Muslim Religious Heads Support MIM

The Muslim Mutehada Majlis-e-Amal or United Muslim Action Committee (UMAC), a representative body of religious organisations, will actively participate in the campaign that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen proposes to launch against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government across the state.

The decision was taken during the UMAC's meeting held at the MIM's headquarters on Wednesday. Briefing the media about the decisions, Tameer-e-Millat president and JAC convenor Moulana Abdul Raheem Qureshi said that all religious leaders welcomed the decision taken by MIM to severe its ties with the Congress at the Centre and the state. He said that the UMAC would actively participate in the "anti - Kiran Kumar Reddy campaign" after the 10th day of Moharram, or November 25.

Raheem Qureshi alleged that the state government and the police department were trying to legalise the existence of a temple which he said was constructed illegally. He also alleged that the police have imposed an undeclared curfew in several parts of the Old City, which has been affecting the local economy. He said that people were able to neither buy essentials nor visit hospitals.

The UMAC convenor alleged that Kiran Kumar Reddy was a tool in the hands of the RSS, Bajrang Dal and other elements of the Sangh Parivar. He said that Muslim religious organisations would not remain silent, and that they would wage a legal battle against the actions of the government, especially the police.

Besides MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, several religious leaders, including Jamia Nizamia chancellor Moulana Akbar Nizamuddin, Moulana Safi Ahmed Madani, Moulana Masood Hussain Mustaidi and Moulana Hussamuddin, participated in the meeting, which was presided by Muslim Personal Board member Moulana Qubul Pasha Shattari.

Later, the UMAC members submitted a memorandum to City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma, and filed a petition before the State Human Rights Commission, alleging the imposition of an undeclared curfew and police harassment of common people. (INN)