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National Unity
Communal Amity
Cultural Identity
Social Justice
Rule of Law
Dignifi
ed Democracy Volume : 2 Issue - 2 Safar 1433 February- 2012 Pages - 8 Monthly Price : Rs. 10/- Annual Subscription : Rs. 120/-
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CRESCENT AND STAR FLIES OVER WEST OF VINDYAS
(Continu e.... Page 4)
IUML fields candidates in UP and UtharkhandMuscled with polit ical power in the southern States, the IUML surges forward into the
Northern belt, by fielding its candidates in the most populous state of UP and in the new
born uttrkhand State to contest the assembly election on its ow n symbol ‘Ladder’.
Uttarakhand State IUML
Executive Committee meeting and
of fice bearers meeting: Meeting
held separately at Dehradun on
January 4th 2012. Iqbal Ahamed
Advocate, National Vice President,
Naeem Akhtar, national secretary
(both Central observers), Khorrum
Anis Omer, National Secretary
and K. Muhamed Kutty, Member
Central Monitoring Committee
attended. State Executive meeting
was like a convention. Only some
speeches. Of fice bearers meeting
held separately. Serious discussionswere held in the meeting.
Central representatives also
had separate interview session
with the proposed candidates to
get an idea about the candidates
and their proposed constituencies.
Interaction was mainly on
following points: the nature of
the particular constituency, cast
, religious wise details of voters,
party’s organizational strengthin
the constituency, candidates image
in the public, whether candidates
possible financial arrangement /
capacity for an election , candidates
previous experience in the social
and political field etc.
General opinion of the of fice
bearers was to contest maximumpossible seats and make use of
election for the propagation of
the Party. They also said that as
Dr. Baseer Ahamed Khan, who
claims that he is the President
of the IUML continues his effort
to confuse the party workers by
constant contact and by offering
seats. If we are not in a position to
provide seats for those who aspire
to become candidates of our Party
it will create an opportunity for
Baseer Khan to attract them.
Organisation: Though the
former State President of the Party,Munshi Shoukath has resentment
about the style of functioning of our existing State committee,
especially towards the approach of
General secretary Ghalib’s alleged
one-man show like leadership
attitude, he is also co-operating
with the committee. Internal
tussles are not evident in the
meeting except some murmuring
here and there. Some Problems
may arise after the elections as the
party is not functioning as a Party,
based on a committee structure.
As we could identify the basic
problem we also brought it in to
the notice of the General Secretary
IUML ELECTION SYMBOL
UP - IUML CANDIDATES
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Editor
THE TIMES OF LEAGUEA Harmony of Hearts Monthly
B.J.P. ’ s Hindutva Com mun al Po l i t ics
Volume : 2 Issue - 1 Safar January - 2012 Pages - 8 Price : Rs. 10/-
MUSLIM
Holy Quran
Speaks ‘Those who behave
arrogantly on the earth in
defiance of right them I will
turn away from MY signs;
even if they see all the
signs, they will not believe
in them; And if they see theway of right conduct, they
will not adopt it as the way
of error is the way they will
adopt; for they rejected
Our signs, and failed to
take warning from them.’’
(A’raf : 146)
Sayings of
Prophet Mohammed (Sal)
The Messanger of Allah
has said :
‘There will be a flag
near the head of every
deceiver which he will raise
in proportion to his deceit.
Listen, there is none worse
deceiver than the Air who
deceives the public.’’
(Muslim)
Allah’s Messanger has
said : ‘‘O Adam’s son! Spend
your wealth, it is good for
you. And do not block it,
it is bad for you, and the
wealth according to the
need cannot be reproached.
Spend first for your family
and dependents, and the
raised hand is better than
the lowered hand.’’
Elections are almost nearing to an end in the northern states of UP.,
Utharkhand, Manipur and Goa.
The propaganda carried out by the B.J.P. in state of UP and Utharkahand
was against National Integrity, Social Amity, Justice and Equality.
The New Indian Express Daily in its 18.1.2012 Edition has published
the Press Interview given by the B.J.P. Leader Nithin Gadkari. ‘The BJP
would not tolerate religion based reservation in the country, which was
totally illegal and unconstitutional and would soon launch an agitation
for your nation wide awakening.’
