03-21-2005, 11:59 PM
Author: Dina Nath Mishra
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: February 27, 2005
In Bihar, Muslims comprise 16.5 per cent of the
population and have been the sole determinants of
power for 15 years.
Muslims have played a major role in shaping Indian
politics. They form 13.4 per cent of our population.
States where Muslims account for more than 10 per cent
of the population are Lashkadweep (95.5 per cent), J&K
(67 per cent), Assam (31 per cent), W Bengal (25 per
cent), Kerala (24.7 per cent), Bihar (16.5 per cent),
Jharkhand (13.8 per cent), Karnataka (12.2 per cent),
Uttaranchal (11.9 per cent), Delhi (11.7 per cent) and
Maharashtra (10.6 per cent).
Muslims are concentrated in UP, Bihar, West Bengal and
Assam, especially in districts bordering Nepal.
Western UP has been witnessing a demography change for
some time .
When Nationalist forces rang alarm bells just after
the release of the 2001 Census figures, the secular
brigade derided it as a saffron propaganda. Left wing
Economic and Political Weekly of January 29, 2005,
devoted an entire issue to it. By their hair-splitting
arguments about fertility differentials by religion
literacy and female-to-male ratio, they pooh-poohed
the "saffron propaganda".
A decade back, former IB chief T V Rajeshwar wrote an
alarming piece about religious demographic changes in
certain parts of India and warned the country that the
threat of another Partition is looming large. He is
former Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri.
When the UPA Government came to power, the so-called
saffronite governor was summarily dismissed and
Rajeshwar was brought in his place.
Most writers and researchers who have flexed their
intellectual muscles to disapprove the so-called
saffron propaganda have banked on Muslim illiteracy
for the rise in Muslim population. This impression is
quite erroneous.
Dr Omar Khalidi was born in Hyderabad and emigrated to
the US in 1977. He did his masters from Harvard
University and PhD from the University of Wales.
Currently, he is teaching in the Massachusetts
University of Technology as a staff member of the Agha
Khan programme.
In his interview to Radiance Views, a Jamaat-e-Islami
weekly, he said: "We need Muslim-majority districts
for three reasons. First, concentrated areas provide
security. Second, they provide an environment that is
conducive to our cultural independence. Third, they
provide a political base through which our people can
be elected. At present, constituencies have been
created in a way that our numbers don't add up to
elect adequate legislators.... Hyderabad and
Rangareddy in Andhra Pradesh and Gulbarga and certain
talukas could be merged to create a Deccan province.
Similarly in Bihar, the regions of Katihar, Kishanganj
and Purniya can be made into an Urdu-speaking province
or a Union Territory. There are regions in Bengal and
UP where Muslims can be in majority. Though, a large
number of Muslims would still be left out, having
these strongholds is important for their future. This
would ensure proper political representation in States
and we would have our voice in Parliament.... A decade
ago, it was not fashionable to talk about reservation
for Muslims. Today, Muslims have reservation in Kerala
and Karnataka. In Andhra, too, we are likely to get
reservation. Don't judge everything from what's
happening today. Huq liye jaten hain pesh nahin kiye
jate."
The cat is out of the bag. The ummah has to Islamise
the whole world. Jehadis are fighting for it. In
India, they, too, have an agenda. Dr Khalidi has just
put it in words and has, in fact, given a clarion
call. Jinnah propounded the 'Two-Nation Theory' and
carved out a nation of Dar-ul-Islam (land of
believers). The rest of India is Dar-ul-Harb (land of
non-believers) which needs to be conquered.
Our brand of secularism has not just partitioned
India, but several other countries as well. Those who
do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
Indians don't mind a Barkatullah as Chief Minister of
Rajasthan. In fact, most Indians celebrated the rise
of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as President. It was his merit
not religion that enabled him to reach the position.
But Muslim appeasement by political parties must be
condemned.
Our intellectuals and secular parties have an ostrich
like altitude. Indians failed to understand Islam, an
expansionist political religion. Even now, our
intellectuals cry foul whenever the question of
demographic aggression and high percentage of increase
in Muslim population is raised.
