In a joint statement issued on 4 April, Muslim leaders strongly condemned the arrest of educated innocent Muslim youths and Ulema (scholars) in false cases in different states of the country. They demanded the government to end its indifferent attitude towards the country’s largest minority and violation of human rights by the state machinery and to immediately release all the arrested people who are victims of the police.
“We feel that our government is either acting on some imperialist or Zionist policy or is working under the influence of anti-Muslim mindset of fascist and communal officers of the administration. If it is not, then how it is possible that the democratic values of the country and justice are being bludgeoned to death and the government perhaps as strategy is a mute spectator. This attitude of the government is very disturbing and concerning not only for Muslims but also the justice-loving people of the country,” said the statement.
The signatories to the statement are Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, President All India Majlis-e Mushawarat; Mr. Nusrat Ali, Secretary General, Jamaat Islami Hind; Dr. Manzoor Alam, Chairman of IOS; Maulana Jalal Hydar, Shia leader; Maulana Asghar Ali Imam Mahdi Salfi, Head of Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees; Maulana Mufti Ataur Rahman Qasmi, All India Majlis-e Mushawarat and Mr. Abdul Waheed Khan.