ANWAR SHAIKH'S INTERVIEW WITH CHANDIGARH TIMES AND HIS BOOK

This interview by Anwar Shaikh is a must read for everyone, who sincerely cherishES and aspireS to a resurgent India. Indeed, a thoughtful study of his book mentioned here is essential for all of us to grasp the realities of the challenges posed by Islam, both politically and religiously, especially to a healthy growth of India. I plan to procure and read his book as fast as time will allow me to and i hope you will do likewise. For intellectual and thinking Hindus (like you and me and our younger successors), it cannot be more direly urgent to cast off our self-imposed shackles of being defensive about our Hindu cultural and religious traditions just to accommodate to and placate the sensibilities of renegade Muslims around us. It is high time for us Hindus to realize and accept the fact that the real threat to India's security and integrity, let alone its progress towards greatness, is the primacy of loyalty and adulation accorded by 150 million plus Indian Muslims to their undeserving Prophet Mohammad, and by the 40 million odd Indian Christians to their equally undesrving Pope sitting in the opulence of the Vatican Empire, along with all the Hindu apologists and covert collaborators of both. Why are we Hindus perennially so prone to believing the worst about our own past, and at the same time to giving all the benefit of doubt and ignorance to the sordid past and present of the Muslim and Christian manipulators?
vijay
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Devendra Singh wrote:

To: prohindu@yahoogroups.com
From: "Devendra Singh"
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:54:15 -0500
Subject: [prohindu] ANWAR SHAIKH'S INTERVIEW WITH CHANDIGARH TIMES

Good people are born in some religions like Islam despite the fundamental
flaws in it. But that has nothing to do with any positive richness of values
because Islam has none.ristian

Devendra

http://www.hvk.org/articles/0805/82.html

Ranjit Kanwar: We have heard your name in India, yet we do not know much
about you. Will you tell me something about yourself?

Anwar Shaikh: I was born in 1928 in a village near the-city of Gujrat
(Pakistan). Religion has been a part of my family tradition.

Naturally, I was brought up to be a scholar of Islam: To the best of my
knowledge, it was my great great grandfather, who embraced Islam. He was a
Kashmiry pundit. After conversion, he became an Imam Masjid, a fervent
preacher of Islam. My grandfather was conscious of his Brahmin ancestry, - .
.. and resented if anyone spoke ill of the Vedas yet he could not return to
his roots owing to the psychological grounding he had received
over the years. In Pakistan, I was a teacher and then became headmaster of a
high school. Though economically,' life was bearable, socially, it was not.
I emigrated to great Britain in 1956.

After initial hardships I struck lucky. At the height of business success, I
suddenly realized that I wanted to do some reformative work instead of
indulging in money-making it was in 1973 that I started winding up my
commercial activities, and am glad that I did so because it gave me a chance
to reeducate myself, especially in philosophy and religion.

Ranjit Kanwar: I have read your book: "Islam, The Arab National Movement "
which is becoming world-famous rapidly. Did you write it to oppose Islam?

Anwar Shaikh: Its purpose is not to oppose, but expose Islam: it is a
serious work based on long research and personal experience There is not one
word of lie, insolence or intentional misinterpretation in this book. Since
it is based on truth and nothing but the truth; it is an open challenge to
those who use Islam as the tool of personal gain, politically and
religiously. So great is the force and authenticity of this book that no
Muslim scholar has come forward so far to refute its Contents.

Ranjit
Kanwar: Are you another Rushdie?

Anwar Shaikh: I am being labeled as such. For example, the Urdu daily:

"Pakistan" and weekly "Maharat" of Lahore, have called me "a Satan of much
greater stature than Rushdie and Tasleema," and The Daily "Jang" of London
has described me "a Rushdie whose writings are infinitely more dangerous to
Islam than Rushdie and Tasleema put together." The Muslim readers of the
"Jang" have written to this newspaper repeatedly begging the mullahs and
other scholars of Islam to answer my questions to "save"-but they have
deliberately kept quiet to the utter annoyance of the believers, who are
really worried by the contents of "Islam, The Arab National Movement". They
demonstrated against Rushdie in every country through public
meetings, processions, slogans and murders, but about my book they have
willfully observed a conspiracy of silence because they do not want the
world to know the truth about Islam. This clearly shows that I am the exact
opposite of Rushdie. His work is fiction based on insult to the Prophet
Mohammed and his family, whereas my book is a serious work founded on
scholarship; reason and research. At the most, Rushdie is an artistic
protester whereas I am a challenger to the very concept of Islam.

