A Class of Preachers in Muslim World that Incites Violence and Promotes Sectarianism and Terrorism
These Preachers
Have Scant Knowledge Of Quran And Hadith
Main
Points:
1. Their popularity is based on fiery speeches
and oratorical skills
2 .They play with the emotions of semi-literate
Muslims
3. Loudspeaker is their life support
4. Jalsas are their source of income
5. They incite violence, promote terrorism and
hatred
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New
Age Islam Staff Writer
29 May 2021
Maulana Rafiqul Islam Madani, Child
Preacher
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Maulana
Rafiqul Islam Madani of Bangladesh has been arrested under Digital Security Act
2018 for his role in inciting violence and provoking Muslims for armed jihad
against the government with his statements and speeches posted and circulated
on social media. He is associated with the militant outfit of Bangladesh called
Hefazat-e-Islam. Cases were registered against him in various police stations
including in Dhaka. He was arrested from his house in Netrakona. Earlier, the
police had seized four mobile phones from his home. Upon forensic investigation
of his phones, the police found that he would watch pornographic videos on his
phone and would save their links for others.
According
to the police, Maulana Rafiqul Islam alias Shishu Bakta ( child preacher) has
recorded his statement in the court and confessed to the charges made against
him.
Rafiqul
Islam Madani is only 28 years old and is of a short stature. So he is called
child preacher by his followers.
Maulana
Madani was also involved in the Hefazat sponsored protests during the visit of
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Dhaka.
Child
preacher Maulana Rafiqul Islam Madani belongs to the class of Muslim preachers
who are popular among the common and semi-literate Muslims for their fiery
speeches and oratorical skills aimed against the government, against the
opposite sect (Maslak) and against the religious minorities if th preacher
belongs to a Muslim majority country.
This class
of preachers is not known for their knowledge or intellectual insight but they
survive on their skills of crowd mobilisation and emotional blackmail of common
Muslims. Victimhood of Muslims, protection of the honour of the prophet and
"anti-Islam" policies of the Islamic countries are their food for
survival. And loudspeakers are their life support. Without the loudspeaker they
are dead. Jalsa is their main source of income where they speak less on Islamic
values and the Seerat of the holy prophet pbuh and more on the wrong practices
of the opposite Maslak, anti-Islam laws and policies of the elected Muslim
governments and most of the time the stress is on the need to uproot the
elected government through armed revolution because to them the government is
based on Kufr and living under such a government of infidels is a curse for Muslims.
Maulana
Rafiqul Islam is only 28 years old and claims to know Islam more than others.
We have great Islamic scholars of Islam like Maulana Wahiduddin Khan who
studied Islam for more than 25 years before starting his career as an Islamic
scholar and author. He was not known as a preacher or orator. He worked
silently and conveyed his message of moderation, peace, tolerance and
compassion through his writings. He stressed on the work of Dawah among those
who have not heard of the message and philosophy of Islam.
Apart from
him we have had a number of Islamic scholars like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Syed
Sulaiman Nadvi, Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi, and others who spread the true
message of Islam through their writings and speeches. They did not cause violence
or disturbance in society for their personal gains and political ambitions. At
present we have among us Islamic scholars like Maulana Arshad Madani, Dr
Tahirul Qadri and others who are known for their deep knowledge of Islam. They
have studied the Quran, Hadith and Fiqh for decades and have used their
knowledge only for the social, religious and spiritual development of Muslims
and not for promoting narrow political and sectarian causes.
Extremist
and half-baked Preachers like Rafiqul Islam Madani are found in every Muslim
society today. They have hijacked Islam and distorted the image of Islam. They
play in the hands of terrorists. They talk of sectarianism, glorify terrorism,
provoke Muslims against their own elected governments and cause unrest and
violence in the Muslim society thus hindering the peace and prosperity in the
Muslim society.
The Muslim
community should discourage such anti-Islam preachers whose speeches and
personal conduct go against the lofty values and principles of Islam.
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