About Me
- Mudassir Rizwan
- Patna, Bihar, India
- Born and brought up in Shillong, Meghalaya.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Muslims want strong, prosperous India; say unity must for it
By TCN News,
Muslims want to see India more educated, prosperous and stronger than all other countries. For this there should be communal harmony and strong unity among communities in the entire country. This is the general feeling of Muslims in Delhi and Patna today on 60th Republic Day. TCN teams went into streets in the two capital cities and asked people: What kind of India they want to see in future, and what requires for India to become internally strong.
“We want to see a strong India. Unity, communal amity and harmony are must for it, says Azmat Ali Khan,” a driver in New Delhi. A. Danyal, principal, Millat Urdu High School in Patna echoes the driver: “The wise way to make India internally powerful is to promote communal harmony by inter-faith dialogues among the communities. As India’s is a plural society, without mutual understanding it cannot progress and get stronger.”
While many are proud of the democratic system of the country, some say we can see a delightful future if the values of democracy be given its due respect by government as well as citizens.
Delhi Muslims:
A Jamia Millia Islamia student— We want India become better than today. People should excel and be honest in their work.
Azmat Ali Khan, a driver— We want a strong India – an India where education particularly of Muslims is ensured. For India to become strong, communal unity and harmony is must.
Kausar Neyaz, a teacher— Better than today. Education is must so that poverty is eradicated and children become soldiers of the country.
Muslehuddin, a teacher— India should maintain its importance in the world. It should move on the path shown by former president APJ Abdul Kalam. Only then India can become super power. Youth of the Muslim community should be strong educationally and financially
Two madrasa students— Developed, prosperous. People should think good for each other. They should be united and love each other.
Nayyer Azam, a B.Tech student— Prosper and communally peaceful. Politicians should be honest.
A Muslim NRI— Honest, decent and truthful. We have a great nation. If leaders become honest, it will be good for India as a nation and for all communities.
A grocer— A happy, prosperous India. There should be communal unity and harmony.
Azeem, a class V student— An India where roads should be clean and there is no terrorist. We ourselves should become good to make India better.
Farooq Ali, ex-Army man and security guard at Jamia Millia Islamia—Want to see India stronger than America. This can be achieved through education. Education alone can make India super power.
Tanveer Ahmad Qasmi, a cleric—Want India become leading country in the world. For this we will have to choose the path of truth and honesty. To make India great and leading, we have to free India from corruption as well. Our country is great in terms of democracy and I am proud of it.
Delhi Muslim women:
Shaheen Kausar, principal of a private Muslim school— Want to see India very beautiful and very strong. I wish it again become golden bird and stronger than all countries. For this struggle, courage and unity are required.
Sakina Anwar, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia: Very beautiful and better India. We must be united so that we could work for the betterment of the country.
Bushra, an MA student: Want to see India better, higher and more developed than others. We need confidence and unity.
Patna Muslims:
Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, chairman, Bihar Haj Committee—Our country has democratic system and we believe it will see delightful future if the values of the democracy be given its due respect by government as well as all the citizens.
A Danyal, principal, Millat Urdu High School—We want to see corruption-free, educated and cultured India where all the basic facilities are available for all the citizens irrespective of religions, castes and creeds. The wise way to make India internally powerful is to promote communal harmony by inter-faith dialogues among the communities. This is because India has plural society so without mutual understanding it cannot progress and get strength.
Mufti Sohrab Nadvi, deputy secretary of Imarat-e-Shariah—It is really great to have democracy system in our country but we need to implement this system with its full demands then only every one will be able to live peacefully.
Maulana Wasi Ahmad Qasmi—We want to see India as a role model for whole world and for that, true democracy and unity is must in the country.
Haris,a young journalist—60 years ago the Indian Constitution came into force but it is a fact that we are still far from the vision of our forefathers. We need to work in all fields including education, health, and economy without any discrimination. Every Indian wants to see the country growing but this should be for all and not only for selected people. There should be strong policy to tackle the poverty.
Maulana Noor Alam Rahmani—Discrimination must be ended and equal opportunity should be provided for people of all sections, and especial attention should be given to rural areas where most of the citizens are living. Neglecting them, country will never progress.
