मुसीबत पड़ गई है—अब्दुल हमीद ‘अदम’
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उत्तर प्रदेश असम्बली एलक्शन में चैकोना मुकाबला। मुख्तलिफ पार्टियों को मुख्तलिफ तबकों के वोटों की उम्मीद
राहुल को नौजवानों,मुलायम को मुसलमानों
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بتا تیری رضا کیا ہے۔۔۔علّامہ اقبال
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Lokpal-Jan lokpal Bill– Buddhdev PandyaThis week the debate on the Lokpal Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the Government was adjourned at the disgust of opponents who thought that it was not strong enough to tackle the rampant corruption in the political and government services. Congress Party with no absolute majority as part of its manifesto commitment succeeded in getting it through the Lok Sabha, the Lower House with the help of some of its associated in the collation Government.
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05.01.2012
समाज को बेहतर नहीं बनाते सभी जनांदोलन—–राम पुनियानी
गत वर्ष, पूरी दुनिया के साथ साथ भारत में भी अन्याय के खिलाफ आमजनों के उठ खड़े होने के कई अलग-अलग प्रसंग सामने आए। अरब देशों में वहां के तानाशाह शासकों के खिलाफ आंदोलन उमड़ा। अमेरिका और कई यूरोपीय देशों में “आक्यूपाई वाल स्ट्रीट“ आंदोलन के जरिए जनता ने बढ़ती सामाजिक-आर्थिक विषमताओं के विरूद्ध अपना आक्रोश प्रगट किया। ये विषमताएं उस आर्थिक मॉडल का नतीजा हैं जिसे पश्चिम ने अपनाया है।
इसी अवधि में, भारत में भी कई आंदोलन हुए। सन् 2011, भारत के इतिहास में एक ऐसे वर्ष के रूप में याद किया जाएगा जिसमें आम आदमी ने व्यवस्था के विरूद्ध अपने आक्रोश का खुलकर इजहार किया। तथाकथित विकास के लिए किसानों की जमीनों का अधिग्रहण एक महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दा रहा है और इस मसले को लेकर उड़ीसा में पोस्को सहित कई आंदोलन हुए। जैतापुर और कुंडाकूलम में जनांदोलनों ने परमाणु उर्जा से जुड़े खतरों और पर्यावरणीय संतुलन बनाए रखने की ज़रूरत की ओर देश का ध्यान खींचा। हाल के दिनों में विकास के नाम पर किसानों को उनकी जमीनों से महरूम करने की प्रवृत्ति तेजी से बढ़ी है।
दुर्भाग्यवश, इन सभी जनांदोलनों को मीडिया ने उतनी अहमियत नहीं दी जितनी कि दी जानी चाहिए थी। यही हाल आयरोम शर्मीला के बरसों पुराने अनशन का हुआ। इस अनशन का लक्ष्य कश्मीर व उत्तर-पूर्व में सशस्त्र बल विशेषाधिकार अधिनियम की आड़ में किए जा रहे अत्याचारों से देश को अवगत कराना है।
जिस एक आंदोलन ने पूरे देश में भावनाओं का एक ज्वार सा ला दिया वह था अन्ना हजारे का लोकपाल बिल के समर्थन में अनशन। इसके समानांतर, रामदेव ने काले धन के मुद्दे पर आंदोलन किया। अन्ना हजारे का मुख्य एजेन्डा था उनकी टीम के जनलोकपाल बिल को संसद से जस का तस पारित करवाना। अन्ना हजारे का रवैया ऐसा था मानो केवल वे ही भ्रष्टाचार के विरोधी हों और लोकपाल विधेयक के उनके संस्करण का समर्थन नहीं करने वाला हर व्यक्ति भ्रष्टाचार का समर्थक हो। इस आंदोलन को कई अलग-अलग क्षेत्रों से समर्थन मिला जिनमें श्री श्री रविशंकर जैसे लाईफस्टाइल गुरू भी शामिल थे।
अगर हम आज के भारत को वृहद परिपेक्ष्य में देखें तो हमें समझ में आवेगा कि देश की अधिकांश जनता आर्थिक अन्याय, सामाजिक विषमताओं और मुख्यधारा की राजनीति के हाशिए पर खिसका दिए जाने जैसी समस्याओं से जूझ रही है। अन्ना का आंदोलन केवल भ्रष्टाचार को जनता के सभी दुःखों के लिए जिम्मेदार बताता है और अन्य कारकों को नजरअंदाज करता है।
सभी सामाजिक आंदोलनों का एक विशिष्ट चरित्र होता है। यद्यपि आमजन यह चाहते हैं कि जनांदोलन उनकी वास्तविक समस्याओं के निराकरण में मदद करें परंतु अनेक बार सामाजिक आंदोलन केवल बीमारी के लक्षणों तक सीमित रह जाते हैं: बीमारी की असली जड़ तक पहुंच ही नहीं पाते। अन्ना के आंदोलन का चरित्र भी ऐसा ही था। टीम अन्ना ने बड़े प्रभावी ढंग से एक विशिष्ट समस्या को तो हमारे सामने रखा परंतु उसने अन्य मुद्दों को दरकिनार कर दिया और संसदीय प्रणाली का उपहास बनाया।
जहां अरब देशों के नागरिक अपने देशों में प्रजातंत्र व संसदीय प्रणाली की स्थापना के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे हैं वहीं अन्ना आंदोलन भारत में एक कुलीनतंत्र की स्थापना का प्रयास कर रहा है। यहां तक कि अन्ना को संसद से ऊपर बताया जा रहा है।
इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं कि सामाजिक जनांदोलन परिवर्तन के वाहक होते हैं परंतु सभी जनांदोलन समाज को बेहतरी की ओर ले जाते हैं, ऐसा मानना भूल होगी। क्या हम राममंदिर आंदोलन को भुला सकते हैं जिसने भारत में साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा और अल्पसंख्यकों के दानवीकरण के एक नए युग की शुरूआत की? इस सिलसिले में यह महत्वपूर्ण है कि दलितों और अल्पसंख्यकों ने अन्ना आंदोलन से दूरी बनाए रखी क्योंकि उन्हें ऐसा लगता था कि इस आंदोलन से उनके मूल व अधिक महत्वपूर्ण हितों को चोट पहुंच सकती है।
जहां अन्ना आंदोलन को मीडिया ने बहुत अधिक महत्व दिया वहीं पास्को, जैतापुर व कुंडाकुलम आंदोलनों को अपेक्षित प्रचार नहीं मिला। इन आंदोलनों के केन्द्र में जो मुद्दे हैं वे समाज के वंचित वर्ग के लिए बहुत महत्वपूर्ण हैं। इस वर्ग के हित, हमारे पूरे समाज की बेहतरी से जुड़े हुए हैं।
इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं कि ये सभी आंदोलन हमारे प्रजातंत्र के फलने-फूलने और जड़ें पकड़ने का सुबूत हैं। कुछ मामलों में निहित स्वार्थी तत्वों ने आंदोलनों को गलत दिशा में मोड़ने का प्रयास भले ही किया हो परंतु इन आंदोलनों ने जिन मुद्दों को उछाला है उनके महत्व से कोई इंकार नहीं कर सकता। इसके साथ ही, यह भी जरूरी है कि सभी आंदोलन, प्रजातांत्रिक सिद्धांतों व मूल्यों पर आधारित हों और जनता के सभी वर्गों को साथ लेकर चलें।
भारत के किसी भी क्षेत्र में जनाक्रोष की अभिव्यक्ति के प्रति हमें संवेदनशील होना चाहिए। ऐसे आंदोलनों का असर हमारी अंतरात्मा पर पड़ना चाहिए। दुर्भाग्यवश, सन् 2011 में हमारा ध्यान केवल अन्ना आंदोलन पर केन्द्रित रहा। हमें अन्य आंदोलनों व विरोध प्रदर्शनों को भी उपयुक्त महत्व देना होगा। इन आंदोलनों को हमारे सहयोग व समर्थन की कहीं अधिक जरूरत है। (लेखक आई.आई.टी. मुंबई में पढ़ाते थे, और सन् 2007 के नेशनल कम्यूनल हार्मोनी एवार्ड से सम्मानित हैं।)
(Referred by Firozkhan)
قسمت کا سکندر نکلا۔۔۔احمد فراز
किस्मत का सिकंदर निकला—अहमद फराज़
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Anna Hazare.
At the outset let me accept unconditionally that I supported Anna and his aandolan (Agitation) against the corruption. In fact I wrote articles for ‘Hindi Abroad’ weekly newspaper published fromMississauga,Canada. In Anna I saw a simple and truthful person who is ready to take head on the rampant corruption prevailing inIndia. Be it police, income tax, railways, district collector’s office, talati’s office in Panchayat raj or you name the place and person the Bhasmasur of the corruption is omnipresent. In him I thought that here is the right man we all wanted. He collected or is they came around him to form the so called ‘Anna Team.’ And who were they? Ms. Kiran Bedi, ex-IPS officer, Arvind Kejriwal, ex-IAS officer who was working in income Tax department and Advocate Prashant Bhusan. Frankly speaking I do not know about members of the Anna core committee.
’Bhrastaachar ke Khilaf Jung,’ fight against corruption started very well. Anna got wide support from the media and the people. A section of the media started describing Anna as ‘Second Gandhi!’ I do not know what this section of the media saw any parallel in him. Indians and Indian media are quick enough to place someone at the top in no time. I think this is because we Indians are quick enough to make anyone our idol or ideal. Same we did with Anna and his team and they thought they are above parliament, democracy and politicians. They painted all MPs with same brush. In their eyes every MP is corrupt. They want a Lok Pal who is above every democratic institution!! In short Anna and his team members wanted to have one dictator who is above all. Everyone is answerable to him but he is not to anyone.
Well, before I proceed further I think many of us have some sort of misconception about Anna Hazare. We think he is second Gandhiji. no, he is not. There is lot of difference between these two. Gandhiji never believed in using any kind of force or compulsion in any form. Anna has threatened the government, politicians and others by going on fast every now and then. His fasting lost the force and charm. We need not search reasons therefor. He and his team provided to the common men.
He took the support of Yoga and medicine merchant Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who is spreading Hindutva not the Hindu religion. The RSS volunteers were brought in thousands to ram Leela ground inNew Delhifor his andolan against corruption. Even on the dais saffron was more visible than any other colour. Anyway that’s Anna’s choice to take or reject the support. But he failed to realise that the common man may be uneducated, poor but not blind not to see what’s happening.
Then Anna jumped into politics. He asked voters in Hissar (Haryana) to reject Congress candidate. The candidate who got elected with Anna and his team’s support is a known corrupt and there are many cases pending against him in the courts. Some of them are serious. So the double speak of Anna and his team was exposed. Then came his utterances against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, His real agenda, it seems, which he could not hide for a long time. Two members of his core team Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal were exposed for following the corrupt practices by themselves.
The Lok Pal bill presented by the UPA was opposed by among others BJP. Anna kept on blaming Congress and siding BJP. In Mumbai when media men asked him categorically why he is doing this he avoided them and the question. In Mumbai Anna and his team expected nearly one hundred thousand of people to join him. Not even ten thousand came!! The man who was able to draw lakhs inNew Delhicould not gather even ten thousands!! Naturally he was disappointed and wound up giving the health reason!!
It is pity that Anna has really lost his true path. He sought and took the company of wrong people. He went on dictating his own terms and conditions for the appointment of Lok Pal. he did not show any flexibility and was not willing to amend. In fact he became Ziddi and lost his charm. His goal of fighting corruption is loud but unfortunately his path is not. Gandhiji always said that along with your goal your path to achieve it should also be pure. Anna failed to follow this. I still have the hope that he will soon realise his drawbacks and take corrective actions and will be successful. People ofindiaare still ready to support him. But their support should not be taken for granted.
(The writer is a Sr. Jouranalist and columnist. Currently he is Sr. news editor of Hindi Abroad weekly,Mississauga,Canada. His articles are published inIndia,Pakistan,UKandUSA. he is not associated with any political party.)
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(मधु गीति सं॰ २१६४, दि॰ ३० दिसम्वर २०११)
चारु चन्द्र ने हिम की चादर, फैलादी है जल थल पर;
स्मित धरा सिहर आयी उर, धवल भाव उूर्ध्वित होकर.
हिम कण वायु में बहके हैं, रश्मि लिये अद्भुत चमके हैं;
पद तल जो अवनी सोहे हैं, द्युति हृद की दे मन मोहे है.
कोमल हिम चादर पर पग रख, मन को ठेस कभी लगती है;
अवनी तल की अद्भुत शोभा, चरण तले रोंधी लगती है.
चरण चिन्ह जो मैंने छोङे, पृथ्वी तल पर हिम ने जोङे;
तान रहे वे जग में छोङे, आने वालों का मन जोङे.
लौटूँगा तब क्या पाउूँगा, भूतल पर सुषमा खोजूंगा;
हिम की ‘मधु’ व्यापक छाती पर, शायद पर्त पङी हो उपर.
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کُہرام سے
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लब पे आती है दुआ बनके तमन्ना मेरी
जिंदगी शम्मा की सूरत हो खुदाया मेरी
दूर दुनीया का मेरे दम अन्धेरा हईओ जाये
हर जगह मेरे चमकने से उजाला हो जाये
हो मेरे दम से यूही मेरे वतन की जीनत
जिस तरह फूल से होती है चमन की जीनत
जिंदगी हो मेरी परवाने की सूरत या रब
इल्म की शम्मा से हो मुझको मोहब्बत या रब
हो मेरा काम गरीबो की हिमायत करना
दर्द मंदों से ज़ईफों से मोहब्बत करना
मेरे अल्लाह बुराई से बचाना मुझको
नेक जो राह हो उस राह पे चलाना मुझको
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لااِلَہ اِلآّالّلہ۔ مُحمَد اِقبَال
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नींद के गाढे जंगलमे
नींद के गाढे जंगलमे
आंखोकी पलकों को
मीलनाथा
पर ये तो खुली ही रह गई
अब खुली आंखोसे
तेरे
सोये हुए ख्वाब देखती है
***************
तल्खीयों के नाखुन
कीतने लंबे हो गये
सूरजकी गरदन कुरेदकर
दिन भर लहु निकाला
लोग उसे रोशनी समझे
धोका खा गये
जबये खून सुखकर
काला हुआ
तारिक्यों के सांप
जमींको निगल गये.
(6सप्टे.2007)
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सांप की औलादने
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तसलीबका अनसर__मोहम्मदअली वफा
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(The Inquilab Urdu daily Mumbai7thDece.2008)
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وہی میری کم نصیبی۔۔۔علّامہ محمد اِقبال
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तर्ज़मा दर्द की खामोश नज़र होती है _ मीना कुमारी
पूछते हो तो सुनो, कैसे बसर होती है
रात खैरात की, सदके की सहर होती है
साँस भरने को तो जीना नहीं कहते या रब
दिल ही दुखता है, न अब आस्तीं तर होती है
जैसे जागी हुई आँखों में, चुभें काँच के ख्वाब
रात इस तरह, दीवानों की बसर होती है
गम ही दुश्मन है मेरा गम ही को दिल ढूँढता है
एक लम्हे की ज़ुदाई भी अगर होती है
एक मर्कज़ की तलाश, एक भटकती खुशबू
कभी मंज़िल, कभी तम्हीदे-सफ़र होती है
दिल से अनमोल नगीने को छुपायें तो कहाँ
बारिशे-संग यहाँ आठ पहर होती है
काम आते हैं न आ सकते हैं बेज़ाँ अल्फ़ाज़
तर्ज़मा दर्द की खामोश नज़र होती है
मेरा माज़ी
मेरी तन्हाई का ये अंधा शिगाफ़
ये के सांसों की तरह मेरे साथ चलता रहा
जो मेरी नब्ज़ की मानिन्द मेरे साथ जिया
जिसको आते हुए जाते हुए बेशुमार लम्हे
अपनी संगलाख़ उंगलियों से गहरा करते रहे, करते गये
किसी की ओक पा लेने को लहू बहता रहा
किसी को हम-नफ़स कहने की जुस्तुजू में रहा
कोई तो हो जो बेसाख़्ता इसको पहचाने
तड़प के पलटे, अचानक इसे पुकार उठे
मेरे हम-शाख़
मेरे हम-शाख़ मेरी उदासियों के हिस्सेदार
मेरे अधूरेपन के दोस्त
तमाम ज़ख्म जो तेरे हैं
मेरे दर्द तमाम
तेरी कराह का रिश्ता है मेरी आहों से
तू एक मस्जिद-ए-वीरां है, मैं तेरी अज़ान
अज़ान जो अपनी ही वीरानगी से टकरा कर
थकी छुपी हुई बेवा ज़मीं के दामन पर
पढ़े नमाज़ ख़ुदा जाने किसको सिज़दा करे
चांद तनहा है आसमां तनहा
दिल मिला है कहाँ कहाँ तनहा
बुझ गयी आस छुप गया तारा
थरथराता रहा धुँआ तनहा
ज़िन्दगी क्या इसी को कहते हैं
जिस्म तनहा है और जाँ तनहा
जलती बुझती सी रौशनी के परे
सिमटा सिमटा सा इक मकां तनहा
राह देखा करेगा सदियों तक
छोड़ जायेंगे ये जहाँ तनहा
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OPINION
TheStar.com | Opinion |
Mumbai’s great spirit will help city rise above terror
attacks
The city’s cosmopolitan camaraderie allows people of all faiths to live cheek by jowl
Nov 30, 2008 04:30 AM
They have done so repeatedly, after horrendous domestic sectarian killings and bombings, especially in Mumbai in 1993, 2003 and 2006.
It’s not just kismet, the fatalism shared by Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and others alike. No, it’s a far greater force, the will to welcome the dawn of every day as yet another opportunity to live life. It’s an optimism born of beating the incredible odds of India.
But this time, one can’t be so sure that India will mourn and move on. The latest terrorist attack is not just more brazen, better planned and highly co-ordinated than the previous ones. It has the international imprint of bombings in Islamabad, Bali, Jakarta and other places.
The agony is personal. In the 1960s, I lived in the area now under siege, not far from the Taj Hotel where I took tea and dined at prices I could ill-afford, and met the then Canadian high commissioner, Roland Michener, who suggested, “young men like you should go to Canada,” advice ignored with youthful arrogance and acted on only reluctantly years later.
The area has a rich past and a richer present.
Yards from where the majestic Taj overlooks the Arabian Sea is the port where the British colonials came in the 16th century and departed in 1947, and whence the British traded opium to China. It is where the grand Gateway of India, begun in 1911 to mark the visit of King George V, still stands.
This is the district where Rudyard Kipling was born and where the maharajas and maharanis from British India’s 556 states came to party at the Taj in “little London,” which boasted the most Gothic buildings outside of Victorian England.
Post-colonial Bombay married old money with new. It became a bigger financial hub, with corporate headquarters and the gold and diamond bazaar, along with the dream factory called Bollywood and also cricket.
The area around the Taj – one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in the world but which retained its old neighbourhoods, such as Colaba, home to Zoroastrians – formed the backdrop of Canadian author Rohinton Mistry’s novels, especially the Dickensian A Fine Balance.
But Mumbai has remained a safe city, despite its periodic bouts of political or sectarian violence and the mayhem of the Mafia. The city retains its cosmopolitan camaraderie and egalitarianism. The smell from Colaba’s fish market gets into the nostrils of paupers and billionaires alike.
People of all faiths live cheek by jowl. The small Jewish community has rarely, if ever, been targeted before. The apartment I used to live in was shared by Muslims, Hindus and a Jewish woman.
The sacred and the profane coexist. Red light districts thrive near temples and mosques. The streets are shared by hookers and priests. There is no room for NIMBY-ism.
Terrorism is not new to the subcontinent.
After living in relative peace for centuries, Indians were engulfed in sectarian killings with the 1947 creation of Muslim Pakistan and largely Hindu but secular India. In the cross-border stampede of nearly 12 million, almost a million were massacred.
There have been repeated sectarian riots since, Muslims being the main victims. Still, an easy peace prevailed.
Then came 1992, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party desecrated an obscure mosque in a place called Ayodhya in an attempt to turn it into a temple. That led to intercommunal killing of more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims.
In retaliation, Mumbai’s stock exchange and other locales were bombed, killing 260 and injuring hundreds. India blamed crime syndicates in the Bollywood underworld, and said that the Muslim perpetrators had found refuge in Pakistan.
The aftershocks of Ayodhya were felt in 2002 in the state of Gujarat, north of Mumbai. Nearly 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed and tens of thousands made homeless. Police in the BJP-run state were accused of complicity.
Since then, there have been many bombings, most attributed to Muslim extremists. In the last three years alone, Muslims have been blamed for at least 700 killings.
Last month, there was a new twist: Christian-Hindu savagery by Maoists and Hindu extremists in the eastern state of Orissa. More than a dozen people were killed, and a girl escaped being burned alive, her face looking no different than that of the Afghan girl in the recent acid attack by the Taliban.
This month, police unearthed an extremist Hindu terrorist cell following the bombing of a Muslim area near Mumbai.
It is anybody’s guess who or what caused the Mumbai attack. It’s possible that Pakistani militants were involved. Or it may have been revenge for the ongoing persecution of India’s Muslims. Or, as one of the terrorists indicated, it was about Kashmir, the border Muslim-majority state, over which India and Pakistan have fought two wars, and where there has been recent unrest.
What we do know is this:
It used to be said – as a compliment to Indian democracy, the world’s largest – that there wasn’t one Al Qaeda or Al Qaeda-like member among that nation’s 150 million Muslims. We can put that bit of self-delusion to rest.
There’s much hand-wringing that Mumbai police and security personnel didn’t have a clue about what has just transpired. The FBI didn’t either about 9/11.
The attack is bound to turn India’s high-profile hotels and buildings into fortresses. The easy accessibility of public spaces and the openness of people to each other, so characteristic of Mumbai, would change.
India‘s $10 billion a year tourism industry, with 4 million visitors, may suffer a temporary setback.
But India is at such a stage of economic and political development that terrorists are unlikely to hold it back for long. Its $1.2 trillion economy, feeling the pinch of global recession, is still forecast to grow by more than 7 per cent.
India‘s greatest strength, though, lies in the indomitable spirit of its people, of all faiths. The humanity of the overwhelming majority should continue to triumph over the periodic savagery of some of its extremists. One hopes and prays so.
Haroon Siddiqui is the Star’s editorial page editor emeritus. His column appears Thursday and Sunday. hsiddiq@thestar.ca
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( شعلے۔۔۔۔قاسم عبّاس(ٹورانٹو
(Weeaky AAJ vol.1 ISSUE 29 Dece10 TO16 2008) 
Qasim Abbas:
E.mail:
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سچ کہو کچہ تم کو بھي وھ کار خانہ ياد ھے
غير کي نظروں سے بچ کر سب کي مرضي کے خلاف
وہ ترا چوري چہپے راتوں کو آنا ياد ھے
آگيا گر وصل کي شب بھي کہيں ذکر فراق
وھ ترا رو رو کر مجہ کوبھي رولانا ياد ھے
دوپہر کي دہوپ ميں ميرے بلانے يک لئے
وھ ترا کوٹہے پہ ننگے پائوں آنا ياد ھے
آج کي نظروں مين ھے وھ صحبت راز و نياز
اپنا جانا ياد ھے تيرا بلانا ياد ھے
ميٹہي ميٹہي چہير کے باتيں نرالي پيار کي
ذکر دشمن کا وھ باتوں ميں اڑانا ياد ھے
ديکہانا مجہ کو جو برگشتہ، تو سو سو ناز سے
جب منا لينا تو پھر خود روٹہ جانا ياد ھے
چوري چوري ھم سے تم آکر ملے تہے جس جگہ
مدتيں گزريں پر اب تک وھ ٹہکانا ياد ھے ھے
شوق ميں مھندي کے وھ بے دست و پا ھونا ترا
اور مرا وھ چہيڑنا و گد دگدانا ياد ھے
باوجود ادعائے اتقا حسرت آج تک
عھد ھوس ک اک اوھ فسانہ ياد ھے
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जलियाँवाला बाग में बसंत / सुभद्राकुमारी चौहान
यहाँ कोकिला नहीं, काग हैं, शोर मचाते,
काले काले कीट, भ्रमर का भ्रम उपजाते।
कलियाँ भी अधखिली, मिली हैं कंटक-कुल से,
वे पौधे, व पुष्प शुष्क हैं अथवा झुलसे।
परिमल-हीन पराग दाग सा बना पड़ा है,
हा! यह प्यारा बाग खून से सना पड़ा है।
ओ, प्रिय ऋतुराज! किन्तु धीरे से आना,
यह है शोक-स्थान यहाँ मत शोर मचाना।
वायु चले, पर मंद चाल से उसे चलाना,
दुःख की आहें संग उड़ा कर मत ले जाना।
कोकिल गावें, किन्तु राग रोने का गावें,
भ्रमर करें गुंजार कष्ट की कथा सुनावें।
लाना संग में पुष्प, न हों वे अधिक सजीले,
तो सुगंध भी मंद, ओस से कुछ कुछ गीले।
किन्तु न तुम उपहार भाव आ कर दिखलाना,
स्मृति में पूजा हेतु यहाँ थोड़े बिखराना।
कोमल बालक मरे यहाँ गोली खा कर,
कलियाँ उनके लिये गिराना थोड़ी ला कर।
आशाओं से भरे हृदय भी छिन्न हुए हैं,
अपने प्रिय परिवार देश से भिन्न हुए हैं।
कुछ कलियाँ अधखिली यहाँ इसलिए चढ़ाना,
कर के उनकी याद अश्रु के ओस बहाना।
तड़प तड़प कर वृद्ध मरे हैं गोली खा कर,
शुष्क पुष्प कुछ वहाँ गिरा देना तुम जा कर।
यह सब करना, किन्तु यहाँ मत शोर मचाना,
यह है शोक-स्थान बहुत धीरे से आना।
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دوش دیدم—-حافظ شیرازی
नजम_हाफिज़ शीराज़ी(फारसीके मश्हुरोमारुफ सुफी कवि)
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
1- कल मेंने रात्रिको देखा कि फरिश्तोंने मयखाना का दरवाज़ा खटखटाया,आदमीकी मट्टीको गुंधा और ईससे पयमाना बनाया.
2- आलमे मल्कुत(उपरका विश्व)के पाकदामनी के राज़ में हरममें(पवित्र घर) बसने वालों ने मुझ मुसाफिर को मस्ताना शराब दे दी.
3- खुदाका शुक्र है कि मुझमें और उसमें सुल्ह हो गई.सुफीयोंने रक्स(नाच) करते हुए शुकराना(आभार) का सागर पिया.
4- बहतर मिल्लतों(क़ोमों) के ईख्तिलाफ(विरोधाभास)को मअज़ुर समजे.क्युं कि उन्होंने हकीकत नहीं देखी.अफसाना के राह चल पडे.
5- आसमान अमानतका बोझ उठा नहीं सका.मुझ दीवाने के नाम फाल का कुर्रा(चीठ्ठी) निकाल दिया.
6- ईश्कके नुकतेने गोशे नशीनेके( कोठरीमे बंद बेठे हुए) दिलको खुं कर दिया, एस तिल की तरह जो उन्होंने माशुकों के गालपर लगा दिया.
6-
7- हम तकब्बुर(मिथ्याभिमान)को सोखियांनोके होते हुए रास्तेसे क्युं न भटके, जब कि उन्होंने खाक से बने हुए आदमका एक दाने की बज़ह से रास्ता बंध कर दिया.
7-
8- आग वो नहीं जिसके शोले पर शमां मुस्कराए,आग वो है जो उनहोने परवाने के खिरमन(घर)को लगा दी.
9- खयालातके रुख से हाफिज़(कविका नाम) की तरहा किसीने नकाब नहीं उठाया, जबसे सुखन(शब्द) की दुल्हनोकी झुल्फ में उन्होने कंघी की है.
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BEHIND MUMBAI LIES KASHMIR
WASHINGTON December 15, 2008 __Ericmargolis
The respected US strategic think tank, RAND Corp, estimated that a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would initially kill two million people, wound 100 million, and send clouds of radioactive dust around the globe.
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کیا مقدر ہو چکا ہے۔۔۔۔آفاق دانش
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जाम से निकले _ मुहम्मदअली’वफा’
तमन्ना थी कि बस कुर्रा हमारे नाम से नि कले
सभी कतरे हमारे खूनके इस जाम से निकले
यहां सूरज हमारा डूबताहो उनकी वादी में
उधर चान्द उनका बस हमारे बाम से निकले
جام سےنکلے۔۔محمدعلی وفا
تمّناتھی کے قرع ہمارے نام سے نکلے
سبھی قطرے ہمارے خون کے اس جام سے نکلے
یہاں سُرج ہمارادوبتاہو اُن کی وادی میں
ادھر چاند اُنکا بس ہمارے بام سے نکلے
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ایک خواہیش۔۔۔منیر نیازی
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इस्तीफा__ अशोक क्रधर
इस्तीफा दें या नहीं, मन में भारी पीर,
दिल धकधक-धकधक करे छूटनजाए तीर.
छूट न जाए तीर तनी आलाकामान है,
और निकट ही विकट चुनावी घमासानहै.
चक्र सुदर्शन, हमें चाहिए नए खलीफा,
अच्छा हो यदि सबके सब दे दें इस्तीफा.
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खानोमें बट गया_निदा फाज़ली
गिरजा में,मंदिरो में,अजानो में बट गया
होते ही सुबह आदमी खानों में बट गया
एक ईश्क नाम का जो परिन्दा खलामें था
उतरा जो शहर में तो दूकानो में बट गया
पहले तलाशा खेत,फिर दरियाकी खोज़ की
बाकीका वक्त गेहुंके दानों में बट गया
जब तक था आसमांमें सुरज़ सभीका था
फिर युं हुआ वो चन्द मकानों में बट गया
हैं ताक में शिकारी, निशाना है लबिस्तां
आलम तमम चन्द मचानों में बट गया
खबरों ने की मस्वरी, खबरें गझल बनी
जिन्दा लहु तो तीर कमानों में बट गया
(शहर मेरे साथ चले तो)
خانوں میں بٹ گیا۔۔۔ندا فاضلی
گرجا میں مندرو میں, اذانون میں بٹ گیا
ہوتے ہی صبح آدمی خانون میں بٹ گیا
اک عشق نام کاجو پرندہ خلاا میں تھا
اترا جو شہر میں تو دوکانوں میں بٹ گیا
پہلے تلاشا کھیت، پھر دریا کی کھوج کی
باقی کا وقت گیہوں کے دانوں میں بٹ گیا
جب تک تھا آسماں میں سرج سبھی کا تھا
پھر یوں ہوا وہ چند مکانوں میں بٹ گیا
ہے تاک میں شکاری ،نشانہ ہے لبستاں
عالم تمام چند مچانوں میں بٹ گیا
خبروں نے کی مصوری، خبریں غزل بنی
زندہ لہو تو تیر کمانوں میں بٹ گیا
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भूख है तो सब्र कर____ दुष्यंत कुमार
भूख है तो सब्र कर रोटी नहीं तो क्या हुआ
आजकल दिल्ली में है ज़ेर-ए-बहस ये मुदद्आ|
मौत ने तो धर दबोचा एक चीते कि तरह
ज़िंदगी ने जब छुआ फ़ासला रखकर छुआ|
गिड़गिड़ाने का यहां कोई असर होता नही
पेट भरकर गालियां दो, आह भरकर बददुआ|
क्या वज़ह है प्यास ज्यादा तेज़ लगती है यहाँ
लोग कहते हैं कि पहले इस जगह पर था कुआं|
आप दस्ताने पहनकर छू रहे हैं आग को
आप के भी खून का रंग हो गया है सांवला|
इस अंगीठी तक गली से कुछ हवा आने तो दो
जब तलक खिलते नहीं ये कोयले देंगे धुआं|
दोस्त, अपने मुल्क कि किस्मत पे रंजीदा न हो
उनके हाथों में है पिंजरा, उनके पिंजरे में सुआ|
इस शहर मे वो कोई बारात हो या वारदात
अब किसी भी बात पर खुलती नहीं हैं खिड़कियां|
(Courtesy of The Inquilab Urdu daily26thDece2008)
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दह्र में नक़्श-ए वफ़ा वजह-ए तसल्ली न हुआ
है यह वह लफ़्ज़ कि शर्मिन्दह-ए मानी न हुआ
_मिर्जा असदुल्लाहखान गालिब
ग़ालिब का ख़्याल आया ।साहिर लुधियानवी
(यह नज़्म 1968 में लिखी गई)
तुर्ब इक्कीस बरस गुज़रे आज़ादी-ए-कामिल को,
तब जाके कहीं हम को ग़ालिब का ख़्याल आया ।
तुर्बत है कहाँ उसकी, मसकन था कहाँ उसका,
अब अपने सुख़न परवर ज़हनों में सवाल आया ।
सौ साल से जो तुर्बत चादर को तरसती थी,
अब उस पे अक़ीदत के फूलों की नुमाइश है ।
उर्दू के ताल्लुक से कुछ भेद नहीं खुलता,
यह जश्न, यह हंगामा, ख़िदमत है कि साज़िश है ।
जिन शहरों में गुज़री थी, ग़ालिब की नवा बरसों,
उन शहरों में अब उर्दू बे नाम-ओ-निशां ठहरी ।
आज़ादी-ए-कामिल का ऎलान हुआ जिस दिन,
मातूब जुबां ठहरी, गद्दार जुबां ठहरी ।
जिस अहद-ए-सियासत ने यह ज़िन्दा जुबां कुचली,
उस अहद-ए-सियासत को मरहूमों का ग़म क्यों है ।
ग़ालिब जिसे कहते हैं उर्दू ही का शायर था,
उर्दू पे सितम ढा कर ग़ालिब पे करम क्यों है ।
ये जश्न ये हंगामे, दिलचस्प खिलौने हैं,
कुछ लोगों की कोशिश है, कुछ लोग बहल जाएँ ।
जो वादा-ए-फ़रदा, पर अब टल नहीं सकते हैं,
मुमकिन है कि कुछ अर्सा, इस जश्न पर टल जाएँ ।
यह जश्न मुबारक हो, पर यह भी सदाकत है,
हम लोग हक़ीकत के अहसास से आरी हैं ।
गांधी हो कि ग़ालिब हो, इन्साफ़ की नज़रों में,
हम दोनों के क़ातिल हैं, दोनों के पुजारी हैं ।
त= क़ब्र; मसकन= निवासस्थान; वादा-ए-फ़रदा= कल के लिए किया गया वायदा
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जंगके बादल छटेंगे_ साहिर लुध्यान्वी
टेंक आगे बढे या पीछे हटे
कूख धरतीकी बांझ होती है
फत्हका जश्न हो या हारका शोग
जीस्त मैयतों पे रोती है
ईस लिये ए शरीफ ईन्सानों
जंग टलती रहे तो बेहतर है
आप और हमारा सबही के आंगन में
शमअ जलती रहे तो बहतर है
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صفر آیاتھا۔۔راحت اِندوری
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حج کا اصلی مفہوم اور اس کی اہمیت۔۔قاسم عباّس ٹورنٹو
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ज़ुग जुग जियो मेरे लाल___फिरोज़ खान
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ٹوٹے ہوہے ستار کے۔بشیر بدر
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پھول کی پٹّی سے۔۔۔الاّمہ محمد ِاقبال
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हम आह भी करते हैं तो हो जाते हैं बदनाम
वो क़त्ल भी करते हैं तो चर्चा नहीं होता
Click to read
http://azizburney.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post_1754.html
ھم آہ بھی کرتیں ہیں تو ھہ جاتے ھیں بدنام۔۔۔۔عزیز برنی
Click to read
http://urdusahara.net/azizburney/articledtls.aspx?hid=107
Leaders Lie, Civilians Die, and Lessons of History are Ignored
By Robert Fisk
Pl.Click to read the article
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21570.htm
Click to read
Brown’s al-Qaida blame game
http://www.counterpunch.org/tariq11272008.html
Tariq Ali (Arabic: طارق علی) (born October 21, 1943) is a British-Pakistani historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner, and commentator.[1][2] He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and regularly contributes to The Guardian, Counterpunch, and the London Review of Books.
He is the author of “Can Pakistan Survive”, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Axis Of Hope (2006), Conversations with Edward Said (2005), Bush in Babylon (2003), and Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2002), “Banker for All Seasons” and the recently published “Duel”.
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تھوڑی دور ساتھ چلو- احمد فراز
Posted in उर्दु गझल, उर्दू, गझल, नजम, हिन्दी कविता, ग़ज़ल, Gazhal, Uncategorized, Urdu Gazhal, اردو غزل, غزل | Tags: नजम, हिन्दी कविता, ग़ज़ल, Nazm, Urdu Gazhal, Urdu shero shayri, اردو غزل, تھوڑی دور ساتھ چلو احمد فراز
Opinion , views and News *Headlines
Civilian Casualties Mount As Israeli Army Slices Through Gaza
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http://www.countercurrents.org/
Do Israeli Pilots Feel Happy Killing Innocent Women And Children?
By Fida Qishta
05 January, 2009
Countercurrents.org
Click to read
http://www.countercurrents.org/qishta050109.htm
Molten Lead In Gaza
By Uri Avnery
This war is a writing on the wall: Israel is missing the historic chance of making peace with secular Arab nationalism. Tomorrow, It may be faced with a uniformly fundamentalist Arab world, Hamas multiplied by a thousand
http://www.countercurrents.org/avnery050109.htm
Scared But Steadfast In Gaza
By Rami Almeghari
I found that my neighbors are dealing very patiently with what is happening right now. They don’t have any place to go and are staying close to their homes, expecting that the worse has yet to come. However, they are saying that they will remain steadfast in their homeland and neighborhood and homes, even if Israel destroys Gaza completely
http://www.countercurrents.org/almeghari050109.htm
The Only Nation That Can Do No Wrong
By Jim Taylor
Because the rights that European and North American nations demand for Jews do not seem to extend to Palestinians. Or perhaps more accurately, in a perversion of the Golden Rule, the western world looks the other way when the nation of Israel does unto others as others have done unto them
http://www.countercurrents.org/taylor050109.htm
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थोडी देर साथ चलो__मर्हुम अहमद फराज़
कठिन है राह गुज़र, थोडी देर साथ चलो
बहुत कडा है सफर ,थोडी देर साथ चलो
तमाम उम्र कहां कोइ साथ देता है
ये जानता हुं मगर ,थोडी देर साथ चलो
नशेमें चूर हुं में तुम्हें भी हओश नहीं
बडा मज़ा हो अगर ,थोडी देर साथ चलो
ये एक शबकी मुलाकात भी गनीमत है
किसे है कलकी खबर ,थोडी देर साथ चलो
अभी तो जाग रहें है चिराग राहों के
अभी है दूर सहर ,थोडी देर साथ चलो
तवाफ मंज़िले जानां हमेंभी करना है
’फराज़’ तुमभी अगर,थोडी देर साथ चलो
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चिराग़ाँ हर एक घर के लिए _दुष्यंत कुमार
कहाँ तो तय था चिराग़ाँ हर एक घर के लिए
कहाँ चिराग़ मयस्सर नहीं शहर के लिए
यहाँ दरख़तों के साये में धूप लगती है
चलो यहाँ से चलें और उम्र भर के लिए
न हो कमीज़ तो पाँओं से पेट ढँक लेंगे
ये लोग कितने मुनासिब हैं इस सफ़र के लिए
ख़ुदा नहीं न सही आदमी का ख़्वाब सही
कोई हसीन नज़ाअरा तो है नज़र के लिए
वो मुतमुइन हैं कि पत्थर पिघल नहीं सकता
मैं क्बेक़रार हूँ आवाज़ में असर के लिए
तेरा निज़ाम है सिल दे ज़ुबान शायर की
ये एहतियात ज़रूरी है इस बहर के लिए
जिएँ तो अपने बग़ीचे में गुलमोहर के तले
मरें तो ग़ैर की गलियों में गुलमोहर के लिए
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غزہ نہیں ہوا۔۔محمدعلی وفا
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एहसास_फिरोज़खान
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طارق کی دُعا۔محمد اقبال
اندلس کے میدانِ جنگ میں))
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مُلّا اور بہشت۔۔۔مُحَمّداِقبال
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TheStar.com | Opinion | Our myopic view of Gaza conflict
Our myopic view of Gaza conflict
Jan 08, 2009 04:30 AM
I was holidaying in India when the Israeli onslaught on Gaza began Dec. 27.
There were banner headlines coupled with editorial outrage in the Urdu media, the language of Muslims, and dispassionate but balanced coverage in the English media and the regional language newspapers.
Across the Arab Middle East, Al-Jazeera and others were providing one-sided, wall-to-wall coverage of death and destruction in Gaza.
Travelling through Europe, one could appreciate the powerful reporting and commentary, which conveyed the scale of the tragedy, without crossing the line into propaganda for either side.
It didn’t take long upon landing here to be reminded how much the political and media establishment – in the U.S. and, lately, Canada as well – are divorced from reality.
The Stephen Harper Conservatives, as well as many editorialists and pundits, seem to inhabit a make-believe world into which no inconvenient facts are allowed to intrude.
Their mantra is that Israel has a right to defend itself, has to protect its citizens from Hamas rockets, and had to retaliate for the breaking of the ceasefire by Hamas Dec. 19.
True. But deprived of other truths, this performs the desired magic of absolving Israel of any culpability.
According to this view, hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including women and children and seniors, being bombed and shelled to death in schools – even clearly marked United Nations schools – mosques, refugee camps, streets and homes are acceptable collateral damage.
Few tears need be shed, especially since Hamas is to blame, anyway.
There’s amnesia about the brutal 40-year-old occupation.
There’s nary a mention that in Israeli military operations in 2008, 420 Palestinians had been killed prior to Dec. 28 vs. five Israelis, according to B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights body,
And Israel’s crippling economic blockade had prompted the UN special rapporteur Richard Falk to say on Dec. 9 that Israel’s collective punishments amounted to “a crime against humanity,” and that the International Criminal Court ought to investigate whether Israeli leaders and military commanders should be indicted.
He noted that the last time there had been “such a flurry of denunciations by normally cautious UN officials” was during the reign of the apartheid government in South Africa.
On Nov. 21, the chief of UN Relief and Works Agency, Karen Abu Zayd, said supplies had run out. She reported “a chronic anemia problem” and “the stunting of children.”
All this was long before the latest carnage, which foreign journalists have been prevented from witnessing. Dead, as of yesterday, were 650 Gazans, a fifth of them civilians.
What our political and media establishment are telling us is this:
Israel must not be provoked but the Palestinians can be.
The trauma suffered by Israelis in the border area along Gaza is not acceptable. But 60 per cent of 1.5 million Gazans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is.
Israeli politicians, facing an election Feb. 10, have to be sensitive to electoral concerns, but Palestinians elected in a fair election Jan. 2006 must be isolated and jailed.
There’s an equivalency between Hamas’s handmade, ill-targeted rockets and the lethal hi-tech Israeli arsenal, some of it of American origin.
Palestinians must pay heed to Israeli/American/Canadian demands but Israel may ignore calls for a ceasefire by the UN, the European Union and even allies France, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Israeli lives matter, Arab ones don’t. In fact, it is worth prolonging the bloodshed in Gaza, as in Lebanon in 2006, to allow Israel time to achieve one or two more of its objectives. Arab blood is cheap.
“Unfortunately, all this plays into the hands of those Palestinians and Arabs, and more generally, Muslims, who say, `the West is against us because of who we are and is engaged in a civilizational war against us,’” says Jim Reilly, professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto.
“If we include Iraq and Afghanistan, it reinforces the message of Al Qaeda and co-thinkers that they are waging war against a predatory and rapacious enemy.
“All this makes it that much harder for us to argue back against the militants and the zealots.”
Haroon Siddiqui’s column appears Thursday and Sunday.
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ERADICATING HAMAS_Ericmargolis
- January 12, 2009
It now seems clear the last disastrous act of the Bush administration was giving Israel a green light to launch its final solution campaign against the Hamas government in Gaza.
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http://www.ericmargolis.com/political_commentaries/eradicating-hamas_1.aspx
GAZA – BOMB THEM BACK TO THE STONE AGE
January 05, 2009
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http://www.ericmargolis.com/political_commentaries/gaza–bomb-them-back-to-the-stone-age.aspx
The Blood-Stained Monster Enters Gaza_ URI AVNERY
January 11, 2009 by ghulammuhammed
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نقُوشِ اِقبال۔۔مولانا سیّدابوالحَسن علی ندوی
طارق کی دُعَا
(اندلس کے میدان جنگ میں)
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फसादमें जली मुरत_डो.बशीर बद्र
कोई चिराग नहीं है मगर उजाला है
गजल की शाख पे ईक फूल खिलने वाला है.
