KOCHI: CPM MLA from Thavanur in Kerala, KT Jaleel , said on Sunday that the majority of those involved in illegal trade in gold, centred around Karipur airport , belong to the Muslim community. Without addressing the issue, he said the community will not be able to achieve meaningful reform or progress.
On Saturday, Jaleel had said that Panakkad Sadiqali Shihab Thangal, who is a respected qazi of many "mahallus," should issue a religious ruling that gold smuggling is an anti-national activity and that Muslims should not participate in such activities.
In a social media post, Jaleel said that regardless of religious affiliation, wrongdoings should be opposed by respective religious communities. "Christians should address the faults within their community, Muslims should highlight issues among themselves, and Hindus should point out wrongs within their group. Religious reforms and social awakenings have always occurred in this manner," he said. It is a fact that a significant number of Muslims involved in gold smuggling and hawala cases believe that these actions are not against their faith. How does suggesting that religious leaders should educate such individuals become Islamophobic? Society ridicules those who ignore their own faults while pointing out those of others, Jaleel said.
He ended the post with a quote from the Quran, "Do not impose on others what you do not practise yourself. It is a grave sin before god."
On Saturday, Jaleel had said that Panakkad Sadiqali Shihab Thangal, who is a respected qazi of many "mahallus," should issue a religious ruling that gold smuggling is an anti-national activity and that Muslims should not participate in such activities.
In a social media post, Jaleel said that regardless of religious affiliation, wrongdoings should be opposed by respective religious communities. "Christians should address the faults within their community, Muslims should highlight issues among themselves, and Hindus should point out wrongs within their group. Religious reforms and social awakenings have always occurred in this manner," he said. It is a fact that a significant number of Muslims involved in gold smuggling and hawala cases believe that these actions are not against their faith. How does suggesting that religious leaders should educate such individuals become Islamophobic? Society ridicules those who ignore their own faults while pointing out those of others, Jaleel said.
He ended the post with a quote from the Quran, "Do not impose on others what you do not practise yourself. It is a grave sin before god."
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