Then I vowed to write more and more and more!!

I had a hectic day yesterday.

Attended the unit presidents and circle incharges of Chennai and delivered a power point presentation on 'Planning, communication and people for plans"

It was a satisfying day and spent well. But, it ended with a sad note.

I would not forget the evening for days to come. At the end of the day Ameer-e-Halqa pointed out a basic flaw in my article published in the latest issue of Samarasam.

Oh! It was horrible. It never occured to me that those lines could be interpreted in 'that' way too. I realised the power of pen then. I had no intention of writing such stuff. What I thought was it would open the eyes of the people and expose the hypocrecy of the Western leaders. It never occured to me that it would end up the other way.

Anyhow What could I do?

Then I came across the following lines.

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.

I felt comfortable. I prayed to Allah. I vowed to give sadaqa. I vowed to write more. Write more and more and more correct, and perfect and flawless articles. Insha Allah.
Pray for me.

Shut down Sach ka Saamna!!

It is most idiotic, outrageous, blatantly vulgar TV programme ever telecasted in India.
The promos to the programme scream "Waqt aagaya hai Sachaayi ka agnipariksha dene ka"
If the purpose is to highlight the truth, nobody would oppose it.
But what this nonsense programme wants to unveil is not truth, but vulgarity.

The format of the programme goes like this. There is this Rajeev Khandelwal, a failed actor from Bollywood. An actor without a single hit is a flopped actor. He is the anchor of the show. No wonder the Three Khans of the Bollywood should have rejected the chance as the programme lacks respect of the Indian sensibilities.

This failed actor asks questions to the participant. The questions are very, very, very personal, sexy and vulgar.

The participant answers them and then he undergoes the polygraph test to guage whether he has spoken the truth or not. If it is true, he could face the next question. And the cycle of vulgar question, answer, polygraph test and result goes on.

A cash award is awarded at each and every step. One go on winning and go upto Rs One Crore.

God damn such programmes. God damn such participants.

The questions go like this:
* Have you ever stolen bedsheets from a hotel?
* Have you ever had physical relationships with female relatives?

A woman was asked in the presence of her husband whether she would have physical contact with another person. Though she said no, the polygraph test said the answer was wrong.

Star plus people are commercial minded people. All they want is money, money, and money. Money would pour only when the TRP ratings go up.

Boycott this channel.
Boycott this programme.
Condemn this nonsense.

Tail piece :
An appeal to Rajeev Khandewal and his bosses.

If at all your thirst to know the truth is genuine, I have a suggestion to you.

Bring Narendra Modi and make him sit in the hot seat. Ask him the gory details of Gujarat Genocide 2002. And put him under polygraph test.

Bring Manmohan Singh and tie him in the hot seat. Ask him the details of his meeting with George Bush. Ask him the real reason behind the sacking of petroleum Minister Manishankar Aiyar. Ask him whether India - US Deal is helpful to India or not? Then put him under the polygraph test.

Bring the luv purush(?!) L K Advani and hold him tight in the hot seat. Ask him whether he was happy when the Babri Masjid in 1992? Ask him whether he clapped his hands when innocent Muslims were butchered in Gujarat in 2002? Ask him whether he was sincere when he wrote those lines about Jinnah? Ask him. Ask him. Then put him under the polygraph test.

The nation would adore you.

Conference fever grips the state!!

The Tamilnadu Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has planned to hold its state conferene in Trichy on 30th and 31st of January 2010, Insha Allah.

The ground work has already started. The cadre of the Jamaat has plunged into the conference activities and the state machinery has been fixed in top gear.

A thirteen member committee with the undisputable I Kareemullah as convenor has been set up. The committee works in war footing. It has so far conducted more than a dozen brain storming sessions.

The cadre is affected with the conference fever and the work is in full swing.

The mood of the cadre is upbeat and each and every one is eagerly anticipating the dawn of the historic Saturday ie 30th January 2010. It was evident in the cadre convention held in Coimbatore, last Sunday. More than 350 diehard activists connected with the tahreek attended this historic meet. At the end of the day when the Amee-e-Halqa asked the cadre, ''Tell me the number of the delegates which you plan to bring to Trichy?" The cadre thundered, ''More than 2500" When asked the lady Islamists politely said, "Not less than five thousand!"
That's it. The spirit of the lady karkuns say it all.

