President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Maulana Arshad Madani on Tuesday came out in support of Tablighi Jamaat in Hazrat Nizam-uddin, New Delhi, and said that at a time when not only India but the whole world unitedly is fighting a decisive battle against deadly disease such as the Coronavirus, it is deeply regrettable and condemnable to give this fight a religious colour.
He said that if some people were trapped in Markaz because of the sudden lockdown and some of them happened to suffer from this epidemic, then there is no such important issue to be raised seriously, but their proper treatment should be arranged.
Madani also said that with the sudden announcement of the lockdown, millions of people across the country are trapped as we have seen not only in Delhi but other cities of the country how these people, in spite of complete lockdown across the country, are trying to return to their homes putting their lives at high risk. So in those situations, if some people get locked up in the Markaz, we think that there is no such thing as breaking the law.
He said that while announcing the lockdown, the Prime Minister had said that one must stay wherever he is, and not come out. Then there are reports that the Markaz had informed, in writing, the concerned authorities and agencies, even permission was sought for people to send them to their homes, so the Markaz cannot be blamed in this regard. In this situation, the media of the country is making a dangerous conspiracy to mislead the people by presenting only one side of it.
Terming the sectarian outbreak as a bigger threat than the Corona virus, Maulana Madani said that central government and state governments should not only take notice of it, but condemnable series of propaganda against Muslims should be stopped immediately. Because such propaganda would damage communal harmony in the country, as the people unitedly are fighting a strong war against the epidemic.
Madani also said that during and after the Tablighi Jamaat’s aforesaid program, A larger number of religious and non-religious programs were held in every corner of the country under the patronage of politicians. Therefore, if FIR can be filed against Nizamuddin’s office, then there should be FIR against the central and state government officials who could not manage properly millions of workers gathered at Anand Vihar railway station and other places after the lockdown order.