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: February 27, 2005
In Bihar, Muslims comprise 16.5 per cent of the
population and have been the sole determinants of
power for 15 years.
Muslims have played a major role in shaping Indian
politics. They form 13.4 per cent of our population.
States where Muslims account for more than 10 per cent
of the population are Lashkadweep (95.5 per cent), J&K
(67 per cent), Assam (31 per cent), W Bengal (25 per
cent), Kerala (24.7 per cent), Bihar (16.5 per cent),
Jharkhand (13.8 per cent), Karnataka (12.2 per cent),
Uttaranchal (11.9 per cent), Delhi (11.7 per cent) and
Maharashtra (10.6 per cent).
Muslims are concentrated in UP, Bihar, West Bengal and
Assam, especially in districts bordering Nepal.
Western UP has been witnessing a demography change for
some time .
When Nationalist forces rang alarm bells just after
the release of the 2001 Census figures, the secular
brigade derided it as a saffron propaganda. Left wing
Economic and Political Weekly of January 29, 2005,
devoted an entire issue to it. By their hair-splitting
arguments about fertility differentials by religion
literacy and female-to-male ratio, they pooh-poohed
the "saffron propaganda".
A decade back, former IB chief T V Rajeshwar wrote an
alarming piece about religious demographic changes in
certain parts of India and warned the country that the
threat of another Partition is looming large. He is
former Uttar Pradesh Governor Vishnu Kant Shastri.
When the UPA Government came to power, the so-called
saffronite governor was summarily dismissed and
Rajeshwar was brought in his place.
Most writers and researchers who have flexed their
intellectual muscles to disapprove the so-called
saffron propaganda have banked on Muslim illiteracy
for the rise in Muslim population. This impression is
quite erroneous.
Dr Omar Khalidi was born in Hyderabad and emigrated to
the US in 1977. He did his masters from Harvard
University and PhD from the University of Wales.
Currently, he is teaching in the Massachusetts
University of Technology as a staff member of the Agha
Khan programme.
In his interview to Radiance Views, a Jamaat-e-Islami
weekly, he said: "We need Muslim-majority districts
for three reasons. First, concentrated areas provide
security. Second, they provide an environment that is
conducive to our cultural independence. Third, they
provide a political base through which our people can
be elected. At present, constituencies have been
created in a way that our numbers don't add up to
elect adequate legislators.... Hyderabad and
Rangareddy in Andhra Pradesh and Gulbarga and certain
talukas could be merged to create a Deccan province.
Similarly in Bihar, the regions of Katihar, Kishanganj
and Purniya can be made into an Urdu-speaking province
or a Union Territory. There are regions in Bengal and
UP where Muslims can be in majority. Though, a large
number of Muslims would still be left out, having
these strongholds is important for their future. This
would ensure proper political representation in States
and we would have our voice in Parliament.... A decade
ago, it was not fashionable to talk about reservation
for Muslims. Today, Muslims have reservation in Kerala
and Karnataka. In Andhra, too, we are likely to get
reservation. Don't judge everything from what's
happening today. Huq liye jaten hain pesh nahin kiye
jate."
The cat is out of the bag. The ummah has to Islamise
the whole world. Jehadis are fighting for it. In
India, they, too, have an agenda. Dr Khalidi has just
put it in words and has, in fact, given a clarion
call. Jinnah propounded the 'Two-Nation Theory' and
carved out a nation of Dar-ul-Islam (land of
believers). The rest of India is Dar-ul-Harb (land of
non-believers) which needs to be conquered.
Our brand of secularism has not just partitioned
India, but several other countries as well. Those who
do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
Indians don't mind a Barkatullah as Chief Minister of
Rajasthan. In fact, most Indians celebrated the rise
of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as President. It was his merit
not religion that enabled him to reach the position.
But Muslim appeasement by political parties must be
condemned.
Our intellectuals and secular parties have an ostrich
like altitude. Indians failed to understand Islam, an
expansionist political religion. Even now, our
intellectuals cry foul whenever the question of
demographic aggression and high percentage of increase
in Muslim population is raised.