The PM and the Politics of 'Development'
Mr.
the Prime Minister (of Mauritius- Mr. Pravind Jugnauth) said that there are (all-round, economic) development in the four
corners of the island. These words are not true, Mr. Prime
Minister! Say instead that there are continual development in some
specific places only. We quote a single example that is obvious and
that all Mauritius is witnessing. This is the Prime Minister’s
constituency. All ministries are mobilized to please him.
The
Prime Minister is preparing himself [he is preparing the ground] for
the next elections. But if only he had made similar developments for
other constituencies like those he did for his constituency! But
unfortunately the mandate of this regime is coming to an end and the
Muslim community has been forgotten.
Bring
a single piece of evidence to show what development has occurred in
the various places where the minorities, including the Muslim
community reside. We do not ask you to bring the Metro Express to our
door [in our place] as you promised the people of Saint-Pierre, but
at least give our youth healthy leisure so that they do not fall into
the hell of drugs and other plagues. But again the minorities must be
blind to vote again for the parties that boycotted development in
these places. After all, who will raise his voice in a council of
ministers where the Muslim community is under-represented and where
there is no one to raise his voice in its favour? Our patience,
Insha-Allah,
will bear fruit.
The Muslim Community Is Not Ungrateful But Keeps Its Head High.
The
former Deputy Prime Minister, and now a simple Deputy, Soodhun has
accused the Muslim community of being ungrateful to Sir Aneerood
Jugnauth (who was Prime Minister from 2014 to 2017 and where
afterwards, there was the father-son deal, and then his son became
Prime Minister, without the vote of the people). According to Soodhun
- as you know, Soodhun is the shadow of Sir Aneerood Jugnauth - there
would be decreases in the price of beef, as well as for the price of
air tickets for Hajj and Oumrah. These are measures that should have
been favourable for Muslims.
But Soodhun quickly forgets, but let us
remind him of the suffering that this same Aneerood Jugnauth
inflicted on the Muslim community. How can this be forgotten
overnight? A time when Muslims were boycotted and stigmatized. A
reign in which a Muslim seeking work in the civilian service had to
hide his true address and political affiliation, if he lived in a
predominantly Muslim constituency and supported another political
party. It
was a reign in which the private sector was called on to boycott the
Muslim community, especially in the area of employment. A reign
where the graduates of the Muslim Community had to become small
street vendors to make ends meet. There was a policy of revenge
against the Muslim community just because it did not vote him [and
his government]. It is this same policy of revenge that is being
applied to its political opponents today. There was the operation
“plucking all weeds”
and “cutting fingers”.
[i.e., according to them, to finish the Muslims]. There was the
humiliating episode of our Hajees at the airport. After so many
years, when he returned to power, his mentality towards the Muslim
community did not change at all.
But Soodhun quickly forgets, but let us
remind him of the suffering that this same Aneerood Jugnauth
inflicted on the Muslim community. How can this be forgotten
overnight? A time when Muslims were boycotted and stigmatized. A
reign in which a Muslim seeking work in the civilian service had to
hide his true address and political affiliation, if he lived in a
predominantly Muslim constituency and supported another political
party. It
was a reign in which the private sector was called on to boycott the
Muslim community, especially in the area of employment. A reign
where the graduates of the Muslim Community had to become small
street vendors to make ends meet. There was a policy of revenge
against the Muslim community just because it did not vote him [and
his government]. It is this same policy of revenge that is being
applied to its political opponents today. There was the operation
“plucking all weeds”
and “cutting fingers”.
[i.e., according to them, to finish the Muslims]. There was the
humiliating episode of our Hajees at the airport. After so many
years, when he returned to power, his mentality towards the Muslim
community did not change at all.
If
you analyze the Rawat
case it’s a blatant case. When in Soodhun, if he is personally as
well as his surroundings benefiting from the state, it is not the
Ummah who
is benefiting but only a few people. Who started small business
[street vendor business] in Mauritius? Muslims are not thieves or
beggars! The Muslim prefers to work outdoors, on the roads, even
under the rain, sun for a living and he accepts to receive blows of
truncheon but never steals [Rather die than steal, rather work than
steal]. What gratefulness is Soodhun talking about? It is sad to see
a Muslim denigrate and insult his own community. If he has personally
agreed to bow before Aneerood Jugnauth, going so far as to vote
against the law of Allah to please his leader, but then he should not
expect the Muslim Community to follow his bad example! As for us, it
is only before our Creator that we bow, not creatures.
Concerning
the decline in the price of the ticket for Umrah,
it is wrong. I myself had to pay the price of the ticket for Umrah
far more expensive from what he had proclaimed, that this government
did this or that favour with regard to the ticket price for Umrah.
He is restless when it comes to flattering this government [i.e. his
party]. He does everything to flatter him. When it comes to beef,
it’s not just Muslims who consume it, but it’s a measure for all
of Mauritius. At the social level, drugs have taken a terrible toll
in places where minorities, as well as Muslims, are found. Synthetic
drugs are wreaking havoc among youth, and are finishing our young
[Mauritians, and especially our young Muslims]. Street vendors are
still being trampled upon. How many Muslims have been taken into the
civil service during these last five years in power?