Adil Fareedi,a Darul Graduate—Government should build relation with common people and try to understand their problems and concentrate on education. Unfortunately, government take decisions keeping in mind high profile industrialists and not a common man that is why price is growing but government did not take any appropriate step to control it. This is not the way to progress.
(With inputs from TCN teams in Delhi [Mumtaz Alam Falahi and Mahtab Alam] and in Patna [Manzar Bilal and Mudassir Rizwan])
Muslims want to see India more educated, prosperous and stronger than all other countries. For this there should be communal harmony and strong unity among communities in the entire country. This is the general feeling of Muslims in Delhi and Patna today on 60th Republic Day. TCN teams went into streets in the two capital cities and asked people: What kind of India they want to see in future, and what requires for India to become internally strong.
“We want to see a strong India. Unity, communal amity and harmony are must for it, says Azmat Ali Khan,” a driver in New Delhi. A. Danyal, principal, Millat Urdu High School in Patna echoes the driver: “The wise way to make India internally powerful is to promote communal harmony by inter-faith dialogues among the communities. As India’s is a plural society, without mutual understanding it cannot progress and get stronger.”
While many are proud of the democratic system of the country, some say we can see a delightful future if the values of democracy be given its due respect by government as well as citizens.
Delhi Muslims:
A Jamia Millia Islamia student— We want India become better than today. People should excel and be honest in their work.
Azmat Ali Khan, a driver— We want a strong India – an India where education particularly of Muslims is ensured. For India to become strong, communal unity and harmony is must.
Kausar Neyaz, a teacher— Better than today. Education is must so that poverty is eradicated and children become soldiers of the country.
Muslehuddin, a teacher— India should maintain its importance in the world. It should move on the path shown by former president APJ Abdul Kalam. Only then India can become super power. Youth of the Muslim community should be strong educationally and financially
Two madrasa students— Developed, prosperous. People should think good for each other. They should be united and love each other.
Nayyer Azam, a B.Tech student— Prosper and communally peaceful. Politicians should be honest.
A Muslim NRI— Honest, decent and truthful. We have a great nation. If leaders become honest, it will be good for India as a nation and for all communities.
A grocer— A happy, prosperous India. There should be communal unity and harmony.
Azeem, a class V student— An India where roads should be clean and there is no terrorist. We ourselves should become good to make India better.
Farooq Ali, ex-Army man and security guard at Jamia Millia Islamia—Want to see India stronger than America. This can be achieved through education. Education alone can make India super power.
Tanveer Ahmad Qasmi, a cleric—Want India become leading country in the world. For this we will have to choose the path of truth and honesty. To make India great and leading, we have to free India from corruption as well. Our country is great in terms of democracy and I am proud of it.
Delhi Muslim women:
Shaheen Kausar, principal of a private Muslim school— Want to see India very beautiful and very strong. I wish it again become golden bird and stronger than all countries. For this struggle, courage and unity are required.
Sakina Anwar, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia: Very beautiful and better India. We must be united so that we could work for the betterment of the country.
Bushra, an MA student: Want to see India better, higher and more developed than others. We need confidence and unity.
Patna Muslims:
Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, chairman, Bihar Haj Committee—Our country has democratic system and we believe it will see delightful future if the values of the democracy be given its due respect by government as well as all the citizens.
A Danyal, principal, Millat Urdu High School—We want to see corruption-free, educated and cultured India where all the basic facilities are available for all the citizens irrespective of religions, castes and creeds. The wise way to make India internally powerful is to promote communal harmony by inter-faith dialogues among the communities. This is because India has plural society so without mutual understanding it cannot progress and get strength.
Mufti Sohrab Nadvi, deputy secretary of Imarat-e-Shariah—It is really great to have democracy system in our country but we need to implement this system with its full demands then only every one will be able to live peacefully.
Maulana Wasi Ahmad Qasmi—We want to see India as a role model for whole world and for that, true democracy and unity is must in the country.
Haris,a young journalist—60 years ago the Indian Constitution came into force but it is a fact that we are still far from the vision of our forefathers. We need to work in all fields including education, health, and economy without any discrimination. Every Indian wants to see the country growing but this should be for all and not only for selected people. There should be strong policy to tackle the poverty.
