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Publication: Web Newswire
Date: March 24, 2009
URL: http://www.webnewswire.com/node/450432
Varun Gandhi is being made to gulp venom over
his speech against alleged minority community. However, a careful analysis
of his speech reveals nothing that is overtly communal or anti-Muslim.
The controversial parts of his speech are:
"If somebody lifts a hand against Hindus, or thinks they are weak, there
is nobody behind them, then I swear on the Bhagavad Gita that I will cut off
that hand"
"If someone slaps you, what do you do?
(They say) turn the other cheek ... I haven't heard a stupider thing. If someone
slaps you, you should cut off his hand, so he can never slap anyone later."
"I have a sister… there was a pamphlet
with pictures of all the candidates… so this child told me, 'I didn't
know that Osama bin Laden is contesting from your area."
These statements are not communal. Similar
statements are said by Muslim leaders and they are never questioned. It is
also not saying that if Muslims raise hands against Hindus then I will do
this. It just says that if the community present at the function is subjected
to abuse then I will do my best to take care of them.
It is for a fact that many Muslims admire
Osama Bin Laden. A lot of them try to dress-up like him, so is true of many
candidates who are contesting polls. After September 11, a survey done in
Muslim dominated areas such as Azamgarh, Moradabad, Zafarabad, etc. showed
over 75% support for the attacks.
Here is what is said about Kafirs (Hindus)
by Muslims:
Kafir is what the Koran and Islam call the unbelievers. Kafir is the worst
word in the human language.
The Koran defines the kafir and says that
the kafir is:
Hated- 40:35 They who dispute the signs of
Allah [kafirs] without authority having reached them are greatly hated by
Allah and the believers. So Allah seals up every arrogant, disdainful heart.
and despised by Allah.
Mocked- 83:34 On that day the faithful will
mock the kafirs, while they sit on bridal couches and watch them. Should not
the kafirs be paid back for what they did?
Punished- 25:77 Say to the kafirs: My Lord
does not care for you or your prayers. You have rejected the truth, so sooner
or later, a punishment will come.
Beheaded- 47:4 When you encounter the kafirs
on the battlefield, cut off their heads until you have thor-oughly defeated
them and then take the prisoners and tie them up firmly.
Confused- 6:25 Some among them listen to you
[Mohammed], but We have cast veils over their [kafirs] hearts and a heaviness
to their ears so that they cannot understand our signs [the Koran].
Plotted against- 86:15 They plot and scheme
against you [Mohammed], and I plot and scheme against them. Therefore, deal
calmly with the kafirs and leave them alone for a while.
Terrorized- 8:12 Then your Lord spoke to His
angels and said, "I will be with you. Give strength to the believers.
I will send terror into the kafirs' hearts, cut off their heads and even the
tips of their fin-gers!"
Annihilated- 6:45 So the kafirs were annihilated.
All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
Killed- 4:91 If they do not keep away from
you or offer you peace or withdraw their hostilities, then seize them and
kill them wherever they are. We give you complete authority over them.
Crucified- 5:33 The only reward for those
who war against Allah and His messengers and strive to com-mit mischief on
the earth is that they will be slain or crucified, have their alternate hands
and feet cut off, or be banished from the land. This will be their disgrace
in this world, and a great torment shall be theirs in the next except those
who repent before you overpower them. Know that Allah is forgiving and merciful.
Made war on- 9:29 Make war on those who have
received the Scriptures [Jews and Christians] but do not believe in Allah
or in the Last Day. They do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden.
The Christians and Jews do not follow the religion of truth until they submit
and pay the poll tax [jizya], and they are humiliated.
A Muslim is not the friend of a kafir- 3:28
Believers should not take kafirs as friends in preference to other believers.
Those who do this will have none of Allah's protection and will only have
themselves as guards. Allah warns you to fear Him for all will return to Him.
A kafir is ignorant- 6:111 Even if We had
sent down the angels to them [kafirs], the dead had spoken to them, and We
had gathered all things before their eyes, they would not believe unless Allah
had willed it, but most of them are ignorant.
Evil- 23:97 And say: Oh my Lord! I seek refuge
with You from the suggestions of the evil ones [kafirs]. And I seek refuge
with you, my Lord, from their presence.
Disgraced- 37:18 Tell them, "Yes! And
you [kafirs] will be disgraced." a partner of Satan 25:55 And still they
worship others besides Allah who can neither help nor hurt them. The kafir
is Satan's ally against Allah. Unclean- 9:28 Oh, believers, only the kafirs
are unclean.
Cursed- 33:60 They [kafirs] will be cursed,
and wherever they are found, they will be seized and mur-dered. It was Allah's
same practice with those who came before them, and you will find no change
in Allah's ways.
Stolen from- Bukhari 5,59,537 On the day of
Khaybar, Allah's Apostle divided the spoils of war of Khaybar with the ratio
of two shares for the horse and one share for the foot soldier.
Raped- Ishaq 759 [Mohammed's official biography]
On the occasion of Khaybar, Mohammed put forth new orders about forcing sex
with captive women. If the woman was pregnant she was not to be used for sex
until after the birth of the child. Nor were any women to be used for sex
who were unclean with regard to Muslim laws about menstruation.
Christians and Jews are infidels, but infidels
are kafirs, too. Polytheists are Hindus, but they are also kafirs. The terms
infidel and polytheist are religious words. Only the word "kafir"
shows the common political treatment of Christian, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, animist,
atheist and humanist.
The word kafir should be used instead of "unbeliever",
the standard word. Unbeliever is a neutral term. The Koran defines the kafir
and kafir is not a neutral word. A kafir is not merely someone who does not
agree with Islam, but a kafir is evil, disgusting, the lowest form of life.
Kafirs can be tortured, killed, lied to and cheated. So the usual word "unbeliever"
does not reflect the political reality of Islam. (Source: www.politicalislam.com)
Mode code of Conduct by Election Commission
says:
"1. General Conduct
(1) No party or candidate shall include in any activity which may aggravate
existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different
castes and communities, religious or linguistic.
(2) Criticism of other political parties,
when made, shall be confined to their policies and programme, past record
and work. Parties and Candidates shall refrain from criticism of all aspects
of private life, not connected with the public activities of the leaders or
workers of other parties. Criticism of other parties or their workers based
on unverified allegations or distortion shall be avoided.
(3) There shall be no appeal to caste or communal
feelings for securing votes. Mosques, Churches, Temples or other places of
worship shall not be used as forum for election propaganda.
(4) All parties and candidates shall avoid
scrupulously all activities which are "corrupt practices" and offences
under the election law, such as bribing of voters, intimidation of voters,
impersonation of voters, canvassing within 100 meters of polling stations,
holding public meetings during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour
fixed for the close of the poll, and the transport and conveyance of voters
to and from polling station. (continued)"
During model code of conduct should a particular
religion be banned?
