In a heartening development, Rajasthan Muslim Forum on December 6 organized a prayer meeting at Muslim Musafirkhana in Jaipur for the reconstruction of Babri Masjid. The speakers felt that on December 9, 2019, the Supreme Court gave its verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir case, but justice has not been done. They hoped that one day justice will definitely be done.
December 6 is a Day of Oppression and Injustice. This day will be recorded in the history books as a dark day which our future generations will also read about.
We believe that the martyrdom of Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992 is a big incident in the history of India. We have full hope that Babri Masjid will be rebuilt God willing.
Rahmat Khan
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu Govt. AnnouncesRs.6000 for Each Flood-Affected Family
M.K.Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu has announced a cash relief of Rs. 6,000 to each of the families affected by the floods caused by Cyclone Michaung on Dec. 3 and 4, causing widespread devastation in Chennai and itsadjoining districts. The cash compensation would be paidthrough the ration shops near the victims’residences.
Along with the Rs.6000 relief, the government also announced an increase in the payment of compensation to the families of those who died in the disaster from Rs. 4 lakh to Rs.5 lakh, for loss of dwelling from Rs.4 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh, and for cropdamage, death of cattle and damage to boats and fishing gear. And for farmers, many compensations have been announced. The number of food packetsdistributed was 47 lakhs in Chennai and 51 lakhs in all the four affected districts.
Chowdhry Nisar Ahmed
Noorullah pet, Ambur (T.N.)
Growing number of Jews active for Palestinian rights
In an article posted on Australasian Muslim Times (AMUST) by Vivienne Porzsolt on 8th December 2023, sats that many readers will be surprised to learn that many Jews reject political Zionism.
The writer says: We in “Jews against the Occupation ‘48” have been campaigning for Palestinian rights since 2006.
I am Jewish, not religiously observant, but no less Jewish for that. We are a people as much as a religious community.
My parents had enough luck and foresight to escape the Nazis before World War II and were granted entry into New Zealand where I was born and grew up.
Many of my family were murdered by the Nazis.
As a person from a rejected people, and growing up in the very alien, insular New Zealand of the 1940’s, social inclusion and justice is in my DNA. It is also a strongly Jewish value. As Moses preached, ‘Justice, justice shall you seek!’
The Zionist movement claims to act and speak for us as Jews. We reject that.
As a Jewish group defending Palestinian rights and resistance to colonisation, we oppose the Zionist movement which sought the colonisation of Palestine and dispossessed the Palestinian people. The dispossession, murder and oppression continue to the present day.
‘Jewish’ and ‘Zionist’ are not at all the same thing.
The international Zionist movement was established in the late 19th century as an ethnic nationalist colonialist movement, similar to other such European movements of the time. It sought the support of successive imperial powers, first the Ottomans, then the British, then the US as sponsors for their project.
The political Zionist project has established a state privileging Jews.
Israel has been, until now, a liberal democracy only for Jews. Now it is well on the way to becoming a full-blown fascist state….
Firdaus Ahmed
Sidney, Australia