Indian Muslims are the best in the world: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, June 21: “Muslims in India are the best in the world”. This certificate was given to Indian Muslims by none other than the Home Minister of India and the senior leader of the BJP – the party that is continuously being painted as ‘anti-Muslim’ by the so-called progressive, secular and intellectual political leaders and their co-travelers in the media.

Rajnath Singh said this on the occasion of International Eid Milan program organized by the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) at the Parliament House Annex on June 19. Patron of MRM and senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar, MRM National Conveners Mohd Afzal, Girish Juyal, Abu Bakar Naqvi, Dr Shahid Akhtar and Virag Pachpore were prominently present on the dais.

Former Member of AIMPLB and VC of Aligarh Muslim University Dr Mohd Shabbir, former Central Haj Committee Chairman and senior BJP leader Tanveer Ahmad, Maulana Kaukab Mujtaba, Maulana Shoeb Kasmi, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussein and gentry of Muslim intellectuals, religious scholars and MRM office-bearers were present on the occasion.

Rajnath Singh’s presence in this Muslim conclave on the day when the BJP pulled itself would of the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir ending the unsuccessful honeymoon with Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP, was significant as the audience was eager to know his opinion first hand. Prior to Rajnath’s address, Indresh Kumar had explained the situation leading to withdrawal from the coalition government.

Rajnath Singh began his brief five-minute address by saying that the Muslims in India have not remained here as compulsion (majboori) but by choice they have opted to stay here. Had the Muslims wanted to migrate to Pakistan they would have done so when the country was partitioned into Pakistan and India, he added.

 

Praising the mission of MRM, the Union Home Minister, who came to the program sparing time from his busy hectic schedule due to political development of the day, said that the work MRM is doing under the benign guidance of Indresh Kumar was by no means a small one. We all belong to this country and our first duty is to our motherland, our nation, he added.

Stating that the situation in Kashmir is known to all, Rajnath Singh said that the government took the decision to allow ceasefire during the holy month of Ramjan but those who claim to be the messiah of the Kashmiri Muslims did not respond to the government’s goodwill gesture. They resorted to violence killing innocent persons in the valley. “What is this Islam and from where it came?” Singh questioned.

He appealed to all the people of the country to think seriously in this matter. The nation will not be ruled on the basis of caste, sects or religion but on the basis of justice and humanity. Each citizen is free to follow his religion but at the same time it should be his endeavor to see that it does not create any kind of hurdle or obstructions and difficulties for the society and the country.

Muslims while following their religion must be careful about not obstruct the Hindus from following their religious beliefs and similarly the Hindus should also see that they do not create any difficulties for the Muslims. There is no great religion than this for the human beings; Rajnath Singh said extending greetings of Eid to all the people present on the occasion.

 

He narrated how his interaction with the Muslims began in the midst of violence in Kashmir valley and how a Muslim leader of the Congress party arranged for his first ever discourse with the Muslims in Rajouri on the topic of “Bharat Hindu Rashtra Hain”.

He spoke on Ramjanmabhumi dispute also and said that the issue is not Ram Mandir but Ram Janmasthan. There are thousands of Ram Mandirs but Ram Janmasthan is the only one and that is in Ayodhya. Even Ram is regarded as ‘Imam-e’Hind’ by Islamic scholars who believed that Ram was one of the 1.24 lakh ‘nabis’ sent by the Allah to this earth from time to time to guide the humanity on to the right path. If this is so, why then oppose construction of temple at Ram Janmasthan, he asked.

Indresh Kumar further said that there are lakhs of mosques but ‘Mecca’ is one and also there are many churches but Vatican is one. Similarly, Ram Janmasthan is the only one and that is in Ayodhya, he explained.

He said that the MRM has launched schemes like ‘Shiksha Sahayata Yojana’ for the Muslim boys and girls to help them pursue their studies. The MRM will help them with fees, uniform, notebooks, school bags etc.

He appealed to all the mosques, durgah to share the ‘zakat’ fund collected during Ramjan to help in these projects.

Indresh Kumar said that the present dispensation has proved by its actions that they are the ‘true friends’ of Muslims in India. He said MRM has become an ‘agenda setter’ movement of India. It started when the political powers were against him. He appealed to the audience to stand with ideals like Kalam and not with terrorists like Kasab or Yakub.

In view of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) Indresh Kumar conducted a ‘Muskaraaiye Yoga’ session with the participation of all the present in the auditorium.

MRM National Conveners Mohd Afzal, Dr Shahid Akhtar and Abu Bakar Naqvi, former AMU V C Prof Dr Mohd Shabbir, Tanveer Ahman and others also spoke on this occasion. MRM Delhi unit Convener Yasir Jilani conducted the program.

Former Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussein came in spite of having 103 degree temperature while Manipur Governor Najma Heptullah could not come due to unprecedented flood situation in her state.