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Malegaon: Sheikh Aby Backr
Ahmad alias Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar, the general
secretary of All India Sunni Jam’iyathul Ulema and head of
Kerala-based Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya, has demanded
reinvestigation into all blasts occurred in India, according to
the leading Saudi daily, Arab News.
His demand came in the wake of
the disclosure by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
functionary Swami Aseemanand that the right-wing outfit was behind
several blasts that were earlier blamed on Muslims.
"The blasts are a stain on the secular fabric of the country and
they were used by vested interests to keep the religious
minorities under clouds and many were tortured by investigating
agencies. These innocent people should be granted enough
compensation," the Musliyar said while addressing the valedictory
function of the 33rd annual conference of the Markazu Saqafathi
Ssunniyya Sunday.
“Islam values secularism and
democratic principles. The political culture rejecting moral
values will only lead the country to anarchism", he added.
Several religious scholars from abroad, including the grand mufti
of Egypt Ali Gomaa, and prominent Indian leaders addressed the
three-day conference held on the sprawling campus of the Markaz
institutions at Karanthur in the northern district of Kerala. The
Jamia received accreditation from Al-Azhar University two years
back.
Gomaa, who inaugurated the valedictory function, said India was
best known and admired by Egyptians for creativity and
originality, progress and respect for traditional values and for
being the "fountain of spirituality and the cradle of the wise and
for the haven of those who reflect and ponder over the secrets of
the universe."
"This accreditation (of Al-Azhar) is a major brigde builder of
peace among our two institutions in India and Egypt. It is my
sincere hope that the students of this great university be active
catalysts of peace and enlightenment in their society and indeed
all over the world. I hope all of us here give the world a better
understanding of and empathy for Islam and the Muslim world that
no doubt help us all to live together in peace, tranquility, and
mutual cooperation," he said.
He pointed out that the followers of Islam have learnt from clear,
pristine and scholarly understanding of the Qur'an, which reads 'O
people we have created you from a single male and female and
divided you into nations and tribes so that you may know one
another'. When God said 'to know one another' He did not mean in
order to kill one another. All religions have forbidden the
killing of innocents and ordered to cooperate in a constructive
manner instead.
According to him, there are more than 6,000 verses in the Qur'an
and only 300 of them are related to legal matters while the rest
deal with developing good moral character. Likewise, there are
over 60,000 prophetic traditions and sayings of which only 2,000
are related to legal matters and the rest deal with developing
good moral character. For Muslims, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), is
described as being a mercy sent from God to mankind.
"Unfortunately some commentators from the non-Muslim world have
taken the actions of a small but highly visible and disruptive
minority of people within the Muslim world to represent the
beliefs of the majority of Muslims, claiming that Islam has been a
violent religion from the beginning. This view has unfortunately
been reinforced through the presentation of Islam in much of the
mass media. These are blatant fallacies. This great event is a
testimony of the universal and abiding message of peace that Islam
calls for," he said.
Samastha Kerala Jam’iyathul Ulema president Abdurahman al Bukhari
presided over the session where Saudi scholar Dr Umar Abdulla
Kamil distributed academic certificates to 774 young scholars. Dr
Umar Khateeb (Dubai Auqaf), Dr Ahmed al Khasraji (president of
World Jam’iyathul Ansar, Abu Dhabi) and Syed Abdul Qader (ETA
Group, Dubai) spoke.
Earlier, Maharashtra Governor K Shankaranarayanan laid the
foundation for the Markaz Science Centre. Kerala minister for
water resources NK Premachandran inaugurated the construction of
the potable water distribution project, which will be replicated
in 313 places across India. Federal junior home minister
Mullappally Ramachandran inaugurated seminar on ‘National
Security'.
Jharkhand Governor MOH Farook inaugurated the meet Friday. Others
who addressed different sessions include federal minister of state
for agriculture Prof KV Thomas, Leader of the Opposition Oommen
Chandy, Kerala forest minister Benoy Vishwam, ports minister V
Suresndran Pillai, local self-governments minister Paloli Mohammed
Kutty, Puducherry home minister E Valsaraj, works minister MOH
Shajahan, MK Raghavan, MP, Ambassador of Libya Ali Abdul Azeez
Easavi, Brunei High Commissioner Dato Paduka Sidek Ali, Egyptian
Ambassador Khaled El Bakly, Ambassador of Mali Ousmane Tandia,
Sayed Sabahuddin Rifaai (Bagdad) and Syed Afifuddeen Jilaani of
Malaysia.
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