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An artist's imagination of the Sannyasi-Fakir fighting the British (Courtesy: Dharma)

Sufis played a key role in fighting the British rule in India

darul Uloom Deoband

Does Deoband follow Sufism?

AM Khwaja, Maulvi Zaheeruddin, Maulvi Hisamuddin and Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim

Indian Muslims: From Momin Conference to Pasmanda movement

Saquib-Salim

India has always been target of western intelligence agencies

Saquib Salim / New Delhi There is a well-known dialogue from a Hindi film, “Jinke apne ghar shiishe ke hote hain, wo dusro pe paththar nahi phenka karte” (Those living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones at others). The western media and governments, especially of Canada, need to learn from this famous dialogue written by Akhtarul Iman and delivered by Raaj Kumar. At the outset a reader should know that Canada doe...

Justin Trudeau's politics reminds Indians of Kamagata Maru tragedy

Saquib Salim “We are sorry, we would if we could, but you (Indians) cannot come in on equal terms with Europeans. We are bound to make our country (Canada) a white man’s country” These words were spoken by Sir Dr. William Osler on 28 May 1914. Osler is one of the greatest doctors Canada has ever produced. What was Dr Osler's remarks? In the early 20th century Indian...

Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz won the right to vote for the Indian women

Saquib Salim Today when the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill is all set to be placed before the Parliament and passed, it’s apt to remember Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz for a special reason. Indian women who enjoy the right to vote and can run for any top office never pause to express their appreciation to the women who struggled to get them these rights. Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz was the first Indian woman to wage a strugg...

Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali was the first Indian Muslim pilot

Saquib Salim Browsing through old newspaper clippings and journals, I came across an interesting name - Begum Hijab Ali. According to 'The International Women's News', published in 1939, Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali was the first Muslim female in the British Empire who had an 'A' license as a pilot. For those interested in Urdu literature her name may be familiar. Begum Hijab was a celebrated fiction writer and editor of ...

Pakistan Army will do self-favour by stopping to meddle in Kashmir

Saquib Salim On Wednesday, India read another news of a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir which claimed the lives of two Senior Army officers - Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Ashish Dhonack - and Deputy Superintendent Humayun Bhat of the jammu and Kashmir Police, in the Haloora village of Garol area of Anantnag district in the morning hours of Wednesday. Just a day before Pakistani media repo...

What is the connection between India and the US National Anthem?

Saquib Salim O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the Rockets' red glare, the Bombs bursting in the air, Gave proof through the night that our Flag was still there; Can there be a US citizen who doesn’t know these lyrics by heart? For those outside the USA, these are the words from her national anthem, Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key on 14 September 1814. The na...

Terrorists don’t’ come from Madrasas; Ulema don’t preach radical thoughts

Saquib Salim Islamic Terrorism became a buzzword for the media during the 1980s as several movements led by Muslims carried out bombings and hijackings in the Western World. After the 9/11 attacks, this term gained further currency. These events coupled with Samuel Huntington’s hypothesis, Clash of Civilizations, made people believe in what we know as Islamic Terrorism. Hundreds of books, thousands of articles, hours of airt...

Pir Muhammad Munis: the man who gave us Mahatma Gandhi

Saquib Salim “Of men of this type who are known to have approached Mr. Gandhi with offers of assistance, the most prominent is Pir Muhammad.” W. H. Lewis, Sub Divisional Officer of Bettiah, wrote this in a report to the Commissioner of Muzaffarpur in 1917. The context was the famous Champaran Satyagraha which launched Mahatma Gandhi in Indian politics. The British officials believed that Pir Muhammad was the man who informed Ga...

When Sardar Patel smuggled banned film of Netaji Subhas

Saquib Salim Somewhere in 1945, at the dead of the night, the British intelligence intercepted a suspicious-looking seagoing trawler near the coast of Mumbai. A team of police raided the trawler but could find only kitchen utensils and gunny bags. The trawler was travelling from Yangon in Myanmar and the cargo belonged to a Gujarati engineer, B. C. Mehta. As soon as the trawler reached the coast Mehta took all the bags and utensils with hi...

Children too played role in India's Freedom Movement

Saquib Salim On 17 January 1871, Namdhari Sikhs were protesting against the British authorities' order allowing cow slaughter in Malerkotla. The police arrested many of the demonstrators as they started turning violent. The arrested 66 Sikhs were sentenced to death. They were tied up to the mouth of the cannon gun. As it was fired they were blown away to death. The wife of Officer Cowan felt pity for a 12-year-old boy who was also&...

