Religion Archive

A video from inside the Hagia Sophia shows hundreds of children shouting the well-known Islamist slogan of “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great).

These “love jihad” incidents stem from supremacist assumptions. Muslim women are forbidden to marry non-Muslim men: “Do not marry idolatresses until they believe, for indeed, a believing slave woman is better than an idolatress, even though she pleases you. And do not give your daughters in marriage to idolaters until they believe, for indeed, a believing slave is better than an idolater, even though he pleases you. These people invite you to the fire, and Allah invites you to the garden, and to forgiveness by his grace, and explains his signs to mankind so that perhaps they will remember.” (Qur’an 2:221)

There are some human beings who purchase an enchanting persion¹ in order to lead people away from the way of Allah without having any knowledge, who hold the call to the Way of Allah to ridicule. A humiliating chastisement awaits them. - Luqmaan 31:6

^{1: The words lahv al-hadith in the text imply such a thing as may allure and absorb a listener completely and make him heedless of everything else around him. Lexically, there is nothing derogatory in these words, but in custom and usage they apply to evil and useless and vain things, such as gossip, nonsensical talk, joking and jesting, legends and tales, singing and merry-making, etc.}

Who is Firmani Naaz?

Firmani Naz from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh has made a name for herself with private albums. She has more than 3.84 million subscribers on YouTube. She got stardom by participating in Indian Idol season 12. She is married. She got married in 2017. But after the birth of a son and the son fell ill, her husband’s family abused her physically and mentally.

With this, she took the child and went to her birthplace.. and started a new life. As her voice was good, a local guy uploaded her songs on YouTube. She became recognized as a YouTube sensation and an e-celebrity and then participated in IndianIdol. But as her son’s health deteriorated, she came back in the middle of Indian Idol. However, her career continued to advance.

She says, "Artists have no religion. I forget everything else when I sing. I even sing qawwali. Even Mohd Rafi & Master Saleem sang devotional songs. I've never received a threat. There's a little controversy now, we came to know but nobody has come to our house to say anything." pic.twitter.com/XcYJF8sYUQ

Deoband-based Muslim cleric (Ulema) criticized Muslim YouTube singer Farmani Naaz over

Farmani Naaz Har Har Shambhu:: YouTube sensation, Indian idol fame Firmani Naz is angry with Muslim religious leaders. Her song Har Har Sambhu went viral and has now become the focal point of controversy.

Muslim communities are seething with Furmani Naz for singing a song on the Hindu god Shiva. They issued a fatwa saying this is an anti-Islamic act. When she posted the song on her YouTube channel, views and criticism poured in. The religious leaders are accusing this act of an anti-Islamic act. In Islam, they say that it is against religion for women to do such things.

बिना तलाक पति ने की दूसरी शादी,तब मेरी और बच्चे के लिए कोई नहीं बोला,आज गाने गाकर बेटे को पाल रही हूं तो लोगों को आपत्ति हैं|

किसीको परेशानी नहीं होनी चाहिए लोग मेरे गाने पसंद कर रहे|#FarmaniNaaz is receiving threats by Ulemas,4 singing 'Har Har Shambu' pic.twitter.com/BYvniYIukS

Firmani Naz says, "Artists have no religion. I forget everything else when I sing. I even sing qawwali. Even Mohd Rafi & Master Saleem sang devotional songs. I've never received a threat. There's a little controversy now, we came to know but nobody has come to our house to say anything."

But Maulana Mufti Asad Qasmi, Ulama of Deoband lambasted, "Singing and dancing of any sort are not permissible in Islam. This is forbidden in Islam. Muslims should refrain from anything that is forbidden. The song sung by the woman is not permissible, it is forbidden. She should refrain from it."

Singing and dancing of any sort is not permissible in Islam. This is forbidden in Islam. Muslims should refrain from anything that is forbidden. The song sung by the woman is not permissible, it is forbidden. She should refrain from it: Maulana Mufti Asad Qasmi, Ulama of Deoband pic.twitter.com/xV0wP0rt9B

Asad Khwasmi, a cleric from Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, describes this as a ‘sin’ and a heinous crime. He believes that she should stay away from music. Meanwhile, she released the recording version in the studio on YouTube. When the song was released on the occasion of the month of Shravan... Hindu communities, while others are praising it, others are criticizing it.

Mufti Zulfiqar said, "As per Constitution, every citizen can do anything to praise a religion but should not hurt anybody's sentiments. There's no problem with that. Until I listen to the lyrics of the bhajan, I can't issue any statement on it. Until then I can't say anything .about it."

