By Muslim Mirror Staff
New Delhi: Days after targeting Azaan, Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla has described burqa as an evil practice. He said Muslim women will be ‘freed’ from the practice of wearing ‘burqa’ like ‘triple talaq’.
“Muslim women will be freed from ‘burqa’ like triple talaq. There will come a time when they will get rid of it. There are many Muslim countries where ‘burqa’ is banned,” Shukla told reporters.
Shukla, the Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs minister, said ‘burqa’ is ‘inhuman and evil custom’ and added that those with progressive thinking are shunning it and not pressing for its use.
Earlier, the minister had written to the Ballia district magistrate, complaining that he is facing difficulties in discharging his duties due to loudspeakers at mosques and said the volume should be fixed according to the court orders.
Commenting on his letter to the district magistrate in which he raised objection to the volume of loudspeakers at the mosque near his house, the minister said that those having problems should dial ‘112’ and inform police about it, adding if proper steps are not taken, he will decide further course of action.
“Namaz is offered five times in a day, and throughout the day. As a result of it, I face problems in doing Yoga, meditation, puja (worship) and discharging government duties,” Shukla had said in the letter, referring to the Kajipura Madina Masjid in his constituency.
(With inputs from IANS)
Ripped jeans nhi chahiye.. Ohkay.
Phir burkha nhi chahiye.. Ohkay.
Ye Government ko hum logo ki bhaot si personal chize chahiye. Pata nahi kya chahiye inko, jo kama rahe TAX humlog de hi rahe, sab chahiye inko.
We Indians are very proud of our Parsis, and properly grateful to the community.
Serum Institute of India in Pune, the manufacturer of the Kovid vaccine Covishield, belongs to a Parsi industrialist named Adar Poonawala.
Adar Poonawala offered the Bombay Parsi community 60,000 doses of vaccine to get the Parsis vaccinated first, but the president of Bombay Parsi Panchayat and besides eminent industrialist Ratan Tata said, “We are Indians first and Parsis later. We need the vaccine only when all Indians will get the vaccine.”
See how the vaccine starts moving from the manufacturing facility in Pune:
The glass vials used for packing vaccines are made of glass produced by a company named Scottslais, owned by a Parsi Rishad Dadachanji.
Ratan Tata has given his company’s refrigerated trucks free of cost for transportation of vaccines across India.
If the vaccine has to be shipped by air, then another Parsi Mr. Jeh Wadia has given 5 of his jets for it.
Dryok, i.e., liquid carbon dioxide, being used to preserve the vaccine is also giving by another Parsi Farook Dadabhoi.
Adi Godrej, another Parsi, has handed over his refrigerated units for vaccination stores at 25 places in India.
These Zoroastrians have never wanted any assistance or facility from India. They are grateful that fleeing the sword of Islam in their native Iran a thousand years ago their ancestors were given refuge in India, allowed to settle and encouraged to keep their customs and religious practices. Till today no Parsi has ever availed of minority welfare schemes. Parsis consider themselves not minorities but part of the mainstream of Indians and contribute to the development of India in all occupations far in excess of what their meagre population would warrant. As the highest contributors to India’s GDP, they pay the highest taxes in India. Parsis come to the forefront whenever they have to help India.
Moment of pride to read such an article.👏🏼
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Anecdotes relating to interactions between India’s Hindu Prime Minister, Muslim President and Parsi Field Marshal:
1) Responding to rumors, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi summoned the hero of Liberation of Bangladesh, Field Marshal Sam Maneckshaw, to her office.
After they had imbibed some cheery Indian chai, the Prime Minister quizzed convivially:
“Sam, what is this I hear: you are planning to launch a coup to seize political power?”
The Field Marshal got up and quipped: “Madam Prime Minister, if that were the case, you wouldn’t be sitting in that seat asking me this question.”
Clicking his heels audibly enough, he offered the PM a stiff salute and retreated gracefully from her office.
2) President Abdul Kalam was on a visit in Bangalore when he heard the Field Marshal was convalescing in the local army hospital. He made an unscheduled visit to the hospital and asked Sam Maneckshaw if he had any regrets, and if there was something he could do for him.
Sam Maneckshaw responded, “Sir, my only regret is I am not well enough to stand up and salute a great hero of India in whose presence I lie as an invalid. I thank you for your offer of help. Fact is I have not received emoluments due to me as Field Marshal.”
In short order, Sam Maneckshaw received the equivalent of a few hundred thousand dollars owed to him. He promptly donated the entire amount to the welfare fund of army soldiers.
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1) Some used car ads in Indian newspapers have an extra sales pitch: “Parsi-owned and driven.”
2) A daughter of Punjabi family friends married to a Parsi gentleman never tires of repeating:
“There can be no husband in the whole world with the sensitivity of a Parsi husband.”