Two Blasts Rock Jama Masjid In Old Delhi

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http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000...142201.htm

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Imam said the first blast occurred around 5:30 p.m. near the pond. The second blast occurred when three persons picked up a plastic bag left at the venue, he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[Guest]

Keep eye on u-know-who yahoo groups, we can get some clue.

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Friday blasts rock Jama Masjid, Srinagar
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The first blast took place at 5.20 pm even as the Asar Ki Namaz (evening prayers) was concluding. The first blast took place near wazukhanna (water pond for ablutions). <b>According to eyewitnesses, the explosive device was kept in a white polythene bag and had a timer attached to it</b>.

The second device, which went off at 5.35 pm too had a timer attached to it. Both the blasts were of relatively low intensity and were kept at a place where not many people were present. The two bombs had been placed at a distance of 12 feet from each other. However, the second blast left many people injured as a huge crowd had assembled near the wazukhana after the first blast.

Eyewitnesses said there was a near stampede after over 3,000 curious onlookers thronged the complex to see what had happened. Thousands of devotees had come to perform the Friday Juma. Usually more than 25,000 people attend juma Namaz but it was over by 1 pm. Some kids were playing and some were feeding pigeons behind the wazukhana.

<b>Eyewitnesses said that the explosion threw lots of iron particles. The bombs had apparently been put into polythene bags but no one seemed to have noticed who brought it there. </b>

After the blasts, the Bomb Disposal Squad of Delhi Police rushed to the spot. All the gates of the Masjid were closed and the premises were combed for over an hour. Meanwhile, heavy police force kept strict vigil around the Jama Masjid.

A large crowd had gathered around the area and people were shouting slogans against Delhi Police and asking for strict action against culprits.

Traders around Jama Masjid had shut their shutters condemning the blasts and demanded arrest of the accused persons responsible for the blasts at a holy place.

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<b>Anger, confusion run high after Delhi blasts</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Angry devotees inside the mosque and others, who rushed to the spot from <b>nearby areas shouted 'Allah Ho Akbar' (God is Great) as they sought vengeance against perpetrators of the blasts </b>at the 17th century monument.

Though Delhi Police Commissioner KK Paul and Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari appealed to the devotees through public address system to maintain calm, many expressed their anger saying they cannot accept such an attack on a religious place.

"Government must find out the culprits who were behind the explosions very soon. It would help to maintain peace and harmony in the society," Wasim Khan, a local businessman, said.

Anger set in after a brief spell of bewilderment after the explosions.

<b>"How can such a thing take place inside a place of worship"?</b> was the common refrain among the people on the spot.
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Ask Hindus, they know very well.

[Naresh]

<b>Mudy Ji :</b>

Could it be :

1. The Explosives were actually meant for a Hindu Temple or other location with a large number of Hindus-Sikhs?

<b>or</b>

2. The Explosives were a manifestation of Shia-Sunni Rift?

<b>or</b>

3. The Explosives were planted by the members of the <b>I</b>nvisible <b>S</b>oldiers <b>I</b>nc. hoping that the Indian Muslims would blame the Non-Muslim Indians?

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[Guest]

Nareshji,
Very much possible but

High probability
Sunni - Sunni tussle and ofcouse Invisible.S.Inc and HJUI.

[Guest]

pioneer story..

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The second device, which went off at 5.35 pm too had a timer attached to it. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

a timer device that went off when three people went to pick up a plastic bag ? what a coincidence..

[Guest]

Mudy/Naresh, I am not convinced of its credibility.

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Rajesh,
You mean it was meant for somebody else or just a ploy to get sympathy.

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[Naresh]

<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Apr 15 2006, 12:08 AM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Apr 15 2006, 12:08 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mudy/Naresh, I am not convinced of its credibility.
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<b>rajesh Ji :</b>

Whose credibility are you talking about Ol' Boy?

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[Guest]

Naresh/Mudy

We will have to wait for more details to come out on the explosive design but from the descriptions so far it seems somebody went out of his way to make the device as harmless as possible.

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About 13 people were injured in the blast after the usual Asar Namaaz at one of the ancient mosques in the Capital. Injured persons were brought into the nearest hospital (LNJP) soon after the blast took place at around 5.20 pm. A nine-year-old girl Wajiha was among those injured.

Doctors however confirmed that all the injured people were stable. <b>"There is no serious injury, and none of the patients requires any intensive care. We will be discharging seven victims after minor treatment," </b>Dr Vinod Kumar Ramtek, Medical Superintendent of LNJP Hospital said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

2 died was wrong news spread by Sky News(UK)

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Irate Imam spews venom at Mulayam </b>
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The Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, <b>Ahmad Bukhari on Friday used the tragedy, which struck Jama Masjid, to settle a few scores with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.</b>

Addressing namazis (devotees) soon after the blast, Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari spewed venom on Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the Centre for such a big incident inside the holy 17th Century mosque.

