INDIAN INSTITUTE
FOR RESEARCH INTO TRUE HISTORY
NEWSLETTER NO. 69
OF 16 OCTOBER 2014
1. NEWS AND
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1.1 Our friend Jagdish Kher of Pune sent us following E mail -
If you wish to communicate with Mr. Narendra Modi directly please visit Website & he / his office will reply to you personally / directly.
I (Godbole) have E Mail addresses of some important BJP leaders if anyone is interested.
1.2 Killing of WPC Yvonne Fletcher – 30 years on!
On 17 April 2014 Daily Mirror reported on front page
30 years after WPC Yvonne Fletcher’s murder, the net is finally closing in on prime suspect.
In 1984, Twenty five year old Yvonne was sent to keep the peace at a demonstration. Libyan students were protesting against a crackdown on dissidents on April 17 when, without warning, a gunman opened fire from an embassy window, injuring several demonstrators and fatally wounding Yvonne.
In January 2014, shocking declassified messages intercepted
by
Police surrounded the embassy and an eleven-day stand off
ended after the Libyan authorities mounted a similar siege at the British
Embassy in
But would the British forget the death of this young WPC? No way
Daily Mirror’s above article gives details of the hunt for the killer
A £3million covert operation run from the British embassy in
Two MI6 officers from the British embassy in
Investigators have dished out cash bribes of up to £2,000 a time for information about
Yvonne's killers and have tried to encourage Libyan officials to talk. A source close to the investigation said: "This is a very significant development in the inquiry. The MI6 officers' task is to liaise with local people to find the killers of Yvonne Fletcher. The Yard wants it settled."
So, the British will not forget to bring to justice
killer of one woman police constable even after 30 years. And we Hindus?
1.3 British justice
In July 2014 Andy Coulson, former editor of News of the World and one time Communications Director of British Prime Minister David Cameron was found guilty of Phone hacking. He was sentenced to jail for 18 months.
Afterwards Cameron said – Justice has been done. It shows that no one is above the law!
Our comments - Dear oh dear. What will happen if we
follow that example in Hindusthan?
1.4 Heartless British Immigration
In March 2014 Yashika Bhageerathi, from
Yashika’s case has highlighted the lack of compassion in
our deportation system, the horror of Yarl's Wood detention centre. To
deport Yashika at any stage, separating her from her mother, brother and
sister, is heartless. To do so just weeks before she is about to complete her
exams and get her education, is cruel. As one of her teachers I feel ashamed
that our country could let a bright young person who has given so much to her
community return to a life threatening situation. As a teacher, you want the
best for your students, to see them excel and complete their studies. To know
that they have a bright future. Yashika has made this country her home and put
everything into her education, becoming a straight-A student. She's done
nothing wrong and is being punished by bureaucracy.
Zoe Thompson
Deputy
Principal,
1.5 Case of Rolf Harris
On 4July 2014, famous entertainer Rolf Harris (originally
from
But this case opened a can of worms. Many cases of
historical child abuse cases came to light, Rochdale, Lambeth (
British Government appointed Baroness Butler-Sloss to launch an enquiry, but within weeks she had to withdraw as her brother was accused of a cover up. We have to wait and see what unfolds.
1.6 Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in
In August 2014 British Government announced that it is going
to erect a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in
We should ask, “If you love Gandhi so much why not send
Gandhi Peace
Such moves are only made to fool Hindus.
1.7 Arrogance of Europeans today!
Modi's Minority Rights questioned in the European Parliament
On 5 August Godbole received an interesting E Mail
From: European Parliament, Member Office Press
Release
Member of the European Parliament Viorica Dancila today put forward a question to the European Commission regarding the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narender Modi's past record in keeping minorities safe in India.
The question was directed under Rule 130 to the European Commission. The question raised
Question for written answer
E-006046/2014 to the Commission
Rule 130
Viorica Dăncilă
(S&D)
Subject: Indian minorities
Following the general elections
held in
Is the EU monitoring the
situation in
Are the issue of the large
proportion of
Given that national policies
regarding minorities could potentially threaten peace and security in South
Asia, including in
Question can be verified online by visiting
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-- or visiting
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/parliamentary-questions.html
Press Contact
Karen Jones
Press Release Department
Our comments – EU Parliament has no business discussing
internal affairs of another sovereign country like
1.8 Hunger in
Tesco and Sainsbury, two main supermarkets now have food banks. Customers donate food (Soup, biscuits, tins of beans and similar items). These are then distributed by the Supermarkets to the needy. On 8 March we received following E Mail.