Maulana Noor Alam Rahmani—Discrimination must be ended and equal opportunity should be provided for people of all sections, and especial attention should be given to rural areas where most of the citizens are living. Neglecting them, country will never progress.
Adil Fareedi,a Darul Graduate—Government should build relation with common people and try to understand their problems and concentrate on education. Unfortunately, government take decisions keeping in mind high profile industrialists and not a common man that is why price is growing but government did not take any appropriate step to control it. This is not the way to progress.
(With inputs from TCN teams in Delhi [Mumtaz Alam Falahi and Mahtab Alam] and in Patna [Manzar Bilal and Mudassir Rizwan])
Muslim religious organizations, educational institutes celebrate R-Day
By TCN News,
Patna: Along with the nation, Muslim religious organizations and educational institutes across the country also celebrated 6oth Republic Day with traditional enthusiasm. Various religious organizations and educational institutes in Patna and New Delhi hoisted Tiranga and held special programs.
The official celebration in Bihar’s capital city of Patna, with parade and spectacular displays from different departments of the state government, was held at historic Gandhi Maidan in the heart of the city, institutions, schools, colleges, universities and many other places also witnessed several interesting programs.
Muslim religious organizations, schools and educational institutions in the city were also seen in the same tone and colour to mark the special day. Besides Tiranga hoisting, the great sacrifice of the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the sovereignty of the country was remembered on the occasion.
Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, secretary of the Imarat, hoisted the national flag at headquarter of Imarat-e-Shariah in Phulwari Shareef, wherein a number of madarsas students participated.
The celebration at Millat Urdu High School in the city started with flag hoisting which followed by singing national songs ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara.’ The students of the school also presented cultural program.
A similar program was organized at Al-Asr Public School where Muslim teenagers paid homage to the martyrs of freedom movement and delivered speeches on different topics.
In New Delhi, there was something special to see at a private Muslim school. Shaheen Kausar, principal, New Vision Public School, hoisted the Tiranga with students and lady teachers covering dupatta or in Niqab standing in respect to the National Flag and the National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana.’
(With inputs from Mumtaz Alam Falahi in New Delhi and Manzar Bilal in Patna)
Patna: Along with the nation, Muslim religious organizations and educational institutes across the country also celebrated 6oth Republic Day with traditional enthusiasm. Various religious organizations and educational institutes in Patna and New Delhi hoisted Tiranga and held special programs.
The official celebration in Bihar’s capital city of Patna, with parade and spectacular displays from different departments of the state government, was held at historic Gandhi Maidan in the heart of the city, institutions, schools, colleges, universities and many other places also witnessed several interesting programs.
Muslim religious organizations, schools and educational institutions in the city were also seen in the same tone and colour to mark the special day. Besides Tiranga hoisting, the great sacrifice of the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the sovereignty of the country was remembered on the occasion.
Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, secretary of the Imarat, hoisted the national flag at headquarter of Imarat-e-Shariah in Phulwari Shareef, wherein a number of madarsas students participated.
The celebration at Millat Urdu High School in the city started with flag hoisting which followed by singing national songs ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara.’ The students of the school also presented cultural program.
A similar program was organized at Al-Asr Public School where Muslim teenagers paid homage to the martyrs of freedom movement and delivered speeches on different topics.
In New Delhi, there was something special to see at a private Muslim school. Shaheen Kausar, principal, New Vision Public School, hoisted the Tiranga with students and lady teachers covering dupatta or in Niqab standing in respect to the National Flag and the National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana.’
(With inputs from Mumtaz Alam Falahi in New Delhi and Manzar Bilal in Patna)
Monday, January 25, 2010
Report card: Muslim Rajya Sabha MPs outperform LS counterparts
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Muslim Members of Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) have again disappointed their constituencies as well as the community as majority of them remained tight-lipped not asking any question during the November-December 2009 Winter Session.
The session ran from November 11 to December 21 with 21 working days. According to official data available by January 2, 2010, of 30 Muslim Members of Lok Sabha 19 did not ask any question. However, once again, Asaduddin Owaisi, lone MP of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslemeen (AIMIM) from Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) laughed his way to the constituency retaining leadership of Muslim MPs with 41 questions.
