Monday, June 6, 2011

'തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിലെ മുസ്ലിം മനസ്സ് '-NP Ashley's Article in Mathrubhoomi.


It was a pleasant morning today since Mathrubhoomi enabled me to read Ashley's article'തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിലെ മുസ്ലിം മനസ്സ് '.I was really happy that he inherits the simplicity and clarity of thought of my dear friend Karassery .Also, the details of intra-community politics in the first part of the article are also educative.

But I still feel the community is lagging behind even the dismal standards of our nominal democracy.Therefore I do not agree with Ashley condoning the collective commission of the community giving a thumping majority to kunjalikkutty party.He and the party are not only guilty of sex scandal but also of misleading a relatively innocent and naive community which is trying to cope with the unprecedented wealth provided by the Allah in the last decades.The theocracy of Thangals,obscurantism,gender questions,economic offences,financial indiscipline,corruption,Unholy and secret liason with the corrupt kannur mafia of LDF leadership -these are some of the issues which should perturb the sincere and intelligent youth in the community where as the combination of these aspects themselves have helped League to win the election.With the same sincerity of an insider I dare to state that ,at times ,the present religious orthodoxy of Muslim community resembles Namboothiris of Vaikkom Sathyagraha era.Very prosperous but in the grips of INDANTHURUTHIs with whom Gandhiji had a tough time to find a wavelength to communicate between