Radical Islamism & Jihad
*Pakistan admits creating “Islamic” terrorists that it is battling
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THERE will be a tendency in India to take President Asif Zardari’s remarks
on how Pakistan itself created religious extremists “to achieve some short-
term tactical objectives”, with a generous dose of salt. The ever- smiling
Pakistani leader is known to come up with dramatic statements and gestures.
But even so, there is some value in the man who is president of the country
saying it like it is. It adds to creating a climate of opinion which sees
these extremists for what they are — terrorists — and not, as the president
himself pointed out, as “heroes”. Even today, there are sections of public
opinion in Pakistan who lionise these extremists out of some misguided
patriotism. – *Editorial in Mail Today*, New Delhi
President Zardari has also had the courage to speak up in favour of
unconditional peace and normalisation with India. In a sense, he is carrying
the torch forward from where General Musharraf himself left it in 2007 after
a radical about- turn in strategic thinking in 2004 about the nature of the
threat from India and the future prospects of Kashmir. But there is one
difference. Even as both say that the Taliban is the real threat rather than
India, Mr Zardari makes no bones about the need for an unequivocal about-
turn in India policy while General Musharraf hums and haws tactically in
deference to decades of carefully nurtured “ anti- India sensitivities” in
the military. -- *Najam Sethi, Lahore*
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Urdu Section
*Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: The Koh-e-Noor of Indian
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*By Shafique Ahmad*
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Islamic Society
*Islam And Caste Inequality Among Indian
Muslims<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1536>
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As this paper has sought to show, although the Qur'an and the genuine
Prophetic traditions suggest a radically egalitarian social vision, actual
Muslim social practice, including in India, points to the existence of sharp
social hierarchies that numerous Muslim scholars have sought to provide
appropriate 'Islamic' sanction through elaborate rules of fiqh associated
with the notion of kafa'a. This was further boosted by distorted
interpretations of the Qur'an and the invention of reports attributed to the
Prophet that sought to legitimize social inequality based on ethnicity and
occupation. In the Indian context, numerous leading 'ulama, almost all from
the 'high' castes, have used these arguments to sanction caste and
caste-based distinctions, particularly in matters of marriage. Yet, as
Nu'mani's case shows, today at least some Indian 'ulama are willing to
critically examine the corpus of medieval fiqh and seek inspiration and
guidance directly from the Qur'an and the genuine Prophetic traditions
instead, in order to recover the original Islamic vision that is robustly
opposed to social hierarchy determined by birth, the very basis of the caste
system. --* Yoginder Sikand*
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