MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi :Taslima is a threat to Peace

MiM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Speaking to Mediapersons Outside City Court with MiM MLA's who were out on bail after being Arrested over there Protest on blasphemous writer Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MiM) is in the news for an attack on Taslima Nasreen by three of its MLAs. Asaduddin Owaisi, leader of MiM and MP from Hyderabad who is in Chicago ,USA says that it was not an attack but a protest against Taslima’s actions. Kashif-ul-huda of TwoCircles.net spoke to him about this incident.

TwoCircles.Net: Would you comment on the recent attack on Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad?

Asad Owaisi: I disagree that it was an attack; it was a public protest against an individual who is not an Indian citizen, and who has been given refugee status in India. She has a habit of ridiculing Islam and making fun of the Prophet of Islam (pbuh). We wanted to lodge a peaceful democratic protest against her. Unfortunately the organizers did not listen to our viewpoint that resulted in the assault of press people who were there, which we regret.

We have a democratic right to protest her and protest her visit. We feel that she is a great threat to the peace of not only Hyderabad but to India as well. Her writing has always created fissures and divisions within the community.

I feel that Indian government should deport her by classifying her persona non grata. Through her writing she is creating division between Hindus and Muslims by exploiting freedom that she has in India. India will be better off if such persons are not allowed to live in India.

TCN: She has been living in India for some time now, what was the need for this protest now?

AO: Once again, I would like to correct you that if you follow my parliamentary speeches, one speech that I gave, two months ago, in the last parliament session. It was on the topic of internal security; in that debate, I demanded that she should be deported and she should follow in the footsteps of Dalai Lama, who has come to India in 1950. He has an animosity towards China but has never used Indian territory to propagate anything against China. He was given Nobel peace prize.

Taslima Nasreen should have followed Dalai Lama, how graciously he lived in India. Taslima is disliked not only by Muslims but also by secular Hindus.
Can you tell me what the importance of Taslima Nasreen is? What is her contribution to literature? She is famous because she is anti-Islam and she ridicules Prophet Mohammed (pbuh).

TCN: Don’t you think that attacks like these put her in the limelight and give her more press coverage?

AO: May be you are right, but we wanted to get our message across to the government of India, we wanted the people to know. Hyderabad has long history of harmony between communities we don’t want this environment to get polluted.

The most important point, which has not got highlighted, is that the organizers are known Hindutva and Sangh Parivar members. They did not even inform the local police. They didn’t inform central agencies that she will be in Hyderabad. We are just fortunate that we came to know when this function was about to end. We decided immediately that we should protest her visit. We wanted the message to go to Indian government and Indian people that this person has no other work apart from nuisance, creating division, provoking Muslims by hurting their religious sentiments. At least now she knows that she can get away with nonsense things that she has said in the past.

TCN: Will you take your protest outside Hyderabad?

AO: We are requesting all right thinking people, all secular minded people that we should be together on this. It is not a question of only Muslims coming out to protest. We want all the people to come out. India is famous for its pluralism. India is famous for having good relations among all the communities.

It is one of the countries of the world where you can find all the religion that are in the world. We want to maintain the pluralism that India has given to the world. So I hope that people should protest against her and government of India understand and respect the wishes of the people and take action against her.

TCN: One of your legislators Muqtada Afasr Khan is reported to have said that if Taslima comes to the city again, she will be killed. What do you say about this?

AO: This is wrongly reported, what he said that if she comes again we will launch a very organized and strong protest against her. If anything happens to her then the responsibility will lie with the state government and the state machinery.

The consequences will be draconian. Words have been attributed to our MLA that he never said, he only mentioned the strong protest that Majlis will organize and if any thing goes wrong consequences will lie with the government. This is what he said, but the local media has twisted and added flavour and attributed something to him that he never said.

TCN: How justified is it for a political party like MiM to take up this issue which is basically religious in nature?

AO: Indian Penal Code 153(a) clearly states that it is an offence to create amongst different religious communities. Indian Constitution gives me this right that to ensure that no animosity takes place between different religious communities. Our launching of protest against Taslima Nasreen is that she has to be stopped in initial stages. If she continues with her divisive writings in the guise of freedom of expression this will lead to more friction among Hindus and Muslims and different communities.

