The Slapping Mullah
By Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, New Age Islam
18 July 2022
Similarly Deobandis and Barelvis Write Against Their
Opponents and In Their Madrasas They Are Taught How to Refute Other Scholars of
Thought by Using Various Polemics
Main Points:
1.
The recent incident
of a mullah slapping a youth in masjid depicts the violent nature of mullahs.
2.
The sectarian
mullahs as parasites are gobbling down the hard earned donations of Muslims and
using them for anti-Islamic activities.
3.
Sectarian mullahs
condemn West but use its every invention for the propagation of their cause of
dividing the Muslim community.
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Mullahs have a violent history. They cannot understand
rationality. The curriculum they go through instills among them the illusion
that they have a monopoly over truth, and interpretation of Islam. They believe
that what and how their predecessors (Aslaaf) have interpreted Islam is the
only correct one. So they abhor the plurality of interpretations. Add to it the
polemical debates and treaties they write against the other schools of thought,
reinforce their belief system that only their school of thought and sect is the
one that has been stamped with salvation.
Many among them in their personal and private congregations
elevate the status of their scholars to the one reserved for the Prophets. It
is here that the problem starts. Such beliefs of these schools of thought have
been exposed by Engineer Mohammad Ali Mirza in his numerous videos. Also these
schools of thought regularly issue fatwas and write books condemning the
beliefs of other schools of thought.
So you have Ahle Hadith or Salafis writing books,
sermonizing and issuing fatwas against Deobandis, Barelvis, Jamaat e Islami,
Sufis and Shias condemning their beliefs and representative scholars of these
schools of thought. Similarly Deobandis and Barelvis write against their opponents
and in their madrasas they are taught how to refute other scholars of thought
by using various polemics.
This refutation and counter refutation has been going on for
centuries but was confined to books and few congregations. But now thanks to
the advent of social media, an invention of the West, that mullahs have been
condemning since centuries, although that did not arrest the progress of West
but rendered the Muslim mindset stagnant. The mullahs may condemn the West but
they are the greatest consumers of the technologies produced by the West
including mobile phones and social media.
It was these inventions of the West and the English language
that their Aslaaf had vehemently opposed. Now these mullahs who are
parasites of the new age, use these gadgets like mobile phones and social media
to divide Muslims and amplify their sectarian message. Instead of putting these
inventions to a good use they put it into the service of devil, assuming that
they are using it for the betterment of Islam. I am too optimistic to expect
goodness from mullahs whereas in reality mullahs can never put anything to good
use. In fact they even retrograde Islam and have turned it into a religion of
fratricide.
Most of the mullahs of all sects indulge in shirk
(association with God), although they portray themselves as Muwahid and
believers in Tawhid (Monotheism). For them their sectarian godheads, founders
and ideologues whom they term as Aslaaf are dearer than Allah and his
last Messenger (pbuh).
They will never get angry at atheists and agnostics who mock
and abuse Allah day in and out, but are ready to kill anyone who insults
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) or any of their Aslaaf. The case with Aslaaf is
that each sect has different set of Aslaafs and they are Kaafir, Zindiq
or Mushrik according to other set of Aslaafs. So the condemnation
of Allah does not move them even a bit because for them Allah does not enjoy
supreme status as he is a universal God, who is claimed by every religion. So
as a joint property there is no need to refute attacks against him. So through
lived realities, they diminish the status of Allah even the so called Ahle
Hadith who always claim to be a vanguard against Shirk and Biddat.
The Prophet (pbuh) and Aslaaf are dearer to them than Allah. So they commit
this shirk by elevating the status of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Aslaaf more
than Allah. They also forget the fact that according to Islam, Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) is not only the Prophet of Muslims although they and mullahs have tried
to confine his lofty and universal status to that of a cult but in reality he
is a Mercy to all Mankind. He has been sent as a Prophet to all humanity not
only to Muslims.
The other fallacy of mullahs is their ill-founded belief
about knowing Islam and monopolizing its interpretation. The truth however is
that any person who develops expertise can interpret Islam without the need of
terming anyone as Kaafir or Mushrik. These mullahs are not trained in
Islam because in sectarian madrasas more emphasis is laid on sectarian
understanding of Islam, with little encouragement on understanding Quran and
Hadith. Even if these sources are taught, they are taught through a sectarian
lens, thus arriving at the real message of Islam becomes impossible. The jargon
of sectarian interpretation and jurisprudence renders the student bereft from
understanding the real message of Islam. So these half-baked mullahs are ill
fit to interpret and articulate Islam, while they desist the Muslims from
questioning them or their interpretation. They want Muslims to become their
blind followers or unquestioning disciples, something that Islam condemns as
questioning and rationality are the hallmarks of Islam.
Noaman Nowsheri aka Batakpuri
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In a recent viral video a local mullah Noaman Nowsheri aka
Batakpuri is seen slapping a youth in a mosque with full congregation, as he
raises some questions and belongs to another sect. Batakpuri describes himself
as Deobandi and his speeches are always against other sects that will
eventually lead to fratricide if these groups are armed. The youth who belong
to Barelvi sect questions him, involving him in a polemical debate and
Batakpuri orders him to call his Barelvi Muftis so that he can debate with them
as the young man is not a scholar. Ultimately, Batakpuri gets infuriated and
slaps the guy. The guy and few others leave the masjid.
There are now a lot of videos condemning Batakpuri’s actions
but many Deobandis in clandestine tones are supporting this action because
according to them, the youth spoke against the Aslaaf, as if the Aslaaf
are Prophets. Such actions were expected from Batakpuri as his provocative
sectarian speeches were not only circulated by the Deobandi group but he was
given the title of Manazir e Islam. I had condemned and spoken against his
sectarianism for long over social media, inviting trolls and hateful messages.
The trend that these sectarian mullahs have started needs to be arrested and we
need to claim the agency of interpretation and mosques from mullahs like
Batakpuri.
Slapping and violence is not something new with mullahs. In
madrasas, beating kids is a norm, so while growing in such a violent
environment they depict these violent tendencies as Batakpuri manifested. In a
video that was viral few years back another mullah whose family was given the
title of Mirwaiz by the autocratic Hindu Dogra rulers to help them rule over
the hapless masses. The current Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is neither well versed
in Islam nor politics slapped a shopkeeper in a meeting. So these mullahs are
inherently violent, sexually repressed or abused and raised on a staple diet of
hate so such a behavior is expected from them. The people should think before
funding such mullahs as they are parasites who gobble down the hard earned
money, donations and Zakah of Muslims. They utilize our Zakah for anti-Islamic
purposes and that ultimately will lead to sectarianism and fratricide, making
strong roots among Muslims. These mullahs should be thrown out of the masjids
and boycotted, so that this trend is arrested.
If such steps are not taken at an earliest then these
enemies of Islam will destroy the pluralism and co-existence among Muslims. The
society will start killing members of the Muslim community on the basis of
difference of opinions and then these mullahs will act as Prophets. So they
need to be refuted and decimated before they become Frankenstein monsters.
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A New Age
Islam columnist, M.H.A. Sikander is Writer-Activist based in Srinagar, Kashmir
URL: https://newageislam.com/the-war-within-islam/noaman-nowsheri-mullah-deobandi-barelvi/d/127506
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