- Deendar Anjuman
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Deendar Anjuman is an Islamic organization based in Hyderabad, India. This organization is more bent towards (Sufi) Barelvi school of thought and believes the preaching of Islam among the non-muslims through the grass-root level. The followers of Deendar are often confused with the Qadiyani sect. But it has been confirmed from the reliable sources within the Qadiyani community that Siddiq Deendar's faith and ideology does not align with the Qadiyani cult. Instead he had worked against the Qadiyani people for several years and instructed his followers to work hard for the reform of Qadiyani cult. It is now banned by the Government of India under unlawful activities. Deendar Anjuman is alleged to be behind bomb blasts of Christian churches in South India in the year of 2000. The case is still pending in Supreme Court of India due to lack of evidence against organisation's involvement.
It was first banned in 2001 and thereafter the ban was extended periodically. In its notification in the Gazette of India on Aug 29, 2007, the home ministry declared Deendar Anjuman "an unlawful association" as its activities could "create tension among the Christians and other communities with a view to disrupting the social fabric and tarnish the secular fabric credential of the country". The organization with its elders even after a decade still stand firm with their stand saying that bomb blasts was a conspiracy hatched by some anti islamic elements in order to halt the organization's preaching work among non-muslims. The organization has officially accepted the role of handful of its followers among the youth involved in the bomb blasts but denied completely about any role of organization in bomb blasts.
The Deendar Anjuman was founded in 1924 by Moulana Syed Siddique Hussain in the Gulbarga district of Karnataka. It has branches and followers in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The preachers of Deendar Anjuman is known for their great knowledge of sacred srciptures like holy Quran, Bhagwath Geeta, New Testment, Old Testment. In the year of 1924 Hazrath Syed Siddique Hussain proclaimed that he got a revelation from GOD that "All India will embrace ISLAM" and INDIA would be the capital for the next Islamic Caliphate. He later also proclaimed he has been appointed by God as a reformer for Qadiyani cult and has instructed his followers to work hard for changing the faith and opinions of Qadiyanis.
The organization has a long history of conducting peaceful congregations round the year. The first International Religious Conference was presided by this organization in late 1940's and the followers of Deendar Anjuman still continue the tradition of organizing this event at their headquarters(Hyderabad) every year on the occasion of the death anniversary of their founder Siddiq Deendar. Religious scholars from Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian community are invited to express their opinions for establishment of world peace.
The five fundamental principles for peace often known as Panch Shanti Marg was proposed by Syed Siddiq Hussain and is as follows:
- Eko Jagdishwar (Oneness of God)
- Eko Jagadguru (One World Teacher)
- Sarv Dharm Granth Sathya (Respect and belief in all sacred religious scriptures)
- Sarv Avtaar Sathya (Respect and belief in all prophets and messengers of God)
- Samatha Sammelana Prarthana (Collective form of prayer)
The faith and beliefs of this organization is more bent towards sunni sufi thought process. They are known for the devotion of complete life for the preaching of Islam. According to Central Bureau of Investigation, India the prime accused in the bomb blast case happened to be Syed Zia-ul-Hasan who was the son of Syed Siddique Hussain. Zia-ul-Hassan was a Pakistani citizen and use to visit Hyderabad once in a while. But died in Mardan, Pakistan(Sep 2009). But these accusations still stands as mere words without any concrete evidence provided by the Govt of India.
On Nov 29, 2008 the Special court in Karnataka handed out death sentence to 11 people who were the followers of Deendar Anjuman and 12 people belonging to the same group to life imprisonment for their role in church blasts across Karnataka in 2000. Also these handful of people are accused of being involved in church blasts across neighboring Andhra Pradesh and Goa.
References
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