From: dgulhati@yahoo.com
To: TheBecoming@yahoogroups.com
“Hunger has returned to
It identified three crises as being responsible – food prices, which
have risen 30 per cent in five years, wages that have fallen in real terms, and
the benefit system, which has become “increasingly punitive in the use of
sanctions.”
Chris Mould, Executive Chairman of Trussell Trust said: “We’re seeing
people from all kinds of backgrounds turning to food banks: working people
coming in on their lunch-breaks, mums who are going hungry to feed their
children, people whose benefits have been delayed and people who are
struggling to find enough work. It’s shocking that people are going hungry in
21st century
It is estimated that one in five Britons are in poverty. Concerns
over the rise in food bank attendance have sharpened in recent weeks. A letter
by 27 Anglican Bishops to the government criticised it for not doing enough to
address the problem. The government then published a report on food
provisioning that confirmed that the rise in food banks was demand-led. The
All-Party Parliamentary Group of Hunger and Food Poverty has announced that it
will set up a formal inquiry.
1.9
On 11 September 2014, a debate was
called by Liberal Democrat MP David Ward regarding
We do not need to go into
details of debate in British Parliament. It can be seen in Hansard – official
record of such debates.
We need to note – British have
always been anti-Hindu, even the so called Liberals are anti-Hindu. The earlier
we remove the notion that for British, Hindus and Muslims are same, the better.
Even today they will go to the extent of interfering
in the sovereign internal affairs of
Some may argue that Indian Parliament should debate Diego Garcia, which
The question is – have we got
guts?
British are reluctant to discuss the plight of
the people of
British need to ask some tough questions on
Pakistan as to why despite suffering from terrorism itself, it continues to
play a double-faced game when it comes to state funding of terror training
camps, forced en masse exodus of up-to 700,000 Kashmiri Pandits by its
sponsored terrorists and the exodus of Sikh and Hindu families fleeing
persecution by an ever stronger Pakistani Taliban? Why is it that Christians
continue to be persecuted daily and the Pakistani state remains a mere
spectator of church bombings?
By Ashish Joshi, Sky News Correspondent – Monday 28 July 2014
The victims of domestic abuse are being failed by the Government because their abusers are escaping justice, claims Labour Party. The Opposition says more than 10,000 perpetrators have not faced justice because police forces are wrongly using community resolutions to deal with violence against women. Community resolutions were introduced to deal with low-level crime such as vandalism and anti-social behaviors. They are supposed to be used as an alternative to ending up in court. Victims are asked what they would like to see happen - it could end with an apology, compensation or remedial action like cleaning up graffiti.
In
the words of West Midlands Police: "Community resolutions mean children
and adults with no previous convictions need not be criminalised for one stupid mistake." But
shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper claims the use of community
resolutions to deal with domestic violence has more than doubled in the past
five years from 1,337 in 2009 to 3,305 in 2013. "These figures are deeply
worrying. Domestic violence is an incredibly serious crime. Two women a week
are killed by their partner or an ex and 750,000 children will grow up
witnessing domestic violence," she said.
"Some
senior police officers say (community resolutions) are only used for first-time
offences," said the shadow home secretary, speaking in
"The
problem with domestic violence is we know by the point the victim picks up the
phone and calls 999 there have usually been repeated cases of abuse before they
became brave enough to call.”And the idea of taking an abuser to see a domestic
abuse victim for a state-sanctioned apology to make amends is just dangerous.
“Far
too often victims are trapped in a cycle of abuse that outsiders don’t take
seriously and community resolutions risk perpetrating this."
But
the Home Office has rejected Labour's claim that violent partners are escaping
justice. It said: "No government has done more to tackle the abhorrent
crime of domestic abuse than this government. Our groundbreaking Claire's Law
will help protect women from abusive relationships, while domestic violence
protection orders are cracking down on the destructive cycle of repeated abuse.
"It is not acceptable for the police to use out of court settlements for serious criminality and that is why the government is already reviewing how they are used."
But
Labour says an inspectorate report "looked at 66 police cases of informal
resolution, and judged that the resolution was inappropriate in 14". Women's
charities and campaigners against domestic violence have backed Labour’s claims.
They are worried community resolutions trivialise violence against women.
Jane
Keeper from Refuge said: "Anyone with experience in domestic violence
knows that most perpetrators regularly apologise.”It's a feature of the violence, they
abuse, batter, they control, and in the middle of it every now and again they
say sorry and they'll never do it again. "To have police encouraging this
with perpetrators and keeping them away from being held accountable is just
playing right into hands of those who perpetrate violence."
Shadow
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also reported that two women a week are killed by
husband / ex-partner.
