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20 Apr 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com

Saudi Imam’s sudden Visit: Was it meant to Foment Sunni-Shia Discord in India?
	Will Sudais’s India visit engender same kind of schism in Indian Muslim society and polarize it into Shia and Sunni sects so as to crush the uprisings in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries and to protect their dynasties? Needless to say, Iran is playing hatemonger against Sunni Muslims in the region and the present Shia government of Iraq is following suit. This is not a good sign for maintaining stability, peace and tranquility in the Muslim world in general and in the region in particular. The fact of the matter is that Asrhad Madani has lost his support-base and gone into oblivion after the Jamiat was bifurcated between him and his nephew Mahmood Madani. He no longer has any real influence beyond the boundaries of Deoband. However, Arshad Madani got an opportunity far beyond his expectations to cash in on Sudais visit. Arhad Madani, who was at the forefront in opposing Mohd Tayyib Qasmi, the former Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom at Deoband in 1980s along with his brother Maulana Asad Madani, successfully tried to wrest the control of the seminary into the Madani clan. Indeed, due to such opportunist and self styled leaders, many a Muslim bodies suffered division. --Mohammad Akram Nawaz, NewAgeIslam.com
	Saudi Imam’s sudden Visit: Was it meant to Foment Sunni-Shia Discord in India? Will Sudais’s India visit engender same kind of schism in Indian Muslim society and polarize it into Shia and Sunni sects so as to crush the uprisings in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries and to protect their dynasties? Needless to say, Iran is playing hatemonger against Sunni Muslims in the region and the present Shia government of Iraq is following suit. This is not a good sign for maintaining stability, peace and tranquility in the Muslim world in general and in the region in particular. The fact of the matter is that Asrhad Madani has lost his support-base and gone into oblivion after the Jamiat was bifurcated between him and his nephew Mahmood Madani. He no longer has any real influence beyond the boundaries of Deoband. However, Arshad Madani got an opportunity far beyond his expectations to cash in on Sudais visit. Arhad Madani, who was at the forefront in opposing Mohd Tayyib Qasmi, the former Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom at Deoband in 1980s along with his brother Maulana Asad Madani, successfully tried to wrest the control of the seminary into the Madani clan. Indeed, due to such opportunist and self styled leaders, many a Muslim bodies suffered division. -- Mohammad Akram Nawaz, NewAgeIslam.com English Translation available at: http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamWarWithinIslam_1.aspx?ArticleID=4473 URL: http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamUrduSection_1.aspx?ArticleID=4489	More...