By Riyaz Momin, TwoCircles.net,
Beed, Maharashtra: The religion section in the Census form operative here has MUSALMAN not Islam as religion of Muslims. The local Muslims have pointed out this error and urged the authorities to fix it. A delegation of the local community led by district president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has met Additional District Magistrate and submitted a memorandum in this regard.
The delegation told the ADM that the Census form shows religion as Musalman instead of Islam. This misrepresentation is taking place in nationwide census. They demanded that the term Musalman should be deleted and Islam word should be inserted as religion in the Census form.
The memorandum said that Musalman is community not religion and so there will be problem regarding identity of Muslim community in future if the error is not fixed.
Copies of the memorandum have been forwarded to the Census Commissioner of Maharashtra and related departments.
District president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Mirza Afsar Baig led the delegation which included K M Ashfaque, Abdul Hafiz, Hafiz Zuber and others. They were present at the time of submitting the memorandum.