As per Constitution, every citizen can do anything to praise a religion but should not hurt anybody's sentiments. There's no problem with that. Until I listen to the lyrics of the bhajan, I can't issue any statement on it. Until then I can't say anything about it: Mufti Zulfiqar pic.twitter.com/kcSXgABm09

Did anyone help

Reacting to the criticism, Firmani said that she belongs to a poor family, no one came to help her in times of trouble, and if she is living on her own, she is questioning how reasonable it is to try to stop her and criticize her. Above all, she says, artists should be recognized as having nothing to do with religion. If you think so... Are not people like Salim Mohammad Rafi who sing bhajans and Hindu devotional songs? Moreover, one of the two channels that he has is a channel of devotional songs, in which he will definitely upload albums related to all religions, may Allah’s blessings be upon him.

जिस फरमानी नाज़ द्वारा भगवान शिव के भजन गाने पर उलेमा व्याकुल हैं,

इनके शौहर ने नाज़ और बच्चे के रहते हुए बिना तलाक दूसरा निकाह कर लिया, तब ये उलेमा कहां थे? या ये महिला हैं इसलिये इनपर फतवा लादना चाहते हैं कट्टरपंथी?#FarmaniNaaz pic.twitter.com/VE3x7qq6zY

Support of Hindu communities

Recently, as the song on Shiva has gone viral, many people are congratulating her. BJP leader Sanjeev Balyan said that he will provide the necessary help for her son’s treatment. On the other hand, the VHP was furious over the issuance of a fatwa against Firmani by the Muslim community. They (Muslim communities) only issue fatwas to the poor and helpless. She has been criticizing Muslim religious leaders saying that they have forgotten that she sang on YouTube.

Put your legs in their shoes,before forming any opinion.
Inspiring 👏👏#FarmaniNaazhttps://t.co/5i7xKQFFk8#HarHarShambhu

Farmani’s mother Fatima told the media that BJP leader Sanjeev Balyan had praised her daughter and helped arrange treatment for her grandchild.

Fatima told Aaj Tak that a boy in their village who made videos heard Farmani sing and then asked her to be a part of a recording that was uploaded on YouTube. Farmani won much applause for her singing and decided to participate in the reality singing contest Indian Idol season 12. She appeared on the show along with her brother and impressed the judges, her voice and humility were celebrated. She had to return midway because of her son’s deteriorating health. However, since then, there was no looking back on her singing and she continued to support her family by taking it up full time.

In response to the criticism of her singing by a section of people, Farmani said that her family is poor and that this is the only means for her to make a living.

She has pinned a message to her video ‘Har Har Shambhu’ on YouTube declaring that an artist has no religion. She wrote: Singing or music ka koi dharam nahin hota. Master Saleem Mohammed Rafi Saab jaise buland singer ne bhi bhajan gaye hai, to sabhi se hath jodeker nevedan hai koi bhi singing or music ko dharam se na jode, apki Farmani Naaz. (Singing or music has no religion. Legends like Saleem Mohammed Rafi has also rendered bhajans or Hindu devotional songs. I request all to not link religion and music.)

She was quoted by media reports saying that she does not let religion limit her singing or dictate her choice of songs. “I am an artist. I have a qawwali channel on Youtube as well as one for bhakti geet. I sing all types of songs,” she said.

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Let us consider what Ram Swarup said about Hindu-bashing, or what is nowadays called Hinduphobia or a more correct word would be Hindumisia. The word, though in existence for more than a century, was not yet in vogue as Hinduism’s ad hoc counterweight against the omnipresent propaganda term Islamophobia. But the phenomenon was already dominant in India and increasingly present abroad.

New Delhi: All cases of recent Jihadi violence and beheadings, including the slaying of Praveen Nettaru in South Kannada district in Karnataka, should be tried in fast-track courts to ensure speedy justice to the victims’ families and the Hindu society! The Secretary General of Vishva Hindu Parishad, Shri Milind Parande on Thursday said that the Central and the State Governments should immediately consider setting up Fast Track Courts.

Just a few days after the brutal murder of Praveen Nettaru in Karnataka's Dakshin Kannada district, a new development has come to the light. It has been found out that the father of one of the accused worked as a butcher at a chicken shop run by the BJP Yuva Morcha leader.

As many as 17 persons, including six madrasa teachers, were held in Assam on Thursday for links with terror groups. According to the police, it has arrested a madrasa teacher and detained five others from another madrasa in Morigaon district. Similarly, seven persons from Barpeta, one from Guwahati, and another three persons were detained from the state’s capital Dispur on Thursday.

The Hindu population of Bangladesh fell by 0.59 percentage points to 7.95% in 2022 from 8.54% in 2011, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Pakistan’s economy cannot sustain its population. But instead of a massive campaign encouraging birth control, and providing free contraceptives, or even of mandating smaller families the way that China did with its “one-child policy,” the Pakistani Minister of Health is encouraging Pakistanis to migrate to non-Muslim lands, and once there, to procreate to their heart’s content, demographically conquering, little by little, these countries and their indigenous Infidels.

In the teeth of increasingly common incidents like this one, which show the aggressiveness and impunity of some Muslims in India, Muslim groups and Islamic apologists in the West (notably Khaled Beydoun and Harris Sultan) would have you believe that the Muslim community in India is living in fear of massive persecution and even genocide.