IAS Mohammad Iftikharuddin episode underscores the urgency to look into the problem of UPSC Jihad

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), believed to be probably the most politically impartial arms of the state has come beneath the scanner for its incapacity to filter out Jihadi components from its annual checklist of newly recruited IAS officers. The conversion racket run by IAS Mohammad Iftikharuddin is a evident testomony to the fee’s failure in upholding ‘constitutional secularism’ within the nation.SIT completes its investigation on Islamic conversionThe Special investigation workforce (SIT) shaped by Uttar Pradesh (UP) authorities has submitted its report back to the federal government. The officers engaged within the investigation on UP’s conversion racket witnessed some surprising revelations virtually every day. In its investigation, the SIT discovered that Mohammad Iftikharuddin, the previous Divisional Commissioner and the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation had performed a lot of conversions in additional than eight districts of the state.According to the Jagran report, Iftikharuddin had pressurised the settlers of CTS to transform to Islam or face some authorized consequence if they don’t accomplish that. The SIT has additional revealed that he ran his conversion racket within the Sanchedi village of Kanpur. Iftikharuddin had made large inroads into Western Uttar Pradesh too and proof of his engagement in changing individuals in Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar have been recovered by the SIT. In the 550-page investigation report, objectionable content material of literature and movies has been included as proof. The SIT has gathered 80 movies and seven books from him. All 7 books have been written by him to lure individuals into Islam, while the movies are stated to be shot contained in the commissioner’s home allotted to the sitting officer. Iftikharuddin has confessed to his Guilt within the motion however confirmed no indicators of remorse to SIT. Meanwhile, the UP authorities is engaged on modalities to conduct Anti-Terrorism squad’s investigation into the matter.Mohaamad Iftikharuddin-A Jihadist all through his lifeAs reported by TFI, in September 2021, Bhupesh Awasthi, the National Vice President of Math Mandir Coordination Committee alleged Iftikharuddin of working a conversion racket in UP. The controversy caught warmth after undated movies went viral on social media platforms of him finishing up propaganda towards Hinduism. In one of many movies, he could possibly be heard as saying, “Declare to the people of the world that the sovereignty and authority of Allah are to be established in the whole world.” The Yogi Adityanath authorities had constituted a two-member SIT headed by Director General CBCID GL Meena and membership of ADG Zone Bhanu Bhaskar to research the matter.Read extra: IAS officer Mohammad Iftikharuddin should be sacked Jihad and UPSC JihadColloquially, Jihad is known for use as a euphemism for bomb blast, suicide bombings, and different violent means utilized by Islamists towards supposed Kaafirs (individuals who don’t comply with Islam). However, it’s a phrase that has a a lot wider which means. Loosely its interprets to something executed for the good thing about Islam. Converting individuals from different religions additionally comes beneath the time period. Islamists use ‘Love Jihad’, ‘Land Jihad, and various other means to convert people into Islam and establish Islam’s territorial dominance. However, utilizing an administrative publish to deliver individuals beneath the fold of Islam is a comparatively new idea which society is attempting to grapple with.Read extra: In Communist Kerala, Churches resolve to silence voices towards Love Jihad and Narcotics JihadUPSC Jihad first got here to public consideration in August 2020. Suresh Chavanke led Sudarshan TV ran a trailer of upcoming information collection by which the channel got down to expose the ‘infiltration’ of Muslims on a mass scale in Indian forms. The TV collection particularly identified Zakat Foundation for coaching youths to ‘infiltrate’ the forms.The rigourous technique of UPSC preparation requires not simply exhausting work, but in addition a impartial strategy in the direction of society. An officer isn’t supposed to take a look at the faith of an individual, as an alternative, they should work together with them as a sovereign particular person. However, IAS Iftikharuddin’s episode hints in the direction of mismanagement in IAS cadres on the subject of non secular identities. UPSC must look into the problem and take motion to weed out these sorts of Jihadis from the administration as these sorts of controversies have the potential to malign the picture of UPSC.