Netaji was also pioneer of Indian students movement against the British

Saquib Salim In the year 1916, an English professor at Presidency College in Kolkata vilified India and Indians at will. His racial attitude enraged the students but they couldn’t do much about it. One day when he tried to insult a student, he couldn’t take it. He started beating the professor and faced the consequences of his reaction. The student was expelled. The student was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the teacher he beat...

The Indian revolutionaries on foreign lands

Saquib Salim On 24 April 1918, Ram Chandra was shot dead by Ram Singh in a courtroom in San Francisco, USA. A few moments later, a policeman shot Ram Singh. Who were these Indians? Ram Chandra and Ram Singh were the leaders of a revolutionary Ghadar Party in the USA. They were planning to wage a war against the British Empire with the help of the German government. Ram Singh suspected Chandra of being a traitor and thus he killed him on th...

Journalists fought the Indian War of Independence

Saquib Salim Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary is a well-known fact, but do you know what was his profession? It is not commonly known that Bhagat Singh was a journalist. He wrote articles in Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, and English. Singh started his journalistic career as a reporter with the Hindi daily Pratap, edited by the known Hindi journalist Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi. He also edited a Punjabi magazine Kirti which was the...

The glorious role of Faqirs, Sadhus in freedom struggle

Saquib Salim In Hinduism and Islam, faqirs and sadhus are often seen as mendicants who have renounced the world and live on alms. They are also seen as being far from the political and economic problems of this world. Therefore, it is commonly believed that Faqirs and Sadhus did not take part in the freedom struggle of India. Nothing can be farther from the truth. In fact, the mendicants offered the most militant opposition to colonial rul...

When will history give its due to Indian women freedom fighters?

Saquib Salim Peasant women from Muzaffarnagar and Shamli organized themselves into armed battalions to fight the English forces during the summer of 1857. In the same year, a woman led irregular armed civilian forces against the colonial army in Delhi. A woman was burnt alive for fighting the English army. These are some of the lesser-known vailant soldiers of the Indian Freedom struggle whose bravery and patriotism is not recorded in ...

Muharram or Shia genocide: Pakistan recreates Karbala for Shia Muslims

Saquib Salim “The very thought that Muharram is arriving sent chills down my spine. When these terrorist organizations keep attacking the mosques and localities of their opponents (Shias) during other months, one can only imagine the terror they will unleash during the month of Muharram.” Popular Pakistani Urdu poet Jaun Elia wrote these words in May 1999. The fear that Jaun Elia, a muhajir (a person who had migrated ...

What did Kargil teach a 12-year-old boy?

Saquib Salim The summer of 1999 was not particularly harsh in the northern plains, the hot and dry loo winds were not the most deadly stuff coming from the Pakistan side. Indians were filled with excitement as Pakistani forces intruded into their territory in Kargil. As a student in the 7th standard, I could understand that something important was happening around me. Those were not the days of 24-hour satellite news channels...

Maratha rulers mourned Muharram like Muslims

Saquib Salim “Muharram is a general mourning observed by the Moohumedans to commemorate the death of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet: and the universal ardour with which the Marathas, who are Hindus, participate in its ceremonies is curious enough. Everyone turns Fuqeer: that is he wears some green rags: with a string of green and red cotton yarn, tied up like beads, across his shoulders; and goes about begging from su...

Muharram: At Karbala, Husain won after a defeat

Saquib Salim What would you think of a person who tells you a story where a large army of a King brutally killed a person and his family and then goes on to claim that the person killed had actually won the battle? Muslims across the world believe this story and the day is commemorated each year as Muharram. Imam Husain, grandson of Prophet Muhammad, sacrificed himself with his family members but did not lose the battle of truth. Every...

Nisar Kubra's 50 books got destroyed as family didn't want her to write

Saquib Salim “I used to write criticism of every book or article which I believed needed to be countered. Apart from these, I had written fiction, non-fiction, satires, and novels. Unfortunately, I could not publish any of these works because my Father-in-Law (May Allah Bless him with Paradise) was old-fashioned. In his opinion, good women did not write or engage with the public. Still, I got a few of my articles published in magazin...

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