A Hindu police inspector who got a closed mosque reopened after 18 years
Submitted by Anonymous on 10 October 2008 - 10:10pm
By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad : At a time when a gulf is widening between the police force and the minorities in India and a wall of distrust is coming up, a police inspector in Hyderabad has set a shining example of Hindu-Muslim amity and commitment to duty. Sri Hari, a police officer of rank of inspector and a resident of communally sensitive old city of Hyderabad has gone out of the way to help the Muslim community in the restoration of an old mosque which was lying locked and unused for the last 18 years.
"Masjid-e-Kambal Posh", a 400 year old mosque, located in the Gowlipura area of old city, was closed down during the horrendous communal riots of 1990 as all the Muslim families in the vicinity of the mosque were forced to migrate from the Hindu majority locality in an atmosphere of terror.
Since then the key of the mosque was with the inspector Sri Hari whose house is located close to the mosque. Sri Hari, who is now happy to handover the keys of the mosque to a group of Muslims after helping in its repair, renovation and reopening, said, "I had come under pressure from the local people to not to protect the mosque but I never relented. I thought it was my duty to look after the mosque".
So serious was Sri Hari in this matter that he did not allow the neighboring Hindu families to open their doors or windows in the direction of the mosque. When a wall of the mosque fell down due to the rains, it was Sri Hari who got it rebuilt. "In my absence my mother used to protect the mosque", says the inspector with a sense of pride.
Sri Hari, who is now working in the anti water theft cell served as police inspector in several sensitive areas like Golkonda, Bahadurpura and Asingar in the past.
Due to his efforts the closed mosque was cleaned, its electricity connection was restored, and a fresh coat of paint was given to it. The mosque also had an open well from where the residents of the locality used to draw the water in the past. The well has been cleaned once again and the newly constituted organizing committee has announced that the people of all the communities can draw the water from the well when ever they need.
There is a shrine of a saint in the compound of the mosque and the members of Hindu community used to visit it in the past. The committee said that they were free to come and pay their respects at the shrine once again.
After the reopening of the mosque, Muslims are now regularly offering the Namaz five times a day at this mosque.
More than 200 people had died in the 1990 riots in Hyderabad and the victims included the members of both the communities. While Muslims were forced to migrate from the Hindu majority areas of the old city, Hindus were also forced to leave their homes from the Muslim dominated areas.
The communal hatred had reached such a point during the riots that a Muslim police constable Abdul Quadeer had shot dead an assistant commissioner Sattatiah because he was behaving in a biased manner against Muslim community. Abdul Quadeer is still serving life term in jail.
This is second such mosque in the Hyderabad city to be restored. More than five years ago another mosque in Mangalhat area was restored after a senior BJP leader and then union minister of state Bandaru Dattatreya took initiative and helped the local Muslims to reopen the mosque.
The mosque was closed down during the communal riots of 1979 when a mob attacked the mosque and killed several people when they were offering prayers on Shabe-Baraat. The mosque remained closed for almost two decades till the Muslims decided to have it restored.
Bandaru Dattatreya, a backward class leader was elected to Parliament from Secunderabad twice in the past and he is presently the state President of the BJP and known for his friendly relations with Muslim community.
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It is telling of the rut
It is telling of the rut within the BJP "leadership" that they cannot even reply back to the lies of the Congress and the Communists on the Gujarat 2002 riots. In almost knee jerk fashion - the BJP raises the issue of 1984 when the Godhra riots are mentioned by the petrodollar funded secularist media. While the 1984 Sikh riots are a genoicide commited by Rajiv Gandhi and marauding Congress Gandhian leaders - Goondas - killing 3000 Sikhs in delhi and thousands in UP and other parts of North India, 1984 anti-sikh riot, is not the only example of the Congress leadership instigating and participating in riots.
In this blog I will mention a riot that for some reason has been buried. The October - December riots of 1990 that were led by goondas of the current Andhra Chief Minister - Y S Rajasekhar Reddy. These riots claimed some 400 Hindu lives with another 300-400 severely injured. In themselves, these riots would make YSR a mass murderer beyond redemption because this was cold blooded killing purely for political gains. This is an open secret in the corridors of power in that state and yet is swept under the carpet.
