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Dalit Voice, Editorial, May 16-31. 1999
How to Exterminate Muslims in
India?
Muslims ruled over Spain from 712 AD to 1492 AD for 780 years,
yet today there are no Muslims in Spain though every aspect of
Spanish life has a touch of Islam. Spanish language has many
Arabic words, its music has an Arabic tone, its culture has more
Arabic influence than the European, and proper nouns in Spanish
often have the Arabic prefix al. From 1492, when the last bastion
of Muslim political strength Grenada fell, the Muslims of Spain
were on the decline and its culmination took place after 120
years when the last batch of Muslim die-hards left Spain in 1612.
From that year, Islam vanished from the Spanish horizons.
A particular noteworthy point is that during
this period of Islamic decline from Spain, the entire civilised
world was ruled by Muslims. The Ottoman Turks had conquered
Constantinople in 1553, and were ruling the entire Balkan
Peninsula, Egypt was ruled by the powerful Mamiukes, Persia was
at its political pinnacle under the Abbasi rulers, and India was
ruled by the Moghals. Still Islam vanished from Spain and none of
these great Muslim armies did anything to protect the Muslims of
Spain. How Islam was ejected from Spain had been a
subject of keen study by lndia's Hindu Nazis in the 30s and 40s
of this century. They studied this aspect to be copied in India
and to counter this possibility, the Muslim leaders also studied
this to prevent a repetition of the Spanish methods because
Muslims (forming 11.35% of the population as per 1981 census) as
lndia's single largest minorities have become the biggest
headache to the upper caste Hindus. But the present-day Muslims
are totally ignorant of the history of Islamic decline in Spain
and hence of the designs surrounding it.
Through this we intend to shed a little light on this subject so
that the thinking section of the Muslims and their sympathisers
may do some more research on this subject. As in India, Spanish
Muslims had three categories: (i) the descendants of the original
Arabs, (ii) descendants of Arab fathers and Spanish mothers and
(iii) Christian converts to Islam. Immediately after the fall of
Grenada many of the original Arabs to save their lives (not
property, as they were not permitted to carry their wealth) left
Spain to Tunisia and Morocco; many died on their journey by the
attacking Christian hordes. Rest of the original Arabs who opted
to live in Spain itself were subsequently branded
'foreigners" (as in India) and destroyers of Spain. The
other category of Muslims viz. the descendants of Muslim fathers
and Christian mothers and converts from Christianity opted to
live in Spain believing in the declaration of King Ferdinand that
complete religious freedom would be guaranteed. (in India also,
we are told that Muslims enjoy full religious freedom and
minority rights). The attacks by Christian on their lives and
property during the earlier years was pardoned as a temporary
phenomenon.
Compare it with the development that took place in India
after the partition (1947). But these attacks on Muslim life and
property in Spain did not abate but continued for about 50 years
with lesser intensity in a sporadic manner, just as it is
happening in India today. In the earlier years, the Indian
Muslims resisted and fought back. There were mini-battles in the
streets, but gradually there were one-sided attacks and every
time Muslims were the losers. Of late, the Hindu police itself is
let lose to kill the Muslims in India.
While the organized Christian groups were committing such
massacres, Ferdinand's Govt, in Spain adopted the policy of
eliminating Muslims from the services and adopting the following
measures:-
Arabic was removed from administration,
schools attached to mosques were debarred from teaching academic
and secular subjects like science, history, mathematics and
philosophy. Only religious teaching could be imparted,
Lessons in history were faked by which the Muslim rule was dubbed
as barbaric. Contribution of Muslims to the development of Spain
was avoided,
Muslim houses were made objects of constant searching by police
on allegations of arms hoarding and secret meetings,
Original Arab Muslims were projected as enemies of Christians and
destroyers of Spain.
Christian converts were persuaded to reconvert to Christianity on
the ground that their ancestors were forced to become Muslims and
as there is no more coercion, they should revert to Christianity.
Muslims who were from Muslim-Christian parentage were branded as
bastards and ridiculed and persuaded to revert to Christianity.
Marriages performed in the Islamic manner were directed to be
registered with the judicial officers.
Islamic law was declared illegal. Every method followed in Spain
is being experimented in India with better precision and timing.
Thus Muslims in Spain were made objects of
ridicule, condemnation and continuous attack. Burning of Muslim
houses and shops was encouraged to destroy their economy. Mock
ceremonies of reconversion of Muslims to Christianity were held
and publicized. In India, Hindu Nazis of all hues-Arya Samaj,
Ramakrishna Mission, Vishwa Hindu Parishad etc,. are doing the
same. The first two generation of Spanish Muslims adopted passive
methods to save their religion by teaching Arabic to their
children at home and mosques, and telling them orally about the
realities but gradually they lost the zeal. When marriages were
ordered to be celebrated only through Govt. agencies, Muslims in
early stages performed dual marriages - one with the Govt.
authorities and again privately in their homes in the Islamic
manner. Gradually the second ceremony was given up as even such a
private ceremony was banned.
During this period, Muslim masses gradually fell out of the grips
of the Muslim leadership and Muslim elites started flocking to
Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt where they were received with
sympathy. Poor Muslim masses were left uncared for. This
is exactly what is happening in India. The richer,
English-educated Muslims are getting Brahminised. They have
become imitators of upper caste Hindus as they live not in Muslim
localities but in Hindu areas. The poor Muslims (they form 95% of
the Muslim population) live in ghettos and being better followers
of Islam, they are left high and dry. Hence they are getting
killed in all anti-Muslim riots.
