Abbas Siddiqi's Communalism Is Dangerous: Muslims in West Bengal Should Beware Of His Militant Mindset, Throw Him Out Of Furfura Sharif Shrine Management; He Is No Sufi
Abbas
Siddiquee Had Said He Would Slit The Throat Of Those Who Had Placed The Quran
At The Durga Puja Pandal In Comilla, Bangladesh, Leading To Anti-Blasphemy
Violence Perpetrated By Extremist Fundamentalists, Mainly From Anti- Sheikh
Hasina Government And Pro-Pakistan Jamaat-e- Islami. But Actually a ‘Mentally
Deranged Muslim’ Named Iqbal Hussain Has Been Found To Have Placed the Quran at
the Durga Puja Pandal
Main
Points:
1. Abbas
Siddiquee said that he would slit the throat of those who desecrated the Quran.
2. He wants to
be the leader of the Muslims of West Bengal.
3. His
statement has vitiated the atmosphere in the state.
4. Clerics and
activists of Bangladesh have condemned attacks on minorities.
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By
New Age Islam Staff Writer
23 October
2021
Abbas Siddiqui later released a video on Facebook and demanded strict
punishment to those who attacked Durga Puja Pandals in Bangladesh. (File photo)
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Abbas
Siddiquee, the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif shrine and head of the so-called
Indian Secular Front had vitiated the atmosphere of communal harmony in West
Bengal by saying that those desecrating the Quran should be beheaded. He had
made the statement in a programme in North 24 Parganas referring to the
incident of desecration of the Quran at a puja Pandal in Bangladesh during the
Durga Puja festivals last week. His inflammatory statement was being seen as an
attempt at provoking Muslim youth of the state to unleash violence.
The
Bangladesh police have cracked the case of the desecration of the Quran at a
puja Pandal on October 13. The police have arrested a Muslim man named Iqbal
Hussain on the basis of the CCTV footage. In the CCTV footage, Hussain is seen
going with a copy of the Quran inside the pandal and coming out with a mace of
Hanuman.
With this disclosure,
now it is clear that the incident was a conspiracy of fundamentalist and
communal elements to create unrest in the country by causing a communal frenzy.
It should
be recalled that ever since the coming to power of Shaikh Hasina in Bangladesh,
opposition parties, particularly extremist group Hefazat-e-Islam has been
causing unrest on one pretext or another. They had caused unrest during the
golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh opposing the installation of the
statues of Shaikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka and in different towns terming it
unIslamic.
They had
also caused unrest and committed violence during the visit of Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh. They had also caused unrest and staged
violent protests against the statement of French President Macron that Islam
was in a crisis.
When we see
the current protests against the alleged desecration of the Quran at a puja
Pandal in Comilla, the motive and the conspiracy becomes clear.
The
extremist organizations opposed to Shaikh Hasina government constantly look for
any issue or opportunity to launch violent protests against the government.
Since they did not find an issue, they created an issue by sending someone with
a copy of the Quran and got it placed at a puja Pandal. And then they started
violent protests against the government and making attacks on temples of Hindus
and on their shops and houses.
This
disclosure leaves Abbas SIddiqui black faced as he had made a communal
statement against non-Muslims. According to Iqbal’s mother Amena, Iqbal Hossain
who is in his thirties is a mentally deranged man and a drug addict and has
been suffering from psychological problems for the last ten years due to some
injury. According to the police, before
entering into the Pandal in Comilla, he had attempted to enter another puja
Pandal.
It should
be remembered that Abbas Siddiquee had formed the Indian Secular Front with the
Congress and the Left before the Assembly elections. The alliance failed
miserably and Abbas Siddiqui’s dream of becoming the Owaisi of West Bengal
dashed too. Therefore, he was waiting for an opportune moment and an issue to
raise a storm and assume centre stage of politics.
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Unfortunately,
he got one in the alleged desecration of the Quran at a Puja Pandal of
Bangladesh. He swung into action and threatened to slit the throat of anyone
who desecrated the Quran. It should be noted that the Bangladesh government has
taken stern action against those attacking Hindu temples or vandalizing Puja
Pandals in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina government also suspended workers of her
own political party for being involved in the attacks.
The members
of civil society of Bangladesh comprising both Muslim and Hindu intellectuals,
poets and writers condemned the attacks on minorities. In India, Muslims at
large condemned the attacks on non-Muslims and on their temples and shops. In
Kolkata, a protest meet was organized by different organizations on October 21.
Moderate
clerics of Bangladesh like Abul Kalam Azad Bashar condemned the attacks on minority
places of worship including the temple of Ram Krishna Mission. Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad Bashar quoted the verse of the Quran “Wa La "Taziru
Waziratun Wizra Ukhra" (That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden
of another). The Quran says that no person should be punished for the wrongs of
others. He said that those who committed the mistake should be prosecuted by
the law and punished but the violence by unruly mobs against the minorities was
unIslamic.
Mushraf Bin
Murtaza who is the former captain of Bangladesh cricket team and the Member of
Parliament from the Awami League expressed his anguish at the attacks on
minorities on twitter. He wrote, “I witnessed two defeats yesterday. One was
that of the Bangladesh cricket team, which pained me, while the other was the
defeat of the entire nation that crushed my heart.”
But on the
other hand, Abbas Siddiquee, who is a self-proclaimed Sufi associated with a
Sufi saint’s Dargah at Furfura Shareef in the state of West Bengal of India
made a statement that was dangerous and threatened the communal harmony of the
state. Obviously, he tried to create communal tension in the state by
instigating the Muslim youth to resort to violence against non-Muslims.
Abbas
Siddiquee is the nephew of Towha Siddiquee who is a TMC leader and it seems
that he is nurturing the ambitions of becoming a political leader of the
Muslims in the state. Abbas seems to be toeing the the policy of Asaduddin
Owaisi who banks on polarization
politics or Hindu-Muslim divide risking severe damage to the fabric of communal
harmony of the country.
It is an
irony that a self-proclaimed Sufi issues aggressive statements like this
without waiting for the truth to come out.
Sufis are
known for their tolerant, all embracing and forgiving attitude towards all the
sections of the society. But Abbas
Siddiquee speaks about killing non-Muslims for the desecration of the Quran
though the same Quran for which he vows to die and kill does not prescribe any
punishment for insulting Allah, the angels and prophets of God.
The Quran
advises Muslims to observe restraint in the face of insults and blasphemy and
leave the matter to God to be decided on the Day of Judgment. Abbas Siddiqui’s
statements are against the injunctions of the Quran and the spirit of Islam. It
seems that Mr Siddiquee is not fully aware of the injunctions of the Quran on
social and communal issues. He is trying to exploit his position as a Pirzada
to create an image of the leader of the Muslims. Since he knows that with the
image of a religious man, he cannot win the confidence of the larger society,
he has decided to project himself as the messiah of the Muslim masses and on
the lines of the politics of Asaduddin Owaisi, he wants to become the leader of
the Muslims at the cost of Hindu-Muslim harmony in the state.
By issuing
communal statements, Abbas Siddiquee is only playing at the hands of communal
elements in the country and strengthening their hands. Now that the actual
perpetrator who is a Muslim has been arrested, the extremist Muslim organizations
of Bangladesh need to be held accountable for their actions. The Quran says
that when someone brings a news to you, verify it's truth so that you are not
misled and land in trouble. The religious organizations and individuals ignored
this Quranic injunction too while perpetrating violence against innocent Hindus
that have lived in peace and have fought for the independence of Bangladesh
along with Muslims and have contributed to the progress and development of
their motherland.
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