By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi : Seven Muslim representative organisations, including Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, have asked the Union Government not to extend the visa of controversial Bangladeshi writer, Taslima Nasreen. They have also decided to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking strict action against her for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.
In a meeting held here Tuesday, the leaders of the seven organisations said Taslima had no right to stay in India.
"She has been consistently writing against
different religions in India. Taslima has shown disrespect to the country and we feel she is dangerous
for humanity. It is time for the Centre to take a concrete action," Jamiat secretary Maulana Abdul Hameed Noomani said.
He said some other organisations, whose representatives could not attend the meeting have also supported the demand for removal of objectionable portions from Taslima’s book Dwikhandito.
Noomani charged the Bangladeshi writer with undermining Islam and Hinduism, while expressing surprise at the BJP for supporting her, saying "their stand was beyond reasonable understanding."
A delegation of Muslim leaders led by Jamiat leader and Member of Parliament Maulana Syed Mahmood Madani would meet the prime minister to demand refusal of Taslima’s appeal for citizenship and visa extension.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind secretary Mujtaba Farooq said an all-religion meeting is being convened on January 16 to inform all leaders about the controversial writer’s attitude towards religions practised in India.
The Muslim leaders’ meeting preceded Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Priya Ranjan Das Munshi’s statement in Kolkata Tuesday that Taslima should apologise to the country’s Muslims for hurting their sentiments, while hinting that her book Dwikhandito could be banned in the country.
Nasreen has been living in an undisclosed house here since she was shifted out of Kolkata on November 22 last following a violent protest by Muslim
groups.