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Tuesday 16 Feb 2016 - 12:39 Makkah mean time-7-5-1437
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind General Secretary Mehmood Madani. Image from siasat
Meerut, India (IINA) - We are not Indians by chance but by choice," according to Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind General Secretary Mehmood Madani, Indian Zee News reported.
Mehmood made the remarks while addressing the 'Huloos-e-Insaaf' conference convened by his outfit at the Faiz-e-Aam College in Meerut on Sunday.
He also said that Muslims stayed back in India even after partition, as they loved their motherland.
He added that those who hurt a person's religious values or disrespect a religious leader should be given stringent punishment, including death penalty.
At the same time, Mehmood appealed to all communities to come together in the interest of the nation. Moreover, he demanded that the UP government should fulfill the promise of 18 percent reservation to Muslims made during the 2012 Assembly polls.
Madani said that the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Jamia Milia Islamia be kept intact and innocent Muslims lodged in prisons should be released.
Hindu and Christian leaders, who were present at the event, asked the people to rise above caste and religion to live in harmony.
"Fire cannot be put out by fire; water is needed to do so. People of all religions should live with harmony and save the country from those who are taking it towards destruction," Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind's President Sayed Arshad Madan said, Daily News & Analysis reported.
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