Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has condemned the unconstitutional attempts of communal forces to vitiate the atmosphere in Agra city rather in entire state, but expressed satisfaction at the bold declaration of the poor Muslim families ignoring all threats and incentives that they are Muslim and will remain so, a JIH statement said on 11 December.
Nusrat Ali, Secretary General of the organisation said the chain started to disturb the communal harmony during the last General Elections and then in the Assembly by-polls in Uttar Pradesh has now reached to conspiracy to convert poor Muslims with deceits and incentives in Madhya Pradesh and now in Agra. The forced conversion attempts are harmful for the peaceful atmosphere in the country and tantamount to usurping of citizens’ rights.
Mr. Ali said it is appreciable that leaders of most opposition parties condemned the religious terrorism in Agra and demanded legal action against the culprits. “It is good that the Agra Police have registered an FIR against the people for the criminal conspiracy. It is hoped they would get punishment as per law,” he added.
He further said that these forces are now announcing to organise a mass conversion programme in Aligarh on 25 December, which is threatened to deteriorate the situation further. It is the responsibility of the state and central governments, therefore, to rein in the disturbing elements in order to maintain peace and law and order.
In the context of the Agra ‘conversions’, the JIH leader said that Muslim organisations, Ulema, Imams and well-off people should care about economic welfare, educational development and religious education of the members of the Muslim Ummah, so that any attempt to shaken their belief doesn’t get successful. The Muslim Ummah should also be attentive towards executing their religious duties through peaceful and constitutional means so that, in testing times, members of the Ummah, and the weak among them also, could show strong resolution of Imaan.