The Background
Andhra in 1990 was ruled by the late M Chenna Reddy. The Congress had swept to power overthrowing the charismatic NTR in 1989 and hours after the election results - in true fashion - the Gandhian Congress leaders started their internally factional war for the Chief Ministership. It was assumed that a young Christian MP - YS Rajasekhar Reddy who was also the State Congress Chief was the natural favorite for the job.
YSR is from the violence prone Rayalseema region in Andhra. This region is home to notorious factional leaders. The culture of violence and score settling makes Bihar look like the Peace Corps. lllegal weapons including bombs, guns, daggers, swords are omnipresent in houses. Armies of youth swear allegiance to a factional leader - a warlord - that protects them and uses them to kill and murder people from other factons. One of these factions was headed by YSR's family. His dad had a notorious history of rape and murder and YSR and his goondas cultivated an era of fear and murder in their district of Cuddapah.
But in 1989 despite the strong lobbying within the Congress party - YSR - lost the Chief Ministership to the old war horse M. Chenna Reddy. Usually in such situaions the losing faction does not get the kings spoils of powers. A lesser share in power and not soo lucrative positions and ministries left the YSR faction fuming. They would need seek and find a way to remove Chenna Reddy from power. Hyderabad and the MIM would help them in that plan.
Hyderabad and the MIM Terror
Those who (really) believe in secularism should go to Hyderabad. It is a city that is virtually under siege by one party - the Majilis Ittehadul Muslimeen. If the name doesnt indicate this then let me spell it for you - A Party of the land of Muslims. The MIM was formed by the Razakars - the nobles of the Nizam of Hyderabad after military action by Sardar Patel led to the integration of Hyderabad State with the Indian Union. The MIM and its leadership are muslim extremists and it is a right wing terrorist organization that thrives with the support of the "common muslim". Lately the MIM has been in the news for beating up Taslima Nasreen, kidnapping hindu girls and the beating up hindu doctors in Hyderabad.
The MIM has been led by the Owaisi family that traces itself to the court of the Nizam. The MIM has a virtual islamic army of thousands of dedicated captains. lieutenants and soliders that make the old city of Hyderabad a mini pakistan where Hindus live as second class citizens in virtual fear of their lives. Those that claim that muslims are inherently secular should go to Hyderabad. The common muslim is a bigot who supports the MIM and religiously elects the terrorist - Owaisi and family. Hyderabad is an example of secularism for a hindu living in a majority muslim area. It is a dhimmi state where the kafir lives the life of a second class citizen deprived of any dignity or respect.
The MIM and its islamic army riots in Hyderabad at the drop of a hat. Thousands of hindus have been killed by the Majilis and its followers at the slightest perceived provocation over the decades from 1947. However this blog is about one riot the riot of October-December 1990 because they were launched directly by YSR.
God Fearing Police Officer
Congratulations brother Sri Hari. India would have been totally disintegrated and destroyed after the 1947 tragedy of Partition without the morally duty conscious and upright people like you. May God help you and keep you and family happy, healthy and prosperous.
Indian Govt. should try to spot and recognise people like you and give you promotion and responsibilities in controlling communal riots and law and order situations. Treat a terrorist as a faceless brute, no matter to which religious community he belongs to and try to find out under whose orders he is acting and catch the kingpins and punish them. Act without discrimination and political influence. You may be a loser temporarily but a victor in the sight of God Almighty-
eventually.Good luck.If justice is not done to the victims and their families,revenge based terrorism will continue in India. So the most important thing is redressing the victimised people in Gujarat massacre of 2002.
over 2,000 Indians burned alive, butchered, raped, bellies of pregnant women ripped open and fetuses burned in public (all documented by brave Indian rights activists). The only crime of these Indians was that they were Muslims. This didn't happen in 1947. But in 2002. The killers were not trained 'Hindu zealots from Hindu Madrassas', but ordinary Indian Hindus. Hundreds of them.So what went wrong in our system. What happened to our Ahimsa and love and communal harmony and Hindu Muslim brotherhood. Keep up the good work Br. Hari .May God give you greater confidence, courage and guidance.
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