Author: Shashank Bharadwaj
Publication: Opindia.com
Date: April 7, 2019
URL:      https://www.opindia.com/2019/04/hindu-massacres-and-a-demand-for-sharia-the-story-of-rahul-gandhis-ally-iuml-an-offshoot-of-jinnahs-muslim-league/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The scenes of members of IUML waving ‘green’ party flags during the roadshow of Rahul Gandhi ahead of his nomination to contest elections from a non-Hindu majority constituency of Wayanad indicate an emerging picture of the so-called ‘secularism’ prevailing in this country.

A huge number of Muslim League (IUML) flags were witnessed at Wayanad last week at the Congress President’s roadshow. Videos have been circulating on social media where scores IUML flags. The Congress party is in alliance with Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) which in turn is tied up with Jammat-e-Islami and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), both accused by National Investigation Agency (NIA) of spreading radicalism in Kerala.

During Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Wayanad to file his nomination, IUML members took rallies out abusing Narendra Modi as well. In this particular video, IUML members can be heard shouting “S*ala K*tta Narendra Modi”.
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Chowkidar Spaminder Bharti @attomeybharti
“Sala kutta Narendra Modi”. This is @RahulGandhi’s politics of love.
9:56 PM - Apr 5, 2019
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Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), which claims to be born after Indian Independence in 1948, is actually an off-shoot of Pakistan founder and Islamist Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s All India Muslim League (AIML). The All India Muslim League was succeeded by the Muslim League in Pakistan and the Indian Union Muslim League in India. In its website, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) claims that its motto is secularism and communal harmony but has often openly indulged in carrying out those objectives which are contrary to its own motto.

The Muslim League had strongly advocated for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan successfully led to the partition of British India in 1947 by the British Empire. The birth of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in December 1947 was a part of that intention to keep these spirit of the All India Muslim League.

Muhammad Ismail, the first President of the Indian Union Muslim League after it split up from the Jinnah’s Muslim League, had actively participated in the partition movement of the country and was an ardent supporter of the creation of Pakistan. Interestingly, Muhammad Ismail, who claimed IUML was a secular outfit had, in fact, supported the retaining of Sharia law for Indian Muslims in the Constituent Assembly after India’s independence.

Mohammad Ismail, the founder President of IUML, the first political party of Muslims in the new state of India even bargained with Congress to “recognise the League as the sole representative of Muslims”, similar to the policies of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who had always asserted he and his party AIML was the sole representative of the Muslims in undivided India.

Jawaharlal Nehru, the so-called ‘epitome’ of India’s pluralism, whose Congress had once rejected the proposal of Jinnah in 1937 for a coalition government with the Muslim League, joined hands with the IUML in Kerala post-independence. The opportunistic design of Congress further encouraged political Islamists like IUML to resort to more communal politics in the name of protecting the interests of Muslims in the country.

According to Historian TrueIndology, IUML was formed on the advice of Jinnah just before he left the country post partition. In fact, Jinnah had even said that “There must be a Muslim league in Hindustan”. The AIML had also observed that the protection of minorities in India depended upon the strength of Pakistan and had promised that they “would do all to protect them”.
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True Indology @TrueIndology
Feb 13, 2017
Replying to @TrueIndology
Curiously, IUML repeatedly calls itself "secular" on its website http://iuml.com/aboutiuml.html

Indian union Muslim League was formed with an object of achieving the constitutional rights of Muslims, other backward and minority people of India. Muslim League has been standing always for democracy and the integrity of the nation and its all round development and the. League's motto is secularism and communal harmony. League could uphold the sacredness of diversity of Indian life besides fighting for the existence and rights of the Muslim minority. This mission is responsible for making the League occupied a high position in the democratic system of the country. Indian Union Muslim League is the largest forum for the Muslims to achieve their rights through democratic means. Muslim League's history is nothing but the story of this mission. It was possible for the Muslim League to voice and become forerunners of the rights of the minorities with the help of the secular principle and support of the other communities. From the very beginning the Muslim League has been working by holding the flag of secularism, communal harmony peace and political wisdom in the Indian democratic process. The acceptance that Muslim League has received in Kerala politics vouches for this democratic character and fight for minority rights.

True Indology @TrueIndology
IUML was formed on the advice of Jinnah just before he left. Jinnah said "There must be a Muslim league in Hindustan" pic.twitter.com/IofPwcyEPd
4:39 PM - Feb 13, 2017

Jinnah said, "There must be a Muslim League in Hindustan.  If you are thinking of anything else, you arc finished. If you want to wind up the League you can do so; but I think it would be a great mistake. I know there is an attempt to wind it up Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and others are trying to break the identity of Muslims in India. Do not allow it. Do not do it.' Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar observed that the protection of minorities in India depended upon the strength of Pakistan and promised, "we shall do all to protect them". The council elected Liaqat Ali Khan as Convener of the Pakistan Muslim League and Muhammad Ismail, President of the Madras provincial Muslim League, as the Convener for the Indian Union Muslim League and directed that separate sessions should be held soon at Karachi and Madras. The
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The Indian Union Muslim League has been notoriously known for flaring up communal incidents in the state of Kerala. The party was found involved in the planning as well as the execution of the brutal Marad massacre in Kerala in 2003 as per the report of Justice Thomas P Joseph Commission which was set up to investigate the incident. The report had declared the massacre as “a clear communal conspiracy, with Muslim fundamentalist and terrorist organisations involved”.

Further, in 2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a fresh First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the probe and had named Indian Union Muslim League leaders P.P. Moideen Koya and Moyeen Haji as an accused of funding, conspiring and executing the riots.

Rahul Gandhi, with his decision to join hands with Islamist organisations to secure his victory from a Hindu minority seat of Wayanad, was not only an indication of him being fearful of defeat at the hands of Union Minister Smriti Irani but also to deliver a political message to the minorities of the country, especially the Muslims and Islamist organisations, that Congress always favours a non-Hindu majority system for its electoral success.

The total Christian-Muslim vote is more than 50% in the Wayanad constituency. With nearly 29% Muslims, 21% Christians and around 8% Adivasis in the constituency, Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s prospects to secure a victory in a Hindu minority constituency are much higher than in Amethi against Smriti Irani, where Hindus are in majority.