Let us consider what Ram Swarup said about Hindu-bashing, or what is nowadays called Hinduphobia or a more correct word would be Hindumisia. The word, though in existence for more than a century, was not yet in vogue as Hinduism’s ad hoc counterweight against the omnipresent propaganda term Islamophobia. But the phenomenon was already dominant in India and increasingly present abroad.

In fact, it was quite old. Several tribes of Muslims with doctrinally motivated hate for the Hindus, followed by the Portuguese Christians with a similar aversion, had actively persecuted Hinduism for centuries. They represent a permanent source of anti-Hindu violence that now takes the form of occupation of parts of the Hindu homeland by the Islamic states of Pakistan and Bangladesh; Pakistani incursions; terrorism and rioting. But while they bludgeoned Hindu society and inflicted huge human and material losses on it, they did not penetrate it or take control of its institutions.

Those who want to know Islamism first-hand and in full measure are referred to Shaikh Sir Mohammed Iqbal’s two long poems which he wrote quite early in his career, and which earned him the title of Allama among the adherents of this cult. These are the Shikwã and the Jawãb-i-Shikwah which Mr. Khushwant Singh has recently published in an English translation.

The Shikwã ends by summing up that naghmã hindî hai tau kyä, lai tau hijazi hai mirî, that is, ‘no matter if my idiom is Indian, my spirit is that of Hijaz’. Hijaz is that part of Arabia in which Mecca and Medina are situated.

The Jawãb-i-Shikwah ends on a still more strident note. Allah announces to the Allãmã His supreme message for mankind in the following words: kî wafã tûne muhammad se tau ham tere hain, that is, ‘if you are faithful to Muhammad, I shall be faithful to you.’

Now, there are many Muslims in Bharat who have never heard the name of Iqbal or listened to his muse. And there are many Hindus whose admiration for Iqbal is immeasurable. No, Islamism does not refer to any particular section of Bharatiya society. It refers to that intellectual or unintellectual attitude that awards the monopoly of truth and virtue to a particular prophet and consigns all knowledge to the pages of a particular book.

We need to understand that Islam is self-righteous psychology and a closed cultural attitude that no matter carried what legacy or intellectuality will keep the door close for Kafir and open hearts for his Mehfil that is Ummah. So, why we always are eager to idolize legends of any field without knowing what their religion is? 

From “Sanu ik pal chain na aave” to “Mere Rashke Qamar”, from “Afreen Afreen” to “Ye jo halka halka surror hai”; every music lover must have had these songs in their playlist once in a while. Such is the aura of the legendary singer from Pakistan who introduced qawwali to the western world. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is popularly known as the ‘King of Qawwali’. However, he is not only a singer but also a closeted Hindu hater.

The man you know, the propagandist you don’t

I would be mincing no words when I say that Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan got more love from India than his own country. India, where the majority is Hindu, has always freely showered its love on the musician. But it is rightly said that “No matter what, you’ll be kaafirs.” Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has now been exposed as his anti-Hindu sentiments surface.

“Kuch To Socho Musalman Ho Tum, Kafiro Ko Na Ghar Me Bithao. Loot Lenge Ye Iman Hamara, Inke Chehre Se Gessu Hatao.” Shocked? These are the lines of a Qawalli by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. For those unversed, Kafir stands for non-Muslims. With these lines, the Pakistani artist wants to convey the message that non-Muslims (Hindus) should not be allowed to sit with Muslims in their homes. He also softly targets Hindus of snatching their dignity asking his co-religionists to remove their masks.

A thankless and hypocrite artist

Nusrat’s talent made him stand in the corridors of ‘The Wire’ where he went for an interview. When asked about the singers in his family, he revealed that his forefathers used to live in Ghazni in Afghanistan. During the era of Mahmud Ghaznavi, they migrated to India with a saint, Sheikh Darwesh. It was India where they learned the art of singing. However, coming from the era of Ghaznavi, it is understood where the origin of his anti-India composition holds.

He also admitted that not Pakistan but India is the one which recognized his talent. Talking about the difference between India and Pakistan, he said, “In Pakistan, people have an indifferent attitude towards music. There are no institutions to teach music and singing. In contrast, the Indian government has opened academies, and institutions. People formally learn art there. Here, people learn it through their own efforts, on their own initiative, but there is no patronage by the government.”

The hypocrite artist has once tried to preach to others by saying that “Artists do not have enmities with anyone. Artists do not like war. War is not good for any country.” Mind you, he never visited India after the 1980s, and here we are glorifying his work and considering him a legend.

Pakistani singers’ obsession with ‘Kaafirs’

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is not the only one spreading hate against Hindus through his Qawallis. In another Qawalli titled “Jab Chali Haider Ki Talwar”, the artists can be heard saying, “Zara si der me maidan bhara kaafir ki laashon se,” which can be translated as “the field was filled with the dead bodies of the infidels in a short span of time!”

Another Qawalli singer can be heard singing “Mai Kaafir to nahi magar ae haseen, jab se dekha maine tujhko mujhko bandgi aa gayi.” Believe me, these lyrics are only an iota of their hatred against Hindus.

Isn’t it surprising how the hateful lyrics are delivered with such innocence? This reflects the hatred against Hindus which is deeply embedded in the souls of Muslims. It’s time for ‘seculars’ to wake up against the propaganda and condemn these Hindu haters.

Acclaimed Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has also said that he does not require anybody’s permission to sing the popular Qawwalis of his late uncle, legendary musician Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. So, is he insisting to sing on Kafir songs as well?

“I’m the successor and the adopted son of my Ustad and Uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Why would I need any permission?” Rahat Fateh Ali Khan said when asked if he does or would require permission to sing the Qawwalis of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, reported Geo TV.

To conclude, let's take our cue from Allãmã Iqbal and his lesser cohorts like Altãf Hussain Hãlî, we can safely summarise the credo of Islamism in the following five fundamentals:

1. That Bharat’s society before the advent of Islam was living in utter spiritual, moral, and cultural darkness (jãhilîya) like pre-Islamic Arabia;

2. That Islam brought to Bharat the only true religion, the only authentic moral values, the only humane culture, and the only progressive social order;

3. That this civilizing mission of Islam in Bharat could not be completed, as in many other lands of Asia and Africa, due to the intervention of the wily British who cheated Islam of its empire in Bharat, mostly by means of fraud;

4. That while the creation of Pakistan has been a triumph and consolidation of the power of Islam, west of the Ravi and east of the Hooghly, the conquest of Bharat by Islam remains an unfinished task;

5. That Islam has a right to use all means, including force, to convert this Dãrul-harb of a Bharat into a Dãrul-Islam, so that a Hakûmat-i-Ilãhiyah could liquidate all traces of jãhilîya and impose the law and culture of Islam.