गजब की धूप है एक बेलिबास पत्थर पर
पहाड पर तेरी बरसात का दुशाला है.
अजीब लहजा है दुश्मन की मुस्कुराहट का
कभी गिराया है मुझाको कभी संभाला है.
निकल के पास की मास्जिद से एक बच्चे ने
फसाद में जली मूरत पे हार डाला है.
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آسماں بنا دوں گا۔۔بشیر بدر
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Advice of Bush to Obama,Jan,20, 09 _ Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani
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In you lies my hope, Oh brother Obama,!
As my pious legacy, you must never forget;
The laurels, I brought to our mighty nation,
With the carnage of millions of Muslims.
You are now succeeding to this glorious throne,
I am sure, you will continue with my crusade;
To quench my insatiable thirst for countless more,
Till this Islamic creed is wiped out from the earth.
Remember! keep these worthless feminine buffoons,
Who are called as Muslim Kings, Princes and Heads;
Within fetters, and under the command of your heels,
But make them roaring lions for their own peoples.
As a last word, I would advise you, my lovely friend,!
Always be mindful of a Zaidi and his impious moves;
Under the eclipse of time,our achievements may come,
But his shoes will hang over America with eternal flame.
******* ********* ********* ********* **
Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani
All India Muslim Forum
Lucknow, U.P. India
sherwanimk@yahoo. com
(Courtesy of Br. Siraj Thakor Toronto)
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Eradicating Hamas
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis132.html
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Aid workers allege use of banned white phosphorus as Hamas security leader dies in bombing raid on house
By Kim Sengupta in Jerusalem
Friday, 16 January 2009
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/outrage-as-israel-bombs-un-1380407.html
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Friday16January 2009
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January 14, 2009
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
“Early Friday morning the secretary of state was considering bringing the cease-fire resolution to a UNSC vote and we didn’t want her to vote for it,” Olmert said. “I said ‘get President Bush on the phone.’ They tried and told me he was in the middle of a lecture in Philadelphia. I said ‘I’m not interested, I need to speak to him now.’ He got down from the podium, went out and took the phone call.”
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http://www.counterpunch.com/roberts01142009.html
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OPINION
TheStar.com | Opinion | Israel becoming its own worst enemy
Israel becoming its own worst enemy
Jan 15, 2009 04:30 AM
Away from the dust kicked up by the arguments between Israel and its supporters on the one hand, and Palestinians and theirs on the other, we see the following:
The Israeli assault on Gaza shouldn’t have come as a surprise.
There had been wide speculation that in the dying days of the Bush administration, either Iranian nuclear facilities would be bombed by U.S./Israel, or the Gaza Strip attacked, with American backing.
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जलने के बाद आती है_मुनव्वर राना
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شانہ سے کٹ گیا۔۔۔مَُنَوّر رانا
یہ سر بلند ھوتے ہی شانہ سے کٹ گیا
میں محترم ہوا تو زمانے سے کٹ گیا
ماں آج مجھ کو چھوڑ گاوں چلی گئ
میں اج اپنے آئنہ خانےسے کٹ گیا
جھودے کی شان بڑہ گئ محفل مھک اُتھی
مگر یہ پھول اپنے گھرانےسے کٹ گیا
اِس پیڑ سے کسی کو شکایت ن تھی مگر
یہ پیڑ صرف بیچ میں آنے سے کٹ گیا
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गांवकी बेटी__फिरोज़खान 1
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پیغام کسی کا۔۔بہادُر شاہ ظفر
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حمد۔۔۔میر تقی میر
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جل رہی ہے ہوا۔۔۔پروین شاکر
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عجیب حالت ہے ۔۔۔تسلیم اِلاہی زُلفی
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RashtriyasaharaUrdu
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زندگی کیا تری آہٹ۔۔۔نَسرین َسّید
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दिल बहलता नहि_मुहम्मदअली वफा
खवाबोंकी बारात से दिल बहलता नहि
खूशियोंकी खैरात से दिल बहलता नहि
बरसे नहीं क्युं तुम बरसने के जमाने में
बे मौसमी बर.सात से दिल .बहलता नहि
आयें है तो कुछ कहो के दिल तडप उठे
बे तूके ईरशाद से दिल बहलता नहि
दिलकी घुंटन बढ गई दिदारसे तेरे
बे रूखीसी रात से दिल बहलता नहि
अब तेरी कहानी बनी शोरो शराबा
अब कीसीभी बात से दिल बहलता नहि
خوابوں کی بارات سے دِل بہلتا نہیں
خُوشِیوں کی خیرات سے دِل بہلتا نہیں
برسے نہِیں کیوںتُم برسنے کے زمانے میں
بے مَوسَمی برسات سے دِل۔ بہلتا نہیں
آءیں تو کُچھ کہو کے دِل تڑپ اُٹھے
بے تُوکے اِرشاد سے دِل بہلتا نہیں
دِل کی گھُٹن بڈھ گئ دِدارسے تیرے
بے رُوخیِی سی رات سے دِل بہلتا نہیں
اب تیری کہانی بنی شورو شرابا
اب کِیسِی بھی بات سے دِل بہلتانہیں
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January 27, 2009 by ghulammuhammed
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Obama should win the war of ideas
By Ghulam Muhammed
Newly elected US President’s first TV interview was to an Arabic channel, Al Arabia, apparently in his opening to Muslim world. The interview was re-telecast on CNN. Obama agreed with interviewer Hisham Melham, that in Muslim world, US was respected as it did not have a colonizing past. However, he said, it only within the span of last twenty to thirty years that US has been seen as antagonist to Arab and Muslim world.
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منظر نامہ بدل تو رھا ہے مگر؟۔۔۔عزیز برنی
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
दृश्यावली बदल तो रही है परन्तु…….?
आप परेशान हैं के मुलायम सिंह ने कल्याण सिंह का दामन थाम लिया…..! आप परेशान हैं के बहुजन समाज पार्टी, भारतीय जनता पार्टी के साथ शामिल हो सकती है……! आप चिंतित हैं के क्या कांग्रेस और समाजवादी पार्टी के बीच सीटों का गठजोड़ होजायेगा…..! आप भयभीत हैं के कहीं अगली सरकार भारतीय जनता पार्टी की तो नहीं होगी……!
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दीवार बनाई है__क़तील शीफाई
इक-इक पत्थर जोड़ के मैंने जो दीवार बनाई है
झांखू उस के पीछे तो स्र्स्वाई ही स्र्स्वाई है
यों लगता है सोते जागते औरों का मोहताज हूं
आंखें मेरी अपनी हैं पर उन में नींद पराई है
देख रहे हैं सब हैरत से नीले-नीले पानी को
पूछे कौन समंदर से तुझ में कितनी गहराई है
आज हुआ मालूम मुझे इस शहर के चंद सयानों से
अपनी राह बदलते रहना सबसे बड़ी दानाई है
तोड गए पयमान-ए-वफा एस दौर में कैसे कैसे लगे
ये मत सोच कतील कि एक यार तेरा हर ज़ाई है
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کھندہربچے ہوےء ہیں ۔۔۔دُشینت کمار
کھندہر بچے ہوءےھیں عمارت نھیں رہی
اچھّا ہوا کے سر پہ چھت نھیں رہی
کیَسی مَشالیں لے کے چلے تیرگی میں آپ
جو روشنی تھی وہ بھی سلامت نھیں رہی
میرے چمن میں کوئ نشیمن نہیں رہا
یا یوں کہو کے برق کی دہشت نھیں رہی
ہمکو پتہ نہیں تھا ہمیں اب پتہ چلا
اِس ملک میں ہماری حکومت نھیں رہی
کُچھ دوستوں سے وَیسے مراسم نہیں رہے
کُچھ دشمنوں سے ایسی عداوت نھیں رہی
ھمّت سے سچ کہو تو بُرا مانتے ہیں لوگ
رو رو کے بات کرنے کی عادت نھیں رہی
سینے میں زندگی کے علامات ہے ابھی
گو زنگی کی کوئ ضرورت نھیں رہی
खँडहर बचे हुए हैं___दुष्यंत कुमार
खँडहर बचे हुए हैं, इमारत नहीं रही
अच्छा हुआ कि सर पे कोई छत नहीं रही
कैसी मशालें ले के चले तीरगी में आप
जो रोशनी थी वो भी सलामत नहीं रही
हमने तमाम उम्र अकेले सफ़र किया
हमपर किसी ख़ुदा की इनायत नहीं रही
मेरे चमन में कोई नशेमन नहीं रहा
या यूँ कहो कि बर्क़ की दहशत नहीं रही
हमको पता नहीं था हमें अब पता चला
इस मुल्क में हमारी हक़ूमत नहीं रही
कुछ दोस्तों से वैसे मरासिम नहीं रहे
कुछ दुशमनों से वैसी अदावत नहीं रही
हिम्मत से सच कहो तो बुरा मानते हैं लोग
रो—रो के बात कहने की आदत नहीं रही
सीने में ज़िन्दगी के अलामात हैं अभी
गो ज़िन्दगी की कोई ज़रूरत नहीं रही
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कर भला_फिरोज़खान
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(Mr. Firozkhan is Toronto based a noted English and Hindi journalist)
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“The evidence is sitting on the table. There is no avoiding the fact that this was torture.”
These are the words of Manfred Nowak, the UN official appointed by the Commission on Human Rights to examine cases of torture. Nowak has concluded that President Obama is legally obligated to prosecute former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. [UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal proceedings against Bush and Rumsfeld now, By Scott Horton, Harper's Magazine, January 21, 2009]
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Two cheers to President Barack Obama for ordering the closure of the US prison at Guantanamo, Cuba. But why is it to be done over a year? Justice delayed is justice denied.
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OPINION
TheStar.com | Opinion | Obama should go to Gaza – now
Obama should go to Gaza – now
Jan 22, 2009 04:30 AM
Obama’s assertion (“we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders”), along with one of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (“the freedom of a people to choose its leaders is the root of liberty”) and Rev. Rick Warren’s prayer (“for every one of our freely elected leaders”) must have sounded hypocritical to Gazans.
They have been starved for electing Hamas in a free and fair election. They have seen official American indifference to their plight, even after the 23-day Israeli onslaught. About 1,300 are dead and 5,000 wounded, a majority of them civilians by some counts.
To dramatize his new approach to Muslims, Obama should consider going to Gaza as soon as possible.
Without having to meet Hamas, he could witness decomposed bodies still being pulled from the rubble of 5,000 homes reportedly destroyed. He could attend some of the funerals and hear the cries of Palestinians. He could sample the foul water from the broken mains.
ClicK:
http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/575061
http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/580056
Noam Chomsky’s recent address on the Israeli atrocities in Gaza.
http://www.zcommunications.org/zvideo/2994
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A Bibi-Barack Collision?
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by Patrick J. Buchanan |
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“Where there is no solution, there is no problem,” geostrategist James Burnham once wryly observed. Ex-Sen. George Mitchell, the latest U.S. negotiator to take up the Palestine portfolio, may discover what it was that Burnham meant. For Israel’s three-week war on Gaza, where Palestinians died at a rate of 100 to one to Israelis, appears to have been, like Israel’s wars in Lebanon, another Pyrrhic victory for the Jewish state. |
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By MIKE WHITNEY
In a rare moment of honesty, the New York Times divulged the real motive behind the bombardment and invasion of Gaza. In Ethan Bronner’s article, “Israel Weighs Goal: Ending Hamas Rule, Rocket fire, or Both”, Israeli Vice Premier Haim Ramon said, “We need to reach a situation in which we do not allow Hamas to govern. That is the most important thing. If the war ends in a draw, as expected, and Israel refrains from reoccupying Gaza, Hamas will gain diplomatic recognition…No matter what you call it, Hamas will obtain legitimacy.”
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http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney01062009.html
January 5, 2009
By MUHAMMAD ALI KHALIDI
“…hundreds of thousands of Gazans have received warnings in the form of telephone messages or fliers that their buildings are Israeli targets…”
– New York Times, 1 January 2009
Israeli soldier: Hello, Abdul, this is the Israel Defense Forces speaking…
Palestinian civilian: My name isn’t Abdul, I think you have the wrong number.
I: As I said this is the IDF, we never have wrong information.
P: So how can I help you?
I: I’m just calling to warn you to evacuate your place because of an imminent airstrike on a Hamas target in your building.
P: But there’s no Hamas in my building.
I: Not even on your street?
P: No, there was a Hamas member of parliament on the next street but you put him in jail.
I: Must be old information, anyway, there’s going to be an airstrike so you better go.
P: Can you tell me where you’d like me to go to?
I: It’s not my business, check into a hotel, stay with relatives on the beach, take a vacation in Cyprus, just go.
P: I’ve been unemployed for a year because of your siege so I can’t afford a hotel right now. My relatives just got bombed on the beach, in the Shati’ refugee camp. And I can’t get out of Gaza because no one can leave.
I: Don’t blame me, I’m just warning you.
P: So, if there were a Hamas guy in my building, what would prevent me from going to warn him so he could escape the airstrike?
I: Hmm… we hadn’t thought of that. I’ll make a note of it for my commanding officer.
P: Are you going to call everyone else in the building, or should I spread the word myself?
I: Do us a favor and tell the women and children. We’re mostly concerned not to harm children.
P: You mean, like the 634 Palestinian minors killed by Israeli security personnel in Gaza since September 2000?
I: Maybe they weren’t civilians–we’re only concerned with civilian children.
P: As opposed to the terroristic children who attack you?
I: Hey, don’t make fun of the IDF, we’re a very sensitive army, we don’t take criticism well.
P: Sorry, it’s just that you haven’t been too concerned with children’s lives throughout this last ceasefire—you killed two teenagers on December 2. I guess they were just “collateral damage” from a targeted assassination.
I: Hey, it’s tough to be surgical, but we do our best. We don’t do what we call “Arab work”. No offense.
P: While you’re being so helpful, can you tell me when you might turn the power back on in Gaza?
I: I have no information on that.
P: Any idea when we can get fuel for our cars? Or medical supplies? Or food and water?
I: Listen, there’s no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, don’t believe the Hamas propaganda. Anyway, I’m only obeying orders, if it weren’t for me you would have been dead soon.
P: I still might be.
I: Yeah, but you can’t say I didn’t warn you.
P: I have to go now, I hear an F-16 overhead.
I: Right on schedule! And remember to stay away from mosques, they’re usually stuffed full of explosives.
P: (Hangs up)
Muhammad Ali Khalidi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at York University in Toronto. He can be reached at: khalidi@yorku.ca
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اے ارض فلسطین۔۔م۔سعیدی
(With Coutesy of Roznama Urdu Sahara)
Posted in नजम, ग़ज़ल, اردو غزل, غزل | Tags: Nazm, Urdu Gazhal, اے ارض فلسطین۔۔م۔سعیدی, اردو غزل, غزل
غُبارِ خاطر
مپرس تا چہ نوشت ست کلک قاصر ما
خطِ غبارِ من ست ایں غبارِ خَاطر
مکتوبِ سرینگر۔۔۔مولانا ابوُ الکلام آزاد
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فَرمانِ خُدا ۔علّامہ مُحَمّد اِقبال
Click the following URL to listen the nazm:
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اب کے ہم بچھڑے -احمد فراز
اب کے ہم بچھڑے تو شايد کبھي خوابوں ميں مليں
جس طرح سوکھے ہوئے پھول کتابوں ميں مليں
ڈھونڈ اجڑے ہوئے لوگوں ميں وفا کے موتي
يہ خزانے تجھے ممکن ہے خرابوں ميں مليں
غم دنيا بھي غم يار ميں شامل کر لو
نشہ برپا ہے شرابيں جو شرابوں ميں مليں
تو خدا ہے نہ ميرا عشق فرشتوں جيسا
دونوں انساں ہيں تو کيوں اتنے حجابوں ميں مليں
آج ہم دار پہ کھينچے گئے جن باتوں پر
کيا عجب کل وہ زمانے کو نصابوں ميں مليں
اب نہ وہ ميں ہوں نہ تو ہے نہ وہ ماضي ہے فراز
جيسے دو سائے تمنا کے سرابوں ميں مليں
अब के हम बिछड़े तो :अहमद फ़राज़
अब के हम बिछड़े तो शायद कभी ख़्वाबों में मिलें
जिस तरह सूखे हुए फूल किताबों में मिलें
ढूँढ उजड़े हुए लोगों में वफ़ा के मोती
ये ख़ज़ाने तुझे मुमकिन है ख़राबों में मिलें
तू ख़ुदा है न मेरा इश्क़ फ़रिश्तों जैसा
दोनों इंसाँ हैं तो क्यों इतने हिजाबों में मिलें
ग़म-ए-दुनिया भी ग़म-ए-यार में शामिल कर लो
नशा बड़ता है शरबें जो शराबों में मिलें
आज हम दार पे खेंचे गये जिन बातों पर
क्या अजब कल वो ज़माने को निसाबों में मिलें
अब न वो मैं हूँ न तु है न वो माज़ी है “फ़राज़”
जैसे दो शख़्स तमन्ना के सराबों में मिलें
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منشی پریم چند۔۔جوَش ملیح آبادی
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चिल्लाने लगें है_दुष्यंत कुमार
Posted in ग़ज़ल, غزل | Tags: Úrdu Ghazhal, उर्दु गझल, चिल्लाने लगें है_दुष्यंत कुमार, दुष्यंत कुमार, غزل
چلّانے لگے ہیں۔۔۔دُشینت کمار
کیسے منطر سامنے آنے لگے ہیں
گاتے گاتے لوگ چلّانے لگے ہیں
اب تو اس تا لاب کا پانی بدل دو
یہ کنول کے پھول مرزانے لگے ہیں
وُ سلیبوں کے قریب آیے تو ہمکو
قایدے قانون سمجھانے لگے ہیں
ایک قبرستان میں گھر مل رہا ہے
جسمیںتہخانہ سے تہخانہ لگے ہیں
مچھلیوں میں کھل بلی ہے اب سفینہ
اُس طرف جانے سے کترانے لگے ہیں
مولوی سے دانت کھا کر اہلِ مکتب
پھر اُسی آیت کو دُہرانے لگے ہیں
اب نئ تہذیب کے پیش نظر ہم
آ دمی کو بھون کر کھانے لگے ہیں
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MEHFIL GROUP _TORONTO
7 HOLYOAKE CRES. ETOBICOKE, on. M9W 6G9
416 473 3854 – 416 675 7416
E-mail: mehfilgroup@hotmail.com mehfilgroup@myway.com
CONDOLONCE MEETING
Assalamo alaikum/Adaab
It is with heavy heart we have to share with you all the news of sad demise of well known Gujarati-Urdu shayar, Mehmoodmiya Mohammed Subedar, popularly known as Asim Randeri at his native place Rander, Surat, India. He was 104. He breathed his last on Thursday, Feb. 05, 09.
Mr. Tasleem Ilahi Zulfi, well known Urdu shayar and also English poet, T.V. host, Journalist has consented to preside.
Mehfil Group will be holding a CONDOLLENCE MEETING in his honour. The day, date, time and venue are as under:
Saturday, Feb.28, 09,
Time” 3:00 to 6: p.m.
Venue: Party Room, Lobby Floor, 650 Lawrence Av. W. (Allen South and Lawrence Ave.W.)
Please make it a point to attend and show respect to late Mr. Asim Randeri.
FIROZ KHAN BHARAT VYAS AFZAL KHAN NAYYAR BASHEER PATIL RAZIA KHAN
President V.P. V.P. V.P. Genl. Secy.
Ample FREE parking .
Circulate this message to your contacts, please.
Mark this day, date and time in your diary or calendar.
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اے قافلہِ شوق-شکیل بدایونی
اے قافلہِ شوق میرے دِل سے گزر جا
منزل کی تمّنا لئے منزل سے گزر جا
پروردہِ طوفان ہے تو موجِ محّبت
ساحل بھی جو آجائے تو ساحل سے گزر جا
پھر دیکھ جو ہو کشمکشِ حُسن کا عالم
نیچی کئے نظروں کو مقابل سے گزر جا
دل ڈھونڈھ رہا ہے کوئی جں سوز تجّلی
اے برقِ نظر سینہِ بسمل سے گزر جا
ہر گوشہِ ہستی ہے ابھی درخورِ تعمیر
اک بار پھر اُجڑی ہوئی بستی سے گزر جا
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آئنہ خانے میرے-احمد ندیم قاسمی-
ٹوٹتے جاتے ہیں سب آئنہ خانے میرے
وقت کی زد میں ہیں یادوں کے خزانے میرے
زندہ رہنے کی ہو نیّت تو شکایت کیسی
میرے لب پر جو گِلے ہیں وہ بہانے میرے
رخشِ حالات کی باگیں تو مرے ہاتھ میں تھیں
صرف میں نے کبھی احکام نہ مانے میرے
میرے ہر درد کو اس نے اَبَدیّت دے دی
یعنی کیا کچھ نہ دیا مجھ کو خدا نے میرے
میری آنکھوں میں چراغاں سا ہے مستقبل کا
اور ماضی کا ہیولٰی ہے سَرھانے میرے
تُو نے احسان کیا تھا تو جتایا کیوں تھا
اس قدر بوجھ کے لائق نہیں شانے میرے
راستہ دیکھتے رہنے کی بھی لذّت ہے عجیب
زندگی کے سبھی لمحات سہانے میرے
جو بھی چہرہ نظر آیا ترا چہرہ نکلا
تو بصارت ہے مری، یار پرانے میرے
سوچتا ہوں مری مٹّی کہاں اڑتی ہوگی
اِک صدی بعد جب آئیں گے زمانے میرے
صرف اِک حسرتِ اظہار کے پر تو ہیں ندیم
میری غزلیں ہوں کہ نظمیں کہ فسانے میرے
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ہم دیکھیں گے۔فیض احمد فیض
ہم دیکھیں گے، ہم دیکھیں گے
لازم ہے کہ ہم بھی دیکھیں گے
وہ دن کہ جس کا وعدہ ہے
جو لوح ازل میں لکھا ہے
جب ظلم و ستم کے کوہ گراں
روئی کی طرح اڑ جائیں گے
ہم محکوموں کے پائوں تلے
یہ دھرتی دھڑدھڑدھڑکے گی
اور اہل حکم کے سر اوپر
جب بجلی کڑ کڑ کڑکے گی
جب ارض خدا کے کعبے سے
سب بت اٹھوائے جائیں گے
ہم اہل سفا مردود حرم
مسند پہ بٹھائے جائیں گے
سب تاج اچھالے جائیں گے
سب تخت گرائے جائیں گے
بس نام رہے گا اللہ کا
جو غائب بھی ہے حاضر بھی
جو ناظر بھی ہے منظر بھی
ااٹھے گا انا الحق کا نعرہ
جو میں بھی ہوں اور تم بھی ہو
اور راج کرے گی خلق خدا
جو میں بھی ہوں اور تم بھی ہو
لازم ہے کہ ہم بھی دیکھیں گے
بھی دیکھیں گے۔۔۔
CounterPunch
October 3, 2002
Somebody Blew Up America
by AMIRI BARAKA
Click the following URL to read
http://www.counterpunch.org/poem1003.html
आसिम रांदेरी नहीं रहे_-फ़िरोज़खान
(हिन्दी Abroad के सौज़न्यसे)
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तिरंगेका अपमान__फिरोज़खान
(हिन्दी Abroad के सौज़न्यसे)
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مولانا ابوالکلام آزاد۔اِنقلاب مُمبئ
A thunder bolt speech of Maulana Abulkam Azad pl.click the URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJH6kE9-CQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov22f_chU0Q&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPYdMw5r4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoe4S-LQqqc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OykOCud4t1o&feature=related
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خواہش کی دیوار کے پیچھے عادل منصوری
खवाहिश की दीवार के पीछे _आदिल मन्सूरी
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عادل منصوری _ خدا جاگتا ہے
खुदा जागता है_ आदिल मंन्सूरी
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Posted in ग़ज़ल, اردو غزل, غزل | Tags: उर्दु गझल, एक चेहरा साथ साथ रहा-बशीर बद्र, Bashir Badra, Urdu Gazhal, Urdu shero shayri, اردو غزل
-عادل منصوری- لہو جس کا معصوم ہے اس کو روکو
लहु जिसका मासुम है उसको रोको- आदिल मन्सूरी
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داکٹر مایا کوڈنانی ! مہذب پیشے پر بد نما داغ -ظفر ٓاغا
(Courtesy of The INquilab Daily Mumbai 27thFeb.2009)
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کفن - منشی پریم چند
جھونپڑے کے دروازے پر باپ اور بیٹا دونوں، ایک بجھے ہوئے الاؤ کے سامنے خاموش بیٹھے ہوئے تھے اور اندر بیٹے کی نوجوان بیوی بدھیا درد زہ سے پچھاڑیں کھا رہی تھی اور رہ رہ کر اس کے منہ سے ایسی دلخراش صدا نکلتی تھی کہ دونوں کلیجہ تھام لیتے تھے۔ جاڑوں کی رات تھی، فضا سناٹے میں غرق۔ سارا گاؤں تاریکی میں جذب ہو گیا تھا۔
گھسو نے کہا ”معلوم ہوتا ہے بچے گی نہیں۔ سار ا دن تڑپتے ہو گیا، جا دیکھ تو آ۔“
مادھو دردناک لہجے میں بولا ”مرنا ہی ہے تو جلدی مرکیوں نہیں جاتی۔ دیکھ کر کیا آؤں۔“
”تو بڑا بیدرد ہے بے! سال بھر جس کے ساتن جندگانی کا سکھ بھوگا اسی کے ساتھ اتنی بے وپھائی۔“
”تو مجھ سے تو اس کا تڑپنا اور ہاتھ پاؤں پٹکنا نہیں دیکھا جا تا۔“
چماروں کا کنبہ تھا اور سارے گاؤں میں بدنام۔ گھسو ایک دن کا م کرتا تو تین دن آرام، مادھو اتنا کام چور تھا کہ گھنٹے بھر کام کرتا تو گھنٹے بھر چلم پیتا۔ اس لئے اسے کوئی رکھتا ہی نہ تھا۔ گھر میں مٹھی بھر اناج بھی موجود ہوتو ان کے لئے کام کرنے کی قسم تھی۔ جب دو ایک فاقے ہو جاتے تو گھسو درختوں پر چڑھ کر لکڑی توڑ لاتا اور مادھو بازار سے بیچ لاتا، اور جب تک وہ پیسے رہتے، دونوں ادھر ادھر ما رے مارے پھرتے جب فاقے کی نوبت آجاتی تو پھر لکڑیاں توڑتے یا کوئی مزدوری تلاش کرتے۔ گاؤں میں کام کی کمی نہ تھی۔ کاشتکاروں کا گاؤں تھا۔ محنتی آدمی کے لئے پچاس کام تھے مگر ان دونوں کو لوگ اسی وقت بلاتے جب دو آدمیوں سے ایک کا کام پا کر بھی قناعت کرلینے کے سوا اور کوئی چارہ نہ ہوتا۔ کاش دونوں سادھو ہوتے تو انہیں قناعت اور توکل کے لئے ضبط نفس کی مطلق ضرورت نہ ہوتی۔ یہ ان کی خلقی صفت تھی۔ عجیب زندگی تھی ان کی۔ گھرمیں مٹی کے دو چار برتنوں کے سوا کوئی اثاثہ نہیں۔ پھٹے چیتھڑوں سے اپنی عریانی کو ڈھانکے ہوئے دنیا کی فکروں سے آزاد۔ قرض سے لدے ہوئے گالیاں بھی کھاتے مار بھی کھاتے مگر کوئی غم نہیں۔ مسکین اتنے کہ وصولی کی مطلق امید نہ ہونے پر لوگ انہیں کچھ نہ کچھ قرض دے دیتے تھے۔ مٹر یا آلو کی فصل میں کھیتوں سے مٹر یا آلو اکھاڑ لاتے اور بھون بھون کر کھاتے۔ یا دن پانچ ایکھ توڑ لاتے اور رات کو چوستے۔ گھسو نے اسی زاہدانہ انداز میں ساٹھ سال کی عمر کاٹ دی اور مادھو بھی سعادت مند بیٹے کی طرح باپ کے نقش قدم پر چل رہا تھا بلکہ اس کا نام اور بھی روشن کر رہا تھا۔ اس وقت بھی دونوں الاؤ کے سامنے بیٹھے ہوئے آلو بھون رہے تھے جو کسی کے کھیت سے کھود لائے تھے۔گھسو کی بیوی کا تو مدت ہوئی انتقال ہو گیا تھا، مادھو کی شادی پچھلے سال ہوئی تھی۔ جب سے یہ عورت آئی تھی اس نے اس خاندان میں تمدن کی بنیاد ڈالی تھی۔ پسائی کر کے گھاس چھیل کر وہ سیر بھر آٹے کا انتظام کرلیتی تھی۔ اور ان دونوں بے غیرتوں کا دوزخ بھرتی رہتی تھی۔ جب سے وہ آئی یہ دونوں اور بھی آرام طلب اور آلسی ہو گئے تھے۔ بلکہ کچھ اکڑنے بھی لگے تھے۔ کوئی کام کرنے کو بلاتا تو بے نیازی کی شان میں دوگنی مزدوری مانگتے۔ وہی عورت آج صبح سے درزہ میں مر رہی تھی اور یہ دونوں شاید اسی انتظار میں تھے کہ وہ مرجائے تو آرام سے سوئیں۔
گھسو نے آلو نکال کرچھیلتے ہوئے کہا ”جا دیکھ تو کیا حالت ہے“ اس کی چڑیل کا پھنساؤ ہو گا اور کیا، یہاں تو اوجھا بھی ایک روپیہ مانگتا ہے۔ کس کے گھر سے آئے۔“۔
مادھو کو اندیشہ تھا کہ وہ کوٹھری میں گیا تو گھسو آلوؤں کا بڑاحصہ صاف کردے گا، بولا ”مجھے وہاں ڈر لگتا ہے۔“
”ڈر کس بات کا ہے؟ میں تو یہاں ہوں ہی“
”تو تمہیں جا کر دیکھو نا۔“
”میری عورت جب مری تھی تو میں تین دن تک اس کے پاس سے ہلا بھی نہیں ، اور پھر مجھ سے لجائے گی کہ نہیں، کبھی اسکا منہ نہیں دیکھا، آج اسکا اگھرا ہوا بدن دیکھوں۔ اسے تن کی سدھ بھی تو نہ ہو گی۔ مجھے دیکھ لے گی تو کھل کر ہاتھ پاؤں بھی نہ پٹک سکے گی۔“
”میں سوچتا ہوں کہ کوئی بال بچہ ہو گیا تو کیا ہو گا۔ سونٹھ، گڑ، تیل، کچھ بھی تو نہیں ہے گھر میں۔“
”سب کچھ آجائے گا۔ بھگوان بچہ دیںتو، جو لوگ ابھی ایک پیسہ نہیں دے رہے ہیں، وہی تب بلاکردیں گے۔ میرے تو لڑکے ہوئے ، گھرمیں کچھ بھی نہ تھا، مگر اس طرح ہر بار کام چل گیا۔“
جس سماج میں رات دن محنت کرنےوالوں کی حالت ان کی حالت سے کچھ بہت اچھی نہ تھی اور کسانوں کے مقابلے میں وہ لوگ جو کسانوں کی کمزوریوں سے فائدہ اٹھانا جانتے تھے کہیں زیادہ فارغ البال تھے وہاں اس قسم کی ذہنیت کا پیداہو جانا کوئی تعجب کی بات نہیں تھی۔ ہم تو کہیں گے گھسو کسانوں کے مقابلے میں زیادہ باریک بین تھا اور کسانوں کی تہی دماغ جمعیت میں شامل ہونے کے بدلے شاطروں کی فتنہ پرداز جماعت میں شامل ہو گیا تھا۔ ہاں اس میں یہ صلاحیت نہ تھی کہ شاطروں کے آئین و آداب کی پابندی بھی کرتا۔ اس لئے یہ جہاں اس کی جماعت کے اور لوگ گاؤں کے سرغنہ اور مکھیا بنے ہوئے تھے۔ اس پر سارا گاؤں انگشت نمائی کر رہا تھا پھر بھی اسے یہ تسکین تو تھی ہی کہ اگر وہ خستہ حال ہے تو کم سے کم اسے کسانوں کی سی جگر توڑ محنت تو نہیں کرنی پڑتی اور اس کی سادگی اور بے زبانی سے دوسرے بےجا فائدہ تو نہیں اٹھاتے۔
دونوں آلو نکال نکال کر جلتے جلتے کھانے لگے۔ کل سے کچھ بھی نہیں کھایا تھا، اتنا صبر نہ تھا کہ انہیں ٹھنڈا ہو جانے دیں۔ کئی بار دونوں کی زبانیں جل گئیں۔ چھل جانے پر آلو کا بیرونی حصہ تو زیادہ گرم نہ معلوم ہوتا تھا لیکن دانتوں کے تلے پڑتے ہی اندر کا حصہ زبان اور حلق اور تالو کو جلا دیتا تھا اور اس انگارے کو منہ میں رکھنے سے زیادہ خیریت اسی میں تھی کہ وہ اندر پہنچ جائے۔ وہاں اسے ٹھنڈا کرنے کے لئے کافی سامان تھے۔ اس لئے دونوں جلد جلد نگل جاتے تھے حالانکہ اس کوشش میں ان کی آنکھوں سے آنسو نکل آتے۔
گھسو کو اس وقت ٹھاکر کی برات یاد آئی جس میں بیس سال پہلے وہ گیا تھا۔ اس دعوت میں اسے جو سیری نصیب ہوئی تھی، وہ اس کی زندگی میں ایک یادگار واقعہ تھی اور آج بھی اس کی یاد تازہ تھی۔ وہ بولا ”وہ بھوج نہیں بھولتا۔ تب سے پھر اس طرح کا کھانا اور بھر پیٹ نہیں ملا۔لڑکی والوں نے سب کو پوڑیاں کھلائی تھیں، سب کو۔ چھوٹے بڑے سب نے پوڑیاں کھائیں اور اصلی گھی کی چٹنی، رائتہ، تین طرح کے سوکھے ساگ، ایک رسے دار ترکاری، دہی، چٹنی، مٹھائی اب کیا بتاؤں کہ اس بھوج میں کتنا سواد ملا۔ کوئی روک نہیں تھی جو چیز چاہو مانگو۔ اور جتنا چاہو کھاؤ لوگوں نے ایسا کھایا، ایسا کھایا کہ کسی سے پانی نہ پیا گیا ، مگر پروسنے والے ہیں کہ سامنے گرم گول گول مہکتی ہوئی کچوریاں ڈال دیتے ہیں۔ منع کرتے ہیں نہیں چاہیے مگر وہ ہیں دیے جاتے ہیں، اور جب سب نے منہ دھو لیا تو ایک ایک بڑا پان بھی ملا مگر مجھے پان لینے کی کہاں سدھ تھی۔ کھڑا نہ ہوا جاتا تھا۔ جھٹ پٹ جا کر اپنے کمبل پر لیٹ گیا ۔ ایسا دریا دل تھا وہ ٹھاکر۔“
مادھو نے ان تکلفات کا مزا لیتے ہوئے کہا ”اب ہمیں کوئی ایسا بھوج کھلاتا۔“
”اب کوئی کیا کھلا ئے گا؟“ وہ جمانا دوسرا تھا۔ اب تو سب کو کھبایت سوجھتی ہے۔ سادی بیاہ میں مت کھرچ کرو، کریا کرم میں مت کھرچ کرو۔ پوچھو گریبوں کا مال بٹور بٹور کر کہاں رکھو گے۔ مگر بٹورنے میں تو کمی نہیں ہے۔ ہاں کھرچ میں کبھایت سوجھتی ہے۔“
”تم نے ایک بیس پوڑیاں کھائی ہوں گی۔“۔
بیس سے جیادہ کھائی تھیں۔“
”میں پچاس کھا جاتا۔“
”پچاس سے کم میں نے بھی نہ کھائی ہو ں گی، اچھا پٹھا تھا۔ تو اس کا آدھا بھی نہیں ہے۔“ آلو کھا کر دونوں نے پانی پیا اور وہیں الاؤ کے سامنے اپنی دھوتیاں اوڑ ھ کر پاؤں پیٹ میں ڈال کر سو رہے ۔ جیسے دو بڑے بڑے اژدھا کنڈلیاں مارے پڑے ہوں اور بڑھیا ابھی تک کراہ رہی تھی۔
صبح کو مادھو نے کوٹھری میں جاکر دیکھا تو اس کی بیوی ٹھنڈی ہوگئی تھی۔ اس کے منہ پر مکھیاں بھنک رہی تھیں۔ پتھرائی ہوئی آنکھیں اوپر ٹنگی ہوئی تھیں۔ سارا جسم خاک میں لت پت ہو رہا تھا۔ اس کے پیٹ میں بچہ مر گیا تھا۔
مادھو بھاگا ہوا گھسو کے پاس آیا اور پھر دونوں زور زور سے ہائے ہائے کرنے اور چھاتی پیٹنے لگے۔ پڑوس والوں نے یہ آہ و زاری سنی تو دوڑتے ہوئے آئے اور رسم قدیم کے مطابق غمزدوں کی تشفی کرنے لگے۔
مگر زیاد رونے دھونے کا موقع نہ تھا کفن کی اور لکڑی کی فکر کرنی تھی۔ گھر میں تو پیسہ اس طرح غائب تھا جیسے چیل کے گھونسلے میں بانس۔
باپ بیٹے روتے ہوئے گاؤں کے زمینداروں کے پاس گئے۔ وہ ان دونوں کی صورت سے نفرت کرتے تھے۔ کئی بار انہیں اپنے ہاتھوں پیٹ چکے تھے۔ چوری کی علت، میں وعدے پر کام نہ کرنے کی علت میں۔ پوچھا ”کیا ہے بے گھسوا۔ روتا کیوں ہے۔ اب تو تیری صورت ہی نظر نہیں آتی۔ اب معلوم ہوتا ہے تم اس گاؤں میں نہیں رہنا چاہتے۔“
گھسو نے زمین پر سر رکھ کر آنکھوں میں آنسو بھرتے ہوئے کہا۔ ”سرکار بڑی بپت میں ہوں۔ مادھو کی گھر والی رات گجر گئی۔ دن بھر تڑپتی رہی سرکار۔ آدھی رات تک ہم دونوں اس کے سرہانے بیٹھے رہے۔ دوا دارو جو کچھ ہو سکا سب کیا مگر وہ ہمیں دگا دے گئی۔ اب کوئی ایک روٹی دینے والا نہیں رہا مالک۔ تباہ ہوگئے ۔ گھر اجڑ گیا۔ آپ کا گلام ہوں۔ اب آپ کے سوا اس کی مٹی کون پار لگائے گا۔ ہمارے ہاتھ میں جو کچھ تھا، وہ سب دوا دارو میں اٹھ گیا۔ سرکار ہی کی دیا ہو گی تو اس کی مٹی اٹھے گی۔ آپ کے سوا اور کس کے دوار پر جاؤں۔“
زمیندار صاحب رحمدل آدمی تھے مگر گھسو پر رحم کرنا کالے کمبل پر رنگ چڑھانا تھا۔ جی میں تو آیا کہہ دیں ”چل دور ہو یہاں سے لاش گھر میں رکھ کر سڑا۔ یوں تو بلانے سے بھی نہیں آتا۔ آج جب غرض پڑی تو آکر خوشامد کر رہا ہے۔ حرم خور کہیں کا بدمعاش۔“ مگر یہ غصہ یا انتقام کا موقع نہیں تھا۔ طوعاً و کرہاً دوروپے نکال کر پھینک دیے مگر تشفی کا ایک کلمہ بھی منہ سے نہ نکالا۔اس کی طرف تاکا تک نہیں۔ گویا سر کا بوجھ اتارا ہو۔
جب زمیندار صاحب نے دو روپے دئیے تو گاؤں کے بنئے مہاجنوں کو انکار کی جرا ¿ت کیونکر ہو تی۔ گھسو زمیندار کے نام ڈھنڈورا پیٹنا جانتا تھا۔ کسی نے دو آنے دئیے کسی نے چار آنے۔ ایک گھنٹے میں گھسو کے پاس پانچ روپیہ کی معقول رقم جمع ہو گئی۔ کسی نے غلہ دے دیا کسی نے لکڑی اور دوپہر کو گھسو اور مادھو بازار سے کفن لانے چلے اور لوگ بانس وانس کاٹنے لگے۔
گاؤں کی رقیق القلب عورتیں آآکر لاش کو دیکھتی تھیں اور اس کی بے بسی پر دو بوند آنسو گرا کر چلی جاتی تھیں۔
بازار میں پہنچ کر گھسو بولا۔ ”لکڑی تو اسے جلانے بھر کی مل گئی ہے کیوں مادھو۔“
مادھو بولا ”ہاں لکڑی تو بہت ہے اب کفن چاہیے۔“
”تو کوئی ہلکا سا کفن لے لیں۔“
”ہاں اور کیا! لاش اٹھتے اٹھتے رات ہو جائے گی رات کو کفن کون دیکھتا ہے۔“
”کیسا برا روا ج ہے کہ جسے جیتے جی تن ڈھانکنے کو چیتھڑا نہ ملے، اسے مرنے پر نیا کفن چاہیے۔“۔
اور کیا رکھا رہتا ہے۔ یہی پانچ روپے پہلے ملتے تو کچھ دوا دارو کرتے۔“
دونوں ایک دوسرے کے دل کا ماجرا معنوی طور پر سمجھ رہے تھے۔ بازار میں ادھر ادھر گھومتے رہے۔ یہاں تک کہ شام ہوگئی۔ دونوں اتفاق سے یا عمداً ایک شرابخانہ کے سامنے آپہنچے اور گویا کسی طے شدہ فیصلے کے مطابق اندر گئے۔ وہاں ذرا دیر تک دونوں تذبذب کی حالت میں کھڑے رہے۔ پھر گھسو نے ایک بوتل شراب لی۔ کچھ کزک لی اور دونوں برآمدے میں بیٹھ کر پینے لگے۔
کئی کچناں پیہم پینے کے بعد دونوں سرور میں آگئے۔
گھسو بولا”کفن لگانے کیا ملتا ۔ آکھر جل ہی تو جاتا۔ کچھ بہوکے ساتھ تو نہ جاتا۔“
مادھو آسمان کی طرف دیکھ کر بولا گویا فرشتوں کو اپنی معصومیت کا یقین دلا رہا ہو۔ ”دنیا کا دستور ہے۔ یہی لوگ باسنوں کو ہجاروں روپے کیوں دیتے ہیں۔ کون دیکھتا ہے ۔ پرلوک میں ملتا ہے یانہیں۔“
”بڑے آدمیوں کے پاس دھن ہے پھونکیں، ہمارے پاس پھونکنے کو کیا ہے۔“
”لیکن لوگوں کو کیاجواب دوگے؟ لو گ پوچھیں گے کہ کفن کہاہے؟“
گھسو ہنسا۔ ”کہہ دیں گے کہ روپے کمر سے کھسک گئے بہت ڈھونڈا۔ ملے نہیں۔“
مادھو بھی ہنسا۔ اس غیر متوقع خوش نصیبی پر قدرت کو اس طرح شکست دینے پر بولا۔ ”بڑی اچھی تھی بیچاری مری بھی تو خوب کھلا پلا کر۔“
”آدھی بوتل سے زیادہ ختم ہو گئی۔ گھسونے دو سیر پوریاں منگوائیں، گوشت اور سالن اور چٹ پٹی کلیجیاں اور تلی ہوئی مچھلیاں۔ شراب خانے کے سامنے دوکان تھی، مادھو لپک کر دو پتلوں میں ساری چیزیں لے آیا۔ پورے ڈیڑھ روپے خرچ ہوگئے۔ صرف تھوڑے سے پیسے بچ رہے۔“
دونوں اس وقت اس شان سے بیٹھے ہوئے پوریاں کھا رہے تھے جیسے جنگل میں کوئی شیر اپنا شکار اڑا رہا ہو۔ نہ جواب دہی کا خوف تھا نہ بدنامی کی فکر۔ ضعف کے ان مراحل کو انہوںنے بہت پہلے طے کرلیا تھا۔ گھسو فلسفیانہ انداز سے بولا۔ ”ہماری آتما پرسن ہو رہی ہے تو کیا اسے پن نہ ہوگا۔“
مادھو نے فرق صورت جھکا کر تصدیق کی” جرور سے جرور ہو گا۔ بھگوان تم انتر جامی(علیم )ہو۔ اسے بیکنٹھ لے جانا۔ ہم دونوں ہردے سے اسے دعا دے رہے ہیں۔ آج جو بھوجن ملا وہ کبھی عمر بھر نہ ملا تھا۔“
ایک لمحہ کے بعد مادھو کے دل میں ایک تشویش پیدا ہوئی۔ بولا ”کیوں دادا ہم لوگ بھی تو وہاں ایک نہ ایک دن جائیں گے ہی“ گھسو نے اس طفلانہ سوال کا کوئی جواب نہ دیا۔ مادھو کی طرف پر ملامت انداز سے دیکھا۔
”جو وہاں ہم لوگوں سے پوچھے گی کہ تم نے ہمیں کفن کیوں نہ دیا، تو کیا کہیں گے؟“
”کہیں گے تمہارا سر۔“
”پوچھے گی تر جرور۔“
”تو کیسے جانتا ہے اسے کفن نہ ملے گا؟ مجھے اب گدھا سمجھتا ہے۔ میں ساٹھ سال دنیا میں کیا گھاس کھودتارہا ہوں۔ اس کو کفن ملے گا اور اس سے بہت اچھا ملے گا ، جو ہم دیں گے۔“
مادھو کو یقین نہ آیا۔ ”بو لا کون دے گا؟ روپے تو تم نے چٹ کردئیے۔“
گھسو تیز ہو گیا۔ ”میں کہتا ہوں اسے کفن ملے گا تو مانتا کیوں نہیں؟“
”کون دے گا، بتاتے کیوں نہیں؟“۔
”وہی لوگ دیں گے جنہوںنے اب کی دیا۔ ہاں وہ روپے ہمار ہاتھ نہ آئیں گےاور اگر کسی طرح آجائیں تو پھر ہم اس طرح بیٹھے پئیں گے اور کفن تیسری بارلے گا۔“
جوں جوں اندھیرا بڑھتا تھا اور ستاروں کی چمک تیز ہوتی تھی، میخانے کی رونق بھی بڑھتی جاتی تھی۔ کوئی گاتا تھا، کوئی بہکتا تھا، کوئی اپنے رفیق کے گلے لپٹا جاتا تھا، کوئی اپنے دوست کے منہ سے ساغر لگائے دیتا تھا۔ وہاں کی فضا میں سرور تھا، ہوا میں نشہ۔ کتنے تو چلو میں ہی الو ہوجاتے ہیں۔ یہاں آتے تھے تو صرف خود فراموشی کا مزہ لینے کے لئے ۔ شراب سے زیادہ یہاں کی ہوا سے مسرور ہوتے تھے۔ زیست کی بلا یہاں کھینچ لاتی تھی اور کچھ دیر کے لئے وہ بھول جاتے تھے کہ وہ زندہ ہیں یا مردہ ہیں یا زندہ در گور ہیں۔
اور یہ دونوں باپ بیٹے اب بھی مزے لے لے کے چسکیاں لے رہے تھے۔ سب کی نگاہیں ان کی طرف جمی ہوئی تھیں۔ کتنی خوش نصیب ہیں دونوں، پوری بوتل بیچ میں ہے۔
کھانے سے فارغ ہو کر مادھو نے بچی ہوئی پوریوں کا تیل اٹھا کر ایک بھکاری کو دے دیا، جو کھڑا ان کی طرف گرسنہ نگاہوں سے دیکھ رہاتھا اور ”پینے“ کے غرور اور مسرت اور ولولہ کا ، اپنی زندگی میں پہلی بار احساس کیا۔ گھسو نے کہا ”لے جاکھوب کھااور آشیر باد دے“
جس کی کمائی تھی وہ تو مر گئی مگر تیرا اشیر باد اسے جرور پہنچ جائے گا روئیں روئیں سے اشیر باد دے بڑی گاڑھی کمائی کے پیسے ہیں۔“
مادھو نے پھر آسمان کی طرف دیکھ کر کہا ”وہ بیکنٹھ میں جائے گی۔ دادا بیکنٹھ کی رانی بنے گی۔“ گھسوکھڑا ہو گیا اور جیسے مسرت کی لہروں میں تیرتا ہوا بولا۔ ”ہاں بیٹا بیکنٹھ میں نہ جائے گی تو کیا یہ موٹے موٹے لو گ جائیں گے، جو گریبوں کو دونوں ہاتھ سے لوٹتے ہیں اور اپنے پاپ کے دھونے کے لئے گنگا میں جاتے ہیں اور مندروں میں جل چڑھاتے ہیں۔“
یہ خوش اعتقادی کا رنگ بھی بدلا….نشہ کی خاصیت سے یاس اور غم کا دورہ ہوا۔ مادھو بولا ”مگر داد بیچاری نے جندگی میں بڑا دکھ بھوگا۔ مری بھی کتنی دکھ جھیل کر۔“ وہ اپنی آنکھوں پر ہاتھ رکھ کر رونے لگا۔
گھسو نے سمجھایا ”کیوں روتا ہے بیٹا! کھس ہو کہ وہ مایا جال سے مکت ہوگئی۔ جنجال سے چھوٹ گئی۔ بڑی بھاگوان تھی جو اتنی جلد مایا کے موہ کے بندھن توڑ دئیے۔“
اور دونوں وہیں کھڑے ہو کر گانے لگے…. ٹھگنی کیوں نیناں جھمکا دے ٹھگنی۔
سارا میخانہ محو تماشا تھا اور یہ دونوں مے کش مخمور محویت کے عالم میں گائے جاتے تھے۔ پھر دونوں ناچنے لگے ۔ اچھلے بھی، کودے بھی، گرے بھی ، مٹکے بھی، بھاؤ بھی بتائے اور آخر نشے سے بد مست ہوکر وہیں گرپڑے۔
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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَأْكُلُواْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ إِلاَّ أَن تَكُونَ
تِجَارَةً عَن تَرَاضٍ مِّنكُمْ وَلاَ تَقْتُلُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ إِنَّ اللّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا (4:29)
· 4:29 (Asad) O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not devour one another’s
possessions wrongfully – not even by way of trade based on mutual
agreement [38] – and do not destroy one another: for, behold, God is
indeed a dispenser of grace unto you!