This is the second time when TwoCircles.net is presenting the report card on the performance of Muslim MPs in the Parliament – the highest legislative body of the country – before the community and the country. No other media, Muslim or otherwise, has ever presented such report card. That’s why our last report card on July-August 2009 session of Parliament got much accolade from public and created flutter among some Muslim parliamentarians.
During the recent Winter Session, while 19 Muslim Lok Sabha Members did not ask any question, Asaduddin Owaisi asked the most – 41. This despite the fact that he was among the 32 MPs because of whose absence on November 30, 2009 the Question Hour was cancelled. These 32 MPs had questions listed against their name but were absent.
In good performance Owaisi is followed by BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bhagalpur, Bihar) with 27 questions. Others whose questions touched double figure are J M Aron Rashid of Congress (19), M I Shanavas (Congress) 16, Monazir Hsasan of JD-U (11) and Badruddin Ajmal of AUDF (10).
As the ruling Congress has more Muslim MPs (11) in the present Lok Sabha, the party also has the largest share of ‘onlooker’ MPs (9 of 19 non-performers). Except J M Aron Rashid and M I Shanavas, all other MPs of the party – majority from North India including Asrarul Haq Qasmi and Muhammad Azharuddin, preferred to be silent.
BSP is the second top low performer as all four Muslim MPs of the party did not ask any question. The ranking is shared by Trinamool Congress (3 MPs) and Muslim League (2 MPs) – both parties are partners of the ruling alliance -- who also remained silent.
The session ran for 21 days. There were four Muslim MPs who remained present in the House on all these days but only two of them asked question -- BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (21 questions) and Sk Saidul Haq of CPM (9 questions), the other two – Ismail Hussain (Cong) and Shafiqur Rahman Barq (BSP) did not have any question to ask.
The lowest performer in attendance was Mausam Noor of Congress (4 days).
Type of Questions
Questions are of three types:-
Starred, Unstarred and Short Notice Questions
A Starred Question is one to which a member desires an oral answer in the House and which is distinguished by an asterisk mark. When a question is answered orally, supplementary questions can be asked thereon. Only 20 questions can be listed for oral answer on a day.
An Unstarred Question: is one which is not called for oral answer in the House and on which no supplementary questions can consequently be asked. To such a question, a written answer is deemed to have been laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the Minister to whom it is addressed. It is printed in the official report of the sitting of the House for which it is put down. Only 230 questions can be listed for written answer on a day.
A Short Notice Question is one which relates to a matter of urgent public importance and can be asked with shorter notice than the period of notice prescribed for an ordinary question. Like a starred question, it is answered orally followed by supplementary questions.
Name: Mr Abdul Wahab Peevee
Age: 59
Conctituency: Kerala
Party name: Muslim League
Questions asked during session Nov-Dec
New Delhi: Muslim Members of Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) have again disappointed their constituencies as well as the community as majority of them remained tight-lipped not asking any question during the November-December 2009 Winter Session.
The session ran from November 11 to December 21 with 21 working days. According to official data available by January 2, 2010, of 30 Muslim Members of Lok Sabha 19 did not ask any question. However, once again, Asaduddin Owaisi, lone MP of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslemeen (AIMIM) from Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) laughed his way to the constituency retaining leadership of Muslim MPs with 41 questions.
This is the second time when TwoCircles.net is presenting the report card on the performance of Muslim MPs in the Parliament – the highest legislative body of the country – before the community and the country. No other media, Muslim or otherwise, has ever presented such report card. That’s why our last report card on July-August 2009 session of Parliament got much accolade from public and created flutter among some Muslim parliamentarians.
During the recent Winter Session, while 19 Muslim Lok Sabha Members did not ask any question, Asaduddin Owaisi asked the most – 41. This despite the fact that he was among the 32 MPs because of whose absence on November 30, 2009 the Question Hour was cancelled. These 32 MPs had questions listed against their name but were absent.
In good performance Owaisi is followed by BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bhagalpur, Bihar) with 27 questions. Others whose questions touched double figure are J M Aron Rashid of Congress (19), M I Shanavas (Congress) 16, Monazir Hsasan of JD-U (11) and Badruddin Ajmal of AUDF (10).