Ranjit Kanwar: I see. But has your book any relevance to India?

Anwar Shaikh: My book has a relevance to entire mankind, but is especially
to India because before the coming of Islam, India was a prosperous,
peaceful and proud country, which has not only been reduced to extreme
poverty and ignorance by the Muslim predators and the Islamic rule,
but has also been fragmented into geographical and political units. This
book clearly demonstrates that, as Islam seeks to impose Arab cultural
imperialism on other nations through a doctrine of divide and murder, India
and Islam cannot live together. This book is a must for India.

Ranjit Kanwar: Do you realize that this book exposes you to serious danger?
Aren't you afraid?

Anwar Shaikh: The truth has its price, which I am prepared to pay. I have
not resorted to swearing or falsification simply to uphold the dignity of
truth. Fear is a part of human nature and it will be wrong of me to deny it.
However, I must add that by making me a martyr, they will sound the
death-knell of Islam.

Ranjit Kanwar: It is a revolutionary book with profound consequences. What
prompted you to write it?

Anwar Shaikh: This is an excellent question and proves your competence as a
journalist. Having lived in the West for such a long time, one day it
crossed my mind why the white people love their countries but the Muslims of
India hate their motherland. There is no exaggeration in it because they
think of Bharat not as their Motherland but Dar-ul-Harb i=2Ee. battlefield,
where people murder, plunder and deceive out of hatred and greed. Having
given this point further thought I soon realized that Islam is based on the
doctrine of hating and murdering non-Muslims and reducing them to the status
of political slaves. It is totally false to say that Islam is the ambassador
of international brotherhood. Again, it is completely untrue that the
Muslims of all countries are one nation. It is the law of nature that
nationality is constituted by blood ties and geographical boundaries, that
is, the homeland. A
nation being an expanded form of family is subject to the familial rules of
identity. Of Course, a person can adopt another nationality quite
legitimately but it is an exception, and there fore, cannot change the basic
rule. Calling Muslims of all countries as one nation is wrong because all
these nations have their separate home lands with their independent
interests and different policies. Pakistan was soon split into two halves
i.e. Pakistan and Bangladesh. The government of Pakistan in 1951 stopped
entry of all Indian Muslims into Pakistan despite the fact that they were
the people who had made most sacrifices for the creation of Pakistan
even more shameful is the treatment of Pakistanis from Bihar, who stood by
Pakistan against the Bangladeshis. Muslim nationality is a myth, which is
extremely injurious to the non-Arab Muslims but highly beneficial to the
Arabs. And this is what leads to the inevitable conclusion that Islam is not
a religion but the Arab National Movement.

Ranjit Kanwar: Good lord! Is it what Islam is? Do you mind explaining this
point a bit further?

Anwar Shaikh: The philosophy that lies behind Islam is stunning and proves
the consummate political skill of the Prophet Mohammed: by declaring all
Muslims as one nation and the non-Muslims as another, he created the Two
Nation Theory, perpetually setting Muslims against non-Muslims. Again, he
stressed that in this struggle the Muslims would be victorious. This is
exactly the
theory that Karl Marx adopted after many centuries. Presenting his
dialectical view of history; he emphasized that all material progress owed
itself to eternal social strife between the capitalists and the proletariats
in which the latter would win the struggle. However, Karl Marx did not show
the mastery that the prophet Mohammed did. By creating the Two Nation
Theory, he subjected all non-Muslim Arabs to the cultural imperialism of
Arabia. He achieved this purpose with a mind boggling subtlety: he made
Arab- worship the cornerstone of Islam. Thus. those who embrace Islam
naturally feel inferior to Arabia as a devotee believes in relation to his
goddess.

Ranjit Kanwar: This is an unusual explanation of Islam. Can you tell me how
the Prophet Mohammed raised reverence of Arabia sky-high and made it an
artist of faith for his non-Arab
followers?

Anwar Shaikh: Here is a small summary of the steps that the Prophet took to
realize his dream.

1. He declared that when Adam was evicted from paradise, he came to Mecca
where he built the first House of God. Thus, he identified Godliness with
Kaaba, a Sanctuary of Mecca where God lives! Not only that, Abraham, the
Jewish patriarch, also came to Mecca to rebuild the House of God!

