Leaders of VHP-BJP-BD

Patriotic Indians?

Merriam Webster's Dictionary Gives Following Meanings for

Patriotism: love for or devotion to one's country

Chavinism: 1: excessive or blind patriotism — 2: undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged 3: an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude

Jingoism: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy.

I hope you can decide for yourself in what category these persons fall. The forefathers of this nation according to me were PATRIOTIC. These Morons (I cannot find a better word to describe them) are pure JINGOISTS.

They Protest by Targeting Innocent Minorities to achieve their Goals of Power! During their rule Police Fire Live Bullets into the Hearts of Muslims but Hindu Rioters are let off Scott free! They damage places of worship and Hoist INDIAN Flag on the Minarets (I do not know what it achieves) I only can guess that it gives them a HIGH like cocaine and marijuana and a false sense of Joy & Victory :) (Burning places of worship and hoisting national flags a top the minarets & targeting innocents and ruining their livelihoods is a false sense of victory!!!). It only further alienates the weak and only serves to weaken the composite fabric of a fragile society like ours and in the long term is harmful to the very interest of the country in the name of which they do this.

Coupled to this is the age in which we live. Its an age of very high interconnectedness and interdependence and incidents in one part of the world have repercussions far and wide!

why you close eye on the

why you close eye on the acts of your hindu terriest and this is true love of india ?

morons

You muslims are morons,

What hasn't the government done for you. Madarssa's get government funding ....not one hindu institution does. You guys get subsidies for your HAJ we get nothing for any of our privileges. You get affirmative action....from 2% of india's population in 1947 you are 14%. For the average birth rate of 2.2 per hindu you people have a 3.8 . You are reproducing like a virus and honestly you have no business calling us anything. Its we who get attacked by terrorists. Yes we fight back because we are the majority and he have every right to defend ourselves.

A few facts about Indian Muslims
They have the lowest literacy rate in India.
They have the highest murder percent of murder rates in India
93 % of terrorism on Indian soil is instigated by Muslims
63 % of forced and coerced conversions are fuelled by muslims (economically backward people are being offered food and money to convert)

This is a secular country. All religions need to be treated equally and if we hindu's got all the perks you get, we will wipe the floors with you lot.

good one !! seriously get

good one !! seriously get your facts straight.... and if you have so many issues.... go to Pakistan or Bangladesh !!
Leave us alone and in peace.

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