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Bhopal:
Stung by the blasphemous statements made by a US-based church
against their holy text 'Quran', scores of Muslims vented their fury
by staging a mass demonstration on the streets of Bhopal.
The angry protestors on Friday raised slogans, and issued a warning
saying the global Muslim community would not tolerate any act of
damaging Islamic faith.
Deeming it a 'crusade war' the Muslim community lashed out at
western conspirators who were targeting Islam for political gains.
"We will not take this lying down. We will give a tit for tat answer
to all those who try to hurt our religious sentiments. We have never
made any derogatory statement about the holy texts of other
religions, and we respect other faiths too," said Asif Khurram,
President of the All India Muslim Festival Committee.
"So, nobody has the right to say anything blasphemous about the holy
Quran in any manner. This is wrong, and we strongly condemn this,"
he added.
Reportedly, a US-based church had ordered the burning of copies of
the Holy Islamic text of Quran to convey a strong message against
Islamic fundamentalist ideals.
Deeply angered by such scathing attack on their religion, the
demonstrators warned that such a heinous act would have long lasting
and irreversible consequences.
"If anybody tries to blemish the text of the Holy Quran, or play
with our sentiments, we will initiate the strictest possible legal
action against the perpetrators. We will not tolerate an attack on
our religion," said Salim Chishti, a local Islamic preacher.
The demonstrators have also drafted an appeal to be submitted to
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil urging her to request US
President Barack
Obama to take immediate and appropriate action against the
perpetrators.
It has been reported that the Dove World Outreach Centre of Florida
created a controversy a week ago by saying that it would burn copies
of the holy Quran to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11
attacks on the United States.
(ANI)
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