Urdu Section *Can Islam be violated by the likes of Chandra Mohan without our consent, if not active participation? Asks Sultan Shahin<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1602> *
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *How Mullahs degrade Islam, explains Punjab’s Shahi Imam* *Mullah supporters of Chandra Mohan alias Chand Mohammad have now gone underground* Now that Haryans’s former deputy chief minister Chandra Mohan alias Chand Mohammad has gone back to his Bishnoi religion after having himself purified of the “pollution” caused by his foray into Islam in order to cheat his wife and allegedly rape his friend of five years courtesy “conversion” to Islam, the Mullahs who had supported him through all his twists and turns, justifying his every move – conversion, nikah, talaq and re-nikah – have now gone underground following his re-conversion and re-talaq to the hapless lady Fiza alias Anuradha, a former assistant attorney general of Haryana, the Indian state of which her lover was the deputy chief minister. Shahi Imam of Punjab, the state neighbouring Haryana, had opposed the conversion of such a man to Islam for the express purpose of cheating his wife – at that time it was not known that he allegedly also intended to just rape his girl friend and leave. Would these Mulahs now ask for his head, he asks, by clamping a fatwa of irtidad-e-Islam on him. A furious Maulana Habur Rahman Saani Ludhianwi called a press conference at Jama Masjid of Ludhiana yesterday to expose the greed and criminal action of the Mullahs, notably Maulvi Belal Bajralwi of Panipat, in “selling the dignity of Islamic sharia at the hands of an imposter in whose case it was clear from the beginning that he had no intention of converting to Islam and he was merely trying to use Islam to cheat his wife and Indian law.” According to Maulana Ludhianawi, these Mullahs or, as he put it with contempt, kath-Mullahs, are criminals of Islamic shariat as well as Indian law, as they have aided and abetted a criminal act. However, Muslims must realise that the problem is larger than this. It is embedded in our mindset of rejoicing at every conversion to Islam, no matter how farcical, under whatever pretext. What I find most inexplicable, however, is that while we celebrate every conversion we also harbour a desire to kill – no less - millions of those who are already Muslim, even if they interpret some teachings of the Quran somewhat differently and so belong to a different sect or school of thought. I wonder if the Chandra Mohan-Fiza episode will help us rethink our attitude towards conversions to Islam in general. After all, Chandra Mohan is not the first person in India to have exploited Islam for nefarious purposes. How many of us have opposed the practice of forcing prospective spouses to convert to Islam just for the same of getting married. Could that possibly be a real conversion which should be for spiritual reasons alone? It is clear that it is not. But not only do we support these practices, we actually demand that this happen. Introspection and reform of our own attitudes is clearly the answer to our problem, not taking Mr. Chandra Mohan to court for denigrating Islam as Maulana Ludhianawi suggests or slapping a fatwa of irtidaad on him and thereby asking for his head. Islamic Shariat is violated in such cases with our consent, if not active participation. *Sultan Shahin, editor, New Age Islam* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1602> Islam,Terrorism and Jihad *"People Did Not Want the Taliban"<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1601> * In the 1980s, there was an American-sponsored jihad in Afghanistan. America provided a lot of money, a lot of arms, and a lot of training, not just to Pashtuns, not just to the people of northern Pakistan, but also to people from a number of other countries, from Saudi-Arabia to Egypt. They encouraged everybody to come to the northern part of Pakistan and take part in the jihad that was being waged against the Soviets in Afghanistan. When the Soviets and Americans left, they didn't even think about what all these well-trained, very well-armed people would do next; nobody thought about that. They used to be called mujahedeen - that's what America called them and that's what most other people called them too. The Taliban is, in effect, the second generation of the mujahedeen. -- *Mohammed Hanif* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1601> Islam, Women and Feminism *Pakistan’s Women legislators: how have they performed?<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1600> * *Studies show that it is better to have a quota for women in Parliament* In the current Pakistani Parliament, there are 75 women in the 342-seat National Assembly — 60 through the quota and 15 in general seats. At nearly 22 per cent, this is better than any other Asian democracy and is more than several western democracies, including the United Kingdom and the United States. The statistics are interesting. According to the Aurat Foundation, the 73 women members in the last Parliament moved 42 per cent of the private member bills and 27 per cent of the total number of questions. There were 3,698 interventions by women legislators; they asked 2,724 questions; participated in debates 380 times; raised 306 points of order; moved 101 private member’s Bills, 99 calling attention notices, and 69 adjournments and privilege motions. -- *Nirupama Subramanian* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1600> Islamic World News *No Penalty in Islam for drinking alcohol, eating pork: Islamic Scholar<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1599> * Ibn Taymiyyah extolled the militant jihad we call “terror” Virginia school scrubbed jihad, may still preach violence "Shiny phones, handsome boys" out--Taliban Home-grown jihadis: Coming to your neighbourhood *Kualalumpur: Quran Reciters' Assembly * AJMER: Maulanas examining Raza's statement MANILA: 'Cory also embraced Islamic values' Ahmadinejad gets key endorsement * Hate Engulfs Christians in Pakistan * China Arrests 319 People in Unrest in Xinjiang *Compiled by Syed Asadullah* More.<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1599> -- Asadullah Syed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. 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