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Muslim leaders discuss fallout of biased terror probes

By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

New Delhi: To discuss the terrorist attacks and consequent biased probe by government investigating agencies, India’s leading Muslim organization Jamaat-e-Islami Hind conducted an all-party meeting of all prominent Muslim organizations yesterday at its headquarters in Jamia Nagar area in New Delhi.

The meeting sent a signal that the community cannot afford anymore to sit idle seeing indiscriminate arrest of community members and now its leaders.

The meeting was presided over by the president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Maulana Jalaluddin Umri. It was attended by all prominent Muslim organizations and leaders from all sections of the Muslim society. Besides JIH leaders, they included Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, president of All India Muslim Majlise Mushawarat, Maulana Abdul Hameed Nomani, acting general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Maualan Abdul Wahab Khilji of All India Milli Council, Dr Tasleem Rahmani of Political Council of India, Dr Ghulam Yahya Anjum, noted Barelvi scholar and Shia scholar Allama Zishan Hidayati.

The leaders decided to form a 5-member committee to finalize the strategy to combat onslaught of security agencies and media on the Muslim community in the garb of terrorist bombings. The committee is meeting today to finalize the strategy. The committee has Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, Maulana Abdul Hameed Nomani, Dr Tasleem Rahmani and Mujtaba Farooq, political affairs secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.