NEW DELHI: Maulana Mahmood Madani has sparked recent controversy together with his remarks on the Supreme Court docket‘s dealing with of the Babri Masjid and triple talaq instances, in addition to his feedback on ‘jihad‘ and ‘ghar wapsi’. His statements have sharply divided the political panorama, drawing criticism from the BJP and even differing views from inside the Muslim group, together with the All India Muslim Jamaat.
Who’s Maulana Mahmood Madani?
Maulana Mahmood Madani is the present Nationwide President of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), one of many nation’s oldest Muslim organizations. Born in 1964, he’s the grandson of Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madani, a number one theologian and an essential determine in India’s freedom motion. His father, Maulana As’advert Madani, was a big drive within the JUH and served within the Rajya Sabha for practically 17 years. After finishing his research in Islamic theology at Darul Uloom Deoband in 1992, Mahmood Madani started working with the JUH, finally changing into its Normal Secretary in 2001 and later a Rajya Sabha MP from 2006 to 2012.He has organized anti-terrorism conferences, facilitated interfaith dialogue by way of quite a few “Sadhbhavana Sansad” occasions, and oversaw instructional reforms inside madrasas. His humanitarian work contains aid and rehabilitation efforts throughout riots, pure disasters, and worldwide crises, based on a profile of him on Jamait’s web site.
What’s the controversy about?
Madani, on Saturday, alleged that the apex court docket of the nation was functioning underneath strain from the BJP-led central authorities. He cited verdicts like Babri Masjid and triple talaq.“After the decision into Babri Masjid, triple talaq and several other different issues, it appears that evidently courts are functioning underneath Authorities’s strain for a number of years now…We’ve got a number of situations earlier than which have raised questions on the character of courts…Supreme Court docket is eligible to be known as supreme solely when it follows the Structure and when it upholds the legislation. If it does not try this, it does not should be known as ‘Supreme’,” he mentioned.Moreover, he criticized the vilification of the time period “jihad”, citing the elevated use of phrases like “love jihad, land jihad, ‘Taleem’ jihad, ‘thook’ jihad”. He mentioned that the time period was used within the Islamic Holy e book of Quran “within the sense of ending off oppression and violence.”“Enemies of Islam and Muslims have made ‘jihad’ a synonym of abuse, battle and violence. Phrases like Love jihad, Land jihad, ‘Taleem’ Jihad, ‘Thook’ Jihad are used to insult the religion of Muslims. It’s unlucky that accountable folks in authorities and media really feel no disgrace in utilizing such phrases…In Islam, ‘jihad’ has been used within the Quran in a number of respects. It has been used within the sense of 1’s duties, and the welfare of society and humanity. When it has been used for battle, it has been used within the sense of ending off oppression and violence. Due to this fact, each time there will likely be oppression, there will likely be jihad, he mentioned.He additional took on the conversion legislation, saying that it was in opposition to the elemental proper to freedom of faith. Contrasting the identical with “ghar wapsi”, a time period extensively used to discuss with a program of spiritual conversion to Hinduism, he mentioned that these “changing folks into a specific faith have a free hand.”“The Structure of the nation has offered us with Proper to Freedom of Faith. However by way of the Conversion Legislation, this elementary proper is being completed off. This legislation is being utilized in a fashion by which practising a faith turns into liable to worry and punishment. Alternatively, within the identify of ‘Ghar Wapasi’, these changing folks into a specific faith have a free hand. They aren’t questioned, and no authorized motion is taken in opposition to them,” he mentioned.All India Muslim Jamaat chief, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, suggested Madani to steer away from making feedback on Supreme Court docket, Parliament and authorities as “crores of Muslims belief” these establishments.“Not simply me, however crores of Muslims in India don’t agree together with his assertion. Maulana Mahmood Madani is a spiritual man. He ought to communicate from a spiritual perspective. He mustn’t provoke or instigate Muslims. Crores of Muslims belief the Supreme Court docket, Parliament and Authorities,” ANI quoted him saying.BJP MP Manoj Tiwari criticized his statements saying: “If there’s anyplace on the earth the place our brothers and sisters of the Muslim group are secure and facilitated, it’s India.”Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) nationwide spokesperson Vinod Bansal additionally condemned the assertion saying: “If a pacesetter like Maulana Madani, who is taken into account excellent by the Muslim group, calls all Muslims ‘jihadi’, calls all Muslims a group which is a sufferer of atrocities and calls upon all Muslims to do ‘jihad’, who calls all non-Muslims ‘murda’ – I wish to ask him (Madani) if all freedom fighters and military The troopers are ‘murda kaum’. He has questioned the Supreme Court docket, too. He has mentioned that the Supreme Court docket must be supreme and must also do supreme work. Will he give them a certificates for a similar? That is the peak of ‘jihad’.”Bihar governor Arif Mohammad Khan, nevertheless, agreed with the ‘jihad’ assertion saying: “So long as oppression exists, jihad will exist. It is extremely tough for me to disagree with that. Oppression or injustice—based on the Quranic concept—doesn’t imply solely the oppression you face. If any weak or poor individual is being oppressed, it turns into your accountability to boost your voice for them and assist them. If there’s oppression, then it’s needed to talk out in opposition to it, and that’s what is known as jihad... Madani’s public assertion about ‘jihad’ contradicts what’s in texts adopted in an establishment he is related to.”