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”Now the right to follow personal law is part of the way of life of those people who are following such laws; it is part of their religion and part of their culture. If anything is done affecting the personal laws, it will be tantamount to interference with the way of life of those people who have been observing these laws for generations and ages. This secular State which we are trying to create should not do anything to interfere with the way of life and religion of the people.” |
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-Qaide Millath Mohammed Ismail Sahib in the Constituent Assembly (23/11/1948) |
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“In a democracy, it is the duty of the majority to secure the sacred rights of every minority. It is a misnomer to call it a democracy if the majority rides rough-shod over the rights of the minorities. It is not democracy at all; it is tyranny. Therefore, I would submit to you and all the Members of this House to take very serious notice of this article; it is not a light thing to be passed like this.”
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-B. Pocker Sahib in the Constituent Assembly (23/11/1948) |
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Everything to be proud of |
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“As the Muslims in India we have nothing to be ashamed, but everything to be proud of”
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-K.M. Seethi Sahib in MSF Conference held at Aleppey (April 1957) |
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“I am pointing out therefore that the Muslim Personal Law is a religious obligation on each and every Muslim. Now, the protagonists of a uniform civil code say that uniformity in way of life leads to national solidarity and unity. I very much respect the concern for this national solidarity and unity. But I must submit that it is unity in diversity, the principle we cherish, rather than uniformity in a plural society like India, that leads to national solidarity and unity. The principles of Muslim Personal Law do not injure anybody else. They need not: they need not take any offence if a Muslim wants to continue with his adherence with the Shariat; the Shariat is immutable, as I said, and fundamental principles of Shariat are not open for reconsideration.” |
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-G. M. Banatwalla in Lok Sabha (29/03/1985) |
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“Article 15 (4) of the Constitution provides for the reservation of the section of the people who are educationally and socially backward. May I say that this minority in the country which is around 15 per cent of the population, the Muslims of this country are, by and large, barring a microscopic section of the community, socially and educationally backward? They also have every right to reservation. Even after 50 years of independence, what is the position in the Government of this country for representation of minorities? I would say without fear of contradiction that it is dismally poor. It is high time that the country think about this backward section of people, the Muslims also.” |
-E. Ahamed in Lok Sabha (18/03/1999) |
Banatwalla's historic private member bill |
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“The recent judgment of the Supreme Court is in flagrant violation of the Muslim Personal Law. One or two verses that have been wrongly picked up from the Quran are totally misinterpreted against the unanimous view of all the Muslim jurists. I come to the house not to add any new thing but to restore the opinion of this very house, which they had incorporated in clause (b), sub-section(3) of section 127, so that the traditional Muslim Personal Law continues to exist.
About Shariat the government has received thousands and thousands of telegrams and memoranda and letters. There is the Muslim Personal Law Board which reflects all shades of opinion, with respect to the different schools of thought among the Muslims and their unanimous resolution is also there. I must make it extremely clear that no Muslim can ever subscribe to such gross violation of the Shariat. I, therefore, appeal to this house that in the interest of women themselves, the government should accept the provisions that I have brought and which take care of all the angles and which I commend to this house.” |
-G.M. Banatwalla in Lok Sabha (26/07/1985) |
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“I would like to say that I am a member of a minority community. My party is also representing a minority community. We are proud of it. We do not want to hide anything. Our record is very much open and transparent. For the last fifty years, my party has been working for the well being of the largest minority community in the world, not only in this country, the Muslims. What is the manner in which they have dealt with the Muslims? Is it not a fact that the Bajrang Dal and the BJP - are responsible for all these things?” |
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– E. Ahamed in Lok Sabha (12/03/1999) |
