We, the undersigned express our solidarity with Dr Zafarul Islam Khan, renowned scholar, journalist and presently Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission.
We strongly condemn the continued media trial and targeting of Dr Zafarul Islam Khan for his Facebook post thanking Kuwait for expressing solidarity with Indian Muslims. In his Facebook post, he mentioned the appalling deterioration of human rights of Indian Muslims who have been targeted by Hindutva bigots. A few politicians with ulterior motives and news channel anchors known for spreading bigotry and Islamophobia have mischievously sought to misinterpret his statement and ridiculously label him as anti-Hindu and anti-India.
He has only reiterated what many citizens of India, public figures, international institutions, various European governments, the United States of America and United Nations human rights mechanisms have repeatedly underlined their concern at the increasing human rights abuse and violations of religious minorities in India.
Dr Zafarul Islam Khan is a man of integrity. He is a scholar who is known to stand up for constitutional freedoms and values.
His work as the Chairman of Delhi Minorities Commission has been warmly applauded by human rights activists and NGOs across different faiths. His timely interventions on problems of minorities in Delhi have made him a respectable figure among not only Muslims but Sikh, Christians, Jains and Parsis. He is a humanist in the truest sense of the word.
The hateful propaganda against Dr Khan is one more illustration as how certain Indians fail to differentiate between Hinduism, a religion and Hindutva which is a supremacist political ideology.
Dr Zafarul Islam Khan is a leading Indian intellectual whose niche area is Islamic studies and Arab world. He enjoys great respect in the Arab and Muslim world for his understanding and knowledge. He is an alumni of the esteemed Jamia Al-Azhar and Manchester University.
Dr Khan is known for taking bold public positions. He was the first Muslim scholar in the world who denounced ISIL, which later became IS or ISIS. He issued a statement opposing the barbaric crimes of ISIL (IS or ISIS) and Boko Haram against minorities. He takes strong stands against extremism of all sorts. That makes him a prominent critic of RSS.
Dr Khan is a scholar ambassador and earned international prestige for the India. Any attack and targeting of him, is actually an insult to Indian constitution and ethos.
We demand the appropriate authorities of the Government of India take strong legal action against those who are distorting Dr Khan’s Facebook post, and spreading vicious false propaganda against him.
Signed by:
Swami Agnivesh
Mohammad Adeeb
Arun Kumar (Prof)
Zafar Jung
Kamal Faruqui
Annie Namala
Kavita Krishnan
Subhash Gatade
Jawed Naqvi
Indu Pratap Singh
Avinash Kumar
Iftikhar Gilani
Anil Chamadia
Xavier Dias
Denzil Fernandes (Dr)
Irfan Engineer
Faisal Khan
John Dayal (Dr)
Mujtaba Farooque
Ravi Nair
Abubakr Sabbaq (Adv)
Gopal Menon
Bilal Khan
Ashok Choudhury
Jaffer Latief Najar
Mujahid Nafis
Aseem Sundan
Poojan Sahil
Ankur Otto
Mariya Salim
Tanweer Alam
Juned Khan
E M Abdul Rahiman
Aditi Dutta
Devika Prasad
Ameeque Jamei
Suhaib Ansari
Gurminder Singh
A C Michael
Neelima Sharma
Aftab Alam (Dr)
Dhruva Narayan
Syed Saif Ur Rahman
Tanweer Fazal (Dr)
Thouseef Madikeri (Dr)
N.D. Jayaprakash
Salahuddin Ansari
Satyajeet Nambiar
Suhail KK
Abu Sufiyan
Sujata Madhok
Tariq Khan
Violin Mathew Benjamin
Shamsul Islam (Prof)
Sreedhar Ramamurthi
Mohd. Shahid (Prof)
Anand Vivek Taneja (Dr)
Kush Kumar Singh (Dr)
Mangla Verma
Vipul Kumar
Waquar Hasan
Braham Prakash
Abdul Rashid Agwan
Fawaz Shaheen
Guman Singh
Mohammed Hafeez Ulla
Kp Sasi
Mushfique Raza Khan
Partha S Banerjee
Gautam Majumdar
S.Q. Masood
Aiman J Khan
M. K. Faizy
Tasleem Rehmani (Dr)
Mohammed Shafi
Lenin Raghuvanshi (Dr)
Malik Motasim Khan
Kripal Singh Mandloi
Labeed Shafi
Qamar Intakhab
Raees Ahmed Siddiqui
Laeeq Ahmed Khan
Anthony Arulraj
Sadiq Zafar
Biju Gopidasan
George Pulikuthiyil
Mohd Abdullah
Mohd Sorab Hussain
Mukunda Kattel
Sandeep Pendse
Paul Newman
Ovais Sultan Khan
He was hospitalized on the previous day after he suddenly took ill.
