Monday, June 27, 2011

These Mullas

Maulwis are the favourite punching bags of us Aligs. Here is a segment from the review of Conflict Zone by Professor Ariful Islam that we mentioned in the previous post:
With tea cups, come fresh arguments — mullahs still hold grip on community, ...
Why this resentment?
There is a reason for this.
There was a Fatwa of kufr on Sir Syed. And fatwas are issued by Maulwis.
This is an old issue.
If an issue is not solved then with time it may die out.
Or it may not.
This one has not. Above statement is a testimony to this fact.
This issue should be solved for it is dividing the Ummah-into groups of religiously and secularly educated.
Allah Most High has decreed that hold on fast to His rope and do not be divided.
Two or three things can be said with surety in this regard. Sir Syed said that his desire was to prepare those students who had philosophy in one hand, science in another and a crown of no god but God on their heads.
The least we can conclude from this that he desired his graduates and hence his followers to remain completely within the bounds of Islam, to submit completely to the Will of Allah Almighty, to give preference to Deen over anything else, to make Islam his guiding principle. In the humble opinion of your poor Alig this is what gave him the strength when he embarked on his journey of reinterpretation of Islam.
The second thing is his obituary of Hazrat Maulana Qasim Sahab Nanotwi (RA). If he had such a high regard for him then why we, nobodies, should indulge in random degradation of Maulwis?
Thirdly this is not a new topic and lots of things have happened from the beginning till now. One of them is the frequent and regular visits by the religious scholars to the university. Clearly the do not trash it. From personal experience due regard and love has been observed about things Aligarian from the religious scholars. Not to return the gesture will be bad etiquette.

So where to begin?
Well by resisting the quips like the above-do not allow it to escape from your lips, er keyboard.
Any thing more?
Yes. What about you suggesting that?