DR AMBEDKAR ON ISLAM
Dalits will never forget that they were wiped out from Afganistan to Bihar by the cruel Muslim invaders. Dr. Ambedkar reminded us who is our brother
FOLLOWING ARE THE QUOTES BY DR AMBEDKAR ON ISLAM
All quotations are from pakistan or the parition of india by Dr B.R.Ambedkar,
3rd edition ,1946 BAWS Vol. 8,1990 , govt of maharastra publication; previous
name of the book: Thoughts on Pakistan
Hindu is a Kafir-Not worthy of respect-
"To the muslims, a Hindu (and any non-muslim) is a Kafir. A Kafir (non-believer in islam) is not worthy of respect. He is a low born and without status. That is why a country ruled by the Kafir (Non-muslim) is a Dar-ul-Harb (i.e. the land of war) to a Muslim, which must be conquered, by any means for the muslims and turned into Dar-ul-Islam (i.e. land of muslims alone). Given
this, no further evidence seems necessary to prove that the muslims will not obey a Hindu (or for that matter any non- muslim) government " Ref-page 301
Brotherhood of muslims for the muslims only-
"Islam is a close corporation and the distinction that it makes between muslims and non-muslims is a very real, very positive and very alienating distinction. The brotherhood of islam is not the universal brotherhood of man.It is the brotherhood of muslims for muslims only. There is fraternity but its benefit is confined to those within that corporation.For those who are outside the corporation, there is nothing but contempt and enmity.
The second defect of islam is that it is a system of social self-government, because the allegiance of a muslim does not rest on his domicile in the country which is his but on the faith to which he belongs. To the muslim ibi benepatria is unthinkable.wherever- there is the rule of islam, there is his own country.In other words, Islam can never allow a true muslim to adopt india as his motherland and regard a hindu as his kith and kin. that is probably the reason
why maulana Mahomed Ali, a great indian but a true muslim, preferred to be buried in jerusalem rather than in india.' (Ref-page 330-331)
Difficult to see difference between a communal and nationalist muslim:
"It is difficult to see any real difference between the communal muslims who form the Muslim league and the nationalist muslims. It is extremely doubtful whether the nationalist musalmans have any real community of sentiment, aim and policy with the congress which mark them off from the muslim league. Indeed many Congressmen are alleged to hold the view that there is no different between the two and that the nationalist muslim inside the congress are only an
outpost of the communal muslims"ref- page 408
Muslim invaders planted the seeds of Islam in India.
"The muslim invaders, no doubt, came to india singing a hymn of hate against the hindus, but, they did not merely sing their hymn of hate and go back burning a few temples on the way. That would have been a blessing. they were not content with so negative a result. They did a positive act,namely, to plant the seed of islam. The growth of this plant is remarkable. It is not a summer sapling. It is as great and as stronger as an oak. Its growth is thickest in northern india. The successive invasions have deposited their 'silt' served as watering exercises of devoted gardners, its growth is so thick in northern india that the remnants of hindu and buddhist culture are just shurbs. Even the sikh axe could not fell this oak"
Ref page- 65
Muslim's strategy in politics:
"The third thing that is noticeable is teh adoption by the muslims of the gangster's method in politics. The riots are a sufficient indication that gangsterism has become a setteled part of their strategy in poliics" Ref page- 269
Murderers are religious martyrs
"But whether the number of prominent hindus killed by fanatic muslims is large or small mattes little. What matters is the attitude of those who count towards these murderes. The murderers paid the penalty of law where law is enforced.
The leading moslems, however , never condemned these criminals. On the contrary, they were hailed as religious martyrs and agitation was carried on for clemency being shown to them.As an illustration of this attitude, one may refer to Mr. Barkat Ali , a barrister of lahore, who argued the appeal of Abdul Qayum. He went to the length of saying that qayum was not guilty of murder of Nathuramal because his act was justificable by the law of the Koran. This attitude of the moslems is quite understandable.what is not understandable is
the attitude of Mr. Gandhi '
Ref page 157
Hindus and muslims are two distinct spritual species from aspritual point of view, Hindus and Musalmans are not merely two classes or two sects such as protestants and catholics or Shaivas and Vaishnavas. They are two distinct species.
page 193
Islam and Castism
"Everybody infers that islam must be free from slavery and caste. Regarding slavery nothing needs to be said. It stands aboloshed now by law. But while it existed much of its support was derived from islam and islamic countries."But if slavery has gone, caste among musalmans has remained, as an illustration one may take the conditions prevalent among the bengal muslims. The superitendent of the census for 1901 for the province of Bengal records the
following interesting facts regarding the muslims of bengal:-
The conventional division of the Mahomedans into four tribes- sheikh, saiad, moghul and pathan- has very little application to this province (bengal). the
mahomedans themselves recognize two main social divisions, (1) ashraf or sharaf
and (2) ajlaf. ashraf means noble and includes all undoubted descendents of
foreigners and converts from high castes hindus. all other mahamedans including
the occupational groups and all converts of lower ranks ,a re known by the
contemptous-terms. 'ajlab', 'wretches' or 'mean people': they are also called
kamina or itar, 'base' or rasil, a corruption of rizal, "worthless'. in some
places a third class, called arzal or lowest of all is added. with them no
other mohomedan would associate, and they are forbidden to enter the mosque to
use the public burial ground.
"within these groups there are castes with sovial precedence of exactly the
same nature as one finds among the hindus."
1. ashraf or better class mahomedans.
(1) saiads (2) sheikhs (3) pathans (4) moghul (5) malik and (6) mirza
2. ajlaf or lower class mahomedans.
