By Zafarul-Islam Khan, IOL South Asia Correspondent

NEW DELHI, October 12 (IslamOnline) - Indian Muslims apex body, All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM) today slammed both the U.S. and Israel for their policies against Iraq and Palestine respectively.

A conglomerate of Indian Muslim political and social organisations all over the country, the AIMMM passed a number of resolutions about national and international issues in a meeting of its central executive in Delhi today. The meeting was headed by AIMMM president Syed Shahabuddin.

Rejecting the U.S. doctrine of preemption as "outdated and contrary to the UN Charter and the international order," AIMMM said that the real objective of the USA is "to install a pliable regime in Iraq and secure undivided physical control over the oil resources of the Gulf".

The resolution said that the USA's stand "constitutes a threat to world peace and to the sovereignty, independence and integrity of all states....." and remarked that the war in the Gulf is "bound to cast its shadow on South Asia."

AIMMM deplored the "eloquent silence" of the NAM, the OIC, League of Arab States to the U.S. threat and expressed "the solidarity of the people of India in this hour of trial with the friendly and fraternal people of Iraq who alone have the right to choose their form of government and their leadership.

AIMMM called upon the Government of India to take the initiative for convening an urgent meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the NAM states to restrain the U.S. from attacking Iraq. It called upon all democratic and secular parties and NGOs to place on record their opposition to the U.S.'s war plans and their support to the people of Iraq.

AIMMM further demanded that all states in possession of weapons of mass destruction, nuclear, chemical or biological, "stop their production, notify the world community of their existing stockpiles and undertake to subject themselves to a neutral inspection regime under the UN and to destroy stockpiles under international supervision."

In a separate resolution, the AIMMM reiterated its consistent condemnation of continued Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and the repeated Israeli forays therein and its siege of President Yasser Arafat.

AIMMM deplored the U.S.'s support to Israel in its "military adventurism and its pressure on the Palestinian Authority to change its leadership." It further expressed its regret that the Government of India has not taken any diplomatic initiative to mobilize the NAM or the international community to defend the Palestinian people against armed aggression and economic strangulation.

AIMMM called upon the Government of India, political parties and the civil society to rise to the defence of the heroic people of Palestine and mobilise public opinion against Israel's policies of aggression and repression.

The AIMMM adopted a number of other resolutions on issues in the country. On Gujarat, it noted "the continuance of deeply communal environment in the state which continues to obstruct the physical and economic rehabilitation of the Muslim community."

The resolution deplored the lack of progress in police investigation of the first information reports, in identification, detention and prosecution of the culprits.

AIMMM resolution noted "the apathy and inaction of the Gujarat state government in fulfilling its own commitments on relief, particularly the ex-gratia payments in the case of the missing and the rehabilitation victims or removal of obstacles thereto."

The resolution appealed to the Muslim community to support generously the rehabilitation of the orphans and the widows as well as the repair and restoration of Masjids and other religious places to be undertaken by Relief Committees on a priority basis.

The resolution requested the Election Commission of India to "further postpone the Assembly election unless and until the social environment in the state is normal and free from fear so that the Muslim community may freely participate in the electoral process."

On Babari Masjid dispute, the AIMMM supported the categorical declaration by the Central Government that the final judicial verdict, whatever it be, shall be fully executed, whatever the cost is, in consonance with the letter and spirit of the constitution of India.

It deplored the "politically motivated refusal of the state government of Uttar Pradesh to revise the notification for the criminal prosecution of [current federal ministers] LK Advani, MM Joshi and other leaders of the BJP and the VHP for their part in the demolition of the mosque.

It further requested the Supreme Court of India to order, in the interest of justice, the Special Court seized of the case, to proceed with the trial of the accused against whom a prima facie case has been established.

AIMMM also noted the successful conclusion and the results of the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) legislative assembly elections. Rejecting violence, it voiced its "concern at the persistent and massive violation of constitutional, legal and human rights of the people of J&K."

In a separate resolution on terrorism, the AIMMM said that "terrorism has no religion though the terrorists may choose to speak in the name of any religion."