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Muslims warned against fascist forces

Fakir Chand in Bangalore

The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board Saturday cautioned the community to be wary of "fascist forces" out to destroy the Islamic identity in the name of swadeshikaran [indigenisation] and to prevent any alteration of the community's cultural ethos.

In his presidential address at the board's 14th convention in Bangalore, Maulana Qazi Mujahidul Islam Qasmi lamented that the sole objective of those who talk of absorbing Muslims into the national mainstream was to eventually finish off the culture and traditions of minorities who have made India their homeland over the centuries.

"At this critical juncture, if we allow these fascist forces to interfere with our religious identity and impose their writ on us, it is not only we who will be the losers, but also Allah will abandon us," Qasmi cautioned the gathering.

Qasmi's warning comes against the backdrop of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K S Sudarshan's call for Indianisation of Islam and Christianity.

"I warn my brothers and sisters to beware of the evil designs of enemies. Value our Islamic identity and unity over all other bonds. If we don't desert each other, maintain unity in our ranks, and our link with Allah, no power on earth can stand in our way," Qasmi said.

Over the weekend, 100-odd members of the Muslim Personal Law Board will deliberate on the need to introduce social reforms within the community.

The board, in a draft resolution to be adopted at the convention, says, ''Although our prayers, fasting and sacrifices are performed according to holy traditions of the Prophet, marriages, customs and social relations continue to be governed by unchecked desires and cruel traditions prevalent in society.''

To rectify it, the board will take up on Sunday resolutions on the Shariat, rights of Muslim women and men's responsibilities and duties towards their better halves. The practice of nikaah and triple talaq will also come for scrutiny on the second day of the convention.

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