Jamaat-e-Islami Hind asks Muslims to support Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party

http://www.ummid.com/news/2014/January/06.01.2014/jamat-islami-on-aap.html

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind asks Muslims to support Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party

Monday January 6, 2014 7:15 PM, ummid.com News Network

New Delhi: The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Sunday endorsed the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party and appealed the Muslims to support the newly-born party which created a storm by forming the government in Delhi after winning the recent assembly election.
The JIH also asked the community to shun the Congress, a move likely to worry the grand old party that is counting on minorities to stem anti-incumbency.

This is the first time since the Jamaat's participation in elections in 2002 that it has come out so strongly against the Congress.

"Muslims now strongly feel they should reconsider their position regarding Congress," Hindustan Times quoted Jamaat's secretary general Maulana Nusrat Ali as saying.

"The formation of Aam Aadmi Party's government in Delhi is generally being welcomed in the country. We consider these new trends as notable and reassuring", he added.

The Jamaat, like many Muslim organisations, was initially cagey in its support for the anti-corruption agitation led by Anna Hazare and Kejriwal, preferring to adopt a wait-and-watch policy.

But virtually endorsing AAP on Sunday, the Jamaat said the 15-month-old party had emerged as a new alternative.

"The feeling of the Muslim community is getting stronger that they should reconsider their position regarding Congress, which is neglecting them," Ali said.

"We have to wait for the moment where AAP will be able to convince the larger Muslim community. The Jamaat's political standing isn't very strong, but it is the single religious organisation which can impact voting in north India," said Sanjeer Alam, an assistant professor at the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.

Commenting on the decision, Kaleem Kawaja, a Washington based activist in a statement sen to ummid.com wrote, "The JIH should give its unconditional support to AAP based on it's manifesto and program, and for being justice oriented. It should not attach strings and put conditions as that can cause a reaction from many in AAP."

"We should allow AAP to remain unattached to any religion based positions or to become a political football of groups that use religion in the political process", he added.
"More than anyone Muslims will benefit from keeping religion out of the political process. Ofcourse justice and fairplay is the basic requirement from any party or group that wants to take part in the political mainstream", he said.

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Political Islam - A movement in motion - ECONOMIST

   Maulana Maududi 

http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2014/01/political-islam

Political Islam

A movement in motion

Jan 3rd 2014, 19:52 by B.C.

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IF MAULANA MAUDOODI, one of two or three people who gave birth to modern political Islam, were to travel through the Muslim world now, he would find some mildly pleasant and very unpleasant surprises. Some 35 years after his death, the political movement he founded, Jamaat-i-Islami, remains an influential force in Pakistan, especially in the area bordering Afghanistan. In Bangladesh, meanwhile, the movement's leaders look likely to be executed (one has been already) on war-crimes charges relating to the country's independence struggle in 1971, which they opposed.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which was certainly influenced by Maudoodi's thinking, has seen its fortures soar and then crash; a Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Morsi, was elected president in June 2012, only to be ousted by the army last July. The Brotherhood was declared to be a terrorist group last month, and today security forces were clashing with Brotherhood supporters in several parts of Egypt. Among prominent Egyptian Muslims, Maudoodi especially inspired Sayyid Qutb, the Islamist thinker who was executed in 1966; and Qutb in turn influenced the future leaders of al-Qaeda as well as Brotherhood offshoots which were not quite so extreme.  

For south Asian Muslims living in the West, the legacy of Maudoodi and Jamaat remains quite strong (stronger in certain Bangladeshi-settled parts of east London, for example, than it is in Bangladesh), but it has also mellowed a little. The Islamic Foundation, a research institution based in Leicester in the English Midlands, published several of Maudoodi's works in English and hence brought them to the attention of politically active British Muslims; but the Foundation now strongly denies any particular association with Jamaat, and stresses its credentials as an inter-faith dialogue partner.

