Killing innocent in anyform is barabric. Today,s serial blasts shaken my heart, GOD save my native state. As a Muslim we have full sympathy with the victims, we pray for the speedy recovery of those who injured. However, it is rubbish to brand any community in particular, investigation should have completed only then we would know the truth. But unfortunately whenever there is a blast some people triggered their prejudices aganist one particular community. Even after the Agartala blast Muslim militants group were accused, some Muslims were picked up including one cleric but finally it is found that the ATTF tribal group is the party who carried the blast. similarly after Imphal blast Manipuri militants claimed the resposiblity. In Assam many bomb blast were carried by seperatisits militants, how can we forget those?
Everybody should remember many of those who died in today,s blasts are poor Muslims like their compatriots. We hope real culprits will be detected and punished which ever religion they belong.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Ghiyashuddin Awliya: Sufi of Assam: Hajo Pilgrimage
GHIYASHUDDIN AWLIYA,S LIFE
Ghiyasuddin Awliya (c. 1330 A.D.)
Ghiyasuddin Awliya was a famous Sufi saint of Brahmaputra Valley. Still Assamese irrespective of their religion visited shrine at Hajo. The source of information on Ghiyasuddin’s life is very limited. Traditions and Deodar Burunji are the only sources through which know something on his life and activities. Most of the writers on Hajo, Poa Makka and Ghiyasuddin Awliya, used traditions and the belief of local people to narrate Ghiyashuddin. Mohini Kumer Saikia, Rofiul Hussain Barua and Maheswar Neog write about the importance of Ghiyasuddin Awliya and Hajo in the history of Assam. According to the most acceptable tradition, Ghiyashuddin came to Brahmputra valley with Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, the son of Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah (1301-22) of Luknawti, in the second quarter of 14th century[i].He first came to Garigaon near Guwahati and stayed for sometimes, before permanently shifted to the north bank of Brahamputra at Hajo. His decision to move their might be because of administrative and social importance of the place. M.K.Saikia on the basis of another tradition opined that Ghiyasuddin was from Arab, and after wondering a few places in India, finally came to Brahaqmaputra Valley with three disciples or companions Hazrat Shah Burug and Hazrat Gudur and Hazrat Jainal, and settled on the mountain at Hazo in Kamrupa District[ii]. The Assam District Gazette of B.C.Allen also mention that a shrine of Hazrat Ghiyasuddin Awliya is located at Hajo, and the near by Masjid was probably built by Sultan Ghiyasuddin Bahabur Shah during his stay in Kamrup[iii]. Mohini Kumer Saikia discussed another tradition which is believed and accepts by a large section of people, who seems it is more trustworthy. It claims that Ghiyasuddin Awliya came to stay in Hajo around 1257-58, when Ikhtiyar Uddin Malik Yuzbek invaded Kamrupa and established his ruled there, he eracted Maszid in Kamrup and the place of the Masjid could Hajo since the Dargah of Hazart Ghiyasuddin might known by Yuzbek in his sojourn at Kamrup[iv]. Yahya Taimizi finally opined that Sultan Ghiyasuddin was the name of a saint, whose grave is located in Hajo. He could not provide details on latter’s life[v]. However on the basis of local tradition, Ghiyasuddin is appeared a great Sufi, who devoted his whole life to the cause of Islam. He is the person who made the original structure of the Masjid, where he is buried. Still his dargah and Hajo are held in great esteem and considered a sacred place by Muslim’s so much that it became a centre of pilgrimage. People of Brahamaputra Valley called the place Powa Macca, (i.e. one fourth of Makkah). They believe that the soil from Makkah was put in the Masjid complex that is why those who visit the place get one-fourth sawab of a Haj.
We know that since 1205 A.D. Muslims gradually settled in lower Assam. It is obvious that some Sufis also came to Brahmputra valley along with Muslim different Muslim generals, administrator and commoners. They had preached the message of Islam among the masses through humanitarian and other services. So it is assume that Ghiyashuddin Awliya was one of them, and along with many others, who’s preaching, helped to emerge a large Muslim society in lower Assam. It can be concluded that the old Muslim society of Hajo is the result of Ghiyashuddin Walleye’s influence. Hindus and Muslims visiting the shrine of Ghiyashuddin Awliya offer Shinni ad lit candles from generation to generation as a token of respect to the late Sufi[vi].
Still there are two Muslim villages at some five miles from Hajo called Kalita Kuchi and Bamun Bari. According to a local writer, these villages were once inhabited by two major Hindu castes Kalita and Brahman, who became converted to Islam at the influence of one Adam Guru, a Sufi. Muslims of these villages believe that their ancestors were Hindus and they had embraced Islam[vii].