What
gratefulness do you speak about Soodhun? You took the departure of
Aneerood Jugnauth as a blow, although as the president of the party
[MSM], they did not even thank you for what you did for 35 years of
service with Aneerood Jugnauth. Today his son Pravind took his place
and he did not even give you a [an electoral/ ministerial portfolio]
ticket for the next general election. So, hear what you say; it is
sad what is happening to you, you have given more importance to the
creature than to the Creator.
I
tell the Muslims who have abandoned their [political] party to enrich
themselves with this outgoing government [political party], it is
only using you for the election to win the Muslims’ votes. Had you
not learnt your lesson after the 2014 election, where Madam President
and the Muslim ministers and Muslim MPs were humiliated? The same
fate will befall you, now that his son has taken the reigns (after
father comes the son) and will use you to win the votes of the Muslim
Community, only to come to power and then see what will happen to
you.
The Kuffar, the Twaghut system and the Muslims
Every
day we hear through media how many people are suffering. This does
not affect them as long as they are having fun [regardless of the
population’s sufferings]! During the electoral campaign you have
heard a series of scandals on this present Government, and you,
Muslims, Allah (swt) has told you to fight all corruption, lies,
wrongdoings, and the dilapidation of the people’s money – who are
contributing through taxes and through the increase in the price of
commodities [be it food, drink, clothes etc… the list is too long].
We pay tax on all these things. Where has your faith (Iman)
in Allah and His Rassool
(saws) gone ? What have you done with the teachings which Allah
has revealed in the Quran? You are on the forefront to support those
kinds of parties, and you turn your backs to the teachings of Allah
to seek only that which is of benefit [material benefit] to you.
The
fact remains that (the ruling) political party is anti-Islam [against
Muslims]. This is an advice to you, O Muslim brothers, and sisters.
That which I know, I know it very well; what you don’t know is that
I am neither a racist nor a communalist and I am not even against
this Government [meaning that Huzur
(atba) is stating all this from a neutral/fairness- point of view with the help
of Allah]. From what all the people
[Mauritians] had lived for its five years in power, it is the
minorities who have suffered. Only a few who became his slaves got
some benefits from him, otherwise, all promotions and all partying
[fun] are reserved for only his near family, boyfriends, girlfriends
and he foremost protects the people who shares the same [religious]
faith as him, inputting in their heads that it is only them [i.e. the
Hindus] who should govern this country.
So,
an advice, withdraw from this party as soon as possible with your
head held up, Insha-Allah.
It’s the best for you, for your family, and for this Muslim
community in general. Allah and His Rassool
have made us understand that life in
the world, the enjoyments of this world, the war for power, is
paradise only for the Kuffar,
but for the believers it is absolute hell. We are suffering yes, but
it is only temporary [a temporary situation] and it is in the
afterlife that Allah has reserved the best eternal paradise for the
believers.
So
let them have fun and do as they please. As for us, we make duah
but the day that Allah (swt) shall seize them, they will receive such
humiliation and such divine punishment which shall be very grievous.
Remain where you are, establish your love connection with Allah and
His Rassool, work for the Deen of
Allah. You will receive rewards in this world and in the hereafter
these rewards will be much greater. Think about it, if this [outgoing
government] comes back to power, how much suffering will there be
during the next 5 years to come? These people will keep on filling
their pockets. On their tongues, there are great words that they want
to serve their country, and work to make your life easy, but when one
makes an appraisal after 5 years, it is just the opposite [that has
happened].
So,
in such politics where you do not base yourselves on divine teaching,
where you leave divine teaching to make wrong kinds of politics, and
you take the teachings of the Kuffar
to harm the Ummah,
this is indeed grievous. So, take care of the Ummah
above all; do not seek your own well-being [benefit] for a few months
or weeks, where you may find yourselves out [of your political party]
after the elections, and after they have used you to reach power. So,
leave these kinds of politics, heads high ; do not attract the
wrath of Allah upon you. Know which path to take! Listen to
what I am saying. Go and learn how to become good Muslim politicians,
who preserve the values of Islam, and what is also important as a
citizen of this country, you should work confidently and honestly
with your heads held high, with clean hands [devoid of corruption]
for the whole country, as a true servant of God, who works for the
welfare of humanity, for all the people of Mauritius.
You
have seen how the Hindu House openly asked the outgoing Prime
Minister to protect their roots and they assured him of their
support. What is this called? Is it not communalism? And they are
saying this before the Prime Minister; When minorities raise their
voices to ask for their rights, at that moment they are considered as
communal. Shame on these Muslim politicians who beguile the Muslim
community at each election and once elected, they act as true JUDAS;
they show their true faces of hypocrites.
With
the elections that are nearing, I ask the Muslim woman: preserve your
honour and dignity, do not be cheap. First, you should not go in such
congress or other meetings of any political party. It is not allowed
to put your presence in these kinds of meetings. There is no reward
to get in this, it is rather pure disobedience [to the commands of
Allah].
