Muslim Our bodies In Kerala Condemn RSS-Jamaat Talks

By P. Sreekumaran

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Varied Muslim organisations in Kerala have strongly criticized the dialogue the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) had with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) lately.

The crux of the Muslim organizations’ argument was that the JIH was trying to cosy as much as the RSS out of concern. In addition they suspected the JIH of getting some vested pursuits to guard.

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the second strongest associate within the Congress-led United Democratic Entrance (UDF), was immediate in condemning the dialogue in no unsure phrases. IUML leaders PK Kunhalikutty and MK Munir the scenario acquiring within the nation now didn’t warrant an pressing dialogue with the RSS.

It might be famous that the office-bearers of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulema have remained tight-lipped, to this point.  Nevertheless, its Mushawara member Umer Faizy accused the JIH of being afraid of the RSS.  Faizy is likely one of the hardliners in Samastha who’re against any dialogue with Hindutva organisations. The Kerala Muslim Jamat, headed by Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar known as the RSS-JIH talks a historic blunder. The Muslim Jamat is of the thought of view that the RSS is an enemy of India and the nation’s secular ethos.  A dialogue with such a corporation could be nothing however embracing an enemy. Theocracy is one thing that binds the 2 teams. This being the cruel actuality, the JIH has develop into a instrument for whitewashing the anti-India fascist forces.

The Kerala Naduvathul Mujahideen state chief TP Abdullah Koya Madani additionally recognized himself with the opinions voiced by the IUML and Kerala Muslim Jamat.  Madani termed it as a unilateral dialogue, which created the suspicion that the JIH had some vested pursuits to guard. On its half, the Sunni Yuvajana Sangham chief Abdussamad Pookkoottur mentioned there was no means the RSS-JIH dialogue could possibly be justified. It was unacceptable.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan can also be strongly essential of the dialogue. The JIH dialogue with RSS was harmful because the RSS desires to ascertain a Hindurashtra by making the minorities second class residents. Pinarayi additionally requested the JIH to reveal the small print of the talks. The JIH, he added, didn’t maintain the patent for upholding minority proper within the nation.  Its hopes of reforming the RSS was tantamount to anticipating a leopard to alter its spots, the CM mentioned, including that the JIH had revealed its true colors by making an attempt to cosy as much as the Hindu majoritarian group. Pinarayi harassed the paramount want to guard the non secular, ethnic and linguistic minorities.  The JIH was additionally responsible, the CM alleged, of difficult the secular values of the nation by making an attempt to comfortable as much as the RSS. Its actions amounted to lending legitimacy to the RSS agenda, Pinarayi mentioned in a strongly-worded assertion.

Left chief KT Jaleel, MLA, has additionally been severely essential of the JIH. The folks of the State, Jaleel mentioned, had a proper to know the small print of the talks. Has the RSS expressed regrets for the loss of life of fifty folks, together with Mohammed Akhlaq, who had been brutally killed within the wake of the meat controversy.  Has the BJP apologized for the Gujarat bloodbath? Did UP Chief Minister Adityanath conform to drop the transfer to rename locations?  Has the Welfare Celebration, the political wing of the Jamat, rece4ived any assurance of being made part of the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA)?  Did they assure that the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir could be reinstated? Did the RSS leaders give an assurance on withdrawing the Muthalaq laws? These had been a number of the questions Jaleel posed to the JIH leaders.

The closed-door assembly was held in New Delhi On January 12.  The RSS was represented by sahasarkaryavahak DR Gopal Krishna and nationwide government member Indresh Kumar.  By the way, Indresh has been the pointsman of RSS in its outreach programme in direction of the Muslim neighborhood over the many years.

In the meantime, RSS chief Indresh mentioned the dialogue was results of the need of many Muslim organisations to have   consultations with the RSS.  He mentioned the Muslim Rashtriya Manch a non-political group, had held conferences with the Muslim organisations to take away the misrepresentat6ion amongst them in direction of others.  An invite to have talks with the RSS adopted. They had been eager on a national-level dialogue with RSS leaders, based on Indresh.  The primary assembly was held when Sudarshan was the RSS chief.  Since then, the dialogue is progressing in a number of types, he added.   As an example, the assembly held between RSS s chief Mohan Bhagwat and Muslim leaders like YS Qureshi Najeeb Jung and others is being described as a “assembly of the minds”.  The Muslim Rashtriya Manch, Indresh mentioned, would manage dialogues at lots of of locations from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to resolve the problems of discord between the Muslim and Hindu communities.

Now that the dialogue has evoked robust criticism, it stays to be seen how the long run dialogue, if any, would play out.  (IPA Service)

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