<b>Bukhari condemned the action of the STF (Special Task Force) of the UP Police, which arrested Waliullah, pesh Imam of Phulpur in Allahabad, for his alleged involvement in the bomb blasts at Sankat Mochan temple and Cantonment in Varanasi on March 7 this year. He said, "Mulayam Singh Yadav has intentionally done it and has insulted the whole Muslim community. He himself is a terrorist and is <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>blaming us."</b> </span>

Calling the Friday's incident at Jama Masjid "a shameful act" done by some people, Bukhari said, "We will not take it easy and a strict action would be taken against this. At the moment we need to maintain peace and the Government needs to punish the culprits soon".

Terming the twin bomb blasts at the historic Jama Masjid a desperate attempt by divisive forces to disturb communal harmony in the country, the Imam asked people not to allow terrorists to succeed in their nafarious design.

"First, there was an attack at the Sankat Mochan Temple in Varanasi. Arrests were made in connection with the blasts. But the real culprits, who want to create hatred between Hindus and Muslims, are still roaming around freely and they have carried out the blasts in the mosque," Bukhari added.
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Here comes Bukhari's real color.
Why he thinks "blaming us"? Imam or preachers are behind?
Interesting time ahead.

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>In Delhi, the report quotes instance after instance of involvement of different madarsas, their students and officials, in sheltering and providing cover for Pakistani terrorists for Jehad against India. Some of them are: the 'Madarsa' in Azad market; 'Madarsa' Uloom Islamia at Chitli Qabar; 'Madarsa' Babul Uloom Jaffarabad near Saleempur; 'Madarsa' Jamia Islamia Sanabul No 9. Yashola New Delhi -25; 'Madarsa' Riaz-ul-Uloom Urdu Bazar, Jama Masjid. Here 'Madarsa' Babul Uloom figured thrice in evidence; Riaz-ul-Uloom 'Madarsa' also figured thrice.</b>

<b>Mohd. Jaleel Ansari a Pak terrorist involved in the kidnapping of three British and an American tourist was instructed from Pakistan to contact Moulvi Mehmood of Jama Masjid Delhi, who arranged accommodation for Jaleel in Azad Market madarsa</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The moving spirit behind the meeting was Imam Ahmad Bukhari of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, closely supported by Maulana Asad Madni, one-time head of the famed Darul Uloom of Deoband, the leading Muslim seminary of the subcontinent.</b>

The Deoband Darul Uloom has been a nursery of traditional Muslim clerics and the fountainhead of a large number of conservative madrassahs functioning in the subcontinent. Earlier, Maulana Asad Madni was strongly supportive of the nationalist policies of the Congress led by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and later his daughter, Mrs Indira Gandhi. However, he distanced himself from Mrs Gandhi following the forced family planning strategy of her son, Sanjay Gandhi, and his attempt to clear a part of old Delhi of its Muslim slums by use of force.

This marked the beginning of the Indian Muslims’ estrangement from the Congress. <b>Maulana Asad Madni, then head of the Deoband seminary, withdrew his support to Mrs Gandhi’s government. Imam Bukhari’s father, Imam Abdullah Bukhari, even prevented municipal services being extended to the environs of Jama Masjid while the Congress was in power.</b> This inevitably resulted in a certain amount of confusion and uncertainty in the politics of Indian Muslims. A large number of them began to identify themselves with the leadership of what the conservative Hindus regarded as lower-caste Hindu leaders such as Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh.

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Incidentally, Congress president Sonia Gandhi boycotted the function marking the hanging of Savarkar’s portrait in the parliament. According to India Today she did this apparently under the influence the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and “a group of Delhi historians.” The historians had “dubbed” the hanging of Savarkar’s portrait as “a disgrace” and described the deceased Hindu leader as “anti-national.”

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Politics of Indian Muslims


By M.H. Askari

CONFRONTED with the politics of militant Hindu nationalism, Muslims in India appear to be moving out of mainstream politics and (being driven) into a shell of their own. At a gathering of about 75,000 Muslims drawn from several northern Indian states, Muslim leaders decided to form a political party of their own.

The moving spirit behind the meeting was Imam Ahmad Bukhari of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, closely supported by Maulana Asad Madni, one-time head of the famed Darul Uloom of Deoband, the leading Muslim seminary of the subcontinent.

The Deoband Darul Uloom has been a nursery of traditional Muslim clerics and the fountainhead of a large number of conservative madrassahs functioning in the subcontinent. Earlier, Maulana Asad Madni was strongly supportive of the nationalist policies of the Congress led by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and later his daughter, Mrs Indira Gandhi. However, he distanced himself from Mrs Gandhi following the forced family planning strategy of her son, Sanjay Gandhi, and his attempt to clear a part of old Delhi of its Muslim slums by use of force.