I am for freedom of expression; I am for freedom of press. But every freedom has some limitation; one should not cross those limitations. What we are saying is that, I want the whole world to understand that as far as Muslims are concerned, you can criticize my action, you can criticize my policies, you can criticize my parents and my profession but there is a limit. You can not criticize my Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), that is my identity. You can not criticize him, you can not ridicule him. You can not commit blasphemy against him. Various countries of the world have religious laws that e.g. there are many Christian countries that have laws that say that you can not commit acts of blasphemy against Jesus.

How can you ridicule Prophet Mohammed Pbuh, which is an integral part of our faith. As faras Muslims are concerned, my faith is not complete unless and until I have the utmost respect for my Prophet. This needs to be understood from Muslims’ point of view.
This is not a question of freedom of expression; this is not a question of taking law into our hands. We hope that people understand it from our view point.

TCN: How is your action different than actions that Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena takes against writers and artists?

AO: My party is not a fascist party but they have a record of hurting different minorities and they have been involved in various riots, which has been corroborated by various commissions and fact-finding committees.

If we really wanted to really harm her (Taslima Nasreen), there was no stopping. It’s just that we came to know that she is in Hyderabad. Her whole visit was done in a very surreptitious way. If it was done in an open way, we would have lodged our protest in a more organized way and I am sure this would not have happened.

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MiM Submits Memorandum to SHRC Over Police Firing

MiM Member of Parliment Asadudin Owaisi Arguing with Police DIG (CID) Sandeep Shandilya over his Attempt to Move Crowds with Force in Hyderabad after Prayers in Mecca Masjid on Friday.

HYDERABAD: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) will hold an inquiry on June 11 into the police firing in the old city after the Mecca Masjid bomb blast on May 18 that reportedly claimed five lives.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi along with Partymen on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the SHRC Chairman, B. Subhashan Reddy, here on Thursday urging him to take up a full-fledged inquiry into the matter. Mr. Owaisi in his memorandum described police action as `unwarranted' and `unprovoked' adding that the firing was ordered without following due procedures.'There was absolutely no need for police firing. Not a single policeman was injured. There was no loss to property. Unnecessarily five innocent people have lost their lives and four others are injured.

The MIM leader submitted an account outlining the conditions in which five persons were killed while another eight persons were injured in the police firing. "Police opened indiscriminate firing on innocent people who started running towards Shalibanda after coming out of the mosque," he said.

MIM party workers who interacted with the media after meeting the SHRC Chairman pointed out that Self Loading Rifles were used in the firing. "SLRs are only used to combat terrorists or naxalites and not common people," Mr Owaisi said. SHRC Chairman B. Subhashan Reddy informed that they would wait for the report from Commissioner of Police and Hyderabad District Collector before reaching any conclusion. Mr. Reddy informed that the notice was served on the Commissioner of Police seeking explanation for reasons behind the police firing.

MiM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Protest inside Mecca Masjid on Police Firing on Protestors

MIM Stages Protest at Andhra Pradesh Police Headquarters

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi Speaking to Press Reporters in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), a party with a large following in Hyderabad, Sunday staged a protest in front of the Andhra Pradesh police headquarters demanding immediate suspension of the police officials responsible for firing after Friday's bomb blast at the historic Mecca Masjid.

Led by party leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, MIM activists staged a sit-in in front of the office of Director General of Police (DGP) in Saifabad, throwing traffic out of gear in the heart of the city.

Tension prevailed for some time as the activists, who were carrying black and green flags, tried to barge into the high-security office, abutting the state legislative assembly building. They shouted slogans against police and set afire an effigy DGP M.A. Basith.

The MiM MP demanded that the government immediately order an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the bomb blast and the police firing and suspension of officials for opening fire. The 17th-century Mecca Masjid, near the city's famous landmark of Charminar, was targeted with a powerful blast Friday afternoon. Soon after that, police had fired on a protesting mob to quell violence.

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy said Saturday that 11 people were killed in the mosque blast, while five died in police firing.On Saturday night, the police chief had clarified that nine people died in the blast and five in firing.

Owaisi, however, said 10 people died in police firing and seven in the blast. Basith had initially denied police firing and claimed that only rubber bullets were fired. During a meeting called by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here Saturday, the DGP had defended the police action.'We want an immediate CBI inquiry and immediate suspension of guilty officers and if these demands are not met then there is no difference between the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat,' said Owaisi, whose party is an ally of the ruling Congress.

The firing was unprovoked. Some policemen deliberately targeted protesters and shot them in their chests,' alleged the MP.

Akbaruddin Owaisi MiM Floor Leader in the state assembly, and other party leaders also participated in the protest. Hyderabad, which is a city's five million muslim population, is a traditional stronghold of MIM. The party won all the five assembly seats in the old city and the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat in the 2004 elections.

