Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, PFI State Committee member Abdul Razaq Kemmara said that the comments of President of Ajmer Sharif Dargah Syed Sarwar Chishti was misinterpreted and taken in a wrong context.
He said that registering case against Chishti for his comments is a deliberate attempt to spread malice by contemptible and fascist forces. “This is highly condemnable,” he said.
“Ajmer Sharif Dargah has, for many years now, been a site and symbol of communal harmony and integration. We defend the comments made by its chief Chishti and proclaim that they were not provocative. We will substantiate it with continuous, unedited footage of the entire speech,” said Mr Kemmara.
Urging the complainant to withdraw his “false complaint” against Chishti, he said that PFI would struggle against the case within the jurisdiction of law.
PFI State Committee member P Abdul Khader said that it is wrong to assume that Chishti gave a call to all Muslims to become terrorists. He merely expressed fear about the fact that the situation could become harsh for Muslims in the country if Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was to become Prime Minister of India, he said.
It may be recalled here that Mangalore police had registered a case against Chishti on charges of making provocative and inflammatory speech at a public meet organised by PFI at Nehru Maidan on November 2. Chishti had stated that if Modi became Prime Minister of India, all Muslims of India would become terrorists.
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