Indian Muslim leaders condemn attack on Christian institutions

New Delhi, Sep 15, IRNA – Appealing to their community members to show restraint, eminent Muslim leaders in one voice condemned the attack on the Christian institutions in some places in Kashmir and in Punjab state following a report of a Holy Quran being desecrated in US.

“Whatever the provocation, we strongly condemn the attacks on Christian properties and institutions. We urge the authorities concerned to take stern legal action against the culprits”, said the statement jointly issued by the leaders Tuesday in New Delhi.

The leaders like Syed Shahabuddin, President, All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), Nusrat Ali, Secretary General, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, Leader, Majlis Ittehadul Muslimin and Zafarul-Islam Khan, Editor, The Milli Gazette, said, “We disapprove disrespect to any religion or desecration of any sacred scripture or vilification of any religious personality or attack on any religious place, anywhere in the world, and consider it a despicable and uncivilized act”.

They said that Islam specifically prohibits such acts and behaviour.
'We also appeal to our Muslim brethren in India, in particular, and elsewhere, in general, to show restraint in such situations and limit their disapproval and protest against such incidents to peaceful demonstrations, press statements and memoranda to the authorities concerned,' the statement further said.

Dr Zafar Mahmood, President, Interfaith Coalition and Zakat Foundation of India and Navaid Hamid, General Secretary, Movement for the Empowerment of Muslim Indians (MOEMIN) also signed the statement./end