On Zakir Nayak: New Age Islam Sep 16,2009

9/17/2009 4:39:35 AM Shamshad Elahee Ansari
Dear All,

One can read the debate on Dr. Zakir Nayak, his prescriptions, comprehension, contribution etc. in previous issues of New Age Islam, readers had a fierce debate on him and many esteemed readers thrashed him and his thoughts like anything. He is simply a 'Katha Vachak', mass puller orator but has nothing new to offer. He just filled a vacuum amongst Muslims who were bombard by the so-called Dharma gurus of other religion, Muslims longs to see a person who could speak English and tell their side of story, It’s generally believed that Wahabi paid for his MISSION for Peace TV where he sits every day. Personal brilliance has no meaning unless society gets its benefits. It would have been a great achievement for medical science if he would have developed some CURE to incurable disease by his so-called brilliance, and mankind would kept him remembering for his contribution, but alas, this brilliant fellow could not do it and wasted the money of Govt. who trained him as a Doctor.

His prescription is nothing but ‘Old wine in a new bottle'. He is the sole representative of ‘mass complex'(read inferiority complex) of Muslim society and try to fill them with false pride of their painful past. If, we want to move ahead, we have to learn all available source of modern technology and bring a change in our society besides telling stories of the past achievement, a deserted Doctor cannot be a role model of Muslim Society. He is a regressive force, soon one can foresee that (one should not be surprised if) he would become another Imam Bukhari, hobnobbing with the state in the name of his fellow faithful. His emergence from a city (Mumbai) has its own historical factors where Muslims are suffering from their identity crisis and severely threaten with rival faith followers. The face aggression every day, Zakir Nayak is the man who is benefited by this general psychology of Muslims of Mumbai. Ground Realities will soon force him to take a further stride on their part to counter Shiv Sena etc. His Political overtures are yet to be seen, apart from his “Story Telling” tactics and establishing his religion superior to all available religions of the world.

Best Regards