Muslim clerics commend Mayawati's anti-nuclear deal stand
Submitted by Tarique Anwar on 2 July 2008 - 7:25pm.
By IANS,
Lucknow : A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati termed the India-US nuclear deal as "anti-Muslim", Muslim clerics appreciated her stand and commended her for withdrawing support from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
Shia and Sunni clerics met Mayawati here Wednesday to thank her for opposing the nuclear deal, which they said was "against the Muslims".
"There is a great deal of confusion among the Muslim community over the nuclear deal," a cleric told reporters after meeting Mayawati.
Among others All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) vice chairman Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, Naib Imam of Idgah and AIMPLB member Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali met Mayawati.
Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad, who is presently in Iran, spoke to Mayawati on phone and appreciated BSP's stand on the nuclear deal.
Interestingly a majority of the clerics who met Mayawati had supported the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections and some of them had even issued appeals to the community to vote for SP candidates.
Mahali said that the Muslim clerics had also written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him not to sign the nuclear deal as it was against the interest of the Muslim community worldwide. They did not however explain why the deal was against Muslims.
We had also sought an appointment from the prime minister to explain our point of view but our request did not elicit any response, he said.
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Demand to declare the deal as anti national is one thing while Mayawati's call for opposing the deal as anti Muslim is very serious thing. Mayawati is puppet of BJP. At one stage BJP wanted to finalise the deal from the very begining but after the issue of Ram Setu erupted BJP changed its stand. When our scientists have emphasized that thorium present in the channel of Ram Setu is sufficient for our nuclear requirement then where is need to proceed with the deal? Though I fully agree with the Muslim clerics when they say " "Any alignment with US imperialism to impose unipolarity will dissolve India's distinctiveness in world politics." but terming the deal to be anti-Muslim as proclaimed by Mayawati is not in the interest of Indian Muslims. India voting against Iran is required to be understood in the context of Iran-Pakistan relations and the capability of Pakistan's scientist Khan. India was right in voting against Iran. Not finalising the deal by India will be branded as Muslim appeasement. Therefore Muslims should condemn Mayawati for making the deal issue as anti Muslims but at the same time should oppose the deal as anti national.
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