Indian Muslim clerics terms Indo-US nuke deal "anti-national"
Submitted by Mudassir Rizwan on 3 July 2008 - 11:20am.
By IRNA,
New Delhi : Indian Muslim clerics Thursday termed Indo-US civilian nuclear deal as "anti-national", a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati termed the Indo-US nuclear deal as "anti-Muslim".
Talking to IRNA, eminent Muslim scholars and religious leaders, Maulana Syed Mukarram Ahmed, Friday Prayers leader of Fatehpuri Mosque at Delhi and Maulana Syed Kalbe Sadiq, Vice Chairman, All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) called upon UPA government not to proceed with the nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States.
"Any alignment with US imperialism to impose unipolarity will dissolve India's distinctiveness in world politics. This is precisely what the Muslim clerics seek to prevent in the interests of India and its people" said Muslim clerics.
Repeated assertions that India's foreign policy will not be subject to external pressure, have not evoked confidence after Iran episode.
Spokesman for the Bush administration have often cited India's attitude on Iran to be a test, said Muslim clerics. Adding that even before the nuclear cooperation agreement was finalised, the government responded by voting against Iran, not once, but twice in the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Meanwhile, eminent Muslim scholars and religious leaders on Wednesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and asked her to exert her "influence" in stalling the Indo-US nuclear deal terming it as "anti-national".
The Muslim leaders drawn from both the Shia and Sunni sects, including Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, met the Chief Minister at her official residence in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradeh, requested her to help stall the nuclear deal describing it as "anti national".
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Muslim clerics and foreign policy
Sir,
The Muslim clerics have fallen into the trap due to sheer ignorance and foolishness about understanding of FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL INTEREST.
nations have INTERESTS. If it is in India;s interest to align with USA, then India has to do it
If it is India's national interest to align with Isreal, then our nation should do it.
It is the duty of every Indian national of whichever religious denomination to support it. Those who oppose are the REAL ANTI NATIONALS.
Iran is signatory to NPT. It's nuclear fascilities are under IAEA watch with extra safe guards. But it has oil and so hyper power USA is covetting it and it is in US national interest to steal this oil. This hyper power is SUPPORTED BY ALL THE WORLDS Nuclear powers like China,russia,UK,France. The action of USA is IMMORAL as also the actions of Russia,china and others.So India is being bribed by this nuke deal so that our energy security is covered and our isolation in high end items are removed by USA and also Islamic state Pakistan is forced to abondon its cross border terrorism which it has done(not on our military might but due to US might). Our jawans are dying everyday in our LOC and Isreal has given high end surveillance items and other equipment which saves Indian forces lives. so though it is immoral, we in India may be signing this Nuke deal by our elected representatives because it is in INDIAN NATIONAL INTEREST.
Is President Abdul kalam anti/national?
This blind following of Irans interest just because it is a member of OIC, the Indian Muslim clerics are falling into the trap of fundemntalists of Hindu religion.
When it was in the national interest of Pakistan to creat TALIBAN AND also support ALQUEDA BY CIA, the Pakistan ISI supported it so that russians could be driven out.Now it is in US national interest to kill the same OSAMa created by CIA.Again the Pakistan government has given permission to US government to kill him IN pakistani soil in its NATIONAL INTERST. The same ISI betrayed Taliban in 2001 in Pakistan's national interest.
clerics must teach religion and not indulge in foreign policy if they cannot understand NATIONAL INTEREST. Morality has no role in national interest.
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India and Nuclear Deal
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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