The seeds sown in the first half of the century in Spain started
yielding results in the second half. There was no political
leadership, no organization to protect Muslims and enlightened
personalities to save the situation. Religious leaders knowing
nothing but Islamic' theology tried their best to save the
situation, but against heavy propaganda by the Govt. agencies,
lures and offers to reconverts, ignorance of Islamic values by
the masses and sense of inferiority nurtured in the minds of
Muslim masses were too big a force to be undone by the
theologians. This needed a political leadership and an
organization with arms to counter, but there was none. Those who
spoke of invoking the help of Muslim powers of Turkey and Egypt
were feared and exposed before the authorities (by the Muslims
themselves) to be condemned. Without willing fighters, other
Muslim powers could not help. Those who had settled in Turkey and
Egypt advised the authorities there to desist from such a thought
as otherwise atrocities on Muslims of Spain would increase. An
Ahmed Shah Abdali was needed but there was none. And the Muslim
masses joined the "mainstream" of Spanish life and the
mullahs finding no job for their preaching gradually left Spain.
And the last batch to leave Spain consisted of the diehard
mullahs in 1612
In India also the political leadership of the Muslims
became a tail of the Hindu parties led by the upper castes. Only
the theological leadership like that of Moulana Hasan Ali Nadvi
has tried to maintain the cultural identity of the Indian
Muslims.
This "Spanish experiment" is being tried with
greater energy and efficiency in India. Urdu, which is as Islamic
in India as Arabic was in Spain, is being eased out. Muslims are
voluntarily holding on to madrasas. English-educated richer
Muslims are away from the Muslim masses. We saw this at
the Tablighe Jamat International conference held in Bangalore
(DV, March 15, 1985). They are not going to Muslim countries, but
are taking refuge in their psychological and physical seclusion.
Any move to organise them to protect the Muslim life and property
is branded as communal. Any Muslim flirting, if not supporting
the upper castes, is called a "nationalist Muslim". The
gulf between the Muslim masses and educated rich Muslims is
widening every day. Mass killing of Muslims is considered
something natural by the Muslim leadership itself. Whenever it is
raised at international Islamic platforms such actions are called
interference in the internal affairs of India. Muslims history is
deleted from the syllabus. Names of Muslims who died for India
are avoided. A great martyr who died for India like Tippu Sultan
is unknown to youngsters, whereas the name of Tantia Tope, who
fought not for India but for his pension, and Jhansi Laxmi Bai,
who fought for her adopted son's heirship to the throne, is
brought on the lips of every Indian. No Muslim gets awards for
his contribution to science, medicine, music, art or gallantry.
Even those who fought from the ranks of the ruling Congress Party
like Moulana Azad, Kidwai, Syed Mahmood, Humayun Kabir etc. do
not have a road or extension named after them. But there
are half-a-dozen in the names of each upper caste leaders in our
towns and cities. History is being re-written.
("Falsifying Indian History", DV editorial, April 16,
1985). Muslims are killed daily and their houses and shops burnt.
The doors of the Army, police and administration are closed to
them. And yet Muslim organizations to protect Islam are
coming up like mushrooms. Everybody wants to protect Islam and
nobody wants to protect Muslims. We are really worried.
A study of the Ruling Class policies reveals that it has
great similarity with the one followed by Ferdinand and Isabelle
in Spain. The only difference is that the Hindu upper castes are
more sharp and sophisticated because of the limitations imposed
in the 20th century by the checks exercisable by the United
Nations Human Rights Charter and international public opinion.
The systematic and daily anti-Muslim riots resulting in
loss of life and property, and above all the sense of fear in the
hearts of every Muslim, elimination of the martial Muslims from
the Defence, paramilitary and police forces and brahminising of
these forces, closing the doors of appointments in Govt. services
and public undertakings, Brahminisation of education and mass
media like radio, TV and advertisement, elimination of Urdu as
official language from those areas which form the presentday
States of Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar, parts of Madhya Pradesh,
Maharastra, Andhra Pradhesh and Karnataka overnight in 1947-48,
gradual closing of Urdu schools are all examples of positive
anti-Muslim policies.
On the brahminical psychological warfare side comes the cries of
Personal Law amendment, now diluted as common civil code,
greatness of the Indian (Hindu) culture, projection of notorious
anti-Muslim personalities like "Mahatma" Gandhi, B. G.
Tilak, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Veer Savarkar, Lala Laipat Rai as
heroes of India to belittle the contribution of Muslims for the
development and progress of the country, re-writing of Indian
history, describing Muslim professions like beef-selling as a sin
and glorifying cow protection policies, introduction of
mechanical slaughter of animals to throw out of job butchers,
declaration of import and export business carried on by Muslims
as smuggling are policies through which vulnerable Indian masses
are misguided, resulting in a psychological anti-Muslim bias.
Muslim electoral constituencies are divided horizontally and
vertically so that they don't have an effective voting power
anywhere and thrusting upon them ultra-secular Muslim leaders who
have started worshipping Hindu idols and such scenes being
systematically televised. Unfortunately Muslim leaders, who are
dejected with the Govt., repose much confidence in Hindu masses
and hope to secure their help ignoring the fact that the poor
Hindu (Dalit) masses are as much victims of such a propaganda.
And as on this day only seeds are being sown. The harvest is yet
to come. When the harvest reason comes, what will be harvested in
India is repetition of Spain, unless the Muslims resort to
counter measures soon.
It is high time the Muslim/ intelligentsia rises to the occasion
to undo the repetition of the history of Spain in India. Islam
has always been protected by the Muslim masses and not by the
classes. Rich Muslims, who are not even 5% of the Muslim
population (with minor exceptions) are joining the upper caste
exploiters. They may talk of Islam but they have forgotten the
fellow Muslims. Please note: religion does not protect its
followers, but followers protect the religion. Remember if Islam
has to be saved in India, Muslims have to be saved.