Because
of three sisters of the Muslim community, by ignorance they put their
presence in these congresses and the other meetings of the ignorant
people, and then it is the whole community which is humiliated.
Politicians use these handful of Muslims to show that all communities
are with him. Worse, there are those who click selfies with
politicians who are not their Mahraam.
This is illegal (Haram).
They do not have an iota of shame; much worse, they even put their
hands on the shoulders of male strangers - be it the prime minister
or other ministers/ deputies - to click photos. This is also Haram,
even if you have put on your Misar
or Hijab or
Jilbaab well.
It is Haram
to do these kinds of deeds. Worse, there are those who cover their
faces to click selfies with male strangers.
We,
brothers, should not let our sisters be exploited by politicians by
their ignorance. We should teach them to preserve their honour.
Because of some pennies [cents], they should not sell their honour.
You [sister] should show yourself as a respectable person. The
sisters in these congresses are not defending any Islamic cause. Do
not render yourselves cheap. Sometimes you see how old people are
exploited and bribed by a hundred rupee note to make them attend
those [political] congress. We all walk with our death, and if we die
in a place where there is no obedience to Allah, what account shall
we give [to Allah]?
We
make an appeal to our sisters so that they may not be exploited by
politicians. Put it well in your head that the Kuffar
system will never become YOURS. Fight and spend your wealth and
energy to seek the pleasure of Allah, not to implement the Twaghut
system on the earth of Allah.
There
are quite a few politicians who live, day and night in the
disobedience of Allah through consumption of alcoholic drink, going
to discotheques, committing adultery, indulging in gambling,
consuming illicit meat. Will all this lead to the success and
progress of the Ummah?
We should keep our trust entirely in Allah. We should not let a few
hotheads [one-of-a-kind pieces] in the Ummah
to spoil the image of Islam on the political level and in general, to
make hateful things, and you should not let yourselves be fooled
[i.e., misguided] by their promises to bring comfort and reform to
Muslims. And do not let the others use us for their own benefit. Do
not let them buy your conscience with worldly pleasures.
If
some politicians have bought some [religious and non-religious]
communities with money, alcoholic beverage or other things, as for
you, you should not fall into the baseness of these communities. Keep
your head high. You should not bow before them and render yourselves
“cheap” just because of a few cents. What we are finding lately,
a group in the community are deviating the [Muslim] community in
disobedience to Allah, just to please their “LEADER”
[Yes, their political leader, because for us Muslims, our true
leader, the leader of the Ummah
is the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa), and it is Allah and His Rassool
(pbuh) whom we need to please, in establishing true Islam in each of
our deeds, behaviours and words. Our intention also must be pure.
We
say to these brothers, fear Allah, and stop this ugly game that you
are playing. All those who have accepted Islam as a religion, they
will have to account for all the deeds that they have done in this
world, be him a minister or a deputy because the verse of the Quran
is clear: “Cooperate in righteousness
and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.” (Al-Maida
5: 3).
May
Allah purify your intelligent and bring all of you from [belonging
to] the Ummah
closer to the right path. Ameen.
O
Allah, forgive us and protect the Ummah
Muhammadiya (sa) against degradation
and protect the true Muslims and help us all as one body to restore
Your Deen
[Islam] on earth. Ameen.
“Wa
Man asaa-nii Fa-innaka Ghafuurur Rahim”
You
are indeed (O Allah) Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Ibrahim
14 : 37)
[---Friday Sermon of 01 November 2019~ 03 Rabi’ul Awwal 1441 AH delivered by Hadhrat Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius].
Prayer for A Clean Government
Yesterday
Mauritian people voted for a Government for the next five years. Let
us pray to Allah (swt) that He gives us a new Government who will
work in the best interest and for the benefit of the people of the
Republic of Mauritius. Let us pray that communalism fades away and we
see competent people in the right place, and managing our country in
the right way and leading it in the right direction. Allah knows best
which Government has been voted by the people. Let us hope and pray
that the new Government forms its cabinet and recruits people based
on merit, knowledge and experience and not because of backing and
family feeling [where his loved ones are protected and climb the
ladder of success faster than others without being deserving of the
position].
Today
is the Counting of votes and I think after Maghrib prayer we
will be able to know who will be the next to govern our Island,
Mauritius and other Islands under the guardianship and responsibility
of Mauritius for the next five years. We pray may Allah remove the
Judas - hypocrites, and corrupted people, as well as those who
love to protect the members of their own religious communities and
who incite to hatred and communalism in the name of religion.
May
Allah enable a clean government, with respect and the proper
knowledge to be elected, to manage this country and lead it to
progress and to redress the economy in the right way for the benefit
of the people of Mauritius, in a selfless, uncorrupted and
praiseworthy way. Insha-Allah, Ameen Summa Ameen, ya
Rabbul Aalameen.
[Special Remarks on Mauritius general elections from the Friday Sermon of 08 November 2019 ~10 Rabi’ul Awwal 1441 AH].
[Special Remarks on Mauritius general elections from the Friday Sermon of 08 November 2019 ~10 Rabi’ul Awwal 1441 AH].