Maudoodi had a huge effect on the course of the 20th century, by insisting that Islam in a pure and rigorous form could be a recipe for contemporary life, law and politics. But he is now seen, even by his admirers, as a "historical figure" rather than someone whose exact prescriptions could still be applied. At any rate, that's the conclusion of a German-born scholar, now a senior lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies in Britain, who has spent 15 years studying Maudoodi's life and work. As Jan-Peter Hartung recalls in "A System of Life", it was Maudoodi who popularised the use of certain key words which assertive Muslims still like to use: words like jahiliyyah—ignorance—which can mean either the benighted state of the world before Islam, or (on Islamist lips) the state of affairs when the rulers of Muslim societies govern in a secular way instead of following Islam. But these days, even the people who use Maudoodi's terminology are investing it with new meanings, Mr Hartung says.

It's hard to generalise about the ways in which followers of Maudoodi's vision of an Islamic state have evolved. Some have become more pragmatic and compromising, some even more Utopian, some more fanatically and almost nihilistically violent. You could say the same of Karl Marx's followers: some turned into social democrats only a millimetre to the left of centre, some grew more committed to using force, others insisted they would settle for nothing less than a worldwide, class-free paradise. 

Amidst all this tangle of evidence, are there any lessons about how the genie of violent Islamism might be kept at bay? One negative point jumps out; brutal repression does not work, in situations where political Islam has a strong popular base. The experience of Egypt seems to illustrate this point. Hanging Sayyid Qutb did not exorcise his ideology; his stature, whether among future terrorists or non-violent advocates of Islamism, only grew after his execution. Maudoodi, who died peacefully in New York state, is much less remembered. If the Bangladeshi authorities execute the entire Jamaat leadership, or if Egypt now starts putting to death prominent Brotherhood activists, the countervailing reaction could once again be pretty fierce.

(Photo credit: AFP)

Letter to Muslim NGOs and activists to propose Charismatic Muslim leaders to choose and project ONE as the lead activists for a Muslim political party.

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Dear Liyarath,

The only solution for Muslim survival with dignity and full human rights achievement is for them to form their own Muslim led secular political party. If Mayawanti, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mamta Banerjee, and now AAP can do it, Muslims too can make a credible attempt to offer a non-corrupt, welfare manifesto with candidates without any distinction of religion or ethnicity or language or regionalism. It  can be a replica of Congress, but without its corruption so steeped in every government action. The Muslim party will be a welfare party, to cater to all constitutional and human rights of the entire nation.

Kejriwal has already shown how legal funding can be availed. Only a credible leader with untainted public record of public service and an open declared commitment to inclusiveness, preferably from younger generation, with a obsessive junoon to succeed and give an alternative to national/regional parties, can draw a country wide support. The issues that can bring relevance to such Muslim leadership is  corruption. welfare and justice to all. The key is hard work and a modren face to inspire confidence, just as Kejriwal has secured by working day and night like a man driven. Is there such a man among 200 million Muslim to stand and be counted? Better let us all start proposing suitable candidates from among us, from all over India to let the community know who can be in the running for such a history making breakthrough. Let all forums chip in with the process of inviting such proposed names. Let the search begin.

Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai

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liyarath	6:28 PM (2 hours ago)
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Dear Juzar,

Your own words are the answer for the justification for Muslim political representation. Actually it is more than mere representation of Muslims. Because no any party is going to support the Muslims community to find long lasting solutions, rather than mere eye wash.

Congress has been promising and keep on promising doing nothing for the Muslim community, even when they have authentic adequate information on the status of the community. Issues need solution. Congress, but with their softer (than BJP) hindutwa policy will never support any Muslim.

With BJP, you cannot expect anything better than congress.

SP and / or BJP etc will need Muslims only on during the eve of election.

CPM - we know them very well from their 3 decade long LDF govt in West Bengal and in Kerala with LDF elected (after UDF) alternately.

That is why there is very serious requirement of a political party with a national approach and perspective, who can take up the issues of Muslim minorities, Dalits, the poor, backward etc. who are not in the lime light of power or politics.