Amidst this scenario, the state chief of JIH Tamil Nadu has written a open letter to the cadre motivating them to work indefatiguably. He has put forward seven point agenda before the cadre.
They are as follows: 1) Have Ikhlas in all your endeavours. 2) Have faith in the theme of the conference. 3) Build strong rapport with Allah 4) Strive to cultivate good public relations. Reach out to the public with the message of the conference 5) Beautify you character. Moral strength is the main thing. 6) Make Hijrath from laziness to hard work. Make Hijrah from ignorance to knowledge.Shun away the shortcomings. Embrace virtues. 7) Compete with each other in conference activities.
And lastly he has urged the cadre to wage Jihad against nafs.
The gif images of the original letter written in Tamil are given below. Click the image to enlarge it and read.

இது தான் ஜமாத்தே இஸ்லாமி ஹிந்த்!!

Markazi Majlis-e-Numaindgaan is the top most governing body of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. It comprises of 120 members. It elects the Ameer-e-Jamaat - all India President - of the Jamaat. Usually it meets once in two years. It is the most powerful body of Jamaat. It is the one which elects Markazi Majlis-e-Shoora - Central consultative council. It has the power to suspend and dismiss the Ameer-e-Jamaat and the Majlis-e-Shoora.
Recently the Majlis had its session in Bangalore. Moulana Parvaz Rahmani, who is also the editor of Dawat sehroza attended it. As he has been elected to the Majlis for the first it was his first experience. Being a writer and that too a writer par excellence, he has penned his first hand experience in a short article.
It was a marvellous piece. As usual I translated it in Tamil and shared it with my friends. I have titled it as இது தான் ஜமாத்தே இஸ்லாமி ஹிந்த்!! Yehi hai Jamaat-e-Islami Hind!! To read it click the gif image below.

Mutton, eggs and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind!!!

Once there was a sheep in a dusty town.
It was living happily in its own world.









One day an hen came jogging towards the sheep.

The following conversation took place between them:
"Hi! May Peace be upon you"
"Hi! May Peace be upon you"
"How do you do?"
"I am fine by the grace of Allah! How do you do?"
Soon they became close friends.

One day the clever hen proposed an idea.
As it was a brilliant idea, the sheep concurred with the hen.
What was the idea?
The hen had said: "We have become close friends. Why not we start a hotel?"
The sheep sheepishly agreed to the proposal and they started the ground work to start the hotel.
One day the sheep asked the hen: "What would be the name of our proposed hotel?"
The hen said cooly: "I have already thought it out. The name of our future hotel would be MUTTON And EGGS!!"
The sheep was very clever. He immediately understood the game. He withdrew from the hotel project saying,"While I would be committed, you would be merely involved"

This is the story often told to highlight the difference between commitment and involvement.
In Islam and Islamic movement like Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, commitment to the cause is expected from the cadre.

Ibrahim (AS) with his declaration "Surely my prayer, all my acts of worship, and my living and my dying are only for Allah, the Lord of the whole Universe" (Quran 6: 162) has set the parameters for the scale of commitment.

In other words we do not have pass marks or high marks or first class or second class as far as commitment is concerned. You ought to get 100 percent or perish. It has made very clear in the hadith, "One cannot become a believer unless his love and his hate, his giving and refusing, his friendship and his enmity evolve on the basis of Allah and His Prophet"

Where do we stand now?
Are we committed to the cause of Islam?
Are we merely involved in the process?

We do participate in the weekly meetings. We do sit in the front row in the important gatherings. We do circulate Islamic books with our friends and relatives. We do promote our magazines and journals from Dawat sehroza to Samarasam Tamil Fortnightly to Radiance views weekly. We do actively take part in nation wide campaigns and caravans. We do read Quran and Hadith and nisabi kitabs. We do give gifts to others. We do this. We do that. We can go on bragging our activities. But is it sufficient? Have you ever analysed a basic question? Whether we do all this things when we find time or we do give prime importance?

The present Ameer-e-Halqa used to say about a karkun (let's call him Mr X): "If you cut Mr X to bits and pieces, each and every bit would scream Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamaat-e-Islami"
And surely that is commitment, you would say.
But I would like to add a correction. "If your body is cut to pieces, each and every bit and piece should scream Allah, Allah."
Just like Syedna Bilal(RA) used to say "Ahad! Ahad!"

That is commitment.

Also read : Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and the black belt!!
and : Three dimensions of a personality!