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
Comments
Hinduism is the religion of foolish people.
They worship Cow, Rat, Monkey, Pig etc.........
Drinks Cow urine as theertha, and throws milk on stones
But doesnt know how to treat humans.
Hinduism is in the declining stage, so they are trying to protect hinduism by attacking on others for no reasons. Because they are scared people.
Dear proud Hindu, if you have guts, please go to Kerala/ Bengal / Tamil Nadu and stop Hindus from eating beef. Hindus are eating beef in these states more than muslims do. If gow matha is so sacred for Hindus, why dont you go to Nepal and stop slaughtering hundreds of cows in the temple festival there. Why are you so jealous.
No need to explain anything just see below & comment.
Largest beef suppliers of India.............
1. Mr. Shatish - Mumbai
2. Mr. Sunil - Mumbai
3. Mr. Madan - Delhi
4. Mr. Bindra - Chandigarh
would see a developed India if these goons has guts to do it to a murderer or rapist who are free outside...........
By the way last noon at sullia i saw a bull mating a cow....any solution to give GO Maa a Bedroom than going to streets....
Suhag Raat for cows first. Sauchaalay comes next
Mr suresh one day ur mom or sister will suffer same humiliation then u will under stand ..shameless creature
If you have the guts go and stop slaughtering and exporting cattle to many foreign countries. Double standard idiots.
Do they respect their own real mata sitting at home....forget it do they put a little grass for cows which loiter around city streets...all these things happening around are bullshits... and election gimmick....UP Election...coming.....expect more and more dalits and women will be beaten everywhere....please be careful...
Muslims please do not eat beef at least until UP election.....after which hindutva group themselves will sell cows for muslims....
Proud Hindu............be proud on Good things......you are following what evil is taught to you
Mohan pajir
You must be sleeping these days or pretending to be slept. Do you know gowmatha slaughtering by your brothers in Goa and north east states. Do you who stands first in the world in beef exxport. Its your brothers and children of gowmatha.
i love eating beef !!!!! u guys really need to taste them its awesome...slrruuuuuppppppppp .... then u ll forget about this maatha pitha and all :)
the word is \napunsak\""
looks like guys like proud hindu, mohan & srikanth .doesnt mind when our hindu sisters getting raped and murdered and yet they dont want justice for them
rather they want to beat women in the name of holy meat
@ Mohan Pajir
U need to do surveillance in night time bec ur gomatha, ur mother sleeping in road and without food sometimes ...
take care about that first then u look for ur own mother
Screaming 'Gav Mathaa ki jai' 'Bharat Maatha ki jai' by beating a real alive maatha (women).
ISIS campaigning in US by killing and attacking people there and here Sangh campaigning for BJP by these activities.
Cowards.
mr mohan, pajir
first go and save your matha.[feed her.] shame on you man
Proud Hindu, Mohan Pajir, Suresh Mahajan........Why are you hiding in RAT HOLES when your Go mathas are killed in Gujrat for export..... India is the highest beef supplier to gulf countries..... They are all eating and enjoying your Go Matha provided by Gujrat..... Go and show your Mardangi in Gujrat ....
SAFFRON TERRORISTS, NOT ACTIVISTS,
its not a gau maatha its their pitha...(Buffalo not a cow)
Nothing to say about the Hijda Police..... Naren / Bopanna ,,,do have any comments..... This buffalo meat will become Cow meat in another 6 months..... Chamatkar of Modi Sarkar......shame..
India tu kya se kya hogaya!!!
Society should be ruthless towards those who mercilessly kill cows and eat its meet. Funny thing is that they can kill Gau maatha and eat its meet but we are not even supposed to touch their maatha!!!??? What kind of rules is this???
Add new comment