[Reader-list] Jamia Millia University should be prosecuted

[Yousuf]

Dear Srirang Jha

Your statement: "why an intellectual like Mushirul Hasan would indulge in such a pastime" I think this is precisely the problem here. Most social problems in our midst crop up because the intellectuals don't want to come down to "such pastimes". I think its a great step (although risky) for Mushirul Hasan to take a stand here. He said that as VC he is the guardian of all students, and will help them legally UNTIL PROVED GUILTY. It is very easy otherwise to allow the law to take its own course. Many thousands of accused (depending on state's legal aid) are languishing in our jails, not proven guilty yet. IF these boys are proven guilty, then of course, the end of the story.

But besides that, it also very important for Jamia to make a social intervention into its neighbourhood. Would you rather ignore the area and the community and allow more disturbing elements to thrive there, or take a bold risk and try to eliminate them. The terror cannot be eradicated until many elements/institutions of the society (university, local leaders, RWAs, police, NGOs, and activists) don't come together. Unfortunately, so far there is very little trust between all these elements. Moreover, we are also trying to prove that the NGOs and activists are actually the enemies of the state.

Only the brutal force of the police can never eradicate terrorism.

Yousuf


--- On Wed, 9/24/08, srirang jha <jha.srirang at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: srirang jha <jha.srirang at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Jamia Millia University should be prosecuted
> To: radhikarajen at vsnl.net, reader-list at sarai.net
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 9:23 PM
> Jamia Millia Islamia is setting a wrong example by providing
> legal aid to
> the accused in Delhi bomb blast. The University exists for
> education and
> nothing else. Our constitution provides for legal
> assistance to any one who
> cannot afford a lawyer. So the students of JMI who are
> arrested for their
> alleged role in the Blast may get legal assistance from the
> Legal Aid Cell
> of the Supreme Court of India.
> I do not understand why an intellectual like Mushirul Hasan
> would indulge in
> such a pastime as this. Let the law of the land take its
> course.
> 
> Srirang Jha
> 
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:44 PM,
> <radhikarajen at vsnl.net> wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately, this attitude and action of the
> institutions and NGOs which
> > makes them communal. It only gives more courage to be
> fundamentalists in
> > secular society be it for a hindu or a muslim or a
> christian, if you have
> > support to be fanatic why not. !
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:55 am
> > Subject: [Reader-list] Jamia Millia University should
> be prosecuted
> > To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
> >
> > > Jamia Millia University should be
> > >
> prosecuted<http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/23/jamia-
> > > millia-university-should-be-prosecuted/>
> > >
> > > *The Jamia Millia Islamia University would
> provide legal aid to two
> > > suspended students who have been arrested by
> Delhi Police for being
> > > allegedly involved in the serial blasts in the
> > >
> capital<http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/19/war-on-
> > > terror-offstumped-salute-to-indias-pride/>.
> > > *
> > >
> > > **
> > >
> > > *"Legal aid would be provided till they are
> not found guilty," varsity
> > > spokesperson Rakshanda Jaleel on Tuesday said.*
> > >
> > > Offstumped has unearthed the Jamia Millia Islamia
> Act of
> > >
> 1988<http://education.nic.in/cd50years/x/7H/8M/7H8M0101.htm>
> > > .
> > >
> > > There is no provision within this act for the
> University to
> > > provide legal
> > > aid to students, period, forget personal or
> university related,
> > > guilty or
> > > not guilty.
> > >
> > > Its powers are very clear.
> > >
> > > Please visit the following link for more -
> > > Jamia Millia University should be
> > >
> prosecuted<http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/23/jamia-
> > > millia-university-should-be-prosecuted/>
> > >
> > > PTI reports
> > >
> > > *The Jamia Millia Islamia University would
> provide legal aid to two
> > > suspended students who have been arrested by
> Delhi Police for being
> > > allegedly involved in the serial blasts in the
> > >
> capital<http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/19/war-on-
> > > terror-offstumped-salute-to-indias-pride/>.
> > > *
> > >
> > > **
> > >
> > > *"Legal aid would be provided till they are
> not found guilty," varsity
> > > spokesperson Rakshanda Jaleel on Tuesday said.*
> > >
> > > Offstumped has unearthed the Jamia Millia Islamia
> Act of
> > >
> 1988<http://education.nic.in/cd50years/x/7H/8M/7H8M0101.htm>
> > > .
> > >
> > > There is no provision within this act for the
> University to
> > > provide legal
> > > aid to students, period, forget personal or
> university related,
> > > guilty or
> > > not guilty.
> > >
> > > Its powers are very clear. -
> > > Jamia Millia University should be
> > >
> prosecuted<http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/23/jamia-
> > > millia-university-should-be-prosecuted/>
> > >