[Reader-list] The Islamic Flag of Indian Muslims

[Kshmendra Kaul]

Dear Javed
 
I was talking about the flag flown by Indian Muslims wherever the Muslim identity is sought to be displayed.
 
Surely you are not unfamiliar with that flag. It is in green colour and and has a white crescent and a white star on it.
 
In the context of talking about 'that' flag, your question "Who is an Indian Muslim" is a meaningless one.
 
The question is whether such a flag as described by me is used by Indian Muslims (wherever it may be used and whosoever amongst the Indian Muslims may use it) and whether 'that' flag gets confused with being the Pakistani flag (which it closely resembles).
 
The answer to both those questions is YES.
 
One other question is whether such a flag has any significant historicity that would make it undivorceable from core Islamic Identity. My answer to that question is NO. 
 
I really do not need an answer from you. These questions have to be asked by Indian Muslims of themselves and find their own answers. That exactly was how I had framed my comments.
 
Kshmendra  

--- On Tue, 5/5/09, M Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com> wrote:

From: M Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] The Islamic Flag of Indian Muslims
To: kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com
Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 5:38 PM

Dear Kshmendra

Who is an Indian Muslim?

We need to answer this before we can answer your "...should they be
thinking about using the Islamic flag..."

Javed



On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
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> QUOTE:
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> It also carried drawings of two white and black flags, the former being
the main flag of Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) and the latter his
military standard. Even now, black-turbaned TNSM members carry the small white
and black flags as they walk ahead of Sufi Mohammad. ...... UNQUOTE
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> This quote is from an article on Maulana Sufi Mohammad written by
Rahimullah Yusufzai.
> http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=175825
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> No green flag. No crescent and star on it.
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> The green flag with the crescent and star on it which is used by Indian
Muslims has often caused misunderstandings.
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> One recent example has been Simi Garewal talking about Pakistani Flags
being flown by Indian Muslims. She apologised later for having mistaken the
Islamic Flag of the Indian Muslims for the Pakistani Flag.
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> The close resemblance between the 2 flags confused even
Anupam Chakravartty, who inspite of video coverage from Times Now showing it to
be a Pakistani Flag, insisted that what was flown in Assam with " sickle
(sic) and star on green background  is an islamic symbol"
> http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2009-April/018755.html
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> In an earlier mail I had commented:
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> """""" If this is factual, then the question
arises for the Indian Muslims that should they be thinking about using the
Islamic Flag without the Crescent and Star so that it does not appear to be
close to being the flag of Pakistan? """"""
> http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2008-December/017016.html
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> Just thinking aloud
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> Kshmendra
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