پیسوں کا گروپ!!!قاسم عبُاس
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बल खा के पी गया_जिगर मुरादाबादी
साक़ी की हर निगाह पे बल खा के पी गया
लहरों से खेलता हुआ लहरा के पी गया
बेकैफ़ियों के कैफ़ से घबरा के पी गया
तौबा को तोड़-तोड़ के थर्रा के पी गया
ज़ाहिद ये मेरी शोखी-ए-रिनदाना देखना
रेहमत को बातों-बातों में बहला के पी गया
सरमस्ती-ए-अज़ल मुझे जब याद आ गई
दुनिया-ए-ऎतबार को ठुकरा के पी गया
आज़ुर्दगी ए खातिर-ए-साक़ी को देख कर
मुझको वो शर्म आई के शरमा के पी गया
ऎ रेहमते तमाम मेरी हर ख़ता मुआफ़
मैं इंतेहा-ए-शौक़ में घबरा के पी गया
पीता बग़ैर इज़्न ये कब थी मेरी मजाल
दरपरदा चश्म-ए-यार की शेह पा के पी गया
इस जाने मयकदा की क़सम बारहा जिगर
कुल आलम-ए-बसीत पर मैं छा के पी गया
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मुझे साकिया दे_ ‘आसिम’ रांदेरी
गझल मुझको कहेनी है एक इन्कलाबी
मुझे साकिया दे गुलाबी गुलाबी
गुलाबी इन आंखोकी उफ रे गुलाबी
झमाना हुआ जा रहा है शराबी
कुछ ऐसे सवालात थे उस नझर के
के गुम हो गइ मेरी हाझिर जवाबी
मेरे शेरकी धूप पडते ही ‘आसिम’
हुआ जा रहा है, वो चहेरा गुलाबी
आसिम=बचा हुआ,महफुज़,बा अस्मत
غزل۔عاصم راندیری
غزل مُجھکو کہنی ہے اِنقلابی
مجھے ساقیہ دے گلابی گلابی
گلابی ان آنکھوں کی اُف رے گلابی
زمانہ ھُوا جا رہا ہے شرابی
کُچھ ایسے سوالات تھے اُس نظر کے
کے گُم ہو گئ میری حاضر جوابی
میرے شعر کی دھوپ پڑتے ہی عاصم
ہُوا جا رہا ہے وہ چہرا گلابی
بچا ہوا, با عصمت , محفوظ ,= عاصم
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سلام اس پرصلی اللہ علیہ وسلم-ماہر القادری
سلام اس پر کہ جس نے بے کسوں کی دست گیری کی
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رسولِ عربی۔۔بہادر شاہ ظفر
یہی حسرت تھی گھر میرا مدینہ میں رہے
بنا رنگون میں ۔ارمان میرے سینے میں رہے
آبِ زم زم کے عوض اشک ِ خون پینے میں رہے
لو خبر اس کی کے چند دین میرے جینے میں رہے
ہے تمُُنا یہ ظَفر کی یا رسولِ عربی
اپنی آنکھہں کو ملے آپ کی چوکھٹ سے نبی
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मैं कुछ सोच रहा हुं !!_अब्दुल हमीद ‘अदम’
ख़ाली है अभी जाम, मैं कुछ सोच रहा हूं।
ए गर्दिशे-अय्याम, मैं कुछ सोच रहा हूं।।
साक़ी तुझे इक थोड़ी-सी तकलीफ़ तो होगी।
साग़र को ज़रा थाम, मैं कुछ सोच रहा हूं।।
पहले बड़ी रग़बत थी तेरे नाम से मुझ को।
अब सुन के तेरा नाम, मैं कुछ सोच रहा हूं।।
इदराक अभी पूरा तआ़वुन नहीं करता।
दे बादा-ए-गुलफ़ाम, मैं कुछ सोच रहा हूं।।
हल कुछ तो निकल आएगा हालात की जिद का।
ऐ कसरते-आलाम, मैं कुछ सोच रहा हुं !!
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मैं मयक़दे की राह से होकर गुज़र गया
वर्ना सफ़र हयात का काफ़ी तवील था
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रद्दे अमल__साहिर लुध्यान्वी
चंद कलियां निशात की चुन कर
मुद्दतों महवे यास रहता हुं
तेर मिलना खूशीकी बात सही
तुझसे मिलकर ऊदास रहता हुं
मोहब्बत तर्क की मेंने___साहिर लुध्यान्वी
मोहब्बत तर्क की मेंने गरेबां सी लिया मेंने
ज़माने अब तो खूश हो ज़हर भी पी किया मेंने
अभी ज़िन्दा हुं लेकिन सोचता रहतहुं खिलवत में
अबी तक किस तमन्नाके सहारे जी लिया मेंने
उन्हें अपना नहीं सकता ,मगर इतना भी क्या कम है
कि कुछ मुद्दत हसीं ख्वाबों में जी लिया मेंने
बस अब तो दामने दिल छोड दो बेकार उम्मीदो
बहुत दुख सह लिया मेंने,बहुत दिन जी लिया मेंने
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ردّے عمل۔۔۔۔۔ساحر لُدھیانوی
چند کلیاں نشاط کی چُن کر
مُدّتوں محوِ یاس رہتا ہوں
تیرا مِلنا خوشی کی بات سہی
تُجھ سے مِل کر اُداس رہتا ہوں
محبّت ترک کی میں نے
محبّت ترک کی میں نے گریباں سی لیا میں نے
زمانے اب تو خوش ہو زہر بھی پی لیا میں نے
ابھی زندہ ہون لیکین سوچتا رہتا ہوں خلوت میں
کہ اب کس تمنُا کے سہارے جی لیا میں نے
انہیں اپنا نہیں سکتا مگر اتنا بھی کیا کم ہے
کہ کچھ مُدّت حسین خوابوں میں جی لیا میں نے
بس اب تو دامنِ دل چھوڑ دو بیکار اُمّیدو!
بہت دُکھ سہ لیے میں نے بہُت دن جی لیا میں نے
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سامنا ہو گیا۔۔۔خُمار بارہ بنکوی
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लोग कहते हैं ख़ुदकुशी की है___गुलज़ार
जो शायर था चुप सा रहता था
बहकी-बहकी सी बातें करता था
आँखें कानों पे रख के सुनता था
गूँगी खामोशियों की आवाज़ें!
जमा करता था चाँद के साए
और गीली सी नूर की बूँदें
रूखे-रूखे से रात के पत्ते
ओक में भर के खरखराता था
वक़्त के इस घनेरे जंगल में
कच्चे-पक्के से लम्हे चुनता था
हाँ वही, वो अजीब सा शायर
रात को उठ के कोहनियों के बल
चाँद की ठोड़ी चूमा करता था
चाँद से गिर के मर गया है वो
लोग कहते हैं ख़ुदकुशी की है
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Beneath the head lines
March 10, 2009
The American Criminal Injustice System
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Leaders & Misleaders | Kuldip Nayar
PAKISTAN HAS LOST ITS WAY
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http://www.covert.co.in/kuldeep.htm
By GARETH PORTER
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Now’s the time to help Pakistan
Mar 05, 2009 04:30 AM
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MUSLIM WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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By PATRICK COCKBURN
Arbil
http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick02162009.html
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مجھے پاگل کردو۔۔۔۔۔احمد فراز
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رب کے خزانے سے ۔۔محمد علی وفا
گِلا تمسے نہیں ، اب تو رہا سارے زمانے سے
ہُےء سب خوش تصویر درد دیکھانے سے
یہاں پھرتے رہے ہم زخم اپنا چُھپاےء سے
کیا تشہیر کا سودا تونے کئ سو بہانے سے
ہماری رینگتی تنہائیوںکا حال نہ پوچھو
ہمارے باغ کا دامن بھڑا پایا ویرانے سے
کبھی پھاڑا غریباں کو کبھی خونِ جگر تپکا
گزرکیسے ہوئ پوچھو نہیں اب تو دہوانے سے
نہٰن منظور اب ہمکو ہمارے ظرف کا سودا
ملاہے یہ ہمیں جوہر ےہاں رب کے خزانے سے
ہمارے خون سے سینچا بڑی دیقّت مُشقّت سے
گُلِستاں مِٹ نہیں سکتا باطل کے مٹانے سے
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میرے لحن میں بستا ہے۔۔۔۔۔۔نسرین سیّدد
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اب نہیں چلتا۔۔۔۔۔اکبر اِلاہابادی
ا
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ففنا ہو جاوُ گے۔۔۔مَنظر بھوپالی
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US’ Afghan lesson 1: Taliban are not jihadis
April 5th, 2009
By A.G. Noorani
“IT is an infallible rule that a prince who is not wise himself cannot be well advised… wise counsels, from whoever they come, must necessarily be due to the prudence of the prince, and not the prudence of the prince to the wise counsel received”. Niccolo Machiavelli’s sage words aptly sum up the predicament of President Mr Barack Obama on Afghanistan. Unlike his predecessor Mr George W. Bush and his equally rash bunch of advisers, Mr Obama is a sensible man. However, the haste he has shown in crafting a policy on Afghanistan does not reflect wisdom.
He ordered “a careful policy review… as soon as I took office” he said on March 27 in a speech which, like all American pronouncements, did not err on the side of brevity. His own understanding of that country and this region, as his campaign speeches revealed, is not profound. His advisers are none too blessed with the knowledge or understanding either.
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آوُ مل کر کھاتیں ہیں۔۔۔۔یاسر علی
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پہلی رات۔۔۔تسلیم اِلاہی زُلفی
پہلی رات
میرے جزبات کی رگ رگ میں سمانے والے
مُجھ کو تنہائ کی راتوں سے بچانے والے
آج کی رات اور اِتنا حجاب!
اپنی پلکوں کی کتابیں کھولو
تاکہ میں جھیل سی آنکھوں میں لیکھّی
شوخ تحریر پڑھُوں
اپنی تقدیر پڑھُوں
पहली रात__तस्लीम ईलाही ज़ुल्फी
पाहली रात
मेरे ज़ज्बातकी रग रग में समाने वाले
मुझको तन्हाई की रातों से बचाने वाले
आजकी रात और इतना हिज़ाब
अपनी पल्कोंकी किताबें खोलो
ताकि में झील सी आंखों में लिखी
शोख तहरीरें पढु
अपनी तक़दीरें पढुं
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سچ کہدوں اے برہمن۔۔۔۔علاّمہ مُحمّداِقبال
सच कह दूँ _डॉ.अल्लामां मुहम्मद इकबाल
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دریاءے نیل کے نام ۔۔۔۔حضرت عُمر رض
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Times of India leads the terror-mongering pack
April 13, 2009 by ghulammuhammed
TOI leads the terror-mongering pack
By Zafarul-Islam Khan
New Delhi: Terror is the biggest business today at home and abroad. Everyone is a beneficiary. The government gets more clout and more powers over the lives of its helpless subjects through new terror laws and activation of old ones in an atmosphere where no one dares to question the motives of the politicians over the vital issue of “security”. Security forces get immunity for illegal acts and crimes for which they win medals, rewards, promotions and huge funds with no accountability attached. Newspapers and TV channels improve their circulation and ratings sensationalising real and imaginary terror stories with total impunity as no one would dare question their rightful concern for our safety and security. Sales of arms dealers and security providers skyrocket year after year and politicians get their usual kickbacks. Foreign arms and security manufacturers continue to do roaring business. Some political party may even try to usurp the security issue and snatch power playing on the fears of the people as BJP has been unsuccessfully trying for over a decade now. With trillions spent on security and defence, the common man is the real sufferer as the ever expanding budgets rely essentially on increased taxation and cuts in social security, healthcare and education resulting in ever-increasing poverty and suffering of the masses who nevertheless remain grateful that there are people at the helm who still work for the security of the common man and the country.
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مودی کے دعوے اور مسلمان۔۔۔اِداریہ اِنقلاب 16اپریل2009
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کشمیر سے زیادہ………. افتخار راغب.
कशमीरसे ज्यादह__ईफ्तेखार रगिब
उम्मीद मत लगाओ तदबीर से ज़यादह
मलता नहें कसी को तक़दीर से ज़यादह
तक़दीर से ज़यादा तदबीर आज़माओ
तक़दीर पर यकींहो तदबीर से ज़यादह
गजरात से ज़यादा ज़ख़मी कया गया हों
हे दरद मेरे दिल में कशमीर से ज़यादह
उस क़ोम की क़यादत फर रा सकी ना क़ाएम
तख़रीब की जब उस ने तामीर से ज़यादह
हालांका क़सरि फ़न की कमज़ोर सी कड़ी हुं
लेकिन हे बोझ मुझ पर शहतीर से ज़यादह
चाहत की डोर हे यह, दो दिल बंधे हें इस में
मज़बूत हे यह धागा ज़ंज़िर से ज़यादह
फुरसत कहां कीसी को इस दोरे तेज़रौ में
तलखिस कारगर हे तफ़सिर से ज़यादह
हे वक़त का तक़ाज़ा रागिब, कि हो तवज्जह
तक़रीर व गुफ़तगो पर तहरीर से ज़यादह
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کھو گےء ہیں لوگ۔۔۔۔ناظم سُلطان پوری
خوابِ راحت میں کھو گےء ہیں لوگ
رات سے پہلے سو گےء ہیں لوگ
ایسا لگتا ہے آکے ساحل پر
کشتیوں کو ڈبو گےء ہیں لوگ
اپنے احساس کے تنوروں میں
بیستر راکھ ہو گےء ہیں لوگ
میری راہِ حیات میں جیسے
خار ہی خار بو گےء ہیں لوگ
دے کے آواز لالہ و گل کو
آج کانٹوں پہ سوگےء ہیں لوگ
یہی رونا حیات کا ناظم
تم سے پہلے بھی رو گےء ہیں لوگ
खो गये हैं लोग___ नाज़िम सुलतानपूरी
ख़वाबे राहत में खो गये हें लोग
रात से पहले सो गये हें लोग
एसा लगता हे आके साहिल पर
किशतियों को डबो गये हें लोग
अपने अहसास के तनूरों में
बेशतर राख हो गये हें लोग
मेरी राहे हयात में जेसे
ख़ार ही ख़ार बो गये हें लोग
दे के आवाज़ लाला व गुल को
आज कांटों पे सोगये हें लोग
यही रोना हयात का नाज़िम
तुम से पहले भी रो गये हें लोग
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ہوئ ہے شام۔۔۔۔احمد فراز
ہوئ ہَے شام تو آنکھوں میں بس گیا پھِر تُو
کہاں گیا ہَے میرے شہر کے مُسافِر تُو
بہُت اُداس ہَے اِک شخْش تیرے جانے سے
جو ہو سکے تو چلا آ اُسی کی خاطِر تُو
میری مِثال کہ اِک نخْل-ءے-خُشْکِ–سہرا ہُوں
تیرا خیال کہ شاخِ –چمن کا طائر تُو
مَیں جانتا ہُوں کے دُنِیا تُجھے بدل دیگی
مَیں مانتا ہُوں کے اَیسا نہِیں بظاہِر تُو
ہنسی خُشی سے بِچھڑ جا اگر بِچھڑنا ہَے
یے ہر مقام پے کْیا سوچتا ہَے آخِر تُو
“فراز” تُونے اُسے مُشْکِلوں میں ڈال دِیا
زمانہ صاحبِ–زر اَور صرْف شاعر تُو
हुई है शाम__अहमद फराज़
हुई है शाम तो आँखों में बस गया फिर तू
कहाँ गया है मेरे शहर के मुसाफ़िर तू
बहुत उदास है इक शख़्स तेरे जाने से
जो हो सके तो चला आ उसी की ख़ातिर तू
मेरी मिसाल कि इक नख़्ल-ए-ख़ुश्क-ए-सहरा हूँ
तेरा ख़याल कि शाख़-ए-चमन का ताइर तू
मैं जानता हूँ के दुनिया तुझे बदल देगी
मैं मानता हूँ के ऐसा नहीं बज़ाहिर तू
हँसी ख़ुशी से बिछड़ जा अगर बिछड़ना है
ये हर मक़ाम पे क्या सोचता है आख़िर तू
“फ़राज़” तूने उसे मुश्किलों में डाल दिया
ज़माना साहिब-ए-ज़र और सिर्फ़ शायर तू
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एक तीखी आँच ने __दुष्यंत कुमार
एक तीखी आँच ने
इस जन्म का हर पल छुआ,
आता हुआ दिन छुआ
हाथों से गुजरता कल छुआ
हर बीज, अँकुआ, पेड़-पौधा,
फूल-पत्ती, फल छुआ
जो मुझे छूने चली
हर उस हवा का आँचल छुआ
… प्रहर कोई भी नहीं बीता अछूता
आग के संपर्क से
दिवस, मासों और वर्षों के कड़ाहों में
मैं उबलता रहा पानी-सा
परे हर तर्क से
एक चौथाई उमर
यों खौलते बीती बिना अवकाश
सुख कहाँ
यों भाप बन-बन कर चुका,
रीता, भटकता
छानता आकाश
आह! कैसा कठिन
… कैसा पोच मेरा भाग!
आग चारों और मेरे
आग केवल भाग!
सुख नहीं यों खौलने में सुख नहीं कोई,
पर अभी जागी नहीं वह चेतना सोई,
वह, समय की प्रतीक्षा में है, जगेगी आप
ज्यों कि लहराती हुई ढकने उठाती भाप!
अभी तो यह आग जलती रहे, जलती रहे
जिंदगी यों ही कड़ाहों में उबलती रहे ।
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حالِ دِل پوچھا نہیں۔۔۔بَشیر فاروقی
صاف دِل ہم ہے مگر دُنیا نہیں
روز مِلنا آپ سے اچھّا نہیں
ناز تھا جن کی رفاقَت پر ہمیں
ایسے ِبچھرے مُڑ کے بھی دیکھا نہیں
آج بھی یادوں کی پُروائ چلی
پھول د،ل کے زخم کا مھکا نہیں
جب جلایا دِل اُجالا کر لیا
ہم تو محتاجِ رُخِ زیبا نہیں
بے وفا کیسے کہیں اس کو بشِیر
جِس نے رَسَمًَََََ حالِ دِل پوچھا نہیں
हाले दिल पूछा नहीं__ बशीर फ़ारुकी
साफ़ दिल हम हे मगर दुनिया नहीं
रोज़ मिलना आप से अच्छा नहीं
नाज़ था ज़िन की रफ़ाक़त पर हमें
एसे बिछरे मुड़ के भी देखा नहीं
आज भी यादों की पुरवाई चले
फूल दिल के ज़ख़म का महका नहीं
जब जलाया दिल उजाला कर लिया
हम तो मोहताजे रुखे ज़ेबा नहीं
बे वफ़ा केसे कहें उसको बशीर
जिसने रसमन हाले दिल पूछा नहीं
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اچھّا لگتا ہَے__ قَیصرُل جعفری
دِیواروں سے مِلکر رونا اچھّا لگتا ہَے،
ہم بھی پاگل ہو جاینگے اَیسا لگْتا ہَے۔
دُنِیا بھر کی یادیں ہم سے مِلنے آتی ہَے،
شام ڈھلے اِس سُنے گھر میں میلا لگتا ہَے۔
کِتنے دِنوں کے پْیاسے ہونگے، یارو سوچو تو،
شبنم کا اِک قَطتْرہ جِن کو درِیا لگتا ہَے۔
کِس کو قَیصر پتھر مارُں، کَون پرایا ہَے؟
شِیش محل میں ہر ایک چہرا اپنا لگتا ہَے۔
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قلم باقی ہے۔۔۔۔۔ندا فاضلی
(صدّام حسین کے نام))
اُس کو کھو دینےکا احساس تو کم باقی ہے
جو ہوا وہ نہ ہواہوتا،یہ غم باقی ہے
اب نہ طہ چھت ہے نہ وہ زینہ ،نہ انگور کی بَیل
صرف ایک اس کو بھُلانے کی قسم باقی ہے
میں نے پُوچھاتھا سبب پیڑ گر جانے کا
اُتھ کے مالی نے کہا اُس کی قلم باقی ہے
جنگ کے فیصلے میداں میں کہاں ہو تیں ہیں
جب تلک حافِظے باقی ہے علم باقی ہے
تھک کے گرتا ہے ہرن صرف شکاری کے لیے
جسم گھائل ہے مگر آنکھوں میں رم باقی ہے
क़लम बाक़ी हे।___निदा फ़ाज़ली
( सद्दाम हुसैन के नाम)
उस को खो देनेका अहसास तो कम बाक़ी हे.
जो हुआ वो ना हुआ होता, यह ग़म बाक़ी हे.
अब न तो छत हे, न वो ज़िना, न अंगुर की बैल,
सिर्फ एक उस को भुलाने की क़सम बाक़ी हे
में ने पूछा था सबब पेड़ गिर जाने का
उठ के माली ने कहा उस की क़लम बाक़ी हे.
जंग के फ़ेसले मेदां में कहां हो तें हें?
जब तलक हाफ़िज़े बाक़ी हे अलम बाक़ी हे.
थक के गिरता हे हिरन सिर्फ शिकारीके लिये
जिस्म घायल हे मगर आंखों में रम बाक़ी हे.
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Please read the Gujarati Akila report
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پتھّر یاد کرتا تھا___ شکیل قادری
درو-دِیوارکا ایک ایک پتھّر یاد کرتا تھا۔
بھُولا بَیٹھے تھے گھروالے مُجھے گھْر یاد کرتا تھا
وطن سے دُور جب پھُٹپاتھ پر سونا پڑتا تھا
میرے ماذی کی ہر کروت کو بِسْتر یاد کرتا تھا
چلا آیا کوءی تُجھسے مِلنے میری آنکھو میں
ن جانیں کَون تھا، مَیں اُسکو اُٹھکر یاد کرتا تھا
رہا پردیس میں لیکِن مَیں بچّوں کو نہِیں بھُولا
حسیں پھُولوں کو چھُو کر اُنکو اکسر یاد کرتا تھا
بنانے کِس لِے ساحل پے وُہ گھر نہِیں آتے
مِلے بچّوں کو تو کہ دینا سمندر یاد کرتا تھا۔
पत्थर याद करता था___शकील क़ादरी
दरो-दीवारका एक एक पत्थर याद करता था.
भूला बैठे थे घरवाले मुझे घ्र याद करता था
वतन से दूर जब फूटपाथ पर सोना पडता था
मेरे माजीकी हर करवत को बिस्तर याद करता था
चला आया कोई तुझसे मिलने मेरी आंखो में
न जाने कौन था ,मैं उसको उठकर याद करता था
रहा परदेसमें लेकिन मैं बच्चों को नहीं भूला
हसीं फूलोंको छू कर उनको अकसर याद करता था
बनाने किस लिये साहिल पे वो घर नहीं आते
मिले बच्चोंको तो कह देना समंदर याद करता था
‘शकील’ उस की नज़र बेटी पे अपनी बैथ जाती थी
वो मुफ्लिस बाप जब शादीका मंज़र याद करता था
(शहीदे गझल डीसे.फेब्रु.2007 .शुक्रिया के साथ)
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FULL COVERAGE
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http://www.tehelka.com/story_main35.asp?filename=Ne031107The_Bombmakers.asp
Muslims the ‘living dead
raz Ahmad Jalaluddin Ansari lost everything in the riots. Pics: Soutik Biswas
Muslims in India’s Gujarat state who bore the brunt of religious riots in 2002 say they have been abandoned by the political parties. The BBC’s Soutik Biswas met some riot victims ahead of the general election in the state.
The acrid smell of burning oil singes your nose and eyes as you walk into Bombay Hotel, a sprawling ghetto of Muslim-owned homes on the eastern flank of Ahmedabad, the main city in western Gujarat state.
A pall of black factory smoke hangs over this untidy patchwork of squat, ugly houses. Residents pay 150 rupees ($3) a month to a private contractor who supplies yellow-coloured drinking water through dirty garden pipes. Sewage flows out into the street.
Bombay Hotel, which takes it name after a local roadside eatery, is one of the places where many Muslims displaced by the 2002 Gujarat riots moved to. Over the past seven years, it has transformed from a remote industrial colony to become a busy refugee settlement.
The anti-Muslim riots, sparked off by the death of Hindu pilgrims in the firebombing of a train, led to the death of 1,392 people in five districts, according to official records. NGOs say the toll is closer to 2,000.
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BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Gujarat Muslims the ‘living dead’
Gujarat Carnage-Role of Narendra Modi
Ram Puniyani
In the worst ever communal carnage of this century, the post Godhra Gujarat violence, over 2000 innocents lost their lives. Most of the survivors not only lost their livelihood and shelter but also have been degraded to the status of second class citizens. Most of the perpetrators of violence, have not only gone scot-free; many of them had an upward political mobility. The efforts of the victims and human rights activists had yielded very few results and majority of the victims are grieving and living with the scars of their losses. In the whole process, the direction of Apex court to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the role of Modi, his cabinet colleagues and other top functionaries of state and those involved in violence, has come as a sigh of hope. The court gave the direction (April 27, 2002) in response to appeal by Jakia Ahsan Jafri, the widow of slain Congress MP, Ahsan Jafri. One complements the courage and doggedness of Jakia Jafri for all her efforts.
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http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/gaza-horror-large-photo-gallery-of-gaza-massacre-by-israel/
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اعلاان کر دِیا: علی سردار جعفری
گاندھی جِی نے جنگ کااعلاان کر دِیا
باطل سے حق کو دسْت-ءو-گرِیبان کر دِیا
ہِنْدُسْتاں میں اِک نئ رُوح پھُونک کر
آزادِی-ءے-حیات کا سامان کر دِیا
شَیخ اَور بِرہمن میں بڑھایا اِتّحاد
گویا اُنھیں دو قالِب-ءو-یکجان کر دِیا
ظلْمو-سِتم کی ناو ڈُبونے کے واسْطے
قطرے کوآنکھون-آنکھوں میں طُوفان کر دِیا
एलान कर दिया: अली सरदार जाफ़री
गांधीजीने जंग का एलान कर दिया
बातिल से हक़ को दस्त-ओ-गरीबान कर दिया
हिन्दुस्तान में इक नयी रूह फूंककर
आज़ादी-ए-हयात का सामान कर दिया
शेख और बिरहमन में बढ़ाया इत्तिहाद
गोया उन्हें दो कालिब-ओ-यकजान कर दिया
जुल्मो-सितम की नाव डुबोने के वास्ते
कतरे को आंखों-आंखों में तूफ़ान कर दिया
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یہ کُوچے: ساحِر لُدھِیانوی
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یہ ہوا جو خس وخاشاک لےء پھرتی ہے۔۔۔تیمور حسن تیمور
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حمد نعت۔۔۔۔بشیر بدر
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تو چُنتا رہا—مُحمّدعلی وفا
بڑھتے بڑھتے آسْماں تک بڑھ گیا
جب تَیری رُح سے ایک پردہ اُتھا
یے تمنّاکیی عُمر تو خضر تھی
دو چار دِن بس عُمر کا دِیا جلا
چلنے والوں کو تو مَنزِل مِل گئ
اور قافلہ کی فِکْرمیں تو رُک گیا
دو چار اِینٹیں ساتھ بھی آئ نہِیں
زندگی بھر تو جِیسے چُنتا رہا
اب تو وفا اللہ اللہ چل کریں
قِصہ پارینہ کو تو خوب رَٹا
तु चुनता रहा—मुहम्मदअली वफा
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دل اور زبان
اِقرا دائجیسٹ،دسمبر 1988
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مودی: میں ہوں اپنی شکست کی آواز۔۔۔اِنقلاب مُمبَئ۔20مَئ2009
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दिल और ज़बां__ साजिद महमुद आजिज लांढी
یہ پیاس سماعت کی۔۔۔۔۔۔۔پروین شاکر
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By ghulammuhammed
By Amaresh Misra
Each and every observer of Indian politics is angling for a simple answer to the vexed question: how and why did the Congress perform so well in Uttar Pradesh?
The answer however is complex: apart from other reasons, the Muslim voting pattern in UP proved decisive. Muslims were known to be disillusioned with Congress beyond repair. Then what made them switch over from the BSP or the SP to the Congress, and that too at the last minute?
Since 2004, Muslims in UP have been nursing a sense of betrayal vis-à-vis the SP and the BSP. This alienation was sharpened after the Batala House encounter, in which boys from Azamgarh were targeted systematically by the UP ATS. Yet, Muslim MPs of the BSP and SP were virtually gagged by their respective party leaders—the MPs were unable to even demand a judicial probe in the affair. After that episode most Muslim MPs were seen more as third grade power brokers
The incident and its fallout, and the wave of Muslim persecution that followed the July 26th 2008 Ahmedabad/Jaipur and subsequent bomb blasts, led Muslims to grope for a way to establish their independent forums. The thinking amongst the new Muslim leadership then was that if 7% Yadavs in UP can capture power, negotiate with the central government, cut deals and make and unmake governments on the basis of 18% Muslim votes, why can’t, Muslims form alliances with other castes and bargain or negotiate directly?
This thinking found an echo in the Ulema Council of Azamgarh in eastern UP, which emerged suddenly in the wake of the Batala House encounter. The Council rejected Muslim power brokers; it was soon taking protest trains to Delhi and Lucknow; opposition to all four major parties—the SP, BSP, Congress and the BJP—was announced. Riding on a wave of popular support, the Council also announced 7 candidates—including one from Lucknow in Avadh—from UP for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
In the wake of the Council’s appeal, several other small Muslim parties of UP also formed a Muslim political front. That this phenomenon was not limited to UP, was borne out by Badruddin Ajmal who also tried taking his AUDF outside Assam and launch it in Maharashtra and UP.
In Kerala and Bengal as well, attempts were made to float independent Muslim political parties. The Jamat-e-Islami too experimented with the idea. Factions of the Jamiat Ulama Hind also were seen looking for Independent options.
None of these Muslim formations envisaged themselves as a communal forum. Right from AUDF to the Ulema Council, the attempt was to attract as many Hindus as possible.
Most, not all, Muslim formations were led by Ulemas, the Deobandis in particular. Jamiat Ulama Hind was always the premier Indian Deobandi organization—it had opposed Jinnah’s two nation theory before partition and had stood by the Congress in the post-Independence phase. Yet on eve of the 2009 elections it was locked in internecine internal strife.
Otherwise also, the Ulemas were facing a crisis of credibility. Most of the Delhi and Lucknow Ulemas, the two major cities with a sizeable concentration of Muslim clerics, had issued political fatwas in the past. Looking upon political fatwas as retrograde, the Muslim electorate had rejected these; however, the Ulemas of the AUDF and Ulema Council were seen in a different light. Both Badruddin Ajmal and Amir Rashadi, the convener of the Ulema Council, were respected for having aroused political aspirations amongst Muslims.
But as the 2009 elections proceeded, it became clear that even the AUDF and the Ulema Council were not sticking to their promise of carving out an independent niche for Muslims. The Ulema Council and Amir Rashadi were seen as hobnobbing with the BSP and the BJP, while the AUDF was looked at as a rich man’s Bania-Muslim party, lacking a sense of real Muslim issues at the grassroots outside Assam. It was not interested say, in uniting the Barelvi and the Shia Ulema and in issues like Muslim harassment by the Indian State.
In UP, the Ulema Council seemed to be on its own trip—parochialism ruled the roost—the attempt was to remind the Muslims repetitively that they have to create their own BSP.
In this, the Ulema Council missed a vital point—namely that Indian Muslims are not Dalits. They do not have a BAMCEF type support organization; secondly, they form part of the ex-ruling class and would like their party to be progressive and forward looking as well.
In Azamgarh and other strong Ulema Council constituencies, the Council failed to link the issue of Muslim persecution with the massive anti-BJP, anti-sectarian, middle-path undercurrent that was perhaps the single most important feature of the 2009 elections.
Seeing their leaders lacking in anti-BJP fervor, Muslims began to doubt the secular credentials of the Ulema Council. The same happened to a lesser degree with the AUDF on seats outside Assam. Then, the Lucknavi Ulema issued directives or semi-fatwas, asking votes blatantly for the Lucknow BSP candidate, known as a big neo-rich, money-bag.
Enraged Muslims of Lucknow revolted—the Ulema Council failed to read, or ignored deliberately, the anti-big Ulema sentiment. Ditching the Ulema Council as well, Muslims voted en masse for the Congress all over Avadh.
For the first time in the history of Independent India, Muslims launched a passive political revolt against their own Ulema, who filled their own pockets while the community starved; who bought huge donations from Arab countries for madrasasbut seldom paid heed to the plight of the Muslim under-trials; who while asking Muslims to unite themselves remained fragmented; who never taught the Muslims their glorious secular past in India or elsewhere; who kept the community backward while acting as dishonorable and parochial middlemen. While reaping the harvest of what Shah Waliullah and Shah Abdul Aziz—the premier, reformist Muslim clerics and political thinkers of the 18th-19thcentury—sowed, these Ulemas had forgotten to even mention their legacy.
This anti-Ulema revolt is against Muslim power brokers as well—that is why there are so few Muslim MPs in the new Lok Sabha. Secular forces ought to grab this moment and provide justice and a modern vision to Muslims. This is also the time for the non-Ulema, non-broker Muslim leadership to assert itself.
(The author is a historian and was the Lucknow Lok Sabha candidate of the Ulema Council)
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By Chris Hedges
Did they play Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world in the prison corridors of Abu Ghraib, Bagram air base, Guantanamo or the dozens of secret sites where we hold thousands of Muslims around the world? Did it echo off the walls of the crowded morgues filled with the mutilated bodies of the Muslim dead in Baghdad or Kabul? Was it broadcast from the tops of minarets in the villages and towns decimated by U.S. iron fragmentation bombs? Was it heard in the squalid refugee camps of Gaza, where 1.5 million Palestinians live in the world’s largest ghetto?
What do words of peace and cooperation mean from us when we torture—yes, we still torture—only Muslims? What do these words mean when we sanction Israel’s brutal air assaults on Lebanon and Gaza, assaults that demolished thousands of homes and left hundreds dead and injured? How does it look for Obama to call for democracy and human rights from Egypt, where we lavishly fund and support the despotic regime of Hosni Mubarak, one of the longest-reigning dictators in the Middle East?
We may thrill to Obama’s rhetoric, but very few of the 1.3 billion Muslims in the world are as deluded. They grasp that nothing so far has changed for Muslims in the Middle East under the Obama administration. The wars of occupation go on or have been expanded. Israel continues to flout international law, gobbling up more Palestinian land and carrying out egregious war crimes in Gaza. Calcified, repressive regimes in countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia are feted in Washington as allies.
The speech at Cairo University, which usually has trucks filled with riot police outside the university gates and a heavy security presence on campus to control the student body, is an example of the facade. Student political groups, as everyone who joined in the standing ovation for the president knew, are prohibited. Faculty deans are chosen by the administration, rather than elected by professors, “as a way to combat Islamist influence on campus,” according to the U.S. State Department’s latest human rights report. And, as The Washington Post pointed out, students who use the Internet “as an outlet for their political or social views are on notice: One Cairo University student blogger was jailed for two months last summer for ‘public agitation,’ and another was kicked out of university housing for criticizing the government.”
The expanding imperial projects and tightening screws of repression lurch forward under Obama. We are not trying to end terror or promote democracy. We are ensuring that our corporate state has a steady supply of the cheap oil to which it is addicted. And the scarcer oil becomes, the more aggressive we become. This is the game playing out in the Muslim world.
The Bush White House openly tortured. The Obama White House tortures and pretends not to. Obama may have banned waterboarding, but as Luke Mitchell points out in next month’s issue of Harper’s magazine, torture, including isolation, sleep and sensory deprivation and force-feeding, continues to be used to break detainees. The president has promised to close Guantanamo, where only 1 percent of the prisoners held offshore by the United States are kept. And the Obama administration has sought to obscure the fate and condition of thousands of Muslims held in black holes around the globe. As Mitchell notes, the Obama White House “has sought to prevent detainees at Bagram prison in Afghanistan from gaining access to courts where they may reveal the circumstances of their imprisonment. It has sought to continue the practice of rendering prisoners to unknown and unknowable locations outside the United States, and sought to keep secret many (though not all) of the records regarding our treatment of those detainees.”
Muslim rage is stoked because we station tens of thousands of American troops on Muslim soil, occupy two Muslim nations, make possible the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, support repressive Arab regimes and torture thousands of Muslims in offshore penal colonies where prisoners are stripped of their rights. We now have 22 times as many military personnel in the Muslim world as were deployed during the crusades in the 12th century. The rage comes because we have constructed massive military bases, some the size of small cities, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Kuwait, and established basing rights in the Gulf states of Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The rage comes because we have expanded our military empire into neighboring Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It comes because we station troops and special forces in Egypt, Algeria and Yemen. And this vast network of bases and military outposts looks suspiciously permanent.
The Muslim world fears, correctly, that we intend to dominate Middle East oil supplies and any Caspian Sea oil infrastructure. And it is interested not in our protestations of good will but in the elemental right of justice and freedom from foreign occupation. We would react, should the situation be reversed, no differently.
The brutal reality of expanding foreign occupation and harsher and harsher forms of control are the tinder of Islamic fundamentalism, insurgences and terrorism. We can blame the violence on a clash of civilizations. We can naively tell ourselves we are envied for our freedoms. We can point to the Koran. But these are fantasies that divert us from facing the central dispute between us and the Muslim world, from facing our own responsibility for the virus of chaos and violence spreading throughout the Middle East. We can have peace when we shut down our bases, stay the hand of the Israelis to create a Palestinian state, and go home, or we can have long, costly and ultimately futile regional war. We cannot have both.
Obama, whose embrace of American imperialism is as naive and destructive as that of George W. Bush, is the newest brand used to peddle the poison of permanent war. We may not see it. But those who bury the dead do.
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I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.
We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.
Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights. This has bred more fear and mistrust.
So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, and who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.
I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
I do so recognizing that change cannot happen overnight. No single speech can eradicate years of mistrust, nor can I answer in the time that I have all the complex questions that brought us to this point. But I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground. As the Holy Koran tells us, “Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.” That is what I will try to do – to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.
Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience. I am a Christian, but my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk. As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith.
As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.
I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America’s story. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, “The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.” And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. They have fought in our wars, served in government, stood for civil rights, started businesses, taught at our Universities, excelled in our sports arenas, won Nobel Prizes, built our tallest building, and lit the Olympic Torch. And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.
So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: “Out of many, one.”
Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President. But my personal story is not so unique. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores – that includes nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today who enjoy incomes and education that are higher than average.
Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one’s religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That is why the U.S. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it.