As the ruling Congress has more Muslim MPs (11) in the present Lok Sabha, the party also has the largest share of ‘onlooker’ MPs (9 of 19 non-performers). Except J M Aron Rashid and M I Shanavas, all other MPs of the party – majority from North India including Asrarul Haq Qasmi and Muhammad Azharuddin, preferred to be silent.
BSP is the second top low performer as all four Muslim MPs of the party did not ask any question. The ranking is shared by Trinamool Congress (3 MPs) and Muslim League (2 MPs) – both parties are partners of the ruling alliance -- who also remained silent.
The session ran for 21 days. There were four Muslim MPs who remained present in the House on all these days but only two of them asked question -- BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (21 questions) and Sk Saidul Haq of CPM (9 questions), the other two – Ismail Hussain (Cong) and Shafiqur Rahman Barq (BSP) did not have any question to ask.
The lowest performer in attendance was Mausam Noor of Congress (4 days).
Type of Questions
Questions are of three types:-
Starred, Unstarred and Short Notice Questions
A Starred Question is one to which a member desires an oral answer in the House and which is distinguished by an asterisk mark. When a question is answered orally, supplementary questions can be asked thereon. Only 20 questions can be listed for oral answer on a day.
An Unstarred Question: is one which is not called for oral answer in the House and on which no supplementary questions can consequently be asked. To such a question, a written answer is deemed to have been laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the Minister to whom it is addressed. It is printed in the official report of the sitting of the House for which it is put down. Only 230 questions can be listed for written answer on a day.
A Short Notice Question is one which relates to a matter of urgent public importance and can be asked with shorter notice than the period of notice prescribed for an ordinary question. Like a starred question, it is answered orally followed by supplementary questions.
Name: Mr Abdul Wahab Peevee
Age: 59
Conctituency: Kerala
Party name: Muslim League
Questions asked during session Nov-Dec
Full Report
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Muslims in Manipur: A look at their socio-economic condition
By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,
Muslims who are also called Pangal in local terminology came to the Manipuri region in the late 16th or early 17th century. They are also called Meitei-Pangal which means indigenized and acculturated or simply Manipuri Muslims. They settled in this land earlier than many other communities.
They have since remained part and parcel of Manipuri society. They were very much part of the various ups and downs witnessed by the region, as it evolved from its tribal nature to its present status.
As per the Census 2001 Muslims constitute 7% of the total population of the state. They are settled in different pockets such as Lilong, Yairipok, Sangaiyumpham, Kshetrigao, Moirang, Mayang Imphal, Thoubal, Bishenpur, Chandel and Churachandpur. A section of the Muslims in the state also are migrants from Bihar and UP.
The present socio-economic condition of the Pangals or Muslims in Manipur is pathetic. At least this is what one concludes from the statistics provided by the All-Manipur Muslim United Coordinating Committee (AMMUCOC), a Muslim representative body in the state.
According to the Muslim body, the literacy rate among Muslims is 58.6 percent (male 75 percent and female 41.6 percent) much below the state’s average of 70.5 percent (male 80.3 percent and female 60.5 percent).
Out of 1,35,000 people (the Muslim population in the state ) by the end of the year 1995 there were only 5,704 matriculates, 1,822 graduates in addition to 86 technical and professional graduates.
There are only 51 Class I Muslim officers including three women, 101 Class II officers and 1,270 and 1,663 employees belonging to Class III and IV categories respectively.
At the root of their pathetic condition, as the community leaders feel, is the fact that the successive governments have done nothing worthwhile to uplift the community educationally and economically.
It is evident from the fact that the twenty-nine officially recognized tribal groups have 20-seats exclusively reserved for them in the 60-member Manipur state assembly and up to 31 percent reservation in all government jobs.
But by contrast Muslims have been forced to recoil in their own ghettos without any kind of help from the government.
Although in December 2006 Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh did announce a four percent reservation policy for the Muslim community in government jobs. But this half hearted announcement hasn't bore satisfactory results.
Their subhuman living condition is characterized by ethnic rivalry. Rivalry between Pangals and Meiteis.
Meiteis are the privileged majority community of the state. They are the most educated and economically well-off community. The clash between them and the Pangals (Muslims) in 1993 is one of the well etched communal scars in the history of Muslims in the state.
