Are muslims "Indians first" or "muslims first"?
Those who have no understanding of Islam keep asserting that muslims and Hindus both can and should be Indians first. Indeed, most Hindus would not disagree with being Indians first. But what about muslims? Islam does not permit allegiance to any state besides an Islamic state. Indeed, it makes it the duty of all muslims to try and convert their existing state into an Islamic state, by means of war or any other means at their disposal. Islam permits allegiance only to the muslim "ummah", nothing else.
I found a very clear statement to this effect in the readers comments section of the following news:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Khamenei-urges-Muslims-to-help-Kashmir/articleshow/6935375.cms
I reproduce below the muslim reader's comment.
I found a very clear statement to this effect in the readers comments section of the following news:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Khamenei-urges-Muslims-to-help-Kashmir/articleshow/6935375.cms
I reproduce below the muslim reader's comment.
I ask my Hindu readers to stop their idiotic insistence that Islam behave in a "secular manner." India's secularism is a sham upon Hindus only. It is a one way street, with Hindus asked to completely deracinate themselves, deny their Hinduness, while the other side is not only encouraged to assert their Islamic identity, but even pampered when they do so. Wasn't it our Prime Minister who recently said that "Muslims have the first right to India's resources." Can you imagine what a furore it would cause if an Indian PM had said "Hindus have the first right to India's resources." And can you even imagine a muslim PM in a muslim country saying about any minority group that it had the first rights to that country's resources? Hindus are living in fool's paradise. Muslims (as a community) are living by their Kuran. Sure, there are exceptions, but as a community we should not expect them to suddenly forsake the primary diktats of their religion and say "muslim-kafir bhai bhai."