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Holi O Holi! How can You be a Threat to Islam? Lalit K Kaul Islam is the only religion which breathes in and out the “threat” to its existence. Any socio-cultural event(s) not practiced by followers of Islam is perceived as a “threat” to its existence. Any world-view that’s incompatible with tenets of Islam is perceived as a “threat” to its existence. The people who question unilateralism of Islam are labelled as “threat” to existence of Islam. Al Quran makes repeated mention of “enemies of Allah”; the One who is the Master of all that He surveys; is “omnipotent and omnipresent”; “knows All”; “sees All”; “punishes and rewards”, who all in the mortal world can afford to be His “enemies”! The problem here is that Islam is said to be “secure” only if an Islamic state is in vogue; so, the slogans of “Islam Khatrae Mein Hai” essentially chanted by Moulvis , Maulanas and Muftis (3Ms) is essentially a call to all Muslims to work together, using all available means, untiringly until Islamic ...

  Who Were Responsible For Partition Of Indian Subcontinent? British Or Muslims? Lalit K Kaul The Khilafat movement which began in 1919 culminated into Muslim separatism because it failed to achieve its political ends. It was a political campaign by Indian Muslims to protest British policies towards Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. The movement was started to defend the Ottoman Caliph as a symbol of unity among the Muslim community in India. The movement was led by the Ali brothers, Maulana Muhammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali. It was initially supported by Gandhi's non-cooperation movement which saw it as the opportunity to forge Hindu-Muslim unity; Muslims’ leadership were only to betray the trust the Congress had reposed in it. It collapsed after the abolition of the caliphate in 1924. Anticipating its failure insofar as retention of Ottoman Caliph was concerned- the one to which Muslims in India looked up to as torch bearer/pillar of Islamic rule and hoped to establish Islamic ru...

KM's Religious & Political Leaderships’ New Found Love For Kashmiri Pandit (KP) Community                                                                                                                      Lalit K Kaul A leopard doesn’t change its spots; a chameleon changes its colours; imagine a breed which is a hybrid of chameleon and leopard- that’s a breed which smartly hides its true character/intent (unchangeable) while adapting itself to changing circumstances to co-exist, only to strike one day with impunity betraying its hitherto hidden intent. The breed is none other than the religious and political leadership of Kashmiri Muslims (KMs), having proved such credentials in the real-wor...

The Indian Constitution is Exclusive of Kashmiri Pandit Community (Can it be made Inclusive?) Lalit K Kaul Recently our Parliament witnessed a debate on the responsibility of the party in power in upholding the Indian Constitution in letter and spirit. The ruling and the opposition parties traded charges of violation of Indian Constitution against each other. All this with a political intent and not out of any respect for the Constitution of India . That no political outfit while in power has honoured Directive Principles as imbibed in the Constitution of India and strived to implement them is evident from the fact that after more than 75 years of independence, the Prime Minister of India, Sri Narendra D Modi, proudly stated in the Parliament that his government feeds 80 crore people, takes care of their basic needs including shelter as they are unable to take care of their requirements. Here an attempt is made to showcase how the successive Central governments backed by different pol...

  Iltija Mufti's Remarks on Sri Ram Sri Savarkar and Hindutva Reassert Islam's Ideology Lalit K Kaul For sure Iltija Mufti hasn’t read either about Sri Ram or Sri V D Savarkar and His Hindutva thesis. A believer is prohibited from reading books and scriptures of Idolaters because doing so is Haraam. Yet, she chose to belittle them all. This comes very naturally to Muslims because of the indoctrination they undergo in Madrasas based on their Book. Such acts form the basis of their politics as they intend to hide their crimes by demeaning Hindu world-view. This response to her uncivilized remarks is articulated with the intention of bringing out some of the basic truths about Islam to put this religion in right perspective in the context of a pluralistic society that Indian Nation is. In doing so, verses have been taken from Al Quran. Intolerance and Hatred: The Ideology of intolerance and hatred towards other religions is fundamental to Islam and it’s born out of the presump...

  Don’t Blame Pakistan for Resurgent “Terrorist” Attacks across J&K Lalit K Kaul Entire region of J&K has been experiencing “terrorist” attacks since the declaration of Lok Sabha election results from Kashmir and these “terrorist” attacks have increased manifold post declaration of J&K Assembly election results. The JKNC-JKCONG alliance has returned to J&K Assembly with a very comfortable majority and what’s more important in that is that the JKNC has got a majority on its own. In addition to their collective numbers some independents (4) have joined them and AAP MLA has declared support for the alliance. The PDP had offered to surrender all its seats to the alliance if it’s conditions were met with; before the conduct of Assembly elections. So, it is a safe guess to make that the alliance has implicit support of PDP MLAs. This is not surprising because they all are the members of PAGD. The ratio in the Assembly is 29(pro-India): 61(anti-India). In order to unders...