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India: Court rules against Muslim organization that sought ban of anti-terror film

Feb 6, 2014 6:14 pm By Robert Spencer

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Ya Rab: Jihad Against Terrorism is “a bold film on myths about Quran”; filmmaker Ajaz Khan says that he made it in order to show how the “Quran has been misinterpreted to give birth to terrorism.”

That sounds like something that every Muslim individual and group that professes to reject jihad terrorism should support, but instead, a “leading Muslim organization,” Jamiatul Ulema-e-Maharashtra went to court to try to get its release stopped. This was even after they succeeded in getting the filmmakers to remove portions they found objectionable. They failed in court, but it is unlikely that we have heard the last of this story. The film opens tomorrow. Grab some popcorn.

“Court nod for anti-terrorism film release,” by Mohammed Wajihuddin for TNN, February 7:

MUMBAI: Granting relief to the makers of Ya Rab: Jihad Against Terrorism, the Bombay high court on Thursday did not stay its release on February 7.

Hearing a petition filed by a leading Muslim organization Jamiatul Ulema-e-Maharashtra, A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha The HC said that the petitioner, Jamiatul Ulema-e-Maharashtra, can inform it at next hearing on February 13, if it feels that the film has objectionable scenes even after the disclaimer and fresh censor certificate obtained after deleting the objectionable portions.

“We had appealed against the film’s release on a wide perception as reflected in a section of Urdu press that it would create trouble and inflame communal passions. But the HC heeded to the disclaimer and claims made by the filmmaker that the objectionable scenes and dialogues have been removed. We will see if these changes have been made in the final prints. If my client is not satisfied, we will appeal to the court to stop its screening,” said advocate Afroz Siddiqui, who represented the petitioner, a Muslim organization. The film has become a matter of intense debate in the community ever since a group of community leaders watched it at a private screening last week. They had also petitioned political leaders and senior policemen seeking their intervention to stop its release before Jamiatul Ulema-e-Maharashtra moved court.

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  1. PJG says

    Feb 6, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    Jihad against terrorism? But jihad IS terrorism!
    The dawa never stops, it just gets more insane…

    • mortimer says

      Feb 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm

      jihad is genocide

  2. Jay Boo says

    Feb 6, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    Ref to:
    [a bold film on myths about Quran]
    A petition filed by a leading Muslim organization to delete the objectionable portions.
    —————————–

    Do Muslims not proudly proclaim that Hinduism and Buddhism is a myth?
    Is not the Quran itself offensive?
    Do Muslims not realize just how offensive their hateful Quran is?

    BAN THE QURAN

    • Salah says

      Feb 6, 2014 at 9:23 pm

      “Do Muslims not realize just how offensive their hateful Quran is?”

      First they need to read it…and understand it!!!

      http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/05/accursed-book-le-livre-maudit.html

    • sidney penny says

      Feb 7, 2014 at 7:11 am

      They tried:

      http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tcqp/

  3. Islam_Macht_Frei says

    Feb 6, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    Hmmm – if they show that film that says Islam is not peaceful, might have to start bombing some movie theatres and trying to kill the director.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 7, 2014 at 11:24 pm

      Islam Macht Frei wrote:

      Hmmm – if they show that film that says Islam is not peaceful, might have to start bombing some movie theatres and trying to kill the director.
      …………………..

      That pretty much sums it up, IMF…

    • "A Muslim" says

      Mar 26, 2014 at 4:26 pm

      I m a muslim nd i want to say something .
      terrorism means to fight wid innocent people nd to harm innocent people widout any reason.

      but jihad means
      fight for innocent people against bad people .
      fight for ur self defence .

      even shri krishna was a jihadi.
      he said to arjun in maha bharat
      “kill them all ”
      arjun said “no i cant they r my brother”
      then krishna replied ” u r not a man u r a gay they r ur brothers but they r bad”

  4. Afshin says

    Feb 6, 2014 at 8:15 pm

    I d like to watch this movie without being censored. I also like the oxymoron tittle of the movie.