MiM calls for Hyderabad Bandh Against Bomb Blasts

Above Pic Shows a Road in Hyderabad During Bandh Called By MiM and MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi along with MiM Party Workers Forming Human Chain to Stop Police From Lathicharging Protestors in Hyderbad

Hyderabad: The All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has called for a bandh on Saturday to protest against the bomb blast at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad.
According to MiM Party sources, seven persons died in the blast in the mosque while seven others were killed in police firings to quell riotous mobs who came onto the roads subsequently. In all, 98 persons were injured in the blast and the subsequent incidents.

The MiM party leaders blamed the state government for the police firing. Additionally they urged that the state leaders should swing into action, and nab all those responsible for the blasts.
MIM has also alleged that the blast was the handiwork of people who do not want any unity between Hindus and Muslims in India. "People are very angry. To call it a hurt would be an understatement. Why is it that mosques are being targeted in all in Congress-ruled states? The police wanted to cover up this, hence they resorted to firing," Asaduddin Owaisi, MiM MP from Hyderabad, alleged.

He also said that the police should have maintained restraint but resorted to firing at the panic -stricken mob. He alleged that Additional Commissioner (Crime) Rajiv Trivedi was trying to link the Mecca Masjid blast with the one at the City Task Force office in October 2005.The Police should have open mind It is a terror act. The Police will end their sterotype investagation by linking the act to Bangladesh or Pakistan.

Action has to be taken immediately against the erring police officers who opened fire on the common people. A CBI inquiry should be done into the incidents the Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Party has called for a bandh tomorrow to protest against the attack on the composite culture of Hyderabad and Secunderabad , said Mr Owaisi .

MIM Asks AP Govt For CBI Probe Into Fake Encounters

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi addressing Mediapersons on Fake Encounter Case in MiM Headquarters Darussalam in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad, May 3: All India Majlis-e-Ettehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Leader and MP Asaduddin Owaisi today demanded the state government to order CBI inquiry into the alleged involvement of state police officials in the Gujarat fake encounter case.Addressing the press here, Mr Owaisi alleged City Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Raji Trivedi and the then City Police Commissioner Mohanty were involved in the case and said their role required investigation.

He said Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy should not try to protect the state policemen involved in the encounters. The Chief Minister should order a CBI probe to avoid problems later. He reminded YSR that the Muslims had deserted Chandrababu Naidu in the 2004 elections because he had become insensitive to their security and moved too close to the BJP. A similar situation could stare the Congress in the face, if immediate measures are not taken to address the growing concerns of the community. "Don't shield the black sheep in the police. Such an attempt would hurt your image," Owaisi said.

He said that the top brass of the Hyderabad police in November 2005 must have certainly known about the goings on in the city at that time. Chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi stands for the destruction of the secular fabric of the country. Why should Y S Rajasekhara Reddy try to cover up something that would help Modi's government and damage his own, he asked. "The Muslims will not care for the five per cent reservation or any other concession that the state government plans to dole out if they feel that there is no safety for their lives under the Congress rule," Owaisi said.

Alleging a conspiracy on the part of the Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh Police in the killing of Sohrabuddin and his wife Kausar Bi in a fake encounter because of 'hatred and for commercial gains,' Mr Owaisi said there was a need for an open debate at national level on the issue and it was high time to frame proper regulations for handing over people to the other state police.He said that the top brass of the Hyderabad police in November 2005 must have certainly known about the goings on in the city at that time. Chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi stands for the destruction of the secular fabric of the country. Why should Y S Rajasekhara Reddy try to cover up something that would help Modi's government and damage his own, he asked.

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that the inquiry should be divided into two parts. One should start from November 2005 when the conspiracy to eliminate Sheikh was hatched. The second part of the probe should cover the nexus between the Gujarat police and a section of the Andhra Pradesh police during the period between 2002 till the present during which time a number of Hyderabadi Muslims were killed in Hyderabad in fake encounters and several of them were also handed over to Gujarat Police, he said.

He asked Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu, who claimed to be a champion of Muslims in the state, to make a statement on the fake encounters.

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi in Lebanon and Syria

Hyderabad Mp Asaduddin Owaisi right with Hezbollah South Commander Hasan Hubullah in an Undisclosed Secret Location.


