The Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Zone of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) is planning to launch a campaign to spread awareness on ‘Who Prophet Muhammad Is’. The 10-day campaign, beginning on October 5 in both the states, is aimed at countering the anti-Islam video titled ‘Innocence of Muslims’ that had incited turmoil among Muslims. Office bearers of the zone, K M Siraj Ahmed and Mohammed Hanifa said that the campaign was to justify the sentiments of Muslims, reciprocated by the movie which, according to them was ‘historically inaccurate, morally deprived and a hate speech to its core’.
The movie was not freedom of expression but an expression to incite violence and hence should be condemned, they said. A lot of reading materials in the form of handouts, books, banners and documentaries have been prepared that would be distributed during the campaign, besides placing them in the social media. Press conferences, campus lectures, hall meetings and public meetings would also be conducted. A state-level essay competition would be conducted for higher secondary and college students on the life of prophet Mohamed, they added.