MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS

All India Milli Council: Annual Conference's Political Resolution (Excerpts)  Lucknow, 31 August - 1 September, 1996

The General Body of the All India Milli Council

* Notes with satisfaction that the Indian electorate have rejected the communal and fascist forces and have thwarted their ambitions.

* Notes further, with appreciation, that all the political parties in parliament have honoured the mandate of their electorate and refused to join hands with the BJP despite all its efforts to win over their support during its 13-day rule.

Although the UF Government at the Centre has been in power for nearly three months ... It has not yet addressed itself to the issues concerning the Muslim community even though some of these had been brought to the notice of the UF Government by the Milli Council through its comprehensive note dated 1.6.1996 and subsequently through a delegation in its meeting with Prime Minister ... In view of the impending election to the state Assembly in UP calls upon the Muslims:

To maintain their attitude of strongly opposing the communal and fascist forces.

To cast their votes, which is not only a valuable right but also their duty.

To exercise their franchise with full sense of responsibility.

To vote unitedly rising above the ... considerations of religion, caste, class, baradari and schools of thought.

Muslim Community: A Minority with Majority Ethos

Muslims of India are not a mere minority, but the only all-India minority. They form the second largest Muslim community of all the countries in the world. To call them a 'minority' is to gloss over a complex problem. From the point of view of their big numbers, their social, cultural heritage and political impact, they are second biggest segment of Indian people, who exude the consciousness, the confidence and even the behaviour of majority.

Government Statement On Growth of Population

According to the National Family Health Survey 1992-93, 40.6% are practising Family Planning. The Survey revealed that the percentage of currently married women using contraceptive methods was:

(i)                 51.0% in urban areas compared to 36.9% in rural areas.

(ii)               54.7% for women with 'High School and above' compared to 33.9% for illiterate women.

(iii)             62.6% for Jains followed by 57.6% for Sikhs, 50.4% for Buddhists, 48.3% for Christians, 41.6% for Hindus, 27.7% for Muslims and 37.4% for Others.

AIMMM: Special Committee for Saudi Air Crash Victims

The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat has constituted a Special Committee to look after the disposal of compensation to the immediate relatives of the victims of Saudi and Kazakh airline crash, consisting of:

1.      Mohd. Salim Qasmi, President, AIMMM

2.      Syed Shahabuddin, Vice-President, AIMMM

3.      Syed Yusuf, Secretary, AIMMM

4.      Saifuddin Soz, Member, AIMMM

5.      Salman Khursheed, Former Minister of State

6.      Waseem Ahmad, MP

7.      Ejaz Maqbool, Advocate, Supreme Court

8.      H.S. Poolka, Advocate, High Court

9.      N.D. Pancholi, Advocate & General Secretary, CFD

The bereaved families may like to contact the Committee at the following addresses:

AIMMM

E-3, Abul Fazal Enclave, Near Scholar School, Hari Kothi, Okhla, Jamia Nagar,                New Delhi -110 025    Tel: 6927004

OR

D-308, Dawat Nagar, Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025                          Tel: 6848341    6820975

OR

Office of the Muslim India Monthly, 33, Feroze Shah Road, New Delhi - 110 001.

Memorandum of All India Meo Conference to Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, 5 January, 1997 (Excerpts)

For the last 50 years we remain neglected. The people are fully confident that the following request would be considered by your good self.

1.   Immediate sanction and construction of Mewat Canal after its inclusion in the 9th Five-Year Plan with funds from the Central Government.

2.      Establishing Referral Hospital at Nagina of at least 100 beds

3.      Industrialisation of Mewat area to create employment opportunities for the unemployed youth.

4.      Creation of small educational institutions to impart job oriented education.

5.      Special quota for recruitment of Meos and their reservation both in State and Central Govt. jobs.

6.    Special recruitment of Meos in Military and Para- Military forces like CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, RAF etc. with recruitment centre in Mewat area of Nuh.

7.      Opening, branch office of Minority Development Finance Corporation at Nuh in Mewat.