TCN talked to Sitara Begum, President of All Manipur Muslims Women Development Organization (AIMMWDO). According to her it started due to wild rumors and misunderstanding between Meiteis and Meitei Muslims.
Although an altercation did take place between the Muslim groups and the Meitei youths belonging to People's Republican Army (PRA), the neighboring Meitei villagers spread the rumors of molestation of some Meitei girls by the Meitei Muslims.
In the riot which followed the rumors, 150 Muslims and 4 Meiteis died in the valley districts and 149 were injured. One hundred and one cases were registered by the police and 423 persons arrested in connection with the incident.
Fortunately, it ended abruptly though healing of wounds took a bit long.
And it is because of this fight between two unequal groups that according to Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies, North East India, militant Muslim groups like the People's United Liberation Front (PULF), Islamic Revolutionary Front (IRF), Islamic National Front (INF), United Islamic Revolutionary Army (UIRA) and United Islamic Liberation Army (UILA) came into existence in Manipur to protect their communities after the Meitei-Pangal clash that took 150 Muslim lives in 1993.
TCN talked to Azimuddin Choudhary, about the socio-economic conditions of the Muslims in the state. Mr. Choudhary is the General Secretary of Markaz Maarif and also runs a madarsa in Lolang.
He too expressed concern over pathetic socio-economic condition of the Muslims in the state. He stressed that they are in urgent need of quality education and economic empowerment.
So it is high time that the government must take concrete measures to ensure fair participation of Muslims in the economic and social mainstream. Otherwise the day is not far when they will be reduced to non-entity.
(With inputs from Delhi-based journalist Md. Ali)
Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitei_people#External_links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangal#External_links
Muslims who are also called Pangal in local terminology came to the Manipuri region in the late 16th or early 17th century. They are also called Meitei-Pangal which means indigenized and acculturated or simply Manipuri Muslims. They settled in this land earlier than many other communities.
They have since remained part and parcel of Manipuri society. They were very much part of the various ups and downs witnessed by the region, as it evolved from its tribal nature to its present status.
As per the Census 2001 Muslims constitute 7% of the total population of the state. They are settled in different pockets such as Lilong, Yairipok, Sangaiyumpham, Kshetrigao, Moirang, Mayang Imphal, Thoubal, Bishenpur, Chandel and Churachandpur. A section of the Muslims in the state also are migrants from Bihar and UP.
The present socio-economic condition of the Pangals or Muslims in Manipur is pathetic. At least this is what one concludes from the statistics provided by the All-Manipur Muslim United Coordinating Committee (AMMUCOC), a Muslim representative body in the state.
According to the Muslim body, the literacy rate among Muslims is 58.6 percent (male 75 percent and female 41.6 percent) much below the state’s average of 70.5 percent (male 80.3 percent and female 60.5 percent).
Out of 1,35,000 people (the Muslim population in the state ) by the end of the year 1995 there were only 5,704 matriculates, 1,822 graduates in addition to 86 technical and professional graduates.
There are only 51 Class I Muslim officers including three women, 101 Class II officers and 1,270 and 1,663 employees belonging to Class III and IV categories respectively.
At the root of their pathetic condition, as the community leaders feel, is the fact that the successive governments have done nothing worthwhile to uplift the community educationally and economically.
It is evident from the fact that the twenty-nine officially recognized tribal groups have 20-seats exclusively reserved for them in the 60-member Manipur state assembly and up to 31 percent reservation in all government jobs.
But by contrast Muslims have been forced to recoil in their own ghettos without any kind of help from the government.
Although in December 2006 Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh did announce a four percent reservation policy for the Muslim community in government jobs. But this half hearted announcement hasn't bore satisfactory results.
Their subhuman living condition is characterized by ethnic rivalry. Rivalry between Pangals and Meiteis.
Meiteis are the privileged majority community of the state. They are the most educated and economically well-off community. The clash between them and the Pangals (Muslims) in 1993 is one of the well etched communal scars in the history of Muslims in the state.
TCN talked to Sitara Begum, President of All Manipur Muslims Women Development Organization (AIMMWDO). According to her it started due to wild rumors and misunderstanding between Meiteis and Meitei Muslims.