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Religious Jews’ Migration from Quebec: A Lesson for Ontario Muslims - By Jawed Anwar - Editor - dailymuslims.com

How does the religious Hijab for Orthodox Jewish women, differ from Hajib of Muslim women? Muslims will fight on rather than surrender to the secularization of the society in undemocratic nations.

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Religious Jews’ Migration from Quebec: A Lesson for Ontario Muslims

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By JAWED ANWAR

Lev Tahor Jewish community in Niqab andf beard-sharing same religious culture of Muslims

RELEGIOUS Jews of Lev Tahor (“Pure Heart”) community of Quebec had not been sending their children since long to secular public schools that corrupted the heart, mind and soul of the children. Their children had been unschooled, and parents had been homeschooling them with the help of independent teachers, tutors, and moral educators.

These Jews are doing same thing as 3 million Americans are doing: un-schooling; i.e. managing your children’s education by quitting the school.

Watch the importance of Un-schooling by John Taylor Gatto (Part 1 and Part 2)

Quebec government recently ordered the homeschoolers to teach the secular curriculum in home schooling. This was the good reason and compulsion for these Jews to make hijrah (migration) from the province.

On Monday, November 18^th, morning moonlight at 1 a.m., 40 families comprising 200 people boarded a convoy of the buses to flee from their homes. New destination of these families was Chatham-Kent, a town in Southwestern Ontario.

Nacham Helbrans, the son of Shlomo Helbrans, the group’s leader and a rabbi, told the Toronto Star that they were forced out of Quebec over a clash with education authorities regarding the secular curriculum they were being ordered to teach their home-schooled children. Failure to comply could have led to children being placed in foster care —an unthinkable outcome for them, Nacham Helbrans said. The problems began when another of Shlomo Helbrans’ five children, Nathan, reportedly fled the community after a dispute in which he was forcibly separated from his children, and the brood was farmed out to live with other families, according to the Times of Israel. Nathan complained to Quebec’s child protection services.

“To go to the Director of Youth Protection against your own wife, against your own children, just to show that you are the stronger one is not welcomed in our community,” Nacham Helbrans said.

With that threat over their heads for the last six months, they evaluated moves to various provinces across Canada but opted finally for Ontario, whose relative liberty for faith-based schooling and home schooling has been an enticement for other religious communities in Quebec, including Mennonites. In 2007, Mennonite deacon’s small community was locked in a year-old fight with Quebec’s education ministry over their desire to teach their children according to their faith. More than 30 of the group’s women and school-aged children have gone into self-imposed exile in Alexandria, Ont., just over the Quebec-Ontario border, to ensure they can do so.

Lev Tahor sect began in Israel, where Shlomo Helbrans founded his anti-Zionist movement in the 1980s. After the first Gulf War, Helbrans moved his community to New York, where he was convicted of second-degree kidnapping after a young follower fled from his parents.

Upon his release from prison, he eventually re-established his community in Canada.

The men and boys are indistinguishable from other orthodox Jews, women and girls who, from the age of 3, are shrouded head to toe in black robes, showing only their faces, a complete Hijab exactly what Muslim women wear.

Lev-Tahor Hijabi girls are playing.

The resemblance to the group’s Muslim counterparts is what inspired the “Jewish Taliban” tag, but it is not one that the adherents of Lev Tahor shy away from.

“We are not ashamed of this name,” said Nacham Helbrans, 31. “Just as orthodox is a name for non-Jews beating up on the Jewish path of religion, they do the same thing today with the Taliban.”

However, I feel ashamed when I see the approach of Muslims of Ontario including pure religious and Islamic community who are in post Bill 13 (new Accepting Education Act) era still debating of “disadvantage” of not sending to their children to the public schools.  Several Imams and leaders argued in favor of the public schools and fooled Muslims about the Liberal agenda (several of them are members, party paid workers, and liberal gate keepers in the Islamic organizations) of brainwashing the children of public schools from KG.

