Attacks on religious freedom of minorities in Saharanpur

By TCN Staff Reporter,

Saharanpur (UP): Lately there have been many incidents which prove that all is not well in Saharanpur, a district in Western UP. Within the span of just a week three mishaps related to attack on the religious freedom of Muslims and attempt to disturb communal harmony have been reported.

In Barkeda Sadat village in Saharanpur district, the whole controversy started when the Muslims of the area established a mosque in the month of Ramadan, as they were performing daily prayers in some body’s house for last many years. The majority community strongly objected to this, saying that because earlier there was no mosque,
there shouldn’t be one now. The conflict over this took a nasty turn when reportedly
administration mediated between the two warring groups. According to the compromised reached, Muslims can perform prayer together only till the month of Ramadan. After Eid, there won’t be any collective prayer for Muslims.




Feeling vulnerable: Muslims of Saharanpur. [Photo by tk sailo]

In another instance of attack on the religious freedom of religious minorities, on 18th of August, in Dhakdai village in Saharanpur district for instance, few upper caste Hindus, allegedly associated with the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) demanded to stop the use of loud speakers in the village mosque for prayer calls, fast-breaking and sehri. Importantly, that is the only mosque in that village of which Muslims constitute just 10%.

They not only threatened the local Muslims who are mainly labor and therefore very poor, but also forced the local administration to get the loudspeakers removed. Now the situation is that the majority community has decided to boycott, the local Muslims at all levels; socially, educationally and economically. No body will sell milk to them; no school will admit Muslim children and no Hindu will talk to the local Muslims, as per the decisions taken in the local panchayat.

Amost the same reason was behind the violent attacks on the Muslims of Khadlana,in Sahranpur. Homes of the local Muslims were looted by the right wing goons and the local police administration registered First Information Reports (FIRs) against Muslims themselves, when they went to the police station to register their complain.The situation now is that two Muslims have been reportedly arrested.Muslims have fled from the village and have approached Imran Masood, the MLA of the nearby area, Muzaffarabad, requesting him to make them available some land. They want to migrate from their own village to some other place.

“The situation is very disturbing in the whole district of Saharanpur. It’s not BJP but the BSP, who is playing Hindu cards in UP these days,” said Imran Masood.

Talking to TwoCircles.net, Mr. Masood alleged that BSP won the Saharanpur parliamentary seat only after creating these kinds of communal tensions which led to the polarization of votes. He was also very apprehensive of possible outbreak of communal riots in the district after verdict on the Ayodhya-Babri Mosque title suit, which is expected on September 16.

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no religion promotes terrorism-reply

Hello friends...
don't be in a wrong notion that no religion promotes terrorism. In Bhagvath geetha Krishna teaches and helps Arjuna to kill his half brothers, uncles, Grand parents, all relatives who are against him, only to capture power and land. Every Hindu god is depicted with some weapon. It is told that these gods are armed only to fight the evil forces. according to them who ever not ready to submit themselves to their power and authority are considered as "evil forces". So, they wage war against not only non-hindus but also against the so called hindus who are branded as low caste people and not have a right to enter the temple, the God's home. Saffronism itself is terrorism. Why I say this is the base for Hinduism is casteism. It divides people based on their birth. One division is not considered even as Human being, that is Low caste. They have no right even to pray the God by entering the temple.So, Hinduism and Saffronism are the synonyms of Terrorism.

Noise pollution

Hi,

I think every citizen has a right to have peacefull day without blarring speaker. If they want to practice their religion, they can keep it inside the mosque. It is nothing religious. Even supreme court had banned the dandya raz during dasara and put an outerlimit of 12 mid night.

noise pollution- reply

If the government could effectively curtail noise pollution, then there is absolutely no need for the Mosques to have a speaker to call the people for Namaz. It was not there till last century, since the speaker was not invented. But in this noisy atmosphere how to call the people with out a speaker? it is not a matter of "religious" nature. It is a matter of convenience.Let the Government first take action on the fellows causing actual noise pollution, then automatically there will be no need for having speaker.People who could not raise their little finger against the inaction of the Govt., with loud voice talk about the speakers at mosques in the guise of citizen's right..

Discipline & timing

Hi,

there is a disciple which is required in every religion and everything has a time. How did the people where called when there was no loud speaker. It is an excuse to create noise pollution. Supreme court has upheld that nobody has the right to create noise pollution to disturb the sleep of others and this was for dasera which is for nine days a year where as this is a daily business.

