Council of Indian Muslims (UK)

By Md Mudassir Alam

THE CIVILISED society across the world hates terrorists for their misdeeds. Of course, the terrorists deserve severe punishment and need to be wiped away from the world. But sadly at present, the whole world is battling with the menace of terrorism. India too has become a hub of terrorist outfits and recently they attacked in the heart of the country - Delhi.

Rashmi Rajput

The revelations by Mumbai Police related to the Delhi encounter is raising questions over the killing of Atif -- alleged mastermind behind the Delhi serial blasts.

The lead to Atif, they claim, came from Afzal Usmani -- one of the suspects who stole the cars used to plant bombs in Ahmedabad.

The Mumbai Police had arrested Usmani almost a month ago in August. He gave detailed descriptions of Atif and his associates whom he had met in Gujarat.

"Afzal knew Atif and had met him in Gujarat," said Rakesh Maria, Joint Commissioner of Police.

Co-ordination Committee of Indian Muslims

The Coordination Committee of Indian Muslims, representing all major Indian Muslim organizations, is an ad hoc high level committee set up to deal with the current terrorism scare aiming the Muslim community in India.

The committee expresses its sorrow and grief at the untimely death of Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma during the encounter in Jamia Nagar’s Batla House on 19 September. The community offers its sincere condolences to his family.

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Saturday 20 September 2008, by Shabnam Hashmi

A team comprising activists, academicians and journalists visited the site of the police operation against alleged terrorists staying in an apartment in Jamia Nagar in the afternoon of 20.09.2008 (Saturday). Two alleged terrorists Atif and Sajid, along with Mohan Chand Sharma, an inspector of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell died in the operation while a third alleged terrorist was arrested.

By Md. Ali and Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net

New Delhi: "With due respect to secularism and with due respect to the honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat" said a person from Gujarat when he began giving information to TwoCircles.net about a communal violence there.

By Shabnam Hashmi & Ram Puniyani

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

New Delhi

Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh,

The blasts in Delhi (September 12, 2008) are another in the series of tragic blasts in which scores of people have been killed. We strongly condemn the blasts and demand a proper, unbiased investigation into the same. We demand that the guilty be punished. At the same time it seems that our investigating agencies are ignoring some thing very crucial in the matters of investigating the acts of terror.

By Teesta Setalvad

Communalism Combat

The news in April 2006 that a bomb had accidentally exploded in the house of an RSS man in Nanded in Maharashtra, killing two persons and injuring four others – all Bajrang Dal activists – created a national sensation. Initially, the first information report (FIR) on the incident registered by a local police officer unquestioningly recorded the injured activists’ claim that the unfortunate incident was the result of an accidental ignition of firecrackers stored at the site. But within days the police investigation itself revealed that the incident was in fact the result of an unintended explosion of bombs that were being assembled by Hindu extremists with the clear intention of targeting mosques and terrorising Muslims.

By Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

It has been sixty one years since independence and the partition of the Indian Sub-continent. During this period Indian society has witnessed a number of all kinds of changes. Today India is a rising economy, a nuclear power and a strong democracy. But what has not changed is the age old trend of blame game. It has also changed a bit, though—the blame for the creation of Pakistan has now been shifted to terrorism—we think, much time has passed in vain and it is now our duty to tell the new generation some of the true facets of the history of partition. Therefore, we are producing the following excerpts from India Wins Freedom (Orient Longman, 1988, Delhi) by one of the most honoured freedom fighters and first education minister of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad that throw light on some of the eye-opening angles of the almost hidden corners of the partition of the country.

On 6^th December 1992 Hindu zealots, led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L. K. Advani, demolished the 16^th century Babri Mosque in Ayodhya claiming that it was the birthplace of their god Rama and wanted to build a temple in its place. The following article carried by Impact International, London, in its 13^th March 1986 issue, provides an insight into the brazenness of the followers of fascist ideology of the Sangh Parivar. We are reproducing it for the enjoyment and information of the readers.

Did you know?

Council of Indian Muslims—UK (CIM) has requested the British Government to keep an eye on Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP’s) leader Sadhvi, who has been invited by her supporters in the UK.

In a letter addressed to Home Secretary Ms Jacqui Smith CIM’s Chairman Mr Munaf Zeena said, “Ms Sadhvi Ritambhara is one of the main accomplices in the demolition of the 16th century Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India.”