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AIMMM deliberates on national and international issues

New Delhi, Monday, 14 April 2008:  The Amla (Working Committee) of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of the Indian Muslim organisations, met here on Saturday and deliberated on a set of organisational, national and international issues. The meeting, headed by AIMMM President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, took strong exception of the current scare-mongering against the Muslim community in the name of fighting terrorism.

Condemning the current sudden spate of arrests of alleged SIMI elements, the AIMMM said that “Communal and fascist forces are trying to polarise the society using these high-profile arrests trying to repeat “Gujarat” in one way or another.”

The AIMMM warned the governments at the Centre and states involved in this scare-mongering that the cup of the Muslim community is almost full now. “They must realise that pushed to corner, Muslim youths will be forced to react in a way the fascist forces would like them to do so that they can attack, kill, loot and burn Muslims at will using government machinery.”

The AIMMM went on to say that “The Muslim community has tried to warn the central and state governments of this futile policy of criminalising the whole community and has held conferences, meetings and sit-ins at various places, including one at Deoband, in order to warn that Islam does not teach terrorism and that attempts to accuse the peaceful and law-abiding Muslim community of committing terrorism or harbouring terrorists are futile and dangerous.” It added that “This message should not be missed, otherwise the biggest loser will be the party ruling at the centre at present whose actions on the ground belie its words.”

The AIMMM lashed at the “mainstream” media which, it said, “ laps up these tall stories will almost no scrutiny and scepticism which is the hallmark and duty of the press.” AIMMM also condemned the attempts by communal lawyers to deny fair trial to police victims by pressuring lawyers not to accept their cases as seen in Uttar Pradesh and now in Madhya Pradesh. “This is denial and abortion of justice which is seemingly tolerated by courts and the central government,” the apex Indian Muslim body said.