The religion of Islam always teaches peace and order
After 27 years of Babri Masjid's martyrdom, on 11th Rabi-ul-Awwal 1441,
pertaining to 9th Dec, 2019, at 11 am, the decision of the Supreme Court of
India regarding the case of Babri Masjid, struck like lightning, where people of
justice still believe that the construction of the Babri Masjid has not been
done by demolishing any temple, as the Supreme Court has acknowledged in its
decision. Also, Muslims believe that in the light of the Qur'an and the Hadith,
it is not in their power to even give the house of Allah to build a house for a
person to stay, leave alone building a temple. That is why there have been many
attempts to reconcile, but the leaders remain persistent despite their goodwill
with the nation's citizens, saying that they do not have the right to convert
the mosque, the house of Allah, into an idol house (temple) because if they do
so, they are answerable in the court of the Almighty Allah. Yes, despite all
efforts to protect the mosque, if the decision of the Supreme Court of India
comes against us, we will accept it. In the recent Supreme Court ruling, the
entire land of the 500-year-old Babri Masjid has been given to build the Ram
Temple, as the RSS and the Bharatiya Janata Party have long desired. Peace
loving people, especially Muslims, have accepted this decision inspite of it
being against their will. Even though, according to the experts of Indian law
and various lawyers' statement, this decision has several flaws and it is
evident that being a major case in the history of India, the decision will
continue to be debated for a long time.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Jamiat Ulamae Hind and other nationally
recognized organizations fought their case well under the guidance of good
lawyers with full preparation. It was hoped that the Supreme Court's decision
would be based on documents rather than on Astha (austerity), but a five-member
panel of judges ruled on the basis of Astha, which left the secular-minded
community very sad because the decision in the largest case in the history of
India should have been based on facts rather than austerity. Muslim
organizations are pondering over the further layout for the future. Instead of
criticizing the leaders of the nation, people should wait for further decision
of Muslim organizations. It is quite possible that a petition be filed by the
National and combined Organizations for review of the Supreme Court's decision
using the right granted by the court, although changing the decision of the
Supreme Court is no longer possible. But the Muslim party will at least have a
chance to explain the flaws of this decision.
More than 20 million Muslims in India deserve the applause that despite the
expectations of this important and sensitive case that went against their
expectations, they maintained peace and tranquility in the country and displayed
the best of patience in accordance with Islamic teachings. When some unruly
people martyred the 500-year-old Babri Masjid in 1992 by violating Indian laws,
riots broke out across the country, causing thousands of women and children to
become helpless. But at that time, Muslims obeyed their leaders, controlled
their emotions and cooperated with the administration to prevent the situation
in the country from worsening. The Supreme Court has termed the demolition of
the Babri Masjid wrong, but no verdict has been pronounced against those who
have demolished the Babri Masjid, though the matter has been pending in the
court for a long time.
One of the reasons that the Indian Muslims have given the example of patience in
order to maintain law and order in the country is that the Prophet ﷺ whose name
they take has been sent as mercy for all the universe. Instead of terrorism, the
Prophet's teachings promote a message of tolerance and brotherhood.
The Prophet of humanity has always taught us to establish law and order. So
there has been more than a thousand years of Muslim rule over this world and the
flag of monotheism hoists from east to west. Even India has been ruled by
Muslims for hundreds of years, but in the meantime no religious extremism had
flourished nor terrorism had been born, but instead, the honor and equipments of
non-Muslims were given full protection like that of Muslims.
Certainly there have been circumstances on Indian Muslims for some years that
have not been seen before, but we must confront these situations in view of the
Prophet’s (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) seerah. From the time of
prophethood until the death of the Prophet, numerous difficulties were given,
but he never lost patience, he continued to perform the duties of the messenger
with endurance. We should take lessons from the life of our Prophet, whether
domestic, national or global, or whatever the situation may come upon us, let us
be patient and strengthen our relationship with Allah by following the footsteps
of our Prophet. According to the Indian law, we have the right to peaceful
demonstrations, but we must take action under the patronage of nationally
recognized organizations.
Finally, the Muslim brothers are requested to come forward to set up their own
educational institutions, with the proper management of the best religious
training of children with advanced education in modern sciences, so that our
generations can avoid apostasy and transfer Islamic teachings to non-Muslim
brethren through their words and deeds so that the correct information about
Islam can be conveyed to them.