[i] Yahya Taimizi, op. cit., p.91
[ii] Mohini Saikia, op. cit., p. 190
[iii] B.C.Allen, Assam Disrrict Gazetteers, Kamrupa, Shilong, 1905, p.103
[iv] Mohini Saikia, op. cit., p. 192
[v] Yahya Taimizi, op. cit., p.92
[vi] Rafiul Hussain Barua, Muslim Oitijya Aru Asham, Jorhat, 1989, p.19
[vii] Seyad Mukibur Rahman, Ashamar Musalman aru Hajo, Manikunt, Souvenir, Asham Shahitya Sabha, Hajo, 1999, pp.46-7
Ghiyasuddin Awliya (c. 1330 A.D.)
Ghiyasuddin Awliya was a famous Sufi saint of Brahmaputra Valley. Still Assamese irrespective of their religion visited shrine at Hajo. The source of information on Ghiyasuddin’s life is very limited. Traditions and Deodar Burunji are the only sources through which know something on his life and activities. Most of the writers on Hajo, Poa Makka and Ghiyasuddin Awliya, used traditions and the belief of local people to narrate Ghiyashuddin. Mohini Kumer Saikia, Rofiul Hussain Barua and Maheswar Neog write about the importance of Ghiyasuddin Awliya and Hajo in the history of Assam. According to the most acceptable tradition, Ghiyashuddin came to Brahmputra valley with Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, the son of Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah (1301-22) of Luknawti, in the second quarter of 14th century[i].He first came to Garigaon near Guwahati and stayed for sometimes, before permanently shifted to the north bank of Brahamputra at Hajo. His decision to move their might be because of administrative and social importance of the place. M.K.Saikia on the basis of another tradition opined that Ghiyasuddin was from Arab, and after wondering a few places in India, finally came to Brahaqmaputra Valley with three disciples or companions Hazrat Shah Burug and Hazrat Gudur and Hazrat Jainal, and settled on the mountain at Hazo in Kamrupa District[ii]. The Assam District Gazette of B.C.Allen also mention that a shrine of Hazrat Ghiyasuddin Awliya is located at Hajo, and the near by Masjid was probably built by Sultan Ghiyasuddin Bahabur Shah during his stay in Kamrup[iii]. Mohini Kumer Saikia discussed another tradition which is believed and accepts by a large section of people, who seems it is more trustworthy. It claims that Ghiyasuddin Awliya came to stay in Hajo around 1257-58, when Ikhtiyar Uddin Malik Yuzbek invaded Kamrupa and established his ruled there, he eracted Maszid in Kamrup and the place of the Masjid could Hajo since the Dargah of Hazart Ghiyasuddin might known by Yuzbek in his sojourn at Kamrup[iv]. Yahya Taimizi finally opined that Sultan Ghiyasuddin was the name of a saint, whose grave is located in Hajo. He could not provide details on latter’s life[v]. However on the basis of local tradition, Ghiyasuddin is appeared a great Sufi, who devoted his whole life to the cause of Islam. He is the person who made the original structure of the Masjid, where he is buried. Still his dargah and Hajo are held in great esteem and considered a sacred place by Muslim’s so much that it became a centre of pilgrimage. People of Brahamaputra Valley called the place Powa Macca, (i.e. one fourth of Makkah). They believe that the soil from Makkah was put in the Masjid complex that is why those who visit the place get one-fourth sawab of a Haj.
We know that since 1205 A.D. Muslims gradually settled in lower Assam. It is obvious that some Sufis also came to Brahmputra valley along with Muslim different Muslim generals, administrator and commoners. They had preached the message of Islam among the masses through humanitarian and other services. So it is assume that Ghiyashuddin Awliya was one of them, and along with many others, who’s preaching, helped to emerge a large Muslim society in lower Assam. It can be concluded that the old Muslim society of Hajo is the result of Ghiyashuddin Walleye’s influence. Hindus and Muslims visiting the shrine of Ghiyashuddin Awliya offer Shinni ad lit candles from generation to generation as a token of respect to the late Sufi[vi].
Still there are two Muslim villages at some five miles from Hajo called Kalita Kuchi and Bamun Bari. According to a local writer, these villages were once inhabited by two major Hindu castes Kalita and Brahman, who became converted to Islam at the influence of one Adam Guru, a Sufi. Muslims of these villages believe that their ancestors were Hindus and they had embraced Islam[vii].
[i] Yahya Taimizi, op. cit., p.91
[ii] Mohini Saikia, op. cit., p. 190
[iii] B.C.Allen, Assam Disrrict Gazetteers, Kamrupa, Shilong, 1905, p.103
[iv] Mohini Saikia, op. cit., p. 192
[v] Yahya Taimizi, op. cit., p.92
[vi] Rafiul Hussain Barua, Muslim Oitijya Aru Asham, Jorhat, 1989, p.19
[vii] Seyad Mukibur Rahman, Ashamar Musalman aru Hajo, Manikunt, Souvenir, Asham Shahitya Sabha, Hajo, 1999, pp.46-7
Monday, October 6, 2008
BODO VERSUS MUSLIMS CLASH OR ETHNIC CLEANSING
Unfortunate, Shocking: Stop mindless killing of people.Samayik Prasanga published this impartial news
A Section of national media publishing bias news, they brand all Muslims as Bangladeshis.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Assam's Muslim History: How ignorent are we?.