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“I can strongly refute allegation that Madarsas in our Indian soil, well within our boundaries, are used as training grounds for terrorism. Sir, I am proud to share the fact with you that I grew up in a Madarsa. I am a product of Madarsa with its formulative influence. I can vouchsafe that hatred and terrorism were never taught to us in Madarsas. In Madarsas, mostly in masjids and in majlis, I have only witnessed common prayers being offered for the common good. I follow this noble tradition. We are taught in Madarsas that God is one, we all belong to same family and must uphold universal brotherhood. We are given percepts to do good and avoid evil and sin. Nothing on violence, hatred and terrorism are discussed or taught in Madarsas. With all emphasis at may command I would like to reiterate that terrorism is not taught in any of our Madarsas. To make a wild allegation that negative teachings are there in Madarsas is wrong and condemnable. I request you not to make such baseless charges and try to paint a tainted picture of an entire community. We will not be doing justice to a community.” |
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–Prof. K. M. Kader Mohideen in Lok Sabha (04/08/2005) |
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“The hon. Minister of Home Affairs cannot always believe that he is the old President of the BJP who has taken the rath yatra. He has now occupied the position of the Minister of Home Affairs. The constabulary is under his command; the security forces are under his command. He publicly says, `I know Bajrang Dal; they are not like that.' What is the signal that he has sent? I do not want to deal with that because it is now seized by a Judicial Commission. I am going to refer to it but I would like to ask the hon. Minister of Home Affairs how he can give a good conduct certificate to a body on which aspersions have been cast by the Media, officials and everybody.” |
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– E. Ahamed in Lok Sabha (12/03/1999) |
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“We all belong to the same family. We are talking of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. Kalidasa’s Raghuvamsam talk of Parvathi-Parameshwar that is of the common parentage and universal brotherhood. ‘Adam-Havva’ is the early parent described in the Holy Quran. According to the Holy Bible ‘Adam-Eve’ are our ancestral early parents. Thirukkural talks of Adhi and Bhagawan in the couplet, “Akara Muthala Ezhuthellam Adhi Bhagawan Muthatrey Ulagu”. Ancient Tamil literature talks of world as one family in the context of global village and universal brotherhood. All the religions of this land and of the world emphasize that all the people of this world are the descendants of same parents. We have many religions and culture but we all belong to that common universal brotherhood. We must not divide people in the name of religion” |
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–Prof. K. M. Kader Mohideen in Lok Sabha (04/08/2005) |
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“I met Shri Narendra Modi on the 5th March night. I said to him: "Mr. Chief Minister, in the Civil Hospital, there are 226 dead bodies. Out of which, only 100 dead bodies have been identified and the rest 126 dead bodies have not been identified so far." What did he say to me? He said: "Do you think all these are Muslims?" I said: "Mr. Chief Minister, I did not mention Muslim or Hindu, I mentioned dead bodies." I also said: "Mr. Chief Minister, you gave a sum of Rs. two lakhs to the families of those who were killed in the Godhra incident but you gave Rs. one lakh to the families of those who were killed in the communal riots in Gujarat." He said: "That is a terrorist attack and this is a communal riot." Why do you divide the people on the basis of religion? Is it not against our Constitution? Once you divide the people, you are creating a divide in the very heart of the people. It is very much against the spirit of this country.” |
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–E. Ahamed in Lok Sabha (18/11/2002) |
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“I once attended a meeting. The subject of that meeting was to unite all muslim organisations. About 59 organisations had come. I told the gathering there to consider this: Of the 59 organisations, except for Muslim League, all others were founded recently and the founders themselves were leaders. Not the case with Muslim League. Muslim League was there before me and it will be there after me. I asked them to think about this. I also asked them whether they have any ideas and plans for the society different from that of Muslim League. If yes, I wished them to continue in their own way. Otherwise, asked them to join us in our way.” |
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–Prof. K. M. Kader Mohideen (in an interview to Kayalpatnam.com , dt 26/01/2008) |
On UN Security Council |
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“The Security Council, as it is currently configured, is not representative of contemporary realities. The Prime Minister of India had touched upon this asymmetry when he had stated in his address to this session of the Assembly on September 23, and I quote “an overwhelming majority of the world’s population cannot be excluded from an institution that today legislates on an increasing number of issues, with an ever-widening impact.” |
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- E. Ahamed in the U.N. General assembly (11/10/2004) |