(1) cultivating sheikhs, and other who were originally hindus but do not belong
to any functional group, and have not gained admittance to the ashraf community
e.g. pirali and thakrai
(2) darzi, jolaha, fakir and rangrez
(3) brahi, bhathiara, cluk, chrihar, dai, dhawa, dhunia, gaddi, kalal, kasai,
kula, kunjara, laheri, mahifarosh, mallah, naliya, nikari.
(4) abdal, bako, bediya, bhat , chamba, dafali,dhobi, hallam, mucho, nagarchi,
nat, panwari, madaria,tuntia.
3. arzal or degraded class.
bhanar, halalkhor, hijra, kasbi, lalbegi, mougtra, mehtar.
similar facts from other provinces of india could be gathered from their
respective census reports and those who are curious may refer to them. but the
facts for bengal are enough to show that the mahamoedans observed not only
caste but also untouchability
page- 228-230
Muslim canon oppose social reform
The existance of these evils among the muslims is distressing enough. But far
more distressing is the fact that there is no organized movement of social
reform among the musalmans of india on a scale sufficient to bring about their
eradication. The hindus have their social evils. But there is relieving feature
about them namely, that some of them are conscious of their existance and a few
of them are actively agitating for their removal. Indeed, they oppose any
change in their existing practices. it is noteworthy that the muslims opposed
the child marriage bill brought in the central assembly in 1930, whereby the
age for marriage of a girl was raised to 14 and for a boy to 18 on the ground
that it was opposed to the muslim canon law. Not only did they oppose the bill
at every stage but that when it became law they started a campaign of civil
disobedience against that act
Ref page-233
Muslim politicians oppose secular categories: "muslim politicians do not recognize secular categories of life as the basis of their politics because to them it means the weakening of the community in it fight against the hindus. The poor muslims will not join the poor hindus to get justice from the rich. Muslim tenants will not join hindu tenants to prevent the tyranny of the
landlord. Muslim labourers will not join hindu labourers in the fight of labour against the capitalist. Why? the answer is simple. The poor muslims sees that if he joins in the fight of the poor against the rich, he may be fighting against a rich muslim. the muslim labourer feels that if he joins in the onslaught of labour against capitalist he will be injuring a muslim mill-owner.
He is conscious that any injury to a rich muslim, to a muslim landlord or to a muslim mill-owner, is a disservice to the muslim community, for it is thereby weakened in ots struggle against the hindu community "
Ref page -236
India cannot be common motherland of the hindus and muslims as per muslim laws:
According to muslim canon law the world is divided into two camps, dar-ul-islam
(abode of islam) and dar-ul-harb (adobe of war). a country is dar-ul-islam when
it is ruled by muslims. a country is dar-ul-harb when muslims only reside in it
but are not rulers of it. that being the canon law of the muslims, india cannot
be the common motherland of the hindus and the musalmans. it can be the land of
the musalmans- but it cannot be the land of the 'hindus and musalmans living as
equals'. Further, it can be the land of the musalmans only when it is governed
by the muslims. the moment the land become subject to the authoritynof a non-
muslim power, it ceases to be the lnd of the muslims. instead of being dar-ul-
islam it becomes dar-ul-harb.
I must not be supposed that this view is only of academic interest. For it is
capable of becoming an active force capable of influencing the conduct of the
muslims.
Ref- page 294
Jihad to transform dar-ul-harb india to dar-ul-islam
It might also be mentioned that hijrat is not the only way of escape to muslims
who find themselves in adar-ul-harb. there is another injunction of muslim
canon law called jihad (crusade) by which it beomes incument on a muslim ruler
to extend the rules of islam until the whole world shall have been brought
under its sway. The world, being divided into two camps, dar-ul-islam (adobe of
islam) , dar-ul-harb (adobe of war), all countries come under one category or
the other. technically , it is the duty of the muslim ruler, who is capable of
doing so, to transform dar-ul-harb into dar-ul-islam.
The fact remains that india, if not exclusively under muslim rule, is a dar-
ul-harb and the musalmans, according to the tenents of islam are justified in
procaliming a jihad.
The fact remains that india, if not exclusively under muslim rule, is a dar-
ul-harb and the muslamns, according to the tenets of islam are justified in
proclaiming a jihad.
not only can they proclaim jihad but they can call the aid of a foriegn muslim
power to make jihad success, or if the foreign muslim power intents to proclaim
a jihad, help that power in making its endeavour a succs.
Ref-page 295-296
Why is hindu-muslim unity a failure?
"the real explanation of this failure of hindu-muslim unity lies in the failure
to realize that what stands between the hindus and muslims is not a mere matter
of difference , and that this antagonism is not to be attributed to material
cause. it is formed by causes which take their origin in historical, religious,
cultural and social antipathy, of which political antipathy is only a
reflection."
Ref- page 329
Hindu-muslim unity is out of sight
Nothing i could say can so well show the futility of any hope of hindu-muslim
unity. Hindu -Muslim unity upto now was at least in sight although it was like
a mirage. today it is out of sight and also out of mind. even mr gandhi has
given up what, he perheps now realizes,is an impossible task.
Ref- page 187
Transfer of minorities is the only remedy for communal peace."the transfer of minorities is the only lasting remedy for communal peace, is beyond doubt. if that is so, there is no reason why the hindus and the muslims should keep on trading in safeguards which have proved so unsafe. if small countries, with limited resources like greece, turkey and bulgaria, were
capable of such an undertaking there is no reason to suppose that what they did
cannot be accomplished by indians"
The problem of majority-minority will continue
"the musalmans are scattered all over hindustan-though they are mostly congregated in towns and no ingenuity in the matter of redrawing of boundaries can make it homogenous. the only way to make hindustan homogenous, is to arrange for exchange of population. until that is done, it must be admitted that even with the creation of pakistan , the problem of majority vs minority will remain in hindustan asbefore and will continue to produce disharmony in the body politic of hindustan