Although an altercation did take place between the Muslim groups and the Meitei youths belonging to People's Republican Army (PRA), the neighboring Meitei villagers spread the rumors of molestation of some Meitei girls by the Meitei Muslims.
In the riot which followed the rumors, 150 Muslims and 4 Meiteis died in the valley districts and 149 were injured. One hundred and one cases were registered by the police and 423 persons arrested in connection with the incident.
Fortunately, it ended abruptly though healing of wounds took a bit long.
And it is because of this fight between two unequal groups that according to Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies, North East India, militant Muslim groups like the People's United Liberation Front (PULF), Islamic Revolutionary Front (IRF), Islamic National Front (INF), United Islamic Revolutionary Army (UIRA) and United Islamic Liberation Army (UILA) came into existence in Manipur to protect their communities after the Meitei-Pangal clash that took 150 Muslim lives in 1993.
TCN talked to Azimuddin Choudhary, about the socio-economic conditions of the Muslims in the state. Mr. Choudhary is the General Secretary of Markaz Maarif and also runs a madarsa in Lolang.
He too expressed concern over pathetic socio-economic condition of the Muslims in the state. He stressed that they are in urgent need of quality education and economic empowerment.
So it is high time that the government must take concrete measures to ensure fair participation of Muslims in the economic and social mainstream. Otherwise the day is not far when they will be reduced to non-entity.
(With inputs from Delhi-based journalist Md. Ali)
Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitei_people#External_links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangal#External_links
Monday, January 4, 2010
Report card: Majority of Muslim Lok Sabha MPs remain silent, Owaisi again leader
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Muslim Members of Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) have again disappointed their constituencies as well as the community as majority of them remained tight-lipped not asking any question during the November-December 2009 Winter Session.
The session ran from November 11 to December 21 with 21 working days. According to official data available by January 2, 2010, of 29 Muslim Members of Lok Sabha 18 did not ask any question. However, once again, Asaduddin Owaisi, lone MP of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslemeen (AIMIM) from Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) laughed his way to the constituency retaining leadership of Muslim MPs with 41 questions.
This is the second time when TwoCircles.net is presenting the report card on the performance of Muslim MPs in the Parliament – the highest legislative body of the country – before the community and the country. No other media, Muslim or otherwise, has ever presented such report card. That’s why our last report card on July-August 2009 session of Parliament got much accolade from public and created flutter among some Muslim parliamentarians.
During the recent Winter Session, while 18 Muslim Lok Sabha Members did not ask any question, Asaduddin Owaisi asked the most – 41. This despite the fact that he was among the 32 MPs because of whose absence on November 30, 2009 the Question Hour was cancelled. These 32 MPs had questions listed against their name but were absent.
In good performance Owaisi is followed by BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bhagalpur, Bihar) with 27 questions. Others whose questions touched double figure are J M Aron Rashid of Congress (19), M I Shanavas (Congress) 16, Monazir Hsasan of JD-U (11) and Badruddin Ajmal of AUDF (10).
As the ruling Congress has more Muslim MPs (10) in the present Lok Sabha, the party also has the largest share of ‘onlooker’ MPs (8 of 18 non-performers). Except J M Aron Rashid and M I Shanavas, all other MPs of the party – majority from North India including Asrarul Haq Qasmi and Muhammad Azharuddin, preferred to be silent.
BSP is the second top low performer as all four Muslim MPs of the party did not ask any question. The ranking is shared by Trinamool Congress (3 MPs) and Muslim League (2 MPs) – both parties are partners of the ruling alliance -- who also remained silent.
The session ran for 21 days. There were four Muslim MPs who remained present in the House on all these days but only two of them asked question -- BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (21 questions) and Sk Saidul Haq of CPM (9 questions), the other two – Ismail Hussain (Cong) and Shafiqur Rahman Barq (BSP) did not have any question to ask.
The lowest performer in attendance was Mausam Noor of Congress (4 days).
Type of Questions
Questions are of three types:-
Starred, Unstarred and Short Notice Questions
A Starred Question is one to which a member desires an oral answer in the House and which is distinguished by an asterisk mark. When a question is answered orally, supplementary questions can be asked thereon. Only 20 questions can be listed for oral answer on a day.