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No words to speak after hearing the sad demise my favorate Mr. P.C.M. Kunhi. I met him last year in the month of April 2015 on my vacation in a programme. He spoke to me and asked about my wishes. Great Educationist, Academist, Philanthropist and wise man.
Helping hand for poor. I was with him in Yenepoya Dental College at Zulekha Complex, Bunder.
May Allah bestow him Jannathul Firdouse and Give him a cool and heavenly life in Barzak.
Aameen Ya Rabbul Aalameen..
Innaa Lillahi Wa Innaa llaihi Raajivoon. May the departed soul rest in peace. May Allah accept all his good deeds and forgive the sins. May Allah bless him with Jannah. May Allah give sabr ( patience ) to the grieved family to bear the loss of their dear one.
Heartfelt condolences.
our deepest condolences to the family members of pc kunhi,
we pray with almighty Allah give patience and strength to the nearest and dearest of all his family members, this is a great loss to all of us, once again we pray for the magfirah of departed soul of kind and soft man. Ameen
to Allah we belong and to Him is our return
our heartfelt condolences to the family members of pc kunhi . may Allah give patience, strength to all his nearest and dearest, the great loss of our family, my deepest condolence to all of them,
we once again pray with almighty for the maghfirah of departed soul of kind and soft man, ameen
Please accept our deepest condolences, \to Allah we belong and to Him is our return\""
Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilahi Rajiwoon. Very sad and shocking news. We are with the aggrieved family
Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajioon. May Allah grant him jannah. Indeed he was a great motivator. Hope his son Hashir will fulfill dreams of his father.
A great loss to the community and society. He was a role model for many. Despite his ill health he continued to fulfill his responsibilities.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raajioun. May Almighty Allah bestow with Jannathul Firdouse. A big loss to entire coastal muslims as well as for Islamic Academy of Education (Yenepoya University).
INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHI RAAJIOON.
The big loss for Muslim Community. He was the Correspondent of Badria College for decades.
May Almighty ALLAH bless him with Jannathul Firdous.
Inna Lillahi Wa inna ilaahi rajioon
The Great Academician, Educationist, Administrator,Philanthropist. the really big loss for the society, we wish him to take rebirth.
RIP, condolences to the family and loved ones.
RIP sir
wanaqalat shaqqana
unbelievable...really really hard to believe
Unbearable loss to the society “RIP”
Inna Lillahi Va Inna Ilaihi Raajivoon...
Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajihoon. Allahummghfirlahoo warhamhoo whafu anhoo Yaa Rabbal Aalameen. May Almighty Allah bestow him with the Janathul Firdouse. ameen.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raajioun. we pray almighty allah to bless late.prof.p.c.m.kunhi, with his jannathul firdouse, aameen. our heartfelt condolences to the family members of prof.p.c.m.kunhi. may almighty allah give patience, strength and forbearance to all his family members to bear the brunt of bereavement. a soft spoken, well qualified civil engineer, educationist., academician and also an entrepreneur with humility. a very good footballer and a keen sportsman in his heydays. prof.p.c.m.kunhi, is closely known to us for the past 40+years., since his teaching days in krec-surathkal (now-nitk). particularly mangalore muslim community and others have lost a decent gentleman with high esteem. we once again pray with almighty allah for the maghfirah of the departed soul of this noble gentleman, aameen.
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