This is the situation for which a great poet of Islam Allama Muhammad Iqbal by criticizing once said, “Ye who Musalamn hain jinhen dekh ke Sharmayen Yahood” (Jews will be ashamed by seeing these Muslims).

Ontario Public Schools are now perfectly fit not only to change the heart and mind but gender of your children. Watch the Video.
In this scenario Jewish Lev Tahor has shown Muslims a path of Tahoor (Taharah).

It may be surprising for many but that is the fact.

Jawed Anwar can be reached at jawed@seerahwest.com

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6 Has AAP derailed Modi's campaign? By Chetan Bhagat - The Times of India | 2 comments by Ghulam Muhammed

My comments posted on Times of India article: Has AAP derailed Modi's campaign?

kalpin (Vadodara) says:

December 28,2013 at 10:17 AM IST 27 Followers

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I think CB is making a valid point.. It's true that Mr Modi is miles ahead, but AK is capturing imagination of many who are sick & tired of corrupt congress.. And they will perceive that BJP & congress are the same, if BJP reacts to AK in a similar manner as congress is reacting.. BJP's response to AAP needs to be more constructive, if they want to be seen to be more on AK's side than on congress's side.. I think in 2014 AAP is only going to improve congress's chance by breaking BJP votes.. It's going to be a matter of only a few seats and AAP can spoil the party for BJP, just as it did in Delhi! On the other hand, I think AAP will do great injustice to the people of India, if it decides to fight Loksabha election on a large scale and derails Mr Modi's march to Delhi..

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December 28, 2013 at 11:20 AM

Much that Kalpin sees AAP spoiling Modi's chances of turning the table on Congress and winning PM's position, Modi's own relevence was more when it was a straight BJP/Congress fight. BJP's apparent win could have been mainly due to Congress defeat. On its own BJP neither could get a simple majority of 271 seat in the Lok Sabha, nor it had any chance with its possible coalition partners, mainly from regional parties coming to BJP aid, as all were scared of Muslim backlash to Modi's 2002 Gujarat genocidal communal riots in which Muslims were targeted. The more relevant public issue is now corruption and on that count, both Congress and BJP are sailing in same boat. In the best interest of Indian republic at this juncture, both these parties are so rooted, and that too institutionally, in corruption, that people have more or less already rejected them and pinned their hope on Kejriwal's determination to rid the governance of all corruption. Before Delhi Assembly election, Kejriwal was untested. However, after people from all sections flocking to him for his brand of idealism/pragmitism, rather than the ideology driven BJP and Congress, there is strong possibility that Kejriwal could sweep the Lok Sabha poll and even chalk up simple majority. In that case, people need not lament the demise of both Congress and BJP. They will welcome the new anti-corruption ideals of Kejriwal. Though Rahul Gandhi has now found the courage from Kejriwal results, to crack the whip on dubious elements in his party, the result of the inner party politcs will cause so much upheaval, that by the end of the day, he may not have achieved much to impress the people of the nation. Both these parties now should call it a day and phase out like old soldiers.

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Nirmesh Mehta (Mumbai) says:

December 28,2013 at 04:41 AM IST

I think this article is naive. It presumes a lot of things without trying to verify - or even account for variance with obvious inconsistencies. For instance, I am against BJP's stand on article 377. But would it be a factor on my vote? Of course no. I think there are more pressing problems than symbolism - I see the court statement that there have been very few convictions under article 377 as an eminently practical one. As far as Modi's stand on personal freedom and choice is concerned, it is enough to my mind that Bajrang Dal and VHP done create any scenes in Gujarat on Valentine's day. To sum up, the urbane voter will vote for BJP because (s)he wants to get rid of the Congress. The real fence sitters are either the urban poor or the rural voters. And even their, the real fight is in UP and Bihar. If the BJP does well here, it will cross 180 - maybe even 200 and form the government; if it loses here, it has lost anyways. As far as the AAP goes, yes their performance was unexpectedly good in Delhi and BJP has not exactly taken it well. But consider, the BJP won 32 seats and couldn't form the government - and is instead asked to UNCONDITIONALLY support AAP - which goes pillar to post saying that BJP is the same as Congress. Remember that BJP had tried to make overtures to AAP which it soundly rejected. I think that is pretty ridiculous. What happens in the general elections will be clear a few months from now but my sense is that AAP will win only token seats. If the BJP forms the central government, then the real issue will be whether Modi delivers or Kejriwal. BJP may just be happy ensuring that the AAP government runs its full term, bankrupting Delhi in the process - Everyone knows that both BJP and Congress were caught off guard with the AAP's victory; the question is whether AAP was also caught off guard, and if so, whether it will be able to recover in time.

