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Massive protest against 'framing' of Muslims
in terror cases
Monday March 26, 2012 09:20:10 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Hundreds of Muslims
participated in a day-long sit-down at Parliament Street here to
protest "the fabricated implication" of the community members in
terror cases -- the latest being journalist Syed Mohammed Kazmi,
accused of involvement in last month's Israeli embassy car blast.
Besides other Muslim religious leaders and academics, Kazmi's son,
Turab, a class 12 student, addressed the gathering.
"Why is an innocent person being implicated in this conspiracy.
Who is behind all this," he asked.
"They (police) transferred my father to judicial custody without
informing us. They have not been able to prove any charges. We
wanted to meet the Congress' leadership but they have denied us
the chance so far. Do they think we all are terrorists," Turab
added.
Shia cleric, Maulana Syed Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi asked the protestors
to unite, putting aside the religious biases, and "show the
country's leaders that if the public can put them in parliament,
it can also throw them out".
He urged the people to have faith in the judiciary and Indian law
instead of police and politicians as "it was useless to appeal to
the policymakers who don't work for the welfare of their own
country".
Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union president Abhishek Kumar
expressed the students' solidarity towards the protest and claimed
that instead of going after innocent civilians, real extremists
should be caught.
"Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) should be banned as it is the
biggest extremist organisation in the country," he alleged.
Rajya Sabha member Muhammad Adeeb urged the protestors to ask for
removal of Israeli embassy from the country and asked the
community to stop being complacent to such incidences.
"This is just the beginning. Earlier they caught Muslim youth who
had dubious reputations, then they started catching ordinary
Muslim youngsters and now they have started picking up even
reputed people like Kazmi. If we do not act, I am sure that no one
will be spared from such atrocities."
The crowds carried placards with Kazmi's photograph and raised
anti-America and anti-Israel slogans, calling Iran a friend of
India.
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