An Unstarred Question: is one which is not called for oral answer in the House and on which no supplementary questions can consequently be asked. To such a question, a written answer is deemed to have been laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the Minister to whom it is addressed. It is printed in the official report of the sitting of the House for which it is put down. Only 230 questions can be listed for written answer on a day.
A Short Notice Question is one which relates to a matter of urgent public importance and can be asked with shorter notice than the period of notice prescribed for an ordinary question. Like a starred question, it is answered orally followed by supplementary questions.
Name: Mr. Abdul Mannan Hossain
Age: 57
Constituency: Murshidabad (West Bengal )
Party name: Indian National Congress(INC)
No of days present : 08/21
No. of questions: 0
[The report has been compiled by Mudassir Rizwan of TwoCircles.net Patna Correspondent]
New Delhi: Muslim Members of Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) have again disappointed their constituencies as well as the community as majority of them remained tight-lipped not asking any question during the November-December 2009 Winter Session.
The session ran from November 11 to December 21 with 21 working days. According to official data available by January 2, 2010, of 29 Muslim Members of Lok Sabha 18 did not ask any question. However, once again, Asaduddin Owaisi, lone MP of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslemeen (AIMIM) from Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) laughed his way to the constituency retaining leadership of Muslim MPs with 41 questions.
This is the second time when TwoCircles.net is presenting the report card on the performance of Muslim MPs in the Parliament – the highest legislative body of the country – before the community and the country. No other media, Muslim or otherwise, has ever presented such report card. That’s why our last report card on July-August 2009 session of Parliament got much accolade from public and created flutter among some Muslim parliamentarians.
During the recent Winter Session, while 18 Muslim Lok Sabha Members did not ask any question, Asaduddin Owaisi asked the most – 41. This despite the fact that he was among the 32 MPs because of whose absence on November 30, 2009 the Question Hour was cancelled. These 32 MPs had questions listed against their name but were absent.
In good performance Owaisi is followed by BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bhagalpur, Bihar) with 27 questions. Others whose questions touched double figure are J M Aron Rashid of Congress (19), M I Shanavas (Congress) 16, Monazir Hsasan of JD-U (11) and Badruddin Ajmal of AUDF (10).
As the ruling Congress has more Muslim MPs (10) in the present Lok Sabha, the party also has the largest share of ‘onlooker’ MPs (8 of 18 non-performers). Except J M Aron Rashid and M I Shanavas, all other MPs of the party – majority from North India including Asrarul Haq Qasmi and Muhammad Azharuddin, preferred to be silent.
BSP is the second top low performer as all four Muslim MPs of the party did not ask any question. The ranking is shared by Trinamool Congress (3 MPs) and Muslim League (2 MPs) – both parties are partners of the ruling alliance -- who also remained silent.
The session ran for 21 days. There were four Muslim MPs who remained present in the House on all these days but only two of them asked question -- BJP’s Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (21 questions) and Sk Saidul Haq of CPM (9 questions), the other two – Ismail Hussain (Cong) and Shafiqur Rahman Barq (BSP) did not have any question to ask.
The lowest performer in attendance was Mausam Noor of Congress (4 days).
Type of Questions
Questions are of three types:-
Starred, Unstarred and Short Notice Questions
A Starred Question is one to which a member desires an oral answer in the House and which is distinguished by an asterisk mark. When a question is answered orally, supplementary questions can be asked thereon. Only 20 questions can be listed for oral answer on a day.
An Unstarred Question: is one which is not called for oral answer in the House and on which no supplementary questions can consequently be asked. To such a question, a written answer is deemed to have been laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the Minister to whom it is addressed. It is printed in the official report of the sitting of the House for which it is put down. Only 230 questions can be listed for written answer on a day.
A Short Notice Question is one which relates to a matter of urgent public importance and can be asked with shorter notice than the period of notice prescribed for an ordinary question. Like a starred question, it is answered orally followed by supplementary questions.
Name: Mr. Abdul Mannan Hossain
Age: 57
Constituency: Murshidabad (West Bengal )
Party name: Indian National Congress(INC)
No of days present : 08/21
No. of questions: 0
[The report has been compiled by Mudassir Rizwan of TwoCircles.net Patna Correspondent]
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