Maulana Mahmood Madani: India belongs to me as much as it does to Prime Minister Modi
Maulana Mahmood Madani is against forced conversions, People who choose to change their religion voluntarily are also imprisoned on spurious grounds.
According to the news agency ANI, Maulana Mahmood Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Islam is the oldest religion in this country and India belongs to him as much as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chairman Mohan Bhagwat.
“India is our homeland. This country is as much Mahmood Madani’s as it is Narendra Modi’s and Mohan Bhagwat’s. “Neither Mahmood nor they are an inch ahead of Mahmood,” Madani declared during the inaugural plenary session of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital on Friday.
“Islam is the country’s oldest religion. This is the Muslims’ first homeland. Saying that Islam is a foreign religion is completely false and unfounded. Islam is the most ancient of all religions. “India is the ideal country for Hindi Muslims,” declared the Jamiat Ulama-i-head. Hind’s
Madani stated that he is opposed to forced religious conversions and that those who voluntarily convert their religion are now being imprisoned on spurious charges.
“We are opposed to coerced religious conversion. Religious freedom is a fundamental right. We also oppose forced conversion, deception, and greed. There are numerous examples of agencies targeting the Muslim community, such as the prohibition on Namaz, police action against them, and bulldozer action,” he said.
The Jamiat Ulama-i-three-day Hind’s plenary session began on Friday in Delhi. The event’s plenary session will take place on Sunday.
The renowned Muslim organization also condemned the apparent rise in Islamophobia and called for the passage of a special law to punish those who instigate violence against minorities.
Several resolutions were voted on by the organization, including one on the apparent rise in hate campaigns and Islamophobia in the country.
“The growth in Islamophobia, in addition to cases of hatred and incitement against the Muslim minority, has recently reached an alarming level in our country,” the Jaimiat claimed.
“The saddest point is that, despite being aware of these developments, the government prefers to take an ostrich-like stance,” it claimed.
