Rangila Rasul

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'''Rangila Rasul''' (meaning ''Colorful Prophet'') was a book published during a period of confrontation between [[Arya Samaj]] and [[Muslims]] in [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] during the 1920s.<ref>The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India By Girja Kumar</ref> The controversial book concerned the [[Muhammad's wives|marriages]] and [[Human sexual activity|sexual life]] of [[Islam]]ic [[prophet]] [[Muhammad]].<ref name="outlookindia.com">{{Cite web|title=Not just Imran; Iqbal and Jinnah also supported Islamic terror|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/not-just-imran-iqbal-and-jinnah-also-supported-islamic-terror/1879732|access-date=2020-12-27|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref>

== Content ==
It was written by an [[Arya Samaji]] named Pandit M. A. Chamupati or Krishan Prashaad Prataab in 1927, whose name however was never revealed by the publisher, Mahashe Rajpal<ref name="nair">{{cite journal |title=Bhagat Singh as 'Satyagrahi': The Limits to Non-violence in Late Colonial India |journal=[[Modern Asian Studies]] |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=May 2009 |first=Neeti |last=Nair |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=649–681 |jstor=20488099 }}</ref> of [[Lahore]]. It was a retaliatory action from the Hindu community against a pamphlet published by a Muslim denigrating the Hindu goddess [[Sita]].<ref>[[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkar, Babasaheb]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=GVbMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA165 "Thoughts on Pakistan"], pg. 165</ref><ref name="outlookindia.com"/> On the basis of Muslim complaints, Rajpal was arrested but acquitted in April 1929 after a five-year trial because there was no law against insult to religion.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Some extremist Muslim individuals, however, continued to try to take his life. After several unsuccessful assassination attempts on him, he was stabbed to death by a young carpenter, [[Ilm-ud-din]], on 6 April 1929.<ref name=ss>Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850 By Ayesha Jalal</ref> Ilm-ud-din was sentenced to death and the sentence was carried out on 31 October 1929.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1096570|title=Where history meets modern comforts|first=Shanaz|last=Ramzi|date=30 March 2014|website=dawn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nation.com.pk/blogs/10-Oct-2015/until-we-start-denouncing-ilm-ud-din-s-legacy-mumtaz-qadris-will-keep-sprouting-up-in-pakistan|title=Until we start denouncing Ilm-ud-din’s legacy Mumtaz Qadris will keep sprouting up in Pakistan|website=nation.com.pk}}</ref>
Ilm-ud-din was represented by [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] as a defense lawyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1161380|title=Killer’s defence lawyers eye ‘heavenly reward’|author=Malik Asad|date= February 4, 2015}}</ref> [[Muhammad Iqbal]] spoke at the funeral of the assassin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/zXWP4abyS0xpPobX9JkqFL/From-Rangila-Rasul-to-Padmavati.html|title=From ‘Rangila Rasul’ to ‘Padmavati’}}</ref>

''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 lifelong celibacy of Hindu saints.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Originally written in [[Urdu]], it has been translated into [[Hindi]]. It remains banned in [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]].

== Response ==
The allegations of ''Rangila Rasul'' were addressed by the Muslim Qazi Maulana [[Sanaullah Amritsari]] in his book ''Muqaddas Rasool'' (''The Holy Prophet'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=Muqaddas Rasool SanaUllah Amritsari Urdu Book|url=https://dokumen.tips/documents/muqaddas-rasool-sanaullahamritsari-urdu-book.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-23|website=dokumen.tips|language=uz}}</ref>

In 1927, under pressure from the Muslim community, the administration of the [[British Raj]] enacted [[Hate speech laws in India#Legislative history of Section 295(A)|Hate Speech Law Section 295(A)]],<ref name="Insult to religion">{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/insult-to-religion-/7214/|title=Insult to religion - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> a part of the Criminal Law Amendment Act XXV. This made it a criminal offence to insult the founders or leaders of any religious community.<ref name="nair" />

== See also ==
* [[List of books banned in India]]

== References ==
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== External links ==

*[[iarchive:RangeelaRasul|Rangila Rasul (Hindi)]] at the [[Internet Archive]]
* [[iarchive:Httpsrealisticapproach.orgDA88D8A7D8A4D986D984D988DA88did22|Rangila Rasul (Urdu)]] at the [[Internet Archive]]
* [[iarchive:muqaddas-rasool-bajwab-ragila-rasool-hindi-book|Muqaddas Rasool Ba-Jawab Rangila Rasool [Hindi]]] at the [[Internet Archive]]
* [[iarchive:in.ernet.dli.2015.375890/mode/2up|Muqaddas Rasool Ba-Jawab Rangila Rasool [Urdu]]] at the [[Internet Archive]]

[[Category:Urdu-language books]]
[[Category:Islam-related controversies]]
[[Category:Books critical of Islam]]
[[Category:1927 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Censored books]]
[[Category:Censorship in India]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Muhammad]]
[[Category:Biographies of Muhammad]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian books]]

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