In a secular environment it is imperative for any governance to refrain from such a subsidy with an abhorrable selectivity aimed for power and maiming the silent majority's patriotic feelings.
The safed topi's selectiivism is very transparent:
DIVIDE & RULE.
This is further evident from Arjun's khel with the Vande Mataram.
Either the subsidy ought to be extended to all castes and creed or to none.
Anything else is a fraud and a departure from the secularism.
If a military government comes to power the safed topi can be tried for high treason, found guilty and consigned to a firing squad for perpetually deceiving the silent majority by seriously interfering with the democratic process, through illegal and unconstitutional cornering of minority votes.
How it helps an Indian Muslim by performing haj. Does it improve his moral standards or he becomes more pious. Recently the minister for Haj affairs, Govt of U.P was in the news for travelling with his coteries, in a Ist AC coach, with out tickets. This man is also a Haji and he had threatened the checking staff with dire consequences.Earlier he had put money on the head of a Dutch cartoonist for alleged blasphemy. This is the standard of an Indian Haji. Is it necessary to subsidise such scoundrels from the tax paid by me. It is high time we become practical . There is no need to go on haj to mecca by Indians on government dole. Visiting Babri and other Mosques is adequate. If some body is bent on performing haj he should do it with his resources and not spread hands. IF you see the perpetrators list of bombay and other blasts you find many are hajis. Since the hajis are not working for the betterment of Indian nation but come back with a narrower view point, the govt should stop subsidising Haj tourism from poor tax payers fund. Madam and her congress party can give money from their individual or party funds, which they have amassed considerabley during the Nehru dynasty rule
Rediff should be careful in reporting.The court in fact has asked the centre to clarify the stand on subsidy for all religions & has censored it for violating the secular character of constitution.
CHENNAI: Prince of Arcot Mohammed Abdul Ali has appealed to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to consult ulemas, religious scholars and intellectuals in Muslim community before offering Haj subsidy to pilgrims.
In a letter to Dr. Singh, he said subsidy for Haj pilgrims was un-Islamic and against the principles of Shariat. " Haj pilgrimage is one of the obligatory duties to a Muslim, who can only afford it, but not acceptable on somebody's obligation." No country in the world, including Muslim countries, offered the subsidy. Clerics of Saudi Arabia, Muslim high dignitaries and intellectuals had objected to the subsidy. this is vote bank politics by congress to woo mulsim votes. no single country gives subsidy for haj. muslims leaders/scholers should give fatwa against congrss for this inislamic tradition for defaming islam Muslims alone are not in minority. Hindus are also in minority in J&K but our policies and human right activists turn a blind eye towards this. If someone talks of Hindus, he is labelled as a fundamentalist. The minority has all the right to live peacefully but not at the cost of majority."
