A dangerous portent
Some of you must have read the news from two days ago regarding a call by some Muslim leaders to form a “Muslim political front“ that would also align “secular forces”. Quite how a religious front can align secular forces is beyond me but I felt a deep sense of unease as I read this piece of news…
In some ways it was reminiscent of the background that eventually led to the formation of the Muslim League just over a century earlier in Dhaka. The mood amongst Muslims at the time was captured in these words by Sir Percival Griffiths:
“…the Muslim belief that their interest must be regarded as completely separate from those of the Hindus, and that no fusion of the two communities was possible…”
I am seriously worried that we may be approaching that point again.
At the conference in Jama Masjid, some speakers went to the extent of saying that there is a “deep rooted conspiracy to eliminate Muslims”.
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