| The War within Islam | |
| 28 Jul 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Maulana Vastanvi: A Good Man Put Down | |
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed
Vastanvi's ouster isn't good for the reputation of India's Muslims and Darul
It's sad that Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi has become a victim of shoora (governing council). The seminary has lost a progressive cleric who wanted to reform Madrasa education in India.
The loyalty of some Delhi Urdu newspapers had been bought by the powerful Madanis family with the purpose of maligning Vastanvi so as to put their own pliant candidate in his place. Added to his reputation as a `moderate', there was the issue of the Gujarati Vastanvi being an outsider in an institution that had been always headed by a north Indian Muslim, mostly from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar.
These newspapers have viciously attacked Vastanvi, branding him an `RSS stooge', a `Zionist' and a `Hindu agent'.
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12:51 AM
Moderate Islamist here
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