The B.J.P. Leader is sowing the seeds of communal poision in UP. TheTamil Daily Thinamalar in its 19.1.2012 edition has published a news
item about ‘The value of cow urine’.
The Tamil Daily Malaimurasu in its 18.1.2012 edition has published the
following news item under the caption ‘The BJP in its election manifesto
promised to produce medicine from the collection of cow urine in
Utharkhand’.
‘Hindu’s consider cow as their holy animal. If BJP comes to power
again in Utharkhand it will produce various medicines from the collection
of cow urine. New schemes will be launched to rear the cows. Steps will
be taken to produce ‘ark juice’ from cow urine and it will be supplied to
the cancer patients. Steps will be also taken to produce medicines for
the disease of eye and ear.’
In UP the BJP has commenced its communal propaganda and in
Utharkhand it proposes that the drinking of cow urine compulsory.
The above BJP propaganda is a tip of an ice berg of events that would
unfold if BJP once again captures power in Utharkhand.
The Madhya pradesh is under BJP rule and Gujarath is under BJP
Leader Modi’s Rule. Daily we read in the media the atrocities committed
in Gujarath against the minority and the humanity.
In Madhya Pradesh the law banning cow slaughter has been
promulgated and atrocities against the muslims have been let loose.
‘Suriya Namaskar’ a part of Yoga practice has been made compulsory
for all school students in Madhya pradesh. How can muslims acceptthe worship of sun? The country has been witnessing the long struggle
against the song ‘Vande Madharam - the worship of Bharath Matha’.
Sri Sidharth Varadarajan has taken up the Editorship of Hindu paper
from Sri ram on 19.1.2012. The new editor on the day of taking charge
as written an editorial under the title ‘Playing the communal card’. It is
highly valuable and impartial editorial akin to a research analysis.
‘Clearly, a stint in power and more than a decade of coalitional
leadership have not changed the BJP., whose single pre occupation is
Hindu sectarian politics.’
The people of this country has very well understood this. Do the
Indian Muslims understand this. We hope the Election Results in UP and
Utharkhand will answer this.
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The community is now focussed mainly on the core concerns of
education and employmentThe 2007 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh were held against a
backdrop of simmering communal tension as the Sangh Parivar worked
overtime to provoke Muslims, portraying them as terrorists and traitors.
But the community leadership — religious, social and political — acutely
aware that a polarised election would benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), advocated restraint from all possible forums. The Muslims held
their peace and were rewarded: the BJP’s tally dipped from 89 to 51
seats, while the number of Muslims elected to the UP Assembly was the
highest since Independence — 56, almost 14 per cent in the 403-strong
assembly, close to its real strength of 18 per cent in the state.
Download the high resolution graphic (pdf) here.
As political parties seek their votes for the impending elections in
the state, Muslims remain focused on increasing their numbers in the
assembly while vigorously demanding reservation in education and
employment.Indeed, when this writer travelled through the state in November
(before the Centre announced a 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities
within the 27.5 per cent OBC quota), community leaders in the Muslim-
dominated western districts were already stressing that education and
employment took precedence over issues of security and justice for
them.
In Rampur, for instance, the change in the community’s priorities was
apparent even in Mohammad Azam Khan, the controversial star of the
Babri Masjid movement in the early 1990s.
Just back in the Samajwadi Party (SP), he admitted, “Muslims no longer
react physically to issues that upset them. They now respond politically.”
His own efforts to reinvent himself as a modern-day Nawab of Rampur,
while being a minister in the SP government in UP in 2007, may not
have been entirely successful. But his building spree, even constructing
a university to rival the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), is a pointer to
the community’s current concerns.