So let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America. And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations – to live in peace and security; to get an education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities, and our God. These things we share. This is the hope of all humanity.
Of course, recognizing our common humanity is only the beginning of our task. Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all.
For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. When a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations. When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean. And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience. That is what it means to share this world in the 21st century. That is the responsibility we have to one another as human beings.
This is a difficult responsibility to embrace. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests. Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared.
That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. Indeed, it suggests the opposite: we must face these tensions squarely. And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.
The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms.
In Ankara, I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security. Because we reject the same thing that people of all faiths reject: the killing of innocent men, women, and children. And it is my first duty as President to protect the American people.
The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America’s goals, and our need to work together. Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity. I am aware that some question or justify the events of 9/11. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet Al Qaeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale. They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.
Make no mistake: we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We seek no military bases there. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict. We would gladly bring every single one of our troops home if we could be confident that there were not violent extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan determined to kill as many Americans as they possibly can. But that is not yet the case.
That’s why we’re partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries. And despite the costs involved, America’s commitment will not weaken. Indeed, none of us should tolerate these extremists. They have killed in many countries. They have killed people of different faiths – more than any other, they have killed Muslims. Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam. The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind; and whoever saves a person, it is as if he has saved all mankind. The enduring faith of over a billion people is so much bigger than the narrow hatred of a few. Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.
We also know that military power alone is not going to solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan. That is why we plan to invest $1.5 billion each year over the next five years to partner with Pakistanis to build schools and hospitals, roads and businesses, and hundreds of millions to help those who have been displaced. And that is why we are providing more than $2.8 billion to help Afghans develop their economy and deliver services that people depend upon.
Let me also address the issue of Iraq. Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice that provoked strong differences in my country and around the world. Although I believe that the Iraqi people are ultimately better off without the tyranny of Saddam Hussein, I also believe that events in Iraq have reminded America of the need to use diplomacy and build international consensus to resolve our problems whenever possible. Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: “I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”
Today, America has a dual responsibility: to help Iraq forge a better future – and to leave Iraq to Iraqis. I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no bases, and no claim on their territory or resources. Iraq’s sovereignty is its own. That is why I ordered the removal of our combat brigades by next August. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq’s democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012. We will help Iraq train its Security Forces and develop its economy. But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner, and never as a patron.
And finally, just as America can never tolerate violence by extremists, we must never alter our principles. 9/11 was an enormous trauma to our country. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals. We are taking concrete actions to change course. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year.
So America will defend itself respectful of the sovereignty of nations and the rule of law. And we will do so in partnership with Muslim communities which are also threatened. The sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in Muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer.
The second major source of tension that we need to discuss is the situation between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab world.
America’s strong bonds with Israel are well known. This bond is unbreakable. It is based upon cultural and historical ties, and the recognition that the aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be denied.
Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust. Tomorrow, I will visit Buchenwald, which was part of a network of camps where Jews were enslaved, tortured, shot and gassed to death by the Third Reich. Six million Jews were killed – more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful. Threatening Israel with destruction – or repeating vile stereotypes about Jews – is deeply wrong, and only serves to evoke in the minds of Israelis this most painful of memories while preventing the peace that the people of this region deserve.
On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people – Muslims and Christians – have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation. Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead. They endure the daily humiliations – large and small – that come with occupation. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.
For decades, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive. It is easy to point fingers – for Palestinians to point to the displacement brought by Israel’s founding, and for Israelis to point to the constant hostility and attacks throughout its history from within its borders as well as beyond. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.
That is in Israel’s interest, Palestine’s interest, America’s interest, and the world’s interest. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires. The obligations that the parties have agreed to under the Road Map are clear. For peace to come, it is time for them – and all of us – to live up to our responsibilities.
Palestinians must abandon violence. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights. It was a peaceful and determined insistence upon the ideals at the center of America’s founding. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia. It’s a story with a simple truth: that violence is a dead end. It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.
Now is the time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have responsibilities. To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations, and to unify the Palestinian people, Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, and recognize Israel’s right to exist.
At the same time, Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel’s right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine’s. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop.
Israel must also live up to its obligations to ensure that Palestinians can live, and work, and develop their society. And just as it devastates Palestinian families, the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza does not serve Israel’s security; neither does the continuing lack of opportunity in the West Bank. Progress in the daily lives of the Palestinian people must be part of a road to peace, and Israel must take concrete steps to enable such progress.
Finally, the Arab States must recognize that the Arab Peace Initiative was an important beginning, but not the end of their responsibilities. The Arab-Israeli conflict should no longer be used to distract the people of Arab nations from other problems. Instead, it must be a cause for action to help the Palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state; to recognize Israel’s legitimacy; and to choose progress over a self-defeating focus on the past.
America will align our policies with those who pursue peace, and say in public what we say in private to Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs. We cannot impose peace. But privately, many Muslims recognize that Israel will not go away. Likewise, many Israelis recognize the need for a Palestinian state. It is time for us to act on what everyone knows to be true.
Too many tears have flowed. Too much blood has been shed. All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed (peace be upon them) joined in prayer.
The third source of tension is our shared interest in the rights and responsibilities of nations on nuclear weapons.
This issue has been a source of tension between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is indeed a tumultuous history between us. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government. Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has played a role in acts of hostage-taking and violence against U.S. troops and civilians. This history is well known. Rather than remain trapped in the past, I have made it clear to Iran’s leaders and people that my country is prepared to move forward. The question, now, is not what Iran is against, but rather what future it wants to build.
It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve. There will be many issues to discuss between our two countries, and we are willing to move forward without preconditions on the basis of mutual respect. But it is clear to all concerned that when it comes to nuclear weapons, we have reached a decisive point. This is not simply about America’s interests. It is about preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that could lead this region and the world down a hugely dangerous path.
I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not. No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America’s commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. And any nation – including Iran – should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That commitment is at the core of the Treaty, and it must be kept for all who fully abide by it. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal.
The fourth issue that I will address is democracy.
I know there has been controversy about the promotion of democracy in recent years, and much of this controversy is connected to the war in Iraq. So let me be clear: no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by any other.
That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people. Each nation gives life to this principle in its own way, grounded in the traditions of its own people. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election. But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn’t steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere.
There is no straight line to realize this promise. But this much is clear: governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them. And we will welcome all elected, peaceful governments – provided they govern with respect for all their people.
This last point is important because there are some who advocate for democracy only when they are out of power; once in power, they are ruthless in suppressing the rights of others. No matter where it takes hold, government of the people and by the people sets a single standard for all who hold power: you must maintain your power through consent, not coercion; you must respect the rights of minorities, and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise; you must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your party. Without these ingredients, elections alone do not make true democracy.
The fifth issue that we must address together is religious freedom.
Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition. I saw it firsthand as a child in Indonesia, where devout Christians worshiped freely in an overwhelmingly Muslim country. That is the spirit we need today. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways.
Among some Muslims, there is a disturbing tendency to measure one’s own faith by the rejection of another’s. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld – whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt. And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together. We must always examine the ways in which we protect it. For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation. That is why I am committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat.
Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit – for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear. We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.
Indeed, faith should bring us together. That is why we are forging service projects in America that bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews. That is why we welcome efforts like Saudi Arabian King Abdullah’s Interfaith dialogue and Turkey’s leadership in the Alliance of Civilizations. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into Interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action – whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster.
The sixth issue that I want to address is women’s rights.
I know there is debate about this issue. I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal, but I do believe that a woman who is denied an education is denied equality. And it is no coincidence that countries where women are well-educated are far more likely to be prosperous.
Now let me be clear: issues of women’s equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead. Meanwhile, the struggle for women’s equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.
Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity – men and women – to reach their full potential. I do not believe that women must make the same choices as men in order to be equal, and I respect those women who choose to live their lives in traditional roles. But it should be their choice. That is why the United States will partner with any Muslim-majority country to support expanded literacy for girls, and to help young women pursue employment through micro-financing that helps people live their dreams.
Finally, I want to discuss economic development and opportunity.
I know that for many, the face of globalization is contradictory. The Internet and television can bring knowledge and information, but also offensive sexuality and mindless violence. Trade can bring new wealth and opportunities, but also huge disruptions and changing communities. In all nations – including my own – this change can bring fear. Fear that because of modernity we will lose of control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly our identities – those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith.
But I also know that human progress cannot be denied. There need not be contradiction between development and tradition. Countries like Japan and South Korea grew their economies while maintaining distinct cultures. The same is true for the astonishing progress within Muslim-majority countries from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai. In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
This is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work. Many Gulf States have enjoyed great wealth as a consequence of oil, and some are beginning to focus it on broader development. But all of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century, and in too many Muslim communities there remains underinvestment in these areas. I am emphasizing such investments within my country. And while America in the past has focused on oil and gas in this part of the world, we now seek a broader engagement.
On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.
On economic development, we will create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries. And I will host a Summit on Entrepreneurship this year to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.
On science and technology, we will launch a new fund to support technological development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs. We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and appoint new Science Envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water, and grow new crops. And today I am announcing a new global effort with the Organization of the Islamic Conference to eradicate polio. And we will also expand partnerships with Muslim communities to promote child and maternal health.
All these things must be done in partnership. Americans are ready to join with citizens and governments; community organizations, religious leaders, and businesses in Muslim communities around the world to help our people pursue a better life.
The issues that I have described will not be easy to address. But we have a responsibility to join together on behalf of the world we seek – a world where extremists no longer threaten our people, and American troops have come home; a world where Israelis and Palestinians are each secure in a state of their own, and nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes; a world where governments serve their citizens, and the rights of all God’s children are respected. Those are mutual interests. That is the world we seek. But we can only achieve it together.
I know there are many – Muslim and non-Muslim – who question whether we can forge this new beginning. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress. Some suggest that it isn’t worth the effort – that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur. There is so much fear, so much mistrust. But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward. And I want to particularly say this to young people of every faith, in every country – you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world.
All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort – a sustained effort – to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
It is easier to start wars than to end them. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion – that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. This truth transcends nations and peoples – a belief that isn’t new; that isn’t black or white or brown; that isn’t Christian, or Muslim or Jew. It’s a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the heart of billions. It’s a faith in other people, and it’s what brought me here today.
We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.
The Holy Koran tells us, “O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.”
The Talmud tells us: “The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace.”
The Holy Bible tells us, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God’s vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth. Thank you. And may God’s peace be upon you.
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
What are we to make of Obama’s speech at Cairo University in Egypt?
“I’ve come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect.”
Cairo is the capital of Egypt, an American puppet state whose ruler suppresses the aspirations of Egyptian Muslims and cooperates with Israel in the blockade of Gaza.
In contrast to the Islamic University of Al-Azhar, Cairo University was founded as a civil university. Obama’s Cairo university audience was secular.
Nevertheless, Obama said startling words that many Muslims found hopeful. He said that colonialism and the Cold War had denied rights and opportunities to Muslims and resulted in Muslim countries being treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. The resulting blowback from “violent extremists” bred fear and mistrust between the Western and Muslim worlds.
Obama spoke of the Quran, his middle name, and his family connections to Islam.
Obama praised Islam’s contributions to civilization.
Obama declared his “responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”
Obama acknowledged “the responsibility we have to one another as human beings.”
Obama acknowledged Iran’s “right to access peaceful nuclear power.”
Obama declared that “no system of government can or should be imposed by one nation on any other.”
Obama’s most explosive words pertained to Israel and Palestine: “Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel’s right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine’s. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.”
Obama declared that “the only resolution [to the conflict] is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security. That is in Israel’s interest, Palestine’s interest, America’s interest, and the world’s interest. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires.”
For Obama’s commitment to be fulfilled, Israel would have to give back the stolen West Bank lands, dismantle the wall, accept the right to return, and release 1.5 million Palestinians from the Gaza Ghetto. As this seems an unlikely collection of events, the nature of the “two-state solution” endorsed by Obama remains to be seen.
After the euphoric attention to idealistic rhetoric dies down, Obama will be criticized for extravagant words that create unrealizable expectations. But were the extravagant words other than a premier act of schmoozing Muslims designed to quiet the Muslim Brotherhood in our Egyptian puppet state and to get Muslims to accept US aggression in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Obama decries regime change, but continues to practice it, invoking women’s rights to gain support from secularized Arabs. He admits that Iraq was a war of choice but claims that al Qaeda, the Taliban, and 9/11 make Afghanistan a war of necessity.
Obama said that “the events of 9/11” and al Qaeda’s responsibility, not America’s desire for military bases and hegemony, are the reasons America’s commitment to combating violent extremism in Afghanistan will not weaken. Will Muslims notice that Obama’s case for America’s violent extremism in Afghanistan and now Pakistan is hypocritical?
Al Qaeda, Obama says, “chose to ruthlessly murder” nearly 3,000 people on 9/11 “and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale.” These deaths are a mere drop in the buckets of blood that America’s invasions have brought to the Muslim world. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of the Muslims America has slaughtered are civilians, just as are the unarmed Palestinians slaughtered by the American-equipped Israeli military.
Against al Qaeda, whose “actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings,” Obama invokes the Koran’s prohibition against killing an innocent. Does Obama not realize that the stricture applies to the US and its “coalition of forty-six countries” in spades?
America’s wars are all wars of choice. The more than one million dead Iraqis are not al Qaeda. Neither are Iraqi’s four million refugees. Yet, Obama says Iraqis are better off now, with their country in ruins and a fifth of their population lost, because they are rid of Saddam Hussein, a secular ruler.
No one has a good tally of the dead and refugees America has produced in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, declared Obama, “The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America’s goals and our need to work together.”
In his first 100 days, Obama managed to create two million Pakistani refugees. It took Israel 60 years to create 3.5 million Palestinian refugees.
What Obama has really done is his speech is to accept responsibility for the neoconservative agenda of extending Western hegemony by eliminating “Muslim extremists,” that is, Muslims who want to rule themselves in keeping with Islam, not in keeping with some secularized, Westernized faux Islam.
Muslim extremists are the creation of decades of Western colonization and secularization that has created an elite, which is Muslim in name only, to rule over religious people and to suppress Islamic mores. All experts know this, and most of them hail it as bringing progress and development to the Muslim world.
Obama said that “human progress cannot be denied,” but “there need not be contradiction between development and tradition.” However, the West defines development and education. These terms mean what they mean in the West. Muslim extremists understand that these terms mean the extermination of Islam.
In typical American fashion, Obama offered Muslims money, “technological development,” and “centers of scientific excellence.”
All the Muslims have to do is to cooperate with America and be peaceful, and America will “respect the dignity of all human beings.”
Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.He can be reached at: PaulCraigRoberts@yahoo.com
Obama’s Candor Refreshing; His Policies, Not So Much
by Adam Kokesh, June 06, 2009
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President Obama delivered a speech yesterday at Cairo University that has already been noted around the world as unique for its candor. It has been translated into thirteen languages and stirred emotions throughout the Middle East. There were a number of issues that he raised that we do not hear about very often from politicians in Washington, let alone the President himself. Unfortunately, his policies are all too typical of the establishment.
He buttered up the audience with praise of Muslims’ contributions to civilization before he went straight into Afghanistan. “We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity. . . . Make no mistake: We do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan.” Perhaps there was a necessity to pursue some legitimate target after 9/11, which he invoked, but the disproportionate nature of the attack was a choice, the perpetuation of the occupation for eight years now is a choice, and Obama’s surge of thirty thousand troops in Afghanistan is HIS choice.
Regarding Afghanistan, he said, “We seek no military bases there.” This must be in contrast to his plan for Iraq which will leave 50,000 troops there indefinitely on 14 permanent bases. “Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice.” So is his commitment to maintaining the occupation indefinitely. This is the one place we have gotten lots of change from Obama on his foreign policy. First, he wanted to end the war in Iraq. Then he wanted to end it in 12 months. Then it was 16. Then 16 months and a “residual force.” Then, after taking office and meeting with generals on the ground in early March, he extended his plan again, this time to 19 months, to coincide with his first midterm election. I do not believe that was coincidence.
“I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no bases, and no claim on their territory or resources. Iraq’s sovereignty is its own. That is why I ordered the removal of our combat brigades by next August.” So Iraq’s sovereignty is its own, starting next August? Sort of? I guess we are just going to keep that “residual force” on the bases we already occupy, so we don’t need to “pursue” any more bases. I don’t think Obama has made his real intent clear to the Iraqis, or even to us.
He also mentioned Pakistan where he plans to “invest” $1.5 billion dollars of America’s money. Perhaps the new strategy in Pakistan is going to be indicative of the new imperialism: bomb them with drones, then buy them off to rebuild what we’ve blown up. The President looks magnanimous, the defense contractors get paid, and the internationalists have a field day. The only people who lose in this deal are the Americans who are taxed to fund this absurdity, and the Pakistanis who know better. When Senator Obama supported the strikes in Pakistan as a presidential candidate, the Pakistani protestors were burning effigies of him right next to the ones of President Bush and the American flag.
Next, Obama did a truly courageous thing by calling out the holocaust deniers in a very powerful way. He condemned the use of violence by Palestinians while at the same time, unequivocally stating that, “The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.” Wonderful, and yet tragically in denial of the fact that we subsidize those very settlements that he condemned with about $4 billion per year in “foreign aid.”
He confronted the Palestinian violence head on. “Violence is a dead end. It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.” He is so right here, but fails to point out the hypocrisy of our policy. Rockets at sleeping children? Drone strikes into Pakistan. Old women on a bus? “Acceptable collateral damage” in Iraq. Flip-flopping on the release of torture photos? Yes, Obama, your moral authority has been surrendered.
Then he went on to the issue of democracy, failing to mention that America is Constitutional Republic. “So let me be clear: no system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by any other. That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people.” Why do we have to keep reminding him that he is only President of the United States of America, and not the world? “All people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn’t steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose.” Can’t we try to get those things in America?
After all of the lofty rhetoric, Obama brings his speech to a conclusion by bragging about his variety of government programs that will solve all of the problems he brought up. He set a high bar earlier in the speech with, “You must maintain your power through consent, not coercion.” The arrogance of the neoliberalism that Obama embodies is quite the opposite: it is the belief that it is moral to use the violence, force, and coercion of government to reshape society, or the world, to your vision. On that point, President Obama uttered one great truth that was particularly poignant for me personally: “No single speech can eradicate years of mistrust.”
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by Jason Ditz, June 05, 2009
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Yesterday President Obama delivered his historic speech to the Muslim world, calling for an independent Palestinian state and calling on Israel once again to halt the growth of its West Bank settlements. Today, Israeli officials say they will ignore the appeals, and continue on with the policy of settlement growth.
Since taking office two months ago after a tightly-contested election, Israel’s right-wing coalition government has abandoned the previous government’s peace talks and repeatedly rejected the “two-state solution” which President Obama has been advocating.
More recently the administration has been pressing Israel to halt the growth of settlements, as agreed to in the previous roadmap. The Israelis have rejected that call as well, claiming to have had a secret deal with former President Bush that allowed them to continue to expand the settlements. The agreement was never written down, and Bush-era officials insist it was never made at all.
All this has added up to a very tense US-Israeli relationship, and despite US pledges not to seek punitive measures against Israel for its continued defiance, Obama has faced mounting domestic criticism as well as anti-US protests in Israel, where Obama has been condemned as “the most anti-Semitic American president.”
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Obama’s speech shows little real change. In most regards his analysis maintains flawed American policies
Once you strip away the mujamalat – the courtesies exchanged between guest and host – the substance of President Obama’s speech in Cairo indicates there is likely to be little real change in US policy. It is not necessary to divine Obama’s intentions – he may be utterly sincere and I believe he is. It is his analysis and prescriptions that in most regards maintain flawed American policies intact.
Though he pledged to “speak the truth as best I can”, there was much the president left out. He spoke of tension between “America and Islam” – the former a concrete specific place, the latter a vague construct subsuming peoples, practices, histories and countries more varied than similar.
Labelling America’s “other” as a nebulous and all-encompassing “Islam” (even while professing rapprochement and respect) is a way to avoid acknowledging what does in fact unite and mobilise people across many Muslim-majority countries: overwhelming popular opposition to increasingly intrusive and violent American military, political and economic interventions in many of those countries. This opposition – and the resistance it generates – has now become for supporters of those interventions, synonymous with “Islam”.
It was disappointing that Obama recycled his predecessor’s notion that “violent extremism” exists in a vacuum, unrelated to America’s (and its proxies’) exponentially greater use of violence before and after September 11, 2001. He dwelled on the “enormous trauma” done to the US when almost 3,000 people were killed that day, but spoke not one word about the hundreds of thousands of orphans and widows left in Iraq – those whom Muntazer al-Zaidi’s flying shoe forced Americans to remember only for a few seconds last year. He ignored the dozens of civilians who die each week in the “necessary” war in Afghanistan, or the millions of refugees fleeing the US-invoked escalation in Pakistan.
As President George Bush often did, Obama affirmed that it is only a violent minority that besmirches the name of a vast and “peaceful” Muslim majority. But he seemed once again to implicate all Muslims as suspect when he warned, “The sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in Muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer.”
Nowhere were these blindspots more apparent than his statements about Palestine/Israel. He gave his audience a detailed lesson on the Holocaust and explicitly used it as a justification for the creation of Israel. “It is also undeniable,” the president said, “that the Palestinian people – Muslims and Christians – have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation.”
Suffered in pursuit of a homeland? The pain of dislocation? They already had a homeland. They suffered from being ethnically cleansed and dispossessed of it and prevented from returning on the grounds that they are from the wrong ethno-national group. Why is that still so hard to say?
He lectured Palestinians that “resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed”. He warned them that “It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.”
Fair enough, but did Obama really imagine that such words would impress an Arab public that watched in horror as Israel slaughtered 1,400 people in Gaza last winter, including hundreds of sleeping, fleeing or terrified children, with American-supplied weapons? Did he think his listeners would not remember that the number of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians targeted and killed by Israel has always far exceeded by orders of magnitude the number of Israelis killed by Arabs precisely because of the American arms he has pledged to continue giving Israel with no accountability? Amnesty International recently confirmed what Palestinians long knew: Israel broke the negotiated ceasefire when it attacked Gaza last November 4, prompting retaliatory rockets that killed no Israelis until after Israel launched its much bigger attack on Gaza. That he continues to remain silent about what happened in Gaza, and refuses to hold Israel accountable demonstrates anything but a commitment to full truth-telling.
Some people are prepared to give Obama a pass for all this because he is at last talking tough on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In Cairo, he said: “The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop.”
These carefully chosen words focus only on continued construction, not on the existence of the settlements themselves; they are entirely compatible with the peace process industry consensus that existing settlements will remain where they are for ever. This raises the question of where Obama thinks he is going. He summarised Palestinians’ “legitimate aspirations” as being the establishment of a “state”. This has become a convenient slogan to that is supposed to replace for Palestinians their pursuit of rights and justice that the proposed state actually denies. Obama is already on record opposing Palestinian refugees’ right to return home, and has never supported the right of Palestinian citizens of Israel to live free from racist and religious incitement, persecution and practices fanned by Israel’s highest office holders and written into its laws.
He may have more determination than his predecessor but he remains committed to an unworkable two-state “vision” aimed not at restoring Palestinian rights, but preserving Israel as an enclave of Israeli Jewish privilege. It is a dead end.
There was one sentence in his speech I cheered for and which he should heed: “Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.”
• Ali Abunimah is co-founder of The Electronic Intifada and author of One Country, A Bold Proposal to end the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse.
Editor’s note, 5 June 2009: This article originally included a sentence saying “the last suicide attack targeting civilians by a Palestinian occurred in 2004″. This was incorrect and Ali Abunimah posted a clarification here in the discussion thread.
Weekend Edition
June 5 -7, 2009
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN
As they drafted his speech to the Muslim world, delivered in Cairo on Thursday, President Obama’s speech writers strove to suggest that cordiality towards Islam is soundly embedded in America’s cultural history. The first Muslim congressman, Obama confided to his vast audience across the Muslim world, was sworn into the House of Representatives with his hand on Thomas Jefferson’s copy of the Koran.
No names were mentioned, but this would have been Keith Ellison of Minnesota, a Democrat elected in 2006. On his victory night rally the local crowd shouted “Allahu Akhbar!”. During the race Eillison understandably downplayed past associations with the Nation of Islam.
Obama also reminded the world that Morocco had been the first nation to recognize the infant United States, signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, which declared in its preamble that the United States had no quarrel with the Muslim religion and was in no sense a Christian country. The second US President, John Quincy Adams said that America had no quarrel with Islam.
It’s a stretch. As my father Claud said, Never believe anything till it is officially denied. Adams and Jefferson both saw it as a vital matter of national security to settle accounts with the Muslim world, as represented by the Barbary states.
America needed free access to the Mediterranean and the Barbary “pirates” controlled the sea lanes and, furthermore, had several hundred thousand Christian slaves, all no doubt using the opportunity of captivity to imbibe the first principles of algebra, whose invention Obama took the opportunity in Cairo to lay at the feet of the mathematicians of Islam. He also credited Islam with the invention of printing and navigation which should surely require the Chinese People’s Republic to withdraw its ambassador in Washington DC. in formal diplomatic protest.
An early version of the “Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key, written in 1805 amid the routing of the Barbary states, offered a view of Islam markedly different from Obama’s uplifting sentiments in Cairo:
In conflict resistless each toil they endur’d,
Till their foes shrunk dismay’d from the war’s desolation:
And pale beamed the Crescent, its splendor obscur’d
By the light of the star-bangled flag of our nation.
Where each flaming star gleamed a meteor of war,
And the turban’d head bowed to the terrible glare.
Then mixt with the olive the laurel shall wave
And form a bright wreath for the brow of the brave.
In 1814 Key rehabbed this doggerel into the Star Spangled Banner. So America’s national anthem began as a gleeful tirade against the Mahommedans. And of course every member of the U.S. Marine Corps regularly bellows out the USMC anthem, beginning “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.”
In short, America’s march to Empire was minted in the crucible of anti-Islamic sentiment. (One admirer of this early chapter in America’s imperial confrontations with Islam is that ardent Crusader, C. Hitchens who cites Joshua London’s Victory in Tripoli: How America’s War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation, on the origins of the Star Spangled Banner.)
This is not to detract from Obama’s laudable efforts to rewrite history into a parable of tolerance and mutual respect. And some of the history Obama did get right. He’s surely the first president to state before several million people that the United States did play a role in overthrowing Mossadegh in Iran in 1954. But his address signals the problem with presidential speeches professing moral purpose of the purest ichor. The higher the phrases soar, the more people start reminding themselves of the facts on the ground.
Probably Obama’s speech will be most vivid in its impact not across Islam but throughout the large portions of America that remain Christian in basic assumption. I spent a large portion of Wednesday in a car radiator repair shop in a small town here in northern California. The proprietor is a man of conservative views. As he dunked a radiator in a tank of terrifying green liquid on which floated a small wooden duck, he said with gloomy glee, “You see that Obama’s saying America isn’t a Christian nation? You see that? Well, the Founders were Christian! The pledge of allegiance calls us ‘One nation under God’! And, it says right here on the dollar bill, ‘In God we trust.’” He winched the radiator out of the green poison and the duck bobbed up and down.
Though I forbore to point it out, his facts were a bit off, just like Obama’s. Many of the Founders, Jefferson preeminently, were Deists at most. The phrase “one nation under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance (written by Francis Bellamy in 1892) in 1954, amid the Cold War. President Eisenhower explained that “in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource in peaceand war.” Bellamy’s version, written for a children’s magazine to celebrate Columbus Day, said simply, “I Pledge Allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.”
“In God we trust” was first put on coins in the early 1860s amid a surge of religious sentiment in the Civil War. A pastor from Pennsylvania successfully urged the phrase’s addition “to relieve us of the ignominy of heathenism”. It disappeared and reappeared on metal money down the decades. Teddy Roosevelt thought it was cheap hucksterism, writing that “it seems to me eminently unwise to cheapen such a motto by use on coins.” In 1955 Congress passed a law requiring the phrase to be on all US currency since “In these days when imperialistic and materialistic Communism seeks to attack and destroy freedom, it is proper” to “remind all of us of this self-evident truth” that “as long as this country trusts in God, it will prevail.”
Obama, who can parade his Christian beliefs when it suits him, was on track historically by quoting in Cairo what was in fact America’s unofficial motto in the early years, “E pluribus unum: Out of many, one.” Given the tirades of my radiator man and of right-wing radio commentators on Obama’s speech, it was certainly bracing to listen to a black American president evoke his childhood in Indonesia: “I am a Christian, but my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.”
But Obama’s initial, irreproachable calls for mutual tolerance and respect gave way to boilerplate about America’s greatness and the need for an alliance of tolerant religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism, in case you’re wondering) against “violent extremism”.
“I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, “ Obama declared in Cairo, “and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year.” Vivid in the minds of many Muslims listening to this passage would have been the fate at the start of this week of Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih — a 31-year old Yemeni who had been in a wire cage since February, 2002 (more than seven years) without charges and declared by his U.S. military jailers “an apparent suicide”. Salih, on hunger strike, was down to 85 pounds.
Torture is certainly the label any morally balanced person would attach to his travails and it’s quite reasonable to speculate that his end came amid yet another attempt to forcibly feed him. Air Force One headed for Cairo with one Muslim barely in the ground after having been tortured to death in a US prison. Many in Obama’s audience would have been well aware too that even if – a big “if” – Guantanamo does get shut down, its inmates will endure similar horrors in Bagram, and that Obama favors imprisonment, permanent if necessary, of enemy combatants, without charges or trial.
Obama’s talk of the evils of Al Quaida’s “violent extremism ” will have fallen ironically on the ears of Palestinians who endured Israel’s monstrous and criminal onslaught in Gaza earlier this year, or of Afghans still seething at the loss of civilians in US bombing raids. The noble pledges about economic assistance to the Muslim world sound hollow against the realities of how US aid really gets administered, starting with the huge sums filched by the “non-profit” aid agencies.
Least credible to any Muslim would have been the “balanced” passages about Israel and Palestine and the measured calls to Palestinians on the West Bank and in Gaza to disdain violence and swap formal recognition of Israel for … for what? Pledges by the Netanyahu government to build more settlements?
“Among some Muslims,” Obama declared, there is a disturbing tendency to measure one’s own faith by the rejection of another’s. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld…Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.” This came at the end of a week in which, as Uri Avnery detailed on this site this week the Israeli Knesset voted by a large majority (47 to 34) for a law that threatens imprisonment for anyone who dares to deny that Israel is a Jewish state.
The private member’s bill, proposed by MK Zevulun Orlev of the “Jewish Home” party, stipulates one year in prison to anyone who publishes “a call that negates the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State”. “One can foresee the next steps,” Avnery wrote. “A million and a half Arab citizens cannot be expected to recognize Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State. They want it to be “a state of all its citizens – Jews, Arabs and others. They also claim with reason that Israel discriminates against them, and therefore is not really democratic. And, in addition, there are also Jews who do not want Israel to be defined as a Jewish State in which non-Jews have the status, at best, of tolerated outsiders.”
The bill now goes to the Legal Committee of the Knesset. Avnery says that within a few weeks or months it will be the law of the land.
The bill, Avnery notes, does not single out Arabs explicitly – “even if this is its clear intention, and all those who voted for it understood this. It also prohibits Jews from advocating a change in the state’s definition, or the creation of a bi-national state in all of historic Palestine or spreading any other such unconventional ideas.” Avnery concludes, “One can only imagine what would happen in the US if a senator proposed a law to imprison anyone who suggests an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.”
There are fine words. There are facts on the ground, and they often strayed far from each other in Obama’s big speech. One 1000-pound bomb or remote-controlled drone trumps 10,000 words on rhetoric about peace.
For his next address on this theme let me offer a very inspiring illustration of inter-confessional tolerance at work in a great cause. Around 930 AD the dowager Queen Toda of Navarre, a Christian, appealed to the caliphate in Cordoba, beseeching ‘Abd al-Rahman III to help her slim down her son Sancho I, who had been abandoned by his subjects in Navarre because he was too fat to ride a horse and thus unable to display himself properly as a kingly warrior. The caliph sent word he had this terrific Jewish doctor and promptly dispatched to Navarre his top court physician, a Jew called Hasday b Shaprut. The Shaprut Diet did the trick. A year later Sancho was back on the throne. E pluribus unum; i.e., out of many, many pounds emerged one thinned down Sancho. A Christian, a Muslim and a Jew, working together. But that was a thousand years ago and the reconquista of Al-Andalus was already under way, with the Crusades waiting in the wings.
The Muslim world no doubt thinks that in the broadest sense, Obama’s speech was a laudable effort. On this site this weekend, Franklin Lamb has a very funny account of a bunch of heavily armed gunmen in the Bekaa Valley shouting “Qwess! Qwess!” (Good, good).
Back in the USA there are many Christians and Jews shouting “Bad! Bad!” This most certainly spells trouble for Obama.On September 12, 1991, in the third year of his presidency, George Bush Sr publicly denounced the Israel lobby, which was storming around the halls of Congress with the intent of forcing through loan guarantees for Israel. The Bush administration was holding up the guarantees in an effort to induce Israel’s Shamir government to stop planting illegal settlements. Bush went on tv and said he was “up against some powerful political forces. I heard today there were something like a thousand lobbyists on the Hill working the other side of the question. We’ve got one lonely little guy down here doing it.”
There’s a good case for saying that with those words Bush Sr signed the death warrant for his re-election. True, he had Ross Perot winning 19 per cent of the vote. But he also lost the Jewish vote and his son never forgot it. I’d guess that much earlier in his presidency Obama is on his way to losing it too. The guy must know what he’s doing, and if he doesn’t, there’s always Rahm Emanuel at his elbow to remind him.
Cars and Journalists: Why Detroit Went Broke
I’ve got seven old cars out there in the driveway, going back to 1959, and up to 1989, four of them Chryslers or Plymouths, three of them Fords. Not a single one from GM – though it’s not a matter of principle for me. If someone wants to deed me an SS from the old days I won’t say No. And now Ford is the only one of the Big Three left standing.
How did the collapse come about? There’s plenty of blame to go round, but almost no one has pinned the badge of blame where it partly belongs, on the elite corporate press which year after year has misrepresented the enormous trade advantage the US and British governments gave the Japanese and Korean auto industries. As each successive U.S. Congress and each successive U.S. President slit Detroit’s throat, the reporters and editorial writers of the Wall Street Journal, of the New York Times, of The Economist unleashed paeans to “free trade” and recycled claptrap written for them by lobbyists working for Japan and Korea. It’s an outrageous saga that is detailed in a thrilling narrative by Eamonn Fingleton in our latest newsletter. A few years ago Eamonn wrote a fine book In Praise of Hard Industries: Why Manufacturing, Not the Information Economy, Is the key to Future Prosperity. These days he’s based in Tokyo. He knows the auto industry. He knows the press. He knows the inside story of the trade wars. Don’t miss his CounterPunch report in our newsletter.
When you’re done with Fingleton you can read Bill Hatch’s hilarious report from Merced, Caifornia, of Michele Obama’s recent visit to the Central Valley and the new campus of the University of California.
A slightly shorter version of the first item appears in The First Post.
Alexander Cockburn can be reached at alexandercockburn@asis.com
Weekend Edition
June 5 -7, 2009
June 4, 2009
By ARNO J. MAYER
Israel is in the grip of a kind of collective schizophrenia. Not only its governors but the majority of its Jewish population have delusions of both grandeur and persecution, making for a distortion of reality and inconsistent behavior. Israeli Jews see and represent themselves as a chosen people and part of a superior Western civilization. They consider themselves more cerebral, reasonable, moral, and dynamic than Arabs and Muslims generally, and Palestinians in particular. At the same time they feel themselves to be the ultimate incarnation of the Jewish people’s unique suffering through the ages, still subject to constant insecurity and defenselessness in the face of ever-threatening extreme and unmerited punishment.
Such a psyche leads to hubris and vengefulness, the latter a response to the perpetual Jewish torment said to have culminated, as if by a directive purpose, in the Holocaust. Remembering the Shoah is Israel’s Eleventh Commandment and central to the nation’s civil religion and Weltanschauung. Family, school, synagogue, and official culture propagate its prescriptive narrative, decontextualized and surfeited with ethnocentrism. The re-memorizing of victimization is ritualized on Yom Ha Shoah and institutionalized by Yad Vashem.
Israel uses the Holocaust to conjure the specter of a timeless existential peril, in turn used to justify its warfare state and unbending diplomacy. Forever posing as the impossibly vulnerable Biblical David braving the Islamic Goliath, Israel insists all its cross-border wars and punitive operations are strictly defensive, preventive, or preemptive. Yet its leaders, many of them retired senior officers of the armed forces and intelligence services, attribute the exploits of the military to the advanced weapons, exemplary strategists, and uniquely principled citizen soldiers of the country’s formidable “Defense Forces,” one of the world’s mightiest fighting machines.
This self-congratulation passes over the powerlessness of the enemy “other” while it vastly exaggerates Israel’s innate strength to the point of impairing judgment and action. Without the enormous and practically unconditional financial, military, and diplomatic support of the United States and European Union, Israel would be an unexceptional small Middle Eastern nation-state, not an anomalous regional superpower. Even with this truly uncommon foreign backing (not to mention that of the global diaspora), the Jewish state scores only pyrrhic victories, judging by its failure to significantly enhance its strategic and political position in the Greater Middle East—except for the time gained to further consolidate and expand its fiercely contested “facts on the ground” in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Golan.
Although its leaders avoid saying so in public, Israel does not want peace, or a permanent comprehensive settlement, except on its own terms. They do not dare spell these out publicly, as they presume the enemy’s unconditional surrender, even enduring submission. Instead the Palestinians continue to be blamed for a chronic state of war that entails Israel’s continuing self-endangerment and militarization. This policy’s underlying strategic premise is the need to prevent any significant change in the West Asian balance of power.
But there is possibly another less delusional reason for their spurning accommodation and negotiation: because of their history of exile and want of political self-rule, Jews and their sages may well be insufficiently mindful of the theory and practice of sovereign statecraft. Admittedly, after 1945 the leaders of many of the new states of the post-colonial worlds were equally benighted. Unlike most of them, however, Israel’s political class and thinkers prize their deep connection with the West, including its philosophic and intellectual heritage, to the point of putting admission to the European Union ahead of rapprochement with the Arab/Muslim world. Yet they seem not to be conversant with the fundamental ideas of the likes of Machiavelli and Clausewitz. Respectively theorists of politics and war, both emphatically propound moderation over unrestraint. Machiavelli puts virtù at the center of his formula for the use of power and force. He does not, however, construe it as a moral principle—as virtue—but as a prescript for prudence, flexibility, and a sense of sober limits in power politics.
Clausewitz theorizes limited war for well-defined and negotiable objectives, the disposition for compromise varying in inverse ratio to the victor’s aims and demands. He cautions above all against “absolute” war in which intellect, reason, and judgment are cast aside. Although he and Machiavelli take account of the interpenetration of domestic and international politics, both conceive them as two distinct spheres. In Israel, domestic politics prevails, with little concern for the reason of international politics.
These insights are particularly relevant for small states. But blinded by their successful defiance of limits and laws, the leaders of Israel take their country of seven million people (over 20 percent of them non-Jewish, mostly Arabs) to be a great power by dint of its outsized armed forces and arms industry. They deceive themselves by assuming the Western world’s support for its military hypertrophy is irreversible. Perverting virtù they launch nearly absolute military expeditions against the radical Palestinian resistance. They also envisage striking resurgent Iran with the most modern American-made and -financed aircraft operated by American-certified Israeli pilots. Nor does Tel Aviv hesitate to send military, technical, and covert “intelligence” missions, as well as weapons, to scores of nations in the Middle East, ex-Soviet sphere, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, not infrequently in concert with Washington.
State terror is all but integral to the latest weapons and tactics with which Israel’s forces engage the Palestinian resistance fighters. Of course the latter also resort to terror, the hallmark of asymmetrical warfare. But it is Israel that sows the wind and reaps the whirlwind. A vicious, endless cycle of vengeance, driven by the clashes of Israel’s overconfident, sophisticated, and regular military forces with crude and irregular paramilitary forces, further intensifies the distrust between Israelis and Palestinians, including Israeli Arabs, most of them Muslim. Though intended to break the will of the armed militias by inflicting unbearable pain on the host society, as in Lebanon and Gaza, the collateral damage of Israel’s campaigns of “shock and awe” only serve to fire the avenging fury of the powerless.
Since Israel’s foundation, the failure to pursue Arab-Jewish understanding and cooperation has been Zionism’s “great sin of omission” (Judah Magnes). At every major turn since 1947-48 Israel has had the upper hand in the conflict with the Palestinians, its ascendancy at once military, diplomatic, and economic. This prepotency became especially pronounced after the Six Day War of 1967. Consider the annexations and settlements; occupation and martial law; settler pogroms and expropriations; border crossings and checkpoints; walls and segregated roads. No less mortifying for the Palestinians has been the disproportionately large number of civilians killed and injured, and the roughly 10,000 languishing in Israeli prisons.
Despite the recent ingloriousness of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, Israel’s ruling and governing class continues to stand imperious. Yet evidence that the country’s military is increasingly ill-adapted to fight today’s decentralized irregular warfare mounts, while its foreign policy is increasingly incoherent and hostage to the hidebound partisan politics of competing intransigence. Geopolitically unsteady, its relation to Washington is battered by the same heavy winds now buffeting the center and periphery of the American empire.
Even so, emboldened by cutting-edge conventional and unconventional weapons, the governors of Israel, contemptuous of the minuscule and comatose left opposition in the Knesset and the country at large, vow to hold on to most of the archipelago of settlements and all of Jerusalem. They pay lip service to the two-state solution, but all they are prepared to concede to the Palestinians is a cramped pseudo-state with minimal sovereignty, with Gaza severed from the West Bank. If pressed they might agree to a 30-mile tunnel under sovereign Israeli land to establish an artificial contiguity between fragmented West Bank and fenced-in Gaza Strip. Yet they mean to control all land and maritime borders as well as the airspace and electromagnetic frequencies.
Meanwhile Israel continues to play on the internecine divisions of the Palestinian nation and the discords in the Arab-Muslim world. Its leaders dread nothing more than a reconciliation of the two principal Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah; a Palestinian unity government; and an entente cordiale of the Arab states whose peace proposal, initiated by Saudi Arabia in 2002, they consider fraught with doom. The latest spirit of darkness is non-Arab Shi’ite Iran. Should Tehran’s political power and ideological sway strike fear into the so-called moderate Arab states, most notably Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, these might all rally around the treacherous Arab peace overture. Such a turn would most likely drive Iran to step up its support of radical political Islam throughout the Greater Middle East, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas throughout Palestine, and the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. If Israel responds only with the usual truculence, it will continue to navigate dangerously between the ever more insecure and disoriented anciens régimes of the Arab/Muslim world and an intensifying political unrest whose impulses are both secular and religious.
While the country is fixated on national security—Iran being decried as the latest, and imminent, existential threat—elsewhere Israel is widely perceived to be rapidly eroding what remains of its singular moral capital and international prestige. There are more and more calls for boycotts, embargoes, divestments, sanctions, and prosecutions, while the media are finally giving more space and time to analytic and critical voices. To dismiss or denounce this growing censure of Israel’s policies as an expression of resurgent age-old anti-Semitism—allegedly encouraged and legitimated by the ravings of self-hating Jews—is not to see the forest for the trees. The same holds for Israel’s leaders’ disposition to stigmatize major foreign adversary leaders—Nasser, Arafat, Saddam Hussein, Ahmadinejad—as Hitler redivivus.
But the old reflexes remain, and the prospect of a nuclear and Islamist Iran said to be bent on regional hegemony keeps them quick. With a population of 70 million and some 15 percent of the world’s proven oil and natural gas reserves, Iran is, indeed, a state to reckon with: it has a long history, a strong national consciousness, and a swelling educated middle class. Its two-stage, solid-fueled missiles are capable of carrying conventional and nonconventional warheads a distance of between 930 and 1,200 miles.
Instead of joining those who seek diplomatic ways to refigure the balance of regional power, Israel advocates an all-out economic embargo of Iran backed by the threat of air strikes. The hardliners’ aim: to trigger a regime change by way of a color revolution covertly fomented by the U.S. and Israel. They warn that Tel Aviv will make good on this threat of aerial assaults on Iran’s nuclear sites to delay or prevent it from developing the ultimate weapon. Even respected politicians and public intellectuals swear that in extremis Israel will strike without approval from Washington, confident the U.S. will have no alternative but to provide military and diplomatic cover, all the more so now that Israel can use America’s five military bases in the Holy Land as blackmail.