This marked the beginning of the Indian Muslims’ estrangement from the Congress. Maulana Asad Madni, then head of the Deoband seminary, withdrew his support to Mrs Gandhi’s government. Imam Bukhari’s father, Imam Abdullah Bukhari, even prevented municipal services being extended to the environs of Jama Masjid while the Congress was in power. This inevitably resulted in a certain amount of confusion and uncertainty in the politics of Indian Muslims. A large number of them began to identify themselves with the leadership of what the conservative Hindus regarded as lower-caste Hindu leaders such as Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh.

The demolition of the historic Babri Masjid in December 1992 by a mob of Hindu zealots, when a Congress prime minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, headed the government in New Delhi, worsened the communal situation. The director-general of police in Madhya Pradesh at the time spoke of the “partisan attitude” of the police force at a recent seminar. Denying that the entire police force was “contaminated”, he conceded that there was “an increasing loss of faith of the people belonging to the minority community in the impartiality of the police forces.”

The blatantly anti-Muslim policies of the Vajpayee government have pushed the Indian Muslims to the wall and have virtually forced them to set up a political party of their own. Two recent developments have also contributed to the growing estrangement of the Indian Muslims from the mainstream politics. Firstly, the judicial verdict not to hand over the site of the demolished Babri Masjid to Muslims and to have the site excavated to determine whether a Hindu temple existed there.

The report by a Canadian survey team, commissioned by the Allahabad high court last December, has disclosed that buried below the site were “pillars, walls, a floor ad broken walls below the floor”, but does not date the structure. Nor does it indicate whether the excavated ruins are those of a palace, or a temple or a hall.

On top of the curious verdict of the Allahabad high court has come the hanging in the parliament of a portrait of the staunch Hindu fundamentalist leader, the late V.D. Savarkar, who died in 1966. Savarkar was fanatically anti-Muslim and was tried but acquitted as an accused in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.

Incidentally, Congress president Sonia Gandhi boycotted the function marking the hanging of Savarkar’s portrait in the parliament. According to India Today she did this apparently under the influence the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and “a group of Delhi historians.” The historians had “dubbed” the hanging of Savarkar’s portrait as “a disgrace” and described the deceased Hindu leader as “anti-national.”
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Be that as it may, New Delhi cannot be indifferent to the implications of the estrangement of the Indian Muslims from the mainstream politics, seeking to set up a political party of their own. Significantly, speakers at the Delhi conclave stressed that the proposed Muslim political party will be “entirely secular” and its membership would also be open to lower-caste Hindus.</b>

The Delhi meeting was attended among others by the veteran Congress leader Arjun Singh, besides former Union ministers Arif Mohammad Khan and Ram Vilas Paswan and Mirwaiz Omar Farooq of Kashmir’s All Parties Hurriyat Conference.

Imam ahmad Bukhari, speaking on the occasion, maintained that the past secular and regional parties had come to power with the help of Muslims but “they used Muslims only to gain power; we cannot accept their leadership.”

[Guest]

<b>Jama Masjid blasts: Police hunt for clues </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Intelligence sources have told NDTV that Friday's low-intensity twin blasts at Delhi's Jama Masjid are not likely to have been carried out by any of the major terrorist groups.

Chemical explosion
The investigations conducted so far indicate that <b>potassium chlorate and sulphur were used for the blasts, and a chemical reaction was triggered as the acid spread through a rubber pipe kept in an iron container</b>. <b>No timer device was used to detonate the explosions</b>.

The blasts caused initial panic with over a dozen people getting injured, but quick police deployment and appeals for maintaining calm prevented the situation from boiling over.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Come fast, I want to hear it was a "inside job".

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<b>Police puzzled: Why Jama Masjid?</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Though there are a lot of clues and patterns they would be looking into, the team is said to be working on three crucial leads.

<b>The most important line of investigation is whether the Masjid attack could be a possible retaliation to the Varanasi Sankatmochan temple blasts, that killed 29 people on March 7 this year.
They are also investigating if it could be a handiwork of anti-social elements intending to create disharmony in the communally-sensitive old Delhi area.
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It's for the first time in the year - that saw a spurt of attacks on religious places - that a place of minority worship has been attacked.

The pattern of the attack has not made things clear either.

<b>The chemicals used in the attack are low-intensity, low-power explosives, unlike the ones used in the Varanasi blasts.
The coordinated blasts that occurred within four feet of each other did not cause any significant damage to the Masjid structure.</b>

All the 15 injured were rushed to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital on Friday and are said to be out of danger.
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[agnivayu]

Hopefully the shia's and sunni's will kill each other, what the hell are these middle easterners doing in ancient Hindu lands anyway ?

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Makes sense only if there was an explosive "testbed" or lab tucked away somewhere in there....