Ilm-ud-din
| Ilm-ud-Din عِلم الدین | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 December, 1908 Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) |
| Died |
31 October, 1929 (aged 21) Central Jail Mianwali, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) |
| Resting place | Miani Sahib Graveyard, Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) |
| Religion | Islam |
Ilm-ud-din (4 December 1908 – 31 October 1929) was a Muslim who murdered a book publisher named Mahashe Rajpal for publishing the book Rangila Rasul, which offended religious sentiments of Muslims.
Background
In 1923 Rajpal published an anonymous pamphlet titled Rangila Rasul, which contained a recension of hadiths from Bukhari, among other sources, along with an allegedly salacious commentary. Rangila Rasul had a surface appearance of a lyrical and laudatory work on Muhammad and his teachings, for example it began with a poem which went "The bird serves the flowers in the garden; I'll serve my Rangila Rasul," and called Muhammad "a widely experienced" person who was best symbolized by his many wives, in contrast with the Brahmacarya of Hindu saints.[1]
Various sections of the Indian Muslim community started a movement demanding that the book be banned. In 1927, the administration of the British Raj enacted a law prohibiting insults aimed at founders and leaders of religious communities.[2] Ilm-ud-din was convicted and given the death penalty according to the Indian Penal Code.[3]
References
- ↑ Kelly, John Dunham (1991). A Politics of Virtue: Hinduism, Sexuality, and Countercolonial Discourse in Fiji. Chicago, United States: University of Chicago Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-226-43031-7.
- ↑ "Insult to religion".
- ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/1096570http://nation.com.pk/blogs/10-Oct-2015/until-we-start-denouncing-ilm-ud-din-s-legacy-mumtaz-qadris-will-keep-sprouting-up-in-pakistan. Missing or empty
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