In March 2009, Barack Obama and Shimon Peres saluted the Iranian people and government on the occasion of Noruz, the start of the Persian new year. Obama stressed the “common humanity that binds us together” and insisted it was in the interest of both countries that “Iran should take its rightful place in the community of nations.” Peres struck a radically different note. He urged Iranians to reclaim their “worthy place among the nations of the enlightened world” as he laid out the conditions in their country: “There is great unemployment, corruption, a lot of drugs, and general discontent. You cannot feed your children enriched uranium, they need a real breakfast. It cannot be that the money is invested in enriched uranium and the children are told to remain a little hungry, a little ignorant.” Iran’s children suffer only because “a handful of religious fanatics take the worst possible path.” Rather than heed President Ahmadinejad, who in 2006 questioned the Holocaust, the citizenry should “topple these leaders…who do not serve the people.” Besides, while “they are destroying their [own] people, they won’t destroy us.”
The accusations are rich. Even now the independence of the Israeli judiciary is compromised, secularism is losing ground, xenophobia is rampant, and, still and always, the Palestinian minority is reduced to second-class citizenship. In brandishing the Iranian threat, Israel’s faction-ridden but consensual political class merely perpetuates its rule by fear, which, according to Montesquieu, sows the seeds of despotism.
Israelis must ask themselves whether there is a point beyond which the Zionist quest becomes self-defeatingly perilous, corrupting, and degrading. Although the Judeocide marks the nadir of the history of the Jewish people, it is not its defining moment and experience. The mythologized millennial exile of the Jewish people was anything but an unrelenting dark age: there was a vital Jewish life before the Shoah, and it resumed full force after 1945, in both Israel and the diaspora. It is neither to profane the Holocaust nor to desecrate the memory of its 5 to 6 million victims to recall their membership in a vast confederation of over 70 million killed during World War Two, some 45 million of them civilians. It is simply to point up that the Jewish catastrophe was inextricably tied into the most murderous and cruel war in the history of humanity, a war uniquely ferocious because of its crusading furies, and not because of a divine narrative about the Jews.
The Greater Middle East is a seething cauldron of domestic and international conflicts. All the nations of this perennially contested geopolitical space will have to adjust to the emergence of a multipolar world system and the attendant waning of the American empire. This great and accelerating change in international politics coincides with the breakneck globalization of economics, finance, and science, which subverts national economies while simultaneously fostering a new mercantilism whose terms are set by a new concert of Great Powers.
Israel’s leaders are at a crossroads: either they stick to their guns and are forced into a reconfigured geopolitical reality they cannot outwit or overmaster, or they decide of their own accord to temper their hubris and rein in their propensity to vengeance. What should they choose at a moment when Israeli society is facing a decline in Jewish immigration, a rise in Jewish and Israeli emigration, and an upturn in draft dodging (to say nothing of how this disenchantment may be affecting the steep rate of assimilation and intermarriage in the diaspora)?
To begin, Israel’s governors and public intellectuals should rethink the fundamental premises, objectives, and strategies of the policies followed since 1948. They might do well to recall one of Theodor Herzl’s earliest ideas: in exchange for a Jewish commonwealth serving as “an outpost of civilization against barbarism” in Palestine, which was considered a link in Europe’s “rampart against Asia,” the Great Powers would guarantee its existence “as a neutral state.” To be sure, even for most Israeli Jews the crass orientalism of this vision is out of season. But the notion of a neutral state ought not to be dismissed lightly. The present garrison state is not about to become, as Herzl envisioned, “a light unto the nations”—let alone the diaspora.
Next, they might admit to themselves that small nations do not have the prerogative to speak loudly and carry a big stick, and that they keep tempting fate by stubbornly staying Israel’s nuclear course. This defiance cannot help but increase the perils of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and Central Asia from which Israel will not be immune. Betting a tiny country’s security and survival on a momentary regional head start in state-of-the-art warheads, aircraft, missiles, unmanned drones, cluster bombs, and cyber weapons is, again, delusional. Inevitably Iran and other states will challenge its imperiousness, in the process exposing the entire region to the unthinkable doctrine of mutually assured destruction premised on both attacker and defender having a fail-safe deterrent in the form of a second-strike nuclear or chemical-biological capability. Although Tehran may still lack an effective missile air defense system, it has test-fired high-speed missiles whose range puts it within striking distance of Israel. But Iran has two additional trumps: a foothold near the northern entrance to the narrow Strait of Hormuz, the world’s single most vital energy chokepoint; and a critical geopolitical proximity to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Rather than lead the regional nuclear and biological charge, Israel should issue a call for a nuclear-free Middle East along with the announcement of a significant reduction of its own outsized atomic arsenal and armaments industry, which are both counterproductive and provocative. Tangible and symbolic, such a military cutback could be paired with a signal that Israel is prepared to seriously discuss the Palestinian refugee issue. This might take the form of expressing remorse and assuming partial moral responsibility for the exodus of over 700,000 Palestinian Arabs in 1947-49 and of mounting an international effort to make amends in the form of reparations in line with U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194 (Article 11).
In the aftermath of the bloody and destructive invasion a donors’ conference raised some $4.5 billion for the relief and reconstruction of Gaza. While the bulk of the aid was pledged by the Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, the U. S. committed $900 million for the Palestinian Authority and $300 million for relief in Gaza. What if these monies had been raised earlier? Had they gone to reparations, deployed as a confidence-building measure, the region might have been spared the politically toxic and humanly lethal Lebanon and Gaza incursions.
Overtures of this nature, seconded by other nations, might be preliminary steps to Israel’s at long last specifying base lines for a negotiated agreement on security, borders, settlements, Jerusalem, holy places, and water resources. Such a turnaround and agenda would spell the renunciation of the secular and religious diehards’ inveterate reach for the Jordan River and reliance on the strategy of the Iron Wall. To seek a conciliation and accommodation with the restive Palestinian political class, edgy Arab regimes, and turbulent Islamic world is to forsake the Joshua-like martial and closed Zionism of Weizmann, Jabotinsky, Ben-Gurion, Begin, Netanyahu, and Barak. It would call for and make possible a recovery of the repressed Isaiah-like humanist and open Zionism of Ahad Haam, Martin Buber, Judah Magnes, Ernst Simon, and Yeshayahu Leibowitz for either two demilitarized states or a single bi-national state for two peoples with open borders, the separation of state and religion, universal civil and social rights, and ecumenically informed cultural reciprocity.
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only at dusk for political actors as well as philosophers. Israel’s leaders, reflecting more critically on Herzl’s belief in the need for an imperial patron, must grasp the implications of the incipient decline of the American empire for Israel’s future. Paradoxically the waning of Washington’s hegemony in the Greater Middle East is likely to chasten Israel’s pride and give enlightened and cosmopolitan Zionism a new if difficult lease on life. But insofar as the U.S. fights its decline tooth and nail, Israel’s power elite is also more likely to remain implacable, at all risks and hazards for their own country and the diaspora.
Arno J Mayer is emeritus professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions.and Plowshares Into Swords: From Zionism to Israel (Verso).
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ठंडा मकान है___ग़ालिब
غافل کو میرے شیشے پر۔۔۔۔۔غالب
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پریم گیت۔۔۔۔خلیل جبران
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प्रेम गीत—खलील जिब्रान
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Obama’s Undeclared War Against Pakistan Continues, Despite His Attempt to Downplay It
by Jeremy Scahill
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دور سے آےء تھے ساقی۔۔۔۔نظیر اکبرَابادی
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دور سے آےء تھے ساقی۔۔۔۔نظیر اکبرَابادی
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38. Famous people who converted to islam ..
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बरसों के बाद: धर्मवीर भारती
बरसों के बाद उसी सूने- आँगन में
जाकर चुपचाप खड़े होना
रिसती-सी यादों से पिरा-पिरा उठना
मन का कोना-कोना
कोने से फिर उन्हीं सिसकियों का उठना
फिर आकर बाँहों में खो जाना
अकस्मात् मण्डप के गीतों की लहरी
फिर गहरा सन्नाटा हो जाना
दो गाढ़ी मेंहदीवाले हाथों का जुड़ना,
कँपना, बेबस हो गिर जाना
रिसती-सी यादों से पिरा-पिरा उठना
मन को कोना-कोना
बरसों के बाद उसी सूने-से आंगन में
जाकर चुपचाप खड़े होना !
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ख्वाबों के परिन्दे__मुहम्मदअली वफा
तन्हाईकी गारों में है यादों के परिन्दे
और यारके हाथोमें है वादों के परिन्दे
शगूफे फूल के उठाके ले गया गुलचीं
रहे बागबाके हाथमें काटों के परिन्दे
ये अल्विदाकी रस्मभी अजीब है यारो
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मुद्दत हुई कोई गिला सुन नहीं पाया
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American troops were not welcomed with flowers in Iraq but their departure from cities and towns has been.
Iraqis celebrated National Sovereignty Day Tuesday as U.S. troops were yanked out of populated centres and put into remote bases.
In time, even that hidden presence will begin to grate on the Iraqis, just as a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia had spurred Osama bin Laden and others.
Yet this limited troop pullout is being hailed as a triumph. One is reminded of Richard Nixon’s 1973 boast of “peace with honour” in Vietnam. The 1973 Paris treaty that led to the U.S. troop withdrawal was a face-saving formula.
In Iraq, too, the U.S. has little choice but to get out.
Not only did the Iraqi invasion and occupation prove the limits of military power, it also exposed how incapable America has become at nation-building. Its postwar incompetence was stunning.
America plunged Iraq into chaos, shattered the infrastructure and destroyed the society, reducing human beings to their basest instincts. They turned on each other and found safety only in family, tribe, clan and sect. Shiites and Sunnis, who had lived together for ages, ethnically cleansed each other’s neighbourhoods, which to this day remain separated by barricades, walls and checkpoints.
Having unleashed the forces that put Iraq’s three main communities at war with each other, the U.S. toyed with the idea of dividing the country into the Kurdish north, a Sunni centre and a Shiite south, much like the British had divided India in two in 1947.
Having created the chaos, violence and jihadism, the U.S. said, in colonial fashion, it had to stay to curb the chaos, violence and jihadism. Having crippled the state, it had no choice but to prolong the occupation until the natives were ready to govern themselves.
Iraq exhausted America more than the 1917-32 British invasion and occupation sapped the British. It also created killing fields on a vast scale.
Yet Iraqis have been brushed out of the American narrative – Iraq is free of Saddam Hussein, it is democratic, it is stabilized, it is this and it is that.
There’s nary a mention of how many Iraqis are dead (between 100,000 and 1.2 million, depending on who’s counting), how many maimed (not known), how many displaced (4 million), and how many tortured with Saddam-like methods in Abu Ghraib and elsewhere (not known).
Besides the damage to U.S. credibility, and not just in the Muslim world, the Iraq adventure empowered Iran far more than the U.S. would ever acknowledge.
Finally, the quest for oil may also turn out to be a mirage.
This week, Iraq’s oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, a U of T graduate, put development rights up for international bidding. No more no-bid contracts for U.S. firms, unlike under the Bush-Cheney domain.
Nor did George W. and Dick get what they wanted out of the Status of Forces Agreement. Passed by the Iraqi parliament last fall, it stipulates that all U.S. troops must be out by Dec. 31, 2011. No U.S. military operation can be carried out without Iraqi consent (a provision Hamid Karzai can only dream of). Iraqi soil cannot be used by the U.S. to launch a war on any neighbour (Iran).
Iraq is the imperial adventure that both Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff, one a neo-con hawk and the other a liberal hawk, fully backed. A monumental failure in judgment, their common stance was, and remains, an affront to the collective will of Canadians.
Haroon Siddiqui`s column appears Thursday and Sunday.
(Courtesy of “TORONTO STAR” daily July 2.2009)
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ڈاکیے تھے۔۔۔۔یاسمین حبیبی
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ایسے لوگ اب ڈھوندے سے بھی نہیں ملتے!۔۔۔۔ظفر آغا
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भारत में उत्तर प्रदेश हिंदी-उर्दू साहित्य की दृष्टि से बड़ा अमीर प्रांत है.___निदा फाज़ली
इसके हर नगर की मिट्टी में वह इतिहास सोया हुआ है, जिसको जाने बग़ैर न देश की सियासत को समझा जा सकता है और न इसकी संस्कृति विरासत को समझा जा सकता है.
राही मासूम रज़ा ने इसे 52 बेटों की माँ की उपमा से याद किया है. 52 कस्बों के इस प्रांत के एक नगर में कुछ दिन पहले मेरा जाने का इत्तिफाक़ हुआ था. शहरनुमा इस छोटी सी बस्ती बिजनौर में मुशायरा था. मुशायरे से पहले बस्ती में मुझे इधर-उधर धुमाया जा रहा था. मैं बातों में व्यस्त था-आँखें सुनने वालों के चेहरे पर थी और ज़मीन पर चल रहे थे पाँव.
रास्ता उत्तरप्रदेश के हर नगर की तरह मजनूँ के रेगिस्तान जैसा था जिस पर चलना आसान नहीं था. अचानक ठोकर लगी, पत्थर ने रोक कर चलते हुए क़दमों से मेरा नाम पूछा था. पैरों में जुबान नहीं थी…वे खामोश रहे. बस पत्थर मियाँ नाराज़ हो गए…मैं लड़खड़ा गया तो साथ वाले ने सहारा दिया और मुस्कुराते हुए कहा, “हुज़ूर यह बिजनौर है…यहाँ हर चीज़ क़ाबिले गौर है.”
इस पत्थर की नाराज़गी पर मुझे अपना एक शेर याद आया,
सर सैयद अहमद खाँ के साथी शिब्ली नौमानी ने इस्लाम के पैगम्बर हज़रत मोहम्मद की आत्मकथा की पहली किताब, ‘सीरतुन्नबी’ के नाम से लिखी थी. इस किताब के चौथे संकलन में एक हदीस के हवाले से लिखा है, “हज़रत मोहम्मद ने एक शाम की यात्रा में एक पत्थर को देखकर फरमाया था-मैं इस पत्थर को पहचानता हूँ जो पैगम्बरी से पहले मुझे सलाम किया करता था.”
बिजनौर के रास्ते के पत्थर ने मुझसे भी बात की थी. लेकिन मैं ठहरा एक साधारण इंसान. उसकी बात पर ध्यान नहीं दे पाया और उसने क्रोध में आकर मुझे ठोकर मार दी…ख़ैर मैंने उस पत्थर को मुआफ़ कर दिया क्योंकि वह उस नगर का पत्थर था जहाँ कभी मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब के प्रख्यात आलोचक अब्दुर्रहमान बिजनौरी रहते थे.
ग़ालिब के संबंध में उनका एक वाक्य काफ़ी मशहूर हुआ, “भारत में दो ही महत्वपूर्ण पुस्तकें हैं, वेद मुकद्दस (पावन) और दूसरा दीवाने ग़ालिब.” पता नहीं अब्दुर्रहमान बिजनौरी को वेदों की संख्या का ज्ञान था या नहीं. लेकिन एक पुस्तक की चार ग्रंथों से तुलना तर्क संगत नहीं लगती. फिर भी यह वाक्य बिजनौर के एक क़लमकार की कलम से निकला था और पूरे उर्दू-संसार में मशहूर हुआ.
ग़ज़ल का संसार
इस नगर के साथ दूसरा नाम जो याद आता है वह हिंदी ग़ज़लकार दुष्यंत कुमार का है.
दुष्यंत नाम के दर्शन पहली बार महान नाटककार कालीदास की नाट्य रचना ‘शाकुंतलम’ में होते हैं. उसमें यह नाम एक राजा का था, जो शकुंतला को अपने प्रेम की निशानी के रूप में एक अंगूठी देकर चला जाता है. और शकुंतला की जीवन यात्रा इसी अंगूठी के खोने और पाने के इर्द-गिर्द धूमती रहती है, उज्जैन नगरी के राजा दुष्यंत के सदियों बाद बिजनौर की धरती ने एक और दुष्यंत कुमार को जन्म दिया.
इस बार वह राजा नहीं थे, त्यागी थे. दुष्यंत कुमार त्यागी. इस दुष्यंत कुमार त्यागी के पास न राजा का अधिकार था, न अंगूठी का उपहार और न ही पहली नज़र में होने वाला प्यार था. 20वीं सदी के दुष्यंत को कालीदास के युग की विरासत में से बहुत कुछ त्यागना पड़ा. इस नए जन्म में वह आम आदमी थे. आम आदमी का समाज उनका समाज था. आम आदमी की लड़ाई में शामिल होना उनका रिवाज़ था. आम आदमी की तरह उनकी मंजिल भी सड़क, पानी और अनाज था.
इस आम आदमी का रूप उनके शेरों में कुछ इस तरह है-
ये सारे शेर उन ग़ज़लों के हैं जो उनकी ग़ज़लों के संग्रह ‘साए में धूप’ में है.
यह पुस्तक उनके जीवन (जन्म-1933, मृत्यु-1975) की आख़िरी पुस्तक है. इन ग़ज़लों तक आते-आते वह नई कविता, नाटक और उपन्यासों की कई कृतियों से गुज़र चुके थे. इन कृतियों में ‘एक कंठ विषपायी’, ‘सूर्य का स्वागत’, ‘आवाज़ों के घेरे’, ‘जलते हुए वन का बसंत’, ‘छोटे-छोटे सवाल’ और दूसरी गद्य तथा कविता की किताबें शामिल हैं.
हैदराबाद के लोकप्रिय प्रगतिशील शायर मख़दूम मुहउद्दीन ने कहा था, “शायर को ग़ज़ल उम्र के कम से कम 40 साल पूरे करके शुरू करनी चाहिए.” मख़दूम ने इशारे में ग़ज़ल विधा के संबंध में बहुत अहम बात कही है. इसके द्वारा उन्होंने ग़ज़ल में ख़याल की खपत, इस खपत में शब्दों की बुनत और इस बुनत में ध्वनियों की चलत को आईना दिखाया गया है. ग़ज़ल विचार भी है और अभिव्यक्ति का मैयार भी.
दुष्यंत साहित्य में बहुत कुछ कर के और जीवन की बड़ी धूप-छाँव से गुज़र के ग़ज़ल विधा की ओर आए थे. दुष्यंत जिस समय ग़ज़ल संसार में दाखिल हुए उस समय भोपाल प्रगतिशील शायरों-ताज भोपाली और कैफ भोपाली की ग़ज़लों से जगमगा रहा था, इनके साथ हिंदी में जो आम आदमी अज्ञेय के ड्राइंगरूम से और मुक्तिबोध की काव्यभाषा से बाहर कर दिया गया था. बड़ी खामोशी से नागार्जुन और धूमिल की ‘संसद से सड़क तक’ की कविताओं में मुस्कुरा रहा था. इसी जमाने में फ़िल्मों में एक नए नाराज़ हीरो का आम आदमी के रूप में उदय हो रहा था.
दुष्यंत की ग़ज़ल के इर्द-गिर्द के समाज को जिन आँखों से देखा और दिखाया जा रहा था वह वही आदमी था जो पहले कबीर, नज़ीर और तुकाराम के यहाँ नज़र आया था, जिसने नागार्जुन और धूमिल के शब्दों को धारदार बनाया था. उसी ने दुष्यंत की ग़ज़ल को चमकाया था.
दुष्यंत की नज़र उनके युग की नई पीढ़ी के ग़ुस्से और नाराज़गी से सजी बनी है. यह ग़ुस्सा और नाराज़गी उस अन्याय और राजनीति के कुकर्मो के ख़िलाफ़ नए तेवरों की आवाज़ थी, जो समाज में मध्यवर्गीय झूठेपन की जगह पिछड़े वर्ग की मेहनत और दया की नुमानंदगी करती है.
विषय की तब्दीली के कारण, उनकी ग़ज़ल के क्राफ्ट में भी तब्दीली नज़र आती जो कहीं-कहीं लाउड भी महसूस होती है. लेकिन इस तब्दीली ने उनके ग़ज़ल को नए मिज़ाज के क़रीब भी किया है.
दुष्यंत ने केवल देश के आम आदमी से ही हाथ नहीं मिलाया उस आदमी की भाषा को भी अपनाया और उसी के द्वारा अपने दौर का दुख-दर्द गाया…
(बी.बी,सी.लंदन हिन्दी के सौजन्यसे)
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کربلا کے بعد۔۔۔۔مولانا محمد علی جوھر
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قاعدِاعظم محمدعلی جیناَ رحمہ اللہ۔۔۔ علّامہ سیّد سُلیمان ندوی رح۔
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میرے نام سے جل جاتے ہیں۔۔۔قتیل شِفائ
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जल जातें हैं_कतील शिफाईवफा
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मज़ाहिये शेर1_ अकबर ईलाहाबादी
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Beneath the Head lines 13August2009
‘Post Riots, The Country Chose To Remember Us As Only Mussalmans’
Rana Ayyub
Is 26. She is a journalist with Tehelka
| Illustration: Naorem Ashish |
THERE ARE CERTAIN memories that refuse to make an exit. Memories that remain etched in your life, staying with you and hitting you hard, time and again. Memories that shape you as an individual. I, too, have my share of memories that have left an indelible mark on my life. Memories that are now 17 years old. Memories of being sent away by my parents, along with my sister, to stay with an unknown Sikh family. Away from my own kin. The reason for this exile was the riots that ensued in Mumbai post the demolition of the Babri masjid. My parents knew that women are always the easiest targets. I remember standing in the balcony of our apartment and watching the army trucks moving past. I remember my father having a massive chest pain and our Sikh neighbour driving him past midnight through the burning Sahar Timber Mart in Andheri. The timber mart belonged to a Muslim trader and it was burnt down by rioters. My dad and Mr Bagga were stopped. Bagga uncle referred to Daddy as his younger brother, a Sikh and they were let off.
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With Lt Col Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya ducking MCOCA, it’s vital for the ATS to take its findings to a logical end
TEESTA SETALVAD
Writer and Activist
| In the loop Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, under arrest, was associated with the BJP’s student wing Photo: DEEPAK SALVI |
EIGHT ATTEMPTS were made on Mahatma Gandhi’s life before the final one on January 30, 1948 was successful. Yet public discourse is reluctant to acknowledge that the first act of terror perpetrated on independent India’s soil stemmed from a determined and vicious planning by the Hindu Right. Moreover, it refuses to admit that the assassination, was premeditated. When Godse, a member of the Hindu Mahasabha, a Hindu nationalist organisation executed the crime, India’s first home Minister, Sardar Patel said on record: “The RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] celebrated and distributed sweets when Gandhiji was assassinated.” Sardar Patel’s government banned the RSS after the killing. And Patel had made that remark to justify the ban
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by Charley Reese
by
If Barack Obama’s idea of ending the occupation in Iraq is to transfer most of the troops to Afghanistan, he won’t have accomplished much. He’s right that we should not be in Iraq, but we also shouldn’t be in Afghanistan.
Our sole interest in Afghanistan should be to get Osama bin Laden. After that, we should bring our guys home. It’s none of our business what kind of government Afghanistan has or if it even has a government.
In case you’ve forgotten, the northern warlords seized Kabul after the Russians left. Their looting and brutality caused many Afghans to look with favor on the young men of the Taliban. The Taliban whipped the warlords and began to rule the country with their iron-fisted version of Islam.
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OPINION
TheStar.com | Opinion | It’s no longer Islam vs. non-Islam in Iran
Jul 30, 2009 04:30 AM
It is clear that Iran is going through its worst internal crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Less obvious but more significant is this: Islam is no longer the dividing line between the proponents and opponents of the theocratic regime in Tehran.
The trend has been in the making for a decade. But it has manifested itself clearly during the crisis roiling the country since the contested results of the June 12 presidential election. If the trend holds, it would constitute the biggest political, religious and social change in the history of the Islamic republic
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NEW YORK August 03, 2009
Afghanistan is rightly called `the graveyard of empires.’ We should call the Mideast `the tomb of peacemakers.’ In this troubled part of the world, real peace is as elusive and rarely-seen as the white Arabian gazelle.
So we observe with an abundance of caution President Barack Obama’s long-awaited Mideast peace offensive.
Many of the administration’s biggest guns have been sent to the Mideast in an all-out effort to get America’s squabbling allies to accept a comprehensive regional peace deal. The only notable absence from the American diplomatic A-team was, interestingly, Hillary Clinton, who was left at home to make nice to a visiting Chinese delegation.
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April 27, 2009
By PATRICK COCKBURN
“The reason why foreign fighters joined al-Qa’ida in Iraq was overwhelmingly because of abuses at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib and not Islamic ideology,” says Major Matthew Alexander, who personally conducted 300 interrogations of prisoners in Iraq. It was the team led by Major Alexander [a named assumed for security reasons] that obtained the information that led to the US military being able to locate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qa’ida in Iraq. Zarqawi was then killed by bombs dropped by two US aircraft on the farm where he was hiding outside Baghdad on 7 June 2006. Major Alexander said that he learnt where Zarqawi was during a six-hour interrogation of a prisoner with whom he established relations of trust.
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Washington Arrogance Has Fomented a Muslim Revolution |
| by Paul Craig Roberts |
| “In a government of law, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” Justice Louis BrandeisIs Pakistan responsible for the Mumbai attack in India? No.Is India’s repression of its Muslim minority responsible? No.Is the United States government responsible? Yes. |
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June 23, 2009 by ghulammuhammed
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Plassey 2009
It was on June 23, 1757, a full hundred years before 1857 that British treachery won the decisive battle of Plassey, not by force of arms, but through manipulation of Mir Jafar, one of Nawab Sirajudulah’s general, who was bribed by Robert Clive to abstain from joining the war while the Nawab was routed.
The British had won a historical battle and had used the turnaround in their fortune to take over India.
Events in India, post 1990, move faster. Within no time, US and Israel ingratiated the ruling elite and have completely usurped the main sinews of power in the country. They have India’s economy and its armed might under their thumb. All they did was to get a simpleton who had no grasp of history to come to power through manipulations.
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By ghulammuhammed
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
SARKOZY ATTACK ON BURQA IS ANTI-MIGRANT, ANTI-MUSLIM
France’s President Sarkozy is Jewish. His antagonism against Islam is axiomatic.
The framing of Burqa, as a prison sentence for women, is understandable, if it is compulsory and forced without rhyme or reason.
But, if and when Muslim women are adopting it voluntarily and even as a fashion or identity statement; their rights cannot be questioned. Women should be given that freedom; which is even granted by Sharia
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An extremely tragic and disturbing news out of Dresden, Germany. Sister Marwa al-Sherbini was stabbed to death in a German court, she had sued her Neo-Nazi attacker after he insulted her for wearing the hijab. Her husband was also stabbed and “accidently” shot my the cops. Via Suite 101 :
Dr. Marwa Sherbini was a star pupil at her Alexandria School, El Nasr Girls’ College (EGC), one of the oldest and most prestigious educational establishments for girls in Alexandria. Her personality and academic achievements led to her selection as Head Girl of the school before she joined the Faculty of Pharmacy at Alexandria University, graduating in 2000 with flying colors. After she got married to Elwy Okaz, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute, she moved with him to Germany.
In a Dresden park, Marwa took her 3-year old son Mostapha to play. A German man, probably piqued by her headscarf, insulted her and called her a terrorist. She filed a case against him in German courts. When she won the case and the court fined him 750 Euros for having abused her, he appealed against the verdict.
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Michael Jackson, CONSPIRACY!!!??_Muhammed Anas,SheikhSufiyan Sidat
(Google photo)
gave up most of his assets for charity and all his life, he fought for
equality of the African Americans, AIDS victims, Against Drug Abuse, Against
Abortion, Against Child Labor and secretly channelled his properties for the
hungry children of the world. However, he wasn’t peace at heart. He always
think of himself as a child trapped inside a man’s body. Being Peter Pan is
all his dream, never to grow up, forever a child. That inspires him to build
Neverland – a heaven for children. Children of all ages and races are
welcomed to Neverland. MJ had so much love to give.
However, he made a mistake which he didn’t know of the consequences. He saw
the peaceful life his brother, Jermaine (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) had as a
Muslim – true, Jermaine faced so much pressure that he moved to Bahrain.
In 1989, MJ made a press conference which shocked the world, “I have seen
the Islam in the life of my brother, I have read the books about Islam. And
I’d love to someday feel the calmness and peace of Islam….”
Since that, MJ’s life was never the same again.
He was accused of so many accusations against child molestation. MJ was not
someone who can deal with much pressure as he is a ‘delicate child’. All the
extortion and black mail followed after that. Everything he did was being
seen as wrong in the eyes of the Media. All these are to influence his fans
to hate MJ. If he is hated, then he would not be influencial anymore.
For several years, he stayed in England. Getting motivation from a long time
friend, Cat Stevens, who had converted into Islam – named Yusuf Islam. From
him, MJ learnt how Yusuf had survived being Muslim. He made friends with a
song writer, Zain Bhikha too, who wrote a song titled, “GIVE THANKS TO
ALLAH”, which he wanted MJ to sing whenever he is ready.
Following his trial, MJ withdrew to Bahrain, where he was the special guest
of sheik Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the son of Bahrain’s king. It was
then that Michael began to give conversion more “serious thought.”
MJ stayed in Bahrain for approximately 3 years. He studied Islam, the
prayers and learn to read the Koran (al-Quran).
Finally, he came back to Los Angeles and in November 2008 MJ had formally
converted to Islam in a ceremony at a close friend’s house in Los Angeles.
He perform Haj with the King of Bahrain and son on December 2008.
He had a hidden agenda when he wanted to make a final comeback. He annouced
in a press conference on March 2009, “This will be my final concert. I’ll
see you all in July….”< BR>
He planned that during his concert, he would announce that this is the FINAL
concert as he wouldn’t be performing anymore. He will declare that he is a
Muslim and will only sing with Yusuf Islam and Friends.
At the end of the concert, he will be singing the song, “GIVE THANKS TO
ALLAH” with Yusuf Islam. That is the reason why he chose London as his final
concert venue instead of the USA. It was because he thought he could escape
the USA’s extortion, and that he could perform with yusuf Islam who is in
England.
At 12.30am, 25th June 2009, he hugged his production manager and said,
“After reherasing for 2 months, I am finally ready for the concert…”
Before leaving to sleep, he waved his dancers, “It was a good night
everyone. I’ll see you all tomorrow…”
The next thing… He was pronouced dead at 2.26am….
When 911 was called, there are so much questions asked. It is as if they
didn’t know who MJ is and where he lived. The questions asked are more
towards to delay time.
The hospital said the autopsy result can only be obtained after 2 months -
very illogical as even the worst African technology could obtain the result
in less than 2 weeks.
MJ’s family members opt for second private autopsy as they started to feel
something fishy is going on. The result came out in about 4 days – MJ was
drugged with high dosage of anaesthetic – drug that brings about a
reversible loss of consciousness, if used to much could stop the heart from
beating.
Another result which was not aired in the media was, MJ’s stomach is empty
of this drug, but his blood were filled with it – same case as the death of
Marilyn Monroe.
The private doctors also found many needle marks, afraid to be forced
injections given to MJ on his bed.
In CNN Live after a week, Barack Obama was interviewed. And he said, “I love
MJ, I grew up listening to his songs. It is a great loss, but rest assured
that there is no conspiracy in his d eath…”
Now, why must a President made such statement before the official autopsy
result came out? How would he know that there is no conspiracy without the
post-mortem result? Seems like someone is afraid of his shadows.
MJ was known to the world as a person who is against drug abuse. Why must he
be addicted to drug, then? If he wanted to commit suicide, why rehearse for
his concert? And why will he want to see his dancers the next day?
Enough about his death. I am sure people around the world is not stupid
anymore. These supreme power can fool us during the Marilyn Monroe
conspiracy, Martin Luther King and Princess Diana. But in this MJ’s case,
they left too many loopholes for those who think…!!
MJ’s family was about to give him a Muslim burial with the help of The
Brotherhood of Islam. But, the CIA showed up at Neverland’s door -
blackmailed them that if they do so publicly, Katherine (MJ’s mother) would
be pull off from MJ’s 3 children’s custody as well as MJ’s estates. Instead,
they’ll hire Debbie Rowe for the purpose, and the court will be in their
favour. So much for democracy and fairness…
Finally, they agreed to let MJ have a Muslim Burial in Neverland. But in
condition, must show to the public a Christian Memorial Service, as to prove
to the world that MJ was never a Muslim.
So, Staples Centre was just a normal show. That’s why the coffin was closed
and sealed.
MJ was buried days earlier. The Gold Coffin was empty. They were about to
bury the Coffin according to Christianity ways in Hollywood – as in their
deal with the USA Government.
These happened, because the USA is afraid of the rising numbers of Muslims
in the world.
(Sheikh Ha**d)
The Brotherhood of Islam
Buletin of Bahrain
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http://www.islamcan.com/michael-jackson-died-as-a-muslim.shtml
روزيتا ايسهااك
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अपनी आझादीको हम__शकील बदायुनी गलुकार __मोहम्मद रफी
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तू है मेरा गर्व भारत__प्रोफेसर देवेन्द्र मिष्रा
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जंगे आझादी__मखदूम मोह्युद्दीनवफा
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सारे जहांसे अच्छा हिंदोस्तां हमारा__ अल्लामा डो.मुहम्मद इकबाल
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गांधी हो या गालिबा हो— साहिर लुध्यांन्वी
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القاعدہ فلو،اور برد فلو کی طرح سوائن فلو بھی ایک تیجارتی فلو ہے۔جس کا خالک بھی امریکہ ہے۔
(Coutesy of Inquuilab Urdu daily 17August2009)
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आज़ादी या मोत__मौलाना मुहम्मदअली जौहर
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آزادی کامل__ مولانا محمد علی جوہر
The basic flaw in the neoconservative ideology is that democracy cannot be imposed on other people at the point of a gun.
Furthermore, if neoconservatives came from an American tradition rather than a Trotskyite tradition, they would understand that America itself is not a democracy. Benjamin Franklin emerged from the Constitutional Convention and a lady asked him, “Well, Mr. Franklin, what kind of government have you given us?” He did not say democracy. He replied, “Madam, we have given you a republic – if you can keep it.”
A republic and a democracy are two different animals. A democracy, which can actually work only in a very small country, allows citizens to vote on every issue. A republic allows citizens to elect representatives, who then use their own judgment to decide issues. If the citizens disagree with the representatives’ decisions, they can replace them at the next election.
Furthermore, mere elections are not what define America’s unique form of freedom. Today, practically every country in the world has elections, most of dubious validity. What most countries lack is a commitment on the part of their individual citizens to the concept of human rights, which cannot be legitimately abrogated by government.
For us, that concept took centuries of thought and conflicts to mature. It began at Runnymede when some barons presented a British king with demands that became known as the Magna Carta. It placed limits on the king’s powers and defined certain rights not only for the aristocracy but for the common folk, too. And the barons were there with their swords to make sure the king understood that it was not negotiable.
A great deal of blood was shed and words written and spoken before the concept matured. Today it’s found mainly in what in politically incorrect days were called the Anglo-Saxon countries – the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Our form of freedom is a gift from our English-speaking ancestors. In other parts of the world, government went off in different directions, even those we consider more or less free. But their concept of freedom is not the same as ours.
Ours is best summed up in the Declaration of Independence. All men are given unalienable rights by God. The sole purpose of government is to protect those rights. When a government instead abuses those rights, then the people have the right and the duty to overthrow it and create a new government.
Some Americans today are so stupid and/or ignorant of their country’s history that if you asked them if people have the right to overthrow a government, they would reply in the negative. I had a professor who asked that question, and in a class of more than 30 students, only four of us said “Yes.”
For God’s sake, if you’re going to claim to be an American, at least read the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. A good history of England and America certainly wouldn’t hurt.
Our concepts of a free society are as foreign to the Arabs (and the rest of the non-Anglo-Saxon world) as Arabic and Chinese are to us. If Allah wills, they might evolve their own version of a more or less free society, but it will not be like ours. And they darn sure are not going to accept anything imposed on them at the point of a gun by “infidels.”
George W. Bush is dead-wrong to believe he’s been anointed by God to spread democracy. He was merely barely elected to serve the people of the United States in accordance with our Constitution. Even that appears to be more than he can handle. But if he tries to lead a crusade against the Muslim world, he will meet the same fate as the earlier Crusaders – defeat and disgrace.
(Courtesy of Lew Rockwell.com)
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جنگِ آزادی۔۔۔مَخدوم مَحی الدّین
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Hasbi Rabbi [Sami Yusuf]- percussion version
Free Palestine – Sami Yusuf ft Outlandish – Try Not To Cry
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जसवंत का संघ पर हल्लाबोल
स्वयंसेवक नहीं था, इसलिए निकाल दिया, भूल गए कि पटेल ने ही लगाया था संघ पर बैन
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مجھے قلم دو۔۔۔حامدالانصاری
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(Courtesy of Janab WakilKhan)
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रिहाई न दे-बशीर बद्र
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By ghulammuhammed
Sunday, January 11, 2009
‘YOUR’ ISLAM VERSUS ‘OUR’ ISLAM
Mumbai’s premier Urdu newspaper, Inquilab, in its today/Sunday edition carries an article written by one of its more popular writers, Hasan Kamal, under the title: Your Islam and our Islam. The title itself is meant to create mischief. Hasan Kamal, with other Marxists like Javed Akhtar and Javed Anand, had formed a paper organisation called Muslim for Social Democracy, has been an editor of URDU BLITZ, for decades and had followed his Leftist mission with the approval of the owner of BLITZ, the late R. K. Karanjia, who in his heyday, moved in the circle of world socialist leadership, like Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, among others. Of the trio in MSD, both Javed Akhtar and Javed Anand are professed agnostics, if not atheist and the group has now taken up the noble mission of projecting their version of Islam as the true Islam. Can there be any more flagrant travesty of fact, that those, whose professed beliefs are against Islam, should now have the audacity to become the votaries of ‘true’ Islam of their own concoction. Naturally the headline to the article starts sowing differences from the very outset, among the Muslim community in India. In fact, they follow the world-wide trend to sow divisions in Islamic polity on behalf of the world’s Zionist controlled US and are completely subservient to ideas put out by others and paddle them as their own.
The articles deals with the news, that Taliban have recently threatened girls to abide by Islamic strictures and abstain from going to ’schools’.
Three points have to be considered in this respect. US has turned against Taliban as their leader Mullah Umar had refused to allow US oil giant UNOCAL to lay pipeline across Afghanistan as they differed on various terms. US then decided to overthrow Taliban hold on Afghanistan and start world wide propaganda against them as belonging to conservative brand of Islam that was against women in particular. The war over territory now turned a war on the ideology and practice of Islam in full conformity with the world wide war on terror or effectively a war on Islam. Taliban overnight turned into villains. Those who oppose Taliban, should first clear their own bona fides, if they are not following the western propaganda against Islam and not trying to reform Islam while in fact, working against Islam.
Taliban are in bad books with the Left, as they were in the same league as other Islamic Jihadists, who had overthrown Soviet Union forces that had occupied Afghanistan. That hurt still lingers and that is the main reason why the leftist find it convenient to join US propaganda to make Taliban the common enemy of the Western imperialists and as well as the Fundamentalist Marxists still embedded in woodworks around the world and waiting for their day in the daylight once again.
The recent advances made by Taliban in its confrontation with the occupied forces of US and NATO, with India merely participating as a contractor, possibly like Halliburton and KBR, the two private contractors that reaped billions of dollars through fictitious account fabrications, that might now attract Justice department scrutiny, when Obama takes over, — justifiably rang alarm bells in Indian security establishments. The Indian media without the intellect or the moral fiber to think on its own are sheepishly following US propaganda line against Taliban.
Leftist among the media are most vocal about Taliban treatment of women, as liberation of women has been their most potent instrument of change in society. They hardly bother to mention that the Soviet Union and its satellite states had rendered practically half of their womenfolk into legalized prostitution. Even today, a good decade and half after the breakup of Communist Soviet Union, the bulk of women trafficking in the world is centered on the devastated lands of the communist regimes. If Hasan Kamal wants his Islam to make that an ideal for Muslims to follow, he should at least not be economical with the full facts of the liberation of women according to Soviet model.
It is a fact that Taliban had been openly fighting to preserve the old customs within Islamic fold that were more cultural than religious.
However, it can be argued that Taliban had come out most vocally against the so-called women’s liberation, as their main objective was to stop the subversion and disintegration of their society that had set in during the few years of Communist rule in Afghanistan.
Any new broom sweeps with new vigour. There is no reason to believe that over the time, Taliban would not have followed other Muslim nations and started educating their womenfolk, within the norms of the societal parameters that had kept Afghanistan identity alive. However, it would have been their free choice, not imposition from occupying forces, either of the Communist or Western kind.
Those who had visited Afghanistan during communist rule could not deny that in the name of liberation of girl-child, the urban areas under communist state’s jurisdiction, widespread womanizing and prostitution had come to be regarded as the new dawn of civilisation.
Afghanistan economy had not (and still has not) expanded enough to give employment opportunities to the educated womenfolk and when they broke away from their family moorings, they had to support themselves through means fair or foul. So merely educating the masses, without any commitment for their absorption in new decent societal standards that fits Islamic traditions, was not a progressive but a very destructive ‘revolution’. And the beauty of this ‘modernization’ was that it was supported by both sides fighting for paramountcy in Afghanistan, the Marxist and the capitalist imperialists.
In this context, Taliban are fulfilling the role of liberators of their country, from the clutches of foreign hegemonists.
Hasan Kamal wrote off his column, without even bothering to check if Taliban had ever issued any such statement and what is the worth of any such pronunciation. For him, it is frivolous to even think otherwise, as long as fits their agenda of sowing divisions in Muslim community and dividing ‘their’ Islam from ‘our’ Islam.. After all the US and its Jewish thank tanks have done a thorough brain wash of the whole world and it is preposterous to expect that some of our writers, would not fall prey to the imperialist line against Islam and Muslims. Samuel Huntington is dead, but not his ideas about the ‘clash of civilisation’. It is for us to know, which side we belong and not to get distracted from minor and temporary set-backs.
Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai
ghulammuhammed3@gmail.com
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کوئ مہکا ہے شاید۔۔نسرین سیّد
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दीवारें न देख।- दुष्यंत कुमार
आज सड़कों पर लिखे हैं सैकड़ों नारे न देख,
पर अंधेरा देख तू आकाश के तारे न देख।
एक दरिया है यहां पर दूर तक फैला हुआ,
आज अपने बाज़ुओं को देख पतवारें न देख।
अब यकीनन ठोस है धरती हकीकत की तरह,
यह हक़ीक़त देख लेकिन खौफ़ के मारे न देख।
वे सहारे भी नहीं अब जंग लड़नी है तुझे,
कट चुके जो हाथ उन हाथों में तलवारें न देख।
ये धुंधलका है नज़र का तू महज़ मायूस है,
रोजनों को देख दीवारों में दीवारें न देख।
राख कितनी राख है, चारों तरफ बिखरी हुई,
राख में चिनगारियां ही देख अंगारे न देख।
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सूरज को नही डूबने दूंगा।: सर्वेश्वरदयाल सक्सेना
अब मै सूरज को नही डूबने दूंगा।
देखो मैने कंधे चौडे कर लिये हैं
मुट्ठियाँ मजबूत कर ली हैं
और ढलान पर एडियाँ जमाकर
खडा होना मैने सीख लिया है।
घबराओ मत
मै क्षितिज पर जा रहा हूँ।
सूरज ठीक जब पहाडी से लुढकने लगेगा
मै कंधे अडा दूंगा
देखना वह वहीं ठहरा होगा।
अब मै सूरज को नही डूबने दूंगा।
मैने सुना है उसके रथ मे तुम हो
तुम्हे मै उतार लाना चाहता हूं
तुम जो स्वाधीनता की प्रतिमा हो
तुम जो साहस की मुर्ति हो
तुम जो धरती का सुख हो
तुम जो कालातीत प्यार हो
तुम जो मेरी धमनी का प्रवाह हो
तुम जो मेरी चेतना का विस्तार हो
तुम्हे मै उस रथ से उतार लाना चाहता हूं।
रथ के घोडे
आग उगलते रहें
अब पहिये टस से मस नही होंगे
मैने अपने कंधे चौडे कर लिये है।
कौन रोकेगा तुम्हें
मैने धरती बडी कर ली है
अन्न की सुनहरी बालियों से
मै तुम्हे सजाऊँगा
मैने सीना खोल लिया है
प्यार के गीतो मे मै तुम्हे गाऊंगा
मैने दृष्टि बडी कर ली है
हर आखों मे तुम्हे सपनों सा फहराऊंगा।
सूरज जायेगा भी तो कहाँ
उसे यहीं रहना होगा
यहीं हमारी सांसों मे
हमारी रगों मे
हमारे संकल्पों मे हमारे रतजगो मे
तुम उदास मत होओ
अब मै किसी भी सूरज को
नही डूबने दूंगा।
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प्रार्थना_प्रोफ़ेसर देवेन्द्र मिश्र
आतंक के अन्धेरों से हमें शांति के उजालों की ओर ले चलो
असत्य रुपी आन्धियों से सत्य की बयारों की ओर ले चलो
जग मे सारे हों सुखी हम कामना ऐसी करें
विश्व में हों मित्र सारे कर्म कुछ ऐसे करें
सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये सिर्फ़ ऐसी भावना की ओर ले चलो
आतंक के अन्धेरों से……………………………॥
स्वार्थ हीन विचार पनपें प्रगति पथ विस्तार हो
आदर्श मानवता रहे सर्व धर्म प्रिय व्यवहार हो
त्याग कर दुर्भाव सारे प्रेम करुणा की डगर की ओर ले चलो
आतंक के अन्धेरों से……………………………॥
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हिन्दी भाषी होने के नाते आज के दिन हमें अपनी भाषा पर गर्व करना सिखाया गया है, मगर सच्चाई यह है कि स्वातंत्रोत्तर काल में जैसे-जैसे हिन्दी आन्दोलन फलता-फूलता पल्लवित होता गया है, वैसे-वैसे देश में हिन्दी की खटिया-खड़ी होती देखी गई है। कुछ तो देश के कर्ता-धर्ताओं ने उसे गर्व करने लायक नहीं छोड़ा, रही-सही कसर हम जैसे सैकड़ों लिख्खाड़ पूरी कर रहे हैं जिन्हें अपने शिक्षणकाल में हिन्दी के पर्चे में कभी तैतीस से ज़्यादा अंक नसीब नहीं हुए। दरअसल वस्तुस्थिति तो तैतीस अंक प्राप्त करने लायक भी नहीं थी परन्तु मास्टरनियों की रहमदिली और हिन्दी के प्रति ‘हिन्दी ही तो है, क्या फर्क पड़ता है’ के उदारता भाव के कारण हमारा भविष्य वर्ष-प्रतिवर्ष सुरक्षित होता चला गया, और अब हम हिन्दी के भविष्य का ‘बिस्तर गोल’ करने में सक्रिय सहयोग देकर ‘खटिया खड़ी बिस्तर गोल’ वाला चालू मुहावरा चरितार्थ करने में लगे हुए हैं।
हिन्दी का बंटाधार करने वालों में प्रायमरी, मिडिल स्कूल के क्रीड़ा, संगीत व चित्रकला मास्टरों से लेकर बड़े-बडे़ सूरमा भाषा विशेषज्ञों का भी सश्रम योगदान रहा है। हिन्दी फिल्म-टी.वी. वाले विद्वजनों ने भी बहती गंगा में हाथ धोकर हिन्दी की ‘वाट’ लगाने में कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ी है। फिल्म वालों ने इस श्रमसाध्य कार्य के लिए अवार्ड हासिल किए तो क्रीड़ा-संगीत-चित्रकला शिक्षकों ने, जो अक्सर हिन्दी शिक्षकों के टोटे में जबरदस्ती हिन्दी पढ़वाने के उपयोग में आते हैं, हिन्दी का क्रियाकर्म बाकायदा तनखा लेकर किया, साथ में इंक्रीमेंट भी लिए। वे बेचारे पढ़ाई के बोझ से घबराकर प्रदर्शनकारी कलाओं की शरण में पहुँचे होते हैं, उन्हें फिर घर में होमवर्क से मगजमारी के बाद बच्चों को हिन्दी पढ़ाने की बेगारी करना पड़ती है, नतीजतन हिन्दी का सत्यानाश करने वाली विदूषी पीढ़ी जन्म लेती है, कालान्तर में मौका पड़ने पर जिसे हिन्दी में अर्जी लिखना भी नहीं आता, जिसकी ज़रूरत हमारे देश में कदम-कदम पर पड़ती है।
देश के भाषा विशेषज्ञों का तो दुनिया में कोई सानी ही नहीं है। उन्होंने हमेशा चौकस रहते हुए इस बात का ध्यान रखा कि कैसे हिन्दी को ना समझ में आने वाली क्लिष्टतम भाषा बनाए रखा जा सके ताकि लोग अपनी राष्ट्र भाषा को जन्म-जन्मान्तर तक समझ ही ना पाएँ और इससे बिदककर अंग्रेजी की शरण में जा खडे़ हों या गाली- गलौच की सुप्रचलित भाषा का आदान-प्रदान कर अभिव्यक्ति की अपनी समस्या खुद ही सुलझा लें, भूलकर भी हिन्दी के दरवाज़े पर आकर खड़े ना हों।
फिल्म वालों ने तो गज़ब ही कर डाला। पब्लिक के मुँह में ऐसी छिछोरी भाषा परोस दी कि हिन्दी का भूत दशकों से जान बचाता भागता फिर रहा है। इन फिल्मचियों ने ‘अख्खे’ देश को अनोखी बम्बइया भाषा में पिरो कर रख दिया है। इस मामले में कश्मीर से लेकर कन्याकुमारी तक वास्तव में भारत एक है। गुजरात से लेकर बंगाल तक भारत के एक होने का मतलब भी यही है कि भले ही देश के हर कोने में स्थानीय भाषा का बोलबाला और हिन्दी का मुँह काला हो मगर – ‘सरकाई लो खटिया जाड़ा लगे’ का रचनात्मक अर्थ गली-गली में लोग बखूबी जानते हैं। जन-गण-मन अधिनायक से ज्यादा आरेला ए, जारेला ए, खारेला ए, पीरेला ए, खाली-पीली बोम मारेला ए जैसी उच्चकोटि की शब्दावली देश के हर गली-कूचे में आसानी से समझ ली जाती है। हमारे मध्यप्रदेश में भी आरिया हे, जारिया हे किस्म की हिन्दी का प्रचलन है, इसमें माँ-बहनों से निकटतम गुप्त संबंधों की खुली चर्चा साथ में और नत्थी कर हिन्दी की प्रतिष्ठा में अरसे से चार चाँद ठोके जा रहे हैं।
हिन्दी आन्दोलन चल रहा है, चल रहा है, चलता चला जा रहा है, मगर पान-ठेलों, चौक-चौराहों, टी.वी., सिनेमा, सांस्कृतिक केन्द्रों, सरकारी गैर सरकारी दफ्तरों से लेकर संसद तक रोजाना इस अबला की अस्मत तार-तार होती रहती है। साल का एक पखवाड़ा मुकर्रर है, बीच बाज़ार में इसे घायल पड़ा देखकर मातमपुर्सी करने के लिए। जिसे मर्ज़ी हो मातमपुर्सी करे या फिर चाहे तो नजरें बचा कर निकल जाए।
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سحر آثار۔۔۔امجد اِسلام امجد
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یہ کیسا خلا ہے–پروین شاکر
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طے ہو گیا ہے مسّلہ ۔۔انور مسعود
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عادل منصوری جدیدیت کے اکابیر میں شامل تھے۔۔تسلیم اِلاہی زُلفی(کینیدا
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(From Left to right:Muhammedali Wafa, Husein Bhayat,Taslim Ilahi Zulfi,Feroz Khan)
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زلزلے کے بعد۔۔۔۔نسرین سیّد
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मुअम्मे के सिवा क्या है__अदम गोंदवी
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داکٹر بشیر بدر۔۔۔ِندآ فاضلی
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ज़ंगलोमें आदमी मिलते नहीं__आदिल मन्सूरी
नींद के दीमक –ज़दा गत्ते के पीछे
ख्वाब के सूखे हुए तालाब में
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पत्थरोंमें मुंह छिपाते फिर रहें है देवता
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काली सडकें
मेरे घर तक आते आते
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टूट क्यों जाता है खवाहिशों का फुसुं
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आरज़ूओं के ख़्वाब _अब्दुल हमीद अदम
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اِمتحاں نہیں َََ۔۔۔امجد اِسلام
इम्तेहां नहीं—अमज़द इस्लाम
दरो दीवर है, मकां नहीं
वाक्या है, ये दास्तां नहीं
वक्त करता है हर सवाल को हल
जीस्ते मकतब है इम्तेहां नहीं
हर कदम पर है एक नई मंज़िल
रास्तोंका कहीं निशां नहीं
रंग भी जिन्दगीके मज़हर है
सिर्फ आंसु ही तर्जुमां नहीं
दिल से नीकली हुई सदा के लिये
कुछ बहुत दूर आस्मां नहीं
कल को मुमकिन है एक हकीकत हो
आज जिस बातका गुमां नहीं
शोर करते हैं तूटते रिश्ते
हमको घर चाहिये मकां नहीं
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آشیاں خود ہی پھونک ڈالا ہے۔۔۔۔خُمار بارہ بنکوی
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हाथ फेलादो दुआमें—मुहम्मदअली वफा
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عید مُبارک
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اگر چہ بُت ہیں جماعت کی آستینوں میں۔۔۔ابو خلیل(جناب قاسم عبّاس صاحب کے تَعَاو ن سے
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سرفروشی کی تمنّا ۔۔رام پرساد بِسمِل
सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना–राम प्रसाद बिसमिल
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Q.I would like to know regarding present day nasheeds whether they are permissible to listen to or not when their content (words and meanings) are correct and also there are no musical instruments.(e.g. Zain Bhika, Junaid Jamshed).
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شرافتیں نہ گیںء۔۔۔منظر بھوپالی
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कई मुसाफिर आयेंगे__दुष्यंत कुमार
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قاسم عبّاس۔۔یہئٰ ہاشم باوانی
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چرچا نہیں ہو تا – ۔اکبر الآہہ بادی
चर्चा नहीं होता–अकबर ईलाहाबादी
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मसीहा—सूर्यभानु गुप्त
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میراث تقسیم کرنا فرض ہے۔۔البلاغ
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http://albalagh.deeneislam.com/2008/december/magazine.php?page=16
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फ़रियादी बताती है__मुनव्वर राना
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बहुत दिनो के बाद–बाबा नागार्जुन
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आखिर क्यों?___स्नेहमयी चौधरी
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परेशां हो के मेरी खाक़__अल्लामा मुहम्मद इकबाल
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پرندہ ہوں دوستو۔۔۔بشیر بدر
परिन्दा हुं दोस्तो—बशीर बद्र
دیکھا نہیں جاتا ۔۔۔مُحمّد علی وفا
देखा नहीं जाता_मुहम्मदअली वफा
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آنسو بہانا یاد ہے -مولانا حسرت موہانی
आँसू बहाना याद है—मौलाना हसरत मोहानी
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बदल दोगे__अदम गोंदवी
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निकल-आये__अहमद-फराज़
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दोस्तो_अहमद फराज़
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مسلم اُمّہ کا امریکہ سے شکوہ
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ہونٹوں نے – جنبش نہیں کی- ۔۔۔احمد فراز
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بسنت ،ویلنٹائن ڈے اور ہم۔۔قرآن و حدیث کی روشنی میں
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A recent case happened in Britain.___Shaikh Sufiyan Sidat
(Toronto.canada)
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What commercial and cultural propaganda presents as beautiful is rooted in ugly paganism but most blind followers do not know.
What commercial and cultural propaganda presents as beautiful is rooted in ugly paganism but most blind followers do not know.
There is a group of practices that we can consider as the twin sister of bid’ah. Like bid’ah they flourish on the twin foundations of ignorance and outside influence. Like bid’ah they entail rituals. But unlike bid’ah the rituals have not been given an Islamic face. They are followed because they are considered an acceptable cultural practice or the hottest imported “in” thing.
Most of those who indulge in them do not know what they are doing. They are just blind followers of their equally blind cultural leaders. Little do they realize that what they consider as innocent fun may in fact be rooted in paganism. That the symbols they embrace may be symbols of unbelief. That the ideas they borrow may be products of superstition. That all of these may be a negation of what Islam stands for.
| Christianity tried to stop the evil celebration of Lupercalia. Its only success was in changing the name from Lupercalia to St. Valentine’s Day |
Consider Valentine’s Day, a day that after dying out a well deserved death in most of Europe (but surviving in Britain and United States) has suddenly started to emerge across a good swath of Muslim countries. Who was Valentine? Why is this day observed? Legends abound, as they do in all such cases, but this much is clear: Valentine’s Day began as a pagan ritual started by Romans in the 4th century BCE to honor the god Lupercus. The main attraction of this ritual was a lottery held to distribute young women to young men for “entertainment and pleasure”–until the next year’s lottery. Among other equally despicable practices associated with this day was the lashing of young women by two young men, clad only in a bit of goatskin and wielding goatskin thongs, who had been smeared with blood of sacrificial goats and dogs. A lash of the “sacred” thongs by these “holy men” was believed to make them better able to bear children.
As usual, Christianity tried, without success, to stop the evil celebration of Lupercalia. It first replaced the lottery of the names of women with a lottery of the names of the saints. The idea was that during the following year the young men would emulate the life of the saint whose name they had drawn. (The idea that you can preserve the appearance of a popular evil and yet somehow turn it to serve the purpose of virtue, has survived. Look at all those people who are still trying, helplessly, to use the formats of popular television entertainments to promote good. They might learn something from this bit of history. It failed miserably) Christianity ended up doing in Rome, and elsewhere, as the Romans did.
| How can anyone in his right mind think that Islam would be indifferent to practices seeped in anti-Islamic ideas and beliefs? |
The only success it had was in changing the name from Lupercalia to St. Valentine’s Day. It was done in CE 496 by Pope Gelasius, in honor of some Saint Valentine. There are as many as 50 different Valentines in Christian legends. Two of them are more famous, although their lives and characters are also shrouded in mystery. According to one legend, and the one more in line with the true nature of this celebration, St. Valentine was a “lovers’” saint, who had himself fallen in love with his jailer’s daughter.
Due to serious troubles that accompanied such lottery, French government banned the practice in 1776. In Italy, Austria, Hungry, and Germany also the ritual vanished over the years. Earlier, it had been banned in England during the 17th century when the Puritans were strong. However in 1660 Charles II revived it. From there it also reached the New World, where enterprising Yankees spotted a good means of making money. Esther A. Howland, who produced one of the first commercial American Valentine’s Day cards called— what else— valentines, in the 1840s, sold $5,000 worth–when $5,000 was a lot of money–the first year. The valentine industry has been booming ever since.
It is the same story with Halloween, which has otherwise normal human beings dressing like ghosts and goblins in a reenactment of an ancient pagan ritual of demon worship. Five star hotels in Muslim countries arrange Halloween parties so the rich can celebrate the superstitions of a distant period of ignorance that at one time even included the shameful practice of human sacrifice. The pagan name for that event was Samhain (pronounced sow-en). Just as in case of Valentine’s Day, Christianity changed its name, but not the pagan moorings.
Christmas is another story. Today Muslim shopkeepers sell and shoppers buy Christmas symbols in Islamabad or Dubai or Cairo. To engage in a known religious celebration of another religion is bad enough. What is worse is the fact that here is another pagan celebration (Saturnalia) that has been changed in name —and in little else— by Christianity.
| During joys and sorrows, during celebrations and sufferings, we must follow the one straight path — not many divergent paths. |
Even the celebration considered most innocent might have pagan foundations. According to one account, in pagan cultures, people feared evil spirits – especially on their birthdays. It was a common belief that evil spirits were more dangerous to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily life, such as turning a year older. So family and friends surrounded the person with laughter and joy on their birthdays in order to protect them from evil.
How can anyone in his right mind think that Islam would be indifferent to practices seeped in anti-Islamic ideas and beliefs? Islam came to destroy paganism in all its forms and it cannot tolerate any trace of it in the lives of its followers.
Further, Islam is very sensitive about maintaining its purity and the unique identity of its followers. Islamic laws and teachings go to extra lengths to ensure it. Salat is forbidden at the precise times of sunrise, transition, and sunset to eliminate the possibility of confusion with the practice of sun worship. To the voluntary recommended fast on the tenth of Muharram, Muslims are required to add another day (9th or 11th) to differentiate it from the then prevalent Jewish practice. Muslims are forbidden to emulate the appearance of non-Muslims.
A Muslim is a Muslim for life. During joys and sorrows, during celebrations and sufferings, we must follow the one straight path — not many divergent paths. It is a great tragedy that under the constant barrage of commercial and cultural propaganda from the forces of globalization and the relentless media machine, Muslims have begun to embrace the Valentines, the Halloween ghost, and even the Santa Claus. Given our terrible and increasing surrender to paganism the only day we should be observing is a day of mourning. Better yet it should be a day of repentance that could liberate us from all these days. And all this dayzs.
Further:
The Truth About Holidays – Abdullah Hakim Quick
Please read Albalagh.Click the follwing URL
http://www.albalagh.net/food_for_thought/valentine_daze.shtml?action=view&item=TP083
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وہ نبییوں میں رحمت لقب پانے والا۔۔۔مولانا الطاف حُسین حالی
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نورِ توحید۔۔ علاّمہ مُحَمّد اِقبال
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ُسلطانِ مدینہ۔۔۔جِگر مُرادآبادی
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وہاں سے ابتداہ ہوگی۔۔۔شکیل شمسی
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شانِ مُحَمّد۔۔۔۔کوثری دلودام
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روضہِ پاک مدینے میں۔۔۔عرش ملیانی
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تو فکر کون و مکاں۔۔مولانا قاسم نانوتوی
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तराना—उदय शंकर सहाय
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तुम नहीं आए—सुशीला दीक्षित ‘विचित्र’
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तेरे नाम के साथ__ज्योत्सना कलकल
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धुंधली तस्वीरें—सरोज सागर
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पंछी कहा डेरा बनाये_मुहम्मदअली वफा
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شکوہ۔۔۔علّامہ مُحمّد اِقبال
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कुर्आन की फरियाद—–माहिरुल कादरी
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‘कनाडियन फेडरेशन ऑफ़ पोइट्स’ के ‘हिंदी रायटर्स फेडरेशन’ प्रभाग द्वारा २८ मार्च, २०१० को सायं लक्ष्मी मंदिर, मिस्सिसौगा में एक कवि गोष्ठी ___गोपाल बघेल ‘मधु’
मार्च २९, २०१०
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resented by:Jalal Ali. FARUK MANSURI”Khurram Khan, farooq khan,By e-mailاُسے دیکھا لوگو۔۔۔پروین شاکر
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Deliberate distortion of the reality lived by Muslim women:Haroon Siddiqui
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اب کے تجدید وفاکا۔۔۔۔۔۔ احمد فراز
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شاعر مشرق علامہ اقبال۔۔عاریف عزیز(بھوپال
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نظر نہیں آتے۔۔گلزار
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गंगो जमन रहे—मुहम्मदअली वफा
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चहकता चमन रहे_’सिराज़’ पटेल पगुथनवी
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You, you’re not aware
That we’re aware
Of your despair
Don’t show your tears
To your oppressor
Don’t show your tears
CHORUS:
Try not to cry little one
You’re not alone
I’ll stand by you
Try not to cry little one
My heart is your stone
I’ll throw with you
samI:
‘Ayn Jalut where David slew Goliath
This very same place that we be at
Passing through the sands of times
This land’s been the victim of countless crimes
From Crusaders and Mongols
to the present aggression
Then the Franks, now even a crueller oppression
If these walls could speak,
imagine what would they say
For me in this path that I walk on
there’s only one way
Bullets may kill, bones may break
Still I throw stones like David before me and I say
CHORUS
You, you’re not aware
That we’re aware
Of your despair
Your nightmares will end
This I promise, I promise
CHORUS
Lenny:
No llores, no pierdas la fe
La sed la calma el que haze
Agua de la arena
Y tu que te levantas con orgullo entre las piedras
Haz hecho mares de este polvo
Don’t cry, don’t lose faith
The one who made water come out of the sand
Is the one who quenches the thirst
And you who rise proud from between the stones
Have made oceans from this dust
Waqas:
I throw stones at my eyes
’cause for way too long they’ve been dry
Plus they see what they shouldn’t from oppressed babies to thighs
I throw stones at my tongue
’cause it should really keep its peace
I throw stones at my feet
’cause they stray and lead to defeat
A couple of big ones at my heart
’cause the thing is freezing cold
But my nafs is still alive
and kicking unstoppable and on a roll
I throw bricks at the devil so I’ll be sure to hit him
But first at the man in the mirror
so I can chase out the venom
samI:
Hmm, a little boy shot in the head
Just another kid sent out to get some bread
Not the first murder nor the last
Again and again a repetition of the past
Since the very first day same story
Young ones, old ones, some glory
How can it be, has the whole world turned blind?
Or is it just ’cause it’s only affecting my kind?!
If these walls could speak,
imagine what would they say
For me in this path that I walk on
there’s only one way
Bullets may kill, bones may break
Still I throw stones like David before me and I say
Click the following URL and listen the heart touching Lyrics of Sami Yusuf
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दारूल उलूम देवबंद को दुश्मन की तरह पेश करने वाले साम्प्रदायिक हिंदुओं को भी यह बता देने की ज़रूरत है कि जब भी अंग्रेज़ों के ख़िलाफ बग़ावत हुई, देवबंद के छात्र और शिक्षक हमेशा सबसे आगे थे। इन लोगों को यह भी बता देने की ज़रूरत है कि देवबंद के स्कूल की स्थापना भी उन लोगों ने की थी जो 1857 के प्रथम स्वतंत्रता संग्राम के हीरो थे।
हाल में ही देवबंद के मौलाना नूरूल हुदा को दिल्ली हवाई अड्डे पर गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया। उन पर दफा 341 के तहत चार्जशीट दाख़िल की गई और उन्हें दिल्ली की एक अदालत से ज़मानत लेनी पड़ी। वे जेल से तो बाहर आ गए हैं लेकिन अभी केस ख़त्म नहीं हुआ है। उन पर अभी मुक़दमा चलेगा और अदालत ने अगर उन्हें निर्दोष पाया तो उनको बरी कर दिया जायेगा वरना उन्हें जेल की सज़ा भी हो सकती है। उनके भाई का आरोप है कि ‘यह सब दाढ़ी, कुर्ता और पायजामे की वजह से हुआ है, यानी मुसलमान होने की वजह से उनको परेशान किया जा रहा है।
हुआ यह कि मौलाना नूरूल हुदा दिल्ली से लंदन जा रहे थे। जब वे जहाज़ में बैठ गए तो किसी रिश्तेदार का फोन आया और उन्होंने अपनी खैरियत बताई और कहा कि ‘जहाज़ उड़ने वाला है और हम भी उड़ने वाले है।’ किसी महिला यात्री ने शोरगुल मचाया और कहा कि यह मौलाना जहाज़ को उड़ा देने की बात कर रहे हैं। जहाज़ रोका गया और मौलाना नूरूल हुदा को गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया। पूछताछ हुई और पुलिस ने स्वीकार किया कि बात समझने में महिला यात्री ने ग़लती की थी। सवाल यह है कि अगर पुलिस ने यह पता लगा लिया था कि महिला की बेवकूफ़ी की वजह से मौलाना नूरूल हुदा को हिरासत में लिया गया था तो केस ख़त्म क्यों नहीं कर दिया गया। उन पर चार्जशीट दाख़िल करके पुलिस ने उनके नागरिक अधिकारों का हनन किया है। अगर माफी न मांगे तो सभ्य समाज को चाहिए कि वह पुलिस पर इस्तगासा दायर करे और उसे अदालत के ज़रि दंडित करवाए। पुलिस को जब मालूम हो गया था कि महिला का आरोप ग़लत है तो मौलाना के ख़िलाफ दफा 341 के तहत मुक़दमा चलाने की प्रक्रिया क्यों शुरू की? इस दफ़ा में अगर आरोप साबित हो जाय तो तीन साल की बामुशक़्क़त सज़ा का प्रावधान है। इतनी कठोर सज़ा की पैरवी करने वालों के ख़िलाफ सख़्त से सख़्त प्रशासनिक और क़ानूनी कार्यवाही की जानी चाहिए। मामला और भी गंभीर हो जाता है क्योंकि जांच के दौरान ही पुलिस को मालूम चल हो गया था कि आरोप लगाने वाली महिला झूठ बोल रही थी। इस मामले में मौलाना नूरूल हुदा, उनके परिवार वालों और मित्रों को जो मानसिक प्रताड़ना झेलनी पड़ी है, सरकार को चाहिए कि उसके लिए संबंधित एअरलाइन, झूठ बोलने वाली महिला, दिल्ली पुलिस और जांच करने वाले अधिकारियों के ख़िलाफ मुक़दमा चलाए और मौलाना को मुआवज़ा दिलवाए। इस मामले में मौलाना नूरूल हुदा को मानसिक क्लेश पहुंचा कर सभी संबंधित पक्षों ने उनका अपमान किया है।
वास्तव में देवबंद का दारूल उलूम प्रसिद्ध धार्मिक केन्द्र होने के साथ-साथ हमारी आज़ादी की लड़ाई की सबसे महत्वपूर्ण विरासत भी है। हिन्दू-मुस्लिम एकता का जो संदेश महात्मा गांधी ने दिया था, दारूल उलूम से उसके समर्थन में सबसे ज़बरदस्त आवाज़ उठी थी। 1930 में जब इलाहाबाद में संपन्न हुए मुस्लिम लीग के सम्मेलन में डा. मुहम्मद इक़बाल ने अलग मुस्लिम राज्य की बात की तो दारूल उलूम के विख्यात क़ानूनविद मौलाना हुसैन अहमद मदनी ने उसकी मुख़ालिफत की थी। उनकी प्रेरणा से ही बड़ी संख्या में मुसलमानों ने महात्मा गांधी की अगुवाई में नमक सत्याग्रह में हिस्सा लिया था। सरकारी आंकड़ों के अनुसार क़रीब 12 हज़ार मुसलमानों ने नमक सत्याग्रह के दौरान गिरफ्तारी दी थी। दारूल उलूम के विद्वानों की अगुवाई में चलने वाला संगठन जमीअतुल उलेमा-ए-हिंद आज़ादी की लड़ाई के सबसे अगले दस्ते का नेतृत्व कर रहा था। आजकल देवबंद शब्द का उल्लेख आते ही कुछ अज्ञानी प्रगतिशील लोग ऊल-जलूल बयान देने लगते हैं और ऐसा माहौल बनाते हैं गोया देवबंद से संबंधित हर व्यक्ति बहुत ही ख़तरनाक होता है और बात बात पर बम चला देता है। पिछले कुछ दिनों से वहां के फतवों पर भी मीडिया की टेढ़ी नज़र है। देवबंद के दारूल उलूम के रोज़मर्रा के कामकाज को अर्धशिक्षित पत्रकार, साम्प्रदायिक चश्मे से पेश करने की कोशिश करते हैं जिसका विरोध किया जाना चाहिए। 1857 में आज़ादी की लड़ाई में क़ौम हाजी इमादादुल्लाह के नेतृत्व में इकट्ठा हुई थी। वे 1857 में मक्का चले गए थे। उनके दो प्रमुख अनुयायियों मौलाना मुहम्मद क़ासिम नानौतवी और मौलाना रशीद अहमद गंगोही ने देवबंद में दारूल उलूम की स्थापना करने वालों की अगुवाई की थी। यही वह दौर था जब यूरोपीय साम्राज्यवाद एशिया में अपनी जड़े मज़बूत कर रहा था। अफ़ग़ानिस्तान में यूरोपी साम्राज्यवाद का विरोध सैय्यद जमालुद्दीन कर रहे थे। जब वे भारत आए तो देवबंद के मदरसे में उनका ज़बरदस्त स्वागत हुआ और अंग्रेज़ों की सत्ता को उखाड़ फैंकने की कोशिश को और ताक़त मिली। जब 1885 में कांग्रेस की स्थापना हुई तो दारूल उलूम के प्रमुख मौलाना रशीद अहमद गंगोही थे। आपने फ़तवा दिया कि शाह अब्दुल अज़ीज़ का फ़तवा है कि भारत दारूल-हर्ब है। इसलिए मुसलमानों का फ़र्ज़ है कि अंग्रेज़ों को भारत से निकाल बाहर करें। उन्होंने कहा कि आज़ादी के लक्ष्य को हासिल करने के लिए हिन्दुओं को साथ लेकर संघर्ष करना शरीअत के लिहाज़ से भी बिल्कुल दुरूस्त है। वें भारत की पूरी आज़ादी के हिमायती थे, इसलिए उन्होंने कांग्रेस में शामिल न होने का फैसला किया। क्योंकि कांग्रेस 1885 में पूरी आज़ादी की बात नहीं कर रही थी, लेकिन उनकी प्रेरणा से बड़ी संख्या में मुसलमानों ने कांग्रेस की सदस्यता ली और आज़ादी की लड़ाई में शामिल हो गये। इतिहास गवाह है कि देवबंद के उलेमा दंगों के दौरान भी भारत की आज़ादी और राष्ट्रीय एकता के सबसे बड़े पक्षधर के रूप में खड़े रहते थे। देवबंद के बड़े समर्थकों में मौलाना शिबली नोमानी का नाम भी लिया जा सकता है। उनके कुछ मतभेद भी थे, लेकिन आज़ादी की लड़ाई के मसले पर उन्होंने देवबंद का पूरी तरह से समर्थन किया। सर सैय्यद अहमद ख़ां की मृत्यु तक वे अलीगढ़ में शिक्षक रहे लेकिन अंग्रेज़ी राज के मामले में वे सर सैय्यद से अलग राय रखते थे। प्रोफेसर ताराचंद ने अपनी किताब ‘भारत के स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन का इतिहास’ में साफ लिखा है कि देवबंद के दारूल उलूम ने हर उस आंदोलन का समर्थन किया जो भारत से अंग्रेज़ों को खदेड़ने के लिए चलाया गया था। 1857 के जिन बाग़ियों ने देवबंद में धार्मिक मदरसे की स्थापना के उनके प्रमुख उद्देश्यों में भारत की सरज़मीन से मुहब्बत भी थी। कलाम-ए-पाक और हदीस की शिक्षा तो स्कूल का मुख्य काम था लेकिन उनके बुनियादी सिद्धांतों में यह भी था कि विदेशी सत्ता ख़त्म करने के लिए जिहाद की भावना को हमेशा ज़िंदा रखा जाए। आज कल जिहाद शब्द के भी अजीबो ग़रीब अर्थ बताये जा रहे हैं। यहां इतना ही कह देना क़ाफी होगा कि 1857 में जिन बाग़ी सैनिकों ने अंग्रेज़ों के ख़िलाफ सब कुछ दांव पर लगा दिया था वे सभी अपने आपको जिहादी ही कहते थे। यह जिहादी हिन्दू भी थे और मुसलमान भी और सबका मक़सद एक ही था विदेशी शासक को पराजित करना।
मौलाना रशीद अहमद गंगोही के बाद दारूल उलूम के प्रमुख मौलाना महमूद उल हसल बने। उनकी ज़िंदगी का मक़सद ही भारत की आज़ादी था। यहां तक कि कांग्रेस ने बाद में महात्मा गांधी के नेतृत्व में पूरी स्वतंत्रता का नारा दिया। लेकिन मौलाना महमूद उल हसन ने 1905 में ही पूर्ण स्वतंत्रता की अपनी योजना पर काम करना शुरू कर दिया था। उन्होंने भारत से अंग्रेज़ों को भगा देने के लिए एक मिशन की स्थापना की जिसका मुख्यालय देवबंद में बनाया गया। मिशन की शाखाएं दिल्ली, दीनापुर, अमरोट, करंजी खेड़ा और यागिस्तान में बनाई गयीं। इसमें बड़ी संख्या में मुसलमान शामिल हुए। लेकिन यह सभी धर्मों के लिए खुला था। पंजाब के सिख और बंगाल की क्रांतिकारी पार्टी के सदस्य भी इसमें शामिल हुए। मौलाना महमूद उल हसन के बाद देवबंद का नेतृत्व मौलाना हुसैन अहमद मदनी के कंधों पर पड़ा। उन्होंने भी कांग्रेस, महात्मा गांधी और मौलाना अबुल कलाम आज़ाद के साथ मिलकर मुल्क की आज़ादी के लिए संघर्ष किया। उन्होंने 1920 में कांग्रेस के असहयोग आंदोलन का समर्थन करने का फैसला किया और उसे अंत तक समर्थन देते रहे। उन्होंने कहा कि धार्मिक मतभेद के बावजूद सभी भारतीयों को एक राष्ट्र के रूप में संगठित रहना चाहिए। उन्होंने कहा कि राष्ट्र की स्थाना भौगोलिक तरीक़े से की जानी चाहिए। धार्मिक आधार पर नहीं, अपने इस विचार की वजह से उनको बहुत सारे लोगों, ख़ासकर पाकिस्तान के समर्थकों का विरोध झेलना पड़ा लेकिन मौलाना साहब अडिग रहे। डा. मुहम्मद इक़बाल ने उनके ख़िलाफ बहुत ही ज़हरीला अभियान शुरू किया तो मौलाना हुसैन अहमद मदनी ने फारसी में एक शेर लिखकर उनको जवाब दिया कि अरब के रेगिस्तानों में घूमने वाले इंसान जिस रास्ते पर आप चल पड़े हैं, वह आपको काबा शरीफ तो नहीं ले जाएगा। अलबत्ता आप इंगलिस्तान पहंुच जाएंगे। मौलाना हुसैन अहमद मदनी 1957 तक रहे और भारत के संविधान में भी बड़े पैमाने पर उनके सुझावों को शामिल किया गया है।
ज़ाहिर है पिछले 150 वर्षों के भारत के इतिहास में देवबंद का एक अहम मुक़ाम है। भारत की शान के लिए यहां के शिक्षकों और छात्रों ने हमेशा कुर्बानियां दी हैं। अफसोस की बात है कि आज देवबंद शब्द आते ही साम्प्रदायिक ताक़तों के प्रतिनिधि ऊल-जलूल बाते करने लगते हैं। ज़रूरत इस बात की है कि धार्मिक मामलों में दुनिया भर में विख्यात देवबंद को भारत की आज़ादी में उनके सबसे महत्वपूर्ण रोल के लिए भी याद किया जाए और उनके रोज़मर्रा के कामकाज को सांप्रदायिकता के चश्मे से न देखा जाए।
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एतेबार मत करना–वसीम मलीक
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Many people ask a question why Muslim women cover up themselves in Hijab/Veil…………….. and here comes the fantabulous answer that helps us understand the importance of Hijab (Purdah – BURKHA- VEIL)Here comes the simplest way of demonstrating the importance of it…
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Read the below exemplary article…!Boxer Muhammad Ali’s advice to his daughtersMashallah very nice exemplar/advice for our Spouses, Mothers, Sisters and daughtersThe following incident took place when Muhammad Ali’s ( Clay ) daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were not modest. Here is the story as told by one of his daughters:
You’ve got to work hard to get to them.” |
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The Real Threat Aboard the Freedom Flotilla
By Noam Chomsky
International law cannot be enforced against powerful states, except by their own citizens. That is always a difficult task, particularly when articulate opinion declares crime to be legitimate, either explicitly or by tacit adoption of a criminal framework—which is more insidious, because it renders the crimes invisible.
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http://inthesetimes.com/article/6064/the_real_threat_aboard_the_freedom_flotilla/
Comment Columnists / Eric Margolis
Fury over raid isolates Israel
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2010/06/04/14268206.html
Israel regrets… But no! Israel doesn’t regret. It preens and boasts and demands approval – which it duly gets from its prime sponsor, the United States government, and most of the press. As former US senator Jim Abourezk remarked on this site last week “It’s very much like the bully who, after punching someone smaller in the jaw, requires the victim to apologize for getting his face in the way of the bully’s fist.”
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http://www.counterpunch.com/cockburn06042010.html
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http://www.counterpunch.com/roberts06012010.html
http://www.counterpunch.com/cook05312010.html
AFP, Jun 1, 2010, 04.34pm IST
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کام نہ آیا کوئ۔۔۔ناصر کاظمی
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दवा मांगते रहो—अफज़ल ईमाम
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سلام۔پروین شاکر
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تجھسے کوئ گلہ نہیں ہے۔۔پروین شاکر
तुझसे तो कोई गिला नहीं है-परवीन शाकिर
ख़ुश्बू का हिसाब हो चुका है
और फूल अभी खिला नहीं है
सहशारिए-रहबरी में देखा
पीछे मेरा काफ़िला नहीं है
इक ठेस पे दिल का फूट बहना
छूने में तो आबला नहीं है
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ہر مسلمان جان گیا ہے کہ اسلی دشمن امریکہ ہے۔ظفر آغا
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By: Firoz Khan, Toronto (Canada)
Our much regarded and respected educationists like Dr. Radhakrishnan, Maulana Azad, Dr. Zakir Hussain and many more believed firmly that Indians need education. They devoted their whole lives in spreading education. They thought, and rightly thought so, that education will make people understand each other and will foster love and brotherhood.
Yes, education spread in India. Number of schools, colleges and universities increased like wild fire. We progressed too much in modern technologies and innovations. We made all round progress in almost every sphere. But somewhere in the course we left behind humanity, love and respect for each other and for our core values.
Religions are supposed to play vital role in uniting people, spreading love and caring for each other. In the past Fifty years the number of mosques, mandirs and crosses have sprung up like mushrooms. In India we find mandirs on each and every foot path We constructed them but forgot the true teachings. Why this happened?. Perhaps, because these places became ‘Business Houses.’ Religion became a big business for some lazy chaps to earn money. The true spirit of religion vanished.
Some misguided found every fault with religions. They, not only started disbelieving religion but started working against it. These unbelievers first started calling themselves ‘Athiests’ (Nastiks). From time to time they went on changing their labels. Now they call themselves ‘Humanists’ (Manavtavadis). They are trying hard and fast to take away people from the religions. Their main argument is instead of uniting people the religions have been dividing them.
Our ancestors, thousands years ago, used to live in jungles. They were fighting among themselves. Then they became educated, civilised and cultured. Now, unfortunately we are going backward. The religion and education have lost their true impacts because of their commercialisation. Education has made people more self centered (Selfish). We have travelled far away from ‘We’ to Me.’ This has ruined many, many families in the West and now doing the same damage in the East. people in the West are now repenting and want to revert back but unable to find ways.
Everything is not yet lost. Let’s all of us once again work to reverse the course. Let’s all of us work hard for the path of ‘Me to We.’ Let all of us give a chance to hope. Let’s respect each others’ feelings. Keep hawks at bay.
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تسلیم الٰہی زلفی کا کمال۔۔کمال۔۔قمر عبّاسی
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घोंसले—सागर पालनपुरी
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دیکھتا ہے کوئ۔۔۔بشیر بدر
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• Together, they ran the Home Ministry. If Amit Shah is in the dock, Modi cannot remain unscathed
BY RANA AYYUB
• Amit Shah’s ability to manage poll campaigns made him Narendra Modi’s Man Friday. But his greed for money and power proved to be his downfall
BY ANUMEHA YADAV
• Battleground heats up as the Hand plucks at the Lotus, one petal at a time
BY SWAPAN DASGUPTA
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By PATRICK COCKBURN
Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, according to a new study.
Iraqi doctors in Fallujah have complained since 2005 of being overwhelmed by the number of babies with serious birth defects, ranging from a girl born with two heads to paralysis of the lower limbs. They said they were also seeing far more cancers than they did before the battle for Fallujah between US troops and insurgents.
Their claims have been supported by a survey showing a four-fold increase in all cancers and a 12-fold increase in childhood cancer in under-14s. Infant mortality in the city is more than four times higher than in neighboring Jordan and eight times higher than in Kuwait.
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By M. SHAHID ALAM
When veteran journalist Helen Thomas was asked recently if she had any comments on Israel, she shot back, “Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine.” She apologized for the remark, but, as the campaign against her escalated, she chose to retire from her position as White House correspondent.
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By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
As I write at 5pm on Monday, May 31, all day has passed since the early morning reports of the Israeli commando attack on the unarmed ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and there has been no response from President Obama except to say that he needed to learn “all the facts about this morning’s tragic events” and that Israeli prime minister Netanyahu had canceled his plans to meet with him at the White House. Thus has Obama made America complicit once again in Israel’s barbaric war crimes. Just as the US Congress voted to deep-six Judge Goldstone’s report on Israel’s war crimes committed in Israel’s January 2009 invasion of Gaza, Obama has deep-sixed Israel’s latest act of barbarism by pretending that he doesn’t know what has happened.
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By GARETH PORTER
Reuel Marc Gerecht’s screed in the Weekly Standard seeking to justify an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening of the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack.
What is important to understand about this campaign is that the aim of Gerecht and of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is to support an attack by Israel so that the United States can be drawn into direct, full-scale war with Iran.
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by Patrick J. Buchanan, July 30, 2010
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Asked if the United States might send still more troops to Afghanistan, if the Obama surge is not succeeding by year’s end, Vice President Joe Biden answered, “I do not believe so.”
So, that is it. Biden is saying the 100,000 U.S. troops in theater or on the way is our limit. If Kabul and the Afghan army fail with this investment of American forces, they will be permitted to fail. All the chips we are going to commit are now on the table.
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US Treasury is Running on Fumes
by Paul Craig Roberts, July 30, 2010
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The White House is screaming like a stuck pig. WikiLeaks’ release of the Afghan War Documents “puts the lives of our soldiers and our coalition partners at risk.”
What nonsense. Obama’s war puts the lives of American soldiers at risk, and the craven puppet state behavior of “our partners” in serving as US mercenaries is what puts their troops at risk
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‘The calls made by the minister are not part of official decorum. Their frequency is unnatural and uncommon in nature.’ — Gujarat CID report on Amit Shah’s calls to encounter cops
Rana Ayyub reports from Gujarat
THE YEAR was 2007. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was beginning what was billed as his most crucial election campaign. He had won the 2002 election on the back of a post-Godhra polarisation but this, they said, was different. Modi had to prove he could make it on the development work he did for Gujarat. His first pitch would set the tone. “Sohrabuddin,” Modi began, using the name as a sort of magic word. “What do you want me and my men to do with a man like Sohrabuddin?” he asked. The Ahmedabad crowd roared, “Kill him.” Sohrabuddin. The name became a word and stuck on, in a state polarised on religion
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पत्थर देखिये—हनीफ साहिल
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رُکنا محال کر دیا۔۔۔پروین شاکر
रुकना महाल कर दिया-परवीन शाकिर
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جب تمدُّن۔۔۔حضرت مولانا سیّد ابوالحسن علی ندوی رح۔
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ہنگامہ محشر نظر آیا۔۔حفیظ جالندھری
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अमितशाह की गिरफ्तारी के मायने
भारतीय राजनीति में गुजरात के जूनियर गृहमंत्री अमित शाह की गिरफ्तारी का अपना ही महत्व है. केवल इसलिए नहीं कि आजाद भारत के इतिहास में शायद वे पहले ऐसे मंत्री होंगे जिसे हत्या, वसूली, सबूतों को नष्ट करने और साजिश रचने के आरोप में गिरफ्तार किया गया है. बल्कि इसलिए भी कि वे गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के सबसे खासुलखास लोगों में से हैं – उनके पास गुजरात सरकार के 10 मंत्रालयों की जिम्मेदारी है और जिस गृहमंत्रालय के वे राज्यमंत्री हैं उसके मुखिया खुद मोदी हैं. इसलिए बतौर गृहमंत्री उनपर जो इलजाम आज लग रहे हैं उनका ज़रा भी कीचड़ मोदी पर न पड़े ऐसा होना
असंभव ही है.
इस मामले से जुड़े तमाम आदेश सीधे गृह मंत्रालय से आए थे इसलिए इनके प्रति मोदी की जवाबदेही से कैसे इनकार किया जा सकता है? भाजपा सीबीआई को कांग्रेस ब्यूरो ऑफ इंवेस्टिगेशन और कांग्रेस ब्यूरो ऑफ इंटिमिडेशन कह कर अमित शाह की गिरफ्तारी का जबर्दस्त विरोध कर रही है. जिस तरह की भूमिका क्वात्रोकी, मायावती और मुलायम सिंह यादव और लालू प्रसाद आदि के मामले में सीबीआई की रही है उसे देखते हुए यह बात बिल्कुल गलत भी नहीं लगती. लेकिन सच यही है कि शाह की तमाम अपराधों में संलिप्तता के सबूतों वाला पलड़ा उनके निर्दोष होने की दलीलों वाले पलड़े से कहीं ज्यादा भारी है.