1.11 Please do not say Adivasis
In 1953 Veer Savarkar had warned us that the word Adivasis
(original inhabitants) was coined by Missionaries and must not be used.
Missionaries implied that Adivasis are the original inhabitants of Hindusthan
and Hindus have deprived them of their land and livelihood. Of course they say
nothing about Adivasis of America,
It is strange how we follow into their trap and use the word Adivasi to describe Tribal people. We should say - Girivasis (those who live in mountains) or Vanavasis (those who live in forests)
1.12 Modi’s Government in
(a) Expectations of many Hindus are too high. Rapid results are not possible. Reforms take time to materialize.
(b) 1st priority – to get elected again for the 2nd time. All the mass media (controlled by foreigners) is anti-Modi so he must set them aside and communicate directly with the voters.
(c)There is a need to produce monthly bulletins pointing out how his reforms are going to make lives better.
For example,
- He has asked all ministries to look at out of date laws which should be repealed.
- When birth of child is registered, he/she will automatically be on voter’s register after 18 years. This will eliminate many cases of malpractices which removed names of BJP supporters from voters’ registers.
- He has removed need for true / attested copies for application for central government posts. Original certificates to be shown only if a candidate is to be employed.
Here is a classic case.
After the advent of ISIS some Indian nurses were trapped in
Shree
Ashok Chowgule of Goa sent us following information - An international aid
agency has said there were “very tense” moments for the Kerala nurses in
It
may be recalled that over forty nurses from Kerala were stuck in a hospital in
Tikrit from where they were shifted to a few places before reaching
At
one point it appeared that there was no contact with the nurses amidst reports
that they were being held hostage or taken from point to point to tend to the
wounded. “How it happened and what happened is not more important than the fact
that the nurses are safe – all that is what every country does to ensure the
safety of its citizens,” the ICRC official said.
Our comments - Could this have happened under Nehru? No.
The authorities would have said – why did they go to
This also has to be pointed out.
(d) We have seen many E Mails pointing out challenges faced by Modi, but no one mentions how we can help him.
(e) Modi must not remain one man band. He must produce thousands of mini-Modis.
(f) It is good to notice that people are increasingly becoming aware of role of NGOs in anti-Hindusthan activities, for example, Ford Foundation giving money to AAP.
1.13 Western mischief continues :
Research on Dalit literature
by European Universities
One of our friends drew attention an article in Times of India of 7 July 2014
(The breaking
RESEARCH ROUND-UP - IN THE FOREFRONT
Two
European universities are building a network of scholars to organise a series
of workshops and conferences across the world to facilitate the study of dalit
literature. Aditya Harikrishnan reports
After
emerging at the literary forefront in
The
research network titled 'Writing, Analysing,
Translating Dalit Literature,' is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research
Council (AHRC). Comprising academics from a host of universities including the
MS University,
The
initiative aims to create awareness about the literature
internationally, where it has scant readership. Says Nicole Thiara, lecturer,
The
conferences and work shops are aimed at being platforms for exchanging ideas,
facilitating discussion on as well as formulating re search agendas, and the
stimulating further collaborations. “These exercises pro mote the study of
dalit literature and will result in various publications (academic journal
special issues, edited volumes and individual publications). They will also
attempt to encourage individuals to consider such kind of literature and ensure
that it goes beyond merely documenting dalit life and illustrating it, in
support of the political agendas of the community and its leaders, “says
Thiara.
Leveraging
researchers who speak Indian regional languages, the network also aims to
resolve complex is sues surrounding the translation of such literature. Its
analysis in translation will form an important part of the networks' research
agenda.
Thiara
and her counterpart from EMMA at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, and
Judith Misrahi-Barak, as principle grant holders are in charge of organising events, world over, until 2016, when the grant expires.
