The executive committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), chaired by its president Maulana Arshad Madani, held a crucial meeting at its headquarters in New Delhi, voicing deep concern over what it described as “systematic discrimination” against Muslims in India, particularly in Assam.
In his address, Maulana Arshad Madani said the situation in the country has become more alarming than ever before, with Muslims facing an “unending chain of problems” and being deliberately targeted through communal narratives. “The bulldozers in Assam are not demolishing Muslim colonies; they are bulldozing the Constitution itself,” he remarked. He accused the government of running the country on divisive Hindu-Muslim lines, warning that “a nation cannot be governed through communal polarization.”
The JUH highlighted that over 50,000 Muslim families have been displaced in Assam in recent months under eviction drives. Madani alleged that the Chief Minister’s open remarks about targeting “Miya Muslims” expose the communal motivation behind these actions. He questioned whether India still has functional courts, pointing out that despite Supreme Court orders halting demolitions, new eviction campaigns were launched.
Muslims are being treated as second-class citizens. If colonies were illegal, why did earlier governments provide civic facilities there?” Madani asked, condemning the move to also remove such residents from the electoral rolls.
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