By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In another addition to the ‘Not in my Name’ protests against mob lynching, protests were organised in Ahmedabad and saw the participation of members of Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind and several other people promoting Dalit-Muslim unity.
The protest which was chiefly organised under ‘not in my name at Sardar Baugh in Lal Darwaja area of the city.
The protesters, which included children and young ones, wore a cap marked ‘I am Junaid’. Hafiz Junaid was lynched in Delhi-Mathura bound EMU train on June 22, while he was returning from Eid shopping.
Mufti Abdul Qayyum Mansuri of Jamiat Ulma-i-Hind said, “Protest was not about ensuring safety to one particular community but it was an attempt to save the Indian constitution in a situation where law and order are deteriorating each passing day.”
“Today Muslims are being targeted. Perhaps some other community will be targeted another day. Given this state affairs, the violence may even plunge the country into civil war. Efforts are being made to trigger clashes between various communities in the name of caste, creed, community and now also in the name of the cow,” added Mansuri.
Dr Jayanti Makadia, a Dalit rights activist, said that Dalits had participated in the protest because they were also becoming victims of gau rakshaks. “We have been protesting from July 11 last year when Una flogging happened. This is not the issue of a particular community but a question of ensuring justice to everybody,” Makadia said.