Representatives of different Muslim sects committed themselves to fight terrorism and promote peace and harmony at a conference organised by Jamiat Ulema at Agra on June 14. The conference was presided over by Maulana Syed Arshad Madni, president Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind while S.A. Kazmi, former advocate general of Uttar Pradesh, was the chief speaker.
Maulana Arshad Madni said: “It should be made clear that ordinary Muslims, madrasas or ulemas had nothing to do with terrorism. The Union Home Minister (Shivraj Patil) himself has said this so many times. Yet, unfortunately, after every bomb blast Muslims are targeted which is a clear reflection of prejudices.”
The conference adopted several resolutions on the community’s stand on terrorism. It unanimously resolved that acts of terrorism were dastardly and anti-social and that the government should take appropriate measures to stop them. It demanded that innocent Muslims who had been wrongly implicated and against whom no charges had been fixed in various cases of terrorism should be freed immediately.