    • muslim says

      Mar 26, 2014 at 4:31 pm

      I m a muslim nd i want to say something .
      terrorism means to fight wid innocent people nd to harm innocent people widout any reason.

      but jihad means
      fight for innocent people against bad people .
      fight for ur self defence .

      even shri krishna was a jihadi.
      he said to arjun in maha bharat
      “kill them all ”
      arjun said “no i cant they r my brother”
      then krishna replied ” u r not a man u r a gay they r ur brothers but they r bad”

  5. sahani says

    Feb 6, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    99 % of the muslim in this world are converts real muslims are saudis. Imagine one day all the converts decide they want to leave islam and go back to their root culture. Hindu , christian or bhudist . I am waiting for they day . It can happen Saudi give no rights to convert to be part of saudis, why converts follow them I wonder.

  6. fair_dinkum says

    Feb 6, 2014 at 10:10 pm

    islam doesnt lend itself to criticism. there will be protests and bombings.
    the old catch 22. call us violent and we ll kill you.

  7. Semeru says

    Feb 6, 2014 at 10:44 pm

    Bollywood and Hollywood has yelled so much about this “All-Muslims-Are-Not-Terrorists” issue that even George Bush now wants to convert to Islam 🙂

    Just skipping through some different write-ups, it is very obvious that this film is over hyped and is made so as to white-wash islam

    Here are a few quotes

    “I’m a Muslim, but even I did not know so much about my religion. After doing this film, I feel that those who have read the Quran, especially the youth, and deeply understood its meaning in its truest form, will never resort to terrorism.” Ajaz Khan Lead actor

    Director Hasnain Hyderabadwala maintains that his film is in fact against demonization of Islam and opposes terrorism.

    From the Film of India website

    Ya Rab is a clarion call to those prejudiced enough to believe terrorism to have originated from Islam. The Holy Quran has never approved of terrorism in any form and yet its teachings have been twisted and used by people to justify their own selfish acts of violence. And thus the sins of a few taint an entire religion.

    From Times of India

    Ya Rab focuses on such issues where we deal with so called self proclaimed Maulanas (Islamic Preachers) who misinterpret The Quran and its real meaning to breed terrorists and terrorist activity. It also shows how such people manipulate the young and vulnerable youth in the name of Islam and Jihad to run their terror shops.
    Ya Rab is a genuine effort to show the right face of Islam and to guide the misguided on the right path.

    From the Bollywood Hungama website

    The basic idea behind Ya Rab is to show how Islam has been used as a tool to propagate terrorism. The Quran does not approve of terrorism in any way, not a single verse in the Holy Quran supports terrorism.

    And then this review from The news tribe

    The film is directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala who has earlier made films such as The Killer (2006), The Train (2007), Jashnn (2009). Let me also mention here, All his earlier films bombed at the Box Office. Surprisingly, All of his earlier films were produced by Vishesh Films (Mahesh Bhatt). Even his latest offering Ya Rab is being distributed by Vishesh Films.
    After watching Ya Rab, I feel the controversies that are floating around regarding this film is merely engineered. In that case, Even engineered publicity doesn’t help you if your product is bad.

  8. Christian A. Beltram says

    Feb 7, 2014 at 2:39 am

    Every victory on behalf of the cause of free speech, even a temporary victory should be welcomed. I hope that the court’s ruling is not overturned.