Events that will be organised during this period will
include symposiums at the University Paul-Valery,
Also, in
the pipeline are similar events in Mumbai, Pune,
“Dalit
literature is unique in the imbrications
of political denunciation and literary representation. What we are interested
in is to foreground the ways dalit experience is mediated in artistic creation
and how such mediation con tributes to making the political message more
urgent.“
While
the literary works of the country's oppressed contributed greatly in
the formulation of the discourse of cultural inequality in
“The lack
of awareness about dalit literature in the west seems wrong on many levels. The
inclusion of non-academic audiences is also important in order to raise the
profile of dalit literature out side
aditya.harikrishnan@
timesgroup.com
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1.14
How
John Dayal helps break
A leading Indian daily reported on 6 April, 2014 on a
The purported objective of the hearing, as
described by the Commission, was to “examine this [phenomenon of] polarisation in the context of the US-India relationship.” In a
blatant attempt to interfere in the legitimate democratic process of another
country, the Commission most unfortunately foments the impression that the
Indian elections – one of the largest democratic exercise in the world – are
being held in a “polarised” atmosphere where the
religious minorities face discrimination. In a brazenly partisan attitude which
points to the fact that India and especially the BJP-ruled states remain the
target of sizable external Christian missionary-connected or supported
conglomerates, the Commission interfering in India’s internal domestic affairs
and law making institutions expressed its concern that the “Freedom of Religion
Act” implemented “across five Indian States” has actually “exacerbated”
“discrimination” and “intimidation” of minorities. In other words, the
Commission, by generalising particular local issues
and that too of quite a vintage, was essentially criticising the fact that this Act impeded the free activities of
missionaries and the free flow of external funds within
In the months leading up to
The Commission listed Mr. John Dayal, “Member,
National Integration Council, Government of India” as one of the witnesses, who
shall “focus on the human rights situation for religious minorities in
It is common knowledge that Mr. John Dayal was also closely associated with the
activities of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), especially
in the body’s nefarious attempt at evolving a flawed and skewed Communal
Violence Bill.
John Dayal has been a past master at misrepresenting
The fact that it has time and again harboured and patronised elements like John Dayal speaks of another plot. Let see
how he has actually been involved in what can only be called the project of
“breaking
As Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan
documented in their path-breaking study “Breaking India” when the US based
advocacy group Policy Institute for Religion and State (PIFRAS) held a South
Asia Conference, sponsored by “United Methodist Board of Church and Society and
the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA” John Dayal, as a
participant, had contended that “minorities could not count on the Indian state
to protect them, or to prosecute crimes committed against them.” Dayal’s
repeated use of foreign platforms to denounce the Indian system and polity is
something which has been largely ignored by the mainstream media as well as the
powers that be – i.e. the Sonia Gandhi led Congress and UPA whose patronage he
has continuously received.
Is it proper or civilised that the UPA-led and Sonia Gandhi-directed Government of
India deputes a member of one of its own institution to discuss our internal
affairs on foreign soil and allows him to provide a completely negative and
unfounded picture of the Indian polity and state of affairs?
One must also ask whether the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi were in the know
of this visit and whether John Dayal, as a member of the National Integration
Council, had their consent and support in this matter. It is also necessary
that John Dayal come out with his full testimony made before the TLHRC so that
the truth may very soon be out on whether the Congress led UPA encourages and
condones external interference and interventions into the internal affairs of
1.15
Our friend Sateesh Diwan
recently informed us -
1.16 Muslims dictate American policy
On Sunday, March 16, 2014, mahesh khorana <emmkaykhorana@yahoo.co.in>
wrote:
Muslim Brotherhood infiltrates
Obama Administration
Six American Islamist activists who
work with the Obama administration are
Muslim Brotherhood operatives
who enjoy strong influence over U S Policy
investigativeproject.org
Look who's new in the white
house!
Arif Alikhan
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for the
Homeland Security
Mohammed Elibiary
Homeland Security Adviser
Rashad Hussain
Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC)
Salam al-Marayati
Obama Adviser and founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council
and is its current executive director
Imam Mohamed Magid
Obama's Sharia Czar from the Islamic Society of North America
Eboo Patel
Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood
Partnerships
2. AROUND
On 3 May
2014, Babasaheb Purandare, a well known Maratha Historian, had a function in
On 1 July (Tuesday)
I conducted one tour especially for Shree and Sau Patil of Mumbai
26 July. It
was extremely hot. Temperature in
10 August -
Lead was taken by Mr and Mrs Joshi of
20
September
Seven people
participated. Lead was taken by Dharmadhikari of Birmingham
4 October
This tour
was specially arranged for Shantanu Bhadkamkar, an industrialist of Mumbai.
18 October
This was
the last tour in 2014. Ten people participated. Smt Gore came from
On 14 July
we received an interesting Mail
This is Nupur Nanal. I am a photographer from Pune and
currently in
I am working on a project; photographing Maharashtrians
migrated to different parts of the world. I found out about the historic tours
you do of
Unfortunately I am leaving
I understand it’s an unreasonable question but I thought this would be an excellent addition to the story. Do let me know.
Nupur
3. BEHAVIOUR OF
CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TODAY
3.1 The Christians
Reuters – Sunday, Jul 13, 2014 / Tony Gentile
But
the
"Many
of my collaborators who fight with me (against paedophilia) reassure me with reliable statistics
that say that the level of paedophilia
in the Church is at about two percent," Francis was quoted as saying. "This
data should hearten me but I have to tell you that it does not hearten me at
all. In fact, I think that it is very grave," he was quoted as saying. The
pope was quoted as saying that, while most paedophilia took place in family situations,
"even we have this leprosy in our house".