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December 28, 2013 at 11:33 AM

@Nirmesh Mehta writes "To sum up, the urbane voter will vote for BJP because (s)he wants to get rid of the Congress." His summation is outdated, in as much as Kejriwal factor has hugely impacted the TINA factor favouring BJP, with all its faults. Now when Kejriwal is ready to position on corruption and decidedly poised to 'get rid of Congress', who needs BJP with that hatchet job from the birds of the same feather indulging in fixed fight and hoodwinking the electorate while stealing the national treasures with impunity and in broad daylight. Maharashtra governments move on Adarsh report is an open affront to the voters of Maharashtra. Why they would vote Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena and BJP when they openly observe them dipping in public funds without so much as 'with your kind permission' formalities. Kejriwal has a distinct edge in bringing in change and offering a clean government, both at state as well as national level.

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Has AAP derailed Modi's campaign?

Chetan Bhagat

27 December 2013, 09:48 PM IST

Whether in Bollywood or in politics, one of the disadvantages of being a star is that people often don`t tell you when things go amiss. As a result, the star doesn`t realise it early enough to take corrective action. A key reason for this is the circle of people surrounding the star. They continue to sing his praises or come up with conspiracy theories to explain away problems.

Eventually, it is too late. It is for this reason we see some massive flops in the film industry, which make the audience scratch their heads and go `but didn`t anyone tell them?` In politics it comes out as an unexpected defeat, leaving the party wondering how they could have read the signs so wrong. Cong-ress`s recent four-state defeat or the 2009 NDA defeat are examples of so-called `shocking` results, when in retrospect the signs were there for all to see.

Similar enough is BJP`s current situation. Over the past month the Narendra Modi campaign has been derailed somewhat. There is little acknowledgment or effort to fix it, indicating denial. Whether chamchas and sycophants convey this or not, AAP and Arvind Kejriwal have taken a bit of sheen off Modi`s campaign.
BJP swept the recent assembly elections in four states, winning almost 80% of seats. However, media — both social and mainstream — kept their focus pri-marily on AAP and every action it took. Even Kejriwal's viral fever became news.

AAP's moment in the sun would have passed, if BJP kept doing its own thing but gave a genuine pat on the back to Kejriwal and company. For AAP can have limited impact on the 2014 Lok Sabha elections if it has national ambitions, especially if it has to run Delhi as well.

BJP's praise for AAP would have helped Modi. Even though politics is eventually a zero-sum game, many Modi supporters are also AAP supporters. These are the new fence-sitting voters, the change seekers, the aspirational class, the influencers, and the people with a soft spot for the underdog. These are progressive Indians who want to embrace the new — and that alone is enough for them to connect Modi and Kejriwal.

This is a vital, deciding set of voters in this election. Given how polarising a figure Modi is, it is well established that the BJP campaign would focus on these new, fence-sitting voters (Modi fans will vote Modi, Modi haters won't — preaching to either of them is a waste of time).

However, what did BJP do instead? One, they took an old-school RSS stance on Section 377. BJP`s stance, and their bizarre rationale for it, which included words like `unnatural` and 'against Indian culture', sent a scare down the spines of many young voters. They brought back the worst fears young voters have of BJP — that some frustrated old uncles will place restrictions on us in the name of what they feel is natural, Hindu or Indian.

