Col. Dr. Abdul Ruff blog

While in Muslim nations like Indonesia where non-Muslims rule and control Muslims majority the position of Muslim sports people are very pathetic because rulers promote their own  people, Muslim rulers and leaders care a damn to the welfare of Muslims. Muslim leaders amass wealth.  . 

As result, even ordinary, effortless sports are not the favorite of Muslims and they ignore sports as such. . 

Badminton,or Shuttle coke, played as junior tennis by using smaller light-weight rackets is being promoted in certain  parts of the world, especially in South East and East Asia. Having got a big hidden agenda, India has also been taking interest in badminton, while its Muslim neighbors Pakistan  and Bangladesh do not even seem to know a sport known as badminton- too bad! Maybe, these  former parts of big brother India think Indian alone can shine all the way while they  would just watch the show. 

For instance, Muslim majority nations like Indonesia and Malaysia where  badminton is played, Muslims are just kept out of  the fields. Not that non-Muslims should not shine in Islamic world, but Muslims are not allowed equal shiners.  In non-Islamic nations Muslim have no place at all in sports as well. A few stray examples do not make a realty. 

USA and EU and their Arab allies like Saudi Arabia are deeply worried  that a Sunny nation like Syria is ruled by Shiia president  though they all are Muslims, but they do not even mention about how Indonesia, a nation with largest msullim population is being u ruled by non-Muslims. 

As Olympics  games are fast approaching, one wonders if Pakistan and Bangladesh  have  any hope for a Bronze medal at least, but Indians still have hopes for a Bronze at least. Hopes are an essential human virtue but they do not come in vacuum. Countries require  infrastructural ideas..  . 

Global  Muslims generally do not take interest in sports, let alone positive thinking, and perhaps many Muslim countries do not have the resources to fund the sports.The Muslim rulers and their cronies eat away bulks of the resources. The worst examples are, again, Pakistan and Bangladesh where even the media lords share the  corruption booty with rulers and refuse to spare money for sports. 

It is indeed pathetic that Muslim rulers, leaders and others do not  care for sport events. Every nation, like India and Israel,  promotes corruption but also encourages sports and spare money for that field. Why the Muslims are so backward even in such small things like sports? 

More than the money aspect, the mindset is crucial. Money will come.  Will Islamic organizations like OIC take speedy appropriate steps to let Muslims also shine in sports? 

So many badminton tournaments  are going on in many countries. Indonesia Open Premier Super Series 2012 conductible recently at Jakarta, Indonesia. The highlight of Indonesia Open in Badminton is the collapse of top Chinese players. Many of them crashed out earlier that too to ordinary players. Simon Santoso of Indonesia is the champion of Indonesia Badminton 2012  defeating China’s Pengyu Du. The organizers announced Santoso as world champion but Indonesia open is not a world  completion   of all players and teams but only a regional event and the winner cannot be the world champion. He is just the champions of the event Indonesia Open Premier Super Series 2012 at Jakarta, Indonesia. Santoso showed a gutsy performance as he played controlled and positive badminton and ended the incredible winning run of the best shuttlers, mostly in straight games.

Maybe they are being misled by Russian mischief of giving away a medal to India origin Spaniard Anaduo as “world championship” by asking just two chess players - one each from Hindus and Jews.  What is amazing is a TV English channel considers him as one of the greatest Indians for several centuries. International frauds are India’s “greats and greatest”. That is great Indian mindset!

Still, Indonesian Muslims have not achieved anything good, let alone great feat for themselves and their nations. 

Those Muslims who play,  d o not keep their hopes alive throughout to win the titles as they reserve. The Indonesian has been calm, mostly cool and collected to win the title. Earlier, Simon Santoso ended gallant run of Parapali Kashap in Men’s Singles semi-final; Kashap had defeated the China’s rank number 1.

Maybe, the collapse was intentional or careless attitude which could even be the Chinese tactics for preparation for the forthcoming Olympics. Maybe, Beijing has pleased countries like India f or some other gains. India is among  top nations seeking “fixed” results in cricket and sports.  Though “fixing” is illegal, many nations freely fix the  outcomes of events to make their  nominees “shine” illegally! Even if an international body comes into being to check and  monitor the malpractices in  sports, that could be futile because the very same fixer nations would control that, as cricket ICC is controlled by Indo-UK or the notorious UNSC, ICJ are being controlled by USA. Criminals are also the judges! What justice would the  affected persons/nations get? . . 

After all, China is a veto member of notorious UNSC!

Indonesia is South East Asian nation with largest Muslim population, followed by Pakistan with second largest Muslim population,  but ruled by non-Muslim leader, promoted and protected by the anti-Islamic west. This explains why there are hardly any Muslims even in sports.  India is a Hindu state with Hindu majority controlling the nation and resources and hence Muslims are not encouraged, let alone preferred, in any domain.

But Indonesia is a Muslim  majority nation where Muslims  do not have enough space or scope.

Is the phenomenon of non-Muslims ruling Muslim nations also part of western deformed democracy at which the terrocracies target? 

Meanwhile rulers and Sports ministries in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives should  get some  badminton rackets and shuttle cokes for the  youngsters to start  practice.  It is better to divert the Muslim youth attention from liquor, drugs, fake cricket and other poisonous, spurious items and draw them towards active but non-terror sports. 

Cricket is deformed and worst from of entertainment. Cricket grounds should gradually be converted into sports grounds. Let the people know that there are more sports than they are aware of so far! Badminton is one of easiest and almost effortless sports.