SaffronTerrorism Hijacked Hinduism

SaffronTerrorism Hijacked Hinduism

Why to separate two sides of same coin Pratibha

Prathba,
If terrorism by not very good follower of Islam but with name can be termed as Islamic terroism, why to safeguard Hinduism by calling the terrorism by Hindus being saffron. No religion promotes terrorism is now the refrain while in same discussion people trying to defend Hindus involved in terror act continue using termed as Jihab=di terrorism etc while defending the Hindu terror. One fellow namely Khandelwal went to the extent of telling that Islamist terrorism is a proven fact while seeking speedy trial of the people who are involved in Hindu terror acts including the Hindu Mahasabha 'documentary' maker Vijay Kumar. The organised Hindu terror is working on two fronts. While using media ala the zionists and countering the so called Islamic terrorism in fields. No wonder we have the Tarun Vijais and Balbir Punjs and Lt Col Purohits. No one called them names which is a severe lapse on the part of fair people.

Shame on such Muslims who are afraid of raising voice against it

This is really shame on all those who are tolerating such communal autocracy of biased govt. and Oppression of RSS/ BAJRANG DAL PARASITES.
I do not say one should get aggressive and start fighting, rioting, etc...but raising voice in a peaceful manner that whole world see and learn..Like Sikhs of France did when the turban was banned there.
We have actually forgotten our basics...We have to spread peace, do Dawah, tell non muslims about the religion so that the a normal non muslim can come closer to us and misconception & fear can be removed from their minds.
We do not even go to Mosques 5 times, and we claim Babri Masjid..Why? Lets first go back to our basics...Follow ISLAM..Come on one platform..Then Allah SWT will help us..Insha Allah.

SHAME ON MUSLIMS....- REPLY

DEAR BROTHER.... YOUR ANGUISH AND CONCERN IS APPRICIATED. BUT WE SHOULD NOT BLAME THE MUSLIMS IN GENERAL FOR THEIR TOLERANCE OF COMMUNAL AUTOCRACY. THEY ARE THE VICTIMS. THEY ARE NOT TOLERATING . THEY ARE BEING TARGETED. EVEN A LITTLE RESISTANCE IS OPPRESSED BY THE COMMUNAL FORCES AND THE REST IS BY TADA AND POTA. WHEN THE STATE ITSELF IS SAFFRONISED LIKE IN GUJARAT, WHAT A LAY MAN CAN BE EXPECTED TO DO. SACHAR COMMISSION REPORT SAYS THAT INDIAN MUSLIMS ARE FAR BELOW THAN SCHEDULED CASTE PEOPLE IN SOCIO, ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION STANDARDS. BEFORE INDEPENDANCE THE INDIAN MUSLIMS WERE HAVING A STRONG POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. BUT NOW...? IT IS VERY PATHETIC THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS WITHOUT A DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP. UNITY IS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. YOU CAN LEARN IT FROM SIKHS. IN ANY CORNER OF THE GLOBE THEY BE UNITED AND FACE ANY CHALLENGE. MORE THAN 20 CRORE MUSLIM POPULATION IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT HAVING A POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. ALL ARE DEPENDANTS OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES RUN BY OTHER COMMUNITY PEOPLE. THE SO CALLED MUSLIM ORGANISATIONS ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER TO ESTABLISH THEIR SUPREMACY.. NOBODY BOTHERS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. IF ANYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HE IS SINGLED OUT AND BRANDED AS TERRORIST. THE SO CALLED MUSLIM PARTIES DONT GO TO HIS RESCUE. UNLESS THIS MINORITY COMMUNITY GET UNITED UNDER ONE BANNER AND A DYNAMIC POLITICAL LEADERSHIP THERE IS NO SOLUTION. DONT SAY "SHAME ON MUSLIMS".SAY "SHAME ON MUSLIM POLITICIANS"........

Gud. u r rite sir. jab tak

Gud. u r rite sir. jab tak Muslims me koi accha rahnuma nahi hoga tab tak qaum ka bhala nahi ho sakega.

After EXPOSED in METRO-CITIES, now villages !!!

After being exposed of their EVIL INTENTIONS / ACTS in metro-cities, Hindutva Goons are penetrating villages and spreading poison.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/suspected-rss-workers-attack-tv-today-office/...

Although, they are creating DIVISIONS and sowing seeds of HATRED. Let's see how far, and how long CAN Hindutva RUN, hijacking Hindu Religion by WRONGLY TAINTING it with LIES ?

An Indian

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