‘इसमें कोई शक नहीं कि शाह की गिरफ्तारी एक बड़ी चुनौती है लेकिन हम इससे कानूनी तौर पर निपटेंगे. आप इसे सबूत कैसे ठहरा सकते हैं’ एक वरिष्ठ भाजपा नेता कहते हैं, ‘स्टिंग ऑपरेशनों की भी अदालत में कोई अहमियत होती है?’
इन सवालों का जवाब देने के लिए संक्षेप में अब तक की कहानी जान लेते हैः 26 नवंबर, 2005 को वसूली करने वाले सोहराबुद्दीन को गुजरात पुलिस द्वारा मार गिराया गया. सोहराबुद्दीन की पत्नी कौसर बी के साथ बलात्कार किया गया और उसे बेहोशी की हालत में कुछ दिन रखने के बाद आग के हवाले कर दिया गया. सोहराबुद्दीन को लश्कर-ए-तैयबा का आतंकवादी बताया गया जो मोदी की हत्या के मिशन पर था और ‘एनकाउंटर’ को एक बहुत बड़ी उपलब्धि के बतौर पेश किया गया. इसके एक साल बाद 2006 के दिसंबर महीने में इसके एकमात्र चश्मदीद गवाह और सोहराबुद्दीन के साथी तुलसी प्रजापति को भी मार दिया गया.
एक और ऐसे ही पुलिस अधिकारी सीआईडी के महानिदेशक रजनीश राय हैं जिन्होंने हत्या के आरोपित पुलिस अधिकारी डीजी वंजारा, राजकुमार पांड्यान और दिनेश एमएन को गिरफ्तार किया था. जब उन्होंने इन आरोपितों का नार्को एनालिसिस करने की कोशिश की तो उन्हें किनारे कर दिया गया. वे अभी अध्ययन अवकाश पर हैं इसके बाद इन कुकृत्यों को ढकने का दौर शुरू हुआ. मामले को गृहमंत्रालय यानी शाह और मोदी के सीधे नियंत्रण में काम करने वाली सीआईडी को सौंप दिया गया. सीआईडी की जांच से निराश होकर सोहराबुद्दीन के भाई रुबाबुद्दीन ने सर्वोच्च न्यायालय में याचिका दायर की जिसने जनवरी, 2010 में ‘बड़ी साजिश की संभावना’ का पर्दाफाश करने के निर्देश के साथ मामले को सीबीआई के सुपुर्द कर दिया.
और उसके बाद से ही मामले में हर रोज़ कुछ नया आना शुरू हो गया. 29 अप्रैल को सीबीआई ने गुजरात की अपराध शाखा के उपायुक्त अजय चूडास्मा को गिरफ्तार कर लिया जिसके खिलाफ अवैध धनवसूली और प्रताड़ित करने के 197 मामले दर्ज हैं. चूडास्मा की गिरफ्तारी से सन्नाटे में आई सीआईडी ने आनन-फानन में कई अन्य पुलिस अधिकारियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया जिससे सीबीआई उन्हें गिरफ्तार न कर सके. लेकिन इससे सच्चाई को सामने आने से रोका नहीं जा सका.
अब हम जानने की कोशिश करते हैं कि शाह और मोदी के खिलाफ किस तरह के सबूत हैं. सबसे पहले तो कई ऐसे पुलिस अधिकारी ही हैं जो या तो इस मामले में अपनी ईमानदारी के लिए परेशान किए जाते रहे हैं या फिर जो अपराध में शामिल होने के बाद अब बचने का कोई रास्ता न देख सरकारी गवाह बनने की फिराक में हैं. पुलिस महानिरीक्षक गीता जौहरी इन्हीं में से एक हैं. दो बार इस केस को अपने हाथों में लेने वाली जौहरी इस बात का उदाहरण हैं कि सही तरह से काम करने वालों को किस-किस तरह की जटिलताओं से दो-चार होना पड़ सकता है. जौहरी को मजबूर होकर शाह के कॉल रिकॉर्डों के साथ छेड़छाड़ करने में पूर्व सीआईडी प्रमुख ओपी माथुर का साथ देना पड़ा. उन्होंने सर्वोच्च न्यायालय को एक गुप्त पत्र लिखकर ‘राजनीतिक दबाव’ की शिकायत भी की थी. बाद में जौहरी को ‘जांच को निष्पक्ष तरीके न करने के लिए’ उच्चतम न्यायालय की फटकार भी सुननी पड़ी. अब सीबीआई उन्हे अपना गवाह बनाने की तैयारी कर रही है. इसमें कोई शक ही नहीं कि जौहरी के पास बताने के लिए बहुत-कुछ है. उदाहरण के लिए जब वे और अपने साथी अधिकारी वीएल सोलंकी के साथ सीआईडी के उपमहानिदेशक जीसी रैगर के पास दिसंबर 2006 में प्रजापति से पूछताछ की अनुमति मांगने गईं तो उन्हें तब तक टाला जाता
रहा जब तक कुछ दिनों बाद प्रजापति की हत्या नहीं हो गई.
एक और ऐसे ही पुलिस अधिकारी सीआईडी के महानिदेशक रजनीश राय हैं जिन्होंने हत्या के आरोपित पुलिस अधिकारी डीजी वंजारा, राजकुमार पांड्यान और दिनेश एमएन को गिरफ्तार किया था. जब उन्होंने इन आरोपितों का नार्को एनालिसिस करने की कोशिश की तो उन्हें किनारे कर दिया गया. वे अभी अध्ययन अवकाश पर हैं.
सीबीआई के पास एक सीआईडी नोट है जो अधिकारियों के रास्ते में डाली गई गैरज़रूरी अड़चनों के बारे में बताने के साथ-साथ यह भी बताता है कि कैसे जांच की प्रगति के बारे में आरोपितों को बता दिया जाता था जिससे उन्हें गवाहों को प्रभावित करने का मौका मिल जाए. नोट में यह भी लिखा है कि कैसे राय द्वारा की गई गिरफ्तारियों से प्रदेश का राजनीतिक नेतृत्व नाराज था जिसकी वजह से सरकार ने 27 मार्च, 2007 को एक आदेश के जरिए रैगर को इस मामले का प्रभारी बना दिया. इस नोट में सीबीआई से इस बात पर ध्यान देने के लिए भी कहा गया है कि जौहरी के आईएफएस पति अनिल जौहरी के खिलाफ भ्रष्टाचार जैसे संगीन मामले में चल रही विभागीय जांच को अक्टूबर में हल्का क्यों कर दिया गया. शायद यही वह वजह रही कि बहुत ही जोश के साथ अपना काम शुरू करने वाली गीता जौहरी को बाद में अपनी जांच को लेकर न्यायालय तक की फटकार सुननी पड़ी.
महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि रैगर अब खुद ही अभियोजन पक्ष के गवाह बनने जा रहे हैं. अब वे खुद भी सीबीआई को अपनी और गीता जौहरी की शाह से उस मुलाकात के बारे में बताएंगे (तहलका ने जनवरी में सबसे पहले इससे संबंधित खबर छापी थी) जिसमें शाह ने उनसे जांच पर असर डालने वाली बातें कही थीं.
इसके अलावा और भी कई सबूत हैं जो मामले में राजनीतिक हस्तक्षेप के आरोपों को पुख्ता कर देते हैं. मसलनः
1. राय के लिखित तौर पर यह कहने के बाद कि उन्हें वंजारा और पांड्यान के साथ काम करने वाला कोई भी अधिकारी अपनी मदद के लिए नहीं चाहिए, एनके अमीन को क्यों उनके साथ काम करने के लिए लाया गया.
2. वंजारा को प्रजापति के एनकाउंटर से ठीक पहले डीआईजी बॉर्डर रेंज (इसी इलाके में प्रजापति का एनकाउंटर हुआ था) बना कर क्यों भेज दिया गया?
3. पूर्व सीआईडी प्रमुख ओपी माथुर – जिन्हें सीबीआई गिरफ्तार करने वाली है – को अहमदाबाद का पुलिस आयुक्त क्यों बनाया गया? क्यों उनके खिलाफ चल रही विभागीय जांच को सितंबर में खत्म कर उन्हें फरवरी, 2009 में प्रोन्नति दे दी गई?
जिस क्षण सीबीआई प्रजापति की हत्या के मामले को अपने हाथ में लेती है, वह उन परिस्थितियों पर भी ध्यान देगी जिनकी वजह से उसका एनकाउंटर हुआ और जांच को प्रभावित करने के लिए किस-किस तरीके के प्रयास किए गए. चूंकि इस मामले से जुड़े तमाम आदेश सीधे गृहमंत्रालय से आए थे इसलिए इनके प्रति मोदी की भी जवाबदेही है, इस बात से कैसे इनकार किया जा सकता है? पुलिसवालों की गवाही और और उनसे जुड़ी अन्य बातें तो शाह को फंसाने और राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर मोदी की इज्जत में जबर्दस्त बट्टा लगा सकने लायक चीजों की सिर्फ एक कड़ी है.
4. तहलका (राष्ट्रीय संस्करण) ने हाल ही में शाह और सोहराबुद्दीन तथा प्रजापति की हत्या के मामलों में फंसे पुलिस अधिकारियों के बीच प्रजापति की हत्या के समय के आसपास हुई बातचीत के कॉल रिकॉर्ड और उनका आकलन छापा था. ये कॉलें एक दूसरे केस में पुलिस द्वारा मॉनिटर की जा रही थीं. इस मामले की केस डायरी में साफ-साफ लिखा था कि ये कॉलें जितनी बार की गई थीं वह बड़ा अजीब था और ‘ऑफिशियल डेकोरम’ के मुताबिक भी नहीं था. मगर इस मामले को 2009 में अचानक ही बंद कर दिया गया. मोदी ने इन जानकारियों पर कोई कार्रवाई क्यों नहीं की?
5. अब भाजपा का कहना है कि कॉल रिकॉर्ड ये नहीं दिखाते कि शाह ने प्रजापति के एनकाउंटर वाले दिन (28 दिसंबर, 2006) और उससे एक दिन आगे-पीछे आरोपित पुलिस अधिकारियों से बात की थी. इसका जवाब है कॉल रिकॉर्ड के साथ ओपी माथुर द्वारा की गई छेड़छाड़. सीबीआई के पास इन रिकॉर्डों की मूल कॉपी है जिसमें ऐसी कई कॉलें हैं.
6. तहलका के पास शाह और गुजरात पुलिस के डीएसपी एनके अमीन के बीच के बहुत ही चौंकाने वाले कॉल रिकॉर्ड भी मौजूद है. सोहराबुद्दीन का ‘एनकाउंटर’ 26 नवंबर, 2005 को हुआ था और अमीन ही वह पुलिस अधिकारी है जिसने कौसर बी को बेहोशी की दवाएं दी थीं. ये कॉल रिकॉर्ड दिखाते हैं कि शाह और अमीन सोहराबुद्दीन की हत्या के आसपास लगातार एक-दूसरे के संपर्क में थे. बड़ी अजीब-सी बात है. राज्य का गृहमंत्री एक अदना-से पुलिस अधिकारी से ऐसी और इतनी क्या बातें कर सकता है? अमीन अब सरकारी गवाह बनने वाला है और यह बात शाह और मोदी दोनों के लिए बेहद परेशानी वाली है. अमीन का हिरासत में ही मौतों का एक अलग ही इतिहास है और वह इशरत जहां के एनकाउंटर में भी शामिल था. सीबीआई को अब पता लगा है कि एनकाउंटर से पहले इशरत को उसी फार्म हाउस में रखा गया था जिसमें कौसर बी के साथ बलात्कार और उसे जलाया गया था. इस फार्म हाउस के मालिक को भी गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया है.
7. गिरफ्तार पुलिस अधिकारियों में से एक बालकृष्ण चौबे है जिसने कथित तौर पर कौसर बी के साथ बलात्कार किया था और वंजारा ने उसे आग के हवाले किया था. मगर ऐसा करने के आदेश किसने दिए? अब अमीन के पास एक सहअभियुक्त एनवी चौहान का स्टिंग ऑपरेशन भी है जिसमें वह कह रहा है कि कौसर बी जब उनके कब्जे में थी तो वंजारा के पास बार-बार शाह के फोन आ रहे थे और शाह ने ही उसे मारने के आदेश दिए थे. कानून के जानकारों के मुताबिक भारतीय साक्ष्य कानून में बदलाव के बाद धारा 29(ए) के तहत यह सबूत के रूप में मान्य हो सकता है, विशेषकर तब जब इसकी सत्यता साबित करने वाली मजिस्ट्रेट के सामने दी गई और भी गवाहियां हों.
8. हालांकि गुजरात के दंगे मोदी के ऊपर एक कभी न मिटने वाला दाग लगा चुके हैं, जैसाकि हाल ही में नीतीश कुमार के साथ उनकी उठापटक में देखने को मिला था, लेकिन बाकी मामलों में अब तक उनपर कभी कोई उंगली नहीं उठी थी. मगर अब ऐसा नहीं है. अब हिंदुत्व के बड़े-बड़े दावे करने वाला उनका एक सबसे करीबी अपने रसूख का फायदा उठाकर तमाम पुलिसवालों और सोहराबुद्दीन और प्रजापति जैसे लोगों से धनवसूली करवा रहा था. जैसा कि अब सबको ही पता है, सोहराबुद्दीन को राजस्थान की नाराज़ मार्बल लॉबी के कहने पर, जिनसे वह अतिरिक्त पैसे की मांग कर रहा था, मार दिया गया.
9. इसके अलावा मामले को उलझाने वाली गुजरात के दो बिल्डर भाइयों रमन और दशरथ पटेल की शिकायतें भी हैं. इनके ऑफिस पर कथित तौर पर प्रजापति और उसके एक साथी ने सोहराबुद्दीन को फंसाने के लिए गोलियां चलाई थीं. इन लोगों का आरोप है कि शाह ने अजय पटेल, जो अहमदाबाद जिला सहकारी बैंक के अध्यक्ष हैं, के जरिए उनसे 70 लाख रुपए मांगे थे. इन लोगों ने अजय पटेल के ऊपर एक स्टिंग भी किया है जिसमें शाह को फंसाने वाली बातचीत है. मगर यह कितने काम आ सकेगी यह कहना मुश्किल है.
मोदी को जानने वाला हर व्यक्ति यह जानता है कि गुजरात उनकी महत्वाकांक्षाओं के लिए अब कितना छोटा पड़ने लगा है, कि अब उन्हें एक नए ज्यादा बड़े आसमान की जरूरत है. मगर जैसे-जैसे गुजरात की नई-नई कहानियां सामने आ रही हैं, यह आसमान उनकी पहुंच से दूर होता जा रहा है. एक वरिष्ठ भाजपा नेता के मुताबिक पार्टी शाह और अगर थोड़ा खुलकर कहा जाए तो मोदी का इस मामले में एक हद तक साथ देने को तैयार है. मगर मोदी की महत्वाकांक्षाओं की तस्वीर अब थोड़ी और धुंधली पड़ गई है.
हाल ही में उनकी विश्वस्त मंत्रिमंडलीय सहयोगी माया कोडनानी को गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया और वे कुछ नहीं कर सके और अब शाह और इससे पहले कई वरिष्ठ पुलिस अधिकारी. मोदी की मुसीबत यह है कि वे अगर इससे थोड़ा भी मज़बूती से निपटने के प्रयास करते हैं तो उनके अछूतपन में कुछ और वृद््धि के साथ बड़ा वाला आसमान उनसे और भी दूर होता चला जाएगा
राना अय्यूब
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गद्दारी की-मुस्तफा ज़ैदी
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ماہِ مبارک میں ہمارے فرائض —حضرت مولانا مفتی تقی عثمانی صاحب مد ظلہم
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देश प्रेम-प्रोफ़ेसर देवेन्द्र मिश्र
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मधु गीति–गोपाल बघेल ‘ मधु ‘
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بادِ شمال سے۔۔تسلیم اِلاہی زُلفی
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دامن میںمیرے۔۔نسرین سیّد
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خون کا دریا نکلا۔۔۔عادل منصوری
खूनका दरिया निकला—आदिल मनसूरी
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پھونکوں سے چراغ بجھایا نہیں جایٰگاا۔۔۔قاسم عبّاس
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روح پرور اور مہکتی ساعتیں۔۔۔تسلیم اِلٰھی زلفی(کینیڈا)
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Six Simple Keys of Happiness !—Mohammed Mehta-Canada
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A Canadian of Pakistani origin, is an internationally recognized and reputed distinguished personality. He has made both Pakistanis and Canadians proud with his tremendous contributions and remarkable achievements. Highly educated, talented and experienced, he has a special place for himself universally as an eminent intellectual, Poet and Writer. As an academician and literary figure, he is author of 14 highly acclaimed and valuable books on various subjects. This is also reflected from his Masters in English Literature from American University Beirut. Mr. Zulfi’s excellent record and brilliant successes also includes his position as a prominent senior Broadcaster of Radio Pakistan, PTV Telecaster and now President of Urdu TV Canada (24 hours Canadian/Asian TV–Media).
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AFMI anual dinner 17thOctober2010–AFMI
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رستے جوان ہے۔۔۔محمدعلی وفا
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دیدہ تر یاد آیا-مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان غالب
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رستے جوان ہے۔۔۔محمدعلی وفا
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عزاب کے ساتھ۔۔ شہر یار
अज़ाब के साथ—शहरयार
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Dr. Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’ (born 16 June 1936) is an Indian academician, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India[1][2], as a lyricist in Hindi films, he is most noted for his lyrics in films, Gaman (1978), Umrao Jaan (1981) and Anjuman (hindi film) (1986), by Muzaffar Ali, he writes under his pen name ‘Shahryar’.He has been selected for Jnanpith Award-2008 which is the highest literary award in India. This prestigious award will be given to him in the recognition of his contribution for Urdu language. khlaq Khan ‘Shahryar’ was born at village Anwalla, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh in a Muslim Rajput family. He received his early education at Bulandshahr and later studied at Aligarh Muslim University. Akhlaq Khan ‘Shahryar’ started his career as a literary assistant at Anjuman Tarraqqi-e-Urdu, there after he joined Aligarh Muslim University as a lecturer in Urdu, he was appointed professor in 1986, and in 1996, he retired as chairman of the Urdu Department at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, where he now lives and devotes his time entirely to poetry, and also co-edits the literary magazine “Sher-o-Hikmat” (Poetry and Philosophy),. He remained a professor of Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University, and in 1996, retired as chairman of the Urdu Department at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh[5], where he stays now He was awarded the 1987 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for his poetry collection, Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai(1987) He became the fourth Jnanpith winner in Urdu His first poetry collection Ism-e-azam was published in 1965, the second collection, Satvan dar (Satva yet in English), came in 1969, the third collection titled Hijr ke mausam was released in 1978, his most celebrated work, Khwab Ke dar band hain, came in 1987, and also won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for the year. He has also published five collections of his poetry in devnagari script (Wikipedia) |
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حوصلہ نہیں۔۔۔۔بشیر بدر
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قومی زبان کی اہمیت۔۔تفسیر عثمانی337
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What a beautiful sentiment! I wish we were all so tolerant of others. What a marvelous world we would then have!
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ارباب وفا سے۔۔۔مولانا حسرت موہانی
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स्वागत है नव वर्ष तुम्हारा– गोपाल बघेल ‘मधु’
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वक़्त के ग़ुबारों में।– प्रोफ़ेसर देवेन्द्र मिश्र
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کراچی یونیورسٹی گریجویٹس فورم کینیڈا کا پُر ہجوم سالانہ اجتماع اور مشاعرہ۔جمال انجم
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ज़बान में क्या–तुफ़ैल चतुर्वेदी
झूठ तक अब नहीं ज़बान में क्या
दर्द दर१ आया कुछ चटान में क्या
झूठ है कुछ तेरे बयान में क्या
काँटे उग आये थे ज़बान में क्या
नक़्स२ पैदा हुआ है कान में क्या
अब नहीं हूँ तेरी अमान३ में क्या
मै भी रहता हूँ तेरे ध्यान में क्या
धूल उड़ने लगी जहान में क्या
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Mike Tyson’s ‘Spiritual Journey’—Shaikh sufyan sidat
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مسکان وگیرہ۔۔۔انور مسعود
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اِک بے جرم سزا ہو جیسے۔۔۔احسان دانش
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خدا وہ وقت نہ لاےَ۔۔۔فیض احمد فیض
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भारतीय गणतंत्र के साठ वर्ष : विहंगावलोकन- -प्रोफ़ेसर देवेन्द्र मिश्र
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وہ نبیوں میں رحمت لقب پانے والا۔۔۔ مولاناالطاف حسین حالی
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نامعلوم۔۔۔۔آصف پلاسٹک والا
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फागुन में बागन में रागिनि कोई गाय – गोपाल बघेल ‘मधु’
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ٹورانٹو میں فیض پر تسلیم اِلآہی زلفی کی کتاب کی تقریبِ اجراء اور شاندار مشاعرہ
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دیار غیر سے شوہر کا جواب۔۔۔انقلاب ممبئ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kouZeTr_MGY
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कुछ देर पुकारूँगा चला जाऊँगा: कैफ़ी आज़मी
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آسماں پیدا کریں۔۔۔جوش ملیحآبادی
आस्मां पयदा करें—जोश मलीहाबादी
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गाँधी, हजारे व भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ जंग—डो. असगर अली इंजीनियर
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ملا کرتے تھے۔۔۔ناصر کاظمی
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دہائ نہ دوں۔۔۔احمد فرآز
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अन्ना आदोलन-राम पुनियानी
साईड इफेक्ट्स हो सकते हैं खतरनाक
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(1911-1984)
फ़ैज़: तु्म्हारे नाम पर आएंगे सोगवार चले_मिर्ज़ा एबी बेग
h4>Read and listen one Gazhl of Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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پاس رہو۔۔فیض احمد فیض
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یہ پتھّر زلفی۔۔۔تسلیم اِٰلہی زلفی- ٹورنٹو
ये पथ्थर झुल्फी—तस्लीम इलाही झुल्फी
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शोला नहीं कहता—कतील शिफाई
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اردو کی بقاء و ترقیّ کیلےء آل انڈیا مشاعرہ کا انعقاد۔۔جدید میل
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शब-ए-इन्तज़ार गुज़री है—फैज अहमद फैज़
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आस्था के ज्वार में डोलती तार्किकता की नाव -राम पुनियानी
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भूक है साहब-मुहम्मदअली वफा
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http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/05/02/3205479.htm
http://www.ericmargolis.com/political_commentaries/bin-laden—–more-dangerous-dead-then-alive.aspx
by Paul Craig Roberts
Trends Research Institute
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3May2011
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Will Modi get away? |
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सुरत बदलनी चाहिए—मुअहम्मदअली वफा
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(یاد رفتگاں۔۔۔افضل امام ٹورنٹو(کینیدا
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شاعری سچ بولتی ہے۔۔قتیل شفائ
शायरी सच बोलती है—क़तील शिफाई
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انتقام کی باتیں۔۔سیما نقوی۔تورانٹو
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By PATRICK COCKBURN
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है मश्क़े-सुख़नजारी –मौ.हसरत मोहानी
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ٹیم انّا: کہیں پہ نگاہیں ،کہیں پہ نشانہ۔۔ظفر آغا
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مسلم خلاف سازش کا حصہ ہے سلمان خورشید۔حصام صدقی
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मज़ार आज भी है।–हसन कमाल
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غبارمیں ہوں۔۔۔عادل منصوری
गुबारमें हुं—- आदिल मन्सूरी
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کراچی یونیورسٹی گریجویٹس فورم کینیڈا کی جانب سے 9ممالک کے شعراء کے اعزاج میں استقبالیہ۔ ۔جمال انجم
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مرد آہن دگ وجے۔۔۔۔۔ظفر آغا
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محمد حفیظ الکبیر قریشی۔۔۔افضل امام ٹورنٹو(کینیڈا
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नई दिल्ली। भारतीय जनता पार्टी को जन्म देने वाले राष्ट्रीय स्वयं सेवक संघ से तप कर निकले कर्नाटक के बेईमान वजीर-ए-आला वी.एस. येदुरप्पा को बीजेपी ने मजबूरन उनके ओहदे से हटा तो दिया लेकिन उनकी और उनके वजीरों की लूट पर पार्टी के किसी भी लीडर ने अफसोस तक जाहिर नहीं किया। उन्हें हटाने के पीछे बीजेपी की मजबूरी यह थी कि पार्टी और पार्टी लीडर लाल कृष्ण आडवानी के करीबी समझे जाने वाले कर्नाटक के लोकपाल संतोष हेगड़े ने ही उनकी लूट का पर्दाफाश करते हुए यहां तक कह दिया था कि वह रिपोर्ट तो पेश कर रहे हैं, लेकिन उन्हें इस बात की उम्मीद नहीं है कि उनकी रिपोर्ट पर कोई कार्रवाई भी होगी। उन्होंने सुप्रीम कोर्ट तक को अपनी रिपोर्ट भेजने की धमकी दे डाली थी। बी.एस. येदुरप्पा ने महज तीन साल की हुकूमत में हजारों करोड़ रूपये खुद कमाए अपने कुन्बे यानी बेटों और दामाद को कमवाए।
उनकी सरकार में शामिल दीगर कई वजीरों और उनके चहीते अफसरान ने भी उनकी पुश्तपनाही में कर्नाटक में कौमी असासे (राष्ट्रीय सम्पत्ति) की लूट मचा दी। बार-बार शिकायतें मिलने के बावजूद बेईमानी और कालेधन के खिलाफ आन्दोलन का ढोंग करने वाली भारतीय जनता पार्टी और आरएसएस ने बेईमानी में पीएचडी कर चुके अपने ही चीफ मिनिस्टर बी.एस.येदुरप्पा के खिलाफ कोई कार्रवाई नहीं की। गवर्नर हंसराज भारद्वाज ने जब येदुरप्पा को हटाने की बात कही तो बीजेपी और पूरा संघ कुन्बा उन्हीं के खिलाफ हो गया। आडवानी की कयादत में ढोंगियों की एक टोली सदर जम्हूरिया प्रतिभा सिंह पाटिल के पास यह कहने पहुंच गई कि गवर्नर हंसराज भारद्वाज को कर्नाटक से वापस बुलाया जाए। बीजेपी और इसके लीडर लालकृष्ण आडवानी के इंतेहाई करीबी समझे जाने वाले लोक आयुक्त सुप्रीम कोर्ट के रिटायर्ड जस्टिस संतोष हेगड़े ने येदुरप्पा और उनके बेईमान साथियों की लूट और बेईमानियों का जिक्र करते हुए जो रिपोर्ट पेश की है वह सवा पच्चीस हजार सफहात (पृष्ठों) की है। संतोष हेगड़े की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक येदुरप्पा और उनके साथियों ने सिर्फ गैर कानूनी माइनिंग से ही सोलह हजार करोड़ रूपयों का चूना सरकार को लगाया है। येदुरप्पा ने कर्नाटक को किस तरह दोनों हाथों से लूटा इसका अंदाजा इसी से लगाया जा सकता है कि दो हजार आठ तक उनके पास सिर्फ एक करोड़ साठ लाख की नकदी और जायदादें थी जो सिर्फ तीन सालों में ग्यारह करोड़ की हो गई। मतलब यह की येदुरप्पा की जायदाद में छः सौ फीसद इजाफा हुआ। इस रकम का तो वह एलान कर चुके हैं। इसके अलावा उनके पास तकरीबन पांच हजार करोड़ का काला धन होने की खबरें है। येदुरप्पा ने अपने साथ लुटेरों के गरोह में अपने बेटों, दामाद, बेटी और खातून दोस्त शोभा करदलजे को भी शामिल कर रखा है। कांग्रेस लीडरान का इल्जाम है कि येदुरप्पा ने लूट का माल अकेले ही नहीं खाया है बल्कि दिल्ली बैठे अपनी पार्टी के दीगर सीनियर लीडरान को भी उन्होंने पेट भर खिलाया है। इसीलिए वह तीन सालों तक न सिर्फ अपनी कुर्सी बचाए रखी बल्कि अपने खिलाफ शिकायत करने वालों को ही सियासी एतबार से खत्म कर दिया।
लोकायुक्त जस्टिस संतोष हेगड़े ने येदुरप्पा के खिलाफ जो लम्बी-चौड़ी रिपोर्ट पेश की है उसमें उनके अलावा साबिक वजीर-ए-आला जनता दल सेक्युलर के लीडर एचडी कुमार स्वामी, येदुरप्पा के चार वजीरों दो मेम्बरान असम्बली, कांग्रेस के राज्य सभा मेम्बर अनिल लाड उनकी बीवी और छोटे बड़े सात सौ सत्तासी सरकारी अफसरान को कर्नाटक की लूट में शामिल बताया है। नाजायज पैसा कमाने की दौड़ में येदुरप्पा इतने पागल हो चुके थे कि उन्होंने जिंदल गु्रप से पहले तो अपने एक ट्रस्ट के नाम पर चंदे के बहाने बीस करोड़ रूपए ले लिए फिर अपने बेटे को एलाट की हुई एक सरकारी जमीन उसी कम्पनी को फरोख्त दिखाकर बीस करोड़ का चेक बेटे के नाम ले लिया। बेशर्म इतने हैं कि जब मीडिया नुमाइंदों ने उनसे उनकी लूट के बारे में सवाल किया तो बोले कि उन्होंने कर्नाटक में तरक्की और माइन्स को बचाने के जो काम किए है उसके लिए उन्हें नोबेल इनाम मिलना चाहिए। बीजेपी के बड़े लीडरान भी उनकी लूट में हिस्सा लेते रहे हैं और पार्टी उनकी हिमायत में खड़ी रही इसका अंदाजा चंद माह पहले उस वक्त ही लग गया था जब बीजेपी की सीनियर लीडर और लोकसभा में लीडर आफ अपोजीशन सुषमा स्वराज ने यह कहकर कर्नाटक की लूट से अपना दामन बचाने की कोशिश की थी कि कर्नाटक के सिलसिले मंे पार्टी ने जो भी फैसले किए उसमंे उनका कोई हाथ नहीं है। सुषमा के इस बयान पर बीजेपी के बाकी लीडरान ने खामोशी अख्तियार करना ही मुनासिब समझा था।
संतोष हेेगड़े की रिपोर्ट आने के बाद सत्ताइस जुलाई को येदुरप्पा दिल्ली पहुंचे उनके पार्टी सदर नितिन गडकरी के साथ उनकी एक लम्बी मीटिंग हुई। मीटिंग में आडवानी समेत पार्टी के कई सीनियर लीडरान मौजूद रहे, लेकिन आधी रात तक मीटिंग चलने के बावजूद पार्टी लीडरान येदुरप्पा का इस्तीफा लेने में कामयाब नहीं हो सके। वजह यह बताई गई कि बेश्तर (अधिकांश) लीडर चूंकि येदुरप्पा से मआशी (आर्थिक) और दूसरे किस्म के फायदे उठाते रहे हैं इसलिए उन पर सीधा दबाव डालने की हैसियत कोई नहीं दिखा सका। यह भी पता चला है कि पार्टी सदर नितिन गडकरी ने जब उनसे इस्तीफे के बारे में बात की तो उन्होंने साफ कह दिया कि अगर उनकी जगह उनकी खातून दोस्त (महिला मित्र) शोभा करंदलजे को वजीर-ए-आला बना दिया जाए तभी वह इस्तीफा दे सकते हैं। यह बात उनकी पार्टी के लीडर हज्म नहीं कर सके। नतीजा यह कि उनके इस्तीफे पर कोई फैसला नहीं हो सका और अगले दिन सुबह वह वापस बंगलौर चले गए। उन्होंने बार-बार पार्टी को धमकाया और कहा कि वह पार्टी के मेम्बरान असम्बली और अपनी काबीना के वजीरों के साथ मशविरा करने के बाद ही कोई फैसला करेंगे। इधर दिल्ली से उनके बंगलौर जाते ही पार्टी तर्जुमान रविशंकर प्रसाद ने एलान किया कि पार्टी ने कर्नाटक की लीडरशिप तब्दील करने का फैसला कर लिया है। नया लीडर मुंतखब करने के लिए साबिक सदर राजनाथ सिंह और राज्यसभा में पार्टी लीडर अरूण जेटली बंगलौर रवाना हो रहे हैं। इस एलान के बाद येदुरप्पा ने इस्तीफा तो दिया, लेकिन कर्नाटक बीजेपी में बगावत का खतरा अभी टला नहीं है। येदुरप्पा अब कर्नाटक के कल्याण सिंह बनने की राह पर हैं।
तीन साल कब्ल कर्नाटक में बीजेपी की अपनी सरकार बनी येदुरप्पा उसके वजीर-ए-आला बने तो पहले ही दिन से उन्होंने लूट मार का बाजार गर्म कर दिया। सबसे पहले तो उन्होंने अपनी महबूबा कही जाने वाली शोभा करदंलजे को कैबिनेट दर्जे
(सौ: हदीद मरकज़-31जुलाई-06ओगस्त 2011)
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नई दिल्ली!दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट में हुए बम द्दमाके भले ही इंसानियत और हिन्दुस्तान मुखालिफ दहशतगर्दों ने किए हों लेकिन इन द्दमाकों के लिए अस्ल मुल्जिम और जिम्मेदार दिल्ली पुलिस और खुफिया एजेंसियां ही हैं। यह कोई पहला मौका नहीं है जब यह दोनों द्दमाकों का पता लगाने में ……नाकाम रही है
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Can a fast bring harmony while scars remain ?unattended_ Ram Puniyani |
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Life is full of strange paradoxes. Narendra Modi undertook fast for three days for Sadbhavna (Harmony), to mark complete peace, unity and harmony (Sept 2011). This came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court verdict which has asked the trial court to examine all the evidence and amicus curie’s report so that his culpability or otherwise in Gulbarg society case is decided. The Supreme Court order has directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to file its final report into the allegations of Narendra Modi being the architect-in-chief of the 2002 Gujaratmassacre. This was interpreted by BJP asa clean chit to Modi. Modi in turn took sigh of relief and pronounced, ‘God is great’. Shrewd as Modi is, he has tried to project that this has exonerated him from his sins of Gujaratcarnage 2002.On one hand this fast is seen as an attempt to project him on the national scene, as after the political absence of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the eclipse on the fortunes of Lal Krishna Advani, there is a tussle for the top slot in BJP. So far Modi has been projecting an image of man for development, but we know that the minorities and many allies of NDA are keeping a safe distance from Modi. This is a hindrance for his Prime Ministerial ambitions. BJP on other hand is celebrating the Supreme Court verdict just to create an impression of victory, which it is not. Now the process of justice is wide open and the path is open for the legal battle in times to come. It also seems that many goals have merged together leading to this fast by Modi. One aim of course has been that Modi can never be acceptable for the Prime Ministerial candidate by NDA, unless he comes clean of his role in Gujarat 2002 by seeking an apology. This has a problem as seeking apology will also be a confession of guilt, which will alienate his hard core constituency who were made to believe that they are insecure because of the tiny Muslim minority. Cleverly Modi even refused to take the moral responsibility of 2002 by mocking the interviewer by retaliating as to what is this moral responsibility! The second goal seems to be a longing for image change over without really apologising for the 2002. The idea for such a fast must have come from the Anna’s fast, which was successfully elevated into a spectacle for the hidden goals of RSS and the corporate, the backbones of Anna movement. Seeing the success of Anna experiment, Modi has been quick to grab the idea of creating similar spectacle by using the public money. Thirdly, it seems that the ground is slipping from under Modi’s feet, so in order to retrieve the ground he undertook this exercise with the hope that it may help him retain Gujarat and then claim National leadership. As such the truth is that at National level most of the allies of NDA know that the allegations against Modi have gone down too deep in the psyche of people. The acts of commission and omission of this person who was called as the ‘classic fascist person’ by the prominent social scientist, Ashish Nandy, are too glaring to be put under the carpet. Modi is trying to deflect all the criticism against him by saying that it is an insult to the six crore Gujaratis. This ploy may not work as a large number of citizens from Gujarat know that Modi may be the elected Chief Minister of Gujarat, but he is not the one who represents the essence of ‘Gujarat of Gandhi’ or Gujarat of dalits, Adivasis and Minorities, who also live in Gujarat in large numbers. Modi has done his best to create an image of ‘man of development’, thanks to the policies which have supported the large corporate houses, who have got state loans at minimal rate of interest, while the farmers continued to commit suicide burdened by loans etc. It is remarkable that while ‘shining Gujarat’ is projected, the ‘whining Gujarat’ is cleverly hidden from public vision. The claims of Harmony in Gujarat are far from true. Those working at ground level know that post Gujarat carnage the divides between religious communities have widened. The place like Juhapura, Ahmadabad is a good example of that. In Juhapura Muslims from all over the state are trying to settle, in search of safety, physical and emotional, in the hostile environment created by post carnage situation. The average banking and other social facilities are not reaching to such places. Not only Muslims, even the Christians minorities are feeling insecure despite the lapse of close to a decade after the carnage. The Godhra train burning verdict clarified the attitude of state authorities, where the chief accused of the train burning Haji Umarji was tried for years without any evidence whatsoever and then was exonerated by the Court. The minorities are feeling discriminated against and marginalized. On the top of that the lack of justice for the victims is a major issue. Despite one after other police officer coming out with sworn affidavits the high handed attitude of state leadership continues. The beginning of Sadbhavna has to be by seeking sincere apologies by Naremndra Modi. You cannot have peace and amity on the foundations of ‘hidden hate’ and ‘overt injustice’ prevailing in Gujarat. The polarization of religious communities has become more or less structural and the victims of carnage are finding no respite in their daily lives. Even the Human rights activists who have been taking up the cases on behalf of victims are being targeted and there are no brakes on the authoritarian nature of Narendra Modi. The gimmick of fasting for peace is a hollow move as the beginning of harmony has to be with the remorse for injustices which have been heaped on the minorities. Times and over again the TV anchors and social activists have tried to urge upon Modi to begin the process of harmony by apologizing for the carnage of 2002, but all these well meaning appeals have fallen on the deaf ears. The process of Harmony fast revealed many things about the nature of politics being pursued by Modi. While he was more than keen to be wearing the head gears offered by other priests, he refused to put on the Muslim cap. While he could mobilise some victims on the stage, many a victims of injustices were not permitted to come anywhere close to him. We also witnessed that protesters were not allowed to vent their grievances while the fast for amity was in progress. All this is a clear reflection of the shape of things to come. The attempt to win over minorities of the state and the country will not cut any ice. The factors related to mis-governance may come to therefore and be a counter to the five star fast undertaken by Modi. This present move of fasting has deeper political agenda and has nothing to do with the longing for peace. One wishes the genuine aspirations for harmony are begun through a process of remorse, reparation and proper justice to the victims who have been languishing in ghettoes, bereft of proper rights as citizens. We do need to distinguish between genuine efforts for harmony from these hollow attempts meant to consolidate the politics of Hate… |
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ریڈیو پاکستان 1962 کے سینئر پروڈوسیر یاور مہدی کی ٹورنٹو آمد ۔۔تسلیم اِلٰہی زلفی
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نعت رسول : شورش کاشمیری
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دَھجّیاں اُڑوائ گئی — محمدعلي وفا
धज्जियां ऊडवाई गई –मुहम्मदअली वफा
दास्ताने गम जो थी, वो फिरसे दोहराई गई
फिर हमारी ही गली में ये आग लगवाई गई
घेरा गया बे दर्दीसे फिरसे हमारे गांव को
एक एक पत्थर ईंटकी धज्जियां ऊडवाई गई
कोन कहता ?क्या वो कहता? सब थे सकतेमे यहां
क्या बताएं? हर तरफसे उनकी रूस्वाई हुई
खूब चींखा,खूब चिल्लाया गरीब मज़लूम तो
वावेल था एक अजीब, ना कोई सुनवाई हुई
जलते हुए घरसे निकाला , और डाला जेलमें
मज्लूमकी इस मुल्कमें खूब पझीराई हुई
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गांधीजी-कुरआन ,मुसलमान और उर्दू—फिरोज़ बखत
वर्तमान परिदृष्य को देखते हुए ऐसा प्रतीत होता है मानो गाँधीजी का भारत में जन्म हुआ ही नहीं हो। चारों ओर बेईमानी का चलन हो गया है। क्षेत्र चाहे राजनीति हो या कुछ और बजाय योग के भोग की आदत पड़ गई है लोगों को। अधिक से अधिक पैसा बनाना हर व्यक्ति की दिनचर्या का महत्वपूर्ण अंग बन गया है, इससे कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि वह पैसा हलाल की कमाई का है या हराम की कमाई का। वैसे सच्चाई तो यह है कि ईमानदारी से काम करने वाले के हाथ सदा खाली ही रहते हैं।ऐसे में गाँधीजी की बड़ी याद आती है। अब तो गाँधीजी को याद करना भी एक औपचारिकता ही रह गया है। हम हिन्दुस्तानियों का यह सौभाग्य था कि गाँधीजी यहाँ जन्मे, मगर यह दुर्भाग्य रहा कि उनके बताए रास्ते पर चलने की बजाय हमने उनकी खिल्ली उड़ानी शुरू कर दी।एक बार सवेरे लगभग पौने पाँच बजे मौलाना आजाद गाँधीजी के निवास पर फज्र की नमाज के बाद गए तो देखा कि गाँधीजी कुरान पढ़ रहे हैं। पहले तो मौलाना साहब को विश्वास ही नहीं हुआ मगर जब उनके मुख से शुद्ध अरबी उच्चारण में ‘सूरा-ए-इख्लास’ सुनी तो वे स्तब्ध रह गए। मौलाना साहब की इस असमंजस वाली स्थिति को देखते हुए गाँधीजी बोले, ‘मौलाना साहब, मैं रोज सवेरे कुरान शरीफ पढ़ता हूँ और तरजुमे से पढ़ता हूँ। इससे मुझे मन की अभूतपूर्व शांति प्राप्त होती है।’ मौलाना साहब को अब तक यह पता नहीं था कि गाँधीजी को उर्दू, अरबी और फारसी का सटीक ज्ञान था और यह कि बचपन में मौलाना अब्दुल कादिर अहमदाबादी नक्शबंदी से उन्होंने यह ज्ञान गुजरात में ही प्राप्त किया था। उस दिन से मौलाना की नजरों में गाँधीजी का कद और भी ऊँचा हो गया था।आजादी से थोड़ा पहले ही संपूर्ण बंगाल में हिन्दू-मुस्लिम दंगे प्रारंभ हो गए थे। गाँधीजी के वे दिन अवसादपूर्ण व निराशा से भरे थे। जब वे नोआखाली के बाबू बाजार में शांति यात्रा पर घर-घर जा रहे थे तो एक बंगाली मुसलमान भीड़ में से आया और उनका गला दबाते हुए उन्हें जमीन पर गिरा दिया और बोला- ‘काफिर ! तेरी हिम्मत कैसे हुई यहाँ कदम रखने की?’ गाँधीजी तो पहले ही उपवास रख कर जीर्ण-शीर्ण हो चुके थे, इस वार को न सह सके और गिरते-गिरते उन्होंने ‘सूरा-ए-फातिहा’ पढ़ी। यह देख वह बंगाली मुसलमान, जिसकी बड़ी चमकदार दाढ़ी थी,भौंचक्का रह गया और यह सोचकर शर्म से पानी-पानी हो गया कि ऐसे सदोगुणी प्रवृत्ति वाले महात्मा पर उसने हाथ उठाया। उसने गाँधीजी के पाँव पकड़ लिए और क्षमा याचना की। गाँधीजी ने उसे माफ कर दिया। यही नहीं, अपने साथ चल रहे हिन्दू व मुसलमान हिमायतियों के रोष को भी उन्होंने ठंडा किया। इस घटना के पश्चात वह व्यक्ति, जिसका नाम अल्लाहदाद खान मोंडल था, गाँधीजी का पक्का अनुयायी बन गया और प्रत्येक व्यक्ति से यही कहा करता था कि गाँधीजी की एक बात उसके मन पर लिख गई। गाँधीजी ने अल्लाहदाद मोंडल से कहा था- ‘देखो खुदा के निकट मैं तुमसे अच्छा मुसलमान हूँ।’ इस घटना के तुरंत बाद गाँधीजी ने अपने साथ चल रहे लोगों को सख्त आदेश दिया था कि कोई भी इस बात का वर्णन आगे कहीं न करे। गाँधीजी के स्थान पर अन्य कोई और नेता होता तो अवश्य सांप्रदायिक आग की लपटें भड़क उठतीं मगर गाँधीजी सदा उन लोगों में से थे जिन्होंने आग पर हमेशा पानी ही डाला।विभाजन के तुरंत बाद गाँधीजी ने तनाव की खबरें आने पर फिर नोआखाली जाने का मन बनाया परंतु परिस्थिति को देखते हुए वे कलकत्ता छोड़ नहीं पाए। अविभाजित बंगाल के प्रधानमंत्री एचएस सुहरावर्दी ने गाँधीजी से अनुरोध किया था कि जब तक कलकत्ता में पूर्ण रूप से शांति न हो जाए, तब तक वे कलकत्ता में ही रहें। गाँधीजी मान गए परंतु उन्होंने शर्त रखी कि सुहरावर्दी भी उनके साथ ही एक ही छत के नीचे रहें।कलकत्ता में जिस घर में गाँधीजी रह रहे थे वह किसी बूढ़ी मुस्लिम महिला का था। यह मकान एक ऐसे मुहाने पर था जिस पर आसानी से आक्रमण किया जा सकता था। हिन्दू नवयुवक बहुत नाराज थे क्योंकि वे मानते थे कि गाँधीजी मुसलमानों को अपना संरक्षण दे रहे हैं। उनका कहना था कि एक वर्ष पूर्व जब मुसलमानों ने हिन्दुओं का कत्ल किया था तब गाँधीजी कहाँ थे? गाँधीजी के लिए यह परिस्थिति कोई नई नहीं थी और वे भली- भाँति इससे परिचित थे। मगर बावजूद इसके उन्होंने किसी भी सशस्त्र पुलिस की सहायता लेने से इंकार कर दिया था।एक बार तो उत्सुक भीड़ उतावली हो उठी और लोगों ने ‘गाँधी वापस जाओ’ के नारे लगाने शुरू कर दिए। लेकिन सुहरावर्दी के मना करते रहने पर भी वे दरवाजे पर आए और क्रुद्ध भीड़ का सामना किया। अंत में जब वे घर के भीतर आए तो भीड़ ने पथराव शुरू कर दिया। घर के शीशे आदि तोड़ दिए गए और घर के अंदर पत्थरों की बारिश हो रही थी। गाँधीजी ने प्रदर्शनकारियों के पास अपना संदेश भेजा कि वे उनकी जान लेना चाहते हैं तो इस शर्त पर लें कि उसके बाद वे सुहरावर्दी या उनके साथियों का बाल भी बाँका नहीं करेंगे। गाँधीजी के इस संदेश का जबर्दस्त प्रभाव पड़ा उस भीड़ पर और थोड़ी देर में ही लोग वहाँ से चले गए। उसके बाद सद्भावना की ऐसी बारिश हुई कि एक आमसभा में हिन्दू और मुस्लिम युवकों ने एक ही मंच से भारत की आजादी का संकल्प लिया।गाँधीजी एक साथ हजरत मुहम्मद, कृष्ण, गुरु नानक और ईसा मसीह से प्रभावित थे। मौलाना अबुल कलाम आजाद ने अपने अनेक पत्रों में गाँधीजी की इस्लाम के प्रति जिज्ञासा का वर्णन किया है। ‘अल-अहरार’ संस्था के मौलाना हबीब-उर-रहमान लुधियानवी को एक पत्र में उन्होंने लिखा कि हरिजनों से प्यार व छुआछूत से दूरी गाँधीजी ने हजरत मुहम्मद सल्ल से सीखी, जिन्होंने सभी इंसानों को बराबर समझा। गाँधीजी ने ‘यंग इंडिया’ एक संपादकीय में लिखा था कि गुलामों और यतीमों के साथ हजरत मुहम्मद सल्ल का व्यवहार कहीं अधिक अच्छा हुआ करता था। गुजराती में अपने प्रकाशन ‘नवजीवन’ में गाँधीजी लिखते हैं कि अहिंसा का मुख्य पाठ उन्होंने ईसा मसीह से सीखा और मजे की बात तो यह है कि वे बाइबिल का भी बड़े चाव से अध्ययन किया करते थे। यह कितने खेद की बात है कि आजकल गाँधीजी को गाली देने वालों की पूछ हो रही है। मायावती और बाल ठाकरे जैसे लोगों को इसके बदले कुर्सियाँ दी जा रही हैं। यह बड़ी सोचनीय और गंभीर समस्या है कि राष्ट्र पर सब कुछ न्योछावर कर देने वाले महात्मा को कोई भी ऐरा-गैरा-नत्थु-खैरा कुछ भी कह देता है। भारत के लिए गाँधीजी का स्थान अवतार जैसा है। ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि आजकल के नेताओं के लिए यह फैशन सा हो गया है कि गाँधीजी को गाली दी जाएगी तो दुनिया में नाम होगा, मगर वास्तविकता यह है कि फैशन के मारे लोग गाँधीजी को गाली दें या कोसें, उनकी इज्जत बढ़ती ही जाएगी। अहिंसा के पुजारी गाँधीजी की महानता तो इस बात से ही आँकी जा सकती है कि उनको गाली देने वालों ने भी उनसे लाभ उठाया है। गाँधीजी का रुतबा हर दिन बढ़ता ही जा रहा है।(लेखक वरिष्ठ स्तंभकार एवं मौलाना आजाद के पौत्र हैं।)
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आरएसएस से रिश्तों की पोल खुली, जम्हूरी सिस्टम के बजाए तानाशाही के रास्ते पर चल रहे हैं हजारे
कांग्रेस को ब्लैकमेल कर रहे हैं अन्ना
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املےند اپادھیائے (مصنف سیاسی ناقد ہیں. http://hastakshep.com کے ایڈیٹر)
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तेली कौ ब्याह – काका हाथरसी
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जबीहा तु बनेगा—मुहम्मदअली वफा
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सहरा में दीवाने हैं — इब्ने-ए-सफ़ी
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There was, is and will always be an attraction in India and other South Asian countries for a foreign land and things. This attraction brings every year hundreds and thousands of immigrants to Canada for better future and education of their children. People from almost all countries of the world come to Canada little realising what actually awaits them. Thanks largely to the so called immigration consultants who present very rosy pictures. Of course, there are genuine immigration consultants who give real and practical job market conditions to their clients. This article is written with a sole intent and purpose to make prospective immigrants aware of realities they will have to face once they arrive here. With the availability of computers and internet it is advisable to do some research before taking all important step of immigrating.
