Please read the following which will clarify the matter-------
A journalist asked me what is the need for including Islamic provisions in the constitution. He asked me this question because the present crisis and turmoil in Bangladesh are for essentially two issues, deleting the provision that Faith in Almighty Allah is the basis of the actions of the state and deleting the provisions of caretaker neutral government for holding Parliamentary election.
I answered that the issue was not so important when there were no written constitutions. In Mughal, Umayyad, A
However, with the emergence of written constitutions, when all important things are written in the constitution, Islamic scholars and Muslim masses wanted that Islam’s proper position should be included in the constitution.
This can be expressed in various ways. One way is to declare the state as an Islamic state and that the law shall be based on the Quran and Sunnah.Another way is to write Islam as the state religion and making The Quran and Sunnah as the main source of legislation.
Third way is to declare sovereignty belongs to Almighty Allah and declaring that laws should be based on Islam.Fourh way is what was done by fifth amendment , that is declare Faith in Allah as a principle of state policy and declare that all actions of the state should be based on faith in Almighty Allah. There can be other ways.
I personally feel it is sophistry and bad logic to say that Islam is in our heart and we will act as Muslims and there is no need to mention any Islamic provision in the constitution.
Please share this with your friends.
Shah Abdul Hannan
PS.. Even if Martial Law introduces a good thing, this should not be changed. British government gave us modern democracy, we have not rejected that.Mughal rulers created many waqfs, we did not change the status
Farida Majid’s knowledge of Islam is poor and she uses it only against all Islamic aspirations of Muslims
Shah Abdul Hannan
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Knowledge in Islamic faith is characterized by not only knowledge but activism and spirituality. Any person lacking a single facet of these requirements can be said to have limited knowledge.
A true knowledgeable person is known only to the Creator. But we, human beings are given limited knowledge, sufficient enough to determine who is the right person to learn from and follow.
Some characteristics of the person of knowledge is his/her immense fear of Allah and His punishment in the Hereafter and love for Him and His Prophet (SWS). Which manifest itself in the use of decent language, modesty, tolerance, moderation, standing up for justice, taking care of the creations (men and animal) of the Creator.
When a person uses rough language to have dialogue with opponents, attacks Islamic values like modesty (Hijab), social activism (political participation), and the concept of brotherhood (or sisterhood) in terms of being critical of any or all Islamic entities just to name a few then there is serious question of that person’s having Islamic knowledge.
My response will be understood exactly as one understands the issue at hand so it is quite useless to delve into hair-splitting discussions.
Based on the above criterion one can easily find which political party, intellectual or a common person stands for what.
Aziz Huq
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Mr. Aziz Huq wrote about my plea to the Parliament for the removal of 'bismillah' from the Preamble in the Constitution of Bangladesh
"Couching personal political opinion with limited knoledge".
My response
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Even illiterates, semiliterates, schoolgoing children, garments'er meye, sabziwalla, rickshawalla, bricklayers, smithies, peasant men and women, fishermen and women, and all the other people of "limited knowledge" in this nation know that invoking Allah's name for the purpose of falsification, for the pupose of fooling others and to hide a deceitful, illegal act is kufri and charom gonahgari kaj.
Putting 'bismillah' in the Constitution of Bangladesh by a Martial Law ordinance promulgated by the wish of a single ruthless Military Dictator was done with an evil political purpose, not because he was some kind of a devout religious preacher who had no better idea about the people's War of Independence in 1971. The Constitution of Bangladesh is meant to guarantee fundamental rights to EVERY citizen. It is not a place for the State to advertise the preference of one religion over all the other religions or ethnicity of non-Muslim inhabitants of the state. It is ironic that this was done under the supposed aegis of Islam, a religion known for its keen sense of equal justice for all. Besides Qur'anic guidance, we have the Sunnah to give us models to follow.
Vandalisation of the Constitution is akin to condoning the Genocide of 1971, or the mass murder of civilians and fellow citizens who fought to oppose the oppression of a State (
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And if Allah sub hana t'ala very kndly granted me greater knowledge than what I have now, would I have "impersonal political opinion" as opposed to having my personal political opinion?
What am I couching my personal political opinion in? Hope Mr. Aziz Huq will oblige with an answer in his infinite wisdom.
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Wow! Couching personal political opinion with limited knoledge.
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Use of ‘bismillah’ in the Constitution is Blasphemous!
Farida Majid
Sentimental objection against removal of "bismillah"s placement in the Constitution of Bangladesh has begun just as I apprehended. This is a familiar trick reminiscent of Hitler's campaign rhetoric stoking popular racial and ethnic sentiments in 1930s
When I raised the issue of illegally placed “bismillah” above the Preamble of the Constitution of Bangladesh in the internet forums, I got angry responses. Accused of being anti-Islam and a paid servant of Zionist masters, I was asked
‘Bismillah’ is not a problem for me. It is a constant and trusted companion. Besides using it in prayers, I love saying it at the commencement of any good work, and I love writing it. Give me a minute or two, and any old pen, and even without practice, I will write ‘bismillah’ in Arabic in passable Nashtaliq calligraphic style.
I do have a problem though with a thing called Martial Law. There is no such thing called ‘Martial Law’ in the Constitution of the People’s Republic of
See the Holy Qur’an for a strong interdiction against invoking Allah's name in an unlawful act like this in Sura Hud (11
Waman athlamu mimmani iftara AAala Allahi kathiban ola-ika yuAAradhoona AAala ra
And who (is) more unjust/oppressive than who fabricated/cut and split on God lies/denials/falsifications? Those, they are being displayed/exhibited/shown on (to) their Lord, and the witnesses/testifiers (the angels) say
Anything that bears the sign of preference for one particular religion, be it the religion of a large number of natives, is debris from the illegal acts of constitutional vandalism. Surely it is blasphemous to use the hallowed name of Allah as a mark to legitimize such an act of unjust vandalism. By upholding the welcome repeal of the Fifth Amendment, Act 1979, the Supreme Court has fulfilled the duty of the judiciary in the service of preserving and defending the Constitution of Bangladesh. Now it seems that a Parliamentary process should be put in place to remove this heinous blasphemy and restore the sanctity of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of
The Parliament should do its part to fulfill the obligation of preserving and protecting the Constitution that represents our valiant fight for independence from a false statehood (
©2011, Farida Majid
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