| The War within Islam | |
| 26 Jul 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Why Gujarati Muslim Oppose Maulana Vastanvi as head of Deoband despite his admirable modernisation of madrasas | |
By J.S.Bandukwala for NewAgeIslam.com
26 July 2011
The opposition to Maulana Vastanvi in Gujarat was primarily due to his insensitive remarks that there was no discrimination against Muslims in Narendra Modi's Gujarat, and therefore Muslims must move away from the 2002 trauma and take part in the economic development going on in the State. This comment coming right after his appointment as the Vice Chancellor of Deoband in January 2011 gave a huge boost to Modi and the BJP. But it demoralised all the victims and those fighting on their behalf. His comments were totally wrong in facts, both on the issue of discrimination as well as on economic development. The gross injustice suffered by Muslims since 2002 genocide is horrifying. About one hundred Godhra Muslims were arrested under POTA, and were denied bail for nine years, until the judgement on Sabarmati train burning. Sadly 11 were sentenced to death, 20 to life and the remaining released as innocents. What about the nine years they suffered in jail? Note that the Banerjee Commission gave a report in which the Godhra people were innocent.
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12:13 AM
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