How ignorant are we about our own history, even prominent person like Janab Muhib Majumdar did make horrible mistake by tracing the origin of Muslims in South Assam with Agha Reza Khan (1799). God knows wether it was an ignorance from the part of Janab Majumdar or misinterpretation of concern Journalist who reported the news of Jamiat Ulama Guwahati Conference.
to be continued...........
to be continued...........
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Deadly Game with the Life of Muslims in Assam
For last many days Assam is burning in AASU ( regional student group) launched one sided propaganda and physical war on Muslims.So called anti Bangladeshi Movement now fully mobilised to
ethnic cleansing of Muslims. Militant elements from Bodos, Adivasis, Assamese Hindu playing shocking game with the life and properties of poor Muslim labours, workers. Thannks their phisycal assualt is restricted yet only in Brahmputra Valley.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Dear C.M. Tarun Gogoi
Our dear CM Tarun Gaogi declared that every Bengali speaking person is not a Bangladeshi, and further stated that State Govt wont tolerate any group to take law in their hands, he cautioned AASU and AAMSU. But bah Mr Gogoi what a dubious tone u have. U told innocent labours are being harrassed just because they speak Bengali, but why not u or ur government has yet taken any action against those who continuesly manhandling ur innocent citizens. We know u are very prompt to act agaisnt those who have been prostesting against these neo-nazism.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sylheti Muslims of Assam: History
Sylheti Muslims in India, today, identified themselves as Bengali, however, at the same time they are very cautious about own Sylheti cultural identity. If you ask any Sylheti particularly from Karimganj District, you can become sure within a few seconds that how much vociferous and assertive one is with his Sylheti identity. Though Sylheti considered themselves a part of larger Bengali linguistic community, but at the same time eager to express their difference with rest of the Bengalis like Kelus, Dhakaya or Maimansingia.
A detail historical analysis to the origin of Sylheti, infect, substantiate their claim distintness within Bengali Society. Descendents of these large numbers of Muslim Sylheti were actually adventurer from central Asia, Arab, Afganistan and northern India. The dailect Sylheti itself started its journey after the settlement of Turko-Afghans. The settlement and interaction of those newcomer with local communities shaped the dawn of boost Sylehti culture.
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A detail historical analysis to the origin of Sylheti, infect, substantiate their claim distintness within Bengali Society. Descendents of these large numbers of Muslim Sylheti were actually adventurer from central Asia, Arab, Afganistan and northern India. The dailect Sylheti itself started its journey after the settlement of Turko-Afghans. The settlement and interaction of those newcomer with local communities shaped the dawn of boost Sylehti culture.
to be continued----------
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Vanguard of Assam's Security pushing the state into danger
Today, All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) observed state wise bandh to protest against the harrassement of the Muslims of Bengali origin in the name of suspected Bangladeshis.
The ongoing economic blockade, forceful eviction and assault on the poor labours and workers mainly from the economically backward western Assam, staying in oil rich upper Assam is leading state's already fragile security in the danger. The so called vanguard of Assamese people AASU and Asam Jatiyatabadhi Yuva Parishad playing a game with fire. They just pushing a state which has already become economically due to militancy, corruption, large scale unemployment.
The ongoing economic blockade, forceful eviction and assault on the poor labours and workers mainly from the economically backward western Assam, staying in oil rich upper Assam is leading state's already fragile security in the danger. The so called vanguard of Assamese people AASU and Asam Jatiyatabadhi Yuva Parishad playing a game with fire. They just pushing a state which has already become economically due to militancy, corruption, large scale unemployment.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Introduction
This site would highlight the history, culture and contemporary issues related to almost nine million strong heterogeneous Muslim community of Assam. Assam is the easternmost state of India.
The state has a total population of 2.62 Crores.
Muslim constitute about 31% 0f the total population of Assam. On the basis of state wise religious population ratio Assam has the highest Muslim percentage in India after Jammu & Kashmir. It has Six Muslim majority districts (according to 2001 census) namely Dhubri, Barpeta, Haialakandi, Karimganj, Goalpara and Nagaon. The history of the Muslims of Assam goes back to the early Thirteenth century when Khalji adventurer Moahammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khalji marched through the land of Brahmputra Valley. He made his expedetion to conquer Tibbet which he believed located on the north of Assam.
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The state has a total population of 2.62 Crores.
Muslim constitute about 31% 0f the total population of Assam. On the basis of state wise religious population ratio Assam has the highest Muslim percentage in India after Jammu & Kashmir. It has Six Muslim majority districts (according to 2001 census) namely Dhubri, Barpeta, Haialakandi, Karimganj, Goalpara and Nagaon. The history of the Muslims of Assam goes back to the early Thirteenth century when Khalji adventurer Moahammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khalji marched through the land of Brahmputra Valley. He made his expedetion to conquer Tibbet which he believed located on the north of Assam.
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