Indeed, Muslim leaders I met on my trip — from Abdul Qayoom, a
physics professor at AMU, to Shabbu Mian, a Sufi leader in Bareilly, to
Sayeed Masoom Ali Azad, the Imam of Moradabad city — all flagged
education and employment as the top issues, criticising the Congress
for failing to implement the recommendations of the Sachar Committee
and the Ranganath Mishra Report. Belatedly, the Centre acted on the
reservation issue last month: now, of course, following the controversy
over Union law minister Salman Khurshid’s promise of nine per cent
reservation for OBC Muslims in UP, the Election Commission has stayed
the Cabinet decision of 4.5 per cent quota for them.Little wonder, all political parties are rushing to either rubbish the
Congress’ promise or top it: Mulayam Singh Yadav’s SP has promised
18 per cent to the community, outside the OBC quota, to protect the
interests of non-Muslim OBCs; chief minister Mayawati had also stressed
that she had written to the Centre to pressure it on the reservation
issue.
If Muslims in UP are now focused on improving their lot, Delhi’s Batla
House encounter and the Malegaon case, where Muslim young men
were wrongly arrested and only belatedly released, and the Gopalgarh
riots in neighbouring Rajasthan also frequently creep into their
conversations, indicating a continuing concern with security and justice
for the community.
Meanwhile, the Congress, SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are
battling it out for Muslim support, with approximately a fifth of their
candidates hailing from the community. Mr Yadav has apologised to thecommunity for having tied up with Hindutva icon Kalyan Singh in the
2009 polls and is the frontrunner for the community’s vote.
The Congress, which won 22 Lok Sabha seats in 2009, thanks to
massive Muslim support, has now slipped to number two, despite
the Centre’s financial package for weavers, largely Muslims: its star
campaigner Rahul Gandhi was recently heckled in Azamgarh on the Batla
House encounter, while Mr Khurshid was shown black flags at AMU last
year to protest against the Congress’ support to a corrupt VC. And the
BSP has issued a booklet, listing all that it has done for the community.
Adding drama is an appeal by the All India Ulema Mashaikh Board, a
body of Barelwi-Sunni Muslims, asking people to vote against Deobandi
candidates (this is the first time a sectarian appeal has been made), the
presence of “Muslim” parties such as the Peace Party and Welfare Party
that could act as spoilers for the mainstream outfits; and a fatwa from
Deoband against allowing Salman Rushdie to attend the Jaipur LiteraryFestival.
With Muslims constituting 20 to 45 per cent of the population in over
a 100 seats, lobbying for the community’s support is bound to get even
more frenzied as the elections draw near.
Keywords: Uttar Pradesh polls, five State Assebly polls, UP polls,
minorities
Courtesy : The Hin du, Chennai. 17.1.2012.
UP Muslims: the changing priorities
Alur Shanavas receives the blressing from E. Ahmed
IUM L National President for his proposed release of Quaid-
e-millath documentry fi lm
Thaslif Jakhan convenor Muslim Women s League -
T.N. State addresses the seminor on Muslim W omensDevelopment at Puliankudi.
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Ghalib and requested him to do it
in a better way.
After a couple of days there was
a second sitting with the leaders
to discuss about some additionalcandidates suggested by State
leaders. This meeting held at
State Sub of fice, Roorkee. Iqbal
Ahamed, Khorrum and Muhamed
kutty attended that meeting.
Uttar PradeshState IUML State
Executive meeting: Meeting held
at Moradabad on January 8th.
National Vice President Iqbal
Ahamed and State observers
Khurram and Muhamed Kutty
attended. Serious discussions
were held in the meeting. Held
a separate meeting of of fice
bearers and an interview sessionwith the proposed candidates.
Contrary to the stand taken by
Uttarakhand committee, Uttar
Pradesh committee’s approach
was to contest minimum seats.
It was a practical approach. Both
President and General secretary
(Moulana Kausar Hayat Khan
and Dr. Mateen Khan) expressed
their desire to contest the election
from Moradabad and Ayodhya
respectively. Kausar Hayat Khans
desire was mainly because of
a particular situation exists in
Moradabad and the Party peopleare also pressurising him to
contest as DM implicated him in
a case connecting to a communal
incident and he has to surrender
before court as he was declared
as an absconder. If he surrenders
before court, the possibility exists
to send him to jail atleast for few
days. If this happens we should
give him psychological support
atleast. We should also provide
him legal support.
Our state of fice bearers also
met us separately to express
their anguish about the Kausar’s
case and alleged that the central
leadership did nothing to protect
him from the case.
