By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Muslim leaders condemned strongly the attack on controversial writer of Bangladesh Taslima Nasreen and remarked it as shameful and barbaric activity.
“It is a violent and shameful event. Everybody has right to accept or reject any event in the society. Extremists are strengthening day by day. These attackers are those who criticize Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad,” said Javed Akhtar, a famous lyrist. “What is the difference between them and Hidu extremists”, he questioned.
Javed lamented that the extremists seems to be getting powerful day by day because law enforcement is unable to do anything to them, it is a big problem.
“This event and the participation of three MLAs of in this activity is not acceptable”, said Kamal Farooqui, Chief of National Commission for Minorities. He also said that the Government must not permit Talima Nasreen to write or perform any activity which hurts the sentiments of the Muslims.
Farooqui suggested that the Govrernment should cancel her visa and she be ordered to leave this country. “Taslima should feel that it is not Bangladesh or Pakistan, it is India where the sentiments of all communities are regarded,” he averted.
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslemeen (MiM) activists tried to attack Taslima in a press club of Hyderabad on the occasion of a book inauguration ceremony in which Taslima was participating. The group of attackers was accompanied by three MLAs named Afsar Khan, Ahmad Pasha and Maujam Khan of MiM.
Former chief of National Minority Commission Tahir Mahmood criticized this action and said that this is a brutal action and religious people can never take part in the activities like this. These are politicians who are misguidig the people.
According to Irfan Habib, a historian, it happened due to religious intolerance of MiM and other extremists organizations.