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‘You want us to stand on a terrace and announce we are liberal, loyal Muslims? This is an expectation we can’t fulfill’

•Vandita Mishra: Your academic council has expressed anguish over the kind of attention the University has been getting. What is it about the current situation that disturbs you the most? All of us are appalled by the fact that the action of two or three students of the university has brou ....Read more

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Live in PeaceBy: Anthony Joseph | Sunday , 26 Oct '08 21:01:29 PM Reply | Forward If India is to become secular we need to take away the religious identity from the system. Why are we asked to fill what religion, what caste we belong to at the time of school admissions etc. The so called SC/ST or Minority religious quotas etc are movements that should receive absolutely no support from the Government. Government should be interested in the upliftment of the poor and should provide quality education and healthcare facilities to all so that people can live in dignity. I have to agree that in the present circumstances muslims did not progress as much as other religions. To a certain extent they would have themselves to blame because their leaders did not guide them properly. Also I believe our actions made muslims feel alienated and insecure in their own country. Let us not forget that we are all human beings who need to help each other to create a good society. For me personally humanity is far bigger than religion or nationality.

Intervie with Mushirul Hasan By: Akshaya Kumar | Sunday , 26 Oct '08 14:43:23 PM Reply | Forward Has Arjun Singh donated money out of his personal funds for the development of the University? If not, then naming a street after him is definitely not in good taste.

love your country called india.By: sarma | Sunday , 26 Oct '08 12:07:32 PM Reply | Forward even a liberal muslim or a secular muslim, the world doubts because your own people have brought down the community to the present level. doubting the credentials of the police encounter is agreable. but can any secular person tell me why if those muslims were carriying the revolver that killed polic sharma. was carrying a gun by these so called students was to glorify jihad or muslim community. definetely it was not for peaceful utility of the wepan by a student. when you as a VC support them by giving legal help, you have made yourself non secular. as a VC what was expected from you was to stay away till the law defines them. your secularism or liberalism need not be only muslim oriented. the very purpose of secularism is defeated. basically it is not even your fault. the mindset of a muslim as recently described in india-today cover page tell that muslim mind set and the people responsible must change, or this hatred will go on for long till end of time as per quran

Interview with Jamia's VCBy: Narinder Ailawadi | Monday , 20 Oct '08 7:37:51 AM Reply | Forward NO! What is expected of you as an acedemic, if you really earned it and not because of Arjun Singh's quotas, you will ensure that your community rids itself of terrorists being bread in its midst by refusing to provide shelter, monetary and moral support, and cooperate with the security agencies. Instead, the leadership you have shown points to providing monetary and moral support to terrorists when you offer (not your own money but) govt (university) money for legal expenses and question the so-caled encounter. Can you cite a single so-called fake encounter where the officer leading the charge is killed? And still you and your indian secularist friends have the nerve to question it as a fake encounter. Stop coddling the terrorists in your community, univ and paint SIMI as another normal student org which it definitely is not. Also, it wil be helpful that you as an administrator were to ensure that no one with a fake certificate gets admitted and gets govt legal support