Mateens argument is if he
contests from Ayodhya it will be
beneficial for the party to gain
publicity (Mateen could not file
his nominations on time as he
reached little later there to submit
his papers on January 19th the
last date for the nominations.)
Kausar’s election was earlier
scheduled to first phase but now
it is postphoned to last phase ie
march 3rd 2012.
Election Preparation: Active participation and presence
of central representatives in both
the State Committee meetings and
our constant contact with them
has created a new enthusiasm
and expectation among our
workers and leaders. So our
responsibility doubles now. Our
active co-operation during the
election is become unavoidable
in this situation. Follow up
action after the election is also
needed. We should support them
in elections by providing fund
and materials. Otherwise it will
create new problems. They are
also expecting all our leaders for
election campaign.
Dr. Baseer Ahamed Khan
factor: He has become a nuisance
for IUML. He is issuing statements
on daily basis and it appears in
Urdu Media prominently. His people
are trying to register the Party in
the name of IUML before State
Election Commissions. It creates
problem for our State Units. He
is being considered by the media
as the President of IUML. If the
decision expected from EC getting
late we have to start counter
attack against his move through
statements. It should be in a
planned way from South to North.
We should request our state units
to issue statements. If you feel
counter statements are not a wise
idea as it will give due publicity to
him again, we should at least issue
positive statements to publicize
our activities to show all our state
units are intact. we should also
be vigilant by keeping constant
contact with our state units.
Syed Shakeel Miyan: Syed
Shakeel Miyan is a Former President
of U. P. State IUML. He deserted
us earlier when the new State
Committee was formed in U.P. He
was the State Party Patron when
he deserted us. After that he was
claiming that he is the President of
the State Unit. Later he attended
Baseer’s Delhi meeting and became
his party’s National treasurer and
U.P. President. Recently he issued
a statement vehemently criticising
Baseer Ahamed Khan and revealing
only 2 persons from IUML were
with Baseer and E. Ahamed is the
Original President of the Party. As
we got some indication through a
feeler we (Khorrum and Muhamed
Kutty) went to meet him at his
daughters house in Delhi and had
a detailed discussion. Our idea was
to explore possibility of making
use of him against Baseer Ahamed
Khan.
He expressed his desire to
come back to the Party with
an expectation he may get the
State Presidentship again. He
was expressing his resentment
about our U.P. state Committee.
Without any hesitation we told
him that for us they are thesincere people who stood with the
Party when you deserted us. We
requested him to join and work for
the party if he accepts our State
committee. We also said that we
are not against anybody including
him to become any of fice bearer
when the new committee comes
through the membership. We also
requested him to be with us in the
election campaign. His response
was encouraging. Information
about this discussion was already
conveyed to Iqbal Ahamed and U.
P. State leaders.
Madhya Pradesh: State Executive
Committee meeting of Madhya
Pradesh IUML and a Public Meeting
was held in Indore recently. Iqbal
Ahamed Advocate, National Vice
President and Naeem Akhtar,
National secretary Participated.
South: Mr. K. A. Abubacker,
State General Secretary of Tamil
Nadu IUML, who is in- charge
of the Organisation in Karnataka
and Andhra Pradesh visited
those States and evaluated the
organizational functions there.Details are expecting.
Latest developments: We
(Khorrum and Muhamed Kutty)
arranged a meeting of Syed
Shakeel Miyan with E. Ahamed
Sahib and the meeting was cordial.
Further developments depends
upon the response of Uttar Pradesh
State IUML.
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Mr. E. Ahmed Minister of State for Ext ernal Affairs and
Human Resource Development delevering convocation
address in B.S.A. Abdur Rahman Universit y, Vandalur,Chennai.
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Indian Union Muslim League Membership drive successfully Conducted
in Karnataka State at Gulbarga, Belgaum Mangalore, Shimoga,Bellary and Bangaluru. It was inagurated by State election Observer
K.A.M.Muhammed Abubacker and well organised by respective district
Committees, our heartfelt thanks to all.