HYDERABAD LOK SABHA MP ASADUDDIN OWAISI IS THE FIRST INDIAN DIPLOMAT TO VISIT LEBANON AFTER THE WAR ACCORDING TO THE ETEMAAD URDU DAILY AND ALMANAR TV MR ASADUDDIN OWAISI IS ON A PRIVATE VISIT TO LEBANON AND SYRIA AND NOT REPRESENTING THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT OVER THERE IT IS SAID TO BE A GOODWILL VISIT AND TO SHOW SUPPORT OF INDIAN MUSLIMS IN THE WAKE OF DEATH AND MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OVER THERE . ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS MR OWAISI FLEW FROM DELHI TO DAMASCUAS CAPITAL OF SYRIA AND WAS WELCOMED ON HIS ARRIVAL THERE BY INDIAN EMBASSY STAFF AND WHILE HIS STAY IN DAMASACUS FOR 3 DAYS HE VISITED HISTORIC AND ISLAMIC HOLY SHRINES AND EVEN VISITED THE GRAND UMMAYD MOSQUE AND AFTER THAT HE WENT TO BEIRUT BY ROAD AND WHILE HIS STAY HE ALONG WITH HEZBOLLAH MPS VISITED THE SOUTHEREN PART OF BEIRUT CITY WHICH WAS THE MOST BOMBED AREA IN BEIRUT WHICH WAS REPETADELY STUCK BY ISRAELI WARPLANES AND FROM THERE HE ALONG WITH VARIOUS OTHER SOCIAL AND AID ACTVISTS HE WENT TO QANA AND VISITED THE PLACE WHERE A BUILDING WAS COLLAPSED AFTER A ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN WHICH 57 CIVILLANNS WERE KILLED AND MR OWAISI HAS EVEN VISITED THE PORT CITY OF TYRE AN MET ITS MAYOR MR ALI MUSHARRAF .THE CITY WHICH WAS DESERTED AT THE TIME OF WAR AND BINT JEBIL AN AREA IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WHICH WAS THE MAIN BATTLEFRONT BETWEEN HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS AND ISRAELI ARMY AND IS SAID THAT THE WHOLE VILLAGES IN THAT AREA HAVE BEEN DEVASTED BY THE FIGHTING WHICH LASTED FOR 34 DAYS AND ON HIS VISIT TO BEIRUT THE HYDERABAD MP GAVE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TO THE HEZBOLLAH RUN TV AL MANAR AND SAID THAT HE HAS COME TO LEBANON TO SHOW HIS SOLADIRTY WITH THE LEBANESE PEOPLE AND SAID HOW TH INDIAN GOVT HAS CONDEMNED THE WAR IN LEBANON AND THE GOVT OF INDIA HAS ANNOUNCED HUMANITARIAN AID WORTH 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE LEBANESE PEOPLE HE MET WITH MANY CIVILLANS AND OLD AGE WOMEN WHOSE SONS WERE KILLED WHILE FIGHTING THE ISRAELI ARMY MR OWAISI WILL STAY IN LEBANON AND MEET LEBABNESE MPS AND EVEN WILL VISIT INDIAN EMBASSY IN BEIRUT AND MEET INDIAN EMBASSY STAFF AND AMBASSADOR . REPORTS SUGGEST THAT HE EVEN MET HEZBOLLAH LEADERS WHILE HIS STAY IN BEIRUT.HE MET HEZBOLLAH SOUTHERN COMMANDER HASAN HUBULLAH AND HEZBOLLAH CHAIRMAN FOR ECONOMIC AND RESARCH DEVELOPMENT DR ALI FAYYAD AND WHILE COMING OUT OF LEBANESE PARLIAMENT AFTER MEETING LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIL BERRI THE HYDERABAD MP SPEAKING TO REPORTERS SAID THAT PEACE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IN THE REGION UNLESS ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM ALL OCCUPIED LANDS HE CRITCIZED THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION AND SAID WHAT ISRAEL HAS DONE BY KILLING INNOCENT CIVILLANS AND DAMAGING LEBANONS INFRASTRUCTURE IS A ACT OF STATE TERRORISM AND THIS WILL NOT DESTROY THE WILL OF THE LEBANESE PEOPLE FIGHTING AGAINST OCCUPATION OF THERE LAND .HE SAID THE WEST WHICH PREACHES DEMOCRACY IN THE REGION IS ITSELF AGAINST THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVT OF HAMAS IN PALESTINE AND HE SAID IT IS NOT ONLY LEBANON WHICH HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY TERRORISM INDIA IS ALSO A VICTIM OF TERRORISM.