I am sorry if this is unpleasant to hear, but it is exactly what young voters, especially women, think when they decide not to vote for BJP. Its trying to please the hardline Hindu set all the time is a big mistake. This segment will vote BJP anyway, but history has shown hardliners are not sufficient in number to bring it to power.

For the moment there is a risk to personal freedom, young voters cringe. Do you really think they care about the agricultural growth rate in Modi's Gujarat when there is a morbid fear of someone telling them not to wear jeans or celebrate Valentine`s Day (against Indian culture, no?). Sure, these issues are urban. But everyone knows even 10-20 seats could make the difference between whether Modi makes it to PM or not.

The second mistake was BJP`s immediate hostility to underdog AAP. Modi was himself an underdog a few years ago, with few in the party top leadership making space for him. People backed Modi just as they did Kejriwal to make them both rise. To that effect, Modi and BJP should have been more gracious about AAP's victory.

AAP may well compete with BJP one day. But it represents hope — exactly the same quality people see in Modi. BJP should have, in fact, offered unconditional support to AAP to run Delhi. Instead, BJP offers constant jibes on AAP and their newness, as if nobody new should ever try to be in politics. Sounds progressive to you?
All this can be fixed. However, at this stage, it will require Modi`s intervention. BJP`s stance on personal freedom has to be made clear on an urgent basis. It has to be progressive. The rest of the party has to back Modi. Also, do not attack AAP. In fact, find some common ground with it.

Overall, BJP needs to focus on delivering all that people see in Modi — hope, progress and freedom. Modi still remains the front runner for 2014, and it is still his election to lose. However, the 2014 game is in the slog overs now. This is often the stage where BJP messes up. Can Team Modi make sure that doesn`t happen this time?

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Hindu priests condemn Ayodhya incident, appeal for peace - By Abu Zafar - www.indiatomorrow.net

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Hindu priests condemn Ayodhya incident, appeal for peace

21 Dec 2013 05:12 PM, IST

By Abu Zafar, India Tomorrow,
New Delhi/Ayodhya, 21 Dec 2013: As news spread about attack on a Muslim shrine and murder of a 22-year-old undergraduate student in Uttar Pradesh’s town Ayodhya last evening, several Hindu saints of the ancient religious town have come out condemning the incident and appealing to both communities to maintain peace and calm.
Acharya Satyendra Das, chief priest of makeshift Ram Janmabhoomi temple, Ayodhya termed the incident very sad.
“It is a very sad incident. I condemn it,” Satyendra Das told India Tomorrow.
He said that Hindus and Muslims live here peacefully and the shrine is respectable for both communities.
“Police is investigating the matter and I hope the guilty persons will be caught soon,” he added
About six unidentified men on Friday evening entered Jinnati Mosque and brutally killed moazzin (azan caller) who was a 22-year-old undergraduate student. Then the attackers barged into an ancient Muslim shrine housing a large grave which is popularly believed to be of Prophet Shis, and damaged the boundary wall of the grave. The slain youth Mohammad Danish hailed from Rohtas district of Bihar. He was the first year student of Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) at Shree Paramhans Shikshan Prashikshan PG College in Ayodhya.
Some Hindu priests see it as a political conspiracy for electoral gains.
Condemning the incident, Mahant Udar Das, president of Kabir Math in Ayodhya said: “It is a very unfortunate incident, I strongly condemn it. It may be a conspiracy to gain political mileage. I appeal to both Hindu and Muslim brothers to maintain calm and peace.”
Naga Damodar Das, priest of Hanumangarhi, said: “I don’t like violence any way. People are doing such things for political gain. Even whatever happened in 1992 was very sad and unfortunate. People from both communities must treat it gently.”
Talking to India Tomorrow earlier in the day, Faizabad Superintendent of Police Ram Sewak Gautam had said some people have been taken into custody for questioning. “We have detained some people for questioning in regard with the murder and attack on the shrine,” SP said.