The following primary election Incharges and co-ordinators nominated
to look after membership drive, to elect of primary of fice bearers in their
area1. GULBARGA :- Co-ordinator:
Moulana Muhammed Noohu M.C.,
In-chargers ward-1: Ameen Patel, ward-2: Muhammed Javid, ward-
4: Abdul Qaiyum, ward-5: Hafiz Muhammed Iqbal , ward-9: Minjaudeen
Patel, ward-10: Mansoor Patel, ward-11: Muhammed Atheeq, ward13:
Sadiq Ishaq, ward-15: Muhammed Azharudeen, ward-16: Khaja
Sadrudeen, ward-20:Muhammed Sadiq , ward-25:Muhammed Rasid
Lunji, ward-26: Abdul Salam Roogri, ward-27: Ashik Jansan, ward-32:
Muhammed Asif Khan, ward-34:Khaja Ameerudeen, ward-48:Moulana
Abdul Hamed, ward-54: Ilyas Ahamed.
7.BANGALURU: Co-ordinator:Siraj Ebrahim Sait
Members:- Asim Afross Sait, Meer Saifullah Naeem, A.B.Kader Haji,
T.C.Siraj, Noushad, D.Muhammed Rafi, Abdul Rahman, C.Muhammed
Naeem, Shamsudeen, S.T.Niamathullah, Ibrahim Jeothi.
8.DAVANGI : Co-ordinator:-Dastgir Ibrahim Aga
9.THUMK UR:- Co-ordinato r:-N.A.Abubacker
Co-ordinators can nominate some more primary In charges to Speed up
membership drive. The above In-Chargers, co-ordinators are requested
to complete membership drive and primary unit election before 15th
Feb 2012 and send its of fice bearers address list (Filled in the attached
formate) to the State election observer’s chennai address and a copy to
2.DHARWAD:- Co-ordinator:-Meer Mahmood Inamdar
Chandarmundi: Rajasab Shikari, Kamarudeen Bijapuri, Kalkatti
Taluk:- Kolkoppa Rajasab Kalkari, Kamsangvi Muhammed Ismail,
Aruvathgi:- Fayaz Pattan, Ampalli:- Badrusab Mulla, Kulkoppa:- Bashasab
Kalkori,Kovankoppa:- Maqbool Dastagirsab, Sandanmandi:- Muhammed
Ghouse Zakirdar
Muslim Youth League: Omer Farook Inamdar
Muslim Student Federation: Jalaludeen Jakadi
3.BELGAUM: Co-ordinator:-Dastagir Ibrahim Aga
Members : Ibrahim Shamsheer, Muhammed Ibrahim Lodhi, Banda-e-
Nawaz
4.MANGALORE : Co-ordinators:-N.A.Abubacker, C.Ahamed Jam al
Benkara:- Abdul Shalih, Ibrahim B.C.Road: A.S.Shariff Ullal: Ibrahim
Ilyas, Muhammed Jamal, Harakkala:-Ilyas, Joyakatta: Haji Shariff,
Mangalore Bandar:- V.Abdul Kader, Basha Thangal, Muhammed Ismail,
Banduval:-K.Ibrahim.
5.SHIMOGA: Co-ordinators:- Abdul Rahim, Parvez Ishtigar Ali
Sagar:-S.M.Thangal, Munawwar Bandravathi:- Abdul Rahim Shimoga
City:-Parvez Ishtigar Ali, Salman Ali Sarab:-Hafiz Abdul Haleem,
Shikapur:- Abdul Hameed, Shiralakoppa:- Abdul Majeed.
6.BELLARY: Co-ordinator: Maqboob Pasha
Members:- Kappagal Rasoolsab Mansoori,Muhammed
Farook,Muhammed Altaf Hussain, Syed Ahamed , Nazir Pasha.
Co-ordinators.
All district election will be held in the presence of state president,
General Secretary and State election observers or an election of ficernominated by them. District elections will be held before Feb 2012, the
dates will be announced later by State election observers.
The state Of fice bearers are requested to constitute minimum 10
primary units in a district and minimum 10 district units in the State of
karnataka before the State Of fice bearers election.
Muslim Youth League (M.Y.L.), Muslim Student’s Federation (M.S.F.)
Muslim Women’s League , Suthantria Tozhilali Union (S.T.U.) wings have
to form at all Units. One man one post have to be implemented in our
Committees so as to give Opportunities for some more people to take
responsibility in our Organisation.
