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Changing image of Muslims
Muslims across the world are facing tough time. The sentiment �Muslims are terrorists� becomes a rage among non-Muslim communities of the world. People become more and more suspicious of Muslims. We need to keep the secular fabric of India intact.
 
Sun, Mar 02, 2008 14:43:49 IST
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WHY ARE most of the Muslims fundamentalists and terrorists? This question is often being raised to Muslims, either directly or indirectly, during any discussion on religion or world affairs.
 
 When the world is having such a view of Muslims, Indian Muslims are also being targeted. India is home to nearly 150 million Muslims, and till date, no Indian Muslim is involved in the terrorist activities across the world. A majority of the world population has a positive opinion of Indian Muslims.
 
But after the few terror strikes in India, Muslims are becoming more vulnerable of being labeled as  ‘terrorists’, the view that majority of the world holds. The situation in which a Muslim finds himself is very scary, pathetic and agonising. Perhaps observing all these developments, one of the most influential theological schools in South Asia, Darul Uloom Deoband, termed terrorism as anti-Islamic in convention held on February 26 in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP). The images of more than 10,000 clerics chanting terrorism as un-Islamic overturns the stereotype of Islam. It has debunked the claim that the problem of terrorism is Islam. The convention was attended by top clerics including the representatives from Ajmer Sharif Dargah, All India Madrasas association and All India Muslim personal law board. They defined terrorism,  “Any action that targets innocents, whether by an individual or by any government and its agencies or by private organisations anywhere in the world, constitutes, according to Islam, an act of terrorism.”
 
The Deobandis are one of the most orthodox schools within Islam. Besides inspiring the Taliban, these have been ideological beacons for other sects that support fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. Many, as the pressure from non-Muslim communities in India, also view this announcement. The clerics are often criticised for not coming out and out against the terrorism. They have also raised a point that Madrasas is not a breeding ground for terrorism. Many terror outfits have claimed links to Deoband seminary. But we have to keep in mind that Deobandi Madrasas in Pakistan is totally a different story. The mindset to generalise Madrasas as terror hub is very parochial and absurd. We will have to wait and see if the Deoband call in India resonates with scholars in Pakistan? But Deobandis announcement is certainly a clear signal to the rest of Muslim world that follows it.
 
I personally feel this as a remarkable announcement. I have always believed that in order to change the mindset of people regarding Islam, Muslim scholars need to think what can be done to delegitimise terrorism. The clerics have the power to influence hearts and minds of millions. They will have to do a lot to pull out the community from the current danger looming over it. This is certainly a start. Let’s hope that they will take it further.
 
Many of my friends say that Islam is the religion of mercy for all humanities. It is the fountainhead of eternal peace, tranquility, mercy, tolerance, equality and security. It is perhaps the essence of all religions. We need to keep secular fabric of India intact.
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As you said about muslims is right they are not involved in terrorism but they create problems to having terror, what i learned from past life that these people are good enough when meeting to single person or more on roads, house or commercial areas but when you go to their community,groups so they worst than all creatures. Their population is their only strength and they do not belong to any community, caste, culture, customes. If you see some areas of New Delhi,like Dharayganj, Chandani Chowk here hindus afraid to go these places after 8PM bec of life.These people have to die with all sources either nuclear bomb, destroy some Mosque. India is only hindus country but all other community are respected to live, As you know Mahatma Gandhi told that Muslims never in favoured to give independence from British. if you go to Muslims countries where Hindus are living for years you could imagine how worst life hindus live at there.If your BLOOD IS DEAD so wriet the articles for them otherwise you watch the movie BLACK FRIDAY where even the Sikhs do not like India.These non-sense muslims has to , has to die at all cost.MAKE IT CLEAR IN YOUR BRIAN. UNDERSTAND
 
 
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I have been a silent person who like to abserve what people do and try to see if I can or would do something like that if I were stretched to my wits end. But I know what words mean or at least I think I do. I would like to know when the artical says innocents what do you mean by innocents is it that they are talking about people who disogree with their Idolegy but are not condemming them or people who are not part of the government of the US or people who just don't say anything or none christians or kids and women or what? I am afraid that the statement is not clear what they consider to be terrorism or an act of terror. I am thinking that if you ask me it means that if innocents is not clear then they have said nothing that makes me feel safe with the group. Because I could be as much a threat to them if they just don't want to put up with my bull and now I am not innocent so killing me is OK. where does love one another come in in their life or does it and only if you are a muslim. But that does not stop me from loveing them because I teach peace not distruction of life no matter who you are innocent or not. I have friends of all types and they don't agree with me in all things but I speak my peace and they do theirs and after we go our way without killing each other or wanting to after. I think that I should be able to say that you are wrong with out being called not innocent or innocent but just a man with an opinion love me still. I have my book that guides me and you have yours but when our books say to kill it is wrong.
 
 
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i really enjoyed reading dis
 
 
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