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New Delhi, Oct 28: Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind on Saturday appealed to common people to be cautious from the “politics of provocation and hatred” of communal forces as well as from the “reactive politics” of some Muslim leaders.
Coming down heavily on the politics of provocation and hatred, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind’s General Secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani said: “Provocative and nonsensical issues are being raked up as part of the mischievous plan to deflect people’s attention from pressing issues.”
“The hate campaign helps the ruling dispensation to keep people involved in superfluous issues,” he said while addressing his organization’s Central General Body here on Saturday.
Jamiat leader also strongly denounced the “reactive politics” of some Muslim leaders who, he said, resort to the same language of the hate campaign of communal forces. He said the “reactive politics” is inflicting more harm to the Muslims and called such Muslim leaders as “enemy of Muslims.” He asked people to remain cautious from both.
“Some Muslims use the same tone and tenor to rebut the hatred and inflammatory remarks made by the communal forces. These leaders are, in fact, the enemy of Muslims who intentionally or unintentionally fall in the trap spread by communal forces,” said Maulana Madani.
He appealed to the common people to carefully choose their friends and foe for their future. “We will have to be cautioned not only from the enemy’s trap but also from foolishness of some friends,” said Maulana Madani.
Jamiat’s Central General Body expressed concerns over government’s failure to enact Communal Violence Bill in spite of consistent demand made by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind along with peace-loving people of the country. Over the years, different governments at the Center kept on delaying the enactment of the bill, it said.
Jamiat appealed to the media “to play key role in strengthening national unity by exposing the communal forces engaged in creating rifts to achieve their political or ideological goals.” It urged media organizations “to selflessly promote communal amity, peace and unity.”
Maulana Madni said he “is not scared of standing firm against the campaign of hate and would fight till his last breath to upkeep the national unity and communal amity of the country.”