Karntaka State General Council of fice bearers election will be held on
17th March 2012 Saturday at Bangaluru in the presence of IUML National
President Hon’ble E.Ahmed Sahib and National General Secreatry Prof.
K.M. Kader Mohideen Sahib.
M. Abdul Rahman M.P. with the Of fice bearers of Andhra Pradesh IUML
- General Secretary AP Syed Azam Mohideen, Youth League Organizer -
Advocate Syed Ahamed Mohideen, Asst. Organizer Mohammed Athersha
IUM L m em bersh ip drive in Karnataka
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17-Sahaspur (Dist. Dehradun)- ZAMIL HASAN
18-Dharampur (Dist. Dehradun)- AJIJUR REHAMAN
27- Jwalapur(SC) (Dist. Haridwar)- SEEMA Advocate
32-Khanpur (Dist. Haridwar)- SADDAM HUSSIAN
34-Laksar (Dist. Haridwar) - ASRAR
35- Hardwar Rural (Dist. Haridwar) - GHALIB
63-Kashipur (Dist. Udham Singh Nagar) -SHAHZAD HUSSAIN
Out of 13 Districts of the State, Party fielded candidates in 3 Districtsi.e. Dehradun (2 candidates), Haridwar (4 candidates) and Udham SinghNagar (1 candidate).
Party Candidate Gurmail Singh’s nomination from Bhagwanpur –SCconstituency was rejected by the returning of ficer on technical reason
but it was challenged before the higher authorities and the final decisionis expected today. As all other 7 candidates mentioned above will getladder symbol as their nomination was accepted by the authorities asthe candidates of MLKSC.
Dr. Basir Ahamed Khan’s claim that he is the President of IUML and hisrequest to consider his so called party’s candidates as IUML candidates
was rejected by returning of ficers. Some of the returning of ficers alsowarned his candidates not to use the name of IUML in their campaign.
Couple of other candidates that were chosen by Mr. Ghalib without ourinformation apart from the agreed list of candidates which were selectedby us. One of them is Ms Seema Advocate, who filed her nomination
from Jwalapur SC constituency of Haridwar District. It was the Stateunits own decision to field her and this decision was conveyed to uslater only. Bijendra Kumar Sansia (Jhabrera –SC Resrved) and Munawar
Hasan (BHEL Ranipur) didn’tfile their nominations. Dr. Hashim Malik (Laksar) was our candidate in the announced list. But now Asrar is the
candidate of the Party from that constituency.
One Habib ur Rahman also filed his nomination from the Ramnagarseat of Nainital District with the permission of State Unit. His name wasnot there in the earlier agreed list. Though he filed his nomination papers
in the name of the Party his nomination was accepted as an independentcandidate. State General Secretary requests us to allow him to fax A andB form favoring him to the returning of ficer if we agrees to that. (even
though it is mandatory to file original A & B forms). Alternately the Stateunit’s intends to support him as an independent candidate.
State Unit already decided to distribute Rs.22,000/- each to our can-didates as a fund from State Committee and they are distributing that.They also decided to prepare and distribute Main of fice banner, Hand bill,
poster, sticker and an appeal to the voters as a support from the StateCommittee to all its candidates. Mr. Naeem Akhtar, National Secretary of
the Party, who is also of ficial observer for the state, is reaching Uttara-khand and we are also in constant touch with him and State leaders.
Earlier list: Shahzad Hussain (Kashipur), Gurmale Singh (Bhagwanpur –SC Reserved), Bijendra Kumar Sansia (Jhabrera –SC Resrved), Saddam
hussain (Khanpur), Master Sameel Hassan (Sahaspur), Ghalib HassanIslam (Hardwar Rural), Sufi Azizur Rahman (Dharampur),Dr. Hashim Ma-lik (Laksar), Munawar Hasan (BHEL Ranipur).
(New development: Muhamed kutty, not as a Partyman but as a journal-ist in Delhi contacted one Mohamed Furqan a candidate of Dr. Baseer
through telephone just to know their mood after returning of ficer re- jected their claim as an IUML candidate and became an independentcandidate. He was in a very desperate mood. Yesterday this Furqan
contacted Our Uttarakhand State General secretary Ghalib and said thatDr. Baseer is a fraud and he misguided him. He also requested Ghalib forthe support of our party in his election as he is a Muslim Leaguer. Ghalib
requested him to give all this in writing. we are trying to make use of himto attract other such candidates also to break Baseer’s team there.)
