New Delhi: Stoking an issue, Union Minister of State For Law Satya Pal Singh Baghel has claimed that “tolerant Muslims can be counted on fingers” and that too “was a tactic to lead a public life wearing a mask” because it results in vice-president, governor or vice-chancellor posts. But the true face of such “so-called intellectuals” from the neighborhood will get revealed after they full their time period in workplace or retire, he alleged.
The Union Minister made the feedback on Monday whereas addressing the Dev Rishi Narad Patrakar Samman Samaroh – an occasion organised by the RSS’ media wing Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra to current awards to journalists.
“Tolerant Muslims can be counted on fingers. I think their number is not even in the thousands. And, that too is a tactic to live in public life wearing the mask as the route leads to the house of vice president, governor or vice chancellor,” Baghel stated. “But when they retire, they give real statements. When they leave the chair, they give a statement which shows their reality,” he added.
The Union Minister’s remarks got here after Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar, in his speech on the occasion, stated that India should battle Islamic fundamentalism however the “tolerant Muslims should be taken along”.
Referring to Mughal Emperor Akbar’s efforts to foster Hindu-Muslim unity throughout his rule, Mahurkar claimed that Chhatrapati Shivaji had seen him in a “positive light”. “Akbar tried his best to achieve Hindu-Muslim unity,” he stated.
Dismissing the remarks, Baghel, nevertheless, termed Akbar’s efforts mere “tactics” and alleged that the Mughal emperor’s marriage with Jodha Bai was a part of his “political strategy”.
“It did not come from his heart. Otherwise, the massacre of Chittorgarh would not have happened,” he stated, including “Look at the Mughal period. The deeds of Aurangzeb. Sometimes, I wonder how did we survive?”
Baghel stated India’s unhealthy days started in 1192 AD when Muhammad Ghori defeated Rajput King Prithviraj Chouhan. Baghel additionally raised the problem of spiritual conversion to allege that the quantity of people that have been transformed to a different faith via “gande-tabeez” (amulets) is bigger than these below the swords.
“Be it Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Saheb, Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia, or Saleem Chisti? Still today, people from our community go there in large numbers seeking children, jobs, tickets (to contest election), ministerial berth, elevation from a minister of state to a cabinet minister,” he added.
The minister stated members of the minority neighborhood really feel that since they have been “rulers” for such a protracted interval, how might they turn into “subjects.” “The answer to the issue lies in offering good high quality schooling. It can provide some answer to the issue at some point.
“If they study in a madrassa, they will learn Urdu, Arabic and Persian. All literature is good but with such study, they will become Pesh-Imam. And if they study physics and chemistry, they will become Abdul Kalam,” Baghel added.
