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15 Nov 2009
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| Editorial: Can Silence Appease Jamiat Ulemas? |
Editorial: Can Silence Appease Jamiat Ulemas?
The Editorial Team
Some renowned gurus and politicians present at Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind conference have chosen to maintain studied silence on some of the controversial fatwas. Apart from endorsing the fatwa issued by Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband decreeing singing of Vande Mataram un-Islamic, there were several other controversial fatwas showing the regressive face of the entire exercise. Emphasizing the separate Muslim identity a fatwa was passed asking Muslims to "don their Islamic identity" ...
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| Hinduism Studies and Dhimmitude in the American Academy |
Hinduism Studies and Dhimmitude in the American Academy
 Dr. M. Lal Goel
Pro-Islamic and anti-Hindu mindset known as dhimmitude (described more fully later) is prevalent in sections of the American academy. The case in point is the recent book by Dr. Wendy Doniger, The Hindus: An Alternative History, The Penguin Press, 2009.Doniger's 779-page tome is laced with personal editorials, folksy turn of the phrase and funky wordplays. She has a large repertoire of Hindu mythological stories. She often narrates the most damning story-Vedic,...
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| Yogas Gurus at Darul Uloom Deoband |
Yoga Gurus at Darul Uloom Deoband
 Jai Prakash Sharma
The 30th convention of the JAMIAT UL ULEMA-E-HIND held within the precincts of Darul Uloom, Deoband, the most prominent Islamic seminary of South Asia, on November 2-4 2009, continued to make media headlines for several days. One of the reasons for this was the revival of the controversy regarding the opposition of Muslims towards singing of the national song Vande Mataram on the ground of it being unIslamic. The other was the presence of some national celebrities including the Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram and yoga gurus Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (after the event) and Swam...
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| Is it a Sin to Sing Praises of Your Motherland? | Is it a Sin to Sing Praises of Your Motherland?
Amba Charan Vashishtha
In India we say, Ganga gaye to Ganga Dass, Yamuna gaye to Yamuna Dass (meaning that if you visit the holy Ganges, say eulogies to the Ganges and if you go to the holy Yamuna, be her devotee. That is the panacea and pucca road to peace, harmony and goodwill in the country. But it looks some people in India do wish to live in India. They do love their country. They enjoy all the rights and privileges available to its citizens. Yet, they do wish not to be one with their brethren. They wish to give the impression that they are not one among the assemblage, but different fro...
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| Maulana Masood Azhar’s Terrorism and Swami Ramdev | Maulana Masood Azhar’s Terrorism and Swami Ramdev
 Lt. Col. (Retd.) Mahendra Mathur
While Maulana Masood exhorts Muslims to destroy India, Swami Ramdev praises Muslims for their sacrifices for India's freedom and even advices them to substitute ‘Om' with ‘Allah' while performing Yoga. No wonder, in their turn, Muslims of India issue a fatwa to Muslims not to sing Vande Matram. Hindu swamis are still singing the old song of all religions being equal while Muslims maulanas are out to destroy Hindus! Educating Muslims in spirituality is too important a business to be left to brave politicians like Uddhav Thackeray (who told Muslims, ...
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