Mr. E. Ahamed, Minister of State for External Affairs and Human
Resource Development, handing over a consignment of medicines
worth approx. US Dollars one million to the Libyan Cd’A Mr. Jalal
Alhadi Bairam. The consignment comprises life saving and speciality
drugs meant for the victims in Libya. The medicines are likely to
reach Tripoli by end of January, 2012. It may be recalled that in
May 2011, Government of India had extended assistance to the tun
eof US Dollar one million through the UN-OCHA. Further assistance
is being considered for Libya by way of medicines, prosthetics and
artificial limbs, the options for which are being explored.
Her Excellency Ms. Yingluck Shinaw atra, Prime Minister
of the Kingdom of Thailand being received at by the
Hon’ble Minister of State for External Affairs and Human
Reosurce Developmen t, Mr. E. Ahamed 24t h Jan. 2012 at
Air Force Station, Palam, New Delhi
List of IUML Candidates who have fi led validnominations for Uttarakhand Assembly poll
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Halal meat more tender, less
cruel, say experts. Even as the UK Parliament refuses to servehalal
meat at restaurants on its
premises, fresh scientific opinion
suggests halal is the better option.
TOI investigates.
For Mohammad Salim, owner of
a tiny meat shop in the Gurdwara
Road Market of New Delhi’s Kotla
Mubarakpur area, business is just
as it’s been for the last 15 years
since he moved to the capital from
Agra. There seem to be more takers
for mutton that Sunday morning
than for the fresh batch of Rohu
that’s just arrived. The practising
Muslim packs half kilo curry pieces
of a leg of mutton in polythene. For
this seller of halal meat, the recent
debate over the UK parliament
rejecting demands to serve halal
meat in its restaurants, on grounds
of cruelty, is pointless.
“We read a kalma (Quranic
verse) before the meat is cut. Lekin,
marta toh murga hi hai (Finally, it’s
the animal that pays the price). It’s
just a question of using different
methods of slaughter,” he shrugs.
Early this month, British
newspapers had reported that
Muslim MPs and peers were told
they wouldn’t be served meat
slaughtered in line with Islamic
tradition - slitting the animal’s
throat without first stunning it -
since it was offensive to their non-
Muslim colleagues.
Even as voices of dissent
grow louder among furious UK
parliamentarians, experts are
speaking in favour of halal meat.
According to fresh scienti fic opinion,
halal - the method of slaughter
that kills the animal with a deep
cut across the neck - produces
meat that’s more tender, staysfresh longer, and is less painful
to the animal than say, the jhatka
method that involves severing its
head in one powerful blow.
Dr V K Modi, head of department
of meat technology at the Central
Food Technology Research Institute
in Mysore, says the halal method is
effective in draining out most of the
blood from a slaughtered animal,
which is vital if its meat is to be
soft. “In jhatka, chances of blood
clotting are higher. This could spoil
the meat if it’s kept uncooked for
a few days. It could also make themeat tougher to chew.”
Halal has been the traditional
method of killing animals for meat.It’s only in the early 20th century
that Sikhs of Punjab propagated
jhatka as a ‘less painful way’ of
killing the animal, although it
would appear that the alternative
way of slaughter was propagated
more to differentiate it from the
‘Muslim way’ of killing the animal.
Halal involves a swipe with a
sharp blade across the animal’s
neck, severing the windpipe,
jugular vein and carotid artery.
Contrary to popular belief, Dr
Modi, who trains butchers in the
art of slaughtering at the institute’sabattoir, says evidence suggests
that animals slaughtered through
jhatka suffer more trauma than
those killed by halal. “The less
an animal struggles, the better
the meat. When animals face
trauma, the glycogen content in
their muscles is activated, leaving
the meat tough. Stored glycogen
is the agent that leads to rigor
mortis (or, stiffening of muscles on
death),” Dr Modi says.