According
to Church statistics for 2012, the latest available, there are about 414,000
Roman Catholic priests in the world.
The
Last
week, the Argentine pope held his first meeting with victims of sexual abuse by
priests. He told them the Church should "weep and make reparation"
for crimes that he said had taken on the dimensions of a sacrilegious cult. He
vowed zero tolerance for abusers and said bishops would be held accountable if
they covered up crimes by priests in their diocese.
(Reporting
By Philip Pullella; Editing by Rosalind Russell)
Some interesting reactions
(1)
Sean Brady is still the primate of
(2) There are paedophiles in every church, believe me the Catholic Church is far from being the only one. I met a women at a hairdressers many years ago she was crying her husband had sexually abused his children so much that they would never be normal and she had a phone call from his church warning her not talk
(3) Pope says 2%,which doesn't sound a lot, but if there was 2% of paedophiles in Britain's, let's say 70 million--2 in a hundred, 20 in a thousand, 20,000 in a million, and 1.4 million in 70 million. 2% Sounds a lot to me, and I would suggest, underestimated.
(4)
It is about time that ALL churches - whether Catholic or Protestant - cleaned
their houses of paedophilia
and sacked those who are guilty, at the same time giving their names of the
perpetrators to the police so that they can be brought to justice!
For too long, the Church has protected these...
(5) It’s all of them I am afraid, Clergy, MPs anyone who feels they are above the Law. The only reason Homosexual Marriage was made legal is because loads of MPs are bent and it is all coming out now about Thatcher’s Rent Boy MPs. There will be a lot of disturbing facts that come out and some massive cover up
if the numbers can be trusted as accurate, (which I doubt) to quantify the kiddy fiddlers into a percentage of the total amount of priests they must know EXACTLY who the kiddy fiddlers are to count them so why are they still priests?
3.1.2 Paedophiles
in Church of England
Press
Association - The Archbishop of Canterbury says the church must be transparent
in dealing with past child sex abuse – 13 July 2014
An inquiry into allegations of child sex abuse at the heart
of the establishment is likely to turn up fresh claims about the Church of
England, the Archbishop of Canterbury has admitted. The Most Rev Justin Welby
said it was something he dealt with daily and it was becoming clearer that
"for many, many years things were not dealt with as they should have been
dealt with".
Abuse
survivors must now be shown justice and the Church must be "absolutely
transparent" every step of the way, he told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show. Asked if he was braced for the inquiry to
uncover "bad stories", Archbishop Welby replied: “I would love to say
there weren't, but I expect there are. There are in almost every institution
in this land. "This is, it's something I deal with every day and it is
becoming clearer and clearer that for many, many years things were not dealt
with as they should have been dealt with.
"And
we must show justice to survivors of abuse. That is the first and absolute
principle. And we must be absolutely transparent in every possible way and we
have to keep saying how utterly devastated we are with the terrible things that
were done in the past and how sorry we are."
It
comes after the Home Office was yesterday again forced to defend the
appointment of Baroness Butler-Sloss to run the inquiry amid claims she refused
to go public about a bishop implicated in a scandal.
Lady
Butler-Sloss told a victim of alleged abuse she did not want to include the
allegations in a review of how the Church of England dealt with two paedophile priests because she "cared about
the Church" and "the press would love a bishop", it was claimed.
It
put fresh pressure on the former High Court judge, who has faced calls to step
down after reports that her brother Sir Michael Havers tried to prevent ex-MP
Geoffrey Dickens airing claims about a diplomat in Parliament in the 1980s.
Lady
Butler-Sloss insisted that she has "never" put the reputation of an institution
ahead of justice for victims.
Home
Office minister James Brokenshire said there would be a panel of experts to sit
alongside Lady Butler-Sloss. Asked if
there could be co-chairs with equal powers, he told Murnaghan on Sky News:
"I think it's this precise detail that we are working on at this stage
because it is important that we do draw on the right experts." He added: "I think that Baroness
Butler-Sloss's integrity shines through."
Shadow
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper repeatedly dodged questions over whether Labour
backed Lady Butler-Sloss as the right person to chair the inquiry. She told
Murnaghan: "I think she is an extremely experienced person who will be
very good to do this job but she also needs the right people around her, she
needs the Home Office to take action to make sure they address all of these
concerns. "If they can't they will
need to make changes and rethink the whole thing but I think the ball should be
in the Home Office's court now to set this up in the right way and to make sure
they can do that because I do think she has immense expertise that should be
drawn upon."