  9. sidney penny says

    Feb 7, 2014 at 7:09 am

    Here is a nice Bollywood movie to make

    Ban the Quran-The Petition

    What, about hate?
    And about the other things like inciting violence, insulting other religions, promoting religious enmity, disturbing public tranquility, promoting on ground of religion feelings of enmity- ( see below)

    The real issue raised by the Petition was not what Muslims believe about the Quran but what behaviour patterns the Quran inculcates in its votaries vis-à-vis the unbelievers.

    http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tcqp/pref1.htm

    Let it be realized by everybody concerned that India has always been and remains, the citadel of the most bigoted and bloodthirsty zealotry of Islam. The historical reasons for why it is so, are many. I do not have the time to detail them here. The main reason may be told. Islam in India has been what it has been because India has continued to stare at Islam as its greatest failure. Islam in India has never been able to relax, as it could do in countries which it converted completely. And it will not relax till Hindus learn to knock out its ideological fangs which are rooted in the Quran.

    http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tcqp/chi1.htm

    Muslims in India have often sought shelter under Sections 153A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.) for preventing every public discussion of their creed in general and of their prophet in particular.

    Quite a few publications which examine critically the sayings and doings of the Prophet or other idolized personalities of Islam, have been proscribed under Section 95 of the Criminal Procedure Code , as a result of pressure exerted by vociferous, very often violent Muslim protests.

    Little did they suspect that the same provisions of the law could be invoked for seeking a ban on their holy book, the Quran.

    http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tcqp/chii4.htm

    Now the summary of the petition-but read the whole thing:

    2. The respondent (Government) is a public authority having in terms of Section 95 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, read with Sections 153A and 295A Indian Penal Code, a public duty to forfeit to the Government every copy of a book,
    which incites violence, disturbs public tranquility, promotes, on ground of religion, feelings of enmity, hatred and ill-will between different religious communities and insults other religions or religious beliefs of other communities in India.

    3. The Koran, also spelt as Quran, the so-called religious book of the Muslims the world over, written originally in the Arabic and available throughout India in the original Arabic or in its translation in Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, English, etc., is ex facie guilty of each one of the above offences.

    4 For example, (see the many examples given in chapter 4)(one quoted by the London beheader of Lee Rigby)

    5 The book promotes religious enmity, hatred and ill-will between different religious communities in India.
    ( see the many examples given in chapter 4)

    6 The book insults other religions or religious beliefs of other communities in India.
    ( see the many examples given in chapter 4)

    7 While the Koran abounds with saying which incite violence, insult the religious beliefs of other communities and even exhort the Muslims to kill and murder non-Muslims, the problem is aggravated by yet another fact which has been true in the past and is universally true in our own times that unlike other communities Muslims are, and even fresh converts tend to become, highly orthodox people and follow the sayings of the book with a fanatical zeal with the result that whichever country has their sizable number amongst its population can never have peace on its soil.

    (This was said in 1985 and it is still true today 2014!)

    8. The offending expressions contained in the Koran and quoted in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above are not so offensive in their translation in which they are so quoted as they are in the original verses in Arabic or in Urdu, the very sound of whose inimitable symphony not only sends the Muslims to tears and ecstasy but arouses in them the worst communal passions and religious fanaticism which have manifested themselves in murder, slaughter, loot, arson, rape and destruction or desecration of holy places in historical times as also in contemporary period not only in India but almost all over the world.

  10. gravenimage says

    Feb 7, 2014 at 11:20 pm

    India: Court rules against Muslim organization that sought ban of anti-terror film
    ………………………………

    The irony, of course, is that Khan’s film itself is a steaming pile of Taqiyya—but there are Muslims who want such a state of denial that Muslims and violent Jihad terror are not even uttered in the same breath.

    More:

    “We had appealed against the film’s release on a wide perception as reflected in a section of Urdu press that it would create trouble and inflame communal passions…
    ………………………………

    “Inflame communal passions”—this can either refer to Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians possibly inconveniently taking note of the whole Muslim/terrorism thing; or it can refer to enraged Muslims reacting to the film’s being shown with violence and destruction…

    More:

    We will see if these changes have been made in the final prints. If my client is not satisfied, we will appeal to the court to stop its screening”
    ………………………………

    More Muslim censorship—backed up by the Infidel state, whenever possible…

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