For the meat to be tender and
juicy, the pH count in the animal
should ideally be around 5.4 afterslaughter. “Struggle leads to the
utilisation of stored energy, making
the pH count rise to as high as
7,” In halal the struggle is lesser
by at least 20 per cent, claims a
Delhibased nutrition expert.
Dr Modi has support from Dr
Karuna Chaturvedi, consultant
nutritionist at Apollo Hospitals in
New Delhi. “Halal is considered
healthier because after slaughter,
blood is drained from the animal’s
arteries, ejecting most toxins
because the heart continues to
pump for a few seconds afterslaughter. In jhatka, not all the
blood is drained, leaving the meat
tougher and drier.” Tracing the origin of jhatka,
Jodh Singh, editor-in-chief of the
Encyclopedia of Sikhism, says it
was at the beginning of the last
century that Sikh scholars compiled
the faith’s Rehat Maryada, or code
of conduct. “It clearly prohibits
slaughtering animals through
halal,” he notes. Chapter 13 of
Section 6 of the Maryada mentions
four taboos, including “eating the
meat of an animal slaughtered the
Muslim way”.
Food is a vital marker of identity,
believes Sikh scholar, chairand Crawford Family professor,
department of religious studies at
Colby College in Maine, Prof Nikky-
Guninder Kaur Singh. “Halal is
prohibited in Sikhism to avoid both,
the pain caused to the animal and
the ritualistic dimension practised
by neighbouring ‘others’.
Ironically, in most Indian abattoirs,
animals are first stunned with 70
volts of electricity in the brain,
leaving them unconscious. “The
animal’s state of unconsciousness
reduces its struggle,” says Dr Modi.
However, Islamic scholar MaulanaWahiuddin Khan argues that the
Islamic code of slaughter doesn’t
approve of stunning. “According to
Islam, the purpose of slaughtering
is to release all blood from the
animal’s body, leaving no room for
growth of micro-organisms. When
stunned, only a part of its blood is
released.”
Flesh is lawful, blood, unlawful,
states Islam, according to the
Maulana. Stunning, in fact, puts
the breaks on the blood drain due
to a halt in the brain’s activity,
freezing it mid-stream.
But Mohammed Noman Lateef,
GM, Halal India Pvt. Ltd., an
established halal certification
body in India, highlights a subtle
difference in detail. “We are notagainst stunning as long as it
doesn’t kill the animal before it’s
presented for slaughter.”
“By cutting the windpipe and the
carotid artery, the flow of blood to
the nerve in the brain that causes
the sensation of pain, is stopped,”
says Mufti Obaidullah Qasmi,
former teacher at Darul Uloom,
Deoband. “This leads to reduced
pain.” The animal may appear to
struggle and kick but that’s due to
the contraction and relaxation of
muscles deficient in blood rather
than pain.Lateef says halal is finding favour
even among non-Muslims for the
hygiene factor. Halal, a $2.1 trillion
industry is growing at the rate of
$500 million annually. “By 2015,
Muslims will account for 25 per
cent of the global population. Even
in a country like France, there are
over eight million Muslims, who
love meat. Their needs cannot be
ignored.”
Given India’s sizeable Muslim
population, it’s not surprising that
most supermarket chains prefer to
offer halal meat. Sreejith Mohan,headcategory, Godrej Nature’s
Basket, says halal is practically
standard operating procedure.
“Most slaughter houses in India
have moved to the halal system,
and the meat comes halal-certified.”
For fast food multinational
McDonalds, using halal meat in its
products makes practical sense.
“We respect cultural and local
sensibilities,” says Amrita Pai,
McDonalds spokesperson for south
and west India region.
The HyperCITY chain of
supermarkets that offers freshproduce, foods and grocery among
other items, stock both, jhatka and
halal meat. Ashutosh Chakradeo,
head - buying, merchandising &
supply chain, says jhatka works
in the northern Indian market
while it’s halal across most of the
country.
In a move that’s perhaps
befitting the theory of leaving food,
if nothing else, out of controversy,
butcher Mohammad Salim finds
company in leading Sikh scholar
JS Neki: “Meat in both cases is just
that - meat !” - Courtesy : The Times of India
Chennai .
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