Some
comments
How can she be impartial as in a paper today her own brother was named as a man who went to homosexual parties where underage boys were employed for various very well known men. All of this will be the usual whitewash & less "important" men will be named as in the usual cover up.
Lady Butler-Sloss should stand down immediately from this post and it should be given to someone who genuinely cares about the victims of abuse. The fact that she did not want a Bishop named in a sex abuse scandal speaks volumes.
For me, the gap between (then) teenage girls being "touched inappropriately" at TV shows usually by other young people at the time and sometimes repeating the encounters - and the vulnerability of children, removed from homes and boarding schools to be raped by groups of adults, is so vast.
This inquiry must not be allowed to turn into a 'let's look everywhere but inside parliament' one or the guilty will get away with it again. It should start there instead.
Mr. Bishop never lets on what he reckons justice would look like. The nobend seems to have an opinion on everything else but, strangely, not on this subject. Fancy that.
A lot of Tory MPs don’t see anything wrong, they went to public school, were buggered by their teachers and then rented out to MPs, judges etc to be buggered again, probably for money, "keep your gob shut do as you are told and you will get a good job later in life".
3.2 The Muslims
On 24 August 2009 we received
an interesting E Mail from
Destruction of Islamic Architectural Heritage in
http://islam21.net/friday/19-05-06.html
Saeed Shehabi (PhD), Chairman of IFID,
In year 2002, Dr Ahmad Zaki Yamani, the former Oil Minister
of
During
this year, 2006, the extent of the destruction of historic Islamic monuments
has come to light with devastating impact. It is now estimated that more than
90 per cent of historic mosques, mausoleums and other artefacts have been erased from the face of the
earth, to the extent that some Saudi voices, especially from the
The
extremism of today’s Salafi movement has become a force of annihilation, which
spares no one in its drive to dominate the Muslim world. It is closely linked
to the Wahhabi movement founded by Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al Wahab (1703–1792 ac).
His aim was to purify Islam by returning all Muslims to what he believed were
its original principles as typified by al Salaf al Şalihīn (the
earliest converts to Islam). He rejected what he regarded as corruption
introduced by bid‘a (innovation, reformation) and shirk
(idolatry). During his lifetime, he denounced the practices of various sects of
Sufism as heretical and unorthodox, such as their veneration of saints.
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al Wahab revived interest in the works of an earlier scholar,
Ibn Taymiyyah (661–728ah/1263–1328ac) and his disciple, Ibn al Jawziyyah (d.
1350 ac). Ibn Taymiyyah was reported to have said: “The leaders of Islam
agreed that it is not permitted to build the mausoleums over the graves.
They cannot be considered mosques and praying in them is not permitted.” Later,
Ibn Jawziyyah said: “The mausoleums that are built on graves must be
demolished.” Seven centuries had passed after the advent of Islam with none
of the scholars raising the issue. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al Wahab, who came four
centuries after Ibn Jawziyyah, went further in his extremism and adopted
doctrines that label people with differing views as unbelievers and
polytheists. Those falling into these categories, according to him, were worthy
of nothing but extermination. Their lives deserved no sanctity, their wealth
could be plundered and their families could be enslaved or killed. The legacy
of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al Wahab has not only survived for two centuries, but has
also acquired new international dimensions. Extremists are now distributed over
the five continents and are threatening not only non-Muslims but also the very
fabric of the Muslim Ummah, which is being destroyed in the rising sectarian
discord promoted by followers of the neo-Salafis.
Within
Earlier
this year (2006), the grave of Hashim ibn ‘Abd Manaf, Prophet Muhammad’s
grandfather, in the Palestinian city of
Historically,
the destruction of graves goes back to the early days of Islam, although at
that time, it was carried out for different reasons. In 236 ah/850 ac, the
Abbasid Caliph, al Mutawakkil, ordered the destruction of Imam Hussain’s grave.
The earth was levelled
and the ground flooded with water. It was a political revenge for the rebellion
against the Abbasid rule, spearheaded by followers of the descendants of the
Holy Prophet. It was an act to prevent the use of this holy site becoming a centre
for the opposition to the Abbasids. Attacks on graves on the early days of
Islam were motivated by politics rather than religion. However, during the past
two centuries, enmity against religious symbolism has been presented with the
support of religious edicts in line with the teachings of Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al Wahab.
