Training camp of Muslim Rashtriya Manch

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Training camp of Muslim Rashtriya Manch
Politics divide, culture unite – KS Sudarshan

“British had divided the Muslims and the Hindus for their political
endgame. We must understand that politics divides while the culture
unites,” said Shri KS Sudarshan, former Sarsanghachalak of RSS. He was
addressing a gathering of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch activists
assembled at a training camp in Raipur on June 7. Workers from 15
states of the country participated in the camp. Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Dr Raman Singh and RSS National Executive Member Shri Indresh
Kumar also addressed the workers.

Shri Sudarshan asked the workers to spread the message of love and
peace in the society and appealed to them to remember that they share
the same ancestors, culture and traditions with their Hindu brothers.
He also urged them to feel the unity in diversity and experience the
inherent unity of mankind in the light of Islam and its tenets of
peace and brotherhood.

He said that in true sense the Parsis, Jews and Anglo-Indians are
minorities in India. The Muslims did not come from outside India and
belonged to this land. They might have changed their way of worship
some centuries, generations ago, but they share same ancestors,
culture and traditions with the Hindus. He said if Islam means peace
then how cruelty had entered into it? He said when religion ties
itself with imperialism then it becomes violent. All sorts of bad
qualities creep into it and it loses its original character.

Speaking at the inaugural session Shri Indresh Kumar stressed on the
origin and progress of the Manch. He said apart from organising many
successful events the Manch gave a clarion call to stop cow slaughter
and its progeny, which forms the basis of agriculture-based economy.
The Manch activists collected five lakh signatures of Muslims from all
provinces and when a delegation of the Manch met the Vice-President
Hamid Ansari and submitted its demand for banning the cow slaughter,
he said he had no objection in getting the law passed by the
government, but the demand should come at least from 15 lakh Muslims
of the country. The Manch immediately accepted the challenge and
promised that they would bring 15 lakh signatures to the government
soon. Meanwhile, the Deoband Madrasa came out with a fatwa forbidding
Muslims to kill cows and oxen on Id or other occasions. He said the
Darul Ulum also issued a fatwa saying that Hindus cannot be kafirs
because kafirs are those who do not believe in God. The Hindus believe
in God and as such they cannot be described as kafirs.

Outlining the future programmess of the Manch Shri Indresh Kumar said
from August 9 to 15 the Manch would observe Tiranga Lehrao-Atank
Bhagao week all over the country. During this week the Manch would
unfurl the tricolor at public places and would take oath to fight
against terrorism. To pay tributes to the martyrs of 26/11 terrorist
attacks on its first anniversary, the Manch will organise a massive
rally in Mumbai on November 25 and will commit itself to thwart the
terrorists’ designs to destabilise India.

During the Ramzan period the Manch workers will organise plantation
drive to save environment and control pollution under the slogan
Pradushan Bhagao, Paryavaran Bachao. Shri Indresh Kumar said so far
the Manch work has spread to 22 states and there are 15 full time
workers. The Manch has decided to concentrate on students and women
wings and will shortly organise national level convention of students
and women. He also declared the new national team of the Manch. In the
new team, Shri Tanveer Ahmed is patron, Shri Mohd Afzal and Shri
Salabat Khan are national convenors, Shri Girish Jyual is organising
secretary and Shri Umer Iliyasi will look after the work of public
relations.