Toronto Sky line.
Canada is really a beautiful country. Most part of the year the country remains cold. Winter here is really severe. The temperature drops down to minus 15c to sometime 30c and with windchill you feel like minus 40c!! Many time in winter we face snow storms. Weather forecasters advise to remain indoors as far as possible. The roads and footpaths become icy and it becomes difficult to walk. Snow on roads and highways are cleared promptly by the city (Municipalities) administrations still a number of road accidents take place. Officially the winter is only for four months but in reality it lasts at least for six months and sometimes eight months. In winter everything is frozen. Even some time the world famous Niagara Falls freeze too. The houses, buses, trains,shops, malls and work places are fitted with centralised heating systems. If you are travelling by the public transport the wait for buses at the stops is killing.
Niagara Falls in the day time.
People in Canada in general are very caring and co-operative. There are number of government funded HRD centres and settlement centres that help new immigrants for settlement. One can avail of the facilities like phone, fax and internet for free.There are number of centres where English is taught free of charge.
Now, let me draw the attention to some dark side. Job market is sinking. Very few well paid jobs are available. You find unemployed and under-employed in almost every house here. Yes, there are so called ”Successfulls” but they are far and few. Employers in Canada do not recognise degrees and diplomas of any other countries. They are accepted only for the purpose of eligibility for immigration. Secondly the professional skill and experience are also not recognised over here. The jobs are mostly controlled by professional regulatory bodies. These bodies are self funded and therefore do not listen to government requests for any relaxations. Almost eighty to ninety percent jobs are temporary on contract basis. Private employment agencies supply employees to private companies and even to governments.
Niagara Falls in the night time.
There are number of graduates, post graduates, P.hd. holders, MBAs, CAs, Professors, Principals, Engineers who are found driving taxis, delivering pizzas, working as labourers in factories working eight to ten hours standing. Working ten to twelve hours as Security Guards, janitorial services (Cleaning and mopping including toilets and washrooms). Many work in malls and plazzas. All these jobs are survival jobs where you get minimum wages of $10 to 12 per hour. There are very few full time jobs and mostly people work part-time.
The living standard here is very high.One BHK apartment (Flat) cost in rent $850 to $1000. If you have a car then parking charges are extra.The public transport system is not that efficient. Hiring a taxi is a luxury!!
Education up to Secondary is free. Unlike India and Pakistan there is no system of paying donations for admissions either in schools or colleges. But post secondary education is very costly. Of course the governments gives loan on interest to peruse studies.
The taxes here are very high. On an average one has to pay 30% taxes. It is commonly said that people in Canada work for four days of the week for themselves and one day every week for governments (Paying taxes).
Medical facilities are free. But due to shortage of doctors and nurses the wait time for any surgery is minimum three months to three years. If a person is taken to Emergency Room there is no one to attend for three to four hours. There are many qualified and experienced doctors and nurses available who have come from other countries but they are not allowed to practise as their credentials and expertise are not recognised.
Canada‘s Parliament.
If you are planning to come to Canada on immigration please study job market properly. No,I am not saying you don’t come to Canada. What I am saying is to be prepared mentally to face lots of hurdles. It’s not easy to progress in alien land. If you are planning to come here you must have good knowledge of spoken English.
If you are a professional, has a good job or business with handsome income please think twice before you come to Canada. Please consult your relatives or friends if any living Canada. In the last one year or so many families have gone back. The golden days of dollars and pounds are over.
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“What’s going on, what’s happening,” a wounded, dazed Muammar Gadaffi reportedly asked just before he was murdered inSirte,Libya.
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اندھےكا خواب بھی اندھا ہوتا ہے — شیخادم آبووالا
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چور سے ولی تک– مولانا ابوالکلام آزاد
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चोर से वली तक ___मौलाना अबुल कलाम आजाद
गर्मियों का मौसम है. आधी रात बीत चुकी है. महीने की अंतिम रातें हैं. बगदाद के आसमान पर सितारों की संसद ने शबीना सजाया है, लेकिन चांद के बरामद होने में अभी देर है. दजलह के पार, कर्खकी सभी आबादी नींद की चुप्पी और रात अंधेरे में गुम है.
अचानक अंधेरे में एक गतिशील अंधकार प्रकाशित हुआ, काले लबादे में लिपटा हुआ एक आदमी चुप्पी और धीरज के साथ जा रहा है. वह एक गली से मुड़ कर दूसरी गली में पहुंचा और घर के सायबान के नीचे खड़ा हुआ. अब उसने सांस ली , मानो यह अवधि की बंद सांस थी जिसे अब आज़ादी से उभर ने समय मिली है. फिर उसने आसमान की तरफ नजर उठाई. यक़ीनन तीन पहर रात बीत चुकी है. वह अपने दिल में कहने लगा: क्या कमनसीबी है कि जिस तरफ़ रुख़ क्या विफलता ही हुई. एक पूरी रात इसी तरह समाप्त हो जाएगी. यह भयानक छाया इब्ने साबात है. जो दस साल के लंबे जीवन बन्दीगृह में बसर कर के अब किसी तरह निकल भागा है. अ वर निकलने के साथ ही अपना पुराना पेशा से सिर नौ शुरू कर रहा है. यह नई आपराधिक जीवन की पहली रात है, लिए समय का नतीजा बर्बाद जाने पर का बेसब्र दिल पैच व ताब खा रहा है. उसने हर तरफ की आहट ली, ज़मीन से कान लगा कर दूर दूर की सदाअओं की समीक्षा की. और संतुष्ट होकर आगे बढ़ा. कुछ दूर चलकर उसने देखा कि एक अहातेकी दीवार दूर तक चली गई है और बीच में बहुत बड़ा फाटक है.. कर्ख के इस क्षेत्र में अधिकांश उमरा के बाग थे या सौदागरों के गोदाम थे, उसने माना कि यह अहाता या तो किसी अमीर का बाग है या सौदागर का गोदाम. वह फाटक के पास पहुंच कर रुक गया और सोचने लगा अंदर क्यों जाए, उसने धीरज से दरवाज़े पर हाथ रखा लेकिन उसे बहुत आश्चर्य हुआ कि दरवाजा अंदर से बंद नहीं था, केवल भड़ा हुआ था. एक सेकंड के भीतर इब्ने साबात के कदम शामिल के अंदर पहुंच गए.
उसने दहलीज़ से कदम आगे बढ़ाया तो एक व्यापक अहाता नज़र आया. इसके विभिन्न गोशों में छोटे छोटे कमरे बने हुए थे और बीच में एक अपेक्षाकृत बड़ी इमारत थी. यह बीच इमारत की तरफ बढ़ा, अजीब बात है कि उसका दरवाजा भी अंदर बंद न था. छूते ही खुल गया. मानो वह किसी के आगमन का मुंतज़िर था. भीतर जाकर देखा तो एक विशाल सदन था. लेकिन कीमती सामान का नाम व निशान नहीं था. एक खजूर के पत्तों की पुरानी चटाई बिछी थी और एक तरफ चमड़े का एक तकिया पड़ा था. लेकिन एक कोनेमें में पश्मीना के मोटे कपड़े के थान इस तरह बेतरतीब पड़े थे, मानो किसी ने जल्दी में फेंक दिये हैं.. और उनके पास ही भैर की खाल की कुछ टोपयाँ पड़ी थीं. उसने घर मोजूदात का यह पूरा समीक्षा कुछ तो अपनी अंधेरे में देख लेने वाली आंखों से ले लिया था, और कुछ अपने हाथ से टटोलते टटोलते कर,. लेकिन उसका हाथ एक ही था. यह बगदाद वालों की बोलचाल में ‘एक हाथ का शैतान ”था जो अब फिर जेल और बंद की ज़नजीरोंको तोड़कर स्वतंत्र हो गया था. दस साल की कैद के बाद आज इब्ने साबात को पहली बार मौका मिला था कि अपने मन पसंद काम की तलाश में आज़ादी के साथ निकले. जब उसने देखा इस मकान में सफलता के आसार नजर नहीं आते और यह पहला कदम बेकार साबित होगा., उसके तेज और बे लगाम भावनाएं कड़ी उग्र हो गई.. वह दिल ही दिल में उस मकान में रहने वालों को गालियां देने लगा जो अपने घर में रखने के लिए कीमती सामान प्रदान न कर सके. एक मुफलिस को गरीबीका खुद उसके लिए इतना दर्द नहीं होता जिस कदर इस चोर के लिए-, जो रात के पिछले पहर धन खोजता हुआ मिलता है. इसमें शक नहीं पश्मीना बहुत से थान यहां मौजूद थे और वे कितने ही मोटे और न्यूनतम प्रकार के क्यों न हों लेकिन फिर भी अपनी कीमत रखते थे. लेकिन मुश्किल यह थी कि इब्ने साबात अकेले ही नहीं था बल्कि दो हाथों की जगह एक हाथ रखता था. वह हजार हिम्मत करता मगर इतना बड़ा बोझ उसके संभाले संभल नहीं सकता था. वह थानों की मौजूदगी पर नाराज न था, उनके भार की गिरानी और अपनी मजबूरी पर दु:खी था. इतनी वज़नी चीज़ चुरा कर ले जाना आसान नहीं था.
”एक हज़ार लानत कर्ख और उसके सभी लोगों पर वह अंदर ही अंदर बड़बड़ाने लगा.”नहीं मालूम यह कौन मूर्ख है जिसने लानती थान जमा कर रखे हैं? शायद कोई व्यापारी है, लेकिन यह अजीब तरह का व्यापारी है जिसे बगदाद में व्यापार करने के लिये और कोई चीज़ नहीं मिली. इतना बड़ा मकान बनाकर उसमें गिद्धों और खचरों की झोली बनाने का सामान जमा कर दिया है. उसने एक ही हाथ से एक थाने की टटोलते टटोलते कर माप लिया. भला यह लानती बोझ कैसे उठाया जा सकता है. एक थान उठाने के लिए गिन कर दस गधे साथ लाने चाहेयं. लेकिन बहरहाल कुछ न कुछ करना जरूरी था. रात जा रही थी और अब समय नहीं था कि दूसरी जगह ताकी जाती. उसने जल्दी से एक थान खोला और फर्श पर बिछा दिया. फिर कोशिश की. अधिकतम थान जो उठाए जा सकते हैं उठा ले. मुश्किल यह थी कि माल कम कीमत, पर बहुत वज़नी था . कम लेता है तो बेकार है, अधिक लेता है तो ले जा नहीं सकता. अजीब तरह की कशमकश में गिरफ्तार था. बहरहाल किसी तरह यह कदम तय हुआ, लेकिन अब दूसरी मुश्किल उभर आई, दफ का कपड़ा बेहद मोटा था उसे मरोड़ देकर गिरह लगाना आसान न था. दोनों हाथों से यह काम मुश्किल था हालांकि बस एक हाथ से! कीसी संशय कि बगैर उसके पास हाथ की तरह पैर एक नहीं था, दो थे, लेकिन वे भागने में तो मदद कर सकते थे, दफ की गठड़ियां बनाने में बेहतर नहीं थे. उसने कई तजवीजें सोची.. कैइ प्रकार के अनुभव किए, दांतों से काम लिया. कटी हुई कोहनी से सिरा दबाया, लेकिन किसी भी तरह गठड़िय में गिरह न लग सकी. समय मुसीबतों में अंधेरे की तीव्रता ने और अधिक बढ़ावा दिया था. आंतरिक भावनाओं के हैजान और बाहरी क्रिया की भी मेहनत ने इब्ने साबात बहुत जल्द थका दिया. समय की कमी, प्रक्रिया प्राकृतिक भय, माल की गिरानी, मेहनत की तीव्रता और लाभ की कमी, उसके दिमाग में सभी विभिन्न टिप्पणी जमा हो गइ..
अचानक वह चौंक उठा, उसकी तेज़ सुननेकी शक्ति ने किसी के क़दमों की नर्म आहट महसूस की. एक क्षण तक मौन रही. फिर ऐसे लगा जैसे कोई आदमी द्वार के पास खड़ा है. इब्ने साबात घबरा कर उठ खड़ा हुआ. मगर पहले कि वह कोई हरकत कर सके, दरवाज़ा खुला और प्रकाश शामिल हुआ, भय और आतंक से उसका खून जम गया. जहां खड़ा वहीं कदम गुड़ गए. नज़र उठा कर देखा तो सामने एक व्यक्ति खड़ा है, उसके हाथ में शमा दान और इस तरह ऊँचा कर रखा है कि कमरे के सभी हिस्से रोशन हो गए हैं.
इस व्यक्ति की चएहरेसे उसकी व्यक्ति का आकलन करना मुश्किल था, मलगजे रंग की एक लंबी अबा (चादर) उसके शरीर पर थी जिसे कमर के पास एक मोटी सी रस्सी लपयट कर शरीर पर चुस्त कर लिया था. सिर पर काला कलनसो (ऊँची दीवार की टोपी) थी, और इतना विशाल था कि उसके किनारे भवों के पास पहुंच गए थे. शरीर बहुत दुबला था. इतना दुबला कि दफ की मोटी अबा (चादर) पहनने पर भी अंदर की उभरी हुई हड्डियां साफ़ दिखाई दे रही थीं और कद की लंबाई से उसकी कमर के पास थोडास झुकाव पैदा हो गया था.,.. लेकिन यह अजीब बात थी की शरीर की इस असामान्य कमजोरीका कोई असर उसके चेहरा पर नज़र नहीं आता था. इतना कमज़ोर शरीर रखने पर भी उसका चेहरा कुछ अजीब तरह की तासीर और गहराई रखता था. ऐसा लगता था जैसे हड्डियों के ढांचे पर एक शानदार और रसिक चेहरा जोड़ दिया गया है. रंगत पीली थी. भवेंमें मांस नहीं था. शारीरिक तनोमंदी नाम व निशान नहीं था. लेकिन फिर भी चेहराहैबत से कोई ऐसी शानदार चीज़ थी कि देखने वाला महसूस करता था, एक बहुत शक्तिशाली चेहरा उसके सामने है,. खासकर उसकी निगाहें ऐसी रोशन, ऐसी संतुष्ट, इसी निवासी थीं कि मालूम होता था दुनिया की सारी राहत और सुकून इन्हीं दो क्षेत्रों के भीतर समा गया है. कुछ क्षणों तक यह व्यक्ति शमा ऊँची किए इब्ने साबात को देखता रहा, फिर इस तरह आगे बढ़ा मानो उसे जो कुछ समझना था समझ चुका है. इसके चेहरा पर हलकासा तबस्सुम था. ऐसी रसिकता और मीठी तबस्सुम ,जिसकी मौजूदगी मानव आत्मा के सारे चिन्ता और भय दूर कर सकती है. उसने शमा दान एक तरफ रख दिया और एक ऐसी आवाज़ में जो स्नेह और सहानुभूति में डूबी हुई थी. इब्ने साबात से कहा:
”मेरे दोस्त! तुम पर खुदा की सुरक्षा हो, जो काम तुम करना चाहते हो. यह बिना रोशनी औरसाथी के अंजाम नहीं पा सकता. देखो, यह शमा रौशन है और मैं तुम्हारी मदद के लिए हुं, रोशनी में हम दोनों संतोष और सुविधा के साथ यह काम अंजाम दे लेंगे.
वह एक क्षण के लिए रुका जैसे कुछ सोचने लगा है, फिर उसने कहा, मैं देखता हूँ, तुम बहुत थक गए हो, तुम्हारी पेशानी पसीना से तर हो रही है, यह गर्म मौसम, बंद कमरे, अंधेरे और अंधेरे में ऐसी सख्त मेहनत. अफ़सोस मनुष्य को अपने आहार के लिए कैसी कैसी ज़हमतें बर्दाश्त करनी पड़ती है. देखो! यह चटाई बिछी हुई है, यह चमड़े का तकिया है. में उसे दीवार के सामने लगा देता हूँ. उसने तकिया दीवार के साथ लगा कर रख दिया. बस ठीक है. अब तुम इत्मीनान के साथ टेक लगा कर यहाँ बैठ जाओ और अच्छी तरह सुस्ता लो, इतनी देर में तुम्हारा अधूरा काम पूरा किए देता हूँ.
उसने कहा और इब्ने साबात के कंधे पर नरमी से हाथ रखकर उसे बैठ जाने का सुझाव दिया, फिर जब उसकी नजर फिर उसकी प्रस्वेद भरी माथे पर पड़ी तो उसने अपनी कमर से रूमाल खोला और पेशानी का पसीना पोंछ डाला. जब पसीना पोंछ रहा था तो उसकी आँखों में पिता की मोहब्बत ओर हाथों में भाई की प्यार काम कर रहा था..
स्थिति यह सभी परिवर्तन इस तेजी से ज़हूर में आए कि इब्ने साबात दिमाग मखतल होकर रह गया. वह कुछ समझ न सका कि यह क्या है. एक मदहोश और बे इरादा आदमी की तरह उसने देखा कि अजनबी ने काम शुरू कर दिया . उसने पहले वह घटड़िय खुली जो इब्ने साबात ने बांधनी चाहिए थी लेकिन नहीं बंध सकी थी. फिर दो थान खोलकर बिछा देने और जिस कदर भी थान मौजूद थे इन सब को दो हिस्सों में विभाजित कर दिया. एक भाग में अधिक थे और एक भाग में कम. फिर दोनों की अलग अलग दो गठड़ियां बांध ली., यह सभी काम उसने संतोष और शांति के साथ किया. इस के लिए कोई अनोखी बात नहीं थी. फिर अचानक उसे कुछ ख्याल आया, उसने अपनी अबा (चादर) उतारी और उसे भी गठड़िय के अंदर रख दिया. अब वह उठा और इब्ने साबात के पास गया. मेरे दोस्त! तुम्हारे चेहरे की थकावट से मालूम होता है कि तुम केवल थके हुए ही नहीं बल्कि भूखे भी हो, बेहतर होगा कि चलने से पहले दूध का कटोरा पी लो. अगर तुम कुछ समय इंतेजार कर सको तो मैं दूध ले कर आऊं उसने कहा, जबकि उसके पुर शिकवा चेहरे पर बना मुस्कान की रसिकता मौजूद थी. मुमकिन न था कि मुस्कान से मानव हृदय के सभी चिन्ता भूल न जाएं. पहले कि इब्ने साबात जवाब दे वह तेजी के साथ लौटा और बाहर निकल गया.
अब इब्ने साबात अकेले लेकिन अकेले होने पर भी उसके चरणों में हरकत न हुई, अजनबी के व्यवहार में कोई ऐसी बात न थी जिससे उसके अंदर भय पैदा होता केवल चकित ओ हैरतजदह था. अजनबी की हसती ओर वर्तनका रूप तरीका ऐसा विचित्र था कि जब तक वह मौजूद रहा, इब्ने साबात को आष्चर्यने सोचने समझने की मोहलत ही न दी. अब वह अकेला हुआ तो धीरे धीरे उसका दिमाग अपनी वास्तविक स्थिति पर लौटने लगा. यहाँ तक कि दिमागके सभी खसाइल पूरी तरह उभर आए और वह रोशनी में जानकारी को देखने लगा जिस रोशनी में देखने का हमेशा आदी था.
वह जब अजनबी का सस्मित चेहरा और दिल नवाज़ अदाएँ याद करता तो शक और डर की जगह उसके अनदर एक अविश्वसनीय समझ भावना पैदा हो जाती, जो आज तक उसे कभी महसूस नहीं हुआ था, लेकिन फिर भी वह सोचता कि सभी मामले का मतलब क्या है और यह व्यक्ति कौन है? तो उसकी बुद्धि हैरान रह जाती ओर कोई बात समझ में न आती. उसने अपने दिल में कहा यह तो कतई है कि यह व्यक्ति इस मकान का मालिक नहीं हो सकता. घर के मालिक कभी चोरों का स्वागत नहीं करते.. ….. लेकिन फिर यह व्यक्ति कौन ……?”
अचानक एक नया विचार उसके अंदर पैदा हुआ. वह हँसा. अस्तगफिरुल्लाह! में भी मूर्ख हूँ. यह भी कोई सोचने और हैरान होने की बात थी. मामला बिल्कुल साफ है. आश्चर्य है मुझे पहले विचार क्यों नहीं हुआ? यक़ीनन यह भी कोई मेरा ही हम पयसा आदमी है और पास में रहता है. इतफ़ाक ने आज हम दोनों चोरों को एक ही घर में जमा कर दिया है. चूंकि यह इसी पास का आदमी है लिए यह मकान के सभी हालात से जानकार होगा, उसे मालूम होगा कि आज घर रहने वालों से खाली है और इसमें संतोष से काम करने का है. इस लिए वह रोशनी का सामान साथ लेकर आया, लेकिन जब देखा कि मैं पहले से पहुंचा हुआ तो तैयार हो गया कि मेरा साथ देकर एक भाग का हक़दार बन जाए …… वह अभी सोच रहा था कि दरवाजा खुला और अजनबी एक लकड़ी का बड़ा कटोरा हाथ में लिए नमूदार हुआ.
”यह लो! में तुम्हारे लिए दूध ले आया हूँ, उसे पी लो यह भूख ओ रपयास दोनों के लिए उपयोगी होगा.”उसने कहा और कटोरा इब्ने साबात को पकड़ा दिया. इब्ने साबात वाकई भूखा प्यासा था, उसने बिला अडचण पयालह मुँह से लगा लिया और एक ही बार समाप्त कर दिया. अब उसे मामले की चिंता हुई. इतनी देर के अंतराल ने उसकी तबियत बहाल कर दी थी.
”देखो हालांकि मैं तुम से पहले पहुंच चुका था, ओ रहा था लगा चुका था और लिए हम लोगों के नियम के सबब तुम्हारा कोई अधिकार नहीं, लेकिन तुम्हारी होशियारी और लगातार देख लेने के बाद मुझे कोई शक नहीं कि तुम्हें भी इस मॉल में शामिल कर लूं, अगर तुम पसंद करोगे तो मैं हमेशा के लिए तुमसे मामला कर लूँगा. लेकिन देखो! यह मैं कहे देता हूँ कि आज जो कुछ यहां से ले जाएंगे इसमें तुम बराबर का हिस्सा नहीं पा सकते क्योंकि दरअसल आज का काम मेरा ही काम था.”उसने साफ आवाज में कहा, उसकी आवाज में राय नहीं था, हुकम था. अजनबी मुस्कुरा दिया, उसने इब्ने साबात पर एक नज़र डाली, हालाँकि यह मोहब्बत और मुहर से खाली नहीं थी लेकिन इसके अलावा भी इसमें कोई चीज़ थी जिसे मनुष्य साबात न समझ सका. उसने माना शायद यह व्यक्ति इस तरह विभाजन पर राजी नहीं है, अचानक उसकी आँखों में उसकी भयानक दरनदगी चमक उठी, वह क्रोध से लाल होकर खड़ा हो गया.
”मूर्ख! चुप क्यों है, यह न समझना कि दूध का कटोरा पिला कर और चिकनी चौडी बातें करके तुम मुझे मूर्ख बना लो.. तुम नहीं जानते मैं कौन हूँ? मुझे कोई अहमक नहीं बना सका, मैं सारी दुनिया को मूर्ख बना चुका. बोलो इस पर राजी हो या नहीं? अगर नहीं तो ……”
लेकिन अभी उसकी बात पूरी नहीं हुई थी कि अजनबी के लब हिले अब भी उसके लबों से मुस्कराहट नहीं हटी थी.
”मेरे प्रिय मित्र! क्यों अकारण अपनी तबीयत ख्राब करते हो? आओ यह काम जल्द निबटा लें जो हमारे सामने है. मैंने दो गठड़ियां बांध ली है. एक छोटी एक बड़ी, तुम्हारा एक हाथ है लिए तुम अधिक बोझ नहीं संभाल सकते लेकिन दोनों हाथों से संभाल लूँगा. छोटी गठरी तुम उठा लो, बड़ी में उठा लेता हूँ. बाकी रहा मेरा हिस्सा जिसके विचार से तुम्हें इतनी आकृंदगी है, मैं भी नहीं चाहता कि इस समय उसका फैसला करूँ. तुमने कहा है …… तुम हमेशा के लिए मुझसे निर्णय ले सकते हो, मुझे भी ऐसा ही मामला पसंद है. मैं चाहता हूँ तुम हमेशा के लिए मुझसे मामला कर लो.
”हां अगर यह बात है तो सब ठीक है. तुम्हें अब पता नहीं मैं कौन हूँ?
पूरे देश में तुम्हें मुझसे बेहतर कोई सरदार नहीं …… मिल सकता है.”उसने बड़ी गठड़ि उठाने में अजनबी मदद देते हुए कहा.
यह गठड़िय इतना भारी था कि इब्ने साबात अपनी हैरानी नहीं छुपा सका. हालांकि वह नए नए संगी अधिक साहस प्रोत्साहित करना पसंद नहीं करता था फिर भी उसकी भाषा से विकल्प निकल गया. दोस्त! तुम देखने में तो बड़े दुबले पतले हो लेकिन बोझ उठाने में बड़े मजबूत निकले. साथ ही उसने अपने दिल में कहा यह जितना मजबूत है उतना बुद्धि बेहतर नहीं है, वरना अपने हिस्से का त्याग न हो जाता, अगर आज यह मूर्ख न मिल जाता तो मुझे सारा माल छोड़कर केवल एक दो थान पर संतोष करना पडता.”
अब इब्ने साबात अपने गठड़ि उठाई ,जो बहुत हल्की थी और दोनों बाहर निकले. अजनबी की पीठ जिसमें पहले से खुम मौजूद था अब गठड़िय के बोझ से बिल्कुल ही झुक गई थी. रात अंधेरे में इतना भारी बोझ उठा कर चलना बहुत कठिन था . लेकिन इब्ने साबात को स्वाभाविक रूप से जल्दी थी, वह बार बार गुस्सित भाव से आग्रह करता कि तेज़ चलो और चूंकि खुद उसका अपना बोझ बहुत हल्का था लिए वह खुद तेज चलने में किस तरह की समस्या महसूस नहीं करता था. अजनबी आदेश पालन की पूरी कोशिश करता लेकिन भारी बोझ उठा कर दौड़ना मानव शक्ति से बाहर था. इस लिए पूरी कोशिश करने पर भी अधिक तेजी नहीं चल सकता था. कई बार ठोकरें लगी.कई बार बोझ गिरते गिरते रह गया. एक बार इतनी सख़्त चोट खाई कि करीब कि गिर जाए. फिर भी उसने रुकने का, सुस्तानेका नाम न लिया. गिरता पड़ता अपने साथी के साथ बढ़ता ही गया लेकिन इब्ने साबात इस पर भी खुश नहीं था, उसने पहले तो एक दो बार उसे तेज चलने का आदेश दिया . फिर भी गलीच गालयों पर उतर आया. हर क्षण के बाद उसे कड़ी गाली देता और कहता. तेज़ चलो! इतने में एक पल आ गया. यहां चढ़ाई थी, शरीर कमजोर ओ रथका हुआ. बोझ बेहद भारी, अजनबी संभल न सका और बे इख्तियार गिर पड़ा. अभी वह उठने की कोशिश कर रहा था कि ऊपर से कड़ी लात पड़ी. यह इब्ने साबात की लात थी. उसने गजब नाक हो कर कहा:”अगर इतना बोझ संभाल नहीं सकता था तो लाद कर लाया क्यों? अजनबी हांफता हुआ उठा, उसके चेहरे पर दर्द और नकाहत की जगह शर्मिंदगी के आसार पाए जाते थे. इस ने तुरंत गठड़िय उठाकर पीठ पर रखी और फिर रवाना हुआ.
अब यह दोनों शहर के किनारे एक हिस्से में पहुंच गए जो बहुत ही कम आबादी था. यहाँ एक नातमाम इमारत का पुराना ओर शिकस्तह शामिल था. इब्ने साबात इस अहाता की ओर पहुंचकर रुक गया ओर अजनबी बाहर दोनों गठड़ियां अंदर फेंक देने के बाद अजनबी भी कूद कर अन्दर हो गया …… इमारत के नीचे एक पुराना सरदाब (तहखाने) था जिसमें इब्ने साबात ने बंद बक्से से निकल शरण ली थी लेकिन उस समय वह सरदाब में नहीं उतरा. वह नहीं चाहता था इस अजनबी पर अभी इतना विश्वास करे कि उसे अपना मूल स्थान सुरक्षित दिखला दे.
जिस जगह ये दोनों खड़े थे दरअसल वह एक नातमाम सदन था. या तो उस पर पूरी छत ही न पड़ी थी या पड़ी थी या बनाते समयसे शिकस्तह होकर गिर पड़ी थी. एक तरफ बहुत से पत्थरों का ढेर था. इब्ने साबात इन्हीं पत्थरों एक पर बैठ गया. दोनों गठड़ियां सामने धरी थीं. एक कोनेमें अजनबी खड़ा हांफता रहा था. कुछ देर तक मौन रही.
यकायक अजनबी बढ़ा और इब्ने साबात के सामने आकर खड़ा हो गया, अब रात होने को थी, पिछले पहर का चाँद द्रष्टिमान था, खुली छत से उसकी किरणे सदन के भीतर पहुंच रही थीं. इब्ने साबात दीवार के साये में था लेकिन अजनबी जो उसके सामने आकर खड़ा हो गया था, ठीक चाँद के मुक़ाबले था. इस लिए उसका चेहरा साफ दिखाई दे रहा था. इब्ने साबात को अंधेरे में आ एक नुर शा, एक नूरानी तबस्सुम ने एक ऐसे आलम की झलक दिखा दी जो अब तक की निगाहों से छिपी थी, उसका सारा जीवन पाप और गुनाह करने में व्यतीत हुई थी, उसने मनुष्यों की तुलना में जो कुछ देखा सुना था वह यही था कि इंसान स्वार्थ का पुतला और नफ़्स परस्ती की प्राणी है. वह घृणा से मुंह फेर लेता है. बेरहमी से ठुकरा देता है. सख्त से सख्त सजा देता है, लेकिन …… वह यह नहीं जानता था कि वह प्रेम भी करता है .और उसमें में उदार, माफी और बलिदान की भावना हो सकती है. बचपन में भी भगवान का नाम सुना था और ईश्वर पूजा करते देखा था, लेकिन जब जीवन की कशीश का मैदान सामने खुला तो का आलम ही दूसरा था, उसने कदम उठाया और हालात की गति जिस ओर ले गई, बढ़े गया.
न तो खुद उसे कभी समय मिली कि ख़ुदा परस्ती की ओर आकर्षित होता ओर ना इंसानों ने कभी इसकी जरूरत महसूस की कि उसे ईश्वर से परिचित करते. ज्यों ज्यों उसकी हवस बढ़ती गई सोसाइटी ने अपनी सजा बढ़ादी. सोसाइटी के पास उसकी बुराई के लिए बेरहमी थी. इस लिए यह भी दुनिया की सारी चीज़ों में से बेरहमी का खुगर हो गया.
लेकिन अब अचानक उसके सामने से पर्दा हट गया. आसमान के सूरज की तरह प्यार भी एक सूरज होता है. यह चमकता है तो आत्मा और दिल की सारी तारिकयाँ दूर हो जाती हैं. अब अचानक इस सूरज की पहली किरण इब्ने साबात दिल के तारिक कोने पर पड़ी और वह एक गहरे अंधकार से निकल कर रोशनी में आ गया. अजनबी व्यक्तित्व अपनी पहली ही नज़र में उसके दिल तक पहुंच चुकी थी. लेकिन और अशिक्षा व गुमराही से उसका मुकाबला करता रहा और वास्तविकता के समझ के लिए तैयार नहीं हुआ लेकिन जुं ही अजनबी के अंतिम शब्द वह पर्दा हटा दिया जो उसने अपनी आँखों पर डाल लिया था, वास्तव अपनी पूरी शान तासीर के साथ बेनक़ाब हो गई और अब उसकी शक्ति से बाहर था कि उसके तेज घाव से छाती बच्चा ले जाता. उसने अपनी जहालत से पहले विचार किया था, अजनबी भी मेरी ही तरह एक चोर है और अपना हिस्सा लेने के लिए मेरी रफ़ाकत और समर्थन कर रहा है. उसका मन यह कल्पना ही नहीं कर सकता था कि बिना उद्देश्य और लाभ के एक इन्सान दूसरे के साथ अच्छा व्यवहार कर सकता है लेकिन जब अजनबी ने चलते समय बतलाया कि चोर नहीं बल्कि उसी मकान का मालिक है जिसका माल और मता भंग करने के लिए वह गया था तो उसे ऐसा महसूस हुआ जैसे अचानक एक बिजली आसमान से गिर पड़ी.
वह चोर नहीं था घर का मालिक था लेकिन उसने चोर को पकड़ने और सज़ा देने की जगह उसके साथ क्या व्यवहार किया. यह उसने क्या व्यवहार किया”का जवाब उसकी आत्मा के लिए नासूर और उसके दिल के लिए एक दहकता हुआ अंगारा था, वह जिस कदर सोचता, आत्मा का घाव गहरा होता जाता ओ हृदय की तपिश बढ़ती जाती. इस सभी समय में अजनबी के साथ जो कुछ बीता था उसका एक घटना, एक अक्षर याद करता और हर बात की याद के साथ एक ताजा घाव की चुभन महसूस करता. रहस्यमय ढंग निगाह की रसिकता सामने है. मेरे दोस्त और संगी! अजनबी ने अपनी इसी दिल नवाज़ और मीठी आवाज़ में जो दो घंटा पहले इब्ने साबात को भी खुद कर चुकी थी, कहना शुरू किया:
मैंने अपनी सेवा पूरी कर ली है. अब मैं तुम से विदा होता हूँ. इस काम के करने में मुझसे जो कमजोरी और सुस्ती प्रदर्शित हुई है और इसकी वजह से बार बार तुम्हें परेशान होना पड़ा, उसके लिए में बहुत शर्मिंदा हूँ और तुमसे माफी चाहता हूँ, मुझे आशा है कि तुम क्षमा कर दो हैं.
इस दुनिया में हमारी कोई बात भी परमेश्वर के कामों से इतना मिलती जुलती नहीं है इतना यह कि हम एक दूसरे को माफ़ कर दें और बख़्श दें. लेकिन इससे पहले कि मैं तुमसे अलग हूँ तुम्हें बतला देना चाहता हूँ कि मैं वह नहीं जो तुमने खयाल किया. उसी मकान में रहता हूँ जहाँ आज तुम से मुलाकात हुई थी और तुमने मेरी रफ़ाकत स्वीकार कर ली थी. मेरी आदत है कि रात को थोड़ी देर के लिए कमरे में जाया करता हूँ जहाँ तुम बैठे थे. आज आया तो देखा, तुम अंधेरे में बैठे हो और तकलीफ उठा रहे हो, तुम मेरे घर में प्रिय मेहमान थे. अफ़सोस आज अधिक तुम्हारी तवाजो और सेवा न कर सका. तुमने मेरा घर देख लिया है अगले जब कभी तुम्हें ज़रूरत हो तो बिला हिचकिचाहट अपने संगी के पास आ सकते हो. परमेश्वर की सुरक्षा और बरकत हमेशा तुम्हारे साथ रहे.
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तनहा चांद-परवीन शाकिर
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تنہا چاند -پروِین شاکِر
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رخسار شادمانی کو۔۔خورشید احمد جامی
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फूल की पत्ती से काटना—- मुनव्वर राना
छत्ते से छेड़छाड़ की आदत मुझे भी है
सीखा है मैंने शहद की मक्खी से काटना
इन्सान क़त्ल करने के जैसा तो ये भी है
अच्छे-भले शजरको कुल्हाड़ी से काटना
पानी का जाल बुनता है दरिया तो फिर बुने
तैराक जानता है हथेली से काटना
रहता है दिन में रात के होने का इंतज़ार
फिर रात को दवाओं की गोली से काटना
ये फ़न कोई फ़क़ीर सिखाएगा आपको
हीरे को एक फूल की पत्ती से काटना
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कुछ कम हे—शहरयार
کچھ کم ہے—شہریار
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Death of a God fearing man In Sajdah(namaz)—-Shaikh Sufiyan Sidat
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Hello,
Today I have sent the following message to the concerned leaders. I wish every senior citizen including those who will soon be becoming as such must send this to the government as a Petition. Last name is that of MP of my area. The name of your area MP and his/her contact e-mail is available at the foloowing government website:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx
You may also send your Petition with your name and contact details at the end. Also circulate among your contacts.
Firoz khan
H.E. the Right Hon. David Johnston
Governer General ofCanada,Ottawa
Hon. Steven harper
Prime Minister ofCanada,Ottawa
Hon. Jim Falherty
Finance Minister ofCanada
Ottawa
Ms. Nycole Turmel,
MP and Leader of the Opposition
Ottawa
Ms. Kristi Duncan
MP
PETITION.
Hi,
I am in receipt of the following message from one friend. In fact this is in circulation for quite some time. If there is a truth in this message I think there is something wrong in our governing system. Shall I take a liberty to call it a system failure?
If this message is true then there are few questions which need answers. How can a ‘Refugee’ gets more money and benefits than a Canadian citizen? The status of a Canadian citizen is less than that of a Refugee? As a layman I am not aware of what are the government policies. I know that there are hundreds and thousands of Canadian Senior Citizens who naturally feel insulted. They also feel that the Canadian government gives preferential treatment to Refugees at their cost. And this after they serve their country in thick and thin for many years, the better part of their lives. They have earned revenues for the government ofCanadaby way of paying taxes. How much revenue have been earned by Refugees? Please do not misunderstand. I am not against allowing Refugees to come toCanada. I am certainly against giving them preferential treatment.
I am a Canadian senior citizen/a citizen who will be becoming a Senior Citizen soon and naturally I am concerned.
I shall be grateful if you look into this matter and set right things if there is anything wrong in government policies. I think all of you’ll agree that in any country citizens are always entitled for more benefits than that of Refugees.
Regards.
Firoz Khan
Sr.Journalist
7 Holyoake Cr.
Etobicoke,ON. M9w 6G9
416 473 3854
Canada Pensions… |
Only in Canada* It is interesting to know that the federal Government of Canada allows :
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? By comparison, the Old Age Pension of a senior citizen who has contributed to the development of Our Beautiful Big Country during 40 or 50 years, CANNOT receive more than :
Please circulate this text to see the reaction of your contacts !
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پرِنْدے اب بھی پر تولے ہوءے ہَیں—- دُشْینت کُمار
परिन्दे अब भी पर तोले हुए हैं — दुष्यंत कुमार
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