Visiting tombs of disciples or faith symbols has been equated to polytheism (shirk),
which is liable to the maximum punishment. Tension with other schools of
jurisprudence has escalated and a state of religious polarization has been
forming in the Muslim world. The present Saudi rule in the early twentieth
century is a marriage of convenience between the Salafi trend based on Wahhabi
traditions and the Saudi ambitious political agenda. Relations among Muslims
have become strained as the Salafi movement has taken root in many places,
thanks to the Saudi petrodollars that have been abundant since the mid-1970s as
a result of the oil boom. Two hundred years ago, the Saudi–Wahhabi alliance
wreaked havoc in
The
The pain of the people of the
The
Wahhabis have gone even further. They have demolished the grave and tomb of
Hamza ibn ‘Abd al Mutallib, Prophet Muhammad’s uncle. They have cleared the graveyard
of the martyrs of Uhud (the second battle of Prophet Muhammad after the
Conquest of Madinah). The routes of the battles of Badr and Uhud (first and
second battles of Prophet Muhammad) have also been cleared. Serious
consideration is now being given to the idea that the
On
25 August 2005, the web site of al ‘Arabiyyah (the leading Saudi satellite
channel) published an important article with the title, “A new plan for Madinah
angers archaeologists …. Historians and intellectuals call for a review of the
destruction of artefacts
in Makkah and Madinah”. The article argued that these artefacts cannot lead to religious inventions
and must not be destroyed. It quoted Dr Anwar Ishqi, a renowned thinker, as
refuting the arguments that these historic items can create religious confusion
and it called for the protection of the mere 10 per cent that have so far been
spared destruction. Another thinker, Dr Sami Anqawi, a senior researcher in the artefacts of Makkah and Madinah and a former
Director of Pilgrimage Research, called for a comprehensive view of the Muslim
scholars, and confirmed that only a small percentage of historic works remain
and that the continued destruction will bury Islamic history and civilization.
On the same day, the Saudi daily newspaper, al Watan, confirmed that a
new plan for Madinah would certainly destroy one of the most important historic
quarters of the city. The area of Shraibat would be annihilated in the
following months, together with all the sites relating to early Islamic and
Prophetic history.
Our comment – This is indeed good news
4
Historical research
4.1 Rationalism of Veer Savarkar
In January 2010
Vinayak
Damodar Savarkar’s ‘Strategic Agnosticism’:
A
Compilation of his Socio-Political Philosophy and Worldview by Siegfried O.
Wolf
This was first noticed by Dr Shridhar Vaidya in January 2014
This was then noticed by A P Joshi of Chennai
Dr Bedekar of Thane (31 May)
Vinoo Wadher of
http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2014/05/veer-savarkars-strategic-agnosticism.html
http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/10414/1/HPSACP_Wolf.pdf
On 29 August I spoke about Rationalism of Veer Savarkar at Ganapati function at Slough Hindu Mandir. Audience were 150 in number. It was surprising to see so many non-Marathi people at this function. They all appreciated my talk.
4.2 Research work of Shridhar Damle of
(i) Nehru national library has microfilms of some 25,000 letters to and from Savarkar. Cost of copying them is Rs 20 each. If enough funds are donated to Savarkar National Memorial, Dadar, Mumbai this valuable material can be made available to researchers
(ii) Shree Damle has got 18 pages about Savarkar, Madam Cama and Shyamji Krishnavarma in Russian language from a book written in 1912. With help from Savarkar.org and Savarkar Pratisthan these will be translated into English. If you know Russian you can contact Shree Damle.
(iii) He has found confidential report of American Vice
Consul of
(iv) Shree Damle has visited Government archives in
4.3 Jana Gana Mana – the folly continues
We still find it mentioned in some E Mails that Jana Gana Mana was composed by Ravindranath Tagore to welcome King George V and Queen Mary at the time of Delhi Darbar of 1911. But when people visit our web-site www.satyashodh.com they know the truth.
4.4 Why was Gandhi killed in January 1948?
(a) This is an important issue which has been badly dealt with by Hindutvavadis and our opponents will not stop using Gandhi’s assassination to malign us. I therefore started to write a book but my computer crashed three times.
Over the years I had dealt with many aspects of the subject. I have now collected all the material together.
There is a lot to do and this time my work is saved on 2 drives. So my work will not be lost.
(b) What were the conditions set down by Gandhi to end his fast in January 1948?
People are blissfully unaware of them. Some say –“We all
know that it was giving away 55 crores of rupees to
On 13 January 1948 Times of
Mahatma Gandhi Starting Fast From Today
Surprising
Move to Bring about Hindu Muslim Unity.
ORDEAL FOR INDETERMINATE PERIOD
Mahatma Gandhi told his prayer meeting this evening that he was undertaking a fast from tomorrow for an indeterminate period to bring about Hindu Muslim Unity
There is no mention of 55 crores of rupees.
