05-22-2007, 10:20 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Leaders of Indian Muslim Diaspora Condemn the Bomb Explosion at the Historic Mecca Mosque in Hyderab </b>
EXCERPTS FROM THE STATEMENT
Leaders of the Muslim diaspora living in the United states have condemned the bomb blast at the historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad India as a heinous and cowardly crime. The terrorist explosion killed many worshippers engaged in the Friday prayers.
Friday is the Muslim sabbath and the historic mosque was full of worshippers. Many of the victims are children. Many more people were killed when the police fired on the worshipers who rushed out of the mosque in panic and anger.
The leaders urged a high-level investigation to bring the perpetrators of the bomb blast to justice. They demanded that the investigation also look into the police firing on the panicked and angry Muslim worshippers as well as into the unusual absence of the police force at the Mosque before the Friday prayers. Those law-enforcement officials who are responsible for first withdrawing the police security force from the mosque before the explosion and later for ordering the police to fire upon unarmed worshipers must be investigated for their possible connection with those responsible for putting the bombs in the Mosque and then duly punished.
I<b>t is a known fact that the police is heavily infiltrated by the Hindutva-fascist sympathizers. The government must give all minorities proportional representation in the police force to ensure police neutrality and integrity, the leaders demanded.</b> However, special task forces, posted in the sensitive areas and sent to areas where communal disturbances may be in the process of taking place, should have equal representation from a number of religions and castes. <b>Persecuted minorities may not be safe in the hands of police with a proportionately small minority representation in the police. Their (the persecuted minorityâs) representation should be no less than the dominant communityâs representation that may be perceived as the oppressor community</b>. In all other positions of power the representation of various segments should be in proportion to their population, however, representation in the special police task force needs to be carefully weighed from all angles, and proportion of the oppressed communities should be increased. The presence of other neutral groups that may not be party to the on going conflict between the dominant and an oppressed group would ensure impartiality of the police force. Police is supposed to be protector of weaker sections. The dominant sections are by and large safe from the attacks of the weaker minorities. So the dominant section does not need as much protection. The police force needs to put together keeping these considerations in mind.
The diaspora leaders congratulated all Indians, especially the Muslim community for showing tremendous restraint.
<b>They condemned the self-declared experts of the Hindutva camp who rushed to declare that the explosions were either planned by Pakistan or by Muslim extremist groups.</b> "The rush to exonerate Hindu extremist groups such as Bajrang Dal who were implicated in similar terrorist attacks on mosques in the recent past with an intention to fan communal hatred is deplorable," the statement read. The leadership expressed disappointment that some in the media have bought into the Hindutva propaganda that Muslims themselves have staged the attack, and are turning a blind eye to the home-grown terrorism of Hindutva groups.
<b>These leaders have asked the Treasury department and the law-enforcement agencies to look into the fund-raising and other nefarious activities of the Hindutva fronts in the US.</b>
The statement also reminded that in the aftermath of Babri Masjid demolition more than 2000 Muslims were massacred in Bombay and other cities of India in 1992 by the Hindutva mobs. Ten years later more than 2000 Muslims were massacred in a well-planned pogrom with the help of the State machinery in the Hindutva-ruled state of Gujarat. The massacres, rapes and ethnic cleansing were documented by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International along with other human rights groups.
<b>Hindutva is a fascist movement that was founded in 1920's on the model of Mussolini's Fascist Party and later adopted Hitler's model of Final Solution for its genocidal policies against the Muslim and Christian minorities of India. Hindutva movement operates many fronts and has spread its tentacles world wide. Some of the Hindutva activities in the US can be researched on the websites</b>Â
Contact person:
Shaik Ubaid, MD
(516) 567- 0783
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
EXCERPTS FROM THE STATEMENT
Leaders of the Muslim diaspora living in the United states have condemned the bomb blast at the historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad India as a heinous and cowardly crime. The terrorist explosion killed many worshippers engaged in the Friday prayers.
Friday is the Muslim sabbath and the historic mosque was full of worshippers. Many of the victims are children. Many more people were killed when the police fired on the worshipers who rushed out of the mosque in panic and anger.
The leaders urged a high-level investigation to bring the perpetrators of the bomb blast to justice. They demanded that the investigation also look into the police firing on the panicked and angry Muslim worshippers as well as into the unusual absence of the police force at the Mosque before the Friday prayers. Those law-enforcement officials who are responsible for first withdrawing the police security force from the mosque before the explosion and later for ordering the police to fire upon unarmed worshipers must be investigated for their possible connection with those responsible for putting the bombs in the Mosque and then duly punished.
I<b>t is a known fact that the police is heavily infiltrated by the Hindutva-fascist sympathizers. The government must give all minorities proportional representation in the police force to ensure police neutrality and integrity, the leaders demanded.</b> However, special task forces, posted in the sensitive areas and sent to areas where communal disturbances may be in the process of taking place, should have equal representation from a number of religions and castes. <b>Persecuted minorities may not be safe in the hands of police with a proportionately small minority representation in the police. Their (the persecuted minorityâs) representation should be no less than the dominant communityâs representation that may be perceived as the oppressor community</b>. In all other positions of power the representation of various segments should be in proportion to their population, however, representation in the special police task force needs to be carefully weighed from all angles, and proportion of the oppressed communities should be increased. The presence of other neutral groups that may not be party to the on going conflict between the dominant and an oppressed group would ensure impartiality of the police force. Police is supposed to be protector of weaker sections. The dominant sections are by and large safe from the attacks of the weaker minorities. So the dominant section does not need as much protection. The police force needs to put together keeping these considerations in mind.
The diaspora leaders congratulated all Indians, especially the Muslim community for showing tremendous restraint.
<b>They condemned the self-declared experts of the Hindutva camp who rushed to declare that the explosions were either planned by Pakistan or by Muslim extremist groups.</b> "The rush to exonerate Hindu extremist groups such as Bajrang Dal who were implicated in similar terrorist attacks on mosques in the recent past with an intention to fan communal hatred is deplorable," the statement read. The leadership expressed disappointment that some in the media have bought into the Hindutva propaganda that Muslims themselves have staged the attack, and are turning a blind eye to the home-grown terrorism of Hindutva groups.
<b>These leaders have asked the Treasury department and the law-enforcement agencies to look into the fund-raising and other nefarious activities of the Hindutva fronts in the US.</b>
The statement also reminded that in the aftermath of Babri Masjid demolition more than 2000 Muslims were massacred in Bombay and other cities of India in 1992 by the Hindutva mobs. Ten years later more than 2000 Muslims were massacred in a well-planned pogrom with the help of the State machinery in the Hindutva-ruled state of Gujarat. The massacres, rapes and ethnic cleansing were documented by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International along with other human rights groups.
<b>Hindutva is a fascist movement that was founded in 1920's on the model of Mussolini's Fascist Party and later adopted Hitler's model of Final Solution for its genocidal policies against the Muslim and Christian minorities of India. Hindutva movement operates many fronts and has spread its tentacles world wide. Some of the Hindutva activities in the US can be researched on the websites</b>Â
Contact person:
Shaik Ubaid, MD
(516) 567- 0783
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->