2. For the purpose of imposing Arab psychological superiority on non-Arab
Muslims, he decreed that they must prostrate five-times-a-day facing Mecca.
This is not only an act of submission to Mecca, the capital city of Arabia,
but also proves beyond a shadow of doubt that God lives in Mecca, otherwise
why should people prostrate in that
direction?

3. A Muslim must not defecate himself or answer the call of nature facing
Mecca. It is a blasphemous act in view of the sanctity of Mecca.

4. When Muslims die, they must be buried facing Mecca, which is the
guarantee of their salvation.


5. To make sure that the Arabs enjoy economic opulence, the Prophet made
Hajj as obligatory ritual for his followers. It is a pilgrimage to Mecca.
There are countless Indian Muslims who sell their homes and personal
belongings to undertake this journeys can give many more examples to this
effect but this should be enough to explain the real purpose of Islam.

Ranjit Kanwar: It does show the Arab national tendency of Islam, but the
non- Arab followers of Islam do not have to adopt a slavish attitude to the
Arab national Institutions to prove their Islamic faith. Do they?

Anwar Shaikh: I regret to say, Sir, like countless
non-Muslims, you do not know the master stroke of the Prophet.

Ranjit Kanwar: I have never heard of this master stroke before. Can you
enlighten me in the interest of humanity?

Anwar Shaikh: I am referring to the prophet's declaration that
Allah has made him the Model of Practice for his followers it has come to
mean that the Muslims must copy him in everything, they must eat, drink,
walk and talk like him, even must look like him, that is, they grow beard
like his, have a similar hair-cut and dress like him. This is what is called
followings the Sunnah .i.e., the Prophetic: Model which is the guarantee of
salvation. One can easily say that Islam has been designed to induce respect
and love for Arabia. There are express commands of the Prophet, which state
that a person is not Muslim until he loves him more than his own father and
mother. The idea is that people must be weaned from their own nationalities
and motherlands, and attached firmly to Mecca. This is the reason that the
Muslims of India call their own homeland as the battlefield and Arabia the
fountain of peace and celestial glory., Now, it is
perhaps, easy for you to understand why the Muslims of India partitioned
their own motherland for practicing the Arab cultural values in Pakistan
(and Bangladesh).

Ranjit Kanwar: What is likely to happen if the non-Arab Muslims do not
follow the Prophet in loving Arabia even if it involves unpatriotic
practices against their own homelands?

Anwar Shaikh: The Muslims must love Arabia because the Prophet did so. They
must follow him as the Divine Model of Practice. This is what Islam expects
if don't, they are sure to enter hell because the Prophet will not intercede
on their behalf.

Ranjit Kanwar: What is intercession?

Anwar Shaikh: This is the special power of the Prophet Mohammed. He
recommend paradise for his followers on the Day of Judgment. His
recommendation is final and Allah cannot deny it. It is available to all
murderers, rapists, arsonists, cheats, thugs, pickpockets and pimps provided
they are followers of the Prophet. On the contrary, all Hindus, Sikhs, Jews,
Christians will be cast into a flaming hell, no matter, how pious and
God-fearing they may have been. Piety has no meaning and value without
believing in Mohammed and the greatness of his homeland. Intercession is the
climax of the Prophet's National wisdom--It is this Muslim belief which
gives them the hope of free sex and economic abundance, and they feel
obliged to kill in the name of Islam. This is why they are ever ready to
stab their motherland. After all, caring about one's country entails
sacrifices whereas the comforts of paradise are sweet and splendid. And it
is especially so when they involve no moral responsibility.

Ranjit Kanwar: Poor
India! "Islam, The Arab National Movement" seems to be the book, not only
for every Indian, irrespective of his religion, but also for every Pakistani
and Bangladeshi as well. After all, they all belong to the Indian
subcontinent. What have you done to propagate its contents?

Anwar Shaikh: By writing this book, I have discharged my duty. Its
propagation, I believe, is a duty of every one.

Ranjit Kanwar: Will you be prepared to allow translations of this book into
various languages without expecting any financial reward?

Anwar Shaikh: I shall be delighted to do so provided such a task is
undertaken for public good, and not as a trade.

Ranjit Kanwar: What is the price of the book and can people get in touch
with you.

Anwar Shaikh: The book cost = A35 only and the
address is:

ANWAR SHAIKH,
P.O.Box 918,
CARDIFF CF5 2NL.
GREAT BRITAIN.