The conditions laid down by Gandhi are given in Maulana Azad’s book India Wins Freedom (pages 218/219). There is cleverly no mention of 55 crores of rupees. If we read the seven conditions today, it will make our blood boil. It is amazing that though Azad’s book was published in 1959, Gandhi’s conditions remain unknown to Hindutvavadis after 55 years!
(c) Some friends had recommended that I should read 2nd
edition of The Men who killed Gandhi by Manohar Malgaonkar published by
Lotus Collection in 2008. I did but found that it is Party Political Broadcast
on behalf of Gandhi. Malgaonkar says that he was living in
(i) There is no bibliography.
(ii) He writes as if he is British or a crafty Muslim like Maulana Azad.
(iii) On page 66 we find, “Even as late as March 1947,
Gandhi had insisted, ‘If Congress wishes to accept Partition, it will be over
my dead body. So long as I live, I will never agree to Partition of
If Gandhi had any morality he would have told Nehru and Patel, “You got elected on the basis of the promise to Hindu voters that you will never accept partition. If you want to go back on your words you must resign and seek a mandate for partition, especially as you are going to accept partition without exchange of population.”
Gandhi did no such thing, agreed to betray the Hindus and had to pay for it.
Patel and Nehru had secretly decided to accept partition without
exchange of population. So, by end of March 1947 all Provinces ruled by
Congress, passed Public Security Measures Acts. The whole of
(iv) On 16 January 1948 Times of India reported on front page –
Immediate Payment of Cash Balances
Bid to remove cause of suspicion
The Government of
“This decision” says a “communiqué” issued by the Prime Minister’s Secretariat late tonight. “It is the Government’s contribution in the best of their ability to the non-violent and noble effort made by Gandhiji in accordance with the glorious traditions of this great country, for peace and goodwill.”
The Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in a
separate statement said ; “We have come to this decision in the hope that this
gesture, in accord with
“We earnestly trust also that this will go a long way towards producing a situation which will induce Gandhiji’s to break his fast. That fast of course had nothing to do with this particular matter and we have thought of it because of our desire to help in every way in easing the present tension.
The Government of India communiqué reads –
“The Government of India have fully clarified their position
in regard to the cash balances must be considered as a part of overall
settlement of outstanding questions in issue between
The question is this – where is the financial agreement
between
Malgaonkar does not want to know.
Partition meant division of assets and liabilities. 55
crores of rupees was the last payment of division of assets. The financial agreement
also states that
Even today, Indian budget shows this amount outstanding from
interest over 60 years. Today that will amount to some 9,000 crores of rupees. Malgaonkar does not want to know.
(iv) It is surprising that he uses the words Life sentence (pages v, 22, 279, 351) instead of Transportation for life.
(v) Gandhi Jinnah talks – where are the details of their discussions? Why the secrecy?
Malgaonkar does not want to know.
(vi)There is no demand to open up Cabinet papers of those days as the British Government has done.
(vii) Under English law there could not be any photography in court – Indian law was based on English law. And yet this was flagrantly flouted. Malgaonkar does not want to know.
(viii) P L Inamdar was a follower of Gandhi since childhood. He was lawyer for Dr Parchure who was acquitted. As the case developed Inamdar became repugnant of Gandhism. Malgaonkar does not mention this.
(ix) Kapoor Commission reported was published in 1970. A copy could have been available from any major bookshop selling Government of India publications. There is a copy in British Library. Why Malgaonkar could not get a copy till 2008?
This not what we expect from a Colonel in Maratha Light Infantry.
4.5 Savarkar in Andaman jail.
Brutal treatment of political prisoners in Andaman Jail was
first exposed in Bengalee, the newspaper of Moderate leader Surendranath
Banerjee. Our friend Dileep Pednekar of
(It is strange that on the front page we find news of Titanic disaster)
Shree Pednekar also found a copy of Maratha (of Lokamanya Tilak) of 28 July 1912 which published the news of suicide of Indubhushan Roy Chowdhari in Andaman jail.
These were sent to organizers of Savarkar web-site in Pune.
Note – what a pity that we are doing this research more
than 100 years after the events!
But we must be thankful to the British for preserving
copies of our newspapers. Copies of above documents will be sent by E Mail if
you contact Godbole
4.6 Taj Mahal
(i) As yet we can’t find any one who would visit Taj Mahal with our Tourist Guide and give us more information and photographs.
Our friends from
(ii) It is astonishing how the legend continues to grow. While clearing up the study room I came across New Civil Engineer of 19/26 August 1999. Usual Taj legend is repeated